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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
CHAUTAUcUA TIME.

But a little while and the chautau-
qua season will be with us again
says the Burlington Hawkeye: Years
ago some of the wise folk were con-
fident that the chautauqua had passed
its zenith and would soon be mem
DRY only. Why they felt that way
about this institution, perhaps they
never knew. 1t is possible that they
simply desired to set up a reputation
as prophets.
When the predictions were not fui-
filled, they were by no means con-
WINGED. After the auto had begun to
come into vogue they were sure that
the last days of the chautauqua were
near. If anything were needed to
hasten its demise, the Red Devil would
attend to that. Now most of the Iowa
farmers have autos and the chautau'
qua has a firm hold upon the affec-
tons of Iowa folk, as any time III
the past. In fact the auto makes it
possible for many to spend a day or
two at a chautauqua. who were I'M
able to do so before the machine came
into general use.
The chautauqua, as it is organized.
where'er it is a true Chautauqua, is as
dear to the neighborhood and as i'm
portant as is their school or their
church.. 1t is not an undertaking that
is operated for profit. The stock is
held by hundreds of the residents OF
the community, and they all have
something to say about the manage
ment, and they are all interested in
having the very best chautauqua, the
very best attractions that can be Sc
cured. The bigger the number Of
boosters and friends, the better the at
traction. The Chautauqua grounds,
where a number of the stockholders or
friends can camp out during the chau
tauqua season. has an added grip upon
the affections of the people, and that
week of tent life is looked forward to
with eager delight by all Not that
camping is cOnyenicnt-but it is diff
fcrent. 1t is just like all other camp
ings, and who is there that does not
envy the campers, no matter where
they may camp
Everywhere in Iowa, plans are be
ing perfected for this years chautau-
qua season. and it is quite fair to as
sumo that it will again be a season Of
unalloyed joy and season OF profit
for hundreds of thousands of good
PEOPLE in Iowa-the best people upon
earth.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
RAILROADS ARE STORING COAL
Large Quantities Of Fuel Being Placed
In Reserve Along Lines For
Next Winter.

Mason City, Ia, May 15.--Oyer for
ty thousand tons of coal are being
stored along the various railway lines
in Mason City. The experiences of
the roads last winter and the proba-
BILE demand of train equipment to
move troops and supplies for the gov
eminent in the next few months has
inspired this reform among the rail
roads, which ought to be of great
benefit to consumers of coal next
winter.
The roads had serious experience
last winter in getting coal to move
their trains, many times the main line
of the Northwestern having only
twelve hours supply of coal ahead.
The plan adopted is to store coal in
all the various coaling stations for
the different roads and thus have a
supply on hand that will carry them
through the winter. The coal is
hauled into Mason City and thrown
off along side of side tracks in great
piles IL feet high and 100 feet long.
Area ways are left between piles so
that watchmen can easily get from
one to another in case any of them
should catch fire and these area ways
also are a protection for the adjacent
piles. The coal thus piled or stored
is also subjected to deterioration but
evidently the fuel department has
found out that it is n saving over be-
ing compelled to take the risk of
shortage in the winter time.
The Milwaukee is storing some
thing like twenty-five thousand tons
and the Northw estern, Rock Island
and Great Western at least fifteen
thousand more between them. The
Northwestern is storing ten thousand
tons at this point and more at points
further northwest. The reason of
this is that the points northwest are
farther from the coal mines at Bux-
ton and consequently are not able to
get their supply so quickly as at this
point on the division.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
CLOSES WITH PICNIC
East Center School Children Have a
Fine Treat.

East Center, May 12.-By Pond Lily.
Friday, May 4, being the close of the
spring term Of school at East Center,
a picnic for the children was planned
by the teacher Miss Caroline Lyle.
She had invited the mothers, and all
came with we'll filled baskets and
gave the children a fine treat.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Robertson and
w. ]. Willhoit and family visited Sun
day at the Joseph M. Butler home.
Esther Nicholson visited Tuesday
evening with her friends Nina Col
vile.
Miss Retha Robertson is suffering
with a severe cold.
George Hoff of Oskaloosa is paper
ing for Martha and Sarah Nelson.
Mrs. w. A. Vandermeyden, is recov-
ering very nicely from the operation
performed on her eye.
Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Browneller and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lyle visited Sun
day at the H. F. Colville home.
|. NJ. Reed is having well dug on
his farm.
The young folks of East Center
Grange met Tuesday evening for prac-
tice at the Colville home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
Continue to Clean Up.

Just because you did not get the
back yard cleaned up last week is
no good reason why you should delay
valid and sufficient action this week,
Mayor Harold says his offer of
clean up week" holds good yet this
week, that is, if the parties cleaning
up the debris or waste material are
not able to have the garbage removed
the city will take up the stuff and
cart it away, free of charge.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
KNOWS NO CREED.

The American Jewish relief com
mittee, which is raising FUNDS to buy
food for the starving Jews made des-
titute by the great war, has received
the following letter from j. S. Nor
row, 50 years old, of Atoka, Ok. a
missionary among the Indians for
sixty years:
Il am not a Jew. am an old,
worn out Christian Indian mis-
sionary-a Baptist. Your God
is my God, your Father, my Faith.
err Your people are my Mas
ter's people. Your brethren are
my brethren. Ny means are
small, but my heart greatly re-
joices because of this privilege Of
sending the enclosed 800 for the
relief of the starving Jews in
Europe"
Henry Morgenthau, the New York
banker, has written Mr.. Murrow a
letter of thanks in the name of the
committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
IN THE WAKE or Lac WAR

Zeebrugge. recently the victim of
bombs dropped in an airplane raid on
the coast of Belgium. is thus described
in a war geography bulletin issued by
the National Geographic Society.
AS its name implies, Zeebrugge is
the seaport of Bruges, which in turn
derives It's name from the fact that
more than so bridges, (Flemish.
sbrugge) cross. the many canals that
form a network IN and around this
capital o. West Flanders once CONNER
clal metropolis d ilis part NJ tbe
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
IN FAST COMPANY.

One of the funny men OF the Chicago
Sunday Herald puts OskalOosa in fast
company in this way:
Pennsylvania claims to contain the
Hercules of the nation as we'll as the
Vulcan. New York will no doubt put
in a claim as the Midas of the land.
Washington as the Jupiter, Boston as
the Minerva, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, as
the Venus. And Chicago, with ten
changes of weather at each perform
ance, will put in it's claim as the Mer-
curry"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

II
in food" said he, ,'but we should do
it with adequate consideration.
IF congress can't stop this robbery
land that Is mild term for 1.-THE
people will find some way, If they have
to make use of the lamp post"
Senator Kirby of Arkansas, support
ing the Thomas amendment, denounced
food spectators as parasites"
Senator Smith of South Carolina
urged that action be withheld until the
food bill was taken up. He said the
Thomas amendment would paralyze
fixed commercial channels and might
do more harm than good.
Regulate These Pirates"
1--WE should regulate these pirates"
he said, but not destroy the usual
market places, which have a legiti-
mate use.
Let us go after these men who are
specializing in food, but not destroy
established means of distribution"
A motion by Senator Harding to lay
the Thomas amendment on the table
was carried, "a to %. Then, motion
to reconsider carried without a roll
call and opened the debate again.
Immediate action to check specula-
ton was urged by Senator Vardaman
of Mississippi.
Astonished at Peoples Patience.
az never understood" he said "how
the people stand for being despOiled
by q ls- of gamblers, in whose inter-
ests the exchanges are run" He said
he favored, but would not propose, ex-
tending the Thomas amendment TO sus-
pend cotton as we'll as foodstuff ex-
changes. .p..' ;...
Senator Smith of Georgia thought
the senate would take up food con-
troll legislation after it disposes of the
espionage bill and believed it better to
wait until then and have full cOnsid-
Grafton. ..
Senator Thomas replied he did not
doubt there was plenty of food in the
country, but that the pressing ques-
ton was legislation to enable the ordi-
.ary man to get his share.
you may form an army to beat the
enemy" he said, but there may be
domestic questions of far more i'm
pOrtance. You can't accustOm the peo-
pie to starvation; you can't accustom
them to living beyond their incomes"
Two new food-cOntrOl bills. one au-
thOrizing the president to appoint "a
controller general of supplies" during
the war and another designed to pre-
vent slaughter Of immature live stock,
were introduced by Senator Gore,
chairman of the agriculture commit
tee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

The output of beer for the year
ending June 80, 1916, was 5S,633,624
barrels. At the present rate of $3.50
per barrel the Government received a
revenue of SS7,994,50O. Allowing for
the shrinkage due to States that have
gone dry" the Internal Revenue De
partment estimates the sale of beer
fol the next fiscal year at 50,O0O,OOO
barrels.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
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BEACON NEWS ITEMS
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Miss Marie Evans visited relatives
in Beacon Friday.
Mrs. Charlie Freeburg visited in Os-
kaloosa with her friend Mrs. Art Nc
MILAN.
Thomas Darlington returned from
business trip to Minnesota.
Lynn Silverthorn returned Saturday
from Chicago where she has been at
tending school. Miss Silverthorn eH-
poets to start chautauqua work June
6, and will visit friends and relatives
in the meantime
Mrs. Dot Williams and sons, of Col
fax, drove to Beacon Saturday in their
new Buick and visited relatives over
Sunday.
Ed Deaver and Rush Jenkins have
each purchased new automobiles.
Mrs. Martha Potter and daughter
Ellen. returned to their home in AL
coma after an extended visit with rel
atives.
Mrs. Dave Griffiths, of Valley June
ton, was in Beacon Sunday calling on
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Baxter are in
Buxton visiting their son Neal and
family.
Miss Margaret Sterret, of Oskaloosa.
spent the week end at the home of
her grandmother, Mrs. Allen:
Harry Ellis spent Sunday with his
friend Horace Howe.
The domestic science girls, eight
in number, with the assistance Of
their teacher, Miss Ida Cox, entertain
ed their mothers Thursday afternoon
at a two-course luncheon, CONSISTING;
of meat sandwiches with lettuce leaves,
jelly tart with whipped cream and
coffee which had been prepared by
the class The table decorations were
in violets. Each young lady waited
on her own guest After the luncheon
the mothers inspected the equipment
for the domestic science class. The
mothers are delighted with the work
done by the class and teacher, not
only in the preparation but in the SER
wing of the luncheon.
Ed Owens went to Des Moines
Tuesday where he has secured en-
ployment with the Des Moines Casket
Company. .....
Mrs. James Downs and daughter
Lucille of Des Moines and Mrs. John
Rufgenburg of Oskaloosa, visited
Tuesday with Mrs. Clara Toy.
Mrs Mary Perry and son James re-.
turned home from Des Moines Tues.
day.
Mrs. Martha Potter. of Algona and
daughter Ellen are visiting at the par
entail Mcdonald home.
Mrs. John Wiser entertained the
w. c. t. U. Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Mary Matthews is visiting
few days at the parental Melcher
home.
Mrs. Thomas Rowe, of Packwood,
is visiting with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Berdinner while Mr.. Rowe
is attending district conference at
Pulaski.
The ladies of the Harmony Crochet
Club of Beacon gave a house warming
on Mrs. Henry Wills Wednesday after
noon as surprise in her new home
at Beacon, and it was complete sur
prise. A dainty two-course luncheon
was served consisting of coffee and
peanut sandwiches. Jambolaya and
whipped cream and cake, The ladies
presented her with a box OF crochet
thread. The afternoon was spent in
crocheting, music by the yictrolia and
q vocal solo By Miss Ethelyn Clark.
Alk: Fenorted .aa al .zeansl ..9oaa tl,na....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
THE BAND. To PLAY
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS
START THIS WEEK..

The regular band concert season
will open in Oskaloosa Saturday ev-
ening, May 10, when the first concert
will be played under direction of
John Jeanetti.
Rehearsal was held Monday even
ing at the mayors office and the boys
will have another practice during the
week, before the concert
Weather permitting, the band will
surely play this week Everybody
comes to Oskaloosa Saturday even
ing"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

AS the railroads get pay for every
thing they do for the government, an
increase of 10 per cent in freight
rates would work to their advantage.
On the other hand the government eX-
poets the newspapers to do anything it
wants done for nothing and as re-
ward proposes to arbitrarily raise the
postage rates on newspapers 300 per
cent,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
CHICAGO Uraeo Free ireland.

Chicago, May 15.-7ItesolntI0ns calf
ing upon the, United States 70 appeal
to Great Britain 10 grant ireland its
freedom and make 1t q republic wers
passed uIanInously hy me city eenn.
Ill ard copies forwarded 10 President
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
BULLECOURT STILL
HELD BY TEUTONs
Berlin Says Town Is Held Despite
Fierce Attacks.
RUSH TROOPS FROM EAST
Kaiser Has Withdrawn Forty Divisions
From Russian Front-Lost 100000
Men in One Week, Says
Paris.

London, May 15.-German troops
again hold the village of Bullecourt,
astride the Hind6nburg line, accord
Ing to the official statement of opera
tons on the French front issued by
the Berlin war office. The statement,
which says the battle for this town
twas Continued with bitterness adds:
I'm the stubbord struggle we re-
tanned the ruins of the village against
several enemy attacks"
The British official statement re-
ports the repulse of hostile raids
northeast of Epehy and north of Ipres,
with the capture of prisoners and fur
Their progress in the village of Roeux
on the Arras front.
Rush Troops From East.
Dispatches from PetrOgrad declare
the newspapers of the Russian capital
today feature information from Rus
sian headquarters that Germany has
withdrawn 40 divisions approximate
ly 100000 men) from the eastern front
and hurried them to France to oppose
the FrancO-British offensive.
French RepuIse Raids.
Paris May 15.-The French repulsed
German accommodating parties north
east of Vauxaillon, north of Craonne,
at Hill 10S, and in the Champagne, the
war Office reports. The German losses
were large.
According to authoritative figures
now available, the French and British
armies between April 8 and May l.
captured 1879 Germans, including
97G officers, Al heavy and field cannon,
043 machine guns and $50 trench can
non.
German Losses Terrific.
Germany lost 100000 men in killed,
wounded and captured, in the period
from April 1G to May on the French
front alone. In tile two weeks since
May !, it was estimated, her additional
losses have been proportiOnally great
er even than this staggering mortality.
The figures ON which this estimate
are based are those of headquarters.
They are conservative. The totals
may be much more.
Between April 16 and 81, it is
wnOwn, the Germans We're forced on
account of losses to withdraw 20 di-
visions approximately 100000 mcm
from the front replacing them with
fresh reserves. Since that date more
than Il dozen additional divisions have
been similarly replaced.
Many German divisions have been
practically wiped out.
British Forge Ahead.
London, May 1J.-British troops
nave just about completed the abSOrp-
ton Of two important villages to which
the Germans have chung desperately
ever since the battle of ArraS began.
One of these villages is ROeuX, on the
north bank of the Scarpe, and the 9th
err is BulIecOurt, which lies directly
In the Hindenburg line, just TO the
west of Queant.
As result of steady fighting during
the last IS hours, the Germans foot
hold in BullecOurt has been reduced
to two isolated posts, where bombing
fights are continuing. a virtually
similar situation exists in ROeuX.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
CORN QUA SALVATION.

The most effective way TO remedy
the probable shortage in the wheat
crop is 10 plant corn says the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Ordinarily the auantity Of corn pro
dueed IN the United States is from
three 70 four times the anarnty q
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

AT the biennial convention of the
librarians of the state held at Ames
recently it was agreed that the librar-
les are not given enough publicity
They buy and pay for everything else,
why not buy and pay for publicity?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Newton Daily News-"An Oska-
loosa man who took unto himself a
wife the other day insisted on writing
the account of his wedding himself.
There was evidently one bridegroom
who was not so much beside himself
az many bridegrooms we have seen"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

During the last cold snap of the
season the water consumption of
Louisville, KY, rose from 24,000,OOO
gallons in twenty-four to 72e0O,OOO
gallons. There being few houses in the
city equipped with meters, the average
resident merely turned on his faucets
to prevent freezing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
Makinn Good Start.

One new dwelling in course of erec-
ton on South Market street, mater
ial on the ground for second, and
promise of still other additions in
the near future make a good start for
this section OF town in the current
season.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Afflicted with one of Jobs COM
forters, Editor Taylor of the New
Sharon Star reports: I'VE have an
swered 6,521 questions about our boil
and had that many remedies given us
free gratis for nothing"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
FARMERS TAKE WATER PLANT
irrigation System Taken Possession Of
by Land Owners to- Save
Their Crops.

Oroville, Cal, May l5.-Fifty land
owners, patrons Of the GridIey Land
and Wafer company, have taken for
chile possession of the water system
20 save their crops on 1000 acres.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

The Burlington Hawkeye says
'the legislature thought it left Havner
a white elephant in the blue law,
but it seems that the Attorney General
is going to make the animal work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

What food consumers would like
to know is" says the Dubuque Times
Journal, "why the economy crusade is
being followed by higher prices"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
LARGE Eqpaa oB Business.

|. A store at Columbus Junction re-
ports. $749,50 worth OF eggs, handled
by them ia one week, which they fg.
ura means 2,550, dozen Of eggs. or
more than an average III 5000 eggs Y
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Why not cut out the tin tobacco
boxes and use the tin for canning
vegetables?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Some excuses are not as good as
none, says Alex Miller.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Fly destruction is its own reward
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17
Rush Troops From East.

Dispatches from Petrograd declare
the newspapers of the Russian capital
today feature information from Rus
sian headquarters that Germany has
withdrawn 40 divisions approximate
ly 100000 men) from the eastern front
and hurried them TO France to oppose
the Franco-BritiSh offensive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-17

Beware of false profits"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-28
Soloway Arrested
For Forgery, His
Check Found Valid

Word was received from New. Hal
ven today that the prosecution of
Maurice Soloway of 215 Rosedale
street, Bridgeport, who was hailed
from his bed at o'clock one morning
last week and taken to New Haven
under criminal charge Of forgery, has
been dropped and the case will soon
practically be officially disposed of in
the courts.
Soloway was arrested upon the en-
dorsement of note which when pre-
sented through the banks was alleged
to have been a forgery. That some
oversight occasioned the arrest of Mr..
Soloway is now admitted by his
friends who assert that closer in
spection of the note by Harry Schurr
the butter and egg merchant of Penn
broke street, it was found to be ap-
parently a genuine signature.
How it was possible to have signed
the note and have it escape his mem-
DRY could not be fully established to-
day by Mr.. Schurr fer The Farmer
but no denial of the incident would
be made by the principals involved.
Mr.. Soloway expresses himself to
friends as much pleased with the
outcome of the case in which he is
practically INDICATED of the serious
charges that confronted him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-28
TEETHINC BABIES
ALL SMILES
Mothers Rest and Stop
Worrying.

This news may seem too good to be
true, but it sure is right
Young mothers are getting wise and
listening to the tips experienced
mothers are handing out.
Hundreds Of mothers right IL, your
own home town testify since using
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup" that
teething babies have lost all terrors
for them, they know they need not
worry after few doses. AS one fond
mother expressed cit seems to act
like charm, you could see the little
one pick up and improve from the first
DOSE
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
sure is a long looked for blessing for
teething kiddies, it takes right hold,
and mind you not a grain of dope, the
Formula right on the bottle, too, so
you know just what you are giving.
No hit or miss about, MRS. Winslow's
Syrup
Every mother owes it to the suffer-
ing child, to relieve it with ''Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" 1t does the trick.
you can see the little one brace up
with the first dose, where before pain
and tears, now smiles and good
nature.
Old folks take children's troubles
as a matter of course and think, 'Well
we all went through them,' sounds
O. K. but does not help the Riddles.
Give the little ones a chance
mother, do your part, get bottle OF
'Winslows Soothing Syrup" today.
Sold and recommended by good
uggists everywhere.
For sale in Bridgeport by Hind1e's
drug stores.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-28
AN EASY WAY TO
DANISH PIMPLES

If you are troubled with pimples,
blackheads, acne, BARRIERS itch,
b1otches, freck1es or other skin dis
ease or blemish, now is the time to
get rid of it with Hokara
f'nls pure ana simple skin healer is
being introduced in Bridgeport by w.
p. Hihd1e at the low price Of CSC for
q liberal sized Jar, and they have sold
hundreds OF treatments
Il contains no grease or acids, is
cleaR1ly to use and is true r1ourish-
ment for the skin, cleaning and clear
ing it in every pore, making it soft,
white and beautiful.
II Hokara does not do even more
than is claimed for it and give perfect
satisfaction, return the empty jar to
W. p. Hindle's Drug Store and he
will refund your money If you have
any skin trouble, you cannot spend
35c to better advantage than for a
jar Of this food.-Adv.