The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-08

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read a we'll. Written paper on Decora
Ftion DAY which was we'll received
The ladies had the hall, handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting and
with handsomel vases of. flowers. The
writer delivered the Grafton. Owing
to the busy season and other reasons
the attendance vas DOT as large as us.
ual but, there iwas a good attendance.
The Herald reporter has a whole lot
of fellows come around and fuss and
stew and sometimes want TO raise the
=, ID, Well they say our taxes
have raised dodble to- what they were
twenty years ago. A whole lot of
them were wearing knee pants then
and dad was paying the taxes but we
have our first man to tell us how
much their land}lias i1creased in val
ue those years and they never will
tell either. This is the other side.
Uncle John Thompson answered
one question as to the, number of
men needed to round up. Mexico. He
says seven hundred and sixty thous-
and men will do it. .-'.
Fred peCook informs us he had to
replant nearly all. OF his corn over.
FINISHED on May 20,
Dan Systma, spent Saturday in Os-
kaloosa looking after business.
War or no war we note with pride
that the farmer like the busy honey
bee keeps buzzing away. . 49,.
The ladies' of the cemetery society
had Uncle Johu Atkins of Leighton TO
NOW the grass and clean up the Gene
TpI foil 10 do =,
first class job for them and they know
ii. '. ,t,u3.r "a ....
L. S. Walker and family of Leighton
were in town a short time. on Friday
and pulled out for oskaloosa to spend
the evening. .2a. / linn IA, a..
| Mr. and Mrs. John Nan Duren spent
Saturday in Pella trading. ..,'
Andrew Cole spent Saturday and
Sunday in OskaloOsa with his. wife
who is in the Williams hospital there.
The miners of Iowa have right to
be proud in securing their pay for
mining coal on mine run basis for
this is what they have .clamored for
for over thirty years i'm Iowa and al
ways met the strongest. opposition.
we are going to sit back and watch
results in this case. .Ia'f,.,..,.. ...
Lester Butler has So acres of corn
planted on his farm east of town and
wants to plant Is More. He has been
having lots of trouble With. the wealth,
.er man all the spring or would have
been done planting. q 49,
S. Bartlema put up large poultry
house on his farm west Of town this
week.
Scott township received q car load
of metal culverts this week. They
are the best we have seen yet. ...
H. p. Anderson OF Des Moines was
q caller at the Rock Island station on
Monday. Mr.. Anderson, says the
miners OF Iowa had hard time in
making their agreement but the min
.ers have everything to be thankful
for. They received a substantial in
crease in pay and got just what they
have always clamored for a mine run
basis.
The Ladies'. Aid Society held their
meeting at the R.. V. Clark home on
Thursday. Lunch was served to "a
people during the evening, A hap,
Epyf time was reported arm s@-..
!, The last peg 4hasgbeensdriyen home;
through and have advanced the price
of repairs. '&'., az. .~.
C. NJ. CoryelI has 81 acres of corn
planted on his farm east of town,
The Rock Island has four men work
ing on this section at the present
time.
We are pulling off our hat to Den,
ny Robertson this week. He had Ia
acres of corn on his place that he
went over once with his cultivatOr and
harrowe don May 26 Some of the
folks were hot done planting that
date. "
Aelic Gelderbloom of Beach Iowa
was in town on Friday. He informs
US he is doing we'll there in the mer.
camille business. he has three
Thousand dollar stock, owns a fine
home and now has force of men
tied around here for several years in
tile daround here for several years in
the timber, business, He cut off a
40 acre patch of hills south of town,
coming the nearest to nothing we ev'
er saw. but he found man that want
ed it worse than he. did and sold out
for six thousand dollars cash and in
vetsed it in the above business. We
are glad to, know he is. doing so we'll
Mrs. c, M, CQryell, returned home
on Friday from three DAYS visit with
relatives and friends in Oskaloosa,
J. Il. Holman of Cedar Rapids was
in town on Saturday looking after
business
Some people are led to believe all
California peaches are raised in Calf
fornia., The writer has bought them
raised in Missouri Jerusalem arti
ehokes are not raised in Jerusalem
nor are turkeys from Turkey. Camel
hair brushes are made from the tail
of a squirrel. Chamois leather is not
made from the side of chamois but
the fieshy side of any old sheep skin
but when you want a. real job Of
printing done at home, call up the
Herald folks. ,,.,,,, .,.