This is a newspaper column entitled Way Back When Granby News Herald (abt. 1943-46) When the old "Supply" pump would be going clakity, clank in the wee small hours of the night pumping water into the flume or trough, to the smelter one-half mile down the hollow. It was finally supplanted by a well drilled about a thousand feet deep just south of the smelter? When Granby's main street extended to "Arkansaw." The division was about Bill Farris' carpenter shop. Arkansaw had one famous grocery (not "Jot em down") but Spangle and Dahnke, they also handled mining supplies? When Uncle John Davidson could be found every day at his blacksmith shop at the north end of Main Street? When J. W. Whitlock had one of the largest clothing stores in the county? Julius Fishel was his Clerk until the arrival of Uncle "Mike" and Simon Fishel. The Fishels opened a store across the street. This store soon became "Political Headquarters," Simon the Republican, and Julius the Democrat in that way they played both ends against the middle? When Granby Mining and Smelting Company operated a General Merchandise store a couple of blocks East of the Smelter and for several years did a wonderful business? When everyday uyou could see a high spirited team of horses being driven by Preston Wells, usually in the back seat of the surrey was John Kingston, the Superintendent of the G. M. S., and in contrast was Tom Ferguson driving up Main Street with a load of "mineral." Tom always drove the finest and largest team of mules in or near the city. When it took all day for the farmer to drive to Neosho and to the rack around the court house, went to Ames Baakery and bought a square of "Lincoln" pie, 6 by 8 inches and an inch thick and proceeded to eat lunch then attend to business and start back home. When on Saturday night the miners would meet down to "settle up.?" The laborers were paid in silver. They would pay their bills, then go to a restaurant and buy a plate of fried fish or oysters for 15 or 20 cents, and maybe a couple of bowls of oyster stew or chili. They usually brought their families with them, as there were no picture shows to attend. Christopher Columbus Hudson was city marshal? Grandfather of Mrs. Underwood? Jim Morton ran a grocery store on the east side of Main Street? He would not sell his last plug of tobacco. If he did, so he said, he would be out of plug tobacco. When you could purchase 16 one pound packages of Lion, Arbusckle or Mokaska coffee for one dollar_on time, if your credit was good? Sometime during the week it would be necessary to buy a load of stovewood, which could be bought at Wood Hauler's Corner, south side of Sweet's Grocery? A picture gallery would come to town and you could always smell it for three blocks? If you had your tin-type taken it would be necessary to sit perfectly still for a couple of minutes with and iron brace put up against the back of your head so you could not move. When you patronized Fishel's store you would be waited on by Johnny Hardesty, later by Charley Robinson, then still later by Robert Richardson__ all of them fine friendly boys? Bud Barlow had the only hardware store in town, with Al Vogel as clerk? Fred Gaugh, with his little span of mules kept the city supplied with ice? The Missouri Pacific entered Granby with two passenger trains daily, and when the engine whistled you could hear someone say, "Here comes the Paisley!"