The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-08-10
LYNNV|LLE LOCALS.
TOWN IN THRoES OF MIGHTY
ARGuMENT-GUY SPARKS WILL
BE PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOLS
OLD SETTLERS MEETING,
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NitCHlS rum LyUHNlllo 0Idr.
The Star mans better half and the
kids are off for a weeks visit with
friends at Kellogg and Newton, and
as consequence, Dad is boarding
out"
The J. r. Conover family who have
been spending the summer on the
farm northwest of town, have return.
ed to their home in Oskaloosa.
We have been under correspond
ence since the first of July with Guy
Sparks who is now at Yellowstone
Park, in regard to the school work
here, and in a letter received Monday
he has agreed to take up the work
of principal.
J. w. Newell has purchased a farm
three miles east of Lynnville and will
move thereon either this fall or early
next spring. We suspect Mrs. Newell
MAUD Sparks) is getting homesick
for her own home town, and wanted
to get nearer. People are always glad
to get back to old Lynnville.
Rurla carrier Thompson is taking
his annual two weeks vacation, and
substitute M. A. James is filling his
place. Tom is drawing his checks at
the rate of 100000 per and is natu-
rally feeling pretty good over it. The
raise in salary began July 1st
w. E. Scandrett and wife of Grin
nell drove down in their auto last
Thursday accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Igo, of Davenport, Iowa, for a
visit at the R. T. English home. Mr..
Scandrett is a nephew of Mr.. English
and Mr.. Igo was boyhood friend and
in 1859 Mr.. Igo and Mr.. English were
two of party who crossed the plains
overland for the gold fields of Cali
fOrnia with oxen as their motive pow
err.
The threshing machines are max.
ing things hum in the Sugar Greek
neighborhood. The straw is short
and the oats rather scarce, only go
from IA to 80 bushels an acre.
M. H. Cause left Monday night for
points in South Dakota on a trip of
business and pleasure. Mrs. Cause
went as far as New Sharon, where she
visited briefly.
Grandma Butrum came down from
Des Moines for a short visit with
her son Lucian. She is past 80 now
and is as clipper as many girls of
half her age. Her daughter, with
whom she stays in Des Moines, is
away on a visit and Cleo has gone to
Colorado for a visit
Arrangements have been made by
the program committee of the Old.
Settlers for the main speaking to be
held in the forenoon. OF late years
there has been practically nothing in
the morning for entertainment of the
people. The meeting is Thursday,
August 18th.
Lynnville is in the throes of a
mighty argument, viz: Is the water
of the ocean level or not? The ques-
ton is assuming the nature of pan
ic, and punches of men are seen
daily discussing the problem, sides
are taken and argued fiercely pro and
con; but as yet the matter is unset
tied and regardless of it all the old
world keeps rolling on seemingly un-
mindful of the fact that We are striv-
ing to settle the matter.
With this issue we began the third
years work as publisher of the Star.
When we look back over the past two
years they seem short, yet this may
been accounted for from the fact that
they have been two of the busiest
years in the forty odd We have been
in existence.