The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-20

: THE past few months and that he es
I Ipected to visit Ottuznwa friends in
: flew days.
Earl Roberts, VINO has been in Y. M
&c. A. work and is now Boys Score
! lfary at Lethbridge, Canada, has beef
making splendid record In attract
Ing lads and directing their energies
} In recent effort Mr. Roberts and hi
; boys put on a Boys Hobby Show
THAT struck the public in very favor
/ able light and Mr.. Roberts comes il
!, for his share of commentator in the
: papers of the place. News of Mr.
Roberts success Is received with
, pleasure by many local friends anC
former associates. He and Mrs. Rob
,erts are pleasantly located at Leth
bridge and have great pleasure in the
work they have undertaken. Mrs
Roberts sends a number of news
paper clippings of the recent event to
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
johnson, OF North c street.
DR.. A. j. Hunter, for twenty-five
years practicing physician of the
community and withall one of the
most active men in the city, is max
ing preparations to suspend practice
FOR a term and will depart with Mrs.
Hunter and his son Charles for
Havre. Montana, where he has filed
on a claim of 800 acres, which he
plans to work and to Improve. He
will leave the city about March 10
for the northwest and will lay aside
practice for the time being. He will
not, however, discontinue his legal
residence in Oskaloosa and plans to
return to the city later. He is not
idisposing of property interests here
and will call Oskaloosa his voting
place. He is leaving behind physi-
clans credentials and he will lay
aside his avocats5n to take a much
needed rest and will give his time and
attention to out of door pursuits. Os.
kaloosa friends will regret TO lose
I this most excellent citizen even
though permitted to regard him as
resident of the town.
Centerville Citizen: Mrs. l.. X.
Morrison is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Elmen Cavanaugh, of OskalOosa.
Mrs. J. c. Sellers returned Thurs.
day afternoon from a two months
visit with her daughter, Mrs. A. A.
Spilnan, of Ottumwa.
Abba Union: NJ. G. Worth, who
was confined to his home last week
with an infection of his right foot,
has recovered sufficiently to look af-
t.r the work at the laundry.
What Cheer Chronicle: w. w.
Shaw, of New Sharon, was in town
Monday with sixty-six hogs, which he
sold to Uncle Geo. Mowery and was
given a check for $l,400 for them.
Fremont Gazette: Mrs. J. A. Gum,
who has been visiting at the homes
OF ner sons, S. E. Heinzman, in Oska-
loosa, and w. A. HeinZman, in OF
tumwa, went to Maitland, Mo-,
Thursday, for a visit with relatives.
James X. Black and "Billick" John
son, who have recently closed out
business interests in Huron S. D.,
are in town for few days seeing
friends and former associates. They
go to St. Louis in a few days to look
over some business prospects in that
place.
New Sharon Star: An unusual
family reunion was held Wednesday
at the Elwood Hatcher home. The
average age OF the four members OF
the family present was 7S years. They
were E. r. Hatcher, of Oskaloosa;
Washington Hatcher, of Norton, Kan.
sas; Mrs. E. ]. Beams, of Oskaloosa,
and Elwood Hatcher, OF New Sharon.
Eddyville Tribune Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Whitsel and three youngest chill
dren, of Abba, stopped off here Sun
day night for a short visit at the
T. B. Whitsel and Robert LOgue
homes while en- route home from Os-
kaloosa, where they spent Saturday
night and Sunday at the parental
Jesse Sparks home. They found Mr..
and Mrs. Sparks on the sick list.
J. B. Doll has recently had sketches
prepared for roomy house, which is
TO be erected this spring on his Mon
tana farm about forty miles north of
Billings. The building Is a six-room
house, of plain and simple construc-
ton and it will be used by the for
mer who lives on the property. Some
outbuildings and other equipment will
also be supplied and the whole prop
erty brought up to the best condition.
Mr.. Doll has made several trips to
this section and expects soon TO go
again, when the work will be pretty
well along toward completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. c. Pike, who are
home this week from a somewhat ex.
tended trip into the Canadian north
west, bring reports of the very excel
lent conduct of John r. Howard, for
merly q resident OF Oskaloo5a and
connected with the Crescent Coal Co.
Mr.. Howard left the city some time
ago TO enter the service of the Cana
da West Coal Co.," at Taber, Alberta.
Mr.. Howard has made good" with
the company and has been advanced
until he is now general manager of
the property of the company located
at Taber, where he has personal sup
ervision and management OF a two
million dollar plant and Is now direct
ing some big improvements and extern
sions. Mr.. Towards coal output Tor
the working days of January was 3d.
$50 tons, daily average OF close to
nine thousand tons. The company is
making plans for the opening OF
brick making plant and a twenty-year
franchise has been granted to furnish
Taber light and power for which an
expensive new plant is to be erected
this year. Mr.. and Mrs. Pike were
shown through the coal mine operat-
ed by Mr.. Howard and it was a reve-
lation and source of wonder to them.
Everything possible Il hauled by ma
chinery. The company, by the way,
uses box car leaders made In Ottum-
wa, Iowa, and material for making