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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
Walk. Before Irving to RIM.

"NA-Ai 0OAOAS w @SU-A'
Judge j. S. Emery, in letter to the
editor of the Kingman Democrat, gives
some practical hints On irrigation that
our readers will do we'll to consider.
He says: when you have running
water it is always best to use that first,
as it is cheapest and most practicable
Lead this running water out on to the
land by bitches in the best way possible.
Begin in small way at first, and as
you learn how, then increase your
works.
L am afraid of mortgages. They
are bad things to get rid of. I would
not advise trying to irrigate ten acres
all at once and do this by mortgaging.
The chances are that your interest
would come due before you would get
returns from the land to pay it with,
and live at the same time.
L think il would be profitable for a
young man to buy land while it is cheap
and wait till he gets able to irrjgate.
Ten acres, we'll irrigated and cared
for, will give a small family living
and enable the holder to lay up little.
am quite sure. Of course he must
practice economy and keep out of poll
tics, and not spend his time in town.
Men do this everywhere in arid Amer
lea today. Ten acres in Kansas, irri-
gated, is as good as ten acres anywhere,
fully believe. You cannot raise
oranges and lemons here as they do in
California, but you can raise the
staples of life, which are better to de-
pend upon.
4 urge all Our people to go to work
with what they have ON hand here on
the great plains and in central Kansas.
Don't try to do big things at first.
Start in a small way and keep out Of
debt. Walk, before you try to run.
The Wichita Daily Beacon is now
one of the best true blue democratic
dailies printed IN Kansas. 1t is
chock full of good sound sense polite
ally, and gives equally reliable and
complete telegraph news that is of
interest to Kansas people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07

The Almighty has his eye fixed on
the man who toots his horn in church
and leaves his sidewalk a nuisance to
the lives of travellers, says Uncle
Stevenson of the Garden City Sentinel,
and he spells Almighty with a htt le
''a''.
The Parsons Palladium wants the
next mayor of that town to be ne bump
on log. but man of some enterprise
who is in favor of public improvement.
AS the town, of Parsons is. ovorwhetn-
ingly republican their ease is still
hopeless.
X y "
Uniformity of school books should
never be adopted until a law was made
to have the state print her own books.
There is not more glaring steal per
petrated upon Kansas people than that
by which the book combine has grown
SO immensely rich.
X X x
The item about the young lady who
went skating and suddenly sat down
on her-little brother, is 80 OLD chest
nut it has whiskers as long as Peffer's s.;
but about forty-eleven Kansas papers
have dished it up to their readers as
original matter during the past two
weeks.
How shriveled up business is getting
anyway. Here's the county attorney of
Lane county, land and law attorney
and insurance agent, and shoemaker
all occupying one room, perhaps 12x20.
and then yeu can never fud them i'm;
they are always out looking after
business-Deighton Herald.
/ X X X
From the Larred Squealer and
1Squaller it is learned that John Hall is
.chairman of the populist county COM
mittee. The DEMOCRAT would like
for the Larned contemporary to tell
us how we can collect about 81 back
subscription from said chairman of the
pepullst county central committee
Our collector at Pawnee Rock reports
Hall judgement proof.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
WHAT KANSAS HAS.

A good name.
A central location.
Two million cattle.
A small state debt.
Pure air and lots of it.
An industrious people.
An occasional blizzard.
A fine cfimate-in spots.
A reasonably dry climate. =:
An orchard cnevery farm.
Italian skies-occasfOnaIly.
A law-abiding population.
Two and a half million hogs.
Eleven HnorganiZed counties.
A net value of S554 ,000, 1000.
Thirty nine daily newspapers.
Blue grass and clover pastures
Seven thousand school houses.
Eighty-six organized counties.
Million acres homestead lands.
Fifty-two million acres of land
Eight thousand school teachers.
Eight hMRdred Thousand sheep.
One million and a half population.
A moderate municipal indebtedness.
Three thousand miles of Telegraph
wire.
Twenty-seven millions Of taxable
acres.
Six hundred Thousand horses and
mules.
Forty eight thousand colored popu-
lation.
Fourteen million acres under culti-
vation.
Two thousand and five hundred
churches.
Plenty Of fine quail and prairie
chickens.
Five Thousand seven hundred miles
of railway.
Fifteen cities with over 5000 popu-
lation.
First-class building stone found ev-
erywhere.
But one-ffth of it's acres actually
under plow-
A million and quarter state school
fund.
Four Thousand manufacturing estab-
Hshments.
Six hundred miles of railroad under
contract.
One hundred and seventeen millions
of live stock.
One. hundred and fifty towns with
over 500 population.
Farm products last fiscal year valued
at $739, 100000.
Three hundred and eighty-one news
papers and periodicals.
One hundred and ninety-four nlllior
bushels of corn for last years crop.
Smaller pc: cent of her people who
cannot read nor write than any state
in the HnioE.
A people that are ready to arise
shine and make known the beauty anC
glory of the great state upon every pos
sikle occasion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
ALBERT.

ALBERT.
From 'sPeck's Bad Boy"
Bill Nye says that he is the best foot
racer In town.
John Hass is not able to be in the
store this week.
Mr.. Nordman, of Olmitz, spent Sun
day in this city.
Geo. Everets says three wheeled
buggy don't go good.
George Henry says it was not his
fault that he knocked the right side off.
F. Gould made trip to, the Bend
the other day. just to get some canary
seed.
]. S. Winget intends to ship a car of
horses to Oklahoma. Why not take
them to the Strip
The exercises at No. 6, Friday last,
were a success. Gallon and Nordman
are the champion singers.
We wonder if"Jack the Ripper" of
Olmitz, is going to do some more of
his skillful work this week.?
No doubt H. Gallon will be going to
Great Bend, if he don't get better
understanding out south.
Sig Jacoby and A. G. Campbell will
run foot race. for bottle. Will there
be anything extra? And sam in it7''
What's the matter with c. Keller
He has not been out since the last time
he broke down. A. @. had better dc
likewise.
| What's the matter with ''Ich Wise.
He is one Of the Albert quill driver:
who was going to give US something
new all the time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
NUMBER 46
A SAD MISTAKE.

Wuz ies'es likely = young man
Ez you could hope 70 see,
He'd oughter make his mark in life
His friends md all agree;
With lots Of industry an pluck
He sst out in the race:
He started fur . winner. but
he couldn't strike the pace
he studied hard, professors said,
An never wasted time;
He stood at fortunes ladder sure,
But somehow couldn't climb,
He halted, sOrter bashfnl, while
Another tux his place;
He started fur . winner, but
He couldn't strike the pace.
You see. he learned the world in books
The world Sf long ago,
This globe goes spinnin' hvelier
Than what she did you know;
He patterned from the highest, and
OF course it's no disgrace
That he started for 8 winner, but
He couldn't strike the pace.
Success. the moth. has got to cute
Ter seek reflected light:
Ye wanter simply be yer self.
An be il all yer might;
Don't slight the present for the past,
Er else twill be your case;
You'll start out for winner, but
Yell never strike the pace
In this town there's many merchants
Who are occupying room,
Only payin' rent and wRitin' fur,
Another "Great Bend boom;"
They say the DKGocRAT's "sn right
An reaches the proper place;
But unless they advertise with us
They'll never strike the pace
-Cribbed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07

DEMOCRATS never give way to des-
pair because everything doesn't go
their way. They are, as rule, firm
believers in the adage that she who
laughs last laughs best. .''-Kingman
Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07

A JOINT keeper in Kansas who does
not make himself solid" with the
county attorney, and does not pledge
his influence prove his pledges by
his works-to the party represented bY
that attorney, he has a rocky road to
trayel-city license or no city license.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
GREAT BEND, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY T. 1896

ing place at the old Cain City cemetery.
The two oldest sons came from Chicago
to attend the funeral.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07

spoils the looks of his paper by ''fat-
ing'' everything until his columns look
like half the type had dropped out.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

ministration with contempt. Mr.. @.
w. Ashford is in San Francisco. He
seems TO be the skeleton in our mis-
sionaries' closet. He came near be-
ing skeleton when in Jailor Lows
"closet"). He is the bugbear of the
Cabinet-the man they all dread.
But he is in San Francisco and his
whereabouts is perfectly well. known
to the Hawaiian Consul General in
San Francisco, Of whom he by the
way is cousin
To keep up our military display
and colonels on account OF @. w.
Ashford or other imaginary filibust-
ers is little more than the average
taxpayer can stand during these
alleged days of repression. AS far
as the Hawaiians here are concerned
they have at present neither inclina-
ton or mean to enter into what it
pleases the government to call re-.
bellions, but what the average Eng
disappearing man would call a
drunken police row.
Let the army and colonel have a
long needed rest from their fatigu.
ing drills and palatial bedbugs. II
anybody should press the rebellious
button the citizens guard can do
the rest. And the taxpayers will
ever pray.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Senator McCsndless may now say
that he has that "tired" feeling.

InaU No mas JnaJ Urea leellnS.
The sanitary condition and system
at Oahu Jail are constant sources of
complaints by the political prison
ers. The inspectors of the prison
seem to be seized with the perfec-
ton Of lethargy, Nothing is done
to ameliorate the existing condi-
tions. The appearance at the
Queens Hospital of young prison
ers whose health has broken down
during their confinement in the
coral hell seems to have no effect on
the inspectors, who evidently don't
give thought to the real nature of
the duties assumed by them. We
feel convinced that any recommend
alton the inspectors would make in
regard to improving the sanitary
conditions of the Jail will meet with
immediate consideration at the
hands of the Attorney General and
the Minister of Interior, The Legis-
lature will be in session for several
weeks yet and we have no doubt
that any appropriation asked for,
for such a positively necessary pur-
pose as that of making the prison at
least decent, will be granted with
out opposition. Something should
be done at once to remove the NAL
aria breeding stagnant water which
has made the vicinity of the prison
and the old wash houses, pest holes
and a disgrace to our civilization.
There are many funny and ambi.
tious people here who cover them
selves with the cloak Of religion
and then try to make few clever
financial deals in which their fellow
citizens are tho victims. A WE'LL
known citizen-we really don't
know If he is an American or an
Hawaiian, he has held offices under
both countries--was not satisfied a
while ago with his official financial
record in days gone by-they cost
him bis Office, and he therefore en-
teredinto little speculation in ava.
To deal in that pernicious drug is
alright for any pronounced psalm
singer, but in this instance the con-
sular gentleman got left Ava was
shipped, OF very Inferior quality,
for San Francisco, by friends OF the
ex-diplomatic speculator, and still
better friends of the church, but in
spite OF coming from Holy Hilo''
II was pronounced bad and the pay
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01
Timely Topics.
Tune a, 1896.

At last Hawaii will become
a true Paradise on the earth,
an Eldnrado that even the
most imaginative dreamer
could hardly picture. Be-
tween the Labor Commission
and Mr. Dole s Land Act every
happiness and prosperity will
be secured forever. The first
tells lis how to become rich by
growing coffee and cabbage
and the last gives us the neces-
sary lands on which to raise
the said coffee and cabbage.
The Bureau Of Agriculture
invents and imports toads and
bugs and all possible blight
destroyers and the day is
near when the proverbial small
farmt only needs to take his
basket and go out in the forest
and field and fill it with berries
and fragrant sauerkraut.
But how is he going! On
foot? That will be much too
warm on horse back? Too
inconveiuent; he can't tie his
horse to u cabbage head. How
then, will be asked.
On a Monarch, of course.
That is why we imported
that celebrated bicycle which
has already become world-re-
nouned and the popularity of
which is assured here as else
wh' re. We have only a few left
Of the lot that we r. ceived by
the +" Andrew Welch.' An
order for more Monarchs has
gone forward and we will soon
be ready t. supply, the 10000
small farmers who will be in
duced to come herc by the
Labor Commission, with the
indispensable bicycle We
have them in two grades, one
we offer at 800. Itis a strong
serviceable wheel and we qua
rantee that it wilt give salts
faction to anyone who tries it.
The other grade which we
have in stock is without COM
parison the best bicycle ever
imported here. We sell it at
$lO5. This wheel -perfect 1t
is now PREFER d in the States
to any other wheel and laoies
and gentlemen are unanimous
in their praise of this high
class bicycle. We could write
columns in describing the
beauty and qualities of Mon
arch, but we prefer to ak you
to -tep into our store without
delay and make a personal
inspection. Persons who have
not yet straddled the fin de
steele horse and who desire to
learn how to ride shou d be-
gun their experience on a
Monarch. The Monarch sim
ply teaches them to ride and
it is nearly impossible to take
a tumble when once seated on
the Monarchial back and
speeding towards Waikiki.
Make an inspection at once
as our stock will run out and
then will you have to wait for
the arrival of our next in
voice.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

ment on the checks drawn with that
regularity for which the true blues
are noted, was refused by the i'm
porters. The ava speculation has
been dropped and the old consumers
are back on the old stand again.
The ex-Amercan Hawaiian guashe'
his teeth.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01
MONDAY, JULY 1, 1894.
HAwAIps MILITARY FARCE.

and other senators who refuse to
pass appropriations asked for by the
administration without looking into
the necessity OF and reason for the
expenditure, deserve credit. We
only hope that they will demand an
exhaustive Investigation into every
cent spent for military purposes aud
for the secret service-which now
seems to be in bad odor with the
officials. An extra appropriation OF
$4,000 for police of Oahu and
$4,000 for the military has been
asked OF the special session.
1t is not time soon to stop the
military farce which is beginning to
be ; serious drain on the country
and the national credit, as severe in
proportion to our revenues and
population, as is experienced in
Germany, France and Russia. We
don't need au army. We don't
need an expensive colonel Of the U.
S. N. We don't need gatling guns,
Hotchkiss guns, rifles and pistols.
Thurston, Smith, Cecil Brown and
Baldwin fought bravely against the
small appropriation asked for the
Household guards under the monar-
chy and they succeeded in cutting
the appropriation down. We will
not insinuate that they did so be
cause they at that time had any
reasonable and revolutionary plans
in their heads. We believe that
they were honest when they, on the
floor Of the Legislature of 1892,
stated that governments cafe
guard is not bayonets but the love
and respect of the people.
We are now told by these same
men that we have the best govern
ment ever known in Hawaii; we are
assured that the Hawaiians daily
are following into line and that all
opposition and dissatisfaction has
virtually ceased. We are informed
of the mutual friendship now said
to exist between our rulers and the
natives and we know that all, or
nearly all the dangerous demago-
gpes are in Jail or banished. We
even notice that the dangerous"
exiles are allowed to return simply
because altered circumstances pre-
vent them from being dangerous.
But why then if all this be true
and who will doubt the veracity OF
Mr.. Dole's mouthpieces--is the mill
tary farce kept up9 Why these SOL
diers, guns, military display, and
colonelsi To see Thomas Square at
O'Clock in the morning surrounded
Wy gatllng guns aud something look
ing like a cross between artillerists
vand infantrymen is certainly not con-
ducive to the continued growth Of
peaceful feeling and confidence in
our governments solid and stable
standing.
The exhibition of soldiers being
trotted out at night to Makapuu
point, of Kapiolani Park swarming
with armed men, of our ''dear" little
navy going to sea, as happened on
Saturday night, because the steam
yacht Eleanor was approachlug the
islands, simply tends to cover the
country with ridirlle, and tho ad-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01


Over 1900 tons of sugar left this
port yesterday Sunday to escape
taxation.
We have been trying to imagine
how that Senate committee feels, to
whom was referred the nomination
Of w. II. Castle as Minister to w ash
ington, after carefully, aud presuma-
bly,, conscientiously preparing and
presenting report against confr-
nation of the nomination, and then,
under force OF threat on the part OF
the executive, being compelled to
vote against the recommendations
OF the report. Could humiliation
find deeper depths2 1t would be
self-respecting act il Mr.. Castle
should decline the nomination.
The bill introduced this morning
in the House by Rep. Robertson re-
latiug to the sale OF alcohol aud
methylated spirits should meet the
unanimous support OF the Legisla-
ture. The bill was brought before
tho Advisory Council while that
bcdy was in session through petit
tion from physicians and druggists.
1t has been insinuated that the
object OF the bill was TO introduce a
system OF "sids-doors" in the drug
stores here and that the benefit of
the closing Of the saloons on Sun
day would be taken away by
the provisions OF the bill which
would enable anybody to give his
doctor or druggist a wink and get a
drink. The object of the bill is
simply to reduce the price on
alcohol used honestly for medicinal
or mechanical purposes. The duty
on alcohol is now $3.50 per gallon
The bill proposes to reduce that
amount to 50 so. The bill has been
carefully drawn and hedged in such
a manner that no evil can result
from it. Ii doctors and apothecaries
are forced to buy and import alcohol
at absurd prices the tax payers who
have to buy the drugs will be the
sufferers in the long end. Even in
this Paradise medicine ought to be
sold at figure which enables the
poor sick and sick poor to obtain it.
LIT Robertson's bill pass.
1t is pleasing, in spite OF the al
legged hard times, to see a new build
ing on King street 60 up. The Won
Holt estate has given the contract
to the Lucas Brothers, and ground
was broken to-day. The new build
ing adjoins the Republic and Cunha,
and will be an ornamentto the city.
The building is supposed to be fin
ished by November next, and before
Christmas w. w. Dimond and The
Hawaiian Gazette Company will
have possession and be in their new
quarters.
All reports dealing with appropri-
ations, appointments and everything
else are nowadays simply referred
to the Cabinet. II the Ministers
are to have all the say what is the
use OF a Legislature. The Executive
seems to have everything except a
vote, and why should they desire
that when all questions are voted
into their hands, to be dealt with at
their sweet will.
HAWAIIAN
Docnho1I Eocnoio+inu
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

Senator Scbmidt's committee on
depression is instructed to get all
the leading merchants and business
men together before them at an
early date as possible.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

The bill to authorize the Marshal
and his deputies to take oaths, if
passed in its present shape will sim
ply add perjury to the other terrors
of the inq iisition which an official
investigation (prior to triaD has
heretofore practised. No objection
can be had to the Marshal or bis
deputies having the power to ad-
minister oaths to willing and volun-
tary deponents, but strict provision
should be made against the power
being granted to examine accused
persons, or their accomplices, on
oath.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01


The game bill will be valuable but
the extreme penalty is not high
enough. AS it is always in the dis.
cretion OF the magistrate to reduce
the fine below the extreme limit ac-
cording to the circumstances Of the
case, why not make the extreme
penalty 500. One batch of 20
pheasants would cover that. Also
while on this ground why not ex-
tend the provisions of the license to
carry guns for sporting purposes to
the other islands as we'll as Oahu.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

water" And we have heard it itera-
ted and reiterated that the present
Cesar is the best Hawaii ever had
Over 1900 tons Of sugar left this
port yesterday Sunday to escape
taxation.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

The Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatives evidently need a joint
printing committee to provide each
member with copies OF bills. The
supply is apparently not calculated
to go round.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

The system of land transfer here
has always been rotten and will be
found on investigation to have been
the source of much fraud and de
ception. But until proper and
thorough survey, with maps, has
been completed of the whole islands,
nothing can be done. Let the sur
vey Office fossils do some work for
their salaries and then talk OF the
registry office.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

Representative Bond on behalf OF
a committee recommended the ex-
penditure of $4,000 for school
house and teachers dwelling in
South Kona. We are willing to bet
the member that the Cabinet, to
which the recommendation was re-
ferred, will never spare the money
for school houses or similar objects
so long as the soldiers and Colonel
need their salaries. Let us drop the
"resders" and stick to the bayonets.
Such is the creed OF the modern
missionary rulers. The sum recon-
m ended is absurd under all circum-
stances. 1t is simply a game of the
school teacher OF that district to OBJ
tain building at the expense OF
of the Government on his recently
acquired homestead lots. Mr.,
Bonds report shall have our future
attention. Ten schools elsewhere
can be built for the money.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-01

The loyal supporters of the Re-
public worked like beavers ON Satur-
day and Sunday to beat the Tax
Assessor. "Rendering unto Cesar
the things that are Caesars" lie a
forgotten commandment with our
planters and their agents. They
demand the uttermost service aud
the last penney from Caesar aud the
"bewers OF wood and drawers Of