The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19

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marked advance in the price Of land
was noticed. Almost 900 acres of land
| changed lands, and the price paid for
same amounts up to almost half a
hundred thousand dollars. AS usual
the majority of the investors were al
reaay citizens of the township, but the
| two or three who purchased real estate
and moved here proved to be very ue
sirable citizens The figures given
above would have been even larger
had one real estate deal of consider
able magnitude been pushed to a sue
cessful conclusion, but when the deal
| means the loss of an excellent citizen
we do not care to change the tried
and true for the new and untried
March 1sl-John Taylor, heirs to W.
| D. Taylor, 234 acres, $4,000. Price
| paid per acre, $3.50.
April-Amos Evans to Mrs. John E.
Davis, 1856 acres, $500. Price paid
per acre, $56.I5.
August 17ln-J. P. McCrea to Rob
ert Holt, 10 acres, $1,000. Price paid
per acre, $500.
August 17th-J. P. McCrea to John
Holt, 80 acres just south of Star
school, $4,100. Price paid per acre,
! $5100.
August 24th-F. NJ. Henness to
William Smith, 100 acres, $4,000
Price paid per acre, $57.Gv.
August-Alfred Smith to Manley
Smith, 40 acres, $1,000. Price paid
per acre, $4,000.
October-Western Town Lot Co. to
w. e. Webster, two two lots at La
konta, at $3.50 each. Total consid
Grafton, $95.00
September-Wm Smith to manley
Smith, 80 acres just north of Pleasant
Ridge school, $4,000. Price paid per
acre, $4,000.
October-Western Town Lot Co. to
| John D. Stoner, town lot at LakOnta.
Consideration $4,000.
fundamentally improvements
were many and varied. $4,000 is a
very conservative estimate of the
amount of money expended on build.
| ings alone. The list includes two
stores, nine residences and four barns
| last year. Our course during 1902 will
be onward and upward as of yore.
The following is a list of the build
| ings erected:
| dence near river.
March-C. & N. w. r. r. depot at
Lakonta; a fine structure. Value at
least 1000.
March-Geo. ]. Thomas, two-story
| building at Lakonta. Value $1,000.
March-Bert Guy, store building at
Lakonta. Value 5000.
April-Geo. Osborne completed sew
en- room, one and one-half story resi-
dence begun last year. Value $3.50.
May-Wm. H. Littlejohn, four-room,
one story residence just east Of the
Mrs. E. P. Smith farm. Value $500.
Navy. J. Page, four room, one
story residence on the site of the one
which was destroyed by fire. Value
$3.50
July-James w. McCrea commenced
a six-room, one story residence near
Cedar Tree cemetery. Value $3.50.
August-TSos. W. Odem commenced
rebuilding his residence, making a
practically new nine-room, two story
residence, 2Sx30 feet, at a cost of $1,000
| One of the most valuable improve
ments of the year.
September-W. D. Taylor, two addi-
tions to residence. Value $3.50.
September-Wm. A. Littlejohn, four
room residence on part of the home
farm for his son Thomas and wife.
"a ne $3.50.
September-John Holt, three room
one story residence near Star school
Value $3.50.
October-W. e. Webster, four room
one story residence, 24x24 feet in size
at Lakonta. Value $3.50. Also built
barn.
October. D. Stoner, blacksmith
shop 20x35 feet, at Lakonta.
October-B. B. Beamer commenced
two additions to barn, making it Ak
4S feet. Value 5000.
November-J. E. Davis made i'm
provements on his tenant residence tc
the value OF 5000.
November-Thomas Lee made i'm
provements on his residence on the
county line to the value of $.
WIND MILLS ERECTED AND DEEP
DEEP WELLS SUNK.
September 6th-Wilford D. Odem
Perkins wind mill with twenty foo
steel tower, on the Myrick eighty.
October-R. B. jaeger had deep wei
drilled to depth of 10S feet.
November-John F. Hohl sank deeI
we'll to the depth of 202 feet, afteI
which he erected a steel tower wine
mill over the same.
| TELEPHONES-An even two dozen o
our people subscribed for telephone
during the year, fourteen taking
phones of the Eddyville Telephone
Exchange, and ten taking stock in tn
Davis Telephone Company. Prior t.
this there were no telephones in tn
township. Prospective subscribers TO
} "hellos" are John w. Odem and Chas
D. WhitIatch.
August 1st-Residences of Richard
William and J. J. jaeger connected
with Eddyville by telephone. The,
are on wire nine.
August 5th-Residence of John
Hohl connected onto wire nine of tn
Eddyville Telephone Exchange.
Observation-Disclosures of Dyne
Whitlatch, ]. E. Thomas. and A.
Hall, and the tenant residence of Gee
w. Davis Occupied by e. N. Rhoads
, connected with Oskaloosa by the Davi
} line.
September 20th-Residence of B. F
r Beamer connected with Eddyytlle b
( wire nine.
September 27th-Residence Of GeC
: N. Berry, MILFORD D. Odem, ]. l.. NJ!
5 rick, and J. L. Sipes placed on wir
}. eight of Eddyville line.
: October 12th-Residence of Ma
1 shall Underwood and tenant residenC
E of John e. Davis (now occupied b
!, Marion Belzer) connected to the o