The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-09-02

d Mr. and Mrs. }. G. Hull and fam1l
Y and Mr.. and Mrs Geo. hull and fam
I lily spent day at South Skunk rive
last week in family picnic. The da,
was enjoyably passed with big dinner
rowing, fishing and other amusements
The affair was given in honor of Miss
Hazel Hull, of Wichita, Kan, who i!
visiting friends and relatives at New
Sharon.
Many local friends of Rev. +. &
| Davies, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Ottumwa, regret to learn
4 that he is to leave the association
He has rendered his resignation to the
Ottumwa church and has accepted a
call to one of the leading Baptist
churches in Spokane, Washington. The
new pastorate offers much larger op-
| portunities for work. Rev. Davies is
one of the few pastors in the state
who has remained in such an import
ant field as Ottumwa for a term oil
more than dozen years. During his
pastorate he has frequently visited
and preached in the Oskaloosa church.
The Daily Bulletin, of Bloomington,
Illinois, date of Thursday August ~,
contains the following item of interest
to many residents of Oskaloosa: AT
the, fourth quarterly conference held
at First church Complementary reso-
buttons were presented commencing
the work of the pastor, DR.. j. w. Som
erville, and his wife, and unanimous
request formulated to present to the
annual conference asking for their re-
turn. The past year in the conf W
ence has been a successful one, botn
growth of the work and membership.
The officers are thoroughly satisfied
with the report made and feel THAI
the church is in a fiourishing coLCt
ton"
w. l.. Bottenfield. of Mt. Vernon, O.,
was in the city last week for the pur-
pose of spending day with his old
time chum and companion ]. B. Bolton.
They we're boys together back in Ohio
when ]. B. was school teacher and
Mr.. Bottenfield was music teacher.
They were constant cronies, courted
girls in the same crowd and had the
best time of their lives. They had not
seen each other in years and they
made the most of the day visiting and
renewing the friendship of bygone
years. Mr.. Bottenfield came from
Monroe, where he had been looking
up relatives, and from Oskaloosa went
to Montezuma on a similar errand.
He has big position with the King
Road Drag, and is in Des Moines this
week with the state fair exhibit.
Irvee McCracken, chief of the Oska-
loosa fire department, has returned
from Grand Rapids, Mich, where he
has been attending the international
of Fire Chiefs, as req.
resentative of the Oskaloosa depart
ment. The convention was largely at
tended, over five hundred fire chiefs
being in attendance from all parts OF
the United States andu Canada, and
there were also some ire chiefs pres
emit from the Philippine Islands. The
parade attracted considerable atten'
lion with over five hundred fire chiefs |
in line. One of the interesting fea-
lures of the convention to those in
were the demonstrations OF
the motor fire apparatus, given by rep
from some of the larg-
est factories in the United States. The
demonstrations were successful and
go to show that it will only be short |
time before motor vehicles will re-
place the old reliable IRE horse. Ad |
dresses were given by some of the
leading chiefs of the country and were
very instructive to those in attendance
Mr.. McCracken returns well pleased |
with the trip, and with wealth of
knowledge.