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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-16
Death of Infant.

Elvin Glenn, the Infant son of MIR.
and Mrs. f. G.. Coe died at their home
last Thursday at A 2. NJ. of spasm of
the larynx. Age 8 days. The funeral
services were conducted from the res
idence at SIT Sherman Aveue on Satur-
day by Rev. j. r. Hargreaves.
II your shoes have gone wrong take
them to johnson.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-16

For furnished housekeeping apart
ments call 504 Oak Street or phone
304x. il9
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-16

II troubled with indigestion, consti.
patton, no appetite or feeling bilious,
give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets trial and you will be pleased
with the result. These tablets invigor-
ate the stomach and liver and strength.
en- the digestion. Sold bv all dealers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-16

Wyoming lump coal is the best and
the most economical. For sale by the
Transfer Company, phone g.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
This Tank Will Last

You can make an everlasting water
tank of cement at a comparatively
low cost. Frost will not injure it if
it is made right. A tank 6x16 and
three feet deep is large enough to
in Kansas such a tank has given good
service for years.
Three men can make this kind of a
tank in one day, after the sand and
cement have been hauled. Excayate
about four inches deep for the foun-
dation; put one or two inches of
crushed rock in the bottom The
frame for the side may be made from
old lumber; the better this fits togeth-
er the more it will improve the ap-
pearance of the tank when finished
1t must be braced firmly inside and
outside; then put in the mixture of
sand and cement in the proportion of
three of sand to one of cement; use
Portland cement
The sand need not be screened if it
is not too coarse. For tank of this
size it takes about twenty sacks of
cement and four loads of sand: wire
netting mades very good reinforce
ments, but gas pipes or iron rods
would be better. The sides may be
tamped a little to make them fill out
the frame well. The sides of the
tank should be about six inches wide
at the bottom and four inches at the
top; this will keep the cement from
cracking when the water freezes
After the sides have been made, fix
the bottom; this should be made two
inches thick without the crushed
rock. Coat the tank with pure ce-
ment, making it more impervious to
water
The tank should be made in one
day, so that it will join together
well. Make it little lower at one
end and put a two-inch pipe through
the wall at the bottom; this will be
help in cleaning. The overflow
should also be placed at this end.
Storage tanks are good also as
scource from which to irrigate gar
dens. A tank 16x16x4 will hold
enough water to irrigate good sized
garden. This would require about
thirty sacks of cement. 1t could be
made in one day by four men:-In-
dustrialist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Warning to City Voters

Our attention has been directed to
a misleading feature of the city
clerks statement Which was pub
lished last week, and to a dishonor-
able use being made of it. 1t is
being told to voters that the 'sold"
city council paid themselves out of
the city funds and failed or refused
to pay other creditors of the city;
that they 'sgot in their graft, filed
their pockets and left the other
fellow to hold the SACK The fact
is that the old council did issue
salary warrants and other warrants,
all of them in lawful order These
warrants were presented, numbered
and registered, and endorsed "un-
paid for want of funds, as provided
by law. 1t is further fact that the
city has not paid one cent on the
salary of the mayor, councilmen,
clerk or treasurer for the last year.
Their warrants are part of the
total indebtedness" of the city and
should have been listed and publish
ed with other outstanding warrants.
1t is further fact that the old
council has not asked and is not ask
ing the city to bond itself to pay
their salaries, or any others, or any
other claims.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Invaluable Public Service

lii many of our counties where
officials are retained generally during
good service, there are s'old public
functionaries, as the term was ap-
preciatingly applied to valued federal
officials before the civil war. Such
men have learned by heart the
thread of their county's business and
become familiar not only with the
duties and past of their offices, but
also of nearly all others in the court
house. They are invaluable to the
public and all other officials. Russell
county had such in Ira S. Fleck and
has in f. J. Smith; Trego county has
A S. Peacock; Logan county had J.
f. Light; Wallace county had o. F..
Thorene. This post goes usually to
the dean in public service, but re-
quires also excellent memory of facts
and persons, knowledge of law and
business, also industry, ability and
willingness to take pains to accommo-
date and inform every applicant for
information, or person having to do
with public business.
We reprint the above paragraph by
Herald as tending TO show that
prophets are not without honor,
save in their own country, and also
because it shows that Judge Ruppen-
thai keeps pretty well informed as to
matters of public interest in each of
the six counties comprising his judi
cial district. The Judge might have
added that the valuable and practical
extra-service rendered by public
spirited men of experience is given to
the public without money and with
out price; almost without thanks.
The public is so accustomed to re-
ceiving this service gratis that it is
accepted as a matter of course, and
sometimes demanded as a matter of
right. 1t would appear that men
who uncomplainingly perform this
extra service year after year should
be given at least the full compensa-
tion allowed by law whenever and
wherever they may be called to serve
in an official capacity. Many of them
are not, and partly so because that
class of men are not expert at push
ing themselves or their claims, nor
at working the powers that be.
Such work is distasteful to such men.
They pay their taxes year after year
and take potluck with their neigh
bors who stay by the country. 1t is
the smooth, designing schemer with
a penchant for pelf who lands the
dough and then hies himself away
for greener pastures as soon as the
picking gets short
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Ness CITY Mill Burns

Word was received this morning
that the mill plant at Ness City had
been burned, the fire starting at
about O'Clock. The ice plant and
the electric lighting plant, which
were operated in connection with the
mill, were also destroyed. Several
other buildings close by caught on
fire time or two but were saved.
No details other than the fact of the
fire were learned, and it appears that
the origin of the fire has not been de-
termined. The mill building was
large, well built, three-Story stone
structure, and was one of the surviv-
ing landmarks of boom days that was
coming into its own again. Years
ago this hope and ride of the ea4 y
days Swamped the Borthwicks and
though they made repeated efforts
they were never able to get on their
feet again. For number of years
the property lay idle, an occasional
effort being made to operate it, and
being subject to intermittent spells
of agitating on the subject. Nine
years ago company was formed to
take over the property and put it in
operation, but it proved losing ven
ture and a couple years later was
temporarily closed; a reorganization
was effected and operations resumed.
A lighting plant had been added the
previous year but did not give very
satisfactory service; this has been
very much improved and the town
had come to place a good deal of de-
pendence on it. The ice plant is
development of the past five or six
years; and had grown into a very
good business; and taken all together
the property had been put on a good
paying basis and had become an in
Stitution of benefit and convenience
to the town. Its loss will be quite
serious loss to Ness City. 1t is not
probable that the mill will ever be
rebuilt, and it is question if they
will feel justified in building and
equipping an ice and lighting plant
right at this time, though possibly
they may, and no doubt the citizens
of the town will feel inclined to en-
courage them to do so.-Utjca Enter
prise.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Kansas City Stock Yards, June 27,
1911.
A new high figure for beef steers
was paid here today for this month
and for May, when nine car drove
selling so high. The market today is
called steady, run 1900 head here,
including 1,5O0 calves, which puts
values on good to choice fed cattle Is
TO 80 cents higher than week ago,
considering the advance of 10 to Is
cents yesterday. Rains have been
rather general in Kansas. City terri
tory since the middle of last week,
and pressure of dry weather is tenn
good run of cattle yesterday, and re-
ports say half of the supply could be
classed as coming from the rainless
districts, the same of inferior quality,
and selling mean. Locally the price
range is widening in every class, ma
tive beef steers ranging from SIS to
Sc 40, quarantine steers S3. 60 to S5. IS,
western steers 81 so to &c. Some
Greenwood county grass steers are
to Sc, actual sales of these steers here
today at S5. Is to S5. 70. Cows range
from S3 to 81. so, odd head up to S5,
Gamers down to 81. 25, quarantine
cows SO to S4, native heifers 81 to
$500, bulls So to $3.50, calves 81 to
81. Asking prices for stockerS and
feeders are higher this week, but
bids were around steady yesterday
and today, at the advance of 25 to 40
cents made last week. Bulk of the
business is in stock steers, which sell
at 1915 to $40 mostly, few choice
ones up to s5, feeders 81. 25 to s5,
stock cows and heifers So to S3.9
Hog run today is 10000 head here,
market 5 higher top $6.4O, bulk 1925
to S6.35. The early market was best,
spectators and shippers taking hold
freely, but the big buyers held aloof
till after the first round, and after
that had something to say in the
price making. The hog market is
said to be hanging in the balance,
big operators having diverse inter
ests at stake in the speculative pro-
visions market. An attempt of
either faction to even up matters
will result in some sharp price
changes in provisions. These will be
reflected in the hog market, and are
the expectation of astute traders.
Sheep and lambs are firm today,
after a long spell of bad weather.
Run is 5000 head, mostly natives,
best lambs worth $500, yearlings
81 60, wethers S3. rs, ewes S3. Is. Stock
stuff is selling at ruinous rates to
owners, which are bargain rates to
anyone who can take care of the
stuff. Breeding ewes may be had
around 80, good goats at the same
figures.
j. A. Rickart,
Market Correspondent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Will Drill Deep Well

Goodlanu, Kan, June 16.-The
county commissioners of Sherman
county awarded a contract for the
drilling of well, in which they are
attempting to find artesian water,
this week to t. A. Stancliff & Co, of
Lake Arthur, New Mexico. The
commissioners some time ago passed
resolution to expend $40, 900 for the
sinking of a deep well to find artes-
ian water, after petition had been
filed with them signed by majority
of the taxpayers in the county. The
well will be put down about quart
er mile west of the corporate limits
of this city, and on 10 acres of land
donated to the county by G. L. Cal
vert and T. P. Leonard The well
will be started within 80 days.-Capi-
tai.
Get bargains in fly nets, collars,
pads, etc. Ross s. Waldo, Ogallah.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
For Good Roads


State Highway Inspector Gearhart
has sent out instructions to all town
ship officers in regard to dragging
roads. The following are some of
them:
The first essential to keeping a
good dirt road in cases in which the
road is already made is the use of the
drag, a very inexpensive method of
keeping the road in repair.
Make light drag, which is hauled
over the road at an angle of about As
earth is pushed to the center of the
road
Drive the team at a walk.
Ride on the drag. Do not walk
along the side.
Begin at one side of the road or
wheel track, returning on the oppo-
site side.
Drag the road as soon after every
rain as possible but not when the
mud is in such condition as to stick
to the drag.
Do not drag dry road.
Drag whenever possible at all sea-
sons of the year. If road is drag
ged Immediately before cold spell
it will freeze in smooth condition.
The width of the travelled road to
be maintained by the drag should be
from sixteen to twenty feet. First
drag little more than the width of
a single track, then gradually in
crease until the desired width lis OBJ
tained.
Always drag a little earth to. the
center of the road until it is raised
from ten to twelve inches above the
travelled way.
If-the drag cuts too much shorten
the hitch
The amount of earth that the drag
will carry along can be very consider
ably controlled by the driver accord
ingly as he stands near the cutting
edge or away from it.
When tho roads are first dragged
after very muddy spell the wagon
should drive if possible to one side
until the road has chance to freeze
or partially dry out.
Dragging reduces the mud in wet
weather and the dust in dry weather.
The best results from dragging are
obtained only by repeated applica-
tions. Remember that constant at
tention is necessary to maintain an
earth road in it's best condition.
1t costs 81 to $40 mile per year to
drag road, depending upon the par
ticular road, the soil and rainfall,
and the amount of traffic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Last Sunday was the hottest day
we have had for several years, and
probably the hottest since July 81,
1890. According to the record kept
by the late Ben G. Rich the tempera-
ture about one O'Clock on that day
was 1T in the shade. The rainfall
in the year 1890 was 14.1 inches, and
more than one-third of it fell in the
two months of July and August.
The rainfall for this year to date>is
5.32 inches and for the last. twelve
months it is only 12.44 inches, which
is more than eight inches below the
average. Cheer up! We have some
thing a-comin' to US, other than hot
winds and dust although it may take
both to bring it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Surprised Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ahl

Friends and relatives to the mum
Der of forty gave Mr. and Mrs. G.
Ahl grand surprise last Wednesday
evening, knowing that Thursday was
Mrs. Ahl's birthday and we thought
it would be more of surprise if we
went the evening before. Though
Mr. and Mrs. Ahl were both greatly
surprised they soon rallied and made
everybody feel at home.
The evening was spent in dancing
and games. A fine supper that the
ladies had taken with them was
served during the evening.
The guests all departed at a late
hour wishing Mrs Ahl many happy
retCrns of her birthday
PIIre home made lard AT, RaLprsS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Geo. Higgins Killed

About 3 O'Clock, Tuesday afternoon
June 10th, news came to town over
the telephone from Tony FannelI's
farm. 10 miles north, asking that a
physician be hurried out and stating
that a motor cycle accident had tax
en- place. The writer happened to be
on the street just as the news came
in and in company with Pete Jorgen-
sen hurried to the spot, on the lat
ter's motor cycle. We were the first
from town to reach the scene. we
found that the accident had taken
place on the main Atwood and Colby
road just west of James Campbelfs
house. A wire had been stretched
across the highway, angling from
northeast to southwest, for the pur-
pose of guiding the stock from one
pasture across the public highway to
another pasture. Mr.. Quick was en-
route to Atwood and was carrying
George Higgins on the front of his
motor cycle. The two men were rum
ming along at a reasonable gait, chatt-
ing together when they hit the wire.
Neither saw it. 1t was just high
enough to strike Mr.. Higgins under
the chin. The wire broke loose ON
west side of the road, but before the
wheel could be stopped it's momen-
tum carried them with sufficient
force to break down the corner post
of the fence. Mr.. Higgins, who was
sitting on the machine in front of
Mr.. Quick, was killed instantly. His
throat was cut from ear to ear, sever
ing his jugular vein and windpipe.
Mr.. Quick was cut about the neck,
a cash running from the back around
to the front, coming very close to his
jugular. He was SlaShed across the
left arm and bruised about the shoul-
ders. He was dazed by the fall for a
few moments. As soon as he regain
ed his senses he mounted the motor
cycle which was uninjured except for
a broken pedal, and rode mile to
the Fannell home and phoned to
town. Mr.. Quick says Mr.. Higgins
made only few struggles before life
was extinct. Coroner Lewis ordered
the body brought to town as soon as
he reached the scene. No inquest
deemed necessary as the cause OF
death was evident. This is the first
motor cycle accident of any conse-
quence to happen in the county and
it is a deplorable one. Mr.. Higgins
being on the machine is undoubtedly
all that saved Mr.. Quick's life. Mr..
Campbell says it was their custom to
stretch this wire across the road SO
that the little boy, mere lad, could
drive the stock from one pasture to
the other. The wire, he says, was
always taken down after the stock
had been driven through and that
the little boy had just driven the
stock through the gate and in a few
moments would have had the wire
down. To say the least it seems a
careless thing to have done to place
any obstruction across the public
road travelled, probably, more than
any thoroughfare of the county. OF
course it was upthoughted. A wife
and son are left to mourn the death
of a husband and father and second
life came within an ace of being
snuffed out. Mr.. Quick's injuries,
while severe, will not prove fatal.
The burial of Mr.. Higgins takes place
today.-Colby Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Bond election

The difference between 5 per cent
and per cent is l per cent. One per
cent on 81, 1000 for two years is $40,
which is just about the cost of hold
ing bond election and getting out
an issue of bonds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspep-
sia every time. 1t drives out impur-
tiles, tones the stomach, restores per-
feet digestion, normal weight, and
good health.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

.sMound City Paints go farthest,
wear longest, look best. Verbeck
Lum ber Co.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Weather Report

Maximum and minimum tempera-
ture according to the government
thermometer at Wa-Keeney for the
week ending Wednesday noon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Correct Abstracts-w. Fl. swiggett,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Look out for 'en: Grafters working
in Nebraska are playing this game:
One of them calls on a farmer and Of
fers to put in a fence for cents per
foot, and the farmer signs the con-
tract. Later on, another CRATER
comes along, puts in the fence, and
then the farmer learns, to his sur
prise, that he has signed a contract
to pay cents per foot for each wire
in the fence-OSbOrne Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01
Notice to Contractors

The school board of District No. 6
will receive sealed bids up to noon of
Saturday, July Is, 1911, for the erec-
tion of a school house, plans of which
can be seen at the office of the coun-
ty superintendent at Wa-Keeney,
Kansas. By order of the Board. 1926
There is complaint in many Kansas
towns that motorcycle and automo-
bile drivers violate the ordinance
against fast driving. Drivers of ma
chimes go along at twenty to thirty
miles an hour and evidently depend
in case of arrest on the inability of
citizens to prove the speed at which
they were travelling. And right here
the supreme court has lately come to
a decision founded on good common
sense. 1t has held that a man of or
dinary intelligence can tell at about
what rate a vehicle is travelling and
his testimony in a case must stand.
Therefore if man goes into court
and swears that an auto was travel
ing at a greater speed than the law
allows, his testimony is competent
and will stand up in any court in the
land-OSbOrQe Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Money TO loan. See e. D. wheeler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-01

Get bargains in fly nets, collars
pads, etc. Ross s. Waldo, Ogallah
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-27
TEACHERS WILL Be
HERE FOR SESSIONS
Several Subjects to Be Discussed
Have Already Aroused Con-
siderable Interest

Nearly thousand people interest
ed in education are expected to be in
North Yakima this week for the an
nual meeting of the Washington Ed
ucational association which Is tot hold
its sessions. general and sectional, at
the High school building here Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday. In ad-
dition to teachers and superintendents
the gathering will bring a number OF
school directors from various parts OF
the state and there Is a special sec
ton devoted to their interests. In
addition to matters Of particular in
terest eachers as instructors there
will be brought up number of mat
tiers relating to policy In school law
and among these will be the question
of pension system. 1t is the desire
to make this pension applicable to
teachers having thirty years of serv-
ice.
Another matter which is to come
up and which is of a great deal of in
terest is the question of school ath-
letics. There Is very strong feel.
ing among a number of school direc-
tors that athletics have no place. prop
erly, in the public schools and should
not be recognized 10y the state edu-
cational association and should be dis
Icouraged as much as possible by the
| leaders in the separate schools. We
natchee brings up the question of ELI
gibility of one of it's football players
and this question will open up the
whole subject.
| There will be large number OF
experienced lecturers in attendance al
the institute and many addresses will
be delivered which will be Interesting
and instructive. The North Yakims
authorities propose several social gath.
erings during the week. The Chimes
of Normandy, presented by High
school students, will be the opening
Entertainment
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-27
Taft and Presidential Primary

Direct presidential primaries lead
the way to a direct vote for president
and vice-president. 1t is part and
parcel of the political progress of the
time, and like every other idea in
which is embodied the dynamics of an
advancing democracy, it is bound to
win. President Taft comedies the
value and the desirability of the step
proposed in Ohio because he indorses
the principle of the thing. 1t would
not be creditable to the chief execu-
tive to hold that he lacks sincerity in
so important a matter-that he Jug
giles with it purely from considerations
of political neutrality-suspicious. Tel
egram. .o gts