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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02

Chapter 10.

An Act extending sundry existing statutes
L. Street Railroads
Section / Section ten of chapter two
hundred and siXtv-eight of the public
la~s al one thousand eight hundred and
uinet}-three, as amended by section three
Of chapter two hundred and forty-nine
of the public laws of one thousand eight
hundred and nincty-sevou. is further
amen led by inserting the words eighteen
MS amended by chapter one hundred and
twenty-nine of the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred ana uiueIy-onc'
between the words Seventeen. AMI
"nineteen,' ny inserting the ward TWEEN
tY-one' between the words twenty and
t~euty-two.' ny. striking the1efram tie
word ..siNtV.eiGht" by inserting the
words 'seyenty-eiEht seventy-nine. eieh-
tN, enc hundred and nine between the
words "siNty-eight and one hundred ana
fourteen" and by inserting between Tho
words statutes and 'shalF the words
chapter two hundred ana thirty-sIX Of
the public laws of one thousand oi-nt
hundred and nincty-three - that the
said section as hereby amended, shall read
section u So far rs applicable the
provisions of sections seventeen. ciehtaen
as amended by chapter one hundred and
tWentN-nine Of the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred and niuety-one.
nineteen. twenty. tWcuty-oue. TWENTY-FIVE.
twentS-three. twenty-fOur twoEty-fN p,
tWcntY-SiN. tWentN-SeVCu. thirty-SiN. thir-
tV-seVen. thirtV-eiCht thirtY-nire fifty
Tour fitty-iiye nfty-siN. UftY-seXpn sixty
six. siXty-SeEru. SeNtuty-ciEbt seventy
nine eighty. one hundred and niue, one
hundred and fourteen, one hundred and
fifteen. one hundred and sixteen. oae hum
dred and seventeen. one hundred and
eighteen. one hundred and tWenty-six.
one hundred and thirty-tNe. ere hum
dred and thirt9-siX as amended one hum
bred and thirty-scvCn, one hundred and
thirty-oieht. one hundred and thirty
nine one hundred and forty If chapter
hitN-one OF the revised statutes. and chap
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02
Chapter 10.

Ar Act to amend Section forty-one of
Chapter seventy-seVen, Of the Revised
Statutes relating to the Supreme Judc
al Court
Section forty-one Of chapter seventy
seven, of the revised statutes as enact
Cd liz Seclien I'VE of chapter two hundred
forty-siX Of the public laws Of nineteen
hundred ard one. is amended by adding
after the words and a reasonable com
reusation for making dockets' in the
eleventh and twelfth lines thereof. tho
words and for certifying DECISIONS SO
that said section as amended, shall read
us follows.
Section Il. The clerks Of court in the
counties Of keuncbcC, Peuobscot and
Cumberland shall be the clerks of the
terms of the law court held in their re
spectiVe counties, and each shall. upon
he adjournment OF a term thereof holden
in his county. transmit to the clerk Of
the next term all dockets, together with
all exhibits and documents in his custody
relating To pending causes. The dockets
of the law court shall he made from time
To time and Kept as the court may di-
rect.
The chief Justice or in his absence. the
senior justice present, may allow the sav-
eral clerks for attendance. not exceeding
two and one half dollars per day. and a
reasonable compensation for making
daekets and certifying decisions. which
shah be paid by the state; but no entry
fee shall DE charged
INa1,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02
CHAPTER II,
Chapter II.
An Act for the protection of Railroad

An Act for the protection of Railroad
Signals.
Whoever intentionally and without right
Injuries, destroys, or molests any signal
OF Il railroad corporation, or any line
wire. post, lamp or other structure or me-
chauism used in connection with any
signal on railroad. or destroys or in any
manner mterferes with the proper work
ing Of any signal ON a railroad. shall be
punished by fine not exceeding five hun
dred dSlarS. or by Imprisonment not ex-
ceeGidg two years. or both
-. Il i
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02
Chapter 20.

two hundred two, Public Laws OF eigh-
teen hundred eightv-uiue entitled. An
Act to fix TIN salaries ~ the Judge aud
RcEi,ter of Probate and County Com
missioners of Waldo county"
Section ! Section three. chapter two
hundred two. public laws Of eighteen hun
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02
Chapter 5.

An Act to amend Section fifteen of Chap
ter fifteen of the Revised Statutes. re-
lating to Burying- Grounds.
Section fifteen ofreVised statutes of Maine,
eighteen hundred and eighty-three Is here
ny amended by inserting In the second line
thereof, after the word Securities" the
words; or deposited in savings banks.
So that said section as amended, shall
read as follows:
Section il. Every trust fund authorized
by the preceding section shall be safely
invested in United States. state county.
city or town securities, or deposited in
savings banks; and the annual income
only shall he expended in performance OF
the requirements of the trust.
lApproved Feb. Ill
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02
Chapter 10.

IN Act est0NlNhIng The SaI0ry Ot The
County Treasurer of the County OF
York.
Section I. From and after the first day
of January. i'm the year of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred and three. the
salary Of the county treasurer of the
county of York shall be seven hundred
and fifty dollars annually. payable quar-
tcrlY on the last days of March. June.
September ana December. which shall be
in fun for all services, expenses and
travel
Section . All acts and parts of nets
inconsistent with this act, are hereby re
pealcd.
Section This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved Feb 49,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
OVER DIPPING VAT.
Dewey Cattle Company Forcing Its
Removal from Leased Land.
Small Cattle Owners Erected It for Their
Own Protection and OHer Deweys Use
of illegal Proceedings Insti-
tuted for It's Removal

The prOprietOrs Of the Oak Ranch-the
Dewey Cattle cOmpany-recen ordered
the removal of q dipping vat from land
in Cheyenne county which they had
leased, and the three days notice required
by law having expired, a summons was
placed in the hands of Robert McCul-
lOch, sheriff Of Cheyenne county, for the
parties owning the vat TO appear before
Justice Venrick at St. Francis and
answer the complaint on Saturday,
April p.
Sheriff McCullOch was in Goodland
Tuesday to serve the papers on Barney
McCiuskey and }. J. Knight, two Of the
respondents The other correspondents
are Henry Weaver. Peter Sturn, J. ".
Schrader, J. B. Shepard, Joe McAdams,
J. B. Hartley and Ed Weaver.
These men had assessed themselves,
bought the lumber and built the vat,
and each used it for dipping their cattle.
The Dewey company was offered the use
of the vat free OF charge for the dipping
of their cattle, and the same offer was
made to al cattle owners IN that neigh
bOrhoOd- The offer was refused and the
vat ordered removed from land leased by
the Deweys.
That the institution Is needed and is
a public benefit, and to tear it down
would be to make It into waste lumber
and kindling wood, is the position taken
by the defendants They also say that
the Dewey cattle are in a condition re-
curing dipping as much If not more
than the stock Of other cattle owners il
that locality.
In their answer they viii plead public
necessity and the general welfare
clause Of the constitution.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
GRADES CLOSE MAY 9.

High school Runs Four Weeks More Than
Grades-One Graduate.
The GOodlsnd city schools, comprising
all grades under the rank Of the high
school, will close Friday, May L At the
close Of the school for lower grades an
entertainment will be given free, in
which the younger pupils viii work out
the program. This will make eight
months Of school for the. lower grades.
The ninth, tenth and eleventh grades,
constituting the high school course, viii
be kept In session until May %, four
weeks later. There is only one high
school graduate this year, Glen Kimmel-
He has been in the high school course
for three years, and at the expiration of
this years work viii be given diploma,
which viii give him entrance into the
best colleges of the state.
The reason the county high school
continues a month beyond the grades is
that the high school is regulated by state
law, which requires nine months of the
year.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
a MAMMOTH ENeINE.
Chicago & Alton Railroad Orders a jun
for Worlds Fair Work.

Chicago & Alton Railroad Orders a Jumbo
for Worlds Fair Work.
The Baldwin locomotive works are
putting up several engines for the Chi
cago & Alton railway which will exceed
10 size and traction power anything in
existence. These locomotives are being
built to haul u coach passenger trains,
weighing IN the aggregate about 700
tons, and make, including stops, 46 miles
per hour. They have been ordered 70
anticipate the passenger traffic next
year to the Worlds fair at st. Louis.
These engines are u wheelers, en-
brsciDg six drivers, forward trucks and
a trailer Of two wheels supporting the
fire box and cabs. The cylinders are %
inches in diameter with . inch stroke.
The driving wheels are eighty inches in
diameter. The working steam pressure
is DO pounds to the square inch. The
weight on the driving wheels will be
IA, 700 pounds, on the front trucks S.
800 pounds, on the trail wheels Il 800
pounds.
The total weight Of the engine will be
219-5OO pounds; the total weight of both
engine and tender 3T4OOO pounds. The
tender will have a capacity Of $500 gal
Ions OF water and nine tons Of coal. The
boiler will be of the straight type, 20
inches in diameter and 20 feet In length,
containing 328 ~ inch fues. The fire
box is nine feet long and six feet deep at
the front and FIVE feet four inches at the
back. The CRATE area is 81 square feet.
There viii be 2O2 square feet of heating
surface in the tire box, 345 IN the flues
. in the fire brick tubes, making a total
Of 4O75 square feet of heating surface OF
500 square feet more than the New York
Central express engines. The tractive
power will be $1,000 pounds The trains
they win haul viii carry comfortably
100 people and their baggage.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
ASSAULTED AN OLD WOMAN.
John Doekerty Accused Of Beating
His Aunt, Mrs. Mary Moran.
MIS- Moran says Her Nephew Struck Her
Blow That Made Her Insensfble and
Then His Young wife kicked Her
DOeksrty Placed Under Arrest.

Mrs Mary Moran, widowed aunt Of
John Dockerty, residing in Llanos
township, came to GoOdland Wednes-
day and entered 3 complaint against
her nephew for assault aud battery.
Mrs Moran has bruises upon her
face and back Of her head which she
AYERS were inflicted by DOckerty and
also an injury on the-right side Of her
chest.
Dockerty has lived with his aunt for
several years. The old lady is over 20
years Of age. Her husband froze to
death one winter about seven years ago
while on bis way home from GOOdland.
Dockerty recently married Miss Inez
Heston, a young girl Of GoOdland, and
the difficulty arose between the young
wife and the old lady as to the owner
ship and use of bedding and articles
of wearing apparel which Mrs. Moran
claims were fOrcibly taken from her.
She says she was driven from the house
and compelled to sleep in an outbuild-
ing.
into insensibility by DOckerty and was
kicked by his wife. When she came TO
they were pouring water upon her aud
as soon as she recovered sufficient
strength she left the premises and went
to a neighbOrs. J. B. Hartley took her
to Brewster and a Mr.. johnson paid
her fare to GOOdland. She is now at
the home Of r. a. Kent.
Information against DOckerty was
filed before Justice Coleman Wednes-
day aud Sheriff Bradley went out
Thursday forenoon with a warrant to
arrest and bring the defendant to
town.
The affair is a sad comment upon the
ingratitude Of man, and If the old lady
tells the truth, cruelty returned for
kindness.
Dockerty's report Of the trouble
could not be obtained yesterday at
noon as be had not been brought to
town up to that time.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
The Leaeue Entertainments.

Miss Edna J. Wright, a reader and
singer, whose home is in Spirit Lake,
Ia, gave an entertainment at the Meth
Odist church Tuesday evening under the
auspices OF the League. The church
was well filed and the receipts amount
ed to $3.50.
Miss Wright did not fail to please her
hearers She is pretty, and this com
bined with her frank and kind manner
was satisfying. There IS no affectstiOD
about her, nor stage veneering. She
sang four songs and gave eight readings
Some Of her selections were old, such as
aLasca,' That Old Sweetheart ''The
Baldheaded Man" but seemed to be sp
preciated the more because they we're
Mona was her best vocal piece, in
which Miss Wright showed good range
and quality of voice.
A part Of the proceeds went to tn
{ League.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
A WRONG IMPRESSION.
Mr. Fender says Report Of His Wife,
Death nIisIeadiur

~ Nel1eE says Report OF His h1Ie's
Death Misleading.
This paper has received q communics-
ton from Mr.. Ed Fender, whose wife
died last week, stating that wrong i'm
pressioDs had gotten out concerning the
treatment given Mrs. Fender during her
illness and the religious practices in
such cases.
He says in part: ave, like everybody
else, began treating the disease with
home reuedies- The other members Of
my family we're down with grip and they
all recovered under simple treatment.
But as soon as my wife did not get in
mediate relief doctor was summoned.
We also sent for the elders Of the church,
as is the custom. to pray for the recovery
Of the sick. We do not believe in Christ
ian Science at all. But we do believe
IN complying with the word OF God;
neither do We object to the administra-
] ton Of medicine not injurious to the
body The medicine prescribed was
thrown away because It threw Mrs.
Fender into faiuting spells. Another
doctor was summoned and he assured Us
there was nothing serious in her condi-
ton, but we gave his prescriptions as Oh
rected. Mrs Fender received every at
tention possible 10 US, both 10 the way
Of medicine and in the administration Of
PRAYER
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
soTH HURT THE ~ 81.
a. H Haynes and ". L. yanWfnkIe Thrown
Prom Their Wagons.

a. h Haynes and w L. Van ~ inils Throw
Prom Their Wagons
". l. VsnWinkle and Harvey Il
Haynes we're each thrown from wheeled
vehicles last Friday and suffered serious
injuries to their right shoulders.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle lives IN Grant town
ship, . miles northwest Of GoOdlaud,
and Mr. Haynes lives in Llauos town
ship, about the same distance from town
northeast. Mr.. Haynes was thrown from
road cart and Mr.. Van Wrinkle from a
spring wagon.
Mr.. Haynes was brought 70 town Sat
urday and Dr.. ". II. Farrow examined
and dressed the injuries to his right
shoulder and right ankle NJ. Van
Winkle was more seriously injured and
could not be brought to town for treat
ment and DR.. A G. Quick went out
Saturday night to attend him. He re-
ports Mr.. Van Wrinkles injuries to the
right shoulder and chest serious, being,
perhaps. aggravated by former injury
received by kick from horse. He is
confined to his bed and is unable to
move without assistance.
Both men are old settlers and are well
known IN the county.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
Pot One nTnred.

The GOodland post Office was moved
into the new quarters Monday and the
fixtures which were shipped from Indi-
ana were put II. There are 200 call
boxes and 136 lock boxes. The latter
are not opened by means Of key, but
each box has a combination. By turn
ing two little discs 70 the proper points
a spring knob may be depressed and the
door flies open. The fixtures are proTid-
ed with pebblsd Opaque glass on the
sides and the whole appearance is neat
and attractive.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
TO INSPECT LIVE STOCK.
Kansas Live stock Sanitary Commission 10
watch the western Border.

Kansas Live stock sanitary Commission %
watch the Western Border.
The Burlington, Colo, Record says
that the State Live Stock Sanitary
are considering the matter
Of making arrangements to station q
number Of live stock inspectors along
the western border Of that state with
explicit orders to bar from the state all
cattle effected with the Texas itch or
mango. This is 10 doubt q move IN the
proper direction on the part Of the Kan
sas authorities to prevent this disease
from getting q fOOthOld in their state,
yet at the same time We think It but fair
and Just that they should also 20 one
step farther and give those inspectors
very explicit instructions in regard 20
the shipment Of any or al stock that are
effected in any manner whatever with
the foot OF mouth disease, which, judg-
ing from all reports, is far worse than the
mango or itch. Just where these in
spectors are 70 be stationed has not yet
been determined upon, but il is thought
likely that they viii be located az the
following towns: GOOdland, Sharon
Springs, Liberal, Syracuse and Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24


The throttle Of engine 1873, Engineer
Crist Kumm, became disconnected
while switching in the yards here Fri
day morning about two o'clock. and the
accident resulted in the derailiug Of two
empty box cars and one ballast car. The
engine became uncomfortable and drove
the cars together so heavily that the i'm
pact lifted the ends Of the two box cars
OF their trucks and landed thea % the
ground with the ends Of the cars about
a rod apart. Opposite ends Of the cars
stayed on the tracks and kept their place
on the trucks. The ballast car climbed
the draw bar Of the adjoining box car
and rested on the cross beam The yard
crew worked all day Friday to get the
cars back on their tracks and place
them on the car repair track. The ends
of the cars we're broken ~ The engine
had to be "kilied" and put in the round
house for repairs. The accident Is the
more unaccountable from the fact that
the engine had Just come out Of the
shops after overhaul
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
Old Railroad Nrark Learss.

L Q. Smyth came from Pueblo this
week and moved his family to that
place, where Mr.. Smyth is employed as
car inspector for the Rio Grande.
Several months ago Mr.. Smyth left
the Rock Island here and accepted a
more remunerative position, in the same
work, on the Rio Grande. He worked
in Goodland 10 years as car inspector for
the Rock Island.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24
SAYS IT'S A FARCE.
Attorney General Coleman Talks About
Railroad inspection.

Attorney General Coleman Talks About
Railroad inspection.
The state board Of railroad assessors,
composed Of several Of the state officers,
have begun an inspection Of the railroad
lines Of the state. The southern Kansas
line Of the Santa Fe will be the first in
spected.
1t has been commonly supposed that
the law requires the board to make this
inspection. but Attorney General Cole
man says this is an error and he is Op-
posed to it. He can find no such re-
quirement in the statute relating to
railroad assessment. The custom was
probably started years ago by some
board that wanted to take a trip over
the state and has been kept up ever
since under the impression that the law
requires It.
This inspection is all a farce" said
Attorney General Coleman. The law
contemplates that the board shall get
its information by subPOenaing the Of
ficials Of the railroad companies to ap-
pear before it with their books and an
swer any questions that the board sees
fit to ask about the value Of the roads.
1t is impossible for the board to get any
idea Of the value Of a railroad simply by
riding over it. 1 can't find anything in
the law to compel such an inspection,
and while don't wish to be captious if
the other members Of the board want to
take the trip I should much prefer to
stay IN my Office
The Rock Island road through Sher-
man county has been under an assess
ment of 5000 per mile. The road has
been improved east of this place with
heavier rails and all along more sub
stantial and costly bridges have been
/ put in
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-24

Goodland, Mr.. Abbott put the meeting
at rest by saying that If the company
was DESTROYS Of making improvements
and enlarging their force Of men at this
place It would necessarily follow that
they were here to stay. The large in
terests and the relative position between
PhiIlipsburg and Denver also argos the
permanency Of the division.
When this matter was done away the
meeting seemed to take on new life and
a spirit Of resolution was manifested. To
facilitate matters and TO bring the pur-
pose OF the meeting to working order
commercial club was organized with Q.
II. Millisack as president and ". s. Cole
man, secretary. This was about all that
this meeting was able to accomplish,
and adjournment was made to meet at
the same place Thursday evening at
eight o'clock, when committees will be
elected for various purposes looking TO
the end in view But the whole senti-
ment Of the conference was one Of en-
cOuragement to the railroad, and it is
expected that Goodlaud will soon go on
building enterprise Of no mean proper
tions.
Master Mechanic Anderson said that
he had asked the company for an in
crease in machinery for this place which
would aggregate in value $4,000, and he
had every reason to believe that this re-
quest would be granted because the
need was great.
Trainmaster Aurand said that the
number Of trainmen now employed on
this division was % per cent greater
than ever before, and that he had also
experienced difficulty in retaining train
men because Of the scarcity Of houses.
e Everybody has felt for long time
that something must be done to relieve
this stress in the residence portion of
the city and it looks now as though the
question is going to be solved. The
houses will have to be put up by indi-
viduals, but since rent Is so high and
the probability of continual occupancy
80 probable the investment would seem
to be somewhat inviting.
GOodland is one Of the best towns of
the west and the end is not yet. !