The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-04-13

Mrs. Walter Clark Is Superintend
emit at Olivet.

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ollvet, April s.---(By n. WV. j.
HowelI Of Oskaioosa was n town 81,
Sunday, April 2, and organized q
Sunday school II the M B chnreh
4 OF fifty members. Sunday school
viii be held az 100 o'clock sharp. All
officers are asked 10 be present. List
OF officers is as follows
Supt. Mrs. Walter Clark.
Asst. Supt, Miss Rozella Robert
son.
Secretary Steven DeGeest.
Treasurer, Mr. Roy Durham.
0rganist, Miss Rozella Robertson
Asst. OTganist. Miss Helen Cornell
Chorister, Mrs Herman Sedrel.
ASS Chorister, Mr. Roy Durham.
Librarians to be appointed
Teacher of Kindergarten, Mrs. r.
DeReus
Teacher OF class A No. 2. Miss
Minerva DeCook
Teacher of class A No. 8, Miss
Lucretia Robertson.
Teacher of class A, No. 4, Mrs.
H. Sedrel
Teacher Of class A, No. 5, Mrs.
AL DeCook
Each teacher when absent is to
send his own substitute. There is
over S12 In the treasury, $1O.2S of
which was raised by the young Ia.
dies Of the community by giving a
social. Every one feels grateful for
this generous donation.
The township trustees met in the
town hall on Monday, April 3, TO look
after general business at II came be-
fore them.
We notice In the Miners Journal
that the miners have decided to con.
! tinue work pending the making of an
agreement with the operators for the
next two years. This showks an
advanced position taken by the min
ers and the yare to be compliment
ed on 1t, for this thing of shutting
down and stagnating business for
month or six weeks has outlived its
| day.
ID. A. Williams of Charlton was q
business caller at the Rock Island
station on Monday.
Farmers this week are about done
sowing wheat They report the
ground in goo demolition.
Charles McCalister OF Melcher was
| In town this week. He informed us
the Indiana Consolidated Coal com.
pany has changed the brand of the
powder the miners had been using at
that place. and the miners went on
a strike until the brand was changed
baci:.
1t Is said the early bird catches the
worm. II will not be SO in this case.
| r.. ". Clark planted potatoes on
4 March 2Sth. The writer will plant
tire weeks later and will have pota-
toes as soon as he will
In April. 1886, the Herald reporter,
while coming from Spokane, Wash
ington, shared seats with Gen. Glib
bons, the commanding general at
4 Fort Custer. In our conversation we
remarked that the Indians are very
docile and didn't seem as IL IL were
necessary to have soldiers to look
after them. He remarked that they
We're. but would not be, If the sol,
diers were not here They try to
impress upon them the idea that ev.
| cry community should have a Justice
and constable. The presence of the
soldiers seems to have a soothing eff
feet on the Indians and prevents
the mfrom violating the law
H. Holman, a travelling man from
Cedar Rapids, was caller at the
station on Wednesday.
Mrs. j. l., Billings returned home
on Monday from an extended visit
with relatives and friends in Monroe
and Pella I'll.
Mrs Clark Billings is spending the
week with her mother at Reasnor,
Iowa.
Farmers, as they come to town, in
form US they are busy this week
blowing and getting ready to plant
their crop. They report ground in
good condition.
Mr.. Rosebrook of Oskaloosa was in
town this week talking up the Ma
haska County Fair We are glad to
note this for we want to see the Fair
restored and show our own products.
This will bring our county to where
It once was,--Proud Mahaska.
w. j. Shappel Of Newton was
business caller in town on Thursday.
The Herald reporter is in receipt
of letter from G. c. Bishop of
Sierra, Nebraska, wanting to know
the average of wheat being sown In
this locality this year also the local
price of corn from the feeding stand.
point $3.50
Mrs Alice Brown adjourned school
ON Wednesday until Monday in or
der to. attend the teachers meeting
In Oskaloosa.
8. A. Preston of Valero was a bus.
mess caller at he station on Thurs