Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-22

The Ladies Aid Society Of Conereea-
tional church, will haye . social in the
park, June 10th.
Horrible examples" were made of
three or four visiting statesmen who
failed to make impressions on the far
mers sufficient to get them into the
country, and who got gay on the streets
tho first Of the week. They arc board.
ing ct Hotel de Cooprider.
Mr.. Spencer Colglazier and family
arrived in Great. Bend last Friday,
from Salemn, Ind, and are stopping
with Mrs. Colglazier's brother, e. c.
Davis, south OF the river. They will
probably remain here permanently If
the climate agrees with Mrs. C's.
health.
A newspaper man is blamed with
lot of things he can't help; such as u.s.
ing partiality in mentioning visitors.
giving news about some folks and
leaving out others, etc. He simply
prints the news he can find. Some peo>
pie tell him about such things, others
do not.
But few of the great army of harvest
hands who are moving this way go
farther west than Pawnes Rock. The
west edge OF Barton county is about
the west line of the wheat belt. In
fact, many men are coming to Barton
county to harvest. from the Western
Kansas counties.
We took a drive of q few miles in
the country, Sunday afternoon, with
the family. Stopping at Henry Miller's
| handsome farm home in Buffalo town.
ship, we found the neighbors to the
number Of forty or fifty, gathered
there enjoying themselves in the shade
OF q pleasant grove.
If every man in Gray county who
lied in returning his personal property
assessment to the assessor was put in
Jail there wouldn't be enough people
left on the outside to get up six
handed game OF poker. There is a
remedy and it ought to be applied
Cimarron> Jacksonian.
Allen Schadel, of Fulton county,
Ohio, accompanied by his wife, has
been IN this county the past week,
visiting and looking over the country.
Mr.. Schadei 10 brother of Ferd
Schadel of the east side of the county.
He is wonderfully pleased with Bar
ton county as q farming county.
Arrangements are being made for q
two days base ball armament at Great
Bend, July 18th and 18th, between
Great Bend and Abilene teams. The
Abilene ball club is also brass band,
each Of the players taking their instru.
ments with them; SO they will furnish
band music. and if desired, orchestra
music in the evenings.
Randall Livesay took the legal ex,
animation before the Barton county
bar, recently; but the examination was
continued until the fall torn of court.
Mr.. Livesay, however, did not care to
wait that long. so he this week went
up to Leoti, in Wichita county, took
the examination, and came home with
his ''sheepskin" as full fledged at
torney.
I ]. q. Boatwright, who conducted q
popular restaurant under the First
National Bank, but who since that
time has been in the Oklah oma coun-
ltry, is back to Great Bend, and can
hereafter be found by his old custom
ers, at the Elkhorn house, east of the
court house. Mr.. Boatwright and wife
expect to purchase them home here
and again settle down in Goods coun
try"
!, 1.-The Powers" may gobble up China
pig tails and all, but AL. Johnson says
not all the powers on earth ca keeH
him from holding the fort over il
Stafford county against Germany. 81
far. only skirmish lines have beer
thrown out, and few engagements
not very bloody-have occurred be
tween scouting parties, but thus IA
Al. continues to hold the key to tn
situation.
As all indications point to the pric