davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
The Ignorant Farmer.

d. H Norris, the president Of the
Automobile club Of America has on
his Long Island estate one OF the
F1ssf Chicken farms in the world
AT a dinner in New York Mr. Nor
ris, in response to some compliments
on the success OF his farm and on MS
knowledge Of chickens, said with d
laugh:
sAnd vet was as ignorant Of
chickens a few years agO as-as a
farmer on his first visit TO New 1oFk
was ignorant OF city ways
- Everything was fine, this farmer
said, when he got back home from
New York Everything was me eI-
cept the light They kept the light
burning in my room all night long
a thing I amt used to, and cOuldn't
sleep on account Of it
% Well, HI, why didn't you blow Il
outf' said his wife
Blow II out2 How could p said
the farmer. The blame thing waE
inside a bottle Los Angeles Times
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
NE Church Nnfices

There viii be special revival seFV-
ices at the NJ E church the last three
nights OF the old year. The first serV-
ice viii be Saturday night at 7:S0.
The pastor hopes TO continue these
services indefinitely. Every member
OF the church is expected 70 be pres
ent 50 far as possible and help in
these services. A cordial welcome Is
extended to all.
Regular peachfng services Sunday,
December 80, at II a. m The Ep-
worth League meets at 6:45 p. m.
There will be preaching at the school
house one mile north Of W. H. Stone'g
place, Sunday, December 80, at $3.50
D. m You are welcome to this seFv-
ice.
IOEIN N ELDRIDGE- Pastor.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
talking about on the way.

talking about on the way.
Where the overflow from springs
had been clogged and allowed 70
stand, he said that a trace Of oil ap-
peared, sufficient TO detect both from
sight and taste. He was delighted
over so good signs. which pointed to
his strong belief in oil deposits.
The American encyclopedia, a late
work Of authority. backs up the ar
gument on the structural conditions
Of strata as found in this county. il
says in part concerning natural gas
wells:
''The reservoirs in which natural
gas is usually found when pierced by
the drill, are composed Of porous
sandstone or limestone In some
cases a limited quantity Of the gas
has been found in shales, but this gas
may be regarded as having gradually
accumulated from the underlying rock
formation Almost invariably the
large reservoirs have been developed
in the strata on or near the crests Of
the anticlinal or rock waves, while
petroleum has been generally collect
ed on the lower horizon
Sherman county is underlaid with
both sandstone and limestone, and it
is exceptionally porous. Shale exists
in the southeastern part OF this cOun-
Y as we'll And it is a known fact
among people that have made a study
Of geology, that shale Cwhile not pro
ducing OLD nevertheless makes its ap-
pearance in the region OF oil and gas
deposits
The driIlers Of the 12-inch well at
the Rock Island yards in Goodland a
couple Of weeks ago ceased boring at
a depth Of a little under 200 feet be-
cause they struck sandstone, which
geOIOgists know underIies the water
sheet, and below the sandstone Gin oil
are found the oil deposits
Just how thick the sandstone stratum
in this county is will have to be found
out by drilling, but Mr.. uih thinks
that oil ought to be reached at a depth
Of 1000 feet from the surface or per
haps less
A well has been bored in this cOun-
" that was almost artesian in char
acter; and artesian water is frequent
y found in oil countries Nine or ten
years ago, exploratory drilling opera
dOns were carried on near Cheyenne
Wells, a town southwest Of Goodland
in Colorado, and pocket gas was
found
1t has only been three years since
the great oil discoveries began In
Kansas. The OiI-prOduc-
ing territory there has been constant
ly enlarged, until a productive region
200 miles in length and so miles broad
is now in prospective And at the
present time this is the largest oil
producing territory known in the
United States.
Is X 200 much to presume therefore
that. in the face Of the facts before
recited, petroleum or gas may be
found right here in Sherman county?
Some people might laugh at this
"Oil idea in Sherman county," and
try to cry away Mr.. lifts opinion by
saying that there are no antecedents
Of oil supply in this county upon the
theory that petroleum originates only
from animal and vegetable life. And
then the ObjectOr will clinch the whole
argument by saying, and where was
your vegetable and animal life in this
(COnfi0uad IN Daza F,,,-N
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
He Knew.

A we'll known congressman from
Virginia, leaTin@ his house one morn
ing, forgot a letter that he had meant
to mail. That afternoon something
called IL to his mind, and as fl was Of
considerable importance he immedi-
ately hurried home. The letter was
no where to be found. He summoned
his faithful old darky servant
''Zeke,' he said, did you see any
thing Of a letter Of mine around the
house ?"
''Yessum. Yo' lef' it on yo' table %
Then where is it now2"
'tAh mailed it, sah.''
Mailed it, Why, Zeke, there
wasn't any name or address on the
enYelopel"
"Jes' so, sab Jes' so. All thought
it mus be in ansker to one Of dem
'nonymous letters you've been gettin'
lately"
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
WANT MORE LAND.

Rock Island Needs Additional Room
for Yard Purposes in GOOdland.
The Rock Island right Of way man
was here this week to negotiate for
the purchase Of land with a view to
enlarging the yards on the south and
their extension from section line east
to the section line on the west
II has not been but a number Of
months since the Rock Island doub-
led their trackage in the Goodland
yards and almost on the heels OF this
Improvement has come this desire to
purchase more land for larger yards.
Work is steady progressing at the
Rock Island works The concrete
smoke stack is up so feet, just one
half OF the height contemplated. The
new round house stalls are being
fOOred with vitrified brick.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
A Heifer,s Big Jumn.

Parson Stewart has a twO-year-Old
heifer that he banks on She has
for the family since the first Of April,
and will be fresh again in about three
months She is a nimble bOs, and the
other day she got out Of the barn
yard into the garden Her antics were
as good as a circus. Noticing q tre-
mendOus high jump, her tracks were
measured where she had left them in
the soft dirt Of the garden; and II was
found that she had cleared at one
bound p feet The measurement was
carefully and accurately made and
the fact stated is without the least
exaggeration.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
COLD IN THE EAST.

The South Is Also Freezing While
Kansas Has Nice Sunshine.
New York, Dec 2A-TOday was the
coolest Of the winter. The thermom-
eter registered s degrees above zero
and the wind is blowing twenty miles
an hour from the north.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec 24.-Freezing
weather is reported as far south as
Tampa, Fla The cold wave extends
over the eastern half Of the southern
states.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
JOHN NJ. ELDRIDGE, Pasto
In the Long Grass Country.

William Wells Of Graham county,
objects TO having western Kansas
called the short grass country" He
says that a few days ago the Baker
ranch in the north part Of Graham
county shipped 1900 tons Of alfalfa
from Edmond TO Kansas City. He
claims that western Kansas Is really
the long grass country. Being q
member Of the legislature, he viii
probably introduce a bill slbolishing
the short grass country and officially
designate western Kansas as the long
grass country"
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
Diuunitt-Jones.

Ralph Dfmmitt and Miss Amy Jones,
young people Of Sherman county, were
married at the home Of MI and MIS-
ID. E Dimmitt at o'clock 2. m, Wed
nesday- December IS, by Rev J. 10
Stevens. Ralph is son OF Nj ahu
NJ II T. Dimmftt Of Logan town
shin. and the bride is a daughter OF
NJ and Mrs ". H Jones, who live
south OF KanoradO. The young couple
have both taught school IN Sherman
county and are very much respected
BY their many acQuaintances-
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
TWO PAIR TWINS.
Born I'm Same House in GOOdIand just
Nine Years and Two Days Apart.


Nine Years and Two Days Apart.
An interesting cOincident Of the ad-
vent Of twin baby girls at the home
Of MI and Mrs. Albert Reed is the
fact that nine years before the L z.
Brinker twins were born in the same
house. The Reed twins were born on
December p, and the BTinker twins
December "a, just nine years and two
days apart, and both pair OF twins
were girls The BTinker twins attend
the public school, their names being
Bessie and Bulah, and the bouncing
pair look so much alike that many
people cannot tell which is which
Mr. Reed bought the place Of Mr-
Brinker, who had purchased another
property for a home That house
must be haunted.
The ladies Of the Royal NeighbOrs
claim the newcomers, the first two Of
a kind that were born to a member
Of the order, and in recognition Of the
fact presented them each with a gold
scarf pin.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
i. sIDEs AGAINsT Id.
Congressman Smyser Thinks Browns
vile Evidence Meager.

WIG EFlueHce Oeflger.
Washington, Dec. 26.-COngressman
Smyser, in an interview today, said on
the BrOwnville affair that the presi-
dent is short OF evidence If he
possessed none other than that pub
lished- He considers the failure Of the
grand jury to indict anyone after
making a long investigation as a
strong point in favor Of the negroes.
He says that in his opinion IL seems
strange that President Roosevelt
should have discharged the entire bat
talliOn upon such fiimsy testimony
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

Mans first civilization was by the
fOrests; the last and grandest is to be
upon the boundless plains. For un-
passing substitutes for wood-petrO-
lezu and natural gas.
Mute testimony to these buried
riches cries out from the ground in
Sherman county, is the declaration of
Dr. ". H hin Of Hamilton, Ill, geo
logical expert for the Consolidated
Producers Oil company OF Louisville,
Ky And he is here to interest the
people in a plan for the working out
q their own salvation This is not
bis first visit. He purchased a quar-
ter section OF Sherman county land
several years ago, and when he first
looked upon this county at that time
his practical eye converted him to this
belief.
The contour Of the county, the
character Of the rock and the head
waters OF river systems. are the foun-
cations OF his argument Mr.. uiTs
knowledge Of other oil fields and a
long experience with the evidences in
oil producing regions also attest to the
existence Of such deposits in western
Kansas Tonight, at the Office OF I.
p Leonard, Dr. Ilif viii present his
views on the subject to the citizens Of
GOodland and Sherman county. Peo-
pie who are interested in the opening
wedge Of an enterprise that may carry
in its path millions Of dollars Of value
and the multifarious industries that
spring up around oil and gas produc-
ton will be on hand Of course.
Mr. Tiff, in company with the edi-
tor OF this paper, made a trip We'd
nesday to the north fork Of the Smoky
hill river, which runs through this
county from west to east He wanted
to investigate the OutcrOpping Of rock
there, and to get information as 20
the many springs that Ooze their wa
ters from the base of the hills. While
on the way, Mr.. Ilif made this signi-
hcant remark, that this region had
never suffered from any great inter-
nal explosion or fire; that there have
beeGzylo upheavaIs to exhaust subter-
Fanesn y:Srces, such as = draI gas;
IND he s7S;iointed out what E.e termed
''gas mounds as soon as the first
rough stretch Of country was reachedE
81 expect to find along the Smoky
he continued in conversation, what
is called coffee sand kidney rocks
and sand stone, which are generally
common in oil producing territory"
And he was not disappointed. lie
picked up along the rocky part Of the
creek, the very evidences he had been
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
Christmas Trade I'm GoodIand.

All the stores OF GOOQlan0 naQ an
Some Of them were completely cleaned
up of articles intended for the holiday
trade. The weather being unusually
fine, everybody went shopping and
around.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

Get ready to come to the great Red
Tag sacrifice sale during January az
Miilisack's.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

LOOK out for the great January
special Red Tag" sale at 1Lillisack's.
e Be startsd on about sth 70 the
1eth-
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
ExPERT sAYS 'OIL AID cas-
DR. ". H ILIFF BELIEVES DE.
POSTS ARE HERE.
Has Gathered Evidence From the
Rocks, Springs and Formation
Of the Country.

= Westward the star Of empire
= takes its way, and by its guiding
o light the eye Of man seeks out
sthe laboratory Of the Great Gre
> ator. The earth grOaneth with
= abundance for the use Of man,
, according as the mind labOrs to
, read natures book, the leaves
, whereof are rock and soil, and
, leaf and living thing.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

Wanted-Cook at the Palm res
taurant; apply at once.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28
DRINK and DisoFderIv.

Robert Thompson, a colored man
who works in the OakfOrd bakery, was
arrested by Policeman COchrane Fri
day and lodged in the city jail. He was
arraigned before Police Judge G. w
Sapp Saturday and fined IS and costs,
for being drunk and disorderIy.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

A meeting will be held Sunday at
3 o'clock p. m, December 80, at the
Christian church, to organize a Young
Woman's Christian association Ev-
cry woman interested in Christian
work is urged to attend this meeting.
The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

Stallion for SaIe-HambI bIetonian,
aged years, weight 1880. z. A
AdkissOn, KanOrado, Kan
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
BUYING WATER FOR PAINT.

For the benefit of Wausau people who
buy their goods of catalogue houses in
the cities, let the PILOT state an illus
tration of what they are getting for
their money, and it's no pipe dream
either, but can be proved. The North
Dakota Agricultural college, which is
also government agricultural expert
ment station, has just issued Bulletin
No. 81, which treats of prepared house
paints, giving an analysis OF different
brands tested. One of these, the worst
one in the bunch, was a sample pur-
chased of the best known mail order
house in Chicago, and the analysis
showed that it was not only short in
weight but contained adulterants and
Is per cent. of water. 1t is likely that
everything that comes out of one of
those houses is doctored up in the same
way. When people realize that they
are buying water for paint, they may
let the man. order houses severely alone
and then-they may not. You can't
tell. This is a queer old world peopled
with many peculiar specimens of hui
mainly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
$63,917.49

Balance due county. 1858 As
Up to the present time forty-five town
treasurers have made settlement with
Mr.. Juedes for the state tax due from
their towns. There are five still to set
tie. 1t is expected that within a very
short time they will begin turning over
town taxes as well, although many take
all the time allowed them. The last
few days before the time limit they
come in a bunch.
Mr.. Juedes recently received check
from the state treasurer for the sum of
$50 90 for school money due the town of
Cleveland. Il appears that at the time
this county made a report to the state
superintendent of schools for the year
ending June 30th, 1908, the full number
OF children in tie town of Cleveland of
school age was not given and a settle
ment was made on the basis of that
report. Later it was found that the
town was richer by twenty "kids" and
the state superintendent was so notified
The matter has just been Strengthened
out by the superintendent drawing a
warrant on the treasury for S36. "a based
on the rate of S1S47 for each child. 1t
took nearly three years but the town is
that much richer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
An Infant Industry.

One of the main purposes of pro
tective tariff is to help along struggling
infant industries. At least that is what
the standpatters say The iron and
steel industry is one of these infants.
The report of the United States Steel
corporation for the year 1905 shows
how much of an infant the iron and
steel industry is.
The gross receipts of this corporation
last year were about $500, 100000. The
net earnings amounted to $119, $50, 272.
The banner year in the life of the trust
was 1902, when the net earnings
amounted to over $133, 100000 The
worst year was 1904, when the net in
come was S73, 49, 2l.
Infant industry These figures
speak more eloquently than words
What monstrous absurdity to shelter
this mighty giant with high tariff
schedules!
1t is said that this great corporation
will expand from $50, DOC, 600 to $75, 900,
600 during the present year in extend
ing and improving its plants. And all
of this enormous sum is to come out OF
surplus earnings.-Fort Atkinson Dem
Ocrat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
ELDERON.

ELDERON.
M. S. jacobson is home from Michi-
gan for short stay.
A. j. Peterson is busily engaged these
days filling his ice houses.
E. j. Benson and wife were visiting
friends at lola one day last week.
A sleigh load of young people went
to Wittenberg Saturday night to attend
the masquerade.
Earl Bowser left last week for Kau-
kauna where he expects to secure a
position on the r. r.
Oscar Thorson of Wausau was a call
er in the village short time last week.
Mr.. Thorson expected to move to the
western part of North Dakota some
.ime in March
A. j. Plowman is negotiating with a
Pennsylvania dairyman for two Guern-
sey heifers, which, if he succeeds in Sc
curing will be valuable additions to his
present heard of registered stock.
For the first five months of school
which closed last week the following
pupils had not missed day: Florence
jacobson, Nora Worden, Willie Robin
son, Eta Taylor, Blanch Kimball, and
Alien Joubert. Florence jacobson
heads the list having been neither alb
sent nor tardy. The total number of
days that the ten highest on the list
have attended is $50. This is big in
crease over last years record.
Halverson and Gullexson have since
Feb. IL conducted their store on the
cash basis. There is no doubt about
it but this is the proper way to conduct
a retail business as both dealer and
purchaser are benefited thereby. May
success follow the dealer who has the
courage to begin on such plan for by
so doing there is not the tendency to
encourage the dead beat The dead
beat is a factor in every community,
encourage him and he will take advan-
tage of it and run up bills which he
never intends to pay, check him and
he will profit by it as well as others.
Church services were conducted in
the school house Sunday, the Rev.
Strum of Wittenberg, presiding. After
the services a business meeting was
held to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
building a new charch. While nothing
definite was done, yet different individ-
uals present expressed their opinion on
the subject and finally an adjournment
for two weeks was taken. The matter
will then be brought up and the pre-
sumption is that before another six
months rolls around Elderon viii have
a chmch which will do credit to its
people and be benefit to the christian
world at large.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
LINCOLN SCHOOL NOTES.

Ethel Sherman and Arthur Weber
played the piano last week.
Basket ball will be played only two
nights this week, Monday and Tuesday
All of the rooms, with the exception
of A and B, have planned special pro.
grams for this week.
The seventh grades will put their
time and energy on the coming play.
Work on that will begin this week.
Mrs. Martha Washington will give a
tea in honor of several distinguished
friends on Friday evening, Feb. %, lin
room +.
One of our girls basket ball teams
played a freshman team at the high
school Saturday afternoon. 1t was a
close and exceedingly interesting game.
The halves were fifteen minutes, and
during the first half no score was made
by either side. But few fouls were
called and the guarding was close.
During the second half the highs won
four points and the Lincolnites five.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
A Supreme Court Justice.

The Eau Claire Telegram expresses
doubt about the candidacy of Mr.. H. II.
Grace of Superior for Supreme Court
Justice. There is in fact no question
about it. At the solicitation of mem
bers of the Superior bar he announced
his candidacy in November, and never
requested bar endorsement and did
not participate in any bar meeting.
The railroad and public service corpora
ton attorneys at Superior were opposed
to Mr.. Grace and desired the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Hanitch, attorney for the
Northern Pacific railroad. There are
90 lawyers in active practice at Superior
and Mr.. Hanitch and his friends were
able to secure only Is of the lawyers in
active practice, to back his cause The
balance of the lawyers were opposed to
him and still are of the same mind.
the Telegram can obtain the above
information by reading the Superior
Leader Clarion, of December 10Th or the
Superior Times, of December 23rd, both
papers supporting Mr. Grace, who has
never been the attorney for any public
service corporation, but who does rep
resent and is president of and
attorney for the heaviest Industrial
81 80 A. Iol
These concerns have several hundred
employees, and there has never been a
strike among the laborers employed by
these concerns, and this accounts for
the earnest support of his candidacy by
the Leader Clarion, the advocate of
labor Mr. Grace is a Woodworking,
sound and safe lawyer He is a native
of Wisconsin and has always been active
and interested in the welfare of this
state and his community.
Mr.. Grace is not the candidate of any
faction or special interest, and has the
unanimous support of the Wausau bar,
and will probably have great strength
all along the Wisconsin river, where
he formerly lived. The lawyers of the
Appleton bar have signed his nomina-
ton papers and probably large num-
Der of the Oshkosh bar will do likewise.
His high standing at the bar is unques-
toned, as he is president of the
Wisconsin Bar association, Superior S
| only member of the American Bar
association, and was one of the dele
gates to the International Bar meeting
at st. Louis. Being former classmate
of Governor LaFollette, he has been an
answering supporter of the Governor
railroad taxation measures, and being
less than fifty years of age and in
excellent health, the Independent is
of the opinion that if elected the people
will have in Mr.. Grace an able and
safe judge on the bench.-Chippewa
Falls Independent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

snow to open roads so the traffic could
be taken up again.
Miss Lizzie Piske, of Merrill, Wis, is
at present in the town of Berlin visiting
with friends and relatives.
Mr. Gums, of Wausau, has been a
visitor in the town of Berlin for num-
Der of days last week, visiting among
friends and relatives.
A large crowd of young people from
Naugart attended the masquerade on
Saturday evening at Little Chicago.
All report jolly time.
Emil Genrich, of the town of Berlin,
who has been quite sick for the last two
weeks with lung fever, is improving
and will soon be around again.
Mr Meyer, who teaches the school in
Dist. No. 6, town of Berlin, called on
Erwin L. Marchetti, who teaches in
Dist. No. 4, on Thursday evening after
school.
Joe Pope, teamster for the Mathie
Brewing Co. of Wausau, was seen driv-
ing through Naugart with a load of wet
hardware for the two Emmerich's, last
Saturday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

home for feeble minded 1t is reported
that Boeni has so improved in mind
that he is capable of going out into the
world and earning living and if Mrs.
Dickens finds such to be the case she
will endeavor to have him released.
He was sent to that institution from
here at the age OF Is and he is now 81
years old. His father was killed by
lightning some years ago and the
mother is an inmate of an insane
asylum.