The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-09-06

It vill BE sppsseistsl by ~.
County Assessor J. 4. AcClszy vas
q visitor from SeAgviek last Friday.
Miss Grace Dutton is . new SUBJ
scriber to the Grit Advocate this week.
Dsa't fail - see Ds. CarveT's Div
ing Asrses anA girhs At The SeAgviek |
CeSnty Fair.
DR.. d. NJ. Cook left here last Sum
day for Waukeena, Kansas, where he
went for visit with friends.
4 nice line of Children's Dresses,
for all ages, at Mrs. H. A. ConnOveP's
Millinery store. a30-s6
Mr.. and Mrs. W. N. Hileman of this
city, who has been visiting relatives
at Homer. Nebr., returned home last
Friday.
Dsa't fail T. see d.. Carers Div.
ing asrses sad girls At The Sedgviek
Ces.ty Fair.
Mrs. Florence Lewton and son Hon.
er of this city, returned home from
Grand Island, Nebr. last Saturday af-
ter having spent q week visiting at
that place with relatives and friends.
Misses Ola and Oma Jeffers, &C.
companied by their brother Fac, left
here last Tuesday via auto for Den
yer, where the Misses Jeffers will Wis
it with their parents in that city for
q short time.
Misses Beatrice Howard and Helen
Mulliken, the former from Salmon,
Idaho, and the latter from Leominster,
Mass, arrived here last Tuesday for
q visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mellen in this city.
John Spells and wife, Nathan Spelts
and Mrs. Elizebeth Spells, all of this
city and Alvin Spells aad wife Of
Loupe City, Nebr., returned last
Thursday from Encampment, Wyo
where they have enjoyed two weeks
outing trip.
JAMS Anderson and family moved
last Tuesday from their farm place
on the north table into the r. E. Bar
ret residence property in this city,
Mr.. Anderson having recently W
chased the property from Mr.. Barret,
who, with his family, are now resi-
dents of Bridgeport, Nebr.
Miss Bertha Durkee of this city,
who has spent her summer vacation
with her parents, D. c. Durkee left
last Friday for Ogallala, Nebr. for a
visit with friends in that city. Miss
Durkee will go to Pexton from Ogall-
ala where she will teach again this
year.
The wheat fields wnieh have re-
Gently been threshed in this section
certainly make big showing Cor this
territory. The farmer who ha small
grain this year has struck it right.
A year ago the market for wheat was
less than a dollar. This, compere,.
with the present prices should indeed
be gratifying to our farmer friends.
Prosperity reigns here.
Henry Flick of this city has been en-
gagged the past month in keeping the
total number of automobiles passing
over State Road No. 9, and during the
month of August, 81 days the total
number gong east and west was ASA
cars, or an average of l5l and fract
ion per day. Mr.. Flick was gathering
data for the State Highway Commiss
ion. State Road No. 10 is the road
running west of Julesburg.
Judge G. H. Austin and family re-
turned last Saturday from three
weeks visit spent at Aurora and other
Nebraska points, they making the trip
! via auto. The Judge is now busily
engaged in assisting in closing up the
details of the fair and will have gen
eral supervision of the gates at the
fair grounds.
Sedgwick County Fair-The Annual
Sedgwick County Fair will be held in
Julesburg, on the three days Of the last
| part of next week. In addition to a
number of free attractions each day
there has been $1,000 added for purses
and exhibits. Owing to there being no
county fairs in this immediate vicin-
ity, the one at Julesburg will undoubt-
edly draw large crowds from over this
section of the country. The dates for
the fair are September 6, and g.
Chappell Register.
Our friend 1. B. Hoag, of auctioneer
fame in this section, arrived here last
week from Hinckley, Mimi, where he
has spent the past summer. Mr.
Hoag will remain in this section dur
ing the winter and attend to the large
amount of business which he has here
in the auctioneering line each year.
Last week he cried the John Wegrlan
sale 9 miles southeast Of Sedgwick.
and informs US tina everything sold
we'll, a good crowd being in attend
ance. Mr.. Hoag says he ne, er saw
the prospects better for large corn
crop in this section. He also says
this condition prevails hack in Iowa,