The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-05-16
BUCKLIN BREEzES.

paid Bucklin an official yisit Tuesday.
J. I. Jones made q business trip 70
Dodge City Tuesday, returning Wednes'
day.
Edgar Gresham Of Wichita Is visiting
his parents MIR. and Mrs. <. A. Gresham
at their home In Bucklin.
| Another freeze Tuesday night and Ice
on standing water one-eighth Of an inch
thick Wednesday morning. We think
that Peary is making a mistake In going
| Ia guest Of the north pole at this time,
better walt until 1t gets here. as II seems
to be headed this way.
Margaret Kane, Cashier Of the Bucklin
State Bank, left last Sunday, on a yaca-
ton. she expects to be gone two Or
three months, and while away will visit
| friends 10 the far eastern part Of Uncle
Sans original domain. She will also
take In the Jamestown exposition.
A few nights ago the heating apparatus
In Chas. .Gresham's brooder exploded, set
fire to the chicken house In which 1t was
LOCATED, burned 1t to the ground and des-
troyed all OF his little chicks We believe
that the best, safest and most reliable in
cubater and brooder now on the market
is the old hen. With proper treatment
she IL perfectly reliable, seldom gets too
hot, and never explodes:.
A contingent Of the Kansas City COM
merclal club, one hundred strong, stopped
In Rucklin a short time Monday. They
put us in mind OF a lot of kids just turned
loose from school. They were travelling
| In special train over this southwest
country in the interest Of Kansas City,
and having good time generally.
Miss Maggie Culver is assisting Miss
Carrie Griffith In the postoffice this week,
while Postmaster Frazier is at home en-
PERTAINING a first class case of measels
His brother, q. P. Frazies is engaged IN
the same line Of business this week, anc
guess that there are others, for we learn
that there are many cases OF the measles
In and around Bucklin at THIS time.
It is reported on the street today thai
it snowed here last night. We do mol
know whether It Is true or not, as VIC
we're in bed and sleeping the sleep OF thu
lust, at the time that they say this freal
snow storm was 10 progress, but w
would not be surprised II 1t were true
even though It was the 18th Of May, to-
the weather has been on a rampage all o
this 80 called spring, and we are surprised
at nothing that happens 10 that depart
ment now.
On last Sunday there was specia
train pulled into Bucklin FROM the east
loaded 10 the guards with jolly crow
from Omaha, Neb., whose ostensible Dur
pose 10 travelling Ger this part OF To
country was to learn the extent OF IN
damage that has been done the wheat o.
the green bug. Their train WAS her
about an hour, then turned on the ~
and went back the way they came. A
Hutchinson they stopped for the engin
Ito take water, NJ d the Hutchinson New
says that, judging from appearances, ths
tho engine was the only thing connecte
with the train that took any water on ID
entire trip. They reported at Hutchin
son that the green bug had done dill
! dam to the wheat In all parts OF IN
! country that they bad travelled owe
Well, this msy I'll be true as 10 oth'
pats Of their journey, but II they exam
med field u wheat 10 the vicinity
Bucklin we don't know where 1t was. SUI
; day, thu day that they were here, was
Z very windy, dusty AMI di.agreeable da
q conducive 10 thirst and they stayed |
: their train aud their supply OF thir
e queucher, and what wheat fields theyssa
s was through the glass 10 the windows
+ their coaches, and perhaps through q
& bottom Of another glass. We do not mel
y to say that the green bng has done
damage ~ the wheat. but we do thil
that the damage Is over estimated 10 q
part Of Ford county We have be
driving through the country come
> Gently. and we thought, considering I
= weather that we have been having, tb
the wheat wac looking remarkably we
With very few exceptions the fields II
we have sren have good color ard 10
healthy and vigorous, but then we m
have been deceived, II may have been
green bug aud mot thowheat that ma
! the fields look so green.
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