The Globe-republican., 1910-03-10
BUCKLIN BREEzES

". Il. Ian Vleet mas retuTneu IToIn LIS
trip TO Illinois and southern Arkansas.
w. r. Mayhood Of Hutchinson, was
transacting business In Bucklin Monday.
The brick work on G. e. Smiths bus
iness house will be completed In few
days.
G.F. and J. E. Trager attended the
automobile show In Kansas City last
week.
The brick layers completed the brick
WORK on Mrs. T. j. Taylor's house las.
Tuesday.
A. s. Drake, Of the Drake Cattle Go.
came in from his annual visit to Detroit,
Michigan, Tuesday morning.
The Carpenters have the frame work
Of J. H. Britenstine's new residence up.
1t Is over in tie west part of town.
The City Fathers are having clock
up" built, the city marshal has got tired
Of keeping drunks in his place Of bus
iness.
W. G.. Oxley has got his business
affairs about settled here and he and his
wife will leave soon for trip to CAL
ifOrnia.
Last week the weather felt very much
like the time for making garden had ar
rived. This week, so far, does not feel
so much that way.
Mrs. o. G. Morely, Of the Home at Ft.
Dodge. was In Bucklin Monday attend.
Ing to some business concerning the sale
of some property here.
AS the spring time comes creeping on,
the people Of our town are preparing to
put in more side walks. Well, | guess
that we need some more.
j. A. Squlres new residence, on the
south side Of Center Street and In tho
west part of town, is taking form, the
frame work being about all up.
Revival meetings are being held at the
Presbyterian Church here. l do not
know which is having the largest attend
ance the revival services or the picture
shows.
The excavating for the d. W. Haynes
building, on the north west corner of
Main and Center streets, is practically
done and they are now working on the
foundation.
The Offices of Mayor and Police Judge
of Bucklin must be strenuous jobs. At
least the incumbents take frequent vaca-
tions Both Of them are enjoying vaca-
tlons at this writing, still, the old town
is moving along just the same.
Messers Mayrath, Duncker and Davies,
county commissioners, accompanied by
Mr Gearhart, State Highway Engineer,
were in Bucklin Tuesday, locating the
lie for the new bridge across the Rattle
Snake just east Of Bucklin. They did
not inform us as to the site determined
upon.
The smallpox cases In this vicinity
are getting along fairly we'll, and 80 far
as the writer knows, are all ct the one
house about two miles from town. The
only fatality, SO far from the disease, 10
that Of the three weeks old babe Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Cook.
McCaustland, Taylor, Robinson aud
King, have returned from their trip of
spying out the land ia New Mexico.
have not interviewed all Of them, but
those have talked with say that they
have nothing to trade for anything they
saw In that country. They do not report
the territory as Glowing with milk and
honey" by any means.
County Superintendent B )dy field was
in Buckin Monday evening and gave a
talk on the question of new school
building suitable for high school. III
was more conservative than we expected
more 60 than suited some of his hearers
He told Of some other towns that had ex.
perience along the same lines and tina
were now sorry that they did not MAKE
haste more slowly. Although, he ma!
have been Influenced to some extent BY
self interest, still, we think that In th
main he was right. We do not thin
that 1t would be wise to imp ose too grea
a burden on the people at this time; ant
: then, again, there is possibility that tn
law, which is proving to be unsatisfaC
tory, may be repealed by the next legis
n lature. 1t is to be hoped SO at any rat
!, and with 1t several other very unsatis
r factory laws that are cumbering th
}, statute books Of our state