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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

i On May 81 there is to be un-
yelled monument, at Lincoln,
Kansas, to the memory of those
who lost their lives through the
Indian raids that occurred in
this territory in the fall of 1868.
Beloit was just at the time
springiny into being, the land on
which the city now stands hav-
ing been filed upon by two
brothers of the names of Aaron
and Seth Bell. The Indians had
become exasperated by a party
of New Workers who came out
here that fall and were slaugh-
tering the buffaloes for the
value of their hides. The
Indians struck the Beloit town
site from the southwest though
they committed depredations on
the property of Aaron Bell it
was not until they reached the
clam of Brack Bell, a brother of
the two Bells previously men
toned that their blood thirsty
instincts seem to have gained the
upper hand resulting in the loss
of three lives namely Mr.. and
Mrs. Brack Bell and David Bog
ardus. The scene of this early
day tragedy was on the farm
down the Solomon valley now
occupied by Glenn Heidrick, sr.,
and it happened that two little
girls, the daughters of Aaren
Bell, were carried off by the
marauding Indians Mrs. David
Bagardus and the present Mrs
J. Wroe of Denver, the latter an
infant at the time were also on
the scense, and Mrs. Wroe was
badly cut by sharp instrument
in the hands of some one of the
band of Indians. The little girls
carried off were afterwards re-
covered by the soldiers some
miles south of the place where
the tragic affair transpired. One |
of the girls who took the per-
ilous ride is Mrs Esther Dunlap, |
of Bloomfield township, and her
sister is we believe, still living
though no longer a resident OF
these parts. All of this of
course is ancient history very
familiar to the old settlers but is
being revived in Lincoln county
by the unwilling of the monu-
ment to the memory of these
early martyrs to pioneer life and
at which it is desinged to gather
rs many of their defendants as
possible. Western Call.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
N0DA.

FUDA.
r. and G.. Hickman were Voda
callers Sunday.
G. Kristoff took dinner with w.
D. Austin, Sunday
Everybody busy putting in
feed since the rain
Ralph Kristoff took dinner at
Y. Benisch's, Sunday.
VIM Cox visited with home
folks at Hays, Sunday.
F. and J. Stradal attended the
ball game at Voda, Sunday.
Chas Kristoff and David Owen
were out among them Sunday.
Miss Mensing of Ellis visited
her brother Ernest over Sunday.
Walter and Albert Krhut went
fishing and they walked home.
w. A. Mong and family visited
with r. Owens family, Sunday.
Yes, sir, the wheat has been
saved twice in the last ten days.
Mrs. York and Mrs. Owen
were county seat visitors Tues
day.
John Conner is doing some
good work on the road north of
Voda.
G. Thicl and family ate Sun
day dinner with w. D. Austin
and family:
Mrs ]. Horak of Wa-Keeney
was Voda visitor Sunday night
and Monday.
Ethel and Sedrick Kirkendall
are home after a three weeks
visit to Palco.
Misses Mabel and Iva Kirken-
dali visited at Palco few days
the past week.
Kristoff Brothers treated I
themselves to a new Brown cul-
tivator, Tuesday.
Mrs. and Mrs Hartsfeld Wis
tied their daughter, Mrs Lizzie
Krhut, Sunday.
The people of Voda attended
fine Decoration day exercises at
Collyer, Monday
Considering the bad night the
ice cream supper at the Voda
school house was well attended
Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmussen of
near Wa-Keeney visited with W.
ID. Austin and wife last Sunday.
Mrs. A. G. Schwanbeck and
Mrs. E. Mensing were Wa-Kee-
ney visitors Tuesday of last
week
Albert Krhut is stepping pref
ty high nowadays had two
young ladies to the ball game at
Collyer.
Elmer Pearl, J. Conner, F.
Schwanbeck, ST, and st. Peter
bought two-row weeders of VIM
Cox, Saturday.
Bessie Krhut is taking music
lessons of Mrs John Glenn.
When my girls get old enough
every one of them will take les
sons from her
There was a ball game between
the Collyer lightning bugs and
the Voda grass hoppers Sunday,
but we won't tell you how the
score stood; but they can't do it
again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
BIG CRttk.

This is fine growing weather.
Corn is doing nicely these
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffer expect to
go to Florida to locate
Tom Feezor bought a horse at
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

DIR. Thomas Electric Oil is
the best remedy for that often
fatal disease Group. Has been
used with success in our family
for eight years. Mrs. L.
Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y 4
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

For a mild, easy action of the
bowels, a single dose of Doan, s
Regulets is enough. Treatment
cures habitual constipation. %
cents a box. Ask your druggist
for them 3
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
For Sale NONRESIDENT Land
at a Bargain.

a. q A~SAA s SAAAA>
East half of northeast quarter
of section 5. township IA, range
%, $1,000 per acre cash; S12. so
per acre, one-fourth cash.
Also 100 acres, southwest
quarter of section 34-13-23, Ire
ga county, $1,000 per acre cash;
$12 so per acre, onefourth cash.
This land belongs to a non-resi
dent and for that reason is offer
ed for the above price. If this
land was in the Pan Handle Of
Texas, no better than Trego
county land, it would sell for $40
per acre. Apply to
| LEONARD EVERETT,
| Council Bluffs, Iowa.
| Or to FL. F. KLINE,
SO Wa-Keeney, Kansas.
Pure home made lard at
Bakers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

CHEAP COAL-We have a small
supply of good summer coal
slightly Stacked $500 per ton
Ross & WALDO.
Ogallah, Kansas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

A true measurement of a man
is not on the street nor amen
corner of the church, but at his
own fireSide. There he lays
aside his mask and you can tell
whether he is a devil or an angel,
hero or humbug. If his chill
dren dread his coming and his
wife swallowsh her. heartevery time
she asks for anything he is a
fraud of the first water, even
though he prays until he is
black in the face and shouts
hallelujah until the hills shake
Elk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05
Farm Machinery

disc drill, / Indiana d
Deere 3-disc pillow, l
hand corn shelter, l 3
foot steel tower and I
single harness-new;
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PRIEST FOR GOOD ROADS.
Smooth Highways In a Missouri Coun-
ty Preached by Father Placid.

Smooth Highways In a Missouri Coun-
ty Preached by Father Placid.
Headed by Father Placid. superior
of the Conception monastery at Con-
ception, Mo-, in Nodaway county. the
township board of Jefferson township
has put fifty-six of the seventy-eight
miles of road in the township under
system of dragging contracts. Farm
ers have been secured who will drag
the roads as often as required by the
supervisors at rates running from so
cents to Is cents a mile. A dragging
consists. under the contracts recently
let, of two rounds, or four times over.
When the plan was started Father
Placid, accompanied by the township
board. visited all the main Travelled
roads of the township and selected the
sections which were in need of grad
ing and would need such improvement
before dragging could be effectively
started The various supervisors were
then ordered to have these sections
graded.
1t is expected that after the grading
Is completed it will cost an aver
age Of $G5 mile yearly to maintain
the roads in good shape. Father Placid
in a sermon delivered at the monas-
terry urged his auditors to aid the good
roads movement.
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1Of 0Olh nOaD, AldAANo, "h.
from Good Roads Magazine, New York;
pose 1t was observed in Clark county
that where the top soil consisted of
a mixture of sand, gravel and clay
the sand and gravel had been drawn
toward the surface and Incorporated
with the clay during cultivation.
The road is located and graded in
the same manner us for gravel or
macadam The foundation is then
shaped with road machine and
slightly crowned in the center. after
which a layer of suitable top soil is
spread to & width of about sixteen
feet and depth of about ten inches
in the center and three or four inches
at the sides The next step is to open
up the side bitches with read ma
chine The earth from the bitches is
thrown up against the bed of top soil
as Il shoulder.
The road machine is then used to
level off the surface and to give it the
proper slope from the center to the
side bitches. The road is now thrown
open to traffic and soon packs down
into a hard, dry surface. If rainy
weather occurs during the spreading
Of the material or soon after, so much
the better. Wet weather and heavy
traffic assist in the mixing and pud-
ding process. After this process has
continued until the surface soil is thor
oughly mixed the road is dressed and
reshaped with light two horse grader.
This treatment is continued until the
surface is well hardened and all soft
or uneven spots are removed.
To get the best top soil along any
particular road hand samples are tax
en- and examined before the work is
begun. Samples of uniform size are
selected and the percentage of gravel,
sand and clay ascertained by washing
out the clay and sitting out the sand
The sample which appears to have
about the right proportion of sand
gravel and clay is selected. From 1(
to % per cent Of clay appears to be
sufficient for binding material.
aSlue lTolH Tue SEdulHS, THESE toI
soil roads cost from $3.50 to $500 per
mile. The road shown in the photo
graph was bad the winter before
it was improved that the traffic was
forced into the adjacent woods and
cotton fields to avoid the deep ruts
and mudholes. Although the road had
just passed through hard winter anG
had been subjected to much heavy
hauling. the photograph shows tina
now it is not only free from ruts ant
muaholes, but that it is hard ant
slnooth.-MaNrice O. Eldridge in Gooi
/ Roads Magazine
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GOOD ROADS BUILDING.
Plans For Better Highways to Be Dis
cussed In First Structure Of Its Kind.

Plans For Better Highways to Be Dis
cussed In First Structure Of Its Kind.
The Washington state good roads
building on the Alaska-Y ukon- Pacific
exposition grounds, facing Nome circle,
is the first building of It's kind to be
erected in America. Here is shown a
well equipped laboratory, where road
materials may be tested for determin-
ing their value. In another room is
shown a model in miniature of one OF
the four quarries which the state is
now putting in operation for supply
ing crushed rock for road building.
This plant is now being installed On
Fidalgo island. near Deception pass. In
Puget sound. The total appropriation
made by the last legislature for i'm
proving the roads of the state was
S1.3OO,00O
The good roads building has an
auditorium capable of seating 300.
which is complete in all appointments.
being provided with stereorticon for
Illustrated lectures Beginning ut 3
D. m. each day IL series of beautiful pic
lures will be shown of scenes in the
state of Washington. At 4 p. m. each
day an illustrated talk on roads is
given. touching methods Of construc-
tion maintenance. repairs, dust pre-
vention, etc, as practiced in the
United States and other countries.
Here the first American congress of
road builders convened on July 5 TO
3, inclusive, when delegates from ev-
cry state in the Union We're present as
we'll as from Canada and England.
The good roads building has been
placed on permanent concrete
foundation and will be used by the
University of Washington as the flu,
ture home of the department Of high
way engineering.
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SheriH'S Sale.

Allen Brothers & wadley, Limited, versus R. B.
Pace. No. 5l5l. In Second District Court
Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
- issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door Of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, on Saturday, December t8,
1909, the following described property,
to-wit:
In tp IS, rng ii: Nw4 of ne14 and all
the VIE OF sec /; WIZ Of se14 Of sec 9;
all the wiz Except the nw4 of nw4)
ne4, nw4 of sell and sw14 of se1a of
sec ii; WIZ of nwL4 of sec IL; n1a of
nw4, sw4 of nw14 and sea of nwA of
sec 10; VIZ of ne4 of sec IA.
In tp 10, rng II: NJ of ny and SEA
of swl4 of sec 8; VIZ of se14 and se4 Of
sea of sec 8; sea of nez, nw14 of nwl
and s1s of sec 9; sw14, n% of se14 and
swl of sea of sec 10; sw4 of neL4, n1a
of ne14, e1s of sw14 and swA of sea Of
sec IA; nw4 OF neh and WIZ Of sec Is;
sw1 of sec Is; e1a of ne114, eL of neA
of sw14, s1s Of sw14 and sea of sec II;
e11s of ne14 VIZ Of nw1 and VIZ of swl4
of sec 10; nh of nw1a, swA of nwL and
s11s of sec 20; all of sec 81; nwL Of sec
q; ne14, ehs Of nw14, n11a Of swl4, se14
of swA and se14 of sec %; sw4 Of nw1a
and nw14 Of sw14 of sec "a; all Of sec Is;
e11s and sw1 of sec 26; e1s Of ne114, swh
of nw14, VIZ of sw4 and e1s of sea Of
sec "a; n1a of ne4 and land in the s u
of nwl4 of sec %; ne114, n1s of nw14 and
sea of nwl4 of sec 90; nwL of ne14 and
nh Of nwL of sec 81; n% and seA OF
se14 of sec SIS; VIZ of neL4, nwLa, nw14
of sw4 and nw14 of se1a of sec SO.
In tp 20, rng II: Ne4 of ne4 and
sell of se4 of sec IL; e1s of neL of sec
10; all of sec Is and all of sec IS.
In tp 10, rng IL: Fri seA and fri 81
of ne1 of sec II; wiz of seL of sec 10;
Ell of se4 of sec %; all of sec %; nw4
seA and SEA of neh Of sec 26; n1a Of
nwI of sec q.
In tip 10, rng ii: Ne14 of neL of sec
80, and e q of sw14 of sec IA.
Said lands being situated in the Par
ish OF Bossier, State OF Louisiana.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat.
isfy the sum of $1646.40, to cover inter.
est on the three notes mentioned in the
petition for the year from June 81, 1908
to June q, 1909, all past due interest
and on terms of credit to pay and satisfy
three notes, to-wit: For the sum O
S9146.66 each, and due respectively OF
June 81, 1910, 1918 and 1916, with 6 pc
cent interest, payable annually, and al
costs of suit, including 10 per cent Of
said sum and interest as attorneys fees
J. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Nov. II, 1909. dec IS
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THE TOP SOIL ROAD,
Details of a Method Which 0rigi-
mated In Clark County, Ga.
MATERIAL IN FIELDS TAKEN.
Soil Used Must Have Enough Sand or
Gravel and Clay to Resist Action Of
Traffic and Weather From
$3.50 to $500 Per Mile.

$3.50 to $500 Per Mile.
A new method of road construc-
ton which was recently evolved in
Clark county, Ga, is called the top
soil method, because it consists of
building the road out of the surface
soil from the adjacent fields. In some
respects it is like the sand-clay meth
I'd. while in others 1t is similar to the
gravel road SO far as the writer Is
aware. Clark county, Ga, enjoys the
distinctions of having originated this
method The details We're worked out
by Professor G.. Nj. Strain of Georgia
university and Clark county's COM
missioner OF deeds.
The success of this met''"a depends
largely upon the soil used Just any
soil will not do. 1t must have enough
sand or gravel in 1t to resist the action
of the traffic and weather and enough
clay to bind the particles together. 1t
Is well known that. although clay has
a high cementing value. it Will not
make Il coed road if used alone on ac-
count of the fact that when 1t is wet
it absorbs moisture and softens. 1t
is also we'll known that round, water
worn gravel or sand which is clean
and free from clay will not produce a
satisfactory road surface because nei-
Their will bind, but if clay. gravel and
sand are mixed together in certain
proportions they have been found to
produce surface which will be both
hard and smooth the year round.
If these materials -can be found al
ready mixed the trouble and expense
of mixing can be avoided. 1t is COM
mon practice throughout the United
States to use bank gravel for road sur
facing which has a little clay in it,
but Clark county is the first, ! be-
lievc, to skin the top soil from the
adjacent fields and use it for this pur-
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SlleriH'S Sale.

J. M. Foster Planting Company versus James
Collins. No. 5163. In Second District Court,
Bossier Parish, La
DY virtue of writ of seizure and sale,
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, on Saturday, December II,
1909, the following described property,
tO-Wit:
The south half of southwest quarter
of section IS, townshipd9 north, range
Is west, situated in Bossier Parish, La.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit Of appraisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum Of $3.50, evidenced by four
promissory notes aggregating the said
amount, with s per cent per annum in
terest on S170 from Nov. 1, 1904; on $500
from Nov. 1, 1905; on $3.50 from Nov. 1,
1906, and on $3.50 from Nov. 1, 1907, and
all costs of suit, including 10 per cent on
said sum and interest as attorneys fees.
j. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Nov. 4, 1909. decs
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COnStable'S Sale.

A. J Burks versus Wesley Blackstone. No. 81.
In Justices Court, Ward 5, Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of writ of fieri facias,
ID issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, l have seized, and
the last and highest bidder, within the
legal hours of sale, at Rocky Mount,
La, on Saturday, December 4, 1909, the
following described property, to-wit:
The east half of northwest quarter and
northeast quarter of southwest quarter
of section Z, township 81, range Il, to-
gether with all buildings and improve
ments thereon.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit Of appIaisement, to pay and sat
isfy the sum of $8O.93, with 5 per cent
per annum interest thereon from jan
ua1y IL, 1907, until paid, and all costs of
suit. N. L. MCKINNEY, Constable.
October %, 1909. deco
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-12-02
Pointer on Road Metaling.

Hillsboro county. Fla, has con-
siderable extent of good roads, about
100 miles approximately. most Of
which has been improved within a
few recent years. One of the county
commissioners in an interview recent
ly laid particular stress on the neces-
sity for an adequate thickness Of met
alng. He maintains that there should
eight inches of stone on the sides and
ten inches in the center. Even more
would add to the longevity Of the road,
i'm his judgment.
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Tax Ordinances

lax ordinances
adopted By Bossier LeUee Board No
uen,ber 10, 1909.
An ordinance levying 10 mill tax on all
property in the Bossier Levee District
subject to taxation for levee purposes
for the year 1903.
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
niissioners of the Bossier Levee District,
in regular session convened, That dis
trict levee tax of 10 mills on the dollar OF
it's assessed valuation be and is hereby
levied on all property situated in the
Bossier Levee District, subject to taxa
ton for levee purposes, for the year
1909.
An ordinance levying local assessment
of cents per acre on every acre OF
alluvial land within the Bossier Levee
District for the year 1909.
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District,
in regular session convened, That a
local assessment of cents per acre on
every acre of alluvial land within the
Bossier Levee District for the year 1909
be and the same is hereby levied.
All OIuludllCC lcVylLe5 d lOCdA dooCoSlACHt
of $50 per mile on all railroads within
the Bossier Levee District for the
year 1909.
| Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missiouers of the Bossier Levee District,
in regular session convened, That a
local assessment of $50 per mile be and
is hereby levied for the year 1909 on
every mile of railroad situated within
the Bossier Levee District.
An ordinance levying special assess
ment of so cents per bale on every bale
of cotton raised within the Bossiel
Levee District for the year 1909.
Whereas, the funds to be raised from
the 10 mill, the cent acreage and the
$50 per mile railroad taxes are not sui
ficient to locate, construct and repair
| levees SO as to prevent disastrous floods
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That {
special tax and assessment of so cent:
per bale be and is hereby assessed ant
levied on every bale Of cotton produced
within the Bossier Levee District, OF
lands subject to taxation within sale
district during the year 1909.
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Bible BrlIliants.

AL my springs are in thee.-Psalm
lxxxvii, Z.
Whence shall l seek comforters for
thee?- Nahum iii, Z.
His foundation is in the holy noun
tains.-Psalm xxxvii, 1.
: Who can bring clean thing out Of an
unclean? not one.-Job xiv, =.
Behold, We are all children of Israel;
give here your advice and counsel
Judges Xxx, Z.
For she said within, herself, If may
but touch his garment shall be whole.
Matthew tx. q.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the
Lords hand waxed short? thou shalt see
now whether my word shall come to pass
unto thee or not? -Numbers Ii, q.
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Cumulative Value Of Good Highways.

Cumulative Value Of Good Highways.
Improved roads are breeders of traf-
fic. Commerce invariably follows the
line Of the least resistance, and rarely
is good road constructed that much
travel is not diverted to it from other
courses. In addition 10 this. it may
almost invariably be found that new
industries. new and greater produc
tons, spring up along the we'll built
roads. With the added commerce
comes added enlightenment, added So
liability. enlarged business and more
and more developed and perfected citi-
Zenship.
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New Method of Road Maintenance.

New Method OF Road Maintenance.
The road commissioners of county
In Georgia are considering a new plan
for maintaining the highways. The
walkers, to be composed of free labor,
that can be sent anywhere in the
county on short notice and without the
expense of guards, as in the case Of
convicts. Superintendent Winship will
be supplied with an automobile so that
he can traverse the 500 miles of roads
in the county and plan out the work
In advance.
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Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED before w. j. Dawson,
y Justice of the Peace, Ward 2, Bos-
sier Parish, La, by T. w. w. Stinson,
and will be sold at his pasture, near
Benton, La, within the legal hours Of
sale, on Saturday, Dec. Is, 1909, one
white face red bull; about 2 years old !;
no marks or brands. Appraised at S..
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law.
w. w. CARTER, Constable.
November Is, 1909. deca
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To TresDaSSerS

NOTICE is hereby given that hunting
IN and other trespassing will not be
allowed on the j. NJ. Montgomery old
and the Denig old place, both located in
ward five, and which have been legally
posted. All trespassers will be prose-
cuted as the law directs.
3s-3 w. F. DENIG.