The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-05-03
THE COUNTY NEWS
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! Mrs. Dell Pearson is reported on
the sick list this weeA.
John Haning, of Des Moines, was a
business caller in town on TUESDAY.
John Hanstrom left on Tuesday for
Des Moines, where he expects to Sc.
cure work in the mines.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ship.
Tuesday, April "a, 1906, son. All
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 ef;.
ficient clerk at the store, was busI-
ness caller in Oskaloosa on Thursday.
John Thomas and w. T. Smith Sc
cured work at Evans Inis week. Mr..
Smith moved his family here on Mon
day.
Misses Avis and Verna Carpenter,
of Beacon, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 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 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 a 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. G.. 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 hopel his
trip will bear fruit.
Orville Bolles, the blacksmith at
J 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 short time Tuesday. Mr.. Mel
son says it will be some time yet be.
fore the Iowa mines will all be start
ed, as he sees large number of load
ed cars on the various side tracks fin
his travels.
!, Mrs. William Sanders mas a. nice
piece of at work hung ur II her din
| ing room at the huiel. 1t IS paint
| ing on a board Of the battleship
Maine with 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 farmer at Princeton, Ill. 5
A terrific explosion IN the black
smith shop the other day led the peo-
pie to believe the gasoline engine that
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 back
draft from the forge had generated a
lot of hot air and the bellows soon
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 a 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 STARE
them. The agreement meets the ap-
prevail 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 1. R.. w.
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