The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1917-03-22
Scott Lacey
lFarmers read this letter carefully and
you will get an idea abont dairying.)
Parker. KAs.. March 8. IL.

Parker. Kas., March ., ~.
Mr. James ]. Hollu1, Hazel Green, Ky.
Dear Sir-slo.aer has just received a
letter from you ash ng for a letter to
The Herald for March 18th issue. She
asks me If | would write for myself and
her too as had been thinking of writ
ing for some time.
Parker is a nice little town of 500 pop
ulation, situated sixty miles south of
Kansas City, on The NJ. X. & T. railroad
and eighteen miles west of the Missouri
line. Parker and community is about
one half natives cf Wolfe and Morgan
counties, Ky, or their descendants.
many OF them are well to do farmers
and business men. Parker has three
churches. $1,000 city ball. electric
lights, cement sidewalks, two banks,
three general merchandise, two hard
ware, two drug stores, besides a number
of other enterprises. There is good
opening here for doctor as ne only
have two and one of them is getting
qnite old.
J. O, kash is one OF our leading mer-
chants, the most of US know him as Ova
Kash, w. G. Old6eld is one Of our real
estate men and pe,lice judge, Jasper
Williams is our city marshal and con
stable, Peter Amyx is one of the leading
fur buyers of Eastern Kansas, Morrison
Nickel who was 81 years old last No
vember still breaches for US once and
while. Uncle Bill Henry a brother of
Powell Henry of Morgan is able to get
up town but is getting quite feeble, he
came here in 1866 and has never been
back. Tom Cottle who came here few
years before Mr. Henry is still living
and can get out sometimes. Enoch
Caskey that is now living in Camden
county. Missouri, has been confined to
his bed most of the time since last June
is now able to get about bu. not able to
work get. viii Tom Ingram and sons
moved TO Oklahoma about one year ago,
the reports are that they are doing we'll,
Mort Pieratt brother of Attorney A. g.
Pieratt of Hazel Green is still livinr
near here and they are all we'll and
doing WE'LL As for myself live in one
mile of Parker. | am farming and
dairying as a side line but find that
the side line gives better returns for the
labor and money. Invested, EaFmipp. il
= sssSs.sE sie4i Ike pnckfsig tfse bosSs.{ e
'rrsSsp, lkzS tszsFyFz So ~S-s-.!s ~
come, butter fat is now 81 cents per
pound, good COW will pay for herself
in one year if properly cared for. also
find by having cream separator that
there is from 25 per cent to 81 per cent
more profit or a gain of that much over
the hand skimning method aud ntorr
than that in hot weather if you haven't /
cave or cellar.
have noticed reports in The Herald
about the bad westher and bad roads in I
Kentucky. We have had here without
doubt the finest winter | ever saw.
We have had very little snow or rain
There has not been day bur what auto
mobiles could run aud only two or three
days that they had co use chains. We
have fine roads here anyway. They are
we'll graded aud then kept drug with
the ordinary road drag. They are not
only drug after rain, but after a snow.
They reverse the drag and drag the snow
into the bitches where il h,elts aud runs
off and leaves the roads solid. almost
forgot to tell you that Parker has High |
School with nine months term free to
those that live in the district, also ad-
Joining Parker is the 2nd largest apple,
peach and cherry orchard in the State,
at one time it consisted of 1000 acres |
but is not quite SO large nov. The
owner in 1916 claimed net profit OF
$50, 900, one year before that they ship
ped IS car loads of No 1 and No. 2 APP
pies aud peaches besides thousands Of
bushels IF No. % and culls sold here.
They also make several thousand gallons
of vinegar each year from the small and
Gull apples. My mother makes her home
with me, she was sick during the month
of January but is DOW well and gets
about quite well for lady of her age,
size attends church regular in the sum-
mer and quite often in winter. / have
two children, Cloth boys) the eldest will
enter High School next term. ,9ell !
guess have written more than you will
care to print, 80 / will close by sending
my best, regards TO all my friends and
relatives and he Dear Old Herald.
Yours truly,
Scatt Lacey.
p --Grant Lacey is now in Kansas
CITY, Missouri, he has grocery store
and a wholesale and retail seed house 10
connection and is well and doing good
business. >. l.,
Homestead, Pa, March Is II.
Mr. Jas. I. Hollon, Hazel Green, KY.
Dear Sir-You will find enclosed 81
for which you viii please send me your
oaper ssThe Hazel Green Herald" for