The Holt County sentinel., 1917-07-20

After a trip Of inspection among
the homes represented in the Dear
born Calf Club on which he found tho
hcifcrs brought In from Wisconsin for
the Dearborn boys and girls making
n fine growth and many of them with
little calves nj side. Editor Ives. Of
the Democrat. predicts that when the
,alc day comes this fall many Of the
animal, viii have doubled In value.
lie adds: mo move ever made In
this locality has done 30 much toward
promoting the dairy industry"
a Dearborn farmer. :. c. Mullen
dorc. reasons thus: II nm an acre Of
feed fifteen head OF cattle. more corn
and more silos and less pasture should
prove n profitable change. He IL now
building "a concrete silo with capac-
ity Of 3G0 tons. II Is 10 feet across
and will he 60 feet high, says the
| Democrat.
I, begins to look rs II the people
Of Hopkins were all honest, Follow
ing close upon the quick restoration
81 the lost purse and $40 IN cash to
the Iowa visitor n previously record
ed. another instance Of honesty came
10 the notice Of the Journal last week.
\ tcn.dollar bill was picked up on the
street and brought to the newspaper
office to be advertised and before the
paper went TO press the loser Of the
bill arrived at the Journal office 10
announce his loss-and to bc happily
surprised by the immediate return OF
his money.
A ledger that was used In 1894 is
owned by "Wink" Lindsay. Of Hop
kins. From IL the Journal learns that
beans were then 3S cents q bushel; a
board bill for fourteen weeks and two
days board amounted to $3.50, and
four days work with yoke Of oxen
earned So.
A strange instance Of reciprocity
now comes 10 light on the Chas,
Northover farm near Hopkins. Some
weeks ago the Journal told that Q cat
on this farm was mothering o brood
Of chicks. Last week hen Of the
Northover flock adopted . cat and
kittens and insists upon gathering
them all under her wings. cluckine
and scratching for them just rs she
would for q family Of chicks.
The first big plum to fall into the
state treasury through the operation
Of the newly enacted Inheritance Tax
law comes from Excelsior Springs
DIR. W. s. Woods died at that place
recently and the Liberty Advance es
Inmates the share that the state will
receive from his fortune at S250,0
The other day ! met Q lady on the
street and said: "How is that new
granddaughter? She replied, "If al
the world were as sweet and innocent
rs that baby, there would be no war.
NORTH Kansas City correspondent II
Liberty Advance.
Almost continuously since the e.
tablishment Of this paper, more thar
Mound City News-Jeffersonian, "Johl
Goodhsrt has written the interesting
Trump Items. Many times he hai
asked to be relieved - health failed
but yielded TO the insistence Of edi
tor and friends and reluctantly con
scented to do his best, though Otter
: the evidences Of his illness were sess
In the handwriting that came 70 oul
desk, but never wAs there Q note o.
discouraeement In the Triumph Items
And 70 b ives with bis nsigkbors; q
3 ways cheerful, holding . broad ans
Intelligent view O gGaeral and loca
topics" He mads Gs home . Niece,
> for the entire comnunity. HIS item
were always nod vitk dshghI 81,
were Characterised 81 originality ~