The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
NEWS
Items of Interest Gathered by Her
aid Correspondents.
oLlvET.

Earl Dolph spent Sunday in Pella
with his wife.
VIM. Weece spent Saturday in Pella
Jon mining business.
| Mrs. Ham Barnes visited in Oska-
loosa Friday and Saturday.
]. H. Miller, of valeria. was here
Monday looking after business.
N. A. Johnson, of Des Moines, was
a pleasant caller in town Monday.
| Rev. J. C. Leonard filled his regular
appointment at the NJ. P. church on
Sunday.
Mrs. A. Long,of Bolton, visited at the
nome of her father, r. Williams, last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Billings return.
| ed from an extended visit in Lynnville
last Monday.
This is house cleaning time at the
home of the writer and il there ever
is time when he wants to emigrate
lit is now.
We attended the B. F. Winkleman
funeral and were pleased to meet Mr..
and Mrs. Mcdowell at whose home he
has been taken care Of
Denny Robertson, from north OF
town, was here Monday and said his
daughter Lucretia, who has Been very
sick, is now rapidly improving.
Mrs. Betty Cunningham and son,
OF Muncie, Ind,,, spent a week visiting
her aunt, Mrs. r. Williams. 1t was
their first meeting for fifteen years.
The mine is at standstill for lack
|of orders for coal. 1t worked one day
last week, but they expect more trade
soon, when the brick and tile factor
les get to running steadily.
A base ball club was organized here
this week with Roy Rodgers as man.
lager and J. Z. Mcdowell as captain.
They have a good diamond here and
are now ready for engagements with
neighborng teams.
Earl Dolph and, wife moved into the
Adam Thompson house east of town
last week. Mr.. Thompson has a fine
farm, but no housekeeper, although we
nave been trying to persuade him to
get one to help make his life, more
pleasant.
VIM. Tandy, one OF our leading far
niers, was in town Saturday and he
said that he is about a month behind
with his work. Usually he is through
blowing corn ground by the first of
May, but this year he had not started.
He says that the peaches are killed, but
predicts a good crop'o of apples.
Farmers are putting in full time
this nice weather and the writer is
much interested in their views of this
years crop. Some say there will be
no crop, others a half crop and still
others a good crop. One said that II
he couldn't get a crop of corn he
would have one of clover, but all
seem to forget that crop failure is
unknown in Iowa.
Chas. Miller, of Atlantic, was here
Wednesday. He is much interested
IN the tariff bill now before congress
and says that people he meets on his
route seem to be mistaken about the
revision measure. Some think that
it should benefit ALL which would be
He says while the duty
on some things will be reduced 1t may
be raised on others, but in the long
run the greater number OF people will
be benefited.
We hear that the drilling for coal
near Harvey has been a success and
there is prospect of large mine there
operated by foreign capitalists. We
have been around Harvey for twenty
years and If there is town that has
had more newspaper booms than it has
we would like to know its name. But
this time we look for mine there of no
small proportions, for the town is sur
rounded by coal. One of the best
paying mines in the state was at Flag
Ter little west of there. 1t was a
drift mine which was operated for
seventeen years and the coal was from
6 to 10 feet in height during the days
OF the Coal Palace held in Ottumwa
few years ago. A number of years
ago the writer worked in a room at
Flagler where the coal was nine feet
high and little way from us worked
the lamented Richard Simpson and
sons where the coal was IS feet in
height. Price and sons of Abba also
worked there and | think the present
Attorney John r. Price worked with
his father there. The largest chunk
of Iowa coal at the Palace was taken
out of the Flagler mine by the White
head Coal Co. 1t was cut out by John
Bennett, the foreman, recently of
Cricket. and Joseph Palmer of Colfax.
We hope to see the coal business open
up at Harvey. for we know of no bet
ter place for large mining center
with its three railroads and its fine
class of residents.
May IL. r. w.