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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
BROKE THE TRAIN.
HOMER STANLEY. TELLS REAL
NEWS OF CAMP. CODY,

Mrs. John Starlin has the following
letter from her son, Homer Stanley,
and 1t is brim full of news Of Oska-
loosa soldier boys:
Deming. N. Mex, Oct. Is, 1917
Dear Mother: | received your letter
yesterday and was glad to get word
from home.
They have broke up the ammuni.
tion train and are making truck COM
pany and mule drivers and horse sec
tons out of ii. Eyor Howells and
Ray Brown were transferred to the
Horse section, and Ralph Hoar and
are still sergeants, but we are unas-
signed and haven't done a thing for a
week. We get UP any time that we
want to and DO as we. please. /
don't know where they will transfer
us. The reason for the change was
to make two companies out of one
and they took our company and put
them with F Company, so that left
the Sergeants of Z Company without
af job. sure would like to be with
the 16Sth. We are having sand
storm down here today. Sometimes
you are not able to see twenty feet
away and it will drift like, snow. /
see Elmer Broyles and Arnold often.
am going up to see Elmer this after
noon and we are going to- FIX a car
that belongs to some lieutenant on
General Aliens staff, The whole
bunch was up to town yesterday and
Ben Lewis bought a monkey. He
paid thirty-five dollars for it. He is
afraid of il. after he bought it so am
taking care Of it for him, and it sure
makes a good mascot. can do
anything with it. l pack it around
on my shoulders; it will set up there
and put its front legs around my
neck. 1t sleeps in a basket at the
side of my cot and in the mornings
it will climb all over me while | am
dressing. When / put cigarette in
my mouth it will knock it out every
time. / guess that it does not want
me to smoke. | got little cob pipe
for it and it will hold it in it's mouth
JuoL INV q DNl Gols SdliNN pll ~
c. Hoffman the other day but he is
in California for week. / will look
him up again.
wish that they would organize an
other ammunition train in Des Moines
so they would send us sergeants there
to drill them, but no such luck.
Everything is high in price down
here. All the picture shows twenty
five cents, and 1t costs twenty-five
cents to ride to town; so if a person
wants to so anywhere ii takes two
dollars in spite of the devil. But be-
lieve me, / am saving all | can so
will not be broke when | get out of
the army. think that when we get
trucks and get in service | will draw
more money.
am glad OF one thing down here.
and that is there is no chance for any
one to get drink of anything in the
liquor line.
Well, mother, | will close. Give
every one my best wishes and write
soon. With love, Homer Stanley,
Truck Co. No. 4, motor, 1O9th Ammu-
milton Train, Camp Cody, New Mex
leo.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
F |N|SH|NC TOUCHES
SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT
COMPLETED.

In spite of the approach of winter
and the attending cold weather build
ing improvements still go on, although
the work is largely that of finishing
up the projects started earlier in the
season. For some weeks past Bert r
Brooks 511 b avenue west, has been
excavating for a more complete base
ment to his house. New cellar win
dows have now been put In and ar
rangemenls made for heating system
- - -
In the Lon Hellings building at lie
North Market street, occupied by the
Buffers Photograph gallery, an entire
interior of the main floor completely
remodeled. New hardwood floors viii
be laid and the rooms re-arranged and
decidedly improved by redecoratina
and general refnishing. This change
will bring the studio thoroughly up-to
date and complete in modern equip
ment r
The Ideal Manufacturing and Supply
Co, on A avenue east have added to
the height of the large brick chimney
to obtain increased draft.
- - -
Charles Phelps at his home, No. 4o5
Second avenue east. has built a brick
extension at the side of the garage and
at the rear OF his houses for the in
stallation of heating plant, that will
be used for the heating of the home
and tho garage. Both the garage and
the boiler room are entered from the
residence as well as from outside. The
is decidedly convenient.
Tho new Glaze e Haynes front al
417-I9 High avenue west, is rapidly
completion and will make
a marked change in the appearance OF
the store. The retail department will
have frontage Of 40 feet and base
OF notified green glazed brick, decid-
eddy pleasing In appearance and this
with the modern square sestibulc and
the plate glass and brass trimmings
viii prove quite change.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR ALLIES

The work confronting the allies is
now very plainly defined says LATE
Young in the Des Moines Capital. The
Germans are defining it by their
course in many ways. The Germans
are demonstrating their insincerity by
bogus peace propositions. This Sug'
gests TO the allies that Germany is
beginning to count the cost. 1t means
that German fathers and mothers are
10 longer advertising the deaths of
their sons on the battlefields. That
was a great fad for the year 1915. But
time has changed all this. There is
mourning in every German household
and advertisements do not soothe, the
heart when it comes to death. The I'M
perial German government realizes
that the German cause is lost. The
Germans are whipped at this hour.
They tried to make joke out of Am
erica's entrance into the war but it
has proven no joke. We have mil
lion men ready for the campaign be.
ginning in May or June next year.
We arc dotting the ocean with swift
running submarine destroyers. We are
preparing to fill the air with airplanes.
We are going to cover the ridges with
new artillery. We are fresh from the
people and we go into the battles with
young manhood and young courage.
At the approach of cold weather the
allied cause is brighter than at any
time since the first invasion of Bel
GUM. Americas duties are being dis
charged. We are taking the advice
of our allies. We are taking advant-
age OF their experience. Nothing re-
mains but to see that bogus peace
propagandas do not effect the Amer
lean people. The abandonment of all
territory held by the central powers
would not be the right kind OF a
peace. The United States wants peace,
as Roosevelt says, which will stay
putt We do not hunger for peace that
shall leave the German military idea
still living. It will be necessary to-
crush the kaiser. He ought to be de-.
throned. IL must be remembered
that his son. the crown prince, would
be more dangerous than his father. III
Is the crown prince who wants to be-
a Napoleon. Therefore the Hohenzol-
lerns must go. Americans have every
reason for keeping their courage up.
The German Imperial government is
finding out that the American people,
are not easily faxed. The American
people are looking forward to good
winter season. The developments inl
regard to the conduct and career of
Ambassador Bernstorff are fightingl
bigger battle In America than the kai
ser realizes. These exposures OF Ger
man dupIicity and hypocrisy are an
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
IN SESSION
CITY DADS COMPLETE WORK OF
MONDAY REGULAR.

With two councilmen and mayor
absent Tuesday evening, L. M. Fan
sher occupied the chair and City En-
gineer Horace Hawkins and Chief of
the Fire Department /. H. McCrack-
en- filled in vacancies. Mayor J. G.
Harold and City Attorney TT. Bray
were unavoidably detained elsewhere
so the matter regarding the construc-
ton of the sewer on A avenue west
from North f to G streets, was laid
over.
fine point of law presented itself
which was beyond the knowledge and
experience of either the city Clerk or
the city engineer, so in order to be
on the safe side, postponement was
deemed advisable. No action was
taken regarding the assessments on
the South Second street sewer, but
this also will be brought up for action
later
Claims were allowed for the attend.
ance of the councilmen for both the
council and board of health. Fire
Chief McCracken brought up the mat.
ter of a new hydrant at the southeast
corner of South First street and Sec
ond avenue east (the Elks Club cor.
ner). He stated there was a 6-inch
main here and the valves were all in
and all that was needed was the con.
nection of the new hydrant. Super,
intendent c. j. Fox of the Peoples
Water Company had stated that this
connection would be made by the
company without any expense to the
city, and both Mr.. Fox and the Fire
Chief deemed new hydrant neces
sary for that locality. On vote the
matter was referred to the Water
Committee, fitzpatrick, Tansher and
Gustafson.
Other matters were brought up and
discussed, but no action taken, as ii
was thought best to defer until full
attendance could be secured. City
Clerk T. H. Carlin stated that after
the publication of the Resolution of
Necessity regarding the A Avenue
West sanitary sewer, that no protests
had been filed and that as far as he
knew all parties were in favor of it.
Council adjourned to Monday even.
ing, October %. ...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
THREE-cENT POSTAGE

There had been an agitation under
way for several years, paving the way
for one-cent postage. Commercial Or
carnations and many other bodies
were favoring the change. And now,
in few weeks our letter postage is
to be increased to three cents. Uncle
Sam needs the money.
And we shall all lick a three cent
stamp or any number of them, just as
cheerfully. as if they were two or
ones" observes the Burlington Hawk
eye. THE older folk can recall the
time when three cents was the regular
charge and some can recall times
when three cents would have been
considered very small price for car
rying letter
There may be some folks who will
doubt that increasing the rate is go
ing TO increase the revenue. Accord
ing TO the old arithmetic the three
cent rate should result in an increase
OF fifty per cent from first class post
age. The proof of the pudding lies in
the eating thereof
Some people would hold that the
greater revenue would result from a
lower rate. Years ago. when lower
rates OF postage were introduced ID
England, there was much opposition.
principally on the grounds that there
would be so much writing that the
postal establishment would be unable
to handle the business
IF the three-cent rate does not
bring the desired results. IL might be
worth while to try the one cent rate"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
WHAT A BOND WILL po.

II you can't serve In the ranks OF
the army you can at least aid the gov
eminent to support those who repre-
sent you on the firing line. Do you
know what $50 bond viii do? Con
slider: 1t will
Buy three Springfield rifles, com
plete.
Buy 1900 rounds of ammunition,
enough to supply sixteen soldiers 60
ing into battle.
: Buy ten new rife barrels to replace
those worn out. nf 4esg
Pay one soldier for seven weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
IllfJ MI
Peculiarly Of the Brain.

Tending to bear out the claim that
the human brain is so constructed that
1t can bear great ills better than les
ser ones oft repeated, is the fact that
a traveller in the wllds of Central Afri-
ca will face the tragedy Of surprise
by savage man or beast with intelli-
gent courage, and yet be driven to the
delirium oflmadness by the Insistent
ATTACKS OF miiwtesinsects. 1T
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

event If every animal going through
the ring were without a restrictive
bid-no strings on it. You can't
have much of horse sale, for in.
stance, unless the horses are there
to be sold. A crowd isn't interested
If you use the sale ring simply to
learn what others think your horse
is worth, A committee of neigh
bors will come in any time, if you
wish, and invoice your property. In
the course of few months the pop
ularity of these succeeding sales
would greatly increase, if it were un.
derstood that every animal in the
ring is there to sell, and is actually
sold"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

j.%+L.i.i. i. !. j. .S.+% + -.
Raymond R.Smith, Peabody, Kan27
2769 and
Ellen NJ. Williams, New Sharon. 10
Wilbur Hall, Eddyville, Iowa......,.333
277O and
Mary L. Bennett, Givin...................23
WELLS.-Funeral services for the
late Lena F. Wells will be held at 2
p. M, Thursday, at the Cheesman
Funeral Home. Burial in Forest
cemetery.
GRAHAM. - Funeral services for
the late Sanford Graham, who died
at Iowa Falls, will be held at the
Cheesman Funeral Home Thursday
at 1880 a. NJ. Burial in Forest Gem
etery.
CLAYWORTH.-The body of Mrs.
J. B.. Clayworth, who died in WITCH.
ita, Kansas, arrived in Oskaloosa this
Wednesday morning and was taken
to the Chcesman Funeral Home. Fun
eral service at White Oak Thursday
at 2 p. m. Interment in White Oak
cemetery.
THOMPSON.-Mrs ]. G. Thompson,
mother Of DIR. l. N Thompson, of Os-
kaloosa, passed away this Tuesday
morning at her home in Ottumwa
Deceased had been feeble for some
time and death was not unexpected.
DR.. Thompson was summoned to the
bedside yesterday. Funeral services
Thursday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

Feed one soldier five months or a
company Of $50 enlisted men one day,
Equip one soldier with clothing com.
plete for a three year enlistment per.
iod.
Keep clothing of one soldier in re.
pair and replace wornout clothing for
two years.
A 500 bond will place a soldier on
the firing line fully clothed. including
overcoat, extra clothing, underclothes,
shoes. rife, bayonet, cartridge belt,
two blankets, poncho, ninety rounds
of ammunition and one days rations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

twenty-five years ago lumber
was regarded as almost as much of a
necessity as wheat, while today it is
steadily being replaced by various
substitutes. How hard this substi-
tuition has hit the lumber business is
shown by the government estimate
that the total replacement of lumber
in all forms of use is S,O90,0 900
board feet, or n per cent of the con-
sumption in 1915. The rate of sub.
stitution is now in excess of 100000
600 board feet a year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

The valiant work performed by
the Philippine Scouts SO far from our
own shores that it is not properly
appreciated by the people at home,
is recognized in bill introduced by
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa
proposing to give the officers of the
Scouts many Of the privileges as TO
retirement now enjoyed by officers of
the Regular Army. Provision is
made for retirement after 20 years
service, or discharge for disability in
line of duty. on pay equal TO rs per
cent of active pay.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
III Is reported thai the Chinese

1t is reported that the Chinese
minister of finance, Mr.. Liang Chi.
chao, who is profound student Of
economics and currency, as well as
a great Chinese scholar, has drawn
up plan by which China may take
advantage of the unprecedented high
silver rate to reform her currency
through the adoption of gold stand
ard
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
NO. 8.


o, how / love to hear the grind
or street car number eight;
For wildly II calls to mind
The old-time local freight.
The local freight that ratified on,
Along its pig iron track,
All through those boyhood days, now
gone.
That number eight brings back.
How well do l remember when
That local freight would stop
Back home in dear old Honey Glen,
To load the honey CROP
Or take on board pig or two,
An egg-case or crate,
Then rattle on as freights all do
And so does number eight.
The local freight of by-gone days
Would sometimes smash a spring
And while moss-back throng would
gaze
The train crew patched the thing;
And now old number eight goes by
All riveted and timed
And camoufiaged, to fool the eye,
And glued and patched and pinned.
i doze and dream of Honey Glen
Two streaks of rust | view,
And fancy takes me back to when
The local freight was due,
l seem to hear it said once more
''She's forty minutes late,"
And now, as In the days Of yore,
IT'S so with number eight.
/ doze again and by and by
A rumble jars my ear.
/ rouse myself and strain my eye
To greet the engineer.
A mighty smoke-cloud seems to come,
look, and sure as fate
/ see a smoke cloud belcning from
The stove of number eight.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

If the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Burton L. French of Idaho
is enacted into law it will provide
for an S-hour day for all persons en-,
gagged in woodworking industries
whose products enter into interstate
commerce.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

u. S. Yards, ILL.,, Oct. II, 8 a. m.
HOGS Slow and Is lower than
yesterdays average; quality poor;
mixed and butchers, $16.50@1S.15;
good to choice heavy, $17.10@1815;
rough heavy, $16.45@16.65; light,
$16.15@1800; Workers, $17.10@1735;
bulk, $16.SOQ17.S5; pigs, $11.75 q
1850.
CATTLE - Slow and generally
steady; beeves, $7.OO@17.4O; COWS and
heifers, S5.OO@1215; stockers and
feeders, $6.2OQ11.5O; westerns, $6.15
@1400; native calves, $9.50@16.25.
SHEEP--Market steady to strong;
native sheep, $9.1O@11.75; western
sheep, $9.4O@13.00 yearlings, $11.40
914.10; native lambs, S13.00@17.75;
western lambs, $1325Q1S,25; ewes,
S8.50@11.S5.
Closing Prices.
HOGS-Market closed slow and Is
to rs lower than yesterdays average;
mixed and butchers, $16.45@1S.10;
good to choice heavy, $17.00@18.10;
rough heavy, $1640@16.60; light,
$16.0O@179O; Workers, $16.90@17.20;
bulk. $16.75@17S5; pigs, $11.75@
1850; clearance yesterday fair.
Best cattle closing steady; others
weak.
Sheep closing steady
Official receipts yesterday-Hogs
1919; cattle. 14,449; sheep. 1906.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
1,225; cattle, $3.50; sheep, 9,671.
= =.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

The Thomas & Moore front at 1923
High avenue west is complete. This
is also arranged with new plate glass
and bronco trimmings but has Oska.
loosa rug or rough faced brick for base.
This change completes the remodel
ing OF the store.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

AT present prices for live stock
one new bidder at farm auction is
worth his weight in gold. The way
to get bidders is to advertise the
auction in good newspaper that goes
everywhere with the news.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
eETTlNe IHE BAL SCORES,

Jim Powell. of the ottumwa Cour-
Ter, is a good sport. but he expressed
the $ ftiment the other day that he
wSul pc glad when the world series
OF Pasebail games were over. Not
thar ne does not enjoy the excite
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Today's Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Oct.
17.-Hogs suffered another tumble,
closing a full quarter under Tuesdays
close and the top commanding only
$500, and pigs dropping to $11,75.
Shippers and raisers fearing a
slump tried to "clean up and rushed
everything undesirable to market
with the result that lot of unusable
animals stagnates the avenues of
trade. Many "undesirables" came
over from yesterday and when $1,000
fresh and poor ones were poured into
the pens today something had to give
way. Fifteen cents down from yes
terday brought slow buying The
best were none too good. Quality
was not to be found. Another dime
off made fair clearance but the
close was slow.
The bulk today sold at $16.75@
1885, against $17OO@18.1O yesterday;
$18.O0@19.25 last Wednesday; $3.50
@1S.65 four weeks ago; $9.70@l0.15
corresponding Wednesday in 1916;
$7.85@S.25 in 1915: $6.95@74O in
1914; $7.6O@7.95 in 1913. and 1850
$50 in 1912.
The top paid today was $18.20;yes-
terday s1S.40; last Wednesday $19.65;
four weeks ago $1S.75; one year ago
5000; two years ago $3.50; three
years ago $3.50; four years ago $S.25
and five years ago $50. ...
Cattle and calves opened slow but
steady at Tuesdays price. The best
held steady to the close while others
went weak
Sheep and lambs held steady to
strong at yesterdays advance and the
demand for feeding stock lends
strength to the market Close was
steady at opening prices.
Receipts estimated for Thursday
are 10000 cattle, $4,000 hogs and 21,-
900 sheep.
Receipts today were $4,000 cattle,
81 900 hogs and $4,000 sheep, against
1865 head of cattle, 26,427 head of
hogs and 23,067 head of sheep cores
ponding Wednesday a year ago.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
was $3.50, against s17.70 Monday,
1880 a week ago, $9.68 a year ago
and $40 two years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

The King of England has said
that he will be pleased if his subjects
will drink his health in water. The
King will not touch any intoxicating
liquors during the war.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

1t seems to have been as easy to
get spy funds from Germany as to
get campaign money for a brewers
association, observes the MARSHALL
town Times-Republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

Prompt action is imperative in
dealing with hog cholera: therefore
get expert advice at once if you have
a sick hog.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Cash Quotations.
Kansas City Markets.

Chicago, october II.
Corn--No mixed, S1.90@1.92; No.
yellow, $194; No. yellow, $1,923;'
No. white, $2.07
Oats-No. mixer, 594c; No. 2
white, GO4@6O4c; No, 3 white, 500
6O4c; No. white, 5S]@59sc; stand
ard, 59A@60lc; S. G., 52@5SAc.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

educational force which will make the
voice OF the American people almost
unanimous.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Sheen Look Good.

Farmers are talking as though Ma
haska county will have an increased
number OF sheep at work this winter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
The parlor pacifist represents
decadence.-

"A new dining-room table is
equipped with electric plate warmers
built into the table.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Horses Killed.

w. D. Livengood OF Loyilia had three
head OF horses killed last Friday even
ing by Northwestern freight train.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Sell STOCK oFFEREp.

The Saturday Globe contends that
The Oskaloosa periodical live stock
sales would be decidedly more Of an
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
somewhat Ike tierself.

y October came back Sunday and Mon
day TO some thing like real October
weather. sN9a 81 4sa
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Market Notes.

Tuesdays hog receipts at Chicago
yards were the largest in three
months.
Cattle receipts Monday at 44,2S1
were the largest since Dec. Is, 1909,
and the fourth largest on record,
when 45,64O arrived. and, barring the
latter day, were the largest since
Nov. 16, 1908, when the record run of
49,128 arrived.
With the banner Monday and Tues
day cattle run to our credit the Chi
cago total this week promises to be
largest on record. The week ending
Sept. 10, 1891. Chicago received 95,-
524, the largest on record. Igf-IN
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
CITY OF DETROlT-OFFlCE OF
THE CITY TREASURER.

Notice i~ hc%1hy given 90 an per-
eons interested That there have been
fled In this ofna" tho following
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FIND GIRLIIN.
BOYS CLOTHES

.LpGANSPORT, Ind. Nov %
Clara Defdbaugh. 10 years Of age.
who was arrested ~ Peru as incor
rigihle and brought 10 this city, and
who escaped from the probation on
GERS here. is now hold In the Cass
county Jail after a pursuit of more
than six hours. In which both officers
and civilians participated
The girl when caught. was IN tho
middle of Tie Wabash river. and h.
was necessary for Thomas Norr
superintendent or police. 10 take OH
bis shoes and wade into tho stream
after her She was dressed In boy's
clothes. which she had obtained ,ron
farmer The girl says she has q
sweetheart in Peru whom she
wishes 20 marry.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
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