The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-28
BUILDING IN MADISON
Tie "crap Failure" Pessimist Has
no Hems in That Community.
(By M. c., Oct. 26.)

ist.
The new house being erected by
Ernest Day is looming up in the east
lot .us) and when competed will be-
,-.,ueIH al every way
,Lah. hailey has added lGxl24 II.
10 his barn, part OF which IS for
horses part Tor calves, and stanch.
IONS Ior number of milk cows. A
iall way is provided the full length
north and south to place feed In
front OF the stock without going into
their part of the barn. The upper
part is Tor hay. All PAINTED a good
red with white doors and window
castings makes a peasins appearance
and will house all the stock very
comfortably.
Chas :WhitmorS has been having
several carpenters at work for some
lime shingling the house and making
changes tor tha cOmfort OF the fam
iy, enlarging one part which will be
,ued for q cook room. The bath
room recodeled. and a new floor.
: he summer S1tchen to be moved
rs nreskt location.
Frank Else is having the house re.
shingled at the farm operated by Mr..
Volster. Mr.. Else has been superin-
tending the work. or has been at the
scene of action every day.
Arthur Crusen has been grading
and putting new cement walks and
refloored the east barn. Fred Coffin
has put up new hog house 2Ox40
with hip roof" with slate shingles
ana "a windows Ia the roof, foot
hallway and ~ pens 6x8 for brood
sows, and is SO constructed as to
throw it all in one pen for 100 hogs
or more.
The county work has been finished
on the new bridge near Ollie Pad.
gets, but the township work has not
been done or even begun.
Con" Bieshaar has improved the
appearance OF his residence by ap-
white trimmings. .r. a.
Prospective buyers have been look
UNCOVER the place owned by John
Grace and farmed by Carl Beal. One
party came from GiVin; have not
heard the names or location of the
others.
adr. WalraYen sold two large loads
of apples, delivered in the city, ana
has good mary which he will sell
later
Chas, Wffitmore gave several fam.
lilies in your city their winter supply
of apples for-just the picking.
J. F. and Arthur Cruzen each
bought thoroughbred hog of Moffet
Bros. during the fall festival.
Mrs. Helen Cross, the daughter OF
Thomas Corn. and two cons, Thorn
as and Emmet. drove from the city
and took supper with Mrs. Day on
Thursday of asst week
Carl Beal aAa family were at the
parental Elmer Kr'ght home for din
ner last Sunday.
Joe Riley and family and Mrs.
Trout were visiting at the Ben Cru.
zen home on North c street one day
last week, and at the Elmer Knight
home the evening oil the same day.
Mrs. j. F. .Cruzen spent a day last
week at the home of her son Byron
at Mahaska Center.
Minnie Harvey was at the Abbott
Hospital Friday night and Saturday
helping care for Mrs. Nick Van Veen
who is an inmate.
Ed and Inez Coffin went to Des
Moines Saturday over the, Great
White Way,
Mrs. j. B. Cruzen was at the home
OF her daughter, Mrh. May Hicks. a
couple of days last week.
John Else%s youngest son and
"Davy" Howard's children have the
vhooping cough.
Lebert Cruzen was a Sunday Wis
itor at the home Of his brother
George after Sunday school and
preaching Sunday. 49,.
Arthur HottensteiR read in our,
hearing last Sunday a. M, the S1sti
Psalm, using the oath verse as a base
for his remarks, and he was given
the closest attention of his congrega-
ton. The sermon was interesting
in marked degree.
Silas Bailey returned to his home
in Valley Junction last week after,
being in our Reighborho0A several
weeks. 49, 3. ....
John Aber. former Madison resi-.
dent, who is in business in Moran,
Kansas. was visiting here last week.
Joe Riley brought him from the city
in his car and Frank Whitehead rel
burned him at the termination of his
stay among US.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitehead served
oysters to company OF Is persons,
among whom were several from Uni.
cversity Park, Wednesday evening Of
last week. Those OF us acquainted
know how Mrs. Jane serves oysters.
She always has to have several kinds
of salads, jams, peilies, cakes. pies,
truit, bread and butter, coffee, and
plenty of cream, pickles, celery.
cheese and crackers to wash the oys-
: ters down. That's her way. 4, ! Il
Last Sunday afternoon J. F. Cru.
zen, wife aad son Calvin, aud Chas. |
Bailey and wife went TO the, II ~, |
iqeck home for a couple OF hours !
The day was ideal for joy-riding but
the roads we're hot dragged.
Mrs LYDIA Cruzen and family re-
sponded TO an Invitation to dinner
at j. Y. rruzens recently. d.. ..ss
Fred Lefiin AID wife and Elmer
Knight. wife and daughter Gladys
accepted the invitation to be present |
at the E. Coffin home last Thursday |
TO celebrate the seVenty.ffth anui-
yersary OF the birth of their father
and grandfather. Their youngest !
daughter, Mrs, Frank Prime, living
near the city, ON the PelIa road, was I
also present The pleasures OF the /
aay were mutual All relatives and \