The Goodland republic., 1907-03-08

ness. He is looking well and thinks
that he viii again locate in Goodland.
G. ". Ryan, a lawyer OF Troy, Kan,
was in town this week, the guest Of J.
E Pitman, proprietor of the Hotel
GoOdland. Mr.. Ryan and Mr. Pit
man were former business associates
in Troy. Mr.. Ryan's father is state
senator from one Of the senatorial dis
tricts in eastern Kansas.
R. NJ. Jaqua, H B. Bear and J. c.
Mcpherson of Cheyenne county were
IN Goodland Tuesday on their way to
Colby on land business. Mr.. McPher-
son is engaged in the implement busi-
ness in Haigler, Neb., Mr.. JaQua is In
the real estate business in St Francis,
and Mr. Bear is in the lumber busi-
ness at St Francis.
The Ryan Bros. are building a five
room house on South Sherman avenue,
nearly opposite the Alex Stevenson
place. On the opposite side Of the
street, corner Of Sherman avenue and
Fifteenth, a large two-story house,
36x36, is being erected for a small
hotel or boarding house for Miss Nc
Intyre OF Mankato, Kan.
P L. Snodgrass Of Brock, Neb., and
Grant MOren OF Johnson, Neb., were
in GOOdland this week Mr. SnOd-
grass has land near Edison and Mr..
Moren has land near LaBlauche. BIr.
MOren win bring out a steam plow-
ing outfit and break out his land in
this county. Mr.. SnOdgrass lived in
this county in the early days
Mrs. c. D. Krow, nee Miss MoIie
Hargraves, Of Shelton, Neb-, is spend
ing a couple Of weeks in GOOdland on
a EFN To -
her husband parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Newton Krow OF this city. Clarence
KrOw was formerly engaged in the
newspaper business in GoodIand, but
Is now in the printing business at
Shelton.
John Bretz, a former Sherman
county resident, now living in Den
yer, says that from reading this pa
per, he judges the winter to have been
the same here as in Denver. Had
our first rain Friday night, the 22d,
in this year" he says. Weather has
been mild and dry with only a few
short cold spells, and February has
been quite nice. II I should happen to
drop down to GoOdland some time,
am pretty sure 7 would have TO en-
gage a guide to show me through
the city, it is reported to have grown
50 rapidly
At the meeting OF the Athena club
Wednesday afternoon, a most inter
esting paper was read, giving the his
tory OF the Santa Fe trail. The paper
was written at length and with much
care BY Jurge Henry Smith Of kan
sas City and gives his personal ex-
perience OF a trip over the trail when
a boy Of sixteen The account was
written by Judge Smith for the Athena
club at the request Of his daughter,
Mrs H. 7. BurwelI, who is a jealous
member OF the club. The Kansas City
Star requested the right to publish the
paper, and it win appear in the Sun
day issue.
Wednesday evening the home OF lTr.
and Mrs ". S. Coleman was made
merry by the arrival OF seventeen lads
and lassies. who. with masked faces
and quaint attire, made the evening
interesting and Iaughable. Their
antics in trying to md out who was
who was very amusing, which finally
ended in q contest, won BY Clair Cot
ton and Mabel Odell- Both The Good
land Republic and Record were rep
resented by costumes Refreshments /
we're served at midnight. after which /
TIE guests soon departed, thanking /
their host, Claude Coleman, cor q /
pleasant evening.