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The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
Public Auction

will sell at the c. P. FaIine farm.
two miles south Of GOOdland, on Tues
day, February 5, 1907, the following
property: % head OF live stock, con-
sisting Of Is head o. horses, as follows:
black mare years old, weight about
1,40O,in fOal by jack; 1 brown gelding
years old, weight about 1,4OO; 1 span
OF matched roam geldings years old;
1 bay gelding 4 years old; 1 brown
mare coming years old, sired by the
noted Strathberry, 2:O4Z, dam was
Kitty Osborne, 2:27, well broke and
anyone can drive her, a natural PAGER;
1 bay mare coming s years old, IN
foaI; span OF matched driving
ponies; brown geIding years old; 1
buckskin horse 8 years old; brown
horse years old; 1 yearling hlley; ?
coming yearIing mare colts; L black
gelding, old enough; L sOrrel horse
coming years old. bay mare coming
years old; 20 head Of coming year
ling steers and heifers; four wagons;
spring wagon, 1 stirring plow, L cul-
tfvator, 1 steel harrow, 4 sets double
harness, 2 OF dozen chickens, house
hold and kitchen furniture, 1 buggy
and set single harness. Terms: Eight
months time, 10 per cent interest, ap-
proved security. All sums OF SO and
under, cash. Free lunch at noon
J. c. JOHNSON, Owner.
GEO. BRADLEY, AuctiOneer.
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e1HaREsSMEE NAHT ] 81. go
VOTE FOR INCREASE OF PAX
STOOD 1ss TO o.
me BIN Increases Cabinet Members
Pay 70 So, ,OOO-A Little Salary
HstoFT.

Washington Jan 1S.-By 2 vote OF
13s 20 50 the house OF representatives
voted to increase their salaries to ST.
500 per year.
The bill also fxes the salaries OF the
vice president speaker and members
CT the cabinet at $4,000.
Tile salary Grab" Of 1873.
Apropos to the proposed raise in the
salaries OF congressmen and members
OF the cabinet the following from the
Kansas City star IS given:
Whenever congressman have con-
templated an increase Of cOmpensa-
ton, the memory OF the salary grab
of 1873 has always risen 70 alright
them Perhaps the advance voted at
that time would not have made such q
eommOtion had It not been for the
riot Of scandal OF the period involving
numerous public men But coming as
i did on the heels OF the Credit MObi-
Her AFFAIR the salary increase impress
ed the public as a piece Of -thievery.
The day before the expiration Of the
sessiOn-March 3, 1873, congress voted
to increase the salary OF the president
from $4,000 to $4,000 q year, that
OF the vice president, the members Of
the cabinet and the associate justices
Of the supreme court to SIC, 1000, that
Of the chief justice to 1O,5OO. Of the
speaker OF the house to 80 900 and
OF congressman from $4,000 to $500.
The congressiOn8 increase was made
retroactive. Congressmen voted them
selves $4,000 back pay for the two
years work done before the passage OF
the bill. It was this back pay feature
that made the explosion. The coUn-
try would not accept an explanation
Senators and representatives went
home to find themselves the objects OF
universal execration over what people
called the back pay steal" There was
little objection to the increase in the
pay Of the president and Of the judici-
ary. But the constituents would listen
TO no arguments in favor Of the raise
to congressman.
As a consequence many senators and
representatives turned into the treas
ury the amount Of the increase in their
salary. As soon as congress convened
in December the matter was taken UP
again In long and plaintive speeches
members explained the purity Of their
motives. So within a few days a bill
was introduced repeating all the in
creases in compensation save those Of
the president and justices Of the su-
preme court. Unhappily for the con-
gressmen a general election had inter
vened before the repeal and many Of
them were defeated for denomination
because OF their connection with the
act OF March 3. Since that time rep
resentatfves have been reluctant to
risk arousing similar Outburst
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
PnhIic Sale

The undersigned viii sell at public
sale at the old Russell ranch, south
east 30-T-4S, four and one-half miles
north OF GoOdland, sale to begin at 10
O'Clock a. m. on Friday, February 8,
the following property twenty-five
head OF horse stock, consisting sf four
work mares 10 years old. ali with fOal;
1 mare with foals 3 years old, well
broke; I good work horse 10 years
old; one driving horse 5 years old; I
work mare years old, in fOal by
Jack; 4 head yealing colts, coming 2;
3 geldings coming 3 years old; I drfy-
ing horse Z years old; dve last year. s
colts; / span work mules so head Of
cattle, consisting Of 80 head Of and
2-year-old steers; 20 head last years
calves 10 head cows and heifersf also
four sOws with pig. Farm implements,
consisting Of lumber wagons, 1 set
work harness, I Superior hoe drill Z
corn planter, / feed grinder, L Deering
mower, harrow and 1 kitchen range,
and many other things too numerous
to mention Terms Six months time
viii be given purchaser, interest 10
per cent, approved security al sums
OF SO and under, cash Two per cent
on for cash on all sums over SO
c A STALGREN, Owner
GEO. BRADLEY, AuciOnser.
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- ~ 30.
Passes Away at Washington Las
THURSDAY, JannaFy =.


THURSDAY 5anuaFy 81
General Russell A AIger, United
States senator from Michigan, died
quite suddenly ct Washington. Thurs
day morning January "A, OF edema
OF the lungs He was IN his list year,
having been born February %, 1885.
He served with distinction in the civil
war, being mustered into the service
as a first lieutenant but gradually rose
In rank to that OF colonel and general
Senator Alger was secretary OF war
under Mckinley. and was severely cri-
ticised for his conduct Of the depart
ment during the Spanfsh-American
war. BE resigned his position IN the
cabinet was appointed senator to IN a
vacancy and was elected for q sub
sequent term, which would have ex-
pired the fourth Of the coming March.
He was at one time governor OF 1Efchf-
gan. On his return from the civil war
ne engaged in the lumber business and
became wealthy. he vas naturally
ambitious, and endeavored to secure
the nomination for the presidency in
more than one Of the national repubIi-
can conventions After leaving the
cabinet, he published a history OF the
Spanish-American war.
An incident Of his passing, which is
strikingly peculiar, was the publish
ing OF an interview, in which ne re-
hected upon the character OF McKin-
ley as having no backbone" As
condition Of submitting to an inter
view, after leaving the cabinet Of Nc
Kinley, he eXactsd the promise that il
should not be made public until after
his death The incident Of the inter
view came out in the same issue OF the
daiIies as the notice OF his death.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF
School Lands-Notice is hereby given
that on Saturday, the 9Th day OF Feb
ruary, 1907, between the hours OF 10
o'clock q. m and o'clock D. m. OF
said day, I viii, at my Office in the
court house Of Sherman county, kan
sas, and in the city OF GOodland, Of
fer for sale and sell zS public sale, 70
the highest and best bidder, accord
ing to law, the following g described un-
improved school lands, toWit: The
northeast quarter Of the northwest
quarter, the northwest quarter OF the
northwest quarter, the southwest quar-
ter Of the northwest quarter, each
appraised at four dollars (SL0O) per
acre; the southeast Quarter Of the
northwest quarter, appraised at i've
dollars CS5-0O) per acre; the northeast
quarter OF the south west quarter, the
southeast quarter CT the southwest
quarter, each appraised at six dollars
($6.0O) per acre; the northwest quar-
ter OF the south west quarter, the
southwest quartz T, OF the southwest
quarter, each a appraised at four dol
lars ($4-00) per acre. all in section
thirty-siX (S6J, township eight (s)r
range fOrty-ofle (41), Sherman cOun-
tys kansas No bids for less than the
above amounts VIII be received All
highest bfdfIers or purchasers viii be
required to pay cash IN hand imme-
diately aftfsr purchase.
This Ian sold subject TO lease.
Wftnes< my hand, this 18th day Oi
January. 1907.
J W SMITH, County Treasurer.
Jan 1S-Feb- 8
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F0F Sale

Lots 4, 5, and in block 19 and lot
in block Is, Eustis, also southwest
quarter 1883, Washington town
ship Submit your offer.
VIII trade or exchange for western
Kansas or Nebraska land 200 acres in
Wood county, Wis. 1 y mile west Of
Babcock. Good hve-room house in
good condition, two barns in poor con-
dition, partly fenced, fences around
buildings; some fruit trees and ber-
rIes, two wells, windmill and water
tank; chicken, wood and smOkehouse
about so acres crop land, balance pas
ture and hay; this IS in good agricul-
tural, stock and dairy country. Sol
putty, sand loan and black marsh
Submit your trade to z. L. Hostetter
Waterloo, Ia
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
A Few Things to
BeBoTne in Mind

That we carry q complete l1e OF
wagon Wood Stock BuEEy ana car
TfsEe Material, HearTy Hardware also
auFthing used In or line q bus-ne11-
Dssc EharpaulRE Eachins rolls them
7ut eoid-
Aesncv for VIZ ara" Tubular Nag
] 1eto. nres the Gas or Elzoitue engine
: Fithcut the aiG OF hatteriss- Not a1-
TorL
All WcrE guar znteed and done 81
: east porls time cc11z-snt wa
Er0Cd w5r- f1ii ana E1t ae1zsEiLlrel
sEg waus ECer u1Ge-
Greer r@E9l38 81
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
ANTT-PAss CAUCUS.
Members Of Kansas Legislature Dined
by Railroad Attorneys.

Members OF Kansas Legislature Dined
by Railroad Attorneys.
The Topeka State Journal, in a
very recent issue, says:
On Thursday night there was a very
select company OF about thirty mem
bers OF the legislature entertained at
the Elks' club with all the elegance
that those hOspitabIe club rooms af-
ford. The banquet was in the nature OF
a caucus against the anti-pass bill,
and it IS understood that the railroad
attorneys paid the freight
Other affairs Of similar nature are
said to be part Of the campaign Of
education against the bill. Members
who are believed to be Vulnerable"
are to be invited to these banqUets,
and the gospel Of the Almighty An
nuaI preached to them through their
stOmachs.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

BY local applications. as they cannot
reach the disease portion OF the ear.
There IS only one way to cure deaf
ness. and that is by constitutional rem
edfes Deafness IS caused by an in
famed condition oE the mucous lining
OF the eustachian tube When this
tube f. indamed you have q ru1blins
sound or imperfect hearing and when
e IS entirely closed deafnes8 f. the
result and uniess the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored 70 its normal condition, hear
ing VII be destroyed forever nine
eases cut OF ten are caused b. cat
arm, which s. nothing but an fnHsm-
cd condition OF the mucous surfaces
We VII give One Hundred Dcllars
Cor any czse OF dezfEess (caussd By
catarrh) that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catzrrh Cure send Eor cir
culzrs free F. =. CHETEY q CO
Toledo, O.
Sold tT druEEizts. 75c.
TaEs HsH's FAMILY PIES Tar con-
st5paHon-
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
The Right Name

Mr. August Sherpe, the popular
overseer Of the poor at Fort Madison,
Ia, SAYS: 'sDr- Kings New Life Pills
are rightly named; they act more
agreeably, DO more good and make
one feel better than any other laxa-
tive" Guaranteed to cure biliousness
and constipation. Csc at 7. A Stew
enson's drug store.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
For Sale.

Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels,
| the J. L. Todd strain, noted layers,
81 each; two mammoth Bronze tur-
/ key gobbIers, hatched from eggs
| bought Of the Nebraska Poultry COM
pany, also one pair Of Pea fowls. ".
n. Errington, Northeast 20-s-41.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
DISCRIMINATION.
Kansas FIGURING Mills Up Against the
Railroad Perfidy.

haIIFOau Pern0y.
Mcpherson, Kan, Jan. 25.-Ths
Lindsborg -four mill received an order
for a carload Of -four to be shipped
to Ogden, q. On investigation the
freight rate from LindsbOrg to Ogden
was found to be $225.O1. The value
OF the car Of -four in LindsbOrg was
$615.0O, the freight being nearly one
half the value OF the -four. On an
order for a car Of -four to London,
England, the freight was found to be
s1sS.S5, or a little more than one
fourth OF the value Of the -four and
the distance from Lindsborg to Lon
don is about seven times as great as
It is from LindsbOrg to Ogden Thus
the railroad will ship the -four for
foreign transportation seven times as
far for $S6.16 less money.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

PUBLICATION NOTICE - To
Whom It Hay Concern Notice IS
hereby given that on the 1st day OF
December. 1895, q petition signed by
ten hDuseholders residing In smoky
township, Sherman county Kznsss.
was presented 70 the county superlIl-
tendent OF public instruction OF said
county asking that the hereinafter
described school lands IN said county
be exposed 20 sale after one year from
date Of the hrst publication of this
notice said lands are particularly
described as follows. toHft- All Of the
west one-haIf CTTlg D OF section thirty
six f5e1 township ten (zc3, range
forty fa01. Sherman county. kanE1-s-
Done at EoodiaI1d. Sherman county
Eausas. thfz 1lth day of Janusrg5 A.
J. " ELAUER
Chairman Board of County ComrlLs-
Eicners Sherman County. Hansas-
Attest nrrTar1E PEEEE
Comfy CIe-L
Jan. 15-Esb- zr
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
For Rent.

The poor farm including dwelling
house, barn, well and fOrty-One acres
Of land, thirty acres In pasture and
eight acres broken out. Apply to the
county clerk, Wilson Peters
J. ". KLAUER,
Chairman Board County Commission
ers.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

Ths Knights and Ladies OF Security
meet every first and third Thursday
evenings at o'clock, In Masonic hall
All members Of the order and visiting
members OF the fraternity are cordial
y invited to attend. J. ". KANOUSE
President
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
Two Jacks and One Stallion.

For Sale Of Trade-Are fine fndi-
viduals, and well worth the pains OF
investigation. Write to ". P. War
riner, Stansberry, No.
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A OueFy.

II a cat Ieapt out OF a window,
And It killed her when she lit,
Would a jury decide that the animal
died
In q cat-a-leapt-tic 1T?
-Tn6ra
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

State Of Kansas. county Of Sherman.
IS. I, Q. J. ShimeaIl, cashier Of the
above named bank, do solemnIy swear
that the above statement is true to the
best OF my knowledge and belief
G. J. SHIMEAEL., Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this Goth day OF January, 1907
WARREN =. GATER,
(Sea) Notary Public.
(My commission expires February
Z, 191O)-
COrrect-Attest:
E z. AMES.
J. r. BURROW,
G II. SAWYER,
Directors.
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TotaI expenditures

State Of Kansas, Sherman count ty,
s. I do sOlemnly swear, that the
within and foregoing is in all respects
full and true account OF all the
monies received by me and expended,
together with the indebtedne IS Of said
township, during the full period OF
the year ending the last Non. day in Oc-
tOber, A d. 1906, and for the full
time for which I should make such
statement. So help me G Cd
(Signed) c NJ FENNO,
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 23d day Of January, A. D. 1907.
JESS J. FINLEY. Township Trustee.
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01
LEGAL NOTICES.

TOWNSHIP TREASURER An
nual Statement OF Receipts, Expendi-
lures and IndebtedneSs-The under
signed, township treasurer OF Union
township, Sherman county, Kansas is
sues the following statement Of re-
ceipts, expenditures and indebtedness
for the year ending Monday, October
%, A D. 1906:
RECEIPTS
Jan q, 1906, balance on hand -S29.17
EXPENDITURE
Jan q, 1906. c. NJ Fenno-
The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

- s HaH's q F'snlly PES fuF con
The Washington herald., 1907-08-14

permit any opposition in the business of
refining and distributing oil il It is possi-
ble. by fair means or foul. TO break down
such opposition AS the Standard mas
customariiy chosen foul means of running
its competitors out Of business, its opera
tions have justly become a subject of
government investigation with a view 20
their punishment and prevention.
Perhaps another view of monopoly
would be taken by the public in general
II all were convinced. as our contributor
apparently is, that monopoly has brought
about a reduction in the prices of many
necessaries of life. If monopoly actually
produced such a result as that, it might
be tolerated. Certain 1t is that it can be
tolerated on no other terms than service
OF the public rather than individual greed.
A constructive view of the trust problem
might well take into consideration the
possibility that monopolistic methods Of
production and distribution may be made
to serve the public even more usefully
than they do now.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-14
Do Trists i.nwer prinesa

one OF the contributors TO The Wash
ingtoa Herald's Monday symposium of
public opinion las a good word for the
trusts on the ground that the prices of
trust products are less than the prices OF
such products before the era of industrial
combination. There is no doubt about this
fact nor is there any question that It is
due, IN some cases. to the greater econ
Omy OF production and distribution on
large scale. Where a trust serves the
public by sharing with the consumer the
advantages Of cheapened processes of pro-
ductiOn. there IS no ground Of complaint
against il on the score Of prices. But the
tendency of the trust system is not to
share with the consumer the economies of
production, but to transmute them into
profits for the benefit Of its shareholders.
The Standard Oil trust, the steel trust. the
sugar trust, and others display this tend
ency. Any one of these trusts could
make considerable reduction in the price
Of its products and yet make reasonably
large profits. Would it not be 10 the ben
eft Of the public that they should do so,
rather than 10 contribute 10 the enormous
fortunes that are a menace TO society and
the state?
Trusts. however. DO not stop with main
taining prices, and il there were no
ground of complaint against them be-
cause Of the prices charged for their prod
ucts. there would be ample ground for
complaint on the score Of their attempts
10 suppress competition by unfair means,
to build up monopolies beyond tAe ec--
trOi Of ordinary economic laws. and TO
suppress invention and enterprise.
Although the Standard oil Company. for
example, charges too much for oil In some
places and not enough in others. and, in
general levies upon the consumer all that
it can compel him TO pay. the chief
ground Of its offending is that it viii not
The Washington herald., 1907-08-14
C0XEY'S INVASION RECALLED.
Ridiculous Failure, Like the Revolt
OF French Wine Growers.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The wine growers revolt in the French
Midi was drowned in a gale Of ridicule
when Mareellin Albert. "redemptor7 of
the southland. heir OF the glorious Abb
geois and Camisard and Girondist tradi-
tions. accepted 100 francs from NJ. Clemen-
ceau and shed tears IN his Office. The
world would have no hero who would take
S20. even though he might be a Tartarin
OF Tarascon sort Of hero.
This recalls an American emeute that
ended as ridiculOusly. When Gen. Jacob
5. COxey marched his handful Of tramps
on Washington, Official CONSERVATION mo-
bilized troops in side streets and grouped
batteries Of artillery where It would be
handy. The nervous vision Of the Ma
lions Capital saw o prototype OF the
Huunish hordes sweeping down upon the
city, bent on destruction.
When CoXey's ragged little handful
finally toiled up the hin on which IS the
splendid seat Of Congress. A Capitol pO-
hceman, on his own responsibility. ar
rested the whole outfit for walking on the
grass.
Col "Bnl" sterrett, a Texas newspaper
correspondent Of note. had watched the
advance Of Coxey's army with the vividly
imaginative eye Of the trained and ex-
perienced reporter, A story loomed
large in his mind. But when the end
came the colonel threw up his hands with
gesture Of disgust and turned away.
''To think" he snorted. "of the first
American revolution getting pinched for
walking on the grass"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-14
Progress and Population

British Ambassador Mr.. James Bryce.
who writes on many subjects, and who
rarely takes part in a discussion he does
not adOrn, contributes an essay on What
is ProgTess?' TO the current Atlantic
Monthly Never dogmatic, Mr.. Bryce
does not here set down any hard and
fast opinions of his own, but he IN
dulges in a pleasant discussion which
stimulates TO thought and which will
cause many readers to wonder whether
the reasoning Of certain popular philoso-
piers as TO the relations between progress
and population are not fallacious.
One of the views pretty widely accepted
by social economists is that large popu-
lations are a sign of progress. Mr.. Bryce
does not deny that this may be true;
that is, he is not positive that It is
not true, but he questions it. "The eager
ness" he says, with which cities watch
each successive census Beturn for a record
of their population is familiar. and is
nowhere so familiar as in this country"
He cites the old aphorism that whoever
makes two blades Of grass grow where
only one grew before deserves well Of
mankind, and he asks If the man who
makes two ears of corn grow where one
grew before IS a benefactor? He points
out that IL the soil is made more pro-
ductive. more men would-iive on it; but
this does not necessarily imply that they
would be better of. II there is an. abun-
dance OF food, there viii be an abundance
The Washington herald., 1907-08-14
The Ynnnted Peanut.

| Far be il from us TO belittle the mani
/ fold and evident virtues of the peanut.
/ We have no doubt that 1t serves a useful
purpose In the scheme that holds this
old world together, and we would not, II
we could. rob It Of one laurel that is its
own by right, or relieve 1t Of one single
atom OF lofty fame attaching TO its reDu-
tation.
When. however. its advocates come into
court for the purpose OF defending it
against unholy indictments, we insist that
they be specific in their writs Of traverse
and keep within the prescribed rules Of
evidence when entering their pleas. For
instance the Atlanta Georgian says, dog
matically. as it were. Five cents worth
Of peanuts is more 'nourishing than a
porterhouse steak" Upon this fat-footed
assertion it hangs long and highiy-in-
volved argument in support Of the pea
nuts virtues. and is abetted, aided, given
comfort, and backed up by that other en-
lightened vehicle of public instruction, the
Atlanta Constitution.
We decline TO direct a verdict for the
further information upon the subject in
hand In the first place. how many pea
nuts go 10 make up five cents worth? and
what kind OF peanuts? There is a +side
range between FIVE cents worth Of pea
nuts as reckoned by the venders inside
the circus tents and the large and bulky
package handed out by the old side-stTeet
family grocer; not to mention the varia-
tiOn in quality. Then, again, how much
steak is "a porterhouse steak?" Our i'm
preston is that the average porterhouse
steak is too small to nourish anything.
Therefore, 10 order a favorable verdict
merely upon the bald assertion aforesaid
would be contrary 10 the dictates OF rea-
son and subject Us 10 scathing and, per-
haps, highly uncomplimentary review at
the hands of the Houston Post, the Nor
folk Landmark. the Charleston News and
Courier, OF some other butter-in Of like
nature
We have no doubt, speaking individually
and not judicially. that the peanut is all
right But before We are willing 10 fix
and determine its standing for the record.
we must have more detailed evidence
upon which to hand down final decision.
The case Of the peanut vs.. the remainder
of the vegetable kingdom is. therefore.
continued for the term. and judgment Is
suspended.