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ikBTON -COUNTY BEMOCRA1 ! V - ; . VOLUME XXX. . GREAT BEND, KANSAS,' FRIDAY, APRIL. 18 1913 , - NUMBEfe C ' , From AH Reports the leal Is Now Getting One of Its; Annual lings, But It Has he tie lives of a Cat. ' " . . . . '. GAS PLANT A POSSIBILITY. Messrs, Dohdelan and Aikin of Man 'hattaa met with the- business, men Monday might to lay before them 'facta la connection with the erection tad operation of a gas' plant -which the propose to establish here if they can secure a franchise. All they ask is permission to use the sereets and alleys of the city for the pur pose of laying mains to furnish man ufactured gas for lighting, heating and cooking purposes at an agreed price per foot for the gas consumed. asking anyone to buy stock in the plant nor da they ask the city or commercial club for a site. Their proposition is that they will build a plant here and compete with anyone Cor the business of commercial light ing in stores and business houses and tor the heating and cooking in resi dences. They state frankly that elec tricity for its convenience, is likely to maintain a supremacy as a house light but that their lights will te adopted in the stores. The only thing toe visitors asked was that they should be allowed to come here and compete for business. ""If we can't furnish you with a pro duct cheaper than you get it now you 'Won't buy,' ' they said, "and is's up to tis to make good. We have no favors to ask of any sort." The company own and operate a plant in Manhattan which is meeting with flattering success and have been eked to erect (plants in Abilene, Junction City and Concordia. The matter was inquired into deeply by 'those present at the meeting and the -general feeling was that "it's a good thing and should be encouraged." An x&her meeting will be held within a tew days at which time definite steps will probably be taken to assure the erection of the plant within a few -booths. tLLINWOOD TAKES FIRST. ' "The Ellinwood" nigh 6chool base baL team took the first game of the sea son from the Great Bend high school team on the home grounds here last Friday afternoon, the visitors hav ing an easy time to, win with a score of 13 to 2, easily out-classing the home boys who lacked team work and committed some grievous errors "when errors meant runs. It seemed to be an all round eff day for tie tome team, for some of the mcst con sistent players on the team made nu merous bad Dlavs and the heavy stick ers falleld to connect with the ball at the opportune time and to add to this all the luck of the game seemed to break for the visitors, but at that the Ellinwood boys deserved to, win tor they played good, consitent ball throughout, showing up in extra fine shape for their first game of the sea son. A return game will be played in the near future, and the Great Benders say that the, result will be different next time. Copyriclit) THE WEATHER MAN WAS GOOD TO THE KIDS. Saturday, jras a perfect day for the field meet of the Barton county achopis. Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the, occasion. Early in the day. people : from the; country districts' and the surrounding; towns started coming" in by buggies -and auto." The morning' trains from ieast west and north brought a load from each direction. About 200 came from Ellinwood alone, by train, beside, prob ably that many more wiho came by auto. A laree number from Hoislns- 1 :- ' y GRADE SCHOOL OF THE CITY ENROUTE TO THE FAIR GROUNDS ton helped to make the day a suc cessful one. One of the spectacular events of the day was the parade of the Washington school of the city which occurred at eleven o'clock and was participated in by about 150 hap py young Americans from the grades. They carried asty decorations and with their teachers made a proces sion nearly two Blocks long. The streets were thronged with a jolly, happy crowd of kids and their elders, all anticipating a day of genuine amusements. The youngsters were "on their toes" so to speak, with the thoughts of competing in the var- ious events of the day where they were to win laurels for their respec tive schools and place themselves in the hero class with their comrades, teachers and parents, for each child, with the optimism which is his heri tage, expects to win and doesn't change his views until he Is beaten, and then (bless his heart) he takes defeat, if such be his lot, cheerfully and proceeds to strive harder for hon ors ia. the next) event. The parents were much in evidence and enjoyed the day as much as did their offspring. There is nothing whicu makes a parent's pulses quick en or brings the old time sparkle of youth to his eye more quickly than to see "his boy" or "his little girl" winning in any clean competition with other children and this possibly is more true in athletics than any other form of competition. Good na tured rivalry prevailed in all events of the day, unmarred by any misun- DREAMING derstandings of any nature. In this respect we grown-ups may well learn a lesson from the school children. One thing lacking in the enjoyment of the day occurs to us tof hare been the lack of interest displayed by the business houses and the people gen erally of Great Bend. "Na assistance had been asked beyond the giving of some small donations for the various events. The busy merchant or pro fessional man often overlooks a bet simply because he's busy, not because he is self-centered or unwilling to boost the pleasures of others. No music was on the grounds. We sug- gest that another year the merchants of the town, if they have the matter brought to their attention, will be gted to employ a band to furnish music the whole day. It won't cost any firm much and will do much to enliv en the events of the day and furnish entertainmea for the, crowd between events, and above ajl, will be appre ciated by the people from the coun try and the surrounding towns to whom we owe that much if not more. The principal athletic events took place after two o'clock at the Fair grounds and were won as follows, with possibly a few exceptions of a minor nature: The west side girls won the Dodge ball event took second in Black and White, Ellinwood girls taking first, and won the flag race; for girls. The West side boys- won the potato race for boys under 12. West side boys took first and second la the shot-put for boys. In, the chinning contest 71 won the est for rural schools with 21. The east side boys won for city school with 53 for a team of three contestants. Track Events. 100 yard dash, H. S. Rucker, Great Bend, 1st, time 10 3-4. Scheufifler, Great Bend, 2nd, Helfert and Durand, Hoisington, 3rd and 4th. 100 yard dash city and rural. Wil liams, west side, 1st, Jime 11 1-5. Webb and Hawkins, west, side, 2nd and 3rd, Koonz, 4th. 50 yard dash, boys under 10. Dee Button, No. 17, 1st, time 8 1-5, Zim- mer and Faber of No. 40, 2nd and 3rd NO GAS FOR HIM. A message received here by rela tires the first 'of the week from Frank Pile, of Hutchinson, informing them of the narrow escape of Frank and family last Saturday night from a leaking as pipe in their house. They had Just had their house piped for gas last week and the connec tions wer no doubt faulty some where, for when Frank woke up some time early Sunday morning the house was so full of gas that his wife and children were unconscious and it was all he could do to get the door open and got them into the1" air where they were revived. Frank says about the first thing he did Monday morning was to order the gas fixtures taken out, his one exper ience convincing him that maybe the old way is the best way after all. City, Brisco 1st, Wesley, Warner and McKinney, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. All west side. j 220 yard dash, High School. Ruck er, 1st, time 28 1-2. Seeber and Mc- Cormick 2nd and 3rd, all Great Bend, Duran'd, Hoisington, 4th. One half mile, grades (city), Breed- en, west side, am Myers, east side, tie. Warner, west side, 3rd. (Rural) Koontz, 1st, district 16. 40 yard dash for girla under 12. Button. J7, 1st, Gaunt, 71, 2nd, Ewlng 40, 3rd, and Agnes Remmert, 41, 4th. Fourth mile for boys under 12. Hawkins and Merten, west side, 1st and 2nd. Ruble and Allison, 3rd and 4th, east side. 75 ) yard dash for superintendents. Powers of Ellinwood an easy winner and Senter of Great Bend, 2nd and Rankin, of Hoisington, 3rd. 50 yard dash for boys under 12. (Rural.) Dee Button, 17, 1st, Faber and Zimmer of 40, 2nd and 3rd. (City) Allison, east side, let, Hawkins, west side, 2nd, and Merten, west Bide, 3rd. One half mile, High School, Scheuf fler, Rucker and McOormlck, Great Bend, 1st, 2nd and 4th, Durand, cf Hoisington, 3rd. 440 yard dash, high school, Russell and Hart, Great Bend, 1st and 2nd, Durand, Hoisington, 3rd. 50 yard dash for girls. (Rural). Al berta Gaunt 1st. (City) Christner, Hemker, Powell, west side, 1st, 2nd and 4th. Pratt, east side, 3rd. 880 yard relay race, Hawkins team, west side, 1st, Breeden team, west side, 2nd, Scheuffler team, east side, 3rd. Pole vault. Ruddick, Ellinwood, 1st, Seeber, Great Bend, 2nd, Tur ner, Hoisington,, 3rd Helfert, Hois ington, 4th. Ruddick was strictly in a class by himself in this event. He won at a heigh' of 8 feet and then as a matter of exhibition which' was greatly appreciated by the crowd, proceeded to set the mark at nine feet and six Inches. His work was quite a revelation to some of the con testants who previously had, consid ered that they were masters of the art. ' ' Shot put. Bloom, of Pawnee Rock, won this event with Rucker, Great Bend, 2nd, Tindall, Hoisington, 3rd, an White, Great Bend, 4th. In the broad jump for boys of 12 and over, grades, Williams; west side, took first for 17.2, Wells and Haw kins, west side, 2nd and 3rd, Kimpler, Ellinwood, 4th. Broad jump for high schools. Ruck er, Great Bend, let, with Jump of 19 feet Russell, Great Bend, 2nd, 18.1, Helfert, Hoisington, 3rd. High Jump. High sttool, Rucker, Great Bend, 1st, Ruddick, Ellinwood, 2nd, Durand, Hoisington, 3rd, Cooney, Hoisington 4th. Baseball throwing for girls. Joyce Clark, 1st, city, Pauline Gaunt, 71 2nd Dewey Goodwin, city, 3rd, and Lydia Ochs, Hoisington, 4th. Points were won for the various schools as follows: High Schools. Great Bend, 44. Hoisingtonv 6. ElHawood, 8. Pawnee Rock, S. City Grades. Washington, Great Bend, 8L Roosevelt, Great Bead, 35. Hoisington. 4. Ellinwood 8. Central, Great Bend, 5. Rural Schools. District 71, 39. District 17, 18. District 40, 17. District 14, 1. Each first counted five point, each eoond three. arfi third fin WILL ISSUE BONDS TO LAY OUT FLOW PIPE. The city council In special session last Thursday night decided upon a bond issue amounting to fifteen) thou sand dollars and divided Into thirty bonds of five hundred dollars each, to run twenty-five years at five, per cent, for the purpose of laying a, pipe as an outflow from the septic tank. Engineer H. A. Rowland, of McPher son, who had been employed to make a survey and to draw; blueprints and specifications was present and thresh ed the matter out fulry for the coun cil Mr. Rowland estimates that a 21 inch pipe is suficient for present needs end will be with, a ncmulation of 10,000, provided that seepage end unusual volume of water caused by spring rains is never greater than is estimated from the past seasons. The matter of the size of the pipe was at the suggestion of Commissioner-elect C. L. Moses left as an unset tled factor, with the understanding that bids may be submitted for the laying of a 21-lnch tile and also for a 24-inch, and that If, in the Judgment of the council, the cost of installing a 24-inch is not proportionate too much greater than that of a 21-lnch, the, larger tile shall be used. Bids will be received till April 28 and soon after that time action may be ex pected. The citizens of the city gen erally concur with the council in the belief that this is about the only practical solution of the great prob lem, "What shall become of the sew age." SAMS-HANEL. Mr. Theodore Sams and Miss Lenah Hanel, two of the popular and well known young people of the city, play ed a surprise on their friends and relatives last' Saturday afternoon when at three o'clock they were unit ed in marriage at the M. E. parson age in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Frazier being the only guests In at tendance. It was the belief of some of their friends that the yourg cosple were going to Lyons to be married and they had arranged that if such should be the case the send-off they would give them would be a. memor able one, but the couple, knowing of the'r friends' plans, decided to fool them a little. Mr. Sams is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Sams of this city and is one of the Industrious and ambitious young men of the city. For a num ber of years he has been an employe of the local telephone company and Is a young man respected alike by his employers and all who know him. His bride is a daughter of Mrs. Chas. Hanel of this city and Is one of the most popular young ladies of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Sams will make their home in this city, and with their many friends the Democrat joins in congratulations and best wishes for an extremely happy and prosperous married life. 1 A. & A. SOLD. A deal which has been pending for some time was completed last Thurs day when Claude Barricklow purchas ed from the A. & A. drug firm of Hutchinson their store In this city which he has been connected with for the past five or six years, the business being turned over to Mr. Barricklow immediately. The A. & A. store is one of the best equipped and has one of the largest stocks of any drug store in the state and Mr. Barricklow is to be congratulated on securing the same, He is a druggist of many years exper.ence, a registered phar macist and a business man who will look after the wants of his patrons in a manner which will entitle him to a large share of their support. The business will be, conducted under the firm name of the Barricklow Drug Co. a. ANOTHER RUNAWAY. Will Koopman, of east of town, while using four mules on a disc on Tuesday of this week became mixed up In a runaway in which he suffered a broken leg In addition to sever! vers bruises. While at work in the field the mules became frightened and ran away, getting beyond Will's control, and in order to save him self from more seriousj injury jumped from the disc, falling in such a way as to break a leg, but It la extremely fortunate, that in a mixup of this kind he was not more seriously Injured. The teams were not injured. Bert Trester was a visitor from the Helzer nelghborLod Wednesday. NEWCOMBE. Calvin Qulncy Newcombe, oaa C the bee known and most highly rv esteefcned citizens of Barton' county, passed to his reward Friday, Aprfl U. after an illness extending over 4 per lod of several years and which for the last two years has never eeftaej ' to be serious. Though long past the eflkjrteri, span of life, being at th time of his death In his niaettc& year, and for some time in A greatly enneebleil condition physically, has was bright and sound mentally and had a clear and vivid recollection, ct events which transpired In his early life. He has always been recognised, as a man of great individuality aad strong character, and possessed la. numerable traits which greater .a deared him to a host of those wfta were fortunate enough to knew him intimately. He was born In, 1823 in Batata, N. Y. As a young man he became a Civil engineer and for years followed that line of work constructing locks alone the Erie Canal and doing engineering work for the railroad which were be coming Institutions of public Interest. When the civil war broke out he Join ed Co. K., of the 5th N. Y. engineer and served with distinction. . In 1878 he moved to this country from Flint, Michigan. Then past the prime of life, 56 years of age, he bought two sections of land in Independent town ship and sent east for the first full blood Shorthorn cattle and full blood, Berkshire and Suffolk swine to ba brought to the county. His desire to better conditions In farm life had: t much to do with the establishing of the better grades of cattle In an early day In this section. A man of super ior education, of mature judgment and ripe experience It was natural that h should play an Important part in th political life of the county. His ad vice on matters of public interest & freely sought and as freely expressed. He was elected county surveyor, lb only office he would consent to hH, ' that being in line with V lik-worV and he served three terms In that oPi'ice. He moved to this clty'w1iea elected and had since made It hb home. In 18S9 he established a nur sery here to ke?p hhn busy 'la hl declining years and operated th same until very recently. He was a ' member of the Congregational church of Pap Thomas Post G.A .R ., and of the Knights Templar, in all of which, he had been an active and highly re spected worker. An interring tfact in relation to his Masonic affiliations is that at the time of his death IV probably had been a Knight Tem plar for more years than any other man in the state, having) been admit ted in 1856. His funeral service was conducted from the Congregational church Sha- day, April 13, and was In charge of the Knights Templar, assisted hy Rev. Greenwood, with Chas. Warden. Ira D. Brougher, Jos. Walter. RH. Moses, J. F. Tllton and Ed Tyler, of the G. A. R. as honorary paU bearers. Thus passe th from the stage of W one whose; mission was well fulfilled, whose life had extended over a par- . tod of four score and ten years, filled with kind acts, noble deeds and re plete with manifestations of the threi Graces, Faith, Hope and Charity. Ot such a one it may truthfully be said, "He had not lived in vain" H la survived by three children, 8. A. New combe, Mrs. Mlllicent Treat and'F. B. Newcombe, all of whom live, her and are well knwon. MESDAM.ES WHITE ENTERTAIN. One of he notably pleasant social events of recent occurrence in me social circle was the function ait the homes of Mesdames Sam. and Will White, on Adams street, Wednesday afternoon of this week. About sixty ladles who were present spent the af ternoon with fancy work, games, etc., at the home of Mrs. Sam White, until the lunch hour, when they were In vited to the home of Mrs.Will Whlto next door to partake of a very elabo rate four-course luncheon prepared for the event To say that a!T did ample Justice to the luncheon. an enjoyed every moment of the after noon Is a mild way of expressing tne delights of the occasion. B. C. Unruh of Pawnee Rock, who. Is president of the electric light.com pany at that place, transacted busi ness at tjie county seat yesterday. Miss Mabel McMullen returned to Newton Wednesday evening after a visit here with her parents, Mr4 and Mrs. R. C. McMullen. I