The Holly chieftain., 1919-04-03

u week ago and had since been Wis
iting relatives at the county seat.
Attorney Alfred Todd of Lamar,
WAS in Holly last Saturday looking
after legal matters. which included
the lining up of the Farmers Co
Operative Broom Co., a corporation
recently formed of mostly sOuthside
farmers for the purpose of manufac-
turing brOOIns, and the buying and
selling OF broom corn.
W. w. Heckethorn of the H.-B.
Auto Co.. left Tuesday night for
Denver to take in the auto show in
session there this week. Billy" left
with the full determination to get
an eye full of things pertaining to
the auto and truck businesstand
there is little question but that he
will have the opportunity.
C. L. Allen, residing IL miles
southwest of town was in Holly
Monday arranging for sale which
will be held at his place Wednes-
day, April 9Th. Mr.. Allen recently
suffered the loss of his wife who
died of influenza, and he has decid-
ed to leave his farm and Is think
ing some of moving to Oklahoma.
J. Lester Graham who recently
sold his residence in the east part
of town to Jas. Trefz, moved the first
of the week into the property in the
northwest section just vacated by
Bruce Finley. Mr.. Trefz expects to
have gang of wOrkmen tear down
the old house next week and will
then erect a neat little 5-rOOm bung-
allow on the place.
James Trefz, the battery expert
and electrician at the Holly Auto
Co. garage, is the first man in. Holly
to declare his intention to build a
residence this year Mr.. Trefz re-
Gently purchased J. Lester Graham's
property in the east part of town
and will remove the present small
dwelling on the property and re-
place it with neat little 5-rOOm
bungalow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. johnson and
baby arrived here yesterday for a
brief visit with MIR. JOhnsOn's sister,
Mrs. E. d. Shirley and mother, Mrs.
NJ. A. Johnson. Mr.. johnson is a
newspaper man, having at one time
edited the Wiley Journal. He has
just recently been discharged from
the army service, reaching Lamar
last week after having been muster
ed out at New York.
j. N. Wayne, one of the progress
sive dry landers south of town %
miles, was in Holy last Friday and
Saturday. He brought in some
broom corn and took out some pro-
visions. Mr.. Wayne was formerly a
man and he and his fam
lily had always lived in the larger
towns, but for the past three or
four years they have been holding
down a homestead and getting
along in fine shape, and they are en-
jOying it. 3
Sergeant John w. Bland, son Of
s. N. Bland the grocer, reached
home last Friday, having recently
received his discharge at Camp
Funston, where he was i'll with rheu-
matism and later pneumonia for
some time. From Funston he went
to Ell Reno, Ok, to visit relatives
for short time, where his cOndi-
tiOn became worse and his brother,
Amos, went to Ell Reno to accom-
pany him home. He is gradually
Mrs. Ed. Jones received a letter
from her brother at Salt Lake City
Tuesday stating that her mother,
Mrs E. M. Hinckle had slipped and
fell on rug in their home, sustain.
ing q fracture OF one of her hips.
Mrs. Hinkle is IS years of age, and
though enjoying exceptionally good
health, her advanced age makes the
fracture q serious one. Mrs. Jones
may 60 to Salt Lake in the event
her mothers condition becomes
more serious.
w. H. Appel OF Emmett, Idaho, ac-
cOmpanied by his mother, Mrs. c.
Appel of Davenport, Iowa, arrived
here last week for q brief visit with
his brother and hers son, Mayor L.
M. Appel It's just q little strange
that Mr.. Appel is engaged in raising
apples. For the past six or seven
years he has been operating large
apple orchard near Emmett, in
which he has been very successful.
Mr.. Appel and his mother left for
their respective homes the first OF
the week.
Anton JepsOn, who owns q dry
land farm Ia miles north of town
and who has been in the employ OF
the Dole Packing Co., at Wichita,
the past winter, returned to Holly
last Friday and is preparing to till
his farm. His son, Fred, who was q
second class gunner in the coast ar
tillery has just been discharged
from the service and was mustered
out at Camp Funston. He has been
visiting at Hays, Kas., where he was
attending the State Normal prior to
entering the service.
At the annual meeting of the