The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-09-03

y. F. Frankey departed Sunday for
D. c., where he goes on
connected With his newly in
vented type writer and copy holder. He
will also visit Chicago. Cincinnati, Cleve-
land. and other eastern cities before re-
No one will be cOurtmartialed or
fined if they even willfully absent them
selves from the Y. g. A. social at the
city hall. Frinay evening. The very
thought that they did so will be punish
ment enough when they hear what they
have missed.
The election held last Wednesday on
the proposition of W. G. Sherlock. of
this city. to put in system of water
works at JetmOre, was defeated by
of only seven votes. The peo-
pie will have another opportunity to vote
on the question soon.
The ConnOway-Snyder-Wray thresh-
ing machine came up from the south
part of the county on Saturday and was
taken to northwest Ford county. where
it will be used in threshing for Ford
county farmers. The threshers threshed
8 900 bushels of grain i'm the south part
of the county.-CimarrOn Echo.
The practice of SEEMING in the lake
north of town is gradually growing. OF
course it is not being practiced to any
great extent yet, but it should be
stopped before the fever strikes every
Tom, Dick and Harry. There are not so
many ish in the lake but what they can
be cleaned out easily enough with hook
and line.
The members of the Phenix club
gave a delightful dancing party at their
rooms Monday evening, i'll honor Of Mr..
Ralph Sheldon and Miss Nina Sheldon.
who depart tomorrow for Lyons. n. Y.
Miss Nina will enter the conservatory of
music at Lyons and will be absent year
or more. which absence will be deeply
felt by her many friends in this city.
The state examination of teachers
for state certificates and diplomas began
in this city last Monday and ended FRI
day. The examination was conducted
by County Superintendent Fannie NJ.
Thome. Those taking the examination
were: Z. ID. Webb, L. ID. Ellis and John
Groendyke. of this city; Warren Baker,
of Greensburg and Porter Young. of
Ness City.
One farmer living in the southeast
part of the county raised wheat enough
this season to pay off his mortage, and
has enough left to make him cOmfOrta-
BILE for at least one year. There are 9TH
ers in the county who did the same thing
this summer. If Providence favOrs us
with another crop of small grain such as
our farmers have just harvested. there will
be few outstanding mortgages left on
Ford county farms in another year.
The greatest wheat yield yet re-
ported comes from Ford. Il. B. Lillard
threshed last Saturday and got yield of
thirty-one and one half bushels per acre.
1t is Fulse wheat, very plump. over
weighs the measure, and. of course. was
raised without irrigation. In conse-
quence of the big yield last year and
the favorable season for seeding there is
now being sOwn more than double the
acreage ever before planted in this
county.
j. B. CASTOR and the editor. on their
way to the old settlers picnic last Thurs
day, followed the wrong trail and pulled
up at Capt. Strickler's country home.
On arriving there we found DIR. d. D..
Rose and family paying the Captain and
his estimable lady visit, and dinner
having just been announced we were in
vited in to share the sumptuous midday
meal. after which all drove over to
Pogue's grove to spend the afternoon
among the old settlers.
The JetmOre Re7uHe says: ''There
occurs in our paper the advertisement of
the College of Western Kansas. located
at Dodge City. This is new institu-
ton being built up near our homes and
demands the encouragement of every
parent desiring to educate their boy or
girl. The building has just been COM
pleted. and for beauty of artistic design,
has not an equal In the state. The rates
have been made so cheap that any boy
or girl can afford to attend. The corps
of instructors are equal to any in the
west, and particular attention will be
paid to fitting students for the profess
sion ~ to~ohinD II ~-i11 no rvvo ri