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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

or not she held the Office as presi-
dent, which she did for several years.
She was ably assisted In her enter
tanning by her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
George McCombs.
II comes with exceedingly bad grace
to hear man complain about high
prices for what he buys and then
charge two prices for what he has to
sell. We meet these fellows every day.
1t seems that man LsFollette from
Wisconsin will get just what he has
been favorlng for a long time
trouble. The woods are nun Of til
Everybody reads the. Herald yheth-
er they pay for 1t or not. Harry Pitt
of Rockport Kentucky writes he was
shown an item on losing the hog on
our return from Salisbury where we
took our father to report to report for
service and he says in his letter he
was a member of the Stanmap's caYal-
~ and was one of the first men to
apply the torch to the prison and &C
cupied the corn crib used by our faith
er for commlsary department.
Farmers are not moving their grain
very fast nor will they as long as
prices change every day, Neither can
we blame them for the time has come
when we have no stability in any
thing. 81;
The Rock Island is doing land Of
fee business this week hauling coal.
Ed Barnes and son kindly remem-
bered the Herald man and his better
half Friday with two large watermel'
ons and to say they appreciated them
would be mild,~but we return thanks
for them, He Informed us that he had
l acre and thatshe would setf$14O out
Of them u. ~
~, h. 81 ~ . --R.sW.
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a first lieutenant of the Austrian ar
my, and $40 year more than jun
Tor lieutenant in the service of Italy.
"The pay Of an American second
lieutenant (disregarding all allow
ances) is 800 year greater than
that of a lieutenant-colonel IN the
British army, $73 more than that of
a full colonel in the French army, $62
more than that of German lieuten-
ant-colonel, $3.50 more than colonel
of Austrian troops, and only 500
less than that of a major-general of
the Italian army, while to full gen
eral of the Russian army the Ameri-
cans $1,700 would seem a fortune, as
the Muscovite of the highest rank gets
only $1,272.
"The pay of an American captain
compares favorably with that of a
British colonel, a French brigadier-
general, a German brigadier-general,
an Austrian brigadier-general, Japa-
nese acknowledgement, and an Ital-
ian acknowledgement.
"A brigadier-general of the Ameri-
can army, drawing a minimum sal
airy of $4,000, receives nearly $240
more than a Marshal of France, ST.
900 more than full general and field
marshal in the German army, $2,250
more than full general of Japan and
nearly five times as much as Rus
sian general of the highest rank. 1t.
aly's highest army officer at the be-
ginning of this war was lieutenant,
general whose annual compensation
was $3.50 less than that of an American
major
Since the outbreak of the war the
French government has revised its
scale of pay for the army. The man
in the first line trenches now re-
ceives franc day ($6.00 a monthly
but he is not permitted TO draw all
of this amount. He Is paid partly in
cash and for the balance receives n
certificate of deposit in Il reserve fund
which is to be disbursed al the end
of the war. All those not in the
first line trenches still receive their
% centimes five cents) day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The laborer is worthy of his hire.
And incidentally It is no less true that
the higher the hire the better the
laborer. THAT will probably be dis
puted here and there, but the very
people who start an argument of that
kind, do not live up to their own argu-
ments." observes the Burlington
Hawkeye. ....
A man high in the councils of the
Metholist church, called attention to
something at the recent conference
that ought to be remedied. He said,
perhaps not in these words, but it is
the essence of his remarks, the matter
Of his plaint:
The average wage of the day
laborer is 81 per day, but the to-
tai average offering for all ex-
penses in the church is only 90
cents per member per week.
There are 5000 Methodist preach
ers who receive less than $500 per
year, including house rent, and
there are 1000, who receive
$1,000 or less"
The fact that there are five thousand
nainisters in this one denomination
who receive less than the day laborer
is indeed astounding. No doubt SINH.
lar conditions exist in other denomin-
ations. When the face is borne in mind
that the average offering is only %
cents per member per week, it be-
comes apparent that the high cost Of
living cannot be blamed for this state
OF affairs. On the other hand, it is
difficult to understand how these min
listers can make out and can exist at
a time when the cost of living has
gone out of sight. There has been
much said about the poor school teach
er, the pariah Of the professions. but
perhaps, there is another professional
class who are deserving of support
and In whose behalf some effort might
be made. Not that there should be
any effort to raise funds for them. but
in some manner there could and
should be general movement toward
better salaries for such ministers,
just as, there has been movement for
better salaries for underpaid teachers.
The laborer is worthy of his hire
and the minister must be well paid IL
the best, work is expected OF him.
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THE SOLDIERS PAY.

"If, as has been reported recently,
the German Kaiser has offered prize
of SIS to the first man of his forces in
France who captures an American
soldier, the bonus will prove tempt
ing one to the Teutons, for this sum
represents more than three years
pay for a private in the German ar
my, says a war bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society.
THE American soldier boy abroad
will draw princely wage compared
with Tommy Atkins, the French poilu,
the Italian Alpini, the German boche
and all the other fighting men of Eu-
ropean nations" continues the bulle-
tin.
"Disregarding the extras and the
special allowances of various kinds,
provided for in all the armies of the
world, but taking the lowest wage of
the humblest private as the standard,
the comfortable rate of pay allowed
Uncle Sans fighting men affords a
remarkable contrast to the lean pay
envelopes of the men with whom our
soldiers will join forces in France, as
well as to the slim compensation of
the enemy. armies" ... .....
With his quarters, clothing and ra-
tions furnished him as they are furn-
ished in all the armies of the worIu,
the American second-claBs private, re-
ceiying his foreign-seryice pay of $33
a month, will be plutocTat compared
with the French soldier who draws
the bare pittance of $3.50 every
thirty days, scarcely enough to keep
the American fighting man in cigar
cites. incidentally, Americans are
being supplied the luxury of smokes
by the folks back home'.)
But the French soldiers wage is,
in it's turn, princely compared with
the thirty-five cents month which
the Russian government allows its
priyates, and the seventy-three cents
which Austria.Hungary pays its
troops-one and two-and-a-half cents
day respectively.
NIcdl Dllldll 10 liiC AlAOSh eVhtAN
of the European governments in its
pay of priyates, who receive $3.50
month at home and an additional al
lowance while fighting in France,
Mesopotamiaa and other foreign
fields. Italy ranks second in gener-
osity with monthly minimum allow
ance OF 1888. Spain compensates
her soldiers with a SAP monthly
wage and Germany has built up her
engine of frightfulness with
a wage scale beginning at $1.65 a
than six cents a day to
do the ruthless bidding of ruthless
rulers. Japan's soldiers at home,
with So year. fare little worse than
the Austrians. Turkey is an indul-
gent employer by comparison. grant
ing s11 a year-92 cents a month.
"A first-class American private.
irawing 1850 a month in France.
gets $41 year more than a Russian
colonel. and $64 a year more than
/ German Lieutenant for the first |
hree years; $31 year more than
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
SOCIAL G PERSONAL
DAILY RECORDS OF EVENTS AT
EDDYVILLE.

Eddyville, Oct. 2.-Marian True who
attends college at Ames, was home for
the funeral of Mrs. Lucy Lafferty Fri
day,
George Hartman who is employed
in governmental service was home for
a few days vacation last week before
going on his tour OF the south.
Miss Leila Fraser who has been sick
for some time is able to be out.
Mrs. John Stoner and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Glen. OF Seymour, were visiting
at the T. ]. Clark home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruggan and daughter
are visiting at the parental Lincoln
Lee home.
Mrs. Earl Roberts and daughter Al
berta have returned home from Bata-
via where they visited relatives.
Mrs. Biodwin Bosley. of near Des
Moines. spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting relatives in Eddyville.
Ray Riser spent Sunday at his
home in Des Moines.
Miss Mary symonds spent the week
end at Fairfield with her friend Miss
Julian former Eddyyille high school
teacher.
Mrs. L. A. Roberts Is visiting rela-
tiyes in Dudley this week, + ,,...s. s,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
nd humiliation, upop the American

and humiliation. upon the American
people. lfts IS
We fight to protect our citizens
against assassination and murder
upon the high seas while in the peace
full exercise OF those rights demanded
by international law and every in
stinct and dictate OF humanity.
We fight to preserve our democratic
institutions and our sovereignty as a
nation against the menace of a power
full and ruthless military autocracy
headed by the German Kaiser, whose
ambition is to dominate the world.
We fight also for the noble ideal of
universal democracy and liberty, the
right of the smallest and weakest ma
lions equally with the most powerful
to live and to govern themselves ac-
cording to the. will of their own peo-
pie.
We fight for peace, for that just and
lasting peace which. agonized and tor
tured humanity Graves and which not
the sword nor the bayonet of a mill
Itary despot but the supremacy of vim.
dictated right alone can restore to a
distracted world. -ra
To secure these ends appeal 10
every man and woman who resides
upon the soil of free America and en-.
joys the blessings of her priceless in,
institutions to join the League OF
Patriots by purchasing Liberty
Bond--W. G. McAdoo, Secretary OF
the Treasury.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
PATRIOTIC SERVICE
MARKED THE WRIGHT REVIVAL
MEETING LAST NIGHT.

The patriotic service held last night
in connection with the revival meet
ings at Wright proved to be one of
inspiration and blessing. After the
opening song service, including such
songs as Hold the Fort" Battle
Hymn OF the Republic" ETC., con-
Quoted by Evangelist l.. JDerk. Capt,
VIM. Boyd escorted Capt. Albert Dins-
more to the platform, and the audi
ence arose and sang America" Capt.
Dinsmore, who has nice tenor voice,
sang "Life's Railway to Heaven" as a
solo. This was greatly enjoyed by
all and hearts were touched as they
beheld the old soldiers nearing the end
of life's journey Rev. M. r. Regain
of Fremont then led in an earnest
prayer for Gods blessing upon our
nation, its president and all in author
ity. Mr.. Derk announced that the
oldest son of Evangelist Camp had
enlisted in the army and expected to
leave this week for France, He was
also remembered in prayer.
The address of the evening was APP
propriate. to the occasion, and was
based upon John S:26::' IF the Son
therefore shall make you free, We shall
be free indeed"
These special revival meetings con-
Quoted by Eyangelists Camp and Derk
of the Moody Bible Institute of Chi!
cago. continue throughout this week,
with daily sessions at $3.50 in the
morning and 1870 at night except Sat
urday. and a meeting for boys and
girls Friday afternoon at O'clock.
They close next Sunday night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

by strange freak of nature, the
lowest point of dry land in the United
States in less than eighty miles from
the highest. According to the United
States geological survey, the lowest
point is in Death Valley, California
and. Is two hundred and seventy-six
feet below sea level, Mount Whitney,
the summit of which is 1851 feet
above sea level and the highest point
in the country, can be seen on a clear
day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
Willis ]. WiIIhoit G Son

will sell at public auction at their
farm two miles northeast of Oska-
loosa, on Glendale road. on Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, at one o'clock p. m, 80
high grade Jersey cows and heifers.
7 cows ranging in age from to 6
years old, six of which are in milk
and one to freshen soon. 2-year-old
heifers, four in milk and three to
freshen soon. yearling heifers, one
due to freshen Soon and two to fresh.
EN- in February. II heifer calves.
These cows test from SIS per cent to
7 per cent butter fat Sorrel mare 10
years old, and sucking colt; sorrel
horse 2 years old; sorrel mare l year
old. These colts are full brother
and sister and well matched. Easy
terms, |. NJ. Reed, auctioneer.'i w.
A. Lyle, clerk. rG,nc r
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THE MAHASKA HOSPITAL

Il + i r. - !. i !. .s-%+%+%
Robert Lee is slowly improving
from a severe seige of typhoid pneu-
Imonia. So, .~
Ray Collins is improving rapidly
from typhoid fever. b.a.}
Mrs. Carl Mayors had her tonsils
removed Wednesday morning.
ss -:.i-.- =. @ts
/ Miss Retha Robinson who has been
confined for the past six weeks at the
hospital suffering from a bad leg
fracture, the result of an auto accident
was taken to her home very much
improved. 5.r ~ d. ,a't., e'Gst
G.. S. Pomeroy who was a patient at
the hospital for medical treatment re-
turned to his home Wednesday.
Arlie Black submitted to an opera.
ton Wednesday morning for a bruised
bone on the left arm above the wrist.
The operation was successful and the
patient is getting along nicely
- - -
Chas. v. Hoffmann was better today
that he has been any time since his
recent operations. and while not "out
of the woods" yet has good chances
for permanent recovery o. 2aa
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

lin city, town, village, elevators,
mills. granaries, cribs and storehouses
WILL, during the next few months, be
filled to their utmost capacity with
valuable grains, and it is not only an
economic but a patriotic duty to see
TO 1t, that proper safeguards are placed
around these stores to the end that
they may be protected from their
greatest enemy. Fire.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
ELM GROVE SOCIAL
RED CROSS AND TEMPERANCE
FORCES COMBINE EFFORT.

Davis Corner, Oct. 8. - The Elm
Grove Y. p. B. will give an ice cream
and pie social at the school house on
Friday night of this week. The pies
will be auctioned off as boxes, some
of which will have attached the names
of the young ladies contributing. All
young ladies and anyone else who will
do so are asked to bring pies,
A good program which win be in
part a temperance program, will be
given which will consist OF songs and
Rotations by the school assisted by
Mrs. Ralph Moffett and Y. p. b.. Miss
Helen Jordan, will sing. Miss Elsie
Hoskins will be present with her ban
10. Miss Madden OF the Penn School Of
Expression will give humorous read
ing. Mr.. |. w. Cook will give short
talk on Temperance from business
mans standpoint and Mr.. G. II. d,
Kramer Y. M. C. A. Secy. will also
talk. No admission fee. Every lodge in
vited. Extra seats will be provided.
The remodeling of the Fred Berner
home is proceeding nicely. 1t is now in
the hands of the plasterers. II is of
the bungalow type and will contain 3
rooms and a bath beside halls and
basement and when finished will be
as pleasant and convenient a home
as can be found, anywhere near.
Miss Claire Criswell of oskaloosa
visited Sunday with Miss Lucille Nor
man. . p.
SilG filing was the order of the. day
last week, the Cook sil0 being filled
Thursday and one of the Workman
s:los filed and another part way up ON
iday and Saturday. Because Of the
breaking of a part in the cutter Wort
mans cannot finish until some time
this week. ~ u ~, . ,t8r -
Red Cross meets at W.rthy'a Thurs
day of this week. - .'s
Mr. VIM Calvert and wife from
near Des Moines visited recently with
his brother M Calvert and family.
They were on their way to Kansas
City where they go to help one son
in the place of another son who has
been drafted.
Mr.. ana Mrs. L. B. Pierson ami sons
of X avenue East and Mr.. David Win
der of near Gibson were Sunday cali
ers at the Anna Cook tcme.
Mr.. u B. Workman is hauling l. =.
her for machine shaG -.
All three of the members or cur
school board attended the Director
Patrons part of the r. aChers Institute
held on Friday OF last week Sonc pa
t: ms Eom this district were present
also. -, 80
Evan Davis has gone to White City
to work for the coal company, 49,
VIC are sorry to learn that we are
20 lose the Marshall baldwin family
from our corner. However they will
not 60 far, having rented the Jackson
place aouth of h ere Ray Wings are
coming back from COlarat 4 to occupy
their own place
air and Mrs. ~ Van Veen visited
on Sunday at thd h"T." of Mr. Van
Veen's sister, Mrs. Gerald Gay. Mr..
Gay is in the first draft ind will have
to report for duty shortly after Oct:
Is.
Miss Hattie Verman is helping Mrs.
Van Veen with her house work.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Fisher were Sun
day visitors at the Mrs. r. c. Davis
and w. J. Saunders home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
Water Causes DAMAGE.

Window fixtures and display of
new fall shoes were damaged in the
cas-, show window of the Shoe Market
yesterday when hot water from a
broken second floor radiatol ian into
the window. Tuesdas i.oining when
The store was opened several inches
OF hot water was found standing in
The window. s.,,s ia
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PUBLIC SALES ....l

e. L. McFaII

..,.. E. L. McFalI
will sell at public auction on Monday,
Oct s, at p. M, the acres of lana
situated about one mile south of the
public square on South Market street
known as the Steddom acreage. Eight
room house and cellar, fairly good
barn and other. outbuildings, good
well, good orchard and plenty of 9th
err fruit on land Terms: $500 TO
be paid down on day of sale, and bal
ance carried at 6 per cent. Posses
sion given November IS, 1917. |. M.
Reed, auctioneer. c. f. Chord, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
Scott Soults


will sell at public auction at his farm
81 miles south of Oskaloosa, Wednes-
day, Oct. 10, at 10 o'clock sharp, brown
mare 8 years old, in foal, weight 1900;
brown mare 3 years old, in foal, 1900;
brown mare S years, old, colt at side,
1850; gray horse years old, 1900;
black horse 4 years old, 1850; an all
around brown mare 8 years old, city
broke, 1850; gray horse 3 years old,
1850; gray mare 2 years old, green
broke, 1850; 2 mare colts 1, year old;
2 horse colts l year old; driving colt
2 years old; sorrel mare years old,
in foal, 1850; Is yearling steers; three
2-year-old steers; yearling heifers;
one 2-year-old heifer; three 2-year-old
heifers with calves at side; two g.
year-old cows with calves at side; red
COW years old; 8 black cows 5 years
old; spring calves, 3 steers and 2
heifers-all of these COWS are giving
milk. Also Jersey cows, all fresh;
2-year-old Jersey heifer;. yearling Jer-
sey heifer; black Aherdeen-Angus
bull / year old; with pedigree. so
last spring shoats, six 1-year-old sows
with pigs at side, two 1-year.old brood
sows, last spring male hogs, fall
pigs, weaned. Most of the above
are red hogs, About 25 dozen hens
and pullets. Hay and grain, farm
machinery and household goods,
Lunch served on the ground. Easy
terms. Hankins & Paul, auctioneers.
Joe Johnson, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The largest known natural gas
well in the state of West Virginia has
been brought in by the United Fuel
Gas Company, subsidiary of the Col
umbus Gas and Electric Company. The
well is reported to be flowing 25,OOO..
900 cubic feet of gas a day at a pres
sure of $50 pounds to the square inch.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

"A dispatch from Potsdam says
Germany has agreed to evacuate Bel
GUM on certain conditions" We have
known that for some time, and the
French, British and American troops
are announcing the terms with shot
and she'll
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
psmaue Noted.

Frost Monday morning was severe
enough to nip tomato vines and to
make itself noticed in corn fields.
Beans. squash and other vines like
wise suffered. s. L, Sherman reports
thin ice at his place.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

Folks in some shiftless communities
are said to exist by taking in one an
others washing; thrifty communities.
with a county agent leader, become
more thrifty by going to school to
each other and learning the best meth
DDS of all.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

Medical research workers have
discovered that tonsilitis is the base
of numerous diseases, among which
are Inflammation of the joints and
heart. the latter often proving fatal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

For the sale Of small savings GER
tiflcates at postoffices throughout the
British empire the total exceeded
s4OO. 600, 900 on August Is.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The Brighton Enterprise insists
that every dollar spent on improving
the road. between your place and the
market town adds to the value Of
your farm
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
san solioitIno

Organized effort in the direction of
the National Soldiers Library cam
paign is being continued throughout
the county this week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The demonstrations fostered by an
able county agent lead TO community
ideals, community spirit, and COM
munity teamwork.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The shortest was to Berlin is the
quickest way out OF war, observes the
MarshalltoWn Times-Republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

Home sanitation, home water sup
ply, sewage disposal, abatement Of
the fly nuisance, vegetable gardening,
home canning, improvement OF the
home grounds, betterment Of cooking
and sewing, and food conservation are
all parts of the work which women
home demonstration agents can help
do, rr
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

There may be a time for all
things, but the wise man tackles only
one thing at a time"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

vice, but a sympathetic helper of his
own people, learning by doing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

The country church, supported by
a few families, has been known to
grow and prosper under the influences
of the community spirit generated
through an active earnest county
agent, a-.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

He who is afraid of doing too much
always does too little.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-28

The first trial under the act of con gress of May IS, 1917, prohibiting any person from selling liquor to a soldier in uniform was won by the saloon man. Bruce Brown of Haines was charged with selling liquor to Walter Kranich, soldier of the commissary department at Fort Seward Brown stated that what he sold Kranich was cereal beverage which was guaran- teed to be free from alcohol.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-28
UNIVERSITY OREGON
 HAS SERVICE FLAG
(By Associated Press)

EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 28.-Women aof the University of Oregon are at work on what probably will be one of the greatest service" flags in the west. It will carry between $50 and 400 stars, each representing a former student now in the armed forces of the United States.
 When completed the flag will be displayed from the marble pillars at | the entrance of the administration building at the university. A complete list of former students now in the service is being compiled.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-28
BANANA SHIPPERS
 ASK CONCESSION
(By Associated Press)

HONOLULU, Dec. 28.-Banana shippers here have requested the United States shipping board to sas- pend certain rules in order that they may be allowed to ship their cargoes to the United States on Japanese lin CTS. They maintain that since the communicating of a large nursber of transPacific boats by the government immense banana cargoes are being denied shipment
 A Japanese line has signified bts willingness to handle the shipments if the Japanese government assents.