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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
WHY THE WAR GOES ON.

Full many Stacker inhabits the cor
ner
Where loyal folks hustle and run.
A chronic habitual curb-stone adorner
Who ought to be Juggling a gun.
He cares not a rap for the Glow in
Old Glory,
Or Freedom of Belgian or Serb.
So long as his safety is all hunky-
dory,
And standing.room's good at the
curb.
Full many duffer as big as noun
tain,
Whose frame is as strong as an OK,
Is weeping the tears of lawn-sprink-
ling fountain,
And waking the echoes for blocks.
"Boohoo," he deplores, how my
roomatiz aches me,
I'm crippled and near to collapse,
And here comes the army conscrip-
ton and takes me
And leaves all these healthier
chaps"
Full many a dude in the hair-ribbon
section,
Who ought to be manning fort,
Is wearing the cloak of exempted
protection,
By having a home TO support
Yet most OF his pay goes for neck.
wear and collars,
And silk shirts and six dollar lids,
While WHEY must dig for few pre-
cious dollars
To nourish herself and the kids.
Full many loafer with trouser-seat
shining,
Who never has labored tap,
Whose regular job is serenely re-
Ginning
In some restful spot for a nap,
Is loudly bewailing the war-regula-
Where everyone labors or fights.
by Heck" he declares, It's blot
on the nation,
4 poor man amt got any rights"
Full many a gent with an ego opinion
A desk and a rattle of keys,
Who ought to be marching for Free
dom's Dominion,
Is sitting in comfort and ease.
Essential to business" he sweils up
and tells you,
And offers a smoke and chair
But don't pay too much for the gold
brick he sells you,
The war needs your cash, over
there.
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
DULL LOOKS SHARP
AND WRITES INTERESTINGLY
ABOUT WHAT HE SEES.

Robert H. Stringfellow is in receipt
of the following letter from Thomas
Z. Dull, stationed at Mehun, France.
The letter was written August 25th:
Friend Bob:--This part of France
is old and historic. Our camp is not
far from Mehun, an old city. There
stand the ruins of a chateau built in
the 18th century by King Charles
VII. In front of the chateau is a
beautiful monument erected in honor
OF Joan of Arc.
The climate is fine. Yesterday it
was 116 in the shade but last night
slept between two good heavy blan,
kets.
Say, the way our boys have been
going through the cabbage patch,
1t looks as though we will be eating
hot dog anG saucr kraut for Christ
as dinner. We will eat the Kaiser's
sauer kraut, and well drink the Kai-
ser's wine, and well grow our pre-
ciOus shamrock in the valley of the
Rhine" You know what Pershing
said: Hell, Heaven, or Hoboken By
Christmas"
The Huns are rabbits. They run
with cold steel. One boy, just re-
turned from the front, "a marine
lad, who fears nothing" was telling
ne about bunch of our boys clean
ng out a machine gun nest. They
charged this Hun and he threw up his
hands and cried "Kamerad," but al
the same time rs was operating a
nachine gun with a long piece of rope
tied to his foot. | said, II suppose
you captured him, did you?" He
aid, Yes, what was left of us took
good long jab at him with our bay
NETS" Bob, they are whipped Ma.
ion but don't want to give in. The
;Crman soldier doesn't want to fight
lie is driven into battle. Some cases
gu find him chained to a tree, then
o machine gun so he cannot desert
it. ...
The crops in this country were
never better. and / am informed they
are good back in the States. But this
country is about 80 years behind the
times. The farmers cut their grain
by hand. They don't know what a
Mccormick binder is.
| am in the best of health, weigh
154 pounds, eat three good meals a
day, best job l ever had, and having
experiences money could not buy.
We are all longing for the day when
we leave some French port home
ward bound" There is no country
like the good old U. S. A. When
she starts thing she does it, No
''ifs or ands' about it. | wish you
could see what we have done over
here in the line of railroad work.
One railroad terminal over here is as
large as any in the States.
The beer over here is very poor
too weak, Just like drinking "Non
Skid" back in the States. But oh!
Iook out for their sour wine. Sure
put you on Blossom row." but ney.
,r was much of man for wine.
With best regards to you, ] remain |
rs ever, your friend, N
PRIVATE THOS. L. DULL,
Ord. Repair Shops,
A. p. o. No. TAI, A. L. +.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

,eady on hand that ii pays TO SOW the
right variety-the variety that is
best suited to the conditions in sec
tons in which it is grown. In each
state or wheat-growing district there
are varieties, according to the depart.
mont, which produce higher yields
thar others, even when given the
anne culture. If growers are not
fa,.'lar with the bodybuilding varie.
ties for their section, they can obtain
information on the subject from their
state experiment. station or the Unit
ed safes Department of Agriculture
Var C';.l experiments with rye at the
sa:ue station resulted in one variety
pI odUc'ng at the rate of 43 bushels
pr acre ard another 1913 bushels
Similar tests with barley resulted in
ore variety producing at the rate Of
| 705 bushels per acre and another
55.2 bushels when grown under the
SAM conditions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
Celebrated Victory.

Fourth Grade pupils OF Jefferson
celebrated their Junior Red Cross
victory of last week by having a
wiennie roast out in the woods south
OF town Tuesday evening under the
care OF their teacher, Miss Lichten.
held. They went out after the ad.
journment OF the afternoon session
built camp fire and proceeded to
have all manner OF fun and enjoyed
(, substantial evening meal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
Chicago Hog Prices,
Horses Show Better lone

Chicago, Oct. 9.--The horse mark eft
Tuesday showed about the same tone
as Monday. The outlet for the offer.
ings was not any greater, the army
demand being the biggest feature of
the trade. The receipts did not
come up to the estimate, this being
a help to the trade, because of the
small number of buyers here.
receipts OF horses for the first two
days OF this week are estimated at
9Sl head, compared with 1850 last
week, 1851 year ago and 1874 two
years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Increased demand for milk fol-
lowing the curtailment of brewing in
the United States is probable de-
velopment in the nations food situa-
ton during the coming year. Many
saloons have been converted into
Ilunch rooms and ice cream parlors.
These establishments have become
new outlets for milk and its numer-
Gus products. The large increase in
buttermilk consumption is explained
by its mild acidity, which seems to
allay the alcoholic craving.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Public sales and farm auctions
are now becoming frequent and dates
are being engaged throughout Ma
haska and adjoining counties. Prices
range the highest ever known, and
instances are common where proper
ty offered is selling ahead of its ac-
tual market value. Machinery and
implements in particular are in de-
mand and bring more than their orig.
inal cost in almost every instance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
Takinq Examinations.

The men who registered Sept. IL
are taking physical examinations at
the court house from day to day and
the work is going steadily forward
Examination of all the men registered
looks like mountain Of labor, but
is moving along in steady stream that
accomplished much in the course of
a weeks time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
Cash Quotations

Chicago, Oct. 8.
WHEAT-No. 8 red, $2.19; No. 2
northern spring, 1928.
CORN-No. mixed, S1.O5; No. z
yellow, $3.50; No. 8 yellow, $1.35; No.
4 yellow, $1.23@1.2S; No. s yellow,
s1.17@1.2O; No. yellow, $1.0591.OS;
No. 3 white, $1.35@1.S6; No. white,
$1.27; No. 5 white, S1.20; No. 6 white
S1.O5; sample grade, S5c@$1.02.
OATS-No. 2 mixed, 68ac; No. j
white, 664@67c; standard, $3.50 CSC;
sample grade, 64c.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

and 1875 failures in August of last
year. Total liabilities of the failed
concerns were only nine million dol
lars, compared with eleven million
dollars in July and sixteen million
dollars in August of last year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

the first six months of the War, He
declared the German determination
to hold out until the last was reflect
ed in the demeanor of Hun officers
and men with whom he talked in the
prison camps
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
TESTS SHOW VALUE OF SEED

One variety OF wheat produced at
the rate OF $3.50 bushels per acre.
while another variety. grown under
he same conditions, produced at the
rate of 1888 bushels in tests recently
completed at the Georgia Experiment
Station. in which the United States
Department OF Agriculture cooperat-
"a. The data adds 10 the proof al
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

"A lot Of good meaning people may
have known all about how a news
paper should be run in times of
peace, but even their advice is use
less now, since willie" started out
to rule the world.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Don't attempt TO enforce the
work or fight order with your do
mestic help" says the Carrollton Re
publican-Record, with furtiye air OF
experience, "for they will choose the
latter just as sure as the world"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

The Sunday school people who
have been with US this week folded
their tents yesterday afternoon and
departed to the seven corners of the
state, following a successful and a
profitable state convention. Come
again. good folks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Its the habit formed in youth
that sticks, observes the Kansas City
Star. The Yanks when they start
after the Huns go through the line
Just as they used TO go through a
new pair OF stockings at the knees
when they were in the primary
grades.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
Public Reception.

High school people are making
preparations for the opening of the
completed building to the public at
a special reception to be held some
time soon,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Business failures during August
numbered 7S4, the smallest number
Of failures recorded during any month
since the financial panic Of 1907.
compared with 77s failures in July
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

The current is regulated in a new
electrical device for medical pur-
poses by passing it through a moist
ened sponge which is enclosed with
glass tube.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

The kaiser is reported i'll. A few
million people could wish him moth
ing more devilish than Spanish Flu.
-Des Moines News.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Dozens of workers are employed
and hundreds of sales are made
weekly through the Herald Want
Ads.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

STAND firm. Mr.. President" ex-
claims the Sioux City Journal. Damn
the torpedoes, Full speed ahead"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Liberty Bonds will fix the cit in
Italy, knock the hun" out of Hun
gary and kill the germ" in Germany
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
FIRE HAZARDS INCREASED.

Many new fire hazards are being
introduced BY the fuel shortage. The
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

War has caused our stomachs to
rejoice in good old-fashioned Ta-
tons.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

Buying Liberty Bonds is paving
the way TO Berlin.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10
FOREST CEMETERY
w. r. LACEY REELECTED PRES
IDENT OF ASSOCIATION.

Officials and lot owners of Forest
Cemetery Association met in annual
business session at the supervisors
room at the court house, Monday, Oct.
:. for the purpose of selecting two di-
rcctors and hearing the annual re-
ports.
All of the officials and NJ. D. Gill
christ and Frank w. Glaze directors
were present. W. r. Lacey, president,
was in the chair and F. 4. Smith,
secretary-treasure made record Of
the session.
Annual reports we're presented and
ordered published in the Oskaloosa
Herald and the same are appended.
Election of directors resulted in the
choice of w r. Lacey and George
Kalbach, retiring members, to sue
coed themselves for term of two
years.
Following the election of directors
adjournment was taken and the board
of directors was called in session for
the election of officers resulting as
| follows:
President--W. r. Lacey.
Vice President-Frank w. Glaze.
Secretary Treasurer - Frank E
| Smith.
Superintendent-William H. Gun
ningham..
H-r Secretarys Report.
=
For the year ending September 80
1918, to-wit:
Received from sale of lots. . $3,737.O(
Received from care of lots,
| labor and miscellaneous
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22

hand, has made it the subject OF
much ridicule in oil circles.
The fact of the matter is that
should the premium be taken off
and oil graded as has been proposed
by the pipe line interests, the pre-
MUM would still be paid by refin-
ers or else they would shut down
the minute the game got too hard.
These same refiners are loading
gasoline and fuel oil which goes di-
rectly to the spot where govern
ment demands are greatest and in
the meantime pipe lines are relieved
of lot of business that would 9TH
erwise be made obligatory on them
to take care of.
There has been so little friction
and so much patriotic endcavor to
win the war by giving good service
that, as one man said who has ust
returned from Washington and from
a visisto the various munition plants
81 certainly would be proud to be-
long to the oil fraternity which is
SO nobly doing its share"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
GRAIN

Chicago. June R.-Exccllent
crop conditions and the effectual
breaking of the hot wave had a
bearish influence today on corn.
Besides uncertainty in regard to
the scope of the latest restrictions
on trading tended to make buyers
cautious, much commission house
selling was in evidence, and there
was noticeable lack of support.
Opening prices, which varied from
unchanged figures to 3S cents low
er, with July SLAB So to SLAB 81,
and August $l.45 3-S to Sl.46 II,
were followed by slight rallies, and
then a decided downturn all round.
Oats gave way with corn. Oh
ferings plainly exceeded the demand.
After opening unchanged to IA
cent off, with July u 5-S cents to
u 3-4 cents, the market suffered a
material setback.
Shorts covering rallied provisions
from weakness which developed at
the opening. lnitiol declines were
ascribed to sympathy with grain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
O | l.
Santa Fe's Tank Car School.

Ii will be interesting to those who
are in charge OF oil tank cars, tc
know that the Santa Fe Railway
Company maintains special school
for the benefit of its operators en-
gagged in handling this kind of rail
road equipment. Several years ago
the Santa Fe paid several million
dollars in damages because of an
explosion of gasoline tank car
standing on its tracks at Ardmore,
The explosion cost the lives
of number of people and also the
destruction of many buildings. The
explosion was due TO escaping gaso-
line and came about because Of the
improper handling of the car in
which the explosive was being
transported. 1t is well known that
when a tank car has been filed with
gasoline and the weather is extreme
ly warm the gasoline will expand,
and all tank cars are equipped with
safety valves in the same manner as
safety valves are found on steam To-
comotives or steam engines. When
the explosion occurred at Ardmore
one of these tank cars was found to
be popping off," and as none OF the
railroad men in the employ of the
Santa Fe at that time was acquaint
ed with the proper manner OF han
ding car when it was in heated
condition, they sent for the man
who caused the explosion, because
they thought he was familiar with
such conditions. 1t is now known
that this man removed the cap on
the dome of the tank car. This
opening allowed great quantities OF
the vapor from the gasoline to es-
cape at one time. This vapor was
waited over to furnace fire not
far away. and the explosion fol-
lowed. Many improvements in the
construction of tank cars have been
made by the Santa Fe since this ex-
plosion, and it is to familiarize all
employees who have to do with this
class of railroad equipment that the
special school is maintained at To-
peka. Kan.
Before man is permitted to han
die tank car for the Santa Fc, he
is required to attend this school.
where competent instructions are
given. 1t is now known that escap-
ing gasoline from a modern tank
car when popping off" may be ig-
nited and allowed to burn without
endangering in any manner the CON
tents OF the car. This is an expert
nent possibly which only few men
would wish to undertake, yet the
'act remains that it has been dem
onstrated that gasoline may be ig-
1ited in this manner and result in Z
10 eXplosion.-Tulsa Oil Review.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
NIGHT AIR RAIDS
ON LONDON BECOME
HARDER FOR GERMAN

London, May N.-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press)-
The activity of British airmen in
connection with recent air raids on
London indicates that they arc
learning the art of fighting the
Gotha in the dark. Until a few
months ago there was little air
fighing at night. even in France,
and raiding craft enjoyed a mark
ed advantage ebcause their object
was solely to avoid attack while
dropping bombs.
1t is evident that they are able
no longer TO avoid attack. For one
thing. the British pilots have learn
ed to see in the dark as a result
of numerous night flights in search
OF enemy machines Now they are
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
WOMAN'S LABOR IN
ITALY DOUBLES IN
PRICE, REPORT SAYS

Rome. May H.-By MaiD-Wo o.
mans labor has doubled in price
during the past six months, partly
due 20 the employment given by
the government to women in fac
tories directed by the war depart
ment or manufacturing materials
for il.
In order TO be sure of employ
ment 4 woman or girl must have
husband. father, son or brother
at the front. Their lowest pay is
! lire per day. or to I lire above
mans wages paid before the war.
Many earn double this sum by over
time.
The wage is not now considered
unusual because in the same fac
tories skilled men workers earn as
much as 100 lire per day. 4 sum
once equivalent TO so and before
the war the average pay per month
of a bookkeeper.
Women not working in such gov
ernment supply factories have late
ly struck for 80 per cent increases
in the dressmaking and clothing
establishments, and obtained their
demand. now receiving an average
Of ! lire per day. Unskilled women
and girls are also 50 highly paid
on the farms that servants are dif-
ficult 20 find
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
Markets
LIVESTOCK.

Kansas City, June 22.-Cattle
Receipts, 1000; steady. Bulk, Sl6.2;
@l6.45; heavy, $l6.35@l6.50; pack
ers and butchers, $l6.25@lo.45
light, $lo.20l6.40; pigs, Slo.25M
1915.
Cattle: Receipts, 500, including
200 Southerns; steady. Prime fed
steers, l675@l7.60; dressed beef
steers, l3.00@l6.50; Southern steers,
S8. .50@l5.S0; COWS, $o75Ml3.50; /;
heifers, $8.00Ml4.00; stockers, $500
Ml4OO; calves, $7.5OMl4.25.
Sheep Receipts, 500; steady.
Lambs, $l6.OOMl925; yearlings,
$l4.00Ml70O: wethers $4,000
1900; ewes, $l0.00Ml4.0O; stockers,
$675@15.50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
GREAT WRONG OF 1871
MUST BE RIGHTED
Robbery of France by Hun Will Be
Paid For.

French Front, May S.-(By Mail
In nearly every newspaper printed
in Germany at the present moment
there is presented some kind of :
scheme for the solution of the ques.
ton of Alsace-Lorraine. What the
Germans cannot understand is the
fact virtually every real Alsatiar
and Lorrain rejects in totality any
scheme for joining his native land
either to the German empire or any
OF its component federal states.
The latest method of disposing Of
the two provinces discussed in the
German imperial parliament pro-
poses their division between Prus-
sia and Bavaria, Lorraine to be
taken by the former and Alsace by
the latter. This proposition not
only is rejected by the inhabitants
of the provinces themselves, but
has aroused protests from several
of the German states, and especially
from Wuerttemberg. Consequently
for the time being it has been al
lowed to drop in favor of two 9TH
er schemes, both unsatisfactory to
some oil the German parties.
The first or them looks to the
formation of an independent state
of AlSace-Lorraine under the rule
of duke, while the second form
ulates the foundation of a republic
of ace-Lorraine attached to the
German empire. Both of them
have been widely discussed bu with
out bringing about any conclusion,
and, should either of them be ac-
cepted by the Germans, il is be-
lieved the people of the two pro-
vinces would have nothing to do
with it.
AS the correspondent of the As
sociated Press has found in dis
cussing the matter with Alsatians
and Lorrains OF all classes, the only
desire OF these people is to be re-
united to France, with which they |
have remained, in spite of the Ger |
man annxation, closely allied in all
their ideas and in all their souls.
They recall frequently in the course
Of their conversations the words
uttered by President Wilson.
"The wrong caused by Prussia
% France in 1871 must be re-
dressed in order that peace may
DC established in the interest OF all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
Aviation Gasoline Wanted.

The government has asked for
bids on 100000 gallons of gasoline
to be delivered between July | and
October 81 at Texas points. 1t
must have an initial OF l35 and an
end point OF $50. +. X. Brann, who
is the purchasing agent for the gov
ernment, is the proper man to sec.
Mr.. Brann also announces that ].
W. Carney, formerly with Chest
nut x Smith, has been appointed
an inspector for the government,
at Tulsa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-22
Believes Dead Are 50.

Hammond, Ind, June 22.-E
Bullard, owner of the circus, esti-
mated the dead in the circus train
wreck at so and the injured at IS.
Fourteen injured persons from
the wrecked circus train were TAX
en- to St. Margaret's hospital here
and it was said that 50 others had
been taken to the hospital at Gary.
Deputy Coroner Green said at
noon that the engineer and fire
men OF the equipment train escaped
death, but that he would not divulge
their story OF the cause of the
wreck until the inquest. He said
that p bodies had been taken from
the wreck and that he believed no
others remained there.