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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
Council MEETING.

The city council met in adjourn
ed session Monday evening with
Mayor Moses in the chair.
Councilmen present Honnen,
Durkin. Smith, Moses, Allison,
Clayton. Newcombe and Bunting.
The bond of F. A. Moses as
city clerk was presented and ap-
proved.
An ordinance was presented pro-
viding for sidewalks on the west
side of Holland street fir ON 18th
to 10Th street, abutting on the
east side of blocks go, 1O1, 1l6 and
of blocks Is and % in Heller Park
addition to the cityof Great Bend.
The same was adopted by sections,
and then adopted as a whole as
ordinance No. 300, Councilmen
Honnen, Durkin, Smith, Moses,
Allison, and Miller voting aye,
Newcome and Bunting nay.
An ordinance was then present
ed changing the tile of ordina nee
No. 1853 to read, An ordinance
defining certain offenses and pre-
scribing punishment therefor"
The same was adopted by sections,
then adopted as whole as ordinance
No. 301, Councilmen Honnen,
Durkin, Smith, Moses, Allison,
Miller, Bunting and Newcombe
voting aye.
Inc CITY attorney was instruct
ed to take the poper steps in re-
gard to the opera house building.
The name of E. Price was sub
mitted for appointment as street
commissioner, and the appoint
ment was unanimously confirmed.
The city attorney reported that
9Th street and Baker avenue could
be opened by the city marshal
giving notice, as neither street
had ever been closed up or
vacated.
Council adjourned.
W. P. FEEDER, CITY Clerk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

A telephone message from Tom
Ullery, in Buffalo township, says they
had big rain between his place and
town Monday night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
Storage Coal Prices.

Good until August Is, 1906; Rock
vale Canon lump, delivered, per ton
$500. Nut 1915.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

Wesley, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. M. Brining, was Tuesday sue
cessfully operated on for appendicitis
at the St. Rose hospital.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
A Cannon for Fort zafah.

There is considerable form and
ceremony connected with securing
cannon from the government,
but the following letter addressed
to Senator Long and forwarded
by him to Judge E. C. Cole shows
that the committee are making
progress:
June 2S, 1906.
Honorable Chester l. Long,
United States Senate.
SIR
l. Referring to yours of the
23d instant to the Honorable the
Secretary of War enclosing an
application of Mr.. E. W. Moses,
Mayor of Great Bend, Kansas for
a condemned cannon to be placed
on the cite of old Fort Zarah re-.
ferred to this Office, l have the
honor to enclose herewith a list of
cannon located at various forts,
which are available for donation
under act of congress approved
May %, 1896 to G. A. R. posts,
Soldiers Monument Associations.
or municipalities.
2. If the Mayor of Great Bend
will make a selection from his
list and forward an application to
this office for the gun selected,
through you for your approval,
upon its receipt here prompt ac-
tion will be taken.
3. The above cited enabling
act provides that he United Safes
shall be at no epxense in connec-
ton with donations Hereunder.
4. Carriages are not furnished
with these guns, but a blue print
can be furnished showing a gun
mounted on a masonry pedestal,
together with instructions relative
to mounting the same.
5. These guns are not con-
sidered safe for firing.
Very respectfully,
William Crozier,
Brig. Gen. Chief Of Ordinances.
Mr.. Cole states tht the applica-
ton has already gone forward
with the endorsement of Senator
Long.
While small fruits are said to be
plentiful in this county, and com
mand good prices when put on the
market, the farmers are just now toe
busy to market it, with the result
that the cry for fresh fruits in town is
not appeased..
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For Sale.

Two l6 horse and one u horse
Huber, one 16 horse Carr Scott,
and one II horse Advance re-
built Engine. Inquire at The
Great Bend Hdw. and Imp. Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13

THREsHING COAL.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-13
City Superintendent Report.

To the Board of Education:
| herewith submit my first
annual report of the Great Bend
schools for the year 19O5-19O6.
The schools opened September
IS, and closed June /, continuing
in session for nine months, with
a vacation of two days at Thanks
giving and one week at Christmas
time.
The west building was dismis-
sed one week on account of
small pox, and the first and second
primary rooms OF the same build
ing were closed for the same
cause as above stated, for two
weeks.
Enrolment: The enrolment
in the grades for the year closing
May IS, 1905: males 321; females
1858; total SO.
For the year 1906: males 356,
females 374; total 730; increase
over last year. 81.
Attendance: Average daily
attendance for the year closing
May, 1905. males 227; females
259; total 1856.
Year closing May 1906, males
26S; females 900; total 55S; in.
crease over last year y.
Hardness: For the year end.
ing May, 1905, $50; for the year
ending June, 1906, 1876; decrease
in favor of 1906. 262.
The High School.
Enrolment: 105, males %;
females 81; total 80.
1906, males 35; females 6S:
total 1O3.
Enrolment in favor of 1906, IA.
Average Daily Attendance
Year ending 1905. males 81;
females 541s; total 751s.
Year ending 1906, males 261a {:
females 81; total S71a.
Average attendance in favor of
1906, -.
Total Enrolment: Year 1905
males 549; females 419; total
76S.
Year 1906, males 391; females
442; total 1913.
Enrolment in favor of 19O6,65.
Average Daily Attendance
Year 1905, males 24S1a; females
3l3; total 5611a.
Year 1906, males 2941a; females
Bis; total 645.
Attendance in favor of 1906.
81.
Teachers 1905; male /; females
Is; total 16.
Teachers 1906 males 4; females
13; total II.
One more teacher in 1906.
Music: The work in music has
been well conducted and the
pupils, in the main, have done
good work under the efficient in
struction of Mrs. Thos. Downey.
The interest of the pupils have
been good and their work, in the
main, is commendable.
The teachers as a body, have
been earnest, diligent, courteous
and efficient, and l do not hesitate
to say that they will compare
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--TV7 NV 0ud!llonal incnumenls as
witnesses OF 4 march upward along
the pathway of progreSsi We enter
prise. one of these is in the form
OF a handsome hospital. splen1idly
equipped for its benevolent purpose.
The other, u magnificent opera
house, built by one of it's public
spirited private citizens at a cost of
500, 600. The latter was formally
opened on Tuesday evening of last
week with an attendance of appre-
ciative citizens large enough to we'll
nigh tax the abundant seating
capacity of the auditorium, galleries.
boxes and every nook and corner
within range of the stage. The
is a grand and beautiful
one-a lasting credit to the city and
the contributor.
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New Proposition TO Come up Before
the Legislature as TO DISPOSE
ton OF School Lands.

One question, says Il special iron,
Pierre, which will trouble the ueNt
legislative session will be that OF
the state school fund lands. There
will be a strong demand from
several quarters for the Withdrawal
from sale of tue school lands, anu
placing them all under lease.
With the present plan there viii
soon pile up an immense sum of
money which will have to be kept in
vested to help the schools of the
state in any way, and The larger the
SUN grows the greater the danger of
loss from investments. 1t is claimed
on the a side that to stop the
sale of lands and put them under
lease would bring as great a revenue
to the state as would the interest
from sale money, and the danger of
a large sum lying %uninvested would
be obviated. There is no question as
to the logic Of the situation, but a
number Of the counties in the north
ern part of the state contain large
bodies of land which we're taken as
Indemnity for school lands lost in
other parts of the state, and they
will oppose any action preventing
sales of these lands. The support
will probably come from the older
counties in which all, Or most of the
land has been disposed of. and is on
the tax rolls. The opposition Will
come from counties which contain
the large bodies of land which will
never bring them any revenue so
long as the title remains in the state.
Under present provisions no lease
can be made in this state for a
longer period than five years, and
then only for grazing lands. To
change this would require the con
sent OF congress, as that provision is
a part OF the enabling act. In Ne
braSka leases are made for twenty
years, subject to re%-Hppraisal every
five years, 1.-The lease holder ..being
given the preference right to the
land within the twenty-year period
at the highest price offered on re-
appraisal He is allowed to use the
land for tanning. as we'll as for hay
and grazing. Such a provision
might be secured in this state, by
applying it only to counties in which
a certain percentage OF the lands
have been sold, and bringing the
different counties under its applica.
ton when they are down to the
specified amount. Any other plar
would certainly be fought by the
counties with the larger bodies Of
lands.
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A Year OF Blood.

The year 1903 will long be remem.
bered in the home of +. N. Tacket,
Of Alliance, KY, as a year of blood,
which flowed so copiously from Mr..
Jackets lungs that death seemed
very near. He writes: "Severe
bleeding from the lungs and a fright
full cough had brought me at deaths
door. when I began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton, with the astonishing result
that after taking four bottles l was
completely restored, and as time has
proven, permanently cured" Guar
anteed for ore lungs coughs and
Colds at Diehl & Browns drug store.
Price Soc and $500. Trial fottle
free.
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Made Happy For Lite.

Great happiness came into the
home Of s. q. Blair, school superin-
tendent, at st. Adams, w. Va,
when his little daughter was restored
from the dreadful complaint be
names. He says: "My little daugh-
ter had St. Vitus' Dance, which
yielded to no treatment hut grew
steadily worse until as a last resort
we tried Electric Bitters; and a
complete cure. "Quick, sure cure
for nervous complaints, general de-
bility, female weakness. i%mpoverish-
ed tlood and malaria. Guaranteed
by Delhi & Brown, druggists. Price
Soc.
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Sells More of Chamberlain's Cougl
Remedy Than of All Others
Put Together.

Mr.. Thos. George, a merchant at
Mt. Elgin, Ontario, says: 81 have
had the local agency for Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy ever since it
was introduced into Canada, and I
sell as much OF it as [ do of all other
lines 1 have on my shelves put to-
gether. CT the many dozens sold
under guarantee, l have not had one
bottle returned. L can personally
recommend this medicine as l have
used it myself and given it to my
children and always with the best
results" For sale by all druggists.
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Bad ABERDEEN FIRE
Sherman House, an Old Landmark
Destroyed by Fire Thursday
Nieht-Complete Ruin.

Aberdeen had a bad fire Thursday
evening at 10 O'Clock when the Sher-
man house vas completely destroyed
by fire, which originated in some
way in the real Of the building.
The fire also took the fine store build.
ing attached to the Sherman. No
lives were lost In the fire.
The old Sherman house, an old
frame building, unsightly, on one OF
the best orners in the business dis
trict, is one of the landmarks of that
City, and vas erected 10 an early day
by James Ringrose, and for years
was the popular hotel in the city, al
ways doing an excellent business and
has made a mint of money for its
owner. With the old frame building
gone, 1t will pave the way, doubtless,
for a fine structure next year.
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Unique Defense of High Prices.

Kansas City Star: In defense of
the rates charged by the Pullman
company the stock argument is that
the privacy and comfort which the
Pullman cars grant would be all
forfeited If they we're brought within
the means ana the reach of hoi
polloi. There is sufficient logic IN
this to appeal strongly to persons
who desire to keep aloof from the So
called" common herd" But, admit
ting that there--ls something in this
plea, that does not compel the COM
pany to dodge its taxes and to thus
add to the bloated surplus which
arises continually to shame and
plague its sensitive directors.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-30

In the first months OF the Russia
war we had a striking example
OF the necessity for preparation and
the early advantage or those who, so
to speak, "haye shinsled their roofs
in dry weather." The virtue OF
preparation has made history and
given to US our greatest men. The
individual as we'll as the nation
should be prepared for any emer-
gency. Are you prepared to success
fully combat the first cold you take?
A cold an be cured much more
quickly when treated as soon as it
has been contracted and before it
has become settled in the system.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
famous for its cures of colds and it
should be kept at hand ready for
instant use. For sale by all drug
piStS,
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shoplifters at Aberdeen.
shoplifting in Aberdeen has

Shoplifting in Aberdeen has be-
come a profitable business. Four
pewons recently went there from
Stevens Point, Wis, and commenced
to make a systematic raid on the
stores of that city and likewise the
Milw aukee freight depot. A place of
concealment was effected and the
goods were shipped to points ..outside
Of the state, and ultimately to Min.
neapolis. IL is reported that the
shoplifters got away with over a
Thousand dollars worth of goods.
There seems to be sort of an or
ganized gang Of shoplifters working
throughout the state, particularly in
the larger cities.
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There is more catarrh In this sec
ton OF the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
%incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced 1T a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it ill.,
durable. Science has proven catarrk
to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure
manufactured by E. j. Cherey s.
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
n hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall S Family Pills for COZ
s%tipation.
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Where Politics Landed Him.

Pukwana Press: We understand
that w. II Brearly is to be released
from the Yankton asylum this COM
ing week, Dir. Brearly having recov-
cred from his too enthusiastic politi-
cal attack. 1t seems that the Buffalo
county boys overplayed their hand a
little in manipulating Mr.. Brearly.
We are told that some OF the poll
ticians up there agreed to nominate
Nh. BrcarlY for the legislature, pro-
yiding he would help carry the coun-
ty for Crawford. With this plum in
view Brearly went to work in dead
earnest, spending a few days in
Jerauld county lining things up for
himself. The mental strain became
too strong, and it is said he became
batty. The sheriff took charge OF
him and brought him home, and
after an examination it was de-
termined that Brearly should have a
few weeks Of mental rest in the
institution for the unbalanced. 1t
is said that with the wearing off Of
the political excitement, that MI.
Brearly's reasoning faculties have
been pretty we'll restored. He will
now probably discover that he was
worked for a sucker and that it W as
never intended to give him the NOM
ination for anything. Such is poll
tics.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-30
Had a Close Call.

"a dangerous surgical operation,
involving the removal of a malignant
ulcer, as large as my hand, from my
daughters hip, was prevented by
the application of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve," says A. q. Stickel, Of Mile
tus, w. Va. persistent use of the
Salve completely cured It," Cures
cuts, burns and injuries, % cents at
Diehl & Brown's,:druggists
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A metropolitan City Now.

Vermillion Republican: Mitchell
is no longer merely the gem city Of
the Jim Valley, it is becoming the
metropolitan city Of the great COM
monwealth Of South Dakota. 1t has
a splendid denominational univer-
sity, palatial hotels. big business
blocks, classic town halls, the only
corn palace, and now has just dedi
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-30
Famous Strike Breakers.

The most famous strike breakers
In the LAND are DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels 90 on
strike, they quickly SETTLE the
trouble, and the purifying work goes
right on. Best cure for constipation,
headache and dizziness, % cents at
Diehl s. Browns, druggists.
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duly naturaIized under any law OF the United
states being under the age of, tv.sIity-
one wears at the time Of the naturalization
of the parents, shall. IF DWEELING IN
THE UNITED STATES. be considered as
citizens thereof.
He fuuher maintained that resi-
=denee in the custody of the immi-
grafton Office did not constitute
dweI4fng5in the countTysand was not
q landing within the meaning of
the statutes. Therefore he asked
that Marian Zartarian be sent back
to Naples, the city from which she
had sailed for this country.
Judge Lowell refused the habeas
corpus writ, and Mr. Zartarian's
counsel tried to obtain the girls re-
lease on bail, but this maneuver
also failed. The judge declared that
the presence of a trachoma patient
In the community would constitute
a public menace. Then the parents
appealed to the United States Su-
preme Court, The girl was remand
ed, for the interim, to the care of the
immigration office,
That was last April, The Supreme
Court adjourned for the summer. 1t
met again in October and placed the
ZartaFian case on its list. But the
wheels of justice, rs somebody said.
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shipped TO a cQuReTzzsszsg here she id
not know a s0stIy9aIad the nrat word
of WHOSE language sAeceuId not nm
derstand. The only two places IN
the worfa where she h hEtd ;assfriend or
a relative, where she might see. a
familiar face-sox tlry4alsIi ilssszaadd.
Harpoot. -Asfatic ey-Wer closed
to her the=oae because she had
trachojna, theIher beeause,, ,as=aI-
ready noted, she WIS barred forever
from the Gominions Of tfIezEStai8ane.
The law barring aliens suffering
from trachoma is not an old one It
was only passed IN 1909. But it has
caused many a heart-break and
turned back from the gates of 1.-The
promised land many pilgrim who
came with hopes high for a golden
future, which has changed rapidly
to bitterness and despair Trachoma
is such small thing in Europe and
such big thing in America.
Mariam's father was in despair. He
sought advice of counsel and before
the steamer could sail away with
her a petition for a wr:C of habeas
corpus was presented to Judge Low
ell, of the United States circuit court,
praying that the Immigration Com
missioner be compelled to release
Marian Zartarian. a citizen of the
United States. Mr.. Zartarian took
the ground that by right OF his citi-
zenship his daughter was a citizen
and that the act of 1909 did nbt ap-
ply 10 her case. The act, be insist
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ed didZnot declare that the child
of anatiraii lied citizenNas an alien
Again, he argued, through his coun-
sci. of Course, thsta manor has the
dOmicile of her father, and that dur
ing minority the child did not pos
sssszesttIIzenshiiI Independent Of her
father.
The Government in the person of
District Attorney Garland protested
against Marian Zartarian's being al
lowed to enter this country, and go
to the home of her family. The
only question at issue. ne said, was
as to whether or not Marian was an
alien. If she was an alien the board
of special inquiry was certainly
right In debarring her He argued
that Congress has absolute right to
prescribe the conditions under which
aliens shall or shall not be per
mitted TO enter the United States.
The petitioners daughter is an alien
within the meaning of the immlgra-
ton act and she belongs to class
of aliens which Congress has deem
ed best for the interests of the mas
ton 10 exclude.
And he quoted this excerpt from
the act of 1903:
The children ol persons whs have teen
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many years ago, grind slowly. 1ha
highest court in the land docketed
the appeal for future consideration,
and future consideration meant 3
delay of several months. Meanwhile,
Marian ZaTtarian stayed in deten-
ton quarters at the immigration
building on Long wharf.
They have been as kind TO her as
the law allows-perhaps kinder. For
they are generally sorry for the
poor little alien, who, if she be not
permitted TO land here, is girl
without a country indeed. They have
given her little room and treated
her with every possible co. sidera-
ton. In the eyes of the law she is
patient with a dangerous contagi-
Gus disease, and, therefore, a me-
mace If allowed to roam at large.
In their human eyes she is merely a
poor little alien, stranger ia u
strange land, lonely and foriorn, and
peculiarly a subject of sympathy So
they have given her the freedom OF
the roof with an excellent view of
Boston, where she might at least
look out upon the promised land.
Occasionally, when there is a pause
in the rush of the Incoming imnli-
grant tide, they allow her the free
dom of the larger detention room.
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quaintance, where sfc would have
no claim even on the consul of her
country-since she has no country.
All this because Marian Zartarian
has trachoma. Probably so per cent
of the population of southern Eu-
rope has trachoma also. And it is
just because he does not wish so per
cent Of the population Of the United
States to have it that Uncle sam has
declared that aliens suffering from
trachoma Tor mere inconspicuous
little disease of the eyelids) shall
not enter this country. 1t is highly
regarded on the other side, but in the
opinions of physicians and of the
Government here it is a dangerous
contagious disease and must be kept
out And so last April. when the
examining physician Of the immigra-
tion Office reported that Marian
Zartarian, born in a foreign country
before her father had become a ma
turalfzed citizen of the United States,
Was suffering from trachorla, the
board of special inquiry at the i'm
migration Office ruled that she was
not entitled &c land. Therefore they
ordered her deportation.
Her mother, who came with her.
was allowed to land. because as the
wife of citizen of the TTD{ted States
she took her husbands allegiance.
a younger brother was allowed TO go
To the new home their father, Charles
lartarian, had prepared at 45 Brom-
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ley Park, Ro1bury, because he was a
healthy alien" and Uncle Sam made
him welcome But Marian is not a
healthy alien, within the meaning
OF the law. SO she was placed on
board a returning White Star line
steamer to be taken back 10 Naples,
the port from which she had sailed.
And what was she to do in Ma
pies? Anything she pleased. She
had no friends there, she knew no.
body. Uncle Sam, through the of
ficials and employees of the Boston
Immigration Office was sorry-, but that
was none OF his business. Her f.
ther was in tears at the idea of see
irg his fifteenyear-old daughter