The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-08

constructions we have had in the state
the past five years.
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Burlington Hawk-Eye: Iowa and IL
linois are to be congratulated IN the
possession of the Iowa state base ball
league 1t is one of the cleanest, fast
est organizations of the national sport
for it's size in America. 1t can give
some of the larger leagues much and
then beat them out at the plate,
Waterloo Courier: At least the For
aker club OF Iowa will be entirely har-
monious. The sole member will hard
ly fall out with himself.
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De Moiaes Register and Leader:
"In my opinion. three oskaloosa
banks have the finest and moss at
tractive banking quarters of any
banks west of Chicago" said Harry T.
Blackburn, cashier of the Iowa Ma.
tional bank, yesterday. 1T seems
strange that they should be ahead OF
Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City
but nevertheless they are. The nix
lures are costly and really artistic.
understand that there was consider
able rivalry among Inc institutions
and each tried to excel the other in
securing the finest home. 1t is worth
ones while in case ne happens to be
in Oskaloosa, to visit them"
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Des Moines Tribune: Ex-Congress'
man Lacey is plumilg HIS wings for
gubernatorial flight. But he has se1a'
torial ambitions, and if it should oc'
cur that Senator Allison would decline
to be a-lcandidate. Mr.. Lacey would
probably be the choice of the stall
war Mr.. Lacey probably concludes
il l. best to keep in the public eye as
large as possible. with his lightning
rod in good shape, ready to respond to
the call of his county at any time
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Keokuk County News: The Rock
Island in What Cheer is going to do
the right thing at their depot by tax,
ing up their old board platform an
putting in brick platform which is
going to make fine improvement and
one that will be appreciated by the
pepole here. The Oskaloosa paving
brick will be used.
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Des Moines Mail and Times: Lis,
ton McMillel, he who is in full charge
of the Foraker boom in Iowa, may
not accomplish much for the Ohio sen
ator, but he is getting much local
mention for himself. And we assume
that is not distasteful.
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Abba Republican: The report of
George A. Kalbach, treasurer of the
Oskaloosa and Buxton Interurban
Company, has been investigated by a
committee at Oskaloosa and there
was very favorable mention made on
the report The report states that
there has been the sum of $168,S10.09
handled through the treasurer. The
company has been in some trouble
lately and threatened to sue those
who were delinquent in the amounts
they had subscribed toward paying
the amounts into the company. The
report shows that all but about 5 per
cent of the sum which was subscribed
has been paid in. The total amount
paid on the stock subscribed was
$100,04526. They have received from
the county treasurer from taxation
39,074.57, borrowed from banks $24,-
10000, interest has been received
to the amount of s542.62, tools sold
$4,579.34 and from other sundry
sources there has been derived $6S.30.
With all of this great sum Of money
the road has only been built to .Bea
con, a distance of three miles. This
is not saying that the money has been
converted into channels through which
it should not have gone, but when
there is that sum and only $1,000 left
in the treasury it shows that great
sums are necessary to engineer a deal
of the kind, and it further shows the
necessity of the road being extended
from Abba to Buxton that the fell
lows at the other end of the line may
have good terminal and thus make
the road a paying proposition.
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Marengo Herald: The enterprising
executive authorities of the Iowa
County Agricultural Society have Sc
cured Liston McMillen to boom Fora
ker for president, one day during the
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