Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-08-21
THE DEMOCRAT +.
August I'll, 1903. TWELVE PAGES
Clahin.
From The Clarion.

From The Clarion.
7. F. Evans and wife left Sunday
evening for trip to the coast.
Q A bouncing big baby boy came to
bless the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Drews last Sunday night.
H. w. \Dowse and wife are the
happy parents of their first heir. It
is handsome baby girl and it took
charge of affairs at their home last
Sunday evening.
The large amount of bread that is
sold in Claflin would seem to warrant
the establishment of a bakery here.
We believe a good baker could do a
profitable business here.
We have just finished taking the
school census of District No. 80, and
find that there are in the district just
one hundred and thirty pupils of
school age, of which seventy are
males and sixty are females; all white
and free born ard as bright and
handsome bunch of young Ameri-
cans as was ever seen to come down
othe pike. A majority OF this bunch
of scholars range in age from eight to
twelve years and were born right
"Out Here In Kansas" and and most
of them in Barton County.
G. w. Young is treating his bust
ness properties to new coat of paint,
which greatly improves their appear
anCe.
Q. Mrs. Pickerill left yesterday morn
ing for Pratt, where she will visit
few weeks with her mother, sister
and other relatives.
Joe Walker and wife, who have
been on a visit to old home folks
back in Indiana the past few weeks
returned home this week.
One faces a breeze to light a pipe.
IT'S the same way in life. If man
desires success he must face the
music from the cradle to the grave.
Look in any direction you please,
and you can count from ten to fifty
plows all busy at work turning the
ground for another big wheat crop.
Mrs. Becky Barrett, of Harrington,
who. has been here the past few
months on a visit with her father,
Adam Jordan, and other relatives,
departed Monday morning for her
home.
If our readers who live neighbors,
to Herman Bieser notice him going
through any strange capers or con-
tortions such as balancing straws on
his nose, crawling under chairs and
the like, they need have no fears
that the gearing in his head piece
has slipped a cog-he is only
practising the methods he will employ
to entertain that new daughter of his.
A number of the members of the
Catholic church met in the Carey
hall last evening to take steps to-
ward.the building OF: the new church
here. Father Hermann had the plans
with him for their inspection and
they met the approval of all present.
The plans submitted are for build
ing 42x95 feet with a seating capacity
of upwards of 800, and there is now
"a move on foot to erect the building
, of stone or brick, which we think
ought to be done.
Sunday morning at 7 O'Clock, Miss
Bulah Torrent died at the Clahin
Hotel of quick consumption. She
had recently arrived here with her
father from Caney, Kansas, and was
in delicate health when she left home,
but made the trip here with a hope
that the trip would benefit her. Miss
Torrent was Is years old and the
main stay of her father, and since her
mother died, two years ago, she has
performed the household duties and
helped him care for the smaller
children.