The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1920-02-05

Monday, Feb. 9Th. Farmers and
dairymen. here is an opportunity
for you.
Cecil Walton returned home last
Saturday night from COatesville.
Ind. where he had been visiting
relatives. He was accompanied
home by his sister. Miss Anna
Walton, who will visit relatives for
some time.
Farmers who are. looking for
some good livestock, particularly
horses, mules and HOlstein cattle,
should attend the farm sale of HI.
l.. johnson half mile west of the
Model Dairy farm next Monday.
Feb. 9th. Sale begins at 10 o'clock.
J. E., Amman, the head of the
meat department at the SnOdgrass
Food Co. store here, was called to
Lamar the latter part of last week
by the illness of two of the meat
cutters in the Lamar store He
was expected to return this after
noon.
Mrs. G. A. Pinkham returned
home Monday from Bristol where
she had been at the bedside of her
daughter, Mrs. Orley Straney, who
had been suffering from influenza
since Wednesday of last week. Mrs
Straney now appears to be out of
danger.
WadswOrth & Reading, one of
HOlly's hustling real estate firms.
sold six quarter section farms on
the southside last week. There is
no getting around the fact that
eastern Colorado land is coming in
to its own. 1t is the best buy to-
day at the price
B. A. Linville, formerly of the
Linville-LarsOn Motor Sales Co. of
Lamar, was in town last Friday
looking after automobile sales. He
was accompanied by T. A. PattisOn
of Hartman. one of his agents. They
are selling the Maxwell and Chal-
mers cars this season.
f. j. Nolan who has been with
the d. A. NJ. g. P. Co. at Hartman
for some time past has been pro-
NOTED to position as boOkkeeper
in the cOmpany's general offices at
Lamar. Mr.. Nolan has been with
| the comany for q number of years
and is one of its highly valued EN-
ployes.
Supt. X. A. Shanner of the Holly
schools has been wearing an en-
larged left cheek this week or
rather it has been wearing" him.
No one else about town seems to
look any way beliggerent or as ii
he had been In deadly combat, so
Prof.'s friends are taking his word
for it that it's the tooth ache.
Miss Emma Sewer, linotype op
orator at The Chieftain office, re
turned Tuesday night from Rocky
Ford where she had been called
last Thursday noon by the serious
illness of her sister.l Mrs. Samuel
Cadman, who she left somewhat
| improved but still far from entire
Nv recovered. AS a result of Miss
Sewers absence The Chieftain ap.
pears q day late this week.
Raymond Houghlund who re-
Gently purchased the Holly Bakery
was stricken with influenza just at
ter he and Mr.. Chinn, the former
proprietor of the place, had COM
pleted the invoice and was com
PEELED to go to bed. His whole
family is afflicted, though they
are not in critical condition. Mr..
Chinn is still in charge of the store
pending Mr.. HOughlund's recovery.
l. N. STAFFORD last week purchas-
ed the rs acres TO land adjoining
Holy on the east. The property
was owned by e. X. johnson of
Colorado Springs. Mr.. Swattord in
tends shortly to drain the proper
ty, that is turn the small drainage
course now running across the
place, to run along the road on
the north. When the bottom is
finally drained this will be valu-
ablea nd highly productive land.
F. +. Cannon, who recently sold
his farm some six miles out has
bought 80 acres a mile north and
is building among other improve
ments modern poultry plant which
he will operate this year on near a
commercial scale The poultry in
dustry is rapidly coming to the
front in eastern Prowers county
and well it should, for the climatic
and other conditions are most de
sirable, while all kinds of feed are
easily and abundantly raised