Oshkosh had reached the stage where electric lights were needed. On September 11, 1915, a plant was put into operation by A. D. Riddile. It has been enlarged and improved and in 1919 it was sold to the village. It is now run under village management, as well as a water system being started. Bonds for the water and lights were voted June 5, 1919. Some defect was discovered in the proceedings so they voted on them again January 22, 1920. The bonds were carried both times. The sewer system will be put in operation in 1920. The electric plant now gives twenty-four hour service.

The first Ford agency in the county was in 1911 by Saunders & Twilford, who sold out to W. W. Bowers. These first agents having no service department, business was rather slow. In 1913 Parker Brothers of Julesburg sent an agent, R. O. Deulen, over here to take this territory. He rented a large building and put in a repairing department. The next year he took the agency himself. With various partners he continued the business until September. 1916, when he sold to Kimbel & Peterson. They put up the new garage in the north part of town, and moved up there in October, 1917. W. L. Kimbel has charge of it now. as he bought Peterson's interest February 20, 1918.

Robert J. Dalton is the proprietor of the Oshkosh Automobile Paint Shop. For awhile he tried to run his photograph gallery and paint shop too ; but for the past year he has had such a rushing business in the paint shop that he has had but little time for the photography.