Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-03-01

Gu W 90 10 the pOSt0ifice for their
mail In a great many towns free de,
livery could be established with a
very small extra allowance over the
present expelse Of conducting the of.
rice" 1t is believed that the bill will
receive favorable consideration by tn
present Congress.
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A great many of the congressman
are busy sending garden seed, etc. to
their constituents, Congressman NeeL
ey has sent out several thousand
packages Of seeds, and is now mail.
ing several thousand bulletins to mar.
ties in the Seventh. These bulletins
are carefully written and give much
valuable Information on various sub.
]ects They are being sent to coun.
ties where they win be Of most inter
est. For instance, the bulletin emit.
tied Milo as Dry Land Grain Croo''
Is being sent to the people of the
western part Of the district. An.
other valuable bulletin entitled Cost
Of Filling Silos," is sent to the farm.
ers in the eastern part Of the dis.
trict. There are great many bulle.
TINS, treating various subjects, which
will be sent to parties writing for
them.
The Everglades scandal, which Is q
great. interest to the people of the
Seventh district, is attracting consid.
cradle attention. Attorney General
Wickersham has filed charges before
grand jury against the dismissed
engineers who sought to discredit
the Everglades reclamation work Of
the State Of Florida. 1t is claimed
that the attempt to stop and discped.
it the reclamation work by the state
Is the result of powerful political and
corporate interests. 1t is a fight be.
tween Congressman Clark Of Florida
and the Chairman of the Florida
State Railway Commission. Congress
nan Nealey is watching the develop
ments and win stand ready to defend
the interests of his constituents in
the big Seventh who are financially
interested in the Everglade country
Congressman Neeley has introduced
bill appropriating $4,000 with
which to build a federal building at
Pratt. The Pratt pOstoffice does am
immense amount of business annually
and the town is very much in need OF
federal building.
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Another very important bill intro
dGced by Congressman Neeley this
week is one providing for the estab-
lishment OF a federal court at Hutch
inSOn, and providing for two terms of
court each year, on the third Monday
in March and the first Monday in
November. 1t changes the dates for
The terms at Wichita, which is in the
second division, to the third Monday
in February and the second Monday
in September. The bill also provides
for the appointment of a deputy who
Shall reside and keep his office in the
city of Hutchinson, also for the ap-
pointment of two deputy marshals, one
of whom shall reside and keep his
office at Hutchinson. The establish
ment of district court at Hutchin-
son, which is also in the second di-
vision, will be a great convenience to
the people Of the western part of the
state. The counties included in the
second division are Barber, Barton,
Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Ed
wards, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Grant
Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harper, Hair
vey, Hodgeman, Haskell, Kingman,
Kiowa, Kearney, Lane, Mcpherson,
Norton, Meade, Ness, Pratt, Pawnee,
Reno, Rice, Rush, Scott, Sedgwick,
Stafford, Stevens, Seward, Sumner,
Stanton and Wichita. The fact that
Hutchinson is SO easily reached from
nearly all the western counties will
prove of great benefit to the people
having business in the federal courts.
Congressman Neeley and Taggart Il
Kansas have made reservations at
the Caswell Hotel at Baltimore for
the Kansas delegation at the Demo-
cratic National Convention. The hotel
is centrally located, and is one of the
best in the convention city. A great
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