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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30
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Especial tsf.BnIlstIn Correspondence,
FORT SKATER, Jan. s0.-The
greatest interest ID taken by the off,
GERS Of the infantry ct Fort Shafter
and Of the staff departments In the
expressions Of opinion on the TiIson
bill which has been referred. under
the form 81 q referendum. to the vari-
ous organizations upon the important
question Of eoualizing OF promotion
for al officer8 The expression Of opin-
ion. II discussions both individual and
reeimentaI, seems 10 be In favor of
some such plan Of equalization Of rank,
but the variation of opinion 10 very
marked n the various departments
- s.
The officers of the end Infantry and
officers OF the detached officers' list
are requested % deposit their ballots
On this subject Of eQuAlizing rank In
The ballot boxes for the adjutant al
Fort ehefter, ssfS
- - Z
dcpartNent headquarters teIe-
gram. sent for the direction OF officers
b. Fort shafter. requests that the
number 81 tickets Cor seats on stands.
required for the officers, their fami-
lies and CHESTS will be stated by
such officers for Witnessing the mill
tary parade a Wnshington's birthday.
February -, 1917, III connection with
the Carnival week
Officers about to depart from Fort
Shutter for the mainland are request
Cd 70 save their department and post
orders fot the benefit OF the new Of
Ulcers arriving at the post, especially
general order No 2. Hawaiian depart
ment 1915.
- So
Wednesday being January 81, there
win be held the customary monthly
inspection and muster Of the troops
and organisations It Fort Shafter.
The Ie4itW VIII take place at q. m.
and the troops viii wear the usual
conipnent and uniform for garrison
wear. Lieut. COL william Weiglea
viii be n command Of the troops 81
ne 2nd Infantry nnds Companies O.
and p ard Regiment Of Ensineers.
VIII Be or1sni1ed IS . separate bat
talon under The command sof the Sc
nior officer present with such bat
TALON The troops viii be formed In
line 81 masses with 20 paces interval
and viii be inspected N such fofma-
The commanding officer at Fort
Shafter has directed. at the request
az The norf nxkhan1e nffInor that ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

The Y. W.C.A. appropriation
IS not a question Of Shall
we!?" but Of 1Hou nluch?
otheHonolulu businessman
IF you are running business and one part ofthat
business shows decided increase the work OF
last year. you don't hesitate about considering
an increased appropriation for that department. And
when that department is important one don't
hesitate very long making the increased appropriation
ST. "2G&>@~e<: 1b< >4s9:~ -. pr q=aa.ssssss sgaQ
tits good business. *'@*.:~~ >l>a' @osasssask =
:.:=t<1<@<. ~e7as ~. .a@ aoLY ~
THE A. part your may but ia
part Of the
eminent established by law nevertheless just important you
are lust as responsible for because it organized very
needs the community which has made good to rea
bic r=z.1 <z@ ~ " $3.50 aEg.SF Sc
GO this idea of an increased approp ahon II W
- question of shall hnt but of how much and g
wise you
creased appropriation for useful department business
TIE slnd .ndsp Of the mp for this appropriation will Be
may not Be called upon personally your INCREASED subscription
be expected the You send check today well
tomorrow Just make check to the ~.4s@
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

Capt. Henry H. Pfeil has just re-
ceived his transfer from the Field
Artillery to the Coast Artillery and
ordered to Fort Kamehameha for duty.
The captain has been IN Oahu fer
over two years and served In the LIST
Field Artillery as q lieutenant and
nhen promoted to his captaincy Ii
dix :.i6, was assigned to the JtL.
Lrsi.r tile same order 1st Lent Al
chibald v. Arnold, aide to Gen. Treat,
was transferred from the Infantry to
the Field Artillery.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

Chaplain William A. Aiken, LIST In
fantry, who has been In charge Of
the general library at Cashier since
its organization. win leave on the
next transport tor duty with the 18th
Infantry. The chaplain has made q
great success with the library as every
night finds It filled with the men
either reading, writing, or playing
chess. Capt. Robert M. Brambila, LIST
Infantry, has been detailed to assume
charge Of the library, effective Feb.
ruary !.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

The post qnartermaster has had q
series Of large holes dug across the
golf links for the construction Of q
sewer line. TIE holes will probably
be filled In the near future and the
golf games be n fun swing again.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

Chaplain jeremiah A. Lenehan, 4th
Cavalry. has resigned from the army,
effective March and win take the
March transport for the mainland.
He has been with the 4th Cavalry In
Schofield Barracks Tor the past three
years. His previous service was with
the 10Th Infantry. The chaplain
is q native of Pennsylvania and in n.
tuFe win make his home in Philadel.
nhia.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

The various orders recently Issued
relative to the change OF stations Of
the officers Of the Dental Corps will
so into effect this week, when on
Thursday Dr.. Albert r. White, who
has been stationed at Schofield Bar.
racks for the past three years. will
take station in Honolulu at department
headquarters. Dr.. Arnett p. Matthews
win be changed from department
headquarters to the department hos.
pitsl at Fort Shafter and Dr.. Oscar
g. Shelton, who is now on duty at
the department hospital, win go to
cehofi6ld parrarks
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-30

On Sunday night Chaplain william
A. Aiken. LIST Infantry, held his last
services at Schofield Barracks as he
returns to the mainland on the Feb
ruary transport. and practically the
entire garrison at Cashier attended.
The chaplain Is q great favorite with
the men and has done much for them
during the past three and q half years
that he has been on the island.
- -
Maj Morton ]. Henry has been des.
ignated as quartermaster at Schofield
Barracks and relieves Lieut.. Col.
George G. Bailey. qnartermaster, who
returns to the mainland on the Febru-
airy transport. Col. Bailey will be
stationed at San Francisco, Cal, as
assistant 10 the chief Qnartermaster.
Western department
The officers and ladies' Of the 32nd
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
The AUTO ElaE ENGINE.

Did not run to the fire, but the writ
er CHANGED to see an auto fire engine
at work in Chicago the other day. He
was surprised and in way disappoint-
ed. Not in the performance of the ma
chine as it shot stream of water ov
er a six story building,-but in its ap-
pearance. We had expected to see an
engine something like old Long
George" the one that Levi Cook used
to fire up while forty or fifty men or a
team of horses from the Bashaw barn
dragged it to the scene of operation.
But no fire box, or smoke stack,-in
fact no boiler or big pumps, just an
ordinary looking fire truck, with an un.
usually large automobile engine. and
the striking feature to us was that the
same engine that hurried the truck to
the fire did the pumping In other
words when the truck arrived at the
.hydrant nearest the fire the driver
threw a lever that locked the wheels
of the truck and threw the engine into
the fire service. AS soon as connec-
tions were made, four lines of hose
were laid and the water commenced TO
fly. Then along came two big red au-
tomobiles with extra firemen and a
hook and ladder truck as long as from
here to the new Penn College building
And now we are wondering If the
rev machine which Oskaloosa City
has ordered will look as good and
work as well as this one did. If so it
will practically do away with the pres
ent fire truck and fill the bill of both
a hose cart and fire engine.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
GROWING FENCE POSTS.

That unproductive overflow land
planted to cottonwood trees can,
within six years, be made to produce
timber disable for fence posts at the
rate of more than 1000 per acre, has
been demonstrated by the Iowa Agri-
cultural Experiment station at Ames.
In 1910 the Stately set out planta-
ton of cottonwood trees on land which
is generally overlooked each year. On
account of flooding the land was OF
little value for agricultural crops. The
trees planted have shown an enormous
growth some of them having attained
a height of As feet. The average
height for the SIS trees per acre is
36.3 feet. Some of them show dia-
meter Of 10 inches at inches from
the ground while the average dame
ter of the trees is $50 inches.
The plantation was recently meas
ured for fence posts and it was found
that it had produced up to this date
1887 fence posts per acre.
1t is probable that cottonwood grows
more paddy than any other tree in
the state. Although cottonwood posts
untreated will last only 3 years, they
may be preserved by dipping them III
creosote at a cost of about 1Oc per
most after which experiments show
they will last from 20 to 80 years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
MULTIPLY MAN POWER.

"The increased scarcity of hired
men makes it necessary for each man
on the farm to work more land" says
the Prairie Farmer "The increased
demand for farm products makes it
necessary for him to farm his land
better. 8
There is only one way that he can
do these two things, and that is by
using more and larger machinery.
Where he has been driving two horses
he will have to drive four. Where he
has been driving four he will have to
drive six or eight. In many cases he
will have to bring still more power
under his control by using tractor.
No farmer can now afford to pump
water or shell corn by hand. These
and other tasks can be done by ma
chinery, and machinery will have TO
do them The farmer must buy ma
chinery judiciously for he can easily
bankrupt himself by buying what he
does not need. But whenever ma
chine can be made to do work that
a man has been doing before, or when
ever a machine will enable one man
to do the work of two, that machine Is
a profitable part of the farm equip
ment.
American farmers lead the world in
the use of machinery. That is one
of the principal reasons why they lead
the world in prosperity. We must
make a still wider use of machinery
to meet the needs of the future for
only in this way can we multiply the
work that one man can do and thus
solve a large part o. the farm labor
problem.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
CHICAGO PRIVATE BANKS.

Here is bit of information, just
published, about private bank in
Chicago which recently came to grief:
Investigation of the affair of the
Pitte bank at 9O2 West goth street has
disclosed numerous matters that re-
quire much explanation. in the opin-
ion of Judge Lands. Faulty abstracts,
worthless mortgages and other legal
papers of irregular form are said to
among the effects. Most of the deposit
tors were Bohemians of very small
means. Several Bohemian benevolent
societies also carried accounts with
the institution. their deposits aggregat-
ing $4,000. II is believed the bank
will pay about so cents on the dollar"
Here is another little story about pri
vate banking operations, published a
day or two ago: William r. Muert,
1S45 Rosedale avenue. testified today
that william ii. Paisley and his,itwo-
sons. James r, and Oliver Frank, who
are being tried before Kerbten y on
charges of accepting deposits while
heir banks ware insolvent, were also
d the candy business. He said they
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
THE MORMON BATTALION.

In the present agitation for r-2-
paredness and for military training
1t is interesting to recall that the
only battalion of Mormons ever
serving the United States was raised
in Iowa. Upon the outbreak OF nos
tilities with Mexico in 1916, General
Phil Kearney despatched James Al
len, an officer well known in Iowa, to
enlist recruits among the Mormons
who were then scattered along the
trail across Iowa after having been
expelled from Illinois. 1t was Just
after the Mormons had planted thcir
settlement at NJ Pisgah that CAPTAIN
Allen arrived, issued his Circular to
the Mormons" and, accompanied by
Brigham Young, proceeded to thei:
camp on the Missouri river. There
he opened a recruiting office, secured
five companies of one hundred men
each. gave the Hormon refugees a
fete or ball, which is said to hay
been a fine affair, and then conduct
ed the volunteers to the rendezvous
al Fort Leavenworth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
WHAT 10 YEARS HAS DONE.

In 1906 the death rate was 2OO.7
per 100000 population. In 1916 the
death rate was 1863 per 100000 pop
ulation
In 1905 there were about 100 San
atoria and hospitals. In 1916 there
We're $50 special tuberculosis sana-
toria and hospitals.
In 1896 there were less than 20
special tuberculosis clinics and dis
pensaries. In 1916 there were over
$50 clinics and dispensaries.
In 1905 there were less than 80
Anti-euberculosis Societies. In 1916
there were nearly 1,400 Anti-tuber-
culosis associations and committees.
In 1906 there were not one open
air school. In 1916 there We're 300
open air schools listed and 500 more
of which details are unavailable.
In 1905 there were 5000 hospital
and Sanatorium beds. In 1916 there
were 10000.
In 1905 there were less than 90
tuberculosis nurses. In 1916 there
were over 1000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
NEW ROUTE TO RUSSIA.

1t is announced from Stockholm,
that plans for the proposed ferry
route between England, Sweden and
Russia are progressing in spite of the
fact that the war makes their real
ization distant. The new Swedish
plans are of great Importance. This
new route is steam ferry route
across the North sea This will con
meet with a railroad line across SWed'
EN- with steam ferry to Russia at the
other end. This new line would make
modern transit route connecting
Great Britain straight to the great
continent in the east and it should be
possible to get quicker, more reliable
and less expensive transportation OF
mail, cargo and passengers than hith
erto. This route would make England
quite independent of the former routes
across Holland. Belgium and Ger.
many
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08

average of $500 per head. These sheep
are only six months old. There are Az
988 swine in the county which are ov-
er six months old, and they are valued
at $370,197, or an average Of $7.75 per
head.
There are Ills vehicles in the coun
ty, and this count includes bicycles.
They are valued at $34,S40.
The value of all household houses IN
the county is $17,S0S.
Moneys and credits in the county
count up to $4,108,673. ....
Corporation stock in the county
amounts to $19,S0O and the bank stock
in the county amounts to $7S6,932,
with 44,500 invested in manufacturing
interests.
Merchandise in the count is valued
at 1913, 100 and other personal proper
ty in the ciunty is valued at $375,95S.
Buildings on leased land amount to
$171, 1876, and the total value Of all
property is $4,912, 52S.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
Chanaes Location.

Ideal Lumber Company, "IncorpO-
rated" Of Hayesville, Iowa, have in
creased their capital stock from $10,-
600 to $4,000 and changed their
principal place of business to Oska-
loosa Iowa. The yard is located at
HayesviIle, Iowa. j. M. Mathews
is president of the company, and l.
E. Mathews, who is manager of the
Oskaloosa branch of the Hawkeye
Lumber Company, is secretary, and
treasurer. The amendments to the
articles of incorporation were filed
with Coun5 Recorder Dave Hawkins
on Tuesday. ~ .'.'i"- o."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
THE CHASE OF THE ONION

illustrating another link in the caus-
es of high prices for food stuffs, a
New York commission merchant tells
of the sales and travels of a car load
of onions.
They were raised near Syracuse
and put on board the car there about
three weeks ago. From Syracuse the
onions went to Boston, and were there
resold and shipped to Philadelphia. In
Philadelphia they were sold again and
sent to Chicago. Then the prices be-
ing commanded by onions in New
York seemed so attractive that the
car load was forthwith sent there. The
onions travelled a total of 2,47S miles
and hadn't reached the ultimate con-
sumner yet, and the price was going up
all the while.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
SMALL STATE PARKS.

DR.. l.. II. Pammel, head of the bot
any department of Iowa State Col
lee, as advancing plan for the es-
Enlistment of series of state parks.
1t would cost the state the mere
sum of some $4,000 to buy the 100
acres of land which he proposes
should be set aside for preserving the
rarer plants of the state. ....
Il propose that the state buy small
areas about the state peculiarly fit
ted to be set aside as state parsk to
preserve some of Iowa's rare plants;
80 acres each in the Lodges, Boone
county; Steamboat Rock, Hardin
county; balsam fir grove on Yellow
river, Allamakee county, and in the
Wyoming Hill region, Muscatine
county. 1t would cost no more than
$4,000 do this" he says.
I'm each region are plants which
should be preserved from extinction
including the Reindeer lichen, yell
low birch, Phegoptris, bush honey
suckle, white pine, balsam fir, native
aconite, little white violet, high bush
cranberry and number of southern
plants"
DR.. Pammel faVors the plan sug-
gcsted by Dean c. F. Curtiss of Civ
ing the fish and game warden power
to buy these lands out of the reye-
nues of hunters licenses, possibly
establishing a clause in the law to
permit the state educational insti-
tutions to have a voice in establish
lac and maintaining the parks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
ARBoR DAY CONSERVATION.

Instead of planting a little tree and
singing little song about it on Arobr
day, we are going to make conserya
ton mean more to the school children
of Iowa We are asking that a berry
bearing tree, as the mulberry. the
cherry, the barberry bush be planted
for the birds"
Such is the plan OF campaign out
lined by Mrs. A. L. Ames to be under.
taken by the Iowa Federation of Wo
mans Clubs This plan also involves
writing to school superintendent all
over the state, and urging them in ad
dition to the above to do these further
things:
Second-That they will make this
an opportune time to hold a bird
house contest.
Third-That instruction be given
toward the preservation OF our native
wild flowers, which are in danger OF
being crowded off the earth, and that
we ask the children to be cautioned to
pick them in moderation and to pre-
serve whenever found.
Fourth-That they be taught Ger
many's law concerning the culling OF
trees, contrasting it with our lawless
ways. This law is that no man may
cut tree from his woodland without
permission from the government and
then only after he has made plans for
new ione.1f 4ss
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
SCHOOL is ACCREDITED.
Penn School Of Commerce Only One
In State Enjoying Distinction.

Penn School Of Commerce Only One
in State Enjoying Distinction.
At meeting of the state education
al board Of examiners, held last month
the two year commercial course OF
the Penn School of Commerce was
accredited and approved for special
uniform certificates for teaching COM
mercial subjects and stenography in
the high schools of Iowa. The Penn
Commercial college Is the only bust
ness college in Iowa to enjoy tn dis
tinction of being an accredited insti-
tuition. Graduates from the Penn
School of Commerce who have high
school education may teach business
subjects in the schools of the state.
II. Il. Kilmer, manager of the Oska-
loosa school. received notification OF
the action recently, Another feature
is, that two years study arc not re-
CURED 10 complete the two year
course. piThroueh special effort the
col,rSe can be finished In much short.
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
INTERESTING FACTS
CLEANED FROM THE ANNUAL
~. CENSUS REPORT.
Abstract Made For State Department
Shows the Varied Industries of
e mahaska County.

]
" 49,, ~ ~ S ~" 49,, oou,ri,ad
-, Loa1,, ao,,to;,,a ,l,,n,,
+. !, .naozt;,,o a.. A., oIaiInd ~ III
49, asut,t,,S,t - 600 49, foIIowino
60, - =
Io7oz .o,, ;n..,,o oo,,,+,, ,o,,or sor+,,-
g - -, 40 vii NV No nou tav
hia 800. ond 9zo9 Non IN tho county
-. AZ 80, ,.cro viii nov tho
fftv cents polI tax There are 2379
n,aIa dogs in the county which will be
assessed 81 90 each. and there are 119
female dogs in the comfy which will
he ,sscssed three dollars each. ......-
1000, ono.voor old oo1Ie volrad ot
coIo+c -. 80 o,nraao ~ qlQ OK oocb
49, noit. r,.htar no tv,o voars ,Id
-,"I,,od ~ e7on Sno or 60 ~ oocb IN.
ncc -, V ,,,I,io1, ono tbUoa voors old
oUI owar ord Which GRO volrod ot
sgoe ZOO or coo "A oocb 115 ctalIione
whinb oro voInod ot $91 no or s2o5 m
per head. 1918 mules in the county are
yal,fed at $89.18S or an average of
SS7. 81 each.
Thoro oro one oottlo in tho county
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08
YOUR OWN MEDICINE CHEST.

Every man who has a little garden
has medicine chest in his back yard
although he probably has not serious
ly looked upon it as such, remarks
a wditer int he Portland Oregonian.
In the onion, for example, he has a
sulphur oil which gives the onion its
reputation as remedy for insomnia
and which some physicians hold is
a valuable anodyne for rheumatic"
pains. There are certain oils in
turnips and parnsnips that have ap-
orient and diureic properties. There
is solanin in the potato, and spinach
contains iron. Cabbage is highly
regarded as preventive and cor
receive of scuryy and scrofula. The
composition of the tomato is chemic-
ally so subtle that it is not yet fully
understood, although several active
principles have been isolated and
names have been givens to them
Thus the man who eats freely of
vegetables is taking medicine with
out paying for a prescription and
without being bothered by the high
cost of drugs. In the normal indi--
vidual the instructive appetite auto
matically regulates the size of the
dose"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-08

owned candy company and that they
put him in charge of the concern and
then accepted his notes and listed
them as assets. They took the money.
he testified, and put il into the BUSH
ness. He said he would be unable to
pay off any of the Indebtedness charg-
ed to him."
There is nothing particularly new
about this sort of private banking in
Illinois. Such developments are rather
common. The most startling thing is
that for years the Illinois legislature
in the face of such developments, has
failed to protect bank depositors by
establishing state supervision over all
banking concerns not under federal
control.