The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1918-05-03

April ~. The family have many
friends m this neighborhood who SYM
pithizc with them in their bcreaye-
mcnt.
On account Of the very bad wca-
thor and roads the township Sunday
school convention that was to have
been held a, the Christian church, on
lst Sunday afternoon. was postponed
So some future date. which will he de-.
gidcd later and due announcement
made.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ". Duncan were
over from Mound City. several days.
th" latter par, Of last week visiting
With their son, Jesse Duncan. and FAM
l.l. They say they are well pleased
With their new home in Mound City;
I've IN n good noighborhood, and are
glad they made the move.
Ed Courier and son. Lloyd. were
-. Joseph visitors. one day, last week,
where the former went to consult a
physician. having been troubled with
rheumatism for some time. Mr.. Coui-
Ter IL one of our oldest residents, and
has many friends here who will be-
glad To see him recover.
Nick iiinklc left last week with
Roy Cocaughncr and Prof. A. q. Stan.
ley on the draft, and are now IN train
ing ~ Camp Funston. A large crowd
of relatives aud friends were ut the
dcpo, 70 bid the boys goodbye. and We
viii all watch their movements with
much interest, and while We know they
will make good and do their bit with
n will, We will all be glad when they
return home again and enter civil life,
Misses Ruth Maicr and Eva Ho.
gan have been rendered the Forbes
schools AT an increase of Si5 per
month over last year. Miss Eva has
had charge Of the Forbes schools foi
the past two years, and Miss Ruth has
taught there one year, and the board
oilers Miss Ruth $75 and Miss Eva
$50 Tor the next term, So far theI
have not decided whether or not e
accept.
The Big Tarkio drainage commits,
sioncrs held meeting ut the Bank oI
l'igelow, Friday, Of last week, and OF,
ganizcd by electing John A. Buck, OF
Corning, president; Tom pebley, OF
Craig, vice president, and Georg,
ioyhtcr secretary-treasurcr Tn,
board held n business meeting on Mon
day. A. J.. Lawrence, of the Ltd,
Tarkio drainage district, met with
them, and considerable business wa,
transacted.
MIR. T.. y. Hoyt is here, this week
from Clatonia, Nebr., putting in u con
crete basement for Harry Heersema
on the Steinmeycr land. east of town
MIR. Hoyt has had twenty three year,
experience in this line of work, and Il
guaranteeing to build basement thai
VIII he waterproof, something new fol-
this neighborhood. A car load of lum
Der was received few days ago, an,
the work Of building n new residenc,
on this place Is to be rushed.
bro. {. L. kerran received wha
is called Bates steel mule oil-pul
engine from Bunker Hill, RAMS, on,
day last week. This machine is guar
anteed to do the wor kof six head O.
horses, will pull three cultivators, an,
do any kind of work on the farm; de
velops l5-horse power on the draw
bar and 30 on the pulley, and seems I,
be an excellent machine for all kind
farm work. Mr.. Kerran is expecting
to rent some ground and use the ma
chine farming this season.
Mrs. Julia Jones, Mrs. w. +. Balm
Mrs. i. T.. Hogan, Mrs. Guy Jone
Opal Graham, Emylu Bridgmon an,
Katherine Mckee attended the CLOSING
day exercises of the Forbes schools a
that place, last Friday. Misses Ev,
Hogan and Ruth Maier closed a yer,
successful term of school at that plac,
and a large crowd was present to wit
ness the excellent program that ha,
been prepared by the teachers an,
pupils.
Fred Binder, living west of town
has the reputation of being an extr,
good farmer, and a man who was new
err known to let his gas tank on hi
"Tin Willie" go dry, and we are toll,
that he always wears that smile tina
won't come Off. (If you don't believ,
it, ask his wife). But the old rul,
failed last Sunday, when he got with
in q mile Of town, and had to get ou
In the mud and walk TO town for
gallon Of gasoline, walk back to tn,
place where his tank went dry, cranl