NEWSPAPERS: THE STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado: 26 Jul 1889, Vol. II - No. 47 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/phillips/newspapers/sthld1889/89jul26.txt Donated by: Vicki Conklin June 18, 2002 =================================================================================== STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado A.A. Spahr, Editor & Publisher 26 Jul 1889, Friday, Vol. II - No. 47 LOCAL LORE Rev. Todd preached his farewell sermon on last Sunday. We are sorry to chronicle the illness of Carl Adair this week. Judge Armour came down from Sterling Thursday evening. Mr. Keister of Julesburg smiled upon the magic city last Tuesday. Mr. Hibbs, southeast of town, starts his threshing machine Wednesday. The Tribune has changed its publication day from Saturday to Thursday. Free copies of the Advocate of last week were freely distributed by the ring. The first sand cherries of the season made their appearance in the market this week. The daughter of County Commissioner Washburn is quite sick with mountain fever. Mr. Norris paid us a very pleasant visit this week. He is a firm believer in deep cultivation. F.R. Smith of Akron was a business caller at the capitol of Phillips County on Wednesday. W.H. McCae of York, Nebraska purchased a fine timber claim twelve miles north of our city. Jordan, do you think we are afraid to say anything about the Tribune? Too bad, wasn’t it, sonny? Frank S. Lewis and wife, of Sterling, are visiting with their uncle, L.P. Lewis, of North Holyoke. The Tribune building was moved yesterday on to the lot north of the building owned by Mr. Blakely. A.J. Johnson, one of Akron’s leading attorneys, was in attendance at Judge Painter’s court this week. The Miss Sawyer and Mrs. Ball of Akron were the guests of Miss Wood at the Hotel Gordon during the week. Alex Meyer, a hardware merchant of Yuma, was a business visitor at the metropolis of the rain belt country this week. John Smith and August Muntzing, Yuma attorneys, were crossing swords with our attorneys in our county court during the week. It is no sin to be a candidate for political honors. It is simply one of the prerogatives of American citizenship, that the people may select the best. Mr. Joseph Cleland and his sister Jennie left on Tuesday evening for Kerney, where they intend spending a few weeks among their many friends. A herd of Oregon horses were herded near town during the week. Mr. Justice, the principal owner, is an old friend of Sheriff Russell, of Sedgwick. Mr. Dickinson is building a new dwelling on Campbell Avenue. It is to be a brick and a credit to this portion of our city. No, Holyoke is not booming. The first jury in our county court was impaneled Wednesday in the case of Ben Collom vs. George E. Clark. Judge Painter handles the court business like an old campaigner. The new elevator is looming up finely and will be pushed to completion just as rapidly as possible. Mr. Palmerton says they intend to be in complete running order by August 20. The editor of “the only Republican paper in the county” requested the editor of the News to give him an order upon the Denver Land office for the final proof notices. Tribune please copy. Banker Clark’s little girl was bitten by a cur one evening this week. We rise to ask when this dog-goned nuisance is going to be abated. Something should be done. Either muzzle or kill the dogs. DIED - At 6:30 p.m. on last Saturday evening, July 20, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Garland. She was buried on Sunday following. The HERALD sincerely sympathizes with the sorrowing parents. A.B. Pollock, southeast of town, has just received a new thresher from Illinois and will start it to work Monday at Amherst. He says he has 2,000 acres of wheat already engaged to thresh. W.H. Johnson of 6-44 reports a heavy rain Monday night and says corn looks splendid and harvest about finished. He also says wheat is of good quality and equal to anything he raised in eastern states. Dr. Cronkite, we doubt not, is A No. 1 dentist, and can extract teeth in the latest and most approved style and fashion, but as editor of the society department of the HERALD he has not scored even with our sporting editor. Our county treasurer, B.A. Hoskins, started Thursday for Ayr, Nebraska where his parents reside. Ben made inquiry in reference to the chicken crop before he started. He takes his gun and dog and intends having a very large time. Idiotic Jordan, of the railroad organ, the Tribune, vents his silly spleen in the last issue of his blotting pad, and attempts to curry favor with the farmers of Phillips County by crying out against a ring which exists only in his diseased brain. Our sports editor says the ditches for the water mains should be filled up. “Supposing,” he says, “a dark man on a drunk night should fall in one of them --” and as we just then saw some nice people coming up the street, we did not wait for a finish. Mr. and Mrs. Timberlake moved into their cozy residence last Thursday. They are to be congratulated in the taste shown in the plans of this new home. It greatly adds to the attractiveness of south hill. The arrangement inside and out are admirable. Mr. McCollister, the man who has been working for County Clerk McPherson and caring for his horses in West Holyoke, was thrown from his sulky Wednesday afternoon and received such a shaking up that he was compelled to go home for a few days. Bro. Jordan, if you will just keep on your underclothing and go to work for a good and economical county government, instead of howling yourself hoarse in your frantic endeavors for boodle, people will learn to respect you again as an honorable, harmless imbecile. A combination has been formed among all the leading school book publishers of the country. And now they are telling the people it is not a trust - a combination, but not a trust. They claim it was only formed for the purpose of reducing the cost of Publishing. Let us wait and see. Our school board is discussing the advisability of erecting a frame instead of a brick school building. While the HERALD would a great deal rather see a brick edifice than a frame, we have confidence enough in our board to think they will make the best possible use of the funds of the district. A few men should never be allowed to dictate the political management of any county. There are some men who are ever ready to cry “ring” and attract the attention of the public from their own nefarious work of political theft and demagoguery. Such men should be watched carefully and their evil intentions shown to the world. The railroad items in last week’s Tribune have done more to convince the farmer there is a ring in Holyoke than any one thing since the organization of our city. People are beginning to understand the HERALD is their friend and the people’s exponent of what is right and just, and here is no further question about the ring. It is the same old chestnut: The thief crying “Stop thief.” Miss E.M. Vath intends giving one of her very entertaining recitations during the teacher’s institute at Holyoke. Miss Vath has a reputation far beyond the limits of Colorado, and we trust she will be listened to by an audience worthy of her best effort. She is highly spoken of by the press of half a dozen states, and all who will attend this treat will find themselves well paid for their time and money. W. Curtis and wife of Wray, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frazier on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Curtis is county sup’t of Yuma County. They were accompanied by Mrs. F.E Rickey of Yuma and Mr. W.P. Rickey of Dallas, Texas and Mrs. Kate W. Rickey, daughter of W.P. of Koekuk, Iowa. They formed a very pleasant party and it goes without saying they enjoyed themselves while guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frazier. Now Bro. Jordan, please nice Mr. Jordan, brace up and be a man. We know just as well as you, and a great deal more accurately, the republican majority in Phillips County, and if you will work as hard for a good economical county government as the HERALD and let the candidates look out for themselves, the people will take more stock in you and your paper. Take our advice, W.N., and be happy or keep on in your senseless manner and have everybody hate you. Some of the finest specimens of wheat and oats the writer ever saw were brought into town during this week, and we are told many fields of such are today standing in Phillips County as so many monuments of what the soil and climate will do for the farmer who adds his labor to the assistance of a rich soil and seasonable harvest and growing time. The wheat stalks brought in by Prof. Timberlake were over five feet in height and filled with fine plump berries. Now if one farmer can succeed in growing such grain, why can not any one? The reason comes pack to us forcibly enough, “Nothing succeeds like success.” By your very determination to succeed you have won the battle. Work, and hard work is what is needed. It has its own reward, and the garden spot of your wanderings awaits you if you are deserving. The HERALD is not owned or controlled by any one excepting the editor and in this differs from the Tribune, and its columns prove the assertion we made in the first issue. We do not believe in newspaper fights. We have no political pets to boost and we believe the people would rather see a paper devoted to their interests and welfare than saying disgusting things about others. But the Tribune seems to think we could not say anything if we wished. We sell by sample, Bro. Jordan, and if this has the desired effect we may be persuaded to furnish you a small order form our immense stock. So long. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS George Conkling to George F. Frahm, se 15-6-42, w.d. $900 Lincoln Land Co. to J. Olliver, lot 11 blk 7, Holyoke $135 E.E. Worley to Hiram Worley, ne 12-6-44 q.c.d. $650 Robert L. McGinnis to J.H. Einsel, ne 3-6-46, w.d. $1200 Lona H. Dutton to H.J. Johnson, se 20-7-45 w.d. $1100 ROSCOE ITEMS John Mehan returned from Denver last week. Eva Warren came home from Holyoke Monday evening. S.G. Duley is having a well put down. Roscoe still booms. Miss Lou Norris spent Saturday in Holyoke with Mrs. Shepard. Harvesting is nearly over. Next will be the buzz of the threshing machine. A great many of our farmers have found employment in Holyoke on the waterworks. We attended the lecture in town Tuesday evening, and think Rev. Wiley is an excellent speaker. We are having beautiful weather. A heavy rain fell Friday, which made the farmer, who was “almost persuaded” to go east to his wife’s people, rejoice. I.T. Lounsbury and Miss Minnie Norris went to Lamar, Nebraska Saturday to attend Evangelical quarterly meeting. They report a very pleasant time, and think the people of Lamar are very sociable and entertaining. They bring back favorable reports of the crops, and while there Sunday afternoon they had a fine rain and considerable hail fell, but not much damage was done. They returned home Sunday evening, well pleased with the Lamarites. -- COUNTRY LASSIE BEACHVILLE ITEMS Mary Peter spent the past week on her claim. Will Hagerman of Julesburg is home on a short visit. Jerry Noonan and Ike Sailor have taken timber claims in this vicinity. Oscar Troutman and father took dinner with Mrs. Peter and family last Sunday. There will be preaching at the Trego school house next Sunday at 3 p.m. Several of our people attended the services and baptism at the Wolf school house last Sunday. May Mowry, Clara and Alice Trego were pleasant callers at Mary Peter’s last Thursday afternoon. Harvesters are busy making hay in this vicinity. The yield is more than again as much as last year, and of a better quality. BORN - On last Thursday, to John Norseen and wife, a wee small boy. The mother and child are doing well, but there are small hopes of Johnnie recovering. We smoke. Jerry Noonan, who has been working on the section at Holyoke, has been transferred to the car repairing gang. This is a good paying position and we congratulate him on his good luck. -- OLD MISERY FIDDLERS’ PEAK The picnic of last Sunday was postponed until next Sunday. Harry Barr is teaching at Mr. Kellogg’s house in district no. 81. Miss Jennie Cleland leaves this week for her home at Kearney, Nebraska. Will Pevler of Wray, Colorado is visiting his parents of this place this week. The dance at Emerson last Tuesday evening was postponed till the 30th. Doc Stephens is quite sick at Mr. Crane’s. He is not better at present writing. George Conkling sold his claim in 6-45 to Mr. Frahm of Wahoo, Nebr. for $1000. John Delay and his ranchmen will start on their southern journey after cattle this week. The “hop” at Pickett’s school house last Thursday evening was a bankrupt affair. Give it up, boys. Some people are talking of driving their corn south to winter it over so it will make a half crop next year. Tad Vastine writes us from Bristol, Colorado that he is still alive, but longs to see some of his kind of people once more. Miss Cleland’s school at Adland’s store closed last Thursday. There were several present and all enjoyed a nice sociable time. Some of our boys went to work on the water works at Holyoke last week, but we don’t miss any of them this week. Some folks like to work and some don’t. Small rain and large hail last Sunday a few miles southwest of here. Talk about hail being as large as hens’ eggs, but if those were not as large as my fist, and I haven’t a small fist, you may set me down as a liar. Another dance at Thomas Cornwell’s last Thursday evening. I was there, you bet. There were about seven couples present, and all enjoyed a huge racket, made by the high kickers and a scraping noise on a cigar box fiddle by the homesteader orchestra. George Conkling and Frank Hoyt were out on a roundup last Sunday. Among the places they called were Ed Bennett’s, Harry Page’s, John Delay and John Anderson’s. They report a splendid time. It will be remembered that Mr. Conkling has been down with rheumatism since the 31st of May, and this was his first trip out. His many warm friends congratulate him and are glad to welcome him among them again. -- CYCLONE Land Office at Denver, Colorado No. 1904 Complaint having been entered at this office by Oliver P. Jackson against J.S.H. Hall for failure to comply with law as to timber culture entry No. 5754, date June 9, 1886, upon the w hf of w hf sec 7, tp 5 n, range 45 w, in Yuma County, Colorado, with a view to the cancellation of said entry; contestant alleging that the said J.S.H. Hall has failed to break or cause to be broken five acres of said tract since making said entry, and that said failure still exists. The said parties are hereby summoned to appear at the office of S.W. Beggs, a notary public at Holyoke, Colorado on the 30th day of August, 1889, at 10 o’clock a.m. to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure. The testimony to be returned to this office by Sept 4, 1889, on which day same will be considered. -- F.J. Mott, Register. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.