Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-14

pied by Diffenbacher the Tailor.
a month from now this city will
begin to show the improvements
following as natural result the elec-
tion OF progressive. ninteenth century
men as city officers. The year '99 will
prove that our citizens made no mis-
take in selecting such officers last
week,
1000 Harness made and sold by one
man in 45 years of service at the
harness trade. ]. J. Winterburg, the
harnessmaker, has to move his shop
In order to give place for new brick
building. He will sell all his goods on
hand. rather than to move them away
Come and See. ]. j. WINTERBURG.
We cannot refrain from again notice
ing the helpful hen. The total output
OF the gold mines of America, and of
the silver mines. and of the wool clip
and of the sheep was 1922, 4541S4 The
sale of poultry amounted to $125 600 600
and the sale of eggs to S165, zoo, 900
making total of eggs and poultry of
1926, ,000, 900. The hen should be cared
for.-Pratt Union.
County Attorney Diffen bacher and
wife left on Thursday of this week on
| an extended visit of month or more
| in the west and north. They left over
! the Santa Fe, and will visit Los
| Angeles and San Francisco, California;
Portland and other Oregon points;
Tacoma and Seattle. Washington,
and return by way of Salt Lake City,
Utah. We wish them a pleasant and
safe journey.
DR.. Lightfoot makes speciality of
Surgery, and his office is we'll equipped
with instruments. He also has fine
electrical apparatus which he uses to
aid him in the treatment of chronic
diseases, of women, and piles. He has
apparatus for treating cstarrh and all
diseases of the nose, throat and lungs
| by the use of compressed and medicat-
ed air. Interested persons are invited
4 W Call duu IuNOSIlS tl6 Ills uSGtlOuS.
| Sam Cone has been teaming, be-
tween st. John and Russell, almost
all spring, and has noticed the wheat
| along his route at. various times. He
reports that south Of the river some
wheat has blown out badly, in the
sandy ground; out the last few days
have made lots of fields in other parts
OF the county green up wonderfully
fields that two weeks ago looked like
the wheat was all dead as a door hail
now indicating fair yield,
The man who does not look further
into his business than the present is
not the successful tradesman of today.
Any assistance given to public enter
prise and the upbuilding of commun-
ity builds up its business and the bus
IGess of its merchants. Particularly
Is this true in regard to newspapers,
| They go into the homes because they
are wanted there, and WELD a silent
steady influence as continuous as the
trade of your store The newsy local
newspaper is read over and over again
by the several members of the family
and nothing escapes their careful peru
sal. 1t stands to reason that money
spent judiciously in newspaper adver-
tising will yield better returns than s
like amount spent In any other way.
On WQ6nasdaV tho 9Th mon
about 40 years old applied to the city
marshal for lodging. He was put in
the city Jail, and the next morning
was very sick man. He lay there fol
several days, being attended by the
county physician; was then removed tc
Mrs. Tubb's, at which place he died
on Tuesday morning the 1lth, and
was buried by the county. His disease
was p nenmonia. The man said hi,
name was Sherman, and that his home
was in st. Louis, No. He was reticent
about talking about himself; said he
had not been beating his way, but was
walking to LaJunta, Colo, when taken
sick here. He was fairly well dressed.
having good suit and overcoat, and
did not have the appearance of a pro-
fesSional tramp. The officers say he
acted like man who was determined
TO conceal his identity for some reason
No Papers other than a memorandum
book containing some street number:
in st. Louis, was found on him
Woodmen Visitors.
The following members of Heller
Camp No. 6276 Modern Woo1men of
America, visited Great Bend Camp il