People's voice., 1900-08-09
DR.. E. G. Farris Of Conway Springs,

hdlpn hllen, WHO remained al cape
Nome, is making s. a day ana board
prospecting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jap Sommervllle are
over from Oxford visiting their
son, George, aud family.
Mrs. j. E. Epperson and daughter
will 20 to SedgwcK this evening tO
visit her mother before returning to
their home in Kansas City.
Miss Garnett Whittinghill, who has
been the guest OF Mrs. D. n. Caldwell
for several weeks, returned to her
home in Enid this mul ming.
The Rock Islands last Sunday ex-
cursion from Southern Kansas and
Oklahoma points took something over
1,3OO people into the new town OF
Granite.
j. A. Tice, father Of Superintendent
Il. A. Tice, left last night for Pelos-
key, Michr to join Mrs. Fl. A. Tice
and the children, who are visiting at
the Michigan watering places.
A couple Of engines went north owe,
the Rock Island last night on their
way to the Horton shops to undergo
repairs. They we're damaged at Cald.
well yesterday by backing into each
other.
A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Shoiner Tuesday. Mother
and child are doing nicely. This is
the first granddaughter in the Shot,
Der family, and its relatives are unus.
ually proud OF the little lady.
j. W. Ferguson of Rome, has sued
bis wife, Lille NJ. Ferguson, for
divorce. They we're married in Cloud
county, September 6, 1894. The
divorce is wanted On the ground of
abandonment. Ferguson is his own
attorney.
An Oxford man and his girl came to
Wellington yesterday with the inten-
tiOn Of getting married. The man
went to the court house TO get his
license, but his nerve failed him and
they got into a buggy and left for
Winfield, saying they would be mar
ried there.
When A. Z. Parker of Cripple Creek,
was in Wellington in March, 1889, he
received postal card from Milan.
He took the card home with him to
Cripple Greek, and recently threw 1t
away-probably Just as he was
starting for Cape Nome. Someone
picked up the card in Cripple Creek,
and probably thinking it had net been
mailed, dropped il in the postOtfice.
Yesterday it reached Wellington
again. Postmaster Ferguson regards
1t as a sort Of curiosity.
Warning item from the Conway
Springs Star: Another Of Dan WiSe's
girls pretended TO attempt to commit
suicide last Sunday night. The young
est one took on supply Of rough on
rats this time, but Was saved by the
doctor, as she probably expected 10
be. That was the third attempt made
by those three girls, aud we are not
sure but is was the fourth, aud if they
continue TO play that way somebody |
is liable to 90 to sleep for long time.
Speaking Of the money value OF
rain, In Kansas a few weeks ago it |
looked as il the yield OF corn wOulo |
not be more than 80 per cent Of the
average crop. One days rain improv-
ed the outlook to so per cent Of the
average. This means crop 100, 0OO,-
600 bushels greater, or a cash increase
Of S35, 100000. In Nebraska ten days
ago it looked as though the corn
would be only half the usual crop, but
twenty-fOur hours Of rainfall has so
greatly improved 1t that its market
value is estimated 10 be ISL, 500, 1852
more than IL was on July /. ln other
words, the corn iD these two states Is
worth more by sS3,000,000 than 1t
would have been but for a days rain
at time when ii was most needed.
These figures show that II it were
possible to cause copiOus rainfall by
artificial agencies the inventor of the
process would surely not 90 unre-
warded.
Ed Hansen broughti several sample
vitrified bricks home with him from
Independence. They are small
enough to use for paper weights, and
contain an advertisement of the
C0ffeyville Vitrifled Brick company,
which make the bricks. Independ.
ence Is becoming very prosperous
through her vitrifed brick Industry
and the oil and gas fields. Mr.. Han
sen has leased his farm north OF H.
dependenceitO the Independence Oil
Co., and they will bore for oil and gas.
A farm adjoining Hansen's farm has
oil and gas wells aud pays the owner
handsome royalties. A derrick has
been erected on Hansen's farm and
the boring will commence as soon as
they finish boring on farm south OF
Independence. The Independence
Gas Co., in consideration Of the lease,
is furnishing Mr.. Hansen's father in.
law with light and fuel for his ten
room house. Hansen threshed his (
wheat crop while at Independence.
He had 100 acres OF wheat and six OF
rye, which averaged 26 bushels each.
Other western states may find valu.
able suggestions 10 considering the
Of the development OF
Iowa. 10 an article 90 the "Iowaus,"
In the Atlantic Monthly, by Mr.. r.
L. Hartt, the story is told In the
brief words: From prairie grass to
wheat, from wheat TO clover, from
clover to corn. Such are the short
aud simple annals OF the Iowars."
The Hawkeye farmers learned by
costly experience what scientific agri
culturists frequently fnd it necessary !
TO preach 10 Kansas and Mis,ouri To-