The Grit-advocate., 1902-03-28

L. F. Fairchild, formerly we'll
known citizen OF Sedgwick county,
now a prosperous cattle raiser Of Deuel.
county, Nebraska. was looking after
business matters in Julesburg, Mon
day. During pleasant call at The
Grit-Advocateo office, during which he
squared his subscription account for
another year, Mr.. Fairchild stated
that his cattle had gone through the
winter in fine shape, and that be was
better pleased than ever with his loca-
tion near Lewellen. His Julesburg
friends will be glad to learn of his con-
tinued prosperity.
| A. j. Walrath, the we'll known ranch
man, made a pleasant call at Cur sane
tum last Saturday, and as a result our
dilapidated exchequer received a SUBJ
stantial increase from the payment
the gentleman made on his subscrip-
tion account. Mr.. Walrath is greatly
interested in oil discoveries now being
made in Colorado, and he believes that
oil would be found near Julesburg if a
well was sunk. So confident is he OF this
that he would be willing to invest con-
siderable capital in such an enterprise
if others could be found to join him.
A. Ackerman and Carl Helbng, two
prosperous ranchmen OF the southeast
part OF the county, were in Julesburg
last Friday for the purpose of COM
pleting deal by which Mr.. Ackerman
becomes sole proprietor OF the Acker-
man & Heloing cattle business. Mr..
Ackerman will continue the business
at the old location; Mr.. Helbing will
engage in the cattle business in part
nership with Henry Dantz, few miles
distant from his old location.
Last Saturday Peter Soderquist sold
his ranch northeast of Julesburg u
Petersen & Loveland. This ranch con-
sisted of 4SO acres Of land, part OF which
is under the ditch, and its acquisition
by Messrs. Petersen and Loveland
gives them one of the largest and best
situated ranch properties in this vicin-
ity. The price paid for the Soderquist
ranch is understood to have been close
to $1,000.
James Eaves greeted us with the
glad hand upon the street in Julesburg
Thursday morning. The glad hand
contained silver dollar in payment Of
d years subscription, and thus the
wolf was driven from our door for an
other day. Mr. Eaves has our thanks
for his timely remembrance.
Examine the new stock of oil
cloth, linoleum and floor mating
at VIII. Pounds before making
your spring purchases. His stock
is large and we'll assorted and his
prices are right.
J. P. Brown, the well known ranch
man Of the south part OF the county,
lost Is head of cattle by death last
week. 1t is supposed that the ami
mails died from the effects of eating
too much millet. This loss is a seri-
Gus one to Mr.. Brown and his friends
will be sorry to hear OF his misfortune.
Examine White & Wallace's stock
of vehicles and plow goods before or
dering. They sell the John Deere
plows; the Moline, Baine and Banner
wagons. and the best light vehicles on
the market. They undersell Sears &
Roebuck and all other mail order
houses.
Betty Cash, an ebony colored female
from Omaha, was in Jnlesburg Tues
day soliciting funds for the erection of
a church building in that city. The
amount she received here will hardly
buy the mortar to hold the corner
stone of the building in place.
White & Wallace have just received
q car load of wagons, buggies and all
kinds of plow goods This is the most
complete stock ever brought to this
county. See it before placing your
order.
Banker E. D. Hamilton is up from
Grand Island looking after business
matters in Julesburg. He reports