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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-14
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POLLS
Polls transferred from Z. +. Temple.
23s0 e $500 each-S4560.0O
Additional polls, assessed by Sneed.
- q 500 each-SISS.OO.
Total-S474s.00.
lnsolvent polls, 1541 a $500 each
s30s2-Oo.
Collected polls. sss a $500 each
sl666.00.
Total-S4748.O0.
State Of Mississippi,
County Of Lafayette.
|, s. NJ Sneed, Sheriff and Tax-eoI-
ieetor Of lafayette County, Missis-
sippi. hereby certify that the forego-
ing Is true and correct statement of
lnsolvencies. Errors, Reductions. etc.
as set forth in the above summary.
and that the above is true, correct and
complete.
s. NJ. SNEED.
Sheriff and Tax-collector.
By T. j. NETS, d. s and T. c.
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
this the 9TH day Of September, 1916.
W. VI. WOODWARD,
Chaneery Clerk
G. A. WOODWARD, d. c.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-14

plans and specifications.
This day came on to be considered
the report Of $. NJ Sneed, sheriff and
tax-eolieetor, for the year 1916,
which = as follows. to-wit.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervis-
ors Of Lafayette County. Mss:
The following Is a total summary
or reeapitulatlon Of the Final Settle
ment Of ). ~ Sneed, sheriff. for the
tax year ending September LIST. 1916,
tO-wit:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-14

Real property per roll from
Z Z. Temple .....- s61452s.O0
Personal property per roll from
T. r Temple. -...... 263s34. 90
western Union Tel Co... $1,000
state lands ----s-.-..- 1900
Additional personal prop. lips. 90
Additional real prop 1890 9e3S.00
se045Ts.O0
lnsoivencies .---....-S 37303.00
Errc-s and reductions 52399.O0
state lands -.--..... 5000
Error in report Of Z +
Temple, ex-Sheiff. in final
settlement. in which he
paid into the county treas
ury. but did not take credit
for same .l...,...--..- 23oo4.0O
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-14

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aea petitioners 4oulsl
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ing facts. Inzyftney +,
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-09-14

It's easy to pick the
real thing in motor cars.
Drive a Willys-Knight
and you'll know-it
makes everything else
seem like a makeshift.
WHY'S knight power
isrcvealedin rnotiononly.
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He had other arrangements; an auto
ride from Spring Brook Ranch to Ober-
lin. his home, 8 distance of ffty-hye
miles across Sheridan and Decatur
counties.
The great value Of Spring Brook
Ranch is in its rich soil of both val
leys and pastures. There are not many
acres included IN the virgin prairie
pastures but that would make fine
wheat land and produce abundantly.
And there are hundreds Of acres in
the valleys that would grow record
yields in corn, as they have proven
their fertility in the big cuttings of
alfalfa. With an everlasting supply of
water so near the surface there is no
way OF estimating the value of this
tract of $3.50 acres if the underfow
was tapped and brought to the grow
ing crops when needed.
Mr.. Benton has demonstrators be-
yond question the ,practicability OF ir-
rigation. At cost Of several thousand
dollars he equipped a plant that viii
irrigate 100 acres through the dryest
season. The underf1ow was tapped
fifty feet below the surface This IT.
rfgation plant has proven conclusive
ly that q never-failing supply OF water
may be secured under this entire tract
OF more than 5000 acres at depth Of
from thirty to fifty feet. combining In
Spring Brook Ranch the two great in
dustFies-agricuIt and stock raising
that are making northwestern Kan
sas one OF the richest sections OF the
Middle West. Mr.. Benton is the pion-
ser "a demonstrating the value OF iEri-
cation Il the Sixth district Hundreds
Interested Ia the matter have travelled
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the efficiency and Pzacticabiiisy e -Is
plant which he Installed. for tvo re
sens; first, for the Eenefit Il would b
to Spring Brook. Ranch, and seecna, as
an object lesson TO others. + has
been of great value in both cases.
Overlooking the beautisGI Saline
river valley, the ranch ho4se stands
on an eminence just back OF asnat-
ural lake that is supplied with water
from the neyer-failing springs. The
scene here is one of beauty. TIE
sweep of the Saline river valley with
its alfalfa fields as far as the eve can
reach and the feeding herds On the
grassy slopes to the east and south Is
a picture that links together wealth
and beauty. A great ranch is asso-
ciated with isolation, lonIiness and
far removed from the arteries CT tTav-
Ell and commerce, but here at Spring
Erook Ranch it is only three miles
to the thriving town OF Grainfield,
where Union Pacific trains to the Pa
cific coast and to the East serve you
with first-class accommodations. You
may enjoy all the pleasures of ranch
life here and yet be at the very gate
way of the outside world.
To the west of the ranch house are
the barns for horses and cattle. These
include two large barricades that will
accommodate 1000 head Of cattle and
the sheds sufficient for 1000 more a
row of box stalls. implement house.
scales, branding and dehorning chutes
are nearby, and blacksmith and car
penter shop with complete forge and
all necessary tools are a part of the
necessary equipment of Spring BTook
Ranch. In the horse barn may be
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
Nh. BENTON AGAINST LIQUOR.

CT was a student ct Wsshburn col
lege when John P. st. John was elect
ed governor of Kansas, and when the
first prohibitory amendment was
passed. As a boy at school we dis
cussed prohibition, high license and
open saloons. I have always taken
the side of prohibition, and believed
In it and have favored it from boyhood
days. It has been a pleasure for me
to raise my boys in q town without sa-
looms and In a county where the jails
and poor farm are uninhabited. After
a trial of thirty years in Kansas, pro
hibition has more friends than ever.
81 want to say to you that every
law on the statute books Of Kansas in
favor of prohibition was passed by q
Republican legislature and signed by
a Republican governor. The great
state Of Kansas is blessed with the
strongest and best prohibitory law
In the union. And all in spite Of the
Democracy and in spite OF Democratic
influence. Also. am In favor OF ma
tional prohibition, and viii use every
influence at my command to have
every state in this great union enjoy
the same blessings that Kansas en-
joys so that the younger generation Of
men and women all over our fair land
may grow into manhood and woman
hood without the debasing influence d
the saloon."-Otis L. Benton
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age, hope and faith needed in times
of distress. They were the messen-
gers that heTalded the coming day o.
prosperity. They asserted that each
recurring crop failure was exceptional
or phenomenal. They pleaded with the
people to have faith and courage ant
annually expressed the belief the far
ners would harvest abundant crops
next year.
TO the influence of the newspapers
and the indomitable spirit of this per
pie is cue the fact that this agricu'tnT
al and livestock region, bounded b.
the geographical lines of the Sixth con
gressionaI district, is the greatest IL
possibilities and in material wealth c.
any territory of similar size in tbs
United States.
Every citizen of this goodly state o.
Kansas is entitled to and should stan
erect as an exemplar of its high idea',
and advanced civilization Geozra
phical lines should not divide US IL
our love and service for our splendi1
commonwealth. We are loyal Kansanz
in all that will contribute to its meter
ial, moral and educational advance
ment. But in our several communi
ties there is that closer touch of hu
man sympathy and neighborly fellow
ship. 1t seems to me that these en-
nobling sentiments are stronger an
are implanted deeper in the hearts Of
the people Of the Sixth district thai
in any ether section of our beloved
state. This feeling is due. of co Sc
10 my long residence among them and
my knowledge of their true worth and
sterling citizenship.
How wonderful is the history and
progress made by the people of this
region in forty years. In that time W.
have carved the juciest slice of eartt
from the heart of Kansas and made il
TEEN with abundant prosperity. In It's
every community are schools anC
churches which reflect the high char
acter Of this people On the farms
and in the towns are costly homes anC
public edifces that bear evidence Of
the refinement of the citizens The
wealth that has been accumulated
here runs into many millions divided
SO equitably that there is not a million
aire in the twenty-five counties Of the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
DR.. K. G. HAAS
Physician & Surgeon

Physician & Surgeon
Office over the First National Bank
Phones: Office 273, Res. 333
Office hours am. to 12m.-1 to pm
Other hours by appointment. Calls
answered day, or night
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district and not a resident pauper de
pending upon public charity.
"OnIy a determined, resolute people
could have accomplished the things
speak OF. Present conditions came as
the result of a battle for those civil
ling influences that build into the
life and character Of a people the high
est ideals. The saloon and its deadly
traffic is not the only thing that Is
gone, and gone to stay. The march
across the prairies Of the industrial
army which came to peacefully conQuel
the wilderness, build homes, school
and churches, made unnecessary the
Grther activities OF the bone hunter
ne Indian, the Wild Bills and the coz
coz, as it also meant the extinction o
he deserts carpet-buffalo grass Toe
he great army that came to build a
agricultural empire on the plains faced
a condition that would make sick the
strongest hearts. The scattered dug
outs, the lonliness and immensely Of
the unpeOpled prairies, the far-reach-
ing plains whose sky line was unbrok-
en- by tree, shrub or house; all these
lave vanished.
Governor Martin must have had II
his mind the geographical division
known as the Sixth congressional dis
trict, and a vision Of its present great
ness, when he said in a speech some
thirty years ago: Labor-saving ma
chimes sweep majestically through
fields of golden wheat or sprouttng
corn; blooded stock lazily feed In
meadows OF bIue-stem timothy or clio
yer; comfortable houses dot every hill
top or valley, forests, orchards and
hedgerows diversity the loyiiness Of
the landscape; and where isolation
and Tildness brooded, the majestic
lyric OF prosperous industry Is echoing
over the most fertile country that the
sun, in his daily journey. lights and
warns
Great as have been the achieve
ments Of the people Of northwestern
Kansas, We are yet at the threshold
and the dawn Of = greater future We
have land 1or the 1andless and homes
for thousands wiling TO make the start
for better thiaD. To such We extend
cordial Welcome. and when they
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has always advocated the ownership
of land as the best and safest invest
ment, and he has proven his faith in
the purchase and improvement of
farms and ranches, from many of
which in Decatur county he has this
season harvested abundant crops. Otis
L. Bcnton stands four-square in every
xslE Ct life here where he is best
known. Hundreds of farmers viii tel
you Of his usefulness and helpfulness
= the dark years OF crop failures. Isn't
{ natural, therefore, that the people Of
he Sixth district have decided that
s. Benton is the man who shall rep
resent them in the Congress Of the
United States 90
Northwestern Kansas has no more
devoted friend and advocate than Otis
l. Benton. His knowledge of the his
tory Of the country and his fellowship
with those who have fought the battle
against adversely and won the victory
Of prosperity, is a story he delights to
tell.
There are pioneers living within
the boundaries of the Sixth congress
ional district who remember north
western Kansas as geographical fic-
ton, a section described on the atlas
as a part Of the Great American Des-
ert, Mr. Benton said. These, with
those of US who came thirty years ago,
have witnessed the miracle of civil
ization which has transformed this
empire of twenty-five counties into q
garden Of surprising wealth and beau
~.
~The law of average is the chief fac
tor in the marvellous growth of north
western Kansas. We have watched
the clouds and prayed for rain as we
denounced the slanderers who insisted
that Northwestern Kansas was a dry
country and during the season Just
closed. We have with equal vehemence.
protested against the calumy that the
twenty-five counties comprising this
congressional district was s veritabie
quagmire.
let it be said to their everlasting
Credible newspapers Of Kansas, and
Of this section II articular-never lost
heart nor hope during ouF periods q
disaster aud dIsap ISelutEnent. zan
he 1eE Elns-s szzes g 8 tees e <..s.g
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housed thirty head Of horses and stored
with fifty tons Of hay and 1000 bushels
of grain. A row of hog houses &C
commodate forty brood sows in pens
by themselves, and also a very com
plete house for winter use, with TWEEN
ty-five additional pens built under
the ground, so that the severest storms
Of winter have little effect. Other
buildings include a warehouse two
stories high and twenty-four feet
square; a COW stable divided for cows
and young stock, and ice house and
chicken house. All these buildings
are kept in good order and reflect the
progressive spirit of the owner.
The windmill and tank that supplies
water to the barn also pipes it to the
kitchen in the ranch house, with sink
and draining facilities up to date. In
the kitchen is storeroom and COM
missary department complete in every
detail. The big dining room is on
the first floor, and above is the office
of Mr.. Benton with his spacious and
comfortable private apartments Other
rooms on the second floor are large
and attractive, while the third floor,
with its two dormer windows, give Wis
itors great view of the country round
about. The main highway from Grain
field to Hoxie passes in front of the
ranch house.
Across the lake from Spring Brook
Ranch house, a. few rods away, is a
fine school house in which the chill
dren of the community are being edu-
Gated. Among his countless benefac-
tions known of all the pioneers in
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ming without a dollar, have accumu-
lated q sufficiency for old age and for
the support of their families. Many of
these remember with gratitude Otis
I. Benton's benefactions through the
years of crop failures. NAs an instance
of these he contributed 10000 bushels
of a new variety of seed wheat to the
farmers in 1910 In 1911 he gave them
5000 bushels In fact, through three
seasons Mr.. Benton furnished his
neighbors seed wheat, taking his
chances with them on crop. 1t was
the understanding with the farmers
that if they won he was to be recon-
pensed. Through this helpfulness hun
dreds of farmers were enabled to re-
main here and win the victory and get
the start that is sending them on the
road to competence and prosperity
TO countless other farmers he has
loaned money to help them along, TAX
ing their notes to be paid when they
made the money out of the land. Stock
men, too have been the beneficiaries
Of Mr.. Benton, for he has supplied
them the money to buy feeders and to
tide them over the stress Of hard times
And when the great horse plague
caused the loss of thousands of head
Of work animals in the Sixth district
a few years ago, Mr.. Benton was the
first to come to the rescue of the far
mers and loan them money with which
to buy horses. He did not wait and
plan to organize a syndicate with al
OF its red tape and glittering gener
aIities; he used the telephone day af
ter day, calling up distressed farmers
all over this section of northwestern
Kansas, offering to loan them money
with which to buy horses. From these
he accepted notes to be paid Wher
they raised another crop.
In relating these matters in the life
history of Otis L. Benton in his thirty
years residence in Oberlin and his
countless benefactions to the people
of the Sixth district, Mr.. Lester NJ
Parker, the editor Of the OberliI
Times, said to me: when Mr.. BentoI
came to this country thirty years age
he realized that his own prosperity
was dependent upon that Of the far
mers, and he proved it by becoming
one Of the most extensive farmers and
stock raisers in the Sixth district. HI
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wat, is the one feature that distin-
cuisines Spring Brook Ranch and puts
1t in a class by itself. For here is
grown the grain and forage for winter
feeding when the cattle are brought in
from the prairie pastures.
Other Kansans have journeyed to
Spring Brook Ranch for their annual
outings I had heard of it as one Of
the bright spots of the great plains
region where never-failing springs pro-
vided sparkling water in abundance
for man and beast, filling a beautiful
lake in front of the ranch home and
sending its. overflow down the main
channel OF the Saline river. I learned
more about Spring Brook Ranch few
weeks ago in a casual conversation
with Mr.. Otis L. Benton, of Oberlin,
its owner. mo one can get correct
vision of northwestern Kansas indus
trial life and its possibilities without
seeing it and visiting with the people"
Mr. Benton said. I'VE who have passed
through all the trials and hardships
known to civilization realize what it
has cost in labor and perseverance to
change the wilderness to a land Of
smiling fields and happy homes. Come
out to the Sixth district and let me
show you"
accepted the invitation and bought
a ticket over the Union Pacific to
Grainfield, which is three miles distant
from Spring Brook Ranch. 1 intended
to visit the ranch and return home over
the same route. But that wasn't the
plan of Mr. Benton who had driven
from Oberlin to Grainfield to meet me.
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northwestern Kansas, was the gift OF
the land by Mr.. Benton for the school
grounds When the people of the
district we're considering a site for
building he asked the privilege of do
mating it, assuring the parents that he
not only would be glad to give it, but
would contribute with pleasure his
share in taxes On the big ranch for its
equipment and support. Mr. Benton
has taken pride in helping to make
this a model rural school, and unde
the tutorage of the most efficient won
en- educators of this section OF Kansas
Spring Brook Ranch school stands
number one in the list for deportueE
and educational progress. Preeah
no other ranch in the world claims
among its cluster of buildings scboc
house in which the children of the far
mers round about receive their educa
tional training Il links together the
lessons in the books with those of in
dustry that are emphasized every day
on Spring Brook Ranch.
With perfect weather and fine roads,
the automobile ride from the big ranch
to OberIin gave me a knowledge OF
conditions In the Sixth district which
could only be gained by personal OBJ
servation. Sheridan county still has
its vide stretches Of grazing lands
upon which herds Of cattle roam, but
gradually these tracts are being con
verted into farms thst have this year
produced record crops OF wheat and
cora. Ear out On the prairies are be
ms built costly homes by farmers who,
efEsr thirty years Of struggle against
insects sad ths slsneats. have ven the
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Spring Brook Ranch in Sheri-
dan County is a Type of
Western Prosperity.
MAKES 4 BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
Topeka Writer Describes in Glowing
Terms Visit With Otis 1.
Benton, the Owner.
BY D. o. MecRAY.

Spring Brook Ranch in Sheridan
county, typifies that great agrieultur-
al and stock raising empire of twenty
two counties which compose the Sixth
congressional district The $3.50 acres
of cultivated valleys and grazing lands
combine in Spring Brook Ranch the
essentials of prosperity in northwest
ern Kansas and stock
raising. 1t all is a pastoral poem de-
lineating the beauties and grandeur OF
country life. A sweep of the eye up
and down the Saline river, whose val
leys are green with alfalfa and the
wealth of a seasons crops of corn and
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the latest lmproYed Iabor-saving ma
chinery. including that great engine
OF poweE-the tractor.
As we entered Decatur county there
were fen quarter sections without
farm Improvements. The big prairies
are giving way to fields Of corn, wheat
and alfalfa, and hundreds of farmers
in the past thirty years from a begin
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@--e; Ehe1 grassao:2esEs 1TzeTnls..,
a the leles; when e-cD fGliUres we're
recorded II annual succession; and
when the horse plague. a few years
ago, took frem countless farmers their
mainstay and reliance, it was the loyal
newspapers printed in every town -
the Sixth congressional district tkat
gave to the struggling settlers the cour-
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great PEG e whom love Of country
moveth, e1ample teacheth, company
comfo-tett. emulation Quiekeneth and
glory exalJeth.'"
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If your shoes look sick, you look sick
We are experienced Shoe Doctors.
No cure. no pay.
Gassman's Shoe Hospital
Farms, ranches, and city property
for sale or exchange IN Ellis and ad-
joining counties. Money to loan on
farms and city property at lowest rates
with option to pay IN installments-
Annual OF seni-annual interest pay
ments- It viz pay you to see me if in
need OF loan on your farm Prompt
service guaranteed.
WoEaaut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-24
MANY CURB ISSUES
MAKE GOOD GAINS
Vigorous Demand for New
Stocks, While Old-Time Fa-
vorites Are Neglected

NEW YORK, Oct. 2i--The situation on
the Curb has become one in which special
developments are effected In forcing move
ments In different issues without regard to
transactions in the mass of securities dealt
In that market.
Many stocks were In vigorous demand to-
day and made substantial advances, while
old-time speculative favorites were neglect
ed ana could only ind buyers at conces-
sions. Charcoal Iron was one Of the strong
features, moving up TO 8, a new high record,
in response 70 the showing made In the
statement for the quarter ending septem-
Der 20. and on the advances in the price
OF Wood Alcohol. amounting 20 ~ cents a
gallon In the last 80 days Marlin Arms
was the most prominent feature, advancing
from 40 to 81. Only a short time ago IL
sold below 40
Southern Oil was traded in for the FIRST
time, with transactions at to sH. A
number OF other oil stocks also showed
pronounced strength, with Sinclair advanc-
ing from 40 TO 54h Houston OIL continued
active. with sales above 20, and Metropoll-
tan Petroleum sold at 13N and IL. There
was renewed activity In Flemlsh-Iynn.
which rose from IN to 2. General Motors
new stock, delivered today ranged from
165 TO ITO. The preferred sold at 95K
Maxim Munitions were active, advancing
from 6h to T. Western Pacific. new stock
sold at 1914 and 20. Zinc Concentrating
was steady, with sales at Az and AZ.
The mining stocks were fairly active,
with Magma advancing TO the new high
record of 22h. Dundee Arizona sold at 3.
Standard OIL stocks were again strong, with
Ohio Oil advancing from $40 to 3s4, IllI-
nois Pipe Line from 221 to 227, South Penn
frcm 450 TO 465 and Standard OIL OF New
York from 2i2 to 244.