Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-08
LOCAL COMMENT.

WANTED-Old cast iron, at the
Great Bend Foundry.
Tom Brewer, sold his. residence
property in Pawnee Rock to w. H.
Bowman.
March came in like a lamb, and
was very lamb-like going out-sort of
soft and frisky like.
A Mr.. Ellis of Cedar Rapids Iowa
is here looking after some Barton
county lands open for purchase.
After approving the bonds of
$1,000 put up by Geo. HORNE, the
district court adjourned to April 29th.
H. P, Scheuerman of OTIS, is new
employee of the hardware department
at the E. r. Moses establishment,
and Fred Richardson of Ellsworth is
the new timer.
G. H. Ferris, formerly with the E,
r. Moses Mercantile Co., is now con-
nected with the Lehman Hardware
Co. of Newton. His family is stilI in
this city. :.
Chas. L. Bacon of Ellinwood was
taken down with a severe spell of
rheumatism at Olympia, Wash where
be had gone Oh a. visit. He is slowly
recovering y
Owing to an increase in the number
of pupils, the board of education Of
the district of which Hoisington forms
a part, on last Monday put on an.
additional teacher, making the eighth
on the force.
|. Carl Rudiger will leave some time
the coming week for Woodland county
Oklahoma, to take up a permanent
residence on his claim. The Demo
crat will keep him posted on Barton
county affairs.
The cannons have finally been
mounted, and now ornament the city
park. The bright red wheels on
which they are mounted are suggest
i've of the use we presume they at
one time have been put to.
A change in the owership of the
Gem Drug store at Ellinwood took
place Saturday morning, H.C. Arnold,
one of the proprietors selling his in
terest to Pete Doherty of Byron
Oklahoma, who formerly owned the
store.
H. c. Colgrove is now employed
at the flee of the Dawson & Zutavern
financial agency. He is very
pleasant young man. has been the
principal of the Langley school for
the past season. He was an army
chum of Sid Morrison.
Mrs. Dunn, of Dodge City, has
been in Great Bend few days on a
visit to her brother, o. S. Bailey and
family
Mat Argabright has had his run as
conductor changed so he runs out of
Newton, and has returned to that
point. He will move shortly.
Chef Cutler was in Ellinwood Satur-
day in the interests of the w. o. w.
A camp is being worked up at that
point, and will be instituted soon.
J. S. Olmstead, who has been firing
at Moses Bros Mill, leaves this week
for Newkirk, Oklahoma, where he
will probably locate for some time.
Mr.. A. B. Thomas, who has been
in this vicinity since the funeral of
his brother, Chas. ]. Thomas, has re-
turned to his home in Pueblo, Colo.
Phillip Dahm, Michael Morehead,
and Jno. Mason left Monday evening
for Portland Oregon, on a prospect
ing trip, and where Mr.. Morehead
will visit his son who has been in that
locality for number of years.
Roy Putnam araived Mond'y morn
ing, and is at work at the Seward &
Barnett barber shop. He has been
spending the past year in Texas, Old
Mexico, and other southern terri
torys.
Trustee Ashpole vas down from
Homestead Tp.. Monday. He has
about completed his work as assessor
as far as the city of Hoisington is
concerned. and says the same has
increased in population considerably.
It viii be total of about 1875.
I'VE note by Saturdays Hutchinson
News that the Rock Grain Co, has