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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05
Farm for Sale.

One of the most valuable and fine
ly situated quarter sections OF land
in the county OF Benton or any other
county. every acre of which is a
heavy dark loamy soil, covering a
deep formation Of clayey marls, ex-
cept twenty acres OF excellent mea-
dow. There are eighty acres under
cultivation and never failed to pro-
,duce No. 1 hard The buildings con-
sist of a new barn 33x33 feet,
.granary 14x22 feet, also chicken and
hog houses. The dwelling house is
-2Ox26 feet with "L" 16x24. All the
buildings are finished and thoroughly
painted. The surroundings of which,
for arrangements and cleanliness, has
no superior. There was never a
mortgage record against said farm
and the title is a warrantee. Will sell
for reasonable payment down. and
take security for the balance.
My reasons for selling are these:
;Since the republican party has held
domination, land values have de-
creased as mortgages increased, and
from the fact that a horde OF
'moneyed cut-throats are by law let
Eloose throughout the land, to manip-
sulate and set prices on all farm pro-
auctions, standing between the pro-
xvyrkh
road discrimination to back them
up, to amass their millions from the
lhands OF honest labor. As farmer |
hold that | have no control OF my
business. l stand as a producing
tool, while others receive the profits.
My productions help to set the table
for the rich us well as the poor. And
if the millions OF manufacturing oper-
atives were reasonably paid for their
services, would not grumble at his
cheap dinners, but the protected
manufacturers get the benefit OF
my labor, by grinding down the
wages of his help, knowing that his
help can live cheaply from my unpro.
tected production, but when any Of
us need articles OF the highly protect
ed manufacturer we pay double value
Thus it may be seen, that the agri
cultural producer is made Scape
goat Of all producers, and were il
not so the manufacturing operative
would be in a worse shape than any
denizen of the Emerald Isle, or Rus
sian serf and yet these loud mouthee
politicians, are heard to say: W.
don't want to compete with the pau
per labor of Europe. Let me ask jus
here: Who are you competing
against and with? The answer is
1.-The down trodden and much abused
innocent farmer"
Any one wishing to view the abov
described farm can drop off tn
Northern Pacific train at Rice's sta
ton, seventy-five miles north of st
Paul, and enquire at the post office
where to find Farmer Joe's'' place.
Alliance and Labor Songsters.
Every Sub-Alliance in the grea
northwest should send for dozel
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sorr MILLION ACRES OF HOME
STEAD.
All Grasped BY the Land Grant"
Octopus.

All Grasped BY the Land Grant"
Octopus.
In the case of the Sangre de Cristo
Land Grant, now practically closed,
and settlers removed by eviction or
the bullet, the Anti-Land Grant
Monthly, says:
There is and can be no mistake in
the original boundaries of this grant,
and as the United States about this
time was not making any grant OF
this character, it is very clear that
Congress or the Secretary OF the In
terror, by whom this patent was IS
sued. was not only misled, but
gross willful fraud was perpetrated
upon him, founded upon false set
of affidavits, as can be shown.
Against these wrongs petitions time
and again have been fled directed
ssto the Hon. Secretary OF the In
terror" all of which might as well
have been directed or consigned to a
fiery furnace. Letters time and again
have been written to members OF Con-
gress, and in the face of all they too
have been ignored in silence. During
all these long yea 8, Mr.. Gilpin has
soothed the fears the citizens who are
besides the govel nment made to suffer
,by this fraud, by telling them to go
ahead; as miners all would be right;
as farmers, that they should have
their lands, and thus has the public
INDIGNATION been lulled, until now
the general manager OF this grant,
Col. D. C. Dodge, publicly assumes
the dictatorship and informs the peo-
ple that he, Gov. Gilpin, "made a
great many promises without any
authority to do so,'' and thus
repudiates all his obligations made
for years to the miners and settlers
upon this grant, beside the immense
wrong done to hundreds OF farmers
and miners all over this country.
On this q Subsequent Land Com
missioner comments as follows:
The files of this Office groan with
the pitiful appeals of settlers to be
protected against fraudulent surveys
of private land claims, which appear
generally to have received no more
attention than to the buried in the
tomb of official archives. Recent
memorialists, praying legal interven
ton to save their homes and property
from seizure under the patent ISSUED
in 1881 for nearly 1000, 900 acres
to the claimants of the Sangre d.
~Cristo grant in Colorado, which, i
existent and valid, was restricted b,
the laws of Mexico to one-tenth o
the quantity conveyed by this office
say upon the recital OF frauds am
injuries alleged that against thes
wrongs, petitions time and again
have been filed directed to the Hon
~orable Secretary of the interior, al
OF which might as well have bee
directed Or consigned to a fire.
furnace"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05

How many Alliance men are still
supporting old party papers which
are doing their best to club the order
to death? They cannot afford to
supply the enemy with the sinews OF
war. What next?-Statesman.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05

Sleepy Eye Herald:
John J. Mooney Of Granite Falls is
evidently a. level headed man. He
writes an able article in the Granite
Falls Tribune defending the Alliance
from the abuses and misrepresen-
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tations made against it blythe editor
of the Journal of Granite Falls. One
thing is true and ought to be remem-
ell by all enemies of the farmers
movement, that "the GREAT WEST is
not the Alliance, nor is the Alliance
responsible for all that papersays."
The Herald has for the past three
months clfampioned the cause and
rights Of the farmers and acknOwl-
edges that the GREAT w EST has done
a great deal to arouse the. farmers
to action. DR.. Fish has been sound
on the tariff question:. and has done
much to- educate theemasses in tariff
reform. But why under the sun
don't he give us rest on the Hall,
LathrOp, et:al., faction of the Alliance
and go in and give the ticket good
supportf Why not bury the hatchet
and abide by the result OF the con-
ventiOn,
Will some old party organ answer
this question? Did not congress
pass a bill in 1862 authorizing the
issuing Of 100000, 900. in green
backsf Again in 1868 was not the
Secretary of the Treasury authorized
to issue $900,OO0, 900 more? At the
Gloss OF the war, were thens not $3.50
900 900 ofgreenbacks that were not
appropriated? Ii SO, we've the bonds
issued and sold for the purpose of
raising,money to carry ON the war,
or were they issued for the purpose
of absorbing the greenbaeks and Gre
ating a bonded Indebtedness for the
toiling masses to pay? Answer from
the records, will you ?-Efnancipator.
Ana. Nonconformist:
The last Kingman. Leader-COurier
contains seventy five sheriff sales and
publication notices, occupying six
teen columns, solid nonpareil, also
fifteen more columns solid nonpareil
delinquent tax: list. The remaining
Espace is occupied in defaming the
/ Peoples, nominee for congress and
applauding s'Prince Hal" That's
right, work. spr your own interest.
The. policy that Jerry Simpson IA
vors and is pledged to support would
not furnish, one paper in any country
of the land evidences of law-made
bankrupts to the legal rate amount
ing to $3.50 every issue OF the paper
That is a low estimate on the per
) quisite enjoyedby the Leader Courier
) the direct result Of party policy, which
. it's Champion. 'SPrince Hal, is boun(
: to support if elected.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05
RUNS

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Convenient Trains to an0 from Eastern West
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For tipketa. sleeping car reservations, time
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UnitedYStates or CanaGa.
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Asst Gen. Pass. and Tkt Agent
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
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Every Surveillance in the great
northwest should send for dozen
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05

copies of that best OF all aids for Al
lance gatherings-the SONGSTER,
issued by the Vincent Brothers, Pub
fishers, Winfield, Kansas. 1t con-
tains seventy-five lively pieces, all set
to old familiar tunes, that every
body can sing. Price only 10 cents,
or 81 10, per dozen, postpaid. 1t is
a daisy, and no mistake. Every ALI
ance secretary should at least orGer
a sample copy (10c.) and thus see for
themselves.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-05

The Woman Of The Future.
In a certain class of publications,
and from a certain class OF writer's,
we hear great deal about The
Woman of the Future" What do
we really care about it? AS Sir Boyle
Roche said in one OF his speeches,
"What has posterity done for us
that we should do anything for
posterity?" The woman OF the
present is the one that interests us,
and in fact is more than average
men can manage, to say nothing OF
some future female The woman OF
the present has pretty clear ideas OF
her own about m ost things, and one
of them is that when she travels she
always selects "The Burlington"
Vestibuled Line for Chicago, ST..
Louis, and all points east south, or
west. Tickets, time tables. and full
information as to rate and routes
can be obtained Of any ticket agent
Of ''The Burlington" or by address
ing W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent C. B. & N. R. R., ST. Paul,
Mimi.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27
ern Texas is a little too wet and sonthett
Kansas a little to dry, but the Oklahoma

ern Texas is a little too wet and southern
| Kansas a little TO dry, but the Oklahoma
| country strikes happy medium.
Oklahoma is in no special danger 81
! combustion on account OF the absence 81
I territorial goverDmeu "a the last ten
( months of its existence Will show, but yet
! it would be highly satisfactory 10 have the
! government as soon as possible.
| The Herald claims that eel Reno is the
/ hub of the territory. Since the ARRIVAL OF
, the daily Rock Island train we have syS-
! TEN of daily hacks 10 our depot from
Union CITY. Darlington, Fort cIiI. Cah-
comment. Reno City, Auadarko Frisco,
Silver City. Harrison, Oklahoma CITY, ana
all other overland towns
Oklahoma Democrat: \ good deal of
promiscuous shooting was INDUCED IN TINS
Morning by various parties scattered over
the city, at a flock OF geese OF their sprin2
tour northward. flying in The nelGhboFhood
of Il mile high. The citizens were ia nlucn
more danger than the geese. We doubt II
they even heard the report OF the guns,
while one OF the Winchester balls fell IN
about foot of Us.
A contest on a quarter section of land
adjoining Guthrie has been sen~lbly COM
promised by the contestants dividing IL
among them-NichOlas Laus taking
% 4il0O acres, jefferson Watson A. j6-l0J
acres and James ROdman 80 acres. The
claim is said 10 be worth s5.GtJ. 1T Is a.
good way TO settle contests aud undoubt~
edy the plan will be taken in many case.
The grading on the Oklahoma City ca
nal Is now practically completed on the
canal for the full SIX miles, except the
filling IN against about half a mile OF
half fiume which has been constructed
west OF the first river crossing. The
hume work is all done except over the
river The work Of driving the piles for
the support of the fumes over the river
viii begin tomorrow, which VIII b. IN
place within week The only work OF
Importance that viii remain unfinished
by the first OF March VIII be the dam.
and the taI races below where the power
IS 10 be located. Everything can easily
be IN readiness for the use Of the cleo
tric light company by April /. The
milling enterprise will not probably be
ready 70 begin operations for two or
three months later.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27
A SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR.

Yesterdays dispatches state that Jas.
S. Gregory, Of Stevens county, is IN Kan
sas City. No., soliciting aid for destitute
people in that county. In the name of
the State of Kansas the EAGLE protests
against any such proceedings. If there
is autual restitution in any part of the
state, the state is amply able to relieve
it. And it is not only able, but is ready
and willing to do so on notice. The
man Gregory may be commissioned and
delegated to go out OF Stevens county to
solicit aid, but there is no earthly ex-
cuse for his going out Of the state on
such mission, and the fact that he
passed entirely through the state with
out stopping to make his mission known,
hurrying to an outside communi ty, in
connection with the character of the ap-
peal he made, invests his undertaking
with suspicion. Let him come back to
Kansas, and if the conditions are found
to exist as represented by him they will
be promptly relieved.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27
THE WESTERN FARMERS CoNDI-

The preliminary report of the bureau
of statistics. issued last week, giving the
exports of wheat, corn, provisions, etc. y,
| IS interesting, not only for the indica-
| ton it affords of the favorable nature of
our foreign trade for another month,
but also because it suggests thought
with regard to the prices for products
which the western farmer is getting.
We are persuaded that over much is be-
ing made out Of the decrease in values
compared with a year ago as evidence of
poverty among the agricultural classes.
No one doubts that the western pro-
Queer is working on a narrow margin.
and when that is the case the situation
is sure to be extremely trying to the
less efficient, just as it is in every indus
try. Some farmers run behind no mat
ter how high their produce sells, ana so
too there are failures in trade circles
during the most prosperous epochs; but
in all departments the number of unfor
Inmates naturally enough increases
as the profit decreases. Hence
it is not difficult to believe
that there are many who have got into
debt raising wheat and corn and will
have to live closely to get out OF debt
again. The only consolation this stua-
ton affords is that forced economy is the
natural method Of progress. Ii it SO
happen that some succumb under the
pressure, such cases are not to be taken
as indicative that mill, OF trade, or
farm frugally managed (as every bust
ness ought to be and must be in the end),
is not profitable. Indeed this very pro-
cess has of late years improved the
farmers position, making it more secure,
he having for all future time saved a
large part of his loss OF price through
smaller requirements for interest, labor
and freights.
But these matters are foreign to our
present topic. We merely purposed to de-
velop briefly hint which was suggested
by the trade figures made public last
week. The matter in hand had refer
ence to and seemed to throw q light
upon the unfavorable contrasts SO fire.
quently seen nowadays respecting the
western farmers present financial posi-
ton compared with that position a year
ago. These trade figures give Us not
only the quantities but also The values
of wheat, corn, oats, ETC., exported in
January and for the seven months. Ac
cepting the data as approximately cor
rect, the following show the average
unit of value for each article named:
AVERAGE VALUES OF EXPORTS FOR JANUARY.
AND FROM JULY TO January 81.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The citizens of CimarTon City have de-
ciGed IN favor of a herd law.
The Democrats VIII have a rally at CHM
arrou City Saturday evening.
Oklahomaites are returning from the
Sioux reservation and proclaimip. it no
good.
The best looking man in Oklahoma is
still undeyeloped. Tie papers shoald at
tend to this.
The installation and bean supper at
Frisco has been postponed until February
2s-tomorrow.
Cimarron City will have daily mail
after the Ist of July, a. the star route Is 20
be established.
Edmond society viii give a ball aud
supper Friday night IN that city AID =
COOL time is expected
The ladies Of the Congregational church
at Cimarron City gave tier hrst enter-
tainnent last night.
Great preparations are being made for
the SCHOOL teachers meeting Tor The tern
tory at Edmond. March =.
Guthrie schools are still going. which Is
a far better news item for that town than
the one stating thai they had stopped.
Mad dogs are reported a. numerous in
the Cherokee couatTy. There are also
some mad castlemen in the same locality.
There Is bat one thing in Guthrie that Is
not metropolitan and u the practice of
damiDg the Cottonwood Up Win dead
caTcHae@-
X congress was hzif 50 industrious az
the Oklahoma farmer - az present vita
MS pIOw. ne territorial government would
uos b= long u comlag.
The daises hare made their appear
ance in sheltered places oyer the prairie.
and the cottonwood and elm buds are
almost ready 70 Open.
Track lsyiug on the Guthrie stree: rail-
wsy will begiu soon ]. is a slow western
city OF GGrsrae's SIC aa6 III ,oo.taoee thai
does nc. have EoEse-ca-.
The poetical Edmond Sun calls Okla
bona -.tbe lard 81 fae fair god. The
FrEsos Herald wAsis % Know. Nov ys1l
!. ne vita NcEahe .oe goFeruer
An authority says ''acs Tobacco esn e
.rcwn u Oklahoma also. 4ca see Eosfa-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

we are gong to do about Il. Now "a I
am one Of the class referred 10. a sub
scrIher 10 your valuable paper. and am n
victim OF the general depression in prices
/ to the tune Of several thousand dollars.
WANT 20 endorse all that g.. Campbell
say a. 10 the need of more money IA
circulation, per capita. but We want
other reforms also, among which are un-
equal taxation.
We want the wealth Of the country in
whatever form 1t may assume 70 bear
| its equitable PARTON Of the burden of
taxation, state, national or local
We want no more unjust discrimina-
tious by railroad corporations or other
transportation companies against Us.
We want no more extorting by pools.
trusts. combinations, or other schemers.
We want laws that wili,stlmulate pro-
duction, competition IN trade aud en-
nance prices.
We want the salaries Of all officers.
especially Legislators, state and national,
reduced an proportion 10 the prices Of
other labor and the products OF labor, as
a penalty for indifference TO the wants
Of their constituents. and the salary ball
so framed that office holders will be ade-
quately rewarded with returning pros
perity. We think this last paragraph
enforced through the necessary legisiA-
ton would also check corruption and
extravaganza in public expenditures and
thereby reduce taxation.
As to what We are going 10 do about
Il, the farm and labor organizations that
are springing into existence all over thIs
country will answer that question later
on at the polls. and they VIII be reirr-
forced by all who believe that labor and
especially agricultural pursuits are the
basis upon which all others depend for
success, and even for bread Then 80
say give farmers a margin 81 profit as
we'll a. others. JANIS I. DEHJREE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

The new postage stamps just issued
mark an epoch in American stampdo,n.
because of their diminutiveness. Il al
most commissions one to accuse General
Wannamaker of Anglo maniacism.
Hitherto small stamps have been con-
fined to the eastern hemisphere, barring
dependencies such as Canada. Germany,
Italy. Great Britain and Russia all have
small stamps, while United States, Mex
leo, Argentine and all the American re-
pnblics have large stamps. Whether
this change is an economic or artistic
measure or a personal admiration on the
part OF our postmaster general for the
English remains in doubt.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

i Chicago man who was recently in
Havana was told by the waiter at the
hotel at which he was staying that he
ought to consider himself highly hon
ored. as he was seated at the table that
was reserved for Grover Cleveland dur
ing his visit to Havana last year. The
Chicago man says he then for the first
time appreciated the feelings of the St.
Louis brewer who paid an enormous
sum at kissengen for the right to bathe
in the same tub that Prince Bismarck
had used,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

ton and bring better times. But that
hope was based upon the supposition
that prices would remain the same as at
that time; but they did not, and this has
caused the disappointment. If the sur
plus of crops of 1889 could have been
sold at the same figures as those of 1888.
we would not hear the cry of distress
that is now going up. And as We have
before stated-a proposition that is self
evident-if the volume of currency in
actual circulation, even year ago, had
not been contracted to the extent it has
mot only as a surplus in the treasury,
but also in corporate and private hold
ings) prices W ould not have shrunken to
anything like the extent they have, and
we would be realizing. in part at least,
the good times anticipated.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27
Frances 70 Susan.
From The Boston Herald.

: TOM lAt t11f>s'f3i t1eE3ti1-
Miss Willard writes to Susan r. An
thony. for her seventeen birthday, a
note in which she SAYS:
Beloved Susan: You have lived
seventy seiiieSs, sacred. sorrowful. ser
aphic years.
Miss Willard j. evidently not well in
formed about seraphs. Latest informa-
ton is that seraphs are never sorrowful.
II Miss Willard had been Is adlectivor-
Gus as the occasion demanded, she would
have said:
Dear Susan: You are The sweetest
and most sprightlv. sportiye, splendid,
spicy. spunkv specimen of the spouse
less spinster ever seen III this country.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

Mr.. Chauncey II. DePew in the excess
of his zeal for New York and the New
York Central railroad has made pretty
strong prophecy III connection with the
Worlds Fair, and just now it is worth
reviewing. He said some weeks ago
that If Chicago secured the Worlds Fair
The other cities of the west, ST. Louis.
St. Paul, Kansas City. Minneapolis,
Milwaukee and Omaha. would stand as
still as il blight had struck and with
cred them. All railroads. all traffic. all
thought, would be on Chicago. and other
western cities would be neglected and for
gotten. The fulhllment or not of his
prophecy viii now engage The attention
of the cities named and Of the country
that is interested in their growth and de-
velopment; that is, if the fair shall be
held.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-27

The secretary of Kansas state board
of agriculture is a dandy, and no mis-
take. After throwing himself-along
with the balance of the coterie of self
imnolators-into the breach in the
farmers behalf by scheming and secur-
ing an emergency rate of freight on
corn, and failing TO SO much as momen-
tarily check the flow of depression, he,
the aforesaid secretary, again hobs up
with some more advice more than a
column long, the substance of which
can be put in three lines and then pre-
sent nothing but what has been said
times without number, that is, advising
the farmers to store their corn is they
sell it, and feed it TO their hogs
and cattle. Great head, has that man
Nohler.