Sidney, Fremont
FREMONT COUNTY SUN

19 December 1901

"RETIRES FROM THE BOARD".

-- Mr. W. S. Greenwood, who has served the people of Fremont county so faithfully and well for the past four years, signed off supervisors at its last session. Although he has three weeks yet to serve the board will not hold another session in that time.

-- Mr. Greenwood has made an exceptionally good official, and the Beacon voices the sentiment of a large majority of tax payers in regretting the fact that on January 1st he will step down and out. Through his personal efforts and study of the bridge question, the county has been saved thousands of dollars and the county's business has never been conducted in a more business-like manner than during his term of office.

-- As chairman of the board Mr. Greenwood has proven himself to be a good financier and a man of unusual business ability. Four years ago, the affairs of the county were in a very bad shape, conducted without regard to expense or business principles. During Mr. Greenwood's administration all this has been changed, and today no county in the state can boast of a more faithful, conscientious board than Fremont county.

-- It is to be hoped that the board will continue to do business in a business way, and while regretting Mr. Greenwood's retirement, The Beacon is pleased to know that he is to be succeeded by Mr. Clark Vanatta, a man of equally good business ability.--TABOR BEACON.

"NEAR-BY NOTES. Some Stolen. Some Credited. Some Original".

-- O. A. Edgerton last week traded his farm consisting of 800 acres near Guide Rock, Neb., for the Nathan farm north of Watson, containing 420 acres and valued at $23,000. The deal was made through R. F. Nix & Son, at Hamburg........

-- William Greer, a prominent business man of Thurman, visited eastern Kansas last week. While there he bought 400 acres of land. He returned again this week in company with C. E. Holloway, of Thurman. Both gentlemen expect to buy land near Fort Scott. Mr. Greer has lived in Fremont county over 35 years, has recently sold his fine farm of 560 acres in this county at a good price, and is now buying land that will double in value. Mr. Nix is sending excursions to eastern Kansas every Tuesday.--Hamburg Democrat.