The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-10-18

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A special meeting Of the Julesburg
Womans' Club will be held at the
Red Cross rooms at the court house,
at four o'clock tomorrow (Friday) af.
ternoon, Oct. 18th. Very important
business will be taken up at this meet
ing and all members are urged to be
present.
W. W. Miles of the south table,
paid US a pleasant and appreciated
call last Tuesday, renewing his SUBJ
scription to the Grit-Advocate fo-
another year. Mr.. Miles informs US
that he has rented his place and ex-
poets to 20 to Denver the first of
next month to spend the winter.
Mrs. w. T. Bower, Miss Genia
Geiger, and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rolf
son left last Monday morning for
Pueblo. Mrs. Bower and Miss Geig-
er went to attend the Grand Lodge
of the Rebekahs, and Mr.. Robson will
attend the Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows, all going as delegates from thi
city.
The local exemption board has not
yet received definite Instructions as to
the exact date the remaining fifteen
per cent of Sedgwick county's quota
| of drafted men will leave for the train
ing camp at Camp Funston, Kansas,
but it is expected that it will be in tha
very near future. Three men yet are
to go from Sedgwick county to COM
| plete the quota of 35.
81 always get ratified when l see
woman crossing the street ahead OF
me-" said the first motorist. 80 do
l." replied the second chauffeur.
"They pack around so many pins in
their hats and hair that if fellow
collides with them he is almost sure
| to puncture tire"
| A lot of coons were discussing one of
| their fellow-workers who had been
shot at the night before. A strange
negro who had drifted in asked: did
dat niger rum" Rum" replied a
witness. Run? Why, eff dat niger
had "a had jest one feather in his
ham he'd flew"
! One would have thought there was
a big show in town, from the the big
crowd in evidence upon the streets Of
Julesburg last Saturday. However,
it was only the scene of a hustling lit
tie city, with large number of peo-
pie going to and from our busy stores,
doing Fall trading.
Word was received here the first
of this week that Mrs. John Cook,
mother of DR.. D. NJ. Cook of Jules
burg, had died at her home in Lam
caster, Wis. DR.. Cook recently went
to Lancaster from this city be at
her bedside. We are informed that
Mrs. Cook was buried last Sunday.
The Grit-Advocate joins with the doc
tors many friends in extending SYM
pathy.
| Prof. Ira NJ. DeLong of the Univer-
sity of Colorado at Boulder, was a
Julesburg visitor yesterday. Prof.
DeLong is state organizer in the
Food Conservation work, and while in
our city presented the plan to our
citizens, mention of which is made in
the Monday luncheon notes else
where in this issue of the Grit-Advo-
cate. We acknowledge pleasant call
from Prof. DeLong.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Johnson.
accompanied by Miss Gladys and Ray,
sister and brother, the latter from
Fort Dodge, Iowa. arrived here last
Thursday in Georges big Jeffry car
from Wahoo, Nebr., for visit at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Johnson, and family in Jules
burg. George is engaged in the bak-
cry business and is making big sue
cess at Wahoo. He orders the Grit
Advocate sent to him at Wahoo for
the next year, as he wants the news
from his old ''home" town each week.