The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-28
A $1,000 PUBLIC SALE
And Other Important Events In the
Fremont NeighbOrhOOd.
CFremont Gazette.D

The public sale of Mrs. Carrie Don.
ley, Administrative of the estate of
.G. F. Donley, deceased was held at
her residence, south of Fremont, Mon.
.day. There was an exceptionally large
.crowd in attendance and everything
sold for it's full worth, except possibly
the automobile, is the opinion, of all.
Tho sale totaled $500. A 5.year-old
mare brought 1855, COWS sold as high
las SIS, brood sows at $50 each, spring
pigs SO each, and so acres of corn in
the field was bid Off at from SO to
$14.50 per acre. A seven passenger
Oakland automobile. 1914 model,
brought only $500. Mrs. Donley is well
satisfied with the sale.
Bruce AID Ivan Griggs of the U. S.
Navy are home on a thirty-day fur.
Tough. Bruce is on the Utah and has
served eight years in the navy and
has reinlisted for another four years.
Instead of going back on the ship he
was given the position of instructor of
cooking at the Norfolk yards at sal.
airy of $7700 a month, which he &C.
cepted. Ivan is on the San Francisco
which is now at Newport News. .
/ Mr. and Mrs. NJ. f. Smith went to
Mt: Pleasant Yesterday for few days
visit at the home of their son, County
Engineer c. Il. Smith and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Il. r. Moore of Biggsville,
Ills. are at the Smith home today
and reunion of the Smith family is
being held. @sa" -.
Mrs. Emeline Humphrey of ElReno,
Okla, who has been here the past
three weeks visiting her son, L. C..
Humphrey, and wife, went to OF,
tumwa, Friday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. u. G. Scott, Saturday her bro
Their spent the day with her at the
Scott home. s,. .....
Mrs. Matte Wilson who has been
making her home for the past several
years with her daughter, Mrs. A. P.
Norton, left Tuesday for Long Beach
Cal, where she will take up perma.
nent residence with another daughter.
Mrs. E. M House.
]. S. Garrett and F. w. Fisher, two
OF the good farmers south of Cedar,
got in about LOO Wyoming lambs
Tuesday. Mr. Garrett went west after
them and came through with the
shipment. r.. -. g., q"
E. j. Heisel went to Lafayette. Ind,
Thursday to attend a big horse sale
of imported and pedigreed mares. He
bought six of the best, which he ship
ned here, the consignment arriving
Yesterday.
Frank Dinsmore is putting up a
new barn on his farm south OF town.
The building is 32x36X16 and was
raised Friday. A few from Fremont
went out to the raising.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber, Of
Unionville. Mo, arrived Friday for a
visit with his mother, Mrs. Mary Mas
tiers, and other relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Beck depart
cd Tuesday for Portland Oregon for
a visit with their son, Burton Beck,
and family. They viii go from there
to Long Beach, Cal, to spend the win
ter
Ralph Reeves drove down to Macon
Mo, Sunday in his car and came back
Monday, bringing his family, who have
been visiting relatives there for ten
days.
S. NJ Donley of delevan, Ills, came
out Sunday to be here at the sale of
Mrs. Carrie Donley.~ He will remain
a few days visiting relatives and
friends.
VIM. Darner shipped four cars of
cattle to Chicago, Sunday. They were
loaded at Woolson and he and Clar
ence Fox went in with the COnsign-
ment
: Mr.. and Mrs. Elem RoQuette and
Mrs. Jane Cummins attended the fu
neral Monday in Kirkville of H. c.
Cummins.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. W. Crawford of
Lacona arrived Sunday for a visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Will Ran.
kin.