Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-13

= field of goersA that any state fair
might be proud of.
Conductor Pat Boughan is taking an
outing in Colorado Frank Coleman
is conductor on the Hoisingtou branch
during Mr.. Boughan's absence.
Charley Brewer. now in business at
Carwile. Ok. has been up to see old
Barton county friends the past week.
The DEMOCRAT will keep him posted
on Barton county affairs.
W. S. Park and wife, of Princeton,
Ills. are here on visit with the fam
lily of Frank Porter, their brother>in.
law Mr.. Park was formerly with
the State Bank, of Larned.
VIM. Ferguson and family. of the
part of the county, have
moved to Missouri to make their
future home. There is no accounting
lor the tastes of some people.
Saturdays rain showed where a
whole lot of street work ought to be
done. Forest avenue. for instance,
was one long string of lakes that could
have been prevented with few bitches
and little grading.
Quite number of onr people made
a visit to the Rice county Fair at Ster~
ling, this week, and report very
good fair and excellent races, although
the same horses expect to considerably
lower the Sterling time when they get
on the Great Bend track.
The New Process gasoline stove
lights like gas. A feature that makes
it popular, for without heat, smoke, or
ed in operations; turn the valve wheel
and apply the match. the stove is ready
for work. Could anything be more
simple. For sale at
You ask: What day of the County
Fair will be the best?' Every
day. The first Wednesday the
1Sth-will be taken up pretty generally
with placing the exhibits and getting
things shaped up. Everything will
be in good running shape by Thursday
morning. and you want to take in the
last three days-Thursday, Friday
and Saturday-sure.
For Gang, Sinele Sulkv and Stier.
ing plows we are headquarters. repre-
senting the four leading factories OF
tried Jno Deere, j. 1. Case, Hummer
and Canton Lines. 1t is economy te
buy the best. Come and see Us before
purchasing elsewhere.
The GREAT BEND IMP. Co
c. F. Mccartney, brother-in-lav
of John Dawson, and 20 years age
pioneer settler OF the north-wes
part of Barton county, stopped off I
couple of days this week to visit OLE
| Great Bend friends. His home is nov
in Oakland, adjoining Topeka. and b.
was on bis way to Colorado for al
outing of few weeks.
| With pleasant weather next weel
the out-of town people will attend tn
Fair i'm large numbers, and there is
possibility that our hotels will b
taxed to their fullest capacity. It vii
be vel for citiZens who have soat
bed rooms to keep in touch with tn
Fair management so that if sue
spare rooms are needed they can b
found conveniently
The Commercial Cluh mas opeufd i.
reading rooms to the public from
6 D no each day. There are all kind
OF periodicals and papers there. AMI
is assumed that the public will appre
cia.e the privilege offered. The Gu
requests that no papers or magazine
be removed from the room. The bil
lizard, pool and card rooms are onl
open to the club members.
The Ellinwood Leader of last wee
gave the G. Samuels Co store, of Til
city, half column of tree advertising
which will be appreciated by the
, Sauuels Co. All the readers of til
Leader will have their especial after
: ton called to the Ssm8els advertise
ment, and our knowledge of the maj
ayers of that big establishment cor
vinces US that is just what is wanse,
. In his efforts to play to the gran
/ stand at home. Bro. Cooke has unir