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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

The only time TO stop advertising
entirely is when you go oute of busi-
ness. When the orders are being
placed. the success of . compatitor
who has. by means Of small nd. DUR
ing the quiet season, wisely retained
his acquaintance with the readers.
makes your mistake of several months
retirement from the advertising coi>
umns painfully apparent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ooN1fEHT.

A welcome shower Sunday night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

COMMISSIONER CONVENTION.
F. V. Russell was selected as
chairman and Ira III. Clark sec
retary, of the commissioners con-
vention. Chas. E Dodge of Great
Bend and Geo. Mitchell of Hois-
ington were placed in nomina-
tion.
Informal ballot-Mitchell 3sK.
Dodge 33A.
Formal ballot-Mitchel 81,
Dodge 35. Mitchell declared the
nominee, and convention ad-
iourned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

Caraway, Thos. DeWerff, A. A.
Ward, O.. E. O'Bleniss, F. Mil
lard, S. Prfndle, r. w. Emmer-
son, Boyd Evers, F. A. Praeger,
A. L. Whitcomb, C. A. Swartz
and DIR. Atkin.
Theconvention then adjourned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

THAT the German press
throughout the land will not be
for Mckinley and his English
ideas, is growing more evident
each day. DR.. L. w. Habercorn,
who. was heretofore connected
with the Republican national
and congressional committees as
manager oftheir German bureau,
has resigned therefrom, realizing
that he cannot support the ad-
ministration in it's policy of i'm
perialism and militaryism. In
explanation of this action and
the reason thereof he says in sub
stance that he left the Republi-
can congressional committee be-
cause he could not defend and
promote it's expansion and for
eign policies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

OF our young men, is according
to Christian teaching or the
principles of just government
upon which our republic was
founded, then there might be
some excuse for the commercial
expansion advocated. But it is
not; it is contrary to everything
in our method of government
that has made this country
great. And if their kind of ex-
pansion is to be bought at the
price of liberty, of right and JUS
tice, and an expenditure of more
millions of dollars in a year than
can be regained in trade in 20
years, it is a mighty poor bust
ness proposition for the whole
people, although it may be a
good one for the army officers,
the contractors, the spectators
and politicians. This country
has grown great and powerful
Through peaceful and just meth
DDS OF expansion. 1t will fall,
like ancient Rome, through mil
ltariSm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

At least one thousand men aud
teams from the outside found employ
ment in Barton county during the
harvest time. Estimating that they
pus in an average of Is days. at 81 90,
Che farmers have paid out. for extra
help in this county alone. for two
weeks Of wheat cutting, the neat sum
Of $50 600 90. And that WAS only =
small part OF the expense Of harvesting
our 5 600 600 bushel crop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

Inquiries haye been made as to
whist is Barton county's indebtsd-
nessP" County Clerk Lutscbg 10 pre-.
pairing = dnancial statement. showing
the Indebtedness OF tho county. the
townships and cities. As to tho county
debt. the county refuDding bonds,
issued in March, 1888. and due Feb. !,
1918. for $50. 800. Is our total county
To meet thls there 10
now on hand. and drawing interest,
over SIS 000 in the general fund. aud
Ea large amount in the redemption
fund. Tbers was no levy for the gems
eral fund last year. and viii be none
this year Inaleed Of beipe IA des,e.
Barton county = about go GOO eash
|ahead g - bli6oatdns.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20

Where is the busiest place In town?
restaurant. of course.
For SALE, CHEAP-A new, 12~hoe
McSherry Hoe Drill. G. E. Wyman.
Last weeks hot weather made many
a Kansas corn field look like 80 cents.
Edwin Tyler is now busily engaged
taking the school census of Great
Bend.
Mayor M. E. Keynes. of Pawnee
Rock. called on the DEMOCRAT Sat.
urday.
Elihu Jordan a brother in.law of
the DEMOCRAT man, is in the county
this week.
J. G. Lowery, north of Hoisins ton,
is preparing to build him commodi>
GUS new barn.
LosT-Pacific Express book. Rea>
sonable reward for its return to W.
B Armstrong.
The busiest craftsmen these days
are the blacksmiths. wagon makers
and machinists.
Lou Deleplane started this week on
an overland trip to Oklahoma, to visit
with his brother.
The wheat tests away up, and tho
yield in this county will average above
20 bushels to the acre.
Threshermen can get threshers'
certificates. in duplicate. bound in
book form, at this Office.
Mrs. 81. J.. Ives. an old and promi-
nent resident of Ellinwood, died at
that place last Thursday
The city was little too wild for
good morals, last week. The general
public misses Uncle Dick.n
Sam Shattuck. the coming north
side commissioner. was In to see the
circns Saturday.
]. W. Shields, of the north side, is
among the new subscribers added to
the DEMOCRAT list the past week.
Geo. Barrows and wife, of near
Galatia, are the happy, parents of q
fine girl baby, born on the 7th inst.
]. T. Kell, of Pawnee Rock towns
ship. was in town Friday last, rejoice
ing that his grain was all gathered.
State democratic and populist con.
at Fort Scott next week, the
Path. Special rates on all railroads.
The report comes in that q thresh
ing outfit south of Ellinwood was
burned up Saturday, also lot of
wheat.
A. G. Baxter tho local marbel works
man is around again after being laid
up with severe illuess for several
weeks.
LosT-In the north>eaAt part of
town, pair Of spectacles. divided,
double lens. Leave with A. g..
John Bauer. of Pawnee Rock town-
ship, finished cutting his wheat
at noon the 18Th, then knocked of to
come to town.
On account of the alfalfa being so
generally injured by the army worm,
the local honey cropis is expected to be
short this year.
Fannie and Lottie Cliff arrived last
week. from Champaign. Ills, on q
visit tc their step father, Harry Shore,
and their half sister
Look out for fires. An ounce of
prevention is worth whole river of
water ifyou don't have the water
about your wheat stacks.
Threshing machines are coming in.
to Barton county from q dozen of
neighboring states. They have all
heard OF old Barton's big wheat crop.
j. w. Luse, the timer, who has
been down in Oklahoms for tho past
few mooths. came up to Great Bend
on business trip the first of the week
Word reaches Great Bend that
Miss Leota Humphrey, daughter of
J. Z. Humphrey. died on Saturday
the l4t1. Of heart diseasa. at her homo
in Pueblo. Colorado.
It keeps the thresher men dod aiDe
to keep from running into the wheat
stacks whom they pull tho engine into
the field for \ setting-the stacki are
40 thick ON thu ground
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
UT AFFS Smell TER TRUST.
n VERY MINER IN UTAH should read the commu
ton this page from mining who knows VIII

r. VERY MINER IN UTAH should read the conlmunica-
ton on this page from mining who knows whereof
- he writes. He shows that the producers of Utah
could build independent smee pay per dividends
of their plant and addition
year smelling charges, taking the present output basis
calculation Putting another form the OF Utah today
are paving selter trust ST yearly
their investment because the smeter trust has absolute
monopoly OF the business.
single instance smeer charge scious here
$I5o $14 Practical smelter who
familiar with the plants say there large profit in the
of those So The difference represents the
profit OF exortion unrestrained by any law
of this in every direction Prospecting
and development work possible 0r the poorest miner
the provided he could grubstake and of the
discovery campaigns history under when the
trust seized the field What was the resu The roector who
fortunate enough find promising claim found also that
the smeter fixed treatment charges high that he could
afford work his ground unless happened
extraordinary Since the completion of trust prospect
ing has fallen off, smaller gradually
by the capitalists do Justice
and the has the advantage army pospectors
who alone Keep the mining industry progressive foot
ing.
what the smelter state? Has
contributed greatly the progress the Has
stimulated any enterprises of any so Has enlarged
field OF labor and given employment to than
poyed under Independent smeter? Has upifed
OF the business helped tighten of taxation?
There scarcely any need OF answer, plain
dsia record OF the 1t has thrown old employees
work and made it impossible for them get elsewhere in
the business they had spent lifetime learn ground its
poorest paid aborers until they against wages
could sustain life decent 1t has robbed the
inpartiay oppressed prospecor 1t has laughed at
the thought of restraint by law because Republican
president and Republican governor would even
fen of prosecution although both the president governor
had ample legal authority to drive it OF business
rercial outlaw
No wonder that the victims sneer trust doubt the
sincerity who good trusts No wonder the
Republicans of Utah dodge the discussion monopoly protected
by them and paying for that protection by campaign
tons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
His Muzzfe Fits.

washington I'Ost)
The events of the past Two weeks in
dicate that Hon. Billy Masons muzzle is
. snug Gt- .sa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
How the SmeIter Trust Hits the
Mining Man In Utah.

and capitalize, all the experiments and
failures of all the vendor companies
during the past thirty years and the
trust" now asks the producer to pay a
reduction charge that will yield them
dividends on this great % Investment,
at s per cent per annum, when 1t IS
perfectly safe to say that the whole
plant can be reproduced in better ma
terial and made to do its work better,
with an outlay of 20 per cent of the face
value of the trust securities. The
smelter trust is giving ample evidence
of this fact right here in Saft Lake val
ley, by the erection of an entirely new
smelling plant which viii result IN the
abandonment of the. old Germania, San
dy and Hanauer smelling plants The
natural query is-why did the trust
take these worthless plants into its
foId2 Was il as a rental for these old
SmelterS for the short period OF a year
or two, or was il, perhaps, for the pur-
pose OF restricting competition in bid
ding for ores and controlling trade and
labor conditions? It seems to the writer
that the ore producers are up against
the real thing in Utah. We have a
trust, and one that is likely TO exert a
marked influence upon the future de-
Velopment of Utah mineral resources
unless the producers of the state or
ganiZe an independent smelling COM
pany and treat their own ores, and af-
ter paying u per cent dividends upon
and the conducting of such an enter
prise. they viii save themselves the
further sum of about 81 Gee, GOO calculat-
ed upon basis Of present Utah output,
and equal to about 10 per cent of it's
value. What business is there that
can overlook a 10 per cent profit and
still expect TO prosper? Is this not the
best opening possible for the invest
ment Of Utah capital in a home in
dustry?" Ths cry among our people is
keep your money at home "patronize
home industries" this appears TO be
the time when the mOneyed men and ore
producers can expend a small part Of
their reserve capital in a way that will
not only yield a handsome revenue that
viii be permanent in character, but will
encourage the prOspectOr to go ahead
with the work of discovering mines so
bravely begun in 1885, but which has
about died a natural death under the
tender" nursing of the foster mother
Of the mining industry-the smelter
trust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16

To the Editor of The Herald:
have read the various articles pub
lished in The Herald following the pub
lished statement of the Utah COnsoE-
dated Mining company (Highland Boy)
and the following thoughts are sug-
gested: The gross value per ton Of
Highland Boy ore is given at $13.72 per
ton in actual recovery value. The net
profit is given as $7.16-this being about
s. per cent of the amount recovered
may be considered as satisfactOry-and
assuming that the profit OF the Utah
Consolidated (S6G1. 626.00) is all applied
upon dividend payments, it would
amount to S44.1GS per month or $529,296
per annum. The Utah Consolidated
(Highland BOy) is stocked at 500 coo
shares of the par value of $5-tOtal ST.,
100000. It is quoted at $50 per share,
making the market value s., O00, coo. 1t
is therefore apparent that a dividend
payment of 1928, 296 would amount TO 50
per cent of the face value of its stock,
and $40 per cent of its market value.
The Silver King mine of Park City,
Utah, has a share capital of So, 000 600
and is selling at a little over $500, O00
Its dividends amount to 80 per cent OF
its share capital and u per cent of its
market value, and these are the best
records to which the mines of Utah
can refer. The next best showing is
by the Daly-West, which is at present
paying $3.50, coo per annUm upon CAPT
tai which is marketable at IS O0O, 600 and
the dividend is at the rate of 6 % per
cent per annum. Compare this with the
results of the smeiter trust as shown IN
your article of Oct. IS, when the whole
capital required is but 81, $50, 0G0 and OF
this amount S1,G00,000 is cash invested
in ores and bullion in transit, and she
profit is shown as being, rOundly, ST.
425. COO per annum or over so per cent
per annum on the outlay necessary to
conduct a smelling plant Of LOCO tons
capacity daily. The smelteT trust Will
point TO its enormous outlay for smelt-
ing plants in Salt Lake valley and this
together with the water added in the
shape of common stock has resulted ii
an imposing capital of $50, 500, Geo pre-
ferred stock and an equal amount of
common stock, Or a total Of paper value
of S65, 600, coo. 1t is true that in order
to form the trust" it was necessary
to purchase all the odd cats and dogs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
ADJUSTMENTS,

"A Hot Old Time" was on the boards
at the Grand last night where it kept
a large audience laughing for about
three hours This play is mixture of
farce, fun and several kinds of froIic.
There is some horse-play to delight the
gallery and some refined wit TO please
the dress circle The dancing is very
good and the singing is fairly good.
The plot is not very complicated The
whole show consists of the comedians
who take part. There is an Alkali Ike,
an Irish comedian, a jawing wife, a
henPecked husband, an aesthetic dude,
q number of pretty girls and all the
dramatic personae of vaudeville
show Taken all in all, ii is entertain
ing and amusing and makes everybody
laugh.
Z. Clayton Frye as Alkah Ike is an
improvement upon most of the Hydrate
OF Sodium lsaacS that have appeared
mere in other shows. John W. Jess,
John c Leach and Dan Baker are up
to date comedians in every respect
Anna Suits and Bertha Gleason deserve
special mention for their dancing and
singing specialties. This show will be
presented again tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
Che Salt Lake DeraTd.
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY BY
THE HERALD COMPANY.
ECONOMY AND OVERDRAFTS.

RIFY AUDITOR REISER, under pressure from the Re
publican city gang has published what intended
accepted as statement cy finances though
atty nothing of the incidentally denies the accuracy of
The Herads statement under party
con he had earned reputation equal
TIE duties OF his Office his figures might be considered seriously
The Herads figures taken from the official record and
verified by whose ability and knowledge of city business
be questioned Not detailed
The Herald be truty questioned and the best Mr. Rel
ser can do to offer substitute inaccurate as 1t dishonest
Both in the obligations expenses and the
resources, Mr. Resers figures wrong.
The real condition OF the city otherwise evaded for Nh
Reiser says nothing about:
The city overdrat of S24I.OOo
The proposed sale OF city property by this administration for
the purpose OF meeting interest on bonds
The law which expenses from the general fund to the
money collected for that fund-a fund exhausted
Mr. Reiser to know where the administration has
etravagan He will deny this administration
wasting expenses $4,000 week. 100000 year
than spent last year, including the $4,000 spent
waerworks jobs this year Could he ary definite
proof OF extravaganza call by name? If Mr.
Reser frank he would say much public he has
private about the extravaganza and dubious methods of the
gang which has whipped him line for campaign pur
and he honest enough do that there would be
such protest from the taxpayng public would lead
sort ofTeto immediately 1t perhaps asking too much to
expect him call attention the misdeeds of his party
mc have been known do that when they cared
their duty public than they did for their part
Mr. Reiser failed another particular. Some two weeks
ago he warning the COUNCIL telling them they go
slow because of the cis financial condition His letter
stolen from the recorders files and has been replaced
re does explain what became of that communication
does he say why he when he alleges the city has
money than it ever had similar time of year.
year the cs overdraft $4,000; today is SAL
with $4,000 be made good from bonds
draft of $I6SOoo 100000 than it in October
1900 By oversight the auditor failed this very
pie method of comparison Maybe he modest claim
this 100000 addition the overdraft evidence
omy
The simple fact is that the city has been
dIon 1t pleasant thing record contemplate
1t very heavy levy for year unless city prop
ery is sold supply the deficit In either the taxpayer
Will be the loser The gang that has looted the city
treasury making effort get control of the county
that may repeat its programme there But business
proposition it unlikely they will be given the opportunity
they seek.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
The STRAW VOTE.

(By Colonel Timothy Cede)
The greatest factor in the present politi-
cal campaign is the straw Vote which IS
one OF the best indications that can be
found IN a political contest. Other iRdi-
cationS OF success or failure can be noted
IN . sparodic way. but none are 50 satls-
factory as the straw vote. These votes
are generally taken on railroad trains
Wnen raf1ic IS light and nothing better
presents itself TO amuse the weary
traveller.
A vote was taken on d certain western
ralIroad train few days ago and the
result was tWenty-six for Mckinley and
ntteen for Bryan. This means that Nc
Alnley VIII receive 2SS votes IN the cleo
toral college The personnel of the voters
was a little peculiar, but that could
scarcely change the general forecast
among the voters were the newsboy- two
Hammock Indians, three English tourists,
one postoffice inspector and fifteen col
ored soldiers, on their way TO the Phll-
lpplneS- Anyone desiring to make pets
VIII find this sure pointer. II is be
heNed that a vote taken on the wee
presidential special car would nave made
a stun better showing for the hepuDh-
Another good pointer is the political but
ton While this is. TO a certain extent
reliable. 1t is not always as safe as the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
SAYS THE TRIBUNE TELLS FAIRY
TALES.
DO lac Editor of me Herald:

To the Editor of The Herald:
You have usually treated me with
courtesy and fairness, and 1 have
therefore less reluctance in asking you
to give place to brief reply to your
editorial of this morning. The story
told by the Tribune in 1896 concerning
a purpOrted interview between myself
and the late Charles Croker is one OF
half a dozen fairy stories concerning
one that occasionally go the rounds of
the press. There is not q word of truth
in it from beginning to end.
I marvel that anyone should be IN
der the impression that I claim to have
supported Mr.. Bryan in 1896. As vice
president of the first national silver
committee 1 canVaSSed the south and
west in 1890 in company with Hon a.
]. Warner of Ohio, advocating free
coinage of silver, but in 1896 I regarded
the restoration of g protective tariff
as of greater Importance than the res
toration of free coinage of silver and
l canvasSed the northwestern states
for the Republican ticket, although I
had then and have now no unkind
criticism to offer of those who saw
their duty in a different light
THOMAS FITCH.
Salt Lake City, Oct 10
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
DEMoCRATIc COUNTY TICKET.

For State Senator's.
Il p HENDERSON.
HENRY ". LAWRENCE,
-. O. RIDEOUT, JR
For Representative.
MhS- ELIZABETH NJ COHEN,
RULON s WELLS.
ID O WILEY, JR,
w 3 LaVEILLE,
JOHN c HAYES.
JOSEPH s HYDE,
JOHN A MAFNES
LANES THOMPSON
MAHONRI SPENCER,
John HANSEN JR
For County Commissioners.
MARCEEI1CS s WOOLLEY,
GEORGE A WHIT EER,
" J HORNE
For Treasurer,
WILLIAM H DALE.
For Sheriff.
G. H MAYOR.
For Auditor.
GEORGE H WOOD.
For Clerk.
BEN T. LLOYD
For Recorder,
THOMAS ASTON.
For Attorney,
H \ SMITH
For Surveyor
w H EVANS.
For Assessor.
JAMES E LYNCH
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16

straw vote AS an illustration, a peanut
Vender in an Iowa town has sold within
the past month ]. 100 Mckinley buttons
and only tWenty-three Bryan buttons
This can be figured out to an enormous
advantage of the Republicans and it Ger
Iowa and Pennsylvania by large MAORI
ties
Everybody ought to be pleased when
great political questions can be figured
out with such mathematical precision Il
is believed that when these methods are
a little further improved, that ii will only
be necessary to make the presidential
nominations, take the straw vote and then
inaugurate the successful candidate. Con-
gresS will probably take some early action
in this direction. 1t would certainly save
a useless flow of OratCry and be much
more satisfactory to the public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
KIPLING'S LATEST POEM.
Gondon Gable New York SUM

GondOn Gable New York SUM
EaI&Gopetoun, formerly Lord Chamber
lain, Who viii sail on Thursday TO as
sumo the first SovernOrShlD OF the Aus
BANQUET here this evening Sir WiIfred
LauTier. the Canadian premier, cabled:
United Canada sends greetings to Unit
ed Australia
Rudyard Kipling celebrates the fedora
ton in a poem of ten verses in the Times,
entitled The Young Queen" The follow
ing is the opening stanZa:
Her hand was still on her sword hiIt, the
spur was still on her heel,
She had not cast her harness of gray
Wardented steel.
High on her red-splashed charger, beau
tiful bold and Drowned,
Bright-eyed out of the battle the young
Queen rode TO be crowned.
The poem goes on the describe her COM
ing TO the old Queens presence crying:
Grown me. my mother, and replying 20
further. o Queen Of the Sovereign South, -
Dy saying:
hold our crowning for a gift
In the days when our folks were feeble
thy sword made sure our lands.
Wherefore we came in power TO beg our
crown at thy hands.
The old Queen, after browning the
young one. addressed her as Daughter no
more. but sister" and asks. What shall
I wish thee?'' The poem concludes: Il
give thee thy peoples love"
Tempered. august, abiding, reluctant of
prayers or vows,
Eager in face of peril as thine for thy
mothers house.
God requite thee, my sister, through the
strenuous years TO be,
And make thy people to love thee as thou
hast loved me.