The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-12-13
DOCTOR DOvARD
DELIGHTS DELTA
NOTED SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Err BOOSTS ADULT GLASSES.
LOCAL BANKS MAKE BIG EXHIBIT
Special Meetings at Christian Church
Meet With SUCCESSFUL. Haear
man Lecture coming--oska-
Ioosa Attracts Host of Tickets.

Delta,y Dec. 10--At the NJ. E. church
last Thursday evening, DR.. w. S. Bo-.
ward spoke to the men in the interest
of Sunday School Adult Bible Class
work Dr.. Bovard is from the Chi.
cago office of the Methodist Sunday
School General Board and is spend
ing some time on the Oskaloosa dis
trict, in an Iowa Conference cam
paign for 5000 men in the Adult
classes. Delta is indebted to e. e.
Phelps, the president of the Iowa
Conference Laymen's Association
for this visit of DIR. Bovard and fine
audience heard the speaker with spe
cial delight on the subject of THE
Work of Mems Bible Glasses in the
Sunday School" DR.. Bovard is not
only live wire." but is also a dy-
namo of singular power.
Banks Make Big Showing.
For small town of the size of
Delta, with population of some 500.
the two banks, the Peoples Savings
Bank and the Delta Savings Bank, re-
sponded lately with statements that
indicate resources of 1897, 5000 for
both institutions, and this speaks vol
umes for the business and financial
ability Of not only Delta but also the
country round about in spite of the
fact that Sigourney, the county seat,
is little more than seven miles to the
east. 1t is big record.
Delta Produces Good Men.
Unconsciously Delta has been sup
plying to Oskaloosa some expert
printers, and it has come to our
knowledges that both Carol H. Fee
ger of the Globe, and A. e. Grim of
+ the Times, were both connected at one
time with the Delta Press. And as
! long as business keeps up at the
present rate Delta must have more
/ good ones of the same sort. That is
what builds up a town and brings
things to pass.
Basket Ball Contest.
Delta and Sigourney came together
as it, were, on Friday evening, in
basket ball game on the Delta floor.
1t was a sharp game. ....
Music Hath Charms.
With three public cafes of more
than usual pretense, the place of Ray
Matthews, near the depot, appears
! to be decidedly popular. He has,
among other comforts, an electric
piano and about supper time, the
trade drops in and the music GER
tainly livens things up in a most
| pleasing manner. In all he seems
to do a good business, and as he is
relative of the Matthews boys of
Delta and Oskaloosa, the reason is
not hard to find.
Christian Church Activities.
The special meetings are still go
| ing at the Christian church with the
! most gratifying success. Evangel-
ist Mitchurh is proving his worth in
marked manner. Over 400 Chris
tian churches are in Iowa and of
these only have Living Link" iden-
titiy with some missionary worker in
the foreign field. Delta feels graft
fled in claiming one of these. The
Sunday school has had big uplift
and the entire church is now in it's
flood tide of activity.
Red Cross Everywhere.
Red Cross circles are busy and the
ladies are doing full duty in keeping
with those of other towns to aid the
cause of humanity and mercy during
the war period. Supplies for their
work are left with the Delta Mercan-
tile Co., and at times their place
looks like County Fair, giving evil
dence of hearty generosity on the
part of the people.
Big Public Sales.
Among those having public sales
last week were Charles Ashley and
C. r. Van Gordon, Charles E. Rein
ert, the latter coming on Saturday
and the other next Wednesday. Del
ia is the center of fine territory of
farming country in one of the richest
parts of Iowa, so stock breeders and
others find the sales profitable, rath-
er than carry the stock over the win
ter or send it to market after the cold
weather sets in.
Popular Pastor To Talk.
DR.. e. T. Hagerman, the popular
pastor and lecturer of Des Moines,
comes to Delta Thursday evening.
Some years ago he was the pastor of
the First M. E. church of Des
Moines and later went to Milwaukee,
but Iowa gradually won, him back
again. AS lecturer he is as popu-
lar as he is preacher and is al
ways heard with delight.
Cup Town" Trip Wins.
Probably more Oskaloosa tickets
are sold at the Delta station, than
for any ether point on the road.
Agent H, r. Mcclure says that the
average is three to one in favor of
Oskaloosa He gets so used to Og-
kaloosa tickets that he sells them
without asking where they are going.
The trip is spoken of in Delta as go
ing up town" and to Sigourney you
go down town." but big majority
fayors the longer ride.