The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
FROM OLIVET
RICHARD WILLIAMS ALWAYS
FINDS a. BATCH or NEWS.

FINDS a BATCH Or NEWS.
Olivet, April 19.--J. o. Allison of
Weir City, Kansas, was in the neigh.
borhood looking after. business. Mr..
Allison made US call Friday He
says the farmers of his locality are
putting in an increased acreage OF
small grain. The corn crop will be
normal but he does mot look for an
abundant crop of potatoes. He says
it does not pay to plant them at so
cents bushel and then beg some one
to buy them.
Mrs. Clark Billings spent Friday
in Oskaloosa with her mother, Mrs.
Wood, who has son and brother to
Mrs. Billings who is very sick.
Miss Ruby Alsup, teacher at Pleas
ant Grove, spent Saturday at the
parental Alsup home at Oskaloosa.
Frank Davis of Valley Junction was
in town Saturday running an engine
on local freight and coal train. Mr..
Davis was born and raised on a small
d
Perry Davis. He is now full fiedg-
ed engineer on the Rock Island run
ming out of Valley Junction He has
a wife and nice little son to bright
en- his home
Mrs. w. B. Rogers and son Myrl of
es Moines were in town Saturday
calling on old friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Rogers informs us Mr.. Rogers
and son William are running small
local coal mine near Moberly, Mo-, but
still retain their home in Des Moines.
He and his sons formerly operated a
mine known as the Rogers Coal com
pany. Many old friends were glad
to meet them.
Robert Adair spent Wednesday in
Harvey looking after business and
calling on friends.
The Herald man visited the Red
Cross headquarters in the Grange
ball Wednesday and was pleased to
see things arranged so well. The la
dies have several long tables in the
building covered with white oil cloth
md they are kept clean and neat 1t
ooked to US like a tailor shop of the
irst order.
William Nesbit of Cass county was
! business caller here Thursday. He
says the farmers in his county are
putting in an increased acreage this
rear and also breeding more hogs.
l.. Sutton of Angus was in this |
this week looking after
business.
Fred DeCook spent Wednesday in
selling hogs.
Mrs. j. l.. Billings returned home I
Wednesday from an extended visit in
'ella and Newton.
John Henry of Oskaloosa, an old |
ime friend of the writer, was in town
thursday doing work in the cemetery |
N the graves of his departed ones /
aid to rest there. We first met Mr.. |
Ienry in and around Evans in 1883
nd was pleased to see our old friend
nd neighbor looking so well.
H. A. Vance of Rouan county, N. c.,
nephew of q. b. Vance, who served
hirty years as a member of the u. /
(. Senate, says the people of the
outh are preparing for a long war
nd he thinks it will be a matter as
D who can last the longest, Uncle /
am or Germany. ......
N. A. Irwin of Bonaparte was in
own Saturday. He says politics is
OF warming up in his county (yan
;uren) as it usually is, but he looks
Or hot time this summer and fall |
etween Harding and Porter for gov
rnor. . r !
A. d. Thomas, who recently went /
D Claws, n. M, writes his sister, 7
FRS. Robertson, that he made the trip !
II right and when he got there he
Dined his brother, Fl. NJ. Thompson,
nd son Earl Both were well and |
usy putting up buildings.
Sunday school was largely attend |
d Sunday. That is the only real |
i've society we have in the town out |
ide of the Red Cross that never
ails.
This locality was favored with a |
ice rain Monday April is, which
ras greatly needed.
Passenger business on this end of
he Rock Island is very light for this
w.