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r NEWS FROM CRAIG. Many Interesting Items From That Vicinity Gath ered By The Sentinel's Wide-a-Wnke Correspondent. Mr. and Mis. L C Stokes weie visitors In Si. Joseph, Tuesday. J. tl. llthlgeman, (llrlt), or ltle low, was a business visitor In Cult; Monday. Miss Mauilc Coleman, of Hopkins Is the guest of her sitter, Mrs. Karl Scrhner, this week. Mr. and Mrs. James ItufTstulter, of Corning, are visiting with Mr? lllilTtutter sister. Mrs. Old Host wick. Mrs. Ora Scrlvner and daughter, Ethel, returned home, Tuesday, after m three weeks' visit with home folks in Slam, Iowa. Mrs. T. M. Hunter, of St. Joseph, was up Saturday attending the sale of Mrs. A. M. Hunter's household and .personal property. Mrs. O. V. Nauman departed Monday evening for Chicago, where lie eirects to remain Indefinitely, visiting her people. Harry Curry, the foreman on the "Leader Press," spent from Saturday evenlng till Tuesday morning with home folks at Fairfax. Lester Orlmtli, one of New Liber ty 's prosperous) oung farmers, shipped a car or fat cattle to the St. Joseph market, last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jack Scott boarded the morning Omaha passenger Tues- lay for an eitendtd visit with tl.elr son, frank, at I'ehder, Neb. Miss Trade Stanton, or Kansas City, Is the guest or her friend. Mist Nellie I Mile, this week, and perhaps the greater part of next week. Mrs. Will Watson arrived to Join ty this winter for further studies. horn Chiming severed his rela tions with the S. B. Judy establish ment on last Saturday and on Sunday removed to Coin, Iowa, to take a more lucrative position In one or the stores there, Mr. Chunlng made many I warm friends in Craig lor the two short months that he was with us. Prof. Guy Knnr. superintendent of the Oregon High schools, was a caller In this city, Monday. Guy formed some definite attachments for our town several years ago, while su perintendent of the schools here, that he can not very well get over. Ills probable that he never will fully re cover. The meetings In the Park are prog'esslng from night to night with added Interest. Sunday, the Salntt from Illgelow and Mound City were with the workers here and a glorious time was had, Reverends Wood and Adams are doing some good preach ing. They are anticipating a big day on the Fourth, It being Sunday. v.r ureen, or tairras, was a business visitor In Craig, Wednesday. Mr. oreen owns a large tract of farm ing land adjoining the town of Fair fax In the Tark bottom. He reports that the water got over It last week the little fellow received his Injury. William Meeker, one of our stur dy German farmers, living west of town, Is and has been suffering for some time with a cancer on his face. He has been consulting the various physicians to no av all. Tlie place has been eaten out by plasters and been burned out by caustic, but seems to be or no success In destroying the dis ease. We hope that this valuable man will dud Immediate relief and that the cancer will be killed, for the community will loath to part with so good a man. , Mrs. 1,11a Itedmcn was called to the M ltushvllle, Tuesday morning, by sudden death or N. S. Elliott. hlllott Is well remembered In and around Craig, He for years operate a sawmill, and at one time conductei a lumber yard In Craig. He was tl son-in-law of William Itedmon and by the marriage or Mr. Itedmon to Mrs Itedmon became her son-in-law. M Elliott will be burled In the cemetery near ltushvllle, near where hlschll dren now all live. He leaves a widow and three or four boys, all grown. -Mr. and Mrs, Thos. A. Ward ar rived Tuesday morning, the ?-.'d,from an extended trip of nearly six weeks to the Pacific Coast. They saw ev erythlng that was Interesting. For a part of the trip they purchased lord car and motored where they pleased, and so took In many places that were out of the usual route of the tourists. They sold the car afte they were done with It. and made th remainder or the trip on steamer and railroad. They report a most enjoya hie trip, well worth the time and ex and dest roved everv stock or irrowlni? corn on It, but that he Is Intending to ' PnHture, replant It Just as soon as It will get j -Come, ror all things are now ready urj cnuuKM iu piani. Let the band n avy Turn the bov The railroad representatives were ' loose and everyone celebrate the l'Io In town. Wednesday, measuring and rlous Fourth of July on the Fifth at making such calculation as Is neces- Craig. Nothing has bten overlooked saryfora cement sidewalk from the that win make theday one of glad re hotel to the street on the west side, Jolclng. Plenty of music, the brst of her husband here, Monday, from their j also from the Price property across to oratory, plenty of cooling and refresh former home near lloslon. They are the street. When these walks are In, Ing shade and a grand dsj ay of rlre intending to make their future home I the town can boast of being provided works at night. The passenger trains In Craig Mrs. McNtal, mother of Mrs Ardery Allen, returned to her home In Albion, Neb., Satuiday morning, after a three weeks' visit In Craig, with Mrs. Allen and children. Mrs, W. S. Thomson and children went to Illgelow, Tuesday, to be pres ent and participate In the celebration of the seventy-second anniversary of Mrs. Thomson's mother, Mrs. J. F. Ilrldk'euian. Mrs. J. L Gomel departed Mon day for Maltland, where the had been hastily called to the sick bed of tier brother, Joseph Cngle. It Is reported that Mr. I'ngle win not recover from his present sickness, . J. II Lyons, of I'ennlson, la , was ft visitor with his tenant, Walter Low, over Sunday. Mr. I.) on declares himself very well satisfied with the situation In Missouri as compared with Iowa crops, this year. F. F. Hunt and family came In Tuesday from Oklahoma, Mr. Hunt is a brother of our mayor, Judge John Hunt. He has come to make his home In Missouri, We are glad to welcome Mr. limit anil his family to our midst. Itev. P. T. Schmidt, pastor of the J-.vangellcal Lutheran church, three miles west of Culg, has been In at tendance at the Mission feast and conference of that denomination In California, Mo,, since Wednesday of last week. Itev. E. O. Lockarl returned Sat urday from Savannah, where he has been In attendance at District League Conference. He reported one hun dred and eighty delegates In attend ance and the grandest conference ever Isold In the district. Mrs. Winters, a representative, from St. Joseph, of the W. C, T, U delivered a very able address at the Presbyterian church, Sunday night. The local orgenliatlon held a recep tion in her honor, Monday, al the residence of Mrs. K, J. Kellogg. A number.' of our farmers are liar vesting their wheat this week. A few began as early as Friday of last week, and euouid tlie warm, sunny weather prevail, practically all the wheat In this vicinity will be ready for the binder before another week Is past. The members of the Methodist congregation quietly and stealthily dropped In on the pastor at the par sonage, Wednesday about noon, with well-tilled baskets and a feast was had on the church lawn. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, but none so much as Itev. Lockart. C. M. Lowe, who has been conduct ing a skating rink at Falls City, Neb., is now engaged In taking It apart and reassembling It at Hiawatha, Kan. Mr. Lowe has been very successful In the management of the rink, and has given perfect satisfaction to Its pat rons In every city he has visited. W. S. Summers, a medical gradu ate this spring of the Missouri State University, and formerly, a teacher In the Craig public schools, was visiting his stepbrother, LeRoy Locke and bride, the latter part' of last week. Us will enter John Hopkins Unlvefsi- with as good walks as the best and are nicely scheduled to come and go largest city In street. the state, street for A petition to the county court Is being circulated among the patrons of the public roads, asking them to do something that will better the roads two miles out rrom Craig on the "Jack Scott" road, It needs tlx Ing badly and could be fixed easily, If only some one was In charge that would take the time to attend to It. We hope that the petition will result In something worthy. One day, last wiek.lt was reported In town that Frank O.born had met death In St. Joseph under the wheels so that everybody In Holt county can enjoy a great day with us In Craig. We have already arranged a grand welcome fur everyone, The sale of the personal property or Mrs. A. M. Hunter, last Saturday, had the right of way In the minds of the people. A large crowd assembled at the home and everything was sold at a very satlsfactsry figure. Many rare and ancient articles attracted the attention of the buyers. An old McClellan saddle that Lieutenant A. M. Hunter rode through the Civil war; a number or old-rashloned d guerre otypes, al least .) years old; a "A: of a railroad traln.ht.t such Is nottlieK0"' coin, necklace of very ancient case. Frank Is well and alive, enjoy-1 " "'' ''"'l',.11 b '" Ing himself In Itulo.Neh. Ills people T '""' 1 ? '""'' 1 here Investigated the story and learned from the chief of police In St Joseph that the story was un founded, and later they heard from Frank himself In Itulo. Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Wise came In Irom Colorado, Thursday, to live In the property belonging to Han Gull Hams and recently vacated by Frank - Friday morning about .-.o'clock an I.1'0"!1 Mrl W1'e llM ,n ,armln extra freight passing through town V. . . , T ktriiL-k tl,., L.r.v I, nr.- iu.in,.in , , but because of his wlfes health v S. Thomson a..d killed It. The horsy i "''""V1 10 relur" 10 cl,,n,,) lierc had gotten loose from the place It'l" M kS0Ur1' "'. , .t0 J-0'0''1" . . . frnm l.ufu iuut n,i 1. 1. Hill. I.iit U was picketed by Nute Mullls, who had the animal In care, and started back to the farm, when It wascaught by the train on the crovslng opposite me Hotel and met death. The aid mal was valued at mi. e learn mat it. li. Stewart, who has been our e indent ami popular sta tion agent lor the past several months, has been appointed to a very Impor tant position ror tho llurllngton peo ple In Chicago. Mr. Stewart while here proved his ability ror greater things', and no doubt will give satis faction to his employers In his promo tion. The many friends of Mr. Stewart will rejoice In this piece of Information. The children of Mr. ami Mrs. Chas. Cles.Itobert and Katherlnt, were piaying in tne rear yard with a little furnace that they had made th.m. elves. The little ulrl concluded that. the tire was not burning good enough and poured some gamine on the lire, which Ignited and the little bov set on tire and was severely burned about the head and feet. One foot In par ticular was very badly burned. A physician Is caring for him. Tile .basket dinner and Sunday school convention at llethel, Sunday wae, as we predicted In last week's news, a big affair. The people for miles around came ladened with bas kets of good things to eat and the lit tle folks were well drilled and pre pared to do their parts In entertain ing the crowd. The 'bay passed In song, feast and speech 'till late In the day. All departed with a wish that the affair might be made annual. When Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Ward returned from California, they went to the home of Mra. Ward, near Tarkio, to get their son, aged 3, and learned for the drat time that the lit tle fellow was suffering from a broken arm sustained, during their absence. The boy was getting along tine and the fact that they did not know of the Injury did not delay his tut re covery. We did not learn Just how -.. fv. i itti i.t . 1 " rrom here seeking health, but Mr Wise Is the tlrst that we have learned about that has come rrom Colorado to Missouri ror health purposes. We hope and pray that the lady will Unit strength In Missouri. Frank Caldwell and family shipped their household goods and so forth to St. Joseph, Wednesday, with the Intention of making that their future home. Mr. Caldwell has been a lifelong resident of Craig, and has been Identified with the best Interests of the city for more than thirty years. It will be a sad piece of news to many of our people to learn of this decision, but as the two sons of Mr. Caldwell are engaged In mercantile pursuits In St, Joseph, It was deemed best by him to move where he could be of use to the boys and give them a home to be In while working. Good-F.nouoii. Big Sale of Farming Implements. The firm or S. M. Howard & Co., of Fortescue, certainly did a One business in agricultural Implements, thus far this season, Mr. Howard, Informed us, one day, this week, that up to the present time he had sold six binders, eight mowers, three International hay balers, twelve lliter cultlvators, six hay rakes, six bull rakes, one side delivering rake, ten cultivators, six riding listers, six walking listers, one two-horse power gas engine, six farm trucks, and msny other farm Imple ments, such as plows, harrows, etc., the total amount footing up In the neighborhood of $3,000. This speaks well for the hustling ability of Mr. Howard, but we are not going to give Ves the entire credit for this, as he was ably assisted by his wife, and Judge A. W. VanCamp, who Is associated In business wlthhlm. And another Important factor, is the fact that Fortescue Is situated right In Uie heart of the richest and most pro ductive agricultural section of Holt county, ranking second In grain ship ments of. t!ie county. Liberty Bell in St Joseph Thursday, July 8 v. sV EBjSjSjSEJ i Sjft I slU sssssW W SjJB fllw'NiajBsajM Liberty Bell will arrive at 6:30 p. m. and will be immediately parked at Fourth and Sylvanle Streets on a platform erected specially for its reception, where it will remain on public view for three hours. You are most cordially invited to make our store headquarters while awaiting the arrival of the Bell, and if you have any Summer shopping to do our big July Clearing Sales v.nich will be in tu.l swing on that due, will afford you the best possible opportunity for doing so to the fullest advantage as to both prices and styles. Every Summer comfort that a store could provide is found here big overhead tens sending their refreshing breezes to every counter, no matter in what department you may be trading, plenty of cold drinking w&tcr and our cool, well ventilated rest room mauling you to make yourself as comfortable her as if von were at ho-ne. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO SEE LIBEHTY BELL Latest Pictorial Pattern! .Mtl.rr ,r,,l Mrrrfc).'' .Mli.. ilnllr. 'mfrm Htt hT JOxKI'll MO Sorosis Shoes For Women Forbes and Vicinity. W. T. Guyer was a St. Joseph vis ItOf. last Frllay. Henry Selkman shipped a oar of u'g, last Thursday. Harry Milne marketed a car of hogs, last Saturday. Mrs. J. It. Milne was shopping In St. Joseph, last Friday. Frank Foster arid John Noellsch, of Oregon, were In Forbes, on Monday. Miss Daisy Alklre. or Oregon, vli- Ited with her sister, Mrs. Lee Wright, last week. J. II. Murray and Ids son, Hanson, unloaded a carload or silos, al Forbes, last Friday. A large number of farmers start ed their binders In their wheal, last Monday morning. A few farmers are still replanting com on the bottoms and some are laying by their corn. Mrs. Allen Cordrey, Mrs. It. V. Iludglns and Mrs. S. G. Kelferwere shopping In St. Joseph, last Monday. Tom Curry, of Oregon, was seen hauling rock, from near Forbes, last week. Surely, rock Is getting scarce around Oregon, The Ice cream social given by the Ladles' Aid society, last Saturday evening, was well attended and the society netted a neat sum. Clarence McCune la having his house moved back from the river, tills week. Some parties from An drew county are doing the work. Wm, Gosset has put one over on most of tlie alfalfa growers around here, a he got his first and second crops of hay put up without rain. The fact is lie put them both up at once, last week. Postmaster Young removed the office fixtures to his new office room, list Sunday. Us now has one of the neatest poetofnee rooms In the coun- He added more lock boxes and made many other Improvements. John Shank, the enterprising threeherman, unloaded a new steel separator here, last Monday morning. If there Is anything in the old adage, The early bird gels the worm, "John will surely get it, a he is on the Job early and late. XSIOK, New Point and Vicinity. Ernie Kurtx and family visited at Lyle Bender's, Sunday. Lee Springer and wife, of Rosen- dale, came last week to visit relatives. Rev. T. D. Roberta aud wife and Mrs. Johnston spent Friday at Will Pennel's. Mrs. Harry Kelley, of Maltland, visited at the home of A. E. Kelley', last week. Cole Hamm and family came out from Oregon, Thursday, to vUlt, at the home of his uncle, Shannon Hard man.' , . Mra. Robert Boswell received We Handle TlMnrn Rpob because iU well known quality is an index to the high standard of everything else with which this store is stocked. You will find ZSBSiLSUM possesses a dis tinctively sweet flavor that twangy wholesome taste peculiar only to the choisest hard wheat kernels. Its crisp delicious flavor and dependability will be a real flour surprise. We have a sack all ready for you. Stop for it. MOORE & KREEK. CARTER'S STORE CO., MOUND CITY. word, last week, that her brother, Itenford Romlne, was married recent ly to Dollle JetTerles. As he his visit ed here, he has many acquaintances who wish both he and wife all good possible. Grandma lloswell walked down to her son, Robert's, Friday. As grand mother will be 81 years of age In Aug ust, her chtldreen feel that It was a good walk for her. She has many friends who rejoice that she Is so well and active. Mrs. Scott Carson and daughter, Ruth, left for Omaha, Sunday, where they will Join Mrs. Carson's sister, Mrs. Jones, and daughter, Frances, and all go to Mai, Neb., to visit Mrs. Sarah Brown, mother of Mesdames Carson and Jones. Mrs. Ilrown Is better known here as Mrs. Keyt. Nbho. Program for W. F. M. 8., of the M. E. church, July 0th: Hostess Mrs. John Ramsay. "Tlie Child at Work for Christ." Leader Mrs. Guy Conrad. Devotions Mrs. Hunt. "Japan" Mrs. Anselment. "Chlna"Mrs. Wm. Morris. "Indla"-Mrs. Bunker. "America" Mrs. Cook. Mystery Box. Mrs. Cad Baker, of St. Joseph, was visiting her brother, Wm. Stew art, and family, last week. U ! , Benton. Perry Murray's condition Is grow ing worse, with no hope of his re covery. . -Miss Mildred Klopp, of Oregon, visited at the Samuel Beaver home, over Sunday. -Carl Wicker and Ralph Mlnsliall left last week, for Kansas, to work In the harvest fields. -Mrs. Annie Fields and daughter, Ethel, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Charles Pebley, at Craig. -Ed. Evans and wife, of Klmsey, and Gerald Andler and family visited Walter Staley's, the first of the week. -8mlth Derr and family visited the first of the week, at the home of his brother, George, In the Nlckell's Grove neighborhood. Mrs. Ernest Lunsford and little son, who have been vlsltlm? t ti, John Ferguson home, returned Sun dar to their home at Savannah. Second crop of alfalfa la ri.i cut, also some wheat. Corn olowlnir Is being rushed to make ready for the other crops. Weather Is perfect. Mrs. Gertrude Mann inri hah daughter, of Craig, came Saturday to visit her brother, Emory Wicker and wife, and parents, O. A. Wicker and who, oi wncoin neighborhood, George Ennls. of Rock fnrt i. here to spend the Fourth with hi, brother-in-law, Richard Halm. 1 1 V l8?tU.ii't: t ,41 ,'t ' l'.;.vi,v.5fc ... .omm,imm