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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
WHEAT KING OF KANSAS.
planter Has 100000 Bushels Of
Grain iB Ills Barns.

wish 900. 600 bushels of high grade
wheat In his granaries. a. j. Rice, OF
Atchinson county, may be called the
wheat king Of the West-which means
of the worbi, says the Wakesny. Kan
sas, correspondent of The New YORK
Srn. He is the owner OF ll4 quarter
sections Of land, scattered over three
counties in Western Kansas.
John Stewart. hitherto known to
fame as the millionaire wheat grower
of Sumner county, struck bad year.
and he falls back to second place. lie
hiss nearly twice as much land as Rice,
bnt the low yield in Sumner county
leaves Rice with more wheat.
Eight thousand of the nearly D,000
acres owned by Rice we're sown to
wheat last fall. The biggest OF his
wheat fields contains 1,600 acres.
Still another field contains 800 acres.
Some OF this land produced as hlgn as
forty bushels TO the acre, Whlie the
average is not far from twenty-five.
Rice came to Kansas thlrty-nve
years ago with q bad case OF consump,,
ton and a little money. He hailed
from New York. where the eight other
members of his family had died from
pulmonary troubles.
He started ia modest way, accum-
uiated some money and invested 1t IN
land. He seldom sold q farm once he
became it's owner.
Wheaezer he has little time hang
ING on his hands he goes round TO the
real estate agents and picks out q
farm. Once he gets deed it goes out
of circulation. One man, Lieut.. Gov.
Haaaa, has sold Rice sixty eight farms
In the past ten years.
Rice followed the wheat belt west,
bught land when it was cheap, and In
tairty cases at least every years crop
more than equals in value the sum
represented by its cost.
His hobby is the planting OF orch.
ards. He makes it rule to plant
frRit trees on every farm he buys, and
no man becomes a tenant OF his unless
he can prove his ability to taBe care OF
the orchard. Another Of his hobbies
is the rearing Of turkeys. He has
theory that they clean the grasshoppers
of the crops. He keeps great Groves
OF Hurkeys on his farm, and II his new
senans has none he gives hira a Hock to
raise on shares.
Rice is bachelor, and is estimated
to be worth half million, Bis In
come.is almost fifth Of the valuation
mt upon his total wealth. Most OF
his surplus income goes into new farms,
and at the rate his wealth is piling up
he will be able to count 200 farms as
his owa before he reaches his 6Gth
.ysaE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
Head About to Burst From Sc
we're Bilious Attack.

81 had severe bilious attack and felt
like my head was about to burst when l
got hold of free sample of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. took
a dose of them after supper and next day
felt like new man and have been feeling
happy ever SINCE" says Mr.. J. W. Smith Of
Juliff, Texas. For bifiousness, stomach
troubles and constipation these Tablets
have no equal. Price 25 cents. For sale
by China's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23

Bereley, Cal. Dec. 16.--W. a.
McKowen secretary of the broad of
regents of the State university, con-
fessed to President Benz. 1de Wheeler
that he was defaulter to the amount
of $40, COO and possibly more Most Of
the money was lost at the race track.
Mr.. McKowen has been suspended by
President Wheeler and placed under
arrest by the local authorities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23

Aiken, Dec. 15.-Reports received
here tonight indicate that the new
county of Hammond is dead issue.
Returns from Bath, Beech Island, FL
lenton, Hamburg, Talatha and Silver
ton in Aiken county show a total of
437 against e14 for the new county.
Instead of the new county getting two
thirds the old county got over that.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
A Costly Mistake.

Rlunders are sometimes very expensive.
Occasionally life itself is the price of a
mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills for Dys-
pepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or
Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thor
ough. 25c, at j. F. W. DeLorne's Drug
Store
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
Be Quick.

Not a minute should be lost when q
child shows symptoms of Group. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the
child becomes 'hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears, will prevent the at
tack. 1t never fails, and is pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by China's Drug
Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
Fight Will be Bitter.

Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23

Robert w. Hurt. D. P. A.,
Charleston, S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23
[ sasoli6ated Aug. g 1881.
~. a. @ @teen,

al so per aneum-ie advance
ADyERTrsE NEE4:
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25

have never done it in such a neat manner.
 Sheriff Houck took the first train for Gallup and waited there until Thursday morning when he took a freight train east and it happened that the much wanted men were on the same train. Mir. Houck got off of the freight at Wingate and took No. ? to Gonzales and waited for the train carrying the escaped men. They left the train, which was on the side track, and hid behind a sand bank, thinking themsel- yes to be in safety, but the eagle eye of Navajo countv's efficient sheriff spied them and he walked
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25

to where they were. with six shooter in hand, and told them to throw up their hands, which was done in double-quick time. They had some difficulty in get ting up without touching their hands to the ground.
 Mir. Houck, accompanied by under sheriff Lathrop, brought the prisoners back and lodged them in jail, yesterday morning.
 This is tlie first successful jail break in the history of Navajo county, and it is hoped that it will be the last one.
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25
Wrong Men.

While watching freight trains here Monday night, with the hope of running across O'Malley and Cahill, the escaped jail birds, Deputy Lathrop saw couple of men trying to board freight and thinking it was the men wanted, told them to halt. They did not stop quick enough so Judd fired, aiming above them but the fine shot scattered and hit one of the men in the head. He was taken to the Apache and Dr. Woolford summoned. At present the wounded man is improving and leaves for his home in New Mexico today. '' .
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25
Navajo Countys
 Crop Report.

Heber-The past week has been cold and windy, followed by snow on the 17th.
 Polacca-Weather favorable; ground in good condition for planting, which has commenced earlier than usual; corn being planted; peach trees putting forth leaves; prospects for crop good.
 St. Joseph-Last week cold and windy; very little growth of grain and vegetables of any kind; sand beats the grass down on the range, but the ground is in good condition. he Taylor-Weather very windy and cold; looks some like rain; alfalfa growing nicely;,, garden stuff not making much headway on account of cold and wind; grass on range starting a little; wheat looking we'll. "N
 Winslow-Davs hot; nights cold; frequent winds; crops back ward; alfalfa six inches, high; trees budding; asparagus ready for market; planting just began.
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25
JAIL BIRDS
Escape, But Were Quick ly Recaptured
 By
SHERIFF HOUCh.

Monday morning about nine o'clock when Jailor Judd Lath- rop went to feed the two pris- oners, Vim. O'Malley and J. T. Cahill, who were sent up from Winslow recently to await the action of the grand jury, on a charge of theft, he was very much surprised to find that the birds had flown.
 Upon investigation it was found that they had cut two bolts on the lock of the cell door and after that had been cOmplet- ed it was an easy matter for them to take a poker and tear a few bricks from under win dow on the east side of the court house and make good their es- cape-that is for awhile. The only tool they had to work with was part of a lamp bracket that was in their cell. They took the piece of iron which holds the lamp, strengthened it and wrap ped one end with rags, which made them an excellent knife to cut the bolts. 1t must have talk en some time a patience to com plete the job and they arc, un- doubtedly, ,isold hands at such business, as a green-horn could
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25

from severe attack of diphther- Ia, but was in weak condition, and was improving until yester- day morning about nine o'clock when she began getting weaker and weaker until the end came.
 The funeral will be held at three o'clock this afternoon. Much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved family.
Holbrook argus., 1903-04-25
Death of Lizzie Scorse.

It is with deep grief that we chronicle the death of Little Liz zie Scorse, which occurred at two o'clock yesterday afterno oon, caused by paralysis of the heart. ni The little one had recov cred
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

"Jo17a, 1oill you 60 avith me this eUening?"
all that!' Mary spoke with touch
of petulance as near excitement or an
ger as she generally became under
strong temptation.
Il am one, Mary" replied John Cor
don quietly.
"What! A socialist! You! John
Gordon"' The girl spoke in genuine
establishment And with a gesture of
real fear she moved away and stood
looking at him as if seeing something
new and strange in him.
"You don't need to be afraid of me,
Mary" John said with slight smile.
II can't explain it all to you. But all
my views have changed within the last
few months. 1t is not possible for me
to continue the business that father
has built up. He has been so deeply
set upon it that l know my refusal to
make his plans my own has angered
him beyond forgiveness. You know
father well enough to know that can
not expect anything from him in the
way of encourag cement in the career
have planned"
.sWhy, you have not told me at all
what you plan to do!' exclaimed his
sister hopelessly. :, -. .
a am going to work for the people!
am going to- -, L
This stsry will continue to appear in
tho Saturday sditIon In .installneats.
rs Is veil worth roadiaI. Nd I'LL I'LL. r.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17


ful experience of his whole life, the
growing knowledge Of his estrange-
ment from all his home loves. But l
have chosen" he kept saying to him.
self. Il have chosen. l cannot 20
back now" The trihing incident of
the theater and his sisters misunder-
standing of his attitude toward it was
only single illustration out of a hum
dred other things that made the whole
social career unbearable to him. The
fact that this particular play was dis
dnguished by the acting of the most
brilliant actor of the age did not re-
lieve the play itself of the condemna-
ton that rested upon it for being too
impure and suggestive for any self re-
specting man or woman to behold it's
movement on the stage. Yet the wealth
and fashion and culture Of the city ap-
plauded the acting and praised the ac-
tor. The press contained columns of
commentator for the scenery, the cos
tunes, the spirited presentation from
an artistic and dramatic point of view
and mild sentence or two of rebuke
for the character of the play itself.
What more could one ask by way Of
allurement to go and see and hear
something which was little doubtful
In it's moral setting, but splendid in it's
physical and intellectual sweep of pow
er?
Mary had risen and was going back
into the other room singing gayly,
For it lies at Il edepth of the heart"
when Johns Gorac ao.1e> again.
Father, Mill ?ho has D here few
moments? Iwish ant bpa little talk
with Mary. And would like to finish
our conference,' he hesitated. but Ru-
fus Gordon answered as he went over
to writing desk, I'll be here when
you are through He sat down and
began to write, while John and Mary
went together into the next room.
MARY, want to talk seriously with
you," John Gordon began as Mary COM
menced to sing in a hooking tone,
''The sadness that grows with the
years.
''No! No! Listen to me once, just
this once, Mary, with seriousness. You
know we have played together and
lightly treated the world all these
years. But it cannot go on forever
l have come to a place, Mary, where
l must choose between father and yor
and the work of my life. 1t is no play
ing matter now"
why, what are you going to do?"
1t was the same question his father
had asked and it presented again the
same mental difficulty to John Cor
don. If his father failed to understand
his sons motives his sister was, i
anything, far less capable of knowing
what her brother had in mind.
II am going-I am going to-God hell
ME, do not yet know all-but l canno
live this life any longer. What do W.
do, Mary, but make playtime Of life
And the people are beginning to wax
up from their sleep Of the ages an,
stretch their limbs with more and NOR
, consciousness of power. We shall
, playthings to them, if we do not low
r them and go to work. That is all W
! shall be fit laythings-that
= all we have ever done-play-and it
murder to play all the time in worl
like ours'
whats the matter with you, John
, What makes you act so? You tai
2 like one OF these socialists, these hol
rid men that are always making S
! much fuss about rich people and-an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
No. 417.-DDuble AcrOatfc.

No. 41s.-DOub1e AcrOstfc.
Ny primals spell an ancient method
Of illumination, my finals modern
one
l. a bird. 2 A celestial being. 3.
Good. 4. A form of architecture 5.
The extent. 6. \ lighted coal. I. An
Italian painter who lived from 1912 to
1867 s. A form of architecture g.
Spirits, good or evil. 10. An g. gan Of
the body. IL. Really.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

C0nceFn1Ng the uture.
They were seated in the parlor con-
versing on the uncertainty of life.
She-The future is vast, unfathom-
able mystery to us, isn't it?
He-Yes All we know is that we
have to go some time.
Voice From the Library-lt would
suit the convenience of this household
if you'd make it sooner than that
New York Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
No. 411.-Di.SOnal.

No. 415.-Di.SOnal
All the words described contain the
same number Of letters. The diagonal
beginning with the upper left hand let
ter will name a festival day.
Crosswords: l. Apparent juncture of
earth and sky. g Enchantment 3.
Capable of being dissolved in water.
4. Change. 5. The territory subject to
king. 6. An account of daily ransac-
tons. I. Conquest
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
Key to the PuzZler.

Key to the Puzzler.
No. 4O5.-Concealed Central Acrostic
Centrals - January. Crosswords - l.
Major. 2. Ab-A-se. 3. Ur-N-ed 4
Fo-U-rs. 5. Train. 6. Moral Z
Ra-Y-ed
No. 4O6.-Gold Mine: l. Goldfnch. 2
Goldfish. 8. Goldsmith. 4. Golden club
5. Mosaic gold. g. Golden age. Z
Goldenrod. s. Golden wedding. 8
Golden fleece. 10. Golden robin. IL
Cloth Of gold
No. 4O7.-Anagram: Wreath of holly
No. 4OS-Crescent Puzzle:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
Little Bits.

You can do as much as any man
If you work with proper zest,
For the best that any man can do
Is just to do his best.
"Danny's good boy said his Aunt
Nancy, but l doubt if he has head
enough to fill his fathers Shoes"
Why did the fly fly? Because the
spider spied her.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

/. A. 2. Harp. 8. Apple. 4. Propolis.
5. Proxy. 6. Yawl Z. Nimbus- g.
Eagle. 8. Wreath. TO- Yankee. H.
Ef1ux. II. Agile. IL. Riches
No. 4O3.-I1lustrated Rebus: Are you
prepared for wintry winds2
No. 41O.-RiddIe: Bay.
No. 411.-Rhomboid: Crosswords-1
Lost. 2. Near. 8. Anew. 1. Keel.
Down. u. 2. On. 3. Sea- 4. Tank.
5. Rec. 6. We. Z. L. -~S-..-z
No. 412.-Hidden Mountains: Green.
Alps. Rocky. Apenni1es. Carmel
Catskill. 49,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
49,: =; = 9 =: ..
&<TEKz)z
a. 3 Q
No. Alb -DiamOnd.

NO. 4lSE-T1amOnd.
l. letter. 2. Moisture deposited at
night. 3. A famous American admiral.
4. The present time. 5. Necessitous. 6,
Three letters; substitute I'm" for the last
letter and have "a tropical plant and
its edible root. Z. A letter..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
No. 418.-WOrd Square.

1. A frame for holding fuel. 2. A
bird that is the subject of a famous
poem. 8. To ward off. 4. Elegantly
concise. 5. To pierce.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
No. 419.-Arithm etical Puzzle.

No. 419.-ArithmeticalP Puzzle.
Three men, A, B and c. raise a capt.
tai of $4,000. A puts in a certain
amount, B $1,000 less and C $1,000
more than A. What is the share of
each?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
Mussed Him Up.

'Did you ever exercise with that
dumbbell old man?''
"Iaas. old chap; l did once, but It
disawanged me necktie, so l quit
New York Evening Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

As 1t Should BE.
If you call Santa Claus" what does
be always answer? Present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

No. 416.-Charade.
Ny FIRST Is good when it's alone;
The best ones are our mothers,
And, though we have it of our own
We're apt to take anothers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

In many devious paths we stray
When by my FIRST we're beckoned,
And by my FIRST we're dragged away,
Or else we are my SECOND.
Sometimes my SECOND may be shot,
Which brings much grief and dole,
But when my SECONDS very hot
1t cannot be my WHOLE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17
Concerning the Future.

Delete to raise and leave an army.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

HE great city rose
about him like a
mountain with q
multitude of ambig-
uous canyons lead.
ing off into unex'
plOred distances.
The roar of it's traf.
e. ~o~e,s~%@-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-17

No. 42O.-Central Deletions.
Delete to start and leave flower
Delete an adhesive mixture and leave
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
won't. Count Prairie Dogs.

The township commissioners through
out the state of Kansas, says a Topeka
dispatch, are %objecting to the duties
placed upon them by the provisions of
the prairie dog tax law enacted by the
legislature Of 1901. The law requires
the commissioners to make an estimate
of the number of prairie dogs in their
townships and report the number to
the county commissioners. The county
commissioners are then required to pro-
vide for a tax levy which will cover
the expense of Kidding the townships of
the dogs. The township commissioners
object to the counting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
DEER TO RUN AT LARGE.
Herd Il One Thousand to Be Set
Free In Pennsylvania.


Free In Pennsylvania.
q. C. Worthington of New York will
liberate from Buckwood park, his pre-
serve opposite Shawnee, within a few
days, 1000 deer, permitting them to go
where they please, says a Stroudsburg
(Pa.) dispatch. The deer will be safe
for the present, as they are protected
by tie game laws until Nov. 1, when
deer may be taken for one month.
There are now more than 1000 deer
in Buckwood, and if not liberated they
will soon starye.
Nineteen deer were placed in the park
eleven years ago.. They have multiplied
so rapidly that the army of them now
in the park represents merely the pro-
geny Of the original nineteen animals
placed there.
The farmers in the vicinity do not
relish the advent of the hungry four
footed horde, fearing that the animals
will damage the crops.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
Maae INSANE BY Crazy Club.

Professor Jabez Burkes. who In a
moment of eccentricity and out of a
spirit of fun started a "crazy society"
at Pottsville, Pa, says a dispatch from
that place, has become unbalanced by
the success of the venture. Burkes adj
vertised his scheme extensively in
newspapers and received many appli-
cations for membership. The wide no
toriety he attained in a few weeks COM
pletely turned his head, and he insisted
on making speeches, singing songs and
dancing at inopportune times and
places. Owing to these peculiar eccen-
t~ricities the police have been obliged to
arrest him. and he is now in the county
Jail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
BIG ORE LAND DEAL.
Steel Combine Buys Last Great
Tract In Mesaba Range.
NOW HAS PRACTICAL MONOPOLY.

Purchase Of the Chemung Iron Com
pany's Holdings ID 7O,O0O,OOO
Tons to the United States Steel
Corporntion's Supply-Little AvaAl-
able Ore Left In Mesnba district.
Officials Of the United States Steel
corporation have announced the pur-
chase Of extensive ore lands in Mesaba
range, says the Kew York Herald.
This purchase gives the steel trust con-
troll Of the last large tract Of Mesaba
ore land that has been for sale and
adds at least 100000 tons Of ore to
the corporations supply.
The acquisition includes the entire
holdings of the Chemung Iron COM
pany of Duluth, and is Independent of
the purchase Of Mesaba ore land frolA
James ]. Hill. 1t is understood that
the purchase from Mr.. Hill, negotia-
lions for which were pending for
weeks, was completed several months
ago on condition that ore tonnage from
the district should be routed over the
Hill railroad system as far as possible.
One Of the best judges Of the iron
ore situation in the United States said
that the Significance Of the purchase
Of the Chemung holdings lies in the
fact that it takes from the market the
last large single block of Mesaba ore
and materially diminishes the possib'l-
ity of n extensive competition to the
steel corporation.
The Chemung Iron company's hold
ings, which have been transferred to
the United States Steel corporation, in
clude eleven unmined tracts, the pos
sibilities of which have been fully de-
veloped. The lands were nearly all
held by the Chemung company under
lease, on the basis Of 25 cents a ton
royalty, and it Is on these terms that
they have been transferred to the Steel
corporation. 1t is stated that some of
the deposits in the recently acquired
Mesaba tract average up to 81 and 63
per CEN iron and down to .O35 per
cent phosphorus.
The Chemung Iron company Is owned
by Henry w. Oliver of Pittsburg and
Chester A. Congdon of Duluth. AT
filiated with the company in making
the transfer to the Steel corporation are
the Monroe Iron company Of Duluth,
r. II. Palmer, the Niles Land company,
the Minnesota Commercial Loan com
pany, Pillsbury, Bennett & Longyear,
d. T. Adams and G. M. Hill Lumber
company.
1t is estimated that in the whole
Mesaba district there now remain ir
the market not more than 20,0OO,OO(
tons of ore that is for sale. These de
posts are very much scattered. Tit
property acquired is compact and il
said to contain vast quantities of hig.
grade bessemer which can be easily
mined.
The newly acquired ore is withou'
restriction as to traffic, which was o
Of the points most emphasized in thu
Hill deal. The purchase price is with
held.
Steps have already been taken fol
opening one of the new mines.