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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
M. P. PASTOR RESIGNS
Rev Hotenstein Will Finish Educa-
ton In East.

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aOliYete Aug!5. (By r. w. )-7Rev. A.
,Hotenstein, closed his term here as
minister for the, Mp. church and
VIII rest up for time and finish his
education in some eastern school.
- &c. w. Gaston,' of Clearfield, Taylor
county, was in town on Monday and
made us call. Mr. CASTOR says the
excessive hot weather has done great
damage to corn in this county in fir
ing the tassels, which had an effect
on the formation of the ears but he
still thought there would be a fair
crop raised. g. '|1..1.}ytt nr.
Aunt Martha Thompson left on
Monday for a visit at the A. d. Thorn.
pson home in Harvey. t'
Mrs. J. w. Mcdowell of Oskaloosa,
visited at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Walter Clark. south of town.
Mrs. r. V. Clark spent Tuesday in
Oskaloosa trading.
We are not advised whether the
war controls the price of eggs or not,
but when it gets to paying % cents
dozen for them in summer time,
there certainly is a Kick coming.
The village council at their last
meeting voted lasting vote Of
thanks to John Dulin and the Rock
Island, management for tearing down
the old grade In front of, the station.
nd putting the crossing on a. level
with the track. This is a much need
ed Improvement and addsFgreatly to
the station grounds. &NuG5'%1t
4, e. A. Mihkler,5 Of Oskaloosa,' had a
force of men and two teams doing a
lot of grading for the Rock Island, al
SO making large ditch' to the creek
east of town, This wiz drain the
water, for q quarter Of a mile Of more,
., Sentiment Of the people as, express
ed to us don't indicate that, deligion
and politics mix welf together.
A man certainly don't, have much
confidence in his speeches when he
has to hire the people to read them.
We are not advised whether Broth
er McMillan's prayer brought the rain
or not, but We got the rain and the
Lord didn't interfere and stop it, for
which we are thankful for in the
time of great need.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Robertson
returned to their home at Cedar Rap
ids on Friday after weeks vacation
at the Robertson home.
Threshing in this community is
about over. ID Our information is that
oats and wheat thresRed out fully IS
per cent Of the normal ~
IT seems now that the order given
Pershihg to capture Villa either dead
or alive has been recinded or the job
subiet to Carranza and HIS crowd, so
Villa can rest easy for a time.
From the tone of Hughes speech
of acceptance. it indicates. aSman of
strong determinations Eandaa shoulder
hitter as well This is1 theak kind of a
mafiL that makes d coed presideRt. :
% We seetlmore coal sigoing over this
line from Knoxville /. tor sEvans1Clately
than we have seen3for some time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
HuGHEs's EFFECTIVENESS.

| None of the thousands who heard
it has failed to use extreme express
sions in describing the effectiveness
of Mr.. Hughes speech of acceptance
upon an audience whose environment
of temperature would have furnished
an excuse for apathy. Even the
democratic newspapers of the metrop-
oils have been moved by the truthful
ness of the reportorial spirit, to
speak of the sincere enthusiasm
which the candidates words and man.
ner provoked.
In addition the speech has made
its appeal to numberless thousands
who have since read it in the quiet of
their homes and Offices. r. These are
the tests of public utterance. Speeches
which touch both the. ear and the
mind are the speeches which make
for effectiyeness-and Mr.. Hughes
has shown, in his first and in his sue
cessive utterances of the campaign,
that his years on the bench have only
served to strengthen his powers of
clear and effective statement, his
ability to arrest attention and his ca
pacitY to carry conviction. gE
In this last particular Mr.. Hughes
possesses a marked advantage Mr.
Wilson is able to charm the ear Of
ten; sometimes he arrests attention;
but it is most infreqUent that he car
ries conviction. The artist who
strives for effect or who loses himself
in the intricacies of technique rarely
produces a canvas that endures; but
he who pOurs out his soul upon his
palette paints pictures that live on
and that move generations to whom
the painter is but a name To be
effective is to be sincere. And
Hughes's effectiveness is the fruit of
his sincerity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

exerted controlling influence on its
judgment. Furthermore, the Stats
tics for past years show that in spite
of the present large earnings the
commission unquestionably will have
to grant further increases in rates il
the upward tendency of wages and
taxes is maintained.
Neither the results of the best
years nor the results of the worst
years should determine the policy of
the public, in dealing with the rail
ways. 1t should be determined by
the great dominating tendencies in
the industry, and these can be ascer-
tanned only by studying results for 4
period of years. If the policy of the
public in dealing with the railways is
based not on the results of any one
year, but on the results of the last
ten years, the way in which wages
and taxes and the regulation of rates
recently have been dealt with will be
greatly modified"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
TWAS A GREAT WORK

Several days have now elapsed
since the closing of the great finance
campaign. This has, so consumed the
time and the energies of the entire
community that little else has been
done. Men and women have been
willing to leave their own affairs and
give unstintedly of their time and
enerby to the accomplishment of this
greatest of enterprises, probably a
few thought it possible to succeed in
so formidable a task and yet no one
withheld on this account. 1t is thing
of incalculable purport to find people
so universally, in any community,
rallying to the support of a good
cause. 1t teaches habit of cooper
alton which is of inestimable value.
At the beginning there were no ex-
ceedingly large gifts and so little
prospects of any that everyone felt
sure that the only way to victory lay
through the accumulation of a multi
tude of smaller gifts. This proved
to be the case for there were only a
small number of gifts exceeding $5,-
0000 This being the situation it re-
CURED a large number of men and
women to carry the enterprise to a
successful issue in so short a time
1t can well be said that people adjust
ed the energy and vigor of their SER
vice to the shortness of the time in
which the task was to be accomplish
ed. This meant that each. one who
participated in the work must give
his unlimited devotion to it. Inlook-
ing back over the past few weeks it
can be said without expectation that
this was done. aa.
The results of this great victory
will be far reaching both as to terri
tory and time for the entire country
from coast to coast has entered into
vital sympathy with the situation and
contributions have come from all
quarters. Friends in the east of the
various branches and friends in the
west did likewise OF course the bulk
of the entire fund necessary came.
from the locality in which the college
is placed, as did also the bulk of SER
vice, but it is safe to say that multi.
Flied thousands of people are rejoic-
ing today because of the successful
issue of this great undertaking. 1t
means the daWning of a new era for
Penn College and assures her an en-
larged and permanent future.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

est English military leader of his day,
Cromwell alone excepted.
Although in the same latitude as
northern Labrador, the Orkney group
enjoys a comparatively mild climate.
owing to the warm waters of the Gulf
Stream. There is little snow in the
winter and the summers are most pleas
ant. beginning the middle of June.
Farley, oats, potatoes and turnips are
the principle crops. The raising of
cattle and sheep and horses of larger
breed that the famous Shetland pom.
les, is a profitable occupation Herring
fisheries afford a livelihood for many
OF the inhabitants, while a small per-
centage of the people devote their en-
ergies to hunting wild birds and gath
erins their eggs. The picturesqueness
of the rocky coasts and the beauty of
the long twilight evenings attract a
considerable number of tourists to the
islands during the summer. On the
longest day of the year the sun rises,
at three a. m. and sets after nine in
the evening, while on the shortest day
it is visible for scarcely six hours"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.

The percentage of railway stock or
which dividends were declared was
smaller In 1915 than in anyother yeay
since 1904 and the average rate OF
dividend declared was the lowest
since 1905, says the Railway Age Ga
Zette In an editorial in it's current is
sue analyZing the statistics of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission for
the fiscal year ended on June 30,
which have just been issued.
While many people are talkins,
about the remarkably large current
earnings Of the railways" the editor
aal says, these statistics, have dis
closed some striking facts illustrating
the extent to which the railway bust
ness was depressed before the phe-
nomenal increases of earnings began.
The stock on which any dividends
we're paid was only 6045 per cent of
the total. In other words, no divi.
dends at all were paid on 1856 of II.
The average rate paid on all stock
was but 3.S per cent.
The largest amount of dividends
ever declared was in 1911, and that
the next largest amount was in 1914.
The amount In 1914, however. was
swelled by large extra dividends de-
clared by the Union Pacific and the
Central Pacific in connection with
the dissolution by the courts of the
Hartman system. Except for the
Large extra dividends OF these roads,
the total dividends declared would
have shown a steady decline from
1911 onward.
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission recently has received crit
Ism from uniformed persons be-
'ause It permitted increases In rates !
a 1915, II has been said that the
arnings OF recent months have shown
hat these were not needed. But the I;
commission was confronted with the
cures for 1914 and part OF the fig
res for 1915 and the final figures for ]
elb show that n il had refused to {
ermit any increases In rates II would Z
aYp ignored fecfs which should have i
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
KITCHENER WENT DOWN.

The Orkney Islands, the naval base
! of Great Britains grand fleet oper-
ating in the North Sea, and off those
shores Earl Kitchener and his staff
met death, are described in the fol-
lowing war geography bulletin of the
/ National Geographic Society.
mo other territory in the British
empire has more tragic significance
to ,Englishmen to day than the Ork-
ney Islands, off whose shores the
most distinguished victim of the world
war, Earl Kitchener, lost his life when
the cruiser Hampshire was sunk by a
torpedo or a mine.
These islands, ninety in number, OF
which only thirty are inhabited, are
separated from the mainland of Scot.
land by the Pentland Firth. from six
and half TO eight miles wide. They
were selected as England's North Sea
naval base not only on account of
their proximity to the field of opera
tons, but on account of their semi
isolation and the advantages of the
suburb of Stromness, in the largest
island of the group, Pomona, which
has an area of two hundred square
miles.
The aggregate area of the Orkney
archipelago is a little more than five
tines as large as the District of Col.
umhia, and the population is in the
neighborhood of 10000, more than half
the people living on Pomona. Kirkl-
wall, the capital has "a population of
4 900.
While the original inhabitants of
the islands were Picts, whose round |
towers and chambered mounds areI
among the interesting ruins of this !
region, the Morse pirates secured
foothold here during the early centrir-
les Of the Christian era, and carried on
their depredations against all navi.l
gators of the North Sea. In the last
quarter of the ninth century Harold
Haarfagr (Fair Hairy put an end to I
the rule OF the pirates, and added both
The Orkneys and the Shetland Islands
10 Norway's domain. In 1863 the Ork-
neys came under the sway OF the
Scottish crown, Christian OF Denmar
giving them as security for his daugh-
er's dowry when she became the bride
II James III. AS the dowry was never
'aid the islands have remained a part
" Scotlands domain ever since.
The Orkneys, which are the Or
AIDES of classic literature, furnished
he setting for many of the episodes I
n Sir Walter SCOTS novel. The Pr I
ate" the Cleveland of that romance
eing John Cow. the notorious free /
ooter born in stormhess and captur- a
d OF the islands in 1875 Another lit
rary association OF the Orltneys and I
ne Of special interest to Americans
entered in Shapinshay, the birthplace
William Irving father of Washing. Ia
IN Irving. The islands were the as a
nmNing place In 1859 for the final v
expedition Of Montrose. ae. 8
aimed BY many authorities the great E
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
-There Is mo- better food in the hot

There is no better food in the hot
summer time than green vegetables,
according to the home economics de-
paTtment Of Iowa State college They
furnish the necessary mineral matter
to the body and are an excellent pro-
lection against constipation. Then,
too, they are low in fuel value, so that
they do not tend to make the body
hotter. They fill up quickly and give
a feeling of fullness, thus preventing
overeating and consequent disorders.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
Floyd F. Pickerell, New Sharon 81
2409 and
Cora Adkins, New Sharon ......34

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Married
at the Office of the officiating Justice
of the Peace Squire o. c. G: Phillips,
at ten o'clock a. M, Monday, August
2, 1916, Miss Cora Adkins. to Mr..
Floyd F. PickerelI Friends offer con.
1 - ~ ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

The rural Indians of Peru still
belieye In paying the Incas," for
fear that their crops will fail if the
ancient observances are neglected.
Burnt offerings of drugs and aromat-
ic plants are still made and small
images are buried in the fields for
benefit of the crops and the herds
Such are the stone carvings, called
mulio or piedras de Charassani, that
are still sold in the native market of
La Par, Bolivia. ." .'.s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

MORROW.-Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Morrow, at their home in Spen.
Ger, Iowa, Saturday morning, August
B.. 1916, a fine daughter. Mother and
babe doing well. The mother will be
remembered to Oskaloosa people as
Miss Stella Pugh daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Pugh. Mrs. Pugh has
been at the home in Spencer several
months. .''
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
ENFORCING the Ordinance.

Assertion was made in the city
council chamber Monday evening
that DINNERS" are in more general
use now than at any time since the
adoption OF the new speed ordinance
and that the motor cop" is earning
his wages in the day of service rend-
cred.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Mission at OskaIoosa coIIeoe

Rev. j. G. Pack. the pastor Of the
First Baptist church, has resigned to
take up Missionary work in west Os-
kaloosa. The services will be con.
Quoted every Sunday in the audit
orium Of the Oskaloosa College, be.
week from Sunday. Sunday
school at 10000 a., m, preaching at IL
a. m. and 500 p. m. To these services
the public is heartily invited
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

Finding ones way along an I'M
known road with the help of map
or touring guide is very much easier
than the oldfashioned method of ask
ing for guidance at farm houses ev-
cry few miles. But it is not so easy
as following a we'll marked route.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

MORRISON.-The infant daughter
died at the home of her parents in
Garfield township, August 7, 1916,
aged 8 days. She was born on July
81, and was only given to the parents
for the short period of eight days.
She leaves her father and mother and
two sisters, Bola and Iona. Funeral
services will be held from the resi-
dence at 1000 o'clock a. M, Wednes.
day, August 9. Interment in Forest
cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

The Salvation Army is worth S.
353,179.97, according to a petition
fled in New York, asking permission
to mortgage property in Brooklyn for
$500. Real estate holdings total &c.
$i6,051.S9, and personal property ST..
607.128.0S. Liabilities are S4,256,-
81 gs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Ice SHORTAGE.

Icemen say III the hot weather con
tinues there win be an ice shortage
in Montezuma The demand for the
nast several weeks has been greater
than experienced there for years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Contractor win Be BUSY

3 UskaIOosa CONTRACTORS viii have
about all of the new work they can
well handle forifhe remainder OF the
season If all OF the jobs now consid
cred or contemplated come 10 issue.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Deep River Meetings.

The Montezuma Gospel Team be
gan a sehies of meetings in tent at
Deep River, Sunday night DR.. Guy
Trimble is captain of the team.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

The ottumwa Curier suggests
that many folks who are inclined to
cEiticise their neighbors, would do
well to step aside and watch them
selves go by. ''.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat
thinks Senator LaFollette should
make a speech some day explaining
why he calls himself republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Sale Of Lots POSTPONED

Penn College lot sale for the dis.
.posai. OF solid property In the col.
iege farm, north of the school, has
been postponed one year, and will be
carried on next fall.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

mo man realizes what a mean,
contemplate wretch he is until
somebody runs against him for office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
TAXES PAID. . .N....]VLY
Total is Small AS 1t Usually Is In
Summer Time. -, 4"

July collections at the county treas
urers office were light, totalling only
$4,73463. The last half of the taxes
are due in September, and then the
collections will boom again into the
big figures. July collections were dis
trihuted as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

The man on the corner often
wonders what is accomplished by in
spection tour.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Provides for Board.

This act provides for the creation Of
an arbitral board of three to six per!
sons. The railroad managers and the
employees each would name one con-
ciliator who would choose the third IL
the board is to be composed of three
members; and II six, each would select
two members, and they, together, the
other two. If members so chosen by
the parties should fail to agree upon
the third, or two members of the
board. the appointment would be made
by the board of mediation and concilia-
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

LII you cut your own weeds, your
neighbor may take the hint and cut,
fon
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
Make. .ExalbItlonn. ~ N Ealr. & 4

Make pre- aration, to be among the
list OF exhibitors at. the Southern
Iowa Exposition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10

Emotional insanity is a fancy
name for fighting mad.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-08-10
BOARD
TO ACT IN STRIKE
MEMBERS, OF BODY GO TO NEW
YORK ON WEDNESDAY,,
MEN WILL ACCEPT ARBITRAT OV
Agreement Between Rail Managers
and Their Employees Considered
Unlikely by Officials at
Washington.

New York, Aug. S.-The presidents
of the four railroad brotherhoods and
representatives of 225 railroads effect.
ed by railroad employees demands, met
here today to listen the the result of
the so-called strike vote involving 4OO,.
900 men. n"
1t is generally known more than 80
per cent of the men have voted to
strike unless the demands of an eight
hour day and time and a half for over.
time are granted.
Federal Board to Act.
Washington, Aug. 8,-The. federal
will be in New York Wednesday to Of
fer their services to the railroads and
their employees If the parties to the
dispute fail to reach an agreement by
that time.
1t was said, here that an agreement
was unlikely and that the board
would be compelled to intervene.
Doubt Success Of Mediation.
Some doubt was expressed over the
success of mediatory efforts by the
board, and 1t was said that in the
event of failure by the conciliators to
bring the employees and the roads to-
gether arbitration of the controversy
will be urged upon both parties by
President Wilson.
1t was asserted In an authoritative
quarter that the railway brotherhoods,
In case Of irreconcilable disagreement
with the managers will appeal to the
board Of mediation and Cancellation to
intervene, and that should such friend
ly Intervention also fail, the brother
hoods will. accept arbitration If pro-
posed by President Wilson.
1t was considered certain that the
railroad managers would not refuse to
arbitrate, if arbitration should offer
the only escape from national strike.
If the issue comes to that point arbi-
tration will take piace under the pro-
visions of the federal act providing for
mediation, cancellation and arbitration
between connfon carriers and their
Iemtjloyees. w L I'm pnH I'D
.-r.nM Provides for Board. - era
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-05
REV. WALLACE RETURNS
FROM NEW YORK VISIT.

Rev. R. H. Wallace has returned
from Elmsford, N. Y, where he had
been visiting his son, Rev. A. V. S.
Wallace, for nine months. On the
Fourteenth of July he participated in
the Flag Day celebration in the vii
lage, and was given a seat of honor in
the Park, and expressed his apprecia-
ton for the umerou courtesies ex-
tended him. The venerable gentleman
served in the Civil War as chaplain of
the 168th New York Volunteers, In
fantry, and has served in the army
of the Lord as a minister of the gos-
pei of the Presbyterian Church for
63 years. His father before him was
a minister, and was pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Little Brit
ain, Orange county, N. Y, for thirty
four years, and was succeeded by his
son, the two holding this one passionate
for seventy years. He is in his seth
year, and still retains an active in
terest in affairs. He makes his home
with his son, R. H. Wallace, Jr., at
Blenheim.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-05
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN NEW
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

Miss Sarah B. Askew, one of the
organizers of Free Public State Lii
braries, was in Pleasantville this week
in consultation with members of the
Board of Education relative to the es-
tablishment of a public library in the
new High School building. Arrange
ments were perfected for such a lib
rary to be established when the build
ing is opened. All books are furnish
ed by the State without cost, and are
open for free use by all citizens of
the community. Two hundred new
volumes will be sent here as the nu-
cleus of the library, and others will
be added from time to time. The
Pleasantville library will in no wise
interfere with local patrons of the At
lantic City library continuing to use
their books, the same as now. This is
an important and valuable addition to
our city, which our people should ap-
preciate and make use of.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-05
MRS. LONG ENTERTAINS
IN HONOR OF MRS. MALTBY

Mrs. Scott NJ. Long entertained at
cards a number of lady friends at
her attractive home on Verona ave-
nue. Friday afternoon of last week,
complimenting Mrs. Robert D. Malt
by. The guests were: Mrs. Robert d.
Maltpy, Mrs. Edna B. Reddick, Mrs.
Chas. NJ. Chattle, Mrs. Samuel Ire
land, Mrs. Bertram E. Whitman, Mrs.
". w. Whitman, Miss Borneman,
Miss Pearl Adams, Miss Julia Mason,
Miss Helen Wallis, Miss Marjorie
North, Mrs. W. 2. Adams, Mrs. Chas.
S. Arnold of Philadelphia, Mrs. L. H.
Garland of North Carolina, Mrs. L.
J. Curry of Atlantic City, Mrs. J. w.
Alcorn, Mrs. May North Crist, Mrs. H.
w. Lewis, Mrs. NJ. C. Curry, Mrs.
Thomas Simpson, Mrs. Halvor L. Har-
ley, Mrs. T. H. Smith, Mrs. Warren
Albertson, Mrs. A. S. Risley, Mrs.
Walter Borneman and Mrs. H. c.
Munro.