The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-12-14
FOOD TO Be CHEAPER.
AT oLlvET LOOK FOR
LOWER PRICES.

O!ivet, Iowa, December BY r. w
Up. ]. Amos of Farragut, Fremont
county, was caller at this station on
saturday. Mr. Amos predicts regu.
i lar landslide in prices, He says oats
came down in his county from sic to
i47c a bushel in two days; corn fell
| five cents a bushel in the same time;
potatoes fell from 81 bushel to SLIGO
bushel in two days. Also Mr., Amos
lis a strong Wilson man and he cred
its him up with it.
S. II. Marion Of Chicago was cal
Ter in town on Thursday while wait
ing on a train for Knoxville. Mr.. Mar
ton endorses most heartily the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Barney advising the
women folks to stop buying eggs. He
says when eggs go above % cents Il
dozen the money invested in meat is
far better investment for the home
and stronger food,
J. NJ. Pollard of Appanoose county
was caller at the station on Monday.
Mr.. Pollard says the miners of his
county are not satisfied with their
present agreement for two years.
They seem to have found joker in
it, as to prices for digging but he an
ticipated a better feeling after fur
Their trial of it.
The Ladies Aid Society served pie,
supper in Burr OAK school house on
Saturday night. The ladies cleared
SIG. Mrs. A. L. Durham bought 3 sack
of peanuts for ten cents and draws al
big rooster. Roy spent dime for pea
nuts and draws pair of mits.
The Rock Island is making arrange
ments to improve their fences on right
of way. We received 400 sound Cedar
posts this week in addition to 400 iron
posts received a short time ago This
beats settling claims for killing stock,
The Herald man was favored on
Friday morning with very pleasant
cal lat the station from Mrs. S. S
Murphy and Mrs. Dave Thomas OF
Knoxville, which was greatly appreci-
ated Mrs Murphy is the wife of the
agent at Knoxville.
Allen Trucker OF Marion county
spent the Thanksgiving at the John
|. Thompson home. Mr.. Trucker owns
a 100 acre farm in Clay township, we'll
He is a very int 4lligent
man one whom it is pleasure toI
meet.
Township trustees held meeting
in township hall on Friday to close up
their books for the year The incom-
ing board are all new men and demo- !
Gratis except clerk, Lester Butler.
Uncle Van McCombs was a passen-
ger for Oskaloosa on Monday. Uncle |
Van is rs years of age. He walked
two miles to the station, getting there
at a. m. ,..
S. H. Johnson OF Kansas City was
in town on Tuesday looking after busi-
ness. Mr.. Johnson travels for an i'm
pIement house of his city.
Miss Maggie Thompson of Indian
apolis. Ind. visited this week with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. John
L. Thompson.
Mrs. Clark Billings returned home
on Friday from visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Wood at Reasnor, Iowa.
Parties from Oskaloosa put in an
electric light plant at the Robertson
home this week. I
Mrs. William Druse and daughter,
Marvel, visited at the A. D. Thomp-
son home in Harvey. |
Mrs. Dave Thomas and daughter Of
Knoxville visited at the w. T. Tandy
home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fulmer of Ed
dyville spent Sunday in town at the
Rovertson home.
Miss Hildreth Barnes of Oskaloo-
sa visited this week at the Robert
son home.
Hogate, the real estate man and
Rev. T. ]. Pettitt of Tracy was in
town on Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Clark spent Saturday
in OskalooSa.