Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-05-05

presbyterian Onurcn, is the following
on
KANSAS:
Kansas is always in the public eye.
It matters not whether it be because
of some new political revolution, or
whether she is giving an illustration
Of trust throttling, whether through
the beauty of her women, the bright
ness of her men, the loneliness of her
girls, or. the ambition of her boys,
Kansas is always there. More than
that, Kansas is always in the lead
with that from which we get the staff
of life, and Kansas has the house
wife who knows how to prepare the
way to mans heart and affections.
You may isolate Kansas from the
rest of the world, and still her people
will live on and prosper as though
nothing had happened. She has
within her. borders all that is neces-
sary for the pursuit of life and
happiness, and will live on for an
eternity. From the coal, oil, and
mineral region of the southeast,
through the southern tier where
cotton grows, through the east with
her immense orchards, through the
greatest wheat belt of the western
hemisphere, to the arid plains of the
west where the herds of cattle browse,
Kansas can supply the people within
her borders, and have a generous
supply left for her less fortunate
sister states.
Born and baptised with the blood
of a nation, she has proudly advanced
and, redeeming the pledges made in
her behalf, has taken place in the
front rank of the states of this
glorious nation. Her fame is extended
by the acts of bravery of her heroic
sons, to the uttermost ends of civil
lization, and she is known far and
wide as the land of plenty, of peace,
of happiness, of prosperity, and as a
test of the recipes here given will
prove of good cooks. Try them and
be convinced.
Not to be out done by the ladies,
the gentlemen of the Great Bend
Gun Club, in its 1905 catalogue has,
as its Introductory, the following
truthful tribute to
GREAT BEND.
Great Bend is a beautiful city of
nearly $500 inhabitants, on the Mo.
Pac. and A. T. & F. Rys., 286 miles
west of Kansas City. 1t is wide
awake, progressive city, rapidly in
creasing in population and wealth,
and is offering more real inducements
to the man seeking business loca-
ton than any city in the western part
of the state.
She has Touring mills with a
capacity of nearly $500 barrels daily,
several large elevators, department
stores, machine shops, a north and
south rail road asking for franchise
through the city, and which will make
this city its terminus; a new wholesale
grocery concern ready for incorpora-
ton, and several other similar in
stitutions which will be fixtures in the
city in the near future. Great Benz
has excellent school facilities; {
Catholic academy, well equipped
hospital, elegant commercial clut
rooms, and many other things toe
numerous to mention.
She stands today the undispute5
and matchless queen of the great
Kansas wheat belt. with her gates
opened to the investor and the man
who seeks home, ready to do and
help any enterprise for the genera
good. Her excellent streets, witt
their elegant brick and cement side
walks, her up to date lighting pla
and telephone system, her waite
works system, her beautiful lawns an,
elegant residences, handsome wome
and smart men, with her banks over
flowing with money, bumper whea