The Gridley Star from Gridley, Kansas • 5

Mechem-Schlatter. Gridley Star. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Entered as second class matter at the portofice at Gridley, Kansas. FRANK FOCKELE.

Publisher. GLICK FOCKELE. Editor and Manager. per year payable in advance. $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application.

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1903. VoL. II. No. 1.

Read our Cold drinks at Christ's Restaurant. Christ keeps candy, cigars and cold drinks. We can print your horse bills and will do it cheap. Anyone wishing farm loans call at the Gridley State Bank. tf Money spent for Morton's cigars is kept in circulation.

Goldie Hamilton, of Le Roy, is visitlog her cousin Fern Elliott. Lee Eppinger was in this vicinity Tuesday selling fruit trees for the Chanute Nursery. J. N. Thornton was here from Le Roy Wednesday in the interest cf al Butler produce house.

Grace Dienet, of Parsons. Kansas, visited friends here the last of last week and first of this. Mr. S. L.

Axford was here a few days last week visiting friends. He returned to Greeley Monday. Andy Niver's won second place in the running race at Burlingtou on the Fourth. Clyde Meinterfer is in jail in Burling. ton for dispensing "Hop Tea" and fire water on the Fourth of July.

Mrs. Ida Cramer has been here from Baldwin for some time looking after her business interests in this vicinity. C. It. Follore, another "eye specialist'1 from nowhere was here last Wednesday.

Business was not very rushing with him. W. R. Smith, formerly editor of the Manhattan Republic has purchased the Garnett Eagle and will assume 'control immediately. Strickland Co.

have just installed a dried fruit case. It is a glass affair provided with handy drawers and is dust and fly proof. Alice Henley returned home Wednes. day from Topeka. She will take a Vilcation here of about four weeks.

Her sister Emma met her at Burlingtou. Paul B. Watrous, editor of the Burlington Independent. was in Gridley Wednesday. He informed us that he has just purchased a fine Babcock eylinder press.

A. B. Maclasky and wife and child- ren, spent the Fourth of July with her parents at Cottonwood Falls. J. V.

Finley was also there. Bert reports a fine time. Judging from the noise, the Topeka and Kansas City papers, with the eXception of the Topeka Journal, seem to be the principal sufferers from the recent flood. Three of J. W.

Maclaskey's boys took out three big loads of shingles Wednesday evening. These were the first three loads of the 75,000 shingles required to cover the new barn. E. P. Goodyear.

agent for the Forest Park Creamery at Ottawa was down here this week looking after some cream separators shipped here in May. Mr. Goodyear graduated in Jone from the Agricultural College at Manhattan. H. E.

Jackson south of town was up to Le Roy last week and got. a fine Hereford bull calf of J. L. Carmenn near Le Roy. Mr.

Carmean's cattle rank first with any in the state of both American and Imported bulls in service. -Neosho Falls Post. 'The new K. N. D.

passenger train made its first trip last Sunday. It leaves Fort Scott at 10:20 a. m. and arrives at Garnett about noon. The south bound train leaves Topeka at 9:45 and arrives at Garnett about 1 p.m.

This makes very fair Topeka connections from this point. MARRIED--At the residence of the bride's parents at 10 o'clock Sunday morning by Rev. Larkin Martin, Orloff G. Mechem and Vida Pearl Schlatter. Ortoff G.

Mechem and Vida Pearl Schlatter were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents. Sunday morning July 5, at 10 o'clock, Rev. Larkin Martin neing the nuptial knot. 0. G.

Mechem is the son of J. M. Mechem. of Norwood, Kansas, and came to Le Roy three years ago as bookkeeper in the Citizens' State Bank of Le Roy. He was soon elected assistant cashier, which position he retained when the bunk was recapitalized as the First National Bank of Le Roy.

He is very careful and painstaking with his and his offorts were rewarded as stated in last week's paper by the election to the position of cashier of the Gridley State Bank. The bride is the only child of G. W. and Laura Schlatter, was born and raised in Le Roy and is another of the distinetly home girls of this town. The young, couple have been lovers practically all the time since Mr.Mechem came to Le Roy.

The affair of last Sunday morning was but the event which was expected. Mrs. Minnie Schlatter was the only one present. beside the clergyman: and parents of the bride. The happy young couple left on the afternoon train for Gridley carrying with them the best wishes of their many friends among which the REPORTER and STAR counts themselves.

-Reporter. Fahrny -Tipton. Christ Fahrny has rewarded the expectations of his friends by Ever since that new building was begun it was rumored that Christ would "take unto himself" a partner in life's happiness. On Thursday of last week he and Miss Emma Tipton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Tipton, were quietly married. Christ himself is a modest fellow and you would never dream of him getting married. The bride is well- known and respected in this neighborhood and the young couple have the best wishes of all. They have taken up their residence on the second floor of the building occupied by Mr. Fahrny as a restaurant.

His trade has considerably increased since but whether it is on account of the marriage or on account of the new- location we cannot say. Success to them. Obituary. David Roberts breathed his last on Monday of this week. He has seen much suffering and death came as a release--as something welcome rather than dreaded.

David Roberts was born November 25, 1827 and died July 6, 1903. Thus he was aged 75 years. 7 months and 11 days. His wife. Eliza J.

Roberts, hurried 10 his bedside some months ago from the East where she was visiting and his grand-son and grand -daughter did the same quite recently when it became apparent that the end was near. He died at the home of his daughter Mrs. H. E. Chamberlin.

The funeral was at the M. E. church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning and was in charge of Rev. W. M.

Brooks who preached a sermon from the heart rather than from the lips. The remains were interred in the Gridley cemetery. Peace be to David Roberts. George Crotty while, putting hay, in a caught under the throat and he had three stitches taken. Mrs.

Jasper is expected home Wednesday. Mrs. P. F. Jenkins and son returned home Friday from Kansas City Her daughter Anna came with her on 20- count of sickness.

Rev. Brook's mother attended church Sunday. Al Chambers got severely kicked last week by one of his horses while hitching them to a hay rake. There, will be quarterly meeting at this place July 19. Geo.

Metzger and sister Anna spent the Fourth with their father. We are ready to take back all we ever said that was unkind about the Le Koy stove pipe deal and we wish to shake hands and pledge our undying friendship with a schooner of nice, fresh, cool petroleum from the depths below.Neosho Fails Post. We accept the sentiment and outstretched hand, but draw the line on that schooner of petroleum. Reporter. A Toronto woman had 97 gall stones removed from her at one operation.

DON'T SPECULATE HOE We are making some But make a sure low prices on Men's and thing by buying Women's Oxfords. your shoes A full line of of us. Children's Shoes. STRICKLAND and COMPANY. First Year Closed.

The Star begins its second volumn today. Changes in Gridley. With last week's issue of the Gridley STAR the first volumn was closed. The paper has been a success considerably above expectations. By this we do no mean that we have become plutoeratic; that the receipts have been so enormous as to astonish us, but successful in the sense that we have pleased our patrons and demonstrated the fact that a paper is a necessity and not a luxury, and that the failures of newspapers here have been due to other causes than lack of support The paper has been very healthful during its first year of life.

In this connection it may not be out of place to tell of the improvements and changes in and around the city. Besides the large number of houses and barns painted and ones erected there have been many other improvements. One of the first changes for the better that took place was the change in hotel management. Joe Ramsey and his estimable lady had been there before and for a year the Gridley House has been well managed. John Pierce and his wife were earnest enough, but lacked the knack.

We hold that the establishment of the passenger train on the Inter in which T. A. Wiseman took a prominent. part was of no small benefit. It gave Gridley a Sunday man and another passenger route for Kansas City.

In the business line there have been two important changes. The Richardson drug store which the doctor could not attend to on account, of failing health was sold to M. E. Park. Mr.

Park cleaned up the store, added to the stock and now has one of the neatest little stocks of drugs in the country. He is a young fellow with all the enthusiasm of youth and considerable good judgement. About the first of last month M. G. Atherly opened a general merchandise store here.

This was another indication of prosperity. Some people thought two stores were enough here, but Mark went ahead. Already he has a nice trade and neither of the other stores have fallen off in custom. The fact is obvious then that the trade at this point has increased sulliciently to support three general stores in place of two. Of recent months there has been A pronounced agitation of the idea of cutting up the big ranches in the neighborhood.

This is now something that all are looking forward to. Owners are nearly always better in a community than renters. We might speak of the growth of the Gridley State Bank, but as we made quite a disquisition on that last week we will omit that at the present. It speaks for itself, any way. With this issue then we enter on our second year among you.

We hope to make a yet greater improvement in the paper. We are firm in the confidence of future growth and prosperity of Gridley and expect to get some of the benefits. If you haven't already subseribed don't fail to do so, and in the meantime don't fail to pay up any now due. We can print your sale bills in good shape. Try it.

UP-TO-DATE Hack LIVERY Makes Elliott Elliott, PROPRIETORs. all Trains. -A first-class livery, reed sale stable.Your horse will be well cared for. .0 Tinning done Harness. Promptly to order J.

S. OLSON, Dealer in Agricultural Implements, Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking Goods. Harness made ON THE CORNER. and Pumps. Repaired.

Crotty. A. C. Houston Lumber Co.) J. M.

PETTY, Manager. We have what you need in Lumber LUMBER. and all kinds of building material at lowest prices. Bring us all your Flax and get HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. in dir in in an an id in de id in 0 The $1 to $1.50 per day.

Gridley House. RAMSEY,.