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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19
STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Circuit Court for the County of
Van Buren, in Chancery.

Robert E. L. Brooks and
Josephine E. L. Brooks,
Plaintiffs,
Vs.
Jane Bennett, Marvin Han
nahs, Almon w. Greenman,
George Dopp, Christian and
Louise Deppe, Augustus
Krogal, c. j. and Hattie
Monroe, Sophia hide, Christ
ian hide, Carl Camentz, Helm
rich Krogman and Sophia
Krogman, Lulu H. Monroe
and their unknown heirs, de-
visees, legatees and assigns,
Defendants.
Upon due proof by affidavit that it
cannot be ascertained in what state
or country any of the defendants
above named reside-except c. j.
Monroe, who resides at South Haven,
Michigan-on motion of Glenn F..
Warner, attorney for said plaintiffs,
IT IS ORDERED that said defen-
dants appear and answer the bill of
complaint filed in said cause within
three (3) months from the date of
this order, else the said bill shall be
taken as confessed, and further that
this order-be published within twenty,
(20) days from this date in THE
TRUE NORTHERNER, a newspaper
printed in said County, and be pub
lished therein once in each week TO
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19
Near a Storm Center.

Flatbush-I'm sorry built right here.
Bensonhurst-Why?
Because they do say that sound car
ries best southeast of a storm center"
Whats that got to do with itT'
We'll, I've just discovered by hear
ing your wife's voice every night when
you arrive home late that l live in a
southeast direction from your house,
Ionkers Statesman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19
What They Meant.

A Scotch clergyman named Fraser
claimed the title and estates Of Lord
Lovat. He tried on the trial OF the
case to establish his pedigree by pro
ducing an ancestral watch on which
were engraved the letters S. F. The
claimant alleged that these letters were
the initials of his ancestor, the notori-
Gus Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, behead-
ed In 1747 for supporting the young
pretender The letters, engraved under
the regulator, were shown to stand for
"Slow, Fast and the case was laughed
out of court
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19
A Casks Capacitv.

Should you wish TO get the capacity
OF cask you can do SO in the follow
ing manner: Take the measurements
from the bunghole to the bottom OF
each end of the cask I'm inches. Aver
age the two measurements. Multiply
this figure by itself twice, then multiply
the product by .002266, and the re.
mainder is the number Of gallons. Ex-
ample: 81 inches, 20 inches average 80
inches); 30X30x 3O=27 900, which mul.
tiplied by 002268==61. 1882. The CON
tents, therefore, are sixty-one gallons
and q fraction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Andrew J. Poison to VIM. H. Kiln
ger & w. Pei. Sec. 27, Geneva-$100.
Charles w. Rastall to Martha H.
Rastall, % acres, Sec. 6, Antwerp-S1.
MARY Bush to w. V. Sage, Sec. "a,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Elijah Strong & w. to Lawrence
Brewer & w. Pei. 40 acres, Sec. %,
Almena-$1500.00
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-10-19

Robert E. L. Brooks and
Josephine E. L. Brooks,
Plaintiffs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
SAVING HUMAN CAPITAL

The struggle of nine of the warning
countries to strengthen their human
resources by making labor conditions
tolerable for children who must work,
and by providig schools to teach them
how to do better work, are recouted in
Child Labor in Warning countries, a
brief review of foreign reports just is
sued by the National Children's Blu
|reau.
The prospect for better industrial
education for England has lately been
strengthened by the bill introduced in
the British Parliament by Mr.. Herbert
Fisher, president of the board of edu-
cation. The bill fixes the compulsory
school attendance age at IA without
the present exemptions and requires
that all working children under IS
spend at least 800 hours a year in con-
tinuation schools.
In Italy, as we'll as in France and
England, standards of labor protection
were relaxed at the beginning of the
war only to be restored and strength
ened as experience Showed that long
hours, night and Sunday work, with
their evil effects on health and eff
cheney, did not pay.
And Russia, according to information
received since the bulletin went to
press. has found it necessary to with
draw the power given her minister Of
labor and industry early in the war to
grant exemptions to concerns doing
war work from the laws regulating
hours and the employment of women
and children under II.
Canada, New Zealand and Australia
have maintained practically I'M
changed through three years of war
strain their high standards of protect
ion for working children.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
GARDEN PAID BIG PROFIT.

Farm gardens of the state hospital
for insane at Mount Pleasant have
made a return during the past season
of over $4,000, according to report
made by the superintendent of the in
stitution. C. F. Apologize, to the state
board of control.
In the farm and garden produce the
report shows that the harvest is val
ued at $66,2S4.45. Canned gods are
valued at $3,605.
During the season the state institu'
ton has produced 6S6,07S pounds OF
milk, valued at $19.151.95. More than
252,O0 pounds of cabbage were pro-
duced. The cabbage crop is valued at
s2.52S.1S. The ensilage is valued at
$4,000; eggs, S1,7SS; potatoes, s26S6;
rhubarb, S2.S99; and tomatoes, S2,5OS
The institution has 1880 gallons OF
kraut put up. 1t is valued at s1,44O.
The report shows that there are 2ov
pigs and 49T shoats on the farm.
More than 200 bushels of seed corn
have been gathered.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
CANADIAN WHEAT.

Since April of this year wheat and
wheat -four have been imported i'll
greatly increased quantities from Can
ada. This is attributed principally to
the fact that on April 16, Canada re-
moved the duty on wheat imported
into that country, which action auto
riatically admitted Canadian wheat
free of duty into the United States un-
der the provisions of the tariff law OF
1913.
According to new statistics furnish
ed by the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce, of the Department
of Commerce, $40, 9S1 bushels of wheat
were iported from Canada in Septem-
Der of this year, as compared with g.
269 ,607 bushels for the whole nipe
months ended with September, 1916.
For the nine months ended with
September of this year, We imported
wheat from Canada to the extent of
81, 490,269 bushels, over 100000 bu-
shells of which came in free after April
16. The imports of wheat -four during
these nine months totaled 403,27O
barrels, of which 297 .695 barrels came
in free of duty. For the correspond
ing nine months in 1916 the total i'm
ports were 1929 barrels and in 1915
only 90,499 barrels.
This Canadian wheat and -four is
being received through every customs
district on the northern border from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, Buffalo
leading in September with 2S5,ll9
bushels and 1855 barrels of -four, fol-
lowed by Duluth, Minnesota and Su-
perior, Wisconsin, with 223,SS3 bush
els of wheat and 1871 barrels of
flour. Michigan with 13S,8S1 bushels of
wheat and 1889 barrels of -four
Ohio with 1896 bushels of wheat,
Minnesota with 12,14o bushels of
wheat, and New York, Rochester, Yer
mont, Dakota, Montana, and Washing
ton with varying amounts. There is
also a noticeable movement of Cana
dian -four to the West Coast.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
IN NAVAL SERVICE
OSKALoCSA LAD TELLS ABOUT
TRAINING SCHOOL.

From Homer Deutschman of Com
pany A, First Regiment, 1T Camp Dew
ey, U. S. Naval Station, Great Lakes
illinois, comes the following interest
ing letter, addressed to the Herald:
Il see in your paper where you
have heard from some of the Oska
loosa boys in service in ether camps
and thought you might like to hear
from one of the boys at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station.
when we first arrived here we
spent three weeks in detention
camp. We were in tents until a month
ago, when we were transferred to
well located, steam heated and cleo,
trio lighted barracks.
I'VE sleep in hammocks now, about
five feet from the floor Once in awhile
one of the fellows tumbles out and
lights upon his head.
I'VE have good eats here, but hard
ly like home cooking. Here is the
menu for tonight's supper: Fried po-
tatoes, bologna, rice, cheese, apples,
corn and wheat bread, jam and coffee.
1--WE put in about eight hours each
day, working or drilling. We have
mess at five o'clock in the evening,
and have from five thirty until nine
o'clock to do our washing and mend
ing. Everyone has to be in his ham,
mock by nine o'clock. We get up at
FIVE o'clock in the morning. By 5:15
all hammocks must be lashed up, and
then we scrub out, take our shower
baths and have mess. We have eigh-
teen hours of liberty each week.
1--WE all have been invited out for
Thanksgiving Day, and will be excus-
ed from camp from seven in the morn
ing until midnight. We get to go to
many dinner parties in Chicago. and
are treated grand. We hope to be at
sea before long. Most of our men are
now second class seamen."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
THE osKALoosA HERALD. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20 1917

THE growth of the Bolsheviki pow
er can be well explained. The term
Bolshevik was used for The first time
in 1908, when the Russian social demo
crat party split, and the majority, lied
by Lenine, accepted this name. Bolshe-
wiki in Russian means "the majority"
Until the present war the bolsheviki,
including Lenine, really represented
a part Of the Russian social-democrat-
ic party and could be recognized as
socialists of the MARKHAM school, differ
ing from the other Russian socialists
only of questions of tactics.
1.-The war has changed Lenine and
his following remarkably. When Le-
nine arrived in Petrograd and made
his first speech, one of the prominent
Russians socialists told him that the
point of view he Uenine) represented
had nothing to do with socialism, and
is a pure expression of anarchistic
idealogy. This really describes the
bolsheviki and explains it's power in
Russia. The bolsheviki are anarchists;
if not in theory, then in their feeling
about life and in their political prac-
tice"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29

visiting in Des Moines this week.
A number Of cars of baled hay and
straw have been shipped to paper
factory.
The ladies cleared over twenty dol
lars at the Olson sale on Tuesday
They could have sold twice the
amount had they prepared it,
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Lyons are the
parents of baby boy since Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Johnson nee
Opal Caldwell, are entertaining new
son born Monday.
Mrs. Jennie Lyons Bridges, of Mis-
souri,, is here visiting with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Knudson, of San Diego, Cali
fornia, is visiting at the Knudson
home.
Miss Helen Abrams, of Oskaloosa
was here Thursday afternoon giving
instructions in new Red Cross work
We meet every Friday afternoon.
Walter Koonty and family of He'd
rick viited over Sunday at the home
of Jake Witt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
WRIGHT DOES WELL
DID HER FULL SHARE TOWARD
THE ARMY Y. M. c. A. FUND.

Wright, Nov. 26.-We feel proud Of
our town in the willing manner they
aided in the Y. NJ. C. A. campaign
! Nothing is more helpful for our sol
der boys than a good Y. NJ. C. A
building, and the good they get from
I the association can not be received in
i any other way.
The Ball boys gave party at the
John Allsup home on Wednesday
night in honor of Walter Perkins who
returns to Camp Dodge Sabbath. A
two course supper was served and a
pleasant evening enjoyed.
Mrs. Welton recently spent the day
with Grandmother Carnahan. She
found her we'll and busily engaged
knitting for our soldier boys. She is
past So years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Witt entertain
ed Chas. Witt and family and Earl
Witt and wife at dinner last Sunday.
Willie Emmert has shipped num-
Der of cars of hogs this week.
Newt. Douglas and family ana Al
Goodwin and family move to Lakonta
next week.
Mrs. A. G. Linsley and Mrs. Earl
Witt served lunch to the Missionary
ladies last Thursday.
Joe Kempenaar installed new lights
in the bank recently. aue @
Belle Witt and Hazel Bond visited
Brush College school last Wednesday.
Ed Bridges has a new Buick.
Mrs. Nancy Bond is spending this
week with her daughter Matte Turn
err.
The Aid meets every Wednesday
afternoon in the basement of the bank.
Blanche Zion and baby are spending
a few days here with her parents.
Mrs. w. II. Landfear spent a. few
days recently in Abba with her son
Wayne and family.
Mrs. Clyde Perkins and children are
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
WILL MEET DEC. 20
ANNUAL SESSION OF COUNTY S
S. CONFERENCE.

The executive board of the Mahaska
County Sunday school association met
in its regular quarterly session Friday
November %, and among other mat.
tiers of business decided to call the
annual conference of superintendent
of the county to meet on Frluay, De
cember %, at the usual place-the Y.
M. G.. A.
Two subjects of present special in
terest to superintendent and pastors
will be considered. The Cnlisting and
ingathering campaign to begin in Jan
uary and eliminate at Easter, as last
year, and why and how to standard
ize Sunday school. One or perhaps
both of the state secretaries will be
present and perhaps one other of the
foremost Sunday school workers of
the state All superintendents and
pastors of this county will be expected
to be present as well as other Sunday
school workers.
Secretary w. d. Stew of the Iowa
State Sunday school association was
in the city Monday afternoon to meet
by previous appointment some of the
church and Sunday school leaders of
the city in reference to, the coming
State Sunday school convention,
which will be held May; % to 81. Mr..
Stew says that the eyes of the Sunday
school people all over Iowa are turned
toward Oskaloosa, and that record
attendance is probable. Some counties
are planning to send fifty or more
delegates, and Oskaloosa is likely to
be the best advertised city in the state
for some months to come. Mr.. Stew
already has the promise of some of
the best talent in the u. S. for the
convention and now that the date is
fixed, he will be out after more of the
best he can get, and convention of
very high grade is assured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
81 YEARS YOU N c
BENJAMIN BiNNS ENTERTAiNS
HIS "BoY" FRIENDS.

BENJAMIN. Bi1hs is known in Mason
ic circles as the promoter of a num-
Der of pleasant and memorable social
events, in the many years he has been
connected with the local lodge, but
the nineteen members who enjoyed
his hospitality will all testify that he
never gave a more delightful party
than the one in celebration of his S7th
birthday on Tuesday evening at his
hospitable home on Second avenue
east. 1t was a real turkey dinner
with all the trimmings and the menu
was gotten up by Mr.. Binns himself,
which is evidence enough that it left
nothing to be desired
Rev. Arthur M. Lewis of st. James
Episcopal church, of which Mr.. Binns
has been a life long member, acted as
POSTMASTER and did the honors at
the head of the table for Mr.. Binns.
In the toast program that followed
the speech, Henry Kendig, a few
months older than Mr.. Binns told of
his first acquaintance with his host
many years ago, and of the golden
bonds of friendship that had bound
them together since. F. D, Boyer, F.
e. Smith and Rev. Alexander Meier
ran also spoke of their associations
with Mr.. Binns, and as the cigars
melted away many delightful reminis-
cences were brought to light.
1t was happy occasion in all ways
and several little gifts were left with
the host as reminder of the occasion,
and as wishes that he may be spared
to round out the century mark, with
the friends he treasures so highly.
Assisting Mrs. Stoker and Miss
Leibfarth in the serving of the din
ner were Mrs. f. ID. Boyer, Mrs. 10
seph Stumps and Mrs. j. H. Shoe
make.
Those favored were: Rev. Arthur
M. Lewis, Rev. Alexander McFerran,
w. H. Wray, Henry Kendig, John H.
Perry, j. H. Pickett, DR.. j. C. Barrin-
ger, F. w. Glaze, w. H. Cunningham,
E. M. Cheesmau, Judge Ben Mccoy
Frank Strouse, F. e. Smith, F. D.
Boyer, Phil Hoffman,, A. T. Drinkle
w. r. Lacey, w. w. Davis and F. E.
Green.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29

housing is of a low order there tu-
berculosis and numerous other dis
eases are bred, particularly among
children. The federal children's
bureau has proved this through its
careful analytical studies of Montclair
N. j., and other cities. OF Manchest
err. N. H., the bureaus report says:
bad housing and insanitary envir'
onment, in so far as they existed,
were accompanied by high infant NOR
tally rates"
Whether in a large. or a small city
bad housing and ill health are close
companions. How to combat condi
lions that thus weaken the nation
most grievously will be considered at
the important national housing con
ference to be held in Chicago this
month. 1t may be hoped that Chicago
and the nation as a whole will profit
by the counsel of the experts who
will there deal with approved meas
.ures of observation-disclosures News.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
G|V|N PEOPLE MOVE
MANY CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP
AND RESIDENCE.

Givin, November "a. (By Nivig)
-Dannie Davis who underwent a criti-
cal operation at the Abbott hospital
last week is improving nicely and will
soon be able to return to his home in
Givin.
Mrs. VIM. Crews of Oskaloosa paid
short visit among relatives and
friends in this neighborhood last week
and left for Abba Saturday where she
expects to keep house fer her son-in-
law and grand children this coming
winter.
Aaron Mitts and family who recent
ly Sold their home to David Williams
have moved their belongings to a
house situated about l miles South of
Oskaloosa will move to their new
new home half mile west as soon as
vacated.
David Williams moved last week to
the home vacated by the Mitts family.
VIM. J. Roberts and family have NOV,
ed to their new home south of Beacon.
Thomas Davies has rented his farm
to Walter Logue and will have pub
lie sale about the middel OF December.
He will move to Oskaloosa where he
has bought nice home near the City
Hospital.
Corn Husking is now in order but
we nave to be careful for the corn is
soft and sappy,
VIM. P. Chiffon has new Ford car
J. d. Thomas has been making sew
eral improvements on his farm this
fall, among which is a new chicken
coop 10x30, and a work shop combin,
ed.
Richard Brown had a runaway last
week tearing the hay rack and har-
ness to pieces. 1t was a miracle that
he wasn't badly hurt.
We are expecting Mr. Seaman, our
store man at Givin to return from Can
ada soon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
THE BUSINESS SITUATION

The people of the United States Will
need all the business they can get,
says LATE Young in the Des Moines
Capital. They need to keep up their
exports and their imports. They need
to go on with their usual avocations
They should buy in response to their
reasonable demands. There is one
other thing they should do and that
is, so far as possible they should pay
cash. The receipt of cash in business
is great inspiration. Another thing
they should see that all waste is cut
off. This advice is not particularly ap-
plicable to this period but to all per-
iods. We should cease 10 burn waste
paper. Farmers who have wooded
tracts should carefully trim the limbs
and use therA for fuel. There is much
fuel in Iowa going to waste. This KIND
of economy would hurt no one. We
should keep ourselves well dressed.
We should live plainly but well. we
should cut down our eating to some
extent because we all eat too much.
This is not wartime advice. 1t is uni
versal advice. A reasonable amount OF
church and school building should go
on but as a rule the community's re-
sources should be reserved for the
government The United States will be
borrowing money for long time. The
thrifty man who has toiled hard for
his money should keep out of unchert-
ed and untried experiments. There is
no use in throwing ones money away
in an attempt at speculation at times
like the present. All the agencies of
the government are against specula-
ton. The food commission has made
speculation in food supplies practical
ly impossible This should not invite
and encourage speculations in other
directions. Salaried men and women
are especially urged to keep out OF
speculation. There may be agents,
there may be opportunities for you to
invest in schemes with glowing pros
pectuses but this is a good time to be
ware of all such. Money IN the bank is
a very comfortable sedative and a
satisfactory substitute for speculation.
The county must not only have mon
ey from the people in the way of loans
but must receive taxes and in order
to pay taxes men must have profits.
There is a struggle against excess
profits and while this is a war meas
ure it has come none too soon. Excess
profits are evils any time of the year.
If all who work and all who conduct
businesses keep their heads and go
along about as usual every public and
patriotic interest will be served.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
REDUCING FIRE HAZARD.

The Marshalltown city council is
taking step in the right direction
and one in which it would be well for
oskaloosa to join. Marshalltown is
reducing its hazard by more than
doubling its fire limits. Both Mar.
shalltown and Oskaloosa, and towns
of much less population are too big
and the property too valuable to be
jeopardized by ire-traps. Permanently
should be the watchword of all mod
ern builders.
Within the enlarged limits at Mar
shalltown, none but so-called fireprnof
buildings can be built but the ordin-
ance does not attempt to interfere
with the present buildings in this ter
ritory, except in cases where they are
fire hazards and should be removed.
Buildings of wood, veneered with eth
er brick or metal or other supposedly
non-indamable materials, can not be
erected within these fire limits. The
only new buildings 10 be allowed to
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
RUNNING HEAT FRICTION.

1t is related in an unofficial way that
when General Pershing was informed
of his selection for command in
France he asked to have General 81
bert sent as his next in rank. The
reason for this is apparent to army
men. Sibert is man of ideas as well
as courage. When Goethals was
building the Panama canal, Sibert was
one of his assistants and was so eager
and tireless that he sometimes aroused
friction. AS a result of that friction
liz was intimated to President TAFT
that Stpert should be transferred to
some other field. NO" said Taft
let him stay there; a little friction
may help" Pershing realizes the need
of men who are aggressive enough to
create friction once in a while.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29

The period between the LIST and
the 18th of December will be observed
by all Protestant churches and other
religious agencies as American Bible
Week, eliminating in the observance
OF December 9th as Bible Sunday. Dur
ing this time war fund of 100000
will be raised to supply each soldier
and sailor in our forces with a khaki
bound Testament. This movement has
the united support of Protestant
churches, the War Council of the
Federated Churches of Christ in Amer,
lea, speaking for all denominations,
and the administration.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-29
CLUBS AND SOCIETY
HAPPY OCCASIONS AMONG TOWN
AND COUNTRY FoLk.

The November meeting of the Jun
icr Standard Bearers was held at the
home of Bessie Schmidt The meeting
opened with the Secretary's report,
following which Miss Winifred Brady
read the Scripture lesson. Mr. Mills Of
fered prayer and favored them with
a vocal solo. Miss Ada Wells read an
article on Witch Doctors and Charms
Mrs. Walsmith gave the second chap
ter of the study book. The meeting
was closed with violin solo by Ruth
Hanks and dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess. The annual
"Grab Bag" was the occasion of much
merriment.