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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
About ID Years Ago.

We remember about IA years ago,
when the Supreme court had decid-
ed against Chas. M. Plymell, who
was then democratic county commits
sioner of the 3rd distaict, in case
to oust him from that office; that
there was an interesting incident
occurred in the county clerks Office,
in which Mr.. F. P. Marshall was
one of the participants.
The fight was over the county
printing. T. ]. Palmer, published
the Meade Republican and F. Fuhr,
published the Globe.
Strange, as it may seem, there
was rivalry in those days over the
county printing. Both were repub-
lican papers-at least they were sup
posed to be. The county clerk was
L. E. Brown, the deputy was John
F. Armstrong. The county board
was VIM. Beatty, E. D. Smith and
Chas. M. Plymell. Beatty and
Plymell were democrats and Brown
was republican. After Plymell
was unseated it left one republican,
Smith, and one democrat, Beatty,
on the board. Under the law the
Board had to fill the vacancy. In
this case the county clerk had to
decide the vote, which elected w.
F. Newhouse, a republican. This
would give the county printing to
the Meade Republican. The Globe
had had the printing at the hands of
the former Democratic Board. A
scheme was Matched among the
mug-wamp republicans to forcibly
oust John Armstrong, the deputy,
who was in charge of the Office, and
put someone in long enough to elect
a commissioner who would be favor
able to Mr.. Fuhr. Our distinguish
ed friend, Mr.. Marshall, was chosen
to perform the duties of county
clerk, and he did so to the best of
his ability. But Palmer's friends
got there just in time to prevent the
election of democrat to the office,
who would give the printing to Mr..
Fuhr. Our good friend Marshall
was not joining in the author
ship of commissioners in those days,
as appeared in last weeks Globe,
relative to the county printing being
let to the lowest bidder, but was will
ling to sacrafce his life and limb to
see it go to Mr.. Fuhr at legal rates
after Mr.. Palmer had. offered to do
the work for nothing. Of course
that was a long time ago, and we
know an old adage which says,
"Wise men change their minds. but
fools never. We wonder why the
change in this particular case.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Notice.

We have a large number of SUBJ
scribers whose subscription expires
about the first of the year. We
would be pleased to have them con-
tinue as subscribers and kindly ask
you to call and remember US fnan-
cially within the next few weeks.
We have been liberal In this respect
and rarely ever send a statement.
Look at the date on your tab and
you can tell when your subscription
expires.
Best Buck wheat flour at D0rland
& Gorman's.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

PIlCcS IOI alfalfa, Nail COiH anu
cane seed. Give US a chance.
REYNOLDS & ALLEN.
FoUND:-A pair of gold trimmed
glasses in front of Meade Lumber &
Supply Co. Office. Owner can have
same by calling at this Office and
paying for this ad.
Call and get prices on groceries
at Dorland & German.
If you want a nice oil cloth stove
square go to Eaton's.
Taggart has a few stoves and
household goods to sell cheap.
If you have stove or household
goods of any kind to sell, see Taggart.
Mems and boys duck coats cheap
at Eaton's.
You can get meals and lunches at
the Owl restaurant at all hours. Try
it. North side square.
WANTED:-By Albert Potter,
1000 bushels millet seed and 1000
bushels cane seed. Will pay mar
ket price.
Genuine Pennsylvania buck wheat
flour at Eaton's
WANTED:-M to learn barber
trade. Few weeks completes by
our method. This college is now
under the management of the well
known Mohler system of Colleges
with branches in fourteen leading
cities, catalogue mailed free.
MoHLER BARBER COLLEGE,
Denver, Colo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
La nd Wanted.

1 want to buy for spot cash 10 or
IL quarters sections of level
upland in Meade or Seward Co.
near Rock Island R. R. Must be
cheap. Address by mail only.
E. l.. STRATToN,
Fowler, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Seeds Seeds 6 Trees Trees.

1 am here and here to stay Will
sell you all kinds of field and gar
den seed. Will sell nothing but the
best. viii save you from 20 to so
per cent. All seed in bulk. l will
also save you 20 to so per cent on
all kinds of nursery stock. See me
for seeds and trees
J. W. cREEcH,
I-z6-zmo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Hay Presses.

John Stalder is agent for the cele-
brated Auto-Fedan Hay Press, which
is the best on the market. He is
using one of these machines and
can give you any information you
desire. Call and see him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Lunches, meals, hot drinks,
candies. chile, cigars and fruits are
always ready to be exchanged for
the s'root of all evil" at Slick &
Gray's place on the north side.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Union suits and single pieces at

Union suits and single pieces al
Wehrle's
A specially in outings for COM
forts at Wehrle's.
When you want anything in the
feed line, go to Albert Potter and
get his prices.
Ladies' Misses and children's
underwear at Wehrle's,
Top prices paid for butter, eggs,
poultry and hides at Eaton's.
Go to Eaton's for your hats,
gloves, pants etc.
WANTED:-By Albert Potter,
1000 bushels of millet seed and
1000 bushels cane seed. Will pay
market price.
1 will soon be prepared to sell you
all kinds of feed, and in any quanti-
ty you want. ALBERT POTTER,
Banner Feed Store.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Notice..

All parties knowing themselves
indebted to me will confer a favor
by calling and settling same at once.
Unless this is done promptly, 1 will
be compelled to put my business on
a cash basis. w. f. FEE.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

WANTED:-Io men in each state
to travel, tack signs and distribute
samples and circulars of our goods.
$500 per month. s3.oo per day
for expenses. HUFFMAN Co.,
Dept. S. Atlas Bldg, Chicago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Rock Salt.

DeCow and Martin have carload
of fine rock salt which they will sell
at S8.25 per ton. This is about half
what you have been paying. See
them at once.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Hides and Furs.

We are prepared to handle all
kinds of hides, furs and pelts. We
pay the highest price for same. Call
and see US. MARTIN & DECow.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Selling Out.

1 am selling queensware and glass
ware at greatly reduced prices. Call
and see what you can get for a small
sum of money.
THOS. JOHNSTON,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
The County Printing.

Our friends, Boyer and Marshall
had another article in the Meade
Globe last week. relative to the
county printing.
The article is another misrepre-
sentation of the matter. 1t takes too
long to explain the matter of legal
rates and charges. The law pro-
vides that the charge for printing all
notices required by lay shall not ex-
ceed 81 ersquare for the first inser-
ton of $50 ems and SO cents for each
subsequent insertion of 221 ems.
This is known as the legal rate, just
as the legal rate of interest is known
to be 12 Per cent in Kansas, it being
the highest rate that can be charged
under the law. The legal type in
Kansas is nonpareil. In a square
there are 200 ems or 10 lines of the
nonpareil type set solid-that is
without leads. In a column of an
S-column paper there are about $50
lines or a8 squares of zoo ems each.
For one insertion of any legal notice,
one column in length, we would
charge S28 for the first insertion,
S14 for the second, SI4 for the third
and so on. Of course if a news
paper was filled with IS columns of
legal advertising every week, a news
paper man would get rich. But
this is not the case; last year our
total county printing bills amounted
to about S744. Of this amount S38S
was for legal notices for the county,
for which we received legal rates.
About S2oo was for job stock, letter
heads, envelopes and other blanks.
For the election printing we got SI56.
This is the item Mr.. Boyer has been
investigating, but has come to the
conclusion that it was not an over
charge. We make these statements
from our books, so that the people
will not infer from Mr.. Boyer's ar
ticle that we are getting $1,000
year from a 5000 plant" So last
year besides the S156for the ballots,
the county printing amounted to
only about $3.50, or about the salary
of the county attorney, probate
judge or district clerk. Many peo-
pie get the idea that the county
printing is big graft and don't
stop to take the above figures into
consideration, and then figure that
we have to own plant, pay taxes
and insurance and other expenses.
We will say that we are ready at
any time to trade business even up
with Mr.. Boyer, and if we had his
farm we would let the poor printer
alone, knowing as we do that he
earns every cent and even more than
he receives. Surely the poor print
er will have to receive his reward in
that city where the streets are paved
with gold and where none but the
righteous shall enter.
Johnston & Gray are now located
right in the very middle of the north
side and want everyone to call in
and see them at s'Slick's old place."
as it is better known.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Oil Cake.

Pressly has received a car load of
cotton-seed meal, which be will sell
at the lowest market price.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

We believe in advertising and we
want your trade and we are going to
get it if fair dealing stands for any
thing. ALBERT POTTER,
Banner Feed Store.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Mems ladies' and childrens' wool
and cotton feeced undeaware at
Eaton's.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

TO a. m. to IL; 3 P. m. to S pm .
3 p. m. to g p. m.
LEADERS.
Morning, Rev. ]. NJ Robinson.
Afternoon, Rev. H. E. Ross.
Evening, J. E. Roberts, Sr.
REV. J. M. ROBINSON,
REV. H. E. Ross,
MOSES BLACK.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

We are In the market at market
prices for alfalfa, kafir corn and
cane seed. Give us a chance.
REYNOI & ALLEN.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Johnston & Gray are now located
right in the very middle of the north
side and want everyone to call in
and see them at "Slick's old place."
as it is better known.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
A Day OF Fasting and Prayer

For the churches throughout the
United States has been agreed upon,
to the end that Christians, both
clergymen and laymen, may be
awakened from lethargy, and in
humiliation and contrition of spirit
may lay hold of God and his promis-
es and prevail in prayer to the end
that believers may be quickened and
perishing souls may be saved and
that God may speedily revive His
work in our land, after such prayer.
Saturday February 4th, 1905 has
been designated as day of fasting
and prayer throughout the United
States. In accordance herewith the
christians are requested to meet at
the Methodist church on the above
date at 1000 a. M, prompt.
Program of Days Service.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

I-z6-zmo.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12

Games. all kinds cheap at Hodes
gun store.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
JUDGE SEHLBREDE.

A political incident of the week
is the appearance of a new repub-
lican candidate for governor. He
is Judge Sehlbrede of Marshfeld,
once a member of the lower house
at Salem. and later a government
official in Alaska. Judge Sehl-
brede announces his own platform,
and makes its main plank hostility
to fat salaries for state officials. He
says the law is unconstitutional and
proposes, if elected, to upset the
statute if it can be done. y.
His announcement ought to de-
feat Judge Sehlbrede for the nom
ination. The principle of fiat sal
aries is correct. A public Office
ought MOTTO be a haven where fee
grabbing offers emoluments in ex'
travagant and unreasonable sums
Offices b1oated and swollen will
official fees make fordirty politics by
appealing to the mercenaries ane
drawing them into position. Eight
cen or twenty thousand dollars
year for a state officer is publi
plumber and yet in his proposed
destruction of the fiat salary Law
that is exactly what Judge Selh
brede declares for. His selection
of an issue will do much to say
Judge Seh1brede the bother of be
ing governor.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
FOR TRUNK LINE.
Of Telephone From Summit
to Corvallis Meeting
Last Night.

Plans are p~erfecting for a trunk
line of telephone from Corvallis to
Summit. The enterprise is in the
hands of Summit and B1odgett
citizens who want better facilities
Of communication with Corvallis.
A number of them were in town
last night, and held a meeting in
the office of Mr.. Lowe Of the indie
pendent system. Estimates Of the
cost of materials were furnished
them, and are understood to have
aggregated about $500, including
wire, and kindred requirements.
The poles are to be furnished and
the work to be done by the Sum
nit and Blodgett people, of whom
there are in all about SO persons
who will be members of the. COM
pany. .s.
The line will be "a miles long,
and when completed will afford
through connections to Newport
via lines already constructed from
the sea level to the Summit. There
will be switchboards, both at Blod-
gett and Summit. so that there will
be no rural phones on the proposed
trunk line.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
DEBATING TEAM CHOSEN.
To Represent o. A. c. in inter collie
gate Contests-Whoth the Speak
erS are.

Atryout for the selection of q
team to represent O.. A. G. in inter
collegiate debates occurred in Col
lege chapel Friday night. There
were seven contestants, from whom
three were selected. The question
was Resolved: That the Govern
ment should own and control the
railroads." The affirmative speak
ers were, Miss Phillips, Miss
Graves, Warren Forsythe and Miles
Belden. The negative was main
tanned by Miss Mccormick, Fred
Roth and Mark Weatherford. The
judges were Prof, Berchtold, Prof.
Fulton and President Catch. The
successful candidates were, Miss
Phillips, Mark Weatherford and
Warren Forsythe, and they will
constitute the intercollegiate de-
batting team for the year. Miss
Phillips is from the Pierians, Mr..
W~eatherford is from the Jefferson
ians and Mr. Forsythe, an Amiciti.
an. A debate has been arranged
with a team from Willamette Uni
versity to take place in February
and challenges have issued to Pa
cifc University and Eugene. Thu
question for the Willamette debett
is now being selected. No leade
has yet been named for the o. A
G. team.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
THAT GAME.

Possibly it has not occurred here
tofore to our impulsive young
friends from Corvallis that the way
TO win at football, or at any Other
game, is not to walk off the field
Oregonian.
Possibly it has not occurred te
the author of the above paragraph
that in football, or any other game,
there is something quite as impor-
tant as mere winning. Self-re'
spect cuts some figure with oul
''impulsive young friends from Cor
Wallis" be it said to their credit.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
THE NEW SENATOR.

An uppermost thought with
Governor Chamberlain in naming.
a senator should be the fitness and
qualification of the man whom he
is to honor. In arriving at a de-
cision, the question Of the appoint
ee's politics, is a matter OF the
very slightest consequence. That
was the rule followed by the PEG
pie of Oregon when they exalted
Citizen Chamberlain to the execu-
tive office and the drift of events
has proven that they made no mis-
take; for though it is a democrat
at the head of the state
government, elected by republican
votes, he has never, in the weigh
ing, been found wanting,
In the continued faithful dis
charge Of the duties of his position,
it falls to his exce1lency to now
make a move freighted with very
1argeresponsibility and before max
ing a final selection every extran7
eous and minor consideration should
be stripped from the candidate and
the appointment be made to turn
on the test:-is he honest; is he ca
pab1e; is he the man for the place:
above all can he do more at Wash.
ington for Oregon, than can any
other man suggested? That is the
t test Governor Chamberlain should,
and doubtless will, apply. If the
appointee, named by this test.
chances to be a democrat, so much
the better; if not the wisest and bes'
Hing will have been done
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
Comes Highly Recommended.

"The Missouri Girl" which
comes to the Opera House Wednes-
day night December 27this now in
Its tenth season of prosperity
'tShore Acres" "Devil's Auction"
and Hanlon's "Superba'' are the
only i~rst-class one-night-stand pro-
auctions that have been before the
public continuously for so long a
time. These four attractions never
seem to grow old. The mere an
nouncement that "The Missouri
Grip is coming, interests more peo-
pie in this city, for instance, than
the average person would imagine.
To every one 1t means an oppor-
tunity for an evening of enjoyment.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12

Get your boy a ~ Stevens al
Hodes gun store.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-23
us that really your best dresss"

at hand. but for the nonce he was over.
powered by the great awakening that
had come to him.
Good gracious! Don't gaze at me In
that fashion. / don't look like ghost,
do II" cried Iris, when near enough to
note his rapt expression.
you would not object If called you
vision?" he inquired quietly, averting
his eyes lest they should speak more
plainly than his tongue.
mot II you meant it nicely. But I
fear that 'specter' would be q more ap-
propriate word. Just look at my best
gown
She spread out the front widths of
her skirt, and certainly the prospect
was lamentable. The dress was so
patched and mended. yet so full of
fresh rents, that respectable house.
maid would hesitate before using it to
clean fire irons.
rs that really your best dressr he
said.
Eyes. This Is my blue serge. The
brown cloth did not survive the soak
ing 1t received in salt water. After a
few days it simply crumbled. The 9TH
ers are muslin or cotton and have been
-er-adapted."
There is plenty Of mems clothing"
he began.
UNFORTUNATELY there isn't another is.
land" she said severely.
No I.meaut that it Wigbt be pQsai.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-23

BILE -er-contrive some sort Of rig
that will serve all purposes"
But all my thread is gone. 1 have
barely n needleful left
In that case we must fall back on
our supply of hemp"
Il suppose that might be made to
serve" she said. You are never Mt a
loss for all eXpedicnt"
1T will be poor one, l fear. But
you can make up for 1t by buying some
nice gowns at Doucet's or Worth's."
She laughed delightedly. Perhaps
in his Joy at my temperance my dear
old dad may let me run riot in Paris
on our way home. But that will not
last We are fairly we'll off, but can
not afford ten thousand a year for
dress alone"
"If any woman can afford such a
sum for the purpose you are at least
her equal"
Iris looked puzzled. as that your
way Of telling me that fine feathers
would make me fine birdT' she
asked.
mo. l intend my words to be under
stood in their ordinary sense. You are
very. very rich. Miss Deane. an ex-
travagantly wealthy young person"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-23
CHAPTER TX.

f|lHE sailor went after those mon
keys in q mood Of relentless
severity. Thus far the regular
denizens Of Rainbow island
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-23

u%lHE sailor went after those mon.
keys in q mood Of relentless
severity. Thus far the regular
denizens Of Rainbow island
had dwelt together In peace and mu.
tual good will, but each diminutivs
wou-wou must be taught not to pull
any strings he found tied promiscu.
ously to trees or stakes. As a pre-.
liminary essay jerks resolved to try
force combined with artif1ce. Failing
complete success, he would endeavor
to kill every monkey in the place,
though he had in full measure the in
herent dislike Of Anglo-India to the
Staying Of the tree people.
This, then, is what he did: After
filling biscuit tin with good sized
pebbles he donned Dyak hat, blouse
and belt, rubbed earth over his face
and hands and proceeded to pelt the
wOu-wous nercilessly. For more than
an hour he made their lives misera-
BILE until at the mere sight Of him they
fed, shrieking and gurgling like a
thousand water bottles. Finally he
constructed several Dyak scarecrows
and erected one to guard each Of his
alarm guns. The device was thor
oughly effective. ThencefOrth, when
some adventurous monkey, swinging
with hands or tail among the tree
tops in the morning search for appetiz-
ing nut or luscious plantain. saw one
Of those fearsome bOgies. he raised
such hubbub that all his companions
<hn -
the wood to the inner Businesses.
During each Of the two daily exami-
nations Of the horizon, which he never
omitted, jerks infinitely scrutinized
the sea between Rainbow island and
the distant group. 1t was perhaps a
needless precaution. The Dyaks would
come at night. With a favorable wind
their feet sampans would easily cover
the intervening forty miles in five
hours.
He could not be positive that they
were actual Inhabitants Of the islands
to the south. The China sea swarms
with wandering pirates, and the tribe
whose luminosity he had earned might
be equally noxious to some peaceable
fishing community on the coast. Again
and again he debated the ACCESSIBILITY
OF constructing a seawOrthy raft and
endeavOring to make the passage. But
this would be risking all on fright
full uncertainty, and the accidental dis
covery of the eagles nest had given
him new hope. Here he could make a
determined and prolonged stand, and
in the end help must come. So he dis
missed the navigation project and de-
voted himself wholly to the perfecting
OF the natural fortress in the rock.
That night they finished the rope lad
der. Indeed jerks was determined not
to retire to rest until 1t was placed. He
did not care to try a second time to
carry Iris to that elevated perch
One OF the first things he contem-
plated was the destruction II possible
Of the point Oh the opposite cliff which
commanded the ledge. This, however.
was utterly impracticable with the ap-
planes at his command. The top Of
the rock sloped slightly toward the
west. and nothing short of dynamite
or regular quarrying operations would
render 1t untenable by hostile marks
men,
During the day his rifles at ninety
yards range might be trusted to keep
the place clear Of intruders. But at