The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-05-16


ing with her niece, MIR. and Mrs.
Tom Bolton. Of Scranton, Kansas.
We are surely glad to learn that
our Assessor, Perry Ramsay, who has
been so alarmingly III, is greatly i'm.
proved.
Mrs. Olive Ockerman and her two
children, Of Osborne, Kansas. are
here on visit with her parents, Rev.
W. -. Lukers and wife.
Dan Martin, through his con.
tractor, Andrew Tochterman. has he.
gun the remodeling OF his store front,
known as the ODD Fellows corner.
William Turnham and wife are
visiting their daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Narans, OF st. Joseph. Little
Glenn went back home with them.
byron Murray, Of this city, at.
tended the state spelling bee, held at
Jefferson City, Monday Of this week.
He represented Holt county In the
state contest.
Prof. Earl Rock was In jefferson
City, this week, attending the state
convention Of county superinten.
dents. II was In session from Mon
day TIL today, Friday.
This vicinity was visited by q
most terrific rain and electric storm
Sunday night, lasting only about 20
minutes. Some Los inches OF rain
fell. There was no rain four miles
north Of here.
Louis J. Baker, who has been
spending the winter and sprins here
with his parents, J. W. Baker and
wife, left last week for Oswego. Kan.
sas, to resume his calling, that Of
watch repairing. for a jewelry firm
there.
Will Stevenson, who lost his barn
and large quantities OF feed, by lire
on the evening Of may sth, Is taking
steps TO rebuild at once. Ills insur.
ance was sl,2G6 instead OF 5000 as
previously stated. lie is one of those
men that does things.
Recorder IIibbard has completed
the laying Of concrete walk along
the west side of his residence prop.
erty on Monroe street: 1t Is I feet
wide and 2i6 feet long. He has also
put up new fencing around the en-.
tire property--all Of which are ap'
probable improvements.
Miss Gusia Uppermann has had u
new and handsome fence put up
along her property, just south Of the
post office, and she says It took many
days OF hard work to get the funds
with which TO get the work done, and
she earnestly asks those waiting
around the postoi,ice to please keep
OIL the fence.
Charley Koock has the right
spirit, and Miss Mary looks paper on
the City.Beautiful, touched the spot
and the result Is lac has a handsom,
window box filled with geraniums. In
full bloom, on the outside of his
store show window, and oil, the ef
feet II has on the passer.by-they
will stop and commend him for sc
doing. Every store along that block
should have window box filled
with blooming flowers.
Jesse Kahn, OF Holt county, Mis-
souri,, was on the Kansas City yards
this week, buying goats. on Mr.
Kahn's farm, which lies along IN,
Missouri river, there Is patch oI
200 acres Of dense brush, which he |,
DESTROYS OF cleaning up. 'This Is ricl
land, good for farming purposes
which Is worthless at present" Mr.
Kahn said, "Now propose to take
out lot Of goats and let them work
there for two years. kansas City
Drovers' Telegram, May nth.
The Reeves Cook Auto Company
sold Ford touring cars last week tc
Nola Jackson and Elmer Pennington
and q Ford runabout to u. G. Perry
all OF Mound City, and Ford tour
Ing car to Allen Cordrey, OF Forbes
The number OF automobile owners
In Missouri is growing. Secretary OF
State Cornelius Roach reports that
the 1913 registrations, since Febru
AIRY l, have reached H,s9@. This Is
SIS more machines fer the last three
months than were registered during
the entire twelve months Of the l0l.
registration period.