The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-06-18

The grain elevator at Bucklln Is being
pushed along In order to have 1t ready
for the bumper wheat crop that we have
sin oup mind" this year. While The
elevator is not q large one IT will be big
enough to elevate every thing but the
price Of grain to the farmer.
Chas. Z. Taylor and wife of phlladel-
phia, Pa, are stopping for a short visit In
Bucklin. They are on their way home
| from an extended visit in California and
other western states. Mr.. Taylor ard
his brother own some land west of Buck
lin and they stopped here to look after IT.
Quarterly meeting services will be held
at the M. Il. church next Saturday aud
Sunday Quarterly conference Saturday
at 3 O'Clock p. M. I'ev' DR.. Martlndale,
Presiding Eldey, will preach at IL
0 o'clock a. m. Sunday. The Free Metho'
dsts are holding tabernacle meetings
here this week.
the Fairvew Sunday school at their
children's day meeting last Sunday after
raising a liberal amount for the regular
work, took a collection for the flood
sufferers, amounting to eleven dollars,
By the way that Fairview Sunday school
is one of the best, most wide awake
country Sunday schools in this short
grass country.
Quite a number Of our people got a
a little nervous during the storm period
OF a few weeks ago and consequently a
lot of storn cellars have been constructed
and nov the wind has just about quit
blowing and they haye not had a chance
to t,y those cellars. This is perhaps a
little provoking but never mind the wind
will come again.
II. P. McCaustlanl Is showing bis true
colors now. He has been posing ever
since he came here as a plain common
man, one Of the masses, but now he has
taken Mrs. McCaustland and Georgia and
liked out to Colorado Springs to spend
.he summer or at least a part Of it, hob
snobing with the plutOcrats, but we wish
Them pleasant time during their outing
The ladies gave home talent enter
consisting Of vocal and instru.
mental music, rectations etc. for the
benefit of the flood sufferers Tuesday
evening, which was very well attended
md those who were there say that they
got their moneys worth. The sum
lvailable for the benefit fund after pay.
ng necessary expensts is about thirty.
I've dollars.
At the meeting Of citizens held Tues.
lay evening, June 9 it was decided to
ave the city incorporated and a petition
will be circulated to procure the required
lumber of names of qualified voters re.
idng within the bounds Of the proposed
lines. 1t is proposed to push
he preliminary steps as rapidly as pos
ible SO that the petition can be laid be,
ore the board of county commissioners
their July meeting
We all have troubles, while the eastern |
ortion of our state has been deluged and
le people left homeless, we have not
scaped all trouble by any MEANS
Thy, just think the mail servlcehas
cen badly demoralized and the mails
% from three to ten hours late
very day and actually, there was one
~ that we did not have any mail at all,
I'd that on Sunday too. Now II that is
ot suffering we would like to know
hat 1t is. 1t was surely suffering with q
1t cause on our part but about the pa =
ence of the people under this dire dis
ess, the less said the better.