The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-06
DELTA LADS WIN
CLOSE CONTEST
DEFEAT KALONA HIGH SCHOOL
ON FOOTBALL FIELD.
OTHER EVENTS ABOUT TOWN
Noted Talker COMMENCEMENT Bust
ness Enterprise-Fire at Tobin
Home-Activity in Christian
Church-The "Holy Rollers"

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church-The "HoIy Rollers"
Delta, Iowa, Dec. lon Thanksgiv-
ing Day aside from the feast of good
things, the great feature was the Delta
High school and Kalona football game
played on the local field and one OF
the largest crowds ever brought to-
| gether for such purpose, witnessed
the event. The game resulted in a
score of IA to in favor of Delta and
o say that the crowd rejoiced over
the victory is putting it mildly as they
will hardly finish tolking of the game
by the Holidays. 1t was great game
and won by fine team.
DR.. Bovard at Delta.
DR.. w. S. Bovard of Chicago, on
Thursday, December 6, will speak in
the M e. church on a plan being work
ed out in the Iowa conference for Sc
curing 5000 men for the Adult Bible
class work of our Sunday schools.
This does not consider those who al
ready attend but new material. e. Il.
Phelps the vice president of the Peo-
pies Savings Bank of Delta is the pres.
ideht of the Iowa Conference Lay
mans association. that Is back of the
movement and Delta is lucky to secure
this address of DR.. Bovard as he is in
big demand and his services are at a
premium. But then we are not sur
prised, that is the way Delta does
things.
Install New Mill.
The Digger Grain & Feed Co., who
own the large elevator property near
the depot, has added a fine new Her.
rick mill, to their equipment and are
preparing to do their own grinding
and work out their own grist. The
growing business of these rich farm
lands about Delta and the necessity
for food conservation, has made the
Improvement necessary. All kinds of
feed can now be secured right here at
home.
up-to-Date Methods.
The same element of business pro-
gress applies also to the SPAIN &
Rose Lumber Co., who have their mod
ell yard near the business section OF
Delta. They have a fine stock and
= they take good care of 1t as is evil
denced by raised cement platform
and on this is stacked their supply OF
wooden shingles, thus keeping them
above the dampness of the ground
Everything about the yard is neat and
trim and it shows a care for stock not
usually seen in lumber yards. 1t gives
an air of enterprise and progress.
Fire Does Damage.
w. E. Tobin came near being a
heavy loser, when his residence took
fire and made a bad blaze on the roof
1t was one of these wooden shingle
roof fires that are so common. The
alarm was sounded Wednesday morn
by the big whistle at the Brick and
Tile plant and only the prompt and &C
j tive aid of citizens saved the house.
Mr.. Tobin has a new residence just
about completed and near the dam
aged house but with all, it was a lucky
escape.
Christian Church.
. AS one of the results of the recent
, revival at the Christian church, n
Baptismal service will be held Friday
, evening. Thanksgiving services were
held here at 1000 a. m. The sermon
was preached by Rev. w. A. Smith OF
the M. E. church. 1t was an inspiring
and helpful address.
The story of the arrival of the Third
, Regiment in France, as published by
the Herald FRIDAY evening, was the
: cause of considerable talk and com
ment on the streets of Delta and OH
all sides, there was joy and an added
cause for Thanksgiving.
DeIta's Holy Rollers.
Nightly services at the Frame Tab
ernacle of the so-called, Holy Roll
ers" are still being held and they are
largely attended. These people in the
main are self supporting and it is now
- an open secret, that preferring to
worship in their own way by them
selves, the non-church going people OF
Delta gave them line of credit, that
enabled them to go ahead and erect
their building. This structure is now
being paid for and it looks as if in
the end, they would come out winners
They are an honest, conscientious
: hardworking people who may be some
| what eccentric in their mode OF wor
= ship and yet with all, are sincere In
their loyalty and devotion. The ali
of suspicion is gradually disappearing
and the public are becoming better &C
: quainted with their methods.
Grass Still Green.