Trego County Republican from WaKeeney, Kansas • 1

Trego County Republican. I. WA-KEENEY, KANSAS: THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1888. No. 45 Glorious weather.

For climate, western Kansas leads the world. Dr. Jones went to Quinter to-day on business. Land blanks, in any quantity, can be had at this offlee. William Bell is holding down a pair of cases in the World office.

Rev. Mahaffie will go to Ellsworth to attend district conference next Tuesday. The Bazar is the place to buy new dress goods and trimmings. See special next week. Milt W.

Singry, formerly of this city, is now one of the editors of the Millbrook Democrat. The price of the REPUBLICAN is only $1.50 per year. Become a subscriber aud read it regularly. Clara Bushman completed the transfer of the Logan county records Tuesday and they were taken to Russell Springs. G.

K. Dewey, the furniture man, has been on the sick list this week. We shall rejoice to chronicle his speedy recovery. W. F.

King, of Glencoe township, was in the city to-day, handshaking with his many friends. He gave this office: a pleasant call. The case of state vs. J. M.

Robinson was tried last Friday and resulted in binding Mr. Robinson over in bonds until the meeting of the grand jury. Attorney Hollister has been confined to his bed for several days. His affliction comes doubly severe in the light of the recent sad affliction of this estimable family. Judge Osborn and wife, Geo.

I. Verbeck and wife and Maj. Pilkenton attended the Royal Arch Masonic entertainment at Hays City. They report a most pleasant time. Tell your eastern friends to come to western Kansas, where lands are cheap and where there are homes for all.

Tell them to come to Wa-Keeney, the future great city of Kansas. Mrs. G. C. Detrick and family, who have been spending the past three weeks at the home of Mrs.

Detrick's parents--Mr. and Mrs. Ferris, in this city, on Tuesday lett for their ranch. Down east snow storms, blizzards, cold weather and wind and rain are in order, while in sunny Kansas farmers are plowing and getting things in readiness for the coming season's crops. N.

Crank, of Graham county, was in town to-day. He does not know just where the county seat is located. At last accounts the records and county officers had been moved to Hill City. I Geo. C.

Ward favored the Tribune readers with his bow as editor last week. We welcome him to the field of rustle and sweat, in which many before him have fought, bled and died for the sweet cake of glory. The spring boom has brought a new bonnet, put on red stockings, and with A smile two hundred miles wide is coming to Kansas at the rate of a mile a minute, and has a rain cloud for a parasol, with corn in her hands and wheat in her eyes. Jas. G.

Clark gavean evening of song at the opera house, on Monday evening. The attendance was good. The hall is a very bad one to sing in because of its breadth compared with its width. The program of sixteen songs was well received, and heartily applauded. The Sheridan Times is a new democratic paper started at Sheridan Lake.

the first number of which has just been received. Our old friend J. H. Fowler, is the editor, and he's a rustler. We notice in the business directory the name of an old Wa-Keeneyive, D.

C. Taylor, druggist. W. E. Fagan and wife left for north Topeka Wednesday, where they will make their future home.

They go 10 accept positions as teachers in the State Reform school. The best wishes of our people go with them in their new home. They have enjoyed a deserved popularity with our people. Joseph Holbleib, of Gleneoe township, filed papers for final proof before the land office Wednesday. He alleges in his application that he has broken 135 acres of ground and voted for Grover Cleveland for president, but his papers were rejected just the same, for the reason that application was not made within the five years.

The spring trade is booming. Guard well against prairie fires. Arbor day, April 4th. Plant trees about your premises. The band was out last night in an Read the Trego County REPUBLICAN Rev.

Mahaffie goes to Conference Wheat is reported to be looking fine evening of serenade. and be happy. next Tuesday. all over the state. A.

S. Booton, of the new Wallace Lary LeBron has a mule team which Old papers for sale at this office at New Herald in town pennies dated 1888 are being was to-day. he desires to sell. 25 cents per hundred. circulated.

Got any? The Head family moved to their Travel is increasing and our hotels The LaCross Chieftain came to us J. W. Bell went to Millbrook Sunclaim in Logan county this week. are having a better trade. Monday printed in red ink.

day, returning Monday. Wennesday The immigration into western Kan- Rev. Walker was announced for W. C. L.

Beard returned a County clerk Kerns, of Logan counfrom a trip to Parsons, sas, this year, will bu very large. sermon at Fllis yesterday. ty, was in business Kas. the city yesterday. Geo.

C. Johnston has been on a busi- Ladies' prayer meeting was held at F. H. Burnham has invested in Wrapped copies of the REPUBLICAN ness trip through western Kansas this the residence of Mrs. Killam, yester- some early Dent corn for seed.

ready for mailing at five cents each. week. day. The local immigration association of Morry Goodwin, the genial postRemember that the REPUBLICAN It must be borne in mind that the Grinnell has been supplied with a full master, of Collyer, was in the city tooffice is the place to go for printing REPUBLICAN is headquarters tor job line of office stationery from this office. day.

of all kinds. work of all kinds. Authur Curme, of Ness City, was in A. C. Lord, of Collyer, has declared Monroe Henkel are pushing the W.

E. Saurn is making some sub- town this week He is one of the his intention of proving up on his office building on Russell avenue to a stantial and needed improvements on youngest official stenographers in the homestead. rapid completion. his residence property. state.

Hundreds of wild geese and ducks Mrs M. A. Alsop is in the city on House cleaning is the order of the Maj. Pilkenton has a fine specimen were seen flying north over the city business and will remain for a while day, and this nice weather finds the of Oleander in the land office. It is on Monday.

among her many friends. industrious housewife busy. now loaded with flowers and is greatly A. V. admired.

Hixon, of Ogallah township, Thanks to Senators Ingalls and R. C. Wilson and M. J. Curtis went was a caller to-day.

He is one of the Plumb and Congressman Turner, for fishing yesterday. To their credit we A local paper in a neighboring coun- best posted stock men in Trego coun. numerous public documents. refrain from giving particulars. ty says "come west, young man, come ty.

The REPUBLICAN keeps pace with What's the matter with the gas well? west, and help us out in our county Now that our democratic has seat figbt." organ the times, and, like Kansas, bobs up The money has been subscribed, the been brought to new life, we listen serenely. If you are not a subscriber company organized, and why not be- The LaCross Chieftain desires to for a small voice that shall cry "turn become one at once. gin boring? call attention of papers to the fact that the rascals out." One of Dr. Conger's brothers from Charley Benedict is meeting with the county seat in coun- Our church department was unamuddle that Wisconsin will soon take up his resi- great success in selling tomb-stones. ty is not yet settled.

voicably crowed out this week. We dence in Trego county. We trust he He has but one difficulty: grave yards Chas. Wilson of Villisca, Iowa, was shall have this interesting feature will prove as successful as the Dr. are scarce in Kansas.

in the city Saturday and made us a next week as usual. A card from our old friend S. R. Robert Graff has been slightly pleasant We were glad to hear Jackson Brown have finished the call. extends his paw from Los An- posed for a week or two.

We, with of many four old home stone foundation of the friends. Hogin bids "shake." The new Presbygelos, and us many other friends, will hail with de- Now that the towns of the county terian church and turned the same REBUBLICAN greets him weekly now. light his speedy recovery. are represented in the U. P.

Immigra- over. It 1s certainly a very creditable Laura M. Johns, of Salina, lectured Editor Moorhead, of the Ness City tion Association let the county organ- job, and speaks well for their work two evenings at the house last Times, is a rustler. Every week he ize for united effort to attract the manship. opera attention of homeseekers in the week.

Owing to the fact that she was prints several fine views of Ness City wait until it is too late, but do How about arbor day? Let the eas. advertised she had small and Ness county property, and public Don't people get action. Let every man poorly it now. ences. buildings.

woman and child plant at least one S. R. Cowick attended the meeting J. P. Pomeror was in Graham conn- a a tree, and take it as a special care unJohn Barrett had tussle with of the committee at Oakley, ty last week wrestling over the county plow has taken firm root and had a in cultivating his timber claim till it printing during the storm of last Friday.

After Tuesday. The committee closed the seat question. He owns 80.000 acres ten hours wrestle with the plow hand- hearty start. contract for printing 50,000 folders and of land in that county, and favors Hill in which it is uncertain which The committee of the old Settlers 5,000 maps for general distribution. City because it is nearest his land.

he succeeded in Association of Collyer desire us to les, was second best, getting say Mrs. Dr. Barnard, of Kansas City, Rev. Mahaftie preached a timely ser- the required amount of breaking. that there will be no dance at Collyer arrived this week and is visiting with mon on "On Time: Behind Time," at on the 17th, as erroneously announced Dr.

family. On account of the M. E. church Sunday evening. By Dr.

Conger, local secretary of the by a local paper. The attendance health Conger's she will take advantage the Rev. Mahaffie preaches his Union Pacific Immigration Association, poor way, receives numerous inquiries about promises to be large, and the exercises of our delightful climate and spend lust sermon before conference next worthy of the occasion. the summer in Trego county. Sunday.

All should lend helping hand News reaches us that several meetTrego county, and especially Wa-Kee M. Haworth and Wm. and Jeff ney. ings have been a Kelly Stuart, two well in making Wa-Keeney the banner city called in as many difAllie M. Cox, at the residence of the known hard characters of Graham of the west.

ferent parts of the county to protest bride's father, Benjamin Cox. The met in a billiard hall at Mill- against the valuation as fixed by the county, We understand that the occurred last Friday in the brook on Monday of last week. A row republicans township trustees at their recent meetfriends of the fam- ensued in which Stuart of Trego propose to place honest old ing. When the wedding presence of several shot Kelly, Captain Hanna in nominatton for stand matters people come to underily, Elder Abijah Cox officiating. from the effects of which Kelly died.

rep- these as they really are, The REPUBLICAN extends congratula- E. M. is down at I resentative from that excellent county. The we believe they will find no reason to tions. Murray Springfield Captain will make an mem- complain.

this week, making arrangements to ber, and he will "do justice, though City, Ness City and other towns move his family to that place. Mr. the heavens fall." Wallace Princes of Orient met at their chamflays Register. around us have frequent visits from Murray and family bave lots of friends bers in Masonic temple, on Tuesday theatrical companies. Why is it that who will regret to see them leave, but Mr.

C. P. Chase, of Ogallah, is busy evening. The attendance was quite Wa-Keeney, with excellent opera house will hail with pleasure change that hauling millet to town. Mr.

Chase say's good and most enjoyable was the ocany and a community that gives will result to their benefit. that on ten acres of ground his crop of casion. After an interesting session to good companies, millet netted $70 and hay $10. Not- the brethren present repaired to the facilities, has had patronage this winter? Something Our townsman George Barrett, re- withstanding the dry weather last year, Commercial House where splendid none ceived the an elegant is evidently wrong. sad intelligence Tuesday, of this is an excellent showing, and illus- luncheon was served.

Nineteen plates the death of his father, in North Dalton, trates what can be done in western were spread, and for an hour joy reigned The M. E. Sunday school held a Yorkshire, England. He was 77 years Kansas. Mr.

Chase, who is a New supreme. meeting and expressed its sympathy of age. Mr. Barrett left his father York man, is highly pleased with his the parents and friends of George seventeen years ago, and has not seen and has no further use for All persons after reading this issue to whose death was chron- him since, except in that everlasting the artic of old New York. of the REPUBLICAN should enclose it prospects, Curtis Ufford, regions icled last week.

George was a great- of childhood days; no mat- in a wrapper and at once forward it to memory beloved member ot the school and ter where we roam that view can never A meeting was held Wednesday of some of their eastern friends. No ly his death removed from the ranks of fade while reason remains. last week at the school house in dis- Kansas advertising matter is so much class No. 2 one of its most faithful Thirty cases of the government trict 30, to unite in efforts to get grain appreciated by eastern as a the folks members. settlers for violation of land for seed.

The meeting drew up a pe- good, bright lively, "get ub and get" against tition and have filed the same with newspaper, and such we claim this to Some of the democrats are after the laws have been started before the Wa- clerk the be. If you dont think so show us a official scalp of Major Pilkenton as Keeney office, and will be tried during missioners to buy grain for such set- better one in this neck of the woods. county asking county comthey have been for the past two or the next forty days. These cases have in the county as reed it and are Callender Co. three The department evident- been instituted special Thom- years.

by agent unable to buy the same--the said setly recognize a good man and are in- as. While some of these cases are the tlers to for same next fall at seven clined to ignore the rabble of the great result of Gen. Thomas' investigation pay unfed and keep an efficient officer, ev- and started with a desire to protect the per cent. interest. There seems to be a division of sentiment among residents en though he be a republican.

government from imposition, by far of that part of the county as to the the larger portion of them are inauguWith his usual enterprise and snap rated by meddlesome and desirability or necessity of the scheme. J. L. Brown, at the Pioneer Clothing busybodies through malice and jealousy There seems to be some misnnderneighbors House, has put in a line of neck wear One man was before this office this standing in reference to the assessed that would do credit to a town of week, who has entered over twenty valuation of personal property in Tretwice the size. The young man must complaints against his neighbors for go county as fixed by township trusbe indeed, and aesthetic to non-compliance with, the land laws.

tees. The valuation this year is about tastidious degree that is "quite English you It is lamentable that a perpetual mis- the same or a little less than last year, know" if he can not be suited at the chief maker like this is able to force a except that now the exemption of $200 want Pioneer. settler to an expensive 1 trial in order to is taken from the total of the real have A terrible calamity happened nine protect his homestead. He is put to value instead of the assessed value cause miles south of this place on Tuesday no expense in entering his complaint; For instance, last year a man owned cause of last week. The home of Martin on the contrary, the government pays three horses valued at $60 each, $180; state Cooper, was destroyed by fire and his him $1.50 per day fees as witness and four cows at $18 each, $72; 25 head of become infant child perished in the flames.

allows him traveling expenses in going sheep at $1 each, $25; and other per- cause The father was absent from home and and coming, and $1.50 per day for sonal property to the value of $323: ture the mother had gone for a short time board. On the other hand, the settler making a total in all of $600. Prop- invites to a neighbors house, leaving her three is forced to bring a delegation of erty being assessed one-third value, children at home, the oldest of which nesses and pay their expenses, attor- his assessed value was $200; on this cause was only six years of age. In some ney fees, or lose his home. There one-third he was allowed the statutory should way the house caught fire, and the have already been many of these cases exemption of $200, which gave him stay two older children started across the before the Wa-Keeney land office, and $600 worth of personal property with- Kansas prairie in bare leet to give the alarm, but two have been sustained.

We speak out paying a cent of taxes. This year worthy but were over come with the cold and of this matter in a kindly spirit and with $600 worth of personal property to frozen staff when found by a hunter the best of feeling for the officials at he is allowed $200 exemption on the they who chanced to see them lying in the this office, but it strikes us that the total yalue, which reduces it $400, a and snow. A liberal subscription is being red tape of the government is quite in he is assessed one-third of that not raised by our citizens for the unfortu- a snarl if there is no way to prevent amount, which makes $133.33 011 they nate Abilene Gazette. this thing under present laws. which he pays taxes.

would. Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries Wholesale and Retail Exclusive sale of The Celebrated Salina Flour, (Peacock brand) Finest Flour in the Market car Every sack also, Pratt's Canned Goods. Sold only bv Callender Co. La See ad. next week 21 People come to Kansas because they to see the state of which they heard so much.

Tney stay bethey like it. They like it bether is is so much about the that satisfies and pleases. They identified with its fortune beit is not the law of human nato turn the back upon that which and then fulfills the pledge of hospitality. They refuse to leave bethere is no reason why they not remain and it is easier to than to go. The children of love their state because it is of their devotion.

They cling her destinies because in so doing are borne along on the tide of progress and prosperity. They would forswerr their allegiance to her if could, and they could not if they.