The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-03-11
COUNTY NEWS.
Belpre Items.


M. Curry went to Wichita on bust
ness this week.
You can get Pratt's Stock Food at
the Harrison drug store.
A. Wait & Son received several
cars of lumber this week.
L. E. Wait and wife spent a few
days in Kinsley the first of the week.
j. w. Pharo went to Hutchinson on
business Monday. He returned home
Tuesday night.
! Will McConahie moved into the
new restaurant Saturday, and is now
open and ready for business.
Ralph Rudd is hauling stone and
lumber for a new house which he will
build on his farm north of Belpre.
Mel Ingraham and family will move
to Mr.. 1ngraham's farm near Fells-
burg soon. They will rent their house
in town.
Miss Alma Peterson returned from
Bethany College, Lindsborg, Sunday.
She went to her sisters, Mrs. Bert
Rager, and was there taken sick with
The measles.
Ed Donavan has gone to Wichita to
attend the congressional convention.
Mr.. Donavan will also buy butchers
outfit while there, and will put in a
meat market here in the near future.
While hauling feed for his stock,
w. N. Parker, who lives four miles
northeast of Belpre, met with quite an
accident. His team got away and
threw him backward from the feed
rack, so that he fell on his right arm,
dislOcating his wrist. He is getting
along nicely now.
The poles are being set and lines
strung for quite a number of te!e-
phones about town. Connections can
be made soon with the Fellsburg tele-
phone line. There will be at least
twenty-five phones in town, which
will soon be in operation. They will
be of great benefit TO the surrounding
country as well as to the citizens of
Belpre.
The new schoolhouse at Belpre re-
ceived its first gathering last Satur-
day night. The spacious assembly
room was we'll lighted and the large
crowd was we'll managed. Principal
Wertz called the assembly to order at
s O'Clock and the program began.
The first number was a musical Sc
lection which Mr.. Ralph Campbell
furnished with his monograph. The
next was dialogue entitled "Aunt
Betsy The selection was we'll rem
dered considering the embarrassing
features which it involved. We hope,
however, that Mr.. Duntly will do all
he can to bring about the deal which
he contemplates; that is, to purchase
the land on which he agrees to pay
one-half down. Following this was a
song entitled, 1--WE ARE GOING to
| VOTE" This song was a prelude to
the business meeting which was the
next number. This meeting consisted
of women conducting political CON
vention aud noticeable feature was
that all wanted to be elected. The
next was ID duet by Misses Trina
hardy and Sally Curry which received
due reclamation. "The Famous Peak
Sisters" were next. Space will pre-
vent Ii precise explanation of the
sisters, but from the continuous ap-
plause they received throughout the
play, it was much appreciated. Home.
The ladies of Belpre are to be con-
gratuia ted upon the success of the af-
fair. SIS 50 were realized to increase
the funds of the Belpre library.
While J. II. Keller was walking
through the alley back of Donavan' IS
hardware store Tuesday, about
o'clt ok, he was accidentally shot, it is
suppose d 10y some one shooting birds.
Dr-. O'FIyng and Afford were called
and extracted two bullets from Mr..
Keeler's forehead. They were of only
twenty-five caliber and did not pierce
the brain but fattened against the
skull. His father and brother arrived
/ Wednesday morning. Mr.. Keeler is
getting along very nicely at present.
/ Either some one has been trying to
pull the wool over the eyes of our
Belpre correspondent or We are mis-
informed as to the Keller shooting.
a dispatch published in tn Hutch
inson News states that Mr.. Keller at
telephOned over here Tuesday after
nom that Mr.. Keller had tried TO kill
himself \ gentleman who came il
from Belpre Tuesday evening said be
talked with the doctor who dressed