The Goodland republic., 1906-07-06
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crops spotted in some places good
and in others poor, and thinks Sher-
man county viii compare favoTably
with other sections OF the country.
W. H BurWeu Of Boone, Ia, was in
GOOdland Thursday. He has large
landed interests in Sherman county,
owning at present ten quarters, and is
looking around to buy more. His
wife also came with him. he recent
ly bought twelve quarter sections Of
land recently in Stanton county, kan
Sas.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Mcbride. accom-
panied by their son, Frank, returned
from a months visit in Youngstown,
o., on No. 5 Tuesday morning. Mr..
Mcbride was delegate 70 the national
convention Of the 3. Of l. Z. at Mem
phis, Tenn He was absent two months
and Joined Mrs. Mcbride and Frank
on their visit to relatives in Ohio.
Regular morning and evening serv-
ices are held at the Congregational
church every Sunday at II a. m and
s p N. The pastor, Rev. A r. DOdd,
viii have for his morning topic next
Sunday The Greatest Gift Of the
Ages" and for the subject OF his even
ing address The Truly Wise" A
cordial welcome is extended to all.
z. s. Knight was a BUSINESS visitor
at Colby last week. The Brewster
fellows who got into the clutches Of
the law for dispensing booze have Sc
cured the services OF Mr. Knight to
help them out Of their predicament-
The preliminary trial went against the
accused, and the regular trial Of the
case VII come up soon before the jus
tice Of the peace at Colby.
Mrs E ThOrSen, accompanied by
/ her son, Jesse ThOrsen, left last Fri
day morning for a visit to the home Of
l Mrs. Thorsen'S mother at Ottawa, III.
J esse was one year old when the fami-
/ " came to Sherman county. He lost
/ his hat on the train and came to this
new west bareheaded. He returns a
grown man, and a railway conductor
/ on the Rock Island system
] E s. McKain Of Horton Is hack in
GOOdland and has accepted a clerical
position with the Rock Island at this
point He formerly was employed by
Z the railroad here and later was ab-
/ stracter in the real estate ONCE OF Q.
/ L. Calvert. Before returning to Good
land he held q position with the Rock
I Island in Horton. Mrs Mckain IS
I here, too, accompanied by her sister.
] James Cumminsa Of Talmage, Neb-,
! accompanied by his wife and daugh-
I ter, were in GOOdiand a few days this
/ week on their way east from ColOra-
do Springs Mr. Cummins owns q
I haif-seCtion Of land within four miles
. OF GOOdland, on which he has 23O
. acres Of growing crOp-160 acres Of
/ wheat and 20 acres OF barley He
says the grain looks gOOd-greener
I here than in Gods country"
/ Mr. and Mrs Joe Jones were made
+ happy on the evening Of July 4 by
I the arrival OF a baby girl at their
home on West Eleventh street
I The little one, the only child, has
come 10 warm the big hearts Of papa
and mamma, and 20 be enthroned
itself as the idol Of the home Mr..
and Mrs. Jones have lived in Good
rland for a number Of years. Mr.. Jones
being a dispatcher with the Rock Is
land.
]. Ed Stevens and ChaIkIey A vii
son left Thursday evening for Den
yer and other points near the Rocky
mountains for a few weeks vacation
\ After taking in Denver they viii 90
I on to Pine, Colo, a place SO miles
y west OF the mountain city where they
/ viii fish, Kill Roosevelt bear and do
u other stunts OF the hunter and fisher.
! Mr. Stevens wiz be gone three weeks,
but M Wilson VIII return sooner
than that
]. L Crockford OF hastings, Mich,
formerly a farmer Of Grant township,
4 this county, writes 20 this paper that
he IS coming back 70 Sherman county
this fan on a business trip Ny heart
and mind are ali in Sherman county,
and If my health would permit I
would be there also" he says M
lCrOck1Oru LETT q couple OF years or
more ago, after q residence here OF
nineteen years He still owns q half
IseCdon OF land in this c0untTs snd
about fifty head oE cattle
Wade Warner, bonded abstracter
for Sherman county, exhibited to the
editor this week an abstract he made
on lot -. block 60 which covered 5S
sheets of legal size paper. and con
taine6 % entries. The abstEact scf