The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-11-24

morni- =, .Fp.Iy before that hour
Mrs. R.Hho-rrw' wns awakened by the
usual r~Ncrt NJ on tho window and
arose aI,. p.,I.... D..a.. FAST. The
man Of the house arose and ate IL and
was ready TO start to work when he
CHANGED TO look ut his watch and
found tina, he was about five hours
early.
A community Christmas tree at
Bethany Is the latest worthy plan
taken up by the Harrison County
Woman's Association.
Only in hone that il may prevent
| simiinr accidents elsewhere is this re-
ported. At Pawnec in Harrison coun-
| ty last week buzz saw gradually
looscncd on It's shaft and worked, UNI
noticed toward the end. Suddenly il
left the end of the shaft and whirled
or into the air. striking the offbearer,
man named Payne, and mangling
him unspcakably. He left frail wife
and four small children.
From Eaglcvilc comes the report Of
"a scourgc of rat. They are destroy
! ing corn in the fields ard even climb
! into the wagons left loaded with corn
over night. They are digging their
way into caves and cellars and in
some instances have entered the
houses and bitten sleeping children.
An Iowa family Of six, cnroutc
= rUm Dies sioincs 10 Benton county,
afoot, passed through Earloville the
other day in relays. They had divided
into two groups Of three each in order
to improve their chances Of catching
rides with automobiles.
\ liar i.pn comfy r"rr,r butcher.
cd hi. hpf d".ius i.r cr'' epc'l and
left II banging out ov, i'.h 10 cool
Il We vi mic for MI g.. dor. in The
nci~ y nrhoId and the next morning
onl! TIC ~ i quarters Of the ! or were
left.
Fo r irns If bcars SO ,ho pur-
IctrSc rr =" ~ c.. 4, . ID trur.
man, o. Princeton. Rom are selling
in Primo, ~ o. - cent a pound. but
| this puhlic Sp'a'''' man announces
gry folks of Mercer county nj about
half that price.
Sr,a';iur # puhlic sale. Editor ".
| e. fr!ro. of 'ho Princeton Post. has
this - say: IT, = Question of getting
hd,lo 81; rany bidders moan high
price,. Posting bills viii helm but in
this day, when pcon'r travel in fas.
automobile ard behind swift moving
horse. moi many arc going to stop
10 read n bill ,Hr'od up or fence
post. Anyway. ~ many bills have
been Tackled on thc old fence post that
they don't know your hlll Is u now one.
4 few dollars paid for advertising in
n good newspaper will probably bring
bidders who will pay you many times
the cost Of your advertising.
From the explosion Of "a gasoline
engine, fire broke out in sheds ada
cent to the biz hay barn 81 Guyton
& Harrington n, Ia,hrop last Tues
day morning and for a time threaten
cd the 300 carloads OF hay stored
there. Only by strenuous work wa
| he fire put out after II had destroyed
two small buildings. windmill and
several rods Of fence.
4 Clinton county farmer brought
81 spring turkeys Ia the La,hrop mar
kct last week. receiving % cents a
pound for them, n total OF Si1O.9i.
The Saturday crowd nj Kingston |
last week witnessed the payment ~ /,
nm unusual election bet when T.. $. |
l'oncr, Republican, rode a bawling |
COW down main street.
Another farm has been added to
the holdings Of the big Lnthrop firm
Of horse buyers and shippers. The
new addition consists of $50 acre.
which was transferred for n consider,
alton Of $4,000.
As n result Of homo town enter.
prise Pattonsburg now has q produce
company which has grown until Il now 4
employs % persons.
A general wolf hunt Is planned hy
the farmers near breckenridge in or.
der to put stop to depredations on
sheep and poultry.
Rolling n peanut from the Presby.
terrain church to the city hall. ut Lock
Springs, was the way James Eads
raid his election wager. He used
too,hpick for a propeller. His adj
vcrsary. DIR. Williams, In case Of
Hughes victory, was TO have done the
same stunt. using his nose instead Of
the toothpick. Close call for the nose,
remarks the Gallatin North Nilsson.
rian.
A Gallatn man Is Offering 10 trade
n b-passcngcr Ford touring car for
milk cows.
Grant City's biggest manufacturing
p'ant needs more room, declares the
Worth County Times, in opening an
able plea for additional room and IA
cilitics for the Grant City schools.
The factory Of good citizenship is the
point thus ably put.
4 farmer near Grant City raised
800 bushels Of popcorn on q ten-acre
lot, says the Ridgeway Journal. He