The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-03-08
&c. WnITMER,
PROUD BUILDING.
North SIDE Of Square.
Both Phones.

Some tifty teachers were here Fri.
day and saturday last. taking the
county school examinations. held I'm.
der the direction Of County Superin-
tcnden,. Earl \. Rock.
Harness oiled and repaired for no
people IN particular. but for all par.
,icular people. E. j. FunRMAN.
u. Raleigh Martin las formally
announced himself a candidate for
tie Democratic nominal ION TOT con.
grcss IN this district. and filed his
declaration with the secretary Of
state.
Sc l.. |. Moore. .iu" u. Murray.
or Matt Eilcr for lilrral contract for
raising sweet Corn for Oregon Can.
ming Go. 2Wt
There i nothing IN name"
said viii Bragg. iir OTHER DAY. 1T
matters little whether II j. Tom, or
whether II l. .Irir, Iiui When the
two combine. II isa hard cumbinat ion
to beat. Thrl go fine IN cold wealth.
or.
According Ia \ recent decision by
a icnisi lyania magistrate. wife has
a perfect right 'o rifle the pockets Of
her husband. taxi" las hast cen, and
the hubby" has no redress. tie held
that according Ia the law that which
belonged Ia the husband also be.
longcd to the wife, and II did not
make any difference how she got u.
A horse broke into a field Of corn
and ate until he was badly foundcred.
As he was aftcrward standing IN his
stall complaining OF his stiffness and
pain. an old horse IN the adjoining
stall said: III you hadn't tried to
eat all the corn 50 that there would
bc none left for the rest " MS. you
would not only have better health bu,
you would yet blamed sight more
sympathy"
The terms Of Dr. Thatcher and
Geo. Seeman. two members Of our
school board, expire this spring. Both
Of these gentlemen are representa-
tive citizens Of our city, and are In
favor Of iirs,.class, high.grade schools.
and We feel confident the taxpayers Of
Oregon district would unanimously
favor their re-elcctio ion. Seen,an and
Thatcher are the kind OF men We
want on the Oregon school hoard.
occasionally one will hear the re-.
mark, ~ wish ! were out of this
town." and then one feels like say.
ing, ~ wish you were, too for "A
man who sits around, chewing and
splitting. telling obscene stories, ours
ing the town, finding faul, with his
grandmother because she was a NO.
man, claiming that the merchants are
4 lot Of thieves, that the doctors and
newspaper men would skin you To "A
finish. and u whole lot more, are u
nuisance and an abomina'ion.
Spring j. sure here, or nrarabouts,
according 10 Il very amiable looking
old man whom We me, on the street
saturday last. When asked TO prove
his assertion, he showed Two toads
which he said fell with the snow on
the 18th ult ., and also thai beneai II
a pile of snow which he removed from
his yard he found green grass sprout-
ing. Our exchanges have been men
tioning people finding red birds and
other kinds Of birds, worms and what
not Of the diminutive branch of the
animal Kingdom, whose appearance
led the finder to believe that their
presence Was certain sign of spring 5
approach.
Holt county Is still snow bound, AS
far as country roads are concerned.
Farmers who went out to see what
could be done about the drifts,
mostly emulated the Duke OF York
who after marching up the hill, mere
ly marched right down again. But
they finally became determined, re.
considered, and went at II again, and
finally succeeded In opening passage
ways from farm TO farm, along the
main highways, until now they are
now open sufficient to allow the pass.
ing Of teams. Drifts as high as their
heads were common. There was very
little shOveling. In most instances,
the work took the form OF driving
through the drifts with an empty
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