The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-08-13

put in petition to have the sewer ex-
tendee block north.
reside in the southeast part of the
county, near Venango, We're Julesburg
visitors Friday of last week.
Mark Burke and l.. G. Burrows are
trying hard to bribe someone into
breaking the remainder of the sod on
their land south of the railroad.
T. W. Jenkins picked up few of his
belongings Monday and hiked out for
Nebrask, where he will tell the people
about the big crops in this section.
W. NJ. Smelser reports that his water
gauge registered one and one-half inches
of rainfall Saturday evening and on
Sunday night two and three fourths
inches.
President Parker Of the Commercial
Club has selected S. E. Stevenson,
Mark Burke and Harry Spillman as a
general committee for the Harvest Fes-
tival
There must he something wrong with
the atmosphere around Sedgwick.
Every little while peace officer is
called to investigate something that
amounts to nothing
The young friends of Hugh Linebar-
ger will be pleased to learn that he is
now the crack pitcher of the Tiffany
ball club, winning close game last
week against the Allison club.
Mrs. c. A. Grover, an attorney at
law of Chicago, is spending the heated
term looking after his s0-acre farm in
the west part of the county, and hav-
ing good time with his friends.
August Fischer, the implement man,
was in Omaha a few days the latter
part of last week looking after his fall
stock of goods. His son, Ed, who is in
terested in au tomobiles, accompanied
him.
The weekly concert by the band was
given the park Tuesday evening, C. w.
White being the promoter on this oc-
casion. A number of good selections
were rendered that were appreciated by
the crowd in attendance.
Rodney Smith and George Mortimer
Jr., of Shelton, Neb., spent Saturday
evening with friends in Julesburg. The
boys were on their return trip from the
mountains, making the run from Den
yer to Julesburg in eight hours
The rains stopped potatoe digging,
but Mr.. Deich had managed to load two
cars. So far the field is running about
l5O bushels per acre, and bringing
around $1.OO. This is not SO bad for a
crop that is not expensive to raise.
DIR. J. B. Durham and family, of
Wenona, Illinois, are spending few
days in Julesburg. Mr.. Dunham owns
a quarter section of land in the John
Law neighborhood, also quarter in
the southwest part of the county. He
will remain until after threshing.
We wish the farmers would report
their yields of grain to this office for
publication. We like the news first
handed, and then there may be some
thing about how the crop was raised
that would be of interest to our read
ers.
In order to start the week right, Mr..
August Knaax came over from Hol-
yoke, Monday, and procured a license
from the county clerk Judge Miller is
to blame for the rest The bride was
Miss Annie Bergner, popular young
lady living near Venango, and well
known to many of our people.
At an election held in the Big Sandy
irrigation district, near Limon in Lin
coin county, Tuesday, $3.50, 600 in bonds
were voted to construct dam across
the bed of Big Sandy creek and
take out the underflow. The project
has been pronounced feasible by compe-
tent engineers, and the first cost will
be $25 per acre.
N. c. Roth who has been staying
with his son Ed east of town of late,
moved into the johnson property Sat
urday, which was recently vacated by
C. w. Simons. Mr. Roth thinks of
purchasing some farm property near
here and should he buy here it is prob
able that he will make Chappell his
home in the future. .-Chappell Regis
ter.
Private Dancing Lessons.
Waltz and two-step taught in one
hour or no charge. We'n be at the
opera house every evening for one