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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
A Gigantic 0ctupus.

Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, writing on the
Tariff in the June American Maya
zine, calls attention to an alliance
which gives to the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company a commanding stra-
tegic position in business. She says:
"What has the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company to do with linen
thread7 To understand, one should
refer to that interesting volume lin
teresting when rightly used), the Dr.
rectOry of Directors. He will by
little cross examination find there
that the president and vice-presideht
of the latter, Mr.. William Barbour
and Mr.. A. R. Turner, are both di-
rectOrs in the former. If he attempts
to find out how the stock of the con-
Germs is held the one fact he will hear
reiterated is that Mr.. Barbour, the
largest owner of the linen thread
stock, is also large individual stock
holder of United Shoe Machinery.
Can any one doubt that such rela-
ton has not been of Importance to
the Linen Thread Company in secur-
inc the so per cent of the linen thread
business which it controls? Or would
it be surprising the power, the protec-
ton and the SURPRISES of the two be-
ing given, if there soon was nobody
outside of their fold making either
| linen thread or shoe machinery?
"Moreover, is not the logical and
almost inevitable result of the prac-
teal monopoly of these two inter-
woven concerns the rapid absorption
ofthe shoe manufacturers themselves
Why, when they own and control all
machinery and linen thread, and fur
nish rapidly increasing list of the
findings, should they stop there
Does not the strategy of the situation
do not the same arguments, the same
laws which have led to the mOnop.
DIV of each and the alliance of the
| two. force them into shoe manufac'
turing? This is no new alarm. In
| 1901 when the New England Shoe and
Leather Association made the report
referred to above, it said:
"'The fear has been expressed
that should one company control all
! the machinery in use in the produe'
ton of shoes, it would be quite easy
and enormously profitable to create
trust which would be a monopoly IL
the shoe manufacturing business.
"'The committee has not discover
ed the remotest indication of such in,
tention. The present managers of the
United Shoe Machinery Company are
unusually able, experienced men, and
thew know that their profits are to
come from cooperation with the shoe
manufacturers rather than competi-
ton with them
"That was true of the profits then
it is true now, but with recaleitrant
manufacturers refusing to cooperate
wanting to work out their own sal.
vation-and with funds piling up fol
expansion, the good of the shoe bus.
mess which led to the first monop.
oly seems to the writer to point
strongly to the second"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
HoISINGToN.
From the Dispatch, May 2O)

(From the Dispatch, May 2O)
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Armstrong, north of 0lmitz,
Friday.
Green Wilson and Henry StOskopf
captured eleven coyote pups north of
Olmitz, Friday.
A. Anderson returned Monday
from Bartlesville, Okla, where he was
looking at some land.
Joe Budig returned to his home at
Nashville, Kansas, last week after a
visit with friends and relatives here.
Art. Boyle says his wheat looks
good but some in his ne;ghborhOod is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
]. B PROSE
LAWYER
Rheumatism

! have found tried and tested cure for Rheu-
natisml Not remedy that will straighten the
distorted limbs Of chronic cripples nor turn bony
growths back to flesh again. That Is impossible.
But can now surely kill the pains and pangs OF
this deplorable disease.
Darmstadt--I found the last ingredient with
which DR.. Shops Rheumatic Remedy was made
, perfected. dependable prescription. Without
that last ingredient, successfully treated many.
many cases OF Rheumatism; but now. at last, uni.
formly cures all durable cases Of this heretofore
much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular
wastes. found in Rheumatic Blood seem todissolve
and pass away under the action Of this remedy as
freely as does sugar when added to pure water.
And then, when dissolved. these poisonous wastes
freely pass from the system. and the cause OF
Rheumatism is gone forever. There is now no
real need-no actual excuse to suffer longer with.
out help. We sell. and in confidence recommend
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
badly damaged by the dry weather.

LIE nOlSlnglOn second team de-
feated the Claiin ball team Sunday
by score of only 2S to Is. Features
of the game were a double play from
Barrett to Valerius to Couchman, and
a long running catch of high fly by
Barrett.
W. c. Hunter, of Salem, No., has
rented the quarter of L. E. Bakers
land purchased his horses, farming
machinery and cattle, and will try his
hand at farming Kansas soil. Mr..
Hunter is a friend of Professor Kee-
gan, and it was through the Profess
sor's influence that he was induced to
locate here.
A. Schwager has completed his job
of assessing and enumerating the
population of Hoisington, and found
that the population on the first of
March was 1776. During the year
ending March LIST, ~ babies were
born, % boys and 20 girls. Thirteen
marriages and twelve deaths occurred
during the year.
John Hazen, A. H. Bakers tenant
in Comanche county, stopped off here
the last of the week, while shipping
some farm machinery from Greeley
county to his present home. Mr..
Hazen says wheat looks fine in Co.
manche county, corn is ready to pillow
and the first crop of alfalfa is ready
to cut.
Some night prOwler had a fancy
last Thursday night that the lumber
yard offices would be good places to
rob. Both offices were entered by
glasses being knocked out of the door,
and the night locks being opened.
About three dollars in change was Sc
cured at Wildgen's Office, but nothing
Of value was taken from the other Of
flee. No clue has been found as to
who did the work.
Pete Kingston says a good inch of
water fell in his neighborhOOd We'd.
nesday night of last week, and with
Fridays rain has made quite a
change in the looks of the growing
crops. People from the north part
of the county say the draws were run
ming after Fridays rain, while at
HOisington it was only a heavy show
er, and two miles south of town was
hardly noticeable.
The Farmers Union picnic held at
Deb Fields grove Friday was well at
tended but the afternoons sports
were cut short by the storm that came
up from the west between four and
five O'Clock. Mrs. Ella Burton, who
was the democratic candidate for Su.
perintendent of Public instruction
last year was the speaker of the day
The ball game was called at the END
of the fourth inning on account Of
the storm. Score, Galatia, /; Union
township 0.
During the storm Monday evening
lightning struck Ed Cages barr
killing two head of horses and one
colt and burned the barn, 200 bushel.
of corn, a quantity of meat, three Oh
four sets of harness, and about tive
tons of hay. Ed and his wife were
on an excursion to Texas and re
turned home last night, having beer
, wired Of their loss. The boys and N
: f. Tisdale were in the house when tn,
barn was struck. The barn was sool
enveloped in flames, but they man
aged to get six head of horses AM
mules besides all the vehicles out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
To Farmers.

In addition to the big, black,
Percheron, Donald one of the
best horses in Central Kansas, ant
the celebrated Hackey, Stutney,
Elroy I have two of the best
jacks to be found anywhere. Do
not fail to see them. Phone IA
Barn on north Main street.
EILAS ROBE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28

Walter Murdoch, trustee Cd
Homeitead township, and Geo
'ci'yise were visitors from the
north side Monday.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
The First Lesser Kudu

FINALLY, about ter-thirty. our quest was re
L --aried. Suddenly out Of his Concealment be
hind q -nimosa bush sprang a kudu bull, about
hundred and fifty Yards dead ahead OF flashed like
meteor across a narrow open glade seen by me for
rr more than two seconds and then disappeared on
right. headed past Us and back along the slope
ri the ridge we we're following.
With little hope of again seeing him. but taking
The chance / Srinted nv best about hundred wards
the next opening IN the bush along the course he
was taking. and got there Just in time to see him
spring out Of the tangle into opening field of
SlTsCJ1Crl1, and stop for instant head turned and
listening. hundred and fifty yards below
knowing had not a moment 10 spare. | fired the
moment / caught my bead on him. and while |
rIainlv heard the ball hit him. away he bounded,
strong apparently as when first sighted him.
Ruuulug down 20 take UP his SDOOr. however. |
had gone ten feet before the heavily blood red
Geucd Sl5isc57cril leaves told me / had him. When
! reached him. he stone dead. shot through the
u-ner hird OF the heart by % Mauser soft nose.
which had passed on clear through and out Of him.
and he had made the marvellous Of one hun
d-ei and eighty yards before falling
His horns beautiful pair. measuring thirty
and three-quarters inches the outside
and fifteen inches from tip to tip their perpendicular
height twenty-fOur and a half inches, a rare prize
IL these davs. when very few African sDortsnen's
bags include lesser kudu of any sort.
hat night we dIned on buffalo tail soup, the liquid
thick and strong beef tea, the meat deliciously
sweet and tender far better favored than even
giraffe tail and on fried kumbari followed by roast
Ho0rhaan bird about the size and as tender and
well favored a spring turkey.
ge-r-.r. Hy Is-a B~r-h bronson
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
A Lost Tent Boy

THE twcutv-ci1hth missed being our red letter day
by several sizes Always difficult to keep
marching column oi porter, IN close order IN a rdc>
les rugged mountain country where the long gras,
Is lined everywhere with the passing OF wandering
game the moment lny struggcrs lose sight OF the
advance or rear there is always chance Of their get
ting lost.
Molo the hurl. kaviroudo table boy had been
intrIstcd with "a valuable twclyc-bore Purdy and
the water bottles and ordered reach OF my
mules tail. But 10y mid-forcnoon missed him and
halted the advance. \ scant hour before had Killed
TWO kongou for thc portcrs. and he was then pres
cnt But when first the quick marching portcrs and
then the slow moving donkeys came in, neither por-
tiers nor donkey boys remembered having seen hIu
since the last kill
So there was nothing for il but TO of-saddc and
stop and send boys out with guns and whistles 20
try and signal him.
Finally after four hours he brought in, worn
and tagged from "a fIyc-uIle dctour south Of our
German East all come Of sheer stupidity
careless Indifference TO his morning orders and loss
of touch with the column
Our lunchcoa was over and were ready TO re-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

the previous DAYS cruelty. Besides. the air was
quisite. keen, and braCIng to degree that for the
first day since our start made and animals step
out like they really alive.
We Camped early at SIN thousand one hundred
feet bOlSterOuS little mountain stream, hunt
eand, the biggest and finest of the antelope family.
the larger bulls weighing up fifteen hundred
extinct or most parts. Here they
thick. to nudge by the trails But usual thev
are hard to when YOU want them especially since
they stick pretty close in thorn scrub We also hoped
to bag here in the tall timber of the higher ridges
legal quota of Colobus monkeys the big long furred
black and white chaps most priced by sportsmen Of
all the monkey tribe. II was lovely shooting
try thick belts IF heavy forest alternating with
wide. open gades and thornv slopes
Going out afoor at noon with Judd and gun
bearers within hour sighted several eaud.
some grazing, others doing among tc mimosa and
stalked the big bull Of the lot within easy
hundred yards. There fired and hit him behind
the shoulder with the 4O5 hard that he staggered
and nearly fell; but, knowing their great vitality and
taking no chances. Judd and | gave him two more
each when he stumbled behind a thcket. But.
upon running up we had him Il only TO
his tail wigwaggiug a fareWel. he entering
heavy timber four hundred yards away. Through
long grass and forest trailing slow and difficult.
but AHala and followed him for nearly four hours.
when, with night approaching and camp far behind.
We had TO give HIM up.
No coobi did going out or back, but |
shot birds OF most beautiful plumagc both plan
eaters blue heads shading into green neCks.
with red wings and long blue tails. poor apology
for what went after. but still lovely trophies.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

lRCED to remain in our Ngari Xiii
camp the twenty-third, TO clean.
cure. and dry our skins and heads. |
started out at dawn after geTenuk or
lesser kudu. both nowvery rare buck,
and both, the latter especially. eX-
trenely hard to get, always alert and
of Ike the wind at first scent or
glimpse OF YOU. Riding up TO the
crest OF high. sandy, rocky ridges,
denSelv covered with thorn and Sdu-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

s-lrr:I (the wild fiber Tlant) the sort Of country
these buck love. living between Nguramon and the
Na1i Olitram and disrnounted and for five hours
slipped along afoot closely scanning every opening
about with glasses.
Eve-vEyere we went the ground was covered with
fresh tracks OF buck OF all sorts from little dikdIk up
10 giant Gland and much giraffe and rhino and some
buffalo Sign and yet throughout the first five hours
tramp We saw no animals save three herds Of beauti-
FL i-ilraa which carefully avoided disturbing.
and a few tribes OF tiny monkeys and giant apes,
which barlled and chartered their surprise and then
swung away through the treetops.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
An Glands Wonderful Vitality

nN the twenty-seventh Travelled ten miles west
~ most Of the time within few thousand wards
OF the German boundary, over the beautifully
grassed timbered, and watered inter-rangc region
of the Mau, much Of hard going but nothing like
Evening star., 1909-06-18
ST. JOHNS PREPS
WIN FROM ST. PETERS

The Prep team of st. Johns College on
the Monument grounds won from the ST.
Peters team, 10 to ). Until the fifth in
ming the score was close and apparently
both teams were in for hard fight. Then
bad throwing gave the Props three more
runs. Again the ST. Peters were alert
and scored two runs The score then
stood q TO ) The Props kept the lead
and made their victory doubly sure by
scoring four more talles in the ninth.
West, the Preps' pitcher at times had
the opposing batters bewildered. Mulin
at center and Schafhirt on third are max
ing good. For the losers Foster. Baker
and Awkward deserve much credit Score:
Evening star., 1909-06-18
NATIONALS BAT OUT
A QUICK VICTORY
Rain Stops Game in Sixth In
ming With Browns
Trailing.

Whenever rain prevents. interrupts OF
otherwise interfereS with base pail
game custom apparently has sanctioned
yarious references TO said downpour as
the work of one Jupiter Pluvius. Where
fore it might be mentioned in passing
tho Inn pulled off one of his most COM
n,ete performances yesterday afternoon
at the National ball park. putting
terminus 10 hostilities when the score
stood at five runs for Marse Joe's boys
and one lonesome taliy lof jim Me
Aleer's youngsters
As matter of fact it was not at all
necessary for 'Jup'' to butt into the
proceedings in yesterdays matinee' oe-
cause the game was very safely slowed
away in Col Cantillon's ice chest long
before the rain god upset his buckets.
So far as outward appearances "ouio
serve as an indication OF the reiatVe
| merit of the two base ball nlnes' yes
terday.s game certainly showeq the 10
| Gals to an advantage In sWatfest. AS
| tn the fielding a different story might
he written. though Groom's ability 10
tighten up in emergencies helped mate
rally to bridge possible danger points
when runners reached the sacks on "op-
sles by the infield.
of medals in the fielding department,
they have several prizes coming to them
because of their streak with the willow.
Not often have the fans seen can
tillon's men knock visitihs 'Wlrler gu.
of the box, and particularly rare have
heen these occasions when they We're
pitted against left-hander. But hits
were garnered in abundance OH era
hams delivery. and Manager McAleer
finally yanked his twirler after seven
hits. for total of three runs had been
registered by the Nationals
Harry Howell was substituted in the
midst of the fifth inning after Browne
| had reached first on a safe drive to CEN
| ter. But the locals had their eye on the
ball and were not to be denied, and the
part of an inning in which he worked
seemed to indicate that Howell, too.
would have gotten quite some bumps If
| rain had not brought the contest to a
| sudden end
Browns Open Well.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
OmOhumdrO&CO.,
TailOrs,
SlS F Street N.
BIG WATER POWER IN USE.
Chattanooga Gets Electricity From
Dam II Miles Awav

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 1S.-A
current Of electricity was turned into this
city yesterday afternoon, and power from
the great lock and dam constructed at
Hales bar, seventeen miles away, is now
available for the operation of industries
here.
} tions for three years, and the plant will
furnish $1,000 horsepower. The cost of
! the lock and dam power and wire line
was over 100000. The dam will keep
navigation on the Tennessee river to
Chattanooga open all the year round.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
sboemakers Play Real Ball.

RICHMOND. Va, June 1S.-LynchburS
took the first game of the series from
Richmond yesterday afternoon to l.
1t was a battle of giants from start to
finish The visitors took the lead in the
opening round, but Richmond tied the
game Immediately.
In the fourth LynchhurS crossed her
second man over Neither side was able
to score again. Nernuelle and Ashton
were pitted against each other in the
box. Score:
R.H.E
Iynchburg. ..... q % IL
Richmond ...... q u D u D O-l
Batteries -Vernuelle and Pratt; Ashton and
Messitt. Imprp-Nr. Black. Time of game
hour and 2o minutes.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
ALL WASHINGTON TO
: PLAY QUAKER TEAM

The Washington team which is
scheduled to play it's second set of games
with the all-Philadelphia team in the
Tri-City Tennis League a: the Quaker
city tomorrow afternoon has been de-
cided upon. It's makeup, which with a
very few exceptions is the same as that
which SO decisively defeated the Quaker
aggregation on the Chevy Chase courts
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Ten New Middies.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. June 1S.-The follow
ing candidates have been sworn in as
midshpmen: Stephen Elliott. Wilkesbarre.
Pa: Thomas Shine. Covington. KY: E.
J. Eanderkloot. Chicago: Henry l.. Abb
bott. Boston: John l.. Hall. Williams
burg, Va: Philip c. Ransom, Woodstock,
VT: Frank l.. Johnson. St. Louis: Henry
+. Dawson. New York city: Walter Sci
bert, Mariette. Mich. and Charles s.
White. Binghamton. N Y.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Quartermaster's Son browns.

NORFOLK, Va. June 1S-Leon Scott of
Portsmouth, twenty-one years old. son of
J. O. Scott. quartermaster in the United
States navy, was drowned while in bath
ing yesterday afternoon at Ocean View
He was taken with cramps while swim
ming some distance from boat off shore
Evening star., 1909-06-18

'Bender batted for Dygert in the eighth.
Detroit. ............... o o 0 o.
Philadelphia ...... o o . IL
Earned r,lns-Dctroit, 3: Philadelphia l. Left
on nbases-Phladclphia. = Detroit. 3. First bas.
on balls-On Plank. l OFF Summers. 3 off Dy-
CERT 1. Struck out-By Plank. >: by Dygert, >:
by Summers. 1. Two-base hits-McIntyr. Cobb.
Sacrifice hits-Crawford ~. Bush. Stolen bases
Bush, Cobb. Double play-Schaefrr to Moriarity
Wild ptches-Summers. /: Dygert. 1. Umplres-
Messrs. Hurst and connolly Time of game
hour and 30 minutes
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Decorat ton day will he composed of the

following PLAYERS: c. B. Doyle, I'll. +.
Doyle. Spencer Gordon. P. I'll. S Cake
+, II Grosvenor T.. G. Grosvenor, j. NJ
Carlisle Ralph W. Hills. Homer Deis
Howard. Graves and Lincoln.
How the men will be paired off in the
doubles has not yet been. decided upon.
but one thing is certainty, and that Is
that the Doyle brothers VIII not be sep
arated AS the Quakers are considered
TO be the strongest team in the league. IL
the locals can repeat their perform
ance when these two teams last met 1t
will be quite feather in their caps. The
team will leave the Union station at y
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
ST. Johns preps. -.
~ IinfarS

Earned runs-St. Johns. &: st. Peters. 3.
Stolen bases-Callaghan ,3,. Drry Ga, Fitzger-
aid -. Schafhirt. furrier ,3,. West. AwkM ard
~, Tinneran. Kane. Dwyer t2>, Foster t.l, Baker
~, Hewitt. Sacrifice hits-Cailaghan. Schsfhirt
Awkward, Baker. Hit by pitcher-By Awkward
ualaghani. Struck -out-By West. D. by Awk-
ward. 3: hy Eaker. 2 Bases on balls-Of West
;: off Awkward, d of Baker. =. Umpre-Mr
W. Ryan. Time of game hours.
Evening star., 1909-06-18

Doyle's triple emptied the the bases after
they had been filled. 4 liberal purse
was collected by the fans and divided
between Doyle and Ryan. Portsmouths
three runs were secured in the seventh
Toners double being responsible for two
of them Hale was on the firing line
Continued on Seventeenth Page.)
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Truckers Drop a Game.

ROANOKE Va, June 1S.-In the first
of the series with Portsmouth Roanoke
won easily. 6 to ;. The game was de-
void of sensational features. Hannifin
weakened in the fourth inning, and hit
one man and allowed two hits and two
sacrifices, which resulted in four runs.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Maps Beat Yankees.

NEW YORK, June 1S.-Cleveland won
yesterdays game from New York by
scoring three runs in the first inning.
Hughes then being found for a triple, two
doubles and single. Warhop. who sue
ceeded Hughes. pitched finely. and pre-
vented any tallies. New York had an
excellent chance to tie the score in the
ninth. Hemphill substitute batsman. lead
ing the inning by tripling. But the next
three hitters could not get the ball out
of the infied. Score:
Evening star., 1909-06-18

Totals. , S27 II 1 Totals - o
-Batted for Knight in ninth inning.
i8atted for Warhop in ninth inning.
Cleveland. ........... , q q o O 0-3
New York ......... o U o. o o.
Two-base Hinchman. Ball. Kleinow, En-
gle. Three base hits-Goode Hemphill. Stolen
base-Lord. Struck out-By Warhop g. by Ber-
ger. 5. Bases on balls OF Warhop l. of Ber-
ger. 1. Double pay-Engle to Laporte. Hit by
pitcher-By Warhop >; Passed ball.Remis Left
on bases-New York. 8: Cleveland, 6. Empires :
Messrs. OIonghlin and KERN.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Tigers Eat Up Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA June 1S-Detroit
hitting and Detroit pitching stopped the
presumptuous rush pennantward of the
Athletics yesterday afternoon, when the
tribe of Jennings came back a the Mack
men and landed a to victory. Score:
Evening star., 1909-06-18

ton = Chicago. 4. Bases on balls-On Burchell.
L: of SchlitZer. 3: off Burns, l. First base on
errors-Boston 1: Chicago l. Hit 10y pitcher
by Burns. Mcconnell. Struck out-By Burns. Z:
10y SchlitZer. l. Impres-Messrs. Evans and
Perrine. Time of game hour and 30 minutes.
Evening star., 1909-06-18
Boston Splits With Sox.

| BOSTON. June 1s.-Boston won the aft
ernoon game easily. to l. Ryan out
pitching Smith. Chicago managed to
| score one run in the ninth inning when
the visitors filled the bases with no one
out and Isbell scored on a sacrifice fly
| by AtZ. Scores:
Evening star., 1909-06-18

| Two-base hit-Unglaub. Threebas hit--Un-
glaub. Iits-Or Graham, Z in four and one third
rifce hits-Conroy, Unglaub. Milan. Double plays
h-McBrde to Donohue: Unglaub to DOnOhue; Me-
YRride to Donohue. Left on bases-W Washin gton. .:
| ST. Louis, >. Base balls-On Graham. First
base on errors-W Washington. I: St. Louis. 3.
| Struck out-By Groom. 3. Wild pitches Howell,
Groom Umpires-MessEs. Egan and Connolly.
| lime of game hour and 10 minutes
Evening star., 1909-06-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Today's Games.
| ST. Louis at Washington
Chicago Boston.
Detroit at Philadelphia
Cleveland at New York