Phillips County herald., November 11, 1921, Image 1

About Phillips County herald. (Holyoke, Colo.) 1921-1927

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VOL. XXXV NO. 52
Holyoke Loses Close
Came to Sterling
On the local field Saturday the Hoi*.
yoke high school boys made names'
for themselves by holding the heav-j
ler and more experienced Sterling j
eleven to a 16 —14 score. Although!
heavily outweighed by the up-state j
team, the game was anybody's until
the final whistle blew. One of the!
breaks of the game, a fumble which
was recovered by Sterling in the sha-j
dow of the Holyoke goal, was direct*;
ly responsible for Sterling's winning
touchdown.
Holyoke won the toss and chose
to receive at the north goa . From
that time until the end of the game,
began n battle such as has never
been Been on the local field. The day
was ideal for the game, except that
it was rather warm from the players'
standpoint.
The first period was largely played
in Sterling territory, with Holyoke
having the edge on the western boys,
both on offensive and defensive play.
The Sterling backfield was given only
one chance to try the Holyoke de
fense. The rest of the time they
were punting to keep the ball out of
danger. A blocked Sterling punt was
recovered, but not in time to pre
vent the Holyoke line men from sift
ing through the defense and nailing
the Sterling runner for a safety—the
first Holyoke score of the game. A
few minutes later, after rushing the
hall down to the Sterling twenty
yard line, where the opposing line
held for three downs. H. Schneider
dropped hack and sent a beautiful
drop kick between the goal posts.
This ended the scoring for the first
quarter, which ended with Holyoke,
r*. Sterling, 0.
In the second quarter the Sterling
team uncovered the only consistent
ground gaining attack during the
whole game. Aided by some penal
ties and a streak of fierce line buck
ing plays, they worked the ball down
to the Holyoke eight-yard gad
a cleverly masked trick play resultedj
la the Aral Sterling score. No goal:
was kicked and the score stood 6 —5
in Sterling's favor. During the rest
of the quarter the ball see-sawed back
and forth in the middle of the field,
when on an exchange of punts Hol
yoke started the march northward
from their own goal line. It was
here that the costly fumble occhred,
and Sterling recovered the ball on
the Holyoke five-yard line. Three
line bucks failed to guin u yard
against the stone wall defense of the
Holyoke forwards; but on the fourth
down, with twenty seconds to play,
the Sterling quarterback called the
aume trick play that scored their
first touchsown. Again taken by sur
prise. the Holyoke line let the Ster
ling fullback trickle through for an
other counter. Goal was kicked and j
the half ended. Score Sterling, 13,
Holyoke 5.
At the beginning of the second half
the Holyoke team trotted onto the
field with determination stamped all
over them. Their attack was so
strong that Sterling was kept on the
defensive all during the last half
Only once did they get as close as the
Holyoke twenty-flve-yard line. After
being held for three downs at this
point, the Sterling quarter drove s
neatly placed drop kick between the
goal posts.
This closed the scoring for Ster
Winners of the Army Endu ance Test Receive Prizes
The unity eiinuriiiice test «>r ;mni Milieu, from rump Alfred Vnll, New Jersey, t» the base of the Washington mon
ument. UN* won h) rrtibblt. It purebred Arid*, ridden by K. S. Humphrey. Secretary Weeks I* here seen presenting
* silver tii|« to the lio.Me'* owner. W. It llmw-n of Berlin, N. 11, niiindtiig by the nnlmitl'* head. The rider, lu the
foreground, received #unn.
Phillips County Herald
Newlyweds Put One
Over Charivari Party
'
j '. Roy 'Barbour of the O. L. D. cafe
jUf* hud his confidence in humanity
considerably jarred, In fact, almost
'wrecked; However, he is willing to
j try anything once.
| The cause of the change In Roy's
: trusting and confiding manner was
| brought about the past week. A wed
ding had taken place lu this county.
! Believing no such occasion is com
plete without the accompanying bell- 1
1 ing. Roy proceeded to organize u
charivari party, he acting as the bell
wether, so to speak.
The newlyweds were located In a
local hotel, and after permission hud
been secured from the landlady to ap
prise them that ‘“company had
come," their room was sought. Roy
knew thut the proper way to gain ad
mittance to some bldces was to give
about “three distinct raps, or u pull
on the bell, If there be one.*' Wish
ing to keep the bells quiet for the
time, he knocked on the door. "Who
comes there," came the inquiry from
a mule voice within. The situation
was placed before the young Bene
dict at* nicely but forcefully as words
could convey the meaning of tly* mis
sion of the callers. It was agreed
that the visitors would depart quiet
ly. were a treat rendered for their
trouble. The young man frisked
himself thoroughly, but vowed he
could not raise a sou. The high cost
of matrimony had broke him. To
prove that he was a good fellow,
though caught short, he told Roy to
treat the charivari party to at least
one round of cigars, ami he would
'cull and pay.
The crowd departed to the O. L.
D. cafe and smoked up good and
strong at the expense of the young
husband, so they thought, hut to date
the smoke is on Roy.
DELINQUENT TAX SALE
I The sale of real estate In this coun-
I} 4y -for delinquent taxes for the year
; 1920 will take place next Tuesday.
I November 15. at the court house.
> The list is not nearly so large as in
; some other counties. Yutnu county.
. Just south, has a list of delinquents
I nine times us large as this county.
, County Treasurer Hargreaves says
people are paying their delinquent
! taxes every day. and that the bulo
, will not he ub large us the list incll-
I cates.
i ling and commenced a counter attack
, of line plunging, and runs und for
> ward passes by Holyoke that result
ed In a field goul and a touchdown.
The last five minutes of the fourth
quarter featured some or the fiercest
football ever seen in the county, with
; Sterling stalling for time and Holyoke
trying desperately to score one more
< counter to turn the tide of the game.
’ The final whistle came all too soon
i for the satisfaction of local fans, but
l we all maintain that it was a great
i game, and Sterling received a very
i severe Jolt because they figured on
a fairly easy tlm® of It
i > The Sterling boys and coach are
1 clean players and good sports, and
i the best of feeling prevailed through
, out the game.
Today. Armistice Day. the heavy
Haxtun team comes down to play
llolyoke on the local gridiron.
(SUCCESSOR TO THE STATE HERALD)
HOLYOKE, COLORADO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921.
The End Of a Perfect Day
Fell Forty Feet
Paul Reimer, owner of the Reimer-
Smlth elevator, met with an accident:
Saturday übout noon which mighty
have resulted much more seriously
than it did. As it was. he is at the
Holyoke hospital suffering from a;
broken right leg. injured jaw and
broken nose.
While at the new Suith elevator he
fell forty feet, landing on the first
floor above the basement. Where Ho’
struck a board was broken. He case
not account for the accident, other-?!
wise than that he became dlssy anil ■
lost his balance.
Word from the hospital says he 1$
getting along nicely.
Twenty Years Ago
I C. B. Timberlake of Sterling
down Monday night to vote on elecd
■ tion day. *T iV ] Af* i
r* Mr. and Mrs. John Ctowner cdiF
. up from Ifoldrege, Nebraska. Mondav
. for a few days’ visit with his parents
i in Holyoke.
Frank Oimstead is walking on
i crutches on account of a sprained
■ ankle caused by a horse falling with
> him.
George Wash had a horse fall with
> him a few days ago and was quite
- badly injured by the fall, hut is able
to be around aguiu. The horse In at
tempting to unseat him, threw itself
and fell on him. In the fall his head
. struck the hanl ground violently and
. he wus fortunate to escape with no
worse Injury than he received. He
i was unconscious for several hours
; from the effect of the fall,
i George Heglnhotham returned to
i Kearney this week, where he is at
i tending school.
Home-Made Presents
This week we begin the publica
tion of a series of illustrated articles
for home-made Christinas present'.
There are twenty-four different arti
cles. any of which are suitable for
presents for someone.
We begin the publication of the
articles early, so that those desiring
to make some of the presents wli;
have plenty of time to do so.
Thirty Years Ago
i The Herald office is under ohliga
t thins to 11. H. Mason for a bushel of
finest potatoes we have ever seen
*ln Holyoke.
Engineer Devlin, while making a
Illy ut Dickens. Tuesday, ran off the
short track back of the coal shed
down into tile ditch nud it took Sup
erintendent lln r mou and P. J. Cas
•tello with two engines and the wreck
{ lug car to get 71 hack on track again.
■„ W. E. Dickerson was conductor,
a W K. Johnston and family took the
Strain Saturday for Fairfield. lowa.
J where they will make their home.
Mr. Johnson will engage In the loan
C und real estate business. They have
* resided at Holyoke ever since the
Tj town started and will be much mlss
jed b> their many friends in business
circles. We are pleased to
Mr. Johnson will retain un
3 Interest in the hanking business here.
1 A ’ffiilrie fire broke out north of
*ff<Afake lost Saturday afternoon when
the wind was blowing a stiff gale
1 from the northwest. All attempts to
stop the fire proved in vain and It
burned over a strip of country from
where it started to the Nebraska
1 line. Several of the farmers had
very narrow escapes from losing their
grain in the stack and many of them
had their straw stacks burned. The
burning of the grass on the range
will prove a great inconvenience and
loss to thorn* who huvo stock. A num
ber of the prairie fires thut wo havo
hud in this part of the state lately
are certainly the result of culpable
carelessness If every person oxer
clued the care in this mutter that the
great danger from fire demands, there
would he but very few fires.
A fire was discovered ut Superin
; tciidout Harmon's house by H. J.
! Johnson, at 5 a. m. Wednesday morn
ing. w’hlch would have done a vast
amount of dumage in a few minutes
more, us the wind was blowing a gale
all night. Mr. Johnson uroused Mrs.
Harmon and Mrs. Rigby and with
their assistance It was put out. Had
the fire got under way. It would have
hurtled the section house and prob
ably the east part of Holyoke and as
fur south us It could find anything
to burn. The fire was probably caus
ed from linseed oil on waste that hud
been used by the painter, which hud
been raked up e together with other
things In the yard and placed on the
rubbish pile, which Mrs. Ilurmon was
Intending to burn some still day. It
must have been on fire quite awhile
us the lindde of the pile was u bed of
red coals. Mr. Harmon was away
picking up an engine at Dickens.
Holy Smoke—Maybe
When the Methodist congregation
iiMNetnlded Sunday the building was
found full of smoke Pastor Bennett
niild he known it was not tobacco j
smoko. That he hardly believes it j
was holy smoke But he knows It
was smoke.
The asHomhlußo moved in a body
to the grade school building, where
services will be held until the new
church In completed.
NATURAL GAB
Judge Weir and C. E. Damowood
visited the oil wells south of Wray
yesterday.
A friend of the pair remarked that
It was a waste of time for two such
politicians of opposing faiths to go
orer fifty miles In quest of gas.
Loyal Legion
Patriotic Service
The special patriotic service for
the Loyal Legion at the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening was well at
tended and most Interesting. There
was speciul music and the discourse
by Rev. Illsley was full of patriot
'stn and good thought.
The church wus nicely decorated
with the national colors, cut flowers
and potted plunts. The center sec
tion was reserved for the Legion
members, who came In a group. At
the close of the service the congre
gation remained standing while the
Legion members passed out first.
The program for the evening was
us follows:
Processional.
Hymn. "America the Beautiful."
Invocation.
"The Recessional," Choir.
Responsive Reading.
"The Bolls of Freedom," Mr. Schoen
hehler.
Scripture Reading.
Prayer und Response.
"The Home Road." Choir.
Reading the Armistice Day Procla
mation.
"Battle Hymn of the Republic."
"The Dawn of Peace,” Itec. L. C.
Illsley
"The Star Spangled Banner."
Benediction.
Recessional.
New M. E. Church
Plans are shaping rapidly for the
, erection of a new M. E. church, which
will occupy the location of the pres
ent building. The first move will be
i tlie sale or the dismantling of the
i old structure. There are prospects of
. a sale. If this fails, then it will be
. torn down by volunteer labor, uli of
i which has been promised.
» The new edifice will he 64x55 feet,
i with husement und five upper rooms.
. Including balcony. The kind of ma
[ tterial to be used in the new struc
i ture has not been fully decided upon,
} but cement stucco with., pebbledosh.
,' Is being favorably considered,
t From now until the completion of |
i the new church the congregation will
hold services in the grade school
| building. Thn gymnasium will he
• used for the uudience, one of tile
i recitation rooms. .16x27 feet, for the
) primary department nnd Epwortli
. League, the library for the young
I married people’s class, Prof. Smith's
. office for the young people's class.
, taught by the pastor.
It was planned to have a farewell
, service in the church next Sunday.
. but the Imd condition of the furnace
i caused such to be given up.
ARMISTIC SERVICE
There will he a short patriotic ser ,
vice at the court house today, begin-!
nlu at 12 o'clock, to wnich everyone
!is Invited. The local pastors will
have charge.
The time was set for the noon hour
so that uli can attend. Be present.
The snow flurry of Tuesday marred (
the nice weather for only u day. The |
season In ut hand, however, for some
winter weather.
Crippled But Far From Helpless
Though hop4dcM»l\ crippled and unable to move about iiiiii*slaled, Newton
M. Hill of Plquu, €>.. In ci.odiictlug a pucciMNfiil magazine NUlou-rlptloti Imj*l
lies* Ml* bedroom In lil- office and liln bed lit* desk. All (lie soliciting '•
done through the limits. The photograph shows Mr. 1111 l typing a letter to a
prospective patron.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Improvements To Be
Made on High Line
We are reliably Informed that work
will be commenced on tlio Burlington
roadbed between here uml Sterling
in the near future for the strength
ening of same preparatory to laying
new' ties and heavier rails.
This will be good news to tho local
travelers west, and means that tho
Overland Unlimited will ho able to
make better time without upsetting
the liver of tho passenger. It takes
a real rough rider to stay in a seat
on the trip to Sterling.
Badly Absent Minded
A fellow' hoarding at a local enting
house left town suddenly recently
without paying for the grill) he had
consumed A move was made to
bring liis back, when It was found
such could not he done os the law
governing such cases had not been
complied with.
There is u statue providing that
where hotel, rooming house and res
taurant keepers have posted In each
room u copy of the luw making the
beating of a hill for hoard or rooms
a felony, anyone guilty or such an
act can be arrested und prosecuted.
CHASED TRAIN OUT OF YARDS
Many local people Denver hound at
tempt to cutch the U. **. train ut Ster
ling. which gets into Denver earlier
thun the Burlington train. This can
only be done successfully by getting
off at the Y and hurrying to the union
station.
Recently a rather large Holyoke
man was going to Denver. He wish
ed to reach that city us quickly as
possible, so when Sterling was reach
ed. seeing the U. P. train ready to
start, he jumped of the Burlington
and hotfooted It for the station Just
before reaching the U I*, train. It
begun to move. He stepped on the
gas, figuratively speaking, but the en
gineer pulled on the throttle at tho
same time. Both wont through the
I railroad yards at a atiff cup. but tho
j man lost. As he returned to the ata
. tion, panting and fuming, a small boy
smoking u cigarette. Inquired: "Did
you miss your train. Mister?"
"No." said the Irate passenger, “I
was Just chasing the d —d thing out
of the yards."
JUDGE WEIR INQUIRES
Judge Weir, county judge, who
keeps pretty close tub on the politi
cal pulse, propounded to us the fol
lowing the first time we met him:
"I see thut a number of northern
Colorado Republican papers have re
cently changed hauas. How many
changes will it take to land the gov
ernor In the U. S. seuute?
j We puss.
FINE WINDOW DISPLAY
The window displuy at the Morgan
A Castle store of war relics and camp
pictures is woith anybody's while.
About the only article not shown la
Big Berlhu, which dropped shells Into
Paris at a distance of 76 miles.
It Is more amusing to look ut the
displuy now than It w'ould have been
three years ugo yesterday.
Keep posted —read The Herald.