Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-27
The Best Kansas News.
A Lawyers stratesy.

A Lawyers Strategy.
In Liberty township. Montgomery
county, jointist was arrested for sell
ing liquor. The justice OF the peace
in the township is q great temperance
citizens out Of which to select jury
Before the case was called, however.
the attorney for the defense subpoe-
naed all of these "a as Witnesses and
thus disqualified them for Jurors And,
as they were the only men in the
township who could be relied upon to
enforce the prohibition law, the case
was dismissed by the county attorney
Showing that in Kansas there are more
ways than one of removing the epider
mis- from cat--Kansas City Journal
May Develop Chalk afines-
Gas Is being prospected for in the
vicinity OF Oberlin, Decatur county, ia
the northwestern portion of the state.
and should flow OF sufficient strength
for commercial purposes be struck. il
probably would result in the building
up of great cement industry in that
portion of the state. All northwestern
Kansas, as far east as Phillips coun-
" and south nearly to the Arkansas
d
of chalk. If cheap fuel can be OBJ
tanned this can be used to good ad-
vantage in the manufacture of ce-
ment.
Clumsy Roy.
Two months ago Monterville Muir
Ihy and Gertrude Pratt. pupils in the
Harper school, the boy aged Is and the
girl II, slipped away to Wichita and
got married. They returned to Harper
and to school and attempted to keep
the marriage hidden. The girl con-
Quoted herself in such a manner that
her mother never suspected the mar
riage, but the clumsy boy acted so
self consciously that his mother got
the secret. Then the children were
forgiven, and, possibly, spanked
Kansas City Journal.
Senator BurtOn's Autobiography.
One of the shortest biographies in
the new congressional directory is that
of Senator Burton, Of Kansas, who
says of himself: Joseph Ralph Bur
ton, republican, of Abilene, was elect
ed to the United States senate to sue
| coed Lucien Baker, republican, and
took his seat March 4, 1901. His term
of service will expire March 3, 1897"
1t is true that Mr.. Burton, while &C
tive in politics. had no roster of Of
fees to insert, but repression could
hardly go furthcr.-New York Sun.
Leavenyyerth Nearly so Years Old.
A movement is on foot to celebrate
the fftieth anniversary of the found
ing of Leavenworth on the 18th day
of next June. There are only three
bers of the original party that came
from Weston and founded the city.
H. Miles Moore, the venerable judge
of the city court, was secretary of the
company that founded the town. and
ne still has the original charter, whic5
he wrote at that time.
Good Display of Stone.
Prof G. P. Grimsley, superintendent
Of the Kansas mineral exhibit at the
st. Louis worlds fair, is arranging for
a big display of Kansas stone. The Z.
stone will be cut in eight inch cubes
and will be dressed down on several
sides and left in the rough on others.
Kansas produces much good building
stone and it is expected the display
will attract considerable attention.
women
Fire at CORTLAND caused 5000 loss
Only by valiant work by the citizens
was it kept from taking half of the
town. The women organized them
selves into a bucket brigade. carrying
water from a well so yards away, oyer
a four-foot fence, passing it to the
men on the Marty building, for the
saving of that structure meant the
saving of the rest of the block
New Town the Map.
The town of Bassett, south of lola.
has taken in Cementville and been in
corporated as a city of the third class
1t has a population of about 500
Bassett, Concrete and Gas City are
really suburbs of lola, and although
having a city government of their own.
yet lola will be the hub around which
they will revolve-
Prefers to Live Alone
Mrs. Elizabeth Manuel, Of Soldier.
and a resident of Kansas since 1854.
has lust celebrated her ninetieth birth
day. Since her husbands death, 16.
vears ago, she has lived by herself,
and objects to her daughter or anyons
else staying with her.
To Marry In Honolulu.
Miss Edna Anderson, of Abilene, will
leave shortly for Honolulu to be mar
lied to Horace johnson, who is work
ing as a chemist for one Of the Hawai-
ian sugar companies.
Clips Power of Probate Judges.
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