Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-08-10
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.

We next went down the Alissis
sippi River to M,,scatine, Iowa, whers
dwe,is atoat 500 colored repre- sen
tatiyes OF which some are doing well
Several owning small farms or trucl
gardens Of 10 to 100 acres OF ths
valuable Muscatine land. Perhaps
one Of the best known and highly re
s9ected. citizens is Mr.. WIN. Greenvay
Who OWNS valuable farm Of 40 acre:
also . valuable city property and hs
operates tonsorial shop and II
doing well. His ron, VIM, is working
With him He has reared nice fam
NY OF young girls and boys that are
trs.ly representatives. p. johnson
Is q very successful farmer and gard
ner. He owns q beautiful country
home only L. miles from town il
is well stocked with hogs, chickens
etc. /. p. has recently taken unto
himself another wife from the Gate
City, his former one having died a
few years ago. He II . rare man.
A o. MAaley IL another successful
farmer He is a single man, prospec
tive wives should look that way. Mr.,
Fairfax and Mr.. Nelson Carr are two
more good reliable ana successful.
farmers. They are real race men
and are doing something to help build
up this race OF mine. Mr. Seays, OF
South Muscadne, is very successful.
One Of the interesting features OF my
visit here was a promise Croqua game
on the beautiful ground of Mrs.
" osS 13-a If
crack players OF Iowa and as re editor
has seen but few men he would lay
down his malIet for he challenged
him through the columns of this paper
last Fall SO a game they must have.
They arranged the game and found
me a partner. A large crowd was
Present to witness those who were
adopts. Three games were played
with the Des Moines editor two won.
Then they pitted two best brothers
and sisters against the editor aud
another lady and played by lamp light
two games which they won By very
narrow margin. Dr.. P. Towmley is
still at his place and is as usual doing
we'll the doctor and wife are fine
race loving people. Rev NJ. PAXTON,
the pastor of the A. N. E. church, is
doing well. He and his estimable
wife are good Christian workers and
are winning the conidene of the peo
pie
Our next stop was In Washington
4 quiet, pleasant town where about
$50 coiored people live and to say
without Boosting as a whole every
family here is doing well. They all
own Their own homes and some own
ing several houses and lots. J. d.
Daniels is a rising young man. He
has an ideal home in the best part
Of the city and his industrious wife
is experimenting that home and fam
lis of three children as An adept Mr..
Daniels has the city contract OF all
The city grading He runs several
teams. Mr.. n. L. Black is still fore
man in the Evening Press and is con-
s.dered one of the best all-round
newspaper men in that part Of the
state. His Industrious wife has just
opened up her hair dressing and mas
,age pariors upstairs over the Demo |
rate offie. She is In partnership with
Mrs. Moss. They have both taken a
,urse of study in Chicago and pur-
chased the best and most modern in
'truments for their Office and as it
S the only shop in the town of the
lind we bespeak success for these |
deserving ladies. Mr.. G. ". Black
,ur old friend and Jas. Redd are still
-unning a barber shop as also is
Ut. Matt. A. l.. Hall has moved back
ro1S the farm. Mr.. Wallace Is doing |
VeH. He Is a race man. Mr.. Daniel
7. Haynes still owns his valuable
ZONE. The Church is progressing as
lsual Mr.. and Mrs. n. l.. Black
eryed dinner for We editor. He is our
representative there.
To Oskalossa we next went. Here
t one time lived many colored peo-
lie but now only about 500 remain.
his is a beautiful town known as
be Quaker town. Mr.. A. Hardy is
ne of the good substantial citizens.
lie is stin widower and his daughter
eeps house for him. Mr.. VIM. Heart
8 still hastling. He owns his farm, |
most OF it is rented out, but he farms |
part. Robt Franklin and E. E.
ones are hard working, good citizens.
dr. L. LETTERS is making the greatesti
success OF any man OF color here. |
lie is out on a farm about one mile |
rom town and runs dairy, having
become Mr. Thornburg's (white) sue
lessor and is now doing ali he can
He is hustler and with his very
excellent wife they are winning their
way upward Robt. johnson is still
for the Standard Oil COM
pany. Mrs. Hannah Williams is now
operating a good boarding house. See
her ad elsewhere. Her husband has
a good garden. Rev. A. T. Clark our
young friend, IS preaching the gospel
TO the A. II. e. followers and Rev.
James W. Young has charge of the
81 Elites. They are both strong. COM
ing young ministers The former is
very well known here while the other
nan is new in Iowa, he comes from
Indianapolis, Ind. He is physician
by schooling and will soon be heard.
s.fr. Geo. Jones is still in the barber
shop as also is Mr.. A. G. Clark. Geo.
n Woodson, the well known lawyers
home is here He has a beautiful
home and it is superintended by his
niece Miss Lehah Shelley who is
bis Official stenographer.
Next week we will begin in Ottum-
wa. Iowa.
We wandered into Ottrmwa ami
the first man we met was the we'll
known and genial face Of James John
su the ever. faithful porter fer the
Ballangal Hotel. He Is hooking and
doing as w,eli as usual. He is one Of
The we'll TO do citizens, owning several
valuable houses and lots. He now
hives in the suburbs OF the city. His
good wife 10 q hustler. .. a. Harris
Is in the employment Of Uncle Sans
r.,c+ office I,s,s1.1ino Ia &c. c1,oy. faitl