Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-17

A Fine Animal
Ira Brougher, of this city last week
bought of the Sunny Slope Stock Farm,
of Emporla, fine Hereford bull. ssLo.
mond the 5th,''S months old 1t is
fine animal, pedigreed and registered,
and cost, at Emporia $3.50. AT present
he has the animal at Geo. Kincaid's
barn. and it will be worth while for our
farmers who are interested in improv.
ing the grade of their stock to call and
see the young beauty. It is as hand.
some as picture, and shows its ''blue
blood" in every point. Dick Taylor.
north of town, got an animal of the
same stock last week.
bryan and Siiver-19OO" is a new
button to be seen on the streets. It Is
all right.
VIII some farmer bring us some
country lard and square UP on hi
subscription?
One of the friends who never wear
out is the man who always meets you
with smile and cheerful word.
Ofcourse women's clothes are more
sensible than mems attire-even if a
woman has to back up against the wall
to fasten a hook and eye, or hide
around the corner to fasten up her
St hose.
The guttersnipe-true to its name
gets off the following slur upon the fair
name of Kansas. 1t says: ''Ail the |
offal of the earth is being dumped onto |
Kansas" Let us see, it was only a !
short time ago that the burden of the |
snipe was: ''Stand up for Kansas"
AS persistent standupper he is no
longer success.
With the first of this week the Jack;
son bakery and restaurant changed |
hands, Mr.. H. Jackson having sold |
the business to Adam TreitscE, who |
comes here we'll recommended, from |
Ellinwood. Mr.. Jackson left on Tues.
day for Garfield. where he has employ.
ment. His family will remain in Great |
Bend for the winter.
The contest cases will be opened at
the Office of the probate judge next
Monday, the 2lst. Some surprises are
being prepared for the fellows who are
SO anxious for a recount, which will be
brought out in due time if a recount is
made. Already the contestants are
beginning to realize that public opinion
is against them, and that it is general
by we'll to let good enough alone.
On Monday night the Modern Wood
men of this city elected officers, as fol-
lows: Fred H. Miller, V. c.; Will A.
Rush, W. A.; G. L. Chapman, Banker;
Fred Zutavern, Clerk. Fred Witte, Jr.
Escort; Dave Robertson, Inner W..
M. M. Eppstein, Outer ~; Theo.
Griffith, Member board of Managers;
Dick GlIssman, Rep; II. E. Deane,
Chief Forester, and D. G. Glissman,
Outlaw.
A corps of government engineers are
at work on the Cheyenne bottoms the !
past few days. making a survey of the |
lay of the land. The government is |
going to build two or three large reser-
voirs in the west, to store the storm |
waters from the mountains with a view |
to improving the atmosphere in dry |
seasons. AS the DEMOCRAT has often |
suggested, the Cheyenne bottoms.
north of Great Bend, are natural |
reservoir, requiring but little work to
convert them into an immense lake |
by IL miles in area. Such lake could
be filled by diverting into it some of
the storm waters from the Arkansas
river. when it is running bank full.
The effect of such a lake upon the at.
mosphere of the surrounding country
would be, in the judgment of all who
have given it a thought, greatly bene-
fetal. The U. S. engineers are max
ing their headquarters at the Morrison.
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