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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

farm, six miles sJs.eh Ut town.. Tt is at
tracing much att, on from mine OPP
orators. 1t is sad the vein is from four
to Ave feet from, the surface and is about
four feet thick. 1t il also said that sew
eral veins Of coal have been found near
Oelwein
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17
More Iowa Gs,ai.

CRnsToN. III, jan II. u. G. Watson
has discovered Il l.ae vein Of coal ON his
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.--The United
States consul at Matamoras, in report
to the department of state says that the
bonus of $500, 900 offered by the town Of
Brownsville, Tex, TO the first company
building railroad from that point to
Corpus Christi or to San Antonio, is
still available. Either of these lines
would greatly facilitate trade between
the United States and Mexico.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

PITTsBURa, Jan. 1.-Two men We're
killed and two injured III boiler explo-
sion at the Homestead Steel works,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17
Great Contiict of Opir,on.

What is the true reason of the step
taken by the president is question upon
which there is u great conflict of opin,
ION. The press is unanimous in holding
that Gasimir- Ferier is to blame for hav.
ing chosen the present moment to with.
draw from office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-17

"a. E'rIcs's Cream baking Powde"
Most Perfect Made.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
RAILWAY NOTES
Machinist Nick Scallion spent the
Fourth at Colorado Springs.

Machinist Nick Scallion spent the
Fourth at Colorado Springs.
j. M. Cox and wife returned to Dodge
City Monday, after several weeks visit
here.
No. 9 came in on the Rock Island
tracks Tuesday, for the first time in
six days.
Engineer Brosso came down from
Roswell on No. 10 Tuesday, Engineer
Mason having laid of.
Conductor Dave Campbell, who for
merly ran freight out of GoOdlaGd, but
now on passenger out Of st. Joe, was
here Tuesday.
Three engines from eastern division
were here Tuesday, double crewed,
with Engineers Scott, LaWless, Kiutz,
Cole, Smith and COnley and FiFemen
Fuller, Flesher, Walker, Hardigan,
StUdebaker and Jackson.
Engineer George h. Scott, of the
Fairbury- Omaha division. made an ex-
ce9dingiy long run last week. AS the
Rock Island vas badly washed out east
Of this place he left Omaha with a
a Rock Island train and went over the
Burlington tracks to Denver. and from
Denver TO Goodland, and from here he
left over the Kansas Pacific tracks to
Kansas City and from there back to
Omaha, making in all nearly 1900
miles. He is brother Of Mrs. John
Maxwell,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
is JUST BEGINNING NOW.

The Irrigation History of Sherman County
In Its Infancy.
Sherman county had proven that
irrigation was possible before the sub
ject was taken up by the legislature
and authorized experimental stations
to be builded at the states expense. 1t
was owing to the fact that Sherman
and Finney county had demonstrated
that fact that the appropriation was
made. The present board of county
commissioners last year, in the face of
much opposition, sank a we'll, erected
wind mill and reservoir with which
to irrigate the grove in the courthouse
yard and teach the farmers of this
county the secret of fOiling hydra
headed want. The experiment proved
a success and the opposition veered
around into strong approval Of the
action of the county commissions,
whose shrewdness, and business ability
probably saved Sherman county from
being totally depOpulated.
Soon after 4. B. Montgomery pre-
vailed upon the Rock Islsnd to take a
train load of Sherman county farmers
into the irrigated districts of the Ar
kansas valley. This envoy returned
convinced that irrigation was as pFac-
ticable here as there. The water sup
ply had heretofore been proven mex
haustible. Reservoirs began to spring
up on nearly every quarter section Of
occupied Sherman county land, On
the Smoky and Beavers the ranchmen
began to irrigate and by the time snow
few irrigation had gained permanent
foothold in Sherman county.
On the main, the efforts were on a
small scale, not from want of conf
dence on the part of our farmers, but
on account Of the paucity of means.
This spring, however, irrigation on a
larger scale bas been attempted by
many with the best Of results, and it is
now estimated that over 200 irrigation
plants are in successful operation in
this county. Should a paying crop be
harvested this year from dry farming
it is estimated that the amount of land
irrigated will be increased 200 per cent
next season. This showing is a re-
markable one, and superior to any
thing ever known, which is the best
compliment that could be paid to the
untiring energy and undaunted courage
of the farmers OF Sherman county.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12

mo crop viii be grown this year, but
the station viii be rented to someone
next year who viii cultivate every foot
of the plot
A eomm0dius reservoir has been
erected 20 store the water. which Il
scientifically used, wiz be sufficient TO
irFigate the whole 20 acres.
The pump can be run at the rate of
GOO gallons an hour for the entire a,
If desired, at the cost of one gallon of
gasoline per hour.
The plant was put in for the purpose
Of showing how to irrigate, and not to
prove that itceuld be done, as that had
already been demonstrated. The cost
of the plant was s1,600 but could be
much lesseDed should anyone desire a
duplicate, which is not likely, as it is
conceded that it is Of too large a ca
pacity for one man to handle, and to
hire help would not be so profitable as
to have a plant of smaller capacity,
which could be handled by the owner
alone.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
THE EVENING SESSION.
The Members of the State Board Of Irri
CATION Confident.

The Members Of the State Board of Irri-
cation Confident,
The evening session of the irrigation
symposium was the "piece de resist
ance" of the meeting. The speakers in
the afternoon, with a few exceptions,
were enthusiasts of the theoretical
stamp, and while their expression fiat
tered and enthused, they failed to carry
much weight. But in the evening the
audience had the pleasure of listening
to speeches from men who were prac-
tical irrigators, who had made that
science a study, not only on technical
points, but upon the water supply, its
source and its stability.
The session was opened with an in
vocation by Rev. j. Nj. Willis, thank
ing the great architect of the universe
for the bounties of nature and the
intelligence which made man capable
IF utilizing them.
Chairman Murphy then introduced
Professor Robert Hay, the state geolo-
gist. 1t viii be remembered that Mr..
Hay spent several weeks in Sherman
county last fall making a geological
survey of the undertiow He gave q
sketch of Kansas irrigation and what
could be expected from it in the future.
He had no hesitaney in saying that in
Sherman county from 5 to 10 acres on
every quarter section could be irri-
gated, which would give it monster
population. That this county was es-
peeially favored by having one of the
best water supplies TO be found In the
west and that all that stood in the way
of successful and profitable irrigation
was toll. He asserted that the rainfall
did go to the underhow, and explained
how it was accomplished by percola-
ton through series of subterraneous
stratas Of rock and sands, and gave,
also, instances where it had a more
direct communication through the
agency of cracks in the earths crust,
some of which he had found in this
county. lie said that every man should
DO his duty by the land, conserve the
moisture that does fall, and assist the
precipitation by pumping from the IN
derfiow. Ffiis, he thought, was impera-
tive, for research and knowledge of at
mospheric conditions in this latitude,
proved that dry years will not be peeu-
liar to the past alone, bat viii as regu-
laTly appear IN the future. His speech
vas Of great value and very interest.
ing, and IRE REPUBLIC regrets that his
address could not have been taken and
printed verbatim.
Professor Hay vas followed by D. NJ
Frost, president Of the state board Of
irrigation. He is a practical irTigat9l
and wss listened to with much interest,"
re mpiimented Sherman county Oh
It's gHo ways 0f irrigation aerial aGd
: ll9ttfTa nean-end especially On Whal
: 5Ae e9lEfy had d8ne toward advancing
Eaf fgem 5sIoW. He sid that the Ear
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
Pes OVAL PARAeRAPHs.

A. G. Bower of KanOradO, was in the
city Tuesday
Travellngman Baldwin was in Good
land yesterday.
DR.. Smith returned from Topeka
Monday morning.
Miss Mary Seamen went to Burling-
ton yesterday on visit,
J. w. Barthson Of Beloit, Kan, was
booked at the Palace Wednesday.
Henry J. Williams, formerly of this
city, but now one of Sharon Springs
merchants, was in the city Tuesday.
Hon. Tom McCue, receiver of the
Colby land office, was in town Tuesday
and took in the irrigation festivities.
Rev. Platt's brother and father of
Smith county, passed through Good
land Monday enToute to the mountains.
Miss Cora Smith returned to her
home in Des Moines, Ia, Tuesday
night after weeks visit with friends
in this city.
JEFF Jordan, postmaster at Wallace,
and Pete Robdioux, both enthusiastic
and practicable irrigators, we're in the
city Wednesday.
W, F. Vandergeft, Kansas CORE
spOndent for the Kansas City Star, was
in the city Monday and Tuesday to
write up the opening Of the state irri-
CATION plant.
J. L. Finley, A. E. Small, Jerry
Lyons, H. B. Bear, George Benkleman,
Josiah Crosby, George L.awless and w.
B. Lockwood, all Of st. Francis were in
the city Tuesday.
George R, Talbot traded his grocery
and store building to W. w. LaRue for
half interest in the Smith company
drug store and the LaRue residence
property in east GOodland. The sale
was eOnsumated Tuesday.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
Some Grain samn1es-

There was quite a neat display Of
irrigated and field crop samples at the
operahOuse Tuesday. Barley, wheat
and oats we're spread around in shocks
that were heavily headed, the stalks
being from two and one-half to three
feet In heighth. Corn was shown that
was about four feet high and already
beginning to tasseL. Potatoes as large
as the doubled fists of big man, beets,
carrots, radishes, turnips onions, ETC.,
as large as those roots ever get. There
was also samples of cherries and plums
on the limbs that we're grooming be-
meath the weight of the fruit. Taken
as whole it was as fine an exhibit as
could be found anywhere in the west,
and did great credit to Sherman
county.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
THE SMOKY FLOODS.
The High-Water Records Badly
Broken.
Ranchmen Suffer Heavy Damage From
the Exceeding High Water-Buildings
and Fences FIOated off and Reservoirs
and Dams Carried Out.

Last week The REPUBLIC gave a re-
port of the food then on the Smoky,
but as the water was then SO high no
estimate could be made of the damage
resulting.
Since the food has receded it is
found that the angry waters did more
damage than was thought to be posi-
bIe Every dam on the creek was
washed away, crops of grain and gard
ems completely destroyed In many
places a new channel has been cut and
the old one filled in, which leaves con-
siderable bare ground on the meadows
and hay land. Fences were washed
away and considerable stock drowned.
A few buildings were also carried away.
Sherman county escaped easily when
compared with the damage done to
ranchmen in Logan and Wallace coun-
ties. Every building on the Buck
Teeters and Albert RobidouX ranches
we're foated away, and at the Frank
Teetors ranch fences, cOrrals, hay
scales and out-buildings went down
the creek. Besides this damage acres
of hay land we're completely washed
away.
On Lake creek the damage was much
worse. Pete RobidOux and Madigan
lost several buildings and several miles
of fence. A big barn fOated down
Turkey creek and carried away the
Kansas Pacific bridge over that stream
by the force with which it was rushing.
The Oldest iGhsbitant asserts that all
previous records have been broken in
the high water line and that the dam
age will run several thousand dollars
higher than all other food damage for
30 years past.
The Beavers we're also badly swollen
but not to the extent of the freshet
that waged on the Smoky.
The floods we're caused by heavy
dOwDpOurs of rain that approached the
dimensions of clOudburts. Actual
measurements gave as high as Is in3hes
Of rain in six hours One man set out
coal oil barrel which registered Is
! inches, another found Is inches in the
same kind Of a vessel, still another had
/ a large sized wash tub completely filed
/ long before the rain ceased. Such ire
mendoUs storms probably have not
fallen Ia this part of the country for
century, and In ali probability wall
not appear again for that length Of
time.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
THE STATE PLANT.
A Short Description of the "Rsinmakerr
at Station No. <.

A Short Description of the "RsinmakeF'
at Station No. 4.
State experimental irrigation pump
ing station No. 4, is located on the
southwest 10 OF the southeast quarter
of section 16, townships. range 80. This
plot Of ground was decided to the state
by Hon. NJ. B. Tomblin, 10 be used as a
site for state plant which the board
of irrigation had decided to erect in
this county under the appropriation Of
the last legislature. It IS directly east
Of this city, one and one-haif miles.
The we'll is 166 feet In depth and is
eased the entire depth with 6-ineh iron
tubing. The cylinder used is q Cook
5l5 Inches IN diameter and feet IN
length and is anchored 158 feet from
the surface. Attached TO the pump is
a l0-borse power gasoline engine which
can force $500 gallons of water from
the veil every hour. After RAINING the
pump at full speed for several hOGri
the water IN the we'll was sounded sng
showed no diminishment whatever
proving eonclusively that the supply
was indeed inexhaustible.
Owing to the ateRess of the season
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Harvest has commenced.

Harvest has commenced.
Try J. B. PENIS California hams, 1Oc.
DR.. Thomas extracts teeth without
pain.
If you need anything in hardware go
to Books.
Thomas P. Leonard, abstracter and
insurance.
Choice meal-fed beef still on tap at
J. B. PENIS.
Some fields of wheat will yield 20
bushels per acre.
Go to Swarts and get good steak at Z
cents per pound.
Go to Swarts and get choice beef
roast at 6 cents a pound.
Everybody knows that J. B. Penn has
the only good beef in town,
For handmade harness go to J. w.
Book. All work guaranteed.
Charles O'Brien will pay the highest
cash market price for good butter.
Take your fat cattle to J. B. Penn
He will pay you 3 cents if they are good,
Several Smoky parties spent the
Fourth boat riding in sorgh2m pan.
j. B. PENIS is the only place in town
to get pure lard at 10 cents per pound.
See those samples of tailor made
suits at Dawson Bros. & Co. Fits
guaranteed.
The Star meat market is the place TO
get rib boil at cents a pOund.-C. &.
Swarts, proprietor.
- The construction train was in town
Sunday after material for laying the
track on the washouts.
Wanted To trade 100 acres of clear
smooth, Sherman county land for city
property.-RObinsOn & Stewart.
J. j. Warmer has some new summer
suitings that can be made into the
neatest suits for S25 to s30 See him.
DR.. Thomas viii only remain here 80
days longer. If you have any dental
work you want done come in at once.
For Sale-A goodmilch COW, has been
fresh for six week. Enquire at this
Office or W. A. SexsOn, southeast 1854.
The Gcodland ball team defeated the
Ruleton team in the Fourth Of July
game at RuletOR with score Of 10
TO Is.
Since the recent heavy rains deWs
have been noticeable. DeWs in this
altitude are somewhat Of a phenOm.
enon.
Several Goodland masons we're ont tC
Burlington Saturday night to attend
some lodge work of the Burlington fra
tsFnity.
Harvest was to have commenced
this week in some fields, but the vet
weather viii postpone the work for a
few days.
For REIMBURSEMENT on a CLAIM
nine miles Of GoOdland, has house and
80 acres broke. VIII taks S25.-RObin
son & Stewart.
/ Seyenty-HVe dollars viii buy q gool
Well-built store building on main stree
of Goodland, 24x36 feet, cost. $500 t
build. A snap.-E. r Murphy.
For sale or trade, fall blood Normal
stallion. VIII sell On easy terms o
trade for big team Of horses or mules
". a. sExseN. S. d. 1854.
Waated-9o sell OF trade, q fist
class Mandolin IN gs0d lesther eass
/ George Wsshhura new m0deil. TO
particulars enqpi9e at this Office.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12

Rhodes Allen, a former resident of
this county but now of Denver, is here
visiting his son.in-laW G. L. Calvert,
this week.
G. A. BTannOn fell and broke his
elbow while loading ice Sunday. This
is a serious misfortune TO Mr. BrannOn
who has our sympathy.
Dr. Mueller, president of the Kansas
Wesleyan university, will address the
people of GOOdland, Thursday evening,
July Is, at the Methodist church.
J. B. Morning came in from Lamar.
Colo, last Saturday. He viii remove
his brick yard tools there where he
has extended contracts for brick.
Up in Grant township can be seen
some Of the best wheat fields that ever
laid out of doors. Some fields are ex-
pected to so 80 bushels to the acre.
Wednesday, July II, the ladies Of the
Congregational church will serve sup
per in the Noah's Ark building, two
doors south of pOstof1ce Cordial IN
vitatiOn extended to all.
Three weeks ago a farmer out west
concluded that his wheat crop wouldn't
make straw" so he cut large portion
of it for hay. The wheat has since
sprung up nicely and is heading out.
Mrs w. L. Thompson of Grant town
ship has the enViRble reputation Of
having the finest garden in the county.
Everything that is grown ia a garden
can be seen there in endless pr0fusion.
The band boys we're to have given a
concert at Colby the evening of the
/ Fourth, but as their instruments we're
caught in the tie-up on account Of the
washouts. the entertainment had to be
abandoned.
The southeastern part of the county
experienced a Cloudburst last week. J.
S. Taylor bad out rain gusge that
registered Is inches Of rain In six
hours. Houses and barns on the low
lands were inundated and gardens and
lOw-lyiDg fields of grain damaged.
The commissioners have granted a
petition for an election to decide the
question Of forming Of an irrigation
district on the Smoky. The district is
to be irrigated by 1b-irTigation only,
and takes in a strip u miles long and
from one to one and one-half miles
wide. The election is set for July so.
Professor R. N. Killion left Monday
night for eastern Kansas where he
hopes to find a situation IN some in-
stitute of learning. He has been prin-
cipal of the GOOdland schools for three
{ years and has made q good showing in
the improvement Of the system Of
education in the city schools. His
/ many friends wish him success in Sc
touring a pleasant location.
Dick Churehwel, the tonsoralist Of
/ the ecru-hUed locks that has been
working for "Bin EyeH for some tine
/ past, left the city between sunset Sun
I day night and the dawn Of Monday
/ he left a few debts and q feeling in the
! hearts Of the people that they we're
well rid Of him. Such achollyp boys as
he are not wanted in this burg.
Jim Henry and Jerry Coffin we're cut
] Sunday in one OF Ennis & Walkers
double rigs 10 take a lock at the stste
plant They got cut Of She rig q mCre
fully admire the sraiu maker when
+ the team concluded to So to t0Fa sno
I set out right blitheiF- q The top Ct
their speed. They made tie run 81
! good time and Grew Hp Rk he hafta
without any damage and e1as ne
iEors5 sor their voluntary
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12

The many vicissitudes experienced
by growing crops il this county can
best be illustrated by the field Of wheat
owned by Daniel Bucket Of MuldFoR,
Kan. In the early spring the dFoutb
killed the crop to the ground. A big
rain, shortly after, brought it on again
and when reaching the height of is
inches got caught in a hail storm and
was again cut TO the ground That
was four weeks ago. and now the wheat
has come on again, aud is nicely headed
eut and ready for the reaper. About
10 bushels per acre Niil be The yield
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
For Sale.
Il. NJ. Halter has the following arti-
oles for sale cheap:
Money for Your Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that there is
money on hand belonging to the coun-
ty general fund to pay the following
warrants, viz; From No.
to No. % inclusive, issued at the April,
1895, meeting of county commissioners.
And that interest on said warrants
will cease July 10, 1895.
Dated this 10th day of July, 1895.
Il. S. RULON,
County Treasurer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
MORE SOAKING RAMS.

A S6-HOur Stretch Gives the Soil Another
Soaking.
Tuesday morning early Dame Nature,
as though Jealous Of the success Of man
to grow produce in luxurious profUsion
without the aid Of rain and especially
SO at MS attempt to celebrate the VIC
tory over her, opened wide her food
gates and convinced the skeptics thar
it could sometimes rain Ia western
Kansas.
The aoWppour continued for IS hours
Ia more or less severity. nearly two
inches Of rain falling il It's 90Urse.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
To Exchange.
County Treasurer

For cattle OF sell for cash, southeast
quarter lot section %, town 81, block
range 20, bottom land near Cold Water,
Kan. For particulars address box 81,
Colorado Springs. Colo.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
JUST THE THING.

When I proposed she did not blush
And not one word she said
The maiden did not tell me yes
She simply shook her head,
She simply shook her head, and yet
No man in all the town
Could be more pleased than I was, for
She shook it up and down.
-TiFn
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12

State Officials, Prominent IrrigatOrs and
Newspaper Men Take Look at the Mod
ern '.Rainmaker'- Morrill, Did
Not Come.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-07-12
OXFORDS

About $50 pairs of Ladies and
Misses Oxfords. Good styles
and sizes, at cost and below.
The Republican journal., 1895-01-03

liltgfe Mas ieSs sri Nh tlis indaStfy ihau
5illjflu THE preceding Nenr, IN Part because
n tfr sjNll times Wnt Nv eleAt iuvasi4le
1,,it.s. M the tlaa~ftl NJ he Dana >aist-
a,ufifa Fo headquarters 10 BoSten, rs !
s,.S,fi ef Me change ri management.
Th.gp i a lal4e amount of extracts and
4natniial ON hand III the laboratory here
s,nd 4 quantity vi ~ar>ararilla in the store
house ready for shipment The Skoda
fomnany has done a good business and
its nreparations are in steady demand.
fPhe con 5 Sarsaparilla Go has apparent
~ Done ont of business. The Dalton Sar-
sapariIla Go has had steady sale and has
pushed business With view to large
s,.rlnp orders 1t Will soon put two new
nrepa1ations on the market. The iodolt
~ moved from Brooks to Belfast, occupy
mo a building near the depot specially fit
ted for their requilemt nts. II Dodge is
manufacturing tie Fletcher Vegetable
compound and reports increasing sales.
One new medicine companywas formed, the
Nut,ola Go. which has an Office ana sales
room on High street. The company car
ries a great variety of preparations ana
appliances for nearly ''all the ills that
flesh is heir to- They will begin selling
very soon.
THE CHI RICHES.
On Jan / a series Of union revival meet
ipgs was in progress at the Methodist
Church. which continued to Jan u. Key