Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-16
ELLnl WOOD.
From The Leader.
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Mrs. August .Neidig went to BEL
pre- this morning to visit G. SkalSky
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kleiseh and
children left this morning for their
home in Dodge City.
Mrs. Fisher mother of Mrs. Bob
Scbouse left Wtdn, ,day for visit
in Enid, Oklahoma.
Henry Nett of Guthrie, Oklahoma
is hereon a visit to bis mother, Mis-.
F. Lehman and sister Mrs. Otto
Wi6kelman and family.
sMrs. H. Refine left Wednesday
evening for Iowa where she had
been called by the serious illness OF
her brother.
Mr.. and MIS-. Albert Schroeder are
the proud parents of a baby girl
born last Saturday, Mother and
baby doing nicely.
Will Koelsch left Monday evening
for Kansas City where he has accept
ed a position with a large trunk
manufacturing firm there.
The Maennerchor will give a big
ball at their. hall on the evening of
July 4th and il will be we'll to keep
this in mind and FAKE your arrange
ments to attend, as the management
is preparing to make this one of the
real enjoyable affairs of the season,
Good music, good floor, good order,
and you can also bank on their be
ing good CROWD. Be'there.
S. N: Holt and DR.. Kruger have
purchased the real estate Office and
business of W. A. Howard and will
continue the business at the old To-
cation. They have been busy the
past week having the office remodel
ed and fixed up and when completed
will have as neat and nice an Office
as can be.found anywhere. Both Of
these gentlemee are hustlers and
will undoubtedly do an excellent bus
neSS'in this line.
W. s. Bryant of the south side
was in the city Thursday, and while
attending to other business matters
took occasion to call at the LEADEE
office to boost, his subscription date
up to next year. Mr., Bryan say'
they have been having an abundance
of Tain out his wac, and that the corr
and othes spring crops are looking
fine, but that some of the wheat
fields are rather weedy.
Wall Klein was here from Cimar
ron on Tnesdry of this week looking
after business matters and for Z
short visit with relatives and hi!
many friends, Mrs Klein and daugt
ter, Lola will be here for visit of {
few weeks as soon as the Commence
ment exercises out there are ovel
with. Miss Lola, who IS only twelve
yeaas old, is county school gradu'
ate and ranked third in grades
among a class ofaforty-four member:
and was the. youngest of the class
F.. She waS,t only member to receive
perfectgrade in the examination Of
photography.
The fire boys had an early morn
ing run to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hartpetz Tuesday morning
but the blaze was eextingniShed be-
fore their arrival. Mrs. o Hartmetz
had Just filled the tank and some Of
the gasoline and probably spilled
oges the stove and Immediately ig-
nited when she lit the burner. Mr..
Hartmetz was called from, another
room and picked up the stove and
carried it out of doors before a great
deal Obdamage had been done except
having the paper in the room badly
Scorched and some Of the woodwork
slightly burned.
Fire broke out in the ooffice of the
Postal Telegraph Co, here Saturday.
but was extinguished before great
: deal of damage was done, aside from
a~a side nall heino damaoad and III.