The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

might as well join Robinson Crusoe
as to not get into the swim once in
while, so suppose will go again
especially if my wife insists. Yes we
had good time, but Oskaloosa never
looked better to me than it did the
day we landed at home.
ut was my turn to smile" said DR..
,Crowder, when read iplhhe Herald
the other evening tht .EaBlRdiuI9s, Tor
Elephant ears,uhaH not sttainad their
normal growth shis s&ar. dfihis Isl tEna
in general, owing to the absenceb OF
rain, but | have some of the largest
ones this year ever grown in town. |
have studied the nature of the plants
and aim to give them the proper
amount of shade and attention, and
give them all the water they can abb
sorb.' Any native or acclimated plant
one can give it proper attention" DIR.
Crowder, by the way, is quite flor
ist, and he has his garden so arranged
that he has some plant in bloom all
the time from early spring to late in
the fall. The doctor loves flowers
and he is generous with the blossoms,
He never starts down town without
buds of some kind and the first friend
he meets is generally the beneficiary
Jack Helm says the strict enforce
ment of the mulct law has has disas-
trous effect on the hotel and restaur'
ant business in Davenport. 1t would
not be so bad if Rock Island and Mo
line were not so close. 1t is only a
five minute ride to either of these
towns and the liberal element" cut
Davenport now and go where every
thing is wide open" If the weight OF
the Illinois laws could be let down
on Rock Island and Moline and all
three cities be put on a common level
it might be that the enforcement
would work beneficial effect AL
around. But the present situation
says Mr.. Helm, is very much lop-sided
Otherwise Davenport is a good town
and is growing nicely, as the recent
census returns will show. Davenport
also has the reputation of being the
richest per capita city in America.
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1t was fitting that the likeness oil
Mrs. Mary E. McAyeal should adorr
the Oskaloosa number of the Midwest
ern Magazine. Mrs. McAyeal was
one of the noble women of pioneer
days in Oskaloosa, and the magazine
is edited and published by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Carolyn McAyeal OgilVie
who received her early education anC
grew to womanhood in Oskaloosa. And
that was a beautiful acknowledgment
which Mrs. Ogilvie published on the
editorial page, running:
This fifth birthday of The Midwest
ern is lovingly dedicated to my moth
err, Mrs. Mary E. McAyeal, whose pic
ture adorns the front cover. She Il
the sweetest most helpful and in
spring and the loyeliest nature
have ever known in my life. She i
tower of strength and ray of sun
shine to all with whom she comes
in contact. Whatever of success the
magazine has attained has been due
in great measure to. her encourage
ment and good advice"
The writer always had a warm
spot in his heart for the late Major
J. w. McMullen. Thirty to thirty
five years ago there were no fruit
stores or fruit stalls in Oskaloosa
and the grocers then timidly import
ed a few baskets or boxes OF fruit
Boys would buy a box or a basket
and peddle them about town. The
writer remembers the first time he
was able to muster the necessary
so cents to buy half box of peaches
and start in business for himself. He
also remembers that it was Major Nc
Mullen who bought the first of his
wares and started him on a busy
days, work, that netted him the emf
nently satisfactory profit of 30 cents
Several years after that the writer
entered the Majors employ as collec'
tor for the transfer company, which
was operated in connection with the
old Bashaw Livery. In about year
thereafter the Bashaw transfer was
absorbed by the Oskaloosa Livery &
Transfer company, and as the writer
was not included in the consolidation
he became a printers devil instead
But the Major was loyal to the boy
and after a kind talk he gave him two
weeks wages in advance. Such was
the big heart that stopped when Ma
jor McMullen breathed his last.
TAKEN TO TASK.