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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
Crosses the Divide.


Elijah McWilliams was born near
louisville, kentucky, Apri' IL. 1881.
md removed with his parents to Law
'cncc county. Indiana, when only six
years OF age. Indiana Mt that time
vas almost q wilderness, very thinly
inhabited. lie was united IN mar
age to sarah Cobb, March D, 1874.
To this union i've children were born,
me son dying when quite small; one
laughter dying Mt the, agc OF 20
ycars, leaving one son, living IN Ok
'nhohia' aud one son dying ut the age
~ ~ Year,: Two children survive. a
laughter, Mrs, Tcna Collier, now liv-
ing IN Nillisca. Iowa, and his son,
ciyhc, win whom he made his home,
r,csiding near Forbes, and where he
dieu' -
Mr.. McWilliams came 70 Missouri
nearly a half century ago. settling in
he Missouri Bottom. west OF Forbes.
by close application. hard work and
careful economy, he was able TO Sc
cure himself u nice little home and
farm Of 100 acres Of the very best
land In the Missouri Bottoms, and
had just got Il fairly well improved,
50 he could spend the rest Of his days
IN ease, when the, Missouri river de-
c,ded To Change its course, taking all
OF his land and improvements, leav-
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
Observation-Disclosures.

=. AZ the home OF the brides parents
Mr., and Mrs. Tom Hughes. Wcdncs'
day, February ~. at high noon, &C.
CURED pretty home. wedding. when
their daughter. Celia l.aola. was unit
Ell IN marriage to Mr.. Archie Nc
Arthur. .
Misses Mildred Weaver and Hor-
tense Morris sang THE Garden Of
Roses A. Miss Weaver struck az
w.. strain on the piano from Men
dellshon, the bride and groom entered
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09

Randolph Rhoads, of Mound City,
transacted business in Oregon, Tues
day Of this week.
THE top O. the mornin' to yez!
Mate me at the Forest City Hall,
Forest City, NO., the 18th Of Ireland"
Woody Postal, Of the Mound
City journal, was an Oregon visitor,
Tuesday Of this week, interviewing
the county court and looking after
business matters In general. We
sckaewlsdgs . very pleasant call.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
SURPRISED.

The children, relatives and neigh
bors came with well-Alled baskets,
Sunday last, March 4, it being Mrs.
Hahn's birthday. They sure sur
prised her, and another surprise to
her was to see her brother, John I.
Adams, coming from st. Joseph. The
table was loaded with all the good
things that life affords to eat. Some
ct the children could not b present
On account Of sickness. Mn. r. ~
Hahn's birthday present on March Z,
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
Program.

There vii be a program at the
Union school house, Friday evening,
March 16, given by tine men and
young boys Of the district. Come and
enjoy An evening of fun and laughter.
No admission. Program to begin at
1880. Following is an incomplete
A mock trial, "The Great Pumpkin
Case" about twenty characters.
instrumental music.
Special qusrtette. ~
A play, "The Coon-town Thirteen
Club" fourteen colored characters.
FLOYD =. COEFNAN, Teacher.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09

&C. J. Thurman, ex-county SUI
Perintendent. Of the County Farm,
has removed to Oregon, and is oc-
cuPying his own property. We are
oil more than glad to welcome Chris.
and his estimable wife back to our
midst: Conley Swain, the new SUPER
intsndent, 10 new In charge, and we
extend to him and. Family q hearty
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
viii soon BE Ready.

- ct Uu'e'O'S Ne'HNs. Wue lHTPpiN
20 the factories being rushea--with
war orders and the vast amount Of
material going into n,u'liti6ns, the
4 Joseph Trar smission Company
viii soon be ready to supply electric
rrcnt to Suazonia, Nodaway,
'or' cs. and the Oregon City Water
Ard irht Want. nj Forest City.
A wholesale rate sheet. approved by
he Public Utilities Commission, will
W submitted 90 onr city council. so
hat IL may be possible for our mum.
'iral plant 20 buy nj profit NJ any
nv all times. when for any reason,
{ may not No convenient. possible. or
rrniitable 20 operate our municipal
p'ant.
This should rive orr electricity us.
'r ns thoroughly reliable and salts
factory service as any city in this
-ccton Of the country.
I, shorld also enable our municipal
plnrt TO furnish service more cconom.
ically. as Il is known to all familiar
18th municipal lighting that there arc
times. when the load Is heavy and re-
puires full capacity, which II the most
profitable. as the load decreases Il
becomes less profitable until plants
,ften. to satisfy their customers, run
at n loss.
OR rlant never has been sclf.sup-
porting. notwithstanding the fact that
much time and thought has been en-
pended to make II so. but the propo-
sition OF the Transmission Company
scehis TO be the most logical solution
~ this difficulty ever offered.
Our plant has been giving the hest
,ervice " cou'd possibly give, w 'ac',
TOR service than F" eou'd amor" 10
give =.
migh' mter.st .nc peop" .,
'reg"n 10 KNOW na' ,ns WN pasc'
~ a"uit'on 70 VIVA. " pau o"'N,oua'-
" Tor private 'igh' anu water service,
annually since the rlant was nuiI
anu som, years more tnan 'na, nus
was pald IN th' FORM oi non" 'aN'
and y transfers from the CITY put-
nos" Iunh 10 IN" water ana l'gh' 'unu'
The city - now under an lnWf'sl,
bearing debt OF over S3o"ooo"' u
"l when was ,n'n' "n our n,un,,nn
n'anI TINS dehtHecms 10 nave pccn
increasing NOR" Nnplh'N '"'h year
Nov, after cight"cn years oi "NlSt-
lnc" perhaps over Sl".oWon mas
been spent Tor when w" p"orl" nave
received eighteen years oi street
lights and fire protection and tn"
plant ~ u now stands.
These figures are not gucsS"s' hut
are conscNatlv" estimates based On
u careful study Of the situation, AMI
10 not include any moneys paid Tor
private service,
Ia l.H... I.....s l.NsaN l..A
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09
A New Firm.

The Corn Belt Supply Co., is the
name of a new firm that has opened
IN in this city. Frank Morgan and
Burnes Green will be in charge, and
they will handle farming indictments
Of all kinds and harness. For the
present. as there Is not another va.
cant building in the city, they will
occupy the livery barn building, lust
north of the Hotel Woodland. This
is branch house, the headquarters
OF this company being In Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Watch this paper next
week for their opening announcement.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09

1893, was a daughter, Pearl, now Of
LaPryor, Texas. She, Of course, was
not present to enjoy her birthday
dinner with the old folks at home.
All went home, wishing her many
more such happy events. She receiv-
ed Q number Of presents.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
"A. L. Price has returned from .
visit Of three weeks with relatives In
Virginia.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-03-09

-Ex-Judge Mart Nauman was
here, Tuesday of this week, transact
inR business snd interviewing the
county court--eould not stay away,
and informed US that he might come
back some time II The future.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
COAL WAS FILCHED;
Driver GETS.FINED
Fuel Famine at Last Blows Into
Police Court.

The coal shortage has at last reach
ed the Police Court.
Not that the court Is short of coal.
but a near-tragedy resulting from the
scarcity Of coal was enacted there.
John Williams, driver of coal
wagon, employed by Charles c.
Smithsor. a drayage contractor, was
unable to resist the temptation of
taking $40 that didn't belong to him
when it was almost forced on him
by a woman over-anxious for a ton
of coal.
Williams, on Monday morning, had
orders to deliver a ton of coal to a
pennsylvania avenue address. The
ton Of coal was for a customer with
charge account and no money was
to be collected,
Somehow or other williams pulled
up in front of the wrong number.
rang the bell and insisted on leaving
the coal Not knowing whether or
not some one else in the house had
ordered coal. the woman allowed him
to dump the coal and paid the man
$40.
Williams took the money. The man
to whom the coal belonged called up
the coal yard and inquired about it.
He was told that, it was delivered.
Judge Pugh fined Williams so with
an alternative of sixty days.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
WANT Liquor BAN
At BATTLE front
Methodists Ask Government to Stor
Sale to Troops.

The board Of managers Of the Board
OF Temperance. Prohibition and Pub
lie Morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church held its annual meeting in the
Hotel Continental yesterday, with
Bishop Mcdowell presiding.
DIR. Clarence True Wilson, the gen
eral secretary, reported an increase Ol
nifty per cent. in the Boards receipts.
instructions were given by the Boa rd
to erect six-story, white-stone build
ing at First and Maryland streets,
northeast, as the headquarters of the
board as soon as the material market
is steady.
Resolutions were adopted calling up-
on the Government to ask the French
and British governments to prohibit
the sale OF liquors to soldiers and
sailors in respect to the Congressional
action having that effect in this coun-
try. Congress was memorialized not
to discriminate between beer, wine and
other alcoholic liquors in connection
with any legislation.
The following officers were elected:
Clarence True Wilson, general secre.
tary; Deets Pickett. research secre-
tary; Elmer L. Williams, extension
secretary; John NJ. Arters, executive
secretary; Ina L. Batesi Office secre.
tary, and ]. n. C. Coggin. secretary
for colored work The office of sec.
retary for foreign speaking peoples
was left temporarily vacant.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05

to let my friends know about IL, /
am now SIS years of age and ! feel
that a remedy which will build up
the strength and Increase the pow
er and endurance Of one at my age
should be known to the world"
And then there is former United
states Senator Chas. A. Towne, who
At past IS is still a veritable msun-
tain of tireless energy. Senator
Towne says:
Il have found Nuxated Iron Of the
greatest benefit as a tonic and reg
ulatiVe. Henceforth / shall not be
without it 1 am in a position TO
testify for the advantage of others.
to the remarkable and immediate
helpfulness of this remedy, and
unhesitatingly recommend NuNAted
Iron to all who feel the need of re-
newed energy and the regularity
IF bodily functions"
DR.. z. Sauer, a Boston physician,
who has studied both in this coun-
try and great European Medical In
stitutions said: ''NuXated Iron is a
wonderful remedy. Not long ago a
man came to me who was nearly
give him a preliminary examination
for life insurance, / was astonish-
ed to find him with the blood pres
sure of a boy Of twenty. and as full
of Vigor. vim and vitality as a
young man: in fact a young man he
really was Notwithstanding his age.
The secret, he said. was taking iron
-Nuxated Iron had filled him with
renewed life. At 80 he was in bad
health; at as he was careworn and
nearly all in-nOW at so. after taxi
ing NuXated Iron, miracle of vi
tality and his face beaming with the
buoyancy of youth.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
Eighty Years Young--Physician Says
Nuxated Iron Did h
How W. Id Yen Like to Feel Like Boy Again Full of Energy Vim
and Vsos, With Srong Elastic Foceful Step, Instead
Of That Nervous, Shamk''-g Gait?
Doctor Says Nuxated Iron Often
Increases the Strength and
Endurance Of Delicate, Nerv-
ous, Rundown Folks 100
Per Cent In Two Weeks
Time.

What's the use of feeling so old.
ross, nervous and grumpy" all the
time, a burden to yourself and a
constant irritation to others. It's
not how old you are in years that
counts. but it's the amount of iron
in your blood that may tell the
story. For want of iron. you may
be an old man at thirty. dull Of in
tellect. poor in memory, nervous,
irritable and all rundown" while
1t so or 60, with plenty OF iron in
your blood, you may still be young
in feeling. full of life. your whole
being brimming over with energy
and vital force.
As proof of this. take the case
Of DR.. James louis Beyea, who for
fifteen years was Adjunct Professor
in the New York Homeopathic Med
ical College. At nearly so years of
age. DR.. Beyea was very much
weakened and rundown. He made
up his mind to renew his vital en-
ergy and fill his veins with youthful
vim and vigor. BE therefore pre-
and took it A short course OF 1t
made him feel like a now man. So
much so that he says his friends
ask. What have you been doing to
yourself. you look so well and full
Of life." His reply is. Taking care
Of my blood and building it up with
iron-Nuxatei Iron" DR. Beyea fur
ther says that there is nothing like
it in his opinion to put youthful
strength and power into the veins
of the weak. rundown. infirm or
aged
Then there is Former Health Com
missioner, VIM. R Kerr of Chicago.
who is past the three-score-year
mark. but still vigorous, active
full OF life, vim and energy. Former
Health Commissioner Kerr says that
he believes his own personal actiV-
ity today Is largely due to his use
of Nuxated Iron, and that he be-
lieves it ought to be prescribed by
every physician and used in every
hospital in the country. Former
United States Senator VIM. Z. Ma
son is another keen, vigorous, hard
working man who is we'll past the
three-score-year mark, who praises
the great strength and endurance
building properties possessed by
Suxated Iron. Senator Mason says:
las a pioneer of the pure food and
drug legislation. I was at first loath
to try an advertised remedy. but
after advising with my medical
friends, I gave NuXated Iron a test.
The results have been so beneficial
in my own case. made up my mind
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
q enlist IN Army;
DISTRICT GIVES Al
Sergt. Clayton. U. S. M. C., Trans
ferred from Baltimore to Capital.

Twenty-one men enlisted in the
army yesterday at the main recuit-
ing station. Eighth street and Penn
syIvania avenue northwest. Four
teen were from this city. Their
names follow:
Russell Petit. Takoma Park;
Russell Clarkson, 1888 Allison
street northwest: Roland K. Jones,
1913 Euclid street northwest; Fran
els Dent, 400 X street northwest;
Frank z. Fields, 1924 Thirteenth
street northwest; Edgar ]. Regan.
Randle Place northwest; Henry
Evans, 207 D street northwest;
William ]. Arthurs, City Hotel;
Paul ]. Gathmann. 25 Grant Place
northwest; Uric Dunbar, Baltimore
street northwest; John w. Hinkel,
Kenilworth, D. c.; Moody Ross, Ills
Ninth street northwest; Harry j.
Yost and Frank CARRIERS, both of
919 I street northwest, all Of this
city; and Redfeld Finley, Great
Neck, L. l.; Royal E. Evans, 2S39
Rses street, Baltimore, Nd; James
Leach, Culpepper. Va; Roy ]. Long,
Stirling. Va; Chester Seward, 1907
Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore, Md. +;
Frederick r. Ensor, Bowie, Nd,
and Charles E. Murray, 104 Hooker
street. BarstOw. Fla.
Sergt. R. A. Clayton, o. s. NJ. c..
has been transferred from Navy Re-
cruiting headquarters in Baltimore
and assigned to duty at the main
recruiting station of the Marine
Corps here. 407 Star building. He
succeeds Earnest K. Coberly, who
has been transferred to the Pitts
burgh. Pa. recruiting station of the
Marine Corps.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
Pumps Are Needed
To Purify Wells
Defiled by Huns

The following cablegram has just
been received from the Paris head
quarters Of the American Red
Cross:
Send us pumps is an appeal
today from q Red Gross delegate
in the devastated area. The re-
treating Germans left little un-
touched there last spring. Spokes
were cut from wheels Of farm
carts. orchards were felied, farm
houses wrecked. In many cases
pumps were destroyed. wells filled
with rubbish and polluted.
or the few men and women
who have managed to filter back
to live in the one good corner of
their wrecked buildings to clear
the fields Of barbed wire and try
to till them. none dare drink from
the old wells which they had de-
pended on all their lives unless
they bear a sign Good, water'-to
show that they have been purified."
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
Misfortune Nips RsaDe Climb
OF Husband, Father Of Seeer

Suppose you had q good Job as
window cleaner. That you were maxi
ing all Of . a day. But you be-
came dissatisfied. The wife and
seven hddies seemed to need more
I Then ycn land q ne fiplace as car
penter'ss helper at 30 cents an hour.
Everything goes great for q few
weeks. But one, day you drop a beam
across your foot. crushing Il 80 that
you are laid up for a dozen weeks.
Awfully careless Of you. of course.
The six-months-old baby dies. II has
faded like a tiny waxen mower.
You're horribly sick with grief. Even
when one Is very hard up and pos
ssssed Of an indiscreetly large fami-
lS it's an awful wrench for the
baby 10 go out into the land Of eter-
nal dreams.
Meanwhile the other SIX of your
offspring need shoes and milk and
wintet coats and stockings: in fact
they need all Of those endless things
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
COST OF U. S. RIFLES
SHOWNNOTEXCESSIVE
Farmers Ask Consressmen for Truth
About Graft Rumors.

Half a hundred or more farmers
organizations have been bearing
down on members Of Congress to find
out the government cost of rifles and,
IL It is true. as stated in many places
in the Middle West, that rides which
cost $l4 a few years ago. are now
being worked off on the government
for so apiece"
Secretary Bakers small-arms ex-
perts have shown the stories to be
false-as ere a number others about
war expenditures.
The 1903 model of Springfields cost
a trifie over ST nearly three years
ago. and the same arm sells for ex-
ceeding $23 now.
The new pattern rifles which the
government has adopted vary in cost
from 81 to SIS a piece, dependent
upon what kind Of contracts have
been made with manufacturers and
what labor and materials cost them
at their manufacturing points.
But these rifles are higher powered
and better adapted to this war. be-
cause Of their modern construction,
than were the old rifles. SO that TAX
ing into account increases in labor
and material costs and the improved
pattern these prices are not held To
be excessive.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
322 FARMS OFFERED
IN IRRIGATED ZONES

There are ~ farms open to SETTLE
ment on government irrigation pro-
1ccts IN the West, said w. /. Swen-
ton in an Illustrated address on the
work of the Reclamation Service in
the Parish Hall of All Souls Unita-
rian Church last evening.
The average income of the govern
ment employe in Washington, he
said, counting all from the President
to the volunteer workers at 81 a year,
is less than 500 q month, or about
S,a0 q year. while the average in
come from the 25,Ooo farms on gov
ernment project is about double that
amount. or about 500 a month. Be-
sides the farmer has has his own
home and raises most of his food.
More than 100000 acres are under
crop on government projects, of
which there are thirty.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
LABOR DEPARTMENT
To Aid RECRUITING
Men Qualified for Special Work
Will Be Enlisted.

The Department of Labor, through
its public service reserve machinery,
has offered to endeavor to secure re-
cruits for the army with special
qualifications for the various staff
corps, according to instructions
Just received from Adjt. Gen. Kerr
by Sergt. W. c. Hunt, in charge
of the main recruiting station of
the army, Eighth street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest.
The plan adopted Is for the agents
Of the Department of Labor to Sc
lect the qualified men and send them
to the army recruiting officers for
acceptance for enlistment in a staff
corps which has need Of men with
the qualifications possessed by the
applicant, who should bring with him
card showing name. residence oc-
cupation. etc. This card will bear the
signature Of the oficer or agent OF
the Department Of Labor who sends
the applicant to the recruiting CT
ficer. the signature being intended as
"A verificatfon Of the fact that. the
APPLICANT has the qualifications set
forth on the card and that MS ser
vice can be spared from the indus
try on which he is engaged.
The applicant will be accepted for
the stan corps he desires II .vacan-
cies exist in that corps for men of
his qualifications, or II no vacancy
eisxts there. then for such other stan
corps as he desires where vacancies
exist for men OF his qualifications.
Minor physical defects such as
overweight. laf-foot, missing finger or
toe. hammer toes, ETC.. which would
ordinarily prohibit enlistment in the
line Of the army, may be waived pro-
vided the applicant is considered
qualified for the duty expected of
him
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05

IF people would only take Nur-
ated Iron when they feel weak or
rundown instead OF dosing them
selves with habit forming drugA
stimulants and alcoholic beverages.
am convinced that in this way
venting il becoming organic In
thousands Of csseA and thereby the
lives Of thoussnds might be saved
who now die every year from pneu-
monis, grippe, kidney, liver. heart
trouble and other dangerous mall
aides. Thousands Of people suffer
! from iron deficiency and do not
well you owe IL to yourself 20 make
the following test: See how long
YOU can walk without becoming
/ tired. Next take two nve-grain tab
1 lets Of NUxated Iron three tines per
! day after meals for two weeks.
Then test your strength again and
see how much you nave gained
! NOTE NuTstaS Iron. which has h-a u.sd
: ~ l'r. Beyes and OtherS With s1eh eIrpriEing
results and which is pssscTibed and rsconmsDd-
case, Is not a latent medians nor saeTet
: remedy. hut one which IL vel knoxn 20 dru1-
irF products. it is easily assmilafsd, DE. eos
IuJuTc the teeth. make then bAct nor upsst The
stomach on the oo3traEy. u = 2 nost possut
well for RsTEO0S rundown eooditlooA rhs
u.anUtaCturers have such great connoena q
NuSa,ed iT@n ~ that - tey Sef e fC.s. s
any woman under Eirty who lacu tfoo
and increase theiT strsAgth loo per cent o. oso
u ir ,'s orSssis Sssfs ,roISI. pTss pS ~ s,1 ~ - n
q fuBd yuUT IE0neS II II does not Al leAEt dqubls
NoUr s;nRGth aud endurance N ten oayp time.
>tCres. Propie's Drug StoTeS. and al sOcd dras-
| gisls-Aiy.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
Peek a-boo Waists in DisfaUor
With District Fuel Consel

More than sixty physicians are on
the rolls. They have decided to re-
quest every housewife with whom
they professionally come into con-
tact to urge the wearing OF heavier
garments in the homes. and to ad-
vocate reduction Of temperature in
the houses.
DR.. James ]. Walsh recently said
MAN needs cool air and moisture
around him. overheated dry air
makes him too susceptible to dis
ease. In a temperature Of over g.
degrees 1t is dihicult for men and
women to exist healthfully. II Amer.
leans can be taught to live in this
temperature, the number of pneu,lo
mia victims will surely decrease"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-05
>lways Have PERUNA.

Mrs. L. A. Patterson. 1900
Kentucky. St, Memphis, Tcnnes-
sec, writes:
81 have been a friend Of Pc
runa for many years. l have
used it off and on for catarrhal
complaints and found it a very
excellent remedy. l have a small
family OF children. Times are
hard with us, but l can scarcely
afford to do without Peruna, es-
pecially during the season of the
year when coughs and colds are
prevalent. We always recon-
mend Peruna to our neighbors,
for the benefit it has been to u.s."