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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
Poultry Sboto, the .Hffraefion
District Court.

District Court convened in ad-
journed session on Monday morning,
and acted on the following cases:
State of Kansas VS. Henry c.
Dowell, alias Corbin, forgery, con-
tinued to next term.
State of Kansas Us George Coins,
grand larceny, defendent plead guilty
and was sentenced to the Reforma-
tory.
Samuel Rubl, convicted early in
the term of forgery, was sentenced to
the state penitentiary.
CIVIL CASES
Lucy C.. Brands by c. F. Difen-
bacher, VS. Fred Dundas, settled out
of court.
Joseph Munger VS. Jacob Wadel,
continued.
Geo. E. Bowen VS. Ella Bowen,
divorce, case dismissed.
State of Kansas, VS. d. r. Mills,
action for removal from the Office of
Justice of the Peace of Homestead
township, petition for dismissal grant
ed.
Liberty Linseed Oil Co. VS. The
Frizell Hdwe. Co., settled, out of
court.
John ]. Fouch VS. w. H. Cutler,
suit to quiet title, judgement for plain
tiff.
In the matter of the petition and
application of I. n. Wilhide and John
]. Hiss for the vacation of certain
portion of the townsite Of the city of
Great Bend, Kansas, Petition granted
excepting as to Helen and Heller
Streets which are not to be vacated or
affected.
Injunction proceedings of the
Lake Koen N. K. & 1. Co., VS. Coun-
| ty Treasurer, continued.
Injunction proceedings of H. A. c.
Hartman VS. County Treasurer, settled
out of court.
The Mortgage Debenture Co. VS.
w. B. Pickerill, Adm. of the estate OF
Chas. O'Bleniss, settled out of court.
Q. w. Dawson, Rec. Co. Alliance
Elk. Co. VS. D. w. Aldrich, Etals. con-
tinued.
D. G. Gibbons VS. Clara B. Gibbons
suit for divorce, decree granted on
cross-petition and as per agreement
George A. Adams VS. Great Bend
Imp. Co., settled, out of court.
The R. R. L. & S. Co. VS. w. R
Bunting, Foreclosure, continued.
WILDER Frey, Etal VS. Fannie 1
Frey Etals, suit in partition, Judge
ment for plaintiff, and o. w. Dawson
L. Zutavern, and Wall Dodge, ap
pointed appraisers.
Albert Spencer VS. NJ. n. Beatty
and Mary L. Beatty, suit to quiet title
judgement for plaintiff.
c. A Weltmer VS. Siegfried Leek
ner, suit to quiet title, judgement fol
plaintiff.
Minnie Luce by next friend VS. A. T
& S. F. Ry. Co. suit for damages
judgement for plaintiff for s143.75.
/ Benz. Cose VS. Cbas Miller, suit ir
replevin, jury trial, jury disagreed
and case continued.
VIM. Bush VS. NJ. Daley ard Rose
Daley, foreclosure. judgement fol
plaintiff for SI571.30 and interest a
1 per cent. Court adjourned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
Condition. Remedy. Cause.

The Wichita Eagle gives the fol-
lowing summary of Bristow's report
of the G. o. p. record in one branch of
the government only. This does not
include the land frauds, army frauds,
navy frauds, the selling and buying
of positions and the many other
branches of government, but it is
enough to make patriotic citizen
blush with shame; if not let him recall
the acts of our last lamented machine
legislature in addition:
POSTAL SCANDAL SUMMARY.
People defrauded of of $4,000, 900.
Grafter's profits about 1000, 600.
Persons indicated, 81.
Officials removed, I3.
Postofhces examined, 1000.
Inspectors employed, 40.
Remedy:
Honest administration of affairs.
Restrictive legislation.
Capitalization of departments.
Cause: ssThe corruption is not due
to lax laws, but to the dishonesty of
those who have been charged with the
responsibility of administering them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

lneIe are no lidOliltlSS OF any KIM
on grounds or improvements.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Pres, Ira D.
Brougher; Vice Pres, D. A. Banta;
Sect'y, w. P. Feder; Treas, Louis
Zutavern; Supt. G. N. Moses.
Directors, Jas. w. Clarke, Thos.
Clayton, G.. N. Moses, L. P. Aber,
1. N. Wilhide, Geo. Hart, F. H.
Schrepel, A. L. Fish, Robt. Merton.
The president designated L. P.
Aber aud l. n. Wilhide as members
of the executive committee.
Ira D. Brougher was elected dele
gate to the meeting of the State
Agricultural Association, and chose
w. P. FEEDER as his alternate.
From the Secretary's report it will
be seen that the Association is in a
fourishing> condition, and needs but
the united efforts of all to be of in
calculable benenfit and amusement to
the county. Let everybody begin
now to boom the Fair for 1905.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
BARTON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL


There is in Barton county So Sun
day schools, with a membership of
1926. There has been added to the
church through the Sunday School,
163 this year. Seven Sunday Schools
have Home Departments with men,
bership of 216. 25 schools have con-
tributed to the county and state work.
We have received s729S; our ex-
penses were S72.34; balance "a.
% schools were represented by
delegates at the County Convention.
Officers of the county for ensuing
year are: L. Barker, President; S.
H. Gwinn, Sec; J. ]. Winterburg,
Treas.
R. H. Moses, Great Bend
Ex. H. T. Ratcliff, Pawnee Rock
Com. J. H. Torrance, Ellinwood
A. II. Baker, Hoisingtou
Department Superintendents: Nor
NAL Department, Prof Warren Baker,
Great Bend; Primary Dept, Mrs. ].
T. Morrison, Great Bend; Home
Dept. F. w. Hammond, Great Bend.
RESOLUTIONS:
Be it Resolved by the Barton
County S. S. Association in annual
session assembled at Great Bend,
Kans., Nov. "A, 1908, as follows:
1st-Recognizing the vital impor-
tanCe of a systematic Home study of
the Holy Scriptures, and of the pre-
vious individual preparation on the
S. S. lesson before entering the S. S.
room, we prayerfully urge this duty
upon parents and those having the
care and training of children.
2nd-Realizing the imperative need
of parents accompanying their chill
dren to the Sabbath School, and there
take part with the children in the
public study of Gods Word, we earn
estly commend this duty to the in
telligent conscientious consideration of
parents.
3rd-Regarding the Office of the
pastor as that of an educator and
leader in every good work, we ask
the several pastors of Barton county
to preach from their pulpit at least
once annuity on the subject of prac-
tical and efficient S. S. work.
4th-As means of efficient proper
alton for the duties of s. S. teacher,
we commend to Sabbath School
teachers and workers the use of The
Formal Course of Bible Study.
5th-Alarmed at the increasing
use and consumption of intoxicating
liquors in our state, and awake to the
subtle influence exerted by the liquor
traffic against the developement and
maintenance of true Christian charac-
ter. we heartily endorse the present
sytem of Quarterly Temperance
lessons.
6th-Ihat we elect delegate to,
the next Annual State convention,
and the County Association defray
his necessary Car fare to and from
said convention.
7th-.That by rising vote we ex-
tend to the Congregational church
and pastor of Great Bend our appre-
citation of their christian hospitality In
granting to this convention the use of
their comfortable house of worship.
Sth-That by adoption of this
resolution we express our apprecia-
ton of the faithful services rendered
by the officers of this association dur
ing the past year.
9th-That we express our sympa-
thy for our county president, L. J..
Barker, in his affection We appre-
ciate the faithful services Brother
Barker has rendered to this associa-
ton during the past seven years
We have felt the loss, Brother, of
your presence and counsel during
this convention.
&C. A. YEAKLEY
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

Mrs. Leland, assisted by local tai
ent. viii give musical entertainment
at the Congregational church, Friday
evening December 18th, at 8 O'Clock,
for the benefit of the church. Pro-
grams will appear next week Ad-
mission-Adults 15c, Children 10c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
Notice to the Farmers.

The stockholders in the Farmers
Grain and Fuel Co., of Hoisington,
should be sure and attend the meet
ing, Saturday as arragements viii
then be made for those who can to be
in with their teams Monday, the 18th,
TO grade up the dump.
]. r. BRoDIE, Sec
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
Contest Closes at p. m. Dec. 81, 'O3
Barton County Fair Association.

The annual meeting of the Barton
County Fair Association was held at
the club rooms on Tuesday afternoon.
The report Of the Secretary for the
past year was Submitted as follows:
On hand az last meeting. S 491 SO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

T. B. Marshall and wife came up
from Wellington last week to visit
with their son, of this city, o. E.
Marshall, with Joe Troillet's cigar
factory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

The Cyclone is the only store in
the county that sells a genuine pat.
Kid Shoe for Ladies for $500, others
ask $3.50, but ours is the Queen
Qualify.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

A few more of those stylish Mill
tary Coats for women, at Lundbiade
& Bolinger's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

"Rurnl Ruml Though a jolly old
coon yourself, you're the devils own
chum."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

Ernest Bitner, of Olmitz. wa
among our Saturday callers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

Tie best place 70 buy vour Christ
mas resent is at The Cyclone.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

Buy her pair of Queen Quality
Shoes, The Cyclone sells them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11

Clark Coss was down from Heizer,
Friday, and called on the DEMOCRAT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08
raREE CODES on LAWS.

| There are three codes of laws which
i the farmer must observe to make a
success-the civil law, the moral law
and the natural law. Any number Of
! men observe the two first named and
attempt to do business in utter disre-
gard of the last, when the penalties for
the violation of the moral and civil law
are no more certain than for violations
OF natural law. We give a few in
stances common ones. of the violation
of this last named code sowing poor
seed and expecting Il good harvest. the
continuous taking from the soil and re-
turning nothing, the use of grade sires
which are just as'Iiable to transmit the
inferior qualities of their ancestors as
the good qualities. trying to grow two
crops on the same land at the same
time grain and weeds. total failure
to recognize the fact that all choice
breeds. whether of vegetables. grains or
animals. are the result of careful and
long continued selection and if not COZ
, tinually REINFORCED by the best of their
kind will inevitably retrograde to the
common stock from which they were
originated; the failure to properly
study the laws of supply and demand.
| the weather. the seasons. the markets.
the mission of clover. The code of nat
ural laws demands not only negative
acquiescenca, but a positive recognition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08
As TO WATER RIGHTS.

An interesting case has recently been
decided by THE courts AMMAN had a.
fine artasian well which amply sup;
piled his farm needs His ;neighbor,,
whose farm was Oh n lower level put
down three wells and by permitting
them to flow entirely cut off the flow itr
the well of the neighbor on the higher
ground. These men were out witt, e;lehi
other, and the second man used his OPP
iportunity to harass the other by leay-
ing his wells open Suit being brought,
the court ruled that the man with the
three wells could use only as much wa
ter as be actually needed and could not
maliciously cut off his neighbours sup
ply. Now, If this is good law it is a
fair inference that if man is the OWL.
er of wet farm which 1t is not posi-
Bile to properly drain without crossing
his neighbours land then he should have.
the right to do SO. This question will
receive much attention this coming
winter in tile legislature OF more than
one western state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

q
of our clients Mrs. Redding. sails for
Europe today. and she's very much
worried because we have not been able
10 bring cei4siin affairs OF hers to a sue
eessfnl termination MS yet. But they're
alright. She's merely impatient. Now,
want you to take this note to her
aboard rae Nardja Don't ask for her
about the ship. because she's sailing on
the quiet; not booked under her own
name, you know. Just so to her room,
No. 124. and knock. Give her this note
and talk to her in such way that
she'll know that everything is all
right.
Carol trembied at the thought of leav-
ing the office when 1t might cost her
the chance of seeing Stephen Fiske,
and yet she could not refuse the err
rand. After all, if he came for her he
could follow her to the ship. She left
word where she was gone with the
small boy who opened and closed the
outer door, and she bribed him libpr-
ally for both fidelity and secrecy.
1t was but Il little way to the Mari
dia's pier. There lay the ocean giant,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08
VALUE OF coassrALKs.

We are asked as to the value of
stalks-cornstalks-in the field after the
corn has been husked. Something de-
ponds upon how clean the corn was
! husked. Taking nubbins. down ears,
partially spoiled and ears which are
overlooked by the hus.zers, there is in
the average field not less than one
bushel of corn left for the stock On each
acre. The stalks themselves after being
frozen and dried out are at best indif-
ferent food and not infrequently prove
very costly ration. as they cause the
death of the animals fed OH them. We
should regard so cents an acre good
price for such feed. 1t is wicked and
wasteful manner Of utilizing 80 per
cent OF the whole value Of the corn
plant at best. Some day better way
will be practiced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

turned. She left word for him to call
upon her in The evening. but he did not
come, and she shed tears Of disappoint-
ment as she lay down to sleep.
The next morning as soon as she
reached the office she telephoned vainIy
to the hotel. Then she sat idle for near
ly two hours. Neither Harburg nor
Wrenn had appeared, but the former
came in about II O'clock and immedi-
ately called for Carol. He was in an
excellent humor, and his conversation
sparkled with wit. 1t was usually con-
fined strictly to business, yet so long as
the man attempted no more c0rnpli-
ments Carol cared little what lie talked
about
Il want to ask favor Of you" said
lie at last. There's rather delicate
iuatrsr whicn I'D like TO have you at
tend TO for Inc uurside The Office. One
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08
a WORN For OLD nInay.

Ii you or yolr good wife are not get
ting at least $3.50 Il year from the puui.
try which you Keep on your farm there
is something wrong. and there is no
one little thing which 1t will pay you
better to look up. 1t may be and quite
likely is that your wife is getting from
500 to $50 Il year from the hens which
lead Il free. Wild life on YOUR place.
roosting in the sheds or in the trees.
stealing their nests and all that--the
common way. you know, just farm
scavengers. OF course what you get
from them when so kept comes easy
and seems like clear gain. but it is not
the best way by good deal. This
sort of care is about all the average
farm wife can give. and as she rarely
receives any help or encourag cement
from her good man to Go better the
poultry business runs this way on
nine farms out of ten. The better way
would be for the man to take an inter-
est with his wife in the poultry yard.
provide proper houses, pens and coops
and suitable food rations and thus
Quadruple the income from the poul-
try yard. A few men do this and find
that the egg money comes in steady
stream every week in the year. while
during the holidays a lot of fat fowls
are ready for the market at good
price. Any man with farm so poor
or whose mode OF farming is so anti
quated that he has to be content with
twenty or twenty-five bushels of corn
or oats to the acre can well afford to
80 into partnership with his Wife in
the poultry business and let her boss
the job. There are two farm products
which are practically unaffected by
economic changes which make what
we term hard times or good times, and
they are butter and eggs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

/ All ASHAMED OF BEING PASSED
AROUND"
age of Henry Stephen Fiske was i'm
printed upon her heart indelibly, as she
verify believed.
Steve F'iske was a very handsome
young sanal.,3 and his image WassswFll
worth ;hreserii ,sustt tile lIInasPfia of
which Old Eheara 81 hass iisH-
ally 3fnaas hold 1tlnfi FesStats Us
faithful HI q Il 5syff sIolVlia n in alic
sinshines II IL N III
This Idol ia she u g;irlhood Md hes,ea
made love I'D sShsIs He was always
joking. Isa treated her like u schild,
and she was often:angry with HIM for
doing So. She particularly Remembered
one of his Jokes which was made ION
the evening when he ibadc her geodbS.
81 am going out west 10 make asiot
of money! said he. When ] come
back, viii give half of it to you.
What win you do with it,"
"I'll run away TO Europe" she re-
piled.
She had letters from him at long in
teryals after he went west. They were
full Of impersonal description, under
which she detected Il deepening tone of
encouragement. Il am afraid you will
never go TO Europe on your share of
my fortune" he said in one OF them.
The half of it today wouldn't pay
your fare OH Il merry go round
When Carol was twenty -one. there
dawned upon her for the first time Il
true realization of the fact that she
early youth. 1t had always seemed
perfectly natural to her that some one
should take care OF her.
For the last three on four years she
had lived with !, silly old aunt who re-
garded all women who worked as es-
sentially degraded thereby. This theory
was invalidated i'll Carols mind by a
slowly growing conviction that her
aunt was mistaken upon nearly all
subjects of human thought The sin
gular result was that Carol was led to
learn stenography and typewriting Sc
cretly as Il protest against her aunt's
views.
Il am ashamed OF being passed
around among my relatives like con-
tribution box" said Carol. 81 am go
ing to earn my own living"
Deaf to protests and entreaties, she
went to New York, trusting serenely in
the luck which had never deserted her.
1t was n firm of lawyers that OBJ
tanned Carols services, Harburg &
Wrenn. Carol did not like the appear
ance of either Mr.. Harburg or Mr..
Wrenn. They were little fellows. both
Of them; fierce. intent and scowling.
Carol would not have taken the posi-.
ton except that their Offices were high
up in Il great building and had a SPLEEN
did view of the bay. Upon her first
visit she saw Il big steamer going out
to cross the ocean, and she thought it
would be an agreeable form of torture
to watch these vessels filing by upon
their way to all those lands which she
SO longed TO see.
Her old time dreams Of travel were
lea wakehed not only by the gateway
OF the ocean, which was in view from
Harburg il Wrehn's windows, bur in
more remarkable manner by letter
from Stephen EisEe, the rrzt 'haf -1sa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08


eyAsaa was IL Young woman who had
IA false view OF life through no
fault Of her own. She did not
know that this is y humdl'um world
where the Very fates themselves doZe
Will the duiness of their task She
thought it n place full Of adventure and
change crowded with incidents, like a
sensational novel.
As an orphan without penny she
had been handed about from one rela-
tive to another during her childhood.
.,irlhcod and young womanhood. I'm
t'les. aunta and cousins had provided
FOR her in turn, according to their va
iious means. ard the difference had
been almost as broad as the whole
scale OF human fortunes. AT twelve
years of age she was the pet of an ncle
who gave her every luxury and Il spe-
cial maid to wait upon her: at fourteen
she was washing dishes for poor Aunt
Amanda. who subsisted upon the in
come of the little end Of nothing whit
tied out TO q sharp point.
She fell in love ut the age of sixteen
and could not fall out again. The inn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

The cause of the butter product of a
creamery scoring only 50 is quite likely
to be found in forty dollar butter
maker. What salary does your cream
cry pay?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

IL YOU are an old bachelor, this win
kcy is the best chance you will ever
have to male a real man of yourself.
A hint should suffice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

Cheaper corn, hogs and bred men are
III sight. but the COW and her products
Will hold their own. as they always do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

Nearly every willow post set for
fencing last summer took root and will
make live and thrifty tree. This be-
cause of the excessive moisture of the
past season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

1t is easier to kill off the sparrows
during the winter than any other time
They may then be slaughtered by the
wholesale by spreading out poisoned
grain on the roof of some she'd
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

The state of Texas has lost the large
sam of $21.ao0.000 within year past
by the decliac in value Of her 100000
head of cattle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

The fellaheen. or laborer. who does
the work lin producing the Egyptian
cotton crop works for is cents day
and boards himself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

Where a wire is nailed to tree for
a fence does the tree as it grows raise
the wire from the ground? No. 1t
stays Just where it was put.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08
DA1RYmEN SPECIALLY 1NrsREsTEp

NO class of men are more interested
in the Improvement of the highways
than the dairymen. The milk has to go
to the creamery every day, rain OF
shine. and the wallowing of four
horse team through hub deep mud in
the spring Of the year is sight to
start little enthusiasm on the good
roads question. Then there are the
rural mail carriers who VIII have to
be kept i'll mind, saying nothing about
the fellow with the automobile who is
Just waiting for the chance to go
seootfng over the country at twenty
miles an hour. What is needed is the
same sort of conviction and splendid
enthusiasm on this question which the
people exhibited during the civil war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

We know of several men who this
fall have saved up plenty of weed seed
even if they failed to save any seed
rorn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

A short sermon with the silo for a
text follows: A progressive dairyman
in Minnesota built silo five years ago
and was rated as half daft by his old
fashio.ed neighbors- He filed his silo
and fed his COWS and was thus able to
SO far distance these scofing neighbors
OF his In the returns which he received
from the creamery, which they all pat
ronized, that be can NOW count ten silos
on the ten farms adjoining his. 1t has
come to this that where land is worth
$50 10 $lGO per acre, where corn will
grow and stock Is kept the silo is just
as absolutely, indispensable in the eco
iiosnteai administration OF the farm as
tie matt spring is to watch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

The term horsepower as applied to
all forms of motors. or engines means
the development of sufficient energy
to lift $4,000 pounds one foot in height
in one minute