The Globe-republican., 1908-05-21
sUCKLIN BREEZEs.

@. e. Smith is on a business trip tc
Guymon, Okla.
lfMrs. L. G.. VanVorhis returned Mon
day from a visit with relatives and
friends in Pratt.
Mrs. V. VanVorhls left Monday with
her three youngest children fer WISH
with friends in Chicago.
Mrs. N. d. Patterson and daughter,
DeIma, returned from visit TO the cast
ern part of the state the last of The week.
Sodville township Is preparing to &c
some road work this summer. They re-
ceived some new wheel scrapers this
week.
Mr.. Dolley is taking himself and hi;
crowd too seriously. That Stubs crowd
is not the Republican party-only kick
ing faction that call Themselves Repub-
licans.
Born-Friday morning, May ID, 1908,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Kora Hinkle, boy.
Now they have boy and a girl to care
for them when the declining years come
upon them.
That hoodoo seems to still be cliDging
to the Bucklin ball team. They played
at Pratt last Friday and got beat again.
They ought to have known better than
to have played on Friday-every body
knows that Friday is an unlucky day.
The weather man is hardly giving us
fair treatment these days. He is letting
| 1t get too dry. We need little more
water in our business. We had about a
steenth Of an inch of rain Sunday
evening but we. are ready now for a
lot more.
Fl. P. McCaustland sold to J. W. KEEL
lenberger of Coffey County, Kan, the
northwest quarter of section fifteen town
ship twenty nine range thirty, In Gray
county, and the northeast quarter OF seq
ton twenty. nine, township 20. range 20,
in Ford county.
Preparations for Decoration dey are
still progressing here, though they are
not far enough along for US to give the
program this week. The Rev. Ray AL
lison will preach the Memorial sermon
on Sunday, May oath, at II O'Clock, a.
M, either in the N. e. church or In the
tent near that church. Mr.. Botts, OF
Coldwater, Kan. will be- the orator Of
the, day on May 3Oth at Bucklin. Rev.
lC, E. Williams will make the addsess Mt
Meade on that day, returning here In the
evening, and will give talk appropri-
re to the occasion to the people here on
that evening.
The Jennings elevator here 10 being
pushed rapidly 10 its construction. The
size of the bollding Is 32x40 feet, and
from the foundation to the top OF the
building is AZ feet and from the top of
the foundation to the bottom .of the pit
lis 20 feet, making the structure when
completed 67 feet from the top OF the
elevator to the bottom OF the pit. 1t will
have capacity Of twenty.six thousand
bushels. Mr.. Jennings, the owner seems
to be q man of much energy and push
and we predict that he will make sue
cess of this venture. And we think that
he deserves success.
DIED-At her home In BuckliD, Thurs
day morning, May 18th, Il9OS, Mrs. Will
helmnia Gring, aged 76 years, 8 montbs,
and - DAYS. Funeral services were held
from the M. E. Church on Friday after
noon at 2 O'Clock. Services we're con-
Quoted by Rev. Chas E. Williams, pas.
tor OF the M. Z. church, assisted by Rev.
Ray Allison, of the Presbyterian church.
Interment was made In Bucklln GEM
etery. Wilhelmnia Bitter was born In
Kreplzburg, Germany, December God,
1880, and died In Bucklin May l4tb,
ll9OS. She was confirmed 10 the Luth.
eran church In early life and continued
her membership In that church until her
death. She was united In marriage to
Harry Gring In 1859. To this. union
were born nine children, three having
died In infancy. The deceased leaves to
mourn her loss, q husband aDd.six child
rem: Mrs. Gusta Dawson, Mrs. Mary
Rspp, Edward Gripg, Mrs. Ailly Coons,
Emil Gring, Mrs. Theresa kcAllister,
and sixteen grand children and four
great grand children. The deceased
with her husband and children, moved to
Milwaukee, Wis.,, In 1874, and came to
Kansas 10 1875, settliDg 10 the northeast
part Of Ford county, where they resided
on Q farm until FIVE months ago when
they came to Bucklin. The deceased
had been in poor health for number Of
years, gradually declining until Thursday
morning at two O'Clock the summons
came and she Joined the host In the life
lheunnd. waiting the coming Of loved