Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-07-18
News From Over The County
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D. C. johnson went to Anthony,
Kansas, Tuesday evening on business
trip Of few days.
Miss Francis Koelsch came in from
Denver the for of the week for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Koelsch, Sr. and family.
Jake Schooner. wnet to Cunning
ham last Saturday for visit with
relatives and friends and to look az
ter his farming interests there.
George WALTZ, of the south side,
made a trip to Wichita Friday on his
motorcycle to spend the 4th in that
city, returning Sunday evening.
Eugene Wagner was handing out
the cigars on the Fourth, the cause
for the same being baby girl at his
home. An extra smile now goes win
each shave at his shop.
Mrs. Charles Hammer, Jr., who
has been seriously i'll for some time,
is reported as being much improved
at this time and is now able to be
up and around a part Of the time.
Last week Oscar Shaffer traded his
farm near Spearville for a piece Of
land west of Pswnee Rock and i'm
mediately closed a deal for the sale
of the land, making a nice profit on
the exchange.
The first new wheat to be deliver
ed to Dartmouth, Kas., was bought
by L. ]. Degarmo for the Wolf Mill
ing Co., last Saturday from ROber'
Erbe and C. D. Johnson for IS cents
, per bushel. It tested from SO to 6;
pounds and the field of 100 acre!
made 1853 bushels or II ~ bushels
] per acre, which is not so bad for thi
year.
Charley Hinderliter was in the cit.
Saturday and reported havinl
0 threshed out at his place last week
+ He had out 100 acres and from tn
!; entire field threshed but 672 bushels
k Last year he had out 95 acres O
f wheat and from this acreage threst
d ed 2O9O bushels. A yield of bush
d els per acre doesn't look much like
/ get-rich-quick scheme.
3. Mrs. Carrie Postlewaite and daugl
d ter, Miss Gladys, came up from Oh
is lahoma City last week for a visit (
Ne several weeks here with the former
~ sister, Mrs. Charles Bacon. Mr.
IS Postlewaite has been a sufferer fro
IT. lung trouble for a long time, b.
nd says that the climate here seems
to agree with her fine and that she
IN. already getting better.
wv August Stolz and Otto Dobra
en- both of northeast of town, were
ne the city Saturday, bringing in th'
st. harvesting crew, having finished C.
for ting that morning. They cut lit
r over three hundred acres and be
say it was the hardest harvest tn
las ever experienced on account of
los extremely hot and windy wealth
,rd Part Of their wheat was very go
md but they say the biggest part v
G not make an average crop.
len Miss Wallie Hunt, of the sol
her side, is suffering greatly from a
down the cellar steps about a VIZ
ago, in which her side was very b
y bruised. She was brought to to
on Sunday evening and is be
cared for at the home of Mrs. F
Kaiser, and although she is gett
along as we'll as could be expected
will be several days yet befone .
will be able to be up and arol
again. 90.
Miss Mary Henkel and neph'
Leo Henkel, came In from Mendt
ILL.,, Tuesday Of this week for a v
Of a few days here with Mr.. and
Frank Weber and family and OF
relatives and friends while on ii
way to Colorado for an outing O
few weeks. Mr.. Henkel is study
for the priesthood at st. Frar
Seminary, in milwaukee, and is 1
on his annual vacation. He has b
attending the institution for ele
years and expects to be ordained
about a year.
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