The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-05-21

has an unwritten record that takes the
ban from them all. lie participated
in the quiet lynching Of horse thief
one cloudy evening, and the next day
rode 800 miles in search of the corpse.
Some eastern capitalists will try to
solve the problem the state of Kansas
spent $4,000 on during the past two
years. These men have a large force
at work ia Butler and Greenwood
counties building dams and reservoirs
across streams and draws. These dams
it is thought will hold the storm wa
ters, increase the humidity, prevent
hot winds and solve the drouth prob
lem. Hope SO.
Shawnee county's probate judge has
posted notices that the first druggist
caught selling liquor uulawfully will
do SO thereafter without a druggists
permit. As this follows the closing of
all joints and saloons in the city, mes
sages of coincidence are in order.
1t is against the laws of the great
state of Kansas to catch fish at this
season of the year, but the small boy
is not to be SHE'D off at such a little
thing as that.
A look over NJ. B. Tomblins place
will convince anyone that farming will
pay in Kansas if conducted on the IT.
rigated plan. He has tomato plants in
bloom, potatoes that have been hoed
once, field onions up, strawberry plants
in bloom and a hot house full of plants
ready to be set out. But it takes work.
Mr., Tomblin puts in more time on
three acres than the owner of a wheat
field does on 600 acres. But it is dol
lars to dOughnuts that Mr.. Tomblin's
bank roll will foot up more at the end
of the season than the wheat growers.
School district SO has one of the fine
est school buildings in the county,
erected at a cost of $1,000. The dis
trict is out of debt and has at least
500 to its credit in the county treas
ury. There is not a scholar in the
district, however, to receive the bene-
fit, the last ones being taken away
when Amos Smith moved MS family on
one of his farms nearer town. Cupid
should get in his work on some of
those old bachelors down in that
corner Of the county.
A young man by the name of John
Hadan was in GoOdland Monday in
search of his uncle, Dick Hadan, sup
posed to be located near Topland post
office. The young man was badly hurt
IN wreck on the Santa Fe, near La
mar, Colo, two weeks ago, having had
an arm broken and a foot badly
crushed, The young man left Tuesday
for TOpland in search of his relative.
A man in Washington, who has for
years been collecting newspaper &C.
counts of railroad accidents, declares
that no locomotive engineer ever came
out alive from his third disaster. He
| does not insist that engineers are not
killed in their first or second accident
but he maintains that after man has
had two "Close calls" he will, if wise
abandon Tailroading.
The Kansas zephyr will help out oul
city government to a large extent from
this on; as the city waterworks are tc
be run by the monster wheel purchas
ed from the state Saturday. 1t is ex
pected that this arrangement will lesser
the amount of "cussing" at the wind
as the hmble taxpayer can figure OF
the more wind the less tax"
While en- route from Denver t.
GoOdland last week, L. Morris found
knife on a coach seat that is quite {
curiosity. The knife has a blade like
, razor, and is held open by a spring o
peculiar shape and appliance. Tn
knife is of foreign make and was evi
, IDENTIFY intended for a sailors use.
A man was heard to remark Satur
day that our present money went
good ways. Guess it does; 80 gold
standard pIunks bought a pumpin
outfit on that day that cost the stat
1855 a year ago.
Houses for Sale.
+ The following list of houses are for sale
B. F. BTOwn-must be sold at once;
Original Town Second Addition
Bourne store building Willis house,
Jeffrey store building, Keller house,
S Goodwin house, Coffin house,
I | Pringle house, Shearer house,
= DOnCarlOs house, Cope house,
: Reynolds gallery, Hedges house,
Candy house, ITione-Miller house,
7 White house, RulOn house.
q, Navert house, G, X. & n. Addition
; Patrick house by park, Mrs. Bray house,
9 j. BOs house, Dresser house,
Jensen house, E. A, King house,
3 Teeters house, Wilson house,