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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-20


sorghum will produce
$50 lbs Of sugar, worth SC per lib. tS7 50
1000 lbs of molasses, q 1Ac per b.. 17.50
800 lbs of seed, q &c per h.. ........ $50
Total value of sorghum, less fodder. $S9. 50
The corn crop gives 1850 Ms q 4 CENT. $40
The wheat crop gives 900 Ms g cent. 900
It can be seen that the sorghum yields
to the farmer more than twice as much
per acre as either of the leading cereals,
while as gross product of agriculture
and manufacture on our own soil, more
than six times as much per acre as is
usually realized from either of these
standard crops. The professor says. in a
note below, that the price obtained was
So cents for 1887, and it has been report
ed that the crop of 1888 was sold on the
track for 6 cents; so you can see that
these estimates are intended to be safe.
When we consider the length of the sea-
son and the improved machinery used at
this present day, We viii venture to asser.
that one good, industrious man and three
good horses or mules can plant and tend
sixty acres of cane, and do it in good
shape-not in the slipshod manner that
come Of our farmers are trying to grow it
by drilling it into rye and wheat stubble
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-20
Committee ON CAPITAL.
Its Report on Getting Capital En-.
listed in Sugar Making at Wa
Keeney.

To the People Of ws-Keeney and Vicinity:
Your committee beg leave to report
that owing to different causes, the chief
OF which was the delay of the passage Of
the bill for the encouragement Of the su-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-20

w D0Oo14 ASo6 kA8 1884,
GO DAILY News because isxS-
>asee is <xSexsivr. You srxsf
read scsHe paper. Probably
you've always had a weekly
you can now afford a daily.
The CHICAGO DAILY News
costs but one cent per copy
rs 50 cheap you ean'radord to
lose time waiting for aveeAy.
You ought TO know about things
vhea they happen-not q week
later. You live in the nine
teenfh century, in the greaaess
section Il the greatest country
On The earth. and you eaA't a$
fesd % be Ia behiad
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the GAZETTE


Is the Most Popular Newspaper in the State. It
its popularity to the fact that it is the BEST
EDITED and has the HIGHEST LITERARY CHAR
ACTER of any Kansas publication. It is CLEAN
and BRIGHT, and is the able exponent of ideas and
principles dear to the Kansas people. While 1t Is
broad in its philanthropy it il for KANSAS
AGAINST THE WORLD, and broadly claims that
the best service that be done for mankind Is to
INCREASE AND MAKE PERMANENT THE
PROSPERITY OF OUR GREAT COMMON.
WEALTH. Conscientious service in this patriotic
line Of duty has given it unusual hold upon the
people Of central and western Kansas. Besides,
no paper excels It as a dissemination of news.
The MARKET REPORTS ARE RELIABLE AND
COMPLETE The NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD
is found condensed in its columns, and the very best
stories and literary productions that money pur
chase are regularly found In its columns. On the
whole it is q model newspaper and richly deserves
what 1t has, THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of any
duplication of the kind in the state.
Remittances may be made at our risk, either By
draft, express, pOstofce order, express order, or
registered letter. Address
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Board next took up the matter of
road as petitioned for by John r. Wilson
and others. Road beginning at northeast
corner of section 8, township IL, range @,
running thence on or near section lines
to the northeast corner of section a, town.
ship II, range %, and terminating at
north line OF Trego county. The report
of viewers was favorable to the road, and,
there being no legal objections to the
report, except claim for damages made
by Lee Monroe, as attorney for F. O.
Ellsworth, and the board being satisfied
that the road, if established, would be OF
public utility, it was ordered that the
viewers report and surveyors plat and
record of the road as laid out and sur
veyed be recorded by the county clerk on
the road records of the county; that dam
ages as assessed by the viewers be
allowed as assessed, and that the road be
declared legal highway, sixty feet in
width. It was also ordered that town.
ship trustee be instructed to have the
road opened in accordance with view and
survey.
Board adjourned to meet April 9, 1889.
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DIR. $500 $22,eO9 So
WA-KEEsEY, KAN, March q, 1889.
CHAs. 81. GIBBs,
County Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this April 8, 1883.
!, G. A HoAR,
lsEALI County Clerk.
Report of examiners Of treasurer's
books and accounts was read and ap-
proved, as follows:
To the Honorable Board Of Commissime,s a rrego
County:
GUTIEHE: ], r. 81. Coneer, probate
Judge Of Trego county, respectfully report
that have examined the book md 40
counts Of Charles ii. Gibbs, treasurer Of
Trego county, and find in his hands .
cash balance Of twenty-five thousand,
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57,431 Al
My ledger this day shows the following
balances and the funds to which they
belong:
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-26

was called in. As soon as | looked at him l saw
that he had no show, and told him that 1t would
not be honest for me TO give him medicine and take
his money when ! knew that | could do him no
good"
"That was surely commendable," said the trav-
eler.
"Oi course; but mark the difference. That young
snipe called in What did he do? Act with
corresponding honesty? No, sir, he pitched in and
gave old Pete lot of medicine"
"And killed him, eh2"
"Well, no the scoundrel has about cured him."
Eyes, but that proves him to be good physi-
clan"
"A good physician :" the old fellow exclaimed.
"Why. blast him, he knew that had said old Pete
couldn't live. lie knew that my professional repu-
tation at stake. Why didn't he LET the old fool
die? Why did nc want to cure him and ruin me2
II was unprofessions act, sir, and just
he comes out of that house Pm going to whale him.
am not going to be insulted in nay old age, and
above all, | am not going to allow a young popin-
jay to ruin the profession. Wait till he comes out
and you'll hear something drop"
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-26
BASELY UNGRATEFUL.

An old fellow sat rail fence. His hat lay
on the ground his long hair was tangled and his
face wore revengeful expression. A traveller
noticing the old fellows hardness of countenance,
stopped and thus addressed him:
"You seem to be worried"
cam"
whats the natter"
"Got duty to perform"
at must be an unpleasant one"
"NO, the duty is pleasant enough but the wait
ing is tiresome."
"Why do you waltz"
"See that house up yonder?"
Eyes"
"Well, there's fellow in there that am going
to larrup soon he comes out"
''He has done you an injury | suppose"
"He has"
"What did he dor"
"Well, I'll tell youl He came into this neigh
bOrhood about six months ago and began to prac-
tice medicine. have been q practicing physician
in this community for thirty years, yet treated
the upstart kindly. How did he repay me? With
the basest ingratitude, sir. Pl tell you how it
was. About two weeks ago old Peter Nolan was
taken awfully sick. He was as sick man as ever
saw in my life. Why, he had swamp fever, rheu-
matism, pleurisy, and number of other diseases.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-26

ence that has taught me to look with frowning
oountenance upon the religious press. My nature
Is not suspicious, am not influenced by inuendoes
and therefore think that | have Justice on my
side when declare my opposition to the religious
press. Listen. When | started the Rdn's Horn
the golden butterfly of encouragement, flashing in
the sunlight of promise, alighted on my hand
press. In fact, throwing metaphor aside the
religious people of Crosscut county swore that
they would give me joyous support. They were
tired of the campaign buge, calling on ballot box
suffers to organize themselves into a closer union
of political fraud. They wanted the rams horn OF
religious rebuke to blow blast that would shatter
the walls OF sim But am still clinging to meta
phor. Let me be practical Nearly all the inhab-
itants of the neighborhood Methodists, and il
was of course necessary that our paper should be
mouthpiece of that denomination. The committee
appointed by the congregation OF Elk Hoof church
approved highly OF the name that had selected.
and the first issue OF my paper was received with
many evidences of affection In my thankfuness |
Rugged myself. Never before had | been - we'll
situated. had to sleep in the meeting house. it is
true, and the hogs that csme under the house to
cough and to rub their backs against the
floor, frequently kept me awake all night
but this much better than 10 dodge
bricks thrown by defeated candidates or
to lie out in the cold and dreary woods dur
ing session of the grand jury. Ii is true that
was expected to eat the uneavened bread left
over from communion, q would willingly have
drunk the wine but there never was any lefty but
this better than the food that had often fallen
to my lot had made up my mind to live life
of religious devotion when schsm occurred One
faction believed in baptism by immersion; the
other faction adhered to the principle of sprink-
ling. l was called upon to take sides. hesitated
Then the leaders of one faction drove out of the
church, slapped me with sste-like piece of
unleavened bread and bruised me with the contri-
button box. | then declared myself in favor OF
immersion. The other faction, hearing of this
hemmed me up in a corner of the courthouse yard
set farmers dog on me, tore my raiment and
kicked me- Then declared in favor OF sprnking
but oh then began the tempest of my SOUL for both
factions caught me Snd after sprinklng me with
sand, threw me into the river. l crawled out and
at night issued the last copy of the RAMS Horn
So far as | am concerned the Jericho walls may
stand. am now prepared to do night police on
Chicago newspaper. "-Opie u. Read
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-26
THE JERICHO WALLS.

John Beemsly, well known in southern Ken
lucky, a professional journalist" decided to
give up political writing and to devote his stirring
energies of mind to the comforting performance of
publishing religious paper. AS a Democratic
editor, he had been insulted: as a Republican
editor, he had been abused and the editor of an
independent newspaper he had been olted on a new
made rail
Il am DONE" said Beemsy, "with the tempestu-
Gus whirl of sensational journalism. | am done
with frightening headlines and singing para
graphs. Hereafter, my words, instead of being
hurled forth with the violence of stab shall fall
in soft and slowly dying cadence like the gentle
persuasive and half sobbng call of the mourners'-
bench exhorter The breath of political journal
ism is hot and tainted with fever born of filth ;
the breath of the religious press is perfumed by the
flowers that grow on the banks of the Jordan"
Beemsly went into Crosscut county ard
started paper named the RAMS Horn In his
salutatory he declared that he would blow the
RAMS Horn until the Jericho walls of sin tumbled
down. For time his sheet bore evidences of
prosperity. His articles were ardent and his hope
relative to the tumbling of the Jericho walls
could be seen shining through bad press work and
umpy distribution of ink. But suddenly there
came change, for, one morning, upon taking up
his paper, l read, instead of hot attack on the
Jericho walls, these startling announcements:
Brother Featherstone is liar.
!"Old Buck Bromfeld, who prides himself upon
his ability to knock the socks off the shu ling feet
OF sin, could not, in direct appeal to sick Kitten
awaken a responsive new.
"Class- leader Bill Snort is correctly named for
his attempted prayers are nothing but snorts. He
doesn't know any more about baptism than blind
mud-turtle does about the original manuscript of
Martyrs Book of Foxes
Brother Zeb Spotfeld is fool. At the
mourners' bench he bellows like a bull but in pri-
vate life he doesn't know whether Jacob sold his
birthright for a mess of cartridges, or whether
Esau killed kid with boomerang
"Old Phil Gray would steal an overcoat in July
linen buster in January.
"This is the last issue of our paper. There will
be no new wrinkles on the RAMS Horn"
Two days later, Beemsly walked into my ROOM
His clothes were torn and patch of skin danged
from his forehead.
"Speak not to me-" he said, as he sat down on a
chair. "Let words of surprise start forth to
greet my seemingly unseemly arrival"
"Why, Beemsly," l cried, "what has befallen
your"
He remained silent for a few moments and then
asked:
"Did you see the last issue of my 2aper2"
eyes,"
"Ah, the wolves Pll tell you about an expert
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-01-26
AN UNGRATEFUL MAN.

The manager of railroad was sitting in his
office puzzled over the continuous Outcroppings of
the interstate commerce law, when a card bearing
the name Nv. b. Lancaster Finchly," handed
to him.
ale says that his business is of great import
ance' said the porter who brought the card.
"Show him up" the manager irrtably replied.
Mr.. Finchly entered lie not dressed
with Indeed, of his shoes badly run
and the lapel of his shining double breasted
coat there might have been seen-ln fact was seen
small particles of potato salad.
What do you want?" the manager sharply
demanded.
"You are the manager of this road"
YES"
"There rests, upon your shoulders, the leaden
responsibility of this great concern-in short there
is no doubt but that YOU the manager?"
Estate your business get out of here"
"Yes-thank you. l wanted TO he sure that |
addressing the main man of affairs. Now to
business. gentleman, in high official position in
the treasury department at Washington has just
arrived in the city, bringing with him the startling
information that several millions of counterfeit
five and ten-dollar notes have been turned loose in
this community The work is done so we'll no
one but a man of much experience can detect even
the slightest trace of fraud" The visitor shifted
his weight from foot to the other and then
continued: 81 am a sort of public character, sir,
and l regarded it my duty to come and warn you,
knowing that railroads likely to gather in,
with their reaching commercial clutches a
great deal of every output OF counterfeit currency"
The manager, having put down his pen, sat star
ing, in half amused way, at his peculiar caller.
The visitor thus continued: al am friend to the
railroads. to some of them, at least, and hope that
you will permit one to impose you"
81 am far, assure you, from being lamb. By
the way, you said just now that you a sort of
public man."
ayes, sir"
"What business are you engaged IMP"
"Well, just at present | am not directly
nected with any enterprise. l am merely staying
in the city few days, but intend to leave soon for
Kansas City l should have left this morning,
doubtless, but as say, | deemed it my duty to
warn you"
81 am thousand times obliged to you" replied
the manager, with we'll concealed sarcasm
mot at all. In this life sir, think that we
should endeavor to help one another. AS said,
going over to Kansas City. Your road
reaches that place, believe"
ayes"
"Then shall have the pleasure of riding on 1t.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13
THE CHICKEN COOP.

 with large verandas on the east and south sides. The interior has the usual com plement of rooms for L good sized and well to do family, but there is an unusual amount of upstairs and an old fashioned cupola from which one may overlook 8 large extent of country. Everywhere about the house are quaint old pieces of furniture and mantel ornaments, relics of the Revolution and subsequent wars; also several valuable oil paintings and much silverware that was used while the family was in the White House. Among the noted relics is Q big clock over hundred years old, once the prop erty of Mrs. Hayes grandmother; yet it keeps excellent time and seems good for another century. On it is the stuffed owl which was caught cn the Washing ton monument at the capital and given to Mrs. Hayes.
 Webb Hayes, the son best known dur ing his fathers presidency and now a man near 40 year old, is i'll business in Cleveland, O., as one the National Carbon company. Birchard Hayes, next in age is one of the law firm of Swayn, Swayr 6 Hayes, and is a good lawyer. Reed Hayes, 27 years old, is cashier in the Fremont Savings bank, and Scott Hayes but IS years old, has not yet completed his education. The ex-president has but one daughter, Fanny, 20 years old ant quite pretty. She is also quite vivacious Her tricycle. is the only one in Fremont and her skill in managing it is a matter of local pride. The home life of tht
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13
-,RoPosA1sroR AMY TRANSPORTATION

PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION
 Headquarters Department ofA-izona Of fee Chief Quartermaster, Los Angeles, Cal, March % 1S8g.-Scaied pToposalswin be receiv- ed at tbis office rntil Il o'clock am, MONDAY, April 1Z, lS99 and opened immediately there after in the presence of bidders, for transr orta- ton, by wagon, Of military supplies du 1n5 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, on routes In the Department of Arizona, as foilows:-koUIE No. 1.-From Mhipple Barracks, A. T., to Fort Y Nerde A. T. RoUTE No 2.-From such shipping point on the line of the Maricopa and PheniX Railroad as the bidder may elect, to Fort Mcdowell, A. T. ROUTE No. 3.-From such shipping point on the s. P k. k. as the bidder may elect, to Fort Bow ie, 4. T. ROUTE No. 4-From such shipping point on the s. r. R. k. as the bidder may elect to Forts Grant and Thomas, and San Carlos, A; T.; also from Fort Grant to Fort Thomas, and from Fort Grant to San Carlos, and from Fort Thomas to San Carlos, A. T. ROUTE No D. From HolbToOk, A. T.. to Fort Apache, A. T. ROUTE No. 6.-FrOm ucson, 4. T. to Fort Lowell, X. T. ROCTE No. 7.-From Huachuca Station or Benson, A. T., to Fort Huachuca, A. T. ROUTE No. S.-From such shipping point on the line of the A. T. tS S. E. R. R. as the bidder may elect to Fort Stanton, N. NJ. ROUTE No. 9.-FrOm Wat rouS. \. M., to Fort Union, x. NJ. ROUTE No. 10. From Wingate Station, \. NJ, to Fort Wingate, N NJ. ROUTE No 11.-From Silver City, N. NJ, to Fort Bayard x. NJ. ROUTE No. 12.-From Rail road Station at Santa Fe, N. NJ, to Fort Marcy
 N NJ. Specifications, general intructions to bid ders and blank forms of proposal will be fur
 nished on application to this office, or to the
 Assistant Quartermaster, at Tucson, A. T., or San l ia Fe \. M, \. $. KENDALL. Quartermaster, U. ! A., Chief Qua -termaSter
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13

tone. This is the more remarkable since there has been, since 1646, a rather curious mortality among ex-presidents, in marked contrast to the fact in early times. John Adams lived twenty mine years and Thomas Jefferson seventeen years after retiring; John Quincy Adams won his greatest fame in congress during the twenty-three years following his pTesidency; John Tyler outlived nearly all his contemporaries; Andrew Jackson did not die till 1845, and Martin Van Buren lived to see in congress the grand son of his early classmate, dying at the ago of 80 in 1862.
 On the other hard, James K. Polk died in a-few weeks after reaching home, his successor died in office, two presidents have since been murdered in rapid suc- cession, James Buchanan soon passed away and Presidents Grant and Arthur began to die almost as soon as they be came private citizens. The earlier presi- dents lived in the country and were men of quiet rural habits, and in this respect MT. Hayes fairly rivals them. As he is in firm health and scarcely past the prime of life, and as Mir Cleveland does not complain of weakness, the republic may count upon having two live ex- presidents for many years. The extremely quiet life of Mir. Hayes may be judged from the fact that in all the heated cam paigns since 1881 there has appeared no address to the public from and no pointed interview with him. It is presumed, of course, that he is still a Republican,; but if called on to prove that fact, the aver age citizen would be puzzled to find the evidence. *.*
 Nevertheless, Mir. Hayes is by no means an idle man. He is president of the mana gers of the John F. Slater fund and one of the directors of the Peabody fund (both bequeathed for educating southern negroes); he is also, since the death of Phil Sheridan, commander of the Loyal
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13
SUflllshDalS .

IN THE JUSTICES COURT, PRECINCT NO. l, l in and for Pinal county, Territory of Arizo- na.
 Charles F. Bennett, plaintiff vs. John Ryan, defendant.
 Action brought in the Justices Court of Pre- cinct No. 1, in and for the county of Pinal in the Territory of Arizona.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to John Ryan, defendant You are hereby re quired to appear ill an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff, in the Jus tices Court of Precinct No. l, in and for the county of Pinal, in the Territory of Arizona, and answer the complaint fled in said Jqstic -'s Court al Florence in said county within five days, (exclusve of the day of seryiee), after the service you of this summons, if served in this Precinct, but if served without this Pre- cinct, but in the county, ten days: if served out Of the county, fifteen days, in all other eases twenty days This suit is brought to recover the sum of eighty-ive and 90-1e0 dollars with inter est of ten per cent per annum, from June 1st 1888, upon an account for goods, wares anc merchandise sold and delivered to you at Sil yer King, Arizona, betweenthe first day Of June 1887 and the first day Of June, 1883. Or judg ment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand at Florence, this 6tf day of February, 1889.
 JOHN MILLER, Justice or the Peace
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13

ramlIy IS eHtrenleIy regular ana slmpie. They retire and rise early, and much of their leisure time is spent in the library, which contains several thousand books.
 Despite this extremely quiet life and the fact that Mir. Hayes stays at home at least three-fourths of the time, there is peculiarity enough in his position to excite considerable curiosity. He was the only president who declined nomi- nation for a second term in advance of his election to the first, the only presi- dent whose title was seriously disputed after the election, and the only one since Jackson who retained the same cabinet during his entire term, and assisted in stead of discouraging cabinet officers aspirations for the presidency. It is too common for a president to look with unfriendly eye upon aspirants in the
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-04-13
SEsHSlKla -.

TN THE JUSTICES COURT, PRECINCT NO. l l, in and for Pinal County Territory of Ari- ZOns..
 Charles F Bennett, plaintiff, vs. John Kearney, defendant.
 Action brought in the Justices Court of pre- cinct No. in and for the county of Pinal, in the Territory of Arizona.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to John Kcarney, defendant. You are hereby sum moned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff inthe Justice Court of Precinct No. l, i'll and for the County of Pinal in the Territory of Arizona, and answer the complaint filed in said Justice Court in Florence in said county within five days, (exclusive of the day of service), after the ser vice on you of this summons, if served in this Precinct or if served without this Precinct but in this County, 10 days; if served out ot the county, fifteen days, in all other cases twenty days. This suit is brought to recover from you the sum ofthirty-eight and 65-l00 dol lars with interest thereon from the lst day oi January, 1888, upon an account for goods, wares and merchandise, sold aud delivered to you at Pinal Coun.y, Territory of Arizona, between the 1st day of June 1887 and the 1st day of June, 1SSS or judgment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand at Florence this 9th day of February, A. D. 1879.
 JOHN MILLER. Justice of the Peace