The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1914-02-27
AROUND The BANQUET TABLE


us, purchasing the Joe Murray large
orchard and farm In the Highland
district, responded to the toast,
THE Farm and Its Relation to the
Town Interests" lie thought the
interests Of the town were identical.
The time was rapidly passing
for enmity and jealousies between the
farmer and the townspeople-it really
no longer existed, and daily the rela.
tionship between the two was CROWN
closer, for they were realizing yearly
that the one needs the friendship, CO.
operation and help Of the other-the
merchant needs his trade, and the
farmer In return only asks for fair
deal. lie believed IN trading al
home; that every dollar left at home
with the local merchant came back
indirectly with good per cent to the
buyer, but the dollar sent abroad
never came back-it was gone from
him and his forever. lie believed
such occasions as the boosters ban.
quet VAS a factor In bringing the
farmer and business man closer to.
yether. lie thought the building Of
warehouse, and cold.storage facilities
were greatly needed, and would he
another factor In bringing the town
and farm people closer together
Nlessrs. ". u. Richards and VIM.
Hanna, Of this city, are now consum.
mating plans tn put IN such plant.
Til. good roads we're also helping
along To bring Us close together. lie
thought the club should inaugurate
som, system Of advertising our coun.
~, It's wonderful soil, educai ional and
religious advantages.
lie was followed 10y our George
Fitch. Dr. Jonas whi,mer, Who re.
piled To the toast, "Thompson's Colt
and the Funny Side Of Life" u is
always a great pleasure TO hear the
doctor. a born Wit, and one who ever
brings out 40 much real, el.yating
philosophy from that Wit. Whether
that colt story was real or not, " real
lac surely had a motive, AMI was ahead
Of all other colts Of his time, for he
swan across the lower Mississippi
river to get over on the other side 10
get q drink, for lie knew the stream
had been contaminated by the murky
Missouri, the Illinois and the Chicago
drainage system; that way up In the
Allegheny section, the steel trust had
watered It's stock from the Ohio. Nc
" onder the springs on Thompson
farm proved an attraction. and lie 70,
the enmity Of his relations and Wa
called the fool colt. Yet the colt,
example has been indicated. In III,
far west acpueducts, and every mean,
known TO engineering Is being used e
yet the water from the mountains "a
the seashore- New York IL trying L
get It's water TO an island. Los An
geles, New York and other places ar,
bringing the water 10 them, while tn,
colt went after H.. Who knows but
from this fool colts" action cam,
the pure.food agi,ationY Many Of III,
pioneers were laughed al IN their day
yet We see the results Of their Sacri
ices. We know Of tie ridlcule tia
came 10 Fulton, Stephenson, Morse
and even Edison. liut today, tn
progressive thinker i not thought
the fool. We we're living ina Won
derful age, ard the great tranSporta
tiion facilities were making the wurl,
smaller. Two must make a wreck
with the vast ocean eSpanse We haN'
ollisions, and a. the development q
the airship progresses, We may lool
for air collisions. Working al Tia
problemslof life Is the thing and no
the solution. IL was great talk tina
the doctor gave us, and every maj
was helped by::lislening TO II.
Hon. II, &. DUNCAN talked OF hi
recent trip TO Cuba, Florida am
other Southern points. lie said III
triplwas every way profitable, an
saw many wonderful things, that In
pressed: Thin greatly In the way O
development OF the country, and as
toundingls engineering accomplish
ments. Havana was a wonderful cit
and beautiful In so many ways. II
old churches now 400 years old, tn
tomb ofoColumbus, its hotels and re,
taurants; Its stores, Its residences
the exterior OF the stores having n
indications whatever, that With
merchandise was being sold. Its pee
Piles OF all colors-no color line wa
drawn, and It's streets narrow, 4
many places, one would stand edge
wise In order to let one pass by-th
streets were about II feet In widt
and the walks three feet, while tn
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