Enterprise Star from Enterprise, Kansas • Page 1

Eiate a. (Hi VOL. FNTF.IiPi.ISE, DICKINSON COUNTY, KANSAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901. No, 1.

School House Plans Changed. Tlio nuw school 'limisik started at liurlingnmo a feu woivks ago is to l)c lorn down nnd anntlufr one built. It is lo lie built on ii di 'ffVrent plan than I he one that was ijn course of construction. Kurton (iives up a (iood Job. Senator liurtotl Imposition of attorney for saw Indian tribo.

lie to the position by (lovi son, of the ago. It paid ifo.iioo i esigned the the Chicka- lis appointed rnor John-two years vear. As United States senator le is kept so busy Unking after public affairs that lie can devote no tune It Chickasaw matleis and lias snrrenth 'red the job. His iccr-sor has not been named, lie xv ill likely Tie Kansas republican, a friend of tcnatlir Ber- ton. Magnesia Plml at limpiriia While diggill pil on Wc-t i well i'n.

jhelgravel aveinie I 'avid Taylor si ruck a ie-n of mag lies a tie sent a -ampllc to pert. ho said it avert ros If per cent, and is the purest vc discovered. The vein is from inches i about one am' one-half feet 'Cop and intends across tw aeics o' j. rouittd and probably further. It Ihoiejlit to be a rich strike and has Rinsed Iniuch excitciner.t in Km porta.

Corn Killing Oift. We take the following from the lturli n. 'hron icle T. It. i vcr says (hot the cpy spcl has resulted as a revelation as to the nature of corn.

Jit-1 bi'fore that long looked for rain, wiolo a fiiicnd that he did not exited ten bushels of on bis eighty acres. liu' things h.wo changed. Corn stalks on which the la-scls wore dea I are ears, 1 pollen other i asse's that lae -hot till slince Ihe rain. Kars that hut aj few kernel i I i. Mil1! 'IC'W kernels.

New i 1 1 ha- cum' into all hi- corn Held-, i.nd he think- now that bu-he i- a very reasonable estimate, ii i I Mr. Oliver if nl-miii- eon -ervali in his figures.1 Santa I t' Wm A freight reck xv e-t of 'lenient-' Santa o'cioek Su nday e-t of journal broke uinb at Clements. ccurred one mile '11 the Ateii--on, main line at Is Kan-a- City. A an overloaded car and ears loaded with coal ijnd Machinery were (brown inUi the litch. A.

K. Ziglf'r, the head-tnd brakcinan. was thrown under jhe ears and killed. The engine hriike loose fr the trai and stayed on the ti n-Is and the caboose before it was derailed. Zcigierwas new employe of tl'O road, working as extra and bad mailo only i.

ne or two trip-. His home a- i Km poria. he tiack-nnd I'M train-liours. ere badly torn tip delayed several A (iouil Showiii(. "A partial report of the I'nrmciV Klevator of Sololnion, Saturday, showed that the I independent oltS-ator hail handled between July ill and Jl, and some odd btishcls in tic tow 31 between Hit' same The Kakiucrs' Klevator lias never paid lower1 than ten cent oil' from the Kansas 'i "ily prices and ha- bought wheal at.

limes at but eight cent- oil' fronj Kansas City and this with nine cunt farmers that hlive sold heat in the independent elevator lire not the only one. bo lulvc received direct benefit for I In1' operation of the I 'armors' Klevator Idas raised the of all wheat soli! In Holomoji July at least dhreo cents a a saving of to the t)U-hi farmer of that vicmitv, 1 "The COIIlpell independent elevator was to put in nn belting and last week Wi order to do work tii.it has becn thrown to it. I'ln independent i'iiui) any failed Ui b'ock Klanl Klevator at mon iu expected ,10 tin on Sat iirri.i). The iltdi'iiro wlus culised by turned them loose to prey upon the people. The result was that robbery, and even murder, was rife without any noticeable effort by the officials lo check it.

And all this was done in return for a few thousand dollars revenue to the city. One of theso brutes in human form. 0110 of these 'anil'lers, passing through Wichita, boa-led that bo had tnatlo If-'tUJOO from the homeseekers. And there are thousands of railroad magnates, trust managers and money changers whose porcine propensities are daily exhibited in transactions so infamously avarice that the greed displayed in Wood's land deal is lost in comparison. No wonder then that Wood, seeing millions of dollars robbed from the people through special legislation and.

when that could not be bought, through open violation of the law, should not think il a crime to make a few thousand dollars by means of a national law which has been in etl eel for years and of hich thousands have taken the same advantage that lie secured. Prominent officials the interior department have declared Wood's manner of tiling to be perfectly legal nnd one that ill no ay violates hi-oath when or tiling. The course taken by a large number of papers in defaming Wood is oontemp tibie ami cowardlv. Thcv fare not afraid to aliu-tt ami vlllify Wood because be is only an poor man. 000 that holds no proitii'ienl political position and has no i 1 1 1 i'e-1 in a powerful corporation.

Willi tl.e-e papers. poor man's iking advantage oT a law to make a thou -and dollar is grootl. rapacity, but for a corporation to 11 a mi llititi dollars of ill-gotten gains, law or no law. is enterprise, progre--. public spirit, finance and executive precocity.

The Kingman hems of Interest About the Coininetcial Hotel, Star Office 5 enterprise Mills, Wheat Harket Uase Kail, etc lii important factor in the pro-pcrity of liickeiison county. Tin have always had at Ihe hand-, of this Mil! Company. o)iuau ami Son. the Kansas City price for heal, les-. frcinbi.

tin. I Ibis gave the farmers ne -hipper's profit. This fact is er-ally appreciated by the funnel's. Poll Ihe Usefulness oT tho mill. Ill II public way, is to be extended.

An addition lias been built to tint structure and new machinery added which will increase the capacity of llie mil! to I I. Vi iKirrtds daily, Ui'i'l Wrights have been at work on this addition for the past live months audit now near- completion. There are now ten melt bo are at 01 putting in tho noe-es-ary spouting, olo. and we were lob by into of tlieni tint it would ieiuire about one month longer to complete the work. It will, when liiiishe r.t.iiire l.tlO,i)'l bushels of whei! annually to keep this mill running.

The farmers of Dickenson county will supply this demand at an increased profit lo I Ipvinselves. Thus it will bo semi 1,1 a gbiiice that ihisnril is an imp iriaal factor in th pi o-perii not only of Kutor-pri-e, but of I he on! i re county 'I'ln 1 impruveiiituils now being matle wil 1. cosl I loll'iiian Son If use Hill. I'or III" ben, till of Ihe base ball lo.ing people, wo might state thai Mr. 1 1 in, Hi" uillein 111 Hi it to -l in a re.

1 nir.ini. in our oitv, Is one of the be-l, Uy ill we have.c.oii known, lie coins from 1 igo ii v. Thai place had smiio goo I b.i-e ball players, lint for some re 1 on ile so -iii it to turn again. I I hem ai every played. The club worn gelling discouraged I heir Inline people i I lo tl eoini -den mi in their ability to play, an I il -eivii si a though any oi scrub lea in eon Id vv i pe liellj ofi' hit ol the eai lh.

it finally, Mr. I. ig.in h.i 1 It cull) leu it i 11 I tin, if properly ban. lied, coii-ete, to 1 1 1 i mini "'r. Mr.

Login'- first in to nipeli a gaiiin for a flu 1 pur-tj il Ii 1 lie si roti'ot-t team in llio 1 unity --nun thai, had not, at tll'it. timn bjeii defod id ilnriu'llii vantages and would had tin ireteelioii that it. independent, people been able to thoir road secure an elevator on a i i .1 ion. Why Mr. fi.

C. Clemen- ha- be. viewed by 11 paper, to say Mr. 'lemon- ha 1 elegant and an elaborate ao the doings of the Suei.ili-' vention at Indiatiapoli-; and it to tho reixirter of a Tope! paper for insert ion. tin he said that we have state autonomy, we are business in Kansas.

We a after our poor, loin -01110 11 inler-'I'htil is i' ten an nt or ic Con-handed a daily article secured i oi'iill-t pni it ica I i U-l- a re brethren who hae no The question nut ra permost into our inii. the Populists homele-'s'' homeless At I be I.1-1 rn tion the ca-t A 1 Ihev 1 1 nil many voles a- tin cured the state onii party more homeie-republiean parly i 11 the election ol of i 1 1 undreds of eon time and many i rt ir. i- the 1 1 ha as he ii-; after 1 itV imli I'V at tin-i' dis-r ihe ii the rty pcr- trict court wen Populist party- ereaturess of lioineie-- pudlicans did call i dead when the a a it in 'U'l. IVIi; -1 1 1 1 mit ot lier- to sing 1 alleged reina in will. We have a' Ihne .01 state organiai.oii.

i. nnd every low n- lo 1. party organi.ation. i niy the duties of a oa no a nnd this arrive-. With low who a re ieci i 1 of the People's pa i I i demise is father in the metit of it- 1 1 we are not i 111 1 i.

sit ion i 1 1 nnd i 1 a i eorp-e. 1 a u-a (ieneral is Cc Preparations ha.e a 1 coniinenced by the for the gra ml 1 i u. titration to be -i I in erul I'ooth. fo iii'l 1 a i army throughout the v. he visits.

Kan-a- November. already been 1 I at night hich ii. .1 the general. Aduii--i The ol en i 1 1 i i I his parly hile le i i than tfl.mi't. Ac ill be I in -most jiromineiil 1: a in salvation work While in America the make an el'-ii-i i 11-pec the I niled -Male-, ri of six inont h.

A i ii principal army will The lour ha- b. cii an a purpose of gaini 11:: a iiu hen-ive know of I I n- iP H'U I ill II be Ire. 1 one ii l.ii::!aiid. a.ll'IJ Will 01 tour of a period all Ihe inade. I for the cioprc- work be- out-lill'js ill iiiti done, it- need- and look.

I li-l riet con i I in be held in New 1 or Kansas City and suit I i'a lie 1 -co, week ill be devoted to ings in each city, a' (ieneral Pool will 1 1 and deliver (ieneral Hoot an I In-travel in a pri vat i ca r. w' ing built evpri ly u- 1 The car will In: a well bn foot car, plain but combo Isheil. In the -id" ol 11 appear the words "Ssdv in large gold-leaf ii 1 At the Mic 1 11 -io'i I lib pa rt is i P'll'l wil be evenly-ly fiiril" ra will i inv," 1 11, n-e the ilooth's tour if i pi 1 car for the ptirpo work throughoiit he Ciimma'idcr Ic. of ho A merit a 11 a September I. speak.

1 I I. and out h. bead here will id v. The Initiative, V'f 'l'i inbllll and at 1" I pl.ii iicl Imperative Han 'e tin not now ol am In id explul i.i tin) Initiative 1 1 a tnd lb I'll sub-a ne'iet-ttf s-1 1 1 ornndum than oy I si iuicd of lie con.lil.uli that live hnr c.ent of the voters 1 I I I i I I i 1 i I I i 1 I 1 I I the legislature must pass it, and if a majority of tho people voting on the law, vote for it, it becomes a law, but, if a majority vote against it. it is null ami void.

Tho law may bo drawn up by any person and the position circulated by any person. This is called the Initiative. TIIK ItKKKIIKMU'M. AVhen the legislature oil its ow motion passes a law, then such a law shall not go into force until a certain length of time after its passage. If before that date live per cent of the Miters of Ihe stato potition that such law be submitted to a voto of tho peop'e, then the law shall not go into 1 ll'ect until voted 011 by the peo ple, iiiul if at any such election a majority vole against the the law it ill be void anil of no etrect, but if a majority vote for it.

it will be valid and binding. This is called the Referendum. T.ll; IMI'I'IIA I IVF MANDATli. The people now elect a 111:111 to oiliee for certain term ami after be gets in bo can hold on until his tinio is out unless he is impeached which is a slow process anil he cannot be impeached for mere failure to carry out promises. Tn case of a lawmaker he can go bto l.

on Wfiry promise he ninde to get. 1 'cnd still hold until his term i oat. I nUio case of Cleveland sitcoml term, a majority, probably throe-fourths of! 1 In' people, no longer wanted him as i i re-blent within six months after lie' inaugurated, and yet he had (three and anda half years longer. M'nderlhe Imperative Mandate the 1 lie people can end an olllcial's term I believer they want. They can re-' recall any ollieor at any time.

Itisj believed that tho Initiative and! lleferenduni nnd Imperative Man-j late would not often be used as the ilh this power in the poo-1 would generally represent the wish-e- of tho people. Missouii World. Our Underflow In Hanger, A short time ago the ritir as i.ow 11 a circular hich is being dis-tributeil by a large corporal ion opc-i rating in the ea-tern part of Colora-do in the Arkansas Valley, which a-foinet hing of a revelation. This corporation had obtained title to all ihe land ahing a certain big ditch and around certain territory they concluded could be brought under irrigation. The land, in we under--land it, had been proved up as 1 1 it laud, and reverted to he mortgage companies.

Prom tho 1 mortgage companies they yot the title. The corporation a No pttrclised 1 .1 It'ej tlitch bich had been started and conceived the idea to use to turn i 1 he water into soveral sink holes which with comparatively httlo work at the outlets wero converted into enormous reservoirs. While 1 he-e resorvoirs urn not yet filled to their full capacity, tlmy liavo baen lilling for a year or two, perhaps longer. There are five of theso lakes of liicli are live or six miles long and according to the statements of the company they have the capacity for furn'nhlng nearly acres of land with one foot of wafer per aero per year. Now that this re-ervoir sy-tein is nearly complete Ihe company is bringing in emigrants and selling them laud at about jfl'l.

per acre with Ihe right to all the ater neeessa ry to irrlgaln It upon lie payment to them of fifty cents per acre per year as inainlninance fee. Wo have talked with a great number of people who have mailt! cio.sc ohscrrntinu of Hut un. lerilovv over western Kansas for twenty live years, ami it is everywhere recognized that- it is at least Ion foot lower than then. Pukes and ponds which twenty years ago were quite doep are now dry except at very wet times. Not only Is the Arkansas rlvor dry most of Ihti time, but other anil -mailer streams which ran with living water have driotl gradually aw ay till their channels are closing up.

This is something thai, has been tlilli-11, It to unilerslnutl. nnd the only theory wo have so far been able to is thai it is consoiuont upon ii-uie. so much ivater up near the source of supply itt Colorado that it no longer gets down into Kansas. If this is tho proper theory il is the aliirmitig feature about this Colora hi 111 plo matter of drying up the Arkansas river does not amount to liiiieh. lint if it is lo de-lrov our ui.tlerlloW nnd dry up all our other streams it is a very serious matter.

ll'tlchinson Cazetto. As to Hog.s. There lias boon a redundancy of hog talk indulged in recently by a number of our exchanges who fondly imagined they were making roast pork of J. Wootls by the hot air process because he tiled on a claim a mile long thereby gaining vveral thou-aiid dollars in a perfectly legal manner. While Wood's aclior.

1 conform to the highest idea's of manhood yet it was within the law. If a whole lot of the energy spent in censuring, and viilifvine him hail been directed at some ol her persons we could mention, vvlio to hi.1 possessed of no more soul than lilt: average hog, we believe it wouid have been more appropriate ami productive of more .,.,,1. We refer to the ollh-ials of the Pock Island road who. although they of thoii-and- of dollars front the yeh fared a great ileal of the time to -upply their trains with wap r. Near the clo-eol'the rev, i-l nil ion I he some of them women and children, crowded in he hot tl 11-1 cars, sweltering in the sti lit at.

hail only one means id ipicnchi eg their till r-t beer. Tim eit-e I hat it, was impossible to wilier j-pilt rile. It wa- painfully noiieeab!" beer could be old, lined in abundance. Another set of hog- we bavei'i mind are the city obial- lieno. Not content with the millions of dollars that poiir.il into the city through legitimate chanm-i-, they a horde of cutthroat saloonkeepers and gamblers and Borne matftrs.

I he Commercial hotel. Thi- hotel i- under the incut of C. I le lerick. a voun man of sterling genial am accomodating, and well calf ul net to draw and 1.1a he hole popular. r.

1 le took of this lmu-e loss than I vv ago. He has refilled and ref 11 rn i -he, tlie rooms ami bus evevthing in lii class shape for a llr-i-cla-- hotel. While in the city engaged in get ting our office in shape, we hav' slopped at the On orcial Hotel an, we lake great pleasure, freai per sonal observation nnd experience ill recommending this hopd. ii" only to Hie cili- of 1 couid but to the traveling public The Star OHIcc. The Hotel which was badly injured by lire in January bi-t, is repaired and remodeled ami male sun able for a lir-t class printing oiVp'ewiih I'n in rooms on the second Ibmi', The, St vtt office is located on the ilr-t llnorof this building.

There i-. now no liner 1 111 for a priming oiliee I in I he count than I 1 1 is e.n- I rally located I on llie main mi--iuoss corner ol the city. Wehavca Well e.piipp'd lir-t i-s mil -can ahull. lance of type with iip-tu-d'H" style and a lli'sl-cla-- bo press, tin job i 1 1 I 'I a si ri rent ping outfit, and all 1 1 1 1 essary machinery and material to do first clns- printing. The Si'vu will maintain reading ro un for Ihe benefit of the oif r.d public lo hicli all lovers of goo 1 eld in are net .1 cordially inv iled.

The Srtu hope-to merit the approhnl ion ami 0 ripple of all mil plo. Ihe I'titciTirisc Mill. This mil! is one of Ic old I 1 11 I marks in thi- pan of I lickeu- 01 county. II ha-; row 11 1 1 no on ill beginings, iiu.b'i' Ihe able in 1 0 -tiielit of il founder, to lit pre "id magnificent Il enjoys a reputation second 1.1 ol her mill in the state and it- pro. hi.

'I i 11 I in till the principal in irkets of the rt 01 lil. Its out- pill is barrel day and lo produce I hit I oil 1 bushels ii.re yc.ti'ly re. pi ire, I. This demand for heat, 1111 1. 1: this mill i 1 season.

An opinirluuity was given the citizoiis of Osage City to contribute to help raise the purse, ami but very few had confidence in the win-ninii ipialilicntion of Ihe team. But tho newly elected manager got his men out nnd gave them a systematic training. The result was that they have won every game they have played since that time with the exception of one--the second game that, they played during tho afternoon of the 1th of July. We suggest that Mr. Kogan be put nt the head of a bull organization anil wipe Abiieno off the diamond.

Our Wheat flai ket. The wheat market in has been in lively competition with llie Kansas City wheat market for tlie pn-t two weeks, and agreeably -o to the wheat raisers of Dickenson county. I or the most time wheat as hij.her hei than in Kansas City. Tuesday of this week thousands of bushels of heat wen: purchased by Hoffman Son ami tho agent of Light Co. from (ill to (17 cents per bushel.

Ibis was two cent higher than the Kansas City market, nnd and freight being considered, it. was 12 cunts above the Kansas City market. That is to say, wheat purchased hero at 07 ami shipped to Kansas City and sold upon ihe market of that day would net (he shipper a loss of 12 cents on every bushel. If shipped free of cost thi shipper would still lose two cents on every bushel. All dav long and until dark on Tuesday fanners came, rushing Into town with their wheat.

Probably 10, out) btishoW went into tho market that day, the bulk of it going to IlolVniaii and Sou. l-'be competition between the two coin-pantos was net so fieice in tho afternoon, the pri dropping (rum 07 to 00 cents. the price ranged Irom In iij ei ni-. per clo-ing ut On Tbui'sdav the amount of heal coining into town bad fallen off 10 itcritdlv ami some soltl as high as li ttnl as tho Kastorn market has declined in tho hist few day Ibis would be cents above the market. This contest for tho mastery in the heat market at Lntcr-prise has led of our shrewd far seeing men to iiiipilre into tho cause.

Why should Light Co. light down upon Pnferprise hero tbore is an i ntlep. 111 lent huver of wheat and put up the price wheat higher than tini Ivm-us City price and ten rout a a bti-hol higher Hum this Light Ai Co were at tho smie time, paving 111 I alinadge, Navarre or nt, any other point along the Sair.a I'n 1 line? Was li tlie bngining of a llgjit, tu bo precipitated upon C. 1:1 tu force them out of business, o- into tho grain Trust? Soma of our farm irs. foared that this might be an, in which case, if Rueeossl'ul, our wheat raisers would faro badly in tho future wlnn they would Ui lefc a'isiilutoly at lliu mercy ot tho grain combine which ould (ot their vvlitiiH at their own figures.

Our fanners ill watch this matter closely in the future an I will probably lak'i such steps as will secure tlioin ag iiiist I ho rapacious greed of 11 neon sci on able en bines. liatjrprisj 1st onlay tho ball boys of Abiieno cam" down lo Inst tho metal ami skill ul our young base ball nine, 'j'lin was close, resulting it) Id to II in favor of Kntorprisn The it erpri-, 1 le i is composed of 1 iin fol I. wi ug boys. Mori. Iv'ieb, captain and s.

s. Wesley Slraldner. Idin Kvth, I'llmu' Tovvnly, 1st Pearson, If; II or old Iti'ooks, cf; Pooping, if; H.irl Stuck, ilh; Tom '-b. I'cil nation of Woman's Clubs. Th' il'ih District i of Woman's club wil in ot ill coil veil lion in Abilein 'lii'i ir and rim national preddeut, Mrs.

Low of Ul iiil I. C.l nil I Ib'i slate pre lent. W. iti.n. id To.i.'k vill bi'ii o'e.

I'lio tin attraction 1, it in of a nr.v i ill "roi 'ing and in; si 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 program will 'it "Sanf spring W.il u' and (lli ley sl Me 1 rv round th rcfn-al of th N''. I lav is, ntuil mlopled by the people of of It) wuivo his ilej, on 'akoln at tint cl.eli'.u elevator, all hough the tostilU Tm I i not been ill tM' for 11 The. ainendinent provide, Jlow ever the Itoeli Islai '4 1101. will givu the eoinpuny tl int of Vflt ition the legislul ro to puss a from Salinl do and Kansas controversy. The I.

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