Ashland Leader and Englewood Homebuilder from Ashland, Kansas • Page 1

AS TO Ollieial Iii)T 1 lurk Comity, KnnsiiH. and ENGLEWOOD HOMEBUILDER. VOL. Ill, NO. 21.

ASHLAND, CLARK COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908. $1.00 per year. Lexington Notes. Local News Items Real EsLate Transfers. List of Transfers as furnished by the Register of Deeds for the week ending August 31, 1908 R.

A. McFarland et al to Mrs. Emma Sandlin Mussell, Its 15-lfi-17-18 blk 8 Myers add. 12.1.00 H. S.

Powers et nxto James S. County High School. The County High School, will open at Ashland, Monday, September 7, 1808. All pupils living in Clark county, who are eligible to admission to the High School, are entitled to the benefits of the school free of tuition. All who expect to attend during the coming term are urged to be present the first day, as they cannot be properly classified if they come in later.

By Order of the School Board. County ami City News Items Tlmt Arc of (iencrnl Interest to Our Local Keii'lers. Chance for a Hustler: I want an active, reliable man to represent my publications In Clark county. I have a very liberal proposition to make to a live hustler who has a rig and will canvass this county thoroughly for subscriptions and make collections for the Topeka Daily Capital, Kansas Weekly Capital, Farmers Mail and Breeze and Missouri Valley Farmer. There is enough work to give permanent employment to an experienced solicitor; there would be no objections to a man handling some other line of business at the same time.

Write for futher particulars and state what experience you have had as an agent or solicitor; also give references. Arthur Caiter, Topeka, Kansas. The Ashland school will open next Monday, September 7. The primary grade will attend school in the basement of the M. E.

Church, until the new high school building is completed, which will be three or four months. The teachers and the grades they teach, are as follows: O. O. Smith, Principal High School; Miss Bell, Assistant Principal High School; Miss Swayze, 7 and 8th grades; Miss Rose, 5 and 6th grades; Miss Wells, 3 and 4th grades; Miss Osborn, primary. Mrs.

Judd Dead Mrs. D. Judd, formally Mattie Currier, the daughter of E. W. Currier, died at her home in Beaver county, Oklahoma, last Sunday.

The remains wore brought to Ashland last Monday and the interment was Tuesday, in the Ashland cemetery. The relatives and friends have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow. Cattle Shipments. As evidence that this part of the state is still a prominent cattle country, we call attention to the fact that during the month of August 4 17 head of cattle were shipped to market from the stations on this line of railroad from Englewood to Belvidere. These figures are furnished us by Inspector B.

F. Harper, and are correct. Most of the cattle went to the Kansas City market, some of them went to St. Joseph, and one car was shipped to St. Louis.

governmenTTu The movement on the part of the government for a pumping plant in the Cimarron valley, near Englewood, similar to one near Garden City, started by Colonel Perry two or three years ago, is making progress and it begins to look as though it would soon be put into definite shape. Tuesday evening Profesdor C. S. Sclichter, of the reclamation sorvice, and J. W.

McConnell, supervising engineer, were the speakers at a meeting of farmers and business men, held at Englewood. Test3 have been made and data secured by the government authorities which establish the fact that the soil and climatic conditions are excellent for sugar beets, cantaloupes, peaches and similar products. The government puts in the the water system, complete. The cost is about per acre. The owners must agree to re-pay this to the government in ten annual payments, without interest.

The land would increase in value to from to per acre. Mr. McConnell will return this fall and take up the canvass preliminary to the work. EDUCATIONAL. As far as I have been able to learn the following teachers have been em ployed, or are under consideration, for for the various districts: No 1 Ashland.

Who said it rained! Yes, we had the heaviest rain of the season. Reports vary from 4 to 7 inches. We had not only rain but hail and lots of it. Burk Broadie lost the feed on a field of fine Squaw corn and his corn fodder. In fact, the whole neighborhood lost their fodder from Gass Foxes to J.

N. Aldridge's. A little farther southeast they had a wind and hail storm that destroyed growing crops and blew buildings down. Gabe Dor-sey, Forest Seacat and Mr. Wolf being the heaviest losers.

Mr. O. L. Hughes was hunting for a plasterer last week to plaster his new house. Several of the farmers are drilling wheat this week.

G. C. Ely is making hay, cutting corn and drilling wheat, all this week. Roy and Wilbur Wilson were seen in Lexington, last week. G.

C. Eiy and and wife visited with relatives in Ashland last week. Mrs. Watts came out last Sabbath and gave us one of her good talks. Howard McKown came out toJ.

H. Stratum's last Sunday and ate watermelon and took Mrs. McKown and the children home with him. Mrs. McKown and children had been visiting at the Stratton home for several days.

Mr. Hicks had the misfortune to stick in that terrible mud-hole west of S. H. Hughes home last week with a load of household goods. The roads were never worse and the road seers never did less work on the roads.

You will hear of something doing soon. The Farmers' elevator at Sitka is progressing nicely and will be ready for use soon. The 'phone line is generally weak, about 200 batteries distributed along the line might help out some. Mr. Thomas, the 'phone man, was out to Lexington last week and gave Lexington central some relief in the way of repairing 'phones.

The late rain put the ground in line jshape for sowing alfalfa. Alfalfa sown before the rain will not come up good, as some of it was covered too deep hy the rain and some of it was washed off the ground. The usual number of Lcxingtonit.es went to the county seat last Saturday. John Landrum arrived from Kentucky last week and is now living in S. II.

Hughes house. Song Service The Choir of the Presbyterian Church will give a Sacred Song Program at the church Sunday evening, September 1908, instead of the regular preaching service. PROGRAM: Voluntary Organ. Evening Hymn. Invocation.

Ansneni, Have Mercy Upon Me. Solo, Choir. Resignation, Paul Carson. Scripture Lesson. Prayer.

Solo, "Bream of Dr. limes. Ansnem, i a 1'ilgriin Choir. 'Announcements. Oliertory, Organ, Anshem, "By the River of Duct, Choir.

Uuck of Ages Miss Dr. Jiines. Anshem, "All Hail the Power Choir. Organ. ot.

JesUii Postlude, Kansas Wheat. In a report issued yesterday by F. D. Coburn, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, the wheat yield for Kansas for 1908 is istimated at which is 372,000 bushels greater than last year's yeild unci 19 per cent less that the vie ofliXMj, This estimate is based oil the rexrts of county assessors from each of The total acreage was which is less by than the total acerage of the previous year. iak i acaes with a yield of 277450 bu.

011 average of 10 bushels per acre. The report shows that the a i county 4 bushels. Rice, Wj 30-33-23 Thomas Dryden et nx to C. W. Carson SE NE EJ SEJ 27 30-23 100.00 100.00 Noah Melson et nx James Boyle WJ WJ NEJ 22-23-24 M.fiOO.OO Wesley Fox wife to S.

F. Broadie NW NEJ 28-31-22 and exchange of property Flora A. Jeans to C. Hinkle Its 47-48-411-50 blk 1 West add L. A.

Nevins to James W. Estella Foster SWJ 22-31-25 Frank M. Arnold wf to Ad. 1.00 125.00 50.00 die Forney SW. 3-31-22 2SSO.O0 Roy C.

Beard and wf to S. F. Belt It 15 blk 21 Minneola William E. Pitman and wf to James I. Pitman E.

10a of WJ NEi and Ej of EJ and NW SEJ sec 20- SJ 21-30-24- 100.00 530a 8000.00 Wm A. Waddelland wf to H. and Anna Jane Clark Its 2-5- (i-7 SE NW 6-30-22 3000.00 James Campbell Rec to Jones, SWJ 12 NWJ 13-30-24 4000.00 Chas Hyde wf to the Drake Cattle Co EJ NEJ 22 WJ NW 23-30-21 1150.00 Wilson to Carson WJ NW WJ SW 14-33-25 Edith Logan to Campbell, EJ NE NJ SE SWNE SJ NW and NWSWJ 18-32-25 1300.00 Emil Ingwerson and wf to MRinker, NENW NJ NE SENE and SEJ 25-32-22 2500.00 Emil Ingwersen and wf to Smith, NE and NJ SEJ 14 33-22 ex Theodore Cornell and wf to Kirk Rogers, It 3 and NE- 25.00 SWJ 19-31-25 I Ekna Lindsey and husband to Herbert Lewis, NEJ 4-30-21 and property in Anthony I Alice Coffey and husband to Herbert Lewis, NEJ 30-21 and property in Anthony I 1) Winnie Wanel and husband to Herbert Lewis, NEJ 4-30-21 and property in Anthony It II Jennie Galleutine and husband to Herbert Lewis, NEJ 4-30-21 and property in Anthony I Edith Logan to Campbell MVNEJ 30-32-25 I 0 100.00 100.00 mo.no 100.00 (J J. Court at Wichita. The United States District and Circuit courts will sit at Wichita Sept.

14. Among the cases on the docket is one of the Boatsman Bank vs D. G. Fritzlen. This is one branch ol the litigation he wecu the Boatsman Bank of St Louis and Mr.

Fritzlen which! has been pending for several! years, the mam case being now U. S. Supreme Court at Washington. Another case which ill be called there is that of John C. Woodbury vs The' Hoard ot County Commissioners of Clark County.

This is a suit upon some of the coupons of the old railroad bonds. The bonds were originally issued to draw 0 per cent interest. Several years ago the county got an op- portunity to relund the bonds at I four per cent interest and under took to call in the per cent bonds. John C. Woodburry who was the owner of $13000 worth of the bonds refused to turn them in to the county, the county's right to call them in.

i CIVJ III bill. uniti.u vvui upon some of the coupons, Tnflfrf. lullnol Kftfirt. AifVi the case was tried decided against the county. ihe case has been 0 the U.

S. circuit court of appeals at St Louis, where it will be heard i in December. The suit now pending at Wichita is brought! upon mother set of coupons. It I -will probably bo continued, Hwi.iting the Jit St L'lUis, result of the case I i i i 1 Our Phone is No. 9 1 F.

M. Arnold went to Kansas City Monday. R. F. Harper went to pnglewood, Tuesday.

You can buy your Hammock at the Furniture Store. See Hedrick's advertisement of his shoe sale in this issue. See sample of Van Brunt five disc drills at Palmer's. See those new Fiher Rugs at the Furniture Store. Mrs.

B. B. Roberts visited in Ashland Sunday. Buy your Wall Paper at the Furniture Store. New goods of all kinds in the harness line at the harness shop.

Wanted To trade stock horses for cattle, Inquire of J. L. Allen. Wm. Leach, of Centralia, Mo.

is visiting with his nncle L. A. Lucas. C. C.

Tawzer, of Minneola was transacting business in Ashland Monday. C. E. Cooper left Tuesday morning on a business trip to St. Louis and Chicago.

Miss Leona Bartlett went, to Salina Monday morning, where she will attend school. Mrs. W. H. McKown and children, returned last Friday from a visit to Alva, Oklahoma.

Lawson Smith who has been working at the deuot, has been transferred to Viola, Kansas. Dr. J. W. Kenzie and Robt.

C. Mayse entertained a number of their friends last Friday evening. Ada and Ella Skelton, of Minneola, are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Snyder.

Leo. Gribble and Preston Alien left Monday morning for Lawrence where they will attend school. Married, at Wichita, Kansas, August 21, Thos. J. Doyle and May Saunders, both of Englewood.

Mr. Mac Holmes, who has been visiting John Stephens relumed to his home at Kansas C-ty, Friday morning. John accompanied him. Misses Rose and Mary Goblo, who; have been visiting reveral days al th Ravenscraft horn'1, returned to Kansas City Monday morning. Mrs.

V. C. Price, and daughter. Carrie May, and Pram-, who have een visiting in Ohio for sever; i-turned home Monday. cks The Il'irncss Shop specialty of hand made also have a line line robes and A.

horse bh to. A trig a less. They winter lap ets. rli'tou and Mr. and Mrs.

W. children, of Champaign, ill otigleton, of Frankford, '1 and M.s. are visit" 'arson. ing with Mr. and Mrs.

C. Hand-made harness, harness, humane dusters in all shades and best of tlv nets at the i am harness, collars, lap olors, and the mess Shop. I Irs. Laughlin it Kenzie have room- over the Stockgrowers National Bank well fitted for osteopathic treatment of all acute and chronic diseases. T.

T. Smith, manager of the Carson Co. store went east Tuesday morning to purchase goods for the store. He will go to Kansas City, St. Louis, anil Chicago.

License was issued last Saturday, by Probote Judge Kerna, for the marriage of Rev. M. E. Hickman and Miss Maggie Ellison. The ceremony was per-1 formed at Englewood yesterday.

John Walden, Mrs. J. Jones, Mrs. J. Blair, Misses Maggie Blair, Alma Davis, Mabel and Vera Rice, were among those who went to Englewood last Friday to attend the K.

P. ball. D. II. Clark, of Tonkawa, Oklahoma is assisting Dick Mackcy in his surveying.

Mr. Clark has been working this week on the survey of the Campbell ranch in the west part of the county. Mr. and Mrs. McAuith or, Wichita, and Mrs.

Grace Smith, of Denver Col. came in nd ay to visit a few days with Mr. a i.l Mrs. H. F.

Wright, i few days in Oklahoma, where Mr. Mc Arthur has a farm. i i The Great Western. United States Judge Smith Mc Pherson has discharged the receiver of the Great Western Life Insurance Company and returned the property to the stockholders, they having raised the money to pay the debt. The company will reorganize and continue business as an insurance comyany.

Judge Mc Pherson in his opinion scores former president Van Laningham for his visionary schemes in the formation of thecompany The reorganization will be able to start off with a good list of Policy holders and ought to grow into a strong company. Mr. Daniels May Not Recover. A telegram was received this morning from Wichita stating that Mr. I Daniels is very bad off and may not live more than ten hours.

He has been sufgering from an old trouble for the last ten days, or more, but was not thought that his condition was dangerous. He went to Wichita a few days ago, where an operatihn was performed with the hope of removing the source of the trouble. The word received i this morning indicates that his condition was much worse than was known. The word received is a severe shock to his many friends here. Mr Daniels died shortly before noon to-day.

Pure Food Law. Suit was commenced Tuesday in the Federal Court at Topeka, asking for an order for the destruction of cases of tomatoes and 145 cases of peas, the property of the Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co. The cans are alleged to be short weight. The tomatoes were put up by an Indiana firm and the peas by a Wissonsin firm. The goods are valued at $800.00.

The tomatoes are branded as three pound cans and the peas as two pound. Both are short weight. A few actions of this kind will UK A GOOD LESSON to that class of manufacturers who are so ambitious to make money cannot tell the truth. High Water AL Folsom. Folsom, New Mexico, near the head the Cimarron, is situated in a canon about a mile wide.

Owing to a heavy rain last Saturday the entire town was flooded with 13 feet of water, result-1 ing in awful destruction to life and property. Up to noon Tuesday thirteen bodies had been recovered and at least live persons were still missing. The force of the water was so great that it twisted the railroad rails in two. Mrs. Brooke, the telephone operator, had ample in time to escape.

Instead of being, she called up number al ler number on the telephone, warn.mr persons or me flood and telling thorn to escape. She continued tins until he was unable to get away herself. llcr body was found twelve miles down the canon. 'The head piece worn by telephone operators, still gripping her ear. Bonk Barred, Then Reinstated.

Rank Commissioner John Q. Royee, Monday issued a formal order disbarring the Central National bank, of Kansas City, from further recognition by the state department us a reserve agent for Kansas state banks. reason for the action is the charge that Cashier D. Thornton, of the Cen- tral National bank, made false state- inents to W. T.

Watson, a deputy bank examiner, concerning the condi-of the reserve of the small Kansas Intik. This reserve was hypothecated by the personal note of the treasurer of the small bank. The Kansas City Bank immediately wrote the State Hank Commissioner, frankly admitting its error, laying the blame upon one of the bank employees and assured the Hank Commissioner that they will in the future give full and accurate information to Kalians Bank ('ornniis-ioncr, or bis deputies, of any account with Kansas banks. Upon this assurance Mr. Royee rescinded his order, and staled the bank as a reserve agent for, Kansas State Banks, 1 1 Ladies Attention A number of ladies having expressed a desire to "bowl" I have set aside Tuesday night of each week as "Ladies' Night" at the Box Ball Alley.

A cordial invitation is extended to all ladies and their escorts. Gentlemen without ladies will not be admitted to the tent. J. R. Wai.den.

Don Bark of Washington, D. C. who is connected with the statistical department of the U. S. Proclamation service spent several days in this county the latter part of last week getting figures as to irrigation and alfalfa along the Cimarron valley.

Mr. Bark has spent most of the summer near Garden city. NOTICE. Beginning Monday, AUGUST 24th, we will sell all goods for cash allowing the pUl'chaes five per cent discount on all hills of or more MULI BROS. At the E.

Church next Sunday will occupy the pulpit in In the evening Miss leaconess, of Topeka, will and deliver an vd- Rev. Watts a conduct the All an uvlialiv to thee siT- il'l No! ice. All panic hunt oil toy of the law. are preinis. forbid, le under 'SITU IlKXSI.l-.V cut the ir a H.nixiih shave i ro tothc new barb, post office.

i nt-at halt-shop under Kiiikmni: Piopriotor. a full line erv; also cloaks for belies, mi. nnd hildri Hetisley Sisters. Population. The population of Kansas is l.ii.'f!.

The enumeration was taken bv the as sessors last spring and filed with th county clerks, who reported to Secretary Cobiirn, at Topeka. The tabulations of the returns has been completed and was given out Monday. Clark county is credited with 2053. Wyandotte county leads with a population of 11131H. Montgomery is second with K05W; Sedgwick third with 50MSH and Shawnee fourth with 50215.

The cities in the state wdth mine than ten thousand are: Kansas City, 8H93U 43270 23117 17207 17251 1571.3 157-Ui 15025 14833 13174 10070 Topeka, Wichita, Leavenworth, Pittsburg, Coffey ville, Atchinson, Independence, Parsons, sVott Hutchinson Lawrence, lola, i i Smith, Principal Mary Bell Asst. I'rin. Clara Swayze Grammar 'Kstella Wells Intermedial Pearl Osborn Primary No 4 Aerbert Spore No 12 Mrs. Kennedy No 11! Minneola (1 Shaffer Principal Mrs. Shaffer Grammar I.illie Snyder Primary No IS Mrs.

Roberts No 2il Nettie (Iwing.s No Nellie Cleaver No 40 Maggie lledrirk No Colic Rodgers No it .17 Alice lledrirk No 5S Clelia Simile No .111 Edna Valientinc No ill May Seacat No Miss Belt No 77 Edna llelmick No 82 Maggie Myers No Wi Gladys llelmick Union No 1 EngleA'ood Baker Priocipal Mrs. Wilkins Grammar Mary Ellis Primary Ola Montgomery Primary Union No I Celia Union No Naomi Park Union No 4 Grade Seacat The following districts have not employed Nos. I 3 '2H 1'i and Experinced teachers desired. Districts No. 21) and 2H may need teachers.

Districts No. 112 have not yet The pupils who desire their diploms may get them by calling at the super- intcmlcnt a office, Any one desiring a copy of the common school course of study may gel one from this office. If there are any teachers in theeoun- ty who wish to teach, and haven't achools, please let me know at once. mHy al)U. to Mp yHU lll)me teachms first, inviarte 1 ones later, if needed.

Resperfully, Ella Michael Asst. Co. Supt..