Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-07-24

~ respected ana SuDSlanllal
young men of the community.
His bride has been a resident of
this city for a number of years
and is very popular among a
large circle of acquaintance.
The young couple will make
their home on a farm on the south
side, and with their many other
friends the Democrat joins in eX-
tending congratulations and best
wishes.
George o. Hunt has been on
the sick list for the past week
and has been confined to his bed
the greater part of the time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Martin and
daughter autoed over from HoiS-
ington yesterday afternoon on a
shopping trip and for little Wis
it with Great Bend relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Eldon Lowe came in from
Coffeyville the first of the week
and with her parents, Judge and
Mrs. E. C. Cole, left Wednesday
for Cascade, Colo, where they
will spend several weeks.
Most diSfiguring skin erup-
tons, Scrofula, pimples, rasheS,
etc, are due to impure blood.
Burdock Blood BitterS as a clean
ing blood tonic, is well recon-
mended. $1.0O at all stores.
A marriage license was issued
Wednesday of this week to Ru-
dolph DreSSIer, aged q, and Miss
Agnes w. Kraft, aged q. Both
are well known and popular
young people of the Claflin neigh
bOrhOOd.
An alarm of fire was turned in
from the James Lonnen home on
West Broadway yesterday morn
ing, the blaze resulting from the
explosion of a gasoline stove, but
fortunately the fire was put out
before it had caused much dam
age.
Clarence COlegrOve came in
this week for a visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Cole
grove and other relatives. He
has just finished a three years
enlistment in the regular army
where he has been serving in the
signal corps. He has been on
duty in Arizona along the Next
can border for about a year.
Will Woodward, a former
Great Bend boy, was down from
Spearville Sunday for a visit
with friends and to attend to
some business matters and Incl
dentally to attend The auto polo
game. Will has been farming
near Spearville for some years
and his many Great Bend friends
will be glad to know that he is
J getting along nicely.
F; Guy Stevenson was brought
down from Pawnee Rock Monday
and was tried in Justice Torrey's
court on a charge of drunken
ness and resisting an officer. He
was assessed a fine of $40 and
costs, amounting to $1S, and was
also given a sentence of 30 days
in the county Jail to give him
time to consider. the error of his
ways.
H. H. Holmes was in from west
of town yesterday and reports
that he has about finished all OF
his blowing for his wheat crop
for this fall. Getting the ground
turned over early after harvest
is over is one of the best ways
in the world to prepare for a good
crop, and Harry will be about the
first man in this part of the
country to get his ground in
shape. Although it has been very
dry, yet Mr.. Holmes says that his
corn is looking good and gives
promise of a good crop.
The trustees of the Christian
church have completed arrange.
mentS that gives to the church
the ownership of the property
west of the church formerly own.
ed by Mrs. Ida Moses. This gives
them a good frontage on Broad
way. The house on the newly
acquired property will be rented
until such time as the church i:
able to build a new church edi.