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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Tillman on Raoe-Mixine.s

Senator Ben Tillman. eof South
Carolina, slectured at Fort Scott
last week. After the lecture
Senator Tll1fan today gave out
the following signed statement
regarding President Roosevelt
entertaining Booker Washing
ton at dinners
President Roosevelt has an
absolute right to. eat with any
man he mays choose to invite.
He also has the right have
colored men and wonfen Gallon
Mrse Roosevelt and dine with the
family. He has the right to
have his children associate with
negro children, and in time to
become himself grandfather. Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Resolutions.

Great Bend Lodge No. 43a, N. A. A.
Death having again entered the
home of our Brother and Sister
Kramer. and taken away their well
beloved son, Charles the following
resolutions were adopted . by Great
Bend Lodge No.. 452. National Aid
Association.
REsoLvED: That we extend our
fraternal sympathy with our bereaved
Brother and Sister Kramer, IN the sad
and unlocked for bereavement which
has again visited them; and trusting
that He, who alone can. will sustain
them in this dark hour.
8 RESOLVED: That these resolutions
be spread upon the records of this
Lodge. and that a copy be mailed two
Brother. and Sister Kamer, and to
the Helping Hand" and local papers
for publication.
MRS. ]. w. HAEGE, 81
Com. CLARENCE R. ALDRlcH.
I GEORGE CRUMMAcK.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
An Eye Probably Knocked Out.

In Justice Ogle's court. Wednesday.
c. A. Pelter, "a hackman. was bound
over to the next term of the district
court, the bond fixed at $1,000, on a
charge of feloneous assault on one
Dave Price. young man employed. at
the Santa .Fe round house. The assault
occurred Saturday. evening. the 1oth.
at the Santa Fe depot. Its is claimed
that Peltere bit Price over the head with
the butt end of driving whip after
some dispute over a woman sof loose
character who was afterwards taken
away in PETERS hack. Price will prob.
ably loose the sight of bis left eye as a
result. Fred Walker. the blacksmith,
and Peters wife signed thesbond for
his appearance in thesdistEict. court.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Hall of Degree of Honor,

OCt. Is, 19oI.
Whereas the grim reaper has again
entered the home of our Sister Emma
Kramer. leaving her in sorrow that
refuses to be .comforted; and whereas
her great loss brings sorrow to the
hearteof all her sisters. Therefore be
it
RESOLVED, that we extend to the
stricken parents our earnest and sin
cere sympathy in their hour of be.
reavement, and since words of ours
cannot bring relief from their sufferings
we command them to Him who alone
can bring consolation in time of Su-
preme Sorrow. e. =.
RESOLVED, that these resolutions be
published in the city papers and copy
of the same be presented the family OF
our bereaved Sister.
{ ELLA Fits,
Com. ELLEN SMITH,
50 ORA B. SMITH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
ALBERT.
By Halstesd Gold :,


Mrs. Ed. Connolly returned to
Ration, y. M last week
Fred Haas fenced in his farm west
Of town last week. -
: Mrs Chas. /. Clumskey was down
from Timken Saturday.
Will Andre put down a we'll for j i.
z. Gallon last week. He also put
up windmill for'J. p.
/. o. q. Crowell returned from GAR
den Grove, Ia, lasts Friday. He had
a very enjoysble visit with his folks.
L. j. Koril has just completed =
285 foot we'll for g. b. Arnold.
Ernest Gruenwald is hauling lum.
Der fora new barn.
Richard Lewis drove over to 'Bison
Monday. Dick thinks some of locat-
ing I'M that city permanently. -
Another social dance atsWm. Wiss,
mans Monday evening Every body
had coed time. Wissman is royal
entertainer and sees that his guests
eDjoy themselves. =.
The Kansas Grain Co. are haying
their elevator reprinted. Charley
Keller is doing the work:
| Ray Tullis is full sfedged sigr
painter. He painted very neat sign
for John Campbell's. meat shop.
Lewis Reynolds is building new
barn: %
/ Quite. a few people are putting VI
hay now a-days.
i Frank Bahr is working the road
over In his district.
Frank 'Kavanagh has been troubled
with badly lnfamed eye OF late. Ht
says a cinder caused it,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

= A young lady went into the st.
John News Office the other day. with
half dozen chickens with their slegs
tied together and placed them on the
editors table to pay on subscription:
Editor Cornell. who Is painfully polite,
said: Thanks, Miss, but do you think
they will lay there?" - think they will
not, SIR" she said, flor they are all
ROSTERS" And since then the pains
fully polite editor can't look a pullet
in the face without blushing.-M Mack 9.
vile Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

The Gar waa lounging on the throne
The doctor paced the hallski,
When through the palace came faint
oAnd fesbie sort of squallski.
The doctor hurried to the Car.
And cried: 'Iwish you joyski
You are for once more papavitch.
But-it is uoea boyski."
The Gar laid down his scsptrevitch,
And said: lit makes me sickski
. To think that it is not for me
To play with little Nickski. Go
IT'S bad enough to walk the floor
lWhenyteethovttch annoyski,
BUTT would not affect me 60 9, %
o If it had been9a boyski. -
The Car walked to the pelacs gate.
Unheeding bomb or mineskf, >
9 And nailed thereon very big
And boldly lettered signssi.
The subjects cried the Russian for
The Frencho"Vive le Roiski,"
Then read the signski. which announced
WANTED HKRE-oNE BoYsKI."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

n lex Weber, who has conducted a
general store and been postmaster at
Dubuque since the year one, was down
to the county seat Tuesday. AS Nick
spun along in his rubber tired buggy.
behind a spanking team at a 15-miles
an hour gait. passing prosperous farms
with comfortable houses. large barns,
and seeing fatstock grazing on the hil1e.
he could not help thinking of. the
drives he made from Dubuque to Great
Bend 25 years ago when he goaded a
plodding OK team across the bleak
prairies for miles and miles without
sight of human habitation and hauled
his stock of groceries bought at Noses
Bros. Kidder's etc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Miss. Eva Marshall shants Gomil

Miss Eva Marshall Shantz Coming. +.
A rare treat is to'be. given the people
of Great Bend next Monday evening.
Miss Eva MARSHALL Shautz of Chicago.
is to deliver her famous lecture in the
M. e. church. WHO killed Joe's
Baby" The lecture will be free to
all. Don't fail to hear it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Music at Episcopal Church.

Last Sunday evening a splendid
musical program was rendered by the
choir of the Episcopal church. assisted
by Mrs. Hilton. violin, and Mr.. ellison.
cornet The features of the service
was a festal choir service by Tails.
These MUSICAL services are having
large audiences.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

Elsewhere in this issue you will note
the advertisement of s.. ~ Milier,s the
wholesale fruit and produce dealer.
Nj Miller has handled train loads of
apples and potatoes here, and will
continue to supply ali wants in that
line
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

9 Bro. TowNsLEY, TO all the
other candidates for the Great
Bend P. O., Thursday: .. $50
way back-and sit down." a.e
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
.ScOtt' 5
Emulsion

Of Cod Liver Oil is.the means
of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men women and
children.
When appetite fails, it re-
stores it. When food iso a
burden, i-lifts the burden.
When youlose fiesh,it brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy, it makes life
bright.
It. is the thins edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food.
/. But what is the use of food,
when you hate it, and can't dis
gest it?
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is thefood that makes
YOU forget your stomach.
If you have not tried 1T. send for
- cggG5IS BOVINE. chsmisss;s
Soc and si.0bi AZ druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

Buy your wintar. supply of potote es
and apples before they advance Res
member tie plaes opposite pest.ofice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

. JUsT wait until Fred Funston
hears about Miss Stone being
kidnapped. He'll go and rescue
her if it. costs him another YER
inform appendix
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
Apples! Apples! Apples!

A car load of the finest to be found
insthe west. Hand picked on my own
place, at prices to meet competition.
JOHN NELSON.
South Main, North of Valley House.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

Trustee McNutt. of Cleveland, and
Thos. De VERT Of ComancAe town
ships, were in the county seat Tuesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

Miss Grace Woodburn is sesisting il
Miller's wholessls pfodnee house.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

WHAT doth it profit a man if
he draw the prize claim in the
government lottery and then
croak?o Woods, who drew the
famous No: 1 in the LaWton
land district died last week of
typhoid fever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25

: KANSAS Cry is now without a
straightforward, democratic
paper The Times was last week
sold to- Baron Nelson, the
Englishman who owns the Kan
sas City Star. There's an open
ingafor a good democratic daily.
CHESTER I. LONG, Congressman
for this district, was in town
Thursday, the Oath, and was n
terviewed by a number of local
politicians of the republican
faith. Wonder if he found out
anything about the condition of
|Bthe Great Bend p. O.
Doc YOU clutch dollar until
the Goddess Of Liberty gasps for
breath only to give it up to
some street fakir on the street?
Take wise advice and save your
money. Ninety per cent Of the
money you spend % on street
fakirs is wasted Do you own a
horse and scarriage?. Did any
one ever ride behind your horse
except members 81. your own
family? If not you ought to be
ashamed Do you go to church?
1t won't hurt you any and it
may do you good It's a good
habit; try it, Do you leave your
horse ehitched to a post half OF
a long summer day with his
head reineds up in the air, and
when the flies are bad? IF you
had to trade places with the
horse for about an hour you
would never do it again. It'll
cruel and real good 0horsemen
never do it.gWellington News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-25
IN THE PALACE OF THE OzAR.

Published Weekly at sl.oo per Ysarin Advance
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13
HAWTHORNE, EsMER AIDA COUNTY,

NJ OF many years ago wise men said
that grain could never be grown
to any extent in the Argentine
Republic. The country was then import
ing millions of dollars worth of wheat
every year, and the farmers who were
pasturing stock on what are now the
principal wheat fields were eating flour
shipped from the United States and
Chilli. To-day the Argentine has to a
large extent the wheat trade of South
America, and is shipping wheat to Eu-
rope. 1t plants millions of acres every
year and it produces from thirty to eighty
million bushels season according to the
weather and to the invasions of the To-
Gusts. When the Argentine has good
crop the prices of wheat in the European
markets are affected and our farmers
often get less for their wheat in conse-
quence. In the past year or so flour
mills have been springing up and the Ar
gentine has now more than 500 -four
mills, many Of which use machinery i'm
ported from the United States. The
grain-producing area Of the Argentine in
creases every year.
In the United States the average yield
Of wheat per acre, taking the whole coun-
try, is from twelve to thirteen bushels.
That Of the Argentine is not over ten.
In England, where the soil is more care
fully studied and cared for, the average
is twenty y-nine bushels per acre, in Hol-
land twenty-five bushels and in France
eighteen. The most Of the wheat of the
Argentine is raised by italian immi-
grants, many of whom farm the land on
shares They do their work in the rough
est and most sovenly way. Much of the
wheat is sowed on the ground as it is
first plowed, the grain being dropped
among the clods. Other farmers drag
brush over the field and some of the bet
ter farmers use the harrow. The plow-
ing is done with bullocks, who drag the
plows through the burrows by means of
a yoke attached to their horns. The only
idea of the man seems to be to get the
wheat into the ground and then sit down
and wait for the crop The farmers do
not seem to care for anything but their
wheat crop Most of them have no gar
dens. They run their accounts at the
nearest grocery and make annual settle
ments when they sell their wheat. Most
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13
How one Firm struck Oh.

A peculiar accident near Six Points,
Ohio, recently gave an oil-producing
firm visions Of limitless wealth.
This firm drilled well on the Wake
field farm, near the village. All of the
nitroglycerin shells were lowered safe
ly into the well except the last one,
which lodged within twenty-five feet
Of the surface, and was exploded In the
efforts Of the shooter to dislodge it.
This was considered unfortunate, but
to the amazement Of the men the oil be-
gan to gush forth in a manner which
promised to make 1t the biggest well
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

national apathy in regard to modern
methods of transit and manufacture.
But our American immigrants are not
SO successful as they should be, consid-
ering the advantages they possess.
Take the men who tried to capture our
bicycle industry as an example. We
were the real pioneers Of the cycle
trade. Then you came along with an
equally good bicycle, made by the thou
sand by automatic machinery. You
could easily undersell our handmade
article.
"But you suffered at first by sending
us machine unsuited to our national
roads and our national prejudices.
When l heard your statesmen trying to
force goods we did not want at the
cycle exhibits, could not but be struck
by your similarity of mind to ours. We
lose all the time by telling customers
what they ought to have, while the Ger
man gives them what they want.
"Well, after a time your bicycle men
got wiser. But what happened? The
makers of all kinds Of American bi-
cycles, good and bad, mostly bad, who
had got caught In the slump, dumped
down their stocks In England and killed
the American bicycle from that mo-
ment.
"This," continued Mr.. Harmsworth,
"is not the only American industry
abroad that Is being killed by the
'snide' manufacturer. You have big
chance now with automobiles; the
American shoe, too, Is making great
progress. We shall shortly be spending
! $500 100000 converting our horse car
services to electric; you can get most of
that. We must put up two or three
times that amount for new suburban
surface car systems for our big city.
Much of that will go to the immigrant
from America.
"In the newspaper business your Inn
migrants have already captured much
of the rotary press trade and nearly all
the typesetting and typemaking, and
the best and fastest papermaking ma
chinery comes from your side. Our pa
per will be supplied by our own people
in Canada, who will supply you, too,
unless l am mistaken. The American
immigrant Is selling us much Of our
farm machinery, and the rest Of that
we import we get from Canada.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

Of them drink to excess, and few have
any thought beyond this one crop. The
result is that the failure of a crop means
partial starvation.
The city of Rosario is the Chicago of
South America. 1t is the chief wheat
market of the Argentine Republic. 1t
ships thousands of tons Of wheat, corn
and linseed every week. Rosario is sit
uated on the Parana river about 200
miles by land from Buenos Ayres. 1t Is
500 miles by water from that city and
about as far inland from the Atlantic
ocean as Pittsburg. Ocean steamers sail
for 200 miles up the Rio de la Plata past
Buenos Ayres into the mouth of the Pa
rama, and then for about 300 miles up
the river to Rosario. Rosario itself is
one of the thriving towns of the Argen-
tine. 1t was founded about 175 years
ago, but wheat raising in the Argentine
gave it great boom, and within the last
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

one of the more fortunate of the coast
ing fleet. The Polly is older than most
men, for 1t was built In Amesbury
Mass, in 1905. If the hull timbers Of
the sturdy little sixty-fve-ton ship
could speak, they might tell many an
exciting story of adventure on the salt
seas, for they have seen nearly GEN.
tury of active service. When the Polly
had been off the stocks but seven years
the second war with Great Britain
broke out. The boat was then owned
and commanded by Captain Jeduthan
Upton, patriot, who fitted his tiny
vessel up with cannon. put on board an
armed crew Of twenty men, and start
ed out as privateer to prey on British
shipping. A few months after the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

and he has to rely upon the railroads foi
getting it to the markets. The wheat Is
carried to the cars from such farms as
are far from the railroad in bullock carts,
the wheels Of which are about eight feet
high. A load weighing several tons Is
balanced between couple OF these
wheels, and from dozen to sixteen bull
locks are harnessed In front of 1t. In
some few OF the large farms modern ma
chinery is used, and the threshing is COM
monty done with European or American
threshers.
The Argentine is subject to droughts,
and the crop rises and falls according to
the weather. The worst thing, however.
that the farmers have to contend with
is the locusts. The pests that infest
the Argentine are fully as bad as the To-
Gust plague with which the Lord afflicted
Pharaoh. The only difference was that
Pharaoh had his locusts for u few days,
but the Argentine seems to be having
theirs as a regular thing. The locusts
are produced by the millions every year,
and swarm thinks nothing OF a flight Of
800 miles from its breeding ground
through the heart of the wheat country.
The locusts appear in great swarms,
which often darken the sun II they fly be-
tween you and it. They light on every
thing green and begin eating. The
branches of the trees bend down with
their weight, and you can hear the snap
ping Of their jaws as they crunch the
leaves. They will clean the crops from
the fields, eating the grain down to the
ground. Sometimes they will take the
green wheat from one side OF the rond
and pass by that on the other, and they
sometimes fly on and on for days over
rich fields to feed on those beyond. The
next swarm may eat that which is left
This pest of the locust has been sc
great that the Argentine government has
been spending large sums of money Il
get rid OF them. The methods for ex-
terminating them are many and costly.
Thousands of dollars are spent every
year to kill them. They are caught in
traps OF corrugated iron. They are scoop
cd up with scrapers and killed; poisons
are used, and the grass, plants and weeds
are sprinkled with arsenic. kerosene and
creosotc. They are caught in bags, driv
en- into bitches and are killed in all sorts
of ways. In 1896 it is estimated that
$50, 100000 worth of wheat was destroy
ed by locusts in two states Of the Argen-
| tine. This impoverished the farmers Of
those states, and the national government
spent $10,0OO,OO0 that year in giving
| them seed wheat. If the locusts are to
| come every year it will be long time
before the Argentine can have a serious,
permanent effect upon the wheat market
of the world
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13
China Rich in Coal Deposits.

China contains some of the richest
coal deposits in the world. Last fall
Professor Drake. Of Tien-tsin, visited
the coal fields In the province Of Shan
81, which were examined by Baron Won
Richthofen in 1870. and found that they
are of immense extent. The coal area
is said to be greater than that of Penn
sylvania and the anthracite coal alone
contained in these fields has been esti-
mated at 630,OO0,O00 tons. The Shansi
coal beds are so thick and lie so uni
formly in horizontal position that the
practicability has been suggested Of
running long lines Of railroad tunnels
through the beds so that the cars can
be loaded in the mines all ready for
distant transportation.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13
A "Decimal" Coin.

1t is not generally known that the
5-cent nickel coin of the United States
currency was designed with special ref
erence to Its use as unit Of weight or
measurement by the decimal system,
but 1t is true.
For some reason the metric system,
though Its use has been legalized In this
country, does not take" with the
American people, and 1t has not come
into general use-perhaps never WILL
If ever 1t does. the usefulness Of this
coin will become at once apparent. 1t
Is exactly five grammes in weight and
two centimeters in diameter. .sr
This is, Of course, not an accident,
and IL there shall be any future change
in our system Of coinage, other. con-
venient measurements and weights, ac-
cording to the same system, may very
properly be adopted.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

a. - hAh"'"o"ih' London Daily Mail.
has the largest circulation in the world
-1,250,000 copies.
Speaking of American immigrants to
England Mr.. Harmsworth says: you
ask why the British empire, with Its
population Of 3SS,0000O0. needs imml-
grants, and l answer that we don't
want them In the bulk, as you do, but
that we obviously offer unique oppor-
tunItles to certain special skilled brain
workers. Take Mr.. Yerkes, for exam
pie. He will make more money In a
day In transporting the densely packed
millions Of London in his electric tubes
than he does In a week In Chicago. We
have lots OF room and money for all
your experts In electrical transit. The
brains you have given to these matters
we have devoted to shipping and gold
mining.
1--WE own and run under our own flag
100000 of tons of shipping, with p
100000 under other flags, as against
less than 10000 of tons owned by the
United States, and we also own most
of the best gold fields Of the world, with
the control of the diamond industry
thrown in. But we know practically
nothing about electricity, and your
people can make all the money they
want selling us the wonderful products
of American Invention and Industry.
Money is more easily made In our coun-
try than In yours
I'VE have in that small section of the
empire known as Great Britain at least
/ 4O, 100000 OF people, and though we do
not produce Rockefellers and Astors q
except, of course, my compatriot, Mr.
w. W., of that ilb), we have much the
richest and quite the worst educated OF
modern peoples. Our American immi
grants are profitng by this lack of edu
cation to seize industries right and left
eve shall learn their methods slowly
and meanwhile they are making for
tunes while we are paying the price OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-02-13

ten years it has almost trebled its popu-
lation. 1t has now about 10000 people.
1t does big wholesale and retail busi-
ness, but the most Of its money comes
from wheat.
The wheat is bagged on the farm. The
cars carry 1t to the edge of the bluff, and
italian laborers take the bags and pitch
them into chutes leading to the vessels.
The bags fly down one after the other at
the rate of several to the minute. At
harvest time the wheat becomes congest-
ed at Rosario. The railroads have more
than they can do to carry the crop, and
almost all other traffic has to be suspend
cd. The result is that the wheat is piled
up in bags at the stations and left there
until it can be shipped. There are no
barns in the Argentine. The weather is
such that the stock feeds out of doors
the year around. There is no chance for
the farmer to store his wheat in barns