People's voice., 1900-06-07
OUR TICKET.

yOV where you sleep, 1nd not Wnere
JUa eat or work.
Mrs. f. r.. Owens and daughter
Eent % wichita last night 10 reside
Fith her huS band.
Girls no longer say they give fellows
she mIIten, They say they put the
boilers under them.
Work has commenced on the Mexico
& Orient grade south Of KlOwa. Two
hundred more men are wanted.
J. 7. Burford's daughter LiDnie,
a6out u years old, fell this morning
IN the barn and injured her spine.
Black & Martin yesterday sold the
Franklin dwelling two doors south
Of the Ward hotel to Geo. Washing
son Cor $3.50.
W. E. WOrden has bought the
Coyerdale dwelling on South Jefferson
avenue, occupied by Web Davis and
mother, for $500.
Hub Crawford Of Enid, and another
Buld party, have bought 5000 acres of
laHd in western Kansas and will go
into the cattle business.
Mrs, NJ. A. Watkins has bought the
old J. V. Ratliffa residence property
st the corner Of Blaine and Third
streets, The consideration was 1850.
Mrs. H. j. Vagter celebrated her
18th birthday at the home Of Mrs. E.
T.Rector on South c street Saturday,
Her children and grandchildren were
present.
The third death in this county from
3mallpox occurred Friday. Willie
TalkiHgtOD, 20 years OF age, son OF W.
d. TalkingtOn, died at COrbin Of
small lpOX.
Tne weekly holiday of the County
High school will in future he on Sat
Grdays. This was decided upon in
srder to avoid conflicts with the
8eaeherS' meetings.
Prof. H. F. NJ. Bear went to Con-
Drdia Monday to conduct normal
Institute. Mrs. Bear aud daughter will
@aye for Roswell, n NJ, in the morn
ing to spend the summer.
E!gle: 81 see," said the tramp, as
ae ? unged into the Mississippi river,
gwam across and then broke wildly
4H0,s Illinois, Indiana and Ohio at
fAe rate of mile a minute, that
Kansas wants 10000 harvest hands"
J. Robt. Gillian and bride came up
5zDm Perth Saturday and went tn
Portland that afternoon to visit Mr..
6illam's parents until Monday. They
B&Te secured board and rooms at d
p Mahan'S until they can secure a
house.
The latest cyclone story is about
SOW which was pCketed. The wind
Blew her off the earth and held her
bhere dJ the end of the rope, the
picket staying in the ground. When
ihe wind ceased to blow the COW
walked down the tight rope and re-
3umed grazing,
). II. COrder returned Saturday
lTOm five mouths trip through the
southern states, where he has been
establishing star mail routes. He
eft again Sunday night for
B0rthern Kansas and Nebraska Oh the
same business. Mr.. Corder says that
she fl lOdS in the southern states have
retarded farm work to a very great
extent. Cotton and corn planting has
iuSt commenced.
K,C.Times: l. P P.Campbell, PopulisG
candidate for congress in Seventh
district, who is in Topeka today,
rsfuses to affirm or deny that he
kuifed Jerry Simpson in the election
Of 1898 He was asked the question
2oint blank: "Did you vote for
Jerry Simpson in 1882" Really, l
do not remember" he answered,
sgasiyely. Eighteen hundred and
snety eight was long time ago." "If
you supported Jerry Simpson the last
sime be ran, you would have no
objection to answering the question,
sould yOu?' 81 do not care to discuss
shat matter any further. l have said
Ill want to say about it,"
The free homes bill is a greater
bonanza for the Republican papers in
Oklahoma than for the farmers. The
oklahoma exchanges coming to the
VOICE office are simply overrun
With final proof notices. The Black
we'll Tim eS. Record says the land office
s so crowded with applications that
proof days are already being set fer
October, and predicts that in two
weeks from now applicants will not
fnd an open date before 1901. The
Times Record has over $1,000 worth Of
moving up notices in sight. There
are two Republican papers in Kay
county, and they will clear up. all
iold, between $4,000 and $4,000,
counting the notices that are already
H. Every Republican paper 10 Ok
iahoma is An official paper for Proving
10 notices. The patronage is dis
iTibuted equally among the Repub-
Fcan paDers OF each county through
Ske land Offices.
Wichita Beacon: Tom Richardson.
formerly of Wellington, aud well
Known in this city, IS stopping for a
rev days at Gau1a Springs and vii,
probably st9D here before going east,
Mr. Richardson is one Of the former
IYof KaDsqns" who still claims that
shis state i7 his home. He has been
for many vN9rs connected with west
ern organizations which have for their
sbiect improved deep water facilities
On the gulf and having secured deep
water There, COW almost assured, will
bring the Kansas grain fields and
cattle pastures fifty miles nearer a
gulf port. Mr.. Richardson was re.
cently appointed vice president for
i1e state of Texas OF the Pau-Ameri-
ssn exposition to be held next year at