Gray County Echo from Cimarron, Kansas • 1

CIMARRON, GRAY COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1888. VOL ii, NO. 27. C. B.

RII.F.V, Proprietor, WRIGHT ROUZE, Editors ami Publishers. JUSTICE! S00.00I Report. Report of Cimarron Public Schools for the month ending Mch. 9, 1888. FIRE! This space belongs to Another with remove your said offices afore said, to the said town of Cimarron, anil there hold the same, or that you, and each of you, do appear before us at our court room, in the city of Topeka.

Kansas, on Saturday the 7th day of April 1888, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, and then and there show cause if any there be, why you have not done so, and have you then and there this writ. Witness the Hon A. J.

Hokton. Chief Justice, State of Kansas, at Topeka, 14th day of Marchi 1888. No. of day tmifrht No. of pupils enrolled.

Avertltrc enrollment Averiuo ntteniltmeo Percent, (if imemltineo. Per cent, of punctuality CnseM of Nei' l'f ausent nor binly A. T. RILEY CO. $20,000 LOSS.

At about one o'clock Tuesday morning a fire was discovered in election, in said county, for permanent county seat thereof, and that the defendants herein were, at the regular November, iSSS election duly elected to the officeset opposite the name of each such defendant, respectively; that said defendants are now, and ever since have been the duly elected, qualified and acting county officers of said county of Gray, that is to say defendant A. F. Malo, sheriff; defendant J. Cailey, clerk of the district court; defendant George B. Antrim, county clerk; defendant J.

H. Williams, county treasurer; defendant K.J. Clark, register of deeds; defendant F. Hammer, superintendent of public instruc tion; defendant J. R.

Brady, probate judge; defendant J. L. Bower, county surveyor; defendant Geo. W. Dunn, county attorney; and that all of II Wl Names of those neither absent Real Estate 8.

Loan Agents. nor tardy. VICTORY! Skal. C. J.

BliQWN. Clerk of Sup; tine Court. FOR Cimarron. GRAT COUNTY WIIX HAVE the rear part of Weber Wendt's restaurant and before a crowd gather ed the fire was too well along to be stopped by the means we had, as buckets were our only resort. It soon leaped from this building to J.

R. Messerly's, occupied by L. D. Einscl's hardware and A D. Wet-tick's livery stable and in almost no time a half block was all in flames.

The two empty store rooms and carriage room of A. D. Wettick's and II. Moore's meat market were THE COURT. The decision given last Saturday by the supreme court regarding Garfield county, as to holding court said defendants are in possession of St.

John Marsh Co rilJMAHV nooMs. Willie English, Roy English, Orr Carver, Essie Miller, Theo Ensign, Earl Nichols, Frank Hopper, Maimi Burns, Bertha Piatt, Lizzie Strode, Moodie Bain. Jkhkik Pahkh, Twichor. INTERMEDIATE ROOM. Henry Wendt, Bertie Otis, Amos Wilson, Louisa Opp, Charlie Dixon, Lillie Herzog, Lina Dixon, Rena Mackey, Jessie Reeve, Henry Dixon, Belle Barton, James Denny, Arthur Mayhew, Willard Munson, Stella Burnett, Annie Gardner, Nelson Wilkinson, Winfred Munson.

Minnie Tanner, Teacher. ORAMMAH RO.OM. Willie Grinstead, Willie Parsons, Herbert Rudasill, John Gardner, Charles Rouze, Clinton Clark, Stella Mayhew, Lua Lemert, Reba Ensign, Edgar Riley. M. II.

TurtNKR, Toacher. moH scnooL boou. Harry Harrington, Marion Hudson, Ella Bliss, Anna Riley, Helen Metcalf, Ella Cronk. fl. n.

Cronic, Prln. there, also has the same effect in Gray county. This is an important de-1 cision. All cases brought in Ford county for Gray county are void. Court for Gray county will be held in April next, in Cicarron, the Dealers In said offices respectively, and performing the duties thereof.

3. That at the time said officers took possession and entered upon the duties of such offices, all of said offices were located and held in said town of Cimarron in offices provided by the board of county 1st county seat. I commissioners of said cniinlv. where in this half block. The new brick building was damaged considerably and also C.

M. Weeks Co. and H. Board of Trade. Friday night was the regul for the election of officers xr time The they continued to be located up to and including the 20th day of February, 18S8; that on the day last aforesaid, all of said defendants without any lawful reason or excuse there for, re A.

Burnett lost a good deal-about $500 -in moving out of this build Lime, Posts, Barb Wire, Canon city Coal etc. Large stock and good grades at reasonable prices. CHAG PEEKRY, MANAGER, CIMARRON, KAN. ing which at that time was thongh impossible to be saved. The north election resulted as follows: C.

B. Riley, President. G. C. Nichols, Vice President.

M. S. Best, Secretary. A. M.

Metcalf, Treasurer. Directors. C. H. Beery, E.

Garten, J. W. Wright, C. E. Parlin, A.

T. Riley. On Emigration. J. Q.

Shoup, N. 11. Klaine, J. A. windows were burned entirely out.

J. R. Messerly's building, total Hese City Items. Balmy spring. The blizzards are past.

Farmers are busy plowing. The ground is in fine condition. A large crop will be put out it the The following explains itself so well that we will not attempt any father explanation. MANDAMUS. In Tho finpioniQ Court of tUe State of KaEint.

The State of Kansas, ex rcl, S. B. Bradford, Attorney General, Plaintiff. versus A. F.

Malo, as Sheriff of Cray coun farmers can secure seed, and feed for loss. L. D. Einsel, hardware stock, estimated value $8,000 with 4,000 insurance. Weber Wendt's estimated value of stock $1,400 with $900 insurance.

The building belonging to John Luther, J. K. Rouze. J. W.

Wright. C. M. Weeks, A. T.

Riley, N. B. Klaine, Dr. Nichols, V. Friedley.

Manufacturers. C. M. Weeks, A. W.

Metcalf, Wm. Hoover, C. Parlin, H. A. moved their said offices to the town of Ingalls some eight miles distant from the said town of Cimarron, county seat aforesaid, and have ever since continued to hold and still hold their said offices at said town of Ingalls, without excuse or legal justification and contrary to law.

4. The said plaintiff on the relation aforesaid, further shows to the honorable court that at the election for permanent county seat of said county heretofore referred to, the said town of Ingalls was a candidate, but failed to receive a majority of the votes cast at thesaid election; that said defendants at such election were partisans of said town of Ingalls and as is invariably the case in such contests, claim that their candidate was not fairly defeated; that in order to defeat the will of the people of said county as expressed in the result of said election, and subvert jus Dealer In ty, Kansas, I. Cailev as Clerk cf Hardware, Furniture, Tinware, Organs and Pianos. their teams. C.

A. Gilman is building a 'soddy' for R. Maxfield. J. A.

Blincoe's team ran away from the school house last Wednesday night during prayer meeting; they were out all night and came back in the morning without the buggy. Joe was out all night looking for them. The buggy was found next morning on U. P. Unkefc 's place turned up side down, no damage except a few scratches.

W. J. Woodard will go to Greens-burg this week, to attend conference H. A. II.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following are the real estate transfers, recorded at the register of deeds office, for the week ending Mch. 10th. 1888, as furnished by Best, abstractor. the District Court, Gcjrge B.

Antrim as County Clerk; J. II. Williams as County Treasurer; Ii. J. Clark as Register of Deeds; P.

Hammer as Superintendent of Public Instruction; J. R. Brady as Probate Judge; J. L. Bower as County Surveyor; Undertaking a Specialty son was valued at $2,000 with $700 insurance.

A. D. Wettick, estimated value of stable, carriage room, and empty store rooms, $9,000 with $3,700 insurance. H. Moore lost but little as he got most all his tools etc, out.

The alarm of the fire was given by a locomotive engine which was here on the side track, and people were soon at the destructive site. The opposite side of the street Burnett. Building. John Opp, Joe Johns, C. E.

Perry, R. Robinson, L. Einsel. Highways. O.

Townsend, F. M. Luther, Wm. Hoo er. Finance.

J. W. Wright, C. Perry, Joe Johns, H. A.

Burnett, C. Parlin. Advertising. N. 11.

Klaine, J. W. Wright, Ellis Garten. Thus officered and equipped the board of trade will start on a career of highest usefulness in developing the latent wealth of Gray county, and George W. Dunn as County Attorney of said County of Cray, Defendants.

tice and to cause the location of the Kama. South Main Cimarron, To the defendants, and each of county seat to be declared in favor of them: Whereas it has been made to said Ingalls notwithstanding said election and the regular and lawful canvass thereof, as aforesaid, said defendants caused an alternative This space belongsHo writ of mandamus to be issued out of UStoEH Wijkinson qr sec 29 tp 27 rng 30 to Ricks lot i and hlf ne qr see 6 tp 26 rr.g 28 to Jones qr sec 2 1 tp 28 rng 27 to Marvill hlf ne qr qr sec 8 tp 26 rng 28 to Archer qr sec the District Court of Ford county; was saved by the constant wetting of blankets; two of the buildings office building and the one in advertising the material interests of Cimarron. But it will be no dress parade, brass band affair; that way of building towns paper towns, windy towns is passed. It will take work, work, WORK I Let everyone help a little. lust south of us were afire several 20 tp 29 rng 30 to A Beck qr sec times, and to say the least, we have 32 tp 25 rng 28 experienced what might be termed Luther Bros, mi ESTATE ai mi Agents, to Payne sec 30 tp 24 rng 30 "devils pie" since.

The origon of the fire is not defi- to Henderson against themselves, commanding them to at once remove their said offices to the town of Ingalls, or show cause for not doing so, on or before the 10th day of March, 1S88, that immediately thereupon, and without answering said writ, without any peremptory order thereon, before answer day, unlawfully, fraudulently corruptly and for the purpose of carrying out said plan so unlawfully entered into as aforesaid, removed their said offices and all ot them, to said town of Ingalls, and have since continued to so unlawfully and wrongfully hold their offices at said last mentioned place; that all the proceedings in and about the pro $400 385 1 00 400 100 400 40a 8 200 .1,600 1,600 75 qr sec 34 tp 27 rng 27 to Williamson or nately know. appear to us: 1. That prior to the organization thereof as in hereinafter set out, the said county of Gray, in the state of Kansas, was an unorganized county; that in the month of July, 1887, said county upon proper proceedings being had, was duly and regularly organized in the manner in such cases provided by law, by the Governor, who then appointed three citizens, householders of said county, to be county Commissioners thereof, one to act as County Clerk and one as Sheriff thereof, and designated the town of Cimarron in said county to be the temporary county seat thereof. 2. That thereupon all of the persons appointed by the Governor as aforesaid, duly qualified in the offices to which they were respectively appointed, as aforesaid, and proceeded to discharge the duties of such officers; that the commissioners so appointed proceeded as by the law required, to divide said county into townships, and duly and legally cal-ed and gave notice of an election to be held in said county on the 31st day of October in said year for the purpose of electing the various county and township officers of said coun ANSIS.

The entire loss is about $20,000. This ought to urge the completion of the water works immcdately, and we think the general opinon is that it will. Understand, the Echo will work day and night to build up here a beautiful city. We want to see the town run out Avenue beyond the nursery, northward to the cemetary, west to Sheldon's then over the river, till the valleys and hills are decked with beautiful homes, tenanted by a body of happy, prosperous people. Some 15,000 people will yet dwell upon the rolling prairies of old Gray.

Herds of cattle, droves of horses, bountiful crops, will soon bless us. It is the will of God; for when from His paternal hand these rich acres fell, He saw also the coming millions, the sea of humanity, which would curing of said alternative writ of mandamus, the voluntary compliance therewith, and all and everything done by defendants in and about said affair, were and are collusive on C. L. S. O.

The Ladies Social Circle will meet at Mrs. Hopper's March 22nd, at 2 o'clock, Prksident. Fou Addition ghty their part, entered into in bad faith, and unlawful. It is good to see papers like the CHOICE RESIDENCE PORTION OK Plaintiff on the relation aforesaid Hutchinson Daily News opposing sec 8 tp 24 rng 30 to McBride near sec 34 tp 28 rng 27 Delana A Harper to A Clark qr sec 33 tp 29 rng 28 Co to Pettis lot 1 blk 35 Montezuma John Brady to A Clark qr sec 14 tp 28 rng 30 Heimerman to Kraum Description tract in blk 37 Cimarron Lucy McDonald to Williams Dickenson lot 6 blk 53 Montezuma Fredericksen to Hall qr sec 29 tp 17 rng 27 A Elliott to Mitchell lots 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, bik 52 Cimarron Co to John Irick lot 9 blk 53 Montezuma Holland to Holland qr sec 33 tp 29 rng 28 Holland to A Harper sw qr sec 33 tp 29 rng 28 Frederiksen to Pacy qr sec 3: tp 27 rng 27 Same to England qr sec 27 tp 27 rng 27 Corbin to Filmtwe sec 13 tp 26 rng 30 Oklahoma this year. For while the 1,440 roll itself out of the crowded east, to find here a home, and labors reward.

The soil will not be subdued in a day; many will turn back from the plow; but those who STAY will WIN and that soon. Let us encourage every homesteader; let us help each opening of the territory would great CIMARRON, KAN. ty as required by law, and for the ly help Hutchinson, the News it would hurt the boys out west. Good, 1,500 and well said. permanent location of the county seat, which said election was duly regularly held in said county and in other; let us divide our slender store with those who may need, and we states that said mandamus proceedings, aforesaid, were and are of no validity or effect whatever, either as an excuse for defendants removing and holding their said offices at Ingalls, or as an answer to this or any other action, for the reason that said District Court of Ford county, did not at the time the same was issued, nor has it had since any jurisdiction to issue said writ, nor of the subject matter thereof, and further all the election precincts thereof on Poor Wichita county.

A new town has sprung up near Leoti and a new will all succeed. Break the sod; said day, and that the returns there plant; grow trees; beautify the farm, county seat electionhas been called, These lands all lie tinder the irrigating of from each and all of said precincts were duly and properly made out by and verily we will have our reward. The farmers nrotective union laid ditch and east of the original town site of the judges thereof and duly certifi out the new place and call it Farmer's City. Leoti opposes the move. 1,200 1,000 M95 1,280 8,000 800 rl.iitn.incr the county seat for five If James Price, a brother of the I.

O. O. F. will report to Sequoyah lodge, Garden City, Kansas, he will learn something to his interest. Any years.

ed and returned to the Board of County Commissioners who proceeded to canvass the same, and to determine the result of said election as provided by law, and upon said canvass being so made, by said board person knowing anything of his because said proceedings were instituted upon the information and relation of George W. Dunn, county attorney, of said county of Gray, who did not then and has not since had any such power or authority as such county attorney, to commence Gov. Martin has appointed April Cimarron, and all lying on one of the three avenues, D. E. F.

YTttlbe sold in lots, blocks, or acre traots or will trade my entire interest in this beautiful addition, or sell for cash. Here is a bargain. For particulars, call on or addess G. W. FOUGHTY, PROP.

Pike to Miller hlf and neofiw qr sec 5 tp 25 rng 27 whereabouts will please inform us. P. R. Menke, N.G. B.

F. Stocks, R. S. such action in the District Court of 4, as Arbor day. Let everybody remember the time, and set at least one tree for yourself.

If you think yourself unworthy, set one out for some friend in the cast; or, if your friends are all unworthy, come tround to the Echo for instructions. EXCURSIONS. Eastern roads agree to sell for excursion. One fare for the round trip. Excursions Marth ,3,4, amy in session lor sucn purpose as aforesaid, it clearly appeared from such returns and a so determined and declared, that the town of Cimarron in taid county had teceived a toajwty of 1 the cast -it said Ford county.

will Rev. Dyer of Garden City Now therefore this is to command 1 hold Episcopalian services at the you, and each of you, that you forth I R. church, next Tuesday evening. I May 8, 3, June 5, 19..