The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-11-24
.0LVET AND VICINITY
J. J. TOP HAS TAKEN CHARGE
OF HoTEL--JoHN NossMAN TO
p HAVE PUBLIC SALE-MINES IN
NEED OF MORE MEN.

J. J. Top has taken charge of the
hotel and boarding house. He re.
Gently sold his home here and moved
his family to the country. We vel,
come them back for we have the as
surance the hotel will be kept in the
| best of order. 49,. ..
Our esteemed friend John Moss
man, has bills up for a sale at his
home west of town. We don't care
how much John sells, but we hope he
hasn't the foolish notion to leave
Iowa, for he is a prince of good
fellow. ..... ~.
The writer is in receipt of letter
from a friend in Washington, who
says since the confusion of the re-
cent campaign has subsidized it has
been discovered that the Sixth dis
trict is the only district in the Unit.
ed States that had any. increased
majority over 1908. Now will you be
good.
The very interesting letter from a
friend in the Thursday Herald
caught our eye and was read with
much interest, for which we most
gracefully yield the palm to the writ
er in regard to our needs. 1t shows
it was gotten up from a personal
knowledge, not from heresay or i'm
agination.
J. II. Miller, of Des Moines, was
in town on business Friday.
GaOrua Glaoru Yoovad hi, foDoiIy IN
Harvey Saturday, where he will work
in the mine this winter.
1t has been the tim of the writer
through life to- give credit to whom
it is due. About year ago when J.
H. Carlton, of st. Paul, came here
to take charge of their mining inter
ests the writer met him while at
work in the mine. He informed us
that mining was new business to
him and his business associates, but
they had the mine and 1t was their
intention to open 1t up and make
something out of it, and wanted to
see the men in their employ do well,
for where they did we'll, the company
expected to do the same We said
then and say now, these words i'm
pressed us with him and the longer
we have business with him and his
associates, Messrs. Ball and Logue,
we know we didn't err in our judg-
ment, for they have never spared
pains nor money to make the mine
a success, prompt in their pay, hon
I'D sntret fNN hot Inn linz
with men. Mr.. Ball, the general
manager, lives in Oskaloosa, and al
most daily visits here in addition to
looking up trade for coal. They
changed the name of the company
from Rogers Coal company to Dia-
mond Block Coal company. At pres
ent they have thirty-fve men on their
pay roll and room for several more.
They will have completed by the
first of the year 16 four-room houses
22X24. These men from st. Paul
since taking charge have neither
spared pains nor money to make our
town a success and, we hope to see
them prosper in their undertakings,
for they are we'll worthy. They have
leases on two hundred acres of coal
land adjoining town and We hope
our people will not be slow to appre.
ciate their efforts in building up the
town and encourage them in every
way.
Mrs. John Dolan writes Mrs. Will
Jams from Wright that since Uncle
John went there he has been sick,
but is much better at this time.
Mrs. Druse writes from Washing,
ton that her father, Uncle John
Thompson, is very unweli, but that
Aunt Martha is well. .t., p
Mrs. Billings left Friday to visit |
her daughter, Mrs. Derus, of Pella.
w. Fl. Williams, of Perry, was in
town on business Saturday. -
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