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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
GREATEST In HE WORLD

Penn College and the Iowa Yearly
Meeting of Friends seem to have been
building better than they knew. The
growth and the improvement of the
Yearly Meeting and its Meeting House
in the city, and the wonderful pros
perity that is coming to Penn College,
have in themselves been remarkable
but over and above the material pros
perity, shines the great influence
which these institutions have had on
the Friends church, elsewhere, and up
on the world in general.
Southern California as almost peo-
pied with former members of the Iowa
Yearly meeting and graduates or stu
dents of Penn College, and with Whit
tier as the hub, the spokes of influence
runs out in all directions. Now comes
the announcement that at Whittier is
to be erected the greatest Quaker
church in the world. The edifice is to
replace the old frame church of the
same denomination, long since grown
inadequate to its ever increasing
membership, and has been designed
to provide for expected future needs.
In large sense it will be an impos-
ing monument to the progress and
prosperity of this Western Quaker icty
which Is patterned after oskaloosa.
Speaking of the new structure, the
Los Angeles Times says:
The church was planned by H. NJ.
Patterson of this city and will follow
a simple Gothic treatment. II will be
OF brick construction and will have
stone trim. The edifice will stand at
the corner of Philadelphia street and
W Washington avenue, fronting 140 feet
on the former by 100 feet on the lat.
ter thoroughfare. It's cost will be in
excess of 100000, this being exclusive
of pipe organ, which is to be pur'
chased later
The main entrance on Philadelphia
street viii be set off by an attractive
portal, and will open into high cell
ing foyer and lobby of ample dimen-
sions. The auditorium will have a
seating capacity including the bal
comics Of neriy 1000, and one end will
be filled by a choir and organ loft.
On the same floor will be various 9TH
er rooms and the pastors study. The
basement will contain, in addition TO
the heating plant, Sunday school quar-
tiers for adults, class rooms. library
and large and small dining rooms.
Special provision is made outside
the new building for the regular Sun
day school departments. Part OF the
old church has been moved back on
Washington street and is now being
veneered with brick in architectural
keeping with the new structure. In
this remodeled building will be hous-
ed the main Sunday school work. Two
other smaller buildings of frame con-
struction along side 1t win be used for
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
SURRIENDERS
BOYS or LACEY WERE MUCH IN
FAVOR OF A SERENADE.

Lacey, Jan. Shy Samantha.)
Des Moines Friday noon with his
bride of since Monday The boys
were very much alive to a serenadg-
ing in the evening, but were qUieted
by complete surrender and a treat
on the part of the Professor. The
Saturday evening following, the com.
munity assembled at the school house
and rendered them a reception and
oyster supper which was enjoyed by
all and which, too showed the appre-
citation of Mr.. Newell's efforts in his
school work and the high esteem
they held for this excellent young
couple.
The Community League is, plan
ming for a box supper.
Health of the community is very
good with exception of bad colds in
many families.
Mrs. Van De Vert of st. Lawrence,
S. D., is visiting relatives and old
time friends, all of whom are delight
ed to see her presence.
The writer spent Sabbath a!tor-
noon with Mrs. j. M. Cruzen, a life
long friend of the Herald and presi-
dent of the correspondents associa-
ton. We are sorry to report her in
i'll health at present, but was feeling
some. better at this time. However
her teInpo: AIRY indispOsition did not
affect her cheerful nature, and we
must say we were royalty entertain.
ed
The Mark Bryson family of your
cit visited with the Thompson's on
Sunday The two gentlemen were
at the M. S. Downey home in the af-
ternoon.
Mrs. J. c. Schooley has just recov-
cred from an attack Of quinsy, all Of
which we are glad to report.
Clyde Shaw and Fred Phillips
shipped their cattle the first of the
week. Mr.. Shaw accompanied the
shipment.
Carl Dilley took dinner Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Goodner.
Carl tells us he has traded his farm
III TOlh CUuulN, hllAucSOld, W iidiis
McCoombs for farm in Black Oak
| township. We are not advised as
| to his further plans.
School at Lacey opened this Mon
day morning after two weeks holi.
day vacation. $685..
Miss Lucille Pogge spent Saturday
and Sunday at the Fred Everett
home. .4
The writer was privileged to at
tend the suffragette meeting at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday We were de-
lighted with the days entertainment.
1t was rare opportunity to meet
with and to listen ii such cultured
and talented speakers. Neither can
we speak in too high praises Of the
splendid dinner which was nothing
short of a feast.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
OFF THE BEATEN PATH.

We who live huddled by millions
in cities or scattered in other millions
over areas vast yet connected COM
munity with community by railroads
mail and the telegraph, give little
thought to those others in remote and
isolated parts unless our interest be
momentarily fixed by some incident
related of them. Such an instance is
an announcement by steamship firm
in New York City that one of its
boats will sail Dec. %, for Australia
and that stop will be made at Pit
cairn island. An appeal was made for
any books or magazines which could
be spared as gifts for the residents
of this PARKWAY speck on the oceans
breast.
These people, the descendants of
the mutineers of the Bounty, have no
neighbors nearer than 500 miles. They
are led by. a missionary and are all
well instructed in Bible lore. Their
means of existence are most meager
and we are told that they are in need
OF garments and reading of the stand
ard class
At the same time we read in Lon
uOu he" opdpC1 VI q SlNolhSl4ip SoiAiS
out of its course to touch at Tristan
do Cunha, which is as isolated in the
Atlantic as Pitcairn is in the Pacific.
On this rocky islet a small community
devout, like the other, exists. The
adults number only twenty-six. They
descend from few hardy sailors who
chose the place $50 years ago. They
begged the steamship captain to ap-
peal to England for teacher for their
children. Before the war a British
cruiser called there once year but
since August, 1914, they had been
without news of any sort. Neither
they nor the Pitcairn islanders evince
any desire to emigrate. Remote, soil
tary and alone, these jewellers on the
seas regard their island homes as pre-
ferable to what they have heard of
the rest of the world.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
ROCHESTER ITEMS
HEAVERLO SELLS CORN - LES.
LIE JOHNSON BADLY HURT.

Rochester Jan. S.-(By Joe.)-Dan
Heaverlo delivered 1000 Blu. of corn
to A. B. Henry at soc, per bu.
Attorney Bray of Oskaloosa was in
this vicinity Thursday in regard to
the Sheets and Foster will case.
Much sympathy is felt for the Smith
family in the death of the husband
and father, Mr.. Geo. Smith. He will
be sadly missed in the home and the
church. Mr.. Smith was always will
ing and helpful in the church and the
Sunday school.
Rebecca DeCook of the Abbott hos
pital visited her sister, Mrs. Julia
Adair.
Leslie Johnson, second son of G.
d. Johnson, was seriously hurt while
coasting, cutting his face and caus-
ing some injury to the head.
Miss Faye Barnes has been quite
ill the past week.
Boyd Adair is visiting relatives in
the west part of the state.
R. NJ. Thompson is home from Ne
vada, Mo-, where his son Lewis is
taking treatment for nervous trouble.
Mrs. Taylor and Miss Stella, of
Oskaloosa spent New Years day at
the Guy Taylor home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor attended the
funeral Of Mrs. Taylor's grandmoth-
err Mrs. Knott, at Cedar, on last
Thursday.
Ray Sheets of Portland, Oregon,
was caller in this vicinity on last
Thursday.
On Thursday Clarence Johnson de-
livered 80 head of fine hogs at Fos-
terdale for Ben Snyder.
Mrs. Susie Huffman of Acton, Ohio,
who came to attend the funeral OF
her father, visited a few days with
her cousin, Mrs. Ora Johnson.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
BILL IS IN TROUBLE.

Fred B. Caldwell, a former we'll
known Oskaloosa boy and graduate
of Penn college now proprietor OF the
Elkmore Ranch at Howard, Kansas,
is evidently making good in the Sun
flower State. At the recent election
he was chosen by big majority to
represent Elk county, and is now at
Topeka in his official capacity.
Thomas E. Thompson, editor OF the
Howard Courant, has sent Fred's
mother Mrs. Catherine Caldwell, the
following poem in the way of joke,
but the lines are worth reading at
that:
I've got a letter, parson, from my son
way out west
An my oil heart is heavy as an anvil
in my breast,
To think the boy whose futur' | had
once so proudly planned
Should wander from the path o
right an come to SIGH an end!
l told him when he left us, only
three short years ago,
He'd find himself a-plowin' in
mighty crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsel, an
his mothers prayer, too;
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
| know there's big temptations for
youngster in the west,
But | believed our Billy had the cour-
age to resist;
An when he left warned him o the
everwaitin' snares,
That you find like hidden sarpints in
life's pathway everywheres.
But Billy promised faithful to be
kereful an allowed
He'd build a reputation that'd make
us mighty proud;
ut it seems as if my counsel sort OF
faded from his mind
sn' now the boys in trouble OF the
very wustest kind.
is letters come s. seldom that l
somehow sort O. knowed
That Billy was a-trampin' on
mighty rock road.
But never once imagined he would
bow my head in shame,
An in the dust'd waller his oil dad
dy's honored name.
He writes from out in Kansas, an the
story's mighty short,
II lust can't tell his mother, it'll crush
her poor Of heart;
An so / reckon, parson, you might
break the news to her.
Bills in the Legislator, but he doesn't
say what fur.
Unidentified.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
A RAILROAD ROAST.

THE people of this country are pay
ing railroads for great deal of SER
vice that is imperfectly rendered
complains the Pella Chronicle. 1--WE
have in mind especially the difficulty
of travelling about Christmas time. A
trip in cold weather at any time is al
mast as hazardous, and, when cold
weather comes at Christmas time, one
needs provide himself as for a trip
by stage coach in the olden time il
he ventures on the cars. Travellers
have told us of riding in cars without
heat in zero weather during the past
two weeks. Our own X. d. line the
evening of Christmas day had no light
except from two or three lanterns sit
ting on the floor on the west bound
train. The smoking car, to be sure,
was lighted; but ladies and non
smokers had to sit in the dark. Many
had not even that privilege. The car
was crowded and between Oskaloosa
and Pella. probobly twenty-five people
had to stand in the dark A probable
reason for having no extra coaches at
time when they are sure to be need
ed is that the lomocatives used on this
road would have had difficulty hauling
them. In another way the service
has been greatly defective We re-
fer to bringing the mail. From Deem
Der 81 to % inclusive no Chicago
papers reached Pella in time for dis
tribution on the day they were print.
ed. These papers are due in Pella be-
fore / o'clock, but have been arriv'
ing after 8 o'clock in the evening. II
the afternoon train had come in on
time, we might be able to see some
reason for not bringing the papers,
but the trains have been late nearly
two hours on some of these same
days 1t looks like the companies are
unwilling to spend any part Of the
money that the big holiday business
brings them to make service meet
the requirements. Are we going to
keep on standing such treatment, or
are going to require something bet
ter of these railroads into which the
people have put so much of value
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
TRIBUTE TO G. w. SEWERS
A Tribute by His Brother, B. B. SeeV-
ers of OskaIoosa.

George and l played together
through a happy childhood, and to-
gether we followed pleasantly the
pathway leading to young manhood.
After that our paths led as somewhat
apart, bur through all those years
leading US into the borderland of old
age we were very near and dear to
each other, and no other person, ex-
cept his own immediate family, was
as close to him as have been.
81 know his high ideals of life and
his devotion to them. | know the
troubles and sorrows that came upon
him, that gnawed at his heart strings
and shrouded his life in gloom, and
| know that he bore them with the
patient courage and silent resignation
of a martyr, never for moment
weakening in his devotion and gener-
osity to those dependant upon him, or
in his faithfulness to his friends and
to every interest confided to him.
81 knew that in his last few years
when we all felt that he was making
a losing fight, and tried to persuade
him to stop his work, to let loose and
rest, he was unable to break away
from HIS hltlOlS haullo VI Will uht
persistently kept on in the uneven
struggle until his armour fell from
his exhausted limbs.
"And now that death has ended it
all, cannot but think that in the
great unknown, into which he has
gone, he will be rewarded with, life
without sorrow and filled with joys
unspeakable.
MAY God in His goodness grant
this to him, and comfort and courage
to us from whom he has been taken
away-Byron."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

By following this plan the teacher
will find that the children will have
fewer colds, contagion will be less in
evidence, and teaching will be both
easier and more effective. Incident
ally, the teacher will find that her own
health will be better
DR.. Roach says in Michigan Public
Health; 1.-THE effect of cool fresh air
is to create a desire for active exer-
else, a natural physiological demand
for increased circulation of the blood.
To meet this need short physical ex-
ercises at frequent intervals between
lesson periods are necessary.
Children from open window rooms
breathing mixture of air and moist
ure exactly like that and of the tenn
perature of that of the outside air
keep well and are active and alert.
At the Bache school in Philadelphia
IL was found that pupils taught all
through the winter in rooms with win
dows that were wide open did better
work, enjoyed better health, and, as
consequence, were more regular in
attendance than their fellows taught
in the worm air rooms.
However, children in cold air rooms
must be provided with extra warm
clothing. The schoolroom routine must
be changed so as to permit of con-
siderable amount of moving around.
Sometimes such children are proyid-
ed with a school meal to supplement
home feeding. None of these extras
are necessary for the school in which
the windows are thrown open for a
few minutes several times during the
day. The teacher who makes reso-
luton to flush out the air of her school
room several times a day can calcu-
late that no particular change in the
dress of the students will be required.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

the primary and intermediate depart
ments, respectively.
THE Sunday school of the church
is famous in church circles in South
ern California, there being over 800
enrolled and in constant attendance.
The growth of the school in recent
years had made necessary the cree
ton of the two small buildings men
toned on sites near the old church.
In determining to build the impos-
ing edifice just started, the church
board also decided to acquire suffi-
cient ground space for the accom-
mediation of its temporary Sunday
school structures. Consequently
enSugh ground was added to give
the site total frontage of 2SO feet
on Washington by $50 feet on Phila-
delphia."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
nEoR MOTHER,

Let someone rise and advocate
An eight-hour day for mother;
There's one for dad, her running mat,
And sister too, and brother.
Yet mother takes more steps each da,
To keep the home fires boomin'
And works more hours on smaller pa.
Than bird, or beast, orshuman.
She hits the trail at Ave a. m.
While dad gets up at seven;
And sis, and brother after them
From nine, til most eleven.
And while the others yawn and sit
And NOPE around, and grumble,
Dear mother does her daily bit
And no one hears a humble.
She may not boast a union card
Her products bear no label;
Her business is to keep yard
OF pork-chops on the table.
Nor does she hear the whistles blow
At morning, noon or even,
While schubbin floors, and mixin
dough,
And patchin' quilts, and weaVen'.
At five p. m. our father quits
And oftentimes tits sooner
He grabs his hat and draws two bits
And beats it for a schooner.
And every army on the map
And all the kings abornin'
Can't make him do another tap
Til eight o'clock next NORM.
Then mother takes the soup-bone pot
And puts the "Mully" in it,
And serves the dinner steaming hot,
Exactly on. the minute.
Yet clocks were never made for her,
Except to time her bakin';
While sister takes her evenin' purr
And dad his thirst, is slakin'.
Vacation? Never was the word
In mothers dictionary;
The very mention is absurd,
Ridiculous-yea very.
While sis and brother idly roam,
And father COLTS and fishes,
Dear mother recreates at home,
Among the brooms and dishes.
At night while father at his clubs
Is playin' pool and gassin'
And brother with some other dubs
Is antein' and passin'
And sister at the movie shows
Is tossin' off her nickels
Dear mother mends the family hose
And makes preserves and pickles.
She labors harder every day
To keep the home fires boomin'
And works more hours on smaller pay
Than bird, or beast or human;
So while our statesmen legislate,
And stahl with one another,
Let some one rise and advocate
An eight-hour law for mother.
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, Ia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
COAL AND BAD ROADS.

Pella, surrounded by coal-bearing
land, has been near coal famine
There are many men who would be
glad to open small mines for supply
ing local needs if they were sure OF
market for their coal and way to
get it to market" says the Chronicle.
son account of the condition of the
country roads during a considerable
portion of the year, however, coal
can be shipped to the railroad station
and delivered about town cheaper than
it can be hauled in from the mines
around. Even many farmers are oblig-
ed to haul their supply of fuel from
the railroad. The reason is that the
roads are so bad part of the time
that country mine can never be GER
tain that it can dispose of its output.
There is no remedy but better roads.
II is a question for us to decide wheth-
Ell we are willing to make good roads
or prefer to be at the mercy of the
railroads and the spectators in coal
and other necessities of life"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
COURT HOUSE JANlToR.
M. S. Freeman Will Succeed w. n.
Sisco, Resigned. -.

County officials in the court house
at the present time are bemoaning
the fact that w. H. Sisco, who has
been the popular janitor at the court
house for the past four years, has
rendered his resignation, A tpod
janitor for the court house is hard
thing to find, and Mr.. Sisco was GER
tainly the most efficient man in that
place which the board of supervisors
have ever hired. Always accommoda-
ting, and always on the job, and most
important of all, always having the
court house in spick and span shape.
NJ. s. Freeman has been appointed in
his place, and will no doubt prove
equally efficient and popular.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

The shipments Of Portland ce-
ment from the mills in the United
States in 1915 approximately 94,50s, 900
barrels, compared with S6,S91,6S1 bar
rels in 1915, an increase of 8.S per
cent; the production of Portland ce-
ment approximately 81, 149,000 barrels
compared with S5,914,907 barrels in
1915, an increase of 81 per cent; the
stocks of finished cement fell from
11,78l, 166 barrels in 1915 to approx
mately $3.50, 600 barrels in 1916, de-
crease of 2S.9 per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

They shall not pass" will live in
European history as long as Caesars
famous saying, Il came, / saw, con-
quered." That was the Frenchmen's
shibboleth at Verdun, They shall not
mass"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
kltterman Won Match.

Joe Kitterman of Hedrick went to
Melchor Saturday evening and de-
feated Dusty" Rhodes. Kitterman
secured toe hold ON Rhodes after
Shree minutes of work, securing the
fall, and Rhodes was unable to con-
tinue the match, as a ligament in
his foot was strained.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
Received ea GIFTS.

Christmas of 1916 will long be re-
membered BY Miss Myrtle Wood,
living north of Martinsburg. She
was the recipient OF useful and beau
tiful gifts to the number OF sixty
three. Being an invalid and con-
fined to her bed most Of the time. she
appreciates the thonghtfulness ofoher
many friends. ~ yca b4z 4a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

Newton Record: Ten different
lodges had their halls in the buildings
destroyed by the recent disastrous
fire at Oskaloosa, and the Herald sug-
gests that they all unite in erection
OF lodge temple. five story build
ing with all modern equipment. II
would make an imposing structure and
a great ornament for that city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

Judging by records already made
and the S. o. S. signs hanging out in
Oskaloosa, the boys are the best pro-
posers after all. There already are
as many matrimonial prospects in
sight as took place during the entire
leap year just closed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

Geo. F. Althouse, publisher of the
AckIey World has purchased the Jour
ma and will consolidate it with the
World, thereby reducing the number
OF newspapers to be supported at Ack-
ley to one Doubtless the arrangement
viii be very satisfactory.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

1t remained for the Colfax Trib-
une to speak about turning the hour
glass over on the first of the year and
starting the sand anew. My but CoFax
must be long way behind the times.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

1t is reported that one of the big
Chicago packers is considering pro-
iect for the erection of a packing
plant at Des Moines. Central Ia. GER
tainly needs an establishment of that
character. Why not bring it to Oska-
1oOsa?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

Washington Democrat: Oskaloosa
has done a wise thing In choosing the
new board for the hospital. They put
Mrs. Jones on 1t. She was formerly
superintendent of the city hospital be
fore her marriage and she knows OF
ali the needs Of the place. 1t is good
thing TO have women on the school
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11

Ashes and sand are big help on
the icy sidewalks, but coarse salt Is
better. Salt not only relieves the
slippery condition, but melts and evap-
crates the ice.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
At THE POST OFFICE
SHOWS INCREASE IN RECEIPTS
OVER PREVIOUS YEARS.

Annual receipts of the Oskaloosa
post office continue show a steady
increase. For the year, January l,
1916, until December 81, 1916, the rev.
enue of the local office was $4O,908.57,
shown ga slight increase over 1915
which was $40,770.75.
Receipts Of the office each month