Morton County Pioneer from Richfield, Kansas • 1

FORMERLY PUBLISHED AT RICHFIELD. KANSAS NUMBER 44 ROLLA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1914 VOLUME IX mature roots iind twenty-seven slips carefully preserved for next spring's planting. Cemetery Meeting There will be a meeting of those Take It fop What It's Worth. A London visitor at the Lambs' club recounted a new version of the notable enmity which followed the friendship that had existed between Whist-, ler and Wilde. The latter one day asked the artist's opinion upon a poem which he had written, presenting a copy to be road.

Whistler read it and was handing it back without comment. "Well," queried Wilde, "do you perceive any worth?" ''It's worth its weight In gold," replied Whistlvr. The poem was written on the very thinnest tissuo paper, weighing practically nothing. interested in thev cemetery, at the church Monday evening Nov. 9.

to be discussed. The following program will be Roll Call Answer with Humerous story. Vocal Solo Stella Jones 'Teachers' Qualifications" B. Dryden "Relation of Parent and Teacher" Mrs. S.

E. Bay Duet Clara Martin Katherine Hindman Discussion, "Primary Methods" Dora Oakes. 'The Value of a good Common School Education in Relation to High School Prof. Yaggy General Discussion L. Charles.

Leader Business Session. Committee. Local and. Personal. Rev.

Wells held a meeting at the church-Wednesday night. Jake Pontius returned this week from Ford county, where he has been several weeks. The Election Last Tuesdays' contest so far as can be obtained, indicated the election of Arthur Capper as governor, as well as the entire state, senatorial and congressional Rebublican ticket. Although Morton county has over 100 Republican majority, the entire Democratic county ticket seems to be elected with he exception of Hindman, probate judge; Bay, register of deeds and DeWeese, commissioner of the First district. The main fight in the three- precincts comprising the district was on commissioner.

We are unable to publish the official returns, but they will appear in tabulated form next week. Enough is known to insure the election of the following: county clerk, G. P. Riley; county treasurer, Miss Lucy Williams? register of deeds, S. E.

Bay; county attorney, Edgar Roberts; probate judge, F. M. Hindman; sheriff, M. E. Moore; coroner, Dock Ellis; superintendent of public instruction, E.

B. Dryden; county surveyor, E. H. Fisher; clerk of the district court, J. W.

Williams. Chapman JVilliamson. Mrs. W. J.

Hofman arrived from the east where she has been visiting ber sister at Hutchinson, since the fair last fall. Connty Superintendent Dryden Weather Report. Following is a record of the metero-logioal observation taken at the weather bureau of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture' 'daring two weeks ending Nov.

3, 1914. Three panes north of Richfield Temperature Rainfall Charac Inches ter of made a trip to Chautauqua county, last week to visit his father who was very ill. W. D. representative H'ts L'st and h'd'hs Day elect went to Elkhart last evening, from where he will take the train 71 51 cloud mist 75 43 73 56 56 62 49 1.8S 50 38 95 Friday morning, for Halsead, where DATB Oct 20 122 23 24 25 2ft 27 28 his wife and children are residing.

68 37 clear 61 39 cloudy Sherman Ward returned from 63 29 65 39 lt frost The English Language. The English language contains about 600,000 wordsbut of this total nearly one-half consists of scientific terminology that is seldom met. with outside of text books and of archaic An examination of 100,000 words shows them to comprise 60,000 words of Teutonic origin, 30,000 of Greek or Latin origin, and. 10,000 words derived from miscellaneous sources. The New Standard Dictionary contains approximately 435,000 words.

Milton wrote his "Paradise Lost" with 8,000 words, and Shakespeare got up his plays Vith 16,000. Democratic Liberality. In the fiscal year 1914 Governor Hodges spent $2.50 out of his contingent fund to aid in the ment of -the. nsas prohibitory law, while Governor Stubbs in the fiscal year 1912 spent $5,375.31 out of contingent fund for the same purpose. Since his recent regeneration Hodges' friends believe he will be even more should it fall to his lot to enforce national prohibition.

Be probably would stretch the state's contribution two bits. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S.

Land Office at Dodge City, Kan-October 31 ,1914. Notice is hereby given that, ELTY C. DANNELS of Rolla- Kansas. who on August 25, 1911, made Homes td App'n serial No 010838 for sec. 8.

twp 34s, rge. 39w 6th principal meridian, nas filed notii of intention to make final three year proofto establish claim to the land above described, before the probate judge of Morton county. Kansas.at Richfield. Kansas, on the ISth day of Decemler, 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: Wiliam Perkins Harry T.

Curry. FlorillaA. Thompson) Luther M. Tillett, all of Rolla, Kans. Not coal land.

4449. R. R. WlLSOJJ, Register. 35 Claremore, this, week, where he took little Miss Julia May 74 74 77 76 75 36 38 38 47 30 31 1 2 Sullivan back to her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. C. D. Sullivan, after an extended visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Ward.

Observations taken at Rundown eaol day. M. J. ALLEN, Cooperative Ob-server. BruceVStory of St.

Joe, has Spineless Cactus Prom the Hugoton Hermes. arrived with his household goods and stock, and will remain permanently. The family will arrive in a few weeks. Mr, Story has bought the G. V.

Sherwood place, five miles What may mean much to the The subject of this sketch passed away at his home in this city, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1914 at 12:03 p. m. Mr. Williamson was born in Morton county, Kentucky, April 9, 1855, and at the time of his death was 59 years, 6 months and 24 days old.

He came to Kansas in 1881, and was married to Anna Clinesmith on April 1, 1883. To this union nine children were born seven of whom are now living: Mrs. Nora Lacy, Buffalo, Kansas; Mrs. Myrtle Church well, Stratton, Leonard, Rolla, Minnie, Hazel and Theodore, who, are at home. Mr.

Williamson was one of our best citizens, quiet, peaceable and law-abiding. A man true to his word, true to his rrinrinlp and triift t.n his amilv. semi-arid regions of the western west of town. states has had its initial experiment W. J.

Budd, one of the old timers, conducted by J. E. Hamby of Hugo ton; who has been in Kansas City since the first of the yearsprung a sur Reading in'the Mail and Breeze of the wonderful production of the prise on his friends by returning yesterday twith his wife. He was spineless cactus in arid Texas Mr. Hamby procured six plants of this married to Miss Delia M.

Carey of Independence, Sept. 2nd. They Burbank wonder and tried them in his gcrden in the city of Hugoton will make Morton county their home. yr. uvvw i i i this summer.

Had the ground been For Sale: 10 acres of maize, aid NOT1CE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at Dode City, Kan- October 27.

1914. Notice Is hereby riven that JAMES W. BEARD, of Rolla, Kansas, who, on July 14, 1911 made homestead appn. serial No. 010783 for quarter of section 30, 1 township 33s, range 40w, of the 6th P.

meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish claim to the land above described before the sandier, the natural habitat of cacti. feterita; now cut and well shocked in the result might have been better, field, oo 28, 34-40. It is in good but it was very gratifying as it was condition; call and see W. K. Harris.

for the best plant although but a We are preparing a new list and slip, and put out late in the season produced a foliage weighing ten and a half pounds. At this rate, an acre, planted one to each four His Qeath was a great shock to the community. With his family, he moved to Morton county in 1907. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J.

L. Wells, at the Rolla church last Wednesday, the text of his sermon being taken from the 14th chapter of John. He was buried in the Rolla cemetery and a large concourse of relatives and friends followed his remains to its last resting place. Teachers Association The first regular meeting of the Morton County Teachers'. Association will be held at Richfield, Saturday afternoon, Nov.

14, 1914, at if you send description and price of your land, we will find the buyer. Make your price 1 attractive to the buyer and "write us. MILLIKAN A PEITIJOUN, Dodge City, Kanass. Notice to the Public. square feet would produce fifty sev en tons.

If a slip with a short season pro duces thus, the plant with roots a clerk of the district court of Morton county Kansas at Richfield, Kansas, on the 8th day of December, 1914, Claimant names as witnesses: William E. Moore, Roscoe P. Lafavor, of Rich field, Kansas, Alva Brummett and Winfield S. Nalley, of Rolla. Kansas.

Not coal Ian4. 4348 R. WILSON. Register. NOTICE FOR Department of the Interior.

U. S. Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas, Oct. 17, 1914. Notice Is hereby given that JAMES E.

SMITH, of Rolla, Kansas, who, on Oct 16, 1911, made homestead application ial No 010955, for se 1-4 section 17, township 34s, range 40w. 6th P. meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the probate jud ge of Morton county, Kansas, at Richfield, Kansas, on the 28th day of November, 1914. 21aima.nt names as witnesses: William D. Luther, Joel Luther, Edward Luther, Francis D.

Stout; all of I Rolla, Kansas. Not coal land. 4247 R. R. WILSON.

Register. year or two old should produce' as claimed sufficient to make sixty-five to two hundred tons an acre. No experiment was made in feed ing the foliage as the slips are. too valuable as a means of increasing We wish to notify the people of the vicinity that hereafter there will be no business transacted at our yards on Sunday. This rule, will not be violated under any WESTERN LUMBER CO.

the area planted. 1:30 o'clock. The parents as well as Mr. Hamby will continue the ex the teachers are urged to be present periment next year with the five matters of vital imDortance are Ukl.