The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04
THE 0LNET ITEMS
BREEZY LETTER FROM THE HER.
AIDS NEWS NoSER.

Ndo III tO"h "CuhCSAoy Noih6 sONs~
trading. He says the weather man
is doing fine. The corn is climbing
and everybody on the county line is
happy.
J. L. Chatterton was in town We'd
nesday making a plot of the town.
r. L. Truman, a coal man from Des
Moines, made us call Tuesday. Mr..
Truman looks for small reduction
in the prices of the domestic coal, but
not enough to lose sleep over.
We have often expressed sympathy
for Roy Rowland and his courteous
deputy, Miss Stafford, who never fails
| to give the best chair in the house
when we call at that Office, for the ex-
ira amount of work they have in this
conscripting of the men into the Ma
tional armies. We should think that
a man who has this work to do would
almost have to have three heads to
do it, for it is purely out of their line
of work.
The country coal miners are and
have been having harvest so far
this fall furnishing the farmers with
coal, but they are now getting the
fever of I'VE are going to raise the
price"
We had nice young woman for o
passenger for Aurora, Illinois, after
visiting with relatives and friends
north of town. This young lady in.
FORMED us sne had been playing Q
leading part in theatre troupe on
the road for some time but said, 81
have a baby of my own and nice
little home in Aurora and am going
there to devote my time to my baby
and my home" The writer thought
how far reaching these words were.
81 have baby of my own" not some
other persons baby. This filling the
mission of her creation, that of a
mother, home-maker-no pug nosed
poodle dog and blue ribbon. God
bless her on her mission.
We noted few days ago in the
Herald an ad, House For Sale. John
Brown, Beacon, Iowa" Uncle Jack
must be one of the oldest miners in
Beacon, or residents in the county.
The writer was neighbor to his de-
ceased wife's step-father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Griffiths, at White
Hall, Illinois, in 1877-78. They were
in Beacon then and often heard Uncle
Ned and Aunt Emeline talk about
them, and how well they were doing
in Iowa.
We note with interest that the
county is going to repair the road or
the bottom lands this side of Belle
fountaine. The early frost and the
soft corn spell being out of the job
this is the only thing we have heard
la kick on for some time. Even the
Harvey folks were kicking.
Mrs. Lester Butler was in town or
Thursday on her way to Bellefoun
| tame cemetery at Tracy with a large
basket of flowers. These people
have car but they just cannot let &c
of their little grey pony and buggy
which never fails to take them any
where when they are in hurry.
A. ]. Wilson of Ames was in this
locality this week looking after bust
ness matters.
We had very intelligent flour man
here on Thursday for a passenger
He spoke on fixing prices of wheat al
1920 bushel. He said that it took
five bushels of wheat to make bar
rel of flour. This is eleven dollars
barrel first cost at the mill, $2.75 q
sack for forty-eight pounds. Sc says
that he fails to see where the public
is going to be benefited in this, for
certain grades of -four are now sell.
ing at $2.85 sack for forty-eight
pounds every day. Next!
| A. J. Osborn, travelling man from
Keokuk, was caller at this office on
Friday. Mr.. Olson says he looks for
tanners and the hides dealers have
forced hides up to the top notch and
that now they will be forced down as
fast as they went up.
Neal Sedrel was a passenger for
Knoxville Friday on business with
the English Greek Coal company.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. J. A.
DeCook and daughter Minerva, Mrs,
Williams was favored with ride in
their car to the J. A. Hearny home, a
house of mourning, on Friday, which
was greatly appreciated, as we have
no way of our own to go.
J. A. Fricker of Harvey was in
town Friday looking after his proper.
ty here.
We note some kicking on freight
rates of late. The writer delivered
three boxes of rubber shoes a short
time ago that were shipped here from
Davenport; 100 pounds of freight for
35 cents. These shoes were handled
twice at Davenport, twice at Oska.
loosa, and were received and deliver.
ed at Olivet for the above amount af.
ter being handled six times. We
had similar experience with four
boxes of shoes sent here by the SELF
people. a short time ago, three hun
dred and eleven miles.