The Holly chieftain., 1919-06-12

necessities and bought a FOrdsOn
the first of the month.
Ed. Jones sold his residence pro-
perty Monday, now occupied by }.
w. Compton to Nels Thompson. re-
siding five miles northwest of town.
Mr.. Thompson plans on moving to
town to live some time this fall.
Ray Brown and wife arrived in
Holly Monday evening from Kan
sas City, where the latter has been
in hospital for some time. She is
spending a few days here with
friends while Ray went up to Den
yer to take in the tractor show.
A series of revival meetings open
ed last Sunday at the Baptist
church. Rev. DIR. Wilson Mills, of
Omaha is in charge of the evan
gelistic services, and despite the
busy school commencement week
fairly good attendance is report
ed.
Miss Julia Mailer of Sterling,
Colo, arrived Wednesday morning
to spend few weeks with her sis
ter. Mrs. 7. J. POnton. Miss Mailer
has been attending Central Busi-
ness College in Denver this summer
She taught the Proctor school last
year.
r. w. Barnes from near Webb
was in today looking after busi-
ness matters. MIR. Barnes is milk
ing Ii cows now. He says while
growing conditions are good in his
district that the cut worms and
grass hOppers are doing consider
able damage.
f. j. Gretchen formerly engaged
in the lumber business here, return
ed last Sunday from Oklahoma and
Kansas where he had been look
ing after business affairs. He will
spend week or SO here renewing
old acquaintances and looking af
ter his interests.
In a letter to a friend here one
day this week p. Hardy, who recent
ly sold his grocery store to the SnOd-
grass Food Co., has changed his
plans at Garden City, Kas., and has
bought a hotel instead of opening
up grocery store as he first an
nounced he would do.
w. w. Heckethorn of the H.-B.
Motor Co., accompanied by Joe
Leonard, his tractor expert, drove
to Denver Tuesday to spend q cOu-
pie of days at the tractor show and
wise up q little on the game They
left Holly at $50 in the morning
adm reached Denver at noon.
Pastures were greatly improved
as a result of the rain and cool
weather Of the past week. and the
condition of livestock is gradually
improving as q result. Alfalfa suf-
fered considerably in some sections
as a result of the frost, but the con-
ditiOn of this crop generally is good.
Chas Sanders, District manager
for the Union Central Life Insur-
ance Co. came down from Las Ami:
mas Wednesday to confer with his
local agent, Ralph Hunter, and look
after business generally. Mr.. San
ders reports the biggest life insur-
ance business for the month of May
that he has yet written.
Mrs. H. s. Rollins will leave for
La Junta Friday to pack up their
household goods preparatory to
shipment here. Mr.. and Mrs. ROl-
lins will occupy the house recently
vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Newman, which has just been COM
pletely renovated and painted and
otherwise put in modern shape.
The missionary meeting of the
Woman's Society of the Presbyteri-
| an church will be held at the home
of Mrs Edward Klein, June 18th.
May all members who have cars
please be at the church corner at
2:4O It is hoped that all other
members will be there to fill them.
Visitors will be most welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. GarrettsOn of
Denver arrived Sunday from a
brief vacation at Long Beach, Cali,
and were the guests till Tuesday of
Mrs. GarrettsOn's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Haberstroh, when Mr..
Garrettson returned to Denver.
Mrs. GarrettsOn remaining for a
longer visit. Mr.. GarrettsOn is an
auditor of the Holly Sugar Co. with
offices in Denver.
Cashier J. r. johnson of the First
National bank, Marina Shields and
M. H. Huddleston slipped out to
Two Buttes creek last Monday even
ing after Office hours, expecting to
take the finny tribe by surprise.
They had bait in cans, crooks and
buckets-but nary q bottle. Need