Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07

many about you. and got so mad I
came over to have it out with you.
But as listened, and heard him wind
up by asking to borrow a side of bacon.
it came to me all at once, for he bor-
rowed a sack of meal of me this morn
lng."
"Well, I'll swami" was all Smith
could say.
"And that story about his going to
work. if he's told me that once he's told
me fifty times. l see it all now. He
got US TO quarreling with each other and
has been living off of both," continued
Brown.
sit does look that way. Anyhow.
Neighbor Brown, we never had any
trouble between US until he dragged his
sneaking carcass over the hill into this
valley. I-say let's make up, too"
They sat down and talked it all over
together. sometimes laughing at their
own stupidity and again berating the
duplicity of the squint-eyed Snooks.
Mrs. Smith was more astonished than
ever when the two men walked arm in
arm to the house, and the husband told
her to hustle around and get up good
dinner, as Mrs. Brown and the chill
dren were coming over for dinner.
And On that afternoon the little
Smiths and Browns were swinging tC-
gether under the old elm. as poor,
old, gray mare slowly drew cart load
of tow-headed brats across the ridge,
back into the hoop-pole districts.
Just why the experience of these two
old farmers should remind me of the
quarrel between the investors of the
east and the borrowers of the west will
make good story for some future
time. RALPH.
The Irrigation committee met at the
| Morrison Tuesday afternoon and COM
pleted plans to push the work of secur-
| ing right of way for the ditch from the
Arkansas river TO the Cheyenne bot
toms. A committee com posed of @. n
Moses and Theo Griffith was appointed
to wait on the commissioners of the
county and get permission to cross the
highways. Mr.. D. N. Heizer was
present at the meeting and gave ample
assurance of the responsibility of Mr.
Koehn and lis hackers, and he said
that if the right of way is secured and
1 q fo dc ha hot r.
be flooded are given, ground will be
broken and large force of men put tC
work by the first of March. Asno mar
of sane mind ought to object to &
stream of water running through hi
farm, and no one should object to Civ
ing an option on the sale of lands nov
practically valueless, we do not antici
pate any trouble in getting what il
asked for as encouragement to the pro
ject.
The city school board met last Mon
day night in very decorous and un.
sensational session. Justice Newton
being on the contest board, had troub
les of his own ane could not be present
two members Of the board was physi
cally indIsposed. and one was out o
town, SO when Mr.. Boughan's dutie
called him to the other end of the P
b. s. M, the quorum was broken, ant
the board adjourned to the next regu
lar monthly seance.
Randall Livesay came down from
Galatia Tuesday. to go to his schoo
south of the river. He said it tool
him from early in the morning until
p. m. to break his way through snow
drifts between Gsiatia and Hoisington
The snowfall was much heavier in tht
north part of the county than arount
Great Bend.
A Larned newspaper recently said
1.-The prettiest girl in town does no
carry herself straight enough whel
promenading.' Then for a week al