The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-04-06

paper. His view is that those who do
not take the home paper are dead
anyway and their passing has no
news value. Shake!-Lathrop Opt
mist.
A sidelight on the high cost Of
meat is found in the announcement
In the Dearborn Democrat that May
or Galbreath will give s25 for infor-
nation leading to the arrest and con-
"Boge" Gabbert's meat, and in the
further intelligence that blood hounds
we're secured TO trace the thief. -Four
Of six hams stolen were found buried
along the banks Of small stream.
but no trace was found OF the other
hams. the six shoulders nor Of the
thief who purloined them from Cab
bert's back porch.
AT the close Of an aggressive year Of
work by the burlington Junction
commercial club the Post enumcrates
as important among the good things
accomplished closer fellowship
among the business men.
| One of the first field accidents Of
| the season Is recorded by the Burning
ton Junction Post. The sudden plung-
ing Of a young mule threw Clarence
t;ipe from the riding pillow and he
was dragged some distance between
| the double.trees and the pillow but
escaped with his life and broken
leg.
The smallest town in Nodaway
county, Clyde, was furnished with
ii 2a.hour electric service yesterday,
says the Maryville Democrat-forun,,
when electricity from the plant Of
the Maryville Electric Light and
Power company was turned into the
wires for continuous use. Thirty fam
lilies are today enjoying the use OF
the "juice" for the first time. The
little town also boasts Of three street
lights.
One thousand citizens Of Liberty
met last week In "a rousing patriotic
rally aud endorsed the President in
his stand for American rights against
German aggression.
The chance passing Of two men
/ luNt lIlf Ulfh VI Nllll' NaN'N WV
home of n Hopkins blind woman from
destruction by fire. The blind woman
had placed "a pan Of ashes on her
back porch and had also hung rug
on the porch railing. The swayinR
end Of the rug had come In contact
with live Goals in the ashes and u
n blaze spread to the side Of the house.
Cats are dying in great numbers
1t Pickering following a campaign Of
ut poisoning, and II Is inferred that
the cats came to their death by eat
ing the bodies Of the poisoned rod
cnts.
A partnership office building
equipped with the modern x-Ray and
,thcr facilities for positive diagnosis
is to he erected this summer by three
Maryville doctors. These men Will
continue practice independent Of one
another but each will enjoy the adj
!antages made possible by this eff.
cicnt combination Of capital and
equipment.
| A broken wheel caused a Union
vile ear TO turn "a flip-flop and land
lpsidc down at the edge Of "A deep
Itch. Only an ENHANCEMENT OF
,arbcd wire fence prevented the car
rom going down the steep bank. The
,wner. Gus Pickcnbrock. was caught
luarcly under the ear with the back
( the front seat across his chest and
rear door across his neck. Iromp,
work with u fence rail by his compan,
ION. Phil Rhoadcs. liberated iickcn.
brock without serious injury, says the
rnionvilc Republican.
a little dab of color, a little bit oi
paint. makes thing of beauty II
"A thing that aint.-Seasonable Adv.
: A new $4,000 school building fol
Trenton was assured by the recent
decided victory Of the prOgressiy,
voters Of that city.
A wounded leg, n mangled arm an,
an injured eye was Luther Dudley
run Of bad luck while dynamitinp
stumps near Linneus the other day
A wisp OF straw was being used n
fuse lighter and proved n cost,
economy, actually lighting the fuss
after Dudley thought its uncertain
blaze had gone out. He was tryinl
= to relight the straw when the dyna
mite exploded.
To drive an American hospital mot
! or ambulance in France a l.ibert!
D young man. Lewis Dougherty, vii
5 shortly leave his comfortable Mis-
: souri, home and face the dangers o
Q the sea and the war zone, move,
$ solely by a desire TO relieve the suf
: fering of the wounded soldier boys.
Fire destroyed the old electric ligh
: plant at Smithville last week and tn
y town was in darkness for severa
I nights. Although the current Is oh
s tanned from the water-power plan
at Edgerton the Smithville plant wa
used as an auxiliary and all the cur
Q rent came through II.