The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-05-26
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from the way AguinaldO moves about
Tod Sloane must be riding him
There" adds Bill Morgan. "are
/ 1852 Indians In the state Of Kansa as,
not counting Bent Murdoch, who has
/ a blanket on and Is off the reserva-
ton"
Fishing stories have taken the place
of all other kinds now, and the man
Just home from a fishing trip will Oc-
cupy the center of the stage fer the
present
Judge J. S. Emery, the original irri-
CATION boomer, and for long years a
prominent figure in Kansas, IS i'll at
his home in Lawrence with little hope
of recovery
Ellis county is beginning building a
system Of iron bridges. Two contracts
will be awarded June 6. Creeks and
rivers will be bridged to facilitate
hauling this years wheat crop
The marshal of Norton gives notice
that after be gives the customary
warning be will shoot to kill He
made three shots at a fellow who re-
sisted arrest last week, but never
touched a hair.
Tt sounds amazing, but a little inyes-
| tiRatiOn Will prove it true: The total
value Of all the precious metals pro-
! duced in the United States in a year is
less than that of the farm products Of
| Kansas for a like period
/ The total assessed valuation for 1899
of railroad, telegraph and telephone
companies and also of sleeping car
! companies operated in Kansas Is $50
/ or, $50, an increase of 1894, 1S9 over the
| assessment of 1898, which was SIS, 49,
OIL
/ Six states produce over One-half the
/ total winter wheat crop of the United
! States. Kansas heads the list, Of
/ course, the other five states trailing
along in the following order: Ohio,
I Indiana. Michigan, Illinois and Mis-
souri,.
No papers of modern days have re-
| ceived a wider publication than Secre-
1 tary COburn's The Beef Steer and His
! Sister" "The Kansas Hog" ''The Help
/ full Hen" and sThe Modern Sheep"
/ They have advertised Kansas the world
| over.
According to the report of the Uni
versity geological survey of Kansas the
/ total mineral output of Kansas for 1898
/ including the smelling industry was
| 81, 169.9OO.33- This is greater, even,
/ than the corresponding figures for 1897.
which were 6,99O.54392
In Denmark it is the law that all
/ drunken persons shall be taken to
! their homes in carriages provided at
! the expense of the publican who sold
| them the last glass. With a law like
/ that in this country all the cabmen
would be OverwOrked-
Wichita has a dandy city marshal.
/ He was ordered to enforce the Ordin-
ance against bicycle riding on side
walks, and arrested the president Of
| the cornell the first clatter. He was
/ also ordered to enforce the dox tax
| ordinance, and killed Gov. Stanley's
pet family dog as a starter.
Speaking Of HObson," sighed the
young Kan san. eff I could but on the
Schley give you a Dewey kiss Just for
Funston. wouldn't il be patriOtic?"
what" asked the young woman with
Iill-cOncealed disgust, ''have 1 done to
Merritt this2" And now there Is Miles
between them.-Kansas City Star.
The towns of Abilene and Enterprise
are now connected not alone by tele-
phone, but by a steamer line via the
Smoky Hill river. A steamship, the
Shady Brook, carrying 80 people easily.
q
tween the places, carrying excursion
lists, and is the popular attraction Of
that section. 1t makes the trip OF u
miles by river in one hour and a half
One Of the Twentieth Kansas breaks
out in these home coming lines:
When Aguinaldo gives in BOYS.
And transports houeward sail
Then no for the bonuy Kansas girl.
And drive IN the prairie gale.
OthellOs all we'll be, boys,
And Of our adventures tell
While they SIT. ezra tured
Wen hold rhem-In a spell.
The revenue law may pinch you'll Tho
following question was submitted te
the internal revenue department at
Washington: as 1t necessary for mer-
chants or others to have a brokers'
license to accept warrants or other ST.
mllar securities IN payment on &C
counts OF for merchandise purchased 3"
Answer: in reply you are hereby ad-
vlsed that a person who buys any sec
urities is held to be In the business of
a broker aud required to pay special
tax accordingly"
Three hundred travelingmen, en-
I plOyed by firms absorbed by the tOb-
/ accO trust, got the grand bounce on a
recent Saturday, says the Clay Center
7 Dispatch. They were notified of the
! fact by telegraph, and were left to get
I home a best they could from wherever
I they happened to be when the tele-
/ gram caught them, no transportation
/ being provided for either themselves
I or their sample cases. These men viii
now have time to devote to the study
I Of political economy in some OF its
simpler phases May they profit there
/ by
Gem from the late Gov. John A
I Martin: The patient herOism, the
! true nobility that has been illustrated
In the daily lives Of thousands Of Kan
sas farmers Wives-men and women
who, coming here with hardly a dollar.
live in rude dugOuts or cabins, in cruel
isolation and bitter poverty, t0iling.
saving and enduring patiently the
most trying privatiOns, in order that I
they may at last own a farm and a
home-this sort Of Kansas heroisn, 50 4
Common ana yet SO splendid, NAY Just
81 elaLienge the admi-asioH 81 tlet