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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-08

Born-to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morgan,
July 5, 19O5-a son.
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About forty Wa-Keeneyites spent
the Fourth at Ellis.
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Lands bought and sold by r. L.
Bolts Land Agency, Wa-Keeney,
KanS
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Glen Jones departed Wednesday
evening for Canyon City, Colo.
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For Rent-A well improved farm.
Herman Long.
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Good fresh beef at Bakers.
Ben Rogers spent the Fourth at
Oakley.
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Picked pork at Baker ;.
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City on Thursday on law and real eS-
tate business.
Chris Wolff, postmaster and mer-
tor Wednesday,
On account of a washout near Phil
lipsburg Rock Island trains run over
the U. p. track Thursday
Commissioners Cockrell and Walsh
were in session Monday, allowed
of claims and adjourned.
Mr.. Jackson, of the firm of Jackson
& Smith, cattlemen on the Smoky,
was a county seat visitor on Thursday.
Rev. Everett and Mr. and Mrs. ..
J. Drummond attended the funeral of
Mrs. c. NJ. Bell at Utica, Wednesday.
Chris Teller and W. r. Holmes fin
ished the foundation for the new
Episcopal church the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Moore, of Dick
inson county, are. visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Harvey in Ogallah
township
Mrs. Anna Hodkinson, OF Webb
City, Mo-. arrived here the first of
the week and is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Sam Parks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K. Richards are
pleasantly domiciled In Mrs. Hodges
house. Mr. Richards is resident agent
of the R. L. Bolts Land Agency.
Gregg Marshall is holding down the
job of county treasurer during the
absence of Treasurer Gleason in Colo
RADIO. Gregg makes a good official
Rev OLIVER, of Virgil, Kans. was
In the city the first of the week. Mr..
o. owns some Trego county dirt and
is well pleased with his investment.
Died-At Mcpherson. Kansas. july
}, 1905. Clarence Fisher, 5-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. VIM Fisher. The
bereaved parents have the sympathy
of their many friends in Wa-Keeney.
Mr.. Bowman, who Is building the
Ross & Waldo elevator at Voda, was
in the city Wednesday. This will be
the largest elevator in the county. He
is figuring on building elevators at
Quinter and Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Kan Walker, of Rock
Island, ILL.,. arrived in the city Wed
nesday evening and will visit several
days with his brothers. Frank and
Will on the Saline. This is Kan's first
= N
They are on their way TO the noun
tains.
Word was received here Thursday
that Hon. L. L. Purcell was a bene-
dict The fortunate young lady was
Miss Edith B. Andrews, of Shenan-
doah, Iowa Details of this happy
event are so meager that all we can
say is TO wish them much joy and
happiness.
Lester c. Nudge, the real estate
agent, has new adj. in this issue.
He Is agent for c. E. Perkins, Co :
lands in western Kansas He has also
large list of improved farms. ranches
and alfalfa lands. If you want 10 buy
or sell see Mr.. Nudge he will treat
you right.
Mrs i. B. Hiskey and family left
Monday evening for Colby their new
home. This estimable family has
been with US about five years and dur
ing that time have made many warm
friends socially and otherwise who
regretted to see them leave. What is
Na-keeney's loss will be Colby,s gain.
truman Cromb brought in the first
of l9O5's wheat crop on Monday. It
tested 81 pounds and the yield will
run between 20 and p bushels to the
acre The wheat Is being rhreshed
right out of the header boxes. The
Golden Belt Elevator Company has
contracted for 5000 bushels. Mr.
Cromb has in something over 500
acres--Eilis Headlight
faE I<ad
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15
To Encourage Bulb Growing.

The bulb-growing industry in What
com county is likely to receive an i'm
petus through the visit of Prof. G. w.
Oliver, expert gardener for the bureau
of plant industry of the department
of agriculture. Prof. Oliver was sent
TO Bellingham as result of the cor
respondence Secretary Teck, OF the
Bellingham chamber of. commerce.
has been carrying on with the depart
ment for the last two months or more
in the interest of the f1ower-bulb in
dustry in that county. He will visit
all the bulb growers of the county be-
fore he returns east. There are sew
eral bulb-growing farms in the county
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and all were
to be visited.
B e Iii n g ham
papers say the
investiga t i o n
is preliminary
to a final con-
sideration Of
the request of
the chamber of
com m e r C e
made some few
months a 6 o
that an expert
mental station
be established
by the depart
ment in or
near Belling-
ham. 1t S
probable that
something tan
gible in that
direction will
be accomplish
ed in the near
future because
t h e growing
and propagat-
ing Of certain
ella S s e S Of
bulbs'-tul i p s,
hyacinths, and
some varieties
or narclSSuS--
may be carried
on here under
ideal CO n dit
ions of soil and
climate. It h e
length of the
growing season
here is also a
special advant-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15

age. Prof. Oliver is of the opinion
that larger and more prolific tulips
and hyacinths can be grown in this
district than in any other region. And
when it is cosidered, he said, that
some Of the lily farms in the Ber-
mudas earn $4,000 per acre annually,
this fact is remarkable.
If the owners of logged-off lands i'll
this state would investigate a little
they would find that there are good
many uses to which tree stumps can
be put so as to make them yield a
profit above the expense of taking
them out of the ground. It is stated
by the Milwaukee Sentinel that new
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15

it is made into a perfect
brace. The cost of a car
load of the stumps is close
to $40O and the freight
charges run over 800 a
car.
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industry in the
region at the
head of t h e
lakes is the
gathering Of
ire e stumps
for use in the
Maine S h | p
yards. A large
n u m b er of
wooden ships
are QUILT every
year, and 1T
h a S b e e n
found that the
most efficient
corner braces
are those made
from t h e S {
/. stumps a n Il
| hundreds are
1 shipped east
/ every day. The
] roots of the
| trees and a
short section
of the stumrs
are used in
making t h c
b r a C e S, and
stumps from
trees about a
foot in diam
eter are found
to be the best.
The stump is
taken from the
grou n d and
roughly hewn
into shape be-
fore b e | n &
shipped. After
it's receipt at
the shipyards
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Alfalfa and Nitrogen.

Alfalfa, clover, peas,
beans, vetch and all plants
of the legume family have
the property of absorbing
nitrogen from the air. This
is done by certain bac-
terra, which produce nod
ules on the roots, through
which this important work
is done. 1t is valuable
knowledge to know this.
Every II cubic feet of air
weighs one pound, and
four-fifths of this is nitro.
gen. But it is free nitro
gen, not plant nitrogen;
and in that form, it is
worthless to plant growth.
Right here is where the
bacteria do their work,
changing over the free nit
rogen of the air, so that it
becomes valuable plant nj
trogen. This is one of the
great values of growing al
falfa. No one of the leg
ume plants is more produc-
tive of these valuable bac-
terra than alfalfa. 1t has
been one of our prime OBJ
iects, in growing alfalfa, to
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15

of which holds a pound of
honey. These will all be
disposed of in year, and
this represents the pro- %
duction of comb honey 49,
alone.
A business of good pro- HN%
portions, conducted in con- 3xH1l
nection with the seed WYM
business, is that of handl- WXsX
ing and mixing fertilizers. - q n
This firm handles every
grade of fertilizer, large
amount of which is con- 81 s ~
sumed in this territory-in
fact, a market has been u
developed all over the s.ag
west coast, as we'll as in
the Orient, Japan, espec- lk
tally, having proven good -
market. The company i'm
ports potash salts direct
from Germany and nitrate -
of soda from South Ameri -
ca, and it's own machin-
cry for mixing them to- us
gether with slaughter NJ
house products. The use
of potash in the west is
constantly on the increase,
the Chas H. Lilly Co. sell
ing 20 tons in 1903, 40 tons
in 1904, 80 tons so far in
1905, and having orders
booked for 100 tons to be = - =
delivered in the fall for
use in 1906 1t also manu-
features several success
full brands of stock and poultry foods.
Last winter two new products, bearing
the names of Lilly's Best Stock Food
and Lilly's Best Poultry Food, were
placed on the market and gained in
slant popularity.
An experimental farm is conducted
at Brighton Beach, one of the suburbs
of Seattle, by the Chas. Fl. Lilly Co.,
for the purpose of testing and de-
veloping the finest varieties OF seeds
and plants. They have thus been en-
abled to make practical experiments
and ascertain what grades and va
rieties are the most productive and
successful before introducing them to
the market. Some very interesting
experiments have been conducted and
some new varieties have been found
admirably adapted to this region, not
ably Burbank's Crimson Winter rhu-
barb the Phenomenal berry, several
new roses, a new potato, which will be
shown in the forthcoming catalog, etc.
In the same manner the various kinds
of fertilizer have also been given &C
tual test.
In the seed house itself over so
people, not counting the book-keepers,
travelling statesmen, Transfers ETC.,
are employed. Eight expert seed men.
each one of whom has had years OF
experience in his special line OF the
business, are employed in asserting,
cleaning and grading the seeds and in
the careful work that is necessary in
preparing them for the market. The
biggest seed-cleaning machine in the
northwest, operated by automatic
power and fitted with 80 different siZ-
ed screens, which allow the thorough
cleaning of every size of seed, is
operated and four floors with an ag.
gregate floor space of over $4,000
square feet are required to accomo-
date the different departments of the
business.
No article dealing with the business
of the Chas. H. Lilly Co. can be com.
plete without mention being made or
their dairy department, which is under
the management of A. B. Braddick, an
experienced salesman of cream separ,
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go over the whole farm in rotation for
the benefit it will do to the land. We
find it much superior to red clover to
use in five year rotation, for the rea-
son that it produces bacteria more
abundantIy, and besides, by it's deep
and powerful roofing, it breaks up the
subsoil, and produces a splendid me-
chanical effect on the land. But it's
chief value in this connection consists
in the property of nitrifying the soil.
It is the surest and cheapest way of
adding nitrogen to our lands.
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15

Did you forget to pay your poll tax
last spring, or did you let the matter
slip along until the county treasurer
had to remind you that it was abso-
lutely necessary to march up to his
desk and plant down two shining
silver dollars? The treasurer OF your
county has a mighty hard job to col
lect this tax, and he will be grateful
for your promptness in the matter
when the tax is due. For the beneht
of our readers we will give below Sc
lection from the law applying to this
subject. Sections 1 and 2, chapter 49,
of the Session Laws of 1903, say:
"Section ALI male persons OF this
state over 81 years of age and under
so years of age, outside the limits OF
an incorporated city or town, unless by
the law exempt, shall annually pay a
road tax OF So, which shall be due ana
payable in money without exemption
whatsoever on the first day of March
in each year. All poll taxes shall De
paid into the district road and bridge
fund of the district in which the same
shall be collected.
"Section 2-The county commits
sioners or any poll tax collector they
may authorize shall annually, coEi
mencing on the first day of March Oh
each year, demand poll tax from each
person liable therefor"
The law further provides that the
collectors of poll tax shall turn II,
to the county auditor the names or al
parties liable under the law from
whom they were unable for any cause
to collect the poll tax, and that tne
auditor shall extend such list OF names
on the tax rolls against the real Oh
personal property of such tax debtol'
Then the next time the property holu,
err tenders his real and personal taxes
to the county treasurer, the amount %
the unpaid poll tax is added. IL ~
debtor still refuses to pay this amount,
the treasurer must refuse to accept VI
credit any part of the sum due loi
real or personal property tax, and coz ic
tinue to do so until the poll tax 10
paid.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05

Wall St. New York, May 5.-sTOCKs-
The opening prices S hoWed some slight
recoveries from yesterdays depression in
spite of the weak tone Of the London mar
ket this morning. Declines at other points
indicated that sentiment viii still hesitate
Consolidated Gas rebounded Z point on
the SOS gas bill at Albany The rise in
Locomotive reached 2 points, Northwest
ern y point, St. Paul 1ss points, Metro
politan Street Railway q point and Union
Pacific, Louisville and Nashville and Ten
nessee Coal a point. There were large
fractional gains in other cases. Among
the declines that of 15s points in Pacific
Mail was most conspicuous and Texas and
Ontario went down q point
Market values underwent considera-
BILE expansion between 10 and II o'clock
After somewhat indecisiTe opening
prices tended upwards, but there was
some effective selling after the average
rise had reached a point for two dozen or
more stocks. Traders were quick to take
substantial profits and their sales offser
to some extent the cheering effect of the
rise After this reaction tae market re-
boundd strongly and the top prices were
being made at IL O'Clock
Amongst the less stocks there were
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
MARKETS TODAY.
Sentiment in Wheat Pit Slightly
Bearish.
Shorts Again Responsible for
Firmness in Corn.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Steady - Native Steers
Bring $3.50 to S6.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.

Chicago May NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
the wheat pit today was inclined to bear
ishness, but a fair demand from shorts
held the market comparatively still. July
opened a shade higher, at s33sc. After
selling off to S3lzc the price advanced to
S39sc. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts of 81 cars.
The market finally yielded to the selling
pressure and July declined to s23zc. The
close was easy, with July 5sc lower.
CORN-An active demand from shorts
caused a firm tone in the corn market.
July opened up a shade to 1s01zc. at 464
G467sc, and for a time held within the
opening range.
The close was firm. with July up Ac
al 46zsG47c.
OATS-July oats opened a shade higher,
al 2S1sa29c to 29c, and sold at 29Q291sc.
PROV OVISIONS-July pork was up sc, at
s12.S5. Lard was uD a shade. at S7.325s
Ribs were up, at $7.271zQ7.3o
WHEAT-Cash; No. red, S2G94c; No.
3 red, 65da3c; No. hard. 92dS3c; No. 3
hard, S5U91c; No. 1 northern. 96Q9Sc; No.
? northern, 94Q96c No. 3 spring, SSd96c.
OATS-No. 2 30c: No 3, 2931c.
RYE-May. 70G73c.
FLAx-Cash: NV. s1.39; s.-W.. .25;
May s1.25.
TIMOTHY May, $500; Sept, $s25.
VER-May. $500.
BARLEY-Cash: 4004Sc.
CORN-No. 2, 4915Q4S7zc; No. 3, 4s649c.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05

Continued from First Page.)
of a half dozen little jobbing houses in
the interior towns who may then in
fate grocery prices as much as they
please. just so they keep them within
a limit that would keep the Missouri
river jobber out of the territory. So
the all important question is;
viii the grocery consumer stand by
and allow Missouri river and interstate
jobbers to lose their commodity rates,
and assume the responsibility of paying
top market prices for their beans, bacon
and other grocery commodities?
Tt is the opinion of the Missouri river
jObber that the Kansas consumers will
not permit the commodity rate to be
taken away from interstate interests
and the Missouri river jobbers have
planned to so thoroughly place the
status of the game of the interior job
Der before the consumer that the rail-
roads win suffer the consequences Of
higher priced groceries should they sue
coed in getting the state board to grant
their request.
"Of course, it is proposed to allow the
present commodity rate to remain in
effect for interior points This will
arouse the Missouri river jobber to fight
bitterly for the Kansas territory that IS
about to be swallowed up by the few
small interior jObbing houses"
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05

losses in New York, Chicago and St.
Louis, St. Paul and Sugar Dreferred of 2
to rs points, Hooking Valley, Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Sault Ste Marie and Linseed
preferred of L to ~ points.
Bonds were firm at noon.
Dealings measure bly, contracted on the
rise after midday and the advances were
not much extended outside of lFalf dozen
stocks. Louisville and Nashville rose to
1863 and Atlantic Coast Line gained 5
points. Reading got across 50 and Loco
motive improved 32s points. Consolidated
Gas moved Up G& points in all, while
Brooklyn Union Gas reacted 5 points.
Additions to the days gains were made
before a rather pronounced reaction. In
the case of St. Paul and Union Pacific
the Improvement reached 81 and 35s points
respectively, while Kansas and Texas pre-
efrred and Et Louis Southwestern pre-
red, which had been heavy early in the
day. rose 2 to "a points. Illinois Central,
points and Federal Mining points.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
AFTER A KANSAN
Nebraska Trying to Collect $4,000
from John NJ. Burton.

An effort of the state of Nebraska
TO collect money from q citizen or
Kansas through the Kansas supreme
court is being heard by the kansas
court. 1t is a peculiar situation.
John NJ Burton lives in Rawlins
county. He went on the bond of the
Bank of Orleans, a Nebraska lnsllJu-
ton, which bond was required by the
Nebraska state treasurer as q surety
for money deposited in that bank by
the state. The bank failed, and Ne
braska is trying to collect $50, 216.0o
from burton The amount of the
bond which Burton signed was S35,-
coo.
Attorney General Brown of Ne
braska is representing the state In
the argument i'm the lower court the
counsel for Burton made much of the
plea that the petition was deIectlVe
FOR the reason that the acUon was
brought in the name of "the state OF
NebrasIxa' - whereas the plaintiff
should have been named as the peo-
ple of the state of Nebraska. This
contention was based on the fact that
fbe bond executed by Burton as surety
ran to f'the people of the state OF Ne
braska" The attorney general insists
that there is nothing in the decisions
of the Kansas court to bear out the
objection.
beside. the variance in the name of
the ObTgee and the plaintiff, when 1t IS
perfectly apparent from the petition
that both refer to the same entity and
that the bonds were given to protect
the state. is an immaterial trreguIarity
which in no way affects the defend
ants liability" says the attorney gen
eral
Among other contentious Of Bur
tons attorney was one that the petition
failed to show that the state author
lzed the suit. The record shows that
Ct was verified by CONSTANTINE j.
gmyth. attorney general of the state
Of Nebraska" Brown insists that the
attorney general is the law officer Of
the state government with Independent
power to bring suit for the state, or
make a defense where it is concerned.
To the objection of the defendant
that the states petition contains no
adequate description of the plaintiff,
the attorney general says of Burton:
"His acquaintanceship with the
plaintiff as state of Nebraska was in
innate enough to enable him with 9th
ers to procure money from its treasury
for deposit in the First National bank
of Orleans, and ought to be sufficient
to make him respond when called
upon to perform his obligation to re-
turn the money"
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
Chicago Live Stock Market.

chicago, May 5.-CATTLE-Receipts To-
day, LOO head. Market 1ec higher Good
um, 4.40G5. 40; stockers anad feeders, 81. 70
Q5.0Q; cows, g. 75d5.25; heifers, S2-5Gd5.50;
Gamers. S1.5Oq2. 20; bulls, s2.50Q475; calves,
s.. .0066.00.
Receipts today. 1900 head; esti-
mated Saturday, 1900 head Market 10c
higher. Mixed and butchers. S4.5005 go;
good to choice heavy, s5.45d5.e5; rough
heavy, s5.1005. 40; light, S5.25Q5.60; bulk OF
SHEEP today. 1000 head.
Sheep and lambs strong. Good to choice
wethers (shorn), 81. 4G05.00; fair to choice
mixed (shorn), S3 350Q425; western sheep
(shorn). S4.0005.00; native lambs (shorn),
S400Q6.0O; western lambs $5.z50110
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
SWEDISH CONCERT TONIGHT.
Prof Olaf Valley VIII Be the Star at
High School.

Prof. Olaf VaHey, basso, director of
the music department at the State
Agricultural college. will be the feature
at the first annual concert of the
Swedish-American National league of
Kansas, at the high school auditorium
tonight. The followin is the pro-
gramme;
PART I.
Song, "Skona Maj" (L. BEAM, Male
Solo. BandoIera (stuart), Olaf Val
ley.
Piano solo, Cachoucha Caprice
(Ran), Miss Gertrude Hilliard.
Solo, (a) "Kung Erik och Lifdra-
banten." 90. Ldndblad); (b) Troll
haitian" 60. Lindblad), Olaf Valley.
Violin solo, Cantabile Et. Bolero, q.
Danbe op. 22), Miss Esther Watts.
PART II.
Solo. The Harbor Bar, (NeuelD.
Olaf Valley.
piano solo. Menuet Moderne. (Con-
rath), Miss Gertrude Hilliard.
Poem, "Hjeltedad, (Original), A. P.
Nelson editor Tribunen.
Solo. Ca) Absent. (Metcalf) (b)
When Love Is Done, (McLean); (c)
'Nu ar det Matt Alaf Valley.
Song, Medley, Carr. by John Lung
strOm), Male chorus.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05
A LEAvENwoRTH ROW.
Mayor Everhardy Discharges Force in
Two Departments.

Leavenworth. Kan. May 5-Peter
Everhardy, the mayor has made the
opening move in his fight with the city
council by discharging all the employees
Of the street commissioner Office and
the city engineers Office. It is rumor-
ed that ne intends to discharge all the
members of the police force except the
chief.
Mayor Everhardy says that he pro-
poses to call a council meeting tonight,
and that if the councilmen refuse to
attend he will send for them. Eleven
Of the u councilmen voted against con
frming appointments last night and
they assert that they will stand solidly
together
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05

CView of the Grain Market, furnished by
Thomas J. Myers, broker, ground floor
Columbian building, Topeka, Kan.]

WHEAT-The fine prospects continue
for the growing winter wheat crop. sta
tistician 3. ". Snow makes the coming
government report on May 10 to show a
condition of Gil, against 91.6 one month
ago. Last year at this time the condltlon
of the winter wheat crop was 745. He
says the acreage is 30,S5 600 The acreage
harvested last year was 28 551. COO About
100000 acres seeded last fall have been
plowed up and abandoned, which is an
unusually small percentage.
CORN-Corn does not show the strength
that was expected of it a day or so ago.
Receipts promise to increase materially
in the near future and il might be advis-
able to hold OFF on buying corn for a few
days longer. If July corn goes up to 45c,
buy it.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-05-05

Kansas City May WHEAT
K9sRts sg % a6d today II ears Sgto @
", 731ac; Sept, 70l4Q70ssc Cash: No. 2
hard, SS094c; No. hard, s0a93e: No. 4
S0Q93c: No red. 75dSSe.
CORN-Market lower May 449z0447kc;
July, 4315d435sc; Sept. 43c. Cash: No. 2
mixed, 47u471zc; No 3 mixed, &c; No 2
white. 46Q46l4c; No 8 mixed, 475zc.
OATS-MarlNet steady. No white, BIO
SIC: No. 2 mixed 30Q31c.
RYE-70GJ73c-
HAY-Choice timothy, $9.50dlO.O0; choice
prairie. S7.75dS.09.
BUTTER-Creamery 20d23c; packing,
141kc.
EGGs- Market higher. Fresh, 14slc.