The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-13
OL|VET AND VICINITY
c. M. coRyELL IS ADDING LARGE
WELL BUILT AND CoMMoD-
ious HOG HOUSE TO HIS MANY
FARM IMPROVEMENTS.


loUs HOG HOUSE TO HIS MANY
FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
0livet, Nov lie. M. Craft, a
ira Yelling patent right man from Keo
kuk. was in town Friday. In his con-
yersation with us, he spoke Of the
new school house at Rochester. He
said it was one of the best designs,
best built and on the best site for a
rural school house that he had seen
in Iowa. Its position is on rising
ground, where you can see the river
as we'll as the fertile fields of Iowa.
He claims it is the best place he had
seen for a landscape artist TO get
picture of rural scenery. Rochester
CORES ondent, please take notice.
C. NJ. Coryell. of east of town, is
putting up one of the best houses for
his hogs that We have seen in Iowa.
IL is about twenty feet square, built
out Of the best ship log lumber. On
TOD ne will have a window the full
uength of the building to furnish heat
as we'll as light. In windy weather
this light will be on the south side
in the center of the building. There
will be a four-foot walkway, with
four rooms or stalls for the hogs on
each side of the building. The foun-
dation is of cement and the floor will
be brick A farmer to build build
ing of this sort on his place for the
stock is to be complimented on his
good Judgment.
Mrs. John Blakeley returned Satur-
day from a weeks visit with her son
and his wife in Oskaloosa.
The street car men of Oskaloosa
con rest assured that the men who
are selected to arbitrate their diff
culty-Judge NJ. A Roberts, ex-Judge
Clements and Van Wittenmyer-will
give them Justice. We do not know
of three more competent men and
more familiar with working condi-
lions of labor than these men.
Miss Annie Top, who is attending
school at Penn College, spent Sunday
at the parental ]. J. Top home.
John Fulmer, of Knoxville, was in
town short time Monday.
According to the Abba Republican,
the first assault made on Americans
by the Mexicans was made at Bux-
ton by two Mexicans the Sunday pre-
in iail The rest of their people will
meet the same fate unless they stop
their foolishness right now.
Ii is well for us TO remember that
the gods help those who help them
selves. but net until they have first
done their part.
A good old samaritan mother said
to us, Mix more religion in your
letter Of sayings and doings-so here
goes: ~ @
Let US walk honestly. Rom. 13-
13.
]. NJ. Johnson, Of Des Moines, was
a business caller at the station Sat
ufday while in town on business.
Our attention is often called to
people BY the distressing noise their
auto makes In going through town as
IL represents distress somewhere.
Our most intelligent farmers tell
us that the price Of stock has gone
down more in the past month than 1t
has for a year or more. The writer
doesn't see any difference when he
buys meat If any, it is on the OPP
posite side.
Mrs G. n. Laughlin, who is visiting
at the home of her parents in Avery,
Oklahoma, writes that she made the
trip on schedule time and found her
parents, who run the post office there
well and happy. She will remain
there until the latter part OF the
month before returning home.
F. c. Drake is spending the week
with his son, Otto, and wife, at Val
ley Junction.
A. Morgan, of Valley Junction, was
a business caller in town Saturday
afternoon. He formerly ran a store
here.
We notice from the space used In
the Herald recently that the people
are using more such space lately.
This is business, but there Is still
more room. The writer has only one
object in view in getting up this let
ter That is to let the people know
OliVet is still on the map and the old
men and the rest OF the folk still
alive and kicking.
Mrs. A. II. Johnson, Of Perry, Wis
tied in this locality this week.
The writer notes with much inter
est what John p. Reese. the manager
of the Consolidation Coal Co. mines,
says in regard to the tariff being TAX
en- off the necessities of life in a
way that the miners would not be
justified in asking an advance in the
spring. John Mitchell, in a speech
before a labor audience in Seattle,
reiterated the same remarks. We
will wait until April l and see what
the miners think of this before pass
ing judgment, ON the gentlemen's re-
marks.
Farmers are busy this week haul.
ing ccal and husking corn. We get
all kinds of reports as to the crops,
but this is natural for the shotgun,
dago chronic kickers are the things
we will always have among US.
.... R. w.