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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
THEIR MARKSMANSRIP
OAC Men Lost in the National College
Rifle eShoot-California Won.

Major Frank Edwards. command
ant at the Agricultural College, has
received official notice of the result
of the national rifle shoot, held in
June by the colleges Of the United
States. Of the latter there were
six contestants. The shooting was
done at the home institution, and
the verified scores forwarded Cap
tain George E Sage, San Francis
co, who acted as judge of the con-
test. The first prize was won by
the University of California, the
Oregon Agricultural College taking
third place. The score was as fol-
lows:
University of California, total
score, AIS; percentage, So.
Northern Georgia Agricultural
College, total score. 37S;. percent
age, 75.6.
Oregon Agricultural College.
total score, 3o7; percentage, 1874.
Massachusetts, Agricultural Col
lege, total score, 363, percentage,
II E.
State University of Iowa, total
score, 322; percentage, 64.4.
The best individual score was
made by Captain N Vanderbilt, of
University of California, 44-per-
centage, >99.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
WAS HER DEAD SONS
Gold Ring Found by Sewer Men Id
entitled by an Aged Mother.

The story Of a gold ring found
told in Saturdays TINES has a
sequel. Tears streamed from the
eyes of Mrs Sophronia Quivey,
now nearly ninety years of age, as
she related the rings history yester-
day. "The ring was present to
my son, Addison M Quivey before
he came to Corvallis in the early
Seventies" she said. cit was
giveu him by a man in the East
for whom he won an important law
case, and he priced the keepsake
very much. The ring was lying
about the house, one day and his
brother Gilbert Quivey wore it off.
The latter was running news
paper at the time and one day he
laid it down, and someone in the
office carried it away. Track was
lost of the jewel, and all efforts to
recover it failed. Addison Quivey
regretted much it's loss, even up to
the time Of his death, which oc-
Cured shortly afterward.
The sudden temperance of the
ring digged from five feet under the
ground after being 80 years buried
has set old recollections and scenes
moving in the memory of the aged
mother. II do not care to own the
ring, but l would like to see it and
feel it, and handle it once more, !"
she said through her tears yester-
day.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
THE SECRET
Of Tracy's Suicide-Doctor ane
Lawyer Were After him.Other
News

Hon Charles A Johns, a distin-
guished attorney OF Baker City,
whose friends pushed his name for
the governorship early in the late
campaign, passed through town
yesterday, en- route home from an
outing at Newport. He was accom-
panied by his young daughter. Mr.
Johns is one Of the likely men, of
the state. Few if any lawyers in
Oregon have a more lucrative law
practice. He is a member of the
Text Book Commission.
1t turns out that in the posse
that captured Tracy there was a
doctor and lawyer. When that
combination fails to kill, the limit
is reached. Evidently Tracy disco
vored the character of his new pur-
surers and realizing that death was
inevitable, gave up the ghost by
his own hand In the face of odds
like these, what else could the man
do?
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
MANY GOING
So They Say@Big Railroad Excur
sion to Newport Tomorrow.

sion to Newport Tomorrow.
People are expecting that the ex
cursion to Newport over the Cor
wallis & Eastern and Southern Pa.
cifc tomorrow will be something
of prodigious proportions At Al
bany trains are to arrive from Sal.
EN- and Eugene to connect with the
Bay train. At Corvallis a train ur
the Westside will make similar con
nections. The latter will bring
people from Dallas, McMinnville,
Monmouth, Independence and way
stations.
Ali sorts of estimates of the
number of people that will go are
in the air, Late hot days have
served to magnify the figures.
Some guess that even as many as
900 excursionists will participate.
In order to accommodate the
crowd, the Corvallis & Eastern has
secured a number ol extra coach
es from the Southern Pacific for
use that day. The time for the
departure of the train from Cor
wallis is half an hour earlier than
is usual. It leaves at seven O'Clock.
Among other reports in circula-
ton is that there will be balloon
ascension, a flying machine ex-
hibition and such things.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
All GOT CLAIMS
Corvallisites who Went to Eastern Ore.
gon-Arrived Home Yesterday

The Corva11isites that went to
Eastern Oregon to locate timber
claims, arrived home yesterday
morning. Members of the party
were, Jacob Wrage, H Clodfe1ter,
James Mckenzie, Raleigh McLagan,
G w Snider, Mrs Peterson, and
Mrs Cox Albany. The trip occupi-
ed a period of 10 days. All secur-
ed claims of what is described as
very fine tracts of yellow pine tim
Der. The locations are in the Bar
nes Valley country, sixty miles
northeast of klamath Falls.
The party went to Ashland by
train, and thence by privat convey
ance. The distance from Ashland
to the timber belt is 40 miles. It
is expected that another party of
Corvallisites will leave for the same
county on the same errand next
week
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
WAS A VETERAN
Of the Indian Wars-Wants to Com
municate with Other old Indian
Fighters.

Editor TIMES: Among the last
acts Of the late congress was the
passage of a bill, pensioning the
Indian war veterans I served in
the Rogue river in 1886. I was
mustered in under Captain John
Ke1say, afterwards elected colonel,
and w J Robertson was elected
captain. I think it was company
B, end regiment, o 7, mounted
volunteers, but am not sure. 1
write this, to give my postofice
address to any of the old comrades
as I suppose we will have to hunt
up evidence of Our service Idon'
suppose there are many living at
the present time. I have been
living over here in the mountains,
and have not been able to attend
any Of the reunions from the fact
that I have never seen any notice
or heard of them in time to attend.
If you will kindly publish the above
or as much as you see fit, it may
be of some help to the cid gray
boards that are in need.
Yours Respectfully,
R. S. BARCLAY,
Tidewater, Lincoln Co., Ore.
July 80, 1902.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09

Colbert & Gregory Manly. Co.
Sash, doors, mo1dings, furniture and
en- era1 finished lumber.
South Main St. Corvallis Ore.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Motto to Cereditors,

Notice is hereby given to all persons concern
ed that the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed administrator Of the estate OF Elizabeth Ell
lott. deceased by the county court of Benton
claims against said estate of Elizabeth Ell
lott, deceased. are hereby requested to present
the same with the proDer vouchers duly veri-
fed as bv law required within six months from
the date hereof to the undersigned at his resid
ence in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, or at the
office Of E Wilson in Corvallis, Benton county
oregon.
Dated this August 9th, 1902.
ERNEST ELICIT,
Administrator Of the estate of Elizabeth Ell
lott, deceased.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Guardians Sale Of Real Estate.

In the matter of the guardianship Of the es
tate of Luther S Woodruff, Ira Woodruff
minors.
Notice is hereby given tn at pursant to an
order of the county court of the state of Oregon
for Benton county, made and enlered on the 7tfl
day of July, 1902, will on Thursday, the 18th
day of September, 1902, at 10 O'Clock a m, al
the front door of.the court house In Corvallis
Benton county, Oregon, sell at public auction
for cash the following described property Of
said Luther Wondruff and Ira WOODRUFF
have herein towtt. The undivided 9-2S of the
East L2 and 2 of the West 1-2 of the South
west IA of Section 13 S r 6 West OF VIII
Mer, in Benton county, Oregon.
Catherine P Woodruff
Guardian of the person ana estate of Lu the1
s sWoodruf and Ira woodruff, minors,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
CORVALLIS, OREGON AUG. 9, 1902.
TRACY.

The curtain has dropped over the
career of Tracy. Whatever there
was in his exploits for the vicious
or unbalanced to admire and irni-
tate, vanishes with his miserable
death. If there was audacity, it
is removed by his coward1y sui
eide. If there was the idea that he
was courageous, it is dissipated by
the fact that he refused to face dam
ger when the last critical moment
arrived. Ifit was believed that he
was a cool and unerring marksman,
it disappears with 1amentable fail
ure in his last fight.
Divested of all romance, the
outlaws resources seem mainly to
have been a willingness at any time
or anywhere to take human life, a
consummate knowledge from awide
experience of how to elude officers
of the law, power to frighten result
ant from wholesale killing of men,
and above all continued and in
comprehensive succession OF good
luck. Added to this was the pro-
bable fact that he had sympathiz-
ers on all sides, sometimes even
among the posses. With, these re-
sources, he kept up>his warfare, for
nearly two months, falling in the
end signa1ly and ignominiously.
No brave man slays himself.
Suicide is the heighth of ignominy
and cowardice. If Initiating Tracy
leads but to se1f-destruction or the
gal1ows, and it does, then there is
nothing to inspire others to follow
in his footsteps. Besides, when a
lone fugitive fleeing before the pur-
suing posses, his situation was hor-
rible. A realization of its realities
is enough to warn men not to at
tempt outlawry. A dozen. hund-
red, thousand men armed
and accoutred, seeking his life.
Lurking foes here. there and every
where. The rustic of a leaf, the
stirring breeze, the silence Of the
forest, all these presage danger.
Every clump of bushes, every log
or stump, every object along the,
way, may have an ambuscade in
store. Thousands in money offer.
ed on his head, and dollars ap-
peal to every man. Not one can |
be trusted, not even the outlaw |,
companion, whom Tracy probably |
killed because he feared longer to
trust him. The vigil had to- be
constant, unceasing, continual.
To sleep was to invoke chance of
and in such sleep what
dreams. It was terrible, intense,
narrowing strain, and what wonder
that after two months OF it, in the
besieged wheatfe1d the man took
his own life.
And then, the bloody hands, the
thought of dead victims, stark and
still in the new made graves, the
orphan children, weeping women,
the horrible knowledge of eternity
and blood, human blood that won't
wash off, there is the rub, the dis
sipation Of ali that is romantic, at
tractive or worthy Of imitation of
career of out1awry.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Market Report.

PORTLAND.
Wheat, valley, IS
Flour, S 2.05 to S $50 per Dbl.
Potatoes, S Is to 85 per Genital
Eggs, Oregon, 10 to 20 per doz.
Butter, Tito 10c per lb.
Creamery, 20 to 81 per ID.
CORVALLIS.
Wheat, SAC per bushel,
Flour, SOC and IS per sack.
Butter, to 25 per pound
Creamery, SOC per ro II.
Eggs, 1Sc per dozen.
Lard Is C per lb.p
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Blue Print Maps.

Blue print maps of any township in
Roseburg Oregon and District, showing g
all vacant lands for so cents each. If
you want any information from the U S
Land Office address
TITLE GUARANTEE & LOAN Co
Roseburg, Ore.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09

Goodbye prices on all summer goods
Nolan & Callahan
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Posts

Shingles and all kinds of dimension
lumber on hand at the Benton County
Der yard.
The courier., 1902-06-28
HE co RE R

Miss Ruth Phillippi Of Omaha Ii the
guest Of Mrs. e. e. Brown.
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Doctor and Mrs. Joseph Scroggs gave
a small dinner Saturday evening.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Rob-
bins on June twentieth, a daughter.
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Miss Youngstedt, of wahoo, was the
guest this week of Mr.. and Mrs. o. w.
Palm. -
Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Levering have
gone to Colorado to remain during the
summer.
Mrs. c. NJ Herrick and Miss Herrick
will spend the summer in the vicinity
Of Chicago.
Mrs. C. L. Hooper and Miss Fanchon
Hooper have gone to Nova Scotia for
the summer.
4 4 4
Mrs. r. E. Moore left last week for
wequetonsing where she will spend
the summer.
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Mr.. Harold Coulter of Canon City,
Colorado, is the guest of his sister, Mrs
S. c. Hoover.
r 4 4
M and Mrs. A. G. Beeson Of Omaha
were over Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs w. c. Wilson.
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Mrs. d. A. Riser and Miss Risser
have gone to the lake region Of Michi-
gan for the summer.
The courier., 1902-06-28

Former Governor Larrabee Of Iowa,
and Mrs. Larrabee. have been guests
for two weeks Of their daughter, Mrs.
Dan L. Love and Mr.. Love at their
home on Eighteenth and e streets.
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The members of the NJ. M. whist club
will give a picnic July third on the
lawn at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. !. @.
Chaplin, in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID.
Gibbs. who will soon remove from this
city to Spokane.
Mrs. Ella X. Morrison. Miss Morrison
and Miss Smith went to Omaha Wed
nesday to attend the marriage Of Miss
Bessie Mcmillan and Professor b. T.
Beach of Shenandoah Iowa. The bride
is a niece Of Mrs. Morrison and has
been a student at the state university.
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The Misses Beach entertained very
pleasantly in an informal way Wednes-
day evening for Miss Norris and Miss
Flint Of Creston, Iowa, who are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Jarrett. Literary
and musical games were enjoyed and
Mr.. Benton Parnter entertained the
company with feats at legerdemain.
Refreshments were served.
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At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. 8. ID.
Eastman, 1749 South street. Wednesday
evening at nine o'clock. occurred the
marriage of Miss May S. Baughman
and Mr.. Thomas L. Sutton. both Of
Griswoid. Reverend N. A. Martin per-
formed the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutton will reside at 1130 Plum street.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John b. Wright gave
an informal musicale Sunday evening
for Mr.. and Mrs A. G. Beeson of Oma-
ha. Mr.. and Mrs. Beeson will return
to Lincoln next week to attend the pic
The courier., 1902-06-28

gratefully received, have made discord-
ant notes In the decorations. for. being
gifts. they must be used.
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The marriage OF Miss Della Jencks
and Mr.. John j. Carlile Of Deadwood.
South Dakota, was celebrated Thurs
day evening at the home of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jencks In
College View Reverend q. T. Moore,
Of Talmage. performed the ceremony.
A three course supper was served Mr..
and Mrs. Carlile will reside In Dead-
wood.
Old fashioned flowers are I'm favor
for decorations at summer parties.
Nasturtiums and sweet peas have been
grown In every garden for several
years. and have been popular In the
drawing room; but others are now be-
ing used. At a party given this week
by two Lincoln hostesses. a bouquet
Of larkspur. ragged robin and ninks
and a large bowl of red clover was
very effective.
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Abbott, s2S II
street. Miss Maud Barker of Kansas
City. and Mr.. B. f. Hill Of Lincoln.
were married by Reverend j. Lewis
Marsh. The bride wore a gown OF
white silk and carried bride roses. A
few relatives. including the brides
mother. Mrs. A. j. Barker, of Kansas
City. witnessed the ceremony. A
sumptuous wedding supper was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill are already settled
in their new home at s21 III street.
The courier., 1902-06-28

Dean L. A. Sherman Of the depart
ment of English in the state university,
sailed for England on Wednesday.
Mrs. A. L. Hoover returned the first
of the week from Hutcbison, Kansas,
where she was the guest of friends for
a fortnight.
Mrs. Stebbins. who has been the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. w. C. Will
son, for several months, left on Wed
nesday for Detroit.
Miss Alice Hunter, president of the
city union of the Christian society, at
tended the district convention, which
was held in Omaha this week.
4 K K
Mrs. Kinton and Miss Kinton of
Stella, Nebraska, and Mr.. Kinton of
Chicago were in town this week to at
tend the Hiltner-Evans wedding.
Mrs NJ. E. Van Brunt of this city,
and Mrs. Winslow Van Brunt of Bea-
trice, returned yesterday from an ex-
tended visit in New York and New
Jersey.
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On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs. J.
A. Morris gave a dinner to the follow
ing guests: Mrs. George Frink of
Hannibal, Missouri: Mr. and Mrs E.
]. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Guile
The courier., 1902-06-28

mic to be given on the Fourth of July
by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Funke. for Les
Bohemiennes
At the home of the brides parents
in University Place Wednesday even
ing were married Miss brenda F. Nc
Cartney and Mr.. Lindley d. Bowman
The ceremony was performed by Rev
erend N. A. Martin. Of Trinity Method
ist Episcopal church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowman will reside in Lincoln
The engagement of Miss Edith Jack
son and Mr.. Paul Hoagland, both of
Omaha, was announced this week Miss
Jackson was a student in the state uni
versity for several years. and is a pop-
ular member of the Delta Gamma
sorority, admired both for beauty and
intellect Mr.. Hoagiand is well known
to Lincoln young people.
2 q 2
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stout. 203s J
street, were married on Wednesday
evening, Miss Marion l. Stout and Mr..
William ]. Best, of Dunlap, Illinois.
Twenty relatives and intimate friends
witnessed the ceremony, which was
performed by Reverend F. L. Wharton.
A dinner was served after the mar
riage. Mr.. and Mrs. Best left on the
night train for Dunlap, where they will
reside.
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1t is pretty fashion that Lincoln
ladies have Of sending flowers to a
friend who Is about to entertain, but IL
would be well before sending to know
IL she is planning to carry out any
particular color scheme in her decOra-
tions. Sometimes these gifts, although
The courier., 1902-06-28

A.
horth,side circle of st. Paul church de-
lightfnllyl "Wednesday afternoon. A
program OF music and readings Of un-
usual excellence was a feature, and a
two course luncheon was served. The
following numbers were presented:
Piano Quicksilver Stars" Bohm; ''The
Fifms." Faure; Misses Vera Upton and
Lulu Crawford.
-ieophano Esolo-"So Blue Thine Eyes"
H. aKsskRatrick; Miss Vera Upton.
,Reading-.'The PERI Mrs. Lois Cornell.
Piano-Minuet, Paderewski; Miss Martha
Pinford
'S6prano solo-"Since we parted" Allitt.
ef; s"Under the Rose Armisser. Miss
4lilG Crawford.
,sHeading--"The Goblins,' Mrs. Cornell.
-.Gontralto ,solo-"My Laddie." Neidling-
er,. Under the Rose Armisser, Miss
Flora Steiner.
The members of the circle will give
a picnic. IN August on the lawn at the
home of Mrs. Leighton, when the hus-
bands win be guests.
-SaTS - = :, :,
go, ,--.-- K
..yAt, 203s street. the home of the
hrideis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
,Steut., on Wednesday evening Rev
eEend F. L.rWharton, of st. Paul M. F.
church, united in marriage Miss
Marian Lorena Stout and Mr.. Will ].
Best The wedding was a very simple
but pretty affair. The couple. unattend-
ed. promptly at eight o'clock entered the
room and took their places in a beauti-
fully decorated bay window, where the
ring service of the Methodist church
WAS performed in the presence of a few
near relatives and friends. The house
was tastefully adorned with palms.
ferns and cut flowers. The fair young
bride wore an elegant gown of imported
silk tissue, cut entrain, and carried a
magnificent bouquet of bride roses. The
couple received the usual number of
handsome presents. After the cere-
anony dinner was served and Mr.. and
EAST. After July fifteenth they will be
ht home to their friends at Dunlap, I'LL
nois. The bride is a charming and tai
ented young lady who has not been a
resident of Lincoln long, having come
here last fall from Illinois. Since then
She has been employed as teacher In
the Malcolm school She has shown a
great deal of ability as an elocutiOnist.
Mr.. Best is prosperous young citizen
of Dunlap, Illinois.
| Miss Maude Macomber, a member of
Delta Gamma sorority well known in
Lincoln, and Mr.. Frederick Cuscaden,
b member of Phi Kappa Psi, were mar
Sied Thursday evening at eight o'clock
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Macomber, 2010
Emmet street, Omaha. Miss Gertrude
Macomber and Mr.. Arthur Pearse were
the attendants. The house was daintily
decorated with asparagus ferns and
white daisies, and lighted by tall can
dies with green and white f1ower-lik,
shades. The ceremony as performed be
meath a canopy of greenery by Father
John Williams of ST. Barnabas church
The brides gown was of white chiffon
trimmed with silk applique. An in
formal reception followed the wedding.
The following members of Delta Gam
ma went to Omaha early in the week
to attend the pre-nuptial functions and
be present at the marriage: Misses
Blanche Garten, Helen Welch, Ruth
Bryan, Winifred Sherman, Luella Lam
Sing, Marie Weesner, Margaret Honey
well.
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Chapter X of p. e. o., met Monday
evening with Miss Baughman. The
The courier., 1902-06-28

The marriage of Miss Jessie Louise
Lansing, daughter of Mr.. ]. F. Lansing
of this city; to Mr.. Curtis Thatcher,
prominent young business man Of Lew
iston. Idaho, occurred June twenty
fourth at the home of former Lincoln
friend of the bride in Lewiston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-15
MORE KANSAS FAKEs.

The Kansas newspaper falxir still APP
pears to be, doing business at the old
stand. A few days ago a dispatch APP
peared in the Chicago Tribune. dated at
Lincoln, Neb., reproducing the sub
stance of a dispatch from Harper,
Kas., which is bald fake on the face
of it. The same story was printed in
other eastern papers under. a Harper
date line, ara it is now travelling about
the east, credited to Kansas. Here is
the story as published in the Tribune:
Lincoln, Neb., March Especially
A dispatch from Harper. Kas.. says that
an alarm amounting among the more
superstitious to almost a panic has
spread here because of what arc be-
lieved to be the prophetic inspired
words of a 5-weeks' -old infant. The
child began talking at the age of three
weeks Its first attempt was made on
February 20. Its words were clear and
incisive. and it has kept repeating them
at irregular intervals during wakeful-
ness ever since. They are:
." Six years of famine in Kansas.
'',Fhe sentence is taken by many to be
a message from the Deity, to be disre-
garded by hearers at their peril. AL
ready number of farmers are leaving
the state, firm in the belief that a long
drouth is approaching. The child shows
unusual signs of intelligence, is well
formed. and of normal growth, but par
rots the words like a photograph. 1t
can say nothing else. The father. John
Shelby, is a laboring man. Hundreds
have Travelled here. and waited for
hours to secure confirmation of the
story from the baby's lips
1t is astonishing that a newspaper as
careful of its reputation for truth and
veracity as the Chicago Tribune should
be caught by such story, but its tele-
graph editor seems to have bit all
right. 1t is also a matter of wonder
that there should be any newspaper cor
respondent in Kansas so disloyal to his
state as to send out such a story. There
is not a correspondent in Kansas who
would not recognize the story as a fake
on sight.
This is only one of many instances
Stories of this character are by no
means uncommon in the eastern press.
which has been led to believe anything
that comes from Kansas. There is no
excuse for it. There is enough news in
Kansas which is true and a credit to
the state to supply eastern people with
stories without resorting to fakes
which are an injury to the state.
It seems remarkabl to Kansans that
eastern people should believe sucn
tales, and yet many people in the east
have formed their opinions of Kansas
from reading such dispatches as the
above. Kansans smile over their gull
libility, but stories of this character do
the state great amount of harm.
The fake correspondent may be en-
terprising, but he is also a pest, and he
should be suppressed