The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-12
COUNTY NEWS.
BeIpre Items.

Mr.. Atkins, OF st. j ohm, was In town
Monday.
j. G. Pixley was in town Tuesday
on business.
Mrs. f. Montgomery went to Kins-
ley Wednesday.
J. r. Johnson made business trip
to Larned Tuesday.
Mrs. John Lupz is quite sick with
lung fever and pneumonia.
Wiley Thomson was over from
Macksville on business Wednesday.
Mrs. Ralph Campbell is again able
to he out after an illness of several
weeks.
Howard Marsh, who works on the
section here, has been sick for the
past few days.
Fred Heckel went to Barton county
last Saturday To attend the funeral of
his grandfather.
Lunz Bros. shipped mixed car of
live stock to Kansas City Wednesday,.
Henry LunZ accompanied it.
Mrs. r. E. McConahie left last week
for Wichita, where she will visit with
her sister for several months.
Mrs. M. T. Ingraham is visiting
this week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Weese, of Fellsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wait started
Thursday night for Salt Lake City
and California to visit II nephew and
niece and to take In the country.
The new sidewalk in Belpre is being
laid rapidly this week. We hope the
good work will not be interrupted
until the town is better supplied with
walks. Many thanks to those men
who assisted in laying the sidewalk.
We hear that Mr.. Atkins, of St.
John, is thinking of engaging in the
lumber business at this place. Mr.
Atkins is a grain dealer at ST. John,
and is also in the hardware business
at that place. If he decides to locate
here he certainly will be an acquisi-
tion to the town.
Last Friday night the fifth and
vi bnC bClPIC oCuOOl
spelled against the pupils of districts
33 and So. Belpre won the spelling
match and also the ciphering contest
which followed. Only part of Miss
Laura Anderson's school. No. 80, was
present. but nearly all of Mr.. Atkins
pupils took part i'm the contest.
The article in the Larned Tiller and
Toiler written by Jumbo concern
ing the spelling match which took
place at Harmony school house, in
: which Belpre, Pratt and Harmony
were participants, is misleading and
untrue. We do not claim a victory,
as both sides at both times went down
on the same word, but we do not &C.
knowledge defeat, as the Belpre
pupils were spelling against high
school graduates and teachers. They
admired our pride. which we admit we
have, and it is right to have PRIDE, it,
being one of the characteristics oil
intelligence.
d. G. Donavau has sold his hard
ware stock to Albert Doerr. of Lar
ned. Mr.. Doerr did not purchase the
building, as he will build a two story
building with a fiftyIfoot front on the
west side of the street, opposite
Pharo's store. The lower part will
contain hardware, while the second
floor will be stocked with furniture
Mr.. Doerr has "a ne furniture anC
hardware store in Larned, and we are
very glad he has decided to engage in
the hardware business here. Mr.
Doerr is we'll known as an excellent
business man. We are glad to know
that although Mr.. Donavan has solo
his hardware he will still remain il
Belpre. MIR. DOnavan has beer
so many years that he would be great
~ missed, as he seems like one of tn,
fixtures of the town.
zens waited on Ernest M Montgomery tt
see if he was going to provide prop
erly for his wife and four children
with whom he has not been living 70
several weeks. He said he had fur
nished them with plensy to eat. SO
part of the committee went to wher
Mrs. Montgomery is living and di,
not find enough to eat for one hungr,
person in the place. What they foun'
was,-a few biscuits, some dried meat
about pound of butter, few pound
of flour and some syrup. Mrs Mon,
gomery was then living in yer.
small cook-shack, which was colde
than the majority of barns. and sh
did not have half enough covering
for her beds. Merchants Brumfield
Curry aud Pharo contributed blank
cts, comforts, etc. Mr.. Montgomer