The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-12-15
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(By A. A. JeGreyJ
OF the "a cases on the criminal doc |
ket of Mercer county for trial this |
month IL are liquor cases.
"Nod-Co-M Mo" is the unique name |
chosen by DR.. and Mrs. Villas Martin |
for their farm near Maryville.
Liberty dairymcn, says the Adj
vance. will raise the price Of milk to
ten cents quart for the winter.
A barnard man reports that one Of
his neyhbors is moving his house over
two feet n the roof has been leaking
on the cook stovc.--Maryville Tribune.
In a Clay county court last week
eleven Kansas City men were nrraign.
cd for hunting on Sunday and upon
entering q plea Of guilty. each Of them
was fined 81 and costs.
\ pupil N the Prairie Hill district
thought TO have some fun With q
match and tie very small blaze soon
covered n ncighboring field and de-
stroycd three stacks Of hay, says the
Tribune.
From Gospel Ridge IN Davies coun-
~ comes the report In the Gallatin
| North Missourian that two brothers
thus early in tho trapping season
have already sold more than 20 fur
bearing hides.
And still the sheep continue TO ar
rive in Mercer county from the far
Southwest. Last week the KauiTmans
Of Princeton received 5000 from New
Mexico and bought 800 more by wire
from Texas.
The enrolment for the winter quar-
ter at the State Normal school at
Naryvillr has passed the 900 mark
and is rapidly nearing 100. The high.
est previous record for the winter
quarter wa, 30j.
Two carloads of potatoes arrived
n, Naryvillc last week from Van
couvrr. British Columbia, having been
sc,cn weeks on the way. Ia spitc II
their long trip, rays the Democrat
Forum. they arrived in good condition
white aud sound.
|
An active campaign in organizing
farm clubs h. now under way in Sui.
Ivan county. reports the Milan Re-
7 Hpublcan. Schooi district clubs are
the object OF the prrscnt campaign.
and II II hoped that c,Inty wide
organization will follow.
Fifteen solid gold. silver and bronze
trophies we're brogght home To- Mis-.
souri, the other day from Sweden and
Denmark 10y bob simpson, the North
west Missouri athlete. who H. now al
his work again In the college OF agri-
culture of the University Of Missouri
Savannah pcoplc doubtless sat up
and took notice sixty years ago when
the following wag printed IN the
Northwest Democrat, rs recalled by
the Savannah Reporter: a machine
which will freeze ice cakes - by Il
inches Il now one Of the malycls Of
The East.
During the last five or six weeks :
corn show has been conducted hy n
King City implement dealer, Z. w.
Collow, and the Democrat announce
that this hometown booster last week
paid on, $50 in cash prizes In accor.
dance with the final ranking Of the
exhibits by competent judges.
The high cost of hunting was i'm,
7 pressed ON Carl Harlow, Gallatir
young man, says the North Nilsson
iian. Harlow and two friends were
out FOR Thanksgiving hunt when IN,
gun which he carried was accidentally
discharged and the load carried away
the big toe from his right foot.
The Waterman IN n Liberty jcwclry
store was awakened the other nigh'
Ia find two men Scooping icwolry from
the showcases Mt lively rate. The,
wrrc throwing the loot into sun
ease and when they learned they wcr,
discovered they made hasty retreat
leaving the partly filed suitcase ii
the store.
Editor Mills, of the Mound CT,
News-Jeilcrs0nian was puzzled for /;
little while last week when ". {
Andes brought to the office two apple
picked from the same tree. one ben,
fresh and rosy and the other, thougl
sound, being yellow and wrinklcd. On
was from the 1916 crop, the o,hc
\. grew in 1915.