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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
Does SheP

A woman always imagines that
her husband doesn't firt if he
doesn't happen to look at other
women when she is with him.
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
Mary's Change of Name.

Tess-Mary Jones is spelling
her name Mae" now.
Jess-Let her. That's about
the only chance she'll ever have to
change her name-Philadelphia
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
A TEXAS TORNADO.
Fourteen People Killed in Storm, Near
Nacona, Texas, Wednesday.


Nacona, Texas, July 6.-The dead
from the storm which swept this
vicinity yesterday afternoon now
number fourteen, and are as follows:
Mrs. c. c. Shackelford, Minnie
Shackelford, Mrs. S. L. Tumlinson
and three daughters, Mrs. Mary
Lester and four children, Mrs. Ira
Williams, Frank Aiken and Caleb
White.
Many of the injured are thought
to be fatally hurt, and the death list
will likely be increased.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
Farewell to Komumara.

Toxic, July 6.-Baron Komumara,
the peace envoy, is being given a
farewell audience and entertained
by the Mikado at luncheon today.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
OPTION WHEAT
GOES LOWER
There is But Little Change in
Cash Wheat
CORN is A TRIFLE HIGHER

Grain and Stock Markets furnished
daily by special wire to the A. Il.
MCDearmott Commission Co-OHce
over Crescent Grocery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
ANOTHER LOCALITY HIT.

Montague, Texas, July Ga tor
nado passed through this town Wed
nesday afternoon. devastating large
portion oft. Nine persons are known
to have been killed, and scores OF
others badly injured. The storm
lasted perhaps thirty minutes, and
immense hail stones and rain were
driven before the wind.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
House for Sale.

We have oneof the best residence
properties in the city for sale for a
short time at price that any one who
has the money viii buy il House
has rooms, barn, good lot, sidewalk.
This is the best bargain that has been
offered for some time.
YoUNG & GILES, Great Bend. Kansas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
| schedule of the state league

A schedule of the state league
games has been received up to Au-
gust 8th. This being weekly press
day we could not publish it but will
tomorrow. There will be no games
here next week, but beginning on the
18th will have 9 straight games.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07

Ed. W. Dewey. of Stafford county.
was a Great Bend visitor Wednesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
KANSAS CITY Cash MARKET.
LIVERPOOL CABLES, WHEAT,
HOGS AND CATTLE
CAR LOTS,

Cattle were slswEodaE; hagz steady Kansa
City cash hogs ranged from $50 to $50.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-07-07
CHICAGO CORN.
KANSAS CITY WHEAT.
kANSAS CITY cdRN

CHICAGO Cash WHEAT,
No Soft .-.-..----...---..... o2-o2K
No hard los
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15

'weli, old boy. how do you find you, new homer
 Have (hic) shush as mush trouble hndin' 1t as I did fhic) sh' old one"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1O, 1905.
A anon BEGINNING.

We are informed that a milk dealer an New York has been arrested and hound over on the charge of selling milk which had Been treated with xormaldehyde. It may be that the proof will be insufficient, or that there will be some hitch or technicality which will prevent conviction, but the fact that. he has been arrested and bound over on the charge of murder ---for it was shown that one child died from drinking the milk---is en- 'couraging.
 If there is one offence that ought to be punished almost without mercy 1t Is the poisonous adulteration of milk It has become so much the fashion now to raise babies on cows milk tbat pure article Is more than ever essential. It is the practically universal opinion of the doctors that a very large percentage of the enor- nous infant mortality in cities is due to adulterated milk. This slaughter of the innocents is a crying shame to our civilization. It is a murderous attack on tbose who are utterly un- able to protect themselves. Too often the mothers and the nurses are care- less or indifferent. but even if they were as careful as it is possible for them to be it is impossible to de- tect some of the adulterations, which in most cases can only be NscArtalned by chemical analysis. -.*
 The adulteration of foods and drinks has become so common that no one is now surprised at it. There ar. laws in most States to punish such prac- tlce but they appear to be powerless. The practice goes on aJl the time, and while many of the adulterants are harmless there are others which are actual poisons. Nothing but criminal prooeedings against the offenders will stop 1t. Some who use various chem icals and preservatives may not be aware of the dangerous nature of the article used but that is no defense. Those who prepare food or drink for others, and especially for children shouId know that they are using Doth- ing injurious, else they should be pun lshed for their ignorance. We hope the New York case is to be a good beginning in the right direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
MIcHIGAN's HEAVY TAX.

Nearly Fifteen Dollars for Every Man,
 Woman and Child in State.
 Marquette, Mich, Special to New Eork
 fhe annual report of the State Tax Commission, which has just been is- sued, contains figures showing that the people of Michigan pay annually ln taxes. licenses and other forms or rev enue approximately $33,000.00O for the support of the township, city, country and State government. These hgures are somewhat startling, as they mean a levy of nearly SIS per capita for the entire population of the State, including men. women and children. Of the to- tai of $3S,0OO, ,000, the Commission states that $29, roc, 600 is paid as q direct tax on property, the amount raised by indi- rect tax being $3,300.0 900.
 The State received from all license fees during the year ending December 4,, 1904, $2,634,I31, and from inheritance taxes $1S1,769. Deer licenses brought total Of $7,204 and the insurance com panies' taxes and fees nearly $4o0O0O, The franchise fees collected by the Secretary of State from corporations doing business under the laws of the State amounted to $50,5 Telephone and telegraph companies paid total of S85. .l50 of taxes, based on gross earn inEs at the rate of per cent. on the business derived within the. State. On an advalorem basis the railroads paid a tax of $s.756,149, as against $1.4SS CO0 in 1902, when the tax was computed by specific levy on gross earnings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
CetterS to tlDe Gdftor
Montgomery Cotton Growers.

Editor The Advertiser; l.
 May I ask for short space m y1t i,r paper to say a word for the meetlns called for Saturday at the courtnouas.
 It is desired that every one interestfd in living price for cotton to Ihe pIt ducer attend this meeting. Let tIe banker the merchant, the professloIAl class, and all classes be rePresentedf
 More land is owned by the bankgs and merchants of Montgomery than aty other class according to numbers, anu they have a greater Interest in Keeping up the price of cotton than others. They receive a greater benefit, not only as land owners, but in business, ana tot other reasons they should be the lead customers and bring more trade oy bringing more money into the state.
 When 1t is seen by the Wall Street gamblers that this intelligent class Is leading move to prevent tI the no, tarihfsts hsts from being robDed they VIII nut of''
 The South must stand for the inttr- est of the cotton belt and prevent it's revenues from being drained on py tle smart scheme of Wall Street gamblers l to make millionaires of rascals.
 Come out. Mir Banker; come, VT. ! Merchant, MT. Lawyer, MT. Doctor, Re need your aid in this fight; and If you | love your South and possess one spark 1 of patriotism you will be the leadtrs in this move to prevent our farmers | from being robbed.
 The press of the South must take an | active interest in this move. It is upon them we expect the greatest aid But | they will be there, don't you fear 1 This fight Is of greater interest to the South than slavery was in the CIVIL | War. Cotton, our greatest souree of revenue, is the bullwark upon which | our prosperity is based: take away the
 profits and but little is left; help us hold 1t. one and all, everybody shoulder arms and come to the front; ,o,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
Accnrncr nf Wnnen

In the world of business the rule holds good that women are more accu- rate than men; teach young man and woman bookkeeping at the same time and 1t will always be found that the girl keeps her books in a much more cleanly. tidy and accurate manner than does the fellow
 Man, of course. has to attend to the greater things of life, and probably that accounts in a measure for boys being needless of tP1es it may be in herent in their nature, but even. as grown men they never do appreciate the true value of the little things of everyday life.
 With girls 1t is different: they from their earliest days have the fact brought before them that their sphere lies more or less in the realm Of trlnes' and. very naturally. the constant at- tending to tTifes makes them exceed . ingly accurate as to details, and as grown women they are accurate Tn eN- erything: it is just a habit: ,.,-
 A man, again. is satisfied 1T hlS WoI m K K pleases the eye of the outsider, even although he knows the work Is mercy of a surface kind. A woman neNeE could be content with that; she mus ,i iS, i; first of all, be satisfied in her own hitHu a. that the work Is perfect in every uI \, tail; it is not enough for her tnM1t Y, looks all right on the outside ueii she finds that all is right she ls happy and goes on her way re1oicihs'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
rAIn caIrrCIssl.

The Guthrie. Okla, State Capital, which has been fighting the seauoyah movement with much persistence. and not always with fairness. makes one criticism which las seme ground to stand on. It alludes :o the fact that although the late Constitutional Con vertion which assembled at MUskogee was largely composed of the sons of Confederate soldiers not one of the forty eight counties of the proposed new State wss named after a Confed- crate leader or statesman. To make the indictment still more pointed Tine Capital points out that dozen or so of the counties were named after liv- ing men of the North and West, some of whom have done nothing to ent:tle them to the honor, while others may yet discredit themselves and the coun- ties bearing their aaioes The capi- tai adds:
 When the real State makers have an opportunity to establish county lines 1t is scarcely probable that they will be so lavish when 1t comes to the mum Der of counties, and it Is more than probable there will be strong re- gard for the enternal fitness of things county names While the memories of the past finger in the hearts of the people of the present 1t Will not pc necessary to name any counties In the ticians. land grabbers and grafters Representing, as 1t does. blending Of the best elements of both North anu South It's people with with perfect .sd eonr orv of the great men of Dixie even as II already has those of their one-time antagonists. by naming some of its po- litical subdivisions for them.
 This somewhat sneering allusion to the members of the convention, and the assumption that real State mak- CTS" will in the future be called on to form a State. is about in the usual line of that papers var on the move- meat for separate Statehood, but we could wish that its criticisms had less foundation. The convention wisely and properly honored the Indian peo- and prominent men to at least half the counties but It should have includ- ed tbe names of Lee and Jackson, Johnson and Gordon and other prom inent Confederates in place of some of the living names given to the coun- ties. The Territory is largely set tied by Southern men. and many of the older Indians were in the Con- federatc armies. and 1t would have been nothing but right and justice to have remembered this in bestowing names.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15

Richard Weightman in Chicago Tribune.
 Public Printer Palmer has been in waste, graft and general demoraliza- tion In the office was so great that the President saw 1t to remove him.
 The question Is whether this eXpedi- ent will cure the evil. do not know Mir. Palmer. never have seen him But I am reasonably sure that he is tions in the big printery. He did not invent the system, nor Is there any thing to show that he has nursed and petted it. As fair-minded men see the matter, he Is simply it's victim.
 The establishment was notoriously rotten. Its working force was rent with schemes, feuds, cabals. One saw there more politics than in any Phila- delphia ward during the palmiest days of the Penrose dispensation.
 MT Jalmer's subordinates were say-the whole office buzzed with con-
 spiracy. No doubt of that, The Keep committee has so reported. and. be- sides everybody knew it before.
 because of these abhorent and sinis- ter conditions. Of course, He knew of their existence. Even if he were the dullest of men. he must have under stood that 1t was his own lieutenants
 who virtually put him on trial for pur- chasing those monotype machines So, the President turns him out, The public printing office is hotbed of in- efficiency. of eXtravagance, of seditton and onspiracy-therefore MT. Palmer must go Presumably this is done on the theory that the substitution of 1 some one else for MT. Palmer will put an end to all the trouble. But how
 can that be?
 MT. Palmer tried to displace some of the men who were defying and oppos- | ing him. and the civil seyvice commis- | sion stepped in to protect them. MT | Palmer was denied the right to estab- 1 fish and maintain discipline in the es- ! tabllshment he is supposed to control | hihit his fitness for the place-divested
 of every important attribute of author | ity.
 would have succeeded had he had the chance, but everybody will tell you | that he never has had it. Moreover l it must hA ohvions that undar the nrea'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
Teaehlng Hl. -DOg Grammar.

Philadelphia Record .,- sitting versus the setting sum-" said a man, q have a friend who has spent months in trying to teach grammar to his dog He didn't want the animal. which is very well trained, to pay any attention to the command, Lay down ! He said such atrocious gramnar should meet with no response from a we'll the only thing his pet should obey. Now, If you've ever noticed 1t, nine per sons out of ten, grammarians or not, are sure to say Lay down when speak ing to a dog My poor friend had to do his training whenever the need arose, and his efforts to make the beast un- derstand the very slight difference in the sound of the two words have near iy given both cog and master, to say nothing of other people. nervous pros tratioh., At last the master has yielded and saws tie dog understands that when he Is told to Lay down 1t means Lay himself down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
Numberlne Rurnl Mail Boxes.

Editor The Advertiser: .:-
 The paragraph in your issue Q, this is misleading. fear. The ordfr re, ferred to requires carriers of all rural free delivery routes which have been operated sixty days or more to review the rural mall boxes In use on their routes, and report which of them con- forms to the regulations and are thus entitled to designative numbers.
 Boxes found to be safe. weather entitled to be numbered. Order No 739 on file in the posto6ce. contalns a list of 1S3 manufacturers of rura, mail boxes whose make of boxes Is ap- proved Nine -tenths of all mail boxes in use in Montgomery County are ap- proved boxes and only require to be numbered New boxes will not have to
 No n-weatherproof or otherwise unfit receptacles for mail shall be numbered. All such must be replaced with regulation approved boxes by the owners, or no numbers will be as- signed. Non-approved boxes, however. erected prior to October 1. 1902, will be numbered Nor will service be with until such withdrawal is expressly or dered.
 Each number must be recorded in the carriers roster book opposite the opposite the name of every other per- son entitled to receive mail in said box Numbers thus applied to boxes and registered must be promptly re- ported to and recorded by the postmas- ter of the distributing office to which they belong.
 The purpose end spirit of the order is to give to the farmers and others living along a rural free delivery route protection in handling their mai as is is given residents in the < city W puok,av
 Montgomery. Sent. f4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
IF GOES ON roRvER.

A few days ago The Chicago Jour nal undertook to show that grating, footing and other forms of official ras- 1t was in the past, Now comes The New York Commercial. which we take to be pretty good authority on such matters. saying:
 Grating on the government. 1t has been shown during the last year, has never dreamed of. It permeates every department. It no longer occasions manifestations of surprise to discover that the government has been "stung' in new place. However. now that we have the knowledge that it exists in high and low quarters. and that there may be much still undisclosed. no effort should be spared to probe every suspicion to the bottom; and the most rigid measures should hence forth be inaugurated to prevent fur ther spoliation by the crooks, who cling on like flies to sugar jar.
 The Commercial cannot be classed as a partisan enemy of the adminis- tration and the party in power, and it's conclusions. On the contrary the oft-recurring disclosures force us to the conclusion that our contemporary has not put 1t too strongly. We do not share it's optimism, however. about suppressing the evil The knowledge that such things exist has been in possession of the government all along. but there has been little done towards putting 1t down. Publicity seems 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
THEY EXPECT roo MUCH

There is really a great deal of real rot indulged in by some of the Pres idents overzealous partisan followers. Many of them seem to have imbibed the idea that he is really the govern ment and that his powers are abso- lute. They tell us that he is going to have legislation put through Congress to enable him to compass certain changes or reforms in the government service. Then we are assured that he Is going to get busy and regulate the railroads. suppress the trusts and do various and divers other things for the gen eral good.
 We do not say that Roosevelt him. self has not furnished some ground for these foolish ideas on the part of his partisans. He is somewhat ad- dicted to boastipg and to making threats and promises of what he can and will do. and he has done some things since he became President that encroached very closely on the divid- ing line between constItutionality and its opposite. if he has not actually crossed over on some occasions.
 For all this those who talk so glibly about what he will do really reflect on him, if they could only see it in the proper fight. However much he may want to do certain things for which he has at present no legal pow er his partisans must remember that Congress is the law-makiug power, and they might also bear in mind that Roosevelt has not always been suc- cessful in forcing legislation through that body The two houses have a pretty high opinion of their own rights | and prerogatives. and do not accept | outside dictation with very good grace. | If they should become impressed with the idea that the President was try ing to bully them into passing cer- tain laws they would be pretty apt to put their veto on his desires.
 The overzealous friends of Roosevelt should also remember that some things can only be done through the courts. and the judicial branch of the govern
 ment is an important and powerful one. Even Roosevelt would hesitate before trying to overawe the courts of | the country. or to accomplish reforms which can only be done through them. HIS friends who are forever telling us what he is going to do are not show ing proper regard for his judgment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15

ent system the best of men may fatI tust as Mr Palmer has failed. .
 If Elihu Root himself were put m charge of the public printing without the power to rid himself of refractory or incompetent subordinates, and witn the civil service commission on hand to thwart his Severy effort for discipline and efficiency. the office would continue to be what 1t is today and has been TOT many years--a miracle of discordt tu' tiIity and scandal
 There are just two ways in which tnls nuisance can be abated. Either give the public printer authority commen. surate with his responsibility. or shut up the shop entirely and let the work out by contract. The latter alternative Is infinitely preferable, since F1ereDy the Government would save millions self of an endorsements which year by year is growing more odious and in' t01erable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
A spIentIid E1ample.

Charlotte Observer
 In these days of graft and loot. of greed and the morbid. struggle for masses of gold larger than it Is possl- ble for one man to use, of the prosti tuition of name, the ignoring of shame. and living in luxury and swelldom. such an example as Mir Cleveland's is as re- freshing as 1t is wholesome. Here Is one man. of unquestionable opportunity to get wealth and live in opulence, who realizes that there are better things in life than riches. with whom life is more than meat, the body Tnore than raiTnent, and who is an illustrious proof to all the world that an honest man Is the nohIest work of God
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15
Ynln pnImieri to pe bold.

Truth of London. ~ ,,tr,iari hc-
 hear that the Villa PalmierH, DC 1y- longing to the Dowe ger Lady CnaWs ts ford, and situated close. to Fiorenceii eiirs Is to be sold It is an old Medician rta znIf,a yii1a of considerable architect9ra Tas tha ,iI Xiii cence. beautifully situated 1p charm fiaG"d' ing oid garden gg % It was bought by the late Lord Crawford in 1S741 S,nSiSg M it a great deal of money in nuassn Vic. togria ug a resided resided in 1t during ltw9 of her her visits to Florence It is caliheu hees,;se 'ii if people the Villa Boccaceios scene of is supposed to have been In ,s Florence. tales in the neighborhood s.chase one and those inclined to psasn,tiS,,I oT could not have a more
 more comfoI table one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15


 Even The Chicago Chronicle, intense Republican that 1t is, declares that "it is disquieting to observe tlat
 Francis R. Loomis was desisnated-or designated himself--to represent the State Department upon the occasion of NJ Witte's visit to Washington last Sunday. There has been general hope and expecta tion that the ~last had been seen of MT Loomis as representative of the United States government in any capacity whatever. That he continues -J appear in such a capacity is a circumstance which will excite surprise and resentment. The country is tired of MT. Loomis and will have little patience with further delays in enforcing his retirement to private life" The Chronicle should know that it comes periiously near to being guilty of lese majesty or something just as bad. It should re- member that Loomis is pet and protege of Roosevelt. and will not re- tire from public view until his friend and protector wills it.