Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-11-06
ROUND ABOUT US.

ana returned mOnOay nlSnI.-beipIe
Cor. Kinsley Graphic.
Attorney w. B. Hess will have his
| law Office In the room formerly
occupied by r. D. Blaine just west of
C. II. Apis oA6ce.-Pratt Union.
Mrs. A. B. Miller of Great Bend
was the guest of ]. B. Kay and family
the first of the week, returning home
on Wednesday-County Capital, ST.
John.
| Mr.. Albert Redetzka went tome
last week on a visit to his home in
Barton county and see his best girl
Dillroyn Cor. County Capital, ST.
John.
Bruce Jones, of Great Bend, has
accepted job with the Gibson
Hardware as timer, and went to
work in that department this week
Lyons Republican.
The question of the city buying
the waterworks plant is being agitated
at Great Bend also. Many are afraid
of the deal. 1t works out nicely in
Sterling anyway.-Sterling Journal.
DR.. Riggs and bride, of Great
Bend, visited the formers uncle,
Judge V. H. Grinstead, Monday.
They were on their way home from
an eastern wedding tour.-Larned
Tiller and Toiler.
Henry Sprinkler, of Rocky Ford.
Colorado, is coming back to Arkansas
City to live. Mrs. Sprinker's health
is very poor out there and it is
thought return here will improve
her health. They will return about
the first of the new year.-Arkansas
Valley Democrat.
John Beightle had substantial
granary built on ''wheat row. south
of the track the first of the week and
has stored his wheat therein; he re-
marked before returning to the Bend
that it didn't concern him very much
now whether trains run out this way
or not.-Utica Enterprise.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G..
Rankin was gladdened by the arrival
OF a baby boy Saturday morning
though according to E. C's. story
several subsequent nights have not
been as gladstone occasions. Mother
and child reported doing nicely
Utica Enterprise.
Here's to him, E. c.
"When | was young fellow and
out of a job, always made it a point
to take the first job that offered and
use it for bait. You can catch a
minnow with worm, and bass with
your minnow. A good fat bass will
tempt an otter, and then you've got
something worth skinning. ."-Ad
| Writer.
Rev. B. Drath, pastor of St. Marys
Catholic church, is changed to Barton
county to take care of the Cain City
and Clafin congregations. The Rev
Drath, it may be stated, is a fine
architect, and therefore the Right
Rev. Bishop entrusted to him the
supervision o. two new churches at
these places.-McCracken- Republi-
can.
w. H. Grant. of near Ellinwood
was in the city yesterday to attend
the w. w. Miller & Son horse sale
which was advertised in the Kansas
Farmer to take place Oct. 29th, at
Lyons. He was somewhat surprised
Ito express it mildly-to learn or
arrival that no announcement
of such sale had been heard of by
our people.-LyonS Republican.
The country editor-who is his
peer? He writes and the people
hardly contain their patience a week
to know "what he has wrote" on the
burning issues of the day. He gets
invitations to all functions, free
passes to all shows, appointed on al
sorts of commissions where there i:
no pay, gets cake from the wedding
cordwood for subscriptions and
occasionally, "gets it in the neck
from contemporary.-Press anc
Printer.
i The News is glad to note tha
Stafford county scored" at the big
cattle show at Kansas City last week
/. Parrish & Miller, owner of the cele
brated Sunhower Herd of Aberdeen
Angus cattle on the Salt Marsh
carried off more prizes than any othel
exhibitor. This Stafford count,
enterprise is well known through the
I United States, and we might say, the
world over. They own the larges
herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle raisec
by the present owner, In America
They are always prize winners.-St
q John News.