NEWSPAPERS: THE STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado: 13 Mar 1891, Vol IV - No 31 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/phillips/newspapers/sthld1891/91mar13.txt Donated by: Vicki Conklin 9 May 2007 ====================================================================== STATE HERALD, Holyoke, Phillips, Colorado J.H. PAINTER Editor & Publisher 13 Mar 1891, Friday, Vol. IV - No. 31 Page One 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. Go to C. Varney for hay. Fifty thousand brick for sale by C. Varney. L. Tinkel returned Thursday from Montrose. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Shea were visiting in Holyoke this week. Mrs. A.B. West united with the M.E. church, last Sunday, by letter. Another big snow, Tuesday night, and still the prospect for a good crop grows better. J.R. Williams came in Saturday from Montrose for a few days visit with his family. FOR SALE - Two good milch cows and a calf. Inquire of H.J. Johnson or at this office. Attend the blind musician’s concert at the M.E. church on the evening of the 17th of March. T.H. Smith came down from his cattle ranch, on the Platte, Wednesday to look after some business in Holyoke. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lounsbury, who have been visiting in this vicinity for some time, left Tuesday for their home at Kearney, Nebraska. Mrs. A.B. West took the train Monday for Hastings, Iowa, having been called there by the sickness of Mr. West’s mother. Clyde accompanied his mother on the trip. Robert Ballance, the popular master mechanic on the division of the B & M, has decided to remain at Holyoke in preference to taking a position on the Alliance line. Professor Close has moved his family to Sterling from Holyoke. The Professor is doing good work in our city schools, and conducts the same in first class shape. - Sterling Advocate Postmaster Brannon informs us that he now has a reserve fund on hand for cashing money orders. This will make it much more convenient for both the postmaster and patrons of the office. County Treasurer, B.A. Hoskins, and Commissioner, M. Francis, took the train Wednesday for Denver to get the money appropriated to buy seed grain for the farmers of this county. Professor Brown will give a concert at the M.E. church on the evening of the 17th of March. He is a fine musician as many of our citizens who have heard him well know and all who attend will be well repaid for doing so. Do not forget the concert next Tuesday evening. Professor Brown has prepared a very entertaining program of instrumental music and no one can fail to be pleased with the entertainment. Admission, 25 cents for adults and 15 for children. The paper over the way informed us last week that the passenger train was to be put on again, between Holyoke and Cheyenne. So far, it has not been done, and the editor of that paper should see that his orders are carried out at once. The Christian people have moved their place of meeting from West Holyoke to the Shafer building, two doors south of Temple’s Implement Store. Sunday school at 3 o’clock and preaching at 4, central time, every Sunday. All are invited. W.C. Powers has for sale pictures of one of the largest trees in the world. The tree is 106 feet in circumference and ten men were employed 30 days in cutting it down. It will be a contribution of California to the wonders of the Worlds Fair. A picture mailed to any one for 25 cents. Our readers who are afflicted with deafness should not fail to write to Dr. A. Fontaine, 34 West 14th Street, New York City, for his circulars giving affidavits and testimonials of wonderful cures from prominent people. The doctor is an artist of world-wide reputation. See his advertisement elsewhere. The applications for seed grain already on file demonstrate the fact that the appropriation for the county is not large enough to give each applicant $20 worth of seed. The distribution of the seed grain will be a difficult undertaking for the county commissioners and the farmers should make their work as easy as possible. The News argues in this fashion. A wise man changes his mind: Williams changed his mind, therefore, Williams is a wise man. This would be a logical conclusion, if his major premise were correct, but, very unfortunately for him, he cannot correctly state his major premise and reach the same conclusion. G.S. Wilson took the train Tuesday for Troupsburg, New York, where he expects to make his home. Mr. Wilson was one of the early settlers in this part of the country and he leaves behind him many warm, personal friends who wish him well wherever he may make his home. He will continue to read the HERALD and keep posted on Phillips County news. Williams, in referring to us says: “He devoted about 17 inches of solid space in his last issue to the News and its editor.” The gentleman evidently cannot appreciate an act of kindness. This free notice was prompted by the best of motives. The circulation of the News has become so beautifully small that, in our sympathy for the unfortunate, we thought to give that sheet some free advertising among the readers of the county. Henry Bahn started from the Platte River to haul a load of hay to Holyoke, one day last week, and got his wagon stuck in a snow drift. He came on to Holyoke Friday and went back to dig his wagon out, reaching Holyoke with his load some time Sunday. While shoveling snow he froze his feet so badly that the physicians think that it will be necessary to amputate them. He is being cared for at the American Hotel. The editor of the News asks us to inform our readers from what source the money is derived to pay pensions. We will not insult our readers by presuming to instruct them on such a well known matter of general information, and as to enlightening the editor of the News on this question, we simply have to say that we are not conducting an “editorial kindergarten” for the benefit of verdant democratic editors. The ease of Gillett Bros. vs. T.D. Tipton et al, was tried before Justice Churning this week, the trial occupying three days. The case grew out of the raising of money to purchase seed grain to be sold to the farmers on time, last spring, and considerable interest was taken in the trial owing to the fact that so many parties were interested in the result of the case. The case was closed, Wednesday, and Justice Churning reserved his decision till Friday at 1 p.m. The county commissioners have already contracted for about 1,200 bu. of wheat which has been stored in the elevator here and they are of the opinion that they can purchase nearly as much wheat in the county as they will have money from the appropriation to purchase. This is the proper course to pursue. If the grain can be purchased from citizens of the county, it should be, and the money put into circulation for the benefit of the county. “You’d scare expect one of my age in merchandising to engage and hope to get a paying trade without the local paper’s aid. And yet I did that very thing; I opened up a store last spring; this month the sheriff took my stock and sold it from an auction block. Don’t view me with a scornful eye, but simply say as I pass by, there goes a fool who seems to think, he has no use for printer’s ink. There is a truth as broad as earth and business men should know its worth, ‘tis simply this: The public buys its goods from those who advertise” - in the STATE HERALD Swan Clint Nelson was thrown from the engine and killed, near Oxford, Nebraska, last Monday. The train had broken into three sections and Nelson, not being away that it was broken in but one place, was leaning out of the window watching the light on the caboose, in order to keep out of reach of that section till it could be stopped, when the middle section struck the part of the train to which the engine was attached with such force as to throw him from the engine and his neck was broken in the fall. He leaves a wife and several children who have the sympathy of their friends in this sad bereavement. The editor of the Phillips County News has become a soured, chronic kicker. He is so manacled by blind partisanship that he can see no honesty of purpose or purity of principles in any party except that of his recent adoption. The simple fact that a measure originated with the republican party, condemns it in his estimation, regardless of its merits. His partisanship is so narrow and contracted that a reader of his paper, if he was not better informed, would suppose that the republican party was composed of an army of professional bums and outlaws. The man whose head is not well enough balanced to recognize some little merit in his political opponents, does not possess brains enough to make even a good hod carrier. In the Denver News, of March 9th, appears a letter written by Mr. E.E.T. Hazen, of this county, in answer to the proposition made by certain statesmen from the irrigated district that appropriations should be made to help the people move out of the eastern part of the state, instead of to aid them in raising a crop. Mr. Hazen handles the question in an able manner and shows that these gentlemen from the irrigated districts are badly at sea when they talk about asking the people to move out of eastern Colorado. He says that the people are determined to try another crop and that there is every reason for believing that a good crop will be raised the coming season. The same issue of the News contains a letter on the same subject written by a citizen of eastern Arapaho County. We are glad to see these gentlemen so ably defending this part of the state against the claim that it should be given up again to the cattle men. We have plenty of people in Phillips County who are here to stay. SCHOOL REPORT Report of the Holyoke schools for the month ending March 6, 1891. *+*+* First Primary *+*+* Total enrollment 50 Present enrollment 41 Average daily attendance 32 Number neither absent nor tardy 7 Miss Lizzie Gordon, Teacher *+*+* Second Primary *+*+* Total enrollment 48 Present enrollment 41 Average daily attendance 35 Number neither absent nor tardy 10 Mrs. M.E. Timberlake, Teacher *+*+* Grammar Department *+*+* Total enrollment 39 Present enrollment 27 Average daily attendance 21 Number neither absent nor tardy 6 S.H. Johnson, Teacher *+*+* High School *+*+* Total enrollment 44 Present enrollment 36 Average daily attendance 31 Number neither absent nor tardy 13 H.W. Barr, Principal BEACHVILLE Our friend, Mike Mowry, is “death” on checkers. We tried to play him, but got badly left, so we will call on the champion players to beat his record. H.H. Mason and Oscar Troutman were attending justice court at Holyoke last Monday as defendants in the famous seed grain affair. We think this matter should have been settled in another way. It looks hard to see these men sued, after doing the generous act of charity in lending their aid in getting money to obtain grain for seed. We are sorry to know that Gillett Bros. are bringing suit against these men. School closed in the Trego district last Friday, after a term of five months under the charge of Mrs. G.S. Trego, of this place. Constable Tomlinson, of Holyoke, was in this vicinity on legal business last Thursday. Charles Fiedler and family returned to their claim in this vicinity last Monday. Mr. F. has been at work near Julesburg this winter. Charles Peter was the guest of C.M. Mowry and family last Thursday. F. Sprague and lady were pleasant callers at O. Troutman’s last Wednesday. BORN - On Sunday, March 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Saylor, a girl. The proud father is likely to recover with proper attention. J.O. Scott has returned from Kearney, Nebraska where he has spent the winter. Jim Blackstone has moved back to his claim after a sojourn at Badger Corners this winter. - OLD MISERY The appeal case of Hendrix Bros. vs S.C. Yeager, is on trial in the county court today and a large number of the citizens of Haxtun and vicinity are in attendance upon court. Page Four EDITORIAL The legislature seems to be making no move to make an appropriation for aid for the needy farmers of eastern Colorado. It begins to look as though the bill introduced in the House would be permitted to remain in the pigeon hole regardless of the fact that citizens of the state are in need of aid. This neglect to put this bill on its passage certainly cannot be intentional on the part of our legislators but, if the bill is being lost sight of by the press of other legislation, their attention should be called to the fact at once. The legislature has passed a seed bill, but that does not provide for the wants of the people The Denver committee has done a noble work in this line, but it seems that even they are now short of supplies for this purpose, and now, that the legislature has nearly concluded its session, it cannot be expected that the people of Denver will continue their liberality in donations to the aid committee, when the people have all the time taken it for granted that the legislature would make an appropriation for this purpose. There are many farmers in eastern Colorado who need aid and this bill should be passed as speedily as possible. ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). 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