Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06

ed to one hundred tons per day by
January first. Thirty-f1ve miners are
now employed. The coal is OF excellent
quality. being dry and a free burner.
The Milwaukee agent has asked for the
entire output as the quality of the coal
makes ready shipments, but the de-
mand for home use is extensive. The
company invited number of business
men and citizens to visit the mine and
spend the day there and short time
ago about twenty persons took advan-
tage Of the invitation and returned
highly pleased with the way the mine
Is being developed, and there seems to
be no reason why Davis county should
not become one of the great coal fields
Of the near future
l. o. o. r. Meets.
I. O. O. f. Lodge No. 90 met in reg
ular session Monday evening and elect
ed the following officers for 1907
Noble grand--Martin Ellenberger.
Vice Grand-G. E. Rogers.
Recording secretary-John Owens
Financial secretary-F. w. Baum
garten.
Treasurer-Harold Skinner
The installation services will be held
at the first meeting in January when
Officers Named.
AT the Regular meeting Of the Rath-
bone Sisters, held Monday evening for
the annual election Of officers the fol-
lowing selections We're made
NJ. f. C.--Mrs. Mayme Mathews.
e. S.-Mrs. Lou A. Dunn.
d. J.-Mrs. Fannie Loeb
M. Of T.--Mrs Emma Reeves. =.
M. of r. C.-Mrs. Floy Phillips.
NJ Of F-Mrs. Susie Kline.
>F
G. of o. T.-Mrs. Efie Mcconnell.
r. O.-Mrs. Isaac Curl.
Representative to district convention
Mrs. N. s. Johnson. Alternate-Mrs.
Emma Reeves
Trustees-Mrs. N. S. Johnson, Mrs.
Lou A. Dunn, Miss. Abbie Brown.
Other Items Of Interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sauer left on
Tuesday for Apache, Okla, where they
have decided to locate
Ed Chapman and Mr.. Brewster OF
Bonaparte spent Tuesday with Mrs
John Ferguson and family.
Cyrus Townsend has purchased OF
Mrs. Ella Brouhard OF Little River
Kansas, the building known as the old
Methodist Episcopal church, to be used
as a skating rink. The consideration
was $1,000. The building is now occu-
pied by the mitten factory, which viii
be removed within thirty days,
Captain j. A. Warrington was able
to be on the street Tuesday for the first
time in several weeks, having beer
confined to his home with a severe
cold.
G. d. Evans has resigned his position
in the Taylor McGowen bank and ras
accepted the position of cashier of the
South Ottumwa bank. Mr.. Evans and
family will locate in Ottumwa about
the twentieth of December County
Treasurer s. e. Rowe will enter the
bank as assistant cashier the first OF
the year.
Miss Emma Stansberry of West
Grove was shopping in the city Tues.
day.
Mrs. Lola Savage and children o,
Livermore, Kansas, is visiting her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Stansberry
OF West Grove. Mr.. Stansberry's sis
ter, Mrs. b. T. Boggs of Tyner, Kansas
is also visiting there. Mrs. Makedake
Of Libertyville. who has also been Wis.
ting her brother, Mr.. Stansberry, has
returned home.
Henry G. Taylor and S. F.. Mcconnell
spent Tuesday in Centeryille on bust
ness.
Miss Dora Dunn left Tuesday 70,
Arkansas to make her home with rel
at.vess
Municipal Examiner S. G. Moore
came in from MI. Pleasant the first o,
the week TO spend week with his
family.