The Columbus journal., 1908-06-17

occasionally there ID Q church IN the
county that shuts up and the pastor goes
on q vacation. Rev. Mortomer r. Crisp
has been doing that very thing.
Osceols is bound to have . park and
they will geti too, unless the fellows
that are at the head OF the movement.
get weary in we'll doing. but Doctor John
r. Gray never gets weary along that
line.
Frank Oscar johnson and Ida ellen
johnson have failed to travel well in
double harness. and now they want to
get unhitched and 60 petition has been
fled in tho district court for the Judge
to unhitch them.
Miss Clara Hermann has concluded
that her life-work shall be Q trained nurse
and 60 she has gone to resume her
studies in the hospital at Omaha. Miss
Martha Hermann accompanied Miss
CLARA and will visit relatives there for .
few weeks.
Bird Detweiler hes also been roaming
about the wesrern part OF the state and
other states. He stopped OF here to
visit the numerous Detweilers OF Osceola
and then hied himself away to the bank
at Millsrd. where he will settle down to
business and behave himself again.
Comrade Sid Miller aud John Gaylord
have been roaming. They went clear
out to Colorado. They are satisfied to
let we'll enough alone, cease their roam.
ing, and the probability is that they will
settle right down to business here in
Little Polk" again. See if they don't.
1t was not q very good day last Sun
day for the frsternal society memoria;
day. Osceola got a. usual more wet"
than they wanted, but when our frater-
mails start to do things the wet" don't
affec: them much and this day was not
an exception. for they could do all the
program under cover in their lodge hall.
Polk county and Osceola in particular,
did it's part in swelling the number of
attendants at the Grand Lodge, A. F. &
A. NJ, at Omaha last week. They came
back very enthusiastic over the meeting
of the 400 that were present. The Ma
sorry of Polk county is on the up grade
and the most distinguished xasons from
the three lodges OF the county were the
to the Grand lodge.
Everybody knows "Our Jim" who lives
in Clear Creek precinct. His other name
is J. ". Kinsmsn. He gets over to Osce-
ola once in while, especially tax-paying
time. He usually goes to Columbus. for
the bargains, and he was seen vending
his way toward that bustling city the
latter days of last week, aad when he re-
turned they say he was loaded, for that's |
the place where good goods can be had
cheap.
The NJ. e. church here has drafted . |
nan from Kansas, Rev. 8. F. Mcclure.
10 COul0S 1IOUA OI00V 000Us 0uu V40 PAV-
liability is that be will blow tho gospel |
trumpet here until the fall conference |
meets, and maybe some more for he will
lot have served year by that time. and
he old brother used to pray about con-
erence time, "Oh, Lord! Send 10 .
and thou knowest il We don't
ike him, We need'n: keep him but
,ear."
And now for the seventh time in the
,ast not many years. the Stromsburg
News has changed hands again. Editor
Frank T. Robeck stepping down and
'ditor q. b. With stepping up and tax
ng hold. It's funney that this paper
Usually changes hands just shout cleo
ion time, but then Mr.. With Ne believe
9 the right man for the place and If he
Leeps up the gait that he has struck, the
News will get there. and
ave the old time force that McCune