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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
OVERRIDING ECONOMY.

Elbridge l.. Howe, secretary of the
National Retail Dry Goods Association
commenting on the apparent tendency
upon the part of some women, in q
misled spirit of patriotism, to create
a general wave of retrenchment, and
its possible effect on business said:
While nobody can take exception
70 the rule OF at all times practicing
intelligent economy. there is a posi-
tive danger in advocating or eneour
any widespread, unnecessary, unintel
ilgent. historical economy at this time
The high price of food stuff, might
possibly curtail the expenditures for
dry goods, but such necessary curtail
ment would be individual only and
would be guided by individual neces.
sty, only. To encourage a country.
wide economy because Of the war, un.
Ill the need for such course is plain.
ly imminent would be like killing the
goose that lays the golden egg"
The first TO feel the effect OF such
a movement would be the store and
any serious curtailment of the output
of the stores would result in re-
duction or lack OF profit, and impera.
tive need for the elimination of many
employees and a general stagnation oil
business.
In as much as the stores are mere
~ distributing mediums for the manu-.
faenJrers, the reaction would be i'm
mediateIy felt By all manufacturing
Industries with serious curtailment
81 prodretion and employment"
There seems little need OF any hys-
terical action and the more calmly,
systematically. intelIigently this coun-
Try goes about It's war preparedness
the greater win be its efficiency.
THE women OF the country should
continue their normal purchases ac-
cording TO their requirements and
their means
The statement Of Howard H. COT
fin Of the Council OF National Defense
should be carefully digested by every
consumer. in the country. Consumers
should keep the business wheels reyoi,
wing ~ doing this they viii be pre-.
forming q patriotIc idaty, Il tAe bpsi
q; q: Y III''I |||''l
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

have risen relatively so slowly that
marriage is becoming luxury whose
sheer cost causes many prudent men
to hesitate. 1t is not that they are
averse to accepting family response
bilities. They simply doubt their a5ili-
ty to solve successfully the economic
problems presented by marriage.
be After this war the tendency may
turn. The necessity of replacing the
workers lost or incapacitated in battle
ordinarily induces the birth rate to go
up after great wars. More influential
than this general movement will be
the attention which the nations must
give to the situation. In order to as
sure their own prosperity the govern
ments must conspire to arrange eco
nomic affairs in such way that reas-
enable men and women may marry
without financial fear"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
REFUSE REDUCTION
TRACTION AND LIGHT co. ASK
ARBITRATION OF RATES.

City Clerk T. H. Carlin read COM
munfcation from the Oskaloosa Trac-
ton and Light Company at the council
session of Monday giving notice that
the company objects to the reduction
in rates for public lighting service re-
Gently passed by the city council in
resolution made and adopted and ac-
cepting the offer to arbitrate the sub
ject.
The letter says:
Your communication of April 20,
from the city clerk advising the COM
pany of the adoption of resolution
on April 16, 1917, which resolution re-
quests the Oskaloosa Traction and
Light Company TO furnish city light
| ing for arc lights at an annual rental
of Fifty-fve ($55.OO) Dollars each;
five light standards, or ornamental
park lights, at an annual rental of
Forty-five ($45!O0) Dollars each; sixty
candle power series Tungsten lamps
at an annual rental of Twenty ($20.00l
Dollars each and thirty-two candle
power lights at alley intersections at
an annual rental of Fourteen ($14.00)
Dollars each, is received.
We sincerely regret that business
conditions effecting the cost of pro-
duction, manufacture and distribu-
| ton of electric current render it inn
possible for the company to consent
to furnish to the city of Oskaloosa.
city lighting at the rates provided in
said resolution.
! We call your attention to the fact
that since the summer of 1913 when
the present rates city lighting were
adopted in a franchise granted to this
company by the citizens of Oskaloosa
there has been no such improvement
in the art that the above prices have
become eXtortionate or unreason-
,able;" that, in fact, since the rates
were fixed in said franchise, there has
been an unprecedented increase in the
cost of every article and commodity
entering into the production and dis
tribution of electricity and in the oper-
alton of the electric properties.
However, we are very glad to ac-
cept the offer contained in your resolu.
| ton that the matter of determining
whether there shall be any change in
the rates charged the city by this com.
pany for city lighting shall be left to
arbitration, in the manner provided for
in said franchise and we hereby de-
sire to advise the city that we shall
be glad to name IAN electrical engin.
eer of experience and good standing
to act as an arbitrator for this COM
pany and to meet with like arbitra-
tor appointed by the city for the pur-
pose of carrying out the arbitration as
/ provided by the franchise.
Signed, ]. II. PORTER,
GenI. Supt. O. r. & L. Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

$4,000 pounds. or enough -four for
over a million l-pound loaves day.
For full year at this rate there would
be waste of over 319,000,000 pounds
OF 1iour-1, 100000 barrels of -four
enough to make 365,0O0,000 loaves.
AS it takes Az bushels of wheat to
make a barrel of ordinary -four, this
waste would represent the flour from
over 100000 bushels of wheat.
Fourteen and nine-tenths bushels OF
wheat on the average are raised per
acre. 1t would take the fruit of some
47O, 900 acres just TO provide a single
slice of bread to be wasted daily in
every home.
To produce this much flour calls for
an army of farmers, railway men
flour-mill people To get the -four to
the consumer calls for many freight
ears and the use of any tons of coal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
THOSE WORTHLESS DOGS.

Oskaloosa Times: OskaloOsa has a
perfectly good chicken ordnance. A
man may make a garden with the as
surance that if his neighbOr's chickens
scratch it up he can recover for the
damage done. But what recourse will
he have if a dozen dogs MAKE it a
playground some night? And then be
sides what good are these dogs any
way? 1t seems TO us that We ought &c
have about reached the stage in this
city when dogs should be prohibited
from running at large. 1t may be ali
right for a man to own a good hunting
dog in a country where there is some
thing TO hunt, but one ordinary cur
could take care of all the requirements
of that sort in this country today.
1t is pretty hard TO make garden
with 500 worthless dogs running at
large, some of them as large as q
ycarling calf Just what practical ser
vice they perform in the community
VIC are at a loss to understand
Let US have a dog-restraining ordi-
nance
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
rHE SILVER LINING.

The Montezuma Republican reports
that B. A. Allen, prominent farmer of
near Forest Home, was in Montezuma
Wednesday. Speaking of the weather
and apparently backward spring, Mr..
Allen said he worried considerably
when young man over weather con-
ditions and crop prospects, but found
in later life it doesn't pay. Mr.. Allen
said Iowa always had raised crops and
there is no reason to doubt the clouds
have a silver lining this spring.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
MEMORIAL OR DECORATION

The difference between memorial
day and Decoration day was thus de-
fined by Hon. B. H. Blackburn in the
Atlanta Journal: Memorial day, he ex-
plsired, was of southern origin and
B2s adopted two years before Decora,
ton day was adopted in the north.
The manner in which the idea origi-
mated Mr. Blackburn related as fol
loss. "A number Of ladies represent
i1g the Soldiers Aid society of Column
bus. Ca, visited on March u, 1866,
I.inwOod cemetery to give spring
dressing % the graves Of Confederate
soldlers. While attending this duty
they observed the little daughter Of
Mrs Williams gathering wild flowers
and placing them On the graves of the
unknown Confederate dead. Thus the
Immortal suggestion OF organized re-
membranes war given 70 these loyal
southern woDea by the Unborn pa
triotism Of d litIe efIlld
'sOn returning 70 fheis homes these
true southern women decided thai day
IL organize the FIRST memorial 2ssocia-
ton that was instituted in the south.
and with q view 10 making Il general,
AIRS. Mary Ann Howard Williams gave
her name and the names OF hes asso~
ciates ito glory BY addressing q letter
10 the icoluulbus Times, which viii en-
er remain part Of the imperishable
service"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
SEES HlNDENBURG AS SAVIOR
Baden Newspaper Says Chief May Sue
coed Bethnnann, HoIlweg-Fears
Military Dictatorship.

Berne, May S.-The volksfreund. a
Baden newspaper, mentions the exist.
ence of Hlndenburg plan, which
though 1t has nothing in common will,
strategy, nevertheless is important. 4
concerns certain yelled references
made almost every day by the con-
sentative papers regarding the posi-
bilIty of replacing Chancellor Won Beth.
-Hollweg with the most popular
general In Germany.
In conservative centers in Germany
1t is feared that soon the chancellor
will siae completely with the social
democracy, and 1t Is considered urgent
to depose him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
THE BETTER WAY.

Don't dwell in the shade when the
bright sun is shining,
And flowers are blooming to brighten
the day;
When skies are all clear there's no
need for repining,
TITS better to drive all dull sorrow
away.
Don't wear dark frown when smile
is more pleasing.
A smile helps the wanderer along the
rough road;
Ii lights the dark pathway where fears
are unceasing;
II brings renewed courage and light
ems the road.
Don't sow seeds of hate when the
seeds of affection
Give us in return a rich harvest oil
flowers;
The tongues friendly word, or the
hands kindly action,
Brings into life's darkness a few
sunny hours.
Don't think all things bad, there is
much good around you,
There's goodness and kindness on ev'
cry side;
And happiness comes through each
good act that you do,
II right are your motives, and truth
is your guide.
Waller A. Douglas.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
PHYSICALLY UNFIT.

Inc american people arc HOW SCI
ting a striking demonstration of the
physical unpreparedness of the aver
age. young man. They are gettin2
concrete and convincing evidence oil
the urgent need of the physical edu
cation and training which our young
men would receive under the Univers
al Military Service plan.
Reports from all over the country
indicate that fully 80 percent of oul
war volunteers are rejected for health
impairments and physical defects
Prominent among the latter is poor
physique.
Many editorial writer's have siren
uously denied the assertion made by
certain conservationists in recent
years that the physically low-powered
group in our population was excessive
and apparently increasing. They now
have an opportunity to learn of the
physical condition of our young mer
from the official records.
A year ago 12S,517 National Guards
men were called to the southern bord
er. They had already been medically
selected under the army regulation by
the militia surgeons when they en-
listed. but q examination by the
regular army doctors resulted in send
ing home 23,721 or Is per cent of them
The nature of their physical def
ciencies may be noted in the following
table based on substantial number
of these reflections:
Poor physique-31 per cent.
Defective vision--13 per cent.
Heart and lungs-13 per cent.
Defective feet s per cent.
Hernia per cent.
Venereal disease per cent.
Defective teeth-5 per cent.
Amputations and deformities-4 per
cent.
Defective hearing per cent.
Miscellaneous causes-12 per cent.
The percentage of impairment found
corresponds very closely with the
records of the physical examination Of
a large number of average men work
ing in mercantile houses, factories ant
industrial plants.
These rejected volunteers belong IL
Americas vast army of physically low
powered young men who are either
burdened with under-develored bodies
or specific health impairments, OF
both.
The nation and the race is vitally
interested in increasing the resisting
power of these men to fatigue anC
disease. Every one of them should
have from six months to one year oil
intensive physical education and
training.
A national vitality commission O.
scientists should be appointed to study
and report upon the entire subject OF
the physical trend of our people. Gu!
nation has no asset of greater value
than the lives of the people who com
pose it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
A SLICE OF BREAD.

A single slice OF bread seems an un.
important thing In many households
one or more slices Of bread daily are
thrown away and not used for human
food Sometimes stale quarter or
half loaves arc thrown out
Yet one good-sized slice Of bread
such as a child likes to cut-weighs an
ounce. II contains almost " Of an
ounce of -four.
n avery one 81 the copntry's 20.-
poo.plso homes wa}qes On the aysxaae
oaly our such sll2 d bread a OAK,
the f<aiptry Is thfpsli w Iai)t
|oyef AZ o,0eg ounce
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
our UNMARRIED MILLIONS

Senator Kenyon's proposal to raise
the conscription age limit for bache-
Tors to As would have military conse-
euences OF which perhaps the Iowa
representative is hardly aware" says
the Chicago Herald.
According to bulletin Of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society there are
100000 unmarried men In the Y. s..
between the ages OF IS and A. That
II IS per cent OF the 22.000,000 Of
American men Of this class Nearly
oneihaIf Of the are group in which
!! 'afflase nQrI9qlly oceprs IRE paeiIsi
( AZ Ths III il tlIsfYns ssst a lis'pss
K1nAea - tspidIy ana xsesA
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
D. H. s. GRADUATION
PROGRAM AS OUTLINED FOR
COMMENCEMENT WEEK.

The commencement program of the
graduating class of the Oskaloosa
High school is almost completed.
Commencement week will begin on
Sunday, May 81, and will close with
the commencement exercises Thurs
day night, May 31st
The Rev. Alexander McFerran, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church,
will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon
on Sunday morning. Rev McFerran
is also president of the school board.
Monday night will occur the an
nual reception and business meeting
Of the Oskaloosa High School Alum
nj Association. Members of the
graduating class of 1917 will be the
guests of honor at the reception to be
held at the Lacey Hotel.
The Senior class play, Facing the
Music will be given at the Masonic
Theater on Tuesday night. Freder-
ic Knight Logan has charge of the
play. The play chosen by the class
for presentation is the same one that
ny lllt
graduating class of 1911 of the Oska-
loosa High school.
Seniors will be entertained by the
Junior class on Wednesday evening,
at the annual Junior-Senior banquet.
The Commencement Week pro-
gram is completetbaby the graduating
exercises that take dplace on Thurs
day evening. The speaker has not
been named.
The class of 1917, which graduates
this spring. is the largest ever fin
ishing Oskaloosa High school. 1t
has total of fifty-eight members,
twenty-seyen girls and thirty-one
boys.
Reggie Snider is president of the
class, Carl Anderson is vice presi-
dent, and Miss Garnet Dean is secre-
tary and treasurer
Honor members OF the class are
Art openheimer, DR.. J. G. Roberts.
Or, T. Jarvis. Prof. w. H. Kelley,
Prin, r, =, Betting and MRS. John H.
k1HUIltdAH " 4, !. 81 ~ N
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

Commercial Turkestan alfalfa
seed, which formerly came to this
country through Europe is now being
imported into the United States. by
tie way of Vladivostok and the Pacific
Ocean. Since July l, 1916 two and one
half million pounds have been import
cd or enough to seed $4,000 acres.
Under most conditions it is decidedly
inferior to American-grown strains
and the Agricultural Department says
TO farmer should sow it thinking he is
using American-grown seed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
-3Eedlesaed nest eggg. said % I

-Aedies5sd lest eggs, gsid 10 con
trol poultry lice, are on the uaarilst
Inese consists Largely Of nsDIhalesle.
While the material will destroy lice
when applied generally TO the fowl the
gorernment sends cat warning 70 the
eject that Il is injurious to the hens
egg a. vel - the bird. II used ia guam
tity, Of Il the nae'slcated eggs are Al.
loved 70 remain tor some time BE-
meath the ben she may die as a result
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
LAND NEEDS LABOR.

In the May number of the business
digit issued by the Oskaloosa Nation
al Bank, is the following suggestion
which is timely and true:
1T has been said that this war will
be won on the farm. Much stress is
being put upon the matter of increas-
ing the product of the farms and ev-
ell the breaking and planting of gov
eminent reserves is under considera-
ton. AS there was not enough labor
in the United States last year to care
for the small crops produced, it would
seem that farm production this year
will depend not so much on stirring
up the farmer to the needs of the cOun
try as on seeing that his skilled labor
is not disturbed through recruiting
and that he is given as much addition
al labor as can be spared from the cit
les or schools. School boy labor can
not release trained farm hands to go
to the front except at cost Oh tremen-
dously decreased production per acre.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

"A nation wide appeal to the cleo
4ic industry has been issued b. the
American InEIiluEe Of Electrical Engj-
Eesrs, 70 make every Effort to assist
the President IL the successful prose
cutiOn o. the war. In addition n TOic-
- tbe general belief that the United
States VIII BY ybe employment Of new
eI4ciriczl Inventions. take the lead in
bringing tns war % al end.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

The What Cheer Patriot does not
seem to be very proud of the Iowa
delegation in Washington. 1t says:
Senator Kenyon is the best of the
lot But the congressman are of the
very medium quality. Congressman
Ramseyer is no statesman and this
district next year has got to nominate
some strong republican or the demo
Gratis will elect"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

The old time political speaker who
used to skin his opponent and hang
his hide on the fence to dry" would
be rich in worlds goods if he We're
able to turn the same trick today. Why
even wolf hides sold as high as $25
each at auction in St. Louis the other
day. Forty-two thousand wolf skins
brought $250,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
OBITUARY POETRY.

The Winterset News announces that
il is done with obituary poetry and
resolutions of respect. An obituary
notice is proper news and is published
without charge, but the News has put
the kibosh on poetry and resolutions,
These long and useless articles, adds
the News, take up space, and that is
all the publisher has to sell. They cost
for composition and add to the office
expense. They are read only by the
writer-the rest of the subscribers
pass them by without giving them the
once over. The better Iowa papers are
making a determined effort to get rid
Of much of this uninteresting and ex'
pensive matter that fills their columns
and The News gladly joins it.
Hereafter obituary poetry and res
olutions will be printed only at adver-
Using rates, ten cents per line. A min
Iimum charge OF seventy-five cents will
be made, for card of thanks"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
-Rlontezuma Republican: An Osk

-Montezuma Republican: An Oska-
loOsa man married last week and
wrote mis- own account Of the wedding
which appeared il the Osksloosa pa
pers Among other things ne said the
bride had head fun Of good sense.
Whether the fact that the lady accept
"a MS protfer Of marriage convinced
the husband she hac q headfull Of good
sekse, is not stated
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
Nebraska Governor Acts.

Omaha, Neb., May S.-Governor
Neville of Nebraska has ndmed COM
mfttee, including officials OF the Uni
versity Of Nebraska, to hold series
OF food conservation meetings In
Omaha. May % to % Inclusive !; plans
include mobilization of an the states
resources for prodncsIon Including
sending Of men 70 The farms Y 4
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

0{1nlfT Ga Asent slannope Sans
81 tEe Department OF Commerce re-
ports good market in Japan FOR
American Safety Razors. Yet safety
razor manufacturer in New Britain, re.
Gently closed down on the making Of
blades because he could have them de-
Nyered to his door from Japan and
IT them to handles cheaper than he
could produce his own blades. IT il
suggested that 1t would be better to
can SANG home and have him enlist
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

SECOND-The increase cost of liv-
Ing, a newspaper advertising as also
CT glasses left, Mayne Arnold has a
choice of two ways,--either to advance
price of glasses to about double or
else among other economies, cut adj
yertising down TO practically nothing.
Consequently - If you don't see
Mayne Arnold's advertisement often
you may know the reason is that he
may furnish the worlds best glasses
Synthetic Gem Lenses for about one
fourth what others collect for inferior
quality.
Look for Arnold in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

The next move in the game is there
fore up to the city to secure a com
petent engineer and to make arrange
.ments for time and place. Expense
for the arbitration will be met by the
side that loses the case.
Rates for street service now being
paid by the city are $1,000 for the arc
lamps; $4,000 for the five light stand
ards; $500 for the Tungstens and
$500 for the alley lights.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

Every now and then some one
complains that the news of their
church is neglected. If all churches
had some member whose duty it was
to report the real news of the conere-
cation, there would be no further
cause for complaint. a.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

The Keota Eagle is of the opinion
that country brass bands. and country
base ball teams will not be so numer-
Gus this year If the CONSUMPTION law
is passed. wen miss them but we
need the soldiers"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

pass bill for nationwide. prohibition
as war measure, preventing the man
ufacturer and sale of liquor as a
means of safety and efficiency and to
conserve the grain and other food pro-
ducts now being used in the manufac-
ture of liquor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

About the best news that has
come OF Dixie lately Is the announce
nfent that the acreage planted in pOta-
toes this year is estimated Al $4,000
compared TO 1G2, 900 last year. an in
crease Of II per cent. Al viii hope the
price viii be reduced in like proper
finn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

Following in the footsteps of his
illustrious ancestor, Francis Deuber, a
direct descendant of Francis Scott
Key the author of THE Star Span
gle Banner" is now serving his coun-
try in the Marine Corps. Private Deu.
bcr's mother is great granddaughter
of the author of our national anthem.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

According to the Tribune, Colfax
needs a new city hall, community
house, a small park located close in;
an improved sewerage system; all
principal streets oiled and graded and
adequate quarters for the fire depart
nent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

Unable to find enough prominent
doctors" to edit their health hints"
one of the Chicago papers has hired
Jim Corbet the prize fighter. 1t is easy
TO predict that Jim will knock 'em all
mt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

III Attorney General Hayner en-
forces the blue laws, we will have to
get our supply of gasoline on Satur-
day evenings, observes the SigourRey
Review.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10
-Montezuma Republican: oskaloo,

81 intends to utilize any tramps who
show up at the city headquarters for
lodging. They will be made to earn
their keep by working in the munich
pal garden planting corn, potatoes,
beans and the like and later will be
made to hoe and weed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-10

when he comes TO buy his bind
ing twine," remarks the Sioux City
Journal, the lucky farmer will find an
opportunity to put some of that SIC
hog money into circulation"