Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20


Henry Born. manager OF the New
York Store. returned Monday from .
several weeks outing in the mountains
OF Colorado.
Jacob Klein and wife, Of Cheyenne
township. were in town Monday, Mr..
Klein coming over to attend meeting
OF those Interested IN the Cheyenne
bottom condemned lands.
A. 3. Willcutt. the popular manager
OF che Albert skimming station, :ac.
companied by Mrs. ". was in town
Tuesday. not to attend the show. but
~ an evidence Of goodfellowship.
Tho chuck-chuck Of loaded wheat
Wagons now makes music In the air.
Ii the price was what it really ought
to be-7O cents and upwards-ths
music would have . sweeter sound.
The Langfori boys started mp their
machine the last of the week, but
after half days work on wheat.
started to thresh pitchforks, with the
result that the machine was laid mn for
q few days.
S. A. Young was down from Tim
ken the first of the week. He saws
that, from his observation of public
sentiment. the chances for democratic
success are 40 per cent better than st
this time in 1896.
j. F. Williams, an older brother Of
Steve Williams Of Dundee, has been
out helping through the harvest. MI.
Williams was . Barton county, resi-.
dent in the 70's, but is now located as
Baldwin, Kansas.
Tom Brown was the first man in
town to attend the county convention
Saturday. But Tom has been treated
30 kindly by the bosses the past ton
years or moro that he is excusable for
his republican enthusiasm.
J. A. Purviancs and family will
move back to Great Beud shortly.
Jim will buy grain for the Farmers
Mill q Elevator Co. The many friends
OF the Purviance family will DO glad to
sec them again residents Of Barton
county.
A thresher named Murry, south of
Hutchinson, was on top of his sepera>
tor Monday. when, the cylinder CAP
being of and the top OF tho machine
covered with straw, he stepped right
into the cylinder and had his leg torn
of in q moment. He afterwards died
of the injuries.
Great Bend republicans could not
Dodge the inevitable. on the commits
sioners nomination, Saturday. eFor
the next three years the city Of Great
Bend will have no representative on
the board OF county commissioners.
But Sam Shattuck will be fair and
just to Great Bead. Just the same.
Before placing yonr order with any.
one else. come and see me, asd will save
you money. Others are saying they
will sell cheaper. But give the Home
Shop chance. supply any kind of
a monument you wish.
GREAT BEND MARBEE WORKS.
A. c. Baxter, Prop.
Repair work on the ditch was dis.
continued last week. and the water
turned into it to fill up the cracks and
leakage holes. We believe it Ia not
contemplated to turn the watero into
the bottoms until the appraisement
matter Is adjusted in the courts,
which will be at the October term.
The only time to stop advertising
entirely is when you go outo of busi-
ness. When the orders are being
placed, the success of . competitor
who has. by means of q small nd. DUR
ing the quiet season, wisely retained
his acquaintance with the readers.
makes your mistake of several months
retirement from the advertising coi>
umns painfully apparent.
At least one thousand men aud
teams from the outside found employ
meut in Barton county during the
harvest time. Estimating that they
put in an average of Is days. at 81 90,