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

Walt. Cornell says since tho rains
have boon % dodgasted numerous his
hens arc all becoming webb>footed.
and he proposes to sell them for ducks
Mart keenan, was up from near
Cleo, Ok, last week to attend hie
fathers funeral Mart says the Barton
county boys down there are ell doing
we'll.
Hero, now, Mr.. FarmerI Fork
over. Fork over the wheat we mean,
rs it rolls into the header-box. rip
ping golden stream. freighted with
peace and plenty.
sis it hot enough for your" Nit.
We want about a week of hot, dry
weather, and less of rain. We are
not accustomed to 80 much water-in
this part of Kansas.
The salary Of the Great Bend post
master was last week reduced from
81 800 to 81. 700 year. Now, Bro.
Armstrong, see what you have went
and gone and donel
The city school board, at q special
meeting last Monday night, is said to
have raised the scale of wages for
city teachers; also. decided upon q
nine months school.
VIM. Thorne, the Verbeck mail car
la ofc
for fast driving, in Hoisington. Hois.
ington seems to be "dead sot agin"
anything that Is fast.
Mrs. j. G. Weathers. of south of the
river, has been down with what ap>
pears to be typhoid fever. She was
able to come to town Monday, how~
ever, and is on the mend.
Atits meeting last Saturday the re.
republican county central committee
called the county nominating conven-
ton, to meet in Great Be Id, Saturday,
July 14th-three weeks from the COM
ing Saturday.
While the wind and rain has been
putting wheat ''down," in Barton
county, the short crop reports from
other countries have been putting
the price up. Let 'er rise-the high-
er the better.
Two white men in q fistic encounter
Friday made business for the police
court; but q white man shooting at .
fleeing negro about the same time that
the other scrap was going on. did not
cause a flutter. !.
It is q wonder that some good cir
Gus man has not heard Of the big
wheat crop abou. Great Bend, and
made dates for ''stand" here. Per-
haps the circuses fear the city council
would give 'em the chilly stare?
The stranger who comes here to
work in the harvest field and while
waiting q chance to secure job "tanks
up" and gets into troublesswili not
have established q reputation with
the men who want real workers.
/ j. III. Gregg, who for many years
has conducted b general store at Dun
dee. died on Sunday, June 18th, at
the age Of IS years and three months.
Of paralysis. The remains were ship
ped to Sterling Tuesday for interment.
The Adventist camp meeting proper
has broken up, but there are some
families still camping on the grounds.
and meetings are being conducted each
evening in the principle tent. The
public is. most cordially invited to at
tend these meetings..
, Mrs. John Cameron, sister of Cal
} Keenan, of this city, died at her home
in Tacoma, Wash., on the 9th inst.
p Mr.. Cameron was an engineer Al
. the Walnut Creek Mills number OF
years ago. and the family has numer
Gus friends in Great Bend.
Mrs. Porter, mother of Frank Por'
ter the druggist, died at the home Of
her son in Larned, Kans., Tuesday thu
10th, at the ago Of about IS years.
, Mrs. Porter has been ill for about siz
: months. The funeral was conducted
3 Thursday. the 2lst. 2 p. m.
The day of the strawberry nhort
4 cake is ending; its high noon for TIT
q cherry pio-and the blackberry cobb le