The Gove County Record from Grinnell, Kansas • 5

T7 WT7" iaDEE 3C 3C 2C FOUR PEOPLE Every one a "Star." Marietta LaDell a reader: George Fox, a Violinist. Bertha Crawford, a Soprano and Margie English, a pianist all appearing At GffSameH 1 908 The Third and One of the Leading Numbers of the Midland Lecture Course FORGERY IS CHARGED The County i High School will begin its first term 17. one who anticipates entering before the opening of the Teachers review classes in March, should see or write the principal, F. E. Lindley, Gove, Kans.

Some new classes will be found 20, and no better time for enrolling can be found this year. The party at Miss Bertha Peterson last Friday evening was a success. Bill Sprague and Edgar Peterson returned to school at Salina Sunday previous to their trouble visited Gove City with the Dighton Minstrel and the Dighton base ball team and how, after kifling the mayor of Kinsley they, fled and in their escape how they visited Farnsworth and the humiliating and ric iculous stunts they put old man Green through, then residing at Farnsworth. Many will remember how they threw a cowboy saddle across his back and rode the old man at the point of the spur, all around the loft of his barn, and other laughable pranks, finally fleeing into Logsn county where their capture was effected and the way in which they were sentenced to the penitentiary for life, young as they were. It will act to refresh the incident in the minds of many.

Cy Peierce at Gove has been somewhat lecently but is again out and around. Miss Edna Rundberg and Hazel Bevan attended the show at Oakley Monday evening. I'se Cream flour. Highest Patent. Every sack warrented.

$1.25 per sac. Delivered any place in town without extra charge. Jno. F. Jones, phone 23.

INGF Sentences are Commuted. Topeka, Dec. Governor Hoch this afternoon commuted to eighteen years the life sentences of William Harvey and Carl Arnold, who were sent to the penitentiary from Edwards county in November, 1894, on a charge of murder in the first degree. They killed the mayor of Kinsley, John Marsh. They had been in Oklahoma and were returning to Lane county, their home.

They attempted robbery and killed Mayor Marsh. They were sentenced for life. One was 16 and the other 18 years old. Counting off good time they will get out of the penitentiary in May 1909. Arnold nas written a book entitled "Prison Punishments" whicn has attracted much attention.

Dighton Herald. The above item taken from the Dighton Herald will be of interest to many of our readers especially those down around Gove and the south part of the county, as the case leading to the chase and arrest of these two boys, made our county a patty to the scenes. Many of our old readers will rt-metnder how the two young lads at various times I HAVE THE Brisiira Your Hiiwip rii Shellabarger's Is the place to et your Flour, Bran, Shorts, Corn Meal, Corn chop and Oil Meal The prices are riht. Whenever you need anything in this line come, and have a talk with us. We handle nothing but the best at the big" elevator.

LOCAL ITEMS Albert Jeffreys and wife cf Trim dad, after visiting at the Hoyer homej near and Barclay home in this city, departed Satnrday evening for their Colorado home. A social was held at the Orion school house last Satursay evening at which time boxes were sold and proceeds to be given to help pay for the school gymnasium equip ment. It is said by those in attea-. -danae that the affair was exceedingly grand. Dr.

LaCerte, the Orion doctor lias been pretty badly under the weather, suffering with a severe attack of pneumonia, but we 2ie pleased to announce is greatly improved. Money to Loan P. J. Meier announces that he has all kinds of eastern money to loan on well secured Gove county land. Gupton'the dentist will be in Grinnell 21, Quinter 22 and 23, Gove 24 and 25 and Grainfkld 27.

All work guaranteed. Mrs. Laura Meyers who has been visiting Gove county for the last two or three weeks left Tuesday evening for California, wheie she expects to make her future heme. John Roberts, our popular druggist has secured a position cn the road as a lucretive traveling salesman and will take up his duties on the 15th inst. The Gove County High school trustees met at Gove Saturday and elected officers for the ensuing ye.jr the old officers Jjeing elected They also decided to hire the teachers for the coining term in March this year that the school and the 'school and the scholars may know what they are doing- We understand that, a brief h-s been filed in the supreme court in answer to the decision rendered by Judge Ruppenthal in regard to the Gove County High school.

Patronize a home industrj buy hrpr.ms at C. V. Beckmams's Ir. T. Trebbe of Frederick Arrested Yesterday at Ellsworth Ellsworth, Jan.

8 L. T. Trebbe manager of the Frederick telephone exchange and a prominent business man of Frederick, was arrested here last night on a complaint sworn out by the Lorraine State bank charging him with forging endorsements on a number of notes and disposing of them to the bank. Trebbe was in Ellsworth yesterday attempting to sell the Frederick Telephone company to the Ellsworth Telephone company when he wasjarrested. It is not known yet the total amount of money secured by Trebbe but it is said that the aggregate will be fully $650 and possibly He is said to have forged the endorsements of prominent farmers near Frederick to five notes, and on these notes he secured about $650 cash from the Lorraine bank.

An attempt is being made by Tiebbe to dispose of his telephone exchange and make good the loss to the bank. A meeting of the bank officials with friends of Trebbe was held last night, but it is not known as yet what will be the outcome of the conference. It is rumored that the proceedings against may be dismissed if he makes good the loss to the bank. Some of the forged notes have been in the possession of the bahk for several weeks, but the fact that they were forged did not come to light until yesterday. Salina Journal.

I have a big supply of Ellsworth Mill's celebrated Cream and Sunlight flour on hand which was right. While it lasts will sell fori $1.25 and $1.20 per sack. Usual reduction for large quantities. Better lay in a supply before it is all gone. Jno.

F. Jones phone 23. Now is the time to bring in your plow shars. discs, listers lathes, etc, have them, sharpend and ready for' spring work. Bring them in while we have the ti ne to fix them up for you.

Don't wait until the rush of spring work and corne in but come flow and have them when you want them. Remember also, that we can braze that broken casting and make it just as good as new. Local business cn the Union Pacific is now more slackened than at any time for months. Trainmen report this condition. Livery man Brown left Tuesday evening for South Dakota, where he will visit his brother.

The K.U. Mandolin which played in Oakley Monday was pronounced a success by those from this city who attenced. the musi-cale. Leo Miller who lives Jimiheast of was in -cur citv'. Satir- Iiesrvstlvt Vxec-llent f-Vw-' in th.i: it i) 1 neitfnuoraoo.i'.

mi'? evening. Johnie Borah returned to Topeka Monday evening where he is attending school. You are invited to call and see sainple photos at the Rollow Art Car. John F. Jones and D.

A. Borah made a business trip down to Gove Monday. For a first class auctioneer, one that knows everybody at a sale and one that will get you the most and best prices for your stuff; the one that knows how to handle a sale ancTdo 'it right'; the one who guarantees satisfaction to the salee, see Billie Sidles, the oldest and best auctioneer in this section of Kans. Mrs. Dave nation who has been visiting her tarents in Ellis, re- 'turned home Tuesday evening.

Mr. Wright Davis was up from the south part of the county and reports every thing in good conditions in that part of the country. Ben Litton, brother of doc Litton is visiting hoaiefolks on Hack-bery. Miss May Christensonof Menlo is visiting with her brother Jesse of Sunny Slope. Miss Blanche Boss who has been visiting with relatives relatives in eastern Kansas, returned home last week.

Joe Suiter is building a reservoir on his Hackberry farm thirty foot square by two feet six inches high 1 TT Ml or stone ana cement, ne win use i it for irrigation purposes. A social gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A.

Borah Tuesday eve and a pleasant time is repoited. At the regular se siou at the County Commissioners this week the Gove County Record was again designated, as the official county paper of Gove County for the ensuing year. The bid is-the Sime as last year. Notice to "Telephone scribers. Sab- The hours of closing the switch board to regular business, sL.aU be 8 o'clock p.

m. from 1st to April 1st and 8:30 p. m. from Apr. 1st to and the lines shall not used after that hour except for emergency calls.

On Sin day and holidays, the switch biml shall be closed except -from 1 to 9 a. (giving two hours for morning ser-'i and. 5 to 6 p. ni. No 'calls i will be anwerod af er tho-ie v--.

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