The Globe-republican., 1902-05-22
BUCKLiN BREEZES.

From our Regular Correspondent.
More rain, and consequently our Main
Street lakes are booming.
w. c. Gosslee, of Herington, spent
few hours in Bucklin last Monday.
Mrs, Fred Clark, of Pueblo, Colo, is
visiting friends here this week.
H. b. Tullis, of Fort Dodge, showed
his smiling countenance in Bucl1lin for a
short time last Tuesday.
MIR. Buchannon is building resi-
dence on south Main Street and will move
his family here when it is completed.
The new house of WILDER Ayers, over
on the west side. is nearing completion,
and Mr. Ayers will move into is in the
near future. He is machinist ut the
round house.
The new house that Mr.. Bloss is hav-
ing built is almest complete. MIR. Wood.
the emaster-mechauicw will occupy it when
it is ready. 1t is more convenient to his
work than where he now lives.
Phil Michler, the plasterer, is having
a house built over east Front Street.
IIe has brought his family here from
Larned, Kansas, and expects to make this
his future home.
L. w. Handy is at the front again.
and now all you have to do is to go to his
grocery store, buy your goods and pay
for them (that is an important part of the
transaction), and Handy will do the rest
notwithstanding the threatening ap-
pearance of the weather last Sunday,
quite a few people from BucI<lin attended
the Sunday School Convention and Incl
dentally the wedding at Fairview.
%. w. Dreyer. who has been here in
charge Of p. Ii. Young's jewelry store
ever since it started, has resigned his
position and gone to Turner. Kansas
Mr.. Calhoon now has charge of the store
The Rock Island has quite a force of
men at work enlarging the yard capacity.
by grading and putting in additional side
tracks. They have torn down the old
coal deck and have moved the coal house,
and Will soon move the stock yards to a
point farther east than the present site
Conductor @. w. Hartman has
moved his family to Buclllin. Mr. Hart
man procured some lots and built himself
a nice new residence them His fam
lily are domesticated in their new home,
and we hope that they will be content
and prosperous.
The meeting of the Commercial Club,
Monday night was fairly well attended,
Several matters were discussed pro and
con, and resulted in the appointing of
some committees; one to look after the
work of putting in of four crossings on
Main Street, SO that when it rains it will
be possible for pedestrians to get across
that street without resorting to mud
scows. They also appointed a committee
to prepare a suitable place to hold Decor
alton Day services. Creamery was
talked to q considerable extent but no
definite action was taken.
Don't forget Memorial Day services,
at p m, Sunday, May 25. Sermon by
Rev. E. L. Jones' Singing by a select
choir.
Those having the matter in charge
are doing all they can to have the coming
Decoration Day in Bucklin, one long to
be remembered. We cannot give a list
of those that will take part in the exer-
cises, but will mention some from dis
tance Judge F. G. Price, of Ashland,
Rev. Martindale, of Wichita; Miss Myrtle
Gray, of Fort Dodge; aud many others of
Bucklin and vicinity, whose names will
appear the program. We confidently
expect the largest crowd that has ever
been in BuckIin. Come everybody and
bring your friends. Bring all the flowers
that you can get in memory of those who
were not afraid to give their lives that we
might have undivided country to live
in and be proud Of