Garden City Bathtub Pool Draws Town Every Night
In Garden City Kansas the municipal pool at Frederick Finnup Memorial Park draws 150 to 400 families nightly under Mayor H O Trinkle. The 400 by 244 foot cement bath tub fills with pure soft water from a city well and drains to irrigation ditches nourishing the park’s trees and flowers. The feature, built largely by donated labor, remains tax free, and serves as a social center named for local history.
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H. O. Trinkle
Frederick Finnup
Finnup Park
Hutchinson News
Mail car on No 9 burned near Pierceville
A mail car on No 9 was destroyed by fire Sunday morning two miles east of Pierceville. Trainmen spotted the blaze and a bucket brigade of the crew and Mexican workers brought water to fight the fire, but only the wooden shell and some mail inside survived.
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Pierceville
Warning to hunters on out of season prairie chickens
Local notice warns hunters of illegal off season prairie chicken hunting. Deputy game wardens hear gunshots near areas with young birds that cannot fly far and warn that even one bird taken before the season opens is too many. Prairie chicken season begins September 16 and lasts ten days.
Burnside family aids Colorado rodeo in steady cowboy tradition
The Burnside family from a 6000 acre Garden City Kansas ranch joins Colorado Springs Rodeo week with J H Burnside directing stock and rodeo acts. Sons Clifford John William and Robert ages 4 10 18 and 15 help with cattle rounding and ranch work while father brings 1000 head stock and 12 years roundup experience. He serves as assistant arena director under Major Henry Leonard guiding a smooth program.
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Garden City
Kansas
Clifford
John
William
Robert
Burnside Ranch
J. H. Burnside
Colorado Springs
Henry Leonard
Garden City Hit By Severe Wind and Hail Storm
A cyclone like storm struck Garden City Saturday evening causing widespread damage across two miles of farmland and the city. Trees were uprooted, roofs damaged, and gardens and crops ruined while street lights failed and power lines remained intact near the sugar factory.
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Garden City
Famous German mad stone now in Garden City hands
Garden City resident owned a famed mad stone brought from Germany over a century ago by Lukehart. After a family succession, Anna Perkins died last January, and the stone is now owned by L. D. DeBelle at 318 North Ninth Street for public use. It is said to save lives in dog bites snake bites bee stings and blood poisoning and helps livestock.
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Lukehart
Anna Perkins
Garden City
L. D. DeBelle
North Ninth Street
Auto Drivers Ignore Trains at Main Street Crossing
A Tuesday afternoon check at the Main Street railroad crossing recorded 98 of 250 cars failing to look for trains in either direction. Only 49 looked right, 17 left, one stopped to look both ways, and 78 scanned both directions without stopping. The piece urges nationwide safety habits and personal responsibility to prevent crossing accidents.
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