The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-22

week by the Clay county court.
The spring weather of the past
CCw days has caused a drop in egg
prices at Brookfcld according to the
Daily Argus. Eggs are now selling
lat - cont "a dozcn--a IL cont drop
from the 60 cent price of a few days
ago.
After February IL, Maryvile
folks will have TO pay l5c each for iit-
noy rides, says the Tribune, with no
chance TO get them two-for-a-quartcr.
At costs amounting to 6 cents mile
plus drivers wages, the jitncy own
crs decided that 10 cents fare was
too little.
Six carloads Of corn meal were
sold last week by the Mound City mill
to a Chicago buyer. according to the
Ncws-Jcfrcrsonian. This order is for
delivery just as quickly as the meal
can be- ground. The mill soon will
change its machinery so a. to devote
is entire time TO grinding corn meal.
In n thrce-day drive the rural
carriers at Maryvillc sold their pat.
rons Sl,ii9.5O worth of war saving
and thrift stamps.
A former Maryvillc girl, now Mrs.
C. s. Ellis, Of Roca, Nebr., according to
the Maryvillc Dcmocrat-Forum, will
this spring drive tractor to plow the
ground and plant 100 acres Of beans.
This Is TO be her "bit" in winning the
war
livery young farmer ought 20
start now with at least one register
od beef or dairy cow" G.. u. Bellows,
th" Maryvillc Shorthorn breeder. Is
uuOtcd IA saying in n recent article In
the Country Gentleman. lie contin.
ucs! ~ never knew man. who an.
piled himself, to fail in the breeding
Of livestock. II IL the one busino.s 5
where practical, common.scnsc meth.
ods are used. IN which the word fail.
urc has never been written"
a young man Of Rock Port who
had lost one foot took the examination
recently for rural mail carrier. lie
acquitted himself 80 well in answer.
ing the pIcHtions that he would have
secured th" appointment except for "a
mistake made somewhere along the
line Of rcd tape from Rock Port 10
and return. In recording
his qualifications the department cred.
tied him with an amputa,od arm in.
stead oi u foot. and that. SAYS the
journal. Knocked him out of all
charccs of filling the present vacancy.
When the Platte county court. last
week considered the matter Of hiring
q county highway engineer. only two
bids for the job were offered. SAYS the
Dearborn Democrat, Both were the
samc--Siu month for the first three
months, then subject to raise.
The pnll-taN on ahlc.bodcd mon
IN P'attc county was fixed by the coun.
~ cOur, last week nt 81.
a rccip" for sweet corn ponc =
sought by Editor Moorhcad.
of the Hopkins journal.
Just for fun. SAYS the Optimis,, n
.athrop man greeted his friend py
hitting him n hearty whack on the
hrchFt with his fist. Tho blow broke
n rib loose from the brcas, bone and
disabled the victim for several DAYS,
While digging well on the Con.
fnd Meth farm, IN the north part Of
Clay county says the Liberty Tribune.
workmcn uncovered a wcll,prcacrvcd
picc" of oak wood. 32 feet below the
surface of the ground within n com
pact layer Of harlpan clay. The well
was dug on high ground. hence the
wood could not have been buried there
by slide or overflow and how il,
came there u mystery.
For - bushels of 1915 corn SlG2,
nr 81 n bushcl. was paid last week by
W. y. Huston, near burlington June.
'ion, says the Post, lie bought il from
a ncighbor.
a collector Of curios Mt Liberty
recently added 10 his collection piece
NJ the bark from the big llowdcshell
walnut tree near Excelsior Sprinps.
! his great tree bought and sealed by
the 'hllllcothc gunstock factory Mt
nearly $1,000. was the largest walnlt
tree In the United States. The niece
Of bark Is five inches thick, SAYS the
Liberty Advance.
-Fifty-two women, assisted BY a
Few OF their husbands. completed ten
comforts for the wounded French SOL
Ilicrs at u Clay county comfort tack
ing bee last week.
In order To gain week for sum
mcr garden work. the Liberty schools
vii be- In session each alternate Sat
urday, beginning Feb. 10.
Wheat Is not much damaged BY
the cold weather, says Old Chin, from
liayville, in the Richmond Missourian.
Somewhere In the st. Joseph ter
ritory Of the Children's Home Finding
Society Of Missouri lives a man who
has taken i3 children 10 raise, and
now wants two more. As these adopt
ed children become Of age. this bene-
violent fOSter-f father gives each m farm