The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-06-08

new 200-mile system Of rock roads in
that county will soon be under way.
To connect with this road at Holt,
Lathrop now proposes by private sub
scription to build q similar highway
to bridge the six emile distance there
to. This latest proposed Improvement
will cost about $1,000 a mile, says
the Lathrop Optimist, and $4,000 al
ready has been subscribed.
A farmer came to town and bought |
quarters worth Of beans. On his
way home he stumbled and fell and
lost both Of them.-Unionville Repub-
lican.
Potato blossoms are likely 20 be
very popular this summer as q trim |
ming for the hats Of the more veal. |
thy classes, suggests the Milan Re-
publican.
G. +. Ward. until recently one Of
the editors and owners Of the Iiber-
" Advance, has purchased the Platts-
burg Leader from Mr.. Alexander and
assumed management Of the paper
June /.
The young and growing city of
North Kansas City now has weekly
payroll exceeding $4,000. Factories,
railroads and grain elevators there
give employment TO I 400 persons.
Next week Hamilton will vote on q
100000 bond issue for the ccnstruc-
ton Of a system Of waterworks.
A customer from Worth county has
been coming regularly TO the Hop
kins mill TO exchange his wheat for
flour every season for 90 years, says |
the journal. Last week he again |
drove the 90 miles and back for u
supply of flour and reported that his |
1917 wheat crop promises TO he fully
up to standari-evcn 30 bushels an
acre IL weather continues favorable.
Though there were 20 members in
the HOPKINS calf club only - Hol-
stein hcifcrs could be procured by the
buyers who went north after them.
The heifers cost ssj 20 SiiO each.
After an Iowa community. just over
tho line from Hopkins, had reported
the appearance Of enormous motcors,
which struck the earth. one night re.
Gently, In that locality, the Journal
points out the superiority Of Missou-
ri perceptivc powers by citing the fact
tina, persons near Hopkins and Pick
cring on that night saw two airplancs,
adding that "thc lights could he seen
and the reports Of the blank bombs
plainly heard, the airships being out
from Kansas cry praetie'ng up TOT
real war cruise
In order TO move the required IL
oo0 CUBIC yards OF art an" i'n,sn .ne
new haf.miie race track u, tne .n-
vnnnah fairgrounds by July L. inc
stipulated time. the contractors erc
using nm s'Corsc catcfpihnr Uncte.
70 do the digging ana Wcn,y-e,gns
Missouri mules 70 haui the u1t. I'M
work IN GROUND 700 soit lot tne use
oi horses or mules says ,he h'poftcr.
The grazing Of the track VIII cost
$1,000.
,5.T O.
vannnh fair VIII receive inc stimulus
OF prize hs' r'aehihg Si"'ooo 'asn'
among recent voluh.ccrs W .n. M
uon scrN'ec ~" '.. "'V tn,
are Reed, Arthur ana n"nh,c NV
sons OF Mr. ana MrS' 9"hh W. N''h'' |
81. IL
summing up OF thc Irult sltnn-
ton - pr'nted by 'ne saVhnnnn ho
porter rs follows: me vn'rry cIop
promises talr, the rasnoerrE NM
n'aeNpcriH cIoPn "'oS.
except apples Stfnwbcrri's WI, Nv.
"rage about hnl,crop' Vet pusy
when the stfawberfleS conc on he
marker ana keep busy 'ne 'n''rr u
son. DON'T wait iof o,ncr fruits
FRUIT Is an absolute necessity lnr
nca',h ana inc time 10 e"' u " e'''N
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