The Springfield herald., 1911-02-10
kenton Items.

comes Ben Clements racket store.
Here you will find notions of all kinds.
He also keeps fresh fruit and veget-
ables in season.
Henry Beerley is our blacksmith. He
has large shop full Of tie most mod
ern tools and has all the work he can
do.
Ben Walker owns the feed yard; has
good teams for hire an5 gives his pat
rons honest value fol- their money.
Here, your horses left in his care, get
the feed for which you pay.
supplies US with fresh beef, pork, chick
ems, turkeys, oysters, bologna and chill
con-carne, or Mexican dish. thatsounds
like it in name.
carry n large line of general merchan-
disc. They are well up in the lead in
volumn of business done. They will
sell you ANYTHING you want or buy any
thing you want to sell.
Next east of them is Henry Hood $
skating rink and dance hall. He has
just completed large stone building
which adds to the appearance of our
town.
Next door is the Virgins hotel, and
if you want to know what we call good
cooking, just drop in there for meal
Crit ALIENS telephone building is a
credit to our town and without the ser
vice his central" gives us, we would
not know much that is happening, since
Wikoff sold his newspaper. Crit is an
other man who has faith in Kenton.
He has just bought three more lots on
which to put his immense wood pile.
Our hardware, implement and furn-
iture store is owned by Plunkett and
Slack. They carry also line of har-
ness, boots and lumber. They have re-
Gently increased their storage capacity
and are adding to their stock.
Cimarron Co, bank, under manage
ment of Mr.. BEGINNER, does fine bus
mess and the state guarantees our de-
posits. The bank building is very
attractive stone,
DR.. Davis occupies part of the old
hotel building and proposes to open Il
four-cot hospital. He comes from To-
ledo, Ohio, and is having a busy time
of it just now.
DR.. Moessner has his Office in the
drug store building and DR.. Judkins
has a room in the Drew building, SO
Kenton is literally supplied now with
M. DIS.
The town boasts garage and auto
mobile agency.
W. T. Hughes, giley Hughes and
R. A. Murray, of our townspeople, own
automobiles.
Our school house is stone building
of two rooms, and we have Metho-
dist and a Baptist church.
The view up-river from town is beau
tiful and the hills surrounding us make
an attractive picture.
Farmers and cattlemen would be de-
I lighted with our fine alfalfa fields.
Just now we have fine dentist with
Us, DIR. Hardin, of Alabama. He also
is growing enthusiastic over the possi-
bilities of this section and would like to
buy and stay with US.
Miss Orender has a dressmaking
shop in the drug store building and is
never out of work.
Several cattle buyers were in town
this week. They looked at the Hughes,
Murray and Jones punches of cattle.
1t was reported here last week that
there were 81 cases of smallpox in Clay
ton. 1t is reported that Ed. Towers of
Mineral and a lady near there have the
same disease. Vaccination and cream
of tartar seems to be the popular pre-
ventics in the minds of the people.
Two new babies in town-a boy at
the home of Chas. Carter and girl at
b. o. Howard's.
Will Pennock received word the other
day that he has a young son with its
mother down in Kentucky.
The young people had nice dance
in Hoods hall Friday evening. Crit
Allen was the violinist.
DR.. Hardin, the dentist,is doing some
up-to-date work. We feel we are for
/ tunate to have him return.