The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-11
'OL|VET AND VICINITY
LAST FRIDAY WAS CATALOGUE
DAY in oLivET -E. L. REESE
RETURNS TO HIS WORK AS
FREIGHT CONDUCTOR.


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olivet, Sept s.-Miss Margaret
Lichtenheld. OF Oskaloosa visited in
town this week at the J, L. Thomp-
son home. Miss Lichtenheld taught
school at Burr Oak some years ago
and her many old friends always let
their latch string hang on the outside
for her when she is In town,
Mrs. John Dolan spent Thursday In
Oskaloosa shopping
Alex Degose is building house on
his farm west of town this week.
AL De Cook spent Tuesday in Har-
vey on business. AL says there is en-
'tirely too much red tape attached to
the road business this year for the
average man to figure out, so there
is nothing doing in that line so far
this fall.
Willis Billings, one of the older pu-
pills at Burr Oak, reports an enroll
ment of forty at school this week.
e. l.. Reese, the Rock Island freight
conductor. took up his regular run
on this line Wednesday. Ed has been
punching tickets on the main line
during the state fair.
Roy Clark, railroad man from
II UTL WOTtH, l6AdS, was III tUWH Oh
railroad business Wednesday.
Mrs. r. V. Clark was a passenger
for Oskaloosa Wednesday.
J. II. Jones was pleasant caller at
the station Tuesday
Dan Systema, of West of town,
spent Thursday In Oskaloosa trading.
Mr. Systema owns 200 acres of land
In this and Marion county. He runs
three teams on his place. He says
that he will have about a half crop
of corn. When in town he never fails
to hunt us up, which is greatly appre-
ciated, for he is an interesting talker.
with good ideas.
The writer was panied to read in
the Herald last week of the death of
George Hawkins, Jr., whom we knew
almost from his infancy. His parents
and the writer and family came from
Astoria, ILL.,, to Oskaloosa in August
of 1882. George was good boy to
his parents, kind husband and faith
er to his wife and children, who are
left to mourn. We extend to his be-
'reaved wife and children, also to his
parents, brothers and sisters, our
heartfelt sympathy.
B. II. Anderson, of Bonaparte, was
pleasant caller at the station Thurs
day while in town. Il was the first
time we had seen Ben for a "coon's
age" and was glad to see him look
ing so well. Nature has been good to
our old friend. We regretted that his
time in town was so short.
DR.. Childress, of Oskaloosa, made
professional call at the G. II. Laugh
lin home Friday to attend Mr.. Laugh
Inns mother, Mrs. William Laughlin,
who is very feeble at this writing.
Old age and general disability are
telling on her fast owing to the ex-
IRENE heat and being confined to her
home so closely.
Mr.. and Mrs Lou Norris, of Spring
Creek, visited in town Friday at the
home of her brother, G.. Fl. Laughlin.
The writer is always pleased to meet
these good people when they are in
town.
Friday was catalogue day In Olivet.
The writer delivered whole sack full
to the post office on the noon mail.
These fellows haven't been having
smooth sailing in this locality lately.
either, for about all the goods that
have come here for some time, either
by parcels post of express, have been
returned for some cause. II Is well
said that 1t Is an i'll wind that blows
nobody good.
In a conversation with Mrs. Lou
Norris, who has just returned from
Ohio she says that she only found
one Iowan in her travels. In going
through Indiana she saw whole train
loads of black soil standing on the
Iside-tracks, being hauled to gardens
and truck patches for fertilization.
She was often asked il we had black
soil on our hills. Upon being inform
ed that we had Just the same on the
hills as we had in the valleys they
seemed amazed She found the corn
crop very light outside OF the state
and saw but very few cattle grazing
on the route. She says the old log
cabin is very much in evidence in the
East, but the people were very kind
and courteous TO strangers and seem
ed to be satisfied with their lot and
had no desire for a change. School
houses and churches were numerous
and people educated up to the times.
Occasionally she would find some old
timer who would want to know how
the people of the west were doing and
how the crops were. She found every
lbody's latch-string on the outside and
enjoyed her trip very much, but to
go there to live-never, for her. Mrs.
Norris is to be congratulated on her
good judgment r. W.