The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-29

For instance, Mrs. Charles Rogers of
Bay City, Mich, accidentally spilled
Scalding water over her little boy. She
promptly applied De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve, giving instant reIIf. It's a
wonderfully good salve for burns,
bruises, sores, and a sure cure for piles.
Ennis & Walker
Sherman county land is cheaper now
/ than 1t has been since its settlement
This is caused by two thiDgs-last
years crop failure and the general de-
/ preston affecting the whole country
/ When irrigation gets a firm hold on
! the people the quarter that now goes
begging at $500 viii sell for 5000
The food gates on the north side of
1 the irrigation reservoir at the court
/ house got out of killer Monday fore
noon and the water began to flow into
/ the laterals north of the walk Coming
as it did on the heels of the big rains
/ of Sunday, 1t wet the groun is deeper
than has been since the original flood
| Had irrigation been taken up when
the county was first settled Sherman
county would not now be in such bad
shape as it Is. Irrigation is what viii
make the desert bloom and keep the
purse of the ranchman in a healthful
condition and the interest taken in the
project promises much for the future.
A terrible hail devastated Ellis coun-
| ty the other day, but the industrious
| yoemen turned defeat into victory by
gathering the ice that fell and will put
in on the market at a price that promi-
ses to break the ice trust wide open.
In anticipation of this the price of ice
cream and lemonade has dropped so
| per cent in Hays.
Parson Stewart, A. B. Montgomery.
I n
| Clayton, ]. M. Willis, W. F. Hunter.
| and others addressed the county irriga-
ton meeting at the court house Satur-
day which was well attended consider
| ing the amount of work that has been
being done by our farmers since the
rainy season set in.
Bill Thompson was in town Tuesday
and Swore out warrant against Boone
Stallsworth for assault and battery
Thompson alleges that while he was
sowing milIet in his own field Stalls
worth came up and assaulted him with
out any cause whatever. Sheriff Kemp
went out to serve the warrant, but his
man had already left the county.
Irrigation is the star of hope toward
which the farmers of western Kansas
should shape their course. Rains in
| this altitude cannot always be de
| pended upon, but with the country we'll
irrigated western Kansas need know
no drought. There is water enough in
the earth to irrigate twice the amount
of land, and it can be got to the sur
face at less cost than many suppose.
Try it next year.
| A Kingman, Kan, editor who was
| bitterly opposed to lady suffrage was
| forced to don the apparel usually worn
| by members of the gentler sex and
/ j. Il il n
his accomplishment of the trip his feel
ings underwent a great change and he
now strongly advocates letting women
| vote, wear pants or do anything that is
| allowed to males, providing they don't
grow whiskers and chew fine cut.
! The continued showers which the
| weather bureau have been giving Sher-
man county for the past month promi-
ses much for the yield of the corn and
wheat crops, and have put the millet
and cane beyond the possibility of a
failure. Last week Thursday a heavy
! shower fell and Sunday evening com
bined hail and rain fell to the depth of
a couple of inches. Sunday morning
| about 1 O'Clock the weather clerk gave
US another good wetting which puts
the soil in the best condition it has
shown for years.
Fame is a tickle beauty Many a per-
son has went to bed at night compare.
lively unknown and awoke to find that
while they slept the eroauetish goddess
| had touched them with her wand of
| favor and their name was as watch
word in the mouth of all. This was the
case with Louis Schwertdfeger. Since
THE REPUBLIC stated that he had re-
ceived the authorship of the GQadland
school building every paper in the
state of Kansas has had his name
hlazoned forth from their columns,
every spelling school in the COUNTRY
has fell before the reckless profusion
of the vowels and eonsonants compos-
ing his name, until today there is no
name more familiar to the people of
this great state than that Of our in
dustrious and illustrious fellow towns
man,