The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-19
History of Holly.
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HEe9 ne mas a JOKE lp BIS sleeve, SIe-
gested that Dipper had not bean ridden
for some time. and needed exercise.
Very good said the trainer. throw
the saddle on him and We Will give him
little for his health" The trains,
made a mistake. It was not Tor the
health Of Dipper that was IN question,
bur tha, Of the rider Careless.y
throwing one leg over his back. the
trainer dug his spurs and left the barn
at what be expected to be a calter
But D,pper had been eating grain for
thirty days without exercise, SO hiding
his head between his forelegs and
sticking his tail between his hind legs.
he made an arch OF his back that
seemed to be about forty feet high,
and gave a succession Of bawl5 which
nearly frightened the trainer to death
md could be heard for miles. He wen.
to work with first one end and then
the other At first the expression on
the tenderfcot's face looked as though
he considered it very rude for Dipper
to disturb his dignity in the way he
threatened to do. but 1t soon became one
of terror for fear he would scrape one
OF the corners of the moon. The POM
mel Of the saddle looked like preci-
pice. There was no head OF the horse
10 look at. but from the pommel OF the
saddle to the ground there was clear
view When the horse jumped with
his fore parts and shot the tenderfoot
in the air. the tenderfoot on descend
ing was met with the horses hindparts
and again shot into the air, so that on
every jump he got two sensations FOR
the same money. His eyeglasses flew
tr one direction because he had not
learned to wear spectacles, and his hat
in another and In few minutes he
came to the conclusion that his feet,
arms and head would go in different
directions. but luckily for him they de-
cided to pile themselves up in con-
centrated heap.
When the tenderfoot gathered him
self UP and looked around to see what
had actually happened, the long and al
ways dignifed Pettee was on the
ground in front of the barn. rolling
about in frightful contortions. trying
&c catch his breath from laughing, and
George Wilson was lying over the back
Of chair to hold his stomach from 60
ing into bits The tenderfoot remarked
that while he did not want to try 1t
again, he felt that riding bucking
horse was sensation which could not
be described hut had to be felt.
In July. 1886. the company which had
constructed the great irrigation sys-
TEN for the irrigation and reclamation
Of Prowcrs county established its main
Office in Holly. At that time the COM
pany was known as The Amity Land
and Irrigation Company. The Great
Plains Water Storage Company was
formed about this time for the purpose
of developing the reservoirs. The
names OF the companies were after
wards changed to The Amity Land
Company and The Great Plains Water
Company. In 1901 the present COM
pany, The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Company. was
formed. All OF these companies have
been practically owned by the same
people and have had their headquarters
In Holly 1t is the result Of their oper-
ations that the vast area Of which Hol-
ly Is the center has been put under ir-
rigation.
On December 18, 1895, our fellow
towpsnan. Mr.. Ed. Tuttle. bought the
FIRST lot In Holly This lot was on
Main street on the corner of the alley
where Tuttle & Lambs harness shop
Is now located. At this time Mr.. C. l..
Mcpherson conducted his store in the
north part Of the building in which
the company's offices now are. The
The Ranch House was run bs Mrs.
Connolly as boarding house. Mr.. H.
A. Pettee lived south of the stable
next to the river. Mr.. James Baird
railroad track and west of the Ranch
House The school house, which was
afterwards sold to Mr. French, was
located In the pasture about where Mr..
Harry Pettee's house now stands.
Mr.. John Cores lived where he does
now. The only house in sight north OF
the railroad track was that of Mr.. G.
l.. Mcpherson, which Is the same he
now occupies. The depot consisted OF
one room about half as big as box
car. located to the east OF the trees
which are east of the present depot.
Mr.. II. p. Horst was, as he Is now, the
station agent.
When 1t was rumored that a lot had
been sold in Holly. and that we were
going to have town, every town In
the Arkansas valley considered that o
tremendous joke had been perpetrated
Soon after the purchase Of the first
lot by Mr.. Tuttle, Mr.. ]. 8. McMurtry,
cashier Of our bank. came down from
the country in which Horace and Trib-
une are located on the Missouri Pacific
railway In western Kansas, and took a
liking to the prospect which Holly had
for making q town. Immediately 9TH
ers from this section began to follow
him, among the first being Mr.. George
Hollis, Mr.. c. H. Adams. Mr.. A. L..
Hare, Mr.. Sam Harden. Mr.. A. l.. john
son. A little later Mr.. S. F. White came
from that country and established the
great Chicago Store.