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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21
TALKTO THE TRUSTEES.

| Ihe WORLD hopes TO be able to record
at the proper time, that the township
trustees throughout Trego and Cove
counties have done their whole duty. To
people who are acquainted with the scope
of the work of trustees, this will seem a
mammoth hope. No such hope in the
past has been realized with decent prox.
unity. In fact, so much carelessness OF
incompetency has prevailed as to make
what has purported to be census returns
and other statistical information, well-nigh
worthless. In Trego and Cove counties
the trustees for this year are, in the main,
good men. Two, Messrs. Richards and
Cross, have had the benefit of several
terms OF experience, while two others,
Messrs. Platz and McCollum, were trus-
tees last year. 1t certainly is not going
too far to say that these mems experience
will prove of material value in their work
of this year. But no trustee can exercise
too much care If he makes any mis-
takes in the way of leaving unassessed
any taxable property or fails to include
all his people in his census report or
reports more or less improvements than
actually exist or fails to give the military
record of any ex-soldier, and so on, his
report is defective to precisely the extent
which it misleads any one who searches it
for information. People upon whom
trustees cali officially should give them
information cheerfully and with exactness.
Here are some of the points which are
required to be met this season: Number
of dwelling houses; families; the name of
every person whose place of abode on the
first day of March, 1885, was in this fam
lily; age at last birthday; sex; color; mar
ried; single; widoY or widower; profession,
occupation or trade of each person, male
or female, 10 years years old and over;
place of birth, naming state or territory
of u. s., or the country, if of foreign
birth; where from to Kansas, naming
state OF territory of q. S., or country, if a
foreigner; trade or profession being
learned by each person, male or female,
under q years of age; attending school
within the year-persons 10 to Is years of
age-persons Is to 81 years of age-per-
sons q years of age and over; honorably
discharged from the volunteer military
service of the o. s.; name of state in
which enlisted-letter or name of company
or command-name of regiment or other
organization to which attached-arm of
service name of prison in which con-
fined as prisoner of war, if any. And
then follows mint Of agricultural, hort
cultural, lower animal and other statistics,
for whose names we cannot find room in
the WORLD.
But the men who accept the trustee
ships take on themselves all the response
bilities of this vast work; and the secretary
of the state board Of agriculture is right
when he recommends to county clerks the
policy of refusing to accept any trustees
returns which are not in proper shape.
After the returns are in the WORLD win
send a reporter to investigate those for
this county. and Cove. # it shall then
develop that the secretary's necommenda-
ton has been UNDECIDED by County Clerk
Pmkham, We shall tell on him"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21
THE WORLD is glad to receive Il

THE WORLD is glad to receive the
De Pere, Wisconsin, Neses, published by
Hill & Proctor. This Hill is j. Claude,
who for years ran the Sentinel, at Solo
mon City, down this railroad, and ran it
well. The way he made the fur fly from
the hides of some of those old mossbacks
was caution even to them who were not
in the range of the contest. Captain Hill
is not only good newspaper man, but he
is social gentleman. We were sorry to
see him leave Kansas, but are glad to be-
ieve he has struck it rich" The News
looks like he had, and that northern
country is excessive when it comes to
supporting newspapers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

You've people, remarks Prof.
Lantz, of our state agricultural college,
can not be too careful in the choice OF
books. A taste for bad literature, he
says, is worse than no reading at all.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21
1T HAS PASSED.

The WORLD is glad to be able to tell it's
friends in unorganized counties that the
bill to enable them to vote a tax for
school purposes became law. We gave
our support to the measure, and now con-
graduate the friends of free education in
the unorganized counties on the result.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

In experimenting on the subject
at the state agricultural college, Prof.
Shelton has ascertained that corn
and-cob meal is considerably better than
corn meal for fattening steers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

Some agitation is. going on Ia
Rocks county over the advocacy OF voting
bonds to build railway from Stockton
to Bull City to connect with the road at
the latter place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

A. G. Mcbride, who. was one OF
the counsel for the state in this case, says
in his Kirwin Republican, "the Legislature
has made appropriations in the case of the
State of Kansas VS.. Mile Mahurin fol
the murder of Geo. z. Lord. Persons
having costs in the action can be paid, II
their accounts are properly verified"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

AN armistice seems to prevail
between the editors of the Hill City
Re1ci2le and the Norton Champion. The
latter was probably seized with the fear Of
getting personally pomeled He had
accused the former of permitting mighty
frequent photographed blunders to crawl
into his paper, and the accused kicked
back much like an overloaded shotgun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

/ A cows CUD Is no part of her
system; it is part of her food, which is
brought up in the mouth to be chewed
over again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

SHELLY & ZE1GLER, of Hays, plead
Guilty to one count in the prosecution foz
violating the Prohbit0ry liquor law, and
entered into bond to quit tho business.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

LET the boy follow the natural
bent of his mind, and he will succeed
that is, if be has any mind.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21
TREGo COUNTY TRACINGS.
Served up by the ''WorId's RustIing
Reporters.
C0LLYER CARVINGS.

A cordial invitation is given to any one
in this section of country who has an
item for this column to address it to
WORLDS CORRESPONDENT,
Collyer, Kansas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

HOMER CLARK's hog, at Lenora,
was only Is months old, but it weighed
400 pounds, dressed, the Leader tells.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

NORTON has house sneaks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

OLD Mr.. VS. DECKER, of Lenora,
dropped dead on Wednesday of last week
Of heart disease -.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

The Motz gang have left Hays.
-
City for the Indian Territory, on their
government surveying expedition.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

The Hays Star Sentinel is run
ming several columns of school land sale
notices.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-03-21

HAYS, The Stae Seatinsl says, i
filing up With stran9er&., 49,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
LOndon:S Shame.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Pail Mall Ga
Zette, in leading editorial this afternoon
on the subject of the revelations. says:
1--WE are going on undeterred by the wall
of the Rt. Hon. Mr.. Bentinck and much
more serious menaceS of personal violence
by the more frankly brutal conspir
atOrs of silence. 1t is only
natural that the latter should seek
to silence our unwelcOme voice by the sim
pie and efficaciOus methods of the bludgeon
and torch" The editorial concludes by
appealing to the pulpitS to speak out to-
morrow and ask church-goerS to send the
Gazette postal cards detailing their opinions
of the results of the Gazette's work,
and promises to publish these
verdicts next Monday afternoon.
The paper also asks fallen wo-
men and others possessing informal
ton respecting the subject to send state
ments containing what they know to the
Gazette, promising to treat all such cores
pOndence cOntidentially. In late edition,
commenting on the result of its revelations,
the Gazette says: Letters of sympathy
of those who write promise TO subscribe,
some varying from shillings to 91OO, to
defend the Gazette in event of
by officers of the law. 1t will, however. be
time enough to think of defending our
selves when anybody shall be foOihardy
enough to attack us. The bishop of Ches-
ter writes the Gazettee, urging the
paper to use its influence with mem-
bers of parliament to induce them
to hurry through the amendment to the
crimes act, designed for the protection of
females by raising the age at which they
can give legal consent to GRIM
inal intimacy. DIR. Gregg, senior
bishop of the Reformed Church of England,
writes: ''As a minister of the gospel and a
physician thank you for your heroic sreat-
ment of LOndOn's social evil. Speak and
hold not thy peace. Lift up thy voice like
trumpet for the exposure of wick
edneSs and the defense of its victims -
Sir Fred George Miner, Bart, Liberal Con-
sentative member of parliament for York
city, asks the Gazette to issue to the public
a statement, Monday, expressive of its
views as to the most efficaciOuS
amendment possible to make to the pres
ent criminal law in England.
\ great number of magistrates, clergymen
and secretaries of societies write warmly,
thanking the Gazette for its exposures and
promising to do all in their power to assist
the paper in its crusade.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Crops in DakOtn.

From every source of Dakota, says the
Sioux Falls Argus, come reports of great
promise for the growing crop. Hardly,
within the past decade, has there been such
promise of u magnificent harvest. For sew
eTal years something has come to diScOur-
age our farmers and cause partial failure
of the crop. And never before has there
been such an acreage as at present. We
have heretofore depended to considerable
extent on Eastern capital and the growth
OF our country has depended little on the
local crop. But this era in our history is
past and now Dakota Is becoming Self-SuS-
tanning. This year more than ever before
will our crop determine the condition of
trade during the coming autumn. With
good crop, as is now promised, every
branch of business will be wonderfully
stimulated and the StagnatiOn of the past
few months will soon be forgotten, and the
chances now are about a hundred to one
that present promises will be realized. The
middle of July pretty definitely marks the
close of the cyclone and hail period and
every day now adds to the chances of q
complete escape from any of these natural
disasters. Another week will settle every
doubt arising from this source and we may
even now predict with almost absolute GER
tainty that our land is to be bOuntifully
blessed in the coming harvest. And never
was our country more in need of such a
harvest. Just placed on its own resources
this crop will determine its prosperity for
years to come. 1t is magnet that will
attract enterprise and capital and greatly
stimulate the development of our territory.
Even the prospect is havinga noticeable eff
feet. Let the days take their course and
the harvest come.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
TRAILS FOE CATTLE.
Secretary Lamar Says They Must be
Kent Open.

Kept Open.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE secretary
of the interior has sent the following tele-
gram to w. A. Favers and Thomas A. Fee,
commissioners of the Stock association at
Kansas City: July Ill haze carefully
considered your telegram of the 10th inst.
The animal industry act prohibits the driv-
ing from one state or territory OF live stock
by any person, etc, knowing them To be
affected with any contagious. infectious
OF communicable disease. The owners
whose herds are fOrcibly stopped in the In
dian Territory declare their cattle are not
so affected. The people of Texas, Colo
RADIO, Missouri and other states have equal
if not greater right 10 drive their stock. if
not infected with the prohibited disease,
through and over the trails Of the Indian
Territory and the neutral strip as you have
TO occupy the lands without your leases
from the Indians. An inspector has been
sent out to open and keep open the trails
for the passage of cattle. Ii the people
who are occupying these lands with
their herds continue their forcib.e ObstrUc-
ton of the trails measures will be taken to
remove them and their herds NJ once. The
following instructions were also telegTaphed
to Inspector Armstrong, at the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe agency, in the Indian Terri
tory: Owners OF cattle driving herds north
ward through the Indian Teri:Ory and the
public land strip north of the Texas Pan
Handle complain that their passage on and
over established trails in the vicinity of Fit.
Supply, is obstructed by parties herding
cattle on those lands. Get at once to the
region OF disturbance and take active
measures 10 open and keep open
for all cattle having no infectious disease
all established trails that may be found
closed or ObstTucted in any way, except by
proper and competent authority of the
United States courts having jurisdiction.
Notify the offenders that they, with their
stock, Will be removed from the territory
at once if they continue obstruction To eS-
tablished trails. \ similar obstruction of the
cattle trails occurred last year under Sec
'reIary Teller's administration, and action
similar TO the instructions contained in the
above order was taken. the trails being
opened by Inspector Benedict, who led u
number Of drovers over tine contested trails.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Paysorthe Canadian Soldiers.

OTTAWA, Ont, july 1l--Sir John A.
Macdonald gives nOticethat he will on Mon
day next move that the house resolve itself
into a committee of the whole 10 consider
resolutions to recognize the services of the
militia force engaged in suppreSsing the
outbreak in the Northwest by giving each
man grant Of strip redeemable
i'm land, The grant will be
made in such as will be conclusive 10 actual
settlement of The public lands of Canada
and the governor general In council will be
authorized to grant to each member of
the militia force bearing arms in
the suppression of the outbreak and serving
west of Port Arthur, since the 2Sth OF
March last including officers, nOn-com-
missioned officers and men on
free homestead of two adjoining quarter
sections, comprising $50 acres in Manitoba
or the Northwest territories subject
10 the condition that the grantee
or his duly constituted substitute shall
have selected and entered said quarter
sections in the Dominion land
Office by June 1, 1856. 1t is
provided also that said guarantee
or substitute shall perfect his title by COM
mencing actually To reside upon and
cultivate the land within six months from
the time of its acquisition. and shall there
after continue to reside upon and cultivate
said land for period prescribed by the
land act of 1888
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12

part water. your attention is invited
to the following statement of facts,
Under a strict Interpretation of the treaty
of Washington transportation by all rail
roads from one port in the United States TO
another through the Dominion of Canada
and from one point i'm the Dominion to an
other through tue United States is author
lied. Under an article of said treaty trans
portation through the territory of both
governments by routes partly by rail
and partly by vessels on the
great lakes and connecting waters
is authorized. (See synopsis 2171.)
BY an act approved March 3, 1888, con-
greSs directed the diScontinuance of the 30th
article referred to from and after July 1,
1885, and notice to that effect was promptly
given her majeSty's government through the
department of state Immediately after the
approval of said act. The circular of this
department of the I'd inst. simply
directed customs officers on the Northern
frontier to discontinue shipments of
merchandise passing through Canada under
transit manifest between American ports
by routes partly rail and partly water, and
instructed them to hereafter treat goods ar
irving at their ports by such routes as inn
portatiOns from contiguous territory, that is
W Say llidI SuCu SOOuS uPOll dillNdi oiouio
be entered. OF course if merchandise so ar
irving is of domestic production it will
be admitted to free entry upon presentation
of the proofs in the manner prescribed by
law and regulation. Merchandise arriving
by all-rail route will be treated as hereto
fore. The twenty-ninth article of the
treaty not having been terminated that por-
ton of your letter relating to the use of the
Welland canal and incidental portage of q
portion of cargoes by means of the Welland
railroad will be further considered by the
department. Very respectfully.
MANNICG Secretary
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
The NIOther-In-Law.

Fall River Advocate: There may be a
great many delicate men in the country,
but we have yet to hear of one being too
weak to act as pall-bearer at the funeral Of
his 250-pOund mOther-in-law.
San Francisco Alta: MA an l." she
said, Shyly, ''are more like sisters than
mother and daughter" YES" he said
with lingering infection on the after
guard of his yes which rose clear to the
ceiling.
Newman Independent: ''Hello, Jack!
I saw your old colonel yesterday, and he
spoke very highly of YOU" Ibid he? What
did he say, TOm?" He said you were the
braveSt soldier in the regiment. l told
him that everybody here was inclined to
regard you as a coward now, but he
persisted in calling you the bravest
of the brave, and said you had nobly won
the title" did the colonel explain why
he thought was brave while you thought
Otherwise?" Upon my word, didn't
think to ask him." ''What proof did you
give him of your courage?" why, II
Il married his mother-in-laww
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Sick Leaves 70 Clerks,

WASHINGTON, July 11.-There is dis
position on the part of cabinet officers TO
discontinue the allowance of sick leaves
under pay to employees in the departments.
An impression prevails that serious abuses
have grown up i'm connection with the al
lowance of such leaves, and it is believed
the system should be rearranged so as TO
enable the distribution among worthy
employees who are working extra hours in
addition to rendering steady service
throughout the year of the money that is
now paid out during sick leaves TO that
class of employees who lose many days,
sometimes exceeding one hundred and fifty
days each year, from alleged disability. 1t
is probable that these views may take prac-
teal shape in q general order governing the
allowance of leaves in all the executive de-
partmentS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Strikers Fined.

CLEVELAND, o., July 1.-The strikers
who We're arrested yesterday appeared in
the police court this morning and fined SO
and costs each. Hoffman and Bezdek, the
latter the one who led the assault on the
screw works, were Immediately rearrested
on the charge of melting riot. The interest
and excitement caused by the strike of EN-
plOyes OF the Cleveland ROllingAIill company
appear to be on the wane. To-day the
Fourteenth and Eighteenth wards were as
quiet as if nothing had transpired to dis
turb the tranquility Of the workmen.
Turbulent scenes, which have kept citizens
in state of terror for the past ten days,
were missing, and the foreign strikers were
not TO be found in their regular hauntS.
The arrests made by the police on Friday
have had good effect and the remainder
of the rioters are keeping shady. For the
first time since the strike began spies, who
have been watching the mills so no one
should go to work, have failed TO put in an
appearance. Not one of the Fourteenth
ward were noticed i'll Newbury. The Off
GERS were on the alert as usual, but there
was no occasion during the day for their
services.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Population OF Dakota
Special TO the Globe.

FARGO. Oak, July 11.-Mai. Edwards,
supervisor of the census of North Dakota,
was to-day interviewed by the GLOBE cor
respondent and said: The returns for North
Dakota indicate that in this portion of the
territory the population will exceed $50, 900,
while in 1850 the entire territory contained
but 1876. III. and North Dakota had SO, 465
of these, showing an increase of $50 per cent.
in five years, while fifteen years ago the
entire population of North Dakota was
only 1,2l3. The schedules from enumer-
atOrS already received foot up to 1913, $50
population, and the rest of North Dakota,
from weekly reports, show population OF
2S. $50, making a total for North Dakota of
152, G96. This summary is liable TO vary
1000 or 5000 either way. The six coun-
ties of Red river valley show over one
half of the total population. the amount
being so, 962. These counties embrace about
7,725 square miles, or one-eighth of North
Dakota, while the fifty other counties have
a population of about II, 764. The follow
ing is the population of some of the cities
reported: Fargo 1884, Grand Forks 6. sos,
Bismarck 8, 167, jamestown 1856. Lisbon
1,700, Wahpeton 1,549, Glendale 553,
La Moure 35S. Thus far
about 1,123 old soldiers have been
reported, and about fifty who served
in the Confederate army. One feature
which is especially important i'm sanitary
view is the small number of deaths. Every
where the per cent is very small, but the
following counties report no deaths: Fos-
ter, Eddy, Wells, Sumner, Mcintosh.
Stark, Willard and Kidder. In many entries
not even case of sickness is reported. The
number of farms reported thus far are 81
CSC. and when all the schedules are in they
will Nobably show about S0,656 in North
Dakota, against II, 435 in the entire terri
DRY five years ago.