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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

ton. The men who found the
shelton wired the bones togeth-I
err, and tied it to a, post on the
public road, with a label telling
that it was the first Indian killed
in the last raid, etc. Complaint
was made about the gruesome
spectacle, so the county board
ordered the shelton buried in
the cemetery. To celebrate the
fact that civilization had come I'd
stay, speeches were made at the
grave of this, the first IndiaH
killed in the last raid, etc. Lat
er some 'fellers" got full, and
dug up the shelton, dressed il
in store clothes, and had fun o.
it. They hired a livefyman I'd
take their friend" home, and
when the driver found what Ia
had in the seat with him, he yell
ed, and jumped out of the. buggy
The team ran away, spilling the
Indian in a park where an ics
cream festival was in progress
The shelton was again buried
with ceremony, being the first
Indian killed in the last raid
etc.,gs Los was permitted to re
pose about a year when anotheI
bunch of FOUNDERS disintefred
the shelton. redressed it and.
shocked sensitive citizens with
moonlight lynching, shooting al
the dangling figure, and all thai
sort of thing. Officers cut Tho
corpse" down, and then thu
gang that was wise to the joks
INDUCED in a merry ha. la
For the third time the skeltoi
was buried with MOI speech
flying. After that the skeltoI
was not disturbed, and the goo{
people of Wa-Keeney hope thai
it ha S found its final resting
place This is Ike Purcell
best story. and he tells it much
better than it is told here. Carl
ital
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

TENDER the machine will be run
ming every day that it is possible
to go. October is a bad month
on account of the storms, so the
machine is practically closed
down at that time and no more
threshing is done until sthe last
of the month and through No
yember.
The threshing usually ends
about November 20 of each year.
Last year snow struck the farm
early in November and many
thousands of bushels of wheat
were left in the stacks until
March and April and then
threShed
The wheat is hauled directly
from the machine to the cars and
is shipped at once. Mr.. F'ike is
now building thirty thousand
.bnshel elevator att Leyant for
handling the wheat. The ma
chine threshes a little more than
a car a day.. about four full cars
every three days. Last yea.
| Mr.. Fike did net get the cars as
7 y
will have an elevator to take care
of the grain when the railroads
are unable to provide sufficient
cars.
The thresher is not started un-
til a week after the header begins
work. This is to give the wheat
time to to become thoroughly
dry sbeforeibis threshed. 1t is
Feasier to tilresh very dry wheat
than that which has the least
moisture This gives the head
erS>a long start over the threSher
and the machine never strikes
newly cut grain.
On the morning Mr.. Mohler
and Major Anderson arrived at
Colby, F'ilxe took some wheat just
cut and had it threShed directly
from the header box. A sack
full was taken to the Colby mill.
The mill had been idle for several
1 days, and this wheat was the
first to go through the mill that
morning. The sack of flour was
bundled into motor car and
driven back to the headquarters
i of the largest field and made into
light rolls by one of the harvest
cooks. The party ate dinner in
one of the cook shacks that day
and they ate these rolls. made
from flour that was wheat stand
ing in the field less than five
hours before. They were good
rolls, too.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

Also the roast beef and the
rich brown gravy and Drowned
potatoes and baked beans and
raisin pie were exceptionally ap-
petizing. That is the regular
fare of the harvesters.
Fike has a dozen cook shacks.
They are scattered about the
big farm wherever it is most con-
venient for the men. The Shacks
are on wheels and may be moved
about the farm to enable the
quickly when the whistles blow.
Just as soon as the threshing
machine begins work the steam
plows are rugged up and begin to
go. The engines which drag
these plows are of fifty horse
power They are equipped with
tops, coal and water tanks and
they travel speed of five miles
an hour. There is water and
coal tender who meets the outfit
at one end of the field on each
round trip. The carr ying ca
pacity of the engine is enough
coal and water to keep it going
for an hour.
To this engine is hitched thirty
disc plows. The discs are
coupled in gangs of six each and
one lever controls all of the plows
in each gang, or one lever is
coupled so that all the piows are
thrown into or out of the ground
at the same time. One man
drives the engine, another sees
that a good head of steam is kept
up and a third watches the
plowS. There is a running
board foot wide over the entire
length of the pillow gangs SO that
the pillow operator can walk along
and watch each disc at its work.
4 The plows are coupled to the
engine with cables and there are
other cables to keep the plows
all pulling evenly. Two 10-foot
harrows are attached, and the
ground is plowed and narrowed
at the same time. Each gang OF
the pillow cuts six burrows, each
eight inches wide and each gang
cut a furrow of it's own four feet
wide The entire pillow turns
over a strip of ground twenty
feet Wide at one time. The plows
are set from five to six inches
for ordinary blowing.
The gasoline engine is of thirty
horse power and it pulls three
of the gang plows of six discs
each. It cuts a strip twelve fee
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

wide. Mr.. Fike and some friends
are building a gasoline threshing
engine and pillow engine at Colby
One of these is used on the farm
and others will take the place of
the steam engine as rapidly as
they can be made. The shop at
Colby can turn out the completed
plows much faster than the
motors can be made. The en-
gineS are four cylinder motors,
cast in pairs.
AS soon as the harvest is over
the teams that had pulled header
boxes and headers are put to
work blowing. Every team that
can be used in the field is put
to work either with a pillow or
with harrows to harrow the
ground where the steam pillow is
not working. August 20 about
half the teams are taken from
the plows and put to work on the
drills and the wheat seeding be-
gins. The seeding is kept going
until the last of September. An
effort is made to get all toe wheat
into the ground before October 1
and what is not seeded at that
time Is left until November.
Mr.. Fike sowS one bushel an
acre each year. Some of the
seed is imported from other
states and counties and none is
sowed on the same field from
which it was harvested. He
takes seed from one field and
sows it on another, five or ten
miles away.
The wheat yield in Thomas
county this year is only fair,
still it returns nice profit to
the grower. The yield varies
from eight to twelve bushels an
acre. The cost of blowing, har-
rowing, seeding, harvesting and
threshing the wheat is estimated
from each acre at the present
prices. The rest is profit. All
the farmers around Colby have
plenty of money and they are
not doing any calamity bowling
this year. Much prairie has
been broken up this year for
additional wheat acreage and
larger fields than ever will be
sown.
Fike came to Thomas county
about twenty-five years ago. He
has been through all the vicissi
tudes that come the way of an
early settler. He saw hot winds
take the crops, and when the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

until, July II, Filze had thirty
seven headers going in his fields
at once, and he was getting more
as fast as they were available
BY the end of last week he had
fortytive headers cutting at
once.
Each of these headers cut
thirty acres every day. The
wheat is cut as close to the heads
as is possible to get all the grain.
Each machine is pushed by five
or six horses. There are two
header boxes for each machine
and two men for each barge.
One man drives the machine and
there is one man at the stack, so
that each outfit requires at least
six men.
When the machines pull into a
field the men block out space
of from fifteen to twenty acres.
In the center of this plot the
stack yard is located. The wag-
ons are driven under the elevator
of the header and the grain as it
is cut by the sickle is carried in.
to the boxes BY canvas elevator
When the wagon is loaded it is
driven to the stackyard and it is
stacked. One man drives eacE
wagon and one loads and botl
pitch off to the stack while the
--other wagon is loading.
Two stacks are built in each
yard, a space being left between
them wide enough to permit the
threshing machine to be driver
in so that the threshers feed the
grain from both sides.
In the field of thirty eight
hundred acres west of Colby
there were twelve headers a.
work at one time. The harvest
lasts three weeks and in thai
time all the wheat is cut an6
stacked and is ready for the
threShers. Nearly two hundred
men and four hundred horses
and mules are employed on the
ranch in the harvest season.
In another section of this field
the threShing crew was at work
Fike has one of the largeS
threshing outfits made. 1t has
a 36-inch cylinder and it ha:
threshed twenty-four hundred
bushels day. The usual run i.
a little more than two Thousand
bushels every day. The machin,
begins to hum about 6 o'clocl
every morning and it keeps go
ing until shutdown every night.
All through August and Sep
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
To Patrons of Trego Count
High School

Your young people want t
come to High School this fal
Have you made arrangements
l am listing the places as follow;
Rooms, furnished and unful
nished, places to board. to roof
and board and to work for boarf
I will give you any assistance
my power. School opens Sep
9Th. Let US beFeady.
j. II. Niesley. Prin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

hot winds did not come insects
did great damage. He started
as a foreman on a big ranch
north of Colby. When he earned
money he saved it and invested
it in the cheap lands about him.
occasionally he sold quarter
section at a good profit. Then
he went into the real estate bust
ness and made more money. He
invests every cent he makes in
land. He owns many thousands
of acres of Thomas county land
and he rents many more acres
to make up his big wheat field.
Fike once was a politician, but
when he found that politics inter
fered with his business he quite
politics. It was lots of fun for a
while and he enjoyed being one
of the Kansas railroad commits
sioners, but he would rather
raise wheat and some stock and
a little alfalfa than bea politician.
Fike knows every detail of the
wheat farm. He knows every
field and what it ought to do unz
der, conditions. and he knows the
best methods of farming Western
Kansas land to get the best re
sults.-Topeka Capitol.
/ Frank FARRELL, late of the Hol-
ton (Kans) Signal was in Wa
Keeney several weeks since
s'pickin up" "reminiscences, etc,
for the capital. While here he
dug this oneo out of our towns
man, I. T. Purcell.
Speaking of final resting
places, an Indian buried at Wa
Keeney has earned his. He was
the first Indian killed in the last
Indian raid in Kansas. The raid
was pulled off by $50 Sioux In
dams, and a good many settlers
were killed. considerably prop
erty was burned and hundreds
of horses and cattle were STAN
peded. The Indians came with
in a few miles of Wa-Keeney
when a part of the cavalry re-
giment from old Fort Hays
met them. The Indians fed,
but were forced to a stand over
in the edge of Rush county.
The history of the chase is inter
esting. Every Indian in the
band was killed The subject of
this item tumbled off his pony
near Wa-Keeney and rolled into a
ditch. His body was not found
for several months, and by that
time nothing was left but a skel-
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30
Strange Condolences.

United States Senator Murphy
J. Foster was guest of Sheriff
Beary last Saturday morning -Sena
tor John A. Marks called in Satur-
day afternoon-two and two make
four -Lafourche holds the key to the
situation. Senator Marks was allied
with the sugar interests that had
the audacity to question the demo-
cracy of Judge Thornton. Senator
Foster had not been here in several
years and certainly enjoyed the cool
breezes of morning surveying the
town and talking over the prospects
for a good sugar crop. Lafourche
besides making much sugar pro
duces quite few politicians and
has the making and unmaking of
two state senators, as has been re-
peatedly demonstrated. The grind
ing season is on, but some busy
sugar men were in town Saturday,
unusual but not strange--speaklng
of the weather it was rather warm
Saturday--but all is now we'll and
prospects bright-The Legislature
met Monday.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

Mayor Wurzlow of Houma ap-
peared before the Railroad Com,
mission in Baton Rouge last
week in the interest of the town
of Houma. His OBJ ject was to
have telegraph rates reduced, as
his people are forced to pay
dou ble rates. because the line
between Houma and Schriever
belongs TO the Southern Pacific.
The step is very praiseworthy
one and is deserving of EN- ulatlon.
We do not know to whom the
line belongs in this town, but
the railroad has the main use OF
it, still we are entitled TO better
service. A telegram sent from
New Orleans here in the after
noon frequently gets here as
much as eleven hours aftera let
ter, the same is true OF messages
from other points. Our grea-
test disadvantage is not having
an Office in the heart of the town
and being forced to go to the
Southern Pacific station, and the
ina bility for love or money to
send message after six in the
afternoon. We are entitled to
night service and better service.
The proper authorities should
also look into the matter and
have the service improved for
the benefit of the people who
would prefer in many instances
using the wire to the telephone.
Still the telephone and telegraph
com panies work in conjunction.
trust like, and we do not know
that Louisiana is trust proof, al
though Democratic.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30
Given Away.

The Marvel will during the ap-
preaching season, just preceding
the holiday season, treat it's patrons
in the proper manner, as it always
does, by not only giving them the us
ual first class picture shows with
songsinterspersed, but will also offer
prizes every Tuesday and Friday
nights. Every Tuesday turkey
will be given away to the party
holding the coupon given on enter
ing the place of amusement, as has
been the custom heretofore, and be-
sides the same ticket will also en-
title parties to another giving away
or donation party on Friday night,
when one of Knobloch's fruit cakes
will be given to the holder OF the
number called out The ticket
must be in the house when called,
otherwise another number will be
called and numbers will be contin-
ued being called until the lucky
one is found. Knobloch's fruit
cakes are well known and a
good fruit cake coupled with a good
show is we'll worth going out to see.
The programs are as long as hereto
fore, the pictures as clear, entertain
ing and interesting as ever and the
people attending always 60 away
pleased with Mr.. Nolan's show.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30
Citizens Bank of LafOurCfle,
CAPITAL $4O,OOO.OO.

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promise our oeers
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DIRECTORS.
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Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

The manhood of New Orleans
by no means turned deaf ear to
the call of the womanhOod OF
New Orleans when last Friday
night in a public meeting.
which crowded the large Athen-
aum auditorium, echoed back
their answer in stirring resolu-
tions denouncing the tactics of
the Mayor in dominating the
schools. s.of the city by forcing on
the people a superintendent that
was not the choice of the school
board. Former assistant Dis
trietAttorney Sam Montgomery,
President Reed of the Tulane
Alumni, President Tatman
Thorn pson of the Mercantile Clu b,
and DR.. Dickson Bruins were all
present in their personal capaci-
ties and gave their views in stir
ring addresses. Judge E. D.
Sanders who presided over the
Assem- bly, also made a stirring ad
dress.
Doneldson Caffery who was ex-
ptcted to be one of the speakers
not being in the city, his absence
was regretted and his speech
deprived the Assem- bly of what
would have been a talk TO the
point. Mr.. Spearing also al
dressed the audience as did Mr.
L. ?. Bryant. The resolutions
adopted besides denouncing, ca
/ led upon the Governor and Ma
yor Behrman to mend their ways
less they be punished by an over
tried and exhausted public.
In Algiers Monday night un'
der the auspices of the Mayor S
personal friends and ward hench
men a rousing meeting has held
to which all the dependents were
driven and the Mayor simply
told them what he did in his own
(Wrltten) way and he cfoWd
ehaered itself hoarse saying it
was alright. The necessity oi
calling the Algiers mee4tins
shows that the Mayors friends
recognize the folly Of his actions
and deemed it necessary to sill
up and take notice.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

For the third time in the year
1910 the solons Of this state nave
been called in Baton Rouge to
legislate, and for the second
time have they assem- bled in ses-
sion extraordinary. Last Mon
day the two houses of the Gene
raj Assem- bly, of the State Of
Louisiana were called together
for special purpose in d call is
sued by His Excelleny. The ses
sion was primarily said to be for
the purpose of correcting The
blunder of legislators for the
City of New Orleans, due to the
lack of foresight and shiftless
ness of those who are supposed
to guide its destinies, but the pu b
lie is of the opinion that the real
reason Was to remove any cause
that might place Senator-Gover-
nor Sanders in very EN- barras-
sing and Illuminating position, for
having so heartlessly juggled
with the senatorial toga which
he sought at bargain counter,
purchased at his own price at d
re bate, and then discarded uncer-
enormously under false pre-
tense of deceiving the pu bic in
to the belief that his love for
state was SO great he could not
accept it; whereas the real rea-
son was that he thought the toga
would be 90 much out of style in
1912 that his political future
would be relegated to the shades
of the forgotten past. There
was much opposition promised,
but up to this writing it has
seemingly sim mered down to no.
thing, SO perfect is the domina-
ton of the political machine OF
this state which has the Cover
nor and General Assem- bly un-
der it's thumb. Tie domination
even extends to the BUSINESS
and progress of this state.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

Two citizens of Baton Rouge,
one mem Der of the City council
are Offering new and practical
method of assessing property,
that is to assess the improve
ments on the land separately and
apart from the real estate itself
and then to assess the land at 50
much per running foot front.
AS it is at present the property
Is supposed to be assessed at
SIXTY per cent of it's actual value,
but can only be guessed. Property
is not worth to-day what owners
paid for it ten, twenty and thirty
years ago, it is worth more and
the real value Can only be ascer-
tanned wh+n the property is sold
OF changes hand.
The method suggested has
been meeting with approval every
where and is most equlta ble
method. If this method we're
adopted throughout the sta tie
there would be no necessity of
the present superfluous Board
of Equalization. which has done
nything else but eq ualize. Asses
sments are not eq ualized in this
town or parish by long jump,
despite the fact that the rolls are
annually passed upon by a spe-
cially we'll paid Board of Equali-
zltion. Some few properties are
assessed way up, while other
properties several times larger
and better and more centrally
located are assessed for less.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

The water service between here
and New Orleans has been very
much improved during the grinding
season. The Barker Barge Line
operates three steam boats between
New Orleans and points on The ba-
yon, one boat takes all the freight
from Thibodaux to Laurel Grove
making no other stops, one from
Laurel Grove to Napoleonville and
a third for all points down the ba-
you, each having a barge or two III
tow. The boat taking the freight
for Thibodaux and all points to
Laurel Grove leaves New Orleans as
does the others at two in the after
noon and arrives here the next morn
ing between ten and eleven O'Clock.
The only disadvantage is that
there are toll canals and that the
service is practically limited to one
line, yet any other line could operate
by paying the tolls also. The nee
cessity of having a navigable stream
it strikes us is made more forceable
since the bayou is closed than at
any other time. If the bayou were
as it once was the town and parish
would be better off in so far as trans
portation is concerned by having
an all water route. We would then
be in direct water communication
with St. Louis and Cincinnati,
whereas as it is to-day freight comes
to New Orleans and is reloaded in
other conveyances through the ca
mails.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30

The Mississippi Valley rail
road will to morrow run the first
motor car on a steam railroad in
Louisiana, making trips between
Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
According to the schedules peo-
ple will be able to leave Baton
Rouge at four in the afternoon
leave the car at Burnside, come
to Donaldsonville and get here at
night on the T & P. 1t strikes
us that it would be wise idea
for the r & P; and Southern
Pacific to run motor cars on
their branch lines in this section,
making several trips day.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30
The Bank Of Thibodaux

The local camp, Cypress Camp,
Woodmen of the World will hold an
important meeting Friday night at
which an election of officers for the
ensuing year is scheduled to take
place and at which time a large
class of candidates will also be lnl-
tiated into the order. The camp
will also have the honor OF having
as their guest on that afternoon the
State Manager of the order, Mr.:
We'll, who will also assist in the lnl
tiation of class of candidates.
TWENTY BOYS WANTED-to
work for Shetland pony, cart and
harness. Liberal pay to bright
boys, besides the chance te earn a
pony. Successful boys will be
given permanent positions which
will not interfere with other duties.
The funeral benefit association
of The Catholic Knights will hold
an important meeting at st.
Charles Branch, &. K. of A. Hall
next Sunday afternoon at a o'clock
for the purpose of discussing seve
raj important matters, as well IS
plans for the management Of the
tnnd. All those who are allied
with the fund as we'll as those who
are not. and who are members OF
the order, are urgently requested
to be present.
Thibodaux commercial journal. (Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.) 191?-1959, 1910-11-30
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Mat
too Coscino has this day filed his
annlication for License as Retail
Tiouor Dealer, located in a
building situated on the north side
Of Main Street, at the corner OF
Jackson Street, in the Town OF
Thibodaux, Louisiana. ,
Dated. November 25th., 1910.
MoTTEo CoSCINO.