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BARTON COUNTY DEMOORM1-
VOLUME XXX.
GREAT BEND, KANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913.
NUMBER 22
r The Last Games of The Kansas Slate League on the Home Grounds Saturday and Sunday -Lyons vs, Great Bed
yind-up Of The Ball Season Shows
An Interesting Race.
The struggle now on for the pen
nant in the Kansas State League is
the fiercest three cornered fight ever
known in this organization. Of the
four teams mow playing, any one of
wires may wm. aajraa is too tar to-
wards the bottom of the percentage
column to help themselves, but can
qF wc vuaa.T5o i. ujvub w urww.
iJend hy beating Clay Center occa-
sionally. Since our last publication,
taey nave won two rrom Ciay Cen-
ter, this toeing their only wins in, al
most three, iweeks.
iier nraoesuays game Lyons and
ureat Bend are tied for first place,
with Clay Center two and one half
games behind the pair. "
. fceven more games remain to be
pwyea, ions vs. tireat Bend and
bauna vs. Clay Center all the way. proprietor of the Royal Hatters and
The three head teams are bound to Cleaners, has leased the building
' finish within a margin, of two or and will move his establishment
.three games, and it is extremely like- there the first of September, and in
ly that only a half game will separ- order to dispose of all the goods be
ate the leaders from the) team la the fore that time, Mr. Hunt is making
second place. extremely low prices on everything
S, lace starting on the last series in the house. Look up their display
of twelve games with Lyons, we have ad in another part of the paper.
up v Wednesday, won three straight
on our grounds m4 lost two to the
"Lions on their premises, while Clay
' Center has won three and lost two
to Salina. Sunday's games put the
Millers two full games ahead of the
Lyons bunch, which condition was
' apparently too good to last and we
dropped back to a tie on Wednesday. !
Lyons and Great Bend will rest on
triday, win play an Saturday at the
Bend and on Snnriav h-.
er will be played at this place, and
the games on these dates will prob-
ably decide the issue so far as these
two teams are concerned. These last
three games at home will be thril-
ksrs as both teams are after the pen-
nant and are working under high
pressure. Clay Center is liable yet
to come from behind and "cop the
4-untiu", owing to the. fierce con-
test between Lyons and the' home
, 'team, while Clay is working but with
the tail enders.
t. EVERY KNOCK A BOOST.
Every knock from a jealous com-
, petitor means a boost for the other
feUow every time. The Democrat
. received a nice order for printing this
week solely from the fact that an, en-
vlous competitor, without backbone
enough to bid on work on his own
merite or those of his establishment,
referred to this office as the place
"T;" Pi
who placed the order found that the
aforesaid competitor was correct inas-
. cauch as price was concerned, but
that the Quality was of high class,
We just dote on knocks.
James Tabler and Reg Russell are
In, the western part of the state this
weeb cm a stock buying trip.
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JUST ABOUT THE LIMIT
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Goe. 0. Hunt Buys Popular Confec
tionery and Cigar Shop.
A deal was completed last Fri
day, August 1st, wherebj George 0
Hunt k Co., purchased the stock and
fixtures of the TrotUet confectionery
and cigar adore, together with
( business. Sine the death of Mr.
( TroiUet some yea ago the business
has been managed (by the three
uaugnrars, curt they have, made up
their minds that they did not care
to continue the business longer, hence
the) sale
Miss Beulah Hunt has been placed
in charge of the establishment and
the firm is now advertising a big
close-out sale of everything ia the
stock, which Includes about every-
thing found in a first class cQnfec-
tdonery and tobacco store, as well as
a large line of notions. Mr. Parker,
1913 TAX LEVY.
The board of county commission
ers at their meeting yesterday made
the following tax levies for the year
1913:
State, one and two-tenths mills.
County general, one mill.
I county. High School, one-half mill.
County, Bridge, one-fourth mill.
I Township, Total Levies.
fJ? fourth mill,
K
mill,
nche , one mill.
veland- on mills,
2""" e mIU-
??ynne' tt-"rth mill,
1 , w' 0116 mills,
mUI'
' T mi,L
S'Mon? tt"L .
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Independent, one mill.
, Liberty, one and one-half mills.
Logan, three-fourth mill.
Lakin, none.
PawMe Rock M miU
Sauth Bend
Union, one mill
Wheatland, one mill
Walnut, one mill
Ciit, T to L
Great Bend, six and four-tenths mills
Hoisington. nine and one-tel mS'
Elllnwood, seven mills
Pa Rk. two and "one-half mills,
ciaflin, one and one-half mills
! The manual training department
j of the three high schools maintain-
g same in the county, Great Bend,
Hoisington and Ellinwood receive
this year a total of $2000 from the
state fund which will 'be equally di-
vided among the three schools.
Under the above heading the Ta -
Z7th. nrint ha nlnvintr antkLa TaI.
. 7. 7 ,wie juvenikf population of this city,
Stive tn T V SnHnWp a fnnrnor VI.) v '
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linwood boy and son. of Joe Sprint
ii'Wiinn mir qtii an. vr ia vtwwijt.
er, th popular auctioneer. In. addi
tion to the write-up it publishes a
picture of Mr. Sprinter seated at
"An interesting career, truly, has
been that of J. N. Sprinker, sales ma
ager of the Universal Motor Company
The boys call him Joe; in fact near
ly everyone who knows him calls hiar
Joe, because that is what hie folks
first called him back in Aurora, Ills.,
that Christmas day in 1881 wfeo hel?lr fav0rite tuBt. those who
was born. His attention was earlj
turned to wheels. Even as a child,3 t0 ori,nate oM-
Hp trial- srraot rio.1iV.ht In mlUnr a The knee deen snuarl VRn nntta am
hoop, and became so proficient at jt,3rten6ive one and seemed to enjoy
that ha fstho nnftn tv.b him intn themselves 83 much fls h Tost Thtt
his carriage and wagon business right ; wa lir.ed with parents, chap
there in that big citv. The boy be-jron anl other interested specta-
haved well and labored industrious
ly under h's father's watchful eye
until 21 years had rolled by and the
call of the West smote upon his ears.
He absorbed all there was to learn
in the Aurora schools in the mean-
time, and when he dusted he. set his
"ie iwr xvawsas, wnere ne anena-
ed university until baseball and his
v-itoh wuuki toner mix wen. ne
then sought the higher akitude cf
uenver, and It was in Colorado In
1902 that Sprinker called upon a near
uy parson 10 perrorm a marriage cer-
V1V .V uuii. in ne oruugai
his family to Tacoma, entering the
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.umuH m max ime a a
not have enough wheels in it. and
Joe went to selling automobiles and
ager for the Ford and Stutz agen-
v waWe oe nas neen ror the paet
mvmuB, ira aurmg wnicn time
ne nas practically doubled the busi
ness of the concern. He hae a fine
littel daughter of whom he is Justly
proud."
ENTERTAINING A HOUSE PARTY,
A house party of her voune woman
friends will be entertained bv Miss
Elizabeth Martin at her home on
East Sixth. The guests arrived last
evening and Include Miss Jane and
Miss Naomi Simpson, of Kansas
City, Mo., Miss Bertha Smith, of
Kansas City, Kana., Miss Elsa Zuta
vera, Miss Gertrude Lobdell and Mies
Helen Dawson, of Great Bend, and
Miss Edna Bigelow, of Gardner, Kas.
A breakfast will be given tomorrow
for the visitors, and a dance at Stev
ens pool will be the hospitality at
wnich they wiil meet most of the
friends of their hostess Hutchinson
Gazette. v
A. S. McCracken and Dr. W. L.
Lyda made a business trp to Bison.
Olmitz and LaCrosse Thursday In, the
interests of the Prudential Building
& Loan Association of this city.
I
"Mother May I Co Out To Swim" It
I Now th CrX of the Youngster.
.. ...
loocassioned by the fact that on this
day s occurred the opening of the pub
lic iwlmming pool.
From 10 o'clock until noon the
pool was free, a fat that was great
: v J'wwa oj tne nas who were
out In force to participate in the joys
of the occasion There were at one
time nearly one hundred in the pool,
and each and every one was enjoy
ing himself or herself to the fullest
possible extent, each one practicing
. . vo sluM 8DenIlnS lr time in
tors who derived as much enjoyment
from witching the antics of the kids
as did those in the water.
The condition of the water was
first class, pure and clear, and ab-
solutek free of trash or onr
klnd
of foreign matter and of a temmper
ature which seemed agreeable to all.
On .every hand you heard the eld-
muai, neu, i sure am
go-
ing to try It myself, to-niirht.
The success tJ th (n ,.
assured and the weather man is do-!
ing all to his power to help the good
cause' along. When you have
element mrkir
the
, "
with
your enterprise, whatever it may be
there is no Question t th ..ul
mate 'result. During tun
of
sons, mostly boys and girls, took a
plung, and many of them remained
in un to th i.m nu
RESISTED AN OFFICER
Mrs. Belle Pratt, of this place and
a few: of the surrounding villages
furnish1 sn,noimB - - vILJ
furnished amusement for a hundred
or so interested sfecators at the San-
ta Fe depot on Saturday morning by
her decidedly unfadvttk .iti.
board -No. 6 and leave town In vio-L
lation of order of h ,u
lation of orders of the Juvenile Court
which was represented on the scene
by Officer Gso. W. Thatcher.
In the couree cf the encounter the
aforesaid officer's visage became con
siderable disfigured and Wood flow
ed freely from his nasal appendage,
as a direct result of sudden and vio
lent contact with the fist of
406
wr ukl be fugitive.
The affair came about through the
fact that complaint has xeoentJy been
made that the woman is not of suf
ficiently good morals to have charge
or her family of four children.
An attempt was mado a year ago
;o place the children under supervis
ion of the Probate Court, but the
mother took am appeal to the district
court, where, for lack of specific com
plaint, the case was thrown, out.
Since then the children have lived
with their mother In Hutchinson,, and
Laxned, and a portion of the time
here. On Friday of last week an
order was issued for Mra, Pratt and
her fifteen year old daughter to ap
pear before' the Probate Judge for
Investigation, which order was ignor
ed. Thev WfTP Ifllfcor TintiflArt tn. mm.
pear at 9 o'clock on Saturday morn
ing, at which time the (fact develop
ed that during the night the daugh
ter had disappeared and that the
mother was at the station .ready to
depart. Judge Hall a once Issued a
writ commanding the Juvenile offi
cer to producee the lady to court im
mediately. His efforts along th's
line resulted in combat as above not
ed.
The woman of pugilistic tendencies
was brought up town and lodged in
Jail on a charge of reslstrng an offi
cer, and on Saturday afternoon, was
taken to Judge Clayton's court where
sue plead guiky to the charge and
was assessed a fine of $25 and costs,
amounting ia all to about $35, which
she paid, and departed on No. 8 for
Hutchinson Saturday night,
with her the youngest girl.
Efforts are being made to locate
the fifteen year old daughter, who
owing o her decidedly wayward and
immoral tendencies will probably
be sant to the state institution, where
moral training and better aseocia,
Hons wiU do much toward making a
J 1U cniiaren. wiu,
if the family returns to th's place,
he placed hv care of h JinnVU
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Barton County's Big Aryivual Exhibi
tion Will Be Oct 10, 11 12.
A meeting ot tht directors of the
Barton County Fair Association, to
gether with a comber of the citi
zens of the community who are inter
ested b the successful continuance
of this enterprise, met fax the office
of Secretary Bowersox last Friday
morning to dUcue the advisability
o holding a fair this fall, end tf to
how to most successfully conduct the
same.
It was the unanimous opinion of all
present that the directors should go
ahead wKh the plans already madq
and hold the fair as originally intend
ed. There had been omn talk that
on account of the crop failure here
this year and tha unfavorable condi
tions generally there would be no
fair held cere this fall, and It was to
thoroughly discuss this matter that
the meeting was called, but every
person present was of the opinion,
that the affair could be made fully
aa successful as last year if all in
terested would only put their shoul
der to the wheel, and plans with
that end In view are now being rap
idly developed.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
October 8th, 9th and 10th, are the
days selected for this year. Thurs
day will be exhibitors, or opening
day, at which tlm'the'Vxhibits will
ne Drought rn and arranged. There
will be no races or free attarctlong
on this day, and no admission fee
will be charged. Thursday, the 9th.,
will be School ChiWrens Day and it
is expected that the attendance on
xnis aate wm eclipse even that of
st year on a similar occasion. All
on
han
date.
A number of special features are
alread-y being planned by the exe
cutive committee which will doubUesi
materially contribute to the success
Z. Z 7 T num"
of the enterprise this fall, a num-
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r bookel ad inquiries are btfng
received dally from concession' men
all over this part of the country
'uw De Pr8l7
who hve previousl attended fairs at
TL pleMd V
treatment hav
nands of the management. Secre
tary Bowersox has also received num
erous Inquiries from the horsemen
nt
this and adjoining states, asking
what the races and purses were gofn
to be here this year, and while the
different classes have not been ar
ranged as ret the chances anH that
the people of this and surrounding
counties will have the. oDDortiinltv
of seeing some of the best racing
that will be pulled off in, the state
this year. A large number of stock
breeders have also signified their in
tention of making exhibits here this
fall, same of them having already
written to reserve space to the bams
and sheds, and altogether the fair
promises to be. one of the very best
ever held In the county.
Longreh, the aviator or air man,
who made such sensational flights at
he fair last fall has already been
contracted for to give two exhibi
tions dally on Thursday and Friday,
and the wonderful performances stag
ed ly the gentleman test rear, will
of Itself be a big canf for the fair
this fall and will draw enormous
crowds from all over this section of
the country. An Innovation in his
performance this year will be that In
stead of shipping his big new ma
chine here, he will fly into town on
the opening day from whatever city
he puts on a nerformanr nrpvlntm
to coming here.
Brodbeck Sons have already con
tracted to be here for the entire fair
with their big new merry-go-round.
Ferris wheel and menagerie and with
the abundance of other amusement
devices there will be pinery of ne-
tertalnment for young and old.
It is hardly expected that the ae-
ricuKural display will be as good as
it has been on some occasions, but
the stock exhibits promise to be ex
tra fine, as will also, be the displays
in the fine arts and culinary depart
ments. The showings alone which
will be made by the Domestic Arts
andSclence end the Manual Tnln-
ing Departments of the various high
schools of the county promise to be
wen worth the time and the cost to
anvone
It's going to be a, real live Barton
rant, f.i- . . o r,-.,
and vicinity, but for every section
and every individual In the entire
countv. and u.
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Slot 1U, .
wire iii.i3 maimer ia tUfcXTug
Representative Zuatvem Leaves On
Combined Business and
Pleaiurei Trip.
a visit and trip to the old home 14 .'
Germany for the benefit of his beeitibi :
Representative Fred Zutavern mad i
we people or his home pronac
Orunestadt, on the Rhine, Bonirti,
a promise that he would retnm t .
the time of the dedication of their -new
Turner hall, thee ia course Of 1
construction, and would make aa a4-
areas on the occasion ct theip hi .
opening, which will be one of the eel-.
ebrated business and social functions,,
of that part of the country Mr
Zutavern was one of the founders rf x
the society at that place, and the.
tummuiee in charge of the program
have put him down as one of the
main speakers of the occasion, and
he will be the ruest of honor rt ts
officials while there. In keeping with
the promise made at that time. Mr.
Zutavern left Sunday morning for
L.ntcago, and on the 12th of tht.
month will sail from New York for
Germany in company with Christian
n-.i-i-
ruaun, or tnis city, who Joined him
In Chicago the first of the week, and "
together they will take passage oa
the Kaiser Wllhelm der Gros&e.
The trip to the old country few
years ago was largely on account of
the hearth of Mr. Zutavern and that
of his father-in-law, the late J. V.
Brinkman, who accompanied him. Foi
years Fred has been a sufferer from
8tomach trouble and at that time was
very successfully treated by special,
lsts at Heidleberg. Of late the oH .
trouble has been recurring and the
business end cf the trip will be to
take further treatment for the di '
ease.
During their stay, which will
be
oi some months duration, the
tea-
tlemen will visit in various part of
the country and will review the hap
penings and the scenes so famiiia.
during their younger days.
Their many Jrlenrh iorw tKat th
stay of thes3 two gentlemen will be
an extremely pleasact one and that"
Mr. Zutavern may sp?edily be cured
of his ailment so that the visit for "
both may be enjoyed to the utmost
COMMISSIONER DICK ILL
Commissioner Mat Dick, while U
tending the regular meeting of the
county board Tuesday morui&g, was
taken violently m Vith an attack '
of bladder trouble of some kind aa
was at once taken to the hosnltal
and for a few hours was in
serious condition, suffering terrible '.
agony but was given treatment end
was eble to be taken to his home to
Elllnwood that evening. He was un
able to attend the session
board on Wednesday, but -a. hat ".
on the Job again yesterday, feeling.
weu rrom the severe paft
he suffered but otherwise aw .
good as new again. His many friend
ia oe giai to know that his illness
was of such short duration.
If you want the rforrt
find It in the Democrat.
it the big success which it deserves
to be. Let's show the people over
the state that it takes more than a.-
crop failure, more than grasshopper
and drouth cr like discouragements
to make the people of Barton coun
ty lie down on a propesitioon of thla
kind. Make up your minds that th:
is YOUR fair; that you are going to
take an active interest in making it
a success, that you will take some
exhibit, no matter how small, and
that you will tell your friends and
neighbors that Baron county is this
fall going to have the very best fair
in its entire history, and that's ex
actly what we will have.
Shear up the mule colt and slk
up the heifer calf; look over your
poultry and bring in some of the best,
have your wife tickle your palate by
practicing up on some extra fine
bread, cakes, Jelly, preserves, etc.,
have the boys and the girls 'make 4
showing cf some kind, and there H
be prizes for the whole family. It
takes the people to mak a success
ful county fair, all the managers can
do Is look after the incidental work,
and each person In the county should
consider himself or herself a commit
tee of one to assist in this matter
and boost for the enterprise.
Secretary Bowersox is now pre
paring the premium list, and as
soon as these are printed anyone dfe
irlng a copy may secure, the aattae
by addressing him at Great Beod,

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