Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-02-06
GUESS IT WON'T GO.
We Allude to the I'm
Gle Samuel Land
Office
And the NewLocation
Selected for It.
Washington Street
Property
Takes a Rise which
Startles
For a Day the Old
Timers.
The True Inwardness
ola
Foolish Piece of Play
Masquerading in the
Costume of Bust
ness
Foolish Piece of Play

moved the Office. Nor do we belong *
the herd who believe Franklin stree
would be as well off without the govern
ment land office as it will be with it. No
yet are we of the crowd who think Wa
Keeney as a community would not bt
injured to some extent by removal o.
the Office from its present-from its long
time quarters - to the stone building
south of the Union House, on Washing
ton street.
In thus rejecting the sentiment Of the
WORLD on this important question, we
also echo the sentiment of large ma
jcrity of the citizens of Wa-Keeney.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Writings have been entered into be.
tween the land Office manager (or man
agers) and Mr.. Olson, whereby the stone
building named has been leased for the
Office of the register and receiver. It is
understood that the offices will be on the
first floor and the contest room will be in
the basement.
BIG BOOMING.
On the strength of this Change" lots
on Washington street have been chang
ing hands at all the way from one hun
dred to three or four hundred dollars
each. Such lots near the stone building
as have not been purchased by land at
torneys or other spectators have been
leased by land attorneys for Office pur-
poses.
This is, in this connection, point to
which we almost dislike to allude. We
do allude to the fact, as claimed by diff
ferent persons, who are no7v in position
to know, that portion of the land at
torneys learned of the contemplated
change in time to "heel'' themselves, as
they supposed, by getting "choice" To-
cations at previous-to-the boom prices.
RECEIVER PILKENToN TACKLED.
Yesterday morning, the WORLD re-
porter accosted Mr.. Pilkenton on the
street, and put patty to him the query,
"When are you going to move the land
Officer"
Mr.. Pilkenton answered, in substance:
I can't tell. We may not move at all.
We have leased that building of Mr..
Olson; we hold ourselves ready to execute
our part of the contract if it can be done
without raising a disturbance. The
Knights of Labor have raised the
point that Mr.. Olson has no right to
handle that property in this way.
POSITION OF THE KNIGHTS.
Our reporter canvassed the position of
different members of the Knights of
Labor. He learned that they, as rule,
are opposed to permitting the stone
building to be converted into govern
ment land office.
Going back to q year ago last month, it
is found that building association of
about thirty members was formed in Wa
Keeney. The primary purpose of this
was to build and fit up a
room for meeting place for that order.
Stock in the building association was a
dollar share. The number of shares
which member could take was optional
with himself. Some paid their shares;
some did not, while some paid for more
shares than they had subscribed for.
After the building had been erected, and
the securing of p deed was on the tapis,
w. G. Olson advanced, as loan, about
four hundred dollars. The deed was
made to the building association by M.
q. Pinkham and husband. Awhile back,
Mr.. Olson bought enough shares in the
building to create him its ruling spirit.
Among others, he purchased the shares of
q portion of the trustees of the associa-
ton. This, it was assumed, put them out
Of Office. Mr.. Olson then, by virtue of
his being president of the board of trus-
tees, filed by appointment the vacancies
which the designations had made in the
board of trustees. In this way, he ac-
quired the management of the building.
Hence it was that the scheme for moving
the land Office into it was Matched. In
his connection, lest it might be missed
later, we want to say that the WORLD is
not censuring Mr.. Olson. We have no
reason to think that he regarded these
moves as other than strictly legal, and he,
IN seeking to build up his portion of
own, played card which pushing men
are not apt to condemn.
But as we were going on to remark, the
bulk of the Knights of Labor are report
ID as having united on the common
ground that they have the building leased
until the first of March, 1886, and that
hey will take the case into the courts if
an effort is made to turn them out before
ninety days following that date. In 9TH
n words, they have legal advice which
that as the probably best course
% pursue, and unless this advice is found
% be defective, they viii act on it. On
his contingency, then, hangs the problem
II whether the
LAND OFFICE WILL GO
hero between now. and the frst OF june.
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