The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-08


report their thermometer registering
H. in the sun and SO in the shade. A
person, didn't need to look at anything
to see whether it was warm, but ev-
erybody was looking for a shady
place. Better watch your horses in
the field when you are blowing. A
number of Mahaska horses have died
from suffocation. Keep the perspira-
ton flowing freely and there will not
be much danger.
Many farmers were in oskaloosa
Saturday doing their trading 1t is
not long until harvest so you better
stock up in supplies for the hungry
crowd of men that will assist in stack
ing the crop.
A. D. Miller, one and a half miles
north OF indianapolis, has built a new
summer kitchen. Such a. building
apart from the mouse helps to keep the
home cool during the hot summer
months. -#
W. C. Wilson said that the Herald
beat any two papers he had ever tax
EN- and d. A. Baker says: THE Her
aldeis a good paper alright. 1t gives
the news and that is why i take It,.
Chas. Feaster, who operates coal
mine four miles northeast OF Rose
HILL has just put in a new gasoline
engine to pump the water out The
mine has only been working about two
days a week, but it will begin to work
full time as they have number OF
orders to fill. Mr.. Feaster has just
closed a contract with the Delta
school for 1900 bushels. He has about
fifteen acres OF coal here and it aver.
ages about five feet and ten inches
thick. Scott Mason, Joe Gilman and
Chas. Martin are working at the mine.
The strawberry season is about over
for this year and the farmers wife is
now putting up cherries. They seem
three hundred quarts, all for their own
use. No wonder that the farmer is
generally fat and healthy. The plen
teous diet keeps him fleshy and the
fresh air of the country keeps him
well. -..., ..
The recent rainy season has allowed
many weeds to grow in the. roads and
along the fences. Cut them before
they go to seed, or they will increase
in numbers next year, a.., ..
F. NJ, Jones, living north of Rose
Hill, has gone into the dog business
He, has ten pretty Scotch Collie pups
He. thinks as much of them, as some
farmers do of cattle. They are about
as valuable, as they. sell from ten dol
larsato twenty-five dollars each.
b., ,Parr. has improved his farm by
22O rods of new fencing, a new pump
andia water tank ..- .-.
q, r. Rutherford is renting the
Reed Brown place this year The
farm has, been improved by 22O rods
OF woven wire fence. =. -.'y.-
Gus Rutherford Is building a new
house to replace the old one. The
house will have five rooms, pantry
and closets.
Mrs. s. P. Mcclure, OF Oskaloosa, is
visiting at the home OF her daughter
Mrs. w. l.. Wymore, near Rose Hill
A hive OF bees is now infesting cor
ner Of the porch of the Wymore home
DR.. l.. F. Ellsworth is now living
with his son, T. F, Ellsworth. north
west of Rose Hill. He has given w
his practice. He says he came to Os
kaloosa forty years ago and purchased
The farm they now live on for SIS an
sold in the fall for $50 an acre in the
field, At that time stock men from
the East had cattle on the prairies
and instead of taking them back East
and fattening them, they fed them out
a good price for his grain. Mr.. Ellis
worth said that If he was young fel
low he would rather be a dog and
bark at the sun all the rest of his life
than follow. the doctors profession.
Carson Mcclure who lives on a
farm northeast of Oskaloosa, will moi
farm next year, but will move to Os
kaloosa. He may farm a little, but
he and his family will make Oskaloosa
their home. -....'
L., l.. Gable has done some tiling
and put. up woven wire fence on his
place He says tile will pay for it
self this year. SOD. ~
"Plain View" is the name Louis
Stuart has given his place, and IL any
one had happened along the corn field
Thursday morning at o'clock they
would have had view OF Mr.. Stuart
blowing his field He was out early in
order to get his work done before the
sun came up.