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The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30
They Weren't Straight Lines.

Itinerant Preacher Ito farmer)-
Did you ever stop to think who set
the stars in the heavens, my good
man?
Farmer Hitchman-Nope But the
feller that did the job could never set
termaters for me. by gum!
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
January 1920, Real Estate.

The movements in the real estate
circles have been unusually active for
the first month of the year. The war
ranty deals for the ,lrst month of
1870 we're 100000 in excess OF what
they were for January, 1919, and
about the same excess over that of
1918. or course, the great increase is
due to the ma ked advance IN the
price Of farm lands.
The releases filed during the month
of January, 1920, were double in value
what they were q year ago.
Several big deals were negotiated
during the month and several falms
were sold at 5000 per acre; one going
at 1926, that of the old Chas. Ansel.
ment farm, Just north Of Oregon, was
borght by Frank jackson from Fred
Fleener.
Ira Fields bought the Chas. Cliff.
Ian 100 acres south Of Mound City, at
$500.
Charley VanCamp bought the Geo.
Swope so, near the Walnut Grove
school at $500.
Roy Hinkle took the Ira Fields farm,
two miles north Of Fortescue, at $500.
A Mr.. Osborn, Of Fairfax, bought
the Chas. Wehrli so. known as the
Watkins land, 8 miles north Of Mound
City, at $500 per acre.
Recorder Simpson was especially
busy during the month. having handled
l6I instruments Of various kinds. He
just kept going all the time, letting
nothing accumulate, and when febru.
AIRY came he was up with his work.
There were "a warranty deeds filed
with total valuation Of S236,S3I, or
an average value Of 1856.
There were 81 releases filed, total
ling S25i,I23; average, $4,000.
The deeds filed for January, 1920,
involving $4,000 or over were:
l.. l.. Botkin TO Lafayette and
Jas. kunkel, west 20 acres.
sis ne %, 81. 37........Sl0,00 900
T.. l.. Murray to T.. A. Kunkcl and
wife, tract in %, go, 80. o.. $4,000
Chick Quick to o. A. Williams.
sc i3, 50. 3s............ $4,000
Earl A. Rock to Geo. d. Burton,
lands In 80 and 80, 60, 81 ST. ,i05
l.. |. Stewart to W. A. Sharp.
lands In IL and "a in 62, 40. .Sl9, $50
l.. !. Stewart to Arch Sharp, Sc
IL, ~, ~. ...,..,,,.,.,.,.. $4,000
o. A. Williams TO Chick Quick
and wife, "a ne IL, go, 40. $4,000
T.. Il. Ward u d. NJ. Showalter.
lands in 30 and &c, 81, 40. .sl7 900
Il. G.. Mitchell 10 Chas. Houston
and !. +. Carey, tract in 80,
o., 80 ,,,s,,....,..,.... VI ,oOO
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
Our Sympathy.

The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles o. Denny will deeply sympa-
thze with them in the loss Of thea
splendid son, Walter, who on the very
threshold of a most promising career,
Is taken from them, on Monday, Jan.
26, 1920, from double pneumonia, at
81. Paul, Mimi, where he was a medi-
cal student in the University Of Min
ncsota.
Mr.. Denny was % years old; was a
graduate of Drake University. in the
Liberal Arts class of 1912. He was
principal and athletic coach of the
Dexter, Iowa, high school, and acted
az swimming director in Des Moincs
schools for several summers.
He was a member Of the football
team Of West High and member Of
the basketball team Of Drake.
The young man would have COM
pleted study in the medical college of
the University Of Minnesota in April.
lie was an inferno in the hospital
doing work necessary to his degree
when he was taken i'll.
The Des Moines boy had planned a
year Of study abroad in London hos
pitfalls.
He il survived by his father and
mother, "a brother, Hal ). Denny, Of
Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys
Denny Shultz, of Dcs Moines, and
Mrs. c. J. Griffith, OF Pontiac, Mich.
His aunt, Mrs. Joseph Hodgin, Of
Maitland, attended the funeral, which
was held at Des Moincs, Iowa, where
his parents reside, on January 10Th,
returning TO her home in Maitland,
Monday of this week. Feb. Q.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
New Point.

Miss Marjorie Brooks visited Sun
day and Sunday night with Miss
Gladys Bender.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mart Graham were
called 10 Bigelow, Thursday, by the
death of their granddaughter. Mr..
Graham returned Friday, and Mrs.
Graham stayed to take care of the
rest Of the family who have the flu.
Miss Mabel Lent is entertaining
the humps this week.
Miss Jennie Williams was week.
end visitor in st. Joseph.
School closed Monday evening on
account of an epidemic Of the scarlet
fever. Frank Cain, Lenora Shelton,
Clark and Ernest Lentz, Forest Fields,
Ray Hardin and Elmer Lentz are the
victims.
Miss Viola Barber, of Maryville,
came last Wednesday to teach school
in Miss Eva McCormick's place. Miss
Mccormick will be absent few weeks
on account Of having her tonsils and
adenoids removed.
Miss Aurel Davis visited Monday
night with Miss Irene Acton.
Miss Mary Kneale and Mrs. Alma
kneale have been quite sick with the
FLU.
There We're IS present at. the
Christian Sunday school, Sunday
very good attendance considering the
bad roads and sickness.
Mr.. Will Skunk has been very
sick man the past week, and Mr.. Ar
mack has been doing the jsnitor wort
at the high school. ,.sco,,.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
CaIIow Ramsey.

AT eleven o'clock a. M, February
IL, 1920, at the Methodist parsonage,
Oregon, Mo-, the words were said by
the Rev. II. A. Doughty, uniting In
the bonds of holy matrimony Mr..
George Henry Carlow, Oregon, Mo-,
and Miss Eva Alberta Ramsey, Ore
gon, Mo. They left Immediately on
their wedding trip TO Colorado for
several days, after which they will be
at home to all their numerous friends
near Oregon, where they will begin
Housekeeping Immediately. These fine
young people have the sincere and best
wishes Of all tor very happy married
life.
The gro,m Is the adopted son Of
r. A. Callow and wife, and IL one Of
cur most progressive young farmers.
The bride is the daughter OF James T..
Ramsey and wife. She Is an ACCOM-
pished and charming young lady. and
will be a help-mcct in the true sense
Of that word, ~ the man she has taken
for better or for worse.
The Sentinc' Joins with their many
friends in congratulations, and wishes
them a long happy and prosperous
life.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
MEMO.

Fred Elder received q -teis1rm
Thursday evening Of last week, from
his brother, John, that their fsthsr,
Mr.. J. r. Elder, Of Chickasha, '6kjS.,
expected TO live. Fred, ~ ~ apd
sister, Mrs. Jas. Foster, II ~ JAssSh.
left Friday evening q III vook Tor
vsrden, Oklay near the 49, N)ltre
their father lives. We a - tey
find him better when tlSy vy1vs.N
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
January. 1920. Births.

There we're "a births in our county
during January, 1920, 10 were boys
and were girls. Our record shows
the stork visited the following homes:
Harold Boorc and wife. Jan. 20, boy.
Chas. Cotton and wife, Jan. Is, boy.
Sam Cain and wife. Jan. 81. boy.
Tom Clark and wife. Jan. 20, boy.
Louis Dobyns and wife, Jan. 80, boy.
n. J. Dunnigan and wife. Jan. 20,
boy.
Hayes Ford and wife, Jan. .. girl.
Ellsworth George and wife, Jan. 8,
boy.
Az. Gilfillan and wife, Jan. %, girl.
Ray Gilfallan and wife, Jan. 20, boy.
jas. u. Hinde and wife, Jan. 3, boy.
|. 7. Huffman and wife, Jan. II, girl.
Fred Hurst and wife, Jan. 3, girl.
Roland johnson and wife, Jan. 3,
glrl.
viii Kelley and wife, Jan. l6. girl.
Herbert Kish aud wife, Jan. q, boy.
Chas. McNulty and wife, Jan. 20,
boy.
John Odcll and wife. Jan. 90, girl.
Mr.. Richcy and wife. Jan. %, boy.
l.onnie Stephenson and wife, Jan.
II, boy.
Perry Stone and wife. Jan. 10. boy.
7. I. Stone and wife, Jan. Is. boy.
Chas. Taft and wife. Jan. Z. girl.
Jas. Webb and wife, Jan. :, girl.
-o--
John Lukens and Albert Markt
are down in the Rio Grandc country,
In Texas, looking around.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13

Paxton was there a few days when
she, too, was taken down with the flu,
and Is very sick.
Richard English, who Is at the
home Of his mother, Mrs. Frank
Skeels, Is a little better. He has been
confined to his bed since in November.
Fred Cottier was in Mound City
on business, Saturday.
MEMO.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13

r Al King NJ Re,hany. Mo. Is
ho,o an a Of" with bis brntbcr. Jus.
,ico Jacob King
III Eoown IL confined 10 his home
us,h .ne flu. hut is now improying,
"e nro clad IN learn
'Im,roved Earlv Ohio Potatoes
fo, '.',
r. y. FITZMAURICE.
Iud,,iy Warveie Of nenr FIJI.
moro w,s lacking after business inter
ests in Oregon. SATURDAY of last week.
n Looks good 10 900 I,udWig back in
Oregon occns, nnliv II bo can't come
often.
Il q. Seyfor. of Mound City. died
nj the homc of his daughter. Mrs,
Waiter Bradley, of ri Reno. Okla,
FRIDAY last, Feb q. The remains we're
brought 10 Mound CITY. where funeral
services were held Sunday, Feb. i.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13

John Lukens and Albert Markt
are down in the Rio Grandc country,
In Texas, looking around.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-02-13
Household Furniture

will also offer for sale about $50
pounds Of meat and one feather bed.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

freight OF the country. This method
would eliminate all but a very small
percentage Of coal-cRrryinE.
?. Enormous quantities OF coal
would be conserved. II our con-
sumption OF coal continues at the
present ratio. enough only for Il
hundred years more is left. Electric
plants at colleries will double the
yield in electricity per ton OF coal.
3. The colliery electric stations
will be equipped to save the vaIu-
able coal by-products. which ordi-
narily are wasted. These incluce
ammonia. benzOl. coal tar and gas.
According TO the figures Of the
United States National Museum at
Washington. tire nation. because Of
Its present eXtravagant methods OF
burning coal. wastes annually Ss,-
600. 100000 Of these by-produCts.
4. The colliery stations could pro-
vide infinitely cheaper power. which
IN turn would mean cheaper Com-
moditieE. for more goods could he
produced at lower prices
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Speaking Of Being Vamped, How
Would You Like to Be This Mdno

PhiiadelphIa's chief executive fs
being pursued by q vamp.
Moreover. said vamp IL making
no secret Of her attentions TO Mr..
Moore.
She has golden hair that's bobbed
and big blue eyes with something
awfully .come hither" about them.
Mr.. Moore is Offering no Resistance.
This week the siren may walk
boldly f'nto the mayors once. She
may present him with flowers. And
-oh. horror OF horrors.-she may
even sit on the mayors knee.
But her father will be right there
looking on. And it's only an awfuIIy
good vamp that invites her father
to look on"
Father. in this case. is Judge
John NJ. Patterson, defeated by j.
Hampton Moore in the recent may
orally election, and the good little
vamp is Marie Louise Patterson
aged 4.
And. by the way. you must pro-
nounce Marie" in the French way
i-Mah-ree." not 'Muh-ree." Also,
don't dare forget the Louise" So
little Miss Patterson made IL known
at her home In Langhorne.
Tn awfully glad I'm gonna see
Hampy, continued Marie Louise.
Cause I'll get a new dress and
don't tell anybody-but I hear
Hampy has nice little desk draw
er where he keeps candy"
Mrs Patterson's aunt, Miss Clara
Schooenheld. who IL caring for Ma
-rie Louise during her mothers Wis
IL TO Florida, says that the new
dress will be white and quite plain,
made smock fashion. as are all Ma
rie Louise's dresses.
I've seen Hampy's pictures and
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Power Transported From Mine
Instead of Coal Saues Labor

New York.-What is the next big
step forward? What is the next
change that will be made compar-
able, say. to the introduction Of
steam power. which revolutionized
society?
Many scientists believe that this
will come when we convert coal
into electricity at the mines and
transport power instead of coal to
consumers.
Walter n. Polakov. a consulting
engineer of nationwide promi-
nence. is one of those who believe
this change will and must be made.
Nor is the idea as fantastic as il
sounds. Congress at the present
moment is considering appropriat-
ing S25O,0OO to be used in deter
mining the practicability Of the
proposal.
II the scheme is carried out every
factory. smokestack in this land
will disappear. Railroads will haul
coal only for domestic uses. Power
will be supplied over high-voltage
wires from electric plants at col
lieries in each industrial zone Of the
country. These stations will be To-
Gated in the various rich coal fields
of the nation.
Here are the benefits that Po-
Iakov says will Immediately follow
from the introduction OF this sys-
tenn:
/. The railroads will be relieved
of an enormous burden. Coal at
present forms 80 per cent of the
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
NORTHERN INDIANS
IN ANCIENT DRESS

Celebration of the 25oth anniyer-
sary of the foundation. of the Hud-
son Bay Company, recently observed
with a pageant at winnipeg, Cam
ada, recalled some of the most pic
turesque scenes of the North Amer
lean continent. Hundreds of In
dians. deeked out in paint and feath-
ers, paraded along the old Red River
trail The struggle of the Hudson
Bay traders to subdue the North
west and their pitched battles with
representatives of other fur COM
panies were Illustrated In the pag-
cant.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
ARABS HAVE 30 WIVES
BUT ONLY 4 AT A TIME

Thirty wives during a life time,
but never more than four at a time,
is the record of a number of Bed
onin sheiks, for in the deserts of
Arabia divorce is more frequent than
In the deserts of Nevada-and easier.
All the wives live in the same
tent. but jealousy is uncommon
among them. since none regard the
husband as exclusively her private
property Ornaments and trinkets
her husband gives her are really the
only things the woman ever owns,
and so she usually insists on having
them in portable form for the first
four wives are likely to move out
Tor the next set almost any day.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Debate Remote Lands.

South Georgia and Graham Land.
the most remote sections of GresI
Erltain's far-fiung empire. were the
subject of heated discussion in Par
lament last week. Both these de-
Tendencies lie in the Antartic Ocean,
South Georgia is considered impor-
tant because its one open harbor
controls more than 1000, 900 mile,
of ocean and ice field
Importation of reindeer. who can
live on the scanty Antartic yegeta-
tion, is under consideration. The
government has been criticised Sc
Verely for neglecting these de-
Tendencies.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

I'm sure he's nice Marie Louise
went on. but" Hshe added, he
couldn't possibiy be as nice as para.
But. then, he can't be q real pernoEu
like papa. Just real persons CO..
not 20 ahead Of papa Hampy lnu|<,
be. well-you know. different-lN
Santa Claus.
"And the reason Hampy won
because he ruined and papa 54e&
walked" III
Marie Louise ls not one who tyr,,
her speeches beforehand with r.
cial copies for the press. Al
what she would say 20 Mr.. No
this extemporaneous speaker loof
surprised and said. Il have
thinked of that yet"
One thing there is OF which
rie Louise has "thinked"-that
would like to take with her e
sic. her pony, ana Marion, a
that shuts her eyes like a
person"
Marie Louise is sure Ham
would like Mousie. Hes 80 sweet
And Specky said he wanted TO 70.
too, but he's got 'rheu-me- -tIsua" in
on paw. Poor doggie.
Despite the fact that Marie Louise
loves the dolls she says. Horses
before dollies." And out in the car
riage house standing beside two
"reaf horses and Mousie are Two
little stuffed horses-Connectieut
and Jip-who bravely try TO digest
the oats and grass that Is regular
ly fed them by Marie Louise.
The day for Marie LOuise's visit
TO Mayor Moore's office is not Ger
tain. The weather will decide
Marie Louise can drive the pony
cart that Mousie hauls, but her
chief accomplishment is being sweet.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

herself have yet to decide it
but of one thing ] am certain: that
IL will profit a woman nothing TO
save the whole world IL she lose
her own child.
And of another also ! am sure:
that whether they go into Parlis-
ment or not women no longer can
live in an euclave of sheltered per-
sonal happiness and well-being. We
need not-we must not-sacrifice
our homes. but their windows must
open on the world. And when its
sights and sounds pour in we can
not turn away from their appeal.
The challenge of its great needs
must be met now. as IL was of old.
by a woman with a child in her
arms.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
This Bridegroom Faces
An Avalanche of Trouble

The charges against Joseph +.
Dooley, % years old. would send
him TO prison for fifty years or more
il he should be convicted on them
all, in New York. 1t is alleged that
hes married Louise Baumann: gave
her a worthless check for s25.OOO:
and assaulted the girls brother.
Now another woman appears claim
ing to be DOoley's rightful wife.
Hotels and taNicab companies file
bills.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
British Woman Writer Says Ballot
Eliminates Sex as Mental Frontier

far more rapidly and more directly.
But the great. the torturing ques-
tion which must confront each one
of us on the threshold OF a politi-
cal career. the question which lies
at the root OF the whole problem
OF the enfranchisement of women.
is: How shall strike the right
balance between the claims of my
public and my private life!
The right time to go into politics
is between 25 and i0--when liIe is
at the flood-tide. when our blood Is
running and not creeping in our
veins, before the eyes OF youth have
lost their vision of perfect lines
and true proportions, and got used
to the defOrmities of the world as
it is, before custom lies upon US
with a weight. heavy as frost, and
deep almost as life"
when Ties Are Strongest.
But it is during these very years
that we pass through our most vivid
personal experiences and that our
human ties are at their strongest
and most imperious. And these may
prevent the most human and the
most representative types of their
sex from taking an active part IN
public life, or. at any rate, from
entering Parliament
1t was this dilemma which In
spired doubts in many thoughtful
people during the suffrage con-
troversy. and not. as some sup
posed. the obscurantist and reaction
ary view that women belonged TO
a lower stratum of animal develop-
ment and were not mentally cap
able of registering a vote or Of dis
charging the duties and exercising
the rights of citizenship.
own Child Paramount,
1t Is a problem which every
woman must face and decide for
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Dog Travels 100 Miles
To Be With Policemen

Tootsie is back at police head
quarters in Oklahoma City. Okla.
Long she has waved her stubby tail
in the desk sergeants office. Then
her master moved to Okmulgee. 100
miles from there and took Tootsie
with him. Tootsie longed for her
friends. the cops and walked back.
She is a bull terrier.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

[ty lists. The worst is over for all,
at least the strain of it. And now
that these women have had a little
relaxation, they find
that the real bond that held them
together in the greatest war of all
time, is still unscvered. The Ameri-
can Women's Legion will weld this
bond still more closely. 1t will bind
in hoops of steel" the souls of those
who suffered most and who gave
most to preserve our national in
tegrity. A. w. L. will become the
mystic key, the open sesame to all
women who wear the blue stars and
gold shining out of the diamond field
of their insignia.
The Legion will become a living
memorial to our war heroes, both to
those who sleep under the poppies.
and to those who still tread over
their crimson and gold. The Legion
Will aid the living, and honor the
dead. No more will there be a dearth
of woman's tears at the graves of
those brave lads who laid down their
lives for liberty while we slept snug
ly in our beds at home. Their beds
are cold enough now-out at Ar
Ilington, but the American Women's
Legion will always be there to lay
flowers tenderly on their graves and
to write few words of consolation
to far-away loved ones. They were
there a few days ago. and they will
be there on all the tomorrows shat
bring home from the field of honor
the remaining fragments of the
shell-torn bodies of the saviOrs of
our country.
The War Department has officially
accepted the services of these patri-
iotic women in assisting at the funer-
ais of the brave lads who went
west"
WAR RISK EMPLOYEES
TO PRESENT PAGEANT.
Workers in the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau will on next Wednesday
night show what the bureau is doing
by presenting a pageant at the Cen
trail High School auditorium. Va
rious phases of the work and the
good being done will be depicted by
the workers in a show all worked
out by themselves. The pageant is
in rehearsal under the direction of
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest OF Com
munity Service and the portrayal of
the growth of the bureau will be the
first time in the history of the gov
crnment that workers in any depart
ment have undertaken to show the
work they are doing.
There will be $50 people in the
cast" said Mrs. Forrest last night.
land ] have never been so impressed
with the scope of a similar endeavor,
for here we have the work ers with
out any direction on the parts of the
heads of a department either in pro-
ductiOn or organization putting on
what believe will be one of the best
things Washington has ever seen.
The scenes move from the organiza-
tion work. to the trenches, back to
Washington and include the cduca-
Itional work in which aided so great
ly such organizations as the Saliva
Ition Army, the Knights of Columbus.
the Y. NJ. c. A, the Red Cross and
similar organizations"
Assisting Mrs. Forrest in the pro-
duction have been Harriet Putnam.
Mary L. Forrest, Mary L. Boyd. John
iBostlemann, Annie V. MacNichol, M
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Alien Battles Police.

Failing to get an inteliigible re-
sponse after 21 languages had been
tried on him. police officials Of De
troit have sent Mike cobody to 4
hospital for scientific probe for
bis mother tongue.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

The Washington Players are act
ing as hosts to the Arts Club a,
Central High School auditorium
Tuesday evening, May 25. when
they will present three original
One-act plays under the direction of
(. w. O'Connor. with the members
of the Arts Club as their guests for
the evening. Miss Marionne Hem
derson, soprano. will furnish the
entire act music.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tucker
man entertained a company o.
guests at dinner Friday at the
Purple Iris Inn.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
wOMEN's LEGION UNITS
SPRING UP RAPIDLY.

New units of the American wom-
ems Legion are springing up all over
the country like the spring flowers
that are covering the hillsides. 1t is
waking a national heart throb by
drawing together the women whose
trembling hands SO eagerly grasped
the daily papers, and whose anxious
eyes SO fearfully scanned the casual
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

1t Is problem which every
woman must face and decide for
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-08-20
Komitet.
BAcZNOSc SOUTH CHICA-
GO I OKOLICA.

Bondv Polskie MONA nabywac
n gotowke i ma sptaty,
w Union State Bank OF South
Chicago, 3O66- 92ga ul..
w Calumet National Bank, -
OILY Commercial ave, pan +. X.
Kydzewski Jr., zarzadca.
w komitctach parafialnych O.
raz w ofisic Frank Y. Rydzcwski
and Co.. 5000 Burley ave.
w sprawie zakupna prosimy
sic udawac pod p~owyzsze podane
adrcSy.
Komitet C~entralny P. P. P.
W obecnej kampanii MONA ku
rowac bondy r6wnicz i na iatwc
splatv. Mona sp}acac W ktorym
kClwick banku.