The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
BUSINESS MEN IN
HARVEST FIELDS
FREMONT MERCHANTS EXTEND
A HELPING HAND. .a#
Nine MORE READY FOR SERVICE
Co." is Laying New Ties-Jack Van
noy Goes To Missouri To Buy
Grain-LocaI Churches Unite
For Midsummer Services.

I, Fremont, July 10-Some eighteen
or. twenty of the Fremont merchants
are taking turns in helping harvest
| the big grain crop in this section. Dur
| ing the past week a number have
helped farmers in the corn and hay
/ fields. J. z. Kennel is the presi
dent of the Commercial Club and he
/ is greatly interested in having the
! business men cooperate with their
patrons in this helpful. and practical
manner at this time.
Union Services.
Last Sunday evening the union ser
vices were started by the Fremont
churches and during the months OF
July and August the evening services
will be held on the high school
grounds, when the weather permits.
and when cold or stormy, one of tho
churches will be occupied.
Too Busy to Ship.
Live stock shipments have been q
little slow this week and the only
stock billed out on the 60" were those
shipped by William Darner, carload
of hogs and one of cattle. What
with the putting up of the hay crop
and the harvesting Of oats and the
finishing up of the cultivation of the
corn, the farmer has been too busy in
the fields to pay much attention to
the shipment of live stock to market
| kI;sz
, The list of Fremont boys who re-
Gently registered as having reached
the age of q years and hence are
subject to call, are: David Lincoln
Akerman, Charles Collins Storm,
Lester o. Alexander, Vernon Henry
Fuller, Floyd Miles Barcus, Orville
Turnbull, Floyd Dwight Brown, Earl
FRANKLIN Dewitt and Demon Alex
ander
Laying New Ties. E
Railroad ties treated with creOsotC
are being delivered at the %" sta
ton for use in the local section. 1t
is the custom to use soft wood ties
on the straight runs and the hard
wood ties on the curves and tests
have demonstrated that the creosOted
ties will last considerably longer than
natural ties, thus reducing the cost
of maintenance.
Buying Grain.
Jack" Vannoy, who served for II
years at the 90" station and Yves last
wear a member of the city council,
for some, months past has been buying
: grain for Fuller-Woodard Company of
St. Louis and lately has been cover
ing Missouri and part of Kansas
in the interests of the company. This
, territory is only temporary and the
prospects are that he will return home
and look after the crop in this sec
tion later in the season.
Took Holiday. q.
On July 4th, the banks, the Gazette
Office and most of the business houses
were closed and the workers took a
day Off. There was no public cele-
bration and yet all had a good time
in various social events.
Promoted.
Walter Perkins, who has been at
Camp Dodge for several months past,
has been transferred to the Replace
ment Camp at Waco, Texas, and in
the change was made a LIST Sergeant
Safe In Port.
Edward Lynch, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Lynch, who has been sailor on
the U. S. S. San Francisco, has sent
word to his parents that his vessel
has gone overseas.
Takes Federal Job.
I Miss Gladys Mckinney went to Bur-
lington last week and visited with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
l.. Walton, and from there went on
to Washington, d. c., where she en-.
tiers one of the large Government war
Offices.
/ Personal.
John Buckley and Floyd Cosby of
Fremont and Orrell James of Wright
drove to Mt. Vernon last week by auto
where they spent the Fourth with the
Cedar township girls who are there
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