The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-12-01

Such thing as total fn'lurc, when ,
seine countries must experience now |
and then. cannot he known |
in rich old Holt. for Il has i's
high lands and It's low lands, anl
II tho yield ON the high lands is light.
the yield on the low lands Is heavy;
and " the low lands fail. the high
lands bear in abundance. Generally
Il Is, rs Il has been for this year, how
ever, that the yield Is good on both
the high lands and the low lands.
This rich county Of Holt IA in n fine
financial shape. II has no bonded
debt, in fact. little debt Of any kind.
and the asscssablc wealth for 1918
was: Real estate, S5,0O6.0bO: town
lots, Ss93,1i0. personal, S2,49, 600;
merchants and manufacturers. S2b2,-
400; railroad. telegraph and tcl".
Phone, 81 .SaO.O9O, making grand
total Of sio,oooy0oo.
The farming community II the
county " wcll.,o 40. and tho people
believe in offering their children good
school ADVANTAGES. having a total
enumeration Of i.i2O children ~
school ayc, and received during the
year. 1916. the sim Of $1,000 from
the state aciool fund. II has five
high schools ,hnt nr,icplatc with the
higher schools of learning. II has five
consolidated school di,tricts, whicn
have mn enumeration NJ 30 school
children aud an nsscssablc wealth Of
si,55s, 40. For the school year, cni'
ing June 20, 1915. IL expended for
tcnchcrs' wages, ss2.c99; incidental
expenses, S22.6i2: building purposes,
500 ,0y(i--a total Of si55.3a1. an aver.
ACC expenditure Of SAT on basis Of
enumeration. The public school loan
INC fInd, si2G.6J5, from which the
county derives n handsome sum M
nually IN interest. which IL distributed
TO the various school districts on basis
: OF enumeration.
Identified with the county's carlics,
growth. thrabbng with IL life, par.
: tirinn'ing with It's revcrscs, sharing
, with is prosperity. they seem Invest.
cd with n personality, to he loved and
I cherished like one Of our household
There has never in the history Of ma
tions been an inference IT such great
Z ness as that welded by the church
n and these noble Old traits one scri
= in mankind may be attributed 10 thu
l. influence that the pastor and churches
= Of Holt county spread among US
:. Holt county has been particular,
blcst in these respects, Its pastor
) are men Of talent and Christian zeal
y representing oil the more prominen
: and strong religious organization
: and have church ediiices dedicated 4
: the cause Of the Great Master.
y The population Of the county Is nov
Y la.530. Il has six Incorporated cities
y electric lighted, four OF which hav'
= water works system, two have pave,
n streets; eight cities with railroad IA
cilitics. Oregon, the county seat, ha
o a modern court house. paved streets
= electric lights and water works sys
" TEN.
;. The county has 3.452 families an,
= l,93h farms, 257,003 acres in ,hcs
. farms; 1850 farms are operated b.
&c There is everything in the count
y Some~ ANs land. good schools and
e good climate. No climate in the worl
q e finer than that in Northwestern
y Missouri, and the seasons are very reg
y ular. The average temperature 70
y the last Al years, as taken at Oregon
=. the county seat of Holt county, ha
- nual rainfall, 36ia inches.
y, The average spring temperature
y 52.64 degrees; the average summe
~ temperature is 1915 degrees; the a,
n y, eraee autumn temperature, 56.42 Dc
!" Orees and the average winter temDel