The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-09-07
0LNET AND VICINITY
GRANGE WILL HAVE LITERARY
ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK
MANY FARMERS ARE LAYING
CEMENT FLOORS.

Olivet, Sept. 5.-Miss Alice Whar,
ton, of Oskaloosa, spent Monday in
town calling on old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Billings left on
Wednesday, for Des Moines to attend
the fair for few days and visit
friends.
Perry Buffers, the Harvey News
man, shared the hospitality of the
writer and wife on Tuesday for sup
per. .
Ike Davis, well known coal man
from Oskaloosa, took charge of the
mine on Wednesday. He is cleaning
up and preparing 1t for the winter
run. He hopes to start shipping coal
early in September.
W. H. Johnson, of Kenebeck. was
was pleasant caller at the depot on
Tuesday. He says the miners are
opening up for the years run.
We note with much interest
through the press that owing to the
dry weather the price of meat has
gone up. What's the matter with let
ting the moon govern prices? One is
just as reasonable as the OTHER. Now,
if some smart man will come forth
and say, owing to the cold weather
and an early frost the corn crop is a
total failure, the climax will have
been reached.
Through the courtesy of the rail
road consumers we are in receipt oil
nice, up-to-date railroad map, also
the 1910 census.
The Herald man spent Thursday
forenoon in the country at the home
Of Van Sickel, watching them fill a
silo. This brings farming down to
minimum. Out in the field was a
corn harvester cutting and binding
the corn the same as wheat which
was loaded on hay racks and hauled
to the silo cutter. There it was FED
in the machine and cut up in small
pieces. A large blow pipe extended
to the top of the silO and as the sill
age was cut up it was blowed in the
silo ready for feeding. Charley
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us after being placed in The silo il
went through a sweating process
which had tendency to cook the
feed and preserve it.
The writer for the last three
months has been watching farmers
hauling sand from the river through
town. The other day We asked one
farmer what he was doing with The
sand. He said they were building
cement floors in their feeding lots
and in some cases they were putting
cement floors in their barns. He say.
in this way the animal gets all the
grain. In the old process they only
got part, for in wet weather somt
went in the mud and in dry weather
it went in the dust. With the cemen
| floor all this loss was eliminated. Or
Wednesday one farmer received at the
station ton and half of cement t.
build walks about his place.
Frank McCombs pulled in Thursda!
| all dressed up. 1t was the first time
we had seen Frank this summer. He
informed us he has been having {
good time and spent the last three
days at the state fair in Des Moines
Olivet was well represented at the
state fair last week.
Mrs. William Fornce, of Hteman
was a pleasant caller in town Friday
1t was the first time we had seen he
for number of years, when she liveC
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. c
Cooper, of Flagler. She went from
here to Knoxville to visit her mother
The Olivet Grange will give a liter
airy entertainment in the Presbyterian
church on Friday night. The program
will consist of songs, declarations
dialogues and short talks by the old
er ones. This will be the first FREE
public meeting given by the Grang,
at this place. We hope to see ;
large attendance. This occasion viii
come for the purpose of having al
all round interesting time. At thu
close the ladies will have a box sup
per. If you want something good t
ca, get a box, for if there is a person
on earth that knows how to fill one
| it is 2, farmers wife or daughter
Don't forget the entertainment is free
for all.
II. A. Johnson, of Dallas, was il
town on business Saturday.
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