The Globe-republican., 1908-10-22

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OIL. Vanvleet ID suiFering with rheu'
rnstism In his arm. II 10 very painful
| L. o. Elder and wife returned Tues
day from visit with friends In the east
srn part Of the state.
| J. r. McBrayer, who has been quite
sick for several days, 10 thought to be
improving at this time.
Well, after week or ten days OF warm
south winds, this part Of The country re.
ceived a good rain Monday.
The lumber, or part Of 1t, for the
new Christian church here is on the
ground and The work will be pushed,
L.K. VanHorn, Of Ford, II. B. Bell,
and ]. Il. Jones, Of Dodge City, were
among the Bucklin visitors Saturday.
e. N. Redfleld closed his removal sale,
| packed bis remaining goods and fixtures,
and has moved them to Wllmore, Kan.
q. P. McCaustlaDd has had light
plant put IN his residence. It's a Cole
man hollow wire system and gives an ex.
celient light.
seth Sherwood, p. A. Reynolds, A. H.
Squires and Sherman Neeley went over
to Bellefont last Saturday and took the
examination for rural mail carriers; there
is soon to be vacancy to Oil on route
No. !.
The school board has now rented the
Hampy building on Center street for
school purposes and have employed an
other teacher. This action was made
necessary by the crowded condition Of
some of the rooms at the school house.
]. w. Emmons has returned from
visit to the old home In Kentucky. He
says we do not know what a real drouth
is in this part Of the country. He says
that we are In fine shape here, compared
with conditions in some parts of the
country through which be passed.
During the months Of July, August
and September of this year, there were
shipped from Bucklin l96 cars Of wheat,
as against 96 cars for the came months
last year, showing gain Of 50 cars
There remains in The elevators, and in the
hands Of the farmers, about 100 car loads
yet to be shipped. Mr.. Houston, the
local agent here, says that the business
has increased greatly In the past year,
tn. freight receipts on merchandise being
about $3.50 per month mere than ever be.
fore. These figures show that our town
was not badly hurt by the removal of the
In fact, our merchants are do
ing better business than they did when
The division was here, and much more
satisfactory.
On Thursday and Friday of last week
The Ford County Sunday School Conven-
lion was in session here. The attend
ance was large, there being an especially
arge delegation present from Dodge
City. The other schools In the county
were we'll represented, We are not able
10 give the names Of nearly all of those
who took part In the exercises, therefore !
refrain from giving any. All that took
part did well and the meetings were very
interesting. On Saturday afternoon Mr..
Hale, the democratic candidate for con-
gress, spoke his piece In the opera house
and at the same time there were six or
seven elders Of the Mormon church en-.
gagged in their missionary work among
he people on the streets. There was q
big crowd Of people in town and they
1ad their choice, politics or religion.
At night there was show to satiate
hose who were not satisfied by the af-
.ernoon entertainment. To Lelp matters
along during these three days, the wind
was moving from the south at the rate Of
about 60 miles to the hour, more or less,
which kept the dust moving at lively
ate.