Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-02-10
Let Us Have Sewerage In Great Bend.

PCOPiC, VIC AH0 t1IoL <GOACIC I1dS put
in a system of sewerage that does not
cost much, and gives good satisfac-
ton. They figured on this carefully,
before they put it in, and examined
the system in other cities that had it,
and found it worked all right, and
since they have put it in. are well
pleased with it.
They use this heavy thing. They
claim their largest thing is twenty
inches, and runs down as small as
eight inch on by-streets.
They say they took Main street
first, and severed il, and taxed it up
to the property. Parties that did not
want to pay for it then, had five or
six years to pay for it in, and it
was taxed up against them, which was
perfectly satisfactory to the property
owners.
Now can't we do something like
that here? Take for instance, Main
street, and sewer it to the river, and
then, as fast as people want it,
the other streets.
We have good city council, and
we would like to see the whole coun-
Gil and mayor reelected, in order to
get this, and other Improvements
thoroughly established in Great Bend.
This is not taffy, or fattery. We
have good public servants, so why
change and put in others. 1t is too
expensive to Exchanging all the time.
Every business, to be successful, re-
quires the least change possible. We
would like to see the Council take
hold of this.now, and. the citizens up
hold it.
We would also like to see the city
buy the Morrison House, put in nice
city hall, have a nice room set apart
for city library, give another to the
ladies for club room, and have them
start the nucleus of library, and we
know the citizens would help them
out.
While we are making suggestions
for the good of the city, we would like
to mention some things that arefor the
good of the individual citizens of the
city and county. : > g :s''D
For instance, every school dis
trice in the county should have an
organ, in order that the teacher may
properly teach music. AS stated
heretofore, every teacher, has to pass
an examination in music. How can
you expect a teacher to give lessons
in music, without the accompani-
ment of the organ?
In some of the districts, we find
that the teacher is raising part of the
money, and the district the balance.
Let us give the children as good an
education in music at school as we
possibly can.
Now do not wish to appear selfish
in any of these matters, by stating
we would like to sell organs or pianos
to every school district in the county,
but we would like to Go just as much
of this business as we can, and we
would be pleased to have any of the
teachers or school directors have our
organ man put in chapel Organ, try
1t, and see if it pleases them. We
sell the Newman, Farrand, Mason &
Hamlin, and the Putnam.
We again call the attention of the
farmers, and people who feed horses
cattle and hogs, to the fact that
ground feed is considered the best
and the cheapest. We have the Grain
King feed grinder, which will grind
even the smallest grain as we'll as the
largest. You will find that the ma or.
ity of feed grinders will not GRIND
J nall grain successfully without mix
ing it with large grain. Ours vii
grind either large or smallgrain equal
ly well.
| We again call the attention of the
farmers to the fact that the large
amount of fertilizer that they have
around their barns aud pens can be
utilized to good advantage upon