The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-04-04
THE NEW MAYOR
TAKES HIS SEAT
IFRgMoNr's MUNICIPAL ADMINS.
TRATioN IN HARNESS.
REEVES HAS HIS OLD JOB BACK
Has Been at Head of School Beard
Almost Twenty Years.-Fire
Starts In Business Section.
Weekly Freight Record.

Fremont. April 3.-The new city ad.
lministration took charge of the civic
affairs OF Fremont Monday evening
and organized for the years work. j.
Fl. Harkins was installed as mayor
and the council as elected were Glen
Citizens, Robert McKibben, Sam
Swanstrom, Ralph Reeves and G. c.
Dinsmore. Practically AL new, but
able men.
Freight Forwarded.
| The NJ e ST. l.. this week shipped
out two carloads of straw to the straw
board factory at Tama and one car Of
wheat Over the @ the shipments
were one car of sheeled corn to Peo-
ria, one car of hogs and one car OF
cattle to Chicago and one car Of cattle
and car of hogs to st. Louis.
| From Coast to Coast.
! A double header passed through
Fremont on Monday with engines AIS
and COS of the M. & st. L. with train
load comprising 2100 tons of heavy
beam and plank timber from Seattle.
Washington, and it is enroute to the
east coast for the use of the govern
ment in their ship building projects.
A representative of the government
travelled with the consignment in order
to effect the quickest transportation.
Reeves Still President.
/ The Fremont school board at their
first meeting organized for the years
work by the selection of j.. s. Reeves
as the president and as he has held
this position for the past nineteen
years, this is the twentieth time that
he has been thus elected. In all he
has been identified with the interests
of the schools for the past twenty-five
years and he holds the record in
Fremont for faithful and judicious
service in their welfare.
| Shed Burned.
| Fremont was visited with fire last
week, in the destruction of the cement
shed of w. w. Ehrenhard. After the
alarm was given and it vas found that
the building could not be saved, the
surrounding structures received the
attention of the volunteer firemen.
The building was valued at probably
$3.50 and it was a total loss.
High Prices. -.
]. l.. Hoffman had a public sale at
his place southeast of Fremont last
week and some top prices were Sc
cured. A four year Old Gcid:2S was
sold for 1915. One COW and a calf
brought 1874 and heifers sold as high
as $S1 each. A heifer and a calf
brought 1913 and brood sows went as
high as 500, and all of the other stock
was sold in proportion.
Rev. Regain Well Located.
Miss Juanita Warner was visitor
last week in Washington, Iowa, with
the family of the Rev. M, r. Regan
formerly of the Fremont Baptist
church. She found them very COM
fortably located and among fine PEG.
pie. Rev. Regain and family greatly
endeared themselves to the people Of
Fremont and their moving left va
cancy that will be extremely hard to
lfE
Filled An Emergency.
Miss Fairy Alderman who is attend
ing the Iowa College at Grinnell last
week returned home for her spring
vacation and while here. was called up
on to take the place Of Miss Katherine
Porter the teacher in room No. who
was unable to care for her work on
account of sickness. The school was
fortunate in securing the aid of Miss
Akerman Just at this time.
Quite the Fashion.
1t seems TO be quite the Fashion for
the people of Fremont to drive by
auto to Camp Dodge and visit the boys
there who have gone out from this
section. Among the last visitors are
Ralph Meyers, Robert McKibben, A.
H. Weber, Walter Springer, Modren
Lynch and Walter Ollom.