Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-05

John B. Rediger was made full
fiedged member of the w. O. w
Tuesday night.
Do not fail to attend the W. B.
WEIGH sale next Saturday. Sale be
gins at one O'Clock.
+. A. Wilson, son of Alex Wilson,
was driven from his home in Argen
tine by the high water.
No, the mayor did not resign al
the last council meeting, and did not
have any intention of doing SO.
N. M. Smith and Jessie Anderson
both of Moulton, Iowa, secured a
marriage license in this county this
week.
Freights are liable to be democrat
lied now for many weeks, until the
flood damages to bridges. tracks, etc.,
are repaired.
We have not yet heard of single
complaint of damage to the wheat
from the recent rains; the weather
otherwise has been favorable.
> Five feet of water over the Union
depot waiting room at Kansas Cityl
Think of it, and of the vast damage
done through all the low lands about
Kansas City.
John Norris and wife formerly
Miss Floy Gillmore) had a store in
Argentine which was flooded to the
depth of about five feet; and they had
to get out of the building on a raft.
Reports that the Hutchinson opera
house had collapsed in the flood were
unfounded. The News states that
only part of the west wall of the
Home Theatre collapsed, the damage
not exceeding $4,000.
Peter P. Damn has been out. from
Chilicothe, Mo, for the past couple
of weeks; looking after the marketing
of some old wheat, and visiting with
old friends in Barton. Mr.. Damn
says the family is well pleased in
their Missouri home.
The county commissioners, in
session this week as Board of
Equalization, have had most of their
time taken up in trying to untangle
the peculiarly and wonderfully con
StruCted assessments in Great Bend
city.
Some of the friends of Marshal
Henry Moore engineered a surprise
party on him, Tuesday evening.
About twenty-five of them dropped in
on him when he wasn't lookin' and
spent the evening in feasting and
trolic. The occasion was Henry's
Add birthday anniversary.
]. H. Norris returned from Ocono-
mowoc, Wis, Tuesday, where he
went to attend the funeral of his
father, who died at the age of 80.
Mr.. Norris was caught in Kansas
City in the flood, and says the sight
of damage done by the waite. was
something terrible to behold.
mere are mum erOuS crossings and
sidewalks that ought to be going
down now, before the harvest rush
commences. If not put in soon these
improvements will have 10 lay over
until late in the fall Will our street
improvement committee get a move
on it,
Does it pay to advertise? Well l
guess yes. For only two weeks
Slocum Harvey had a little two-line
ad. in the DEMOCRAT reading Girl
Wanted and on Wednesday morn
ing of this week one of the sweetest
little girl babies in the city appeared
at his house The Stork evidently
reads the DEMOCRAT.
All ex-students of the Central Nor
NAL College are cordially invited to
banquet and meeting to be
held at Great Bend June 18th, when
a permanent organization of the
student body will be effected. Come,
and invite all others of your friends
who have attended c. n. C.
By order of Committee.
Little Lille, the six year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruther-
ford died at their home in Albert on
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