The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-12
.ROBT. DOAK'SLETTERS
Interesting Description Of People
And Places.

more Will uy 10, interest the rehu'
ers OF the greater Oskaloosa herald,
which is read by more people than
any other daily in Iowa."
| received the Herald of the 26th
today and glance at the weather re.
port showed 1S below zero. step
ped to the door and found the Their
mometer here registered So above,
and, this Is the coolest day we have
had for two weeks. l have seen many
oyercoats worn today. | wore my
light overcoat all day and kept COM
Portable.
To pass away the time visited the
Coronado Island and made an inspec-
ton of Del Coronado Hotel and found
the house well patronized with east
ern tourists who came here to spend
the winter and their cash. The small
fry's pocetbook is too thin to stop
here, and so find lodgings at San
Diego, where there is no trouble to
| find them, as Rooms for Rent are
on most of the houses. Del Corona
do Hotel is built with court in the
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an acre that is beautiful with palms
and trees of many kinds, flowers, ce-
ment walks, blue grass lawn make 1t
grand to look upon while the furnish
ing of the house is too grand to des'
cribe.
The Junior Christian Endeavor So
ciety of San Diego had an excursion
Feb. 90 to Ocean Side. forty-two miles
from here, and spent the day in that
village. 1t is located on the ocean
and has a population of 1000. was
not long In forming an acquaintance
with land agent and he ordered a
team and showed me the sights. The
| first drive was three miles out to the
| Santa Rey Valley, where is located
one of the mission churches. This
valley contains several thousand
acres of good choice land and the
most of it is owned by Inc Hunting
tons, of Los Angeles, and was bought
up when land was cheap. The next
drive was to a ranch of ten acres ad'
joining Ocean Side, and was all plant
ed in blooming carnations. was told
the flowers sold at a cent apiece. Tbs
town was then taken in and then we
were ready for dinner. We went to
the beach to gather some shells and
| at five o'clock took the train back to
San Diego. SEA
Tuesday evening. Feb. 25th, | at
tended Heintzleman Post G. A. X
and the house is always crowded al
all their meetings. They have two
posts here and the w. r. G. meeting
ON the same evening in adjoining
rooms. The post took in two new
members, one having come furty miles
to join. He belonged at one time II
Illinois, but said he wanted to veal
the bronze button lawfully. The
business of the Post was dispatched
rapidly and ne doors thrown oper
between the two rooms and the WON
en- swarmed in and carried out pro
gram they had prepared in celebrat
ing Lincoln and Washington's birth
days. One very amusing thing oc
Cured at the close. An old soldie'
had married young wife and a sol
was born last May. They were in the
room and the commander had the ad
jutant escort them to the stand ane
the past commander of the Post in
very interesting speech presented Il
the son a souvenir spoon with his
name, date and place of birth ant
presented by the Heitzleman Post
and lastly adopted as a junior mem
Der of the Post. -.
The two G. A. r. Posts here viii
present to admiral Evans on his ar
rival here, a sword that will cos
$3.50, and the city is raising $4,000
for a spread on that occasion. hay'
made up my mind to stay here unit
the arrival of the feet and would b'
glad to see some faces here from Ma
haska county, and l am sure YOU
would be well repaid.
The winter rains have done wonders
as tho valleys and mountains, wher'
everything was dry and dead excep
the shrubbery, is now nice and greer
and the pastures good. and in somC
places knee high, while mustard ant
other weeds are waist high.
notice in the Herald frequentl!
what printers ink has done. Having
lost the address of relatives anC
friends in the East, | wrote a lette
to an Ohio paper and presume the!
published II, Tor it was not long un
til letters followed saying they hat
read my letter in the paper and thu
last one was from an old friend, liv
ing at Woodstock, Georgia.
The Herald Trade Edition was
Independently as large at the San
Diego Boomer. -
There are good horses here tina
are used on the truck wagons and oil
inquiry found most of them We're rails
ed in Iowa There are also SOM
good drivers. The horses that com'
in from the ranches are general!
poor and of poor quality.
March ID II is cool today, 5
above, at the noon hour, but have seeI
no signs of frost but once.
Every train or boat coming II
brings new arrivals, but about thu
same number are going out every day
They are looking for an overflow 0
/ lneonIa in here ahout the time thi