The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
FREMONT BOY TO WEST
Harry Holbert Will Enter Service of
The Government.
Fremont Gazette.)


Harry Holbert departed Friday ev-
ening on the midnight train for Okan-
agan, Wash, from which place he will
go to the Coal Ridge Indian reserva-
/ ton, distance of about forty miles
overland. He will enter the service
OF Uncle Sam under his uncle, Chas.
Redfield, who IS a civil engineer for
the government, and will begin work
the best of our High school students,
being proficient in all studies in the
lsophomore year, and was a leader in
athletics of the school, AS captain
OF the football team last season he
Won many game by his head work
and he has been prominent in basket
ball and base ball ne will be great
ly missed in the school and his num-
erous school companions will wish
him the best of luck in the occupation
he has chosen.
A number of young people gave a
farewell party at the hospitable G. A.
Eastburn home Thursday evening for
Harry Holbert, who left for Spokane.
Wash, Saturday. The evening was
spent in games and music. Punch was
served throughout the, evening and
later a dainty two-course luncheon
was served At rather late hour
the guests departed all having had
most enjoyable evening and wishing
Harry much SUCCESS. Those present
were: Mary Aldridge, Marie Miller
Mary Eastburn, Zelpha Davis, GLADYS
Horne, Marcia Norton, Marion Fell.
Fairy Alderman, Gladys Martin, Lucy
Wharton, Harry Holbert. Rex McNud-
len. Carl Funk. Paul Horne. John
Buckley, Harold Citizens, Richard
Baker, Bruce Davis, George Fellers
and Don Hibler.
Rev. Hugh Neville is glad to be
back i'm Fremont again from the froz-
en- north. He says it certainly was
not what one would call pleasant
trip, though under happier circum-
stances it would have been most in
teresting There must have been ire
mendous falls Of snow in North Da-
kota and Saskatchewan, for some OF
the drifts had been from five to
/; twenty feet high. Mr.. Neville says
} that in North Portal there were huge
difts blocking up some of the prin-
cipal streets entirely. On the other
hand, in the northwest. round Cal
gary anil Edmonton, spring weather
was experienced, and all snow had
entirely disappeared.
Ii has not been many months since
!, potatoes were a drug on the market
,, in about every section of the middle
: west. Minnesota farmers refused to
. fdig the crop AMI sell it at 30 cents a
, bushel. Farmers we're glad to get 30
, Tor 30 cents per bushel Now see
|, what has happened? The very same
! potatoes that were placed in cellars
= and Easements in the middle of the
= fall at this low price are now selling
at from 800 to $3.50 per bushel Here
: is another evidence that the farmers
+ need organization that will enable
a correct marketing.
Howard Goehring was host Satur-
day to a small company of friends at
a dinner party in honor OF his col
! lege chun, Eugene Barnhardt. now of
\ Burlington. Both of these boys are
' graduates of Wesleyan college at
Mt Pleasant, as were the guests, F.
r. Beck and DR.. c. NJ. Collins. II is
safe to assume that all enjoyed the
occasion as much as did the hosts
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. Goehring, at
u was held.
y Miss Vera Heath, daughter of Ed
. gar Heath, was taken to Oskaloosa
. last week and entered the City Hospi-
toll. where on Thursday she was oper-
. ated upon for appendicitis. She is
coming along fine and will be able to
return home by Sunda". Miss Heath
is a student in the Fremont High
It school and her classmates and many
r friends are rejoiced by the news of
: her quick recovery.
8 Guy Davis is home from Wesleyan
d college, Mt. Pleasant. to spend the
l. spring vacation with his parents, Mr..
e and Mrs. Frank Davis. Guy was one
n of the best students and one of the
II leading athletes of the school here
d and he is making good at Wesleyan.
Il We look for him to have a regular
Q position at shortstop on the college
6 baseball team. He is fast in that
position.
G. A. Davis. who owns a couple of
L stores in Cedar. has purchased the
l. Ballinger general store at that place
: and now controls all the places of
= business in the village except the
e blacksmith shop, elevator and lumber
e yard. Mr. Davis is of the progressive
}, type of young men and it goes with.
I out saying that he will make a sue
cess of his numerous enterprises.
Mrs. Gus Rosenthall was operated
, upon FRIDAY at the Ottumwa hospital
for appendicitis and complications
!! Her condition has been serious the
past week. but reports received yes
terday indicate that there is some inn
z provement in her condition. Her
mother, Mrs, Frank Brown, and hus
band, have been with her.
Opposition Melting Away.