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THE WILL
OF the Late Dr.. ]. r. Jones Admitted to
Probats-I,s Provisions.

The will OF the late DR.. J. Ruse Jones
has been admitted to probate and pro.
vides first that all his just and honest
debts aud funeral expenses shall be paid
out OF the property.
Second, that "A suitable granite monu-
ment, plans and specifications given,
shall be erected at the graves OF himself
and wife. and also "a monument at his
mothers grave like unto the one at lis
fathers grave.
Third. his legal heirs shall be Mrs.
Hattie Wright Osborne. wife OF Rev. W.
II. Osborne OF Lansing. Mich. who shall
have equal rights with other heirs ex-
cept his sister. Mary Ann Eldridge OF
Johnston, y. u, who shall first receive
500, and his brother. Chaplin Jones q!
New York. who shall first receive $50.
the legal heirs being: Chaplin Jones,
Mrs. Mary Ann Eldridge. Gilbert II.
Jones. Frank Jones, and the children Il
Ann Maria Jones, Carrie L. and Dorsh
Jones, children to receive the portion
their parent would be entitled to II alive.
The will was executed December l6,
1897. \ codocil executed two days later
provides that all nephews and neices,
including Hattie W. Osborne. shall re.
ceive equal proportions OF the estate.
The property is to be disposed OF and
divided AZ soon as possible after his
death. He names Rev. W. II. Osborne
OF Lansing, Mich, aud Willard H. Jones
OF Des Moines, Iowa, as executors who
are to receive no pay and not be required
TO give bonds. The latter have engaged
d. d. Holdridge 4 Son as their attor
neys and advisors in the matter. The
estate ie valued at about SS,O0V.
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-. p..e,dent to 40 South.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Ihe pfesl.
dent has definitely decided to u .
abort trim south for rest, his destination
being brownsville. Ga where ne ", -
be the guest Of Senator llama. us
his purpose to make this trip one "a
clusively for rest.
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1.!UA1LY LEADER
.o'soN. soUfa DAKOTA.
.~,OAY. MARCH 8, 1880.
VHE CITY.
LOCAL RREylrlrs

-ocAL BREviTIEs.
''' -, fla. os.
IN no" advertisement Of Frank
hasum went 10 st. Paul on a
% ,su1 roofs repaired before the
n"@ come on by Robert Cory.
ssriv no1ne'l and Tho.. Ferguson
s,s.n NUS from Ramona on the morn
srty ' . has bought tn. v,eeland
&s y.e on west Center .tr.st two
I'm ' .s' Of D. McKinuoD,,.
wia,1"ta' ''stt who ha. bcusa. . farm
h hissto,. mas arrived iron. Iowa,
P.ias !. '' household goods, stc.
D.vi. =, serious lllasss q Mr.. J.
'''' CITY. her daughter,
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ILseai Time TaAs>

u.!'y except sunday.
80. HOLMES. koool AGooS.
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The ssest sa,ye In the World.

The Best haive In the World.
IL Banner Salye. It ie made from q
prescription by a widely known skin
specialist and is positively the most
healing salve Tor Piles, Burns, Scslds,
Ulcers, Running Sores aud all skin
diseases.
FRANK exITtf.
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Before the discovery OF One Minute
Cough Cure. ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations. No
excuse Tor It nov.
Cook 4 ODEE
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Twenty five tons Of choice hay for sale.
Inquire Of r. W.. hErchAM'
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One team gray mares, weight $500
pounds. both with foal. Inquire OF D.
NJ. Spies. agent Standard Oil Go.
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Give me a liver regulator and l can
regulate the world" SAID u genius. The
druggist handed him a bottle OF de-
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little Lills.
Cook s. ODEE.
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Notes From Baker.

Baldwin, Dec. 19-FinaI arrange
ments for the regular debates of the
year have been completed. The college
Will be represented in the Baker w ASH
burn debate by E. f. Riley and H A.
GOrden- The question is the govern
ment ownership OF all telegraph and
telephone systems, and will be discussed
during the first part of the spring
term.
The inter-society debate upon the
Income Tax" is set for the latter part
of spring term. The Bibicol society will
be represented by G. c. All and +. H.
Hankins The Athenian, by Homer
Hoch and P. A. Myers.
The Freshmen and SOphmores discuss
the Trust question. The statement
being. Resolved, That the large COM
binatiOnS of capital, commonly known
as trusts are detrimental to the pub
lie good" The freshman debatOTs, c.
Z. Ely and J. w. Roberts, support the
affirmative while the SOphmOres, H. 2.
Study and A. L Kirk, declare the evils
of the trusts Last years debate re-
suited in a victory for the SOphs.
The academic debate is upon an
"AngIO-AmeTica Alliance" The mid
dies" are represented by T. J. Gam
bell and Ray Paisley; the seniors by c.
A Hall and r. V Moore
Last Wednesday evening occurred
the regular term ''ElOCutiOnary Re
cital." Those taking part on the pro-
gramme did credit both to themselves
and to Prof. Leach, the head of the de-
partment
The Bibic0l gold medal oratoricaI con-
test was held in the chapel Friday
evening. First honOrs were awarded to
Revolution the Throb of Progress
Second place was given to a. L. Kirk.
The sOciety'S orchestra furnished the
music of the evening.
The term examination begins next
Wednesday. The holiday intervention
of twelve days Immediately following
the completion of the terms work on
Friday. Most of the students Will
~
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RAILROAD NOTES.

Chas. Hansford, a former we'll known
conductor running out of Ration, who
lost his foot in an accident near La
Junta several years ago, has arrived
in Las Vegas and will accept a position
in Superintendent Hurley's ofice.-Las
Vegas Optic.
Section hands from here helped to
lead the old rails that were scattered
along the Union Pacific between here
and Salina. There were tWenty-three
car loads of the rails. They have been
replaced by new steel rails.-Abilene
Reflection.
The B. of r. t held its regular meet
ing here and elected officers as fol-
lows: w. S. MCDANIEL G. M; H. H.
Peters, V. G.; Lou Mumford, F.; Harry
Eighnly, secretary; B. F. Church, jour
nal agent; w. S. Mcdaniel, Cal Sim
mons and Frank Ireland, grievance
committee. Wellington Journal
Junction City Union: Conductor Har-
per, who for five months has been run
ming on the second district of the Union
Pacific, has resigned. Harper goes to
Denver to accept the position as yard
master. He is an old-time railroad man,
thoroughly up-tO-date, and one the rail-
road men dislike to see go.
There is an open local run on the H.
& S. branch between POnca City and
Medford, and a bulletin was posted in
the round house, offering it to the old
est engineer and fireman this divi-
sion, making application. The opening
was occasfoned by the laying off of an
engine crew which allowed an engine
to burn out.-WellingtOn Journal
During the past month 15 900 freight
cars have passed through Newton,
making it one of the largest months in
freight traffic in the history Of the
Santa Fe. Averaging thirty cars to
each train it made 500 trains. or more
than sixteen trains per day for the thir-
ty days in November. This was freight
traffic alOne.-NewtOn Kansan-
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FROM EMPoRIA.

Firemen McDermott has gone to
Wichita to take a run out Of there on
All.
George Cloud is firing in the place of
Charles Crawford, who was hurt at
Manchester.
Fireman ole Johnson has returned
from Wichita and resumed his place
Engineer w. s. Ramsey. formerly of
EmpOria, now of the Salina branch. is
in town visiting his father, Uncle
George Ramsey, who is seriously sick.
Division No. $50 of the O. r. c. held
it's regular election of officers yester-
day. ]. w. Mahan was elected chief
conductor, H. o. Taylor assistant chief
and J. T. Weriweather, secretary and
treasurer.
Some of the boys who started in rail-
road work in EmpOria are now holding
good jobs in Colorado. At Pueblo there
are three who recently left here. VIII
Lucas is a foreman, Geo. Bratton has
been promoted to a car clerk, Roy NJ t.
son is a report clerk and next on the
Pueblo list, will probably be Carroll
Lucas, who intends to go out there.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
ASSAULTS AN oFFIoER
Convict mcNulty Dangerously
Wounds Deputy Warden
Thompson

Leavenworth, Dec. 19.-AIulligan Nc
Nulty. a four-tern desperate convict at
the Kansas penitentiary jumped at
Deputy Warden William A. Thompson
Monday and stabbed him in the face
and neck. The wounds are dangerous.
The cOnvicts were at breakfast at $50
o'clock, when McNulty, who was at one
OF the rear tables, sneaked out the back
door. knife in hand Deputy Warden
Thompson was standing on the stone
steps of the dining room looking at
something in the yard, when McNulty
jumped on his back and cut a cash in
his face and neck.
Guards rushed to the assistance of
the deputy warden and one of them
knocked AIcNulty down before he could
use his knife any further. The deputy
warden was taken to the hospital and
it was found that the cut was five
inches long, from the chin into the neck.
NIcNulty used a knife with a dull blade,
taken from the table
NIcNulty has never committed an
assault before while in prison, but he
has been under punishment much Of the
time. He had no special grudge against
Deputy Warden Thompson, but started
out this morning to kill some one and
pOunced on Mr. Thompson because he
was the first officer within reach.
Warden TOmlinsOn now has AIcNulty
in a demons cell, but he has not de-
Cided on the punishment.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS


H. c. Bowman and wife to NJ z.
Younkin. $500, lots 202 and west Il of
lot 204, Seventeenth street, Kieth's sec
ond subdivision.
Eliza w Bowman ct al to Emma NJ
King, 81, lots 20 and 27, North Klein
street.
J. H. Hunt tr and wife to Oscar
Meyer, $40, n. u lot 238 Chandler St,
Parkdale addition.
w M Forbes and wife to Jas. Stew
enson, s100, ne. a 28-12-16.
Shawnee county to Hezel1iah Taylor,
tax deed, lot 161 Tyler St, Strickler's s
addition, North Topeka.
Nancy Barnett and husband to David
F. Barnett, 1915, lot 134 Lane street,
Horne's addition.
H E Dutton and wife to Elma A
James, $1,000. lots 1885 Monroe St,
First ward.
\. D. Gray and wife 70 Florence A.
NJ. Thayer, 81, S. so #. lot II Greenwood
avenue, c. W. POtwins sub.
Ammon Haley to F. w Thomas, $780,
lot As Lake street, Metsker's second ad-
dition.
F. o. Popenoe and wife to Thomas l..
King. ST. lots 13, Is, II, 19 and Il, Mary
land avenue. Highland Park.
S NJ. Thacher to J. W. Moore, $3.50,
south half of lot 154 and all Of lots 156
and 159 Lime street, Hull & Rudolph's
subdivision
SamI r. Kutz ct al to Mary L. De
Vance $500, pit ne. Il 18-11-15.
J H. Hunt tr and wife to Sarah z.
Howe, 81, lots 1924 Lafayette St, ,Veale's
J. P. Lewis and wife to H. K. Pervear,
81, lot 213 and n. u 215 Morris St, Dr.
Martin Place add.
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A CROSS FAILURE SUIT.
Vice President Martindale, of the En-
poria First National Bank,
In Civil Tolls.

Emporia. Dec. 19.-The civil suit
against William Martindale, vice 0reS1-
dent Of the defunct First National
bank. is being tried here before q, board
OF arbitratOrs, from which there is no
appeal. The board is composed of Judge
Eric Cole, of Great Bend; Frank NJ.
Nelson and ex-senator w. ]. Buchan,
of WyandOtte county The attorneys
are Graves & Kellogg, of EmpOria, and
Frank Hagerman, of Kansas City, for
AIartindale, and Lambert & Huggins
for the bank. H. p Clark is expert ac-
countant for the bank and f. A Wright
of Kansas City is expert for Nartindale-
The contention is some $40, 200 claim
ed by the bank on number of counts
a $ presented several months ago when
the civil suit was filed against Martin
dale. These claims are made on account
OF alleged irregular transactions with
the Salina Gas and Electric company
and its successors and with S. Nation
and with other notes and drafts. Also
for S37, 600 stockholders liability, which
is admitted by both sides to be due the
bank. but remains unpaid. The case
will occupy the entire week
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still four more to arrive on the same Or
der.
c. S. Cartwright of the Santa Fe ma
chine shops has resigned his position here
and it Is said he will go to work soon for
another road.
The Rock Island passenger department
has issued attractive posters telling OF
the redUa a5d holiday rates which go into
effect on that road December 23rd.
sam BroWn, a woodchopper employees
flesh torn on one of his fingers Monday,
in attempting to couple cars. He went TO
the hospital. where he had the injury
dressed.
off.
Fireman Dick Lane of the Santa Fe Is
firing in place Of McGown on runs No.
and t.
Fireman Ed Powell of the Santa Fe has
returned to work.
Fireman E, Smith is on the Santa Fe
plug
.Engineer Page of the Santa Fe has re-
ported for work.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Pensions For Kansans.

washington, Dec. 1e.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-James Miller. dead, Sedg-
wick $12
IS to $40: Peter Hubel Hill City. IS to
SO; David Weldon, Kansas City, $500 to
$500
Renewal-william D. Roady. Usage
City $1,000.
Renewal and reissue-speciaI, Decem-
Der Alexander P. Mcmillan, BeIoit,
$500.
ncrease-Simpson Gossett, Neosho
Rapids, Sc to $12; John Puchta- Che
topa, So to 81, John J. Smith, Sarcoxie,
81 to S24.
War with Spain, originaI-Edgar J.
Taylor, Olathe, S17.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
a SWEEPING ADVANCE
Freight Rates VIII Go Up Jan and
Serious Conditions May Result.

Chicago, Dec. 1s.-One of the most rad
ica1 advances ever made in freight rates
and west of Chicago on Jan. / Thous-
ands of articles of every day consumption
erage 35 and 40 per cent the jump on
many classes reaching 80 per cent The
fals has aroused the shipping interests
of the country and various protests are
being made against the sweeping rise.
The shippers say that II the carrying
charges are increased to the extent an
nounced it will have the effect of in
trade.
sugar, soap. coffee. flour, coal and farm
inpiements are a few of the articles to
he = ffactad 0f +hase as well as bIIndradS
of other articles, the increase will run
from 20 to 40 per cent The rate on coal
pushed up to 25c per ton. Cattle will be
advanced to 2Sc per 100 pounds, and hogs
dressed meat to 40c per 100 pounds. Hay
is another article that viii feel the ad-
vance severely. The tariff on this will
be increased S1.1O per ton On the roads
east of Chicago, the increase in rates will
be accomplished by changing the, class
shipped. This will be done by taking the
items out of what are known as ''commo-
Gity'' classes and putting them into the
GLASSES The roads east of Chicago viii
do most of the rate advancing.
Chicago shippers are circulating petit
tiOns asking the railroads to defer the an
nounCed advances until April 1, to enable
them to catch up on their orders. Should
the railroad officials refuse, disastrous
results to manufacturers and wholesale lerS
Wiii, it is claimed; be the consequence.
of appealing to the judiciary to prevent
what they term the arbitrary action of
the railroads.
Oficers of the railroads, in defense of
their rate-increaSing action, declare that
their advances are made necessary by the
increased cost of every thing they are COM
PEELED to buy from ties to engines. They
the railroads should continue to quote
panic rates, while merchants and manu-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
FROM GooDLAND.

Miss NJ. Taggart, agent at Arriba, has
been transferred to Clayton.
R. RAM of Berne, Kan, is the new day
caller for cabOOse crews.
S B. Hubbard, a new man in the train
service, has moved his family here.
Robert Carver who has been relief
agent at Calhan. is now filling the posi-
tOn at Flagler.
Conductor W. D. Harden and Brake
man H. H. Aiken have gone to look for
employment.
Harold Neville. station agent for the
Rock Island at Claremont, spent Friday
in GOodland.
Mrs; N. P. Murphy, wife of Brakeman
Murphy has Joined her husband here,
coming from Pueblo.
Sam Sonday. a well contractor Of Da-
venPOrt, Iowa, has a machine at Edison
putting down a well for the company.
Fireman c. 3. MCGEE was called to OBJ
erlin by the illness of his little daughter
He will move his family to Coodland
Agent Fl. L. Wood has been transferred
from Vona to Arriba, the Vona station
having been closed. He spent Saturday in
GOOdland.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Is MOrmOnism to Become a Kan
sas Religion.
Mormon Elders Hold a Big Meet
ing at Attica.
CAME MYSTERIOUSLY.
About Fifty Preachers Invaded
the Town.
RumOr That They Will Erect a
Temple There.
CAME MYSTERIOUSLY.

Attica. Dec. 19.-There is prospect of
this town having a Mormon temple. For
a period NIormons have had a settle
ment in a way at St. John but there is
evidence that they will remove from
that town and settle here
Recently about fifty Mormon elders
invaded Attica as suddenly as though
they fell from the skies, or came up
out Of the earth They came from the
four quarters of the earth by twOs,
fours and dozens, each wearing long
tail Prince Albert coats and standing
collars. They cOngregated around the
Attica bank. and took possession Of the
q. A. r. han. and proceeded to hold a
district conference. They appeared in
teIIigent, well fed and well clothed gen
tlemen.
1t is rumored that the elders contem-
plate moving their headquarters from
st. John to Attica, and building tenn
pie the ruins of the Attica sugar
mi
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
HOLIDAY RATES
Via the Santa Fe Route.

Between points west of Missouri river
within two hundred miles of selling sta
tion, the Santa Fe will sell round trip
tickets at one fare for the round trip
on December %. q, %. 80 and 81. 1899
and January 1, 1900. Final limit January
2, 1900 Through tickets from points
west of Missouri river to local points
east of Missouri river whose distance
apart shall not exceed the two hundred
miles limit will be sold for the sum of
the one fare and one fare and one third
respectively. For tickets, folders and
other Information apply to T. l. King,
Agent, Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
IGNORES THE co. ATTORNEY.
Newton W. C. T. U. Forces a War on
the Joints.

Newton, Dec 19-The ". c. T. U. has
adopted a new policy in the prosecution
of the liquor cases in this city. Mrs.
Catherine MOnyihan appeared before a
complaints for alleged violation of the
prOhibitory law. This whole procedure
differs from any heretofore brought,
in the fact that the complaints were
sworn to and the warrants were issued
without the knowledge of the county
attorney The union has employed At
tOrney w. 5. Allen, a prominent pro-
attorney in the prosecution of the cases.
County Attorney Hildreth said today:
None OF the parties pushing this mat
ter came to me. said a word about it,
or, for that matter. intimated thing
about it. Ever since I have been coun-
~ attorney I have never refused to file
an information in the event of a viola
tiOn of the law I have been ready and
willing to do my duty at all times, and
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

county valuation Of So 900. It's city gen
eraI tax is S1062, and its general coun-
ty tax is S7O.O6 Its city school tax is
$5.2S, and its county school tax is $38. Sc.
Its total taxes aggregate $10S92. 1t
pays in the city and Topeka, Monmouth
and WilIiamsport townships.
The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
company is assessed SS,720 in the city
and S11.565 in the county. Its city gen
eraI tax is $283. 40. and its county gen
eraI tax is 1894. II. It's city school tax is
S139 50, and its county school tax is
S154. .96 The total amount of taxes which
it pays in Shawnee county is S4S9. 73,
which is a ridiculously small amount
based on the value of the plan and
the proceeds of an exorbitant rate
charged Subscrib bers.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
COL. J. A S. REED DEAD.
Was Former Western Railroad Man
and Owner of the PAGER "DirectlYn

Chicago. Dec 19.-Colonel J. A. S.
Reed, former general agent of the Le-
high Valley Railroad company, died
last night at his home in this city, aged
81. In 1864 Colonel Reed was made
general agent of the Hannibal and st.
Joe road, and when that road was alb
sorbed by the Burlington he was made
general agent of the Burlington system
He also held a like position for seven
years with the Union Pacific.
Mr.. Reed was the owner of the we'll
known PAGER Directly, whose record
for mile is 2:034. He sold the animal
at the recent horse show in New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
DooToRs TURNED DOWN.
Labette County Commissioners Refuse
to Pay Vaccination Bills.

Oswego, Dec. 19.-During the small
pOx scare in OswegO, the health board
made an order requiring the public
school children to be vaccinated. TWO
OswegO physicians presented bills to
the county for vaccinating the children.
Dr. P W. Barbe's account for Vacci-
each, was S19, and Dr. J. B. Hill, for
performing a like service on ninety
three children, at the same price, was
S23.25. The commissioners felt and so
expressed themselves that while the
county might be made to pay the cost
of feeding the smallpox patients. on
the ground that they were pauperS, yet
they would be blanked if they naid
OswegO's debts with the county's
money. Hence these accounts were re-
jected.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
MAY GET AN INCREASE
Union Pacific Management Disposed
to Favor Employees

Omaha. Neb., Dec. 19.-The grievance
board of the employees of the Union. Pa
cific is now holding a conference with
General Manager Dickinson in this
city. 1t will probably require a couple
of weeks complete the work before
them.
The principal trouble is with the en-
gineers and firemen- When the present
schedule of wages was adopted it was
for a much smaller class of engines
than many now used on the system.
labOrs and that the men who run them
should be granted an increase. The
prospects are that they win get it,
it. though the amount of the increase is
dependent upon the showing they are
able to make in this conference.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
killing was Accidental.

Great Bend, Dec. 19.-In Hoisington
Sunday afternoon James Goldsmith
proprietor of a livery stable in that
tOwn-was accidentally shot with a re-
vOlver in the hands of Garb Miller Of
the same town. With two other parties
they had started on a ride in a surrey.
MiIers revolver had fallen out to the
ground and he got out, picked it up
and got into the surrey. While clean
ing the mud off the gun it was dis
charged, striking Goldsmith on the
forehead. He died two hours later and
was all the while unconscious.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
SANTA FE LOCALS.

Official notice has been sent out Of
the appointment of AIr. John Fox as live
stock agent of the Rock Island road. with
headquarters at Kansas City. Mr.. Fox
takes the place of Nr. J. Z. Lee who
resigned The appointment takes effect
at once.
VIM. Snyder Of the Santa Fe machine
shop has given up his position in the San
ia Fe shops here and goes to Kansas city
to accept a position with the Kansas City
Fort SsR1tt and Memphis road.
LocCSlOtives No S95 and $50, new ones
from the Baldwin Locomotive works. ar
rived at the Santa Fe shops Monday, and
are being set up and tested. There are
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
STOCK IN NO DANGER
Santa Fe Live Stock Agent Says Con-
ditions Ara Good on the Range.

Denver, Col, Dec. 19.-W. P. Ander-
son, travelling live stock agent for the
Santa Fe, who has been travelling over
this section Of the west during the pres
ent storm, said today;
"A careful analysis of the official
weather reports, together with advices
to officials of railways centering in Den
yer and Pueblo, and private kilograms
from cattle owners, concerning the
storms of the past week, show that
there is no occasion for ringing the an
nual live stock alarm bell. The cattle
growers of the west and especially
along the line of the Santa Fe, where
I am more familiar. have had from six
to eight weeks more Of excellent
weather than in 1898. and reports show
that other sections have been proper
tionateIy favored. No unfavOrable con-
ditions exist on any Of the natural win
ter ranges"