Cundiff Journal from Cundiff, Kansas • 2

Important Notice. Let the l'gitilatuip their attention to the Cdigres of their rcspec the btate and to the new national administration aud tl.y will find the agencies for ue in deriving the bt com bine." CUNDIFF JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVKRT SATl'RDAY. BY Colver So Anderson, C-U-N-D-I-F-F. Look this war and be convinced of the fact that CUNDIFF IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE SOUTHWEST To Invest your money for quick, iur and Urge profit.

NEW STATES. Entered at the poot-ollloe at Cundiff ft second-class mail matter. SATURDAY, FED. 23 1889. prove by the Record that in 187V when New Mexieo wa thought to be Repuli-lieau, that many Republicans now in the Senate voted in the House for the admission of that Territory along with Colorado.

Now he ants to know why these tame men opposes the admission of that territory. The inference 1h very plain lo Senator Vet and every-IkxIj- else. New Mexico is now Democratic. What care these Republican Senators for consistency when party interests are at stake. There is a movement here which is said to have the President's approval, to have Senator Kenna with drawn from the contest in West Virginia.

The idea is that it is impossible to have Senator Kenna re-elected, and that some other Democrat may be elected, thus saving the seat to the party. As a compensation it is proposed that the President shall nominate, Mr. Kenna Inter-State Commissioner courtesy" making it certain that he would be Immediately confirmed. Secretary Uayard has once become a target lor criticism. He has demanded To Clerks or District Courts, Judoes and Attorneys AND AOEXTI PrACTIC-INOliKFOKK THE U.

S. Land Okfice, Hereafter the following rules must le observed lu making Final Proof lu Pro-emption and Commuted Homestead Cases: If it is desired that such proof be made before the Clerk of the District Court, the advertisement must read, "lleforethe Clerk of the District Court of Comity, Kansas, at (naming the town)." If it is desired thit proof shall be made before the Fronate Judge, the advertisement must read, "Ref ore the Probate Judge of County. Kansas, at (naming the town)." and the Probate Judge when Final Proof ii taken must add to his signarure "Ex officio Clerk." The above rules apply solely to Preemption and Commuted Homestead Ciise8. In final (five year) homestead proofs as well as in Soldiers final homestead Location. Perhaps wine of our readers are not aware that, with a ninglu exception, a much longer time has now elapsed since a now stute was admitted to Union thau has before passed in the century sine the constitution was adopted.

Inasmuch as twenty-five new states having been added to the origional thirteen, the average has bwn one In four years. Or rather since Colorado wif twelve years ago, the average to that time was three years and a hull'. The longest time that elapsed between the admission of two statea was the inlerv between the outran of Missouri 1821, and that of Arkansas, In any of the plans now proposed biinging in new states be adopted The town of CUSTDIFF is located ten milei due eaet of lUchucld, the county seat of Morton county, Kansas, on the beautiful Clm-arroii river and the noted Santa Fe Trail, over which our forefather! travelled in 118, when they went to tubdue Mexico, by which the rnnd old commonwealth of Texas was added to our National Government. Oxe of the peculiarities of the early settlers of Kansas, and the one that carried them safely thaough the grasv hopper, chintzbug and drouth, wan their sanguinary habit of thought. And while they lived on wondu, flour, and rye coffee they were ever looking for the pound cake ami tomorrow.

And if their corn was poor or their wheat winter-killed they would Bay; "We will have better luck next year." It was that quick flow of bloftd which tided them over the hard timet ajid bitter days of the pioneer, and It always seemed to us that Kansas men had Terr warm hands and feet, owing to the presence of a big heart, to throw plenty of blood to the extremities. Kansas City Gazette. Cqiisui General to Samoa. Mr. SVwall has recently been a witness before the foreign committees of the House and ft i'ldn a year, the average rate may yet luautainedj and although it is, in a The Town-Site Gradually slopes to the (southeast, thus giving perfect drainage to the town and preventing the muddy streets to which the perfectly fiat towns of the West are subjeet.

The town is urroundeV on all sides by The Best Farming Lands Senate, aud in his testimony regarding f. rlum sense, a party question how the several terltories shall 1h created states, and how many and when," yet the elian. are decidedly in favor of the crea- Samoan matters he took occasion to express opinions criticising the Department of Stato in a somewhat severe inonner. Whether Mr. Rayard lias done right or wrong in compelling him to resign at this time is a question, but like the rest of us, Mr.

Bay are is human ti.i of at least four, and perhaps five he.on we write 181V). Here is just a little advise the young man beginning life, that il will be well for him to paste lu a place In his head: Learn to a man of your word. One of th The material out of which state can is almost exhausted. When THE WORLD proofs the following rules must be observed. If it is desired that proof be made before the clerk of the District court, the advertisement must read, "Refore the judge, or in his absence, the clerk of the District Court of county, Kansas, at (naming the town) If the District judge is absent, the clerk must so certify.

If it is desired that proof be made 'before the Probate judge, the advertisement must read, before the Probate judge of county, Kansas, at (naming the town) and the Probate judge when final proof is taken must simply add after his name the wop's "Prolme judge," and omit the words "Ex officio clerk." Parties transmitting to this office notices to make final proof must state in each of such notices the kind of proof, that is, whether it is a Pre-emption, commuted iiomestond or Final Homestead; and if such notation is not made on the notice, the same will not be received by this office, but will be immediately returned to the sender. Clerks of District courts and Probate judges must transmit proofs taken by them direct to this office without delay. C. F. M.

Niles. Register. S. TiianhouseH( Receiver. U.

S. Land Office, Garden City, Kansas, August 4, 1888. the Di.kotas, Mountana, and New Mexico an? in, there will remuin and has punished his suhardinate ollicer for indiscretion. Anybody else might have done the same tiling under the disheartening of all things is n- associated in an undertaking with a par-Bon whose word is not to I depended upon and there are plenty them in Idaho, Wyoming. Utah and Aruon for Alaska is poor material for a state same circumstances.

So after the 4th of March Mr. Cleveland will resume the practise of law, What thcu? Let us wait and sec. Will th.r ever lm fiftv stittes in the this world, people whose promise. Is us slender a tie as a spider's web. Let your word be as a hempen cor-1, a chain in New City.

It is said that this is the preliminary step to his be Of wrought steel, that will bear the ing sent to the Senate as successor to heaviest sort of strain. It will go fur union Do the young readers think they will live to aee the boundaries ol their country txtHulod northward or southward? Are they aware that the acquisition of Cuba, the -Pearl of the Senator Evarts whose term wil expire iu 18D1. This is very probable If the and is a FARMERS TOWN, built and owned by Farmm. cd-i-f-f7 Yet less th ah 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.

Democrats can succeed in capturing Autilhw," was once in the platform of the legislature of New York in making a man of you; and a real man is the noblest work of God; not a lump of moist putty, moulded and Bhaped by the last influence met with that was calculated to make an impres Bion; but a man of forceful, orgtnizod Self reliant and reliable character, a positive quantity that can be calculated Upon. Ex. a great party? The future has great things in store for the United States of America. Perhaps there may yet be fifty states, without dividing any of the old ones, find Without a war of conquest. Youths Companion.

expect to do. At any rate it is safe to say that a man of rover Cleveland's experience, pluck and back-bone will not be allowed to remain in privatti life. Sueh men are too rare, and too badly in public lifft The President has sent the bill making an Executive Department of the department of Agriculture to the Attorney General for an opinion as to its ATTENTION Farmers AT THE CAPITAL Fr.exi Our Regular Correspondent THE TOWN IS constitutionality. This action has caused the circulation of the report Mr. Cleveland has removed Civil 0 WITH WATER WELL SUPPLIE Service Commissioner Egtrton am! nominated HughS.

Thompson of Soutl Carolina, to succeed him. Mr. Thomp. son ia assistant Secretary of the Treas tlut he was contemplating a veto of the measure. General Longstreet and Colonel Mos-by are here presumably fixing up things to get something from Harrison.

Need Not wait in order to obtain money to I will furnish the money with uo cost, to any one who wishes to to make ury at present and a very warm friend of the President. The renioal of Mr MY TWO WELLS AVITlt WIND-MTLL PUMPS AXO LXKGt TAK, Besides the unlimited supply of pure running vf'Ster ot the CIMARRON RIVER. Edgerton was not a surprise to anyon? familiar with the workings of the com Proof mission. It had several times been ihtimatefl ttf him that hi resignation would he HcfetJpted, but he refused to tak the hint, and finally when the Call and see me. Publication Nv tices written FREE, President asked nim in plain language to rsign he defined to do so, aud the removal followed.

Mr. Edgerton is a good man, but holding the opiniofis he does fe should never nave accepted the office in the first place. The removal leaves only one commissioner in office, and he is a Republican. For that Don't forget the dace. Office of District Clerk, RICHFIELD, Tlie location of tlie town st RAILROADS IS ItKE BE3ST Being bti a line between the terminus of two Ikes Oh the east and titf! great COAL FIELbSof the West.

Already tYt) lines of Rail roads have been survfcyed thfttugh the towinsite. Catarrh Cured 11y Electricity. Catarrh can be easily, quickly, pleasantly and lastingly cured by the Electric Jar. It clears the head, sweetens the breath, and cures Catarrh in all its stages. The Jar will cure the worst nervous Headache in from one to three minutes.

No waiting for results; this novel and true curative shows its wonderfill power instantly, and gives univerflal satisfaction, as cures by Nature's Remedy are permanent. Catarrii, a common and dangerous malady, wlien. chrolilc, (s liable to consume the frontal bones of the skull, destroy the1 cartilages of the hose, and underruind and blight every function and faculty of its victim. The breath is offensive, the memory, reasoning powers, sight, hearing, and senses of isteand smell are impaired; the digestive and assimilative functions become dirordered, and consumption 8nsues. The $1 Electric Jar will refison ifc is thought tht the Senate will probably confirm Mr, Thompson, as the law provides ftr a Democrat on the board, and there is another vacancy into which Gen.

Harrishn can put a Repukscan. We recognize the right of business men to combine for their mutual benefit in obtaining the advantages of division of labor. The mail who pursues only one part of a ealling brcrmes more expert, arid A dozen men doing the sej erato parts of the same thing accomplished moro than a much greater number, each working at separate parts. Combination for thhi purpose and to this extent is a blosing. But combinations to nullify the laws of supply and demaid and ehhrtfldo prices to the consiifner' Are as brutal tts the other kind Is beneficial aye much sdore more so.

It was an offence thousand years ago to corner the necessaries of life. Much more is it afl bffenee now when team and electricity annihilate distance to buy up into one management all the beef, all the: fcorn, all the wheat, all the pork of' itli the lard and then because there emaiiis no Competition to advance" the priced that the syndicate may pocket millions from the necessities of the' consumer. Of this character is the beef combine against which the legislature's Missouri and Kansas have taken action. The Cnrttle syndicates in the territories, -based On the grass 6f the public domain, hold so large proportion of the beef animals bi tfce country that they can in co-operation with the railroads and the packing establisnments, eontrol the prices the consumers and thus shutout Competition. It is against this manifestation of the combine that the states are' atfifg? steps' for pfevehtiorr.

The1 fcglsfaiive" authorities jhould not lose sight of the principles involved if hen they inaugurate' repressive measures. They should not forget that the trouble arises from the nullification of com ltfefcisr aid that the remedies 'presc'fibetf should be designed to restore competition. Competition if the cure for monopoly. "When beef 6r corn or pork or any other' product of common use is corner, or what is the same rti6fl6polfied; the legislative doctor sHould look to the point of jtrudlon of the faw of competition and his remedies Congress and not the legislature; has the power to apply the feifrcdieSf; The Oklahom'a biil is a blue' mass pill to the beef combine The om'h'Ms territorial is a mixtu'fe 6l all the liver regulators' to relieve the congestion of the A BOOK giving full OKlahoma. description and information containing three MAPS.

Sei A stamps for circulars. A. BASS Mcpherson. Representative Springer thinks his "Omnibuss" bill will get through in rpite of the fact that tr-e conferees WEBSTER'S have failed to agree upon it. He says that not more, Republican UNABRIDGED.

STANDARD AND BEST. Senators will vote with the Democratic Senator's ib fccfmit New Mexico. 1 shall thfe town is accessible from ali directions by foaik Kd bad 'sand hills to cross in going from Cundiff to No Man.s Land and th itth-ilahdlp, Texas; HOW TO REACH CUNDIFF FliOM THE EAST, t'. -'t your ticket over the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Syracuse, Kansas, hrA then take the Lake stage line to CUNDIFF Via iiVchfield, the County Seat of Morton county, of over the Chicago, Kansas Nebraska Railroad to Liberal, Kansas und thence tlie Lake stag line direct to CUNDIFF. bAILY STAGES RUN tti BOTH LINES.

only believe it when they do it. eradicate Catarrh and prevent these evils. A fortune for agents, or catalogue, pf all kino of Electric Goods, The report of the Treasury experts FflORTlimHf ITSELF i on the bill shows that outside of the internal revenue features the measure" will only make a reduction of from FletciiIcr Fletcher, Cleveland, OriiK three to ive Millions of dollars. The House Ways and Means Committee will report the bill this week, with a recommendation that it be rejected. Just what will follow if it be Rejected it is difficult to, say.

The internal revenue features of the bill are satisfactory to TELEGRAPH SCHOOL, V. IL It. fcUNDIFF President, Pleasin't ffill, Mo. bh iCblver, Vice-PresidenV, 'Cundirf, Kansas. Cel.

L. B. Weidenhamet, Secretary, Cundiff, Kansas. Ed. W.

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MERRIAM A Sprinoiiald, Usjss.) lit; TELEGRAPH AND RAILROAD BUSINESS A. SPECIALTY. I-iCAfc- Rates, Easy Sermr, Shortest Time- Randall's rorainittee, or a similar one will be immediately reported to the House, 1 shall not be surprised to see the Seriate bill adopted. And I believe that its adoption would create far more dissatisfaction among Republicans than Democrats. Senator Vest is going to have some Dr.

AV. tl. n. 'Cundiff, Pleasant Hill, Mo. I)r, Ai, AT.

Colver, Cundiff, Kansas. Judge B. Pack, Cundiff. Kansas. Ed.

AV. Gorham, Cundiff, Kansas-. W. S. Wester, Cundilf, Kansas: J.

IL Wagner, Ri'cMehl, kahs4. Chaa. A. lietea, New York dtfv or further ififahaatioii addresa afiy of the akoVe, or TREKELL, Resident Acnt, CundiS; llm Studente assisted to positions, large demand guaranteed. For particulars beef (To'nibine.

That which takes the public land from the cattlfi s'peciJlfetors and places them1 tfl the' iranilsOf the Great aririy of servants destitute of mention this paper and call on or ad' fun with the Republican Senators when the Senate conferees on the Springer "Om'fiibtis" bill make their dress, W. H. SKELTON, Manager. Itooms 4 and 5 over 108 N. ahi I Ave.

Salina; Kansas'. tames breaks up the beef monopoly on the one hand and removes the labor report to thef Senate. Mr. Vest will PWifestionOn the other:.