Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-02-19

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Frank Wells, the Oil Man. He
will call on you.
Geo. W. Thatcher made business
trip to Topeka this week.
Eddie Doherty of Ellinwood was
in town Monday evening.
A. E. Spencer and wife were down
from Hoisington Wednesday.
D. A. Banta has been attending
court at Ness City nearly all of this
week.
c. ]. French has been in the city a
few days this week representing the
Pawnee Rock Nurseries.
How about it? Has the council
seen to it that some one made prop
er inspection of the business part of
the city, as to fire possibilities?
The people of Albert are determin-
ed no joint or saloon shall be conduct
in their midst. A man by the name
of M. A. Fish is the last one to try it,
and the results that he is in Jail.
The first brood of 1904 young
chickens is reported here by w. w.
Bailey, the photograph man. He
had an old hen to proudly come off
with fine brood of little fuzzies on
the 18th of February.
DR.. Norman Plass, President of
Washburn College, will speak in the
Congregational church uext Sunday.
DR.. Plass is enroute to Colorado
Springs, where he participates in the
dedication of Science Hall, at Colora-
do College.
Bruce Soden was 81 years old last
Thursday, which caused his many
young friends to surprise him at his
home north of town. Bruce is very
popular among the young people and
they showed him a good time and
their good will by swooping down on
him about forty strong.
Miss Bertha French, of Hoisington,
has been up at Pawnee Rock and
vicinity for week Or more, visiting
with relatives. Mr.. Pursel Harker
was also over with her.
Judge Cole was at La Crosse all of
last week, acting as the prosecuting
attorney in the case of the man who
murdered the city marshal at that
place few weeks ago. The jury's
verdict was murder in the first degree,
and the defendant received a life
sentence.
Justice Of the Peace should remem-
Der that the DEMOCRAT Printing
House carries complete supply of
Justice blanks. We also have notes,
mortgages, road receipts, notices to
work roads, stock liens, farm leases,
order blanks, vouchers: ETC., in any
quantities wanted, and at prices cheap
er than they can be bought elsewhere.
Some time the latter part of last
week a freight car on the tracks south
of Hoisington was broken into and
a lot of stuff, including cigars, whisky,
candies, etc., was stolen. Several
young boys, of good families at Hois-
ington are said to be under. arrest on
suspicion, and it is also stated that
there are some women mixed up in
the scrape.
Boiling conventions seem to be the
fashion among our republican friends
in Kansas this year. In their caucus
over at Hoisington, to elect delegates
to the county convention, about two
fifths of the delegates, headed by
George Mitchell, bolted on the claim
of unfair treatment by the other three
fifths, and wouldn't stand for it. So
says the Dispatch of that city.
Pap. Thomas Post No. SO, G. A
R. invites all patriotic citizens to join
them in celebrating the birthdays of
Lincoln and Washington on Saturday
evening at s o'clock at G. A. r. Hall.
The program will consist of music
and patriotic addresses, recitations,
and social remarks. We hope to
make this occasion of annual occur
ence in order to keep alive the memo
ries of these men, who were the fore