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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-11
THEPALACE TN ASHES.
The Building and Entire Contents
Totally Destroyed by Fire.
The Hotel was at One Time the Eustis
Court House During the County
Seat War-Was the Property
Of the B. s. NJ.

Saturday morning at 1910 the Palace
hotel was discovered to be on fire by
Dan King, the Ennis & Walker bus
driver. King was preparing to make
the westbound Rock Island train, due
here at Ills a. N, when he saw light
at the northwest corner of the Palace
kitchen which vas also the northwest
extremity of the building. King at first
thought the light was from a lantern
OF a match, and paid 10 attention to it.
A minute later, however, his attention
was again attracted that way and he
saw that the whole side of the kitchen
was on fire and burning fieroely.
some Close Calls.
He gave the alarm Immediately, and
rushed into the hotel to arouse the oc-
cupants. The Seamen sisters, the pro-
prietors, slept on the ground floor, as
did the help. They hurriedly dressed
and ran upstairs to arouse the guests,
ali of whom got out without any trouble
with the exception of two. OF these,
Billy Henry, the Penn butcher, became
confused in the smoke and fell over
a table in the upstairs hallway. losing
in his fall all the clothing he was carry
ing except a pair Of pants. These, with
his robe de chambre, constituted the
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when necessary. For this purpose al
falfa and other forage crops can be
grown on the bottom lands and some
wild hay put up in good seasons.
"Fhe energies of the farmer should
be devoted TO guarding the grass crop.
Few men from the arid regions realize
the superior value Of this. One of the
most.striking objects is the toughness
Of the prairie sod, especially to q person
who has regarded grazing land as Gov
cred with tufts of scanty vegetation.
Large slabs Of this cut out are held to-
gether firmly by the interlacing roots.
This means considerable feed to the
acre and far less travel each day on the
part Of the grazing stock"
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lRRIaATIoN NoF q soNAnzA.
stock Raising More Profitable that Cereal
Farming Can Hone TO BE.


stock Raising More Profitable that Cereal
Farming Can Hope to he.
That farming in western Kansas,
taken as a whole, has been a failure ne
candid man viii deny. Our soil is all
right. but the humidity is not so Ger
tain as to guarantee that harvest shall
follow seed time. Irrigation has been
tried and found wanting A garden
can be successfully handled, bat any
great extent Of irFigable area is an i'm
possibility until some cheaper method
of raising the water from our deep
wells to the surface has been discover
ed. Grass is western Kansas long suit
at present and has been in the past.
The buffalo ranged by thousands over
western Kansas where now no cattle is
ever seen. There is where the settlers
Of these great plains ignored a lesson
taught by nature, Cattle should have
replaced the bison on the plains Of
Kansas, and had it been done, the vast
amount of wealth that has been sunk
in an endeavOr to grow wheat could
have been saved, and the stock indus
try would have made every rancher on
the great plains independent. Western
Kansas must 60 back to stock.
Of course, it seems tough to talk of
giving up hope Of raising wheat after
the several seasons of abundance ex-
perienced in the past, but the failures
stand out as prominently, and the les
sons that they have taught must con-
vince even the most hopeful that in
stock and stock only lies the redemp-
ton of the plains of western Kansas.
The buffalo grass as more valuable
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Pleasant Homo Items.

The MuldrOw people have decided to
have a tree Christmas eve.
The young folks enjoyed an oyster
supper at Mr.. Freeland's Saturday
night.
Emmett Lister and family visited
John Bray and family of Charlotte
Thursday.
Mrs. May Mewhirter led the Endeay-
or Sunday night and & good attendance
was had despite the cold.
There was an old-fashioned husking
bee at William Kunz's Wednesday. An
excellent dinner was served and all
present had a most enjoyable time.
F. NJ. Koontz has got to be quite a
butcher. He killed hog for Will
Stone Monday that would weigh be-
tween 500 and 800 pounds, and three
for Thad Mcdaniel Tuesday.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Dell Bower was at Norton Sunday to
see his parents.
in. Handy Of Phillipsburg was in
Goodland Monday.
A. B. Montgomery was down TO To-
peks sgain this week.
Harley HogebOom returned from
Cripple Greek last week.
CD. Know and Frank Sharp Of st.
Francis we're ia town Saturday.
Rev. 4. Z. Powers left Monday morn
ing for his home in Lincoln, Neb.
Miss Eta Green returned to her
home at Fruita, Col, Wednesday.
Travelingman E. L. Quintard of
Dolsn & Co. Of AtchisOn, was in town
Monday.
Miss Susie Th0rson has purchased a
bike and viii 60 soOrching With the
rest Of the girls.
Theodore Stone was here from Den-
yer Sunday to see his parents, Dir. and
Mrs. G. B. Stone.
Mrs. Theodore Stone is here from
Denver helping Mr. and Mrs. 9. ).
Stone to move 70 Denver.
Tragoiingmsu George Green Ees in
Goodlend Friday filing the wants Of
the city merchants Ia MS line Of goods.
Miss Mary Dsuh Of Topeka vas here
this week visiting with her brother,
Horace who has been wrestling with an
attack Of measles.
Sam Carroll, the barber, stopped Of
In Go0dlsnd Friday on his Eay % Colo
radO Springs from Iowa. Sam intends
looking up q location ia the vest.
Els. Knight vent to st. Francis Sst-
urday to attend court which is ~
session this week. Hr. knight vii
represent Attorney EsgaD, who IS III.
IS county attorney.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Flour exchanged for wheat. Wizard.
Good fresh pop corn cheap at Scott's.
Seethe Wizard for -four, corn, hay,eto.
Houses to trade OF sell See B. F.
Brown.
Themss P. Leonard. sbstraeEeF aud
insurance.
Wsnted-A lead Of hay or fodder On
subscription.
Wanted, eight clear quarters IN town
ship g, range 39.-B. Z. Brown.
For abstracts. ali kinds Of notary
work, farms to exchange, ETC, see II.
Robinson.
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THR YOUNG AEn TIE OLD.

The young year WOTe her crOous silk
And trimmed her daisy fFilis,
And fashioned With a fairy hand
The cups of her dafOdils;
Sts cnFt8ined chambers for the binds,
And sang IS young things may
Youth and giadness rule the world
And summer viii last away.
The old year sits in the whispering wood
And dyes her faded gown,
And dreams Of days n the faded fields
When shs WOVe loves red-rose crown;
The asters shake 10 her chilly breath
As she crOOns and Old-fOlks rhyme
Since summer is Ger We must make the best
OF the snoW-cOld winter time.
Mary F. Butts, in Youths Companion.
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ground it in to give the coin the proper
appearance of having gone through a
fire, then he proceeded to Sind" it for
the Qualification of himself and the
consequent discOmft of the others. He
commenced digging where the coin
should have been, but as he "fOund"
nothing his energy, unlike the others,
increased rather than diminished. At
last, as the others began encroaching
on his territory, Brad had to give the
snap away. He continued the hunt for
an hour Or more and then gave it up.
John Book, however, had found the
piece soon after it was dropped and
understanding the game concluded to
have some fun himself. Bradley thinks
he should have had interest returned as
well as the dollar.
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DECEMBER

Oh holly branch and mistletOe,
Aud Christmas chimes where'eF We go,
And stockings pinned up in a row,
These are thy gifts. December!
and if the year has made thee old,
And silversd all thy locks Of gold,
Thy heart mas never been a-cOld,
Or known a fading embeg,
And stars its many candles be,
The whole world is a Christmas tres,
Oh, sing a carol iOyfuliy,
The years great feast in keeping
For once, on a December night,
An angel held a candle bright,
And led three wise men by its light
To where a Child was sleeping
Harriet 3. BlOdRett, in Sc. Nicholas.
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salvage he was enabled to stagger, near
ly asphyxiated, out of the building
with. W. e. Hamblin, of Kansas City,
collector for the Mccormick Harvester
company, was slow to waken, and when
he did arouse he became more intent
upon saving the assets of his employers,
which consisted of $4,000 in notes,
than of saying his hide. After he had
secured his property, he attempted to
get out through the front hallway, but
the smoke was so bad that the exit was
blocked. He was making preparations
to jump from his bedroom window
when he was seen and a ladder run up
down which he made his escape,
Possibly Of Inorndlary origin.
Simp Baker was one of the first at
the fire, and at that time, he says, the
fire was all on the outside of the build.
ing, not yet having broken through to
the inside, and was burning as though
coal oil had been thrown against the
sheeting and ignited. Col. Penny and
others substantiate this report, though
what object anyone could have in des-
troying the building is not now appar-
ent, The flames swept along up the
roof of the annex and then onto the
roof of the main building. The cupola
on the building proper had burned off
before the fire had broken into the
main part of the hotel, and with fire
on the inside, outside, upstairs and
down, all hope of saving the structure
was abandoned; the efforts Of all being
directed toward keeping the flames
from spreading. The building burned
slowly, but at two o'clock nothing but
q glowing mass or embers marked the
site of the historic Palace, and had the
wind been in any other direction than
down Eighth street, the same would no
doubt have been said of the entire
business portion of the town.
The Seamen sisters saved part of
their clothing and a portion of their
chamber furniture, everything else was
totally destroyed.
The building was insured for only
$1,000, and the furniture for 800. The
owners will not rebuild.
Was t0uFt House ORce.
The main part of the hotel was built
at Eustis for a court house by the B.
& NJ. railroad company in 1857 at a cost
of 5000. The annex was the old Eus-
It's Palace, which was built in 1886. In
1888, when the eounty-seat war ended
By Goodlaud getting the county seat,
the two buildings we're moved here and
joined together, constituting the Palace
as it stood at midnight a week ago.
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Mr.. Bachelor. the adjuster for the
Niagara, and ProvidenCe-W ashingtOn
insurance companies, of which B. F.
Brown is agent, was here Wednesday
and allowed the amount of insurance
on the Palace hotel which was $500 in
each company. The Ennis & Walker
drug store was allowed the amount of
damage resulting from breakage while
moving during the fire, and the owners
of the JeffreV drug store building we're
reimbursed for the damage done the
interior by the fire of November 7.
OF course it turns out that Wyatt
carp, who refereed the Fitzsimm0ns-
ShaFkey fight, was a formerly of Kan
sas man, He was city marshal Of Ellis.
worth and Dodge City when men who
we're handy with a gun we're needed and
later was a policeman in Wichita.
The county received nearly 81, 200 as
its share of the Sherman County bank
dividend of five per cent paid by
Receiver Weber Monday. The city also
got about $780, This will probably be
the last dividend declared.
The county treasurer is after the
Sherman County bank for personal
taxes for 1895, to the amount of S325.
The bank is in the hands of a receiver,
but the tax warrant heads off about
everything else.
George Hall, who is very sick, was
thought to be dangerous Wednesday,
and Mr.. Hall who was at Jennings was
telegraphed to come home.
Vermont proudly claims that there
was much less drunkenness in her leg
islature during the session just ended
than usual.
"We have met the enemy" painted
the Spanish captain, "and they are
hours-behind Us. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Charley J. CFist and Clara NJ. Harris
of Brewster we're granted license to
wed Saturday by Judge Kent.
The calendar fiend has made his ap-
peaFanee.
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Editor Corgills Views Plain.


E. B. Cowgirl, editor of the Kansas
Farmer, takes the same view. BE be-
gan some years ago as an enthusiastic
advocate of upland irrigation. He
knew there was an abundance Of water
from 100 to 15O feet below the grass
roots in western Kansas, and he believ-
ed a cheap process of pumping and dis
tribution could be acquired. But the
results of the states experimental ir-
rigation have convinced him that iFri-
cation farming in the uplands is not
practicable. He says: sThe future ap-
parently promises nothing for the up
land farmer, and if some unforeseen re-
lief is not soon presented every trace of
settlement viii aud should be swept
away. These plains afford excellent gras-
lug and are sufficiently dissected by
drainage to afford bottom lands. On
these latter the water is close beneath
the surface, apparently sufficient for a
population such as can make full use Of
the npisnds for pastnrage
Il the psainss The greatest natural
grazing land il the country, can be
protected from the agasmodie and an
profitable blowing, and also from the
ineaFsi0as Of the BODYBUILDING sehem-
eTs, the country can become one Of the
most prosperous Of stock raising COM
nunities. It is being demonstrated
however, that there must be a eonsid-
cradle change from the old method Of
handling cattle. 1t IS necessary to keeE
constant Gaze Of the stock, and mol
opig shelter Tie herds bat feed then
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LoCAL EXoHANaEa

A. B. Montgo merry, who is G ma1 Of
vide experience and ability, Is can
didate for member Of the board Of
charities. Topeka Advocate.
A. B. Montgomery, the Sherman
county populist leader, and ex.Fain-
maker, taFTied In town a short time
Saturday morning, He has abandoned
the raiBmaking business for politics.
Smith County Journal.
Smith county farmers viii take more
interest In kafr corn the coming SEA
son than ever before. There Is TO doubt
but that it is the cheapest crop 20 pro-
duce, and its worth for feed appears d
far ahead Of the ordinary corn. Tbs
experimental point has been p8ssse
and it has come 10 stay smOng the crops
Of this part Of the state.-Journal.
Alb. Montgomery Of Goodland Is
candidate for an appointment on tts
state board Of charities. Aside ron
the fact that Mr.. Montgomery is emtn-
entity cited for the place, 30 other usfl
il northwest Kansas has rendered t1S
party adler OF more effective service
and We earnestly hops Eilst Cos. LsssS
viii recognize bis claim and tas e-4igl
Of northwest Kansas 10 favcgsDle Goa
sideraiiGn.-St. Francis Eagle.
Great Rock 5sisaa Route Plsy.nE cas--e
Send u cents ia stamps to John Sc
bastian, general passenger agent, Cn1s
cage, Rock Island and Paciac railway.
Chicago, for the slicksst paek q PLAY
ing cards you ever nsHaieds and o. Ee.
ceipt of such remittance foE enc q
more packs they WILDE sent ypu pest
paid. Orders containing % cents -
stamps q postal note f0F ssssiV afizolS.1
viii secure dvo packs By eEFsss@
charges paid.
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CONDITIONS.

In 1892 Mr.. A. /. GolaTateF. who owns three
retail drug stores N New York City, having
.earned Of the great valus Of Chamberlain
Tough Rensdy for colds, Group and WhOOping
coogh. ordered supply Tor his customers, II
met with s. much favor that he socn foand it
necessary t. order more, and during the winter
sold over txo gross Of the remedy He says it
gives the best satisfaction Of any cough cure be
mas eyer haES,eG For sale ~ = aud 60 cents
peg bottle b Ennis { Walker.
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Gard Of Thanks.

We desire to return our heartfelt
thanks to the kind friends and neigh
boTs for their assistance in the burial
Of our aged father.
j. w. AND LOUsIA KLAUER.
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The vie OF ME D. Robinson, prominent
HmbeEmen Of HartWick, n. J., YES SICK With
rheumatism for I've months. u speeklng 81 r.
Er Robinson says; -ChambaElain's PAIN Balm
Is the oaiF thing that gave Der any rest IRON
Many Very bsd cases OF rheumasIsm have been
cured 81 Il Fer sale st 50 cents per ootsls og
Eanis 9 HsIser.
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Taken Up.

On my premises, section 26, township
10, range 81, one bay horse, star in
forehead, wire cut on fore legs.
JENNIE COPELAND.
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Those who have investigated, report
rabbits turning out about ten bushels
to the acre.
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1t is "Ten Nights in a Drug Store"
when it gets to Kansas.
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The Only Thing to Say.

For forty days and forty nights
The rain had fallen down
lOf course It cOuldn' well fall up,
4 hapless world to drown.
A WateTy waste enwTapped the land
Engulfed each hill and lea,
On every side, on every hand.
Was naught TO see but sea.
"Oh, earth, pray speakF' the pale moon cried
Amazed at Noah Hood
From out the depths there came but these
-Four words: my name is mud
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Since the departure of Frank Robin
son the mantle of fire chief has fallen
on the shoulders Of "Shanty" Balm
bridge,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-11

Born, to Mr., and Mrs. A. G. Nc
Farland, Thursday, December 8, a son.
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The heading of a wedding notice in a
western Kansas paper was "FOx-Hunt."
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The windows in the ground floor of
the @. A. r. hall and in the Andrews
law Office were cracked by the heat Of
the Palace hotel fire of Saturday morn
ing.
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because it affords grazing the all year
around. Ali that stands in the way of
success in western Kansas is a lack of
stock to utilize this grass, and anyone
who nov possesses a COW can gradually
grow into a cattle king if they will.
SO
Opposed to Further Experiments.
A Topeka special to the Kansas City
Star, has the following:
"Dr. Smith, Sherman county's repre-
sentative in the legislature, is opposed
to further experimental irrigation by
the state in the uplands of western
Kansas, and this winter be will intro
duce a bill to repeal the act passed
two years ago. He thinks that irriga-
ton farming may be made profitable
in the river valleys, where it is not far
to the subterraneap deposits of water,
but he has been a close observer of up
land irrigation since the present COM
mission was created by the legislature
of 1895, and he declares that until the
expense of deep pumping be greatly
reduced, water cannot be brought to
the surface and distributed over the
ground at a cost that will justify ex-
tensiYe farming, He says western Kan
sas is a grazing region pure and simple,
and the sooner the people come to that
conclusion and restore 1t as a cattle
country, for which nature made it, the
better. He believes there is wealth in
cattle on the Kansas plains, but failure
and poverty will be the only rewards Of
cereal planting. He comedies that
there is no better wheat producing
country on earth than the Kansas
plains in seasons when there is an alb
undance of moisture from the clouds,
but such seasons are rare and farmers
must waste several paintings to catch
one good crop, Therefore he argues
that western settlers should bow to the
inevitable, abandon all expectation Of
producing cereals until irrigation faci-
lities be cheapened and turn their at
tention to the cattle industry, which
barring disease, is a source of sure
profit.
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The latest slam at Kansas is the story
of a Kansas man SO poor that he was
compelled to TATTOO an engagement ring
on his intended's finger.
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G. B. Stone leaves this week for
Highlands, Denver, Col, where he will
conduct a confectionery store. Mr..
Stone has been in Goodland since 1890,
and many will regret his removal.
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"Where's your nerve?" growled the
dentist as be jammed the victim back
in the torture chair, and the martyr
desparing!y mOened, "All in the tooth,
Doc, all in the TOOTH"
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The opening services of the EpiscO-
pal church we're held Tuesday evening,
being conducted by Rev. Watkins. The
regular services will hereafter be held
in the church.
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wAYsIDE GLEANINGs.

The ice harvest is now on.
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Mai. C. 7. Picton is manager of the State
hotel az Denison, Tex, which the tgaVeliRgmen
say is one Of the best hotels in that section, In
speaking of ChambeTlain's Colo, Cholera and
DisrThoea Remedy, Mai, PictiR says; u have
used it myself and IN ny family for several
years, and take pleasure IN saying that ] con.
slider It an iHfallbie cure for diarrhOea and dys-
EMERY. / always recommend it, and have fire.
Quentiy administered it to my guests in the
hotel, and in every case It has proven itself
worthy of unqualified endorsement. For sails
BY Ennis k-FYalkeF,
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II am not so very wealthy" unused
a Goodl8nd father Sunday, as he wheel
ed the twins out in the baby buggy,
'but it might be said I afford carriage
and pair just the same"
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Whsn most needed i is not unusual Tor your
family physician to be away from hons. Such
OF the CadGo Il, IT, Banner, when his little siri
two years OF age, was threatened with a severe
attack Of EE0uB, Sc SAYS: "liy Tifa insisted
that ] 50 sOr the doctor, but as our family ply
stefan vas 0lt Of town / purchased q bottle Of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy, which relieved
her Immediately. VIII not be without Il In she
iltuse' Twenty-Five and 5l-c6nt bottles Cos sals
b Ems 8 HsLkes.
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When The Palace hotel burned down
there vas some small change in the
sidebOard 10 the dining room. Sunday
someO the boys began searching among
the rims for the coins as souvenirs.
After considerable scratching around
LATE Fender f0and G penny. This en-
eonraged the others for a time out at
last interest began to lag as no spoiis
we're uncovered. About this time jim
BainbFidgs conceived the brilliant idea
Of dropping a quarter snd then "and.
ingn it. The scheme worked IS the re-
neWed activity among the .searebers
plainly indicated. Great minds run ia
similar channels, and DR.. Sehen shortly
after turned the same trick which also
did considerable to enliven the dill
gence Of the treasure seekers George
Bradley by this tiEae had fallen TO the
graft and concluded to Guido al Others
BY Winding a dollar. BE accordingly
dropped a dollar down IN the ashes and
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Black Bros. Beatrice -four gives best
results. Our customers are emphatic
on that. Order a sack Of the Wizard.
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sat last l am in a position to give
my creditors something" jOked the
impecuniOus man, as he broke out with
the smallpox. The quarantine, how
ever, stepped in and ruined that Oppor-
tunity to apply something on account.