The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-21
PERSONAL
(From Mondays Daily.)

VI iohi nohaAJ . DhdsJ
ELAN Wynore, oil Oklahoma Cit,
Okla, is here for few days visit a
she home of his uncle, ]. w. Broyle'
at SIC Sixth avenue east.
Pella Chronicle: Blanche and Sa
rah Whiteman returned to their HON
IL Oskaloosa Saturday evening afte
a weeks visit at the NJ. Bernstein
horne.
Bussey Press: Mrs. A. c. Busse.
and daughter, Crystal went to Oska
Improvements before winter. He viii
visit at the Dr. Cole home for sons
time.
Richland Clarion: Mrs. Clark Had
ley is in Oskaloosa taking treatment
from specialist. 1t is now thought
that the injury done to her eye, will
heal without leaving any Ill effects
Pella Chronicle: c. BruinekooI
went to Oskaloosa Monday to look
over his truck farm and make some
improvements before winter. He vii
move to Mahaska's capitol some time
in January.
Mrs. Louisa Harbach, 4l0 South A
street, has received a letter from her
daughter, Miss Maude Harbach, who
left a few weeks ago for years
study in Germany, which states that
she landed Oct. q at Hamburg after
z. most delightful trip. She expected
to go to Berlin on the following Fri
day, Oct. s. Miss Harbach found on
board the same steamship twenty col
lege students bound for Germany,
several of whom were acquainted with
some of her friends, and they made
pleasant associates on the journey.
Mayor Nick j. Gesman, OF Pela, was
in town today calling among friends
and making business visits to local
banks The town of Pella has recent
voted to issue municipal bonds IN the
sum of ninety thousand dollars. Sixty
thousand dollars for water plant i'm
proyements and thirty thousand forI
new lighting system. The town will
have no trouble in disposing of the
bonds but the city council thought it
advisable to give home institutions and
financial organizations in neighboring |
cities chance to take up the invest |
ment. Mr.. Gesman states that Pella
is enjoying a marvellous growth this
year. The council has passed resolu- /
lions for the construction of sanitary |
sewers and other improvements.
Thirty-seven new houses have been
built this season, and the population is
going ahead with leaps and bounds.
Says the Daily Missoulian: l.. c.
Bolton, who recently came to Nilsson
Ia from 0skaloosa, Iowa, to locate and |
to engage in the practice of law, is !
enthusiastic over the prospects of his |
rev home. He has been spending a
week in securing locations for his Of
fee and his home, but now that he
has found the places he wants he has
time to express his opinion of Nilsson
Ia. which. happily, is good. When l b
came west last summer" said Mr.. Boil
ton yesterday, Il had no thought of
locating in Misosula. | was headed
for the coast and l stopped off here
TO register for the reservation open
ing. | was in town about four hours;
met the officers of your chamber of
commerce and looked about the city.
Then | went on westward. / visited 1
a good many towns. Some of them
were very pretty; some were busy; /
all had some attractions. But through
all my tour the memory of MissOula
was with me, and when had seen the
exhibition and had reached home
again, told my wife about the little
suggested that it was the place we "A
were looking for. told her about z
Missoula. AS soon as we were able h
TO sell our home and get business mat
ters Strengthened out We started, and
here we are. We are pleased with
Missoula. am impressed with its
spirit Of progress, and like the Boos-
ter club. want to be enrolled in the
club as soon as possible. believe
that Missoula has a splendid future.
She has everything to make a town
and she has the citizens to take ad-
vantage OF the opportunities. | have
been glad every minute since | came
here that we decided TO come The
reservation registration was a good
thing for me, even if ! didn't draw
farm"
0. S. Phelps and family who have
been citizens of Ogkaloosa since April
1895, terminated their residence in Os-
kaloosa last Friday to go TO Tacoma,
Washington, where tney will reside.
Mr. Phelps has been popularity known
TO Oskaloosa people as local agent OF
the United States Express Company.
He has been popular man in the sta
ton and has made host of friends in
the way in which he conducted theI
business. Not long since the Expressi
Company made an entire change I'M
their system of blanks, reports and
OF handling their business The changei
meant added work and much puzzlingI
detail which Mr.. Phelps did not care
to undertake He handed in his resig.
nation and asked for relief forthwith
The company did not wish to part with
his services and adjusted the difficulty
by sending Mr.. Benjamin r. Marshall,
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