The Holt County sentinel., 1918-10-04

ago. and was on his way home from
Portland, Ore.,, where he attended tho
old soldiers reunion and stopped off
for few days visit.
Ed Gamewell came in last Monday
noon from venango, Neb., for a weeks
visit with relatives and friends. Ed
came into Omaha with two car loads
OF cattle which he placed on the mar.
ket there and took advantage Of the
chance to run down here for a short
visit. Mr.. Gamewell reports all OF
his family well and getting along fine
end crops are good in his vicinity.
| Hay King John Coughlin bought
four or five car loads Of prairie hay
from James Morgan Wilson the lat
ter part Of last week and the hay will
be loaded and shipped out this week.
| Jim Hinkie took the night train
here last Sunday night for Kansas
City, where he went to purchase sup.
plies for his hay baler, Jim says it's
much quicker TO 20 after your repairs
these days than to have them sent
through by express.
George Poynter and family 70.
turned home one day last week from
their vacation, visiting with friends
and relatives in the southern part Of
the state. This is the first vacation
Mr.. POINTER has taken In good many
years, and he had certainly earned
the chance OF being off for longer
vacation than he took. His brother,
Harold Poynter, who was doing the
heavy, while George was absent. has
returned to his old position. in one OF
the leading banks at Cameron. Mo.
Mrs. Frank Blair took suddenly
lsick Friday of last week. and Satur-
day noon. accompanied by DIR. i. Il.
Hogan, Mr.. Blair and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jasper Odell, she was taken to the
Sisters hospital in st. Joseph. where
she was operated on that evening by
Drs. Hogan and Potter for append.
citis. The operation was successful
and reports were the first OF this
week. that she II getting along as well
as could be expected. Mr. and Mrs.
Blair are new corners here. having
moved here last spring from Effing.
ham. Kans.. and during their short
residence here have made many
friends who hope for Mrs. Blairs
lspeedy recovery.
-.-LeRoy Locke, the newspaper man
lof Fairfax. Mo-. passed through here
last Saturday evening, enroute 10
Mound City to Join his wife and baby
who had been visiting with her sister.
Mrs, W, A. Mater. for several days.
Mr.. Locke, as In usual with him. ts
lboosting for his home town and says
he likes Fairfax very much--that the
merchants are loyal TO their home pa
lper which is very much appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Bridgmon. Mrs.
Ethel Osborn, Miss Carrie Wadeli.
Larry Cunning. Mrs. A. W. Chunings
MR., W. y. Preston. Sarah Mckee and
IMr, II, n. Mckee drove over TO thd
Rock home. southeast Of Mound CITY,
Hast Sunday afternoon. where they
spent the evening visiting.
The following. taken from the L0y
angeles, Calf, Examiner OF Sept ~
will no doubt be of interest to on
many readers for the reason tina
Lieut.. l.. +. Cummings father. X.
Chuning, was born and raised In TN
vicinity: After being In the OFFICERS
Training school AT the Preside, Sa
lFrancisco. n little over a year, Lieu
LYNN T.. Cunning will arrive here OF
Monday to become one OF the instrue
tors OF the Student Army Trainin
ICorps. Lieut.. Ginning In u son OF
IL. Cunning of Exemption Board No.
who resides at 1851 West Fiftyfrs
treet Another son. Paul Arch.
Chuning, In at San Pedro Submarine
Base. and Mrs. Cummings broth"t
John u. Pryor. u member OF the IAN
Inv. In in the artillery In a Georg
Cantonment. Mrs. Cunning In actN
| In Red Cross work. After leaving IN
PresidIo Lieutenant Chuning was
signed TO Fort Douglas and then
turned to San Francisco as an insiruo
tor. He saw service on the M"Nloa
border with n Montana regiment, WIZ
lhis wife he will make his home WY
Ibis parents while In Los Angeles
Charley Knowles. road oversee
in the Cottonwood district, did soif
excellent road grading In his TERRITORY
last week, when with the help OF W
neighbors he graded the road from ~
Kahn corner around the lake 10 W
southwest corner Of the Mill EaSibr
farm, and from the north end oi p
lake north and east past the Ja- pr
Odell and Frank Blair farms, lhtIto
2 north TO the Catholic cemetery, jts'
n per Odell and Frank Blair ea'h 90
1 mated days work. and the resulY Is
roads In this district are placed IN
first class condition, and the c"nFrs
are good and high so that there Is
plenty ~ room for good road on Zach
side. We are told that our road over
seer. @. y. Adams. Of the Bigelo" dis.
trict, is going to make an exirn eIort
to do some grading In this district pe'
/ fore cold 'ather sets in; bridges IN
this distric, are getting In bad 'haps
some Of them needing new ors'
and the approaches are H. 49,
the approach TO the big Tarl> 70
! west OF town, LIS been In bad shape
/ all summer, as IS also the big ditcn
I bridge east Of TOW, Y, that an extra et.
fort should be mad to place lhe roaos
{ In good condition ir the fall Is lore
/ gone conclusion and the road over.
ser man should have the hearty sup
port OF the entire vic nifty IN DONG
4 thia vvNrk