The Holt County sentinel., 1916-08-18

With vote of 2g5 TO 10 Stauberry
taxpayers approved the issue Of SI5..
600 worth Of bonds for the extension
of water mains. This makes $4,000
in bonds voted by this progressive
town within the last few months.
a Maryville company has been ask
cd TO bid on the construction Of 20
tons Of copper cable and 40 tons Of
copper rods for expectation to warning
Europe.
The Maryville city council has Just
passed number Of bootlegging or
dinances fixing the penalties for that
ofense Mt $500 60 $1,000. or imprison-
ment in the city Jail from six months
60 year. The Democrat. Forum calls
attention 20 the fact that Maryvillc
recently discovered that all It's or
dnanccs relating TO liquor selling
were in the nature Of dramshop regu.
lations and tina, the passing Of the
saloon and the consequent opportunity
for bootlcgging necessitatcd the adop-
ton Of an entirely new set Of orlin-
anccs.
Ravcnwood voted 90 10 Q for the
electric light franchise 10 he granted
10 the Maryvillc service extension.
Many Of the fine old elm trees that
have made Maryvillc's streets bcau,i-
ful are dying with elm scale. The
presence Of the disease was discovered
by James A. Fairs. an expert plan,
pathologist from the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
When his left hand came in contact
with a live wire. Fred Iiain. n line.
man ut Elmo. was hurled from the
top of pole 10 the ground. Though
his left arm was badly burned and his
RICH, leg broken. Baln has chance
Of recovery.
How long IL n beam Anybody who
knows beans should answer. Thr.
" inches IL the length Of n bean nod
grown by W. l.. Robey. Of Maryyillc,
and now on exhibition IN the Office Of
the Dcmocrat.forum.
Darlington was host to tie rs,.',ry
dealers Of Northwest Missouri and
Southwest Iowa recently, the occasion
being an nll-day picnic and fish frs ON
Grand River
\ party of Worth county pcoplc
packed their baskets and wen, 10 The
woods for u picnic. Daring the day
they found n bee tree from which
enough honey was obtained tina, they
returned home more heavily laden
than they came.
Travcl-wcary and with more tlnn n
suggestion Of dust and cindcrs In his
eyes and ears and hair. b-ychr-o'd
Lloyd Brown stepped or the train al
Grant CITY, Saturday evening. having
come alone, all the way from Chur-
water, wyoming, Ia visit his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. &. ". Mcndcn.
hall,--Wor,h County Times.
with ~ sign,rS a petition for "A
local option election has been present.
al 20 the city council of Cameron.
Cameron IL now dry. hut there arc nj
least ~ persons who wish TO be- shown
again.
One OF the far famed country com.
munltics in Nodaway county is Myrtle
Tree. u isn't n pOstOllicc. but simply
the name of ncighhorho0d which ms
been well defined for mary years.
Last week n letter addressed 10 "Mrs.
John Applcby, Myrtle Tree, Mo"
came all the way from North Dakota
to Maryvillc and delivery was made
on the rural route without loss If |
time.
when father was little boy, he |
must have been his father joy. from
what he says, know. by ling, he |
never did naughty thing. lie always |
had his lessons good and helped his |
rather saw the wood, and filled tho |
woodboS piled up full and all the gar.
den weeds did pull, lie went TO church |
and Sunday school, instead of swim |
ming In the pool, lie never dirtied |
up ms clothes, and always kent a nice |
clean nose. lie combcd his hair back |
smooth and slick, they never had 10 |
use stick 10 make him do "A single |
thing, and while he worked he'd al |
ways sing. lie said Eyes. sir. and "no. |
sir' TOO and always was polite to you.
lie never used bad naughty words and
never robbed the little birds. He said
ms prayers at bed each night. before
ms mamma took the light. and he was |
NOT one DIT AFRAID for he was good and |
always prayed. He shared his candy |
ana MS toys with forty little girls and |
boys, Tie never told one little flo, or
smashed a boy in the rib. You bel he |
was crackerjack, he never sassed or
talked right back. He always acted |
number !; Dad was regular son-of-
a,gun.-Eagleyille correspondent in
Bethany Republican.
couple Of Barnard girls recently
mad their picture taken in a rather
remarkable pose. They were both
wearing the same pair of pants-onn
girl in each leg Of the trousers, which
the town tailor had just finished for
tne worlds largest postmaster, Clyde
PERKINS, Barnard's postmaster, who
weighs ais pounds. The Maryyille
Democrat-forum tried to secure one