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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
OUR OBLIGATIONS GROWING.

Where there is much smoke there
must be some fire probably fits the
situation on the western front, but
smoke has been used by the Huns to
screen all kinds of deviIishment. and
too much caution cannot be used in
drawing conclusions as to how near
peace may be.
Every time the question of peace
hobs up it involves the problem of
the food supply. There is much fear
expressed that peace discussions will
cause a relaxation of food production
and conservation. We do not be-
lieyc that there need be much worry
on this score: however. it is well for
everyone TO know how the food needs
with the deliverance of large areas
occupied by the Germans.
When Bulgaria capitulated il in
creased the number OF people in the
big family dependent largely on the
United States by j,00O00O souls who
have been clamUring for food for
months. We must take care Of this
recent recruit to the side of the al
lies, for we can well afford TO ex-
change food for the peace which she
has made.
The recovery OF large areas in
France and Belgium only adds more
members to our big family. They
are in pitiable plight after having
TO feed the hungry German boarders
the past three or -four years. They
probably have little more left than
the crumbs. Food must be supplied
them in large quantities and the food
plan is now being revised
10 meet the situation.
Should peace come next week or
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
THE SATlATED TURK.

In these days of wonders and un'
hcard-of developments it is scarcely
surprising TO see the unsDealiable
Turk come bowling and scraping be
fore the President of the United
States and asking for peace, although
this country is not officially at war
with the Ottoman Empire. But ii
would be amusing if it were not SO
intolerably disgusting to find the
Turk indorsing the Presidents ele-
waited sentiment and piously hoping
for IAN end to the shedding OF blood.
For the Turk has drunk so deep OF
Armenian blood that he is like the
corgcd beast which can neither hold
nor wish for more. In a solemn
message to America early in 1917 Lord
BalrOur said: "Of the 100000 Ar
menians who were in the Ottoman
Empire two years ago, 100000 have
been either massacred or dcportcd.
Those who were massacred. died un-
der abominabIe iortures, but they es-
capped the longer agOnies OF the de-
ported. Men, women and children
were driven from their homes and
made to march as long as their
strength lasted or until those who
drove them drowned or massacred
them in patches"
What the Prussian beast did in Bel
GUM his Turkish cOmrade multiplied
in Armenia, scizing the opportunity
given him 10 do what he had not dared
do before. And now that he has
practically exterminated helpless
race, and has uneasy thoughts of a
future lacking in German protection,
he petitions President Wilson TO put
IAN end TO the shedding of blood,
Following the lead OF Germanys pre-
tended acceptance. the Turk proposed
TO accept everything, yet the Presi.
dents words on impartial justice, if
made into act, would place every
Turkish officials neck on the execu.
toners block
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
BRINGING LIFE TO BELGIUM

There are 10,O00DOO Beigiums and
Frerch caught within The territory
occupied by the Germans. These
people must rely almost absolutely
on the food given them by the Com.
mission for Relief in Belgium
This Commission buys al the food
stuns going into Belgium ard brings
the supplies 10 the Belgium frontier
Here the distribution and rationing
is taken charge OF by Belgian and
French organizations which were or
ganized by the Americans in the ear.
ly stages Of the war.
The security of both imported and
native food production from German
requisiiion. is guaranteed by the
Dutch and Spanish governments which
maintain agents in the occupied area
TO see that the production and dis.
tribution are not interfeTed with by
the German Army
The Commission has with the adj
diiional ships recently allotted suf-
heient cargo space 10 forward the
following amounts Of foodstuffs: 4
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
PREVENT WASTE BY FIRE

While conservation is the law of the
land it is the purpose OF the United
States Food Administration to stop, if
it can, the enormous waste of food in.
cident to fires set in grain stacks and
pastures by sparks from locomotives
and the loss of live stock on railroad
rights of way.
A conference of railroad officials
was held with Food Administrator j.
f. Deems in Burlington last week and
when he goes to Washington this week
Mr.. Deems will propose to the Federal
Food Administration that the agitation
be extended to every state.
Probably less loss of food is eXper-
fenced from this case in Iowa than in
any of the states, but it is so large
that the Food Administration feels 1t
necessary that effort be made TO stop
the waste. .rDIE
The railroads will be required to
equip their Locomotives with every US
able and useful appliance and device to
arrest sparks. They will be required to
MAINTAIN better fences and better gates
across their rights of way, If possible
they will be required to, use, more Ct
fective cattle guards, AT crossings.
Since the railroads are now controlled
by the government the Food admins
tration will have no difficulty securing
cooperation in this respect.
Effort will be made 10 secure coop
Grafton of farmers in. blowing guards
against fire in their fields along rights
of way and in using every precaution
to prevent live stock from getting up
on highways and railroads crossings.
About twenty railroad men met with
Administrator Deems at his request
and Il plan for effecting working ar
rangement in which the Food Admins
tration will be given the cooperation
of the railroads and land owners was
discussed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07

soon we will have to share with more
instead of fewer people if we live up
to the humanitarian principles laid
down when we entered the war. At
the same time it is not intended that
the American farmer should lose in
doing his part to carry out this work
Let it sink into the minds of every
enc, however, that the coming of
peace will not case up on our food
supply one pound of meat or one
bushel of wheat. There will be
greater demand than before, with the
millions of starving people in parts of
Russia and other regions, when they
are added to those we are now feed
ing.
The total number of hunger-strick'
en- people that will look TO this coun,
try for sustenance for some time af-
ter peace is declared is estimated at
800, 100000, or three times our entire
population. Peace talk should not
make any difference in plans for max
imum production of food, and careful
use of what is reserved for our own
needs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
OliNet.

Mrs. Ray Anderson of Dallas, Iowa,
visited this week at the Dick Van
Houweling home northwest of town,
returning home Wednesday.
Stewart Bartlema spent Wednesday
in Harvey
n. A. Piersel, an old time mining
man from AppanOOse county, called
at the station Tuesday.
Il. L. AlcOrn of Oskaloosa was in
.Olivct last Thursday.
John FredericksOn, Jr., grandson of
the writer and messenger for the
Western Union at Ottumwa, says the
messengers wear masks there when
delivering messages. .-..; j. .t
Mrs. Edward Van Alst and daugh-
ter srent Friday visiting in Harvey.
Edward Ives of OskaloOsa was in
town Thursday looking at the Mercy.
r)lGs property.
Mrs. Allen Druse of Harvey visited
this week at the parental John l..
Thompson home.
When we read of dead soldier boy
being brought home for burial. our
minds run back to 1864. The writ.
or drove fourteen miles one night to
bring home the body of his brother
John, who was killed by the first shot
fired by a sharpshootcr at the Battle
of the Wilderness in West Virginia.
History never fails 70 repeat itself.
Il. p. Seaman returned to Olivct
Saturday from Knoxville.
W. II. Westcad of Peoria, Illinois
called at the station Friday.
Stewart Bartlema finished huskinC
corn last week and has it all cribbed.
We have watched him for ten years.
and among Scott township farmers
he is always first to plant and first to
reap.
Mrs. John Lichteuheld of OskaIoosa
spent Tuesday at the John l.. Thomp.
son home.
Clyde Robertson. east of town.
brought in radish Tuesday that
weighed five and a half pounds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
GREECE DOING HER SHARE

Justifiable pride is taken by Allied
observers in the record of Greece since
her official entry into the war in June,
1917. or particular note is her naval
effort, into which she has put all the
forces of her navy and her mercantile
marine. At the disposal of the Allied
fleets she has placed her arsenal at
Salamis, her docks, workshops and
harbors and is thus effectively assist
ing all operations of the Allies in the
East, in Asia Minor, in Palestine and
in Egypt.
This information from a well in
formed Greek source is given in a
Reuter- dispatch of the Belfast North
that all important points of the Greek
coast line have been strongly armed
and "a large lumber of skilled work
men, of shipwrights, and even seamen,
are serving on board Allied ships" Al
so the light units of the Greek fleet
are guarding the whole Greek coast
line, thus relieving the Allied fleets in
the Eastern Mediterranean. The coal
problem, which concerns England as
intimately as it does the United States
is eased to a degree by Greece, which
formerly imported all her coal from
England, but is now developing to the
fullest her Ignite mines.
AS to the Greek army it appears
that ION the Macedonian front the
numbers of each division of the army
of national defense were raised from
twelve thousand to seventeen tnOus-
and men by new formations and by
strengthening the artillery and the
auxiliary services. In spite of the good
will of the Allies, who were prepared
to furnish Greece with all the war ma
terial necessary to bring it up to the
level of the other armies which had
previously entered the war, the reor
ganization of the Greek army was
faced in the first instance with great
obstacles arising from the reduction
of tonnage, the general situation in
Allied countries, and tn" difficulties of
communication in GREECE itself For all
these reasons Greek MODIFICATION
could proceed but slowly. Yet by June
1918, although only third part Of the
Glasses subject to COnsCription had
been called 10 the cOlors, two hundred
thousand men were under arms. The
Greek forces in Macedonia already oc-
cupied two large sectors, and their
successes at Skra-di-Legan, for which
they were highly commended by the
Macedonian chief command, proved
their good organization, their progress
i've adaptation to the methods of mod
ern warfare, and the effectiveness of
their work"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07

ficials of the country. but ! want to
add my humble little tribute to the
rest.
what want to say is that we Ital-
ians are grateful for your generosity
to US. l have sister who was living
near Udine. She was forced 10 flee,
she and her family, from the blood
thirsty Austrians. Your American Red
Cross has taken care of them and
they are very happy. | shall always
think of you and be grateful to you.
Excuse me-"
He bowed, smiled shyly, and was
gone. And as he went. everyone said
in his heart, There goes a true gen.
tleman."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
HAS FLU IN FRANCE
FRED BRU5AKER IN HOSPITAL
BUT SAYS HE'S ALRIGHT.

The first word received rom Fred
Drubaker since he landed in France
is the following, dated October ),
1918:
Dear Mother and Adjust to let
you know | am alright. Would have
written sooner, but have been in bed
ever since | landed, about four days
ago. was in bed a couple of days
before we landed. 1t is influenza. |
can't talk above a whisper. so it is
easier to write than talk. Am sitting
up in bed writing this. | was brought
to the hospital as soon as we landed.
There are two nurses to take care of
seventy. They are nice girls.
On the ship saw Harry Ratlff,
Leonard Linderman, Bob Kirk. Conner
DanCr. who worked for Kirk Farmer,
and Reed Conner from New Sharon
The latter | got acquainted with on
the train coming to Camp Merritt
Those in my company are Leonard
Den Abel, Francis Hull, Bob 1EIark
ness and George Fox. aur
There were two or three companies
OF Negroes on the same ship with us.
| am not supposed to- tell how many
there were on the ship, or the name
of it. or whether we had any trouble.
| was alright the first four days,
but Friday morning got seasick and
did not cat anything until a couple of
days before landing. AS soon as the
ship got to rocking. | did too--but !
wasn't the only one | don't know
when I'll see the rest Of the company
again. They took my clothes to be
cleaned, all but my shoes and socks
Don't know what they will do with my
pack and gun, but suppose they will
be taken care of.
There are several soldiers here
helping care for the sick was weak
when | first landed, not having eaten
for so long. Haven't been outside
yet to see what the country looks like
II has rained a little every day since
we landed, and has been pretty cool.
Have had sheet and three blankets
over. me all the time. The blankets
are about the weight of the one took
from home.
There are some French women who
wash the dishes after each meal. The
food is brought over from the main
With love TO all.
PVT. FRED BRuBAKER.
Sept, a. Il. d., A. E. +.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
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PUBLIC SALES
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Frank White and Farris Fowler
will offer at public sale on what is
known as the d. d. Fowler estate, 10
miles east of Oskaloosa, on Saturday,
Nov. 8, the following property: 39l
acres; ESQ acres farm land balance
pasture. SiX-room house, deep well.
etc. Terms: $500 on contract. Bal
ance LIST of March, 1919, aside from
$4,000 loan. Two mares years
old, weight about 400 and 1100 each;
yearling colts; l yearling mule; !
sucking mule; two.year-old colts;
6 smooth mouth, mares and horses;
some good workers and brood mares
in this bunch; l single driver 8 years
old, weight 100, lady broke; 8 cows
from to years old, of them black
Angus, balance good mixers; good
spring calves, all black but one; COM
ing 3-year-old Angus bull, good one;
20 head good spring shoats, all chol.
era immune; 25 Toulouse geese, two
dozcr full blood single-comb white
Leghorn cockerels, stands bees,
farm machinery. Usual terms. e.
E. Morrow, auctioneer. J. r. Busby,
clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
Kitchen & Abbott

will sell at public auction, at the DR..
Abbott farm, q miles southwest of
Oskaloosa, on Tuesday, Nov. II, at 10
o'clock. the following property: Brown
mare years old, weight 1900, bred
to jack; black 4-year.old, weight
1900: black horse, smooth mouth ;sor.
rel driving horse years old, broke
single or double: black driving horse
Z years old, broke single or double;
brown driving mare years old; gray
2-year-old mare; one mule colt; Short
Horn COW giving milk; 2-yearold
cows giving milk; 2-year-old heif-
ers, be fresh in spring; calves; 10
head of Poland China spring gifts; 25
head summer aud fall shoats; 800
bushels corn; 100 bushels wheat and
oats mixed; 20 tons good clover hay
in barn or stack; % to 80 tons ensil-
age, l year old; some baled straw;
farm machinery. Lunch served by
Elm Grove Red Cross. Terms ma
known on day of sale. |. NJ. Reed,
auctioneer. Geo. Beagle, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
BE A GOOD SPORT.

Wherever the English tongue is
spoken, people know the meaning Of
sportsman" "A fair field and may the
best man win" is the supreme law of
all our games and sports And thar law
observed as matter of honor, on ey-
cry baseball, football, cricket and la
crosse field, accounts in no small mea-
sure for the magnificent victories of
the Allies on the western frort. Our
national sports have made us Gespise
quitting" and the yellow streak"
The same code of honor holds with
reference to Liberty loan subscrip-
tions. And it has a vital element in ad-
dition-that of loyalty to Country and
loyalty to the Army and Navy.
Every man, woman and child in
America who subscribed for Fourth
Liberty bonds on a deferred payment
plan is in honor bound to live up to
the terms of the subscription pledge.
Nothing but dire necessity in the
words of Secretary McAdoo cen pos
sibly excuse quitting and failure TO
carry through the plan. Make all the
payments, receive the Liberty bonds
and hold them fast until the Govern
ment repays the principal.
This is rule on the ball field. Fight
for fair hit. Run hard for the bases
and the home plate. Work with the
team. Fight down any selfishness.
Combat any disposition to quit or ac-
cept defeat. Be honorable and play the
game like man. ..-
This is the programme that Liberty
Bond subscribers are in honof bound
to carry through. No matter how much
selfdenial it may call for-no matter
how hard the "scrimping" and econo-
MIXING may seem--eyery subscl lber is
bound by the law of Patriotism, and by
the honor rule" of good sportsman
ship to accept the sacrifices and
make good the subscription pledge.
ANY other course throws a burden
on the government. and interleres
with the best interest of the A my and
NAVY and is a stain on ones personal
self respect.
Be a good sportsman Be patriot
Have Nerve" Pay for every Liberty
bord you signed for.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
GENEROUS

"Its an outrage" he roared,
AS he paced in ring;
It's blankety-blank lot of crust.
I'll be hanged if I'll stand
For this closing-up thing
And I'll take il TO court if ! must.
It's all right 10 be cautious
And exercise care
On sane and conservative scale
But I'll not turn my key
At each panicy scare,
If spend half my future in Jail.
But the public was kept
In the dark more or less,
As TO who had been hitting the pipe,
When this notice next morning,
Appeared in the press,
In profuse and conspicuous type
"ln these critical times
When tomorrow depends
On the deeds of today, so to speak,
Just TO safeguard the health
OF our patrons and friends,
We've decided to close for the week
NAL Rose. Oskaloosa, Ia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07

of allowance, allotments. compensation
or insurance.
The purpose of the announcement is
to protect beneficiaries of men who
have died or been killed against the
activities of certain class of claim
agents.
The bureau of war risk insurance
of the treasury department arranges
all matters of this kind and settles all
claims without charge. Amy outside
agent who imposes on claimant is
subject to severe punishment.
Such legal advice as may be nee
essary may be secured through the
cooperation of the special committee
for war service of the American Bar
association through the local legal ad-
visory boards of each draft district.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
c. L. Steddcm & Sons

will sell at Public Auction, at their
farm at Lacey, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 8,
at 1880 o'clock, the following prop
erty: 2 year old mare, l yearling geld
ing and sucking colts; 20 Big Type
Poland China gifts; 8 tried sOws, all
eligible to record; so stock hogs; SO
registered Shropshire. including TWEEN
ty eve lambs, balance from l to
years old. A few yearling and ram
'ambs. Lunch served by Lacey w. c.
T. L. Usual terms. |. NJ. Reed, AuC-
tioneer. ...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
100 to 1900 p. c. HIGHER

The Franklin 1ypothetae of Chi
cago an organization of employing
printers announces that in addition to
the increase of from 25 to IS per cent
for wages within the last nine months,
the materials entering into the prin.
tcrs product have greatly increased in
cost. For example, since the war be-
gan paper has increased from 100 to
200 per cent. Certain inks have in.
creased from so cents to SIS a pound
AN increase of 1900 per cent. The
various supplies used in the bindery
have increased an average OF l26 per
cent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07

Delayed trains making it impos,
sibie for Judge Talbot 20 reach Oska-
loosa from his home in Brooklyn, caus-
ed a suspension of District court Thurs
day and discommoded practically ey-
cry LAWYER in Mahaska county. Many in
diyiduals were also seriously incon.
yenienced If Mahaska county had a
resident Judge, such things would not
occur. A vote for l. c. Johnson on Tues
day VII remedy sIch conditions
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
ThE LITTLE oIeI

He was only a little "Gigi" which
in italian means just what "Yank' or
Tommy on "Poilu" means TO hmeri-
can or British or Frenchonly little
"Gigi" but he had social duty TO per
Norm, And this is how he did l.:
He went 10 American Red Cross
headquarters in Aneona, Italy, and,
though terribly embarrassed made
this little speech:
Il am only a private soldier, but ]
have feeling just the same as any 9th
err man, suppose you Americans are
praised every day by the leading Of
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
For Thanksaivinq Week.

Thanksgiving week this year is set
aside for food conservation, not for
Teasing. The United States Food
Administration asks the stores on ev.
Fry business street in the United
states to picture, In their display
windows. the prodigious task OF feed
ing the Allied world through 1919.
Posters and window cards OF special
design have been issued by the United
States Food Administration at Wash
ington. They are available to every
retailer through State Merchant Rep
rescntatlvc, ~ l.. Parker OF Dayen-
port. a,v
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
EddyviIic.

Eddyyillc, Nov. &c. w. Verrips
vent to Grinnell Thursday. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hartman were
n Oskaloosa Thursday.
John Bay of Aurora, Illinois, ar
ived in Eddyville Friday to attend
he funeral of his brother, DR.. Z. l..
Jay.
Miss Horne, a trained nurse from
Abbott's Hospital, who has been car
ng for Dr.. L. l.. Bay, returned to Os-
;aloOsa Thursday.
Mrs. George Berry went to Ottum-
va Friday to be with her daughter
leila, nurse. who is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley DOneGan, who
sold their property on South Third
street some weeks ago, are making
preparations for their departure to
heir new home at New Raymer, COL
)rado.
Miss Dorothy Kussart, who is in
Washington, Iowa, taking nurses
training course, is sick with influenza.
Mrs. Guy Trimble. who was called
here by the serious illness of her
brother, DR.. Shahan, returned TO her
home in Montezuma Friday
Mrs. Fred Garfield Of Ottumwa is
visiting at the parental George Stew
en- home.
Mrs. Catherine Wickham and Mr..
Gravatte Of Saebtha. Kansas, mother
and brother-in.law of Mrs. L. l.. Bay,
arrived in Eddyyille Friday to attend
the funeral of DR.. E. l.. Bay
Nj. and Mrs. William Schafer and
Miss E. S. Nye were Oskaloosa call
ers Friday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
MORE NURSES NEEDED.

In a report just issued the American
Red Cross War Council states that
$4,000 nurses have been enrolled by
the Department of Nursing of the
Red Cross to October l. More than
1900 of these are serving soldiers
and sailors, half of this number al
ready being on duty overseas. About
10000 of those in service with our
forces here and abroad are with the
army. Seven hundred nurses, WON
en-, have been assigned to the Federal
Public Health Bureau or to the Red
Cross service in the United States and
the remaining $4,000 include those
not available or eligible for active
service. but who may be utilized for
home defense work.
About 5000 additional nurses will be
needed by the army alone before the
first of the year, according to he re-
port. Should the war continue on
the total number of nurses required
in the military hospitals here and
abroad by next July will be $4,000
These estimates, the report states,
are based on an army of 100000 and
II navy of 100000. or approximately
enc nurse TO each "A of the military
and naval population.
To meet the nursing requirements
of the coming year campaign will
soon be inaugurated in which each
state will receive an allotment, a du
plication of the plan by which thous,
ands of nurses were, enrolled during
the past summer. The department
of nursing of the Red Cross is the
reserve for the Army and Navy Nurse
CORPS.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-11-07
Soldiers love coffee and waI

Soldiers love coffee and want it
strong. Sixteen schools are in opera
tion here and in France teaching them
how to roast il and it is serycr. fresh
each day. BY this method there is a
saving TO Uncle Sam of two cents on
each pound. During the first seven
months of the war 1,612,3S3 cans of
condensed milk were used, and to
Aug. 10, 1918, 225,OOO,OO0 pounds Of
sugar have been supplied.