Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Charlton.


Charlton, July 15.-Uriah Holman of
Benton township has departed for an
extended trip through Washington and
factory he may locate there perma-
nently
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Lewis and baby
Maurine have returned from Fairfield,
where they had been visiting relatives
and friends.
The regular weekly open air concert
of the City Guard band was postponed
last week on account of the dog and
pony show from Friday to Saturday
night and in spite of the extremely hot
weather the concert was greatly en-
joyed by a large crowd of people who
were on the streets.
The members of the NoXall club
gave an isssformal dance at their club
rooms Friday evening to number Of
invited guests. In spite Of the eX-
tremely hot weather those present re-
port most enjoyable time.
Mrs. l.. R. Gibbon and Mrs. Victoria
Dewey departed Friday for an extend
ed visit during the hot months with
friends in Duluth and Lake View, Min
nesota.
w. L. Clapp, a carpener. is laid up
for few weeks with broken leg. He
was working on q house Saturday
when he missed his footing and fell
with his leg under him in such man.
ner as to break both bones. The in
jured member was Immediately at
tended to but owing to his age and the
extremely hot weather it will be some
time before he will be able to be
around again if nothing more serious
than the broken bones results.
Mrs. ]. Lee Brown has departed for
a few days visit with her son, Chas.
ID. Brown, and wife in Chicago.
Mrs. ]. O. Sharpe has returned from
a weeks outing spent with relatives
in the country in Benton township.
Roy Bevan, the boy who recently
had his leg amputated as result of
anAaccident while returning from pic.
mic, is reported as doing finely. All
danger of blood poisoning seems to
have passed and he will soon be able
to be around again.
The weather continues dry and hot
The thermometer has registered 100
degrees or over every day for the last
week and has reached as high as ITO
on Sunday with not sign of rain
Oats are nearly all harvested and are
very light The stalks being short
and the heads not properly filed
Garden stuff is thing of the past, al
the gardens being burned up. Ha!
harvest is now in full blast and the
crop will be very light, hardly equallins
half a crop. Early potatoes are moi
fully matured and late ones are burn
ing up. Early corn is tasseling out
and the tassels are drying up while
late corn is beginning to fire at the
bottom. Pastures are very short anC
dry while everything is badly in neet
of rain. 1t is only a question of how
long the crops can stand such weather
and the universal verdict of the farm
ers seems to be that unless We get {
good rain within the next week or tel
days the crops will be in serious con
dition.
Clark Noble, who last week cut hi
hand on a scythe blade is now in sc
rious condition. Blood poisoning has
set in and it is feared thar it will be
come necessary to amputate the in
jured hand to save his life.
Several Charlton boys have signifie'
their intention of going to Oklahom;
this week in hopes of being one of thu
lucky ones to share in the distribution
of the government lands there the 6tl
of August.
The fields and meadows along tn
railroad tracks are in such a dry cor
dition that a spark from passing er
CINE often starts disastrous fire. TIL
section men are kept busy putting on
fires these days. One that might hav
proven serious but for the ready as
sistance of the railroad men was star
ed Saturday in the barley field of tn
county farm and nearly fifty shock
of barley were burned before it Wa
finally eXtinguished.