Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-11-23

as chilly. giaring reminders that we
must now begin paying tribute to the
coal trust.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Lewis, who have
been up to Barton county visiting with
relatives and friends, returned last
Saturday to their home in Enld, Ok.
The DEMOCRAT will keep them posted
on Barton county affairs.
Sears Roebuck & Co.. large Chicago
supply house, coerced its hundreds of
employees to vote for Mckinley. Do
you buy anything of that house7 If
you do, and don't believe in Mckinley
ism, you are a chump.
Jim Clayton and Will Mendenhall
will still look after Barton county re-
publican affairs while holding fat posi-
tions at Topeka and Hutchinson.
There is nothing like having represen.
tatives close to the throne.
| j. P. Hagaman was down from Ver~
beck last week. Mr.. Hagaman will
shortly move down to Kiawa county,
where his boys have several hundred
acres OF corn to care for. J. p. will be
back next harvest time to look after q
Barton county wheat crop.
| Mike Sweeny was elected represen-
tative in Pawnee county by IS majority.
and M. w. Cobun in Barton county
by 84 majority. Sweeny's republican
opponent was DR.. A. A. Thorp. and
Cobun's republican opponent was DR..
S. J. Shaw. A bad year for doctors
IN this neck o. the woods.
Mr.. Bruner, who had a shoulder.
blade accidentally broken about a
couple of weeks ago, is improving
right along. but will be conhued to his
house for some weeks yet. Those
charitably inclined should look after
this family. They live in the Robin
Foot house, north we st of the post
office.
''YOu call the man who divides his
last dollar with yoI a true friend, -
says the Norton Champion. But if
it was 81 900 bill would he break it.
and divide with youP' There is much
in that thought. 1t is growing more
apparent each day that the possession
of wealth too often dulis the Christ>like
impulses of the heart.
The Morrison House seems still to
be the harboring place Of dissolute
women. The owners of the house
have promised the Commercial Club
that if the Methodist deacon, who has
local charges of the Morrison did not
keep bad characters out Of it, it would
be put into other hands. The promise
should be made good.
A second ward sportsman says he
never felt so near like 80 cents as be
did one day last week. He had been
out hunting and brought in four nice
ducks. He was at Aliens, telling q
groupe of friends all about how be
killed those ducks, when the blamed
guy of a farmer-boy dropped in and
asked him for 1.-The Is cents for them
four ducks sold youall'
Elmer Brodie, our popular and
efficient Reigester of Deeds, was the
happiest man in all the town last Sat-
urday with possibly the one exception
of "Grandpa" Dick Bosse J A fine
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Brodie on that eventful day. Course
they are happy; even "Uncle'' Milton
let out few extra yells and cut more
capers than usual on his wheel.
Why not fix up some sort of a shed
for that machine you have left stand,
ing out in the open? Iflumber is toe
dear, hustle up some poles and bushes
and make a straw shed. It's no skin
off off our nose If your N schiney is
left ont to rust and rot but it does
seem like there are a whole lot Of
farmers in this county who have
money to through at birds or the i'm
pIement men-when they might max,
machinery last several years longer b,
taking proper care of it.
NOTICE-No hunting allowed oI
Sec. IA, Buffalo township
JACOB ALEFs.
For SALE-One good Eb. Tuba.
r. G. RUSSELL,