The Grit-advocate., 1903-09-11
EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.

ing in the county superintendent
Office last Saturday afternoon.
At this meeting were present the
directors of the Julesburg school,
and the relation of the latter
school to the high school was full
ly discussed. No definite pla MS
were agreed upon at this meeting
but another meeting of The direc-
tors will be held next Saturday
at which the different phases of
the matter will be discussed and
some agreement will be reached.
1t seems to be the purpose of the
directors TO make this. the first
year of the high school, a success
full one and in this they will no
doubt have the hearty co-opera-
ton of the directors of the Jules
burg school and the citizens gen
orally.
A representative of the Postal
Telegraph and Cable company
was in this vicinity few days
this week completing arrange
ments for the construction of a
telegraph line along the right of
way of the railroad company.
Permission has been granted the
telegraph company by the rail
road company TO place poles just
outside the latters fence. AS the
land outside of the fence is leased
to adjacent property owners it is
necessary that permission be Sc
cured from the lessees to place
the poles. This permission is be-
ing secured by the representative
of the telegraph company by pay
ing each lessee S1.O0. When the
line is completed an Office will be
placed in Julesburg.
During the wind and rain storm
last Sunday evening buggy shed
belonging to G. NJ. Harris was
wrecked and the windmill tower
at his place was twisted ont of
shape. The buggy shed was a
new one and was not quite finished
No other damage from the storm
has been reported in this immedi-
ate vicinity, although in the west
part of the county considerable
hail fell and some damage was
done to alfalfa and corn fields.
Christ Schaper suffered loss Of
several hundred dollars to his
alfalfa seed crop.
Abel Carlson, u prominent
ranchmen of Deuel. county, trans
acted business in Julesburg Tues
day and while here favored the
editor of The rit-Advocate with
Il substantial subscription Mr..
Carlson is desirous Of selling his
ranch property in Deuel. county
and as soon as be can do so he will
move to California, where he has
already purchased a farm. AS his
ranch is a good property and is
offered at low price it is proba-
BILE that sale can be effected in a
short time.
Rev. M. M. Everly went to
Eaton Tuesday for the purpose of
investigating the opportunities
afforded by that town for pho
tograph gallery. Mr.. Fverly has
abandoned his plan of going to
Idaho and re.entering the minis,
try, the place he was offered there
having been found upon investi-
cation to he unsatisfactory, and
he will probably open "a photo
graph gallery when he finds a
suitable location.
Considerable space in The Grit
Advocate is used this week by
County Clerk McNew in making
his semi-annual report upon the
financial condition of the county
This report will be of interest to
most Of our readers, hence the
unavoidable curtailment of the
news features of the paper will,
we believe, be overlooked.
Albert Won Rothberg, a pros
porous farmer residing north of
town. renewed HIS allegiance to
The Grit Advocate last Saturday,
and thereby gluddened the heart
of the editor. Mr.. Won Rothberg
has been fortunate this season in
raising good crops, his wheat
crop being exceptionally good,
and his prospect for sugar beets
very fine.
Jewel, the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. j. Harrison, explod-
ed a 22-caliber cartridge in his
mouth Monday morning by biting
it with his teeth. The boys
mouth was slightly injured, al
though not so seriocsly IA might
have been the case. The injury