The Holly chieftain., 1924-02-07
BUCKEYE NEWS

son were business visitors in Holl,
Tuesday.
II. B. Warner hauled grain t,
Alanter Wednesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Hardin were
visiting at Chas, Watson's hone
Wednesday.
Miss Dorothy Delaney is visiting
Miss Lily Neal in the Plains neigh
bor-hood.
Al few from the Buckeye com
munity attended the dance at the
Star school house Friday night.
]. A. Mohland was transactine
business before the Notary in
Buckeye Friday
f. G. Hardin butchered beet
Wednesday of this week.
Bud Neal took load of grain
to Manter Wednesday. visiting at
Il. l.. Delaneys Wednesday night
Sankey Conner, of the Commerce
Ranch near Blaine, has been haul.
ing graf to Manter the past week.
+. l.. Delaney and Arthur JShns-
ton were Holly visitors Friday
Mr.. Delaney formerly lived in the
Plains neighborho0d, and considers
that he made very lucky move
when he located near the hustling
little town OF Manter.
Mr.. j. N. Davis who has been
living on the Ed Turner place and
who has been hauling grain to
Manter almost daley for sometime
past tells us that he would like
very much to rent a place near
here We believe that Mr.. Davis
is a hustler and we hope that he
locates somewhere in this neighbbr
hood
Mrs. G. b. Hardin called ON Mrs.
Ed Dupree Wednesday evening
of last week.
Not all funny things happen in
the funny papers" 1t seems, Otto
Shepard. tells us u tale of return
ing home one evening lately Just
In time to encounter two highway
men leaving with some parts that
they had taken from his brothers
car. Otto, it appears, remonstrat-
ed with them but without any
other effect than to cause them to
laugh and drive away without 80
much as a thank YOU. But one
morning few days later. he dis
covered that someone had replac-
ed the stolen parts with new ones,
and accompanying them note
saying that the writer had made a
trip to Springfield to obtain them
and that he would not have taken
them but simply had to have them
Thanks very much! Well they
say that the Lord helps them
that helps themselves.-hut Otto
says that he hopes this sGrt OF
thing don't get TOO common, or
some fine morning his Ford won't
even "hOnk!' Never mind, Otto,
maybe some kind soul will steal
the rattle off that jitney.
w. A. Bolinger was threshing
south of Artesia this last week
but says that he expects to be in
the Buckeye and Northeast
school country Within a week.
b. II. Sowell has been helping
Morris Holmes stack feed the past
week and tells us that he is real
laboring man now. Cheerup!
Bruce the. first seven years are
the HARDEST.
Quite blizzard that hit us Sun.
day morning-Br-r-rr! made We
writer think of the winter of 1911
and 1912. But if the storm had an
rived day sooner, some folks
that still believe in the old ground
hog myth would probably have
felt better satisfied.
j. f. Cochrum was hauling
grain to Manter this last week.
The seems to be a constantly
increasing stream of travel through
Buckeye to Manter. Every day of
the nice weather we had last week
saw large number of wagons
and trucks bound Manterward
with grain and broom corn;where,
as only a few short months ago
all of this travel went either to
Holly or Elkhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse L. Downs
made trip to Lamar Saturday.
Jesse is contemplating the pur-
chase of a new tractor for the
next seasons farming we under
stand.
II. d. Watson and J. f. Trotter
were business visitors in Manter
last Wednesday.