The Globe-republican., 1907-08-01
Carl Wan Riper was in Cimarron,
Wednesday On legal business.

Carl Wan Riper was in Cimarron,
Wednesday o. legal business.
For SArE-A fine Holdstein cow
See Wells TaIlman at Shinn place. 1t
Ralph Davis returned this morning
from two weeks wish iL Lawrence with
his,parents.
Mrs. 81. r. Marion arrived home this
morning from a years visit 10 Wichita,
and points 10 Illinois.
Presiding Elder J. r Irwin Of the
Larned District Methodist church, is quite
Ill at his home with nervous prostratior.
R. r. Hammond returned from weeks
visit lin Denver this morning He
was accompanied by one Of his old
soldier comrades, Capt Marsh Of Oregon,
who will remain here during the reunion.
Miss. Kate Greene of Mcpherson, who
has been here visiting her sister Mrs.
g. l. Wing, retnrned home this week /,
accompanied by her nieces Ethel and
Ruth Wing
| A telegram was received here today OF
the sudden death of H. X. Browns moth
or, on Wednesday evening at her home IN
Shelby, o. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and
daughters have been visiting at that
place the past month, and are expec'ed
home next week.
Another timely rain came last Frid,y
evening, followed bya second one on
Saturday evening. In all there was a
rainfall Of l. 20 inches. 1t all soaked In
to the ground and will put the corn and
feed crops lu flue condition. Ford county
Is getting great reputation for getting
rains at Just the time they are needed.
L. L. Taylor has purchased the fine
bred horse "Don Wilkes that has been
owned at Conway Springs, and will use
him for driving horse. Don Wilkes II
q valuable horse to use for driver
but Mr.. Taylor was determined to set
how 1t would seem to drive the bes
horse he could find.
| C.M. Beeson short time ago took ~
the matter OF special train service on tht
Rock I.land between Dodge City ant
Bucklin for reunion week With Mr.
Nudge, and 1t appea's that he has beer
successful In having 1t granted Thil
| will help the people southwest and south
east of here 10 getting In to attend tn,
reunion.
The county clerk has received the ta1
levy made by the state tax commission
Ford county will be required to pay thu
state $l7,l3O 90 this year or 63c on every
500 Of the county valuation. Through
the efforts Ct James N Na'ion. stat,
auditor, the county was given reduction
of 10 per cent on the total real estate
valuation. This il the largest amoun
ever required Of Ford county.
Within the pist month L. L Taylor
& Co., have sold $4,000 worth Of Ford
county land to actual settlers. and all oI
the land Is within twelve miles Of Dodge
City. One OF these settlers has p'acet
an order with Dodge City hardware
store for seven miles OF wire for hoe
tight fence, asd all of them are going tC
farm on good scale and improve thril
places
Is Dodge City keeping track of the
development of her natural territory
Has she fully realized that this Is re.
markable year In southwest Kansas;
that grain elevators are being built all
over the territory; that Oklahoma capital
lists are planning Wholesale house al
Liberal, and that other people are pick
ing on other places as location for dis
tributing points. A wholesale grocery
hhouse should have been started In Dodge
City three or four years ago. This place
has the location. and in every way Is i'm :
proving faster than any town 10 Western
Kansas, bitit is slow at getting whole.
sale houses started. A wholesale grocery
is overdue here by several years.
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