The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-19

WHICH III td4f hdf COAuuCtc1s "HiSI
resulted IN so much general satis,sc-
ticn.
The subject Of the fair cannot be
passed over without giving credit 70
cur fellow-townsman. Mr.. A L. John
son. Frcm the inception OF the fair
until itz end he worked indefatigably
ard supplied much Of the energy and
enthusiasm that was necessary to car
ry it to successful issue.
i race,rack was constructed and ev-
erybody was invited to be present. No
admission was charged 10 anything.
nut the citizens met our friends at TIE
gateways OF the town, and extended TO
them the glad hand" 1t was the
hearty good feeling that existed be
tween the townspeople and the farm
e.s which induced the farmers to bring
what. they had to exhibit. 1t was the
kindly feeling between our townspeo-
pie and the surrounding towns that in
duced them TO send large delegations
10 help Us have good time.
The prizes were not OF great value
but consisted in great degree OF q
hearty congratulation with smile on
the side, but the friendly competition
was so keen and in such good spirit
that the reward to the successful com
petitors seemed to lack in nothing. The
prizes on the racetrack consisted Of
buggy whips, bottles Of good whisky,
books and such other donations as
were gratefully received by the asso-
citation and by them turned over to the
competitors.
The company loaned its hay barn as
q hall o; exhibit.
II can be, said without fear Of suc-
cessful contradiction that Holly had
the best farmers fair that Prowers
county has ever seen. There were no
fast racehorses and there was no race
program but the different owners OF
horses gladly entered into the races to
make showing. and while the time
was not fast, the races we're real, and
the spirit of good feeling and jollifica-
tion was dominant. The people seemed
to have real good oldfashioned time.
In 1901 Mr.. II. A. Dawley Of Rocky
Ecrd decided to erect d permanent
structure across the street from the
Ikclnlan building. This building was
erected OF pressed brick and is fifty
feet wide and two stories high The
Dawley Hardware Company now occu-
pying one of the rooms and the Bank
of Holly the other on the ground floor.
The hotel building proper was con
structed in 1898. the annex was put o1
in 1901 The schoolhouse was con
structed in 1893 and our friends from
make the town homelike, requested
that 1t be built on the plans Of a school.
house In Greeley county. and these
plans were adopted.
The Presbyterian church was con
structed in 1902. A word Of praise in
passing must be given to Mrs. C. L.
Mcpherson. to whose executive ability
and untiring energy the securing OF
the money for this building is due. A
Methodist church of stone is now In
process CT construction.
In 1889 Holly decided to invite her
friends to help celebrate the Fourth
OF July. and the same spirit which ie
referred to above in connection with
the fair made that day success. Hcl
ly had nothing particular to offer the
people except unbounded hospitality
and desire to join heartily into the
spirit of the occasion. So strong IL
this feeling and so much is it appre
ciated by Holly's friends who come
and visit her. that the Fourth Of July
has become a fixed institution. A bar
becue is usually provided for our Wis
itors and everybody turns in to see
how much fun can be gotten out c1
the occasion.
At none OF our jclliflcation days has
there ever occurred the least unpleas.
antness in the way Of drunkenness OF
bad conduct. Both our citizens and
our visiting friends have entered into
the spirit OF the occasion to do nothing
to mar the Holly spirit. just to have all
tho fun that is possible without an.
ncyance to ones neighbors.
On the Fourth Of July. 1902. Mr. Will
liam Travers jerome. district attor-
ney from New York. visited our cele-
brGtion. When requested to speak up
on this occasion, he answered our COM
mittee by saying the making OF
speeches was business to him, and that
be wanted to play. When 1t was in
sisted that the people would want to
be introduced to him In body and
have him make a "few remarks" he
answered that he would provided he
could stand at the barbecue with a
hunk Of meat in one hand and hunk
CT bread In the other and talk informal
ly. In carrying out this agreement
Mr.. Jerome was introduced from the
tail-end Of a lumber wagon. and re-
marked that he was having particu-
larly pleasant and interesting time, be-
cause at the entertainments given him
In Denver and the other big cities OF
the West, he had met mostly eastern
people who had come West, but at Hol-
ly he met the native westerner on his
native heath. II one could judge from
appearances. Mr.. Jerome certainly had
good time. He chased from the
grand stand to the judges stand, and
from the judges stand to the race