Show ta f t A OAK 0 CITY ITY S J RAWLINSON threshing is at its highest speed this week both machin es are doing excellent work the yield is much better than was anticipated and notwithstanding the exceptionally dry season it is is averaging avei aging from f rom 20 to 25 bu per aero acro w without irrigation on frid friday ty last ill mr r alvin rop bop or left here in company with his son bert for hot bot springs i south dakota where he will re ceide treatment for a cancerous growth which has troubled him P t for some months past it is located 14 just under the jaw and threatens to destroy the larynx he has consulted a fiu number niber of our state leading physicians and surgeons who fear his condition is beyond their skill shill we hope that something may be doue doie to relieve and t make him well again his wife martha is very ill at present i suffering from nervous troubles brought on b by y anxiety and worry mr air dresser Dr esseT the chronicle editor has spent a few days with nith us making a few vatious he is ii interested in our county and is not slow to picture a good f future we note the favorable write up in the last issue of his paper concerning our town the only unfavorable criticism he offers is against a ainest our oar water used for i household purposes he is right perhaps our christianity 1 is a little out of balance with our science we shoula should r have a water system and it is our pres nt nf problem but it takes time we rather live under the doctrine of take no of what we shall drink f yet without the water piped much could be done to improve our drinking water many are careless as to our streams from impurities if each citizen were a brothers keeper to the extent that we keep our horses cows sheep and sometimes pigs out of the streets and ditches much contamination tami nation would be done away with even children are allowed in some instances to wade and disturb the streams this is a heap duty at our doors aside from the dangerous health effects it is not good economy to pasture high tred bred cattle and horses in the streets mr r milton lovell and miss I 1 myrtle le brisley of eureka are spending the week with us he is our town boy and will leave for the northwestern states iu in a k few days in defence of bis his religion lic rion on friday evening a I 1 f farewell party will be given b ini last sunday afternoon a rt number 0 of young people were congregated upon a certain corner corne of a certain block A stranger approached As he s came nearer it proved to be dr Chi christie all keep your mouths shut commanded one of the boys As a result all were smiling some with open mouths when the famous tooth doctor pati passed sed of course it need not be mentioned that he was not slow to make a rapid and thorough such a brilliant opp opportunity R beset his path andhor and now as aa the last result he is located at walkers hotel eating in melons and peaches helping people to cut their second crop taking caking their silver and leavin leaving 9 his gold atthe at the free and unlimited ratio of 16 to I 1 |