The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-08-08
AT NEW SHARON.
DoIngs In the Metropolis of North
Mahaska.

respondence.) There is considerable
activity here along the line of inn
provements this season. The town is
growing and the class of improve
ments made are all of the better class.
There is more work in prospect dur
ing the season and by the time snow
flies there is likely to be some very
apparent changes in the appearance
of the town.
The grade improvements being
made on the Iowa Central will reach
New Sharon in the near future and
will be completed by the time frost
comes. The station is to be moved a
considerable distance from its pres
emit location but it is said that the
company engineers have not yet de-
termined whether it will be north or
south of the present site. There will
be quite change from the present
grade of the road through the town.
There is considerable talk about a
modern opera house for the city. 1t
is a convenience that has long been
needed here and would undoubtedly
be paying venture. An effort will
be made to organize stock company
for the erection of the building. A
site is now talked of on the lots north
of the post office.
Frank Ogden, of the firm of Whit
acre, Way & Hammond, has made
arrangements to erect modern resi-
dence. 1t will be story and ahalf
structure and will cost him about
So 800.
w. J. Nicholson is finishing a fine
two-story residence property that is
both handsome and convenient and
is strictly up-to-date. The building
cost the gentleman about So, 800.
A. @. Windner has recently COM
pleted and is now occupying cosy
residence place of story and half
proportions. The gentleman would
not part with his home for 81 800.
The New Sharon creamery that re
Gently sustained over 81 900 damages
in severe wind storm, is having ex-
tensive repairs and improvements
made and the work is about COM
pleted. There was an insurance of
$500 and about as much more has been
put on the place. The creamery will
be ready for operation in short time.
The same storm that damaged the
creamery partly demolished the grand
stand at the fair grounds. This
structure will be repaired and re-
placed in short time.
There has been an unusual amount
of permanent side walks put down in
the residence part of town this season
and A. McCutcheon, who has had
charge of TIE work has done some
excellent jobs. The most notable
of these new walks is by the pub
lie school property. There is about
300 feet of it and it is six feet wide.
Several more jobs of the work will be
done soon.
There is talk among the people of
having some sort of picnic or gen
eral holiday of some description at
the fair grounds some time about the
date of the annual fair. The fair has
been declared off for the year and
the people desire something in it's
stead. A small race meeting has
been suggested by some and may be
considered. 1t is certain that there
will be some entertainment the latter
part of September orr the early part
of October. The matter is being con-
sidered by the old settlers association
and it is likely that they will add their
support to the enterprise.
The band concerts and socials that
have been conducted under the au-
spices of the Maccabees every Satur-
day evening are proving quite popu-
lar and the boys are quite literally
patronized by the townspeople.
The alarm for the safety of the crops
in this part of the county was without
cause for the yield will be fully up to
the average. If there has been any
damage from the drought it has been
very slight beyond the destruction of
garden stuffs.