Livestock Journal from Dodge City, Kansas • 4

FOKI. Ltf-ctc SfocI Farmer Published Every Thursday at lode Civ, Kansas. F. A. KTUICK.

Editor. Prof. C. E. Lopp of Spearville is in town on business.

Prof. Lopp was superintendent of public schools in this county for one term and has many friends iiv Dodge City. J. H. Trebilcock of Wright finished threshing last week.

He had about 1000 bushels of wheat and it averaged 23 bushels per acre. This he says is the largest average yield he has ever raised. To show that ads in the Daily bring results, Harry DeBaunn put in a small ad to rent his house which had been standing idle. Monday morning he rented the property from direct results of the. ad.

The examination of county teachers is in progress at the Third Ward building this week. So far the teachers have stood a good The Ford ball players are waving the flag of victory since their game with the Dodge 2nd nine Saturday, that figured up 12 to 8 in favor of Ford. Our boys have charity for all and malice toward none. Good, jolly boys, too, are those Dodge City fellows. K.

VanHorn is kept busy taking in wheat at his elevator. Saturday's showing was $7,500 worth of checks issued that day for wheat. Maggie Small has.retumed from her Texas visit with her aunt, Mrs. Dooly, at Stevens. Mrs.

A. Russell visited at Ford Saturday with friends. Mrs. J. Morrison started Wednesday of last week for an extensive visit of seyeral months Youngstown, Ohio, and other points.

J. J. wears a resigned ab- GET READY. What is expected to be the greatest gathering ever held in Western Kansas will begin in Dodge City next week and the best citizens of Kansas as well as of homeseekers will be here. This is a chance of a life time for Dodge City to do herself proud and prove her ability to entertain and show up tle city and Ford county as they really are.

The impression made upon the minds of the visitors depends largely if not entirely upon the Dodge City merchants and business men. If the show windows and store fronts are covered with dust and dirt, the stocks of goods roughly piled and poorly displayed, the signs ard placards disarranged and a stale appearance is on every side one impression is made. If everything is clean and neat, every store wears an inviting appearance and a spirit of life is visible on every side visitors form another opinion. One needs only to ask himself which is best. Like kindness and politeness cleanliness and activity cost but little and every dollar spent in the appearance of your store during reunion week will come back three-fold as will every demonstration of enterprise and every word of welcome be rewarded by new-friends if not scores; of new patrons.

Let Dodge City sustain her reputation as an entertainer and as the liveliest, most enterprising and best business town in Western Kansas! WEDNESDAY NEWS Dr. Suyser and wife of Sterling are in Dodge City. E. G. Knight of Larned is at the Dodge House.

Jay Burson has returned from a business trip to Hutchinson. G. W. Erwin of Great Bend is in Dodge on business. A.

G. Nite of Garden Gity was a business visitor today. Dr. Grumbine has returned from a professional visit to Bucklin. H.

E. Beaubier of Ford is in town today Grant Prather, a groceryman of Hutchinson is in town on business. Frank Shanks is sick of feven this T. L. Garner is confined.

to his room with fever. Representative Einsel of Cimarron was in town On professional business this morning. Dr. Vaughan, president of the Soule College, has been sick for several days. Frank Napley returned to his home in Missouri today after spend-ing a week here.

He bought a half section of land from Burson Burson and will move his family here this fall. Dr. A. A. Sharp, of Larned, owner of the Dodge City telephone exchange and chairman of the finance committee of the A.

O. U. is in Dodge and will remain here until after the reunion. Subscription I per Year. Advcrlsiii Hates Made Known on Application.

Entered at the Poetofilce at Dodge City, as pecond matter. TUESDAY NEWS Letters have beep received by Dodge City people from old soldiers nearly all over western Kansas stating that they will be here next veek to attend the reunion. C. A. Bridgewater, who was married at' Ford last week, was in towrj today and bought a complete housekeeping outfit, including furniture, hardware and drygoods.

Franklin Ayers, of Richland Township, finished threshing yesterday. He had 2300 bushels of wheat and it averaged about 23 bushels per acre. Frank Spicer commenced threshing today on his immense crop of small grain. It will probably take eight cr ten days to finish his threshing. The Dodge City Realty Co.

sold six quarter sections of land southwest of town last week. This is considered a very good weeks work for them. The big tabernacle tent used by the Methodist campmeeting association was left standing for the use of the old soldiers at the reunion next week. Found: A handsomely bound Catholic prayer book "Key to Heaven." Owner can get same at the Etrick Printery. 1 W.

F. Deal of Channing, Texas, is visiting E. H. Strange this week. He will remain about two weeks and will then go to Cincinnati.

G. L. Painter' spent Sunday in Kinsley. 1 Miss Bertha Rath has returned home after a short visit to friendsin Cimarron. Mr.

Geo. Doolittle and children are visiting relatives in the country this week. Ray Kirkpatrick of the Dodge City broom factory, has returned from La Junta, Pueblo, Trinidad and other places in Colorado where he has been in the interest of his factory. He says he had a nice trip and did good business. The Daily News had an excited visitor this morning.

Will O. Coons rushed into the office with a handful of cigars and yelled "Have When asked what prompted the unusual liberality Coons said: O. Jr. has Will is the happiest man in town and the young electrician is doing splendid- ly. Mrs." Jennie Welsh, of the Bee Hive millinery store, returned yes terday from an extended tour east and south.

She visited Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago and. St. Louis in the interest of her store, then visited friends in Oklahoma City. She grve her personal attention to buying her millinery stock which will soon begin to arrive. Miss Clara Sturgeon left Monday for Hutchinson where she will visit friends for a few days and then go to Lindsborg to attend school for a year.

cheer. nomas uunn, 01 Indiana, is visiting with his former Hcosier neighbor, J. J. Morrison, and looking over some of his land possessions near Ford. George Steele and John Small played swaps the other day.

Geo. exchanged a quarter-section north of the railroad track with Mr. Small for his land south of track. will not inconvenience them in crossing their farms, which is a safe movement as it is very uncertain when to, expect the train as it often goes both ways the same day. Mrs.

H. E. Beaubien's mother, of Maple Hill, Kansas, has been visiting at the Beaubien home the past week. Henry Herzer, wife and Mrs. G.

H. Laurence, of Dodge City, went oyer to Mullenville Saturday to visit with friends over Sunday. Rev. Stroume and family started Monday or. an overland trip to visit friends in Scott county, traveling in their new surrey, a purchase of Sims Brothers, Dodge City.

After this visit they will continue their journey to Little River, Kansas, Mr. Stroume's new field of pastoral labor. John Lyons has a new store Duuaing vzxQV progressing rapidly, under Mr. Ford and assistants. The good prospects and Mr.

Lyon's increase of trade makes it necessary for a larger building. Yes, and Mr. Ford is taking a Doom, ana Jonn is a good boost- er. R. Jones and better half entertained Rev Stroume and fami'y Sunday.

Miss Lenora Mbnisoi was one of the guests also, Donald Morrison is now located at Needles, and has written his wife at Hutchinson to come there as soon as he can secure a suitable home for them. Rev. Stroume gave his farewell sermon at the Conrrrerratinnal church Sunday to a large audience. The sermon was full of interest. This ends his two years of labor as pastor here.

He has high intel-lectual ability, which is not easily secured in this vicinity. The Ford School Board Saturday evening elected Mr, O. O. She ely as principal "and reelected Miss Kathleen Morrison as primary teacher, a token of the confidence the board and patrons have in her ability and worth as a teacher, this being her fourth year in this position. These warm Sundays are reducing Rev.

Bisbse's family. Last Sunday week he lost his son Reuben by the winning graces Miss Miss Mary Carter, manager of the millinery department at the Bargain store, has returned from the eastern markets where she has been to buy goods and collect new styles. Trading in cattle and other live stock is very slow this month but the prices are holding up well. Cattle men.expect a strong, revival in trade next month, B. F.

Lopp is the genial proprietor of H. R. Brown's Grocery during the latter's "absence for six weeks in the wilds of Indiana and Ohio. S. H.

DeArmond of Kalvesta was in town Thursday last. He is a substantial farmer of that region and says crops are very good, plenty of rain and feed about waist high. Wheat was splendid. Dodge Gity needs a big hotel. The present hotels are good but are too small to accommodate the travel.

Just now the hotel busi-ness holds out trie best investment in Dodge City. The Santa Fe is putting on a number of men in the operating department here. The increase in business is taxing the capacity of the road owing to the lack of mo-tive power. Thos. Bowen of North English, Iowa, is looking over the lands of Ford county.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanley and daughter of Haviland, ar- rived last night and are the guests of their daughter Mrs. John Cord.

G. Bogardus, champion rifle shot of the world and one of the best known street show men in the country, is exhibiting on the streets at night and selling his receipt books. Mr. Bogardus is a splendid talker and spoke to about a thous and people last night. Charlie Norton says that there is not a prairie chicken or plover in western Kansas.

He drove oer several counties yesterday and saw nothing but a field lark. Lost A ladies' solid gold watch, case No. 6026. Inscription on back lid S. F.

Denis, key wind. Los between Dupree's store and T- E. Stanley's residnece 4 on Bridge St. Reward will be paid. G.

L. Wino. 26-1 Nectarines lOcper pound Stubb's Store. at JETMORE IS COMING. F.

M. Hunter, one of the pioneer residents of Jetmore, was in town this morning, the guest of his cousin, PearfTrebilcock, and said that he wouid be on hand with his family for the reunion. "All Jetmore is coming," said Mr. Hunter, "and we are expecting a good time. The Jetmore people like Dodge Gity ard we have learned to depend upon having a good time when we come over nere.

I predict that the attendance at the reunion will be greater than ever before this year and that Dodge Gity will do the thing right." GAME IS SCARCE. There is less game around Dodge City this year than there has been for many years. Hunters are having very little success and some have spent a whole day out without killing a thing. Prairie chickens and plover were once very thick in this section but this year they seem to have drifted a "av. Ezaminatiogs Closed.

Fifty Teachers ask for Certificate to Teach. The Twenty-second Normal Institute has completed all its work. -The examinations are finished and most of the 78 attendants have left for their respective homes. A summary of the Normal's work, just completed by County Superintendent Woodbury, shows the total enrollment to be 78; average daily attendance, 68: number examined, 50; applications for professional certificate, for first grade, for second rade, 25, for third grade, 19. The examination papera aro in the hands of the board, which will announce ths rcculto next week.

LITTLE VIOLET NELSON. Little Violet Nelson, oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. N. A.

Nelson, died of spinal meningitis at 1:30 today after a very brief illness. Violet was only tworyears of age and had been sick for only a few days. Hercase become alarming yesterday and four physicians remained with her almost constantly until her death. The funeral will take place tomorrow. 1 MISS STURM DEAD.

Miss Etta Sturm, who had been suffering severely from a complication of rheumatism and dropsy for over six months died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Regina Sturm, yesterday soon after 12 o'clock. iss Sturm wos only 16 years of age and Until the beginning of her affliction six months ago was one of the happiest spirits in Dodge City society and one of the most popular young girls in the county. Even with her dread disease she never despaired and until within a few hours of death she appeared cheerful agd happy. Being practically an invalid for months every one know her and loved her and it is doubtful if any death in Doige City ever caused more universal sorrow.

The mother and two sisters, Miss Liila, teacher in the public schools, and Miss May, clerk in the post-office, survive her. The funeral will be held at the family residence on Railroad avenue tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock Inter-ment at 4 o'clock. Carpets All grades cheaper than anywhere in the city. See A P. Coons, Chesnut Street, vcst of postofflce..