The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-05-03
THE COUNTY NEWS
BOLTON.

Mrs. Dell Pearson is reported OF
the sick list this weeA
John Haning, of Des Moines, was 1
business caller in town on Tuesday.
John Hanstrom left on Tuesday fol
i Des Moines, where he expects to Sc
cure work in the mines.
/ Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ship
Tuesday, April "a, 1906, son. AL
parties reported doing We.
The mines started up on Tuesday
April "a, mining coal on Wednesday
with force Of fifty miners.
]. E. Kent attended the Y. NJ. .. A.
| meeting in oskaloosa on sunday. He
reports very interesting time there
John Hummell, the courteous and CT
ficient clerk at the store, was busi-
ness caller in Oskaloosa on Thursday,
John Thomas and w. T. Smith So.
cured work at Evans this week. Mr..
Smith moved his family here on Mon.
day.
Misses Avis and verna Carpenter,
of Beacon, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. end Mrs. j. E. Kent, south OF
town.
Thomas McVeigh started to work
in the mines on Saturday. Mr.. Nc
Weigh spent the winter in the Illinois
mines at Cherry.
James Young returned home Satur-
day from a visit in Des Moines. Mr..
Young informs us the mines of Polk
county are starting up right along.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Connors re.
turned home on Wednesday from Pc.
kay, where they spent week, guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Kessinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pearson were
summoned to the bedside of her faith
er, G.. w. Gilchrist, at Durham, on
Saturday, as he is not expected to live
L. C. Bolton, general manager of ;he
mines, was in town Friday. Mr.. Boil
ton has been away looking after trade
for some time. 1t Is 10 be hopeI hls
trip will bear fruit.
Orville Bolles, the blacksmith al
the mines, returned Wednesday, from
Abba, where he spent his idle time
with his family. Mr.. Bolles informs
us it is very uncertain when the
Monroe county mines will open up
w. H. Nelson, of Rippey, was in
town a short time Tuesday. Mr.. Mel
son says it will be some time yet be
fore the Iowa mines will all be starr
ed, as he sees a large number Of load
ed cars on the various side tracks Ifr
his travels.
,Mrs.--William Sanders mas a,,aice
piece of at work t4gRg ur II her din
ing room at the hotel. 1t IS paint
ing on a board of the battleshir
Maine with a dove of peace on each
side heading for the ship. 1t shows
work and skill. 1t was made and pre-
scented to her by her soa-in-law, who
Is a farmer at Princeton, III. ,s
A terrific explosion IN the black
smith shop the. other day led the PEG
pie to believe the gasoline engine thai
pumped wind to the beuows had blown
up. The people ran to see what had
happened. Nothing but the bellows
was found to be wrecked. A bach
draft from the forge had generated 9
lot of hot air and the bellows soor
found itself working over time. There
could be but one result. 1t Simply
bursted.
According to the press reports from
indianapolis, 40 per cent of the min
ers of the United States have signed
up agreements for the next two years
1t is to be hoped that the coming
week will show a settlement for all
and then let every man have his share
of the trade, as we dislike to see a
part of our membership idle and the
rest at work. We feel confident oil!
will be poured on the troubled waters
and work be restored as soon as there
is demand for tn coal.
w. P. Miller, Of Boone, visited in
this locality this week. Mr.. Miller In,
forms us the mines in his locality are
being opened up as fast as the neces
sary repairs can be made to start
them. The agreement meets the ap
proval Of both parties, as they know
now the prices they VIII have to com,
pete with in making their contracts
and the operators at the same time
have chance to bid on the railroad
trade as well. The miners of Iowa
are to be congratulated in securing a
scale of wages for two years.
May /. r. w.