The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEWS
The Most Important News Condensed
From the Leading Papers, by
A. A. Jeffrey.

library fund was renewed for another
year by the Maryvillc city council, tho
other night in special session. The a..
sosscd wealth in the city is about
double the former valuation, and the
one mill levy will yield about si,50D.
says the Daily Tribune.
When the Savannah postmaster
added up his sales of War Saving and
Thrift Stamps for the first Is davs of
March he fornd that the cntriiiiiihh
March. he found that the entire
amount was S6,671. while moro than
half Of these sales. or s3.67i. were
made by one rural carrier, VIM. ID.
Munshaw. " Route No. 6. Three per-
sons on the route. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Triplctt and daughter Miss Minnie.
have gone the limit, buying 81 900
worth Of certificates each.
AT Nickollton. last week. Lewis
Saling's pipe did him an evil turn. ac-
cording to thr Macon Republican.
Sailing and his wife came to town in
their new Sl2i surrey and bough, a
new $50 washing machine. Wrapping
the washing mach ne in 81 quilt tn
keep IL from damaging the surrey.
thny loaded il into the bark scat. aud
lighting his l0.ccnt pipe. Sailing drove
blithrly humowam Spark, from the
pipe set fire TO the quilt and burned
up urilt. washing machine and surrey.
--For on" hog. weighing 200 pound.
aud selling at Si6.2j hundred
weight, u. ~. Sailor. Of Montgomery
county. last week, received Si23.iO.
With ! Jersey cows in his dairv,
Virgil Marsh. near Holt. sold $3.50
worth Of cream IN December. January
aud February.
Salt Creek has been located in g
nov nlacc. At q dor,h Of son Zee, a.,
oil drill nov working IN the Lily
community in Clinton comfy s'r,ca
n big vein NJ salt water the other In
says the rla,t burg Loader and tho
drilling was held up until rim-r
could be- shipped from oklahoma -
the water could bc shut oir.
4 pumpkin, aged hut VOL pre-.
served. created n sensation NJ New
Hampton Red Cross sale hy selling
for more than 500; n cake brough,
$3.50 and the total proceed. or the
sale were Sl.l2n, .ay. tho Bethany
Republican.
i Sum"iiwc, think vc'l rrrd 10 $50
orr battle fought. and helpers be-, b..
fore We learn To- do our part. and
really tat" this W'r - heart, We
Know they're fighting "uyrr there" hut
Friends, to be- lust ~ the .uHnrp, could
We not do a bigger biz than we have
done g. further Il? We buy some
stamps, We buy bond. ~ Uncle sam
can cross The pond. The Rcd Gross,
too. We give some pay. and also the Y.
VI. Z. \. We Try 90 save on wheat
and meat, and sugar We will scarcely
cnt; We knit aud sew and fold our
gauz", and rive our own boys 10 the
cause, ANA yet dear friends. how very
small T. what We do. compared with
nll that one man gives who stakes his
life, aud cnt"rs In this worldwide
strife. oh, I'm ashamed of my small
part, and stand aghls, with aching
heart, that ! M more than this can
do. and when ! see the person who
stands by without heart that beat /.
and gobblcs down his good old eats,
and piti,s just his own small soul,
that could 80 through n gimlct hole,
] want Ia kick his rrt'cn frame and
call him by his wcll.carnci name of
SLACKER.-.Writtcn for bethany Re-.
publican by Mr.. q. W. Gerry, who's,
Wv" sui " WI Nl~ WY over tneft.
In remarkable publication Of
bank statements the Chillicothc Con-
stitution prints the March 18th state
mcnts of eleven Livingston county
banks, showing aggregate deposits OF
S2,hb1,G25.2j.
When the ny-whccl of the gaso,
line engine with which she was pre-,
pairing tn run the washing machin,
caught In her skirts and threw hcl
violently to the floor. Miss Mimi,
Shaw, of Milan, had the nerve an,
presence Of mind Ia reach for IN,
switch and cut OF the ignition current
The wheel Of the engine had 10 b,
turned backward several revolution.
before the young woman's clothin,
could be discngngcd, says the Rcpub
lican, and her quick action undoub,cd
~ saved her life.
There were 375 carloads of live
stock delivered to the ST. Joseph mar
ket in 1917 that didn't travel owe
railroads, but over the country road
by motor truck.
As u result of the long droutI
many field fires have swept owe
Northwest Missouri farms within IN