Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-20
O1nitz Notelets.


touch a day or two this week.
All paths lead to the coal house,
which, by the way, is not filed to the
degree of overlooking by any means.
We can wiggle along with the
turkey famine staring us in the face,
but the coal famine doesn't look
good to-us at all, thank you.
Genl. Supt. E. A. Gould, Supt.
Transportation w. c. Watrous, and
Supt- r. H. Dwyer of the Mo. Pac
spent a few minutes with Agent
McInnes Monday a. m, looking over
the car situation here which has tied
up the wheat movement all fall. We
hope for better service in the near
future.
Miss Ida Kuntz and Miss Mary
Schillenhelm of Vienna Austria arriv-
ed here last week, they expect to
make this their home permanently
Miss KuntZ is a cousin of Mrs. G. H.
Ochs. We welcome these young
ladies to our midst.
Miss Francis Scholler and Miss
Lillian Cowperthwait left for Silver
ton, Colo, last week, where they ex-
pect to spend the winter.
c. G. Colbert Ex-Railway and
Baseball magnate, has arrived at his
regular winter quarters, but by way
of pastime is experimenting the ex-
cavating being done under the Nord-
man building on north second street.
John Lowery met with very
serious and painful accident last
Saturday morning at his home south
of town, being kicked on the jaw by
a horse. He was taken to the hos
pital at Great Bend for treatment.
We have been unable to ascertain the
extent of his injuries other than that
they were very bad. We trust that
he will soon be able to be around
again. He has the sympathy of the
entire community in his misfortune.
We overheard some one asking
what had become of the Smoky
Valley, Kansas, Galatia, Frisco,
Santa Fe and elsewhere railroad, the
other day. Now that should be easy
solved. In our way or figuring
things out We come to the conclusion
that it will be hung on the Xmas tree
on Xmas eve. for one of the faithful
at Galatia. Don't get downcast boys
you will have that railroad alright to
move your wheat crop-in 1875.
Remember what we tell you.
Anotbor u,olIipr L. no ,oor
ticulars obtainable.
Chas. Pizinger is in receipt of an
offer from Lieut.. Darnell, leader of
the famous 9th Artillery Band of
Fort Riley, Kan. to join that organi-
cation for an engagement at the
Worlds Fair at St. Louis this coming
year. He also has the same kind of
an offer to 60 with the Anthony Con-
cert Band of Anthony, Kas. These
are two of the very best musical
organizations in the U. S. today and
it is quite an honor to be a member
of either one. Charley will in all
probability enlist with one or the other
after his studies are over at Linds-
borg in the spring. He says that the
Famous Bethany Band of Lindsborg
may decide to go to St. Louis as they
have standing offer to be in attend
ance with such bands as Sousa and
Innes.
By the time this issue reaches you
Thanksgiving will be near. Remem-
Der to be thankful then for the boun-
teous year just passed. Don't be
skeptical because you haven't been
able to sell all your wheat, but be
thankful you have it to sell. Perhaps
your corn all washed out in the floods
last spring, maybe your turkeys were
all drowned in the same food, no
doubt your fences were damaged by
the avalanche of water, but over it all
spread a wreath of thankfullness.
You raised an extraordinary good
crop of wheat and you will be able to
sell it sometime, and with what you
realize from the sale thereof you can
plank down the wherewith to buy
your corn, fix your fences and get you
a nice fat turkey to carve on next
Thanksgiving. Cheer up fellows and
be thankful that you are living in this
dear old state of Kansas that is the
fairest of the fair, whose men are the
manifest, whose women are the most
womanly, whose boys are the bright
est, whose girls are the sweetest that
Old Sol ever shone upon. Be glad
you live 10 Barton county where the
wheat grows so big that people of the
effete and decayinging east open their
sleepy eyes and wonder when they
read about il Be thankful that VOL,