Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01

NUMBER "a,
various city hog pens. This nuisance
ought be abated, by the hogs being
moved outside the limits or the pens
kept clean.
Mrs. j. L. Roberts and family arrived
last week from Rincon, N. M. They
will make their home in Great Bend
for the present.
Are you aware that next Monday.
September 9TH, is national holiday?
1t is Labor Day." but you don't have
to labor if you don't want to.
Prof. Ed. T. Barber, who has the
Halstead Schools for the coming term,
has been in hospital at Wichita for
two weeks, receiving medical treat
ment.
Herbert a. Metz and Mss NJ. Anna
Hagen, two popular young people of
Comanche township. are to be married
on next Tuesday, the 9th at the home
of the bride.
County Superintendent Horrison,
now has no opponent in this county, as
the Register says MIR. Luce, the repub-
iican candidate, has gone to Benning-
ton Ottawa county, to take charge of
school there.
The Touring mill at Stafford was
destroyed by fire Saturday evening the
Goth, supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary. Loss Sl5, 900 to $40, 900. In
surance $4,000.
JUhn Frank has bought the Mr..
Chamberlin property, joining him on
the north. He sold the house to Judge
Breeder, and when it is moved off will
have nice roomy grounds.
There are over 700 Kansans now in
Cuba. They are the 23d Kansas lnfan-
try, colored, and are sent to Cuba to do
police duty until that island gets set
tied down to peace footing.
The man who spends Sunday on his
bended knees and then loans money at
more than double the legal rate of
interest the balance of the week will
never see in peace the face of Him who
said. Thou shalt not steal.''
Our soldiers boys of Co. a. 2lst
Kansas are now in the blue grass re-
gion of Lexington, Ky. If the hand:
soma Wnman and hloOdad lorsa, 5o.,A
capture some of the Great Bend youth
we miss our estimate of their metal.
A. G. Stacy, at one time a power in
Kansas republican politics, being a
newspaper man of great ability but no
compunctioDs of conScienc, is being
prosecuted by the U. S. authorities for
sending obscene matter through the
mails.
A. Fl. Baker, the Hoisington zeal
estate man, was over to the county seat
Friday. Mr.. Baker says there is a
large amount of building going on in
Hoisington; residence houses are in
great demand, and many new ones will
be erected this fall.
Rev. Podorseka of this city holds
Catholic services for the vicinity of
Dublin and Pawnee Rock, at Larned
on the Saturday preceding the
first Sunday III each month, at Alliance
hall. The next service will be Satur-
day of this week, Sept. Sd.
The State School fund is now being
distributed to the various counties.
This fund amounts to the neat sum of
1912, ,S22 81, 43 cents per capita for a
total of 494 ,937 children of school age
in the state. Barton county has 797 of
school age, and her portion, at 43 cents
head, is s., ,O62 IL
Pretty near every town in Kansas
has soldier boys home on sick furloughs.
AS Kansas boys are the most healthy
fellows in the universe il must be there
is truth in the reports of the bad sani-
tary condition of the camps where our
boys have been herded for the past two
or three months.
Vigorous measures will be taken in
Madagascar to prevent the extinction
of the population. After next year
every man % years of age who cannot
show that be is fathor of child. legiti.
mate or illegitimate, will pay an an
nual tax of So. ChiIdless women over