The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-04-05

at the Palace hotel repairing sewing |
machines April u Is and 10. New ma
chimes sold as low as SIS.
w. F. Beckett, band master of |
Lincoln, Neb., is DESTROYS of coming to |
GOOdland and taking charge of the I
Goodland Military band
AImena has been chosen by Com
missioner TOmblin as the site for the
other state experimental station in the |
northern irrigation district.
Captain ]. II. TAFT and family aad B. !
A. Douglas and wife left for Endieott, /
Neb., Wednesday night, where they
will make their future home.
The ladies Of the Christian church
will serve ice cream, cake and coffee in
the Noah's Ark building this afternoon
and evening. All are cordially invited |
to indulge.
"All Fools Day" passed off very
quietly in Goodland, owing, probably. !
to the experience gained by the aver
age citizen while in the 'tenderfoot"
stage Of transition.
The ladies of the Methodist church
gave chicken pie social in the Noah's
Ark building Friday evening. The
supper was we'll attended and the bill
of fare praised by all.
Rev. Bernard Kelly wants to be
warden of the penitentiary. Not so
much for the salary as for the chance
for him to hold an old-fashioned re-
yiVal and gather the brands from the
burning.
The state irrigation board has To-
Gated an experiment station at Oakley. !
With one at GOodland and one at Oak /
ley Thomas county people can watch
the experiments with ease. Colby
Free Press.
Fire destroyed a large portion of
Hays City last Saturday night. Resid-
ents of western towns whose buildings
are mainly composed of wood should
heel themselves with the best possible
tools for fighting fires.
Any reader Of this paper can obtain
a "spray calendar" giving full and up
to-date directions for preparing and
applying the most approved insectici-
des and fungicides, by sending a 2-cent
stamp, and mentioning this paper, to
The Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kan.
Pennsylvania has man with tele-
scope eyes who can tell time by clock
two miles distant That, Of course. is
something to brag about, but it
dwindles to a mere bagetelle when
compared to the G6odland man who
can tell time by the sun, which is
billions Of miles away.
Mr.. Henry S. Taylor, the greatest
maker Of hand organs in America,
committed suicide in New York last
week. For 40 years he turued out
nearly all the musical fortunes wheeled
about the country, and waxed rich on
the proceeds. Retribution is slow. but
it gets there occasionally
Every fan in BelIeville turned out to
hear Rev Mr.. Housel's recent discourse
on League Dangers and Possibilities"
and, when the popular divine closed
his talk without even having mention
ed baseball, an expression of sore dis
! appointment was noticeable on the
cOuntenances Of most of them.
The state board Of railroad commits
siORers are making an effort to com
! plete the work Of distributing seed
grain to the farmers of western Kansas
this week. In the event that the work
is not finished it will be in such shape
that two or three days of next week
will be ample to wind up the business.
A Missouri legislator turned the tide
of battle against the bachelor tax bill
with this unassailable argument: "Mr.
speaker, statistics show that there are
more men than women in the United
| States, Therefore, if a woman is an
old maid at the age of 80, it merely
goes to prove that she isn't a rustler.n
The amiable Mr.. Frick, Plttsburg
er, ironmonger and cokemaker, has
kindly agreed to advance the wages Of
his men 10 per cent. At the same time
| Mr.. Prick ayertS an undue strain on
his treasury by advancing the price Of
the product 30 per cent. This is a
charming specimen of Pennsylvania
philanthropy.
Brooks Irione was up in Cheyenne
county last Saturday and found the
farmers without seed. The state seed
had not yet put IN an appearance.
Thomas county is iG the same tx.
Sherman county owes its good fortune
IN securing seed early To the hustliGg
done BY the county commissioners and
the business men of Goodland.
0ne thing that may be said about the
| personnel Of the Utah constitutional
convention IS that the lawyers do not
predominant, for there are only 10 ont
OF the ll3. YwO-thiras of the DELEGATES
are engaged III farming and shoeiTais-
ing, aud there is only one newspaper
man among them, exJUdge Goodwin.
who rose from the bar to the san6tpm.
Twenty nine of the delegates are Utah
born, i having been born IN Salt Lake
City
SG5soiliug is the natural method to /
catch and hold the rainfall. Other
Wlse 1t runs of when there is a super
abundance and IS gone when needed /
most 1t is IN the subs0ii that the
melssllre should DO retained Fhe irfi
gasl9lfist viii succeed doubly with sub
selling, Tor he vii have the Joubie si-
vantage u water end tbs means 81
using AID retaining It Ii irrigation is
s,l:eeesslll With the old fashioned way
q Fer1lIlg Ehs 500, It VII be Infinitely 1
IssFs successful whsss su5seiiipE IS
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