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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
osKALosA's OPPORTUNITY

1t begins to look like Pella started
something when she launched pro-
posed electric line, connecting that
town with nearby cities, Oska-
loosa should see to it that the line
is extended to this city before the
opportunity goes by. This weeks
Pella Booster-Press tells of the pro-
gress of the project and says:
"A great many people in the COM
munity are just waking up to the
fact that the Pella-Leffier Short Line
is going to mean a great deal, not
only to Pella, but to the community
in general, and number of our
farmers are just beginning to see that
it is going to mean something to
them and are getting interested.
They are beginning to realize that
there are other communities that are
working to get in on this road in
order to have it extended To and
| through other communities. Grin
nell, Charlton and MonteZuma have
expressed themselves as being great
4 ~ 1AltlC0lCu III cAlClOtuS II W lllCll
cities, which will give Pella and
community that longed-for North
and South railroad. 1t is going tC
mean that we are going to be con
nected with communities that we
hardly know anything about at this
time, it is going to pen up avenues
of business in all branches which
will mean a great deal to every com
munity it passes through. 1t means
that we are going to give people
north and south a chance to get in
and out of their respective communi
ties by the most modern and safe
method the world has ever known. Il
means that it is going to enable the
farmer in this community to be II
close touch with a road that will hau
their grain and live stock without
| having to haul it so far. 1t will
mean better markets at differen
times of the year and better prices.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
cHIcAGo's PROBLEMS.

Death is likely to be more fire.
quent in Chicago than in the trenches
of Europe next winter" says D. c.
Roloff, of the United Charities of that
city. Figures show the death rate
in an artillery regiment at the front
in France is about per cent; of an
infantry regiment, Is per cent.
81 have figures showing the death
rate among babies in some of the
more poverty stricken districts in
Chicago is IS per cent Therefore
it is from two to four times as dan,
gerous to be baby in those sections
as it is to be a soldier at the front
at is a situation which should
cause us to stop and think when we
realize the death rate of recent
month in Chicago was q per cent
higher than in the same month year
ago, and that contagious diseases in
the same period increased 81 per
cent.
1.-The high cost of food is one of the
primary reasons for this. The poor
are underfed and the poorly nourish.
ed are more susceptible to disease.
Coal was high last winter and will be
again. This brings double barrel
ed reaction. Because houses are i'm
properly heated, pneumonia, colds,
and other diseases are prevalent.
Secondly, because the price is
high, poorer grades of coal are used,
and this increases the smoke evil.
Potatoes will not grow in the social
ed smoke area yet persons try to
raise babies there. There isn't
enough pure oxygen for them.
Then follows the ternal question
of housing. And here we face for
the first time in Chicago serious
Negro problem. which will be far
worse next winter. The fight to
keep the Negro settlements from
has resulted in Negroes
crowding into their districts.
Disease follows this oyercrowd-
ing. We have gone into some over
homes, with doctors. and
have found, nine times out of ten, half
The members OF the family have some
disease. Sometimes half dozen
different diseases will be found in the
same house."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

remember that the financing of a
great war is never completed until
the war is finished and we are go
ing to finish this war to our satisfac-
ton in order that America may not
be finished. We must stay on the
job and do it in true American fash
ion. We have proved ourselves on
the first test; we must be prepared
for the second, the third, and the
fourth if need be.
This war must be fought to a I'm
ish. SO It. must be so fought, because
there isuan irrepressible conflict be,
tween woDirreconcilable principles
and systems of organized society that
never will be settled until it is fought
to finish. The world can no longer
survive half democratic and half au'
tocratic. One or the other must tri'
umph. We are confronted today
with an analogous situation to that
which confronted this Nation in 1861
when the immortal Lincoln said
This Nation can no longer endure
half slave and half free We had to
fight that irreconcilable issue to
conclusion, and we fought 1t TO a
right conclusion. We vindicateo
freedom in America; we obliterateo
slavery from the free soil of this great
Nation. That is what we have go
to do for the entire world-destroI
despotism, which is another form o.
slavery, and make liberty supreme
In no other way can the void be made
sole for democracy. 1t is a noble
ideal lit is the only kind of an idea
for which a great republic like ours
a republic of freemen, could or woult
| fight ."-William G.. McAdoo, Score
| tary of the Treasury.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
PUT THE THIRD ON PARADE.

In two or three weeks the One
Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry
(Third Iowa., now encamped near the
fair grounds, will leave for the east
to prepare for embarkation to France
says the Des Moines Capital.
"The occasion ought to be made a
notable one in Des Moincs. Arrange
ments should be made to have the
regiment parade through the city on
a convenient day just prior to de-
parture.
"Col. Benefits command now num-
bers $500 men. This is as big as three
regiments under the old plan. The
men of the regiment come from all
parts of the state, by reason of the
fact that drafts were made from the
First and Second Iowa regiments to
bring the Third up TO the new re.
quirements,
Other cities are making elaborate
plans to honor the home boys when
they start on their journey to France.
Des Moines is surcharged with the
enthusiasm just now. 1t will
welcome a chance TO work off some
of this spirit by means of a parade and
other public recognition.
Lets see display of Iowa's first
to the war"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
BRYAN is LOYAL.

Col. William Jennings Bryan has
been making strong and vigorous 10y
al speeches on the Chautauqua plat.
form in Oskaloosa and elsewhere,
urging a determined prosecution OF
the war. He says if the war should
end now, every life that has gone out
would be wasted. .....,.
The colonel takes the same posi-
ton in an editorial in his weekly pa
per called the Commoner.
Col. Bryan, while secretary of state
negotiated peace treaties with q
large number of the governments Of
the world, and is more proud of that
work than any other he has per
formed.
But realizing that peace is impos
sible under present conditions, the
colonel is standing nobly by his coun
try. There are thousands of disloya
men in Nebraska, some of whom have
no doubt been followers of the colo
mel, who ought to follow his example
at the present time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
VANISHING YELLOW PERIL.

The Japanese imperial commission,
which is touring the United States in
the interest of better feeling between
the two countries, pledges the faith
and friendship of Japan to the United
States.
In the dawning of this new day of
stress and strain, let us forge the little
mole hills that have been exaggerated
into mountains to bar our good rela-
tions," Vicount Ishii of the Commits
sion, said. Let us see together with
a clear vision the pitfalls dug by a
cunning enemy in. our path. And
when victory shall have won, let us
together help in the upbuilding of u
new world which shall rise, fair and
strong and beautiful, from the ashes
of the old.
Thus passes the yellow peril of
which We have heard so much. 1t
was manufactured bugaboo-a
sheeted. candleIighted pumpkin-de
signed by a cleaver old-world diplo.
macy to distract our attention from
real dangers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
soAPsToNE PRODUCTION.

Soapstone is massive rock so rich
in tale as to have a soapy feel. 1t is
more extensively quarried and used in
the United States than in any other
country. It's most important applica
ton; depending on its resistance to
heat, acids, and electricity, is in the
manufacture of laundry tubs, labora
tory table tops, tanks, sinks, fume
hoods, and switchboards, and in gen
eral insulation, besides many small
err uses growing out of its slow radi
alton of heat. There was small pro
duction of soapstone in California II
1916, according to the United States
Geological Survey. Department of the
Interior, but almost the entire output
of the United States came from Vir
ginia where there were four producin!
quarries. The total yield for 1916, IN
GLIDING that of California, was 10,
652 short tons.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
CURRENT cARLEeRAMs.

said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
'q'm Hohenzollern, King OF Prus-
stat"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
ais that some water-tank in Rus
sia?"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
"Pm going to lick some puny rul'
ers."
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
'aTaks care. Some puny chaps are
foolers."
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
"When get through thereu be
Me only"
said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
"How can you wish to be SO lone
ly?"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
"The world is mine to rule or
ruin"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
you've said it, Bill. that's what
you're doin'."
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
1.-THE right of might has made me
Kaiser"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill.
aThe might of right may make you
wiser"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
81 have to fight in self-protection."
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill.
Don't point that gun in my direc'
ton"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
Some day I'll cross the blue At
lantic."
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill.
aMy gracious, William! How ro-
manticl"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
II want to choke your Woodrow
Wilson"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
Then let him smell your poisoned
Pilsen."
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
an choke your Pershing, too.
hate i'm"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
"Your schweitzer cheese Nigh suffo
cate i'm"
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam,
my subs will send you to the bot
TOM"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
'Not If my gun-boats ever spot
'ern."
Said Kaiser Bill to Uncle Sam.
"You better keep your Sammies
hidden"
Said Uncle Sam to Kaiser Bill,
"Aw-quit yer kiddin'."
Nal Rose, Oskaloosa, Ia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
THE CAME Of GOLF
INTERESTING CONTESTS ON AT
THE COUNTRY CLUB.

The third days play of the city
championship golf tournament at the
Oskaloosa Country Club links finds
the winners of yesterday paired as
follows:
Sam Walton VS.. X. Yer Ploeg.
F. f. Novels VS.. Tom Shocklcy.
Jimmy" Swick VS.. DR.. F. ]. Jarvis
Harry Johnson VS.. Harry Walton.
This morning Frank Novels for
feited to Tom Shockley.
Sam Walton won in Tuesdays
matches from Frank Nash, ST, K. Vel
Ploeg won from T. G. Janney by de
fault. Frank Novels won from r
d. Walton by default. Tom Shockley
won from Robert Walton As. Jimmie
Swick won from Carl Johnson 3d. DR.
+. ]. Jarvis won from C. E. Penland
81. Harry Johnson won from Seth
Thomas by default and Harry Walton
won from Carroll Sawyer 81.
Winners of the Directors Flight
were L. e. Corlett who won from w. T.
Cole by default; J. r. McGregor who
won from e. H. Shaw by default; E.
L. Butler who won from M. j. Cruzen
by default; C. S. Walling who won
from G. w. Shockley by default; Lee
Kalbach who won from C. Ed Beman
by default; l.. A. Rodgers who won
from T. J.. Bray by default; C. c. ALI
sop who won from d. Eckenbom by
default and r. M. Boyer who defeated
A. C. Erdice 81.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

Fitual life. It's educational influence
is only limited by the energy with
which it is pushed.
In these days, when the need is ur-
gent that production be stimulated to
the maximum, every agency that
tends to arouse enthusiasm and de-
sire to excel should be carefully fos-
tered. This the county fair does as
no other institution does or. can.
We would bend every energy to
getting together this fall the most
complete exhibit of the products OF
the county that it is possible to as
semble. We will need the stimulus oil
the inspiration in the years to come
The need for record production will
not end with this season. Unless al
signs fail, the productive agencies o.
this country have a strenuous time
before them for many years to come
Let us center every energy on the
main issue-preparedness-and pusl
it to a successful conclusion. a.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
LIFE A HAPPY SURPRISE
WHY ARE FARMERS CALLED
"RUBES" and "HAYSEEDS?"

People who go out to the County
Home, seven miles west of town on
the Knoxville road Thursday evening
to attend the home talent" entertain
ment for church and Red Cross bene,
fit are slated for happy surprise. 1t
is big affair.
The play was put on Tuesday even
ing in dress rehearsal and a small
company of friends and outside parties
were privileged to witness the piece.
They were both surprised and delight.
ed The surprise comes in the perfect
every accommodation and convenience
known to the inside stage. 1t is erect
ed on the west lawn of the County
Home and opens toward the east. This
gives room on the spacious lawn fol
more people than could be crowded
into the chautauqua auditorium. Their
there is whole field nearby for the
parking of cars.
The stage is electric lighted anC
strings of lights are hung through tn,
trees about the lawn making the plac,
light as day. At one side is place
for separate entertainment, where re
freshments may be obtained.
But the play itself is worthy specia
consideration. A company of youn
people, under the direction of Rev. I
~. Petit of the Methodist church @
Tracy and Bill Broerman as bus
ness manager, made up plans for tn
entertainment months ago, and the
have been working faithfully in tn
maturing arrangements since. The,
have taken person here and Their
from their locality until cast of III
: usual ability has been brought togetl
err and they have a considerable di'
play of talent interviewer through an
about their piece.
The play opens in the living ROOF
of an old time country home wher
all work and no play abides. TIL
father, already debt ridden seeks
acquire more land. The ideas of tn
lCuliuiO Gil dlC oSOhCu anu tuOii OuOl
to make the farm pay are deride'
: They go to the city. The last a,
: Father and mother are out in til
+ auto, telephone, water system, furnaC
: heat installed in the house and slice
ing porch outside and all paid fl
t from the profits of intelligent farmir
Y done by the children. A little romano
e is worked in through the piece ar
e between the acts are specialties ar
a musical numbers.
The Bussey-Tracy band will be {
:. hand to furnish a part of the entertai
b lment and the promoters are lookir
l. for the big crowd, which the sho
merits.
/ Here is the array of talent partic
pating in the play:
Tracy-Bussey Band, Miss Jenn
Taylor, Mark Havener, Miss Dol
Gladson, Archie M. Marsh, Thomas
- Petit, Rebecca Ann Moody, Floy
:. w. Lyman, Beulah BEidgman, j. !
u Current, Miss Stella Oswandle, Wa
i ter belong and Emily Moody.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
HEAR We! HEAR YE!

Where has the Greater Iowa Asso-
citation been all this time, to let the
Montezuma Republican slip this over
on it? ....
while at Edgewood last week G.
w. Wiltse and j. Fl. Porter visited
the Bixby park and ice cave near
that town. The ice cave is an Iowa
wonder. The hotter the weather the
more ice forms in the cave, which eX
tends into the mountain side, and in
winter the water is luke warm. Mr.
Wiltse's grandchildren at Edgewooo
went to the cave and secured ice with
which to make the ice cream while
he and Mr.. Porter were there. The
cave has never been advertised extern
sively, hence is not known outside
that section of the state"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
THE SECOND LIsERTY LOAN.

THE Second Liberty Loan of 1917
will be the official name of the sec
ond issue of the Liberty Loan.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has issued a public statemnt warn
ing the public against recurring I'M
reliable reports regarding the next
Liberty Loan purporting to give in
formation as to date, amount, and
other details relative to the issue.
He states these reports are merely
speculative and the public should not
be misled by them; that these mat
tiers have not been determined upon,
and as soon as they are settled off
cial announcement will be made; in
the meantime unofficial reports should
be regarded as unfounded.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
MRS ToRRENcE is REMINDED OF
EiGHTiETH BIRTHDAY.

An event of social prominence was
the surprise birthday party Tuesday
evening, given in honor of Mrs. Tor
rence's S0th birthday at her home ON
the Evans road, at which gathered
friends from Knoxville, Evans, East
Center and Lincoln townships, Bea-
con, Des Moines and Chicago. Mrs.
Terrence had been informed by her
daughter that the Big Four club was
coming to spend the evening but it
! came near being 400" The honored
guests of the occasion were Mrs. Sara
Davis, 88 years of age, Mrs. Catherine
Marks, Sc; Mrs. L. j. Beans, SO; Mrs.
Rebecca Davis, 80; Mrs. Duboc and
/ Mrs. Crisman.
/ An excellent program was given
and one of the most pleasing numbers
on the program was a paper given by
Miss Amenda Rodgers in which she
told of the kind deeds and loving acts
of Mrs. Terrence all through her life
and of De love and esteem in which
she was held by all who knew her.
Mrs. Terrence and her husband we're
earnest and willing workers in the
Sunday school of Evans and as evil
dence of the love rendered her by
: those to whom she gave her most de-
voted care, her Sunday school class
! made special effort to be present at
: the party and sang several songs
!. which were sung at their school in
Evans.
: Many neighbors and friends related
instances of Mrs. Torrence's acts Of
kindness to those who were sick and
e in distress. Many beautiful bouquets
were in evidence through the kindness
of neighbors. af.E -E.
/ Rev. DeVoe of Oskaloosa in behalf
L of the friends, in an interesting pre-
;. sentation speech presented Mrs. Tor
renee with beautiful rocker. In part,
he said: There's a reason" for this
n manifestation of love and the reason
e is-that love begets love and in order
e to have friends one must be friendly
0 Mrs. Terrence expressed her thanks
e and appreciation of the token of love
s Delicious refreshments were served
and the guests departed at a late hour
i wishing Mrs. Terrence many more hap
= py birthdays. .-......
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
AS OTHERS SEE US.

Keota Eagle: The Oskaloosa boost
ers had big time here last Thurs
day. There were 50 in the bunch SO
there must have been some 20 car
loads of them. They were here for
dinner. on which they Dragged to beat
everything, and then after dinner
their band gave US delightful con-
cert on Broadway. Roy Kemble's
singing won much applause. Sew
eraI gentlemen made short talks. the
burden Of which was loyalty TO Iowa.
The three newspapers were repre-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
Friday sure IS unIucky Day.

Friday was a day of accidents at
West Chester. Little Alice Crayne,
while attempting to, help her father
in his farm work, was struck by a
piece of gas pipe and her collar bone
was broken. Mrs. Merwin Chad
wick fell down stairs and was severe
ly bruised. DR.. Henderson was lead
ing horse which became frightened
and the result was that he is suffer
ing from sprained ankle. Walter
Bauer was another victim. He fell
from a sack swing and broke his leg.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
PUSH THE FAIR.

Fremont Gazette: Our people should
not permit themselves to become SO
engrossed in the war and kindred sub.
tects as to neglect ample preparations
for the Southern Iowa Fair and Elk
position this fall. We may be tempted
TO think we are too busy to attend, but
in this we will commit grave error.
A county fair is not luxury. not
an indulgence, but one OF the most
important institutions OF any commu.
nifty. 1t is essential to the best In
terests of the industrial life OF the
as Is the school to the in
tellectual, Or the church 70 the spir.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Il + Il Il r Il + '- Il II -S
ADAMS.-Born to Mr., and Mrs. c.
H. Adams 61O ,Fifth,p aYenpe west.
August %, 1917, boy.a .yoera
...g :. 1900, ,a. IL il.
WETHERELL. Henry Wetherell
died in Des Moineso August s2S, 1917.
The body will aFEiYegoysrs the, G., R.
l. & P. Ry., Friday morning. The
funeral services will be rheld at Nc
Auley Chapel Friday at 2 p. m. In
terment in Forest cemetery.
Deceased was a long time resident
of Oskaloosa, contractor and builder,
and prominent member of the G. A.
R. For several years he has been
making his home with his son, F. E.
Wetherell, at Des Moines.
BEANS.-Elizabeth J. Beans died at
the home of her daughter Mrs, Thorn
as Soseman on the Evans road, We'd
nesday morning at 6:15, of heart
trouble, aged SO years. Mrs. Beans
| had been in her usual health and
Tuesday evening was one of the hon
ored guests at a social gathering at
the Terrence home. She complained
of pain in her right side on arising
this morning but Immediately recov-
cred from it and was feeling normal
again. Mrs. Soseman on starting up
stairs to her mothers room heard the
camphor bottle which she had been
holding fall to the floor and on enter
ing the room Mrs. Soseman found her
mother drawing her last breath. The
deceased was born in Ohio and had
been a resident of Iowa for a number
of years. u.
Mrs. Beans was the mother of four
children, Hon. w. |. Beans, president
of the Farmers National Bank, Mrs.
Thomas Soseman, Winnie Beans and
Charles Beans. She was a sister Of
L. r. Hatcher, of Oskaloosa, Elwood
Hatcher, of New Sharon and w. S.
Hatcher, of Norton, Kansas.
The family is numbered among the
early corners to the county. William
c. Beans and wife came to the India
napolis neighborhood in 1856 and for
many years were prominent in this
locality. Mrs. Beans came to Oska-
loosa to reside about nine years ago.
She was about SO years of age and
was strong and healthful. The infirm-
tiles of old age having rested lightly
upon her and no one suspected that
death was so near
Short services will be held at the
Scsnman home Friday at p. m. The
funeral services will be held at the
Christian church at Indianapolis at
3 p. m. and burial in Indianapolis Gem.
etery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

Correspondence from Manchester
calls attention to the statement by
the National Baby Council of Eng
land that twelve babies died each
hour during 1915, while only nine sol
diers lost heir lives. Half of these
infants deaths were preventable. A
government board report asserts:
"Intemperance in husband or wife
is a serious cause of excessive infant
mortality"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
-The Pella Chronicle occasiona

The Pella Chronicle occasional.
~ meets man who questions the
constitutionality OF drafting men to
fight for the United States outside
our borders. "a government that
does not have the right to compel its
citizens to fight for its defenses
wherever Il may be menaced is not
worth nghting for" adds the Chron-
icle,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

The Kansas City street railway
strike has been ended by mutual com
promises. And as the Burlington
Gazette puts 1t, "the normal, sensi-
BILE citizen, who is not seeking trou-
BILE, wonders why this could not have
been accomplished without strike"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

Brighton's municipal taxes are
actually going down. The city coun-
Gil at its last meeting made the levy
for the coming year and the total in
all funds is one-fourth mill less than
the total of last year in spite of the
fact that it now has city park levy
of % mills. Brighton can show
some of the larger towns in Iowa a
trick or two.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

when man is engaged in fisti-
cuffs he doesn't have time to discuss
the matter of who shall pay for the
broken furniture. The person on the
side lines who tries to get him to do
50 is friend of the enemy" says
the Des Moines Capital.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30

The man on the corner says the
reason money is so scarce is because
John d. gets the most of it for gas,
for people to burn, and Billy Sunday
gets the rest of it for gas to keep
people from burning.