Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-11-05

which he is particularly we'll quail
fed, and we doubt that there has
ever been an occupant of that Office
who excelled him in penmanship,
bookkeeping and general clerical
ability. His integrity and quiet
straightforwardness have won for
him the confidence and respect of all
who know him. Vote for Chas. NJ.
Bell.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Miss Mamie Glenn is the second
Collyer township candidate. Miss
Glenn for several years has been a
successful teacher and is prepared to
perform the duties of the Office of
register of deeds and to which she
was nominated without opposition in
the party of her choice at the recent
primary election. She ought, there
fore, to receive, and we believe she
will receive, the hearty support of
her party and the voters generally.
Miss Glenn is a property owner and
taxpayer. Vote for her.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
/. T. Purcell needs no introduction
came to Trege county about twenty
six years ago but later lived in Cove
county several years where he was
elected as member of the legisla-
/ ture. He returned to Trego about
twelve or fourteen years ago, was
register of the U. S. Land Office at
Wa-Keeney for a term of four years
and later served the county four
years as county attorney, and this is
the Office to which the people of
Trego county will again elect him,
without opposition in or out of his
party. Mr.. Purcell has large interests
in real estate, is one of our heaviest
taxpayers, and is otherwise interest
ed in the prosperity and financial
welfare of the county. Perhaps no
| other assurance is needed that his
administration of his Office will be
careful and conservative while prose-
cutting and Furnishing offenses against
the law with adequate vigor and
despatch
| PROBATE JUDGE.
In all new or young communities
the Office of Probate Judge receives
but little consideration, being reck-
Oned of third or fourth rate import
ance, although, in fact, the work and
records of the Office are of most vital
interest to those who have business
there Property rights, liberty of
person, and even the legitamacy of
children are affected by the acts and
the records of the Probate Court. 1t
is court to which the unfortunate
classes resort for protection and to
preserve their personal and property
rights: widows and orphans: the in
sane and incompetent; hayward, de-
pendent and neglected children. All
these things touch the life of the
people at most vital points and
should receive the most careful and
considerate attention from him to
whom their adjudication is entrusted,
and as community grows older the
number of cases increase; wills are
probated, estates settled, debts paid
and property distributed. 1t is esti-
mated that practically all the property
of any given community, both perso-
nal and real, is passed upon by the
Probate Court once in every twenty
|
things are not fully appreciated the
salary accorded the Office in new and
sparsely settled counties is small. In
Trego county the pay of the Office at
this time is the same it was ten years
ago, although the salaries of several
: other offices in the county have been
raised once or twice and some OF
them three times in that period
Notwithstanding this, the present
incumbent of the Office of Probate
l Judge, A. S Peacock, has given his
time unreseryedly to the work of the
office. has taken the trouble to study
his work and familiariZe himself with
, his duties, and has endeavored tt
4 bring the records of the Office int
better shape than they have evel
r been before. He is the Republican
candidate for this Office to which he
was unanimously nominated and ha: