The Globe-republican., 1892-06-20

LOCAL BREVITIES.
w. w. Munseu will return from New Q
York this week.
Mrs. Waldo TarbOx and child are vis-
iting at Great Bend.
Wilburn is making preparations for j..
Fourth of July celebration. Everybody !.
invited.
}. w. Gilbert leaves for New York City
Tomorrow on business connected with
the great irrigation enterprise. n
Joe Rearden has bought 1. II. Deger- Il
ing's interest in the header and will 90 p
with Harshberger this harvest, while
Degering and n. D. Cochran have gone
partners on a new header. Il
Mr.. Setzkorn, living about fifteen miles G.
northwest from Dodge City, got new s,
$4,000 steam thresher the other day. He IL
is another farmer becoming wealthy from
a southwest Kansas farm.
L. Cobb has a field of barly of abou. al
twenty-five or thirty acres between Y,
Dodge City and the Fort Dodge Soldiers h
Home which looks magnificent. and will N
probably yield 100 bushels per acre.
j. NJ. Baker, who lives eighteen miles b,
northwest of this city, was in Dodge last D:
Thursday and reported winter wheat and O,
spring crops booming. He says small ii
grain is all made and will give remark fo
able yield.
ThOs. Weston, one mile southeast of
Ford, has 100 acres of winter wheat v.
which will surely go over forty bushels y.
per acre. 1t stands from four to five feet ~ -,
high. very thick on the ground with
heads long and well filled.
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John Heling's folks, living thirteen hs
miles northwest of Dodge City, were dig dc
ging some fine early Ohio potatoes for ga
their own family use this week. John
has just bought the new air motor to
pump water from his well. This wind ha
motor is becoming popular. do
c. NJ. Shain has thirty-ive acre fo
patch of wheat, seven miles southwest 90
of Dodge City, which his neighbors are or
willing to bet money will make 1.5O0 di
bushels. Mr.. Shain still holds 1000 fo
or more bushels of last years No. 2 faj
wheat for higher market.
Squire Goudy, of Wilburn, was in the m:
city happy as a lark over his big wheat II
crop of over 100 acres now about ready NJ
to harvest. He says the grain will be po
plumper and yield more per acre than it tn
did last year. MIR. Goudy thinks farm of
ers can afford to smoke cigars now. pl
The BeesOn orchestra left this morning -,
for the German settlement to furnish mu-
sic for the harvest festival which is being
held to-day. The proceeds of this festive
occasion will go to help pay off the ex- re:
pense incurred in erecting the large new ch
church building just finished by those alb
thrifty farmers. tat
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We notice 4 statement from San Fran :,
cisco that a line is about to be construct -.
ed from San Francisco to Los Angeles, 49,
making connection on the line of the At
antic Is Pacific road. with the Atchison
system. This is intended as Il feeder to -
The A., L. 4 S. F. system and it is claimed =.
will be in process of actual construction g..
within sixty days.
Bro. Pettyjohn, recently of the Speare- nv,
'ille Blade. has moved that plant to Buck D.,
in and will soon begin the publication 49,.
If paper there. The people in that re- ..m
zion are progressive and enterprising. m .n.
md well deserve the good fortune which 49,,
las come upon them in the establishing ~.
If bright. spicy journal such as Mr.. Ia '':,
PettyJOhn is capable of issuing. W.
The Santa Fe has a new folder which pe'
hovs n;o,urs of Sbor;ff po.son. I'LL idl
ng and grounds. This is the only Kan PA
as building on the folder. We also no. We
ice clipping from the GLOBE-REPUB- Ia
.ICAN concerning successful farming in oo'
his county. which is the only newspaper {
xtract selected by the company. Ford sch
ounty'S superior natural advantages are fon
icing recognized at last. SET
\ terrible cyclone occurred i'm Mime
ota last Wednesday. 1t tore through =