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The Garden City Telegram from Garden City, Kansas • 2

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AN UNIQUE METHODIST PROGRAM UnrT nifT nr nrn Mri FIRST NATIONAL MAN IVAN HOE VALLEY. The Wilkes brothers are now living The surprise has been expressed that someone has not gone actively into the well-driling business, with a standard and full-equipped rig, here. THE RIDING AND ROPING CONTESTS TO BE FINE in the valley. DAMUSES LAWRENCE Quite a number of visitors are in the valley lately. UCI UUI UrULUHHU SIGN ME UP," SAYS HE "YOU'RE ON," -SAYS SECRETARY SIMONDS AS HE STJUMBLED Fred Myers sold a fine team of hors owing to the activity in soft water wells.

Something like an oil rig, with arotary instead of a churn movement, would be a paying proposition to some man or company, it would seem. There are two or three outfits here, but they es in Garden City last week for $235. PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT TO COM THE SUCCESS OF THIS FEATURE L. D. Welch sold a nice horse in Garden City for $125.

PEL STUBBORN TREASURER TO OBEY LAW. OF CATTLEMEN'S CARNIVAL IS UNQUESTIONED. A. Sitnemetz and Lewis Thomas DOWNSTAIRS. took dinner at Mr.

Coons's Sunday. Church Will Try to Have Full 100 Per cent of Membership at Services. Sunday, September 12, will be a day for the Methodist churcb If the uopes of the members are realized and their earnest efforts bear fruit The Sunday schooL under the shU ful leadership of Superintendent H. S. Bos worth, supported by the entire corps of teachers, is to observe what they call "One Hundred Percent Day." They will endeavor to have actually present 100 percent of the actual enrolled membership of the school.

A program of special interest will be prepared. At 11 o'clock the pastor is to have what he calls "The September Roundup" when by special invita Mrs. Harry Myers has had some very nice melons in-her garden this HEARD TUESDAY AT SANTA FE CARNIVAL ENTRYMAN IS EARLY FOR OLDTIMERS FROM COLORADO year, one load bringing her the neat do not work fast and the work is expensive, The oil rig outfit, if it includes a rotary drill, certainly would have plenty to do. W. H.

Brady and Gordon Lee, who bave been visiting at the Old Kentucky Home left for New York today. Mr Mrs. D. D. Fook, who have been visting Mr.

Flook's parents bave little sum of 1 Al Stinemetz is soon to start work He Feared He Wouldn't Get in the Big An Equal Division of County Funds on the ditch for a while. Effort Is Being Made to Get a Bunch of Them Here for All the Con- and Its Share" Asked by Bank Full Line of Exhibits Attached to Petition. Show and Called Betimes Other Fancy-Stunt Performers Enter Different Events tests- returned to Russelville, Kentucky, where Mr. Flook is engaged in work -Entry From Nebraska Came Today. Dolly Cook has sold her cattle to Fred Quinby for 257.

Al Stinemetz has returned from In-galls where he has been working In the hay field. on the L. and N. railroad. Theywill return to Garden City in a short time as tion he hopes to have present every membej of the church resident in Garden Oity and vicinity.

Mr. FIcok has a position as engineer Mack and William Wilks vere at 1 When you're helping run a big event Late last evening there was fileot on the Garden City, Gulf Northern Garden City Saturday on business Real Estate Transfers. Clam Zimmerman to BYank C. in district court a mandamus suit Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Myers were call- like the Cattlemen's Carnival, you The Alva, Oklahoma, Pioneer, con Pen- i tains this reference to the early days ers at Mr. Wilson's, Mr. Coons's' and have to be on the job all the time, even against County Treasurer H. V. Law- Secretary Simonds of the Cattlemen's Carnival asoclation had a big bunch of mail this morning, in which were several entries for the bucking, riding, roping, and cowboy contests rence to compel him to deposit one Mr.

Stevens's Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Stella Robertsan has also been I in the "strip" and to one of its now famous citizens, Justice Jesse J. Dunn, half the county funds in the First Na fortunate enought to furnish some formerly of Garden City: The oldj if you miss the morning's beauty sleep. This was what Secretary Simonds of the Carnival association realized this morning, as, in the dim light of tho early dawn he made his way down- fine melons for the market.

E. A. Brown shipped a carload of stairs, rubbing his eyes the while, to generally. There is no longer any doubt about the success of this feature of the big event. Also Mr.

Simonds had a letei from C. Houghlin of Falls City, Nebraska, who wants to enter the broncho, mule, roping, steer-riding, potato, and stake frame building near the northeast corner of the square, now being Jtorn down by J. D. Scott to make room for a brick building, was the old office of Miller and Dunn, and was the most pretentious legal den in the city for many years after the opening in 1893 It was built where the Alva State bank now stands, and was moved to its present site several years ago. nington quit claim deeed $23 200 feet of half, block 21, C.

J. -T'es addition C. J. Jones to Frank C. Pennington quit claim deed $23 lots 13, 12, 14, 13, 16.

17. IS, 23, 26 subdivision of block 21. C. J. Jones.

Emma J. Brown et ai to Frank C. Pennington warranty deeed $50 lot 26 subdivision of block 21, C. J. Jons.

John T. Shull to John Linda? warranty deed $1 and consideration NE quarter 7-21-31. Mary Ann Bauman et al to Abraham B. Hammer warranty deed $1 and consideration, SE quarter 22-23-33. U.

S. to Jus. W. Phelps paten: lots 1 and 2 half and XE quart-r G-23-27. tional bank.

At the same time, Mr. Lawrence was served with a notice stating that the application for the order would be heard at Santa Fe next Tuesday before Judge Thompson. The suit is brought by the First National bank by its attorneys, O. H. Foster, Richard J.

Hopkins, and W. E. Hutchison. The proceedings instituted by-Coun cattle from Garden City Saturday. Mrs.

E. A. Brown has raised a big lot of chickens this summer. Some of thcni are fine fries now. Mrs.

Harry Myers says she has cleared $115 on her melons after paying expenses of hauling $24. making in all $134 she has tsold. Pretty well see who had persistently rung his doorbell, and found waiting an apologetic but insistent would-be entryman for the big. doings here September 21- Z1-Z6. for Finney county and a dry year too.

Here, Jesse J. Dunn, now one of the judges of our supreme court, E. A. Brown lately sold a horse for $140. The horse market seems to be ty Attorney Roberts some months ago, The man who ruthlessly routed Secretary simonds out of ber bimes wa none other than our old friend W.

H. pretty good just now. Harry Myers is gain in the valley with his threshing machine after a came fresh fromthe university of Kansas and began the practice of law and otherwise. "We say otherwise, because the "boys" used to congregate there during the long dull evenings and hold kangroo court, have musical concerts with banjo, guitar and French his contention being later upheld the state supreme court, were injunction proceedings, to restrain the county treasurer from depositing the county funds in other bank or banks than designated by formal order of the board of county commission rs. Judge Thompson denied this, Mr.

Roberts run of about six weeks. He will have tsiciKe. wno is a wiia miiio-r-aer, a broncho-buster, and so forth, who has some class to his performance and was going to break into the big show if he had to use a jimmy which he did not, Mr. Simonds being always on Jas. T.

Porter to J. F. Douglas warranty deed $1 and consideration SW quarter of SW quarter, 36-23-34. C. J.

Hedger to Edith It. Hammond waranty deed $800 half of lots 14 and 33 feet of lot 13, block 4 races. He wanted a good mount, and Secretary Simonds has written him back to be sure and come 2nd his mount will be provided. The love of the sport and the very liberal prizes offered by the management attracted Houghlin. The Carnival people nave also found a mule to go with the others entered in the mule race not the slow mule race that Is, according to Secretary Simonds, a "bad actor." "This wild mule race will be a corker," said Mr.

Simonds today. In other words, it will be what you might call a pippin. I promise you that It wil be worth the price of admission." Roy Ingram, who used to take part harp, and any other old Instrument that would make a noise. The "gang" used to go out serenading or harrass- went to the supreme court, that court fcbout one day more of threshing and then will quit for the present until kafir and cane are ready to thresh. Of the crew that started with him, there were enly two that stayed all the way through and they were L.

A. Coons and Mr. Anderson. They said they got all they wanted to eat as the Kan- Jones. Robert C.

Losey to C. C. Mongar warranty daed $1 and consideration NW quarter 6-23-31. upheld his contention, the mandote fthe court has been field -here, but so far has been disregarded by the job. He was lovely about it, after he had awakened Mr.

Simonds, but said he just had to get away on No. hence the 2arly morning call, etc. He was entered on thevspot, and then Mr. Simonds took another nap. Eri Lacy of Hutchinson does ing the quiet and peaceable element of our population until the town was organized and passed an ordinance in self-defense.

Judge Dunn, Claud Mc-Crory and others used to practice ora o. t'n vmi PA.am A1 i TXTOll Oil TkTH Oil action is for a writ of peremp- j. I with good things to eat and they to ry mandamus to compel Lawrence found more wheat than was expected 'to place apDroximatelv the funds in the First National bank, the tory and telling stories and tho Judge and Claud have an enviable record In that line to sustain yet. The old building was also the scene of thesuicide 'order of the county commissioners fix of a "tenderfoot" from Tennessee, Mr. Myers still has Mr.

Guthrie's wheat to thresh, having already 'threshed Mr. Passwater's. He expects to thresh Mr. Guthrie's in a day or two. Mrs.

Isaac Hemphill who has been visiting her sons S. C. and F. W. Hemphill and her daughter L.

D. Welch started for her home at fancy things with ropes, and A. H. Kee of Lakin, who is some rider, with a fine 4-year-old that he thought might be over age, and who wanted to gat into the free-for-all running race, are two others that Secretary Simonds signed up this morning. There is a rumor brought home by I.

B. Taylor that there is a street fair outfit uproad that claims it has a date with the Cattlemen's Carnival here the week of the big show. It isn't In a "Wild West show, and "who knows all the star performers up in Colorado, especially around Lamar and Granada, tells Mr. Simonds he is certain he can interest a bunch of his old companions In the doings Here September 21-22-23. Ho has taken the matter up with them Mr.

Simonds's suggestion. The sale of exclusive rights on the grounds has been profitable to the association, and the concessions are to be satisfactory to the management. Things are getting in fine shape' for the big event and it promises to be the greatest success ever pulled off In the. west end. (First Published in Imprint Sept.

3.) NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land office at Dodge City, Kansas, August 30, 1909. Notice is herebygiven that Tannle O.

Swenson, of Canyon, Kansas, who on May 9, 1904, made homestead application, No. 22724, serial No. 02772 for SW section 20 township 23 range 27 sixth principal meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before the register and receivet F. S. land office at Dodge City, Kansas, on the 11th day of October, 1909.

Claimant names as witnesses: Charles M. Beck, of Canyon, Kans. William D. Ousley of Canyon, Kans. Joseph W.

Vaughn of Canyon, Kans. Moses V. Powell of KalvestJ, Kans. ing that bank and the Garden City National bank as the county depositaries. The law provides that when more than one bank is designated, there shall be a division of funds evenly, and that is what is asked for in this suit one-half the funds for the First National ank.

It is estimated -the total county funds are about Attached to the petition are a number of exhibits, including: The order of the board of coftimis- who could not "go the pace" with the other fellows on a limited salary. The editor oMhe Pioneer reserves further 'comment and asks for a continuation until the Judge and Claud testify. The Olds Gas Engine company, through its attorney E. Vance, has brought suit in district court against P. S.

Woods) to recover the sum" of $770.85, Installments on a note, with Interest. H. U. MUDGE IN TOWN much of a street fair outfit, eitier, and Mr. Simoncfs announced today that there was nothing to the story; that nothing that wasn't first class could sioners date of April 8, naming the get within gunshot of this Carnival.

FAMOUS RAILROADMAN COMES Probate Judge Johnson issuea a Meanwhile, things are humming. license yesterday afternoon to Thomas EMINENCE RURAL ROUTE 1. TO VISIT HIS BROTHER. Tillie Douthltt, ana Farmers are very busy putting up I Dryden and X- (First Published iv Imprint Sept. 3.) NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

then married them. First National and Garden City national bank as depositaries. The bonds furnished by the First National bank in accordance with the law, and accepted by the commissioners for $40,000. The latest quarterly statement of the county treasurer, printed in The Garden City 23, showing H. F.

MILLIKAN, Register. Department of the Interior, U. S. Here Is the testimonial "Scotty," driver of the famous Ford No. 2 coast- Land office at Dodge City, Kansas, August 30, 1909.

Arrives With Party in Special Car and Leaves at Once for Essex to-coast car recently here, paid to the Notice is hereby given that Joseph W. Vaughn of Caynon, Kansas, who. fthe county funds.wcre'SOOQ. 4 on September 27, 1904, made home Tlreir feed. Remember the Garfield township Sunday school convention to be beld "at Eminence Sunday, September 5.

Mr. Gates has moved to Burnham so his" children can go to school. Mrs. Rowan is arranging to build a fine 2-story cement block bouse in the near future. Born to Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Jewell Sunday, August 22, a fine 8-pound con. Mr. and Mrs. F.

F. Killion spent Sun-'day with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thorpe. Arkansas valley when he got to Wichita and struck an Eagle reporter: "Say," said "Scotty" at the garagelast night, after he had shaken part of the dust from his person, "don't you raise anything out here except alfalfa.

schoolhouses an drural mail boxes? it H. TJ. Mudge, second vice-president of the Rock Island-Frisco system, formerly general manager of the Santa Fe, is here today to visit his brother, William Mudgs. Mr. Mudge came In last night' in his The demand made on the county treasurer August 25 for the fundus; pre-liinary to bringing this proceeding, denied by Mr.

Lawrence. It is hoped that this time legal pres sure sufficient may be brought to bear on Mr. Lawrence, to compel him to obey the law and the board's legal order. 'seems to me that I haven't seen anything else since I struck Kansas, but C. E.

Farmer went to Garden Cityl course, I've been going some." private car, accompanied by his two stead application No. 22881, serial No. 02834, for SB section 23, township 23 range 28 sixth principal meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the register and receiver U. S. land office, at Dodge City, Kansas, on the 11th day of October.

1909. Claimant names as witnesses: Charles M. Beck of Caynon.Kans. Tannle O. Swenson of Canyon, Kan.

William D. Ousley of Canyon, Kans. Cfeorge W. Bennett of Canyon, Kan. H.

F. MILUKAN. Register. rsons and several women who are mem A. B.

Hammer, who recently traded for the D. M. Bauman place, cameinto town last night and went out look over the place this morning A. R. Clark, who was figuring on a hers of his family and party.

This morning ho drove out to the old De-Vault place, northeast of town on the Pitts, Miss Vida Pitts, and the Pitts boys are home from i fcslr summer vacation at Boulder, Colorado, and are again in their home on Eminence road, and visited his broth er. He returned east on No. 8 this Tuesday with a load of hay. R. M.

Killion and C. E. Farmer hauled two loads of goods from Garden City last Thursday for J. V. Killion.

J. G. Jewell 60ld a nice bunch of cattle to Ora Deck last week. The coyotes are pretty bad in this vicinity. They are taking Mrs.

D. A. Collins chickens; also Mrs. Harvey's 'and Mrs. Wilcox's turkeys.

Mr. Warfield's children have been exposed to the mumps. The dance at Mr. Englert's last Saturday night was well attended and afternoon. Willisan Mudge, until recently a mer.

"North Ninth, occupied In their absence by Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Austin. Ray Nlquette will leave tomorrow visit to the coast, wil probably not be abel to get out there tk(s fall.

He has just received word that one of his daughters, living at Pueblo, will be here In about a week for an extended Tisit A. C. Welcker of Oklahoma is visit chant at Attica, recently traded for Judge and Mrs. W. H.

Thompson returned last night from their Western trip. They were delayed a little from the time they expected to arlve. They traveled 6,000 miles, were through ten states and territories, saw sights "Until they were tired, and are glad to get home again. They, like the Mimes, cut out Grand Canon, leaving that for 'some future trip. At Portland, Judge 'Thompson found an old school friend from Sabetha, George E.

Horton, who is a successful businessman there, and had- a visit with him. There are so many things for ao-tor club to do that those who are trying to get one organized are anxious to get down to business. Proper restrictions as to driving, as to handling automobiles, a3 to blocking streets, care of machines, little runs around the country, most of all good road and culverts regulation of so malty things necesary, cementing together by all owners these are some of the things ahead of the club. There is a feeling that it is about time to take Bold of the farmers i- again. With September ttn cooler weather, there seems to 6t 'disposition to push matters; now that the institute has been thoroughly rt- organized and rejuvenated.

A meeting for some time this month fs trt Ing discussed, with E. II. Websterdirector of tahe state experimental elation, to make an address. Dr. and Mrs.

B. L. Shope came In last evening and are visiting Mr. and I for Salinato the De Vault farm. Another brother, an engineer run V.

B. Nlquette. He will also visit other eastern Kaasas points and at- i ning on 81 and 82 between Syracuse and Dodge, met his brothers here this I tend the Hutchinson fair on his return. ing here on his way home from Colo-rado where he spent a 2-months vaca afternoon. tion.

Mr. Welcker formerly ran a 15- tff, CJ. Iiea'mef, who has been running the pop factory on East Fulton, has bought ground on North Eighth, just north of the iceplant and will (First Published In Imprint Sept. 3.) NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. cent dray in this town, and left in 1889 to go to the old Oklahoma opening.

He build a newer and better factory. a fine time is reported. Mrs. J. V.

Killion spent Sunday at Mr, Warfields. Mr. Cathcart was an Eminence visitor Monday. Mr. Arenfeldt spent Sunday after-jrltfi Ifr, Mrs.

Thorpee. Miss Eva Hall from Kiowa, Kansas, Is visiting Mrs. Thorp. Mr. and Mrs.

W. A Phipps are visiting friends and relatives in Pratt (First Published in Imprint Sept. 3.) NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION, Department of the Interior. U. S.

Land office at Dodge City, Kansas, August 30, 1909. Notice Is hereby given that Charlea M. Beck of Canyon, Kansas, who, on May 9, 1904 made homestead application No. 22722, serial No. 02771, for SB section 15, township '23 range 28 sixth principal meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make final five year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the register and receiver TJ.

S. land office, at Dodge City, Kansas, on the 11th day of October, 1909. Claimant names as witnesses: Joseph W. Vaughn ot Canyon, Kans. George W.

Bennett of Canyon, Kan. W. A. Gleason and others are working hard on the Second regimental band problem. They think more than enough good musicians will be existed to Insure the bandhere.

Marshal Meek took his daughter Miss Mary Meek, and Miss Nanie Bullard out for a rait chase yesterday. To Is now proprietor of the O. K. Transfer Storage company, a big institution, looks exceedingly prosperous, and Vss going about town today meeting old friends and wondering how the town bad made so much progress since be saw It -last Frank Dodge, Albert L- Shottenkirk, and Fontley R. Wlddoes of Garfield township proved up chool land In section 36-21-27 today before Probate Judge Johnson and Clerk of the Court Easley.

Henry Crow has demonstrated that corn can be raised out sandhils way. He has just completed cutting 600 shocks on his son Arthur Crow's Department of the Interior, U. Land office at Dodge City, 'Kansas, August 30, 1909. Notice is hereby given that William D. Ousley of Canyon, Kansas, who, on July 29, 1904, made homestead application, No.

22813, serial No. 02807, for SB section 25, township 23 3, range 28 sixth prlnlcpal meridian, das filed notice of Intention to make final five years proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the register and receiver TJ. S. land office at Dodge City, Kansas, on the 11th day of October, 1909. Claimant names as witnesses: Tannic O.

Swenson of Canyon, Kan. Joseph W. Vaughn of Canyon, Kans. Charles M. Beck, of Canyon, Kans.

George W. Bennett of Canyon, Kan. H. F. MTLLTKAN, Register.

Insure good sport, they had John Roy- Herman D. Melcher of Canyon, Kan. L. M. Bland, a successful farmer, 'was In town today telling of corn.

'He says be recommends the 90-day corn, and has never yet failed to raise 20 to 30 bushels an acre without lrrl-' gation. He recommends listing in tie winter and relisting In tho early spring. Mrs. J. E.

Baker and ether old friends. Daniel Keeley, formerly of Garden City, is here visiting friends. Mr. Keeley Is now holding a responsibile William D. Ousley of Canyon, Kans.

F. MTLLIKAN, Register. position with the telegraph company ster end his fine greyhounds. -They went about ten miles northeast, and' had a fine time, scaring up a number of rabbits. The hounds ran one of them a distance of ten miles, nnd finally got him.

No coyote were found. The Hutchinson and Topeka papers print In their society departments that the marriage of Richard J. Hopkins to Miss May Cathcart will take place September 16. No formal announcement has been made Ciere, but school land' Quarter, and he says It is good. He also has left about 40 acres, part of which he says is as fin corn as he ever saw.

This is not yet in The subject of the discovery of Dr. Cook of -the North pole, is becoming universal. Everyone is discussing It, Judge Thompson this morn In? referred to the fact that an old resident of Seneca, Dr. N. Hayes, an Inobtrusive but thoroughly scientific man, Peter I.

Kerschner of Hutchlnsfcn, a 'government cattle inspector, is here today conferring "with Jack government inspector at this place, and W. Horner, state Inspector with headquarters here. shape to. cut. Scott and Smith, con- Ed Scott of Probate Judge Johnson yesterday at Hutchinson.

Glenn Stevens Is now permanently located at North Yakima, Washington He is in the real estate business, his firm being the Nob Hill Real Estate and Investment company. G.JL Mudd Is with him. He deals largely In 5-acre fruit land tracts, fccording to the understanding of his friends here, and is much impressed with the town. North Yakima Is In the very heart of the fruit belt of the state of Washington. His-mother will shortly leave tractors of St Louis who have the Ne married Arthur M.

Stanton and Miss It generally understood among the 'with the Peary expedition, and more friends of these young people that this Nellie Lewis of Garden City; also than that, he had a little side expedition of his own and penetrated the and Miss Alice Lofton, both 'will be the date. F. Clelland I Colorado. Charles Bogarl has returned from Colorado Mrs. A.

H. Warner entertained a "number of friends Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. John Stevens, who expects to leave in a few days for her future home in Washington. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent and delicious refreshments were served. braska, Kansas Southern contract, was here yesterday, and visited with his old friend Dan Larmor.

Tie latter hadn't seen Scott for 25 years, when, in New Mexico, he had charge of the teamwork on a big contract in which Scott was interested. Northern region further than Peary did. Judge Thompson saya this Is a matter of record In the official reports the east for a few davs visit here. He 1 J. H.

Buffum writes that he I3 so has ben handling horses in a ntsmber much improved that he win be able to 'here and go to North Yakima to live. at Washington. of eastern cities. leare the hospital In a few days..

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