The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-29

Chicago on a months pleasure trip,
going by way of Davenport and Du-
buque to visit friends and relatives.
They will be members of camping
party on the Mississippi for few
days.
Gus Hamilton, who has been at
tending the Northwestern Military
and Naval Academy at Geneva, Wis.
and who drove through to the Cali
fornia expositions with members OF
the school in a train of military cars,
arrived this morning for short so
journ at the parental j. Frank Hamil-
ton home.
Mount Ayr Record-News: Miss Ag-
mes Roberts went Tuesday to Oska-
loosa to visit with relatives and for
mer friends. She will also visit at
other points near that city. Miss
Roberts, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Roberts of this city, formerly
lived in Oskaloosa and had not visit
ed there since her father moved to
this city when he became manager of
the Hawkeye Lumber Company's
yards. Sne expects to remain until
about the first of September when
she will return to this city to attend
school She will be a freshman in
the high school this fall.
Miss Cora Mattison leaves in few
days for Winona Lake, Indiana, where
she will spend her vacation.
Miss Ethel Jones, a professor at
Penn college. is spending her summer
vacation at Valley Mills, Ind.
Hobert White and Rex Gibbons left
today for Albert Lea, Mimi, where
they will visit with friends and rela-
tives for a few days.
Marshalltown Times: Republican
Miss Katherine Weber went Saturday
evening to Oskaloosa to visit her
aunt, Mrs Howard Lindsay, for a
week or two.
Colfax Tribune: Mrs d. H. Price
and children, Raymond and Ruth, de-
parted Tuesday morning for Oska'
loosa to spend the week with his Sis
ter, Mrs. J. II. DeBoard.
Montezuma Republican,: Miss Lora
Pitman of Oskaloosa, who had been
visiting her brother. Joe Pitman and
family, near Montezuma, left Thurs
day for Valley Junction to visit rela-
tiyc3.
walter Dexter, field agent for Penn
college, is home from two months
canvass through the state. Mr.. Dex-
ter says that the prospects for next
year at the college are very bright
and promise a very successful season.
Professor c. NJ. Case, who will
teach at Penn college next year, is
camping at the boys summer camp
at Denmark, Maine, and will soon
leave camp for this city, expecting to
arrive here about the middle of Aug
ust.
Marshalltown Times Republican
Mrs. w. NJ. Higgins, of Russell, went
Monday morning to Oskaloosa after
visiting here with her daughter, Mrs.
L. NJ Collins. She will visit another
daughter Mrs. Louis Fleener, in Os-
kaloosa.
Eddyville Tribune: Mrs. A. E. Ten
uis and Mrs. J. S Garrett of Cedar
and Mrs. Oren Lyon of Oskaloosa
were here Tuesday assisting their
father, J. C. McCord, in moving from
the property he sold to Ed Worrall to
his newly completed residence back
on the next street.
Keosauqua Republican: Phil Ware
and family of Pennington spent last
week touring in their automobile ana
did some travelling in spite of rain
and muddy roads though at times
Pills patience was sorely tried when
the car made it's skids and forced him
into low. He is reported as "cuss-
in only a little now and then. The
tourists took in Oskaloosa, New Shar-
on, New Hampton and other towns in
central Iowa.
Word has been received recently
from Charles II. Byers to the effect
that he has lately resigned the office
of chief engineer of the Puget Sound
& Willapa Harbor r. R., in order to
accept the position of assistant engin-
eer of the Pacific Division of the In
terstate Commerce Commission in
the work of Railroad Valuations, with
his headquarters at San Francisco.
He was a graduate of Oskaloosa col
lege in the class of 81 and was for a
time employed in the location of the
old Cedar Rapids, 0skaloosa G. South
western r. r. For some reason this
road was never built, but Mr.. Byers
has since been connected with the
Chicago. Burlington and Pacific r. R.,
the Marion e. Manchester r. R., the
Burlington & Western r. R., the Chi
cago, Milwaukee e. ST. Paul r. R., and
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Il.
r., Since the year 1905 he has been
engaged in the work of railroad en-
cheering and valuations on the Pa
cific coast and it was his efficient
work in this line that commended it.
self to the ntauthsrities In
the work that he has just accepted
Here is a case of another Oskaloosa
boy that has made good.