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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
CAN THE RABBITS.

| With the rabbits running around
wild and in good numbers in Iowa
| this winter it behooves every person
to bring in as many as possible and
begin canning at once. The home eco
nomics department of the Iowa State
College announced that the Dummies
can be canned just as easily and as
safely as beef. pork. chicken, and 9th
er food products. The canned rabbit
will make good summer dish and
thus add another notch in the conser-
walton of the nations meat supply.
Skin the rabbit and remove en-
trails. Wash carefully, cool and cut in
to pieces of medium size Pack the
raw meet in clean glass jars to within
an inch of the top. Add one teaspoon
salt for each pint jar A rabbit weigh
ing two pounds can be packed into
pint jar, while one weighing three
pounds will fill quart jar. Adjust
new rubbers and screw on top, but not
too tight. Place on rack in container
such as wash boiler and sterilize three
hours, counting time after the water
begins to boil. Remove from water and
tighten top at once.
2.-Sear the meat, which has been
dressed and cut into pieces as in the
first method, in fat until brown. Pack
in jars, adding one teaspoon of salt
to each pint Fill the jars with boiling
water. To some of the cans beef stock
may be added, which will give a de-
licious flavor. Adjust top and sterilize
three hours
Next summer when the majority of
meat is being shipped to Europe for
our fighters and the high prices have
touched the products left behind, the
canned rabbit will enable you to give
the bug laugh to the butcher. The
canned product will make good rabbit
pie, fricasse and baked rabbit-to say
nothing of hassenpfeffer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
IOWA AN APPLE STATE.

Did YOU know that Iowa was an ap-
pie producing state? Very few
Iowans do. Certainly many are un-
der the impression that apples are
grown in Idaho and Oregon with a
few from washington. That's nat
ural because the corner market dis
plays great red apples labeled Idaho
Beauties" and kindred names, speci-
flying some northwestern state.
While these foreigners" are being
sold at five cents apiece and some
times more, Iowa apples are being
neglected. A recent survey by the
Greater Iowa association showed that
most of Iowa's apples are permitted
to rot under trees or are fed to the
hogs and horses as a change of diet.
The government experts at Wash
ington announce that Iowa apples, II
given the care apples of other states
are, will be of better quality than
those raised in the so-called apple
states"
While Idaho boasts of 100000 bush,
ell crop. a year and Oregon comes IN
with two million, Iowa, with her fve
million trees raised about seven mil
lion bushels. Two counties in Iowa
this year raised twenty per cent more
apples than the whole state of Idaho
did. Mills and Pottawattamie are
the counties. Seven Southwestern
counties of Iowa produced more than
the entire state of oregon, while the
state as whole though the pro
duction was not on scientific basis
produced more than Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho combined. Thus
Iowa is really THE apple state.
Experts figure that with proper at
wilton the apple crop of the state
sources.ad. s1O,0OO,Oo0 to its re
periments hav.college experts in ex
is neglecting its alfu that the stat'
There will be considera1
paigning next spring by the vargs
organizations in the state to brin
the apple crop where it belongs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
WHY NOT JOHN ApAMsa

"There appears to be somewhat
more interest in politics among the
Republicans OF the Western States
than there is here in the East, o.
served H r.. Chambers, well-knoNn
Republican of Iowa, at the Willard, in
an interview in the Washington ID, 7.
Post. "Of course, the war oVershadows
everything just now, and everybody IS
behind the president and the govern
ment. but that does not mean that the
Republican party is going to let the
,ocrats run away with the cleo
lnlttee's year. Indeed the local COM
busy, ana West already are getting
any contest lhaS~r there has been
the Republicans have as the trend,
are still very much aliye..bat they
mat we have first-class chantove
win the next House of Represent
tives and also the Senate, although
of course, it will take more of an o'
erturning to get majority in tn
latter than in the House.
/ IF Chairman Wilcox retires in FEB
ruary, we, in Iowa, hope that the Re
publican committee will choose Johl
] Adams to succeed him. Mr.. Adam
showed in the last campaign that h'
knows how to win. 1t was largel.
through his efforts that Iowa was car
ried by the Republicans. He is grea
organizer and a good fighter, and ttla
is what the Republicans will neet
next year If they are to win TIL
House. Will Hays also has lot o
admirers in the West. There is n
doubt that it was his work that over
turned the Democratic party in Indi
ana He worked very much in thu
same manner that Adams did in Iowa
and if other State chairmen had beer
as much on the job, there would have
been Republican in the White
house now"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03

viii average 20 per cent, with about
10 per cent on sugar and less than 20
per cent on butter eggs, and potatoes.
This leaves only one-third of groc-
er's stock, principally Injuries. upon
which he has leeway in profit suffir
cient to make up losses that may be
incurred on licensed commodities.
heretofore. grocers have sold about
one third of their goods on basis be-
low overhead expense-sugar, flour,
lard, butter and eggs principally. That
left two-thirds upon which to adjust
living profit balance, whereas, un.
der war conditions the profit balance
is confined to one-third of the stock.
This situation makes it necessary TO
estimate every item of expense not ao-
solutely essential, and the next few
months in the grocery trade will be
trying ones But it is expected that
war conditions will make better mer-
chants. with more ability to operate
| economically and secure legitimate
profits by increasing volume OF trade
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
IN THE FROZEN NORTH.

The arrival of Vilhjalmur Stefans.
son. the famous artic explorer, at Fort
Yukon apparently ends a voyage of
arctic exploration that began when
he left Victoria, b. c., June IL, 1913,
at the head of Canadian government
expedition aboard the steamer Kar-
lux
Word brought from the explorer in
1916 said Stefansson hoped to reach
the Atlantic ocean, late in 1917 and
end his adventures with an ascent OF
st. Laurence river to Montreal. His
plans probably We're changed by the
fact that the ice broke late along the
Arctic during the summer OF 1917 and
made navigation almost impossible.
The expedition was divided into the
northern and southern divisions. Ste
fansson. in charge of the northern set
out to explore unknown parts of Beau
fort sea and 10 search for new land
His party started on the government
steamer Karluk. Near Point Barrow
he vessel was ice bound and carried
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
NO TIME TO QUIT NOW.

Rich blooded Americans are pleased
to see the heroic stand taken by bleed
ing France against the selfish and un
holy peace terms proposed by Ger
many.
Every true American sought by all
honorable means and ferYently prayed
to be kept out of the war, but now
that it has bee nforced upon us we
must stand, as France declares she
will stand, until Kaiserism is crushed.
As Grant once said he would fight
II out on that ground if it took all
summer" so America must fight if it
takes a generation to put an end to
Prussian militarism.
There is no honorable way of
backing up now, and no time to quit
until the autocracy of Germany raises
the white flag, and turns the govern
ment over to the people.
Sink or swim, live or die, survive
or perish" we must go on with our
burden of duty
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
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Notice Of Levy Of Execution.

State of Iowa, Mahaska Comfy, So.
+. X. Underwood, Plaintiff,
Against
w. w. Carter ct al, Defendants.
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT.
To w. W. Carter ct al:
Sir:-You are hereby notified. thai
by virtue of an execution Issued By
Ithe Clerk of the District Court o.
M'Aaaska County, Iowa, In the
above entitled cause to me q
rected, nave levied upon and exc
cuted as your property, the following
described real estate, in Mahasktl
County, Iowa, TOWN..
The West As feet of the Nrth Hall
of Block No. (5) Marks End Addition
to the City of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
And ] have advertised the same to
be sold on the 23rd day of january
A. D. 1918. at 200 o'clock p. m, al
the door of the Court House, in Oska
loosa. Mahaska County, Iowa.
WITNESS my Official signature
this Gath day of December, A. d. 1917
d. e. HENLEY,
24w2 Sheriff of Mahaska County
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
eastward to Thetis island.

eastward to ThetlS island.
Stefansson, with small party, start
ed on foot for the mainland. During
their absence the Karluk was crushed
by the ice and sunk, eight members
of the party losing their lives in an
attempt to reach .4erald island. Nine
men made their escape.
Despite this disaster, Stetansson
continued his work in the far north,
making arrangements to journey on
foot over the ice to unknown parts OF
Beaufort sea. After extensive explora-
tons. he returned to Prince Patrick
island in 1915, but with Kellet as his
base. he went on with his researches
within the arctic circle through 1916,
being Joined in May of that year by
party on the Polar Bear at Cape
James Murray.
Fort Yukon, where Stefannson is re
ported to have arrived, is trading
post and station of Alaska on the Arc
tic circle, and on the great bend OF
the Yukon river. in about Longitude
las degrees 20 minutes west.
Stefansson's arctic journey was not
pole seeking expedition. He accom-
plished one of his main purposes when
he discovered large island or CONT
nent northwest of Prince Patrick Is
land. Another objective was to sal
through the northeast passage but ice
conditions blocked this.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03

recently purchased a number Of scrap
books which it will sell at cost eight
cents apIece-to any one who will
take and fill them and return them to
the Library.
Military authorities are anxious to
alleviate homesick hours in camp and
dreary days in the hospital To saveI
them from sheer mental and spiritual
shipwreck, soldiers must be provided
with something which will take their
minds off the horrors of modern war.
fare.
Scrapbooks have done wonders for
the men in Willing away the time and
making life more pleasant for them.
Colored pictures, short stories, poems,
and jokes are eagerly seized upon by
the soldiers.
Colored pictures are preferred to
black and white. They must be attrac-
tive, cheerful and large enough to be
seen easily. Comic cartoons will be
enjoyed Poems of sentiment are liked
best by the soldiers, not war verse or
anything blue"
Arrangements in all cases should be
horizontal. so that it will not be nee
essary to turn the book in order to
see. Above all, in selecting pictures
and printed matter, it should be ie-
membered that these books are for
grown men and not children.
Get your scrap book at the Library
today. Fill 1t and return it. You Will
enjoy doing 1t and it will give our
soldiers pleasure.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
SAVE A MILLION TONS.

Iowa consumes over seven million
Of tons of coal every year and it is
said that this large amount ought to
be reduced at least one million of
tons if the boiler plants were put into
good shape and the firing of coal were
done more scientifically. In a house
furnace 1t is said that if little more
care were taken in the firing of the
coal and the removal of the ashes
that a shovelful of coal per day will
be saved and this means that more
than ton of coal will be saved in
the heating season. II is with these
facts in mind that Charles Webster.
the fuel administrator, has arranged
for TEaT strenuous campaign to be
launched in Iowa right now under the
direction of corps of engineering ex-
perts that have been selected by the
Engineering Extension Department at
Ames College who will, it is hoped,
visit every city in the state and spend
a few days in visiting all OF the boiler
and furnace rooms and inspect the
conditions Of burning coal and report
as to the best methods of lettering
them so as to burn the fuel more eco
and efficiently. Mr.. Web
ster hopes that every community, large
Or small, will extend an Invitation TO
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

Campaign slogan, Stamp out the
war with war savings stamps"
The stamps are baby bonds. There
are two kinds, Thrift and War Savings
Stamps
They are issued in two denomina-
tons, rs cents and $500.
They bear interest at per cent,
compounded quarterly.
Four dollars and IL cents win buy
stamp with a maturity value of $500,
They can be redeemed before ma
turity. 1923 for the amount paid in,
plus interest of little less than 3
per cent.
After Jan. 81, 1918, they will in
crease IN cost and value cent each
month.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
ILLINOIS ROAD PROGRAM.

| The greatest road building program
in any state at the present is that OF
Illinois. 1t not only calls for building
about 1000 miles of hard surfaced
roads but it provides for the construc
ton of this great mileage without any
taxes on real estate. The project
was worked out SO as not to interfere
with road building by the counties
and townships and to enable the state
to utilize in the most economical
manner the financial aid and technical
assistance which the federal govern.
ment will give to Illinois under the
federal-aid road law of 1916.
The Improvement of these 1000
miles will result in the betterment by
the state, of barely per cent of its
highways. Consequently the plan
ming of these roads, so as to be of I'M
questionable benefit to the entire
state and therefore justifiable object
upon which to spend state money, re-
ceived long, careful study. 1t was
necessary to afford the greatest good
to the greatest number of people, to
give careful attention to the cost of
competitive routes, and to distribute
the expenditure over the state in such
a way that no section could claim with
fairness that it was treated inequit-
ably. The network of state roads
passes through every county in the
state and connects all of the leading
towns. II is not merely matter of
few north and south roads intersect
was laid out to meet the traffic needs
of the state rather than to conform
with the points of the compass.
The most interesting feature of the
project is the method of raising the
money for the work. 1t is proposed
to issue bonds which will be paid off
from the proceeds of automobile tax
alton exclusively. Prolonged study
of the use of improved roads has con-
WINGED the state officials that such
statewide system of highways will be
used so extensively by automobiles
and trucks thai the cost of the inn
provements should be borne by the
owners of such vehicles. At present
the license fee for cars ranges from So
for 10-horse power or less to $40 for
50-horse power. Next year the taxes
will be increased so that the limits
will be $3.50 to $40 and in 1920 they
will be increased to Sc and S25 The
present motorcycle fee of 81 will be
increased to SO in 1918 and 81 in 1920.
The fee for electric vehicles up to 20
tons capacity is now SIS; this will be
increased to $40 next year and $12 in
1920. Electric vehicles of lover 2
tons pay double these fees except in
1920, when the license will be $25.
1t is proposed to begin issuing
bonds in 1920, putting out $10,000,000
in that year, and to make a similar is
sue annually until the total bonded |
is $6O.0OO,OOO. 1t is pro-
posed to let the first contract in 1920
In that year it is estimated that the
license fees will amount to S4,8O0,0 900.
The state officials estimate that in
1914 the fees will amount to s6,000,-
700, and both principal and interest
will have been paid The interest
ate which is proposed for the bonds
s 81 per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
Professional Cards
Money to Loan. Insurance.
liz First Ave. West. oskalocsa. lows
W. n. HEATING.
ttorney---Abstractor.
NOTICE.
nv lSEs
OM Irp NAV CONCERN I.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
The Silo Mold Company, a corpora
ton with fits principal place of bust
ness in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County,
Iowa, incorporated to purchase or ac-d
quire all rights. title and interest TOT
the letters patent in the United Statest
of America, granted to Warren Al
Caldwell, covering the manufacture8
of cement stave silos, together with
the apparatus, dies, and machinery
necessary for the same, to have thei
exclusive right to use and control SAID
letters patent, dies and machinery,
exclusively, in the territory compris-l
ing the State of Iowa, to sell, lease, or
license the use of said letters patenta
machinery, ETC., within said state
The Capital Stock authorized is Sl5,H
10000, payable in cash or property:
appraised, as provided by law, in fullS
before said stock shall issue. 4
Said corporation to commence busa
mess on the day of issuance of Certifis
cate of Incorporation by the Secretary
of State, to-wit: December 18th. 1917
and shall terminate at the expiration
of twenty years from date. unless
sooner dissolved by a majority vote
of the stockholders.
The business and prudential affairs
to be conducted by Board of Direcs
tors, who shall elect a President, Vice.
President, Secretary and Treasurerl
and such other officers as 1t may seq
fit, or as may be provided by the byy
laws; said Board of Directors to bB
elected at the annual meeting of tfH
stockholders, which shall be on TN
! first Monday in December. at !
o'clock a. m, of each year. "A
The highest amount of indebtedne&
to which this corporation shall at abe
time subject itself, shall not exceeS
two-thirds of it's capital stock.
The private property of the owners
of stock in this corporation shall be
exempt from corporate liability OF
debts.
w. A. CALDWELL. Pres.
c. E. JOHNSON, sec'y.
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03

him to have their city inspected at
once so that he can arrange the timer
airy Of these men at the least expense
and waste, of time, for in campaign
like this, where the men available are
few, the routing must be OF the best
for economy. He is also anxious that
commercial clubs will ask him for the
presentation of this subject before
them at an early date so that their
membership will become co-operators
with him in this work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

The real significance of the cam,
paign just inaugurated in the United
States, to sell war savings certificates
to the amount of $4,000. 100000, lies in
the fact that it will induce people to
refrain from using goods needed by
the government for the prosecution
of the war. The Hon. Basil P. Blackett,
of the British Financial Mission to the
limited States, speaking of the sue
paissi war savings certificates cam
said: "Ou1 in Great Britain, recently
out, not with servings committee set
raising S100,0O0,000 eact so much of
100000, 900, or pounds, for 900, 900, or
ment as of pesuading people tuern
use goods and services that were
wanted for the war, and to increase
the goods and services that were
| available for the war by working hard
er and not wasting"
What is going to win the war fol
| the Allies and for humanity is not
money. but men and supplies. An APP
peal is made to the masses because il
is largely among the masses that the
strength of the Government lies.
1t is the hope of the Government al
Washington that the war-savings Ger
.lficates will be placed in the hands
of 30,000,000 investors. Should the OBJ
ject be accomplished it would virtual
ly enlist just that number of people
in the great army which is fighting
for the rights of men. The great
strength of the naticn could perhaps
be expressed in no more forcible way
than in the achievement of this pur
pose. The $4,000, 100000 which it is ex
pected will he raised by this campaign
will go long way toward buying the
mat erial needed for military purposes,
and every man, woman and child who
invests so small an amount as twenty
five cents in the thrift stamps, which
may be exchanged for certificates, may
feel that he or she has subscribed
more than that amount toward bring
ing about victorious peace. The mon
ey, if carried in a pocket, will bear
no interest. If it is lent to the
Government by investment in those
stamps or in war savings certificates,
it will increase in value as time pass
es, and the investor will accordingly
be a beneficiary. But a far greater
benefit will came to him in helping
the government to overcome one of
the greatest foes which mankind has
ever faced. For this war is the individ-
uaps war. That is why these WARSAW.
Ings certificates should go into every
family in the United States. Every
dollar so invested is a dollar diverted
from the purchase of some comfort or
luxury that need not be bought. Every
dollar that is pat into this government
loan means just so much more pur.
chasing power for the government
The investment is Of the safest posi-
bic sort. 1t is a good one also because
the interest rate is attractive. It is
convenient one because the purchaser
of these certificates can turn them in.
TO money on short notice, should he
need to use the money for other pur-
poses. 1t is a wise investment because
it will tend to teach the investor the
Lesson of thrift.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03

Women must create a demand fol-
bran, wholewheat and corn breads un
til they are put on the menu OF hotels
and restaurants not only on wheatless
days, but for constant use by patriotic
food savers, according to a statement
by Mrs. Hoover, wife of the U. S. Food
Administrator yesterday. She feels
that many people will acquire the hab-
it of eating course grained breads, if
they have the opportunity of ordering
them on six days of the week instead
of one.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
Each senator, congregsional d

Each senator, congressional dis.
trict and territory including Porto
Rico, Alaska and Hawaii is entitled to
have two cadets at the United States
Military Academy at West Point. The
District of Columbia is entitled to four
cadets. There are also eighty appoint
ments at large especially conferred by
the President of the United States.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
Serious Fan

Mrs. c. H. Miller, residing on north
F street between B and C avenues
slipped on an icy side walk Saturday
evening and fell breaking her arm at
the wrist. Mrs. Miller some years ago
suffered the loss of her left arm by
amputation, and the accident of Sat
urday evening renders her absolutely
helpless The accident happened on
High avenue West near the Russell
Barber shop. s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-03
HERE s A NEW IDEA
START A SCRAP BOOK FOR OUR
SOLDIER LADS ABROAD.

Kipling started the work in England
and the idea spread like wildfire. Hun.
dreds of thousands of scrapboolSs were
filled by the "home,folks" and sent as
tokens of affection to the soldiers and
sailors at the front, and now America
is taking up the work. Already many
libraries have sent hundreds of these
books to the front and more will be
needed. aa
The Oskaloosa Public Library has