The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-12-24
Some 1920 Happenings.
APRIL.

Snow stalled trains between Bigc-
low and Muupd City by Easter storm.
April 81; delayed several hours.
Craig voted $1,000 for improve.
mcntS Of school building.
County Democrats select ak men
and six women Ms delegates 20 state
convention at Joplin. April ~; state
convention, April "a; each sex to have
half vote.
Norhwcs, Missouri |. q. q. r. A..
ISOLATION met ut Mound city Un the
nth.
State utilities board refused trans.
mission company 90 increase lighting
rates ut Oregon.
Napier md vicinity under water,
9Th To- 10th, caused by local rains.
jess {. Porter sells his bottliug
work q, Mound City.
Count! court ordered special election
for MAY H. tu increase tax levy SOC
ON the %lun valuation fui hridg, aud
culVcr purposes.
First vunrn delegates from Holt
county 90 a Democratic stat" couv,n
ton, held at Joplin Anril -: Ma.
Fred Cook, Mr.. ". T.. Stuhhs. nf
Mound city. Mrs. Susie EhzmauIirc.
Forest CITY; Mt. Tom Ward, Crair:
Mn. Z. ". thrld,rs Hickory township.
R"pu| can county convention nj
Fore city, ON the 18th. selected c,pht
men and ,..sht women 4, delegate To-
the >tIin convention ut Kansas City.
May o. Women dclcgatcs selected
were: Nj. Jesse Porter, lIcnton;
Mrs. ). T. O'fallon, Mrs. T. {. Dun
gan; Lewis; Mr.. l.. G.. BO,kin. llick.
Dry; Mt, q. ". Gotten. Forbcs; Mr..
&. ". Anihal, Union; Mrs. j. ". fita-
maurice, Forest. To the district CON
vcntion at Savannah, April 30: Mrs.
". T.. Bissctt Benton, MrS ulch
Ranks, Folbrs; Mr.. 4. VI. Tibbcls
Bcnton' Mr., &. ". Glenn, Hickory
Mrs y. l.. rlanalp. Nodaway; Miss
Ethel GnSkill, Union: Mrs. a. o.
Swopc, Benton; Mr,. J u. Go1dpas.
turc, Clay
on the 3Oth. The sentinel entered
upon it, seth year of publication.
senator JAS A. Reed was rejected
~ delegate large and ~ district
delegate to the national convention at
San Francisco by the Democratic state
convention at Joplin, April "a
Income tax lists filed by county a.
SCISSOR: 20 corporations. tax. sl,3T7;
d27 individuals, tax, SS,G05; total, So
0Sl.
Wehili Brothers, grocer at Mound
cay, sell "a Clark 4 Gilrillan.
Irlhuuc a. Young buy the Nous VA
rage ut Mound city.
Proposition to vote bonds To build
a new school house in Consolidated
III ,trict, No. 3, WAS defeated.
Mound City voted $4,000 bond, "a
paw" around the city park on the 10th,
Nodaway Valley Elevator company
organized ut Maitland: Geo. Mcneil
president; J. ", Long, vicc-prcsidrnt;
Harry Moore, srcrctary-treasurer.
Farmers Elevator company of Blpc-
low organized on the lath. First di-
rcctors, John &. Ilinklc, president
Geo. W. Hinkle, vice-prcsident; Guy
Jones, secretary; Geo. Poynter neas-
urcr; l.. W. Motley, Frank Morris,
Chas, Barker, Frank Walker.
Highland Drainage District Was
completed week of April 30th.
Frank Peticc receives -. ), Cross,
honor Of heroic service of son, Harris
H., l30th Aero Squadron, killed in the
Argonne Forest in September, 1913.
Chas. Graves, NJ Maitland, chosen
district delegate To National Demo-
cratic convention.
George Gelvin buys ice bushes, in
Maitland from ". $. Thomson,
Scottish Rite Mtsons Of the county
held their spring convention Al Mound
city on the Both.
MAY.
Vote taken May Sth to CONSOLIDATE,
Triumph, Richland, Crosen, Gordon
and Shiloh district, which was defeat
cd 2S TO 80.
Roy, son of Marion Wilson, took
steps in federal court To contest the
will Of his father The father died
ScDtember 2S, 1919 Roy resides in
! Nathena, Kansas; the father resided
IN Forbes. but died in ct. Joseph,
Contract for paving Nebraska street
in Mound City was let at S3,9S pei
square yard.
Adolph Dege and Claud Yandall buy
the Mckee Cafe ut Craig.
The county court at its May tern
authorized the organization of the
Bigelow special road district under The
benefit assessment law. j. {. Hinkie
Tom Bridgmon and Joseph Lauekemp
or named as first commissioners, Hin
kle chosen president; Lauekemper
vice president; Bridgmon, secretary.
Fortescue special road district, un
der benefit assessment law, IL create,
by the county court with c. D. Van
I anil InSanh rntpny