Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-02-13

From the Reservation.
Our buffalo-sod has been burned IN the
realms of darkness once more since our
last writing. but the snow hss passed
away and Leaves the ground in fine con-
dition.
We still hear the Ia grippe echoing in
the far distant
Milton Stanley has returned from the
cast
Miss Mary Freeman is once more in
the country.
Lee Smith with his high-whee'ed cart
went east to see ma.
Geo. Miller ''onc of our Old bachelors's'
has gone east and got married
The shutters Of the Mt Pleasant school
house should be picketed out and not a.
lowed to swing in the wind.
If conpress says the money of the L.
S Treasury shall be loaned to the farm
ers at per cent and if it can be procured
by the farmer direct, and not pass
through the hands of middle men, 1t
will be great help to them
One pick pocket still alive as one of
j. Ii. Bratley's gloves was taken out of
his coat pocket
Old MIR. Wiseman is reported to be on
the road to Ford county again.
MIR. Editor if you are going to offer a
challenge to beat the decentralization
OF the globe, and wish to equip one of
your correspondents for the soul thrilling
journey don't forget Live Oak a l am
swift on foot and will agree to beat all
previous records. Miss Bly, and Bisland
are characters of the past.
There will be Valentine p. O. at
Belle Center next Friday eveding. also
basket supper in connection. Jesse
Bratley was appointed p. m. Quite
large attendance at the literary last Fri
day evening.
A good number in attendance at Mt.
Pleasan; Sunday School and at Wright
also last Sunday.
The average attendance at the Belle
Center day school averaged fourteen.
The teacher of Belle Center dismissed
school last Thursday evening and went
to Kingsdown Friday to bring his sis
tiers to Ford City so to be in attendance
of the county meeting of the teachers
which was held the eighth.
Rev. Crouch, after leaving at several
different times appointments at Mt.
Pleasant and failing to appear, he sent
word he would preach last Sunday, the
people being deceived SO often declined
to go, except three grown persons and
two children. His object was to per-
suade the ninety and nine which he had
frighted from the folds, so he could 90
to conference with good record, and al
SO to convert the eX-Rev. Elliott from
Mormonism. Elliott is trying to gain ad-
mission in the ranks of the Protestant,
Methodist SO as to gull them for wealth,
as he has done the NJ. Els, but he went
to far with them.
We give below brain racker for the
young folks TO pass away the long winter
evenings, take each of the digits in
GLIDING naught as follows: 1,2,3, 4, ),
8. :. s. 0, 0, use each figure, use them
but once, and add them in any style so it
will be pure ADDITION and make one
hundred exactly. Anyone solving it
please give the solution through the
paper.
We are going to write about the herd
law this time, but an article appeared
last week that answered most of the
points. The Free Ranger say all in the
south and east of the county are wanting
it annuled. l say not SO, as the writer
has personally seen several men through
out the south and they say they want and
must have the law, except about one to
two men in township on an average.
If those prairies as well as fields were
made free range every man would have
to procure brand and have it registered
or else his cattle would be stolen IF the
term VIC are allowed to use" by The cat
tie gulls If we we're to stack our hay
and fodder we would not want your cat
tie on the ground especially when wet as
that will entirely destroy the productive
ness of the soil, and that is sure where
the cattle would go for the simple reason
there will be more or less fodder left on
the ground. and as for fencing, every
man cannot do this as their means will
not afford, therefore you want to drive
your poor brother out and lay hold on
his home, and again if your cattle eats
up your crops you want to ship our crops
to market in the ribs OF your long horns.
and put the money in your own jeans,
and not even say thank you and even if
you did man cannot live on that alone,
as for this country not amounting to any
thing, but first. why do we study history
because it repeats itself, just the same in
this case as in 1874 during grasshopper
year in this state. 1t was left as bare as
desert, not from grasshOppers alone but
from drouthy seasons also, as the hop
pers drifted in great drifts on the west
side OF buildings and even were SO thick
on the rails of the railroad SO as to stop
the passing trains, and how the people
grumbled and declared this country
would never amount to anything and
where did the grumblers 60, went to see
their wifes folks, and the very next year
crops were good and have been since as a
general thing. What did Sedgwick
county do few years ago? After the
Ohio floods she sent thirty-two car loads
of corn and some money to the timely
rescue, and what has she done this win
ter, sent number of car loads of corn to
our county joining US on the north and
We stern Kansas, she was once called q