The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08

lke that one pictured here.
Miss Ida johnson, a sister OF
Arthur johnson, who recently re-
turned from Miles City, Mont,
where she was stricken with diph.
liberia while teaching school, ia
still far from entirely recovered
She is with her mother at Coolidge,
Kas.
Col Straney. the auctioneer, was
down from Bristol Tuesday. He
says the snow and wind storm Sat
urday was quite furious for a time
at Bristol, but no serious damage
resulted. The colonel says the farm
sale season Is now coming to q
close for this year.
j. N. Almquist, general manager
of the Merritt-SchWeier Creamery
Co., Great Bend, Kas., was in Holly
Wednesday attending to business
and also to be here Dairy Day. The
Merritt-Schweier Co. recently NOV.
ed their cream station to the SnOd.
grass Food Co. Store.
Frank Kearns of Dodge City,
Kas., brother of w. M. Kearns, the
mail carrier here, was operated on
for appendicitis Monday at the La
Junta hospital. William and his
mother, Mrs. M. u. DeWald, were
with Frank at the time of the Op.
Grafton. He is reported as recover.
ing from the operation nicely.
Russell TendickS was in from
Cheney Center yesterday arranging
for farm sale. for his father, Leon.
ard Tendick, who will sell all his
stock, farm machinery, etc. on Fri
day, April 23d, after which Mr.. Ten.
dick and family will move to Cali.
fOrnia to live. Mr. Tendick is now
in California and is well pleased
with the country.
Excellent Easter programs were
presented at all the Holly church
es last Sunday. The services were
delayed somewhat at the Catho.
lie church by the fact that
Father Boyle was unable to reach
here by auto in the morning. so
was compelled to defer the service
till after the arrival of No. 8 which
reaches here at 2:3O p. m.
That few more of Holly's canine
population ought to be exteimin.
ated is indicated by the fact that
one of the malicious as well as
worthless specie killed about 16
domestic rabbits last Sunday night,
including a fine Flemish Giant
buck belonging to DR.. Myers, the
veterinarian, q number for Sam
Frazier and five or six for j. II.
Corns.
Sim Bragg, Sr., returned home
last Friday from a two months
visit at his old home at Hinton,
w. Va. This was Mr.. Bragg's first
visit to the scenes of his bOyhOOd
for 10 years and the second visit in
the past 36 years, or q generation
ago when he left there. Mr.. Bragg
says the weather here was rather q
strenuous change from old West
Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Sunnafrank
from eight miles north of town
were trading in Holy Monday. Mr..
Sunnafrank has been trying for
three years for a well which they
have just completed, at depth OF
about 400 feet, and now has q wind.
mill in operation, which by the
way, was q great help during the
storm Saturday and Sunday in
pumping water for the stock.
AS result of a poultry demon.
stration at Bleeker, Mrs. Rooney,
the chairman, reported that four
families had culled their focks. The
result Of Mrs. Rooney's culling is:
No. OF hens before culling, "a; No.
ofh ems after culling, IA; No. Of eggs
received daily before culling, 7.10;
No. of eggs received daily after
culling, 7-10. In other words twenty
hens, star boarders," were market
ed and their feed saved
Idle land Is once ause Of II. G. L.
Just as idlel abor is another cause.
Our cut over forest lands in the
United States are largely idle
lands since they are neither pro.