The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-22

left A new barn will be built thi
fall. The boys run a nursery and, d
their own grating; out none of tn
trees were destroyed or damaged /
any way and they still have the bes
of trees for orchards.
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Mr.. and Mrs. B. s. Yer Muelen, O
Valley Junction, are visiting at tn
Williams home six miles west @
Beacon.
The small grain such as oats, bar
ley and wheat are receiving attention
now. Most of the fields are ripe ant
the farmer is in the fields with hi!
binder getting ready for the thresher
A number of owners of machines viii
start out in about three weeks.
"lf a person can get along without
fruit and good water, Dakota is 8
good country" says a recent visitor
to that part of the U. S. From Nit.
chell west the country is in very good
condition and the crops look nice
even better than they do in north,
western Iowa. lit looks as though they
were not getting the rains We were
getting here. They depend mostly
upon ice for the water supply. 1t is
placed in tanks, on which are signs
which read. $500 fine to carry away
or waste the water. If the inhabi-
tants of Dakota come to Iowa we will
let them have all the good water they
want, free. ~---~-
The rivers are falling again and are
now the lowest they have been this
season. The Des Moines has been
much higher than the Skunk and has
done more damage. Thousands of
acres of good land which were plowed
and planted are in ruin and the farm
er will receive nothing for his labor.
The Des Moines has been out of bank
three times and many of the farmers
planted the second time, thinking that
1t would not raise again. A number
are planning on putting IN sorghum
On their low lands. Skunk river is
Usually the first to leave its banks, but
this year 1t did not spread over as
much bottom land as did the other
stream. Some of the old pioneers
who have lived along that stream
AN only think Of two reasons why it
has acted this way. THE bed of the
stream is deeper or there is not as
much brush-wood in the stream to
hold the water back" Fish are bring
ing good price now, so If you can't
farm you had better go fishing. !
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]. H. ShultZ has built and painted a
new stock and ha" barn 32x36 feet
The other buildings are receiving
After the long rainy season the
armer has reason to rejoice, as last
week passed by without rain and a
FOOD weeks work was the result. A
title rain fell Monday, but it was not
enough to cause harm.
Sam billiard, southwest of Oskaloo-
a, has put up eighty rods of woven
wire fence. He, like many others, |
S tearing down the barbed wire fem
ing for the more improved sort.
D. VI. Covey has improved the value
# his place by a new stock and hay |
'arn 36x4S feet. The finishing touch |
s are being put on the building.
George Caldwell, who farms on the
)es Moines river bottom, near the
lower" bridge, has had but four
.ood crops in the last eleven years. |
The water comes up and browns out
he crops. He had about twenty
ores planted on the bottom this year |
nd only ten acres will yield a crop. |
lie says if he had never farmed here
e wouldn't begin again, but when YOU |
eceive a crop they are such bump |
RS" that a man will always run
hances.
NJ. V. d. Bolsem is farming thei
ohm F. Lacey farm southwest of Os- |
aloosa, near the Des Moines river. |
lie has just purchased a new pole
axe and he and the boys had little
rouble in putting 1t together. 4
c. c. Shaw has improved his place |
y coy five-room house. Geo. White |
I Oskaloosa, did the carpenter work. |
A unique and unusual way of sur
rising people on their birthday was
leyerly worked out on June 18th, Mrs
;idney Williams being the victim. One
4 the neighbor women got an idea
nd expressed herself to others OF her
ex in that vicinity. lnsead of hav-
ng big basket dinner, which made
lot of "fMn'" and unusual labor,
hey planned on post card showerzI
Everybody remembered the day anal
when the mail came. of course thel
arrier left half OF his mail at the
Williams home. over three hundred
nd fifty OF the cards from every
tate in the union was received and
is reported that they are still com
ng. 1t Is needless to say that she