The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-03-05
Bigelow and Vicinity.

| Idewilde school j. closed this week
on account OF a diph,heria scare In
that hsishborhood
Coke Jackson VAS In town last
Sal urday, the first time since he came
home from the hospital IN 81. Joseph
Coke says he il feeling pretty good
once IN IRE.
j + Bridsnun j. on the Sick Lat
tbs week and l. not able To be out Of
tie hUuS. Seems to lie case Of 10.
siippe. br, Hogan l. looking after
lin and chances are he vii lie out IN
a lew days
Frank Adams, the veteran horse
buyer, WAS here atuiday and shipped
car load Of horses ~ East st. Louis.
lie bought a horse from -. ". Adams
and another from DICK Jackson. pay.
Ing $40 each.
We underst and John whipple and
family have changed their plans, hav.
Ing purchased . farm near Napier.
They Will move there Just ~ soon ~
the Weather and roads will permit.
They have many friends In this vicin.
ny Who are glad to know they are not
going very far away.
Mr.. Ciizs. Snider, Of Fairfax, No.
one day last week bought an extra
line span Of mules from Ora Alkire. |
The span IL said 10 he the best In the
State VI Missouri, weighing 5000
pounds, and the price paid WAS $50.
". u. Mailer, better known as"Dutch
iiil.' made the deal.
During Hay Kingdom Coughlin's
a'I>enc. last week, thief Clerk Bert
Mcke. shipped out one car load "
hay To Rock Port, Mo, and on. ear to
NOdaway, l.ert l. sure catching on
20 the hay business and II Prince tac.
'i.ac don't Look out. lleft viii sell him
DIt VI the hay business.
Harry Hewitt, the veteran ditch
machine man, resumed work un the
itch north u town last week, assist.
II 10y our old friend, Hiram eaton
'nd.r The direction Of these gentle.
men tn. maclIin. il going right along.
They have about live miles u ditch
- dix and say they are no, going to
stop until they get done.
The wagon road, In this neigh.
bpfhood are almost impossible and
hose Who lind II necessary to get out
usually 10 horseback. There seems
70 b. no bottom to the roads. aud II
axes four hprs.s 10 pull an empty
aagDn TIL. hacks between here and
Mound CT, have had a pretty hard
la. keeping ~ their schedule, THIS
u III. tan. when W. need hat balla>.
. ted road, and there's hoping Mound
Guys Ioluu-tcial club viii gel busy
On 10. road proposition.
u. Z. Wilson l. putting up a
buiijin, on lis already w.llinprOy.d
farm this week, and installing a larry.
Iron kettle with furnac. for heat Ing
"at.f, a power machine and wfing-r
and a gasolin. engine to furnish III.
power. Z. \, II sure liking things
up right nice for the women folks
Who do the washing, and We might
add for himself, too, A. with this I'm.
proy-n.nt Il. can slip ont aud wash
his feet any old time all by his Ion,
some. az course We don't mean u
say that liz has not been IN the habit
OF washing lbs feet regularly, but We
10 say that that large kettle viii hold
plenty Of water for that purpose.
Some tin. Thursday night OF last
week, a general store In Gentry, Mo, ",
WAS robbed u = lot Of shoes and other
merchandise, The BigeIow blood
hounds were called Friday morning
and left on the noon train, In charge
OF Dick Larrabee and Lloyd Courier
for Gentry, arriving there At 8p, m,
The dogs we're Immediately put on
the trail, the owner Of the store hsv.
ing made extra precautions for the
dogs TO pick up the trail, by keeping
the store locked and guarded, The
dogs picked up the trail In good shape
and follow ed the trail for about six
miles, and Il IL said located the guilty
party, who was arrested and logged In
jail Al Albany, Mo, The officers OF
the Law and owners Of the store we're
more than pleased with the work OF
the dogs.