The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-11
Clara HIN, Prairie, Evening atthe

Evaline lshoemake, Black Oak"
GOOD Morning"
The afternoon was presided over by
Mr.. Dodds. There was an invocation
of the Divine Blessing by Rev. Scott,
Of the Presbyterian church, followed
by music by the choir of Prof. 8. f..
Stevens. At the conclusion of the
program Miss McCraedy of the Penn
College.scbool of oratory gave num-
Der of readings while the judges were
collecting their markings. The work
of the young woman was very much
admired. There was some more
music by the choir and then came the
decision of the judges. There was a
collection taken for the defraying of
the expenses of the contest in the
church. The contest was a success
in all ways and gave general salts
faction. The judges of the contest
were, Rev. Scott w. Smith, r. b. A.
Mcbride and Mrs. Thos. Gossage.
Their markings4were very close.
THE SHOW.
The institute as usual is being held
in the court room and a handsome
show is to be seen there. There is
quite good exhibit in all the lines
of the premium list and some of the
competitions will be quite close
There Is a show of fruits and pantry
stores, butter and bread grains, vege-
tables and field products. There will
be about 500 divided in premiums.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Pres. I. N. Taylor is not seen at tire
institute on account of illness. He
was taken with typhoid fever about
Thanksgiving and is just able to be
out. Mr.. Thompson, his father-in-
law, of near Fremont, is quite low
with dropsy and this will keep him
away from the meeting. He has the
sympathy of many friends and &C
quaintances at the institute. The
work of the head Of the institute has
otlagged nor been wanting however,
for the old wheel horses of the in
stitute, T. f. Mendenhall and Robert
A. Kent stepped into the harness and
pushed into the collars with a will
that will make the usual success out
of the meeting. But there should be
more of the farmers of the county who
are willing to come forward and give
freely of their time toward the sue
cess Of the meeting. There are many
who delight to be in attendance at
good institute and to enjoy the bene-
fits and the privileges Of the meetings
but there are fewer who are willing
to come forward and put their
shoulder to the wheel and help things
along by their personal effort. That
is what it takes to make a successful
institute, and there is room and need
for all in this movement.
Too much attention cannot be paid
to the detail work of the institute
There are so many little things that
need attention and the faithful per-
Torrance of the little duties by all
concerned is what makes the sue
cess of the whole meeting. There
must necessarily be head to the
organization but the head must in
turn depend upon the members for
the attention to the duties devolving
upon them.
There were quite number of peo-
pie down from New Sharon yester-
day to be in attendance at the con-
test and among them the following
we're noted Mrs. Ed. Hill and daught-
or, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex McCutchan,
John Carr.
There have been number Of name
boards placed in the room by the
Oskaloosa Planning Mill Go. Those
of /. N. Taylor, j. H. Williams, Sam
uel Row and T. e. Mendenhall are
prominent. d. A. Hoffman will adj
dress the meeting on this question,
that is advocating of farmer getting
name board and placing it in a
conspicuous place near the roadway
near his farm for the general inform
alton of the public.
. SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST.
The declamatory contest for the
Penn College scholarship contest was
held in the Christian church We'd
nesday forenoon. The church was
crowded to its utmost capacity with
an audience of interested people.
The first prize was won by Lucretia
Robertson of Black Oak, who will be
given a scholarship prize of two
terms tuition in Penn College and the
second prize of one term in the col
lege went to Mabel Evans of West
Des Moines.
There was only one other contest
ant on the program Miss Ida Cox, of
Evans and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Cox. She was but years of
age and on account of her age was
really not eligible for place on the
contest. The work of the little lady
was of SO great excellence however
that the judges recommended that
there be some sort of recongition
given her as reward was richly mer-
tied.
BEET SUGAR DAY.
Thursday afternoon of the Farmers
institute will Ae devoted to the beet
sugar question and there will be a
special address from beet sugar ex-
pert from Illinois. There should be
a large attendance from the city and