The Holly chieftain., 1919-11-27

Mrs O'Kane expect to make their
home after the first of the year.
State Auditor Kelley OF the Red
Cross of Denver was in Holly Mon
day auditing the accounts of the
HOlly-Hartman branch and found
everything in apple-pie order.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Appel return
ed yesterday noon from Davenport,
the body of the latter's mother, the
late Mrs. A. Brady. for burial
L. r.. Hembree of Coolidge, while
in DR.. COlbys office Tuesday for
medical treatment. was seized with
q second stroke of paralysis and il
now in critical condition with
but slight hopes of recovery.
The w. +. McCue Mercantile
company received car load of ce-
ment this week to be used in the
construction of q dam on Horse
Creek on John Duncan's farm: This
dam was washed out twice last
year.
Old Winter came along Tuesday
night with a sleet which turned
into a light snow yesterday morn
ing, accompanied with q zero tenn:
perature. 1t was showing last
night and cold north wind pre-
vailed.
Paul WhitcOmb was called to
Pueblo Tuesday on army service
matters for few days. Walter
Cline of the SnOdgrass Food CO.
store at Lamar came down Tuesday
morning to take Paul's place in the
store here.
Cashier c. +. Hampton of the
Land CO. was called to Lamar Tues
pany was prosecuting a man on q
charge of having purIoined various
automobile tires from the company
some months ago.
Ted Fortney of the McCue Lum-
ber Co., L. J. Gilmore of the Amity
land office, Ed GOss of the Holly
garage and Harry O'kane rural
mail carrier were Lamar visitors
from Holly Sunday afternOon.-I
Lamar Daily News of Monday.
w. r. Rockwell who has been in
charge of the extensive improve
ments made this summer at the
headgate of the Amity canal on
the Arkansas river above Lamar,
has finished up the contract and
came down home last Thursday.
Arthur X. Johnson left for Den
yer last night where his wife was
called week ago by the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs. M. s.
Davis, whose condition is not i'm
proved. Mrs. Jolfnson's stay in
Denver will be governed by her
mothers Improvement.
Mrs. Lloyd Atkinson and baby
arrived here Sunday to join her
husband Mr.. Atkinson is an ex-
pert airplane rigger and is now
identified with the Holly Air Line
Transportation Company OF this
city. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson expect |
to make their home here in Holly. |
j. NJ. Marting has bought of John |
Duncan and j. s. McMurtry the res
idence property which has been oc
cupied the past two or more years !
by J. r.. Johnson. The considera-
ton is said to have been $500 and |
the purchase includes the vacant |
lot adjoining the residence on the
south.
G. A. Turney, who recently sold
his home to E. J. Thayer, who is to
succeed j. R. Johnson here as
easier of the First National bank, |
has packed and store their house |
hold goods and Mr.. and Mrs. Tur-
ney left yesterday for Lamar to
spend q few days after which they
expect to spend the winter in Ari- |
zOna and California.
H. w. Woods of the Holly Dry
Goods Co, returned last Tuesday
from Kansas City, where he had |
gone to do some buying for the
store. Mr.. Woods had expected to
go farther and be gone longer but
said it was so difficult to buy any
quantity of goods and found prices
advancing so materially that he
considered it better policy to re.
turn.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. U. DeWald and
NJ Il