Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-12
BEND, KANSAS FRIDAY, APRIL 12,

Hicks promises rs rain and hail dur
ing the next few days. the storm per-
iod being from the 18th to 18th, cen-
trail on the 18th.
Now spring, with golden key, un-
locks for Us the years white treasure
box, and takes her myriad jewels out
to scatter lavishly about.
The first real, rolling. rumbIing, ran.
tankerous thunder came Thursday
night, and that Fridays wind was
laundering loud too. b'-gosh.
Mrs. j. j. Anthony returned last
week from Santa Fe. Mrs. j. 8. Pat-
rick and children accompanied her
here for q visit OF few weeks.
Miss Doran, of the Macksville Argus,
has made a mash. She got her fingers
in a printing press one day last week
and did not even say "gollyl"
Leon Miller, recently with the Postal
Telegraph Co. at Hutchinson, goes to
Ellis this week to take charge of the
Associated Press overland wire.
The city council has ordered a car
load of paving brick and car Of cross.
ing stone, aud some nee6ed street im>
provements will soon be commenced.
Geo. L. Heizer. who has bought the
Henry Klein farm, just east of town,
moved down from HeiZer the first of
the week, to take possession of his
new home.
The Claf1in Clarion, whose editor
| is assessor and ought to know, says
there are twelve kickers in that town.
How much of the taxes do those 12
pay, Oscar?
According to a proclamat of Gov
ernor Wobbiy Eugene, today-April
l2th-is Arbor Day in Kansas. Every
body and the kids expected to set out
tree today.
| Walt Cornell returned Thursday
from visit of a week or more down
in Oklahoma. He ran across lots of
OoA WI CoOooy ROoRiCs od0 ACPOl 10
them all happy and doing well.
| Snow No. Is. season of 190O-1, fell
Thursday night, April 9Th. probably
an inch Of vet snow, proceeded by
high wind and rain from the north~
east. And there will be others.
Probate Judge FEEDER, on Easter
morning performed the marriage cere-
moDy for o. d. Currier and Anna
| Brownfield. at the home of Chas Van.
Gil in the southeast part of town.
The people who are crossing the irri
CATION ditch are making just complaint
about the bad condition of the cross,
ings. The matter ought to be adjusted
some way so that the public will not
be inconvenienced.
Mark Keynes was down from Paw-
nee Rock, Friday night, to see the
pretty girls in Carmen" We rather
suspect be had designs on capturing
one of 'em and taking her home with
him-bul he didn't.
| Last Saturday the first of the Satur-
day afternoon concerts. by EppersoD 8
Military Band, was given on our
streets. The band is showing wonder
full improvement, and its open air COM
certs will be greatly appreciated by
our people.
| A scrap, Sunday night, between Art
Dick. Jack Malta and Chas. Pelter
brought the three of them into the JUS
tices court. Monday. After the evi
dence was all in the first two named
were fined $25 each and costs, in j. II
Jennison's g court. A woman In the
case.
The DEMOCRAT man will not want
for the bread of life for while yet. al
Moses Bros. on Saturday last sent us 9
, sack of "Moses Bros. Beat" -four. and
the wife Is 30 pleased she has promised
to break her rule against hot bread
and give us hot biscuits at least once