The Wichita County Democrat from Leoti, Kansas • 2

As will jr-on by a letter elsewhere the Livery, FawcettA Rains, Bucha t3iCHlTAC0.DEH!0GRATt town of Ulysses, in the geographical cen nan. and Richard wade. ter of Grant county, has made an fxtraor LAUI AP LEOTI STAGE Ul. Lumber yards, A Boory.and John' dinary move. We if ever a town son Bros.

THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. Hotels, Commecial Hotel. Br company in Kan tofore made such a comple4e coup de etat did tbe people ders proprietor; wichita Hoase, i Shor proprietor. tWflcial Paper of Wichita County, Pub lished EreFy Thursday, Grocery. 1 gman Kerf oot of Ulyssea on Friday moriiing last when threw open 160 acres a3 a peoples town site adjoining; the thriving town of Ulysses.

It wa3 a wiser and sagacious move and praci SHORTEST, QUICKEST AMD CHEAPEST ROUTE PROM LEOTI CITY wL Meyer Pelham and Co. Clothing, Frank Chirk. PEOPLE cally settles the connty seat question in Drug stores, Shank. Richardson Grant county, we are glad of this as it will par yr $1.60 thus avoid all contravemef? in that coun six 1.0 Ca4 McCall, webb Patton. Jeweler, Kitt Gould.

Eating counter. Booth fe Coal Feed, Freelaud. Advartlala rats reasonable and road knows ty and make Ulysses one one of the best towns South west Kansas, and town where TQ fm application. capital can be safely invested. Gen'IMdse Gates, Koontz Government Laud Lavr.

SANTA FE RA I LROAD. Stage leaves LAKJN, MONDAY'S, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 8 a 1 Jones, VALUABLE LOTSIFpR SALE SKID3IORE. COMPANY. JETd-tora and Proprietors. Newspapers, The wichita Standard, Generallv speaking: government land Arvea at LEOTI, at 4:30 m.

can be taken in three ways under the The Leoti Lance, The Trsincient, The wich ita county Democrat. L. H. Cowan has sold out his Haadwar pre-emption, humestoad and timber-culture laws. THHRSDAT APRIL, 14, 1SR7 PRE-EMPTION.

Any person over twenty-one ven-- Stage leaves LEQTI.TUESDAYS, THURSDAY'S and SATURDAY'S, atsme V. OLDHAM, Proprietor. store to Fletcher of Sac City or the head of a family, who f- f-or has declared his or her be- cominer such, not alref'Tr uin 20 Iowa. Hardware, Hicks, Hankins 4e Fletcher. Barber fcheps, Scott Clayton, of land can pre-emn A married won: an can only pre-empt af ter being divorced or abandoned by --her Jimison.

husband, and a woman holding a pre-emp tion loses it by marrying. Newspaper L-ws. Uttfae courts hav decided that refusing; fe take news papers or periodicals from fkt pot cK-e, or removing and leaving jkew uiicailed for is fiuiia facia evidence intentional fraud. tnd. a person orders his paper disr soatinntdhe must pay up all arreara's, ft the publisher may continue to send it nstil payment is made, and collect th rh iimount, whether it is taker, from th fu 9T aot.

On public or xmoffered lands a settler must file within ninety days after settle Poolroom, Blackamithehop, Bet kwith ward. Masons, Moor- Denning. Paincers, Perkins Belton, Denning ment. LEOTI The word settlement is construed to mean some actual, personal improvement made on the land. NOTICE, The -act of settlement mmst be prior to the filling.

After filing the pre-emptor has thirty hree months in which to show six montVa TOOT TOOT! TOOT! artnnl. continuous residence, make final proof and pay for the land. yi 1J I ICCIall KAI CENftl A person can mase nnai proot witnout bein; a citizen of the United and KAIt iiOADS ARE HEADINu FOB LEOTI ALREADY Railroad Mass Meeting, if not a citizen, a certified copy of papers must be filed together with a copy of final proef. Among TO THE PEOPLE OK i'A CO. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Poos, Shoes, Hats, Cans and, Gloves, QUEENS GLASS WARE A nMifw cun Tvrp-pmnt.

niv SI VFt A "1. 1 i VM-u or $2.50 per acre in monej' or its equiqalent must be paid for the land at the tim proof is maue. nOMESTADS. WICHITA COUNTY, KANSAS, other tilings necessary make wichita county to assume the pla. to which her natural advantages entiU her in connection with other counties aad th worl in general is railroads.

Believing that h.s come for taking uon to secure the buiiiing of railroads through this county haa arrived ana that proper THE SANTA FE IS ONLY FIFTY MILES FROM LEOTI AND PK TTFR1' BEFORE action on our part will secure the object desired, there is hereby ceiled a HE P. G. SHANKLKf. Manager, A STOAT HOTEL WILL HE ERECTED HERE AS SOON A3 THE BRICK CAN BE MADE KANSAS. WICHITA COUNTY, LEOTI, LEOTI HAS THREE BANKS AND ANOTHER ONE WILL SOON BE ESTABLISHED Of the Fertiie Counter Wichita.

This booming town ij situated on one of the most lorely town-ritee is FURNITURE WHERE? AT JENNESS' ONE PRICE STORE. midway between the White Woman and Bearer creeks, and is destined to In, aad fast becoming a town of importance. The population of the county ii inoreaaing REAL ESTATE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED ITSELF SINCE JANUARY the rate of 500 per month, and the rich lands are rapidly being takea by fin bt class of aettlexs. MASS MEEVI.NO of the citizens of wichita county to be held at Leoti.on Saturday, April 23, 1887, at o'clock f. for the pu.iose of discussing the question of railroads, and the takr ing of such, action in the rnatter as may be deemed advisable by thoxe present.

As this is a matter in which all are interested it is to be hoped that there ill be a large attendance. Come everybody and let us reason together. J. F. vurd of the Leoti Lance, C.

S. Triplett, of Standard w. K. Gibbs of the Transcript and J. Beckett of the Democrat.

It is to be hoped that every one in the county will conjply with the request of the above notice. It is to the interest of every one in the county to assist in getting a rdilraad through it, and it requires the undivided attention of all. Railroad are now building through westsr Kansas at a rapid rate, and it seems as though it won't be long until it becomes a i.ct work of iron tracks, and as there is new a building boom in that line it is well for us while the iron is hot," and procure all the roads we can, for delay and indifference the matter might cause a change in -our railread prospscts and invent ue from getting one for years, all know the necessity of building a riiroad through this county to keep pace vVfth the tinier. Some of our sister counti ureno fai-tner advanced than our wn, yc through the energj' and enterprise of their citizens they are having railroad. built through them, increasing the value of their prop COME TO LEOTI IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A FORTUNE S3T UNDERTAKING Leoti Has Now 450 Inhabitants and Daily Increasingly in Numbers.

ACRE TOWN SITE, Any person who is t.i heaa a faniixy. .) vits of age, and who is native or natuv citizen of the United states, or has deciuivs: bis or her intention to become sweh. and iius never made a former homestead entry, is entitled to 160 acres of land as a homestead. The fee to be paid at the time of entering is 814 for minimum and 18 for double minimum land. If the land is entered at the land office, the homesteader has six months in which to commence residence on the tract, and during that time the entry is not subject io contest.

Before the six months expire, an actual, bona fide residence must be established on trast. It nyi t'aea '3 rasidii on coa'in uously for five years fram the time of entry, when it can be proved up upon. The fin-nal proof fees are S9 if within railroad limits, and $5if without. Soldiers and sailors in the late war are entitled to deduct the time of service to four years, but they must reside upon the land one year at least. If a homestead is ot prov ed up within seven years from th Mate of etry, it will be reported to the and canceled.

An ex-soldier or Bailor can file upon land through an agent, a soldier's declaratory statement (H. D. which holds the land absolute for six monts. Before the expir ation of the six months the soldier or sailor must appear at the land office in person and put in his homestead papers. This H.

D. S. can be made out in any part of the country, and sent to an agen residing at the land office, An H. D. S.

expires in six months and carries the homestead right with it. but does not interfere with the pre-emption right. Neither a hmeostead nor an H. S. (soldier's, declaratory) can be made of record while the party is residing upon a pre-emption.

A pre-emption riprht can not be used while holding an H. D. or after enter ing and before proving up a homestead. The rights of an ex-soldier or sailor descend to his widow who loses theni. by remarrying.

A single woman taking a homestead and then marrying, does not lose it, but she must reside upon and cultivate it after marriage. If at anv time a horaesieader "abandon" his land for "more than six months," it is open to contest. The above rule is construed liberally Sickness, in the family, and even poverty will greatly milrigate. and possible remove, the difficulties. The whole gist of all the land laws can put 2 two words good faith.

Government lands are not subject to taxes until deeded. THEE CLAIMS Any person entitled to enter other gov-? ernment lands is entitled to take a tree claim of 160 acres regardless of whether the person is holding other lands or not. The entry fee is $14 regardless of the quality of the land. A plat to show the land. A plat to show the timber claims in any section will be furnished by the land office for one dollar.

One quarter of each section only can be taken as a tree claim. Residence on a tree claim is not required. After entering all other acts can be per In addition to the rurniture business Mr. Jenness, carries a complete of and other undertakers' goods. L.

Q. Moons, Notary Public. 'Jno. A. Dsvmm.

Land Locator. C. W. GARIJl- Att'y at Law. Absolute security for tjtle through the Company ia gaaraawMMl, kaviaf the Town Site and obtained tne final receipt on the 10th day of JaM, 1891.

erty and giving themselves equal advanta- i ges with the rest of the world, and giving I Leoti city is situated within one quarter of mile of the exact center of Wichita county, and is about fort miles from th Railroad on the north and the same distance from the Santa Fe on the south. There is a daily stage line from Leoti to Wallace on the Railroad: and one to GarcVu city, and a tri-weekly to on the Santa Fe. Leoti has a d.iiiv inil froui Wallace and a tri-weekly from Lkin. It is very nearly two years idd. It was proven up as a government townsitethe 10th of last Jane by its occupants.

It was made the temporary county eat cf thi3 county th-? 24th day of lat December, p.nd on the 10th of last month it was elected the permanent county seat bv the citizens of the county by a unanimous vote. According to the lev. cf the state the county seat question cavnoi be sprung a in for Sve years. So considering the" location of Leoti, we can think ef no influ enoe that can be brought to bear that vjld tike the of government from it. it is destined to bi i did town.

Its growth has been. rapid and good ever tinea its He ut if Residence and Vauablo LOTS FOR SLE LEOTI TQVfl LOTS AND FARM LANDS FOR SALE I Parties located on GOVERNMENT LANDS, amd contest prosecuted. Titles in-vestigated aJd conveyancing promptly attended to. fcAAVMwyuvu malm ytvAVtv o. tie ia their midst to open i-p new fields of industry, to aisist in and better the old ines.and push things in general to the front.

when a railroad comes ittis a new county everything grows; eveiyone that has a claim will then have a surrounded by ill the advantages of an home together with the benefit of astern progress. wichita connty is novr ir a fair way to ot one rsilroad or mose, t.nd if the proper te are taken there is no aoubt but what KAS. To those dohirr ttttr. Cicfit iYrfp-tte cf rfd to tlcie in lands! Now is your opportunity! School houses, ehurehea, and oihar bafll ings will be erected at once. A ood school under the xaautfimet i Hb Mhi) hoar45 UOTICITY, BROWN, BIERER COTTERAk At iirtip it r.vfinprtr depreciated in value, but has been advun- mM Lon wUi J16 t.hrouh 8CCESSOJUJ TO MILTQIf BROWN.

EIGHT WELLS Oil THE TOYII $ITE before flies. Then tls ire will not be a claim in the county but what will be at least $2,000, and for every additional road they will be enhanced that much more in value. It wouiu make this county bios somas the rose, and considering our beautiful rolling prairie, our universally rich oil, our delightful climate and our industrious people, we should p-et a railroad, before twp years our county would vie with the Nil in and would furnish com for the foreign markets, and our people would grow rich. It in go 1-den opportunity and do not let it by unheeded. Throw off eastern and fall into the wayp of western entcr-apriseget rich, and be comfortable.

Affording abundanoe of gooi water at a deptk eirty-lTe feet fie -ntasee the town; alto has an formed by an agent. During the first year after entry five acres must be plowed Duriner tbe second year five acres more and the first cultivated. During the third year after entry, the first ff ve acres must be planted to timber, and the second five acres -cultivated. During the fourth year the ballance must be planted to timber, and then must be cultivated for four years. If at the end of eight years there are 6.650 good thrifty LOAN AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS BOOMS 5 AND 6, U.

8- LA3D OFEXCE BUILDING, (Bui alo Block,) CITT. KAS. G02X3S3, Collection nd Xiigrastion Specialties. cing all the time. No one in Leoti without making mon.y, and every one could dispose of their property at hand soma profits.

Property has doubled in value every three months since the tenth of last June, and in tome parts of town it hi doubled in a day. Already fortunes have bem made here, and there are larger ons to be made. $1000 invested in Leoti nowwill be worth troni S3000 to $10000 cne rear from the preseuv time, depending upon the locality invented in. The railroad boom has not yet reached us, but will be hers before long as the anta Fe is building 30 milea east of here and will be completed to the east line of this county by the first October next. And then city property will ta ke a raise and all who own property vk ill make piles of money There is nothing like.it.

People come west for money and that is what they will get by investing in Leoti the beautiful, thriv ing healthful, bright-omened city of most beautiful county of the great sUte of Kas-aa Residence lots can be bought at frtta 830 to 8500 and business lots at 8100 Finney county ought to have a gold medal for tie conceited igno-! trees on the tract it can be deeded on payment of ten dsllars. It can thus bsseen that any person, wh is legally qualified, can take 160 acres land under the homestead act, and 160 acrs under the pre-emption laws, and 160 under the timber culture laws, making in al4 Jf PEOGRKSS! BUILDING STONE IN ABUNDANCENEAIJ THWN ft ranee in the part tfcey played last week in claiming this ounty to be attached to Finney, for judicial purposes, while the bill reads that we are attached to Hamil ton. Their action in appointing township I 480 acresof land. PONEER GROCERY M.R. LIVELY.

omcers tor tnis county is, to say the least, too ridiculous to need any remarks, when any intelligent man that has read the bill as passed by General Taykr.knows that the comrciosior.ers of Finney county have no more authority to appoint township officers in Kearney county, than we have to fty who fehall be the Ozar of Russia. But when it is stated that one of the commissioners is frdai Lakin, every person knows what it was done for. Hartland Herat d. ATTORNEY AT Ld.W For information apply to the follewinf meaWn ef the Tvs amy of whom will cheerfully fumiih information eoneeraing the (m BLACKBURN ALLPHIN, Law Land and Lots a V. eounty: R.

E. Jbnhkss, Preaident, Leoti City, Kansas, L. G. Moork, Secretary, Leoti City, Kansa, W. T.

Little, Assistant Secretary, Leoti City, Keatsse, C. W. Garland, Resident Busineee Manajrcr, Leoti Ciy, KtMs, Miltoh Browk, Treasurer, Garden City, Kansas, Da. F. Hall, E.

G. Batxs. C. G. Laxvko, Fkaxk C.

B.txuT btW4 CkjlNE, Giden Ci, D. L. MuaoBLMAN, Quiac IllLiOis, F. A. Parsons, Seott City OFFICE FIRST DOOR N0RTHE0F THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL THE OLD AND RELIABLE STAND Iteady to Ball You Groceries Cfcp for Ceeh.

to $2500 per lot. Leoti baa the finest church in this district which is compoied of foutcen counties that ha cities of three and four thousand population. It ha a good hcheolhuiiFe rood educational advantages. Busiuesa represented as followa: Real estate, Garland Selden, Mid-Uxditch Company, Sprigar Miles, Ne-terer Whistler. The Wichita county Land and Ldan Gibbs Kershner' Raniey Rook and Tomkine, Newby Bradlev, Coan Law; Ward Mad.

Sprigg Mile3 Coan, CHardtatj, Jerry Neterer John Mouat. Newby, an I Beckett Bvixs. The Wichita Co. Bank Pulham. cashier; Bank of Leoti city WS White, casai3ri I3oti -3tata Bank iffcllantaCarey; bir.

Kansas is one of the healthiest states in the Union, but very few people come here for their health. They come for the mighty dollar, when a man asks to purchase a town of you or sell you one, you may put it down on your slate that he is not doing it for his health. He ia after the root of ftvil. He will bay your towu lot for two hundred dollars while he has a customer waiting ia take it at three hundred. All of them are very pleasant gentlemen They all pay their debts and expect their friends One these fine mornings, parties G.

C. Harokitt, WellinjfUn, Ki wno are making a business ef jnmping F. La wis, Leoti City, Kasuae, claims on which are honest settlers, for the purpose of huth money, will wake up to a full realization of the fact that they have made a bad mistake. EdTl to do likewise. Truly the people of wee- ire Kashas mm good citizM..