Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-03-30

at the polls next Tuesday by every
voter who wants to see the good
improvements go on.
FIN. Masem ore, Scion Gray, and
Wilson Keys. of Rice county. and j.
A. Mcdonald of Stafford county, were
up to Great Bend Tuesday to attend
the meetings of the democratic and
populist senatorial committees.
When the great Cheyenne Bottoms
are filed with water. and become a
plec sure and health resort, Great Bend
will become a city OF thirty to fifty
thousand souls. This may look
visionary, but it is not impossible.
Frank Wilson came back from Salt
Marsh with more ducks than Jack Nc
Cullough brought. We don't remem-
Der whether that affidavit says the
Senator bought IA or 81, from the
local Marsh men.
An entertainment will be given at
the Chaffee school house. Dist. No. II,
on Friday evening, April 6. Admission
free. All are cordially invited to
attend.
MARY RIEGEL, Teacher.
D. Hugh Halliday and wife, Capt.
Rowley, and Mrs Gsrting and son of
south of the river, left this week on
an overland outing in the southern
part of the state. Mr.. Smith, of
Larned, has charge of the photograph
gallery.
JIG. Finch, of Parsons. Kansas, the
pleasing travelling freight and
passenger agent of the III. Z. & T. r.
R., called on the DEMOCRAT Wednes-
day. He says the freight business to
the Gulf is growing more immense
each year.
Put in your vote next Tuesday for
the best interests of the town. for it's
advancement and improvement; not
for the purpose of creating discord and
contention, nor to get even with some
one, or exhibit a party spirit that will
carry away your judgement.
Property being assessed at full value
in Barton county will not make this
county pay more than its proportionate
share of State taxes. The State Board
of Equalization adjusts the assessment
between counties, so that each county
pays but its share of State taxes.
It is reported that Rev. Laslett, at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday.
perpetrated an uncalled for and I'M
| merited SANDER upon Frank Porter,
the druggist who recently moved to
Great Bend from Newton. What was
the object of the retiring dominic it is
hard 20 conjecture.
The "Citizens' ticket at Ellinwood
is as follows; For Mayor, Fred SteckeI;
City Clerk, Fred Wolf; Councilmen,
Ed. Isern, John Dick. Nick Sprinkler,
D E WiIlms, Otto Schwerdtfeger;
City Marshal, W. j. Herman; Street
Commissioner, Tony Auchstetter;
Police Judge, V. S. Musil.
On Sunday, March 25th, John Gage
son of W. M. Gage of this city. died
al the asylum for the insane at Topeka
aged little over SO years. He was
sent to the institution from Geneseo,
Rice county, some eight years ago.
The remains were shipped to Hois.
ington for interment this week.
Word comes to Great bend that P.
G. BonewitZ, died, in Canon City, Col
orado, on the 22d of March. He died
of dropsy, at an advanced age. Mr..
Bonewitz was one of the old timers III
Barton county, being at one time a
candidate for representative. He had
many staunch friends in Barton coun-
| ty who will regret to learn of his
| death.
What the national democratic con-
vention will be to Kansas City on July
4th, the two congressional conventions
will be to Great Bend on April 18th.
Our conventian will be gathering of
representative meh from 36 counties in
Kansas. The Kansas City convention
| VIII be gathering Of representative
men from all the states in the Union.
Grert Bend will do her share to make
her visitors welcome.
The Kempton Komedy Ko. has been
playing this week to fair sized houses,
at the Great Bend opera house. The
cOmnanv has bean urnativ sfrapotbac
ed since appearing here last season,
| and their plays are all pleasing the
| people. They appear tonight and