The Grit-advocate., 1903-02-27

home 10y severe attack Of pncu-
monia.
Buy your wall paper and carpets Of
w. II. Pound. His stock is new and
prices are reasonable.
L. +. Loveland has been a sufferer
from grip for more than . week, but is
now improving in health.
Mrs. Neal Richardson and son Alvin
OF La Sale are guests at the home Of
Mr.. ana Mrs. John Richardson.
w. II. Pound has received his new
spring samples of carpets. Don't fail
to examine these before placing your
order.
Miss Ida Hammer OF Sidney return
ed to her home Monday evening after
a short visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. C. McNcw.
If you need the services Of a first
auctionecr write V. +. Kucera, Sidney
Nebraska. His terms are reasonable
and he guarantees satisfaction. If
T.J. Hall transacted business in Lodge
Pole Monday. Mr.. Hall is now buying
| a car load of horses and mules which
he will ship to Iowa in Il short time.
Examine w. II. Pounds line of wall
Laper He has just received the first
shipment of his spring stock, and In it
will be found some beautiful patterns.
Mrs. W. II. Wallace returned Tues
day morning from short visit with
relatives in Ovcrton and Kearncy,
Nebraska. She was accompanied by
her brother, John Henderson, Of Over
ton. Mr.. Henderson returned to his
home Tuesday evening.
DR.. S. Shwartz, the eye specialist
of Denver, will be at the Brown hotel
in Julesburg, Wednesday, March IL.
prepared to do any work that may be
desired in his line. Call early.
The Pacific Express Co., the Pullman
Co., and the b. & M. railroad have
paid their taxes in full for 1902. The
Western Union Telegraph Co. and the
Union Pacific railroad are expected to
pay before the first of the month.
influenza, or grip, has been more
prevalent in this vicinity this winter
than at any time for several years. 4
number of people have been confined
to their homes because of the disease,
although there are no very serious
| cases.
The Chappell gun club has challeng-
cd the Julesburg club for a blue rock
contest to be held in Chappell next
Friday, March 9th. The Julesburg
club has accepted the challenge and
will select ten of the best marksmen
in town for the contest.
It's expected that the state supreme
court will hand down its decision on
the Rush home rule amendment mex,
Monday. What the decision will be
| no one has yet been advised hut many
lawyers in Denver pretend to believe
that it will overthrow the amend
ment.
Hugo Wendt has sold his stock of
dry goods and groceries at Bigspring
to Fred Sudman, b. L. Fish and Frank
|'Wolf. The new firm will be styled the
Big Springs Mercantile Co. Mr.. Wolf
will move down to Bisspring and con-
duct the business. Mr.. Wendt still
has the stock of hardware and the post
ofiice.-Chappell Register.
In The Chicago Inter Ocean OF Feb
ruary 18th, appeared the announce
mcnt of the appointment of Frank L.
Wood as assistant probate judge in
Cook county, Illinois, at a salary of
g.. 800 per year. Mr.. Wood is a broth
er of Mrs. W. G. Huffman of this place
and was adopted when child by an
aunt, Mrs. +. Wood, of Chicago.
Next Monday II. M. Brown and sisters
will turn over the management of their
hotel to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown and
| will move to their ranch east of town.
Under the new management this well
known hotel will maintain its rcputa
tiOn for first class service and will no
doubt continue to enjoy large patron.
age.
Government irrigation works in
India costing Sl0O00O,000 irrigatc aboU,
| 1000, 900 acres, and the value of the
products of this area often exceeds in q
single year the entire cost Of the works
Is there man in America who doubts
that the expenditure by our own gov
eminent of as large a sum for the re
clamatiOn of our western arid land.
would be paying investment. looking
at the proposition from a merely colo
business standpoint?
A few Julesburg citizens will make
an effort to have the 4-mill levy made
by the county commissioners for cuur;