NEWSPAPERS: THE STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado: 28 Nov 1890, Vol IV - No 16 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/phillips/newspapers/sthld1890/90nov28.txt Donated by: Vicki Conklin 2 Aug 2006 ====================================================================== STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado J.H. PAINTER Editor & Publisher 28 Nov 1890, Friday, Vol. IV - No. 16 Page One BUSINESS CARDS B.F. MOORE. Abstractor and Real Estate Broker. J.S. Bennett. P.J. Dempster. BENNETT & DEMPSTER. Attorneys-At-Law. Practice in all the courts of the State and before the U.S. Land Office. DRESS MAKER. I am prepared to do all kinds of plain and fancy sewing, at my residence, first door north of M.W. Church. Mrs. Will McKinney. Holyoke, Colorado F.M. SMITH, Physician and Surgeon. Office at City Drug Store. Residence north-west corner of Farmer Lumber. ATTORNEY AT LAW, E.E. Brannon. City attorney, Special Collector and Deputy District Attorney. Office over State Bank. W.D. Kelsey. Attorney and Counselor at Law. All practice in all the courts of the state. Contracts a specialty. Office one door south of post office. LOCAL LORE It is our purpose to note the arrival and departure of all guests to our city, and request those who have visitors to inform us of the fact. Local news items are always thankfully received. Every man should “beet” his neighbor. Judge Glynn was in Denver this week on business. Beets, beets, beets! Let every body’s cry be, “beets.” B.A. Hoskins took a trip to Ayr, Nebraska this week on a visit to his parents. Mrs. Dakan and daughter Carrie went to Yuma last week on a visit to relatives. Rev. W.L. Baily was unable to fill the pulpit last Sunday on account of sickness. C.M.C. Woolman and Jerome Lewis returned Tuesday from a trip to Nebraska. E.E. Brannon went to Denver the first of the week to look after some business matters. Phillips County can get to the front in raising sugar beets if the people only think so. Lee Hubbard and wife returned last week from a visit to relatives at Clarinda, Iowa. J.P. Cleland and wife started for Kearney, Nebraska, Monday to spend Thanksgiving with his parents. The melodious voice of the Thanksgiving turkey has been heard on our streets during the past week. Mrs. W.D. Kelsey and daughter came home, Friday, from an extended visit with relatives near Chicago, Illinois. James Kidd and his sister Carry left for Red Cloud, Nebraska, Wednesday night, where they go for a visit with friends. We are informed that hereafter the Phillips County News will be a six column folio, just half its present size. L.S. Viersen has purchased the residence property of R.R. Blair for $950 and will take possession the first of next week. Gade Weaver recently purchased the Shriner property near the B & M depot and has moved his office and dwelling onto the lot. Mrs. E.F. Highland and son Robert took the train for Denver, Wednesday morning, where Mr. Highland and family will make their future home. The boys say Dearcup is a fine singer but, strange to say, some of the young men south of town did not enjoy dancing to his music the other night. The first season ball was given by the Holyoke Social Club, Thursday evening, November 20. A good attendance and a very pleasant evening is reported by those present. The Board of Trade will hold a meeting at the Court House next Monday night to make further arrangements for working for the location of a beet sugar factory. Every man interested in the prosperity of the county should attend the meeting. John Reiff returned from Denver Sunday morning, having succeeded in getting excused from service on the jury. John don’t seem to hold any ill will against the court house fellows for sending his name in, as the trip proved a pleasant and profitable one. Another change has been made in the B & M officials and Supt. E.F. Highland goes to Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Highland have made many friends since they came to Holyoke and will be greatly missed in the social circles. C.H. Harman takes the place left vacant by Mr. Highland. PROGRAM FOR TEACHER’S INSTITUTE To be held at the school building in Holyoke, December 6, 1890. Opening exercises at 10 o’clock, c.t. Conducted by Mrs. Cullor. How to teach reading and orthography combined, T.J. Close. Advanced geography, how to teach, Mrs. J. Fisher. Arithmetic, fractions, Henry G. Warren. Grammar, infinitive and participle, S.H. Johnson. NOON Numbers, how to teach beginners, Miss Lizzie Gordon. History of the civil war, C.R. Peter. Civil government, H.W. Barr. Gradation of our schools, Supt. Timberlake. By order of Executive Committee - M.E. Close, Secretary FAIRVIEW E.E. Worley is putting down a well for Mr. Aikin. J.H. Zoll and Ira Worley have gone to Denver to look for carpenter work. Mr. and Mrs. Stumbaugh were visiting in this vicinity last week. Mr. Hazen is building an extensive addition to his hennery. Fairview literary will met the evening of the 26. All are cordially invited. Mrs. Mackle is on the sick list. Fred Borland will go north, soon, for more sheep. He has quite an extensive flock. - GUESS WHO It is reported that Dr. Smith was seen walking the streets, early yesterday morning, with his hat hanging on his right ear. Evidently his hat is too small for him since the arrival of that nine pound boy at his home. The latest advices are to the effect that Dr. Smith will now retire from the political arena and devote his attention to the training of the coming statesman. J.J. Yoder called at this office last Wednesday and stated that he had made some calculations that would probably give some idea of a possible sugar beet crop. His figures show that by planting the rows 20 inches apart, an average of one pound of beets to the foot in the row, will give over 13 tons to the acre. While this may be more than an average yield, yet a much smaller yield can be made a profitable crop to the farmer. We are glad to learn that the democratic “Sage of the Frenchman” has so much sympathy for our mental weakness that he refrains from answering some of our comments on his actions. We are very grateful to him that, in the magnanimity of his heart, he refrains from cutting loose upon us with his keen, cutting logic (?) and annihilating us with a few strokes of his editorial pencil. In return for this great kindness, we shall always be ready and willing to help him correct his bills for county printing when by mistake (?) he makes an overcharge. One evening last week, A.M. Woodford left his bicycle on the sidewalk while he went into a business house and on his return it was not to be found. It was afterward found in a condition that showed that the parties who took it had deliberately broken and beat the wheel till it was rendered almost worthless. We are sorry to be forced to believe that there are parties in town who would deliberately destroy anothers property in that manner. A joke is all right now and then, but the destruction of property is no joke and should be punished to the full extent of the law, no matter who the guilty parties are. REPORT OF HOLYOKE SCHOOLS for the month ending November 7th. First Primary Total enrollment, 42 Present enrollment, 39 Average daily attendance, 39 Number neither absent nor tardy, 19 Miss Lizzie Gordon, Teacher Second Primary Total enrollment, 36 Present enrollment, 35 Average daily attendance, 33 Number neither absent nor tardy, 18 Number promoted, 6 Mrs. M.E. Timberlake, Teacher Grammar Department Total enrollment, 35 Present enrollment, 30 Average daily attendance, 29 Number neither absent nor tardy, 13 S.H. Johnson, Teacher High School Department Total enrollment, 31 Present enrollment, 28 Average daily attendance, 26 Number neither absent nor tardy, 18 H.W. Barr, Principal Williams, when taken to task for his overcharge on the election notice, claimed that the law required him to publish, in connection with the notice, the names of the election judges and, although the election notice had then been published for two or three weeks, he published the names of the judges from that time till election. The law does not require the names of the judges of election to be published with the election notice. The judges of election are notified by the clerk through the mail and no further notice is required, so Bro. Williams was slightly off in that matter, as usual. At the last meeting of the Board he presented a bill and in this bill is this item: “To publishing notice to judges of election $4.70, allowed at former meeting.” It is not footed up with the balance of bill, but we suppose he put the item in this bill as an attempted explanation of his $11.25 bill. This is decidedly an anomalous business transaction. He presented his bill and received his money and now, when it is insinuated that he made an over charge, he presents his bill for $4.70 for work the law does not require, and says that it is a part of the claim of $11.25 allowed at a former meeting. A great head for finances he has. He would make a model democratic state printer. Proceedings of the board of county commissioners at special session, Nov. 22nd, 1890. The following claims were allowed: I. Smith & Son coal bill, $24.00 C. Varney coal bill, 3.00 Boden & Weaver Co supplies, 4.85 Collier & Cleveland stationery, 30.00 P.B. Reynolds canvassing vote, $20.00 C.B. Timberlake supt, $171.21 B.F. Moore canvassing vote, 20.00 B.F. Moore room rent, 2.00 B.F. Williams county printing, 28.35 Otis Castetter assessor, 35.00 B.F. Moore J P fees, 54.00 P.J. Dempster county attorney, 12.00 J.B. Gordon special constable, 7.40 C.E. McPherson county clerk, 29.00 C.E. McPherson work on tax roll, 157.50 J.C. Elder commissioner, 13.00 M. Francis commissioner, 5.00 Theo Chalberg commissioner, 9.50 The following official bonds were approved: P.B. Reynolds J P; precinct No. 2 Fred C. Churning J P. precinct No. 2 Whitney Irwin constable precinct No. 2 C.R. Peter J P precinct No. 3 Fred Borland having lost a certificate of indebtedness of $6.40 Board ordered a warrant for that amount drawn to him. Report of W.M. Aikin road overseer district No 6 approved. The fireman’s banquet, given last evening, as anticipated, proved a grand success. Baker’s hall was crowded to its utmost capacity and over 200 persons partook of the best public supper ever served in Holyoke. The ladies of the town always provide an excellent supper, but this time they beat their own record and all those who partook of the good things set before them were unanimous in their praise of the supper. After serving the supper the musical and prize program was carried out. The music by the choir and band was good and was appreciated by the audience. The fireman’s lantern was awarded G.W. Garland, as the most popular fireman, receiving 92 votes and H. Sutherland, 91. The toilet set offered to the best looking girl in the town, was received by Miss Anna Cavanaugh, she receiving 248 votes and Miss Tinkel 146. C.B. Timberlake, as the most popular man of the town, captured the plug hat by a vote of 188, to 73 for Dr. I.W. Waite. The Hose Co. received 10 cents for each vote cast. The company will clear about $75.00 on the entertainment. In behalf of the fire boys, we desire to thank the ladies of the town, the choir, the band, and all who attended the banquet, for uniting in making it a success. The boys feel especially under obligations to the ladies who had charge of the supper which contributed so much to the success of the evening. Every one present seemed to have a jolly, good time and we are in hopes that our citizens will hereafter come together oftener in such social gatherings. An enthusiastic meeting of the Holyoke Board of Trade was held at the Court House last Friday evening. There was a good attendance, the best of feeling seemed to pervade the meeting and every one present seemed to take great interest in the object of the meeting. As intimated in the call for the meeting, the more immediate object of the meeting was to talk over the proposition of securing the location of a sugar beet manufactory at Holyoke. Interesting and instructive remarks on the question before the board were made by W.E. Johnson, A.T. Guthrie, S.W. Beggs, Judge Glynn, Dr. Smith and others. A committee of five, consisting of E.E. Brannon, S.W. Beggs, F.M. Smith, C.B. Timberlake and J.M. Cullis was appointed to aid the alliance in ascertaining the number of acres of beets the farmers would promise to plant, in case they were insured a market for their beets at Holyoke. A committee of three, S.W. Beggs, R.R. Blair and J.H. Painter was appointed to confer with the farmer’s meeting, to be held at Holyoke, Saturday, November 19, and, with a similar committee appointed by the farmers, to visit Grand Island, Nebraska, and confer with the managers of the Sugar Beet Co., in regard to the location of a plant at Holyoke. So far as the matter has been talked up among the farmers, they seem very enthusiastic over the enterprise and express themselves as willing and anxious to take hold of the matter and do all that can be done to make the undertaking a success. As had been stated before, this county, as shown by the maps made by those interested in beet culture, is in almost the center of the best beet territory, and the analysis of beets raised in different parts of the county shows very encouraging results. We not only have the soil and climate best adapted to beet culture, but Holyoke is well located for such a factory as no other town in this part of the state has better railroad facilities. With a sugar factory located here, it would be but a short time till the Culbertson and Akron lines of road would be built and that would give us first-class railroad facilities. There is every reason to believe that the beet culture can be made a success, but it will require active work on the part of the citizens of the county to make it a success. It will not do for the people to stand back and wait for their neighbors to take hold and make a success of the undertaking, but all must work together. Let the world know that we are determined to make a success of beet culture, and the population of the county will be doubled in two years, and we will soon have one of the finest counties in the west. Page Four There are fools who never read anything except their party papers, and are poorer than church mice, their toes out, their clothes covered with patches, and feed on the scraps that fall from the rich man’s table, still voting and singing the song of the high tariff that is grinding the life out of them. There is good work for the fool killer, even in Phillips County. We should think that the late vote of the people would infuse a little sober reflection into their prejudiced souls. But these are not the kind to learn anything, but to go to mill like dad, with a stone in one end of the sack and the corn in the other. Let them go. - PHILLIPS COUNTY NEWS The “wise man” of the News gives us the above description of the “Phillips County fools.” He first gives us a very full and exhaustive definition of a fool and then makes the application to the republicans of Phillips County. It is remarkable what wisdom some men do possess, and it is a sad commentary on the total depravity of human nature that, when words of wisdom fall from the pen of such a wise man as the author of the above article, they fall upon stony ground and are as pearls cast before swine. In a former issue of his paper, the “wise man” congratulated himself that the whole country had endorsed the course heretofore pursued by him and we thought surely, with such a victory to crown his arduous labors, he would now enjoy great peace of mind for a season at least. But, no. His ambition is not satisfied yet. He now looks for other worlds to conquer. In his estimation, there still remain a few voters in Phillips County who have not bowed the knee to the Bourbon idol and their condition is so desperate that he decides upon heroic treatment, so he tells them, in plain language, that they are not common every day fools, but the lowest class of fools. We had always congratulated Phillips County upon having an intelligent class of citizens but, no doubt, that was altogether on account of our being of the number referred to by the “wise man” as fools. The republicans of Phillips County may be fools but, if so, the opening of their eyes and their conversion to democracy will never be brought about by such complimentary (?) language as that used by the “wise man.” ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). USGenWeb Archives Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as the source and contributor name remains on all copied material. 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