People's voice., 1900-09-06

Glenn Crawford, l6.year old boy.
was arrested Tuesday for steal
ing kodaks and Kodak supplies from
Baidlng's gallery last Monday night.
The commissioners went to the
wrecked bridge south Of Oxford Tues.
day to investigate the damage done to
A. R. Hixon, whose wagon fell
through it.
Mrs. Liprant, living in the country
south, was here Tuesday looking for
rooms and board for her boy and girl,
who will attend the County High
school.
r. X. Akers has bought Of F. NJ.
Redenbaugh l20 acres of land near
Perth for $1,000. Flora A. Black
has bought so acres of land near
Milan Of Charles H. Roberts for
81 $50.
J. W. Garst Of Springdale, G. W.
Lowry OF Greek, Mr.. Gardiner OF Ok
ford, and Mr.. Walker of Conway
Springs, were In the city Yesterday
renting rooms for their children, who
will attend the County High school.
The Republican county central COM
mittee held meeting in Wellington
yesterday afternoon and mapped out
the campaign. The assessments of
the candidates was revised, leaving
them as follows: county attorney,
SlS5; probate Judge, sl35; district
clerk, 800; county superintendent,
$50.
Capt. F. Fl. Gilmore returned from
Chicago Saturday night, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Ella Gilmore,
who will leave Friday for Albany,
Tex, where she has been employed
to teach music in a college. Miss
Gilmore sang at the Presbyterian
church yesterday,
Court Notes: John Bader, who
robbed rOOmmate's clothes in Mrs.
Hugh TaylOr's rooms last spring,
plead guilty today and was sent up
for one year. Judge Mcbride made
an assignment Of the docket today. -.
The jury will not be called until the
18th. THE court house alley was
vacated today. Lille Whitehead
was divorced from Robt. Whitehead,
The commissioners are in session
today. A. Il. HiXOn has presented a
bill for $500 for damages to his team
aud the loss Of his apples in falling
through bridge south of Oxford the
other day. Two hundred and forty
dollars OF the amount is for personal
injuries. Lafayette Thomas, who
helped HixOn out OF the creek, has put
in bill for $40. The commissioners
rejected HlxOn's bill, believing it to
be about $500 too high.
The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
Co. is constructing liue from Wei.
lington to Enid and has two gangs OF
men at work setting poles south OF
Wellington. One gang Of men is
working on the Oklahoma line be-
tween Mulvane aud Arkansas City,
while another force of men are setting
poles south Of Arkansas City. The
company has also decided to string a
wire from Mulvane TO COlwiCh and
work will be commenced within a |
short time. The wire from Hutchin-
sou to Wichita has been COMPLETED as
far as Andale.
Elmer Layne will sooD have one OF
the finest soft maple groves in Wei
lington. When he planted the trees
three years ago he dug immense holes,
very deep, and sunk an auger hole In
the bottom and loOsened the ground
with dynamite to destroy the hard
pan. The result has been a most
remarkable growth. The loosening
OF the ground gave the roots an op-
portnnity to go down, and less water
is required for them. Naples are un-
questlonably the best tree for this
country, but there is a difference of
opinion as to whether The hard or
soft maple is the more desirable. The
hard, or sugar, maple, has a slow
growth for the first four years, but it
ls such vastly superior tree that the
difference In growth Of the tree should
not be taken largely into account.
Both kinds of naples are hardy after
they get started. No prettier or
more desirable tree grows than the
hard maple.