Linn County Democrat du lieu suivant : Mound City, Kansas • 1

IK. S'. DE Linn MOCRAT. Excellent Advertising; Medium Official Paper of Linn County I I uur MOUND CITY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNK DUO. No.

1. VOL. 23. RURAL LETTER Trolley Line in Prospect. THE MANTEY CANDIDATES FILE THEIR PETITIONS William B.

McKinley, an Illinois CARRIERS MEET GOOD ROADS LAW Congressman, who is interested in a company which owns the Topeka An Excellent Piece of Legislation- Aspirants lor Office File their Petitions with the County Clerk. Other Court house Items. The County Association Holds an In teresting Session Entertained by Col. Ed. R.

Smith. and Atchison street railway systems and is contemplating building lines to Kansas City, St. Joseph and Has Not Been, but Should be Made Operative. A special law for the improve The Hural Letter Carriers Associa tiou of Linn county held their third Omaha, says the of Southern Kan sas trolley road systems: merit of Linn county roads was quarterly meeting at the court house prepared and introduced by J. A in Mound City on Wednesday, June I looked over Southeastern! Kan Mantey while representative for this The following is a list of county candidates filed with County Clerk Wayniire: Republican Sheriff, J.

C. Ireland; probate judge, I. II. Marrs; clerk district court, B. E.

Bradley; treasurer, K. F. a.h'.; county clerk, (J. V. Wayniire; register of deeds, K.

F. Campbell; county surveyor, J. M. Mundell: 20th, which proved to bean unusually interesting session. A program bear sas once with a view to building county during the legislative session Side Lights from the Diamond.

The ball game at Pleasanton Sunday being a double-header brought out a large attendance, although the day was desperately warm. The first game was played with La Cygue and Mound City clubs as con testauts, seven innings being agreed upon to constitute a game. At the end of the said seventh inning the Mound City lads had chalked up 14 scores, the Lyguu laddies having scored one. Evidently the La Cygne aggregation while being "good boys," still have something to learn about the "great American game." A few minutes intermission, which Manager Lhuillier of the Pleasanton Pirates occupied in making sundry chalk marks about the premises, that his people paid but little attention to, in tho way of observance of their intent and purpose, when the game of the occasion was called, with the Pirates in the field, with Corby in the "box," with his brother behind him as umpire. There is an old saying- lines to connect the gas towns in Southeastern Kansas, and the min ing upon the interests and efficiency of the rural mail service was given and of 1901, was passed and is still in force and available to the people of was as follows ing towns in Southeastern Missouri.

the county for the building of good county printer, C. O. Holmes, C. E. roads in all parts of the county at a Rock Roads Col.

Ed. R. Smith The King Roud Drag C. A. Deals Care of Horses W.

L. Farm ley Reversing the D. II. Andrews Well, before we got to it, somebody else was building, but only in that immediate vicinity. There will be very light expense to the taxpayers, It reads as follows Making Regular Time on An act authorizing the board of a road some day running from Kansas City down through Poala and W.

P. McNees County Commissioners of Linn County, Kansas, to build and Best Way to Route Mail. Crabtree Good of Service in Organization connecting the systems that have been built in the gas and mining Sprightly Old Age. One of the worst things about old age is the fact that it usually places a damper upon that enthusiasm which leads young people to go ahead and achieve. The old man being human, is apt to take a seltisli view of tilings, and decide that nothing is worth while that involves effort.

He sees younger people planting trees, and says to himself: "There would be no sense in it if 1 planted a tree; before the tree is big enough to bear pumpkins or prunes, I'll he planted several feet deep, and my virtues will be set forth upon a tin monument from tin department store. If he is urged to put up a new building, he argues the fame way. What in the thunder is the use of building a brick block, when he can't expect more than a few years of life? The spectacle of an old man in the inglenook, reading books of sermons, and devoting all all his thoughts to the (ireat Change is impressive, but it is sad unci discouraging. A man shouldn't figure on death until the doctor tell him he's is all in. If you are alive today, you have as much of life as you ever had, though you may he a hundred years old.

An octogenarian of Topeka decided to lead a blushing bride to the altar. The blushing bride reeentlty celebrated her" seventieth birthday, and was certainly old enough to know her own mind. The two went to the court house to get a license. maintain county roads within the Craig; coroner, Dr. A.

Mills; county assessor, II. E. Burton; representative 18th district, N. A. Corbin; county superintendent, L.

N. MeCarty; county attorney, John A. Hall; commissioner 1st district, (). M. l'riser.

Democratic Sheriff, John T. Johnson; probate judge, G. Marion Moore; county printer, E. C. Ixnve; representative 18th district, II.

A. Strong; county superintendent, Lillian Potter. Socialist Sheriff, T. M. Dougherty; probate judge.

II. II. Bliss: clerk dis- limits of laid county. J. Frank Smith Relations of Carrier to Postmaster and Postmaster to Carrier.

W.II.Campbell Be it enacted by the Legislature ofJ belt. Will I build it? I don't know. That is looking to far ahead. All I the State of Kansas anil it proved itself as correct during Discussion of these subjects was en can'say now is that it is an inviting Section 1. That the board of gaged in by all present.

county con1rais8ioner8 are hereby authorized to levy a tax on all tax The visiting and local members were this gamo "that blood is thicker than water." An aflectionate brother is a helpful asset to most any kind of pitcher in a closely contested ball game. Most any old "fan" would able property within said county, tiiel court, W. A. Smith; treasurer, not to exceed one mill upon the entertained for dinner at the Hotel Brooks by Postmaster Ed. R.

Smith, who presided in his usual felicitous style. The following-named postmas C. B. llutson; county clerk, John N. dollar any one year, for the pur Jones; register of deeds, Geo.

Emery; pose of building and maintaining guess yes on that proposition. During the nine innings found necessary to decide the game tlio game being a tie of 2 and 2 at the close of the seventh ters and carriers were present: county surveyor, J. C. Pierce; coroner, county roads through the hills and Postmasters Ed. R.

Smith, Mound swampy places of Linn county, at Dr. Jessie M. Barnes; representative 18th district, K. S. Thomas; county City, J.

Frank Smith, Pleasanton, lining the good offices of tho said field. I probably won't build anything this year in this section. Mr. McKinley is the traction magnate of Illinois and owns hundreds of miles of electric railway in that state. He wanted to get into St.

Louis, but there were no bridges open to him, so he began work on a bridge of his own, which is progressing rapidly. He is chairman of the Republican national congressional committee and an active member of congress. Building the stretches of twenty miles each to connect Atchison with St. Joseph and Leavenworth or Lawrence with affectionate brother were in ample ev Campbell, Goodrich, Noel Somers, Centerville, C. W.McClure, Blue superintendent, Mrs.

L. K. Carpenter; commissioner Jst distrbt. II. C.

Terrv. and Carriers W. P. McNees, Ted Pad dock and W. II.

Alexander, Md. City, I'KOUATK COURT. In the estate of Polly Adams, leceased, Thomas Adams petition Mrs. Mary Hazelbaker, Prescott, Mrs Henry Cady and Tom Rice, Pleasan- idence, and yet tho said brother possibly thought he was without a blur in his calls on "balls and strikes, "as he is rightly rated as an accomplished gentleman. At the close of the ninth inning the score was declared as Pleasanton 3, Mound City 2.

Claude Post pitched both games for Mound City sixteen hard fought in ton, C. Beals, Parker, Bert Crab- ed the court to issue an order ad tree, Goodrich, W. A. Kincheloe, C. R.

Hunt and W. L. Parmley, Centerville, and D. II. Andrews and W.

J. Lewis, mitting to probate the will of Polly Adams, deceased. Order was granted and P. S. Thorne appointed administrator, with bond fixed at such places, upon such lines, in such directions and to such extent as the said board may in its discretion determine.

Section 2. Whenever the said board shall in its discretion deem it expedient to lay out and build such road, they shall proceed to appoint three commissioners, who shall be taxpayers or said county, to proceed to the focality named, who shall proceed to view the road and, together with the county surveyor, determine the location and length of said road, and shall make their report in writing to the board at its next regular meeting. The said board -ahall thereupon consider said report, and if the same is accepted shall so order, and shall thereupon proceed to build said road. Section 3. The said board shall not be bouud by said report, but nings.

His work was heartily com Topeka are simple propositions to They were cheerful and gay, as people should be upon their wed him with millions under his.cotitrol. WHO WILL WIN? ding morning. Meanwhile the middlenged children of the bride mended by all. That master of the position, John Potior, as catcher for the Mound City team, caught the games faultlessly, and caught the glad hand uf the whole attendance as well. Tho other members of the Mound City team played their 'positions exceptionally well, with the ex In the estate of Daniel Stain-brook, deceased, F.

Stainbrook, administrator, asked the court for an order directing him to sell at private and public sale personal Blue Mound. The officers were chosen for the ensuing year: W. P. McNees, president: W. J.

Lewis, vice-president; Mrs. Mary Hazelbaker, secretary and treasurer; Tom Rice, representative to State Association alternate, C. A. Beals. By invitation of Postmaster Campbell, Goodrich was chosen as the next meeting place for the association.

The following resolution was offered by J. Frank Smith, and unanimously groom were getting busy. It made them sore to see the venerable papa $10.00 in Gold to be Awarded SaturdayBig Voting Contost Still Runs on, with the Final Result More Uncertain than Ever Many Qirls Make Big Qains. becoming frisky, so they interfered to such good purpose that the couple property belonging to said estate Order granted. MAIUUAOK LICKNHKS, Wtere denied a marriage license.

But Saturday evening at four o'clock the they were not discouraged or dismay adopted: ed. "If we can't get married here I). C. Fleming, Pleasanton 24 Nannie Merriman, Pleasanton 24 contest for the second special prize closes. The girl who has not previously won a special prize and who Resolved, That the Rural Letter we can go some where else," said ituiictj luii nuion iV Jessie Ringer, Fulton 18 ception of two errora that proved excessively coftly, as each let in a for Pleasanton, otherwise the score would have stood at the end of the seventh inning 2 to 0 in favor of Mound City.

And by the way, the Pleasanton boys are ball players as well as excellent gentlemen. The game fortunately was void of wrangling and created intense interest until the last ball was thrown. Without a fond brother's holp( Mound City team can the buoyant old man, and ho and has then the most votes turned in be Ira Nichelson. Manleton '27 Carriers of Linn County in convention assembled this 29th day of June, 1910, hereby extend to Postmaeter Ed. R.

Smith, of Mound City, our hearty thanks for his warm welcome and generosity for the good dinner and tween June 4th and July 2nd, will re and length of said road as reported by said commissioners, and their determination shall be made and entered upon their journal. Section 4. Whenever the board shall order such road to be built, the board shall immediately cause it to be built under the direction of some competent person to be ap Gwendolin boarded a train for Kansas City and had better luck ther. Charity Huestis 25 ceive the $10 00 in gold, and the young Ernest Frear, Mound City 25 Lucy Collins, Blue Mound 18 He remarked incidentally that he lady who has turned in the second largest number of votes will receive a other evidences-of good fellowship ex- was going to live 20 years more, coupon for 5,000 votes. Either of these leuueu 10 hub association, we exienu to him our best wishes and heartv W8TJ4ICT (JOURT, The following case was filed in prizes is well wo'rth the utmost effort and we hope that ho will' make good.

the district court: lick Pleasanton laddies, and don't you overlook it. A Fan. that any of the content ints can put forth. Remember, too, that all the congratulations on his recent appointment as postmaster of Mound City for the third time, with not a hand or voice raised to object, showing his high standing with the Post-office department as well as with the People will say he is silly, and L. A.

HobbH vs. Henry M. his relatives will abuse him, and all Ilobbs; divorce. The Farmer Makes the Farm. The real builder of the farm is kinds of arguments may he advanc patrons ol his otllce.

ROISTER OV DEKDN. The following instruments were ed to show that it is wicked for old folks to get married. Hut sorne- Patronize Home Merchants. One of our exchanges truly remarks filed in tin's office: 5 warranty deeds, 1 quit claim deed, '1 real es the farmer. The right kind of a farmer can bring almost any kind of land into good condition for growing of some kind of Crops iow, an old man of that sort, beards years slightly, as though he had that this is the season when the thoughtless search the pages of the tate mortgages and 2 releases.

llustrated catalogues of the mail or differ so much in the conditions -f To Contestants Especially. Contestants for the piano offered der houses, become impressed with 'f suM aA," Vi under which they will grow and a mortgage on the future, is a more pleasing sight than the downcast octogenarian who seems to be always thinking of tombs and epitaphs and dead men's bones. pointed by the board, and shall pay the cost of building the same out of the proceeds of the tax hereinbefore authorized. Section 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute-book.

The above is the most effective of laws Under which to, secure uniformly good roads all over the county at a small cost to individual taxpayers which has ever been enacted for the improvement of roads in Linn county. If put in operation to cut down bad hills, grade and macadamize swampy stretches of road, and the grader and drag used fre'ely on comparatively level portions, it would be a combination that could not be excelled for the building of roads of which every citizen and taxpayer of the county would be proud. The rock road proposition not being acceptable to the farming community at the pres the soil in which they will grow that if a man understands the peculiarities of his soil he can find some by the Democrat should not forget that the contestant who makes the the beautiful half-tone pictures and the brilliantly written description of the article and send their cash away for it. Nine times out of ten if they would but take the pains to look over the stock of the home merchant they Mrs. Amy Winship, "of Racine, kind of crop that is nearly adapted is a widow, 79 years old, but to it and can fit his land could find a better article for the same she is as pert and chipper as you please, and she just enrolled for a money and deposit the sum that greatest gain in votes from the hist count until the next one on July 2nd will get a ten-dollar gold piece.

The next special prize on the same terms is a $25 ladies' gold watch to the young lady who makes the greatest gain from 2nd of July un Ho great is the science of agricul our year course in psychology in would have been expended for freight and handling to their credit in the bank. The fact that much of the stuff ture that what a man cando with land is limited only to what he knows. The farmer caa make Lis the University of Ohio. When she is done with that she contemplates farm almost into any thing he choos es. 1 Ie can bo improvident and sold by the catalogue houses goes to pieces in a very short time seems to be altogether overlooked by those who have caught the mania for buying out of town.

The fact that the goods are constructed for appearances only and that the mail order people are amassing large fortunes while the home merchant ekes out a modest competence, fails to open the eyes of these people to the tremendous profits of these houses til next count, no one person is to take more than one of these special prizes. Hustle is what wins them and the main prize. Any one who starts now has as good a chance for one of -these prizes as those already in the contest and the Democrat gives 1,000 free votes to start with, so any young lady who is not in and desires to begin should do permit it to run down by constantly taking from it and putting back nothing or he can make it more and more productive by always putting into his land just a little more than he takes off. ent who not put the Mantey road law into operation and have good roads all over the county in a very few years? We believe the -j i ,1 t. taking up other studies.

Brave old woman! Long may she wave! Every day you hear springalds of 40 and 50 years saying they are getting too old to do this thing or that thing. A man, who has only a few gray hairs in his whiskers, remarked plaintively that he would like to understand French, but that lie was too old to begin studying it. When a man gets into that frame of mind he really is too old for anything. Youth is a habit of thought rather than a matter of years. Be young every every day.

Make up your mind mind that you are a veteran. Flagging suqerrluous upon the stage and you will wither, up soul and body and die of old age while still a colt. so at once. Write for supplies. CUliuuiBSiuuciB nuuiu nut lavuiauij on the proposition to make this law operative if their attention is called to the matter prior to their making the next tax levy.

This is the era of good roads and here is a comparatively inexpensive way to get them. Let us hear from some of the taxpayers on the subject. 1 Request to Property Owners. The Democrat would be pleased to CLARENCE HORTON One of the Democrat's Contestants. votes that you now secure count only for the special prize but for the grand prize as well.

The contest is warm and getting warmer. No one can foretell the result. The young lady at the foot of the class can go up to the head if she does the work. The leaders can only maintain their places by constant effort. It is a great 'contest, fair and honorable, no words of complaint, no hard feelings, each one doing her very best.

Read the list of prizes again. Think about them. What a fine thing a piano is to have in the house. Many of the other prizes are necessities and some are quite ornamental as well. Redouble your efforts, young ladies, and from now on make every moment count.

The standing of the contestants at this time is as follows: Ethyl Casida 60,088 Clara 8witzer 46,140 Anna Hartong 10,450 Mrs. Clarence Horton 8,540 LotaDollison 8,600 "Oreater Profits for the Farmer." This is a valuable pamphlet issued by tho American Book which any farmer can get free post--paid by merely sending a postcard to the company at number 521-531, Wabash avenue, Chicago, We have looked the pamphlet over carefully and find a large number of good suggestions tables, which any farmer can receive benefit from by reading. Blue Mound, Centerville, Parker, More Gas for Mound City. Win Butcher has been engaged to drill two wells for gas for the Mound City Gas Co. on the A.

II. Mantey and Seymore Smith farms, and began on the first on the Smith place last Monday. This will probably insure a more plentiful supply of gas for the use of our people the coming winter. The gas field in this vicinity is extensive and has not yet been developed to any great extent. Buy your oil cans at Swift's.

The Mound City Eagles are dated for Faola next Sunday to play the Next Concert After the Fourth. On account of practicing for the Fourth of July the band will not give a concert this week, but commencing with next week will endeavor to give a concert every Thursday throughout the summer. The next concert will be given Thursday, July 7th. Plenty of seats for all. Program: Under Arms, March Cupid's Charms, Serenade.

Roberta, Officer of the Day, March Hall Mignonette, Overture Baumann Games of Childhood New Annapolis, March Bee Swift's 10-cent line of enameled Pleasanton and La Cygne will all hold celebrations of the Glorious Fourth Celebration at Centerville. Centerville will properly celebrate the Fourth with a balloon ascension and other attractions, which will be "a rousing, old-time celebration with plenty of entertainment all day long," as stated on the bills. A fine grove to hold tho exercises in makes Cen ter-iiU attractive. jlac9 ta Jujy 4tb property owned by others, cut the weeds and grass growing so luxuriantly in their back yards, This method of treatment has a tendency to prevent their going to seed and increasing the crop next (The expression "going to seed" refers to the weeds and grass not the property faw of fewti.) next Monday. Mound City's Com ball team there.

Monday they will go to Blue Mound to play a Fourth ol mercial Club decided to put "Fourth pf July money" into imp ing the roads leading into the thence, will not celebrate tblft jr For fce4acl Dr. MUea AbU-PHo PUto July game.