The Globe-republican., 1908-01-30
sUCKLIN BREE-Es.
@. E. Smith left Tuesday morning on
a business trip to Medford, Oklahoma.

| ". r. ohltu ieIC lueSOay morning on
a business trip to Medford, Oklahoma.
Attorney Beck, prosecuting attorney
for Kiowa county was ln Bucklin on bus
luess, last Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Dairy OF Herington is visit
Ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 4. J. Tay.
lor Of this place.
W. I. Griffith is tearing down the
building on Nebraska avenue, built by
Red Williams aud JOhnpia Carringtoo,
In the good old days when the joint -four
ished, unrestricted In Bncklin. Mr.. Grif-
fith will use the lumber 10 the building Of
a dwelling house on an adjoining lot.
W.R. Gordon, E. E. McTIugh, Of this
place and s. L. Clute of Minneola arrived
In Bucklin last Saturday morning from
Kansas City, where they had been In vt
tendance at the Implement Dealers Con-
vention, they came 10 an automobile that
Mr.. Clute purchased while In the city.
They left X. G. on Sunday, January l2 at
! p. m. and arrived here at about 10 80
q. m. Saturday the 18th. They were not
travelling all the time these Elk days. At
one time in their journey they had to lay
over and wait for new tire to be sent
them from Kansas City; and they hsd
some trouble in keeping up their supply
Of gasoline. by the way they helped out
the oil trust on this trip. They came by
the way Of Lawrence, Marysville, TT.
Riley, Salina, Mcpherson and Hntchin.
SOD, and had good opportunity to see o
part Of the country with which they were
not familiar Mr.. Gordon says that the
wheat looks much better west from
Hutchinson than any that saw east
of that place.
A. s. Drake left last week for bis an
nual visit to Detroit, Mich.
"fhere ia many slip twixt the cup
and the lip" Last Saturday man claim.
Ing the name of Martin, his christian
name we did not learn, came into Buck.
lin. he claimed to have bought quarter
of land a few miles north of town on
which he was going to build at once, he
With the Bucklin Lumber Co. ;
for the material for the house the Lum-
Der Co. to commence delivering the
lumber on the ground Monday morniug.
He hired the carpenters to build the house
they were 10 go to work Tuesday morn
ing. Concluding that he would need
wagon he called on the different imple.
ment dealers a n d talked wagon with
them, finally along in the evening he
bought a wagon of the Bucklin Hard
ware Co., the proprietor, w. 4. Gordon,
being very busy at the time, be did not
hitch to the wagon but told Mr.. Gordon
that be would come back in short time,
settle and get the wagon. Time crept by
and supper time came but Martin did not
appear then Mr.. Gordon went to supper
ne says he was not gone more than
wenty minutes, but that seems to bave
been long enough, for when he came
back the wagon was gone but Martin had
neglected to settle for 1t. The hardware
people were not worried, they supposed
hat he would be 10 town Monday morn.
ng to see about getting his house started
Monday morning Mr.. Clark from south
# Ford, the neighborhood In which
Martin lived, came to Bucklin and said
hat Martin had vanished, likewise the
wagon and all of his belongings, he dis
ppeared Sunday night and neglected to
cave his future address. Dellingcr and
ramsey have no more job than rabbit,
nd Mr.. Gordon is trying to locate a
trayed wagon and we hope that be will
ucceed.