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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
THE GORDlAN KNOT.

There were many good toasts at
the recent Mahaska County Bar Ban.
quet, but not one of them PLAYED the
lawyer up in the role of a peace.
maker better than did that of S. V.
Reynolds who responded to the sub
ject of the Gordian Knot. Mr.. Rey
noids in part said:
Gordian Knot,-a difficulty; an oh,
stacle. Gordius. King of Phrygia, con.
.secrated to Jupiter a wagon, the beam
and yoke of which were tied together
by such an intricate knot that no one
could unravel it. An oracle having
foretold that he who could unite this
knot would be master of Asia, Al.
exander the Great cut it asunder with
his sword $50 B. C.
Now Alexander the Great was a
most wonderful man; he conquered
the world and died at the age of 80.
The Gordian Knot has been cut by the
sword of Alexander the Great, Hanni.
bal of Old, Napoleon the First, Ulysses
IS. Grant and Kasier Bill; but this was
lat the expense of blood shed. at the
expense of subjugation of millions of
people. producing widows and or.
phans. and at the expense of great
.hardships. The GoTdian Knot has
been severed by the sword in the
present worldwide war, and will be
finally settled by the Legal Fraternity
and when they gather around the dip.
lomatic table the wagons will not be
hauling the, dead men to the crema'
tories. to burn them, but will be set
tied by justice.
Now the Legal Fraternity do not
sever The Gordian Knot because sew
er means to cut as with knife or
sword, but they quietly and gracefully
unite The Gordian Knot without dis
troying the cord in any manner what
soever: it is done without loss of life
or the shedding of human blood. Oi
course, it often times causes mental
anguish, especially when the pocket
book is touched. but the lives are
saved and the patients are given a
chance to 90 out and redeem them
selves.
The Gordian Knot is united many
times at every term of court either by
lawyers or by the judge; sometimes
it NAV be an equity case and some
times it may be a law case; when it
is an equity case it is united by the
lawyers and the court; when it is a
civil case it is united by the lawyers,
the court and the jury, and no appeal
is made to the military because it
would be severed with a sword; If IL
were done by the medical fraternity
it would he done by a knife; it can
not be done by the priests, but the
lawyers unite it without cutting a
string and without drawing blood and
without causing bodily pain.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
SANTA GOOD TO osKALoosA,

Burlington Hawkeye: Tenn College
must have been doing a splendid work
in the past. 1t has won friends who
never grow weary of doing for her A
large sum was raised for the fine in
stitution recently. And now. unsolic
tied gifts for the Oskaloosa college are
noted Such as one of 100000, the
interest from which is available i'm
'mediately. There is another gift OF
720 acres of good farm land in NORTH
Dakota and a $4,000 interest in the
college property, which is transferred
&c the college as a free gift. There
are some handsome Christmas gifts
which will be duly appreciated,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
THE AMERICAN INDIAN.

An examination of the statistical
charts of the report of the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, Cato Sells, for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1916
discloses. upon comparison Of the
figures presented, among other no
table things. several startling facts
which are OF interest to those concern
ed about the welfare of the American
Indian ;3 e
In 1912 approximately 10000 In
CLANS had given up their typical In
dian costumes and adopted the hab-
|Aments Of the white man. During the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
Can you sing? The St. Louis D

Can you sing? The st. Louis Dis
patch says, fur can now be bought for
a song. Provided that song is writ
ten in promisory notes. And contin-
ues the Dispatch, Billy Sunday is com
ing to st. Louis. Better hurry up
Billy, the auto bandits are getting all
the dough. Billy's motto is when
you find yourself slipping, hit the saw
dust trail. In tackling ST. Louis aft
er his Boston experience, William is
surely game.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

system worked out, mention may be
made of farm one mile from a road
which paid $12.35 pr acre; in this dis
trict 100 per cent assessment was
equivalent to $40 per acre and this
distance from the road, was given a
65 per cent assessment; the owner of
the farm raised no objection to this
levy. The districts had an area rang
ing from one to eight square miles
and the length of roads built in a dis
trict in this way range from 0.S3 to
5.55 miles; in all 20 miles of the main
routes into the city have been i'm.
/ proved with concrete roadways in this
way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

Plans for a great naval demon
stration to signalize American ac-
QUESTION of the Danish West Indies
are being considered by state and
navy department officials. Probably
the entire Atlantic feet will be order
ed to st. Thomas, the long sought
naval base site, to participate in the
re1ehration
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

Issuance of $125,OOO.OOO of Pana.
ma canal bonds, increased income
whiskey, beer. cigarettes and bottled
waters and higher tariff duties on
coffee and tea, are proposed in a tent
alive program TO be considered by the
house ways and means committee
when it begins framing revenue legis'
lation to meet the prospective deficit
of 1870, 100000 at the end of the next
fiscal wear.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
TRANSPORTING Miners.

The Prairie Block Coal company at
Centervillc, has purchased a big In.
teTnaticnal truck, which is equipped
with seats ami will be used for car.
rying the miners from Centeryille to
the mines at Streepyyille. The
mines are employing all the men who
are available, and have orders for all
the coal that can be gotten out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
Presidential electors chosen b

Presidential electors chosen by
the voters of Iowa to cast the vote
of this. state for Charles e. Hughes
forI president and Charles w. Fair
banks for vice president, will meet
in Des Moines at the state house at
noon, January s. Bernard Murphy, of
Vinton who has been i'll for some time
is expected to be able to come to
Des Moines for the meeting.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
Not An Early Riser.

Old Sol does not get up until 7;40
a. m, nor will he. be earlier until
after next Wednesday, January 10,
when he starts back north at 1880
a. M He fingers long in the south
land, however, and the end b of the
month finds him appearing only 10
minutes earlier a. 2s 49, -; =
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

The Enterprise tells of Brighton
man who came home with snow balls
on the heels of his shoes that would
not come off and had to stand out in
the cold nearly half an hour arguing
with his wife before she let him in the
house to melt the ice off over the
register
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

Governor Clarke is to become Pro-
lessor Clarke after January l, he hay-
ing accepted a chair at the Drake
University Law School. The Knox
vile Journal thinks both parties to
the contract are to be congratulated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
Post-onice Receipts.

Annual receipts OF the Oskaloosa
post office are again over $4,000 and
for another year the local Office will
remain as a first class Office. The
revision OF the dates for the post Of
fee business year, caused a little
falling off in the showing for the first
twelve months.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

Knoxville Express: A Mahaska
county farmer knows there is money
in hay. He dropped his pocketbook'
containing 800 into the hay Will"
baling it, and now he can't tell in
which bale ii is.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

GENERALLY the man in town who
has the reputation for the most no.
torious and willful mendacity is the
first fellow to call his neighbor liar +,
asserts the Mason City Globe-Gazette.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
VIII Be In Front Rank.

When the council has purchased
the motor pump for oskaIoosa, this
city VIII have the distinction Of be-
ing one OF the few first class cities
IN Iowa to own a pumping outfit IN
the 1re department
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

The Keota Eagle is cunning for
the fellow who said the winter would
resemble the first. three days of De-
cember.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
NEW YEARS THOUGHTS

We sleep but the loom of life never
stops, and the pattern which was
weaving when it comes up in the
morning. H. w. Beecher.
- -
We are not in this world to do what
We wish, but to be willing to do that
which it is our duty to do.-Gounod.
II is the every Gays that count. They
must be made to tell, or the years have
failed.-W. C. Gannett.
- - -
Soberly, and with clear eyes believe
in your own time and place. There is
not, there never has been, better
time or better place to live in. Only
with this belief can you believe in
Phillips Brooks.
.A1 ybu. -:--:- =
We may make the best of life, o.
we may make the worst of it, and il
depends very much upon ourselves
whether we extract joy or misery
from it-Smiles.
The darkest shadows of life are
those which a man himself makes
when he stands in his own light
Lord Avebury.
- - :.
The hour that is gone | cannot re
call but tomorrow | will do better
than yesterday; and all tomorrows
shall be better than the Yesterdays.
Let us leave behind our low-valued
past. Dyer.
- - -
Life is fruitful in the ratio in which
il is laid out in noble action or patient
preserverence.-Lidd
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

The drug stores of Bluefeld, West
Virginia, have agreed to close from
1890 to l p. m on Sundays in order
that their clerks may attend church.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

EIERD.-Mrs. b. w. Johnson re-
ceived word last night of the death
of her sister. Mrs. Amelia Herd, al
Plattsburg, Mo. Mrs. Johnson had
spent Thanksgiving and several weeks
following with her sister. Mrs
Herd would have been SO years OF
age, Jan. Is, has lived for many
years, near Plattsburg, and raised a
large family of children who are an
honor to the community. Mrs. Herd
and Mrs. Johnson belong to an old
Kentucky family, the Aliens, their
father having been a slaye-owner but
moving to Illinois just before the
war. Their mother was Shackel
ford, we'll known Kentucky name
and their great grandfather was Gov
Metcalf of Kentucky. OF the Allen
family, which numbered nine chill
dren, only Mrs. Johnson and a
younger brother, Rev. John Allen Of
Spokane, Wash, now remain.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
Get n. he Wster's inc.

wy M t'c ~ "tD' FIV' I3lFl
It's not too late to get into the
Christmas Savings Clubs, but do not
delay. Payments are now due
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

WORCESTERSHIRE Miss Aver
inc Smith of this city and Mr.. David
Magness of Salem, Illinois, were
married Saturday evening, December
80, 1916, at $50 o'clock, Rev. L. NJ.
Grigsby officiating.
Mrs. Magness is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs f. A. Smith, 516 North Bird
street, and is we'll known here, hav-
ing attended the local high school,
and is a graduate of Penn School of
Commerce. Mr.. Magness is a broth
er Of Mrs. DIR. Cournyer of Oskaloo'
sa. He also attended Penn college
few years ago, and at present is
employed as a mechanic at Earring S
Garage. Their marriage comes as
complete surprise to their friends
and acquaintance, it being witness
ed only by very few friends and
relatives of the bride. For the time
being Mr.. and Mrs. Magness will
make their home at Ala A avenue
east.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

DAVIS-PENLAND.-Walker Davis
and Miss Bernice Penland were mar
ried at the home of the bride, PIP
Third avenue east, at ten-thirty, Mon
day morning, by the Rev. A. McFerran
of the First Presbyterian church.
The wedding was a private affair, at
tended by members of the two fam
lilies. The wedding was planned to
take place Monday evening, but MIR.
Davis who is employed in an Omaha
banking institution, was forced to re-
turn to Omaha, yesterday, and the
union occurred in the morning. The
newly welded couple will make their
home in Omaha.
Walker Davis is the son of Mrs.
Frances Davis, of Iowa City, and is
well known in Oskaloosa. He gradu-
ated from the Oskaloosa High school
and was connected with the Mahaska
County Bank for a number of years.
Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. e. Penland and enjoys
a wide acquaintance She has been
idNOIllt III poSidi NiiSiSos anu - q
charming young lady. Friends ex.
tend congratulation and best wishes
to the estimable young people.
-SCHULTz.-At tho home of
the brides parents, Mr., and Mrs.John
III. Schultz of Beacon, Iowa, occurred
On Sunday, December 81, 1916, at II
o'clock noon, the wedding of their
daughter Vonnetta to Mr.. Gerald c.
Gay.
The wedding was a quiet affair, on
~ the immediate relatives of the con-
tracing parties being invited. Pres
ident David M. Edwards of Penn col
lege ofiiciated Both these young
people have been students at Penn
college, and Mr. Gay has for the past
two years attended the Iowa State
college. Mrs. Gay has been en-
ployed at the Frankel Dry Goods
eomeap W and sprung saEpris1 on
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mar
ried, at the Central M. e. parsonage
on December 81, 1916, Mr.. London S.
Johnston and Miss Lelah Eldora
Longaker, both of Taintor. Mr.
Johnston is a mercantile clerk Of
that place, and they will make their
home there. Services were read by
the Rev. Grigsby. -......
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

1t is the every Gays that count. Ihey
must be made to tell, or the years have
failed.-W. c. Gannett.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04
!. X i. i. !. i. 4 !. 4. + - !. 80
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Z. y. IL .' IL 't' 4. '- q" ss- IL -' '- '-
Daniel Peters, Oskaloosa ..., .2S
1887 and
Ida May Fuqua, Oskaloosa -. 27
London S. Johnson, Taintor =. "a
Lena Eldora Longaker Taintcr 81
David A. Magness, Oskaloosa %
2539 and
Averine f. Smith, oskaloosa. Is
Lebert J. Cruzen, Oskaloosa =. .21
254O- and
Bernice Mae Harvey, Oskaloosa II
Spirk Boonstra, Oskaloosa 81
2541 and
Antonetta Won Mershergen, Osk 81
Gerald c. Gay, Beacon ........2;
2542 and
Vonetta e. Schultz, Beacon ....1!
Walker Corydon Davis, Omaha. 2;
,2543 and
Bernice Penland, Oskaloosa. -. 2.
| A,,o,,a. Curo,co,, C,ocIor A;
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

We sleep but the loom of life never
stops, and the pattern which was
weaving when it comes up in the
morning. H. w. Beecher.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

PETERS-FUQUA. - Married al
the Central M. e. parsonage, by Rev
l.. NJ. Grigsby, Mr.. Daniel Peters and
Miss Ida May Fuqua, both of this
city. The ceremony was performed
on January /, 1917, in the presence
of the family Of the officiating minis
ter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

August Swanson, Creston. 80. Al
2544 and
Esther Larson, Oskaloosa. go. 81
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

We are not in this world to do what
We wish, but to be willing to DO that
which it is our duty to do.-Gounod.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-04

The darkest shadows of life are
those which a man himself makes
when he stands in his own light
Lord Avebury.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
LITTLE BOBB|E
MAY STRIKE ORE
At ANY MOMENT I

The tunnel at the Little Bobbie is
now in distance of 372 feet, and
Superintendent Loehrs is confident in
his belief that the ore may now be
encountered at any time. He expects
to hit the big body of ore anywhere
this side of the 40 foot point
That a movement is under way
whereby large eastern interests are
planning to secure both the Little
Bobbie and it's two neighbors, the
Ray Silver-Lead and Ray Broken Hill,
is indicated by the fact that a prom
inent engineer representing large
operating company of Occur d'Alenes,
Idaho, recently examined the Little
Bobbie and other properties, and re.
ported favorably to his principals in
the east
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
WILL LECTURE ON
FOOD CONSERVATION

DR.. r. B. Won KleinSmid, president
of the University of Arizona at Tue
son, and prominent among the pat
riotic citizens of the state, will lee
ture to the citizens of Ray this after
noon at 2:3O at the Iris theater. Dr..
Won KleinSmid is making a lecture
tour for the Council of Defense of
Arizona and his subject here will be
"The Conservation of Food and Amer
icas Duty in the War"
This lecture will be well worth
hearing and DR.. Won KleinSmid's sub.
jects are of vital interest to every
citizen in the United States. DR.. Won
KleinSmid is prominent as lecturer
and it is anticipated that the house
will be packed.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
FOURTH CAR
TODAY FROM THE
RAY SILVER LEAD

The third car of ore to be shipped
from Ray Silver-Lead went forward
Wednesday, and the fourth car was
shipped today. The ore is being ship
ped to the Ell Paso and Deming
smelters.
An offer to take the entire output
of the Ray Silver-Lead company has
been received from the Deming
smelter, which is owned by the En-
pire Smelling company. Just what
action the company will take as re-
CARDS this offer has not been an
nounced. Shipments from the Ray
Silver-Lead may be expected to con-
tinue in increasing amounts in the
near future. James Pollard is in
charge of operations at the property.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
1873 REGISTERED
MEN IN RAY

The final registration of the eligi-
bles for the selective draft was COM
pleted last Friday, giving total reg
istration of 1878, probably the largest
in the state in proportion to the pop
ulation.
Four hundred was estimated to be
the number eligible to register here
and consequently that number of
cards was all that was sent here.
After this number was used two or
three other orders for more cards
were sent out, and after nearly two
weeks delay the local registration
officers finally received enough to
complete the work.
Of this 1773 registered, there were
344 American citizens, 1424 Mexicans,
six negroes and two alien enemies or
subjects of countries now at war with
the United States.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
CUPID WINGS
T. c. D|EFENDORF
Popular Local Merchant Re
turns from Phoenix
with Bride.

When e. G.. Diefendorf took the
afternoon nobody paid any particular
attention to the fact that he wore a
smile clear across his face and that
he appeared to be exceedingly nerv-
Gus, until he had returned to Ray on
Friday, then the reason wherefore
and why was as clear as daylight.
For Mr. Diefendorf did not go. to
Phoenix on business at all, as he had
told several of his friends. His trip
to the capital was just for one pur-
pose and that was to meet Miss
Harpster who arrived the same day
from Delphos, Ohio, and to lead her
to the altar.
Owing to the fact that Miss Harp
ster did not arrive from the east un-
til late Wednesday night, and also
due to the fact that Mr.. Diefendorf
could not get marriage license be-
cause he was so nervous he could not
remember her first name, the cere-
mony was put off until Thursday.
After the tangles had all been
Strengthened out, the ceremony was
performed at the Methodist church
in the capital city, with Rev. Sims
officiating Only Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Mckee were present to witness
the ceremony.
Mr.. Diefendorf has been anticipat-
ing taking this step for some time
as was evidenced in the preparation
of home on Zachery hill. Every
day he has added some little improve
ment to the place, and after each i'm
provement he would invite the neigh
Dor ladies over to see the effect and
make their coments. Consequently
he has prepared one of the cosiest
little homes in town to receive his
bride.
Miss Harpster is a aunt of Mrs
Thos. Mcclure and during last yeal
spent several months in Ray visiting
her niece. 1t was at this time that
Mr.. Diefendorf had the pleasure o1
meeting Miss Harpster. Of course il
can only be guessed at, but it was
the popular opinion that Mr.. Diefen
dorf popped the question before Miss
Harpster left for her eastern home.
Mr. Deifendorf is one of the popu
lar merchants of Ray and conducts
the Ray Commercial company or
Zachery hill.
Word of the wedding was received
early Friday, so when Mr. and Mrs
sDiefendorf arrived in Ray they found
their home all decorated for the occa
sion. During the early evening 6
good sized crowd of youngsters, to
gether with some of the old young
sters, proceeded to serenade tbs
bride and groom with old cans, bells
and various other noise-making con
traptions and of course they all re
ceived a treat from the happy groom
The Copper Camp joins in congrat
ulating Mr. and Mrs. Diefendorf an(
wishes them the happiness they sure
ly deserve.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23
VERDE COMBINATION
HITS MINERALIZED
SCHIST IN SHAFT

JEROME, Ariz., June 22.-The main
three compartment shaft at the Verde
Combination Copper company this
week broke into a genuine blue schist
carrying considerable mineral. The
formation is laminated schistose
structure, and is much easier ground
than that through which the shaft has
just been passing.
The contact known as Number Is,
N. W. is still in disseminated min
eral ground, following some ore chan
mel The formation is a diorite schist.
The new air compressor and jack
hammer drills recently installed are
working smoothly and giving excel
lent satisfaction.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23

Ray, Arizona, June 9Th, 1917.
Notice is hereby given to the Ray
Consolidated Extension Copper Com
pany, and to all others that it may
concern, that we have declared the
contract made between us, John A.
Tillman and Ida E. Tillman on the
26th day of March, 1917, and the said
Ray Consolidated Extension Copper
Company, by which contract we
agreed to sell to said company the
following described mining property
in Mineral Creek Mining District in
Pinal County, State of Arizona, to-
wit: Copper King and Alma, both be-
tha, Copper Bell, Little Casino, Alma
interest in East Extension of Copper
Bell and East Extension of Samantha,
null and void and forfeited for the
reason that the payments have not
been made as required in said con-
tract. We also give notice to whom
it may concern and especially to the
said Ray Consolidated Extension Cop
per Company that we have withdrawn
the escrow deed to said property that
was deposited in the Gila Valley Bank
& Trust Co. bank at Ray, Arizona,
because the payments were not made
as agreed upon and said deed is by
us declared null and void and that
you have no more or further interest
in and to said property above de-
scribed and that all payments made
by you on said property to us are
held as iquidated damages.
JOHN A. TILLMAN,
IDA e. TILLMAN.
First publication June 9, 1917.
Last publication June %, 1917.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-06-23

In answering advertisements, men
tion the Copper Camp.