The Eskridge Tribune-Star and Eskridge Independent from Eskridge, Kansas • 1

The Primaries will be held nt Tuesday and you should not fail to turn out and vote for your favorite candidates. Be there TAR TMBUN THE ESIRIDG NUMBER 52 ESKRIDGE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1914. 12 Pages VOLUME 14. Roosevelt a Political Boss "FEDS" WON THE FIRST; Obituary Margaret Ann Van Kirk was born From the New Yoak World. It is not often that the World finds in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1830.

She married Mr. Samuel Sheddy May 18, THE SECOND IS A TIE Two mighty fine baseball fame: of itself in political accord with William but it is heartily in CATTLE PRICES BEING FORCED Wm AT K. C. Kansas City Stock Yards, July 27, 1914 combination of circumstance's is working against the cat sympathy with the spirit of this ut 1 1848. To them were born ten children six of whom are now living, They are Frank and Henry Sheddy, M.

Jennie the City League have been played terance: since the last issue of this paper. The The Question which the enrolled 'I Bowman and Mrs. Ida Eley, all living first resulted in a victory for the Republicans of the state must de 'FeCs," who defeated the Reformed termine on the 28th day of Septem in Woods county, Okla. and Mrs. Emma White of Eskridge, Kans.

Presbyterians by a Bcore of 8 to 1, and the second ended In a 7 to 7 tie be Samuel Sheddy, the husband and tle market mat is a uuie iuujo ouot-tive in depressing prices than the short supply Is In advancing prices. Killers have advanced the price of teef to 'retailers, who in turn advanced the price to consumers, and many of these have backed away. father, died in 1879. ber is whether they are to select the Republican candidates for the various offices to be filled or whether they are to permit Mr. Roosevelt to select them.

That is the real issue. Mrs. Margaret Sheddy died July tween the Methodist Episcopal and the United Presbyterians, The tie will be played off some time In the near future. Atflrst It was announced 16, 1914, at Alva, at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 0 days. She was a kind hearted old lady and was For twenty years New York has been cursed with one-man govern that the tie game would be finished ment.

During that time the Repub Newspapers attach blame to both packers and cattle producers, and this controversy also cuts meat consumption. The result is a slight decline in prices of all but a few' spe next Monday night but the Methodist team has to play next Tuesday night so it will be Impossible for them to a friend to everybody. She had been a Christian many years and has gone to her Heavenly reward. She will be greatly missed by her relatives and many friends. lican candidates for governor have been appointed successively by Piatt, by Odell, by Roosevelt and by Barnes.

play two nights In succession. cialties. Receipts today are 13,000 The United Presbyterian team and The Democratic candidates have been I I 1 M' v-. i 1 A i H'" -N r-y -s y. a fi.

-'ill i kl-irii'iyMiiil'iH in I Tnw iim' 111 Ml il The remains were laid to rest on the the Methodist team are atlll tied for appointed by Croker and by Murphy. After a long and successful struggle first place in the league standing while the Reformed Presbyterians afternoon of July 17, in the O. U. W. cemetery.

The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. for direct nominations, Mr. Roose; head. Prime heavy Bteers continue to creep upward, recording a new top today, at $9.95. Other sales of near prime steers were numerous at $9.60 to $9.85, some branded westerns fed in Kansas selling at $9.60.

Bulk of native steers sell at a slightly lower range than a week ago, at drop to last place as a result of their Burkett, The text was taken from velt now purposes to tear up the new primary law and appoint both the defeat by the "Feds" last Friday night. John The songs sung were: Republican and Progressive candl "God Will Take Care of You," The next game will be played be "We'll Never Say Good-bye In dates for governor. In other words, we are to go along under the old tween the United Presbyterians and Heaven," and "Looking This boss system, but with an Onward Christian-Soldier boss in place of a The Farmer is the Loser the "Feds" and will be played at the Meeker field tomorrow night. It Is generally understood that an admission fee )f five cents Is charged for the gentlemen present at the Friday wicked and sordid boss. $7.90 to $9.25.

Half fat yearlings are mean sellers, and choice yearlings are not as high as a week ago, best at $9.50. Kansas grass steers are sel ing.at $7.50 to $9.00, the latter price being secured today for a shipment of Davis Greenwood County steers, World Is as strongly opposed to having Roosevelt appoint candi From the Washington Post. In. the ten months ended April 1914, the value of foreign foodstuffs imported Into the United States in games although ladies are admitted dates for state office as it is to hav free on Friday nights as well as on Tuesday nights when all are permit CHARLES CURTIS Who will likely be nominated for U. S.

Senator next Tuesday 1,348 lbs. average. Fat native cows sell at $5.50 to $7.25, top grass cows $6.75. Quarantine cattle are moving creased $10,000,000, or $1,000,000 a month. This money, which should ing Barnes and Murphy appoint them.

It would resent Wilson's attempting to appoint the Democratic candidates! as strongly as it resents ted to contribute to the league lu a peneral collection. have gone to the American farmer freely, the supply of 150 car loads went to foreign farmers. ing from Emporia by Victor TruBler, Roosevelt's attempting to appoint the Republican candidates. There can be today consisting of a few shipments of North Texas cake fed steers, which lii the same period the exports of who will visit here for a short time In a Local Way. William Peters returned to his home American foodstuffs decreased no political progress under that with relatives.

class is about all marketed for this season, and a large supply of mixed 410,000, or $6,400,000 a mouth. method. An honest boss is prefer atTopekalast Friday after visiting William Addie, the Alia Vista candidate for sheriff, was in Eskridge here for a few days. able to a dishonest boss, but so far Oklahoma cattle. The best cake fed The adverse balance agaiiiBt the American farmer, so far as dealings as its effect upon government is con Miss, Esther Dow is carrying ber One of the conditions upon which Mr.

Meeker lets the teams have his field is that no teams shall be admitted to the playing field, so It would be well for everyone coming to any of the games to heed this rule and leave their teams on the outside of the fence, Leaving teams outside Is a mighty good precaution and one that Mr. Meeker insists upon, as a team Inside would be liable tocaueca panic and Injure some In a crowd, last Saturday Interviewing the voters with the outside world are concerned cerned a boss is a boss. The system steers brought $8.40, wintered steers from the Osage country and other sections of Oklahoma at $6.80 to left arm in a sling this week as a result of fracturing it last week. is $75,000,000 in ten itself spawns corruption and must al During the ten months ended April Mr. and Mrs.

William O'Hara and children of Dover came over in an automobile to see the ball game which was to have been played between Esk ways spawn corruption. Mr. and Mrs. P. M.

Young of Har $7.25, medium and common light steers $5.50 to $6.75. Stock cattle have lacked life for some time, the 1914, there were imported 20,058,998 bushels of oats, as against 714,707 vey ville were in Eskridge between Unless the voters of New York are prepared to take the control of their trains last Friday. ridge and the Kansas City Red Sox, bushels imported during the same pe best selling" at $7.00 to $7.75, which who failed to come. political parties back into their own hands there will be no real improve Ned Clark returned home last Fri riod ended April, 1913. Comparing day night from Alma.

the same periods, there were Import ment in the condition at Albany, W. G. Y. Waugh and F. L.

Brown went to Topeka Sunday in the Waugh motorcycle sidecar outfit, to see the Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rickel and ed 1,854,054 bushels of wheat, against The more it changes the more it will other breadstuff's, $2,002,95 double header baseball game between family returned home last Driaay from St.

George, where they had been visiting with Mrs. Rickel's -are considered bargain prices by a good many dealers. Heavy feeders are having something of a boom, Illinois and Iowa men taking them at $7.75 to $8.65, for short feeds. Hog receipts are very light, but packers enforced a big break last week after the middle of the week. The market is slowlv recovering, sales 5 to 10 against fruit, $20,155,168 against nuts, $722,217 remain the same.

We are not accustomed to regard William Barnes us a reformer, but if he can persuade the enrolled Republicans of this state to select their candidates regardless Topeka and Des Moines. Mrs. J. W. Macdonald and daugh against butter, 302,438, ter, Julia, who had been visiting at against olive oil, $0,444, the farm here for several days, re 247, against prepared veg turned to their home at Kansas City of himself or of Theodore Roosevelt or any other self-created dictator, he will have done more to restore con etables, $3,015,545, against $2,772,100 higher receipts 5,000 head last Monday night.

fresh vegetables, against $1,308,821. The importation of eggs Packers are stubborn in their fight against advancing prices, and bought stitutional self-government in New Leigh Hunter, who has been visit York than any other man of his gen. ing in Topeka for a couple of weeks during the ten months ended April 1914, amounted to 5,013,705 dozens eration. returned home Monday. valued at $1,000,000.

But Can He Make Good H. R. Williams of Maple Hill was here" Monday Interesting the voters in These are staples produced by From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. American orchards and gar his candidacy for register of deeds. Obituary George W.Josoph Mitchell was born In Eskridge, Kansas, October 12, 1884, and died in Arcadia, July 10, 1914.

He leaves to mourn his untimely departure, his father and mother, Judge J. J. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell; two brothers, J. J.

and Dr. Mitchell, and one "sister, Mrs. J. E. Plersol of Oklahoma City.

Joe, as be was familiarly known to all, was a victim of the great white plague, tuberculosis, contracted after a severe attack of pneumonia in the latter part of the year 191.3. Not being informed of the nature of his allllction he went on with his duties in the great advertising firm of Charles H. Fuller of Chicago, until from weakness he was forced to discontinue his work. This was Joe's life work and all his dreams and ambitions were centered along this line. Ells Interest In his employer's business won him many promotions, and he was fast atj tainlng a position of great responsibility In the firm.

Stricken In the midst of his ambitions it was a great blow to him to reali.e that his life work was ended. All that medical science and skill could supply was brought to his relief Theodore Roosevelt smiled when few hogs early today; order buyers getting most of the early, sales. Quality of hogs is pretty good, and the impression exfsts that there are a good many hogs being fed for weight," which will begin coming within the next few weeks. Sheep and lambs sold lower last week, particularly lambs, which declined more than a dollar per hundred. Receipts dens.

The new tariff reduces the Mrs. W. McCaulley returned served with the legal papers show home last week from a short visit at duty upon these articles and opens the market to foreign farmers. The ing he had been sued for libel by Boss Barnes. "Let Mr.

Barnes St. Joseph, Mo. foreigner has seized this opportunity ahead," said the Colonel, smiling Elmer Brannon, who Is at present and is now making $1,000,000 a month father, E. F. Wilson, and family, Mrs.

E. R. Brown and son, Dale, went to Colorado last Friday night where they will join MlssLouis Brown and spend several weeks visiting and enjoying the climate. K. J.

Nash of Seneca, Kansas, who had been here visiting with his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Henderson, returned to his home last Friday night. W.

H. McDaniel, the Topeka piano salesman, was In Eskridge last Thurs-and Friday. Earl Bush, who is now a collector for the Topeka Capital, came here from Topeka and visited between trains with friends, The Rev, C. H. Croft and family of Ramona, Kansas, came here last Thursday to visit at the George Cook home and attend the holiness- camp-meeting.

Mrs. Croft and Mrs. Cook are sisters. B. C.

Taylor, James Hacker, George Younker, Fred Gillett and L. V. Southwick formed a party that motored to Topeka Sunday to see the two ball games played that afternoon be. tween Topeka andDes Moines. "Jim 'I have never said anything yet that which formerly went to the 'American living in the old Sanford house In the west part of town, will move to the I could not make good." farmer.

The worid is thus introduced to the The consumer no benefit from Robert Green property on Cedar street. The place is being lixed up man who never erred; introduced this tariff reduction. The price has in fact, by himself. for occupancy. not gone down on a single artlcl But did Mr.

Roosevelt "niali Dr, J. W. Cook, the Harveyvllle mentioned. The high tariff former veterinarian, was in Eskridge between good" on the statement made on the night of his election as president in Iy kept the foreigner out and gave this business to the American farm 1904: er. The now tariff throws th Under no circumstances will I be a candidate or accept another nom business to the foreign farmer, wlio with the 'middleman, the ben are 5,000 today, market strong to 10 higher, best lambs at $7.90, and ewes worth $4.35 to $4.75.

Breeding ewes today at $5.00. Receipts are largely Arizona3 and natives, although choice Northwestern lambs would sell to advantage here. J. A. Rickart, Market Correspondent.

Rev. Lienard Dead Rev, A. P. Lienard died last Friday morning at Kansas City. He was a brother of Frank Liena and was the oldest one of the boys." Several-years ago the Rev, Lienard had charge of the Eskridge Bible School and he made many warm friends in this community.

At the time of his death he was pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church at Concordia, Kas. He had hern sick about six months, illation. cfit, and the consumer pays as much In welcoming the support of WiL trains Tuesday afternoon. R. L.

Hersbberger came up from Emporia Tuesday in the interests of his life insurance agency. The Rev. W. H. Layton went to Kansas City, Kansas, Monday night where he will join Mrs.

Layton and visit for two weeks with their son, R. W. Layton, and wife, Jvlrs. 11. Layton recently underwent an opera-lion at a Kansas City hospital and is recovering as rapidly as could be ex liam R.

Hearst in his, present fight on Ihe Wilson administration, does Mr. Roosevelt "make good" on the statement throu'gh Elihu Root, when my" Hacker says that LaFlambeau, the Indian recently secured by To peka from the Emporia team of the state league, is one of the best players he has ever seen, as he did before. The only loser-is the Amiirican armor. This loss of a covers only ten mo M. ha of the new tariff.

It, Is natural thiit, tho loss should be greater as noon as foreign farmers awaken to the splendid opportunity-offered by "the American market. The more they take advantage of this opportunity tlio more the American fanner will lose. The only way to prevent this loss to Iho American- armor Is to put the bars up again, and shut out the foreigner. The experiment has been in effect long enough to show that it does not decrease the cost of living. Maybe this item of $1,000,000 a and was in Kansas City at the home of the parents of his wife.

He was forty-three years old. Rev. Lienard and every moans that his poor bronen hearted father, mother, brothers and sister could think of for his welfare wore obtained, but of no availhuman hands were powerless. Joe was very dear to the hearts of his friends; to know him wa3 to love him; his brilliant, philosophical mind was quick to distinguish thadross from the gold; and to be Joe's friend was an honor not to be taken lightly. Even in Hie last days of bU life his mind was constantly working.

His conversation was brilliant and his sayings, epigrams, worthy of consideration by the best minds of the day. He told his nurse in the last days of bis illness that he was not afraid to die. "I have done nothing in my life that would in the least make me afraid to meet my God." Glorious thought, and one that few could say. Maybe In the future we can so" live that we can make up ftr our misdeeds and approach our Maker with same peace of mind. leaves a wife, mother and three brothers.

We ioin the many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. pected. Played Eighteen Innings One of the best baseball games 'that has ever been played in this section of the country was the one at Harvey-ville last Saturday in which the fatt Osage City team was defeated by the Harvey ville Blues by a score of 2 to 3 in an eighteen inning game. Each team used only one pitcher for the full eighteen innings and people who saw the game say that Louis Hodgson, the Harveyvllle pitcher, was getting better every inning. Osage "City secured five hits oil the delivery of Hodgson while Harvey ville landed on McM llien's offerings for nine blngles.

One feature A. J. Newell and wife of Harvey-ville and Van Newell and wife of Waushara were here Sunday visffljog Mr. and Mrs, Frank Dulicir. Charles E.

Edlin ann family motored here Sunday from Alma to visit with Mr. Edlin's parents, Mr. and Mrs." G. C. Edlin, They were here again last night.

George G. Hunger and F. D. Cly-borne have secured the agency for the Buick automobile in this territory. They were at Kansas City the first of the week closing the deal.

They have contracted for seven machines and a demonstrator will arrive for them within a few days. month loss through the low tariff will he borne In mind by the Amer the Colonel was president, that Hearst was "an insincere, self-seeking demagog, who is striving to deceive the workingmen of New York by false statements and false promises?" Just how did Mr. Roosevelt "make good" on his statement of August 17, 1912, that "Mr. Wilson doesn't need to read the Democratic platform. It won't be adopted.

The people won't take it?" One recalls how Mr. Roosevelt made good on his declaration of W08 that publicity should not be given to campaign contributions till after elections. He accomplished that by reversing himself absolutely two years later. Similarly Mr. Roosevelt made good on bis opposition to the-initiative and referendum, widely published in 1907, by indorsing it warmly in 1312.

He made good on his claim that Mr. Taft was the "best equipped man ever nominated" for president by organizing a new party to defeat him for re-flection four years later. Without in'temting the slightest reference to the Barnes suit for liV-1, it is proper to fail attention to the fact that "making good" with Theo ican farmer when he votes next No vember for congressmen who frame tariff hills. Decorating With Crepe of the game' was the center fielding of Britt for Harveyville- Hodgson had Roy Kersey came home from Alma "And we'll meet some day in the great unknown out in the realms of space, You'll know my cjasp as I take your hand and gaze in your tired face." Arcadia Gazette. Saturday night and visited over ban thirteen strikeouts while McMillenhad The department for lady readers of the Tribune-Star contains this week the usual fashion stylo by Julia Uottomley, who.

the use of crepe in the decoration of costumes, end comfortable- and sensible batl-ing Kill's for children. The feminine friends of this paper will also find many other useful articles on the Fame patro. Wc want to make the Tribune-SiST a Bert of personal day with his parents, Mr, and Mrs' I. Kersey. George Hunger went to Topeka last Thursday to attend to some business matters.

His grandparents, Mr, and Brewer, came home with him to visit here for a short time. Irvin Ferguson returned Tuesday from the harvest near Lamed. He returned bo-ue on a Hat Icy-Davidson seven. In the eignieenin inning witn the score 2 to 2 Pringls came to bat and knocked a long, high fly into right field for three basts. Turner, who followed, sacrificed, bringing Prlngle hj'ne with winring run.

The score byinninss: R.H.E. 0 0 00 0 001000910 0 0 0 1-3 9 5 Osage COO 5 I OOrt 000 1 O00rt 0 i 5 Batteries: Harveyvllle Hodgson Snokomo Picnic The annual M. W. A. picnic will be held in the J.

M. Stratum grove near Snokomo, on Thursday August This picnic is always a affair and it will pay you to take a day off and attend. There will be srood music, a fast ball srarae and plenty of other wholesome amusements. Read the ad In this issue and then attend this big frh-iid and adviser to the women of Hsk ridge and vicinity, in matters of dore Rnosevelt has consisted in more instances than there is space here drc-3 and -hti and trust the wits be siiciw. motorcjelo that ha purchased in 'and Hodj-ot; 0.ia;.;e City JIcMillco Western Kansas, end was aecmnpan-l and Prosser.

Umpire Hawks. leccsic. even to skeletonize, in jurnpin; about-face and marching sturdily in thf FRED BAKER The Popular Candidate for SI eri3.