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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Sc. CART IELD NEWS
WILLIAM MERCER LOSES THREE
CALVES AND z. T. McFAD.
DEN A COLT.

Southeast Garfield Twp. July u
William Mercer has had his share o
bad luck. He has lost three calves
and e., T. McFadden a fine yearlinl
colt.
Alvin Williamson celebrated tn,
4th by putting up hay.
Floyd Shoemaker, from Muscatine
has been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Shoemaker, ant
friends in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Anna Anderson has beer
quite sick the past few days.
Quite a number attended the cele
bration at New Sharon and report
big crowd and a genral good time
G.. B. Anderson is fencing his farm
with hog tight wire, He doesn't be
lieve it pays in these times of H. G
of l.. to let other peoples stock gel
in and destroy his crops.
Mrs. Y. T. Pointer spent very
pleasant afternoon Tuesday with
Mrs. Andie Swanson in Oskaloosa.
Born, July 6, 1917, to Mr.. and Mrs,
Alfred De Camp, an 11-pound son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shoemaker and
daughters Margaret and Iris, Mrs
Shoemaker's sister, Mrs. Ed Hanlin
and little son Lawrence of Des Moines
and the ladies' father, Mr.. Lewis,
were entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. z. II. Pointer the 4th of July
evening. Light refreshments were
served consisting of ice cream, cake
and red raspberries.
Miss Waller, the new minister at
Elm Grove, was calling at all the
homes in this Vicinity, Thursday.
Mrs. Marshall Baldwin is quite a
sufferer with a broken arm which
she had the misfartune to sustain in
runaway, The arm had both bones
broken in the wrist Some way it
was not set right and had to be brok-
en- over and reset.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Bennington of
Delta. Pa, the former nephew Of
z. T. McFadden, came a distance of
eleven hundred and eleven miles in
an automobile. They started from
their home on Monday night and ar
rived at the McFadden home in time
for dinner Friday. They returned
to their home on Tuesday of this
week and on Thursday card was re-
ceived from them and they were in
Cotton, Indiana. While they were
here, in company with Mr.. and Mrs.
z. IT, McFadden and son Edward, they
visited Mrs. McFadden's mother and
brother at Abba. They were SO de-
lighted with their trip and visit that
they promised to be back again next
year.
Mrs. Dan Lewis and family, of Os.
kaloosa, visited at the Frank Shoe.
maker home last Sunday.
Miss Margaret McFadden is clerk
ing at the Frankel Dry Goods store in
Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
ENGINE IN SERVICE
NEW EQUIPMENT TAKEN OVER
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

oskaloosa's new fire engine or pump
err went into regular commission this
Monday morning, July s, under the d.
rection of Fire Chief 4, H. McCracken.
The engine win make all fires unless
a small trouble is Indicated in the
alarm.
In other words the pumper will &C,
company the hose truck. which will
BE- the first to respond. In case the
fire is of character requiring move
than chemical or ordinary water force
the pumper will be attached and Viii
go to work. The pumper Is driven aud
operated by Clifford Carroll ~,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
GRAND ARMY LOYAL
PHIL KEARNEY POST GIVES $50
TO RED CROSS. =

The G. A. r. held their meeting on
Saturday afternoon with fair attend.
ance. The G. A. r. hall is being reno
waited and the meeting was held in the
MahasRa County Law Library. w. A.
II. Barker, delegate to the encamp'
ment at Davenport gave very inter
esting report OF the meeting. II was
yeted during the business session to
donate $50 to the Red Cross associa-
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
n Not. why Not7

Why should the Iowan worry about
Illinois coal or anybody else's coal?
There is plenty OF coal In Iowa. And
IL is good coal And Il ought to be
available for Iowans al very reas-
enable figure. II not. then the stale
government ought to find out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Pin Killed Her.

Mrs. e. e. Boren OF Grinnell swal-
lowed a pin which lodged in her
throat. She was taken to Iowa City
next day and the pin located and dig
lodged Tuesday. Mrs. Boren, how
ever. died a few hours following the
operation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Boys Depart For Service.

Monday was another grand and
glorious day for Knoxville and the
surrounding country. the date Of the
departure of twenty-five brave boys
who had enlisted for naval service six
weeks ago and had been home await
ing the country's call.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Voted Bonds.

Al special election held Saturday,
at Guernsey. the Guernsey Consolidat.
ed School District voted to issue $40.'
900 In bonds for tn erection OF new
school building. The vote stood 1856
for bonds and so against. ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
New Box Cars Arrivina.

The new M. q ST. l.. box cars re
Gently purchased. are being delivered
TO the road. Already some three hun
bred new cars are in the service OF
the M. & st. L.. being loaded at the
shops and shipped west. The road has
bought on Thousand ears of the latest
type.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Sioux City Has 5000 Gardeners.

Out in Sioux City there are 5000
gardeners this year. most Of whom
never made garden" before. II is
estimated that they will produce at
least 100000 worth of garden stun.
II taken at the figures that were the
rule during the past spring and win
ter that is very conservative .esti.
mate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
New coun., Enoineer.

The Ke0kuk County Board of Super
yisors elected Roy Strain, county en-
gineer. Mr.. Strain has been the assist
ant in the engineers office for cou-
pie of years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
New GARAGE and Drive

l. e. Mathew of sol A avenue East
has erected a new garage on his LOT
and put in new cement drive on
the East side Of his new residence,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12
Good For the Corn

Yesterday was great growing day
and the corn fairly leaped from the
ground.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12

FairtieId CanVass IN Progress.
The canvass for 100000 for Parson
college at Fairfield is now in progress
and of this amount $4,000 Is expect
ed from Jefferson county.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
ASKOv, COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY

make it rest under the Constitu-
tion of this country, with the
President as commander in chief.
When the President has de-
cided that the best way to beat
Germany is to send our troops to
France and Belgium, that is the
way the war must be carried on,
if at all. | think the decision
was wise. Others may think it
unwise.
But, when the decision has
been made, what we think is i'm
material. Anybody who seeks
by argument or otherwise to stop
the execution of the order send
ing the troops to France or Bel
gium is simply trying to prevent
the American government from
carrying on the war successful
ly. He is aiding the enemies of
his country; and if he under
stands what he is really doing, he
is traitor at heart" Minnesota
Commission of Public Safety.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
NUMBER 4.
LOCAL ITEMS OF
INTEREST TO ASkOv
News Items About You and Your
Neighbors, Which are Of
Community Interest.

V. O. Petersen of Minneapolis,
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with relatives and friends.
j. H. Klein, the clothing mer-
chant of Sandstone, was in Askov
Monday. putting up bills adver-
tising his sale.
Holger Jorgensen went to St.
Paul Saturday to accompany
home his mother who recently
was operated for gall stones.
They returned to Askov the fol-
lowing day.
Banker J. B. Howe of Arco
came up here Sunday to join his
family who had visited a couple
of weeks at the L. c. Petersen
and J. J. Howe homes. They re-
turned to Arco Monday.
The Chris L. Wosgaard family
left on their homeward trip to
Milwaukee, Wis.,, Monday. via the
auto route. They were accompa-
MED by their daughters. Mes
danes Svend and Hjalmar Peter
sen who will spend some time vi
sitting at their old home in Mil
waukee.
R. Nortvig and family are re-
turning to Deer River today.
having been here to get out their
two acre crop of potatoes. Mr..
Nortvig has resigned his posi-
tion with the Great Northern
and will now be employed by the
Minneapolis and Rainy River
railroad which also runs into
Deer River.
The score cards from the boys
stock judging contest at the To-
cal fair, have just been received
from A. j. Mcclure who has cor
rected and marked them. Ru-
dolph Petersen received first ho-
nors and out Of a possible 500
points he got $40; Byron Olsen
800; Holger Mosb@k 245; Carl P.
Miller 24O. There were 10 con-
testants. It is surely q good
thing for the boys to learn to
Judge stock; it is interesting and
educating and they will try hard
to secure q better score next
year. The knowledge thus gained
may prove very benificial to
them in later years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04

and keeps the feet dryer than
leather. Men and women who
work in cellars or on concrete,
or where it is wet underfoot, as
in laundries and ice cream fac
tories, wear them in preference
to leather and half the clubs and
turkish bath houses in the city
have wooden sole bath sandals.
The soles are mostly made of
Eastwood, a close fibered wood
of light weight"
1t was learned that until re-
Gently one concern in the east
made all the wooden shoes sold
in this country, while now there
are half a dozen factories sever
al in the New England states,
one in Michigan, one in Ken
lucky and one in Wisconsin. The
Eastwood used for the soles comes
from the southern states and the
demand of late for material and
the higher wages have added to
the price of this article of foot
wear as we'll as the other kind.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
KEEP SEED CORN SAFE
How to Store Next Years Sup.
ply-Must BE Kept Dry and
Away from Rodents
and Insects.

Seed corn may be left on the
racks where the ears have been
dried. But it is generally pre-
ferable, says the United States
Department of Agriculture, to
store the ears in mouse-proof
barrels, boxes, or crates during
the winter. In any case they
must not be exposed to damp
ness or they will absorb mois-
ture and be injured.
After hanging in the drying
shed, or lying on the racks where
there is constant circulation of
dry air for the first two months
after they have been selected
from the stalks in the field, the
seed ears should be bone dry and
contain less than 10 per cent of
moisture. Some farmers place
the thoroughly dry ears in the
center Of a wheat bin and then
fill the bin with loose dry wheat.
Destroy Weevils and Grain
Moths.
If signs 6f weevils or grain
moths show, the corn should be
inclosed with carbon bisulphid in
a practically air-tight room, bin,
box, or barrel for 48 hours. The
liquid bisulphid should be placed
in shallow dishes on top of the
box or barrel holding 10 bushels
or less. The fumes from the BIZ
sulphid are heavier than air and
gradually fall to the bottom Of
the receptacle, permeating the
whole mass. One pound of the
carbon bisulphid is enough for a
room or bin 10 feet in each di-
mension. After fumigation the
ears must be thoroughly aired,
whereupon the unpleasant odory
disappears. Great care should be
used with carbon bisulphid; its
fumes are quite as inflammable
as those from gasoline.
To prevent the entrance Of
weevils and moths, the ears may
be stored in comparatively air
tight boxes or barrels with l
pound of moth balls or naphtha-
lene for each bushel Of corn
which is not injured. Ten
pounds will protect enough seed,
to plant 60 acres.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
SAVE THE SUGAR

Save sugar for the allies"
should be the slogan Of every
patriotic housewife. The U. s.
Food Administration tells us it
is the only way they can be SUPP
Piled from the West Indies now
that their usual source Of supply
has been cut off. The average
American uses about 80 pounds
Of sugar each year, entirely too
much "sweetening' for the aver
age mortal. The war regulations
Of England has limited the sup
ply to 81 pounds per person.
Sugarless cakes and delicacies are
the fashion of war times with
substitutes that may be used.
Our people will reduce by one
third their purchases and con-
sumption of candy and Of sugar,
for other uses than preserving
fruit. which we do not care to-
interfere with. we can save the
French situation, says A. D. Viii
son, Minnesota State Food Admi-
nistrator.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
WOODEN SHOES FOR WINTER
STYLE

Chicago Herald: Wooden shoes
for American workingmen and
their families, and for not a few
in a higher station in life, is
strong probability should the
war last another year." said the
manager of the shoe department
of one .of the largest retail stores
in the city today.
Shoes with wooden soles and
other modified forms of the kinds
commonly worn in Europe are
already ip greater demand in
this country than ever before,
and would be more generally
bought and worn if they were to
be found on sale at the shoe
counters in the stores. American
merchants are quick to supply
the demand and | venture to say
that before the Christmas shop
ping is over this year, good
many stores will be displaying
and selling wooden shoes.
Even before the war in Eu-
rope, the growing scarcity of lea
ther was affecting the styles and
price of shoes, but there was nev-
er a thought or suspicion that
we would ever come to wearing
wooden shoes from necessity.
when we do come to it. the
women will be the last to take
up the custom unless wearing
them is an edict of fashion which
is not very likely, considering
the tendency of women to adorn
their feet with about as much
millinery as they put on their
heads. Wooden shoes and wood
en-soled shoes as made at pre-
sent, are not suitable for street
wear, although with a general
demand they may be fashionable
to wear on all occasions, except
dancing.
only recently we filled a
large order for Mrs. Scott Du-
rand of Crab Tree farm, who has
a number of Hollanders working
on her place and we were told
the shoes were for all of her
workmen, Americans as well as
the others. Mrs. Durand bought
the style known as the French
sabot, worn by the French pea
SAINT class and workmen, made
with thick wood sole and lea
ther top.
I'VE have taken some orders
from motormen, who say that
the heavy wooden soles are more
restful for their feet than any
they have ever worn.
If the real merit Of wooden
soles were generally known,
more people would wear them in
preference to leather, not as a
matter Of economy. but for COM
forts sake.
Wood is a nonconductor and
the wooden sole is warmer and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
news AMONG
SCANDINAv|ANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North

When Col. Roosevelt was in
Racine, Wis, last week, he ad-
dressed an overflow meeting in
the Danish Brotherhood hall.
Needless to say that there were
hundreds of Danes in the audi
ence.
The Augustana college, owned
by the Augustana synod in Rock
Island, ILL.,, has started it's fall
semester with 1856 students. The
college is one of the largest Swe-
dish institutions Of it's kind in
the country.
Thora Knudsen, daughter of
the Norwegian prime minister,
Gunnar Knudsen, is visiting with
friends in Iowa and Minnesota.
The Norwegian diplomat also has
son who is studying at one of
the technical colleges in the east.
On Monday of this week, Oct.
l, the Danish consul general in
New York, Georg Bech, resigned
from his post in order to become
actively affiliated with an Amer
ican business concern. His sue
cessor in the consulate will be
]. E. Boggild, who for some time
has been commercial adviser to
the Danish legation in Washing
ton, D. C..
The other day when H. M.
Paulson, a Swedish farmer in
Rock county, Mimi, was busy
cutting ensilage, the steam en-
gine suddenly exploded throw
ing him and another man more
than 20 feet into the air. Paul
son died almost Immediately.
One of his hands was torn off by
the explosion and was found
about 100 feet away from the
machine.
Ybon Jacobsen, a 25-year old
Norwegian in Menominee, Mich,
jumped off Northwestern
train last week intending to
commit suicide because he could
not obtain exemption from the
military draft despite his claim
that his orphaned brother and
sister depended entirely on him.
It was the second time that ia
cobsen had attempted suicide for
that reason. He is still alive.
John Beck in Butte, Mont, is
citizen of Denmark, and for
that reason he held that he was
not subject to the draft. He
registered on June S, but when
his number was drawn, he re-
fused to join the army. The case
is now under consideration by
the legal authorities of Montana,
and meanwhile Beck is languish-
ing in the military prison at
Fort Harrison near Helena. At
tempts to obtain release on a
habeas corpus have so far failed.
The young Swedish newspaper
editor, Karl Ahlteen, who recent
ly was in trouble because of his
affiliation with the /. w. w., has
again been arrested and is now in
Jail in Minneapolis. His paper,
published in Swedish, is called
Alarm, and it was excluded
from the mails last Saturday.
The editor is charged with hav-
ing interfered with enlistments
in the state and national mill
tary units. Ahlteen has writ
ten a letter in which he defends
his actions. but, at the time of
this writing, the Minnesota Pub
lie Safety committee has not
deemed it prudent to publish it.
The Colorado State university
in Boulder, Colo, has established
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04

To Mime apells and pe1mts weats
No. II Might Expressly leaves 1888 a. m.
No ~ Zenith Specially leaves 1929 4. m.
mo. 10 Gopher State Express)
leaves 6:24 p. m.
sThiA train does not stop at
Askov for passengers. but takes
and delivers mail. Stops at Bruno
and Sandstone.
To Duluth anA the RanEe,
No. ~ might Expressly leaves $3.50 a. m.
No. 10 Gopher State Expressl
leaves .fe.1S p. m.
sNo. ~ Zenith Specially leaves 4:54 p. m.
sDoes not stop at Askov.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-04
Comments are rather restrained
Germany is dangerous neigh
Dor and is right outside the door.
AIDING HIS COUNTRY'S
ENEMIES

The time has gone by when
the right of America to enter
the war is a subject for discus
sion on the part of anyone, re-
gardless of his standing in the
state or nation, There have been
reasons too numerous to men,
ton" that have forced this coun-
try into it, but now that we are
in it to win, it must win by pre-
senting a united front to the ene-
my. Every support and en-
couragement must be given the
government in the struggle.
| This is no time to listen to
anyone who abuses his right to
"free speech" in an effort to
spread discomfort among his
hearers and to question the gov
ernment's right to fight Germa-
ny.
With more than two million
men under arms and in training
camps and with "Old Glory"
just behind the firing line, the
man who stops to discuss" the
purpose or advisibility of the
war, does nothing more or less
than give laid and comfort to
the enemy"
| No better reply to recent
speeches in Minnesota can be
found than these extracts from
Elihu Roots speech in Chicago
to an audience Of $4,000 people
in which he pays his respects to
those who are fond of involving
the sacred right of free speech"
to still further discuss whether
America should fight to main
tain her self-respect, to make
the world safe for democracy, to
maintain freedom and to guar
antee an everlasting peace. Mr..
Root said as follows in part:
"A nation which declares war
and goes on discussing whether
it ought to have declared war or
not is impotent, paralyzed, inn
beetle, and earns the contempt
of mankind and the certainty of
humiliating defeat and subjec-
tion to foreign control.
Before the decision Of pro-
posal to make war men may
range themselves upon one side
or the other of the question; but
after the decision in favor of
war the country has ranged it.
self, and the only issue left for
the individual citizen is whether
he is for or against his country.
From this time on arguments
against war irf which the coun-
try is engaged are enemy argu-
ments.
| Their spirit is the spirit of
rebellion against the govern
ment and laws of the United
Estates.
| Their manifest purpose is to
prevent action by continuing
discussion.
| They encourage the enemy.
They tend to introduce delay and
irresolution into our own coun-
ellis.
| The men who are speaking
and writing and printing argu-
ments against the war now, and
against everything which is be-
ing done to carry on the war. are
rendering more effective service
to Germany than they ever could
render in the field with arms in
| their hands,
i Somebody has to decide where
armies are to fight, whether our
territory is to be defended by
Iwaiting here until we are at
tackled or by going out and at
tacking the enemy before they
get here. The power to make
that decision and the duty to