The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-05-10
THE COUNTY NEWS
BOLTON.

owen jenkins OF DeS MONIES was
business caller Saturday.
w. H. Davis of Valera was bust
ness caller in town Tuesday
Richard white visited in Rut-
ledge this week with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Sanders
spent Saturday evening in oskaloosa.
Joseph Gracer and John Melvin
were business callers in oskaloosa
Monday.
Early risers report finding frost on
water that stood out Of doors Sunday
morning.
DR.. ]. w. Martin of Colfax visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wilson Saturday.
James Mcdowell mas secured work
in the mines at Fraker and moved his
tools there Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Long spent sun
day in Pekay, the guests OF Mt. and
Mrs. Foster Kessinger.
Adam Kessinger and brothers John
and James of Pekay were business
callers in town Monday.
Miss Mable Roquet of Fremont is
visiting this week at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hummel.
The young people tripped the fan
tastic heel and toe in the town hal!
Friday night. Music for the occa-
sion was dispensed by the Hummel
orchestra.
Albert Kaskaden spent Thursday
evening in Evans at the Eli Woodcock
home. Mr.. Woodcock has been haV-
ing poor health for some time, but is
reported convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sanders attend
ed the funeral Of their old friend,
James Gordon, who was killed in the
Colon mines Sunday at the Forest
cemetery in Oskaloosa.
John Lamick, of Collinsville, Wis.,.
was in town shaking hands with his
many friends Wednesday. Mr. Lam,
ick is one of the first miners in Boil
ton. His many friensd are glad to
meet him.
Our shooting club held practice
contest in the park Thursday. Each
party shot at 25 blue rocks thrown
from a trap. George Wilson succeed
ed in breaking IA, T. E. Chapman IL,
Joseph Gracer 6.
The lay reader may not understand
tbno erases of scientists who attempt
J but he-..-tbo> causes of earthquakes
sr> the press that there Is sometRn
ny doing in San Francisco.
=. James A. Miller of Angus was
= business caller Thursday. Mr.. Mill
= was formerly in the coal bushes
and says it certainly is gratifying
= know Iowa was the 1irst district
:. the u. M. w. of A. in the union
make a full and complete settlemel
for two years. While the advan'
!. was not large, it is an, advance, al
should be appreciated.
e 1t affords the writer much pleasul
e to know that the Iowa miners wei
e the first to succeed in obtaining a
n agreement with their employer
e which will insure a continuation (
II peace for another two years, and ;
s the same time it is earnestly hope
y the future will emphasize the wi
d dom of the joint movement and bot
L employee and employer will exel
e themselves to cultivate the harmon
? that should of right characterize on
s various obligations to each othel
o The joint trade agreement is purely
d business proposition, the result c
) modern thought as well as practice
9 ideas, and can only be maintained b
3 a wise and conservative application
: of Iowa common sense principles Il
/ the exercise of our rights. All trad
. agreements should be regarded a!
i sacredly inspired, with the hope o
adding stability to our national AM
, economic forces of modern civiliza
. ton when established on the funda
mental principle Of justice and equit!
to ali. 1t viii then insure the larg
est measure of good to the interes
directly concerned when religiously
adhered to, and these latent forces
exercising their proper interest ant
| functions society will then be the
beneficiary of these higher ideals.
R. w.