The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1918-04-26
OREGON, NO.

finished" says the plat,shurg Leader.
But near kcaincy H. "a feeder who
does not follow the crowd. To-day Gil.
bert Barr has on feed more than 20
carloads Of hogs and cattle. most of
which are ready for market. lie L.
sure that hogs will reach $50. and that
cattle will soon sell for SIG hundred
weight"
A Gentry county ham sold the
other day--from Henry Grace TO ".
u. Ralph--for sl5.io, says the Albany
Ledger
In the service flag Of Park College
at rarkyillc there are ii2 blue stars
and one gold star--a proud record in.
deed. ~ considered 10y the Gazette.
Though ~ years Of age. Mrs.
Martha Cameron marched live blocks
IN Skidmorc's Liberty Loan parade,
and borgh, $500 bond besides.
Still another oil company was or
| ganiZcd nj Richmond the other day.
says the Missourian. and stock at 81 a
share Is being shovclcd up ~ fast IA
a hungry duck shovcls corn.
"A COW, 10 years old. and owned by
Judge T.. {, Goaldcr. near Richmond
has made a remarkable record in the
number Of calves she has raised. says
The Missouran, In all that time she
has raised but two calves. yet since
she was two years old she has been
giving milk continuously, not being
| dry day IN fourteen year,. Her firt
! calf was born when she was two years
old and the second came only lat
week. The COW Is Shor,horn. weigh
ing LOO pounds. fat NJ butter and
gives five gallons of milk a day. be-
sides all the calf wnntS--anyway,
that, what the Missourian says,
--liy government order the milling
company AT Hopkins asked all persons
IN that territory To bring In all the
wheat they possessed. whether much
nr little" and IN Response 10 this call.
says the journal. the Doolcy girls.
wing east of town, went 10 their
fathers bin and picked up all the
wheat that remained and brought II 10
| HOPKINS. where IL was weighed and
| found tn be- just pound. Many will
say that this H. all fo1lishncss, COM
mcnt, the Journal, hut that pound will
| iced an American soldier fully day,
and IL the same diligence were oh.
served on every farm IN the United
States enough additional wheat would
be secured to feed many thousand
soldiers.
An april fool" calf came to the
fam Of I'D Clutter, near Hopkins, on
| the appointed day for April fool jokes.
Journal. having no sign Of tail what
ever, Otherwise, the calf Is normal
and healthy, and Clutter expects to
blanket the animal in ily-time and to
use anti.hy preparations so that II
need not suffer because Of its defom-
ty.
not suffer because of its deformity.
One Nodaway county paper last
week mentions with keen disapproval
the fact that couple of boys had been
seen killing meadowlarks. The same
paper told in complimentary language
of the skill and valor Of a preacher
in that county who succeeded the other
day in shooting a great blue heron
"a bird much nearer extinction through
mans barbarity than even the grad
ually disappearing meadowlark.
1t is just possible that Pickering
may have in the near future woman
rural route carrier, says the Hopkins
journal, since the government has
opened the service to women again for
the first time since 1911, and there Is
a vacancy at Pickering and an eXamin-
alton on April %.
standard oil stock took sudden
slump at Bethany last week, when the
. local agent lost control of his truck
and ran 1t kerplunk into the front OF
: the Central Hotel. In the wild chase
according TO the Republican. one OF