Cundiff Journal from Cundiff, Kansas • 2

Railroad Bonds. as much as the average- road, or, two Thk Hock Island railroad has been CUNDIFF JOURNAL. I ITnmlriul 1 t.illird twr IillllV which i.4 tin completed to miles west It matters not what Is the oi ii'i-t of any enterprise la which the of Lilterul, This puts a to the Liberal boom; It was said that the railroad J. J. C-U-N-D-I-F-F.

Lock this way and be convinced of tho fact that CUNDIFT SSditor Publisher. company agreed to the terminus of the ia fact or iranatlcv hoyalwa take llock Iland at Liberal for one year. hold or It wiut a cerium uegreu oi bus- DUe4 Jhu post-Glue, at Cundiff stwial-elu. mall matter, IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE SOUTHWEST The year lsfiS will make a grand plclon. xnevmmgoonu uu ug bU mm of railroads Is not an exception to the bo a8 rule, at least In the country oppose- iU f.

era in the history of this state. Im- TN DI1T. FRIDAY, UNK 8. ISSS. mlgrRtlon ro, every Quarter of the and vote against railroad bonds, before ZTI To invest your monty for (yikk, sure and large prollts.

U'lll t.nill' lllt.l IllW flLVIWHli limn. I in ITIlt A the BULI-I I I i liDMIO UUOi UUHiWH tJV The Mil creating a department of 1 110 "l' jew nmrvt. tere8t on sinking fund that might has bn pa-sea by both Horn. 1,18 0Vmg of votln ma w. be realized by the county.

It will, there I rt.A nhAIa tint Ora I 1 1 msxi in till A UlJ4TM I Of tlie c0'nln- 'ler land are BlOLh. Ul f. f.mn.tv wnnl(l 1, fore be seen thut the county would be nd only lucks the signature, 'resident to become ft IfttVi chttani the poof people aje eoming in mftny of the states east R. 11. bonds Location.

relieved of all expenses and in a few years and would have this large volume of taxes annually coming into the treas where industry and economy are reo- are burdens, and this partly explains ni.nl, Hit virtiieai the self-resneetini- ii thr ln.w. who almost en 1 nu I 1 letter from James Q. Blaine, dated working people are coming where farms tlrely come from these states fyar rail ury of the county for general purposes, May 17, says he did not believe urn rhoao and Boll is fertile: business mnA Winds lis name had been Sent to the national mitn dm Mimlnir tn i.sxka ndvantaire of I tk ala Vnnuaa vnnnir nn1 for all time to come, ir we only vote bonds and secure a road. Not only is invention as a candidate for the I'res- m.v IIO ItUU OiKlbO the grand openings In a growing ooun- prosperous, made up as the population this so in theory but also in practice as The town of CUNDIFF Is located ten miles due east of IUchfieUl, the county seat of Morton county, Kansas, on the lieautiful Cimarron river and the noted Santa Fe Trail, over which our forefathers travelled In 1848, when they went to subdue Mexico, by which the grand old commonwealth of Texas was added to our Natiomd Government lency of the republican party. try.

Manufacturers are coming In h3 0f people from every state In the un- has been demonstrated in many cases, people of all classes and conditions i0D, not only avoided the follies, but A- I Al. 1.1 I I 1 ptujuo oi mi cuiBDca ouuuumuwuiio jor noi only avouieu me iouie, uui notably so in Sedgwick and Sumner TnE President has approved the act are coming to enjoy the blessings of has embodied In her laws the wisdom restrictlnir the hours of letter car- f. t.a counties, where the railroads have of all the other states. I klilO ItllU UOV 0 VI v4vi -mnm largely helped In the general taxes. A most excel riers to eight per uay.

It Is safe to say that as no state or area There will never be a time thut the lent law, and like many other good WASHINGTON LETTER. possesses a richer and more productive people of Morton county can afford to it originated with a democrat, vote bonds so well as now, It would I Ion. S. C. Cox, of New York, WASHINGTON, D.

JUXE 3, 1888. BO" tmlu aouw, DU i tin o' country presents a more invit- Cf nn a fhtt t.nVftril Which St. Lou is tne Jiecca lowaru wuicn ugo ui mvucj wi the eyes of all good democrats are look- ln8 lleia Ior Iuture aeveiopment ny lation at a Ume when mouey is scar Those Kansiis pemocrata are practi- cest, It would give work for the many ing, Next week wnen me democratic The people foreseeing this have hul nolitieians. They Instruct their Iriln nin nriii teams hnre at time when (Hill VtSIILlUIl llimLO LIlllV- umv delegates to St. Louis to vote for Clove- Heiegates 10 i.

w.u 10 vuu. the ch()ke flf Uib plaee(I upon their statutes a law su- the for work ia most Un. land and to consult with New ork nerlor to that of any other state in the The Town-Site Gradually slopes to the southeast, thus giving perfect drainage to the town und preventing the muddy streets to which the perfectly flat towns of the West are subject. The town is Burrounded on all sides by The Best Farming Lands I lunif Suiue Uliiur. snuumuvc ui uk I Utl HID uicscuv Dvatc ui nuiuio uiu ua anuin0wuawWmMu- lirKl(MV: to formally adont the plat- onion pertaining to railroads, and to mGra cim not improve their farms as rt 'resident.

Could anything be more form already mappeb out by Mr. Cleve- wiri ooumruo tUey sli0uld nor build comforUble res- fcourteous? New York World, land's last annuul message to Congress, iue "A ai" ullu mi-r idences pn their farms, so long as they and to select a candidate for Vice Tres- can vote to a Railroad Is $2,000 a mile. have to buy tUeJr huudiug material in TiiKlavlnaof the corner stone of nntha ticket with Mr Cleveland. 1M consists rn. i iha ni.nio tiro, its bonds, payable In thirty years at 6 the new Catholic University in Wash iC bllitln nwuv vv i uuu tuvu vv vv ington, D.

C. on May 28th was an gramme about which there is even the cent Interest, for first mortgage it hauled to thoir farm8 The tempo- 1 ln.la nf tha mail tn wViiriti ovtpnQ I a i THE WORLD, event of great importance. The impressive ceremonies were conducted by slightest particle or aouDt, lsmeiasi, rary supply oi iuei is now exnausieu and it is more than probable that Mr. ucn aid, dollar for dollar. and the people are 0bUged to buy fuel Cardinal Gibbons, assisted by about Cleveland wiU signify Ids choice for a at no county can issue oonus to a mAl6t where there is no competi- and is a FAItMTttS TOWN, built and ownpd by Farmers.

thirty bishops and over two hundred runnlng mate before the convention any company wiuwumt me same mm: tion and then pay $10 per ton freight-niPPts. thus rcmovins all doubt, for the receiving in return an equal amount inir from the railroads. No man in priests. The President and his cabi- net were present, convention will take pleasure in nomi- of railroad stock. This stock can not Morton county should hesitate to vote natins the man for whom he expresses be sold by the county, receiving tne bonds if thereby we can have a railroad The railroad bonds in Stevens coun- a preference, and it is only right that same for less than eighty cents on the to run through the county of the ty were defeated by about 50 majority.

they should, for has he not proven him- dollar of its par value. next year it is not a matter of any The people of that county seem unwill seif the savior of the democratic party Sec. 77, Application of Taxes, sec. 10, great importance to the most of the inA niilfl tn tt -nnA tha fDassWfi Compiled Laws of Kansas. I has restored the (Uassler tompiiea oi Kansas, voters the what towns in the Ave.

and more. He C0Unty, r'0 build through the county. Likely nartv its old time Andrew Jackson Page 785.) Keads as follows; All the county the railroad runs through, or they think if a company wants to build aggressiveness for the first time in county, township and city taxes levied Aether it rims through any town or a road tjiey will do so without the aid many year8 the party starts a presiden- upon tne property oi ana- conectea not it i3 notthe towns, but the farms C-U-N-W-F-F, Yet less than a year old, has TWO GENERAL STORES, HOTEL, RESTAURANT, LIVERY FEED STABLE, BLACKSMITH SHOP, FINE SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH. REAL ESTATE, LOAN AND INSURANCE, NEWSPAPER AND PRINTING OFFICE. of bonds.

tial camnaien bv a brilliant charge on from any company to which am Shan thftt we must expect to bring us wealth I 1 mW ,1 ri.l -n rm HWrtTf At thin i. Railroads are always the enemies picket line, wmcn nas uetiwimw uu U1 UU1' ano prosperity i -ii. .1. fhot i npr wir.nin sih'm imihtii.v. miwiiniiiii.

or i Two saloon keepers, one at; Liuersu ueea iorcw wim man n. r. mid one at Beer City. No-Mans-Land. the main army have been compelled to city, shall be set apart tor, and applied generally where it is the most con were kiiled last week by enraged citi- beat a retreat, which has so far been a exclusively to, the payment of the cou- venient or they get the most induce- wkh to verr orderly one.

but 'ere the ides of pons, and to provide a sinking fund ments: and any man. or set of men who 1 tV ppose a rail oppi enforce the laws of the state. A mob November it will have become a rout, ior me pdymam, uMiumy, vl tut- would De so seIllsh as to I I I 1 11. V. tnm.nil 1 mini.

I i -i ii X. I.mki.. if hAllt lr rtnn I Iir III'IIIILI 111 INK tlllllllH laUtTU ll SUUU I road, and vote against it, when there is irnln nooincl it ll'hl nf ih maskfirt men surrounded me sa- au una naa uccu uiuutm i 1 no road in 50 miles of them, because inon at Liberal and on shrht of the sa- courageous individual; his nanto is county or city in aid or su innn Veenfir all fired: he fell pierced by Grover Cleveland. He has given the railroad company, until the same they can not get a depot on the exact auarter section they want it on, and ii(Lvi. uU l.

i.ti.l mi i -A-. i nAimtntr non rtnnocr. nnminisrraiinn i im lunv iiitiu. IllCY-tWO DUUt-lD. Xuia is wiuiiu jet, iuuuw; I J.

I 1 A. I 4.V. .1 lv. I I TIIE TOWN IS what benefit is an uninforced law to and the only reason that he has not ac- iiisevmen. umi, uie pimwpi.

up thus keep the road out of the couuty, any state or country? complished more, is because he has on which this law is based is that the have not the best interest of the coun- had a republican senate, but this time it iaxes imposuu upuu ty at heart, and are not worthy to ue I i ti-m I mv thAanmi.il lntfirAst. on the bonds a i WATEI PLSED WIT WELL SUP Tub National Prohibition conven- tion at Indianapolis adopted a platform 01 warcn-100W ine WIloie Sov" V.T. "7 ow citizens, let us iayamoeu jeai- nA f1lo ernment, In all its various branches smiang iuno, wim wmcn reueem 0usies aside up a lnfintPrnal revenue'tax The Lwiu be administered by democrats and the bonds at maturity. mitittoa vote and all pull together I i mf AfrLif Va Ti-Vnli nAiinfrrr tiirnins- the exnerence in Eailroad convention nominated a national ticketl lu L' 7 7.7 follows For President, Clinton B. not of a 8ma11 Portion of lt Taxation in the past, we shall be able strate to a certainty that we have the best BY TWO WELLS WITH WIND-MILL TUMPS AND LARGE TANK, Besides the unlimited supply of pure running water of the CIMARRON RIVER.

i -v. Proairlpnt Tnhn A Tne aemana ior Mr. carusie variu i-u -w- COunty Kansas not mo gre -v- i -t ii i mrt I rni 4- i -fi in th hava Wn pnnaistpnt this I speech is unprecedented. Already ouu. south-west lirooks, to have been consistent this i hae Leen constantl nnn liavo Wn nrr.prp.1.

and ev State of Kansas, have been constantly convention ought to give at least sec prv mail brinffs' new orders. This is increasing for the last twenty years. ond place to a woman. Ex wniim ha a ornn.1 The Total Amount of Taxes paid bv Proof notices made out at this office Probably Mr. Fisk didn't want a fe thing for the democratic party and the all Railroads in Kansas in the year 18S5 l-.

i i i 1 free of charge. career of revenue reform if that speech (no later report on as scow 1 r-. i i a male running mate, and Mr. Iirook would not give way to one. This could be read by every voter i3 the the iieport oi tne etate uoava oi mm- T-rtLA mad Commissioners, pnere zva.

was UJ.i-U DlJCtUCO. I DADE D. SAYER, The ITouse is making good progress one million nine hundred and forty-six with the regular appropriation bills, thousand three hundred and eighty dol- makes four candidates in the field and another township to hear from yet. Surely the most fastidious can find a person among all these to support for ATTORNEY AT LAW havinor airpadv nassed several of them, lars and fifty cents. me location of tlio town, for RAILROADS IS THE BEST Being on a lino between the terminus of two lines on the east and the great COAL FIELDS of the west.

Already two lines of Railroads have been surveyed through the town-site. AND The President will review theme- The total number of miles of Railroad nwial dav nroeessions in New York in the State," at that time, as show by president of these United States. If and Brooklyn. tne same xvepuit, yan ivo a you would be on the safe side, and the snwv.f. rpanintion fnr an in- thousand and nine and sevew-ienins side of right support GEOVER.

vestioration of the meat product of the miles. All Legal and Land Business Attended United States having passed, the fol- Now a division of the Total Taxes I. -111 to with Accuracy and Promptness The Republican press of the coun lowing committee was appointed to by the Total numper oi rauroaus, ui Finaj. Proofs Taken. try have labored hard for months to make the investigation Messrs.

Vest, show the amount eacnmue oi Kanroau Tin.v. n.rnniprann Cniinm and Coke, in the State of Kansas paid as Taxes mat tho Tiponlp. believe that the Dem- 1 JC IX I I KANSAS. ocrats of the State of New York were The House Judiciary committee have in the year 1885, winch was our nun- tiiua ituu, i i i hopelessly divided. They predicted a favorably renorted the International dred and nine dollars and seventy cents, split in the party the State Convention, Copyright bi recently passed by the While it hardly seems reasonable, hpt.wppn Prpisident Cleveland's friends yet.

it is a fact, that every mile of Kail- DEHflG NEW and Governor HiU's friends, but the The bin establishing a department of road in the State of Kansas, paid Four split did not take place; on the other Agriculture which has already passed Hundred and nine jjouars ana bevenij hand, neace and harmony prevailed, thp house, has been favorably reported cents Taxes in the year 188o. The town is accessible from all directions by good roads. No bad sand hills to cross in going from Cundiff to No Mams Land and the Pan-Handle, Texas. HOW TO REACH CUNDIFF FROM THE EAST. Get your ticket over the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad to Syracuse, Kansas, and then take the Lake stage line to CUNDIFF via Richfield, the County Seat of Morton county, or over the Chicago, Kansas Nebraska Railroad to Liberal, Kansas, and thence the Lake stage line direct to CUNDIFF.

DAILY STAGES RUN ON BOTH LINES. HOTEL! Disappointed in not having a split and to the Senate, and is certain to pass It Morton county were to voie tne burst up, they then claimed that Hill that body at an early day; then the greatest aid possible, by law, to a line of .1 I i I r.l-.nnH r.inr OOVACQ th a fCT TT and his friends had been slaughtered, Commissioner oi Agriculture win oe- iiu. CALEB EVANS, Proprietor. pnmA a member of the Cabinet. from East to West, a distance ot in fact, buried.

This was to be shown Mr. Fullers nomination is still "hung miles, it would amount to fitty-four ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST-CLASS conclusively when the new State committee' met for organization. On up" by the republicans tne senate, thousand dollars Board by Day or Week. Rates rea The benatettnance committee report- Th 0Q Fifty.four thou Thursday the committee met, despite sonable. Commercial Trade Solicited sand Dollars at 6 ner cent, would be of Hill and his uw ourjuig ui guiwuu.

per iracuonai uuu iu ucu friends by the Republican newspapers, therof they reported a bill reducing the Three thousand two hundred and forty the burying governor North Side Seventh Mr Ilill named his own cnairman ui iec iwi puotai uvi uuu vv uuuaia ci aw. num. HT1R ('(. mi 1 O- RICHFIELD, KANSAS. the State committee without even h.n anrnnslv The taxes on 27 miles of Railroad at the rate of four hundred and nine dollars eontest.

The fact is that there is no somewhat better, thoush per mile, would be eleven thousand and riivprsions in the JJemocrauc pai-y the danser is oy no means past, vai New York. They know the import- vular disease of the heart Is his com ii A nlnint. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, forty dollars, which would pay the annual interest on the bonds, and leave a balance of $7,803 to be used as a sink an of heallUff Up past aisseuuuii-, r------ Tr. i me aeuiuuiaui; -iiuuua ux ure uuum Clocks and Jewelry at they have buried au p.i. had a long session Saturday night, de- foil I .9 ing fund as provided in said section 77 on.

Tirnnnse to carry me otat. whj. vntM t0 tne consideration oi me re DIRECTORS: W. H. H.

CUNDIFF, President, Pleasant Hill, Mo. JESSE TAYLOR, Vice-President, Richfield, Kansas. C. Z. ANDERSON, Secretary, Cundiff, Kansas.

J. H. WAGNER, Treasurer, Richfield, Kansas. C. B.

PACK, Cundilf, Kansas. L. H. COX, Cundiff, Kansas. A.

WATSON, Topeka, Kansas. For further information address any of the above, or W. E. WESTER, Resident Agent, Cundiff, Kas, WICKERSHAMS' which would pay oil the bonds in less fer Mr. Cleveland, elect a Democratic port of the democratic members of the nnd hone tO CaP-Urt) I tj rr.

icon. i- ms.H ampnilrasnt.fl tn thfl Ml tar- i. The Jeweler. Repairing neatly done. intnre.

There is no division ir Put 1113 Dy PPosers Ui oouus' nut. mi nnner that new roads do not pay so much r.i-.i their ranKs ewp fv c-e i amenuiueuva who mem i MCHFIELD. KANSAS. ilfrs it won't amount i caucus held tomsrht. Taxes, to the mue, as oiuer roaas, 'f J' when the subject will be finished up.

hVell suppose they only pay one-half 'tnvi 1J til lii I 1 a.