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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

step down and out if his friends saw ct
that he should do SO. The Office of
register of deeds, however. is one diff
ficult to fill with safety and satisfac-
tion to the people, and the friends of
MIR. Strothman deem it a favor of him
to again make the race for that Office.
Vote for him, and in doing so know
that you are assisting to place man
in the registers office who is always
ready, willing and anxious to accom-
modate the public.
THOMAS E. MALLoRY-Is a man
who when he goes, sees that the other
fellow comes. He has been resident
of Barton county for eight years, having
located on a claim in Homestead town
ship in 1883, where he farmed for sew
eral years. He opened livery busi-
ness in HOisineton at the organization
of that town, and has conducted that
business successfully since. He is a
man who possesses all the require
ments of peace officer, being firm of
will, strong and vigorous, quick OF
perception and fearless. He has been
deputy sheriff for a year or more, and
during that time has shown that he
understands well how to handle lawless
crOOks-Jhat element which has been
the cause of much loss to the Kansas
farmers. His qualifications are ac-
knowlegded by many of those who
oppose him politically to be the best of
any candidate now in the field, and a
vote for Tom Mallory will not be a
vote thrown away.
BERNARD MARKEY-AnOther. man
whom you all know and respect, and
one who received the democratic nOmi-
nation for county surveyor against his
personal protest and solely upon his
known fitness for the position which
he has filed with satisfaction to the
people of Barton county. He has time
and again advised farmers to their
financial gain and his loss, refusing to
work the Office for all there was in it.,
on the sole and only grounds that it
would not be just or honest thus to do.
No man can cast vote for better
officer or more thorough gentleman
than Mr.. MarkeY.
| DIR. A. r. LAsH-The democratic
candidate for coroner, is a resident of
Ellinwood, where he has been IN the
practice of medicine for some six or
seven years. He is man of good,
sound judgment, conservative and
industrious, and can fill the Office for
which he asks your votes with credit to
himself and his constituents. Vote
for him and you will never regret it.
This, reader, is the ticket the demo-
Gratis of Barton county ask you to sup
port with your votes on November Sd.
What the DEMOCRAT has here said in
behalf of the various candidates has
been said without solicitation on the
part of the gentlemen mentioned, com
ing freely and spontaneously from oul
hand. 1t is just what we know
through enquiry and observation, and
we believe to be justly due the gentle.
men. If you have not become acquaint
ed with them, do sO-before or after
their electiOn--it will do you good.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
October Weather

Weather Prophet Foster. on Sept.
26th made prediction concerning the
October storm which has thus far come
true. He says:
ION the I'd the storm wave will be
crossing the Mississippi river not far
from st. Louis and will be then of very
considerable force in Illinois and Mis-
souri,. Accompanying this storm wave
may be expected tOrnadOes, cloud
bursts, hail and severe gales, and
within one or two days following it
killing frosts will visit most localities
of latitude 36. with strong probability
of frosts much further south. Hurri-
canes will develop great force on the
give their exact location, but they will
probably be not far east of the West
Indies. These hurricanes will become
very fierce along the Atlantic coast
from October l to 1S.
"These October storms will indicate
what the coming winter will be. l ex-
pect very great storms from the first of
October to the last of March, and if
this period of storms covering the first
half of October proves to be of more
than usual force it will indicate that !
have. not miscalculated the weather,
and we may then confidently expect a
very cold, severe and stormy winter,
setting in quite early. Saturn will pass
its equinox the last of October, and to
that influence l attribute the great in-
crease of storms since the middle OF
| last May
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

THAT great aggregation, the repub-
lican editorial association of the big
9TH, has come and gone; they met, COR
suited and resolved, and no one is the
wiser. The prospective candidate for
Jerry's socks, the Hon. Morg., prom
ised the people big gathering of re-
publican lights, and 10. and beholdi
six-no more-of the faithful massed
themselves in our fair city, and delib-
Grated. A banquet of good things to eat
and-yes-drink, was given them at
the Morrison; a feast of gold standard
republicanism was stuffed down their
throats by Ex-Gov. Anthony at the
Grand opera house, and Hon. Morg.
filled them full of pointers as to how to
down the alliance and capture the con-
gressional ignisfatuus, Jerry's socks,
for the said Hon. Morg. We presume
they went away happy-we hope they
did. We also congratulate the ladies
of the NJ. E. church for not being roped
into getting up banquet-at so cents
a head-for the six distinguished visit
Ors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

PROCTOR KNOTT, the Kentucky.
democratic statesman and humorist,
says that the first case of sub-treasury
on record is where Joseph interpreted
Pharaoh's dream and told him that
there would be seven good crop years,
followed by seven bad ones, and ad-
vised him to build barns and buy
corn" Knott says that Pharaoh issued
paper certificates to buy corn and the
farmers had lots of money, for while,
but when the seven years of famine
came Pharaoh had all the corn and the
money was no good, and Pharaoh
owned them, body, soul and such
breeches as Egyptians wear, and they
were in bondage for 400 years and
haven't got out yet.-Parsons Palla-
dunn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
CIAFIIN.

Threshing In this section of the
country is about finished.
Get your girl, or some other fellows
girl and be ready for the big ball in
this city on the z3d of this month.
Leobold Dolchek living near Dubu-
que, while suffering from a fit one day
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

The democrats of Barton county
met in convention Saturday and nomi-
mated a full county ticket. The nOmi-
nees are all strong men and will contest
every inch of ground until the polls
close in Observation-Disclosures Demo-
crat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

SENATOR PLUMB makes the predic-
tiOn that all of the corn land in this
of market, will be worth SlOO an acre
before the year 1900. He quite agrees
with c. Wood Davis in regard to the
future Independence of the American
farmer. He says this result is newt
able in view of the rapidly increasing
population of the country and the rapid
dominution of the public domain. Mr..
Plumb predicts that within ten years
the man who owns $50 acres of good
land will be considered rich. His land
is not for saie
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
NE1GHBoRHooD HAPPENINGS.
PAWNEE ROCK.


From the Globe.
Mike Tarpey, brother of James,
came on the noon train Thursday.
DR.. Koch reports ten-pound boy at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Baker.
Quite a frost visited this vicinity
Tuesday night. Soon old winter will
be here with both feet.
Andrew Daniels says he don't want
any more Florida in his. He will take
Kansas first, last and all the time.
There will be bible reading at the
Evangelical church every Sunday after
noon at three O'Clock. All are cordially
invited to be present.
Mr.. Charles French informs us that
while he was drilling wheat Wednesday
his seven year-old boy got his finger
caught in the drill some way and cut it
off.
Third quarterly meeting of the NJ. E.
church, Pawnee Rock charge, will be
held October 10th and nth at the Gem
appointment. All official members are
requested to be present with written
reports.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
The Reasons Why.

The Reasons Why.
Occasionally We run across we'll
meaning person who wonders why dem
ocrats who supported the third party
ticket year cannot do 80 now. TO all
such we commend the following rea-
sons as set forth by the talented editor
of the Eureka Messenger:
"When the alliance first came into
existence the principles which it pro-
mulgated formed a pretty good demo-
cratic platform. Tariff reform, the
free coinage of silver, the abolition of
National banks, the eradication of
trusts and strict governmental control
of the railroads, were doctrines upon
which the alliance stood when it first
entered Kansas. and it is not strange
that the vast majority of the demo-
cratic farmers of the state willingly
united with the movement. They had
been contending for those principles
during many long years and were de-
lighted at the appearance of move
ment which promised to assist their
time-honored party in its efforts to
secure good government.
"a majority of the alliance demo-
Gratis took the view that the third party
movement would be confined to Kansas
and could do no harm as the democrats
had never been able tGs-seeomplish tGs any
thing here in the past and probably
would have no better success in the
future owing to the prejudice which
exists among republicans against the
name e-demOcracy. And so it came to
pass that thousands of Kansas demo-
Gratis voted the alliance ticket.
"a year passed, and the shrewder
democrats began to see that they had
blundered, for their new associates
were just the opposite of democrats.
Indeed, so anxious were these newly
fledged politicians to show their hatred
and contempt of democrats that they
proceeded to change their doctrine.
The tariff issue was dropped and is not
today being discussed by one alliance
speaker in hundred. Free silver was
declared to be mere quibbling point
and that what the people need is an
immense volume of paper money not
based on coin. The sub-treasury scheme
most foolish and paternal device, was
adopted as the means of getting this
new money into circulation and at this
time the one dominant idea of the peo-
pies party, the issue upon which its
leaders expect to make their next year. 8
campaign, is the scheme of having the
government embark in the money-loan-
ing business. The cry against class
legislation has ceased because the peo-
pies party las itself become an advo-
cate of the same class legislation which
it denounced in earlier days.
There is not a particle of democracy
in the issues now being pushed by the
peoples party. The organization has
fallen into the hands of men who have
| not drop of democratic blood in their
bodies, and the democrat who allows
himself to be deceived any further Is
indeed blind. There are 10 doubt many
alliance men who are loyal to demo-
cratic principles and hope to see them
carried out by the new organization
but they are doomed to disappointment
and their hopes are sure to be blasted u
SENATOR PLUMB makes the predic-
tiOn that all of the corn land in this
of market, will be worth S100 an acre
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

EX-GoV. ANTHONY promised his
bearers Thursday night THAT If the
free coinage of silver bill passed the
next congress Harrison would veto the
bill.'' OF course that is the play Har-
rison was elected by the gold bug party.
with gold bug money. and he does not
dare do anything else than stand up
and worship his great golden calf.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

The Tribune suggests that we use
.ssoft SOAP on Caraway. A thorough
drenching, inside and ont. MIGHT
purify the fellow to some extent, but
We doubt it nightly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

thus week received very serious and
painful wound on his head by falling on
a sharp stone.
The brick is now being placed on the
ground for Mr.. Christoph's new har-
ness shop. Work will be begun In a
few days and viii be pushed right along
as fast as possible.
The colored bird that has for some
time past been frequenting the streets
of Clafin, was caught by the citizens
of Holyrood one night last week and
introduced to good coat of tar and
feathers.
John Fredrick had the misfortune
one day last week to lose his threshing
machine by fire. A spark from the
engine set the stacks of grain on fire
and before the machine could be taken
out it was totally destroyed.
HEIZER,
From johnson Bar
Everybody sleeps well after the rains.
Clay Lucas is still buying wheat here.
Plenty of rain to bring the wheat up.
R. B. Briggs is doing good business.
Will Schwier makes good butter; he
understands his business.
Jonce Byers is going to move to the
farm vacated by Scott Littleton.
The Ruhe brothers are threshing in
this section. They do good work.
Ruhe brothers have got their Oald
engine and are well pleased with it; SO
is Dave.
The machinest at Heller says '.his
johnson bar is too short" Make ii
longer boys.
Great God, to whom it may concern:
You can go to Heller and live and learn.
There is a machine shop in Heller;
Frank Trower's engine is there, and a
coal pick and monkeywrench machinest
is at work on it. Fix her up boys.
1t has been noticed that Frank
Trower. carried a revolver the past
week. Better lay it off, Frank, you
may have to use it. Trower's engineer
says he is a''Case Expert" 1 expect he
is; but case Tnae expert at the dinner
table. A-S @--su.'
You may do what you ca1r and say
what you will, while your engine ain'i
Now here is old Dave, as steady as a
clock, on the wide plains of Kansas his
| engine does rock. He don't care z
cent what any ones said-his engine
runs smoothe as John Everett's head
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
BUFFALO,,

From Oscar
Charlie Fee is able to be out again.
News has been laying in the shade
for week or two.
A. c. Avery has gone to Washington
county on a visit.
w. w. Gum has moved back to
Barton county to stay.
The late rains have put the ground
In fine condition for wheat sowing.
0. w. Ross was down from Shields
last week. He reports the wheat crop
in Lane county much heavier than here.
Buffalo alliance has the sub-treasury
bill up for discussion. Every member
spould turn out and learn what they
can on this subject.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
SOUTH BEND g. wASHBURN


From 'sBouncer."
Miss Julia Reigel is visiting relations
In Indiana.
Jacob Reigel has quit threshing until
after seeding.
l. w. Pursen and wife are visiting
at Peru, Indiana
NJ. ]. Herbert's mother and uncle of
Indiana are visiting with him.
Geo. Taylor's wife returned from a
visit to relatives in Illinois last week.
M. L. Harrison commenced teaching
school at district No. II last Monday.
Elbert and Charley McMairees will
return to their home In Louisiana this
week.
Miss Maggie r. Meier, of Cloverdale,
Indiana, is visiting with her brother, c.
V. Meier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

THERE is feeling growing among
our people which We regret much to
see. We refer to the feeling exhibited
by some country residents against the
people in town, and also some town
people against those living in the
country. The more such feeling of
animosity is fostered and encouraged
the worse it is for ALL our peoples
without regard for location. Time
never was when it was not necessary
to have towns or trade centers where
all branches of mercantile business are
brought together in order that people
might buy and sell to advantage, and
the size of such trade centers or towns
depends, in an agricultural country,
upon the number and prosperity of the
farming community surrounding or
tributary thereto. As the towns grow
larger the opportunities of the country
trader to sell to better advantage grows
in the same proportion as his opportun-
tiles to buy cheaper on account of
competition in trade: besides, the more
the demand for the products of the
farm; and the more numerous and
prosperous the farmers are the more
valuable is their trade to the merchant.
With these undeniable facts before us,
| no one can question the statement that
the success of one class is equally the
success of the other, and any thing that
tends to create animosity or foster un-
friendly feelings between the two
classes is an injury to both alike, and
the man or men who will stir up such
| feelings is a common enemy to us all.
When town men proclaim that the
farmers are a lot of calamity howlers,"
! .'repudiators" and dead beats, such
men are helping to array the country
a,-ainst towns; and when country men
sweepingly charge town men with being
robbers, political tricksters and Office
hun tiers they are doing much to array
the towns against the country. Neither
thing should be done, but both are done
every day. We should remember that
we are all brother citizens of Barton
county; that we are all working to
better ur condition, and that no mat
ter how. We, may differ politically, we
a& NOT "a our <paljtics get away
with our business judgment c1zinre<l
! fere with the general good. Quit cali
ing bad names on both sides, and quit
stirring up strife between localities.
Remember that ''all men are created
free and equal' and that one mapkas
as good right to his political -
il he be honest in it, as has andtnef.
Look farther into the probable effect of
a political measure than just the pres
ent or immediate surroundings. and
don't be trapped, in the excitement of
political contests, into ''biting off your
nose to spite your own face"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

when that talk is democratic.
Oscar Meyers father, who has been
in this city for the past week, returned
to his home In Chicago Saturday.
DIED:-Infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hagan, Sunday, Sept. II. and
was buried the following Monday.
Mr.. ]. H. Mics, his mother and also
little brother, all of Solomon, Ill. are
in this city guests of P. B. Kimpler.
They will remain couple of weeks.
New York Press: Corsets have filled
more graves than whisky, says Miss
Willard. So it seems women kill them
self by getting tight as well as men.
Our creamery gets orders every day
for more than twice the amount of but
ter it can turn out. This is a good
recommendation for those connected In
running and operating the institution.
Farmers are all getting ready to sow
wheat now, and we wish to say to them
that in sowing wheat, as In all other
things, that old maxim: mot how
much but how well" is good advice to
observe.
Henry F. Hagen has received notice
from the secretary Of the state fair asso-
citation that he was awarded first pre-
mium on honey in the comb. This is
especially gratifying to Mr.. Hagen as
competition was strong.
A. Schwagger postmaster at Odin
was in this city Wednesday and made
this Office an appreciated call. He in
forms US that they are all democrats
in and around Odin; the alliance, he
said, has practically played out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08

Great Bend Tribune:
The democrats conducted their con-
vention in a very orderly manner, and
with more unanimity than usual.
For treasurer, we are decidedly for
r. f. Pleger. He is a gentleman who
is we'll known to the people of this
county; a young man of excellent
qualifications; a scholar, a bOOk-keeper
and very thorough business man.
Commencing in business here as book
keeper. he has by industry and fidelity
to business and to his employers worked
his way up to the owership of profit
able business. He is uniformly courte-
Gus to all, and has hosts of warm per-
sonal friends. He has identified HIM
self with almost every business enter
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-21
Died.

On Monday, Noy. l6!h, Of diphthretic
tonsiliiis, Myron lIowlet. son of Charles
and Bertha Miller, aged years and
months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-21
An Editors Fish s orY.

Col j. ID. Calhoun, who spent week
or two in the Black Hills and at the
Hot Springs recently with his family,
among other experiences relates the
following
II didn't have much luck in trout
fishing and if it had not been for the
earthquake | would probably have come
away without catching a single fish.
Wnen the earthquake came was sit
ting on rock about ten feet above the
water and had about gone to sleep as l
flaRelPih las setoek aRitf Ritf TghP TghPfi filS f ,e ledge edge
ofthe stream. Light shocks continued
and could see several fish that seemed
to be greatly terrified by the boiling
and quivering Of the water. Pretty soon
one came up close TO me and raising
itself partly out of the water gave me
an appealing look. Before | had time
to think what it wanted it turned over
and backing up until its tail stuck ont
,bOve the water about Iour inches, wait
ed until caught it and threw 1t out OH
the bank. AS soon rs it was gone an
other took it's place and before the
shocks ceased entirely, l had thrown
mp on the bank 223 trout varying in
ize from -four TO sixteen inches DO
With 'em? What could do with them
except throw them back when the earth
quake was over? 1t was the most re-
niarkable ease Of instructive trust ever
aw and couldn't prove myself un-
worthy Of their confidence"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-21

The suggestion, recently made by a
South Dakota congressman, that Harney
Peak end country surrounding be made
Il national park, has been thoroughly.
though quietly discussed in the south
ern Hills aud does moi meet with much
appropriation. In Custer, It is strong
~ opposed by our leading citizens, and
the grounds of their opposition seem to
he well taken. If the government took
possession of one hundred square miles
with Harvey Peak as centre of the
plat, which is the congressmans sugges-
ton, the probable result would be, that
after much delay appropriation of few
hundred dollars would he made for tie
improvement ofihe park. After addi-
tional delay the money wonld probably
be expended, and that doubtless would
be the extent of the governments active
interest in the matter. In the first
place there is more or less valuable
mining properties in the liarney range
and vicinity and to secure it for such
purpose would be impracticable, if not
impossible. There is no question but
that Harvey Peak and the surrounding
country should be made accessible from
Il number of towns in this section. A
good road from each of them and the
slight Improvement OF some OF the at
tractive points on the route is all tha; is
necessary TO maPe it as interesting and
attractive as it would be az national
park. Custer Is already doing her part
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-21

The Indian trouble which has been
agitating the Northwest during the past
few days, and out Of which, the news.
papers have made many an item. Is ex-
planned in telegram sent to Washington
bv Captain Penny, acting agent ut Pine
Ridge. 1t reads as follows Bear
Eagles party from Cheyenne River
agency came straight to this agency MS re-
ported. In my opinion they mean no
mischief They express discomfort with
the treatment at their agency. have
couhselled them to return and make APP
plication for transfer " they have rea-
sonablc grounds for just application.
believe they have no wish 10 make
trouble. Discomfort with the agent at
their own agency Is manifested ly NIL
visitors from Cheyenne river. Fam IN
clined to the belief that there is some
ground for complaint Let this be look
ed into without delay"