Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-03-14

Tom Ely. ST., who has been in Kan
sas City for some weeks. taking medi.
cal treatment. returned home Sunday.
Elbert Seward and family left Mon
day evening, by the way of Dodge City,
for their new ranch home in Oklahoma.
T. 81. Miller and wife returned last
week from their visit in Wisconsin.
They Of course had an enjoyable visit
to their old home. but enjoy getting
back beneath the warm sun Of Kansas.
Ii You wont to vote at the coming
election for councilmen and members
OF the school board, in Great Bend
you will have to register with the city
clerk wv. P. Feder) before March 2Ist.
". ID. Franklin, of the Roisington
Dispatch, made this Office q sociaI
call, Monday. Ar. Franklin is a jos
vial. wide awake newspaper man, and
will give Hoisington live paper if the
business men stay with him.
1t is reported that the young man,
HORNE. who is under arrest for forg-
ing the name of Miss Mary Swartz, at
tempted to kill himself, shortly after
his arrest, but was prevented by the
watchful officers.
F. M. Hammond, who recently came
from Ohio, and is located on the Wall
Dodge farm miles north of town, is
a new reader added to the DEMOCRAT
list. Mr.. Hammond is we'll pleased
thus far with his Kansas home
The street commissioner is getting
his work in. Now let us have Broad
way and Forest avenue sprinkled dur
ing the summer months and q much
less amount of grading or filling will
be required on them hereafter.
Prof. Cowgill writes that the interest
in the coming exhibition of the Solar
Motor, to be given on his farm east
of town. is growing daily, and he an
ticipates large gathering to see the
working of this wonderful machine.
The list Of contributors to the street
sprinkling fund would make an inter-
esting matter for the public to read.
On it are NOT the names of some of
our highsfying business men, who get
the general benefits but contribute
nary cent for the service.
Miss Anna Yost, late of Kansas
City. cordially invites the ladies of
Great Bend and vicinity to her first
opening, to be held Friday and Satur-
day, March 14th and 18th, when she
will show complete line of street
hats, etc. Watch for Easter Opening
ater.
Broadway and Forest avenue ought
to be sprinkled- Already the dust is
being ground into holes snd is the
sport of the shifting winds 1t will
be matter of business economy to
keep the streets sprinkled. Note the
solid, splendid condition of Main
street.
Kansas is having the greatest ex
change of real estate in Der history
and at prices that few years age
would have been deemed impossible
Buyers are coming from all parts OF
the country and making investments
1t is not for speculation either. most Of
the land being bought for farming
purposes.
The general condition of winter
wheat seems to bs better north of tn,
river than on the south side. And the
later sown appears better than tina
sown earlier in the fall. We think i
a little early yet to determine how
much the wheat has been Injured b,
the hard freezing.
The Item says there is a fellow il
town who has SOLVED the problem o
| perpetual motion" Bet two incl
italIc space he is newspaper man
If there is a newspaper man in thi
town who has not practiced perpetua
motion ever since he has been in tn
business he is about ready to quit tn
| business.
| R. B Smith. manager of the Wells
Fargo Express office of this city. an
Miss Lily u Wright, of Liberal. Kan
sas, were married at the home of tn