The Holly chieftain., January 29, 1909, Image 1

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THE HOLLY CHIEFTAIN
VOLUME XI.
SHEARS & SAWBUCK WAY.
Telling 'Em the Way It Happened |
Whea They Passed Up the |
Local Merchant |
Shears & Sewbuck kept a store
Such as never was before.
City folks they couldn't sell, |
Woaldn't let 'em have a smell;
Fetched their money —but, by jing, |
Couidn't buy a blessed thing; |
Couldn't meet 'em face to face |
And then sell ‘em with good grace. i
Country trade wa® what they sought,
Folks who'd pay for what they bought
For they saw it, bide or tail,
They sent catalegues by mail
Out to ev'ry blessed one
Gettin' mail at Possum Rum.
We set up as night and read,
When we orter been to bed.
Book was 'bout as big as sin—
Had a lot of pictures in, ’
Had a list of merchandise,
Ev'ry kind and every size.
Givin' prices that they swore;
Knocked out ev'ry conntry store;
Looked so good and seem’d so true,
I bit at it---Jim did too.
Well, we, like a pair of fools,
Sent off — got hayin' tools;
Jim got harness and a plow,
1a range—| see it now;
Dart the thing. it was so light,
Used it for a torch one night;
Throwed the darn thing the yard
Use it now for renderin’ lard.
Fore Jim used the plow an hour,
Found the blamed thing wouldi 't scour;
Iried his harness---bioke a tug-—-
Sought for solace jug--
In the cooler all the night,
Jin reflected on his plight:
in the morning, Richsrd Stout,
Hardware merchant, bailed him out.
Jim said after that he'd stick
Cbose as back to good old Dick;
Sence he left the ‘Possum jail,
Says Dick's:cheaper, anyhow-- ot 1o s
M& tnn saved some on plow,
the other goods some more,
At his old friend's hardware srore.
Jim says, “We can't sell no truck
To such folks as Shears & Sawbuck;
They'll take all our cash away:
But won't buy our corn or hay.”
That seemed purity strange to e,
So | told ol’ Jim I'd see-—
So | wrote them that night,
Just to see if Jim was right.
Ast'm “what they pay for oats?
Could they use some likely shoats?
Had about four tons cf hay,
| could send them right away;
Could | furnish Ma. Shears
With his family roastin’ ears?
Also would my [riend Sawbuck
Buy some of my garden truck?”’
Answer csme one summer day,
Said, “They could’nt use our hay,
Couldn't use our oats or shoats,
Didn't like our billy goats;
When they needed truck to eal,
Bought it down on Water street,
Sorry but they must refuse
Anything but cash to use.”
| sat down and wrote ‘em then,
*|{ate to trouble you again,
But | want to thank you sers,
For your bunch of cockle burs.
If you love your fellow men,
Do him, good sirs, if you can.” 2
While our merchants sweetly sleep
Shears & Sawbuck shear your sheep.
Bridge Whist Club.
Mrs. Kate Millinger eutertained
the Bridge club last Friday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Duncan, and a wmost enjoyable
afternoon was spent by all, Mrs.
S. E. Lewis winnig first prize. A
dainty luncheon was served at
1:30, and and the social hour was
most auspiciously passed. Those
present were: Mesdames James
Wilkin, S. E. Lewis,John Schlager
Johu Duncan, R. . Walton, Kate
Millinger and Miss Edith Boyer,
Beetgrowers’ Important Meeting
The next meeting of the East
Prowers County Beetgrowers’ as
sociation will be held at Sunnyside
¢ School house on Saturday evening,
Feb. 6th 1909, at 7.30 o'clock.
‘Business of the greatest im
{ portance will come before the body,
¢ %be sure to attend. A. L. Fry
berger, Pres’t,
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g e e e e e e
BACHELOR GIRLS’ INNING
The bachelor girls, sometimes re.
ferred to as “old maids” will be
strictly in vogue during the ad
ministration of President-clect
Taft. In an address to the pupils
of the Georgia Normal school,
he told the young ladies they are
better off single than arried.
During the next four years it will
be considered quite the proper
thing for a girl to turn up her no-e
while the poor man is down on
his marrow bones popping the
vital question. We may soon expect
to hear of the “Ancient Order of
United Taftonians” composed ex
clusivly of single ladies of mar
riageble age. ;
Gone to the Glimmering Gloom
The Rocky Ford Gazetre, after
a fempestuous struggle, has given
up, and the ghost walked fo the
last time onJan. L.th last, probably
to the great relief of Iditor.
Johnstun, wno appeared to have
awhite elephanton hiswhite palms.
The newspaper business, brother,
is strewn with roses. but ye
editor sometimes runs amuck and
strays into the sherift'sshands(who
is said to be theonly person capa
ble of ruuning the paper better
than the editor).
The Cage Aeroplane
The Denver Aero Club will have
a special exhibit of the Cage aero
plane. This hugoitube will. be
suspended from :the dome of the
Auditorium overhanging the maine
exhibit. The inventor, John M.
Cage. has demonstrated that a
speed of 240 miles an hour can be
made ¥y this lying machine. Im.
mediately after the close of the
show, the aeroplane will be taken
to Washinzston for a series of ex
periments by the goyernment.
Excursion rates have been ar
ranged from all points in Colorado,
good going February 15 to 17, the
return limit b ing February 21.
A $12,000. building in good re
pair to trade for an 80-acre farm
under the Amity Canal, The build
ing rents for S3OO per annumn.
Holly Investmeut & Loan Co.
Farmers, Attention!
Our examiner, Mr, Sowter, for
the D. J. Myers Loau Co., will be
with us all next week. gAnyone de
sirous of getting a loan will please
let us know at once.
The Holly Investment & Loan Co.
Baptist Box Social
The B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist
church will give a box social at the
church on next Tuesday evening.
Every lady please bring a box. A
splendid musical progrsm in con
nection. The pnblic is cordially in
vited. Choice of boxes. 50c.
[f vou have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Mr. J. P. Klote of Edina, Mo., says:
“l have used a great many different
medicines for stomach trouble, but
find Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liv
er Tablets more beneficial than any
other remedy I ever used.” For sale
hy Ikleman Bros.
KEEP YOUR MONEY AT
HOME.
This paper is boosting for Hol
ly because its success depends
upon Holly’s growth and pros
perity. It may be a personal
motive but it is a far-sighted one.
Every family that moves into
«own helps us and it helps you,
MEN AN, TGS
| Epitome of the Week’s Doingsin
Hollv and Vicinity
Did you read our ads last week ?
If yon did uot. look them up in
The Chieftain. The Holly Invest
ment & Loan Co,
For expert gents’ laundry wor!
call on M. M. Gay, third door
jouth of Baptist church. Also
family washings and work by the
week.
Mr. Fred Brownlee, the energetic
and esteenmed assistant auditor of
the Holly Sugar Co., who has been
visiting the old homestead in a
renowned parish of Louisiana, is
back again, after .alking in on
“the folks” about dinner time.
It is needless to say that Mr.
Browulee was the hero of his home
town during his sojourn, and that
his lurid description of the wild
and wooly west interested the home
folks to the last degree.
Ask your friends *ln Wyoming"
Call and get a sample copy of
The cwmerican Farm Review at
The Chieftain office, free. To all
subscriptions to The Chieftain re-
I ceived between now and January
t 1. 1909, the American Farm Re
view will be sent. FREE for one
year. /
Mrs. F. W. Brainard left for
Lecompton, Kansas, last. Friday
in reaponse to a message adyising}
her of hu'm""nwnouu'iuuu! Set,
“In Wyoming" Feb. 3, Opera house
Mr. Mrs. William Webb and
famify of Hutchinson, Kansas,
have arrived and settled on their
homestead south of Holly They
were formerly inthe hotel business
in Hutchinson, and came to Colo
rado ostensibly for their health,
Ask about cheap rates to fun
seekers to see *“ln Wyoming.”
Mr. Van Hendrickson of Rocky
Ford has been assigned to the
position of field agent of the Ar
kansas Valley Sugar Beet & Irri
gated Land Co., vice George W.
Marsh, whose resignation takes ef
fect March 1. Mr. Hendricks is an
experienced field manager well
in sugar beets, and is considered
a valuable acquisition $o the land
company’s forces. Mr. Marsh has
made many friends here during his
brief stay, who are loathe to see
him and his estimable family de
part from our midst.
Don’t miss “In Wyoming,” next
Wednesday.
THE EDITOR'S THANKS
In response to several hundred
statements of account sent out by
The Chieftain last month, letters
containing checks for renewals are
being received daily from all over
the country, complimenting the
publisher on his epterprise. z
While it is indeed gratiiying to
merit the public’'s upprobation?%'he
Chieftain will not stop here, but
its constant aim will be to grow
larger and better as the years roll
onward. Many thanks|
Fat Cattle
lam always in the market for |
fat cattle and hogs. Call, tele
phone or write
Thomas Harmon,
Holll.
~ F. G. Ferguson of Nome, Alaska,
a brother of the redoubtable At.
torney W. P. Ferguson of Hart
man, is visiting the latter and both
' spent last Monday in Holly. Mr.
Ferguson spent eight years in
Alaska and is a mining expert of
rare ability. He believes there is a
great future for this portion of the
Valley, and may locate here.
Mrs. Lottie Abbott and Mrs.
Lulu Randall, of Clarinda, Towa,
daughters of our esteemed towns
man, C. B. Godby, are visiting the
parental home, Mrs. Randall says
that Holly has outgrown her recol
lection entirely, and that the
change in two years is almost
beyond belief.
Adolph Eastman of Chicago
who is the main squeeze on thi,
tank and tower of the waterworks
is much pleased with Holly, and
declares that it's an up-to-date
town---such as he’s seen before,
Joe Hushaw the tinner, whose
ability is known all over the Valley,
left tor Oklahoma last Tuesday,
after disposing of his effects. He
contemplates locating in one of
the flourishing towns there.
“The Flaming Arrow” at the
Opera House on the 22nd was a
very good production, likewise the
“Too Poor to Beg”’ company
which played to a fair sized house
yesterday. %
Mr. George Scow. the affable
sagriculturist of the Holly Sugar*
“Co., has tendered his resignation
after 4 years of continuous service
and leaves for Utah next Sunday.
It is with a feeling of genuine
regret that Mr. Scow’s many
friends see him depart as his man- l
ly bearing and sterling qualities
endeared him to all with whom he
came into contact, The Chieftain’s
best wishes go with him wherever
he may hang his hat.
Mr. E. M. Roberts of Winona
Miun., &n old schoolmate of Cash
ier George Stevens of the Holly
State Bank, has been visiting the
latter the past few days. Ezra Ken
dall would call them a ‘“pair of
kids,” as they are inseparable, be
sides bearing a striking résem
blance to each other.
Dr. M. I'. Morrill of Leadville
Colo., an old college chum of Dr.
O. W. Swope in Baltimore, Md.,
is the latest acquisition to the
medical profession of Prowers
County, having hung out his
shingle in Hartman. The Doctor is
agentlemanof briliant attainments
and Hartman is fortunate in se
cui-ing so able a physician in their
town.
Mr. J. O. Leech of Carbondale,
Kans., a brother.in-Jaw of Cash_
Gtanley, after visiting the latter re
turned to his home, last Tuesday.
Dr. H. F. Fisher of Montrose,
Colo., an oculist and aurist of
reputation, was a Holly visitor last
Monday. He saysthat his neighbor, |
the redoubtable John Speer who ’
formerly resided here is prospering |
and wishes to be remembered to |
his friends in this section. |
Mesdames Ray Appel and Char- |
les H. Thatcher went to Granada |
last Friday to pay their last re- !
spects to their deceased nephew |
Theodore Mendenhall, aged 3 years |
whose sudden death came as » |
shock to relatives and friends, l
AT NUMBER 37
RN ==
| Think of it! A city hall man de
clared an undesirable citigen !
The next move will be to arrest
thefjpoliticians for vagrancy. The
millenium is surcly dawniug!
No blood and thunder “In Wyo
ming,” Opera house, Feb. 3. |
The oyster supper given by the
men-folks of the Methodist church
last Friday was a success, and net.
ted the church a tidy sum. The
Holly orchestra dispensed splendid
music for the occasion.
Col. R. A. Sanderson, the versatile
auctioneer WhO never flcr.tched a
ticket and never diluted his beverage
was in town last Monday shaking
hands with old cronies. The Colonel
is 34 years young, having recently
emerged from the Fountain of Youth.
Mrs. T. W. Clark, aged 51 years,
residing near Hartman, died of cere
bral hemmorhage last Friday. The
remains were interred in Amity ceme
tery.
J. P. Pinkham and wife are back from
Hartman, and Jim's beaming counte
nance again illumines the Santa Fe
depot.
Ed Jones took in the stock show at
Denver last week. leaving here again
yesterday for the Lone Star state.
Mayor McMurtry disposed of
his magnificent Denver home, last
week, to a Boston man for $36,000.
It is the old R.W. Woodbury man
sion, and is said to have cost sev
eral times the purchase price to
construct., ..o -
¥ %eorge Crabtree is very ill with
preumonia.
Bob Ealy, on last Tuesday, fell
prostrate on the floor of the Hoch
stedler grocery, sutfering from a
’ gaseous stomach, but revived later.
Eastern Star Reception
The reception given in honor of
Dr. aud Mrs. R. D. Wilson, last
Friday evening, by East Gate
b’odge No. 113, A.F.& AM, and
Holly Chapter No, 50. O.ES., was
a most enjoyable affair. Nearly 50
guests were present to celebrate the
decision that Dr. and Mrs. Wilson
have made to stay in Holly for an
indetinite period.
Holly Pharmacy Sold
On last Saturday Ikelman Bros. sold
to F. E. Baird & Co. the drug stock,
fixtures and good will of the Holly
Pharmacy for SBSOO, Messrs. Baird
will continue the business at the old
stand, cndeavoring to keep the best of
everything at reasonable prices.
Ikelman Bros. are the pioneer drug
gists of this section, having come here
over ten years ago. George lkelman
has been a registered druggist for the
past twenty years, coming from Denver
here, where the partnership between
the brothers was formed.
@ Messrs. Ikelman will now take a wel
deserved vacation, and later on will
construct a number of fine buildings,
Baptist Church
Prenching at the Baptist church
next Sunday, both morning and
evening, by the pastor, Rev. C. W.
Buell. There will be special music
at both services. A eordial invita.
tion is extended to all.
For Sale.
I New John Deerc Disc gang
plow, price $35. Apply to W. R.
Rockwell.
Holly lce Plant
Water (leli\'e'red by;”tr.he barrel
Phone Black $2.