The Holt County sentinel., 1917-03-16

lie fed for eggs.
The usual commercial activity that
characterizes March made IL pos
sible for the Farmers and Merchants
Bank. Of Hopkins, to attain a note
worthy record in deposits. On that
one day deposits were received to the
amount of sl0a.3i7.53.
On April 3 the voters Of Lathrop.
Bonham school district and Wafu
school district will decide by ballot
whether or not the three districts
shall be consolidated and equipped
with modern and commodious CEN
trail school building.
In a a7.ycar-old paper found at
Hamilton. recently. the following
prices were shown to be current at
that time: Potatoes, 30 cents "a bu-
shell; wheat. Go to 80 cents; eggs. 10
to 1874 cents; lard, IL to Is cents;
kerosene, go cents n gallon; -four. so
to So barrel: sugar, 20 cents "a
pound; tea. $3.50 to 81 a pound; but
tcr, % to 30 cents a pound.
4 lucent advertisement in "A recent
issue of the Lathrop Optimist led TO
the quick sale Of sl5OO.OO worth Of
corn.
AZ Princeton. las, week. the first
monthly auction sale Of horses and
mules wa n success. $50 horses and
mules being sold. Mule spans sold as
high ~ $500. while horse teams
hrough, such prices ~ $3.50. $500 aud
S337.
The two day.sa of ilcrcfOrds. held
10y Ovcrton Harris at Harris, was one
If the most remarkable live stock
events ever recorded in North Mis-
souri,. A total of siSi.51i was re-
cciycd for the IA animals put
through the sale ring. The highest
price for "A single animal was 81 500
and the average price was si,2si.
The sale was attended by 5000 per-
sons. and II H. reported that 200 mo-
tor cars were parked on the ground
during the sale.
While in the witness chair. giving
his testimony in a law-sui, at Prince
ton. last week. William f'risbcc. aged
} go. was seized with heart failure. and
IN n moment was dead, reports the
Post.
The fourth annual Old Home cdi-
ton of the Princeton Post, last week,
contains features a. interesting IA the
. standard magazines. The letters
from former Mercer county persons
include an interesting letter dcscrih-
! ing life nj Cape Town. South Africa:
| ast t,t,
or. describing his trail over the Inter.
national boundary. between Washing.
ton and British Columbia, n dcscrip-
ton of life IN AN adobe house NJ Taos.
New Mexico. the old home of Kit Car
son, and the strangely interesting
! Pueblo Indians. the story of "A young
Missouri doctor. who has become AN
Indian Medicine Man" IN Arizonia,
and many other letter. as varied aud
interesting,
4 former Clay county man, Joe
Ballard. was recently elected sheriff
of an Oklahoma county, on u dry law
enforcement platform. His exploits
furnish thrills a-plcnty for the old
home papcr, the Liberty Advance.
His latest fight with the whiskcy men
resulted in the capture of four men,
three automobiles, thirty cases oi
whiskcy, one cask Of beer and two
guns. Besides making good, Ballard
is getting rich AT the game. since the
Oklahoma law provides for the con
fiscation of cars, wagons and all inn
plemcnts used by the whiskcy men in
the conduct Of their business-an the
sheriff gets Ono'fourth of all captures,
A strange accident bcfcll IA Ford
car near burlington Junction. Pre-
paratory to an early morning trip To
town, Il. =. Staples filed the radiator
of his ear. II was u cold morning,
and evidently water frozc in an over
flow pipe, making the radiator water
tight. When Az miles from town,
reports the Post. Mr.. Staples was
startled by loud explosion, which
blew gu the entire front of the radi-
atOr. He drove the Az miles to
town, however, without stopping the
engine.
The Dearborn Calf Club has con-
tracted for two car loads of dairy
calves, The club begins II work with
the distinction, says the Democrat, of
being the biggest club along the en-
tire Lac of the Intcrurban route.
In building several new ranch
houses on their extensive lands near
Burlington Junction. the Caldwells,
famed for the black cattle, have
adopted the modern bungalow. All
ranch houses, even those of but three
rooms are equipped with bath and
modern plumbing.
The highest price ever paid for
sheep on the open market at Edger-
ton is reported by the Journal. z. T.
Biggerstaf sold 80 head ut S17 each,
Princeton Is determined to hold q
fair this fall. and has renewed its ef-