The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-07-27

for clearing out house for the other
stations. They are shipping old gran
and will handle the new.
C-D-Swaim OF Robinson, Brown
county, Kansas, was a visitor to Sher-
man county Tuesday. He found what
! ne was looking fOr-acres Of land in
western Kansas, and bought the north
| half Of 4-S-42. He thinks that land
| is very cheap here and that there are
| big opportunities for hOmeseekers.
Next Sunday at the Episcopal
church In the morning, short dis
| course on Crises as Bringing Out
sermon, a Grandfather's Tales. -
Holy communion at $3.50 a. m. Sun
/ day school at 10 a. m. Cordial in
yitatiOns to all. P. A. Drummer.
Mr.. and Mrs. T z. Townsend and
| son Henry, returned from a four
/ weeks outing in Colorado and WyO-
ming Iney were at Colorado Springs,
| Denver, on the highest point on the
MOffitt road, at Cheyenne, Wyoming
and also at Kimball, Nebraska. They
came in on No. 10 Tuesday night.
B. L Stephenson, solicitor for the
Bankers Life Insurance Co, and Mrs.
stephenson left Wednesday for Cav
ker City, Kansas, where they will visit
relatives Of Mr.. Stephenson for three
weeks and also attend the Lincoln
Park chautauqua which opens for the
/ season July %. Lincoln Park is ''in
| the country between Cawker City
and Downs.
T. Roope, for the past three years
superintendent Of motive power for
the southwestern and ChOctaw divi-
| siOns OF the Rock Island, with head
/ quarters in Topeka, has rendered his
resignation to the officials Of the road,
/ to take effect on July 25. Mr.. Roope
/ viii take a. similar position with the
/ Burlington railroad at Lincoln, Neb.
Irwin, the six weeks old child Of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hartzler, died
Tuesday as the result Of an attack Of
cholera infantum. Funeral service
was held at the Mennonite church, 16
miles southeast OF GOOdland at two
/ o'clock D. m, on Wednesday. Rev.
| Eldridge Of the GOOdland Methodist
church, OfhCiated. The Peter Hartz-
Ter home was located u miles south
/ of GOOdland.
Here is a smoking story: An Irish
| man died at sea and il was necessary
| to cOnsign his body to the water. II
/ was Sewed up in a blanket and in de-
I fault Of other heavy material was
| weighted with coal, so that il would
/ sink. An Irish friend looked sadly on
| and said: Poor Pat L knew where
you'd go to when you died but didn't
! suppose you'd have to take your own
fuel with you"
In the next month all the RocI. Is
/ land engineers who have been with
| the company twenty-five years VIII
/ receive annual passes for themselves
/ ana wives over the emL1re EyELrne those
i who have served twenty years viii re-
| ceive an annual pass for themselves
/ over the system and those who have
/ been with the road fifteen years viii
receive ANNALS over the division
| where they are employed
] Miss Clara Paxton. who has been
| employed as a clerk in the dry goods
/ department Of the Millisack store,
| left for her home in Sharon Springs,
/ Friday evening She has resigned her
/ position in the store, but did not in
/ tend to 90 so SOOns but being notified
| Of the serious illness Of her sister,
LOtta, left last Friday The Paxton
I family lived in Sherman county for
i sveral months, having come here from
| Ports, Kansas
R. c Olinger OF Sutton, Neb-, who
owns the south half Of 11-7-4O. was
| in GoOdland last Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Olinger formerly lived in Sherman
county. settling here on a homestead
as early as eighteen years ago he
left Sherman county IN 1884, but has
/ never disposed OF his holdings here,
and still looks for further advance
ment in the settlement and develop
ment OF the short-grass country.
Warren Shamburg left Friday night
/ for Waldo. Kansas. to join his wife,
who IS visiting with her parents, Lr
and Ms Fritz The parents Of dr