Garden City Herald from Garden City, Kansas • 1

T- TT Tr flllili III il iiiMliimTIi i HTfli iiiiiiii i if Wtema 1 1 111 "'MHfejt ii-i-m rr VOL. 1. GARDEN CITY, FINNEY COUNTY, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1883. PERSONAL. Ci T.M 1 -r-r i Ik I -1 0 GRAND 3IASS MEETING AT THE DODGE CITY COURT HOUSE.

W. H. HARRIS, WAS NOMINATED BT ACCLAMATION FOR WAYt'K. Frocetdinpi the Eass Beetifijf. Held by the qualified electors of Dodge City, at the County Court House 3Iarch 17th, 1883.

The meeting was called to order by P. F. Sughrue. On motion Otto Muller was chosen chairman and W. F.

Pettillion NO 2. To the Editor the of GardesCity Herald i Some days ago in perusing a copy ci the Dodge City irde, I noticed considerable space devoted to Correcting what it termed some "egregious blunders, of a bogus correspondent, ind advising a colirVe in a primary school. The item itself was not of enough moment to ITceive any notice, were it not forth ludicrous m.im ner in which the editor of that paper compromised hinWelf. Hc makes ad mission to being a couple of weeks correcting two Words in orthography, and then exposes his conceited ignorance by mutilating the ord Inadvf r. tently which he Kpells'with an in the fourth syllabi and finding the word egregious, too feeble for his grandiloquence, uses" an extra letter prop up the third syllable.

His apparent deficiency in the element ary lessons of the english language-is only equaled by a total absence of executive ability to manage the affairs of a postoffice. His entrance in--to a primary school would not be advisable, his former carccras m(li-odist episcopal backslider would contaminate the" pUf minded 'pupils, with whom he might become associated. His sudden disappearance from the house of the lord was a prelude to a stealthy journey outside tho State limits, the pilgrimage having been forcibly suggested by the iratu sisters of the church, who started by the sudden appearance of a liv ing imase that had been Wr ole its own miwv T. Mll fjc ut U1CSO facts I might suggest that he snoml a few months in a reform school, and assign to the printers devil the task of editing his paper. If any one CM be found who takes any pride in this egregious Missouri popin-jay, they should come to the relief of the scient ists, who are studiously engaged try-- uigw trace; me missing links in hi ancestoral history.

Theif researches have been directed towards the Kan garoo, much to the sorrow and chagrin of that animal, altlibngh an enter prising zeological student. rorpntlV discovered a corresponding resemb mnce, while inspecting the swine pens of a Kansas City packing house. v- Liii)U iiiu I.t.T US CALL Man." unt 188.1, H. E. W.

Mis Margaret Emmet, drut-htcr of Thomas Addis Emmet, and nkce of Robert Emmet, the Irish b.ltrirf. died at the age" of ninety years in on Thursday, sfifrortrkled by tho surviving members rrf her dls- tinquished family. She was the last of the Emmets who were born in Ire and. Her father, Thomas Addis Emmet ras keptin prison in S(ot- and for thres years after the execut ion of his JbroiherTIiobert, and at this time his daughter Margaret, tho deceased, was in prison with him On his release hc came to this co'ut-try with his family, and was at the head of the New York bar for many years. He died suddenly in armn A tablet was erected to his memory in one of the court rooms in the City Hall.

When her father landed in tin country Margaret was about twdyo years old. The "Blackbands" in Spain havd come to grief, and fifteen of them are likely to fall victims to the tender mercies of the hangman. Egtit is to have a large police force, composed mainly of Europeans. Active recruiting for this body has be en going on in Switzerland, Germany and Belguim. NV tives of those countries arc deemed equally eligible.

Freflch and Italian are for political reasons, excluded. The recruits are not to be under 20 nor over 40 years of age. They are to get from 30 to 30 a month from which 8 a month is to be deducted for the cost of rations. She was awked what she thought of one of her neighbors, by the name of Brown and with a knowing look fa plied: "Why, I don't like to say anything about nty but as to Mr. Browii sometimls I think, afid then again I don't know, but after all, 1 rather guess he'll turn out to be ft suel) take him to a ntau a 1 THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.

There is no country in the world, where farm, and stock range, can be bought for less money, or where the farm, or the stock range yield more abundantly, than in the upper Arkansas Valley.Thc de pth and nch- ncs of it soil, its prolific crop yields, its health giving climate, its position as geographical center of the union located at the gateway of the whole mining camps of Colorado and New Mexieo, this with its railway facili tics, and proximity to eastern markets, securing for it at all times a profitable market these things be coming known there wefe a nnmber of enterprising eastern people, who came West, and settled on what was once know as the Great American Desert. Four years ago there was only a railroad running through these vast plains, but railroads are great civilizer, and the more energetic people are sure to follow the iron horse. At first the old settlers, found many difficulties to contend wit1', n.4 in all new countries, but had the enterprise and determination to stay by what we thought was the grandest coui.try in the world. We plowed, and cultivated the soil and lost our crops they saw the soil was equal to an eastern cabbage garden, still we ould not make it a success. Determined to try one more effort, the thoughtrof irrigation came to some of the citizens.

They built a ditch a few miles west of Garden City on a small scale, the first farming by irrigation proved a grand success, and the people who cast their lot on the American De sert, held a meeting and gave thanks to the great Almighty, who supplied them with abundance of water from tire Rocky 3Iountains of Colorado. The next spring the farmers enlarged their small cAnal, they had first built, and success followed their en teqirise causing capitaltsts to come and investigate, the statements of thoe who started the idea of farm, ing by irrigation in this valley. We had the crops growing on the ground as a proof of our success, it required no arguments to convince the mo skillful, that we had fctruck a mine, a mine that was easily worked with out rock or powder. We found a-bundance of capital to build and more extensn canals until today we have six latge canals avcrage-ing twenty-five feet wids, three feet deep, with a fall of 2 feet to the mile. The Arkansas River has a fall ot feet to the mile, and has never been known to run dry in this part of the State.

i began to pour in from mostly every eastern State until to-day the city of Garden City has a population of nearly five hundred of as good A-merican citizens, as ever the stan and stripes floated hae over thirty houses now building and merchants are coming in building new stores, we have two blacksmith shops two newspapers, and in a few days there will be three drug stores, and a number of general stores too numerous to mention. Car loads of ro duce are shipped from here to differ ent points in Colorado and New Mer. which returns the farmer the gold that the miner labors so hard for, this new county has the best opening for those who intend coming i we know of, and requires very little capital to make a start in life, land can be bought along the irrigation canals, the prices rangeing from five to ten dollars per acre, acoording to the location there are also some good government land that is subject to entry under the Homestead and preemption laws. STOCKMAX PARADISE. When you come West, if farming is not your fort, we can show you the grandest ranges for cattle or sheep on the american continent, we can show you thousands of cattle and sheep grazing on our rich buffalo grasses, that have never been fed or sheltered, and are rolling fat Our winters are mild and short, and the stock require no feed as they do in the east, they take care of themselves, all you hare to do is to brand your cattle, turn them loowe and they stay on the range, if they drift you are sure of finding them at the general round-up; we hare no thieves in thi country, when we ct2 nr) BUSINESS CAKDS.

JjrS. LOWRANCE, M. and Surgeon. Will attend calls in surrounding "owns. Hormt I 111 or FwUifflcr garden rirv.

KA9r JJ HARRIMAN, M. Offlc at Mrs. nnett'c Boarding Hobs. Cal from far and near promptly attended to, day or Bight. LAKIN, KANSAS.

II. MORRISON, 31. Physician and Surgeon, GARDEN CITY, KAS. rjn S.JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, rODOK CITY, KANS jgUTTON WENIE ATTORNEYS AT LAV, PODGE I TY. K.V T.

WH1TELAW, ATTORNEY ATL AW. DODGE CITY, KANS. (jEOUGE E. 3IORGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, GARDEN CITY, KAS. R.

HOPKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offlca with Holmes Wilkinson, OaRDEX ClTT, KANS. JATHAM HAI1N, Attorneys ard Counselors at Law, GARDEN CITY. KANS. VO. CHAPMA ATTORNEY AT LAW, XoUrj Public and Laad Jkftnt.

Will attend to eases in th n'str'e Court or Ilrlrtr onntr. ollv-1oiis t-endlto. Lilcln, Via county Kait. OILMAN LEE, 0. Restaurant Meals At All Hours.

Ths table la aKays supplied with all delicacies of the Season. COOLIDGE, KANSAS York nursery Co. AM. KIND OP FRUIT, MURUBS, 0R9 AMEXTAL TREES. largest and Freshest Stcc'tln The ENTIRE WEST! Saidjor Dtseriptire Catnltguc and prictit to YORK NURSERY COMPANY, Fort Scott, Kansas.

The Boot CANON CITY COAL For Sale at the Depot. LAKIN, KANS. W. PALMER, Agt. J.

STEVEfJS, FEED AND SALE First-class Teams, Carriages, Saddle Horses End Careful Attendants. CHARGES REASONABLE. ANCHOR MILLS, W. FULTON, Prop These mills are now supplied with all the best and latest improvement in milling machinery, and. are turn-! ing oat flour that will grade A 1 i in any market in the country.

G. V. FULTON, Proprietor. KINS LEV, KANS. we make hort work of him by eith er sending him to the State penitentiary or hanging him to a telegraph pole.

We raise better beef on our buffalo grasses, than in Illinois or New York, and at a cost of one or two men to every thousand head of cattle, stockmen you can figure this and you will come to the conclusion that we have just the country you want to settle in. If you put it off from one time to another, you will be too late, the county is fast settleing up by stockmen and in a short time the land will be all taken. ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Garden Mar. 2-1 th 19S3.

It is said that our ancestors abont a century agomoved from the East to found this city now acknowledged to be the Garden of America. History and tradition say it was once a treeless, cheerless, rainless, plain in about the center of the Great American Desert. Fearful winds howled through its vast extent, the savage Indians, and the wild bnffalos, once held undisputed sway.lt was thought no white man could ever make there-a home the advent of railways and telegraphs ushered in by the gift of kingdoms to corporations from our dear Uncle Sam, and the desire to connect the East with, the land of silver and gold, opened up this vast empire to First stock men were the Kings with their countless herds. Slowly but surely they gave way to the tillers of the sul. The birth of irrigation on the silent but useful Arkansas gave emi gration such an impetus as the world has never seen.

In place of the red nun nl now extinct stands Garden City with its hundred thousand people, the Metropolis of South Western Kan a. Tributary to it live hundred thousand farmers homes dot the plains. Through a wise policy of tree planting and fruit culture the old northerns gave way to gentle zephyrs. Kindly rains visit us, without disastrous floods or dreaded drouths. The fame of West cm Kansas fruit is wide as the land and broad as the sea.

The fruit trains that leave here on its ten railways are the wonder of the world. A soil mad. richer year after year by irrigation is the first great cause of the change, from a seeming desert to lovely gardens the pride of South Western Kansas- G.T.P. SECOND CONVENTION. On Monday, March, 10th.

some of the voters ot Dodge City assembled at the Court House to nominate a ticket in opposition to the regular nomination made March 17th. the meGtingas called to order by M. W. Sutton, several names were called to act as chairman, but no one seemed anxious to accept the honor except the Missouri editor Klaine who was in. the chair before a vote was taken.

Fred Wenie, was called to act as Secretary on motion of R. W. Wright, a committee of five was appointed on nominations the chair- mau named -as said committee, Wright, Sutton, Webster, Welsh and IJond who reported the following nominations, L. E. Deger for Mayor, H.

B. Bell, H. T. Drake, II. M.

Beverly, Geo. S. Emerson, H. Sturms, for Councilmen. At this stage of the proceedings 3Ir.

Wright rose and addressed the meeting in the following feeling language as to the candidates for Police JudgeMr Chairman, the committee are evenly divided between Mr. Burn and 3Ir. Cook, but taking into conEider-ation, Mr. Burn's family their helpless condition Mr. Burns himself bc-inga cripple, and cutting such a poor figure at the bar we nominate Mr.

Burns out of charity. The committee consisted of fivo and Mr. Wright claims they were evenly divided, we must give credit 3Ir. Wright for in forming us bow five is evenly divided It was evident this proceeding did not suitthe voters present, and a mot-lon was made to substitute the name of R. G.Cook for Police Judge, which caused considerable excitement, the Missouri editor claimed the motion was lost, when H.

P. Myton called for a division of the House, and again the Missouri editor showed his ignor ance by ruling Mr. Mytons motion out of order, and in the excitement a mo tion was made to adjourn whith the MtnaTi Cbsirmf dclsrcd carried ORDINANCE KO. 12. -in ordinance, relating to the public Hewn ana the prtrttttion Umlaut meat of nuisancu.

Bk it Ordained by tb Sfayor ami Cuncrimen la City of Oarden City I 8J. After UmCi4 day of May 1K83 ithU be an lawful for any onrftn dig or have ou premise owned or occupied by him or he within the city Hmitiuiyexcivatlonto beuaeda a p. ivy vault. wd after the date aorvaaid erery building or place aed a a privy ahall be provided with a water-tight box. oroth.r vecl, made oX other watertight material, mad it of wood, the iddea, enda and bolt of Much box shall not be leaa than two in-chc in thicknena.

which box or Teasel ahall recel-vtall excremeut depoaited. Such box or vcase: may be emptied whea uxaarj by mixing it con-euU with earth or ah-a, aad aprcadinj? the tnreoa the surface of the gfottni under the" direct ion of the City Baaith Officer. Any one vloktlrij the provision of thi ttcctloB, and any owner Or occupant prm3e wltarn the city limit who falls provide lb xOf vessel in accordance with th provisions of this section thall be liable to a due of not leas than one dollar nor more than tea dollars and all costs of suit, and after any perw.n has been convicted bfls violation of the Division of this aectioa each failure to Ithi i yr visioat. w-fdn thro-s days after a eoaviction shall constitute a new offense, and subject the offender to we penalty herein before provided, and the City Marshall or City Health USicSr, taaJP have such a box or vessvl constructed and placed In position at the expense of the offender. Sec.

Any person or persons who shall deposit or caase to be deposited, any dead animal upon any gronnd within the limit of the city shalt be sabjected td a line not less than Ave dollars nor more than.twcnty dollars and cost of suit. Skc. 3. Any peru or porso the owner of an? dead animal which shall be found lyluz npon any icmand within the limits of the city, who shall nsg-l-ct or rt'f ue to move the same within one day ftor notice to remove the arne have Ixh-p g-vjii by the Marsha), shall bejsubjected to a lino of not Itt than five dollar nor nwrc than twenty-live dollars and cost of suit. Bex.

4. That this Ordinance take effect and be In force from and after Its publication in the Garden City IIebald, exccpUng a. herein otherwise pro-xided. Paa -cd and approved March 17th. 1SRS.

Attest: C.J. JOKES. B. B. BLACK, Mayor.

City clerk. OUDIXANCE NO. 11. An Ordinance relating to the City Jointing. (Published in the Hekali March 17th.

IS83.) Be it Ordaissd by the Mayor and Councilmen of Garden City, Kansas: Srvtiox 1. The City Coancfl shall, at the last regular meeting in April of each year, or as soon thereafter a the matter can be-reached, examine all bids for the city printing and let the same for en.nii? year as they may deem to be for the best Interest of the city. Secttos All applicants for the city printing shall deposit sraled Lii tl.ereforc wltn the City i-ki prior to the last regnlar meeting April of year or prior to the metiuat which the city printing is let. and the (Mtr rvnnr-n hn to accept or reject any ii bids so dno. ited with the City Clerk.

Section. 5 That Ordinance take stfeet and be In force from and after Its publication in the Garden City Hekald, Passed and approved March 17th. 1883, Attest: C.J. JUNES, B.B. BLACK.

Mayor. City t'U rk. B. B. Black, station agent at this city informs us that he has not the necessary store room to handle one naif of the fi eight business he is doing; this is very evident to be seen as one half of it often has to be left out on the platform, what we want is a new station with sufficient store room to accommodate the shippers of Garden City.

We hope the railroad company will build a new station, and remove the old one to some other locality as it is of no use here. F. Ft tnnni). is receiving number of cooking stoves of all sty les, it will pay to call on him and get prices before purchasing. Major Falls is enlisting quite a number of young men for active service in his calvary regiment.

We stopped off at head quarters this week and found the Major and his men, making ready to start on their summer round-up on April 1st. if the weather permits. S. H. Westerman.

of Cross Cut has arrived at Deerfield, and has been appointed second lieutenant on Major Falls staff. We often hear of a man who began life with nothing, dying worth a million. Poor fellow! and he has got to begin all over again in the next world just the tanic as the man who began life with a million and ended with nothing. "Look outT exclaimed a man kose face a barber wa mov ing hi razor, jOU are catting off my moustache." "You didn't tell me not to cut it," the barber replied. "With me a man must al was specify.

"All said the customer. When the barber had finished, the man aitme from the chair, approached the artist and gave him a violent kick. 'Look out, you are kicking me, howled the barber. "You didn't tell me not to kick you. With me a man must specify." Arkan sas Traveler.

I v. iisuiwu, kins icn ior mucninson A. F. Farsha, of Gleuwood, is at the Cottage, L. B.

Potter, of Kansas City, Man town Monday. Major Falls, made us a short visit oa Thursday. Mrs. Geo. Carr, of Coolidge is in the city, visiting her parents.

Amos R. Jessup of Lyons is at tin Cottage Hotel. Mrs. Ida Barthalomy of Kansas City is in town. I.

R. Holme and his mother made Coolidge a visit on Thursday. O. D. Wilson, telegraph repairer, made us a pleasant -all on Thurs day.

Rev. Newcorab, of Hush Center, made us a pleasant call on Thursday Mr. A. F. Row, of Kinsley, has been in the city for the past few days.

H. J. Nelson, traveling agent of A. T. A S.

F. railroad in the citv. company is Wm. B. Lowrance, brother of Ir.

Lowrancc, arrived in the citv on Thursday, and has come to stay. James Hudson of Lincoln, 111., arrived in the city on Thursday, and is registered at the Cottage. John B. Ricket, representing Wm. A.

Vilson Co. wholesale dealers in teas and coffee made our sanctum a pleasant call on Wenesday. L. C. Brown, editor ot the Nicker-son Argosey, was visiting his brother in-law, Mr.

W. B. Wheeler, this week and made our sanctum a pleasant call. The Congregational "Association, of South Western Kansas, met with iiiu uarueu vuy nurcu, ana iiau a large attendance, the opening ser mon was preached by the Rev. C.

eweomb of Rush Center. Mr. C. P. Safford of Butler Co has bought a beautiful tract of land joining the city on the West.

Mr. Safford was the fi nt purchaser of railroad land at this town and his property is now worth more than double -what he paid for it. Messrs. Stevens, and DeCordova, bought a splendid team of bay horses this week, price two hundred and twenty-five dollars, they are good steppers, as we bad the pleasure of testing their speed on the Kincaid road, Mr. DeCordova knows how to handle the ribbons.

Will Harpester, section foreman on this division, was relieved from duty, on account of the late orders of the company to discharge all young men under twenty-one years of age. Will says he can now have a good time, and is going to Topeka to attend srhool. The State vs. Jack Shaver, and It B. Burton, was called before Justice Pierce on Tuesday, the boys were arrested on a warrant sworn out by Dr.

Lowrance, and J. L. Dunn, for being some-what ihtWrattd the day previous. The complaining witness failed to prosecute Without the assistance of the deputy county attorney who was absent on account of sickness in his family. Justice' Pierce, dismlrV cd the case, the above is all we Cduld learn of it.

The following 3 Vmi of ubs rib. ers to the Herald this Crow Matt Wolfe, Lathan Hahn, P. C. Pegan, A. H.

Burtis, H. M. DeCordova 3 copies, W. R. Hopkins, B.

Stotts, T. W. Carlton, W. B. Wheel, er, Dr.

Lowrance, Holmes Wilkinson 6 copies, R. A. Hopiwr, R. 31. Morton, Geo.

Morgan, Geo. H. De Waters, A. McCulluch, Halsey Butts, Hurt 4 Son, II. W.

Amei, WheeUf, A. J.Abbott, 8. R. Cook, Dr. Kincaid, Martin Luther of Felix, O.

Ellison, D. T. Goff, N. Jones, O.T- Anderson, William Hunt, Mr Vanpaton, 8. H.

Downey, G. L. Holmes, W. IL Harris, J. R.

Fulton, C. B. Walker, K. Stellegan C. C.

Crows Cut Edward Hudson, Col. Lathan, oMlL, William Martin, M. W. Bliss, Kansas City E. V.

Randall, Iowa; Charles Conaway Ohio; Mr. Shultii; Mr. ITT V- I iv rpenccr lopeka; 1ucl I0 v' P'" i The chairman stated the object of he meeting to be the nomination of candidates for the several offices to be filled at the city election on the first 3Ionday in April, 1883, pursuant to the call published in the Dodge City papers. It was moved and seconded that committee on rules and order of business be appointed by the chair and Messrs. W.

E. Frush, Jas. S. Kelley and Nelson Carey were appointed as such, committee. The committee reported, recommending that nominations be made in the following order: First That a candidate be chosen for the office of ilayor of Dodge City Second That five candidates be chosen for the City Council.

Third That one candidate be chosen for the office of Police Justice. Fourth That the nomination of the several candidates be made by viva voce. On motion the recommendation of the committee on rules and order of business were adopted and the committee discharged. Nominations were declared in order. For the office of Mayor, Mr.

W. H. Harris was chosen by acclamation. Mr. Harris, being called upon, accepted the nomination, expressing to the convention hisfthanks and giving his assurances that if elected he would endeavor to have the city affairs ad.

ministered a fatisfactory manner, aud would spare no efforts to deserve the confidence bestowed upon hira. For City Council Messrs. P. Snghrue, T. J.

Tate, Nelson Henry Koch and Charles Dickerson were chosen -by acclamation. For Police Justice E. H. Bortoti and W.E. Frush were named.

Mr. Borton stated that business prevented him from accepting the nomination, and asked that his name be withdrawn. 31 r. W. E.

Frush was then nomin. ated for Police Justice by acclamat ion. The meeting was now addressed by several gentlemen present, who expressed their satisfaction with the ticket just nominated and the hope that every one of the candidate be elected on the second of April, 183, by handsome majorities. A resolution was adopted unanimously that every elector present at this meeting the requested to exert himself to the best of his abilit7 fr the success of the ticket placed in nomination by the convention. Mr.

W. F. Petilliou offered the following: Whereas. The Hon. G.

31. Hoover, as Representative of Ford County i the State Legislation, by his nn-t ring efforts and attention to official 'duties has succeeded in having laws enacted by whieli the taxpayers and all citizens of this county derive great benefit, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the citizens of Dodge City in mass meeting assemb led, do hereby express to the Hon. G. M. Hoover our appreciation and grat itude for the efficient services rend-, ered as otit Representative.

On motion the resolution was a-dopted and ordered to be entered on the minutes. On motion the Secretary was di rected to fnrnish a copy of the pro ccedings of this meeting to the Dodge City Times and Foan Cocsty Globe, with a request to publiFh. On motion the meeting adjourned. W. F.

PETILLION, Secretary. The Lakin Herald has been moved to Garden City and will hereafter be known an the Garden City Herald The Herald is a newsy paper. Nick-erson Argosey. We think the Missouri editor Klaine, va poisoned by reading the worse than the vrn- -St.