The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-22

unary. On that OCCASION even, the
paper had been printed on Saturday
and a numb of copies distributed and
the city mail put in the postoffice Sat
urday night. Since then the paper has
been printed and delivered lever later
than Saturday afternoon, and when he
Says any thingto tie contrary he knows
lie is deliberately lying.
Now as to the lies he got from Ed
wards. lie states that the property
we got from Edwards was worth 90 ,476
and gives Il list of the property with val
uation of the different articles to bring
| it up to that sum. The first question
that would NATURALLY arise in the mind
of any ptrscn who knows Edwards, is if
the property was worth S2,4 why did
he sci! it to us at $1,000 and give the
$4T6 10 our brOther-in-law. Why did he
not take the property At that valuation!
That would leave MI. Brown owing
| utiA OuIy $cssco ACCOUNTING " Oihlth
own showing, the total Indebtedness lie
says being $2,533.53. Mrs. French
could easily have raised the $57.
to have paid off the balance of the
note, and left her free from any liabIli-
ty. When Edwards says that we made
the proposition 10 take the property and
give our note for 900 he knows lie
lies. We did not wish to assume any
personal liability, and we did not want
the property.
As we stated in our article we finally
consented, after much pursuaslOn ON
the part OF Edwards. to take the proper
ty at g, 900, knowing it was not worth
over 81 200 at the time, i'll the hope that
the increase of the cattle would i'll time
pay off the note.
Now let us see the valuation lie
places on the property we got. That
part of his statement alone, shows him
| up as an ;rrant and foolish liar. He
says we got 80 head of two year old
steers worth at that time $50 per head.
| The 80 head Of steers were the tail end
of bunch of steers E. f. Brown had
purchased from Beeler the year before,
and you'd average not over 700 lbs
each. They could not have been sold
for over SIS per head at the time. That
would make the 80 head worth $3.50.
Smith says that Edwards advanced
S471.21 to pay off Il mortgage held by
Beeler. The 80 head of two year old
steers were covered by that mortgage
aud could not have been sold for more
than the amount of the mortgage at
the time. 1t took 8 yeaI old steers
weighing over l 900 lbs to bring $25 Il
head. He next figures % COWS at SIS
Il head. That fall $40 was big price
| for 4 COW. Hundreds of cows were
shipped to Kansas City that only net
ted Sc and 81. But putting the
COWS at $40 makes the total for the
COWS $3.50. The bull he figures at $25.
That was about right. The next OH the
list is Is head of yearliDg steers at SIT
Il head. Eight of the Is head Of year.
llngs were heifers, and the whole Is
head would not have brought So a
head. Put them at $40 however and
we have $50.
The last of the cattle we're Is calves
which he values at 81 Il head. Many
of these Is calves were fall calves, and
some of them culls and runts. 1t took
III early calf weighing over $50 lbs t.
bring 81 that fall, and Sc was high
price tor them. At Sc head the
calves come to sos.
Last but not least he gives us 1l
horses at 800 each, 81 900. Let us con.
slider in detail these high priced horses.
First we have bay mares 9 years
old. One of these mares was blind in
one eye, had fistula in her shoulder
never had Il colt. and could only be
worked with breast harness, and still
Edwards thinks she was worth 500
We have tried to sell her for SIS fol
three years and yet have found n.
takers. She was appraised the othe
day at S13. Another of tile bay mare:
had poll evil. could not be worked, ant
died of the disease. The third ba,
mare was pony mare, had Il club foo
and could only be used for herding
She was appraised the other day ut $l2
Another of the 500 horses was sor
rel 1O-year-old. He died OF old ag'
and general debility year ago. Thu
next was pony gelding called 8 year.
old, but Cy Alexander. who bought hin
of us one night when he couldn't SCI
very we'll, for S35, swears he was p
years old when he got him. Then W,
have brown stallion nine years cid
This old plug has Il swelled leg, ant
could not be used OH the road. IL
was appraised the other day at $50
The other horses were two-year-ol,
pony colts, and one spring colt.
The ten head could not have Leel
sod for $3.50.
When we took the stuff we figure
the horses as worth to us for wha
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