Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-04
TO raG pEoPLE OF ross
COUNTY


fetched across our county. u - harm.
less Of itself. but It's owners are not harm>
less; ihev are more dangerous than the
breath. mere 10 be dreaded than the hOp>
per. ct all the reptiles in tie land. and
the nOriherer n its fiercesr rage IS sve, t
compared with the extravaeaDt CHARGES
of the A., L. & s. i. Railroad Company
They are roah;ng the people all along the
line OF their road, and the very people
shat built tie road. Some people are under
the impression that the Government gaze
the ri;lfoai company tie Land; II is not
the ease; 10 is the settler who takes :hc
government land under the present laws.
at .. 70 ger acre. or ~ demonstrating is
compelled TO 1--we on IL five years, uhirh
l. much more cxtravaeaut prics. us he
is compelled bT law 10 do. and by 81 siuius
WORK uaId or st3Tye for those live long.
diearS wears Def re he can own foo. ~
u; III the same tiI.te. he has paid for ih.
railroad Iand and they hold the tile.
Alter td-v have done all this. he Iai;-
road company will compel the setter la
pay from five to ten dollars per acre he>
foie he can get any of their land. How
rs thlsf tomc NAV say. That is lust IS
easy as eating mush with straight hans
aIed spoon. Tie gGveTDms Mt ccmor;ls
the settler TO make certain improvements
circumstances COMPEL the settler to make
still greater improvements, in order thai
be can be able TO sustain life. Well, in
dong all that. his land. by the time ne
gets IT in state of cultivation. has coei
the settler but 'eiv little, If snv, sh.r,
OF Slo TO sl5 Ter acre, actual time and
money, as he has got 10 live, keep hi.
family, II anv, and his work stock So.
YOU see the settlers have improved all the
land living ON all SIDES of the railroad
land, and even fenced their iaad tor
them. that l., If the settler should fence
ilis land, unless a road should ihierfeIe.
81 that is the reason the railiusd ccmpa..y
i able to cet from IS TO $40 per acre fer
It's land. This. gentle ioiks. is the
Ieaseu W nv ! take sides with the settler
apn shall continue the fight Just ;.s long
as they continue TO rob ID neIgnbors, and
l want these fne-haired gentlemen la
kno" that they have not rot none;
enough to hnv rae of, and the only way
iheN can bur me off is TO reduce their
fare and freight farif TO equal that OF
eastern roa'is. Now m order to mike til.
heht success, every man, woman ana
cm1h III the State should uso their Int,u>
ence WITH ihsir representatives Our
LeaIsiaiuie mast enact snch laws as yIl,
Compel them tn 40 SO. Don't let them fool
you w'iJ their pledges. for they ann,
worth fne la?eJ they are writ Ell or.
W nv! Because tner have and will rctu.,
" .'hh""i cuEe theif own feceips. aUd
w;ii law you for he ;ncSt trsfiing thing.
SO take warning. and every county il
Tue STATE act AT once. We have rot c;,.
Iii"iy too MANY thieves sealing from Us:
u high warman Is preferable asst 10
think OF The settler dom, all LIE can To
make living. for himself and bis
iaGIlv. br so d. ing Improving tue ra,I,
road lands. | have SAID be,or.. to receive
sGcn damnable treatment from that damn
ih,n monopoly. rs thel do, charging theta
ON two 10 i've prices for what they mast
Fave TO live on ana improve the country
VITA. there has been 10 slavery IN an,
ana or IN anV age that has received such
Ji;ra geous treatment. ard II Tue settler.
d tins country were not Of fhe first class
hey would not have stood it as lone as
they have, hut being of tnat clos, th1s
ife iuii OF enterprise. pcrsevering and n>
instriors. fill of hope. sni many of
ne'n eNpreSsin" themselves with the be.
lei mat the railroad company wnuld see
heir mistake aud change their manner
md sty.s oI doing business, but the fac
u the matter ~ they have oco sciences.
nor soGls. OILY aIlPi of blue gizzard.
Vow let every man IN the S.ase, who l.,
man, wake up TO a sense Of hi, dntv
inu sehu petitions TO their re2resents>
ives. asking Them TO enact such laws "A,
will con pei this company to do the RIGA;
sinS; anu let every county instruct her
commissioners 20 put double tax GA al;
,'iifoad land not occupied nv aciual set
'ers. In that way We Will compe, them
% DO Their share III thlt, but we shall
'e,ef De abie 10 get back that which ,har
q havewronyiuily taken from us. Let Us
'aich them IN the future. and by Ned
We shail be able 10 checkmaie them in
ONE way. Let us cal. on Our legal a5.
User and pursue legal aud just course:
" 81 DONG they viii not be able I, uudJ
nat which We NAV do. As ever
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