Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

for a few days.
S. E. FlsiSher and wife are the par
ents of an infant son.
] A. Post was in the city a day or
two the first Of the week.
The Post has new typeSetteI, Miss
Taylor, in the place of Miss BeauvaiS.
Mrs. E. A. Page returned Sunday
from her visit at Fairbury, Nebraska.
Dave Capstick and family visited
with friends in Agra couple of days
last week.-Prarie View News.
John Q. Royce, Of Phillipsburg, is
undeniably the the most agile politi-
clan in the Sixth district. He hoped
nimbly into the Hoch band wagon
after it had attained a velocity of
sixty-eight miles per hour.-Kansas
City Star.
Charlie Cowan arrived from Agra on
Friday and will be at home this week,
being ''laid up for repairs" A finger
on his left hand was mashed last week,
which causes much annoyance and
trouble. He expects to resume his
duties next week.-Portis note in o.
borne Farmer.
Miss Bessie Crook, assistant in the
Agra bank, came over to this place
Saturday night and visited until Mon
day morning with her parents. She
took back with her bag con tanning
10000 one cent coins, to be used by
the Agra bank in making change
Smith Center Pioneer.
Mrs. Sly Newton, accompanied by
her little daughter Helen and mother,
Mrs. j. e. Jones left Monday morning
for Phillipsburg where Mrs. Newton
joins her husband, who is head engi.
neer in the PhillipSburg mill. They
will begin housekeeping at once. Mrs.
Jones expects to return in about two
weeks.-Downs Times.
The presumption of man who
promises delegation from his county
in return for some favor to be shown
him in the way of bis personal ambi-
tions is remarkable. Yet it is known
that certain Phillips county delega-
tionS are so promised and that plans
are now being laid to tie them up. Do
you want to be a member of such a
delegation ?
Tuesday morning Miss Pearl Enter
line went up to Phillipsburg, where
she will be chief operator in the office
of the Downs Western Telephone
company for few months. Pearl has
been assistant operator here for about
a year and her services have given the
best Of satisfaction. The place. will
be filled until her return by Miss
Marie Schoenhoven, Of Junction City,
who arrived yesterday. Miss Sohoen-
hoven has been employed for some
time by the Bell company at Junction
City. We wish success to both of the
girls In their new positions.
Times.
The story is told of politician who
in an early day in the history of this
county held an appointment under a
republican administration. AS his
term was nearing Its close, another
campaign came on and as sometimes
happens the result of the election was
doubtful. A friend approaching the
aforesaid politician quizzed him re.
gardlng his action In the event OF the
success Of the opposition. The politi-
clan replied that he never saw an
administration that could change
quicker than he could. Somehow the
remark comes home at the present
writing when we see floppers on every
hand, and we are led to wonder II
their position is not the same as that
Of the politician change to be In
the line OF pie hunters. Perhaps 1t Is
all right; perhaps principle signifies
nothing to the politician or to the
topper, but it does to the mass Of
voters and they have little more re-
spect for "hoppers" than they have
for the politician who spoke SO plainly
To anticipate results it might be said
that the hOppers will be remembered
by the people as they deserve.
On Saturday, township caucuses
will be held in ne1rly every precinct
10 the county for the purpose Of elect.
Ing delegates to the county convention
next Tuesday. This convention will
elect delegates to the state cOnven-
tion at Wichita on March 9, to II G
congressional convention at BelOit on
February 26, and to the senatorial
convention at Smith Center on the II.
or paramount Importance is the state