The Holt County sentinel., 1914-07-31
Political Advertisement
Go to the polls next
Tuesday and vote for
Ray r. Stevenson for
County CLERK.
News From Craig.


The daughter OF our Methodist
minister, T. NJ. Capp. Mrs. Rev.
Beery. OF Gainesville. is a guest at
the parsonage this week.
Miss Cora Cook and her mother
arrived Wednesday from a four weeks
visit with q sister In Colorado. Miss
Cora has taken charge OF the Bell
office.
Mr.. add Mrs. Chas. McCandlish
arrived home from Grand Junction,
Colorado, Friday. They have been
for the past SIX weeks visiting In the
home OF their daughter, Mrs. Jess
Maltby, Of that place.
Geo Nauman unloaded . "Red
River Special" separator and engine
here Thursday. The outfit Is . good
one and ought by handling do trst.
class work We did not learn where
he VAS going to make his trst run.
John W. Haigler MAS with US
Tuesday. lie has Just recently ar.
rived from California and says that
everything there Is beautiful and
lovely. John Is a candidate In the
county and returned to interview a
few OF the boys on the eve OF the
primary.
The Presbyterians are remodel.
Ing their church house this month.
There Is being added 4 Sunday school
room on the north ltx20. The bel.
fry Is to undergo changes and when
the work Is finished II will be an or.
nanent to the city and a commodous
place OF worship for the congregation.
Presiding Elder II. Z. Mcpherson,
Of st. Joseph, held his fourth quar-.
terry conference on the Craig circuit
Sat urday, In Craig He expressed
himself a. being pretty well pleased
with the outlook for his churches In
this vicinity. and predicted revival
Of Interest In the work tie coming
year.
MIR. l. u Moore returned from.
81. Joseph. Tueeday Of last week
bringing with him Mrs, Moore, Who
has been In the hospital there Tor
some weeks. She had undergone a
very serious operation and II was
though, for a time that size would
no, survive the ordeal. Size stood
the trip IN excellent condition. and IL
now at home recuperating A. fast ~
could be desired.
The Chautaulua boosters. OF
Mound City, called with their bairi
Monday evening and pntertaine our
people withssome music aud very
interesting explanat ion OF why
Mound city has no ball team. The
explanation was:,ha; they Mere CIV
Ing all their attention TO Chaut au.
uuas and had no time for base ball.
Good. Craig seems to lie getting away
with both. Amen.
MIR &. N wickiser has had con.
siderable trouble with his Ice plant
all summer u seems that the en-.
vinp he has provided To furnish the
power has not the capacity and l.
giving away now and then. 40 that ~
last lie has abandoned the effort for
ttlits year and IL shipping IN Ice for
his customers. lie viii. during the
coming winter. increase the plant all
around so a. TO supply more Ice and
do better service.
The Christian Sunday School has
the past few weeks aud last wednes
day was the termination OF the strug.
gle, About one hundred or more
took part In an entertainment AT the
church and ~ It's conclusion repaired
10 lTt Lyp ' DIN lNN IOT re-
freshments, These people are alive
to the issues as they come up In
their church affairs and always seem
to meet them fully. besides they al.
ways add cheer and good fellowship
In with all they do.
The down pour az rain and fine
hail last Thursday afternoon was &C.
companied by considerable wind and
lightning, and some damage was
done by blowing down the corn. In
one stretch OF about four miles on
the main road, running north OF
town, there were fifteen telephone
poles Hat on the ground. Five wheat
stacks, owned Jointly by Dave Bost.
wick and Duke Taylor. q mile north
OF town, were set hre by lightning.
and but for the timely arrival OF the
neighbors the entire yard OF stacks
would have been lost. The fight re.
suited In saving half OF the property.
The loss was estimated to be about
$50 bushels. About six miles south
OF town the barn OF Conrad Ideker
was set tire. II and Its entire con-
tents OF new timothy hay were total.
~ destroyed, while we underst a nd
that about one and.a.half.miles north
west OF town, the lightning struck
the threshing machine OF the Ball
Brothers and set fire to the straw
stack near II. but did no damage 10
the machine. We understand that
there was no insurance on anything.
Gnnn EAn.au