The Springfield herald., 1915-10-29
lone Rock

eS, we uBFce WIFI our KIM eO.
itor that our county hub is not
keeping pace with the surround
ing country; but still we are very
proud of our little burg and can
see it fast coming to the front.
Steady, persistent trying will
climb over, Or dig through every
mountain Of difficulty, so if the
good people of Springfield will
get behind and push, we will
some day have a county seat
that will be the pride of the
county.
The pig family out here
all keep busy. Tom Park is
building barn and a chicken.
coop. he always keeps on The
move tt sumething. Walter
Rockllill has his house completed
and is moving in. He can well
be prowd of hhe home he has
built up by hard, honest work.
Warren Smith is en)ai ging his
barn, siding the cabin and dig
gins cistern. Warren does not
let any grass grow under his
feet. Ben Dillon has just con-
pleted d new cave and is iiIling it
with products from that we'll ar
ranged and we'll farmed home
s.ead. Harve kidder is prepar-
ing to build u barn. He is gath
ering III his new crops and stur.
ing away things for the winter.
He is always busy, making every
count and he will be one
who will make success Oh a
homestead. Cal Thompson is or
the jump, taking care of that big
harvest. He Knows how to fnrin
and knows how To l!arve, II his
crops when they are ma'ured
S;lm Carter is maxim. that
new binder nun in these parts.
He goes at the cutting OF feed us
he does anything else. with line
aim of succeeding. Frank Kid
der sue makes success ut
farming this good old Bac;
county soil. He is now reaping
what he sowed, and the harvest
is bountifnl. Franklin Dillon and
Herman Carter, besides taking
great interest in and helping
with their. fathers work., tinG
work here and there and go after
it with the vim Of the strong
men that they are. We can
plainly see that Ed. Vineyard
has not arrived here to idle away
his time. He seems to be IL
thoro Ugh workman at whatever
he puts his hands at, and we will
venture to say he will make IL
success and friends on the Baca
prairies. We are mourning the
loss Of one of our dear family,
Harry Smith, who has gone back
to Kansas to resume the du
ties of mail carrier at Emporia,
and we will soon have to mourn
the loss of our kind, generous
neighbor, James Stinson. who is
now planning on Lamar as hi.
future home. Such noble, intlu-
entail people we would like Ia
keep with US Our man of lhe
pulpit, Rev. Chas Hudnal,
though he resides eleven miles
away, is with MS each 1st and
third Sunday and is a bright
shining star that we are all
proud to follow. Well you have
heard nov from the whole big
family as we ire called for miles
around, so good by for this time
I'VE sometimes give place tc
a correspondents long letter be
cause of its intrinsic value. This
letter is extra good as a bio.
graphical neighborhood sketch
But we must request our cores.
pondents to AS a rule contiue
themselves strictly to short let
iers-from fourth toa sixth
of column. We are obliged tc
ask this as a favor TO, and out OF
consideration for, the other cor
respondents, each of whom has
that same :audible desire of hav.
4 ing th5ir section of the country
represented
/ Not in the Nay of Il sugSes-
tion, but as a kind of fee!er-wEat
about IL court house ad equate tC
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