The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-09-10

MIS-. q. W. Adams Is on the sick
list this week, threatened with tn.
berculcsis.
Mrs. L. W. Motley and Mrs. J. W.
Gresham were shopping IN st. Joseph
one day last week.
Miss Eva Hogan Is visiting with
her uncle, DR.. J L. Hogan and wife
In Oregon this week.
born to Mrs. julia GARRETT, Of
Montana, who Is at the home Of her
father, Clabe Smith, August cath, a
girl.
Mrs. Charley Hunt who has been
visiting relatives In Oregon several
days returned home last Sunday after.
noon.
Mrs. J. r Bridgmon Is In Oregon
this week visiting with her son, II. Is.
Bridgmon and family. This is the
first visit Mrs. Bridgmon has taken for
some time.
Miss Goldie Crow left Sunday at.
ternoon for Maitland, where she viii
take charge Of the Pine Ilill school
three miles west Of Maitland, begin.
ming school on Monday morning,
Frank Walker, secretary OF Con.
solidated district No. =, attended tie
school board convention In Oregon las,
Friday, and we are told made one Of
the best school talks In that conven.
ton.
Born TO Ike Atkinson and wife
last Sunday morning, a boy Of stand
ard weight. DR.. Hogan In attendance,
who reports all concerned getting along
nicely with the exception Of John ID.
Miss Elsie Crow will teach the
Idlewilde school this term, beginning
next Monday morning. This Is Miss
Elsie's second term al this school and
the directors have improved the
school house considerably this sum.
mer for her convenience.
"A post card from Claremore, Okla
from Charley Craig, Fortescue's pop.
ular merchant, says It's raining every
day down there and that lie Is keeping
his head out OF the water Charley a.
ways has good time regardless Of the
weather conditions.
The many friends Of Tom Cain will
be glad to know that he has returned
from the hospital In st. Joseph, wher,
one kidney was removed, and lie !,
able TO be out, but Is . little weak
lie thinks he will be able to 70 TO work
In about Q week. Better take II Q
little slow for awhile, Tom.
The Bigelow Grain company ha,,
shipped out one car OF wheat and are
receiving some wheat and the price Il
ranging from - TO ~ cents per bush
FL. As q rule the wheat, what there
Is Of II, Is In pretty bad shape. Some
wheat Is stacked that may come out
better than Is expected.
When Chess llitZ was asked how
many apples he expected oil his big
orchard near Fortescue the other day
he said lie was afraid to say, because
he thought the estimate would he toe
small, so he said isO00 barrels, Sure
some apples and from the looks OF the
trees which are full, and almost every
tree with props undo the limbs, Chess
knows what he is talking about.
School started out In good shape al
Cottonwood last Monday morning
with a total enrolment OF - scholars
Miss Matilda Seikman has % scholars
In the first four grades and Prof
Robert Jackson fourteen In the next
four grades. This is no doubt the only
country school In Holt county viii
two teachers teaching the eight grad, s
and the pupils Of that district having
this extra privilege should take ad
vantage OF this fact and We should
have an extra good report from this
school this term.
The Bigelow business men and
citizens got out one day last week and
did . lot OF good work on the roadi
between here and the Borchers' farm
southwest OF town. They filled W
several bad holes In the road and made
. good road out Of . poor one. The farm
eFs are oil busy with their own worh
on the farm and oil Of them are be-
hind with their work, and - matter
Of fact, they cannot DO expected tc
get out and ax the roads and neglec,
their own work. Guy Jones showed
the men his heart was In the righ,
place by furnishing them his tractor
oil pull engine to help In the work.
| Helen Hogrefe was born August