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

Il
! built new shed to his barn and
new porch has been built to his house
Mr. Dilley put out thirteen hundre
raspberry plants this year and wi
put out more next year.
Nicholas Van Veen moved on to tn
j. H. Shultz farm last spring. HI
brought new binder home last Mon
day.
Willis Holt has purchased a new
hay loader and viii now try putting
fiiis hay up in the modern way.
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Al Patrick mas improved his place
by nice new fence around the yard
This is not great Improvement but
II helps the appearance of the places
wonderfully. Many others see the
need of a nice fence where the old
one stands.
Corn, the product which has made
Mahaska famous, is growing nicely in
been tiled or are sloping enough to
drain the water of the rainy weather.
e. r, has been along the Des Moines
river bottom above and below Eve
land bridge. The places that are
high enough to keep the river from
flowing out over the land have some
excellent stands of corn. In places
the corn is as high as seven feet and
looks as though it would make the
best of grain. Other places the corn
places is only of the right size to pillow
for the first time. 1t will probably
make feed and that is all unless we
have a late fall. Taking all in all the
corn outlook is good even If the fields
are covered with weeds. Don't get
as "All's we'll that ends
well" and the end is not yet in sight.
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A. w. MattiX is planning on thing
and fencing this fail. The work was
planned for this spring but the wealth
er has been too unfavorable to start.
Chas. the "Smithy" has added an
addition to his blacksmith shop.
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Harvey and Winifred Lockwood
went down the Des Moines river IN
/ gasoline launch to Ottumwa last
week to witness the Rowing Regatta.
they were visitor of Mr.. Hall while
here. Wouldn't that be an excel
ent trip to take and see the beautiful
along the river? MIR. Lock
wood is the owner of the launcn and |
Enjoys a number of such trips.
|. C. Mattox is working the Dan
Hattox farm this year while Mr.. and
Mrs. Mattix are enjoying a trip on the
Western plains. Mr. and Mrs. d. Mat
tx will return in the fall. |
Mr.. and Mrs. v. B. Flanders who
i've a short distance from the Des
Noines river and who have lived there
or the past sixty years remember
many things which have happened
long the stream. Indians were com
non and came to the house to beg.
hey were always fed and always ex-
'ected it. At the time OIL their COM
ng most of the transportation was by
water and the" can remember many
II the steam boats that went up the
liver as far as Des Moines loaded
With freight. Bellefountaine, which is
ow town of the past, was very
God trading point at that time and
vas one of the important docks along
he river. The town at one time had
hree general stores, two hotels, two
nd in those times was thought to be
n excellent town. Nothing is left of
he town now but the ground on which
stood and the river which made its
xistence possible. Mrs. Flanders
'as an eye witness of the destruction
t theS steamship s''Florence. I She
avs that%a large cable had gbeenl
tretched across the stream as guidei
Or the ferry and when the whistle on
he steamship sounded the warning
Or the ferry-keeper to loosen the
able so the steamer could go by the
nan fastened the rope and the ship
anne on expecting the cable to drop
s usual when the prov was near.
he cable caught the top of the boat
,hich was SO badly wrecked that it
ould go no further. After a law suit
he owner of the steamer was allowed
amages. .
Freeman Eveland will remove the
Id barn on the J. II. Eyeland farm
nd build a new. The work will be
tarted, after harvest,
Mrs. l.. E. BLIZZARD has decided that
he needs new chicken house and a
lew building for that purpose will be
mt up this fall. II she has as good
uck as another farm woman did she
viii pay for the building in three
months time selnng eggs. |
Dan Heaverlo has painted his barn
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