Natoma Independent from Natoma, Kansas • 4

HARVEST GOODS MR. CUSTOMER. INDIAN TOUBLES IN THE EARLY '60'S. BY S. TRUE, ONE TIME KNOWN AS BIG PONY.

Reminiscences of the Early Days by an Old Soldier and Indian Fighter Who Resides Near Natoma. I We can make it to your advantage to drive quite a bit out of your way to buy your lumber, il you will only give us a chance. We want your trade and are prepared to give you everything in quality, price and treatment to get it. All we ask is an opportunity to "SHOW YOU." Nice tables for the ladies to use through har- vest. Place one in your dining room, Plenty of chairs for comfort, either for use in or out of doors.

Cots and hammocks to rest in. TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES. The largest supply of trunks and suit cases for the harvest men to put their greenkacks in after harvest. RUGS. More rugs than I have room for.

All sizes and prices. Furniture all up'to'datc, NATOMA LUMBER CO. C. II. SEITZ, Manager 'I tpjtA, A.

H. POHLMAN, the furniture man. Bargain in House and Lot. Good 4-room house, barn, buggy shed, 10 Cents. The Author of this Story as He Appeared in His Fighting Days granary, gooa well, goou cement want FARMERS UNION SHIPPING fiSS'N.

If" IJ ll'IIIHIUHlyi leading to porch, a big bargain for $1000 cash. Corner lot located two (Continued from last week. "Indians" at the top of their voices. One other time we had an Indian Well, what a rumpus I started. Bugles blocks from Main Street.

If interested see H. C. Driskell. N. T.

Allen, scare in the night. all tumbled blowing, horses running, and in a short 19t3 Detroit, Ks. out. Had a new recruit by the name time the 2500 soldiers located there of Bosey. He fell out of his bunk and were on the move.

Kept looking for sat down in a skillet hard enough to Indians about all night. Thev didn't Friday, June 27th Dr. M. Jay Brown, the Salina break the rim half off. Well he didn't i get the mules all back until the next day.

If the post commander had found specialist, will be at and Pacific Hotel ride for several days. We asked him if he was scared and he didn't know out what I did I would sure have got whether he was or not but ho did know DEALERS IN GRAIN, COAL, FLOUR AND FEED. Corn Chop $1.05 per hundred. Get your feed for harvest now while it is cheap. EDO FARMER Manager.

into trouble. They never found out the cause of the stampede. They could to treat the medical and surgical diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Glasses scientifically fitted. At June 28th.

that he wished that skillet had been somewhere else. never get the mules back to the place Well, I guess I have written "Indian where they were scared any more. Look over Welling's 10 cent tinware counter. 14 Miss Flossie Brown will attend school at the Wesleyan at Salina the coining term. Miss Ruby Sehloh returned home Thursday night from Manhattan where she has been attending school.

Those headaches may be caused by defective eye sight. I can correct it. GOtf E. A. Drake M.

1). Dr. Carl Brown of Alton who recently graduated from the W'ashbun Medical School has located in Cawker. A nice line of New Perfection Oil three and four burner Cook Stoves. Natoma Lumber Co.

Nathan Isenberger is assisting C. II. Seitz at tho Natoma Lumber Co. yard a part of the time since Air. Wilson has gone.

If you have a friend who would like to hear from Natoma send him or her the Independent until the first of September. Special offer for new readers, 10 cents. We were wrong last week when we stated that S. L. Palmer brought on his relapse by walking to town.

Mr. Palmer did not get as far as town, walking only a part of the distance. 1 1 is friends would be very glad to see hiiu out again. It was in September of 1865 that the Reform A Slow Process. I wonder if the preachers get as dis Troubles" enough.

I have often thought of the summer of 1804 when a little handful of men scouted along the surveyors surveyed the U. P. R. R.from Salina to Ellsworth. They camped at couraged over their effort to reform the world as I do.

If they do they are our fort the summer of 1865. That was the easiest and best time I had in all trails of Indians. The most damage the latter were doing was running off stock but they didn't object to taking a about ready to give up. I have talked and preached and pleaded and cussed, but people will still insist on taking Again we are offering the Independent to new readers for a limited time for the ridiculously small sum of ten cents. Each time we have made this offer wehave secured a good number of new readers, and it is more readers that we are continually striving for.

More readers means bigger returns for our advertisers, and more business for us. Our offer is this: We will send the Independent from this date UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st of this year for the amount above stated. This offer is made only for bona tiud new subscribers. Where a paper is already taken in a family we can not merely change the address from one member to another on th's offer. H.

B. BROWN. tne soiuiering ever am. There were too many soldiers scattered over the scalp now and then. A very common thing for the boys to say in the morning country for the Reds to bother.

Rabies to public entertainments. Babies This Indian story may appear fishy to are tne sweetest utile tnings in tne was "Fee and see if you have your hair on yet." some, but to me it is as real as if it had world, but good judgment should be used in selecting places to show them I thought they would get my hair that summer. I forgot to mention happened yesterday. In August and September of 1864 I about made up my mind that if I ever got home it would off. And I notice that when the barber Jesse Bolly of my company.

He was with a scouting party up on the Repub shop is full on Saturday night there are fellows ahead of you who must have a hair cut and a shampoo. Deacon Walker. lican river and in the fight with the be without any hair on my head. I want to say that after we lost our horses by Indians my six shooters were Vegetable Plants. We now have all kinds of plants ready.

Started early, woodey, stocky, that will live when transplanted. Any kind of tomatoes, early or late. Small pear, peach, red or purple kinds. All 40c per 100. 10c per dozen.

Cabbage. Wakefield and Flat Duch, 30c per 100. Pepper. Large, sweet and Cayenne hot, 40c per 100. 10c dozen.

Sweet potatoes. Yellow Jersey. 25c per 100, .00 for 1,000. Red Bermuda, 35c per 100, $3 for 1000. Rhubarb, 1 year old 25c.

2 years old 50c. Leave orders at Independent office. 10t4 E. A. DARLAND, Phone 12 on 10.

Codell, Kansas. Indians suppose he got scared and ran. The last seen of him the Indians were alwavsvwhere I could lav mv hand on them I always had ammunition of after him. He was never found any way, but the rest of the squad got back $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least my own even it I hau to rustle" some from Uncle Sam.

And I got into the safe. Fort Dodge was established the sum one dreaded disease that science has habit of turning about quick and look mer ot When the Burerheld ing behind me for Indians. Don't think been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's catarrh cure is Stage Line from Leavenworth to Denver I was the only one that got into trouble. went up, in 1865, it went up the Smoky the onlv positive cure now known to River.

Fort Hays was on the Smoky the medical fraternity. Catarrh being south of Hays City 8 miles. The 1st a constitutional disease, requires a con There were others of my company. Yours truly, Solon True. Saddle, Co.

II 7th Iowa Vol. Cavalry (The End.) Neb. Cavalry was the first troops 'camp Pay your taxes at the First National Bank. ed there. When the Buterlield Stage Co.

were selecting their route they kept MAIL The horse traders who have been here stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the their mules at Fort Ellsworth, some (Ed. Note We wish to thank Mr. the past few weeks left last week for LOOK OUT. And don't decrease yourfinance by giving double amount for picture frames with convex glass when you get them here at home for $2 to $3.50, with bent glass for your enlarged pictures you have ordered.

You may ask "Why?" Because I order my convex glass from the Pittsburg Plate Glass U. S. A. and it is not imported from Germany as some strangers may tell you. Look at my frames before you invest too much, and leave your money at home.

Yours to Please, A. H. Pohlman. rrue for his courtesy ana in thing like 500 of them. They would night herd them among our horses.

parts unknown. furnishing the material which we have been running under this head. There Lon Winters who now owns the It got to be a bother to us. Well, one livery stable at Portia was in Natoma night I got me an old dry buffalo hide and took it out whore the mules came the latter part of last week. Mrs.

Gamber is now located in the along. They had an old gray horse with a hell on for trailer. I got under constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.

F. J. Cheney Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. 21 Take Hall's family pills for constipation.

are few persons who do not love to listen to old settlers' stories of pioneer days, and there are few, living in this section at least, who have gone through such experiences as Mr. True has seen. We are certain his efforts have been appreciated by the readers of the Independent.) that old hide and waited for my time Knelling building over the barber sho whore she will do all kinds of sewing, mending and repairing. Miss Eva Beoson was a passenger Sat Hail Insurance in the St. Paul can be secured by seeing me or calling at the First National Dank.

Rate 7 per cent. Cash or note. and it came. Away I went at them and away they went, Those mules went southeast, the herders yelling urday evening to Hill City where she will visit for a few days. Her brother Clarence is a barter at that place.

Pay your taxes at the First National Bank. Mrs. Jennie Ervvay and Miss Maggie The corn crop could hardly be in any better condition than it is at present. And it is making a remarkable growth these hot days. A few farmers have already "laid by" their corn but the majority will work it again.

Dr. Stevens of Osborne, the known specialist on the Kye and Spectacles will be at the II. C. Driskell. Toilet Gregory were guests at the W.

H. Pacific Hotel," Thursday, June 12th. A widower living near Stockton advertising in tho Review for a wife A. Wing, late of Paradise, orders his paper mailed to Luray. Harvest wages this season will be about $3 for single hands.

George Beisner marketed a fine bunch of hogs here Monday evening. Mrs. M. E. Gamber has established her sewing headquarters in the upper story of the Koelling hotel building.

F. M. Lundy and son Roll were in town Tuesday after their wll drill which has been on the Sanitarium Hill for the past year. Harvest began in the north part of the lie uoesn give his name out lequests interested parties to call at tho Review otlice. Misses Eva and Esther Baum return ed home Monday morning from Colo "Dou't Sunburn.

When you have boon ox posed to the sun apply seme of our face cream preparations. rado where they have been attending the State University at Boulder the past season. Their school there closed the Mh of June. Moorhead home in this city Sunday. Rev.

Trett's son conducted services at the Presbyterian church Sunday. He is a young fellow still attending seminary. Team for Sale: Team of bay geldings for sale. About 9 years old. Well matched and in fine shape.

M. C. Brown. Stanley Marr came in from the George Smith place Saturday evening, having completed a month's work at that place. Ho will help Mr.

Smith during harvest. Harley Gregory, Win. Kirkendall and George Feldteainp will harvest together this season, each having a small amount of grain to cut. The three have about 200 acres. The Saline river was up over the low-water bridge Sunday and parties driving autos across could not see the bridge.

Gene Wineland tells us that Did you know that MeEwen's Ford ad in this paper was changed every week? The cut of course remains the i same but the first paragraph of the ad BEATRICE CREAM SEPARATOR The only high grade standard separator sold at a reasonable Cost no more than the cheap, shoddy separators; worth more than the highest priced machine. DON'T TAKE OUR WORD Altogether when von can see for yourself. We are here in business for keeps and our interests demand that we make our word good. But examine every part of the BEATRICE see for your self Efficiency, Durability. Capacity, Pine are the things to considers in a separator.

In these respects the BEATRICE has no superior on the market. And there are no delicate bearings, springs, or clutches to get out of fix. Compare these prices and capacities with others: 600 lbs. per hour $55 00 800 lbs. per hour 65 00 1000 lbs.

per hour 75.00 Absolutely Guaranteed. is iiiiierent in each issue. And the reading matter is really interesting Read it. Hogs are a pretty scarce article this section of the country owing to the hog disease which got away with large a number last year. And the Ve have a good assortment of cold and liijuid creams.

"I Also a tine line of powlivs and perfumes. Liquid, paste for the teeth. -We handle the highest class of these goods and they are absolutely majority of those who lost no hogs sold what they hail in order to prevent their dying on their hands. But a few miles north and south they are said to be plentiful. county last week, one or two farmers near Osborne starting their machines Tuesday.

Several were busy cutting grain the last of the week. Miss Grace McKean, daughter of the Methodist minister, will teach in the stone school house a few miles north of Natoma this winter. She graduated from the Salina high school this spring. Miss Eva Beeson has been employed to teach at the Camp school house west of town the coming winter. Miss Bee-son graduated from the Natoma high school this spring.

We are glad to note that Willis Sar-ver whose injury by a team of horses was mentioned in our last issue was able to attend Odd Fellow lodge here Tuesday evening. In the hopes that we might misle the public Into believing that editors sometimes have money or other valuables the editor of this sheet has ordered a safe of sufficient capacity to hold any and all checks or silver that is likely to come our way. Preston McFadden who is working for Burns Bradshaw twelve miles northeast of Natoma spent Sunday here with home folks. He worked on the same farm last vacation. Preston makes pretty much of a hand.

He has a Shetland nonv of his own which he in crossing at one time he thought he had missed the bridge. Gene took a load over to attend the Gorham-Natoma ball game. Among our new readers the past week is Mr. Ed. H.

Helmes who resides a short distance north of Paradise. Mr. Helmes came to Kansas from Missouri a couple of years ago and settled on a quarter of land a mile or two from Paradise. He has 60 acres of wheat which will make a pretty good yield, 25 acres of alfalfa, and other crops. For the past few years he has been doing carpenter and cement work in a Missouri town.

His first season in Kansas, two years ago, resulted disastrously as no crops were raised, but his faith stood the test and crops last year and prospects so far this season have Step into our place of business and we will explain the machine to yon. NR. FARMER. If you were buying cream, poultry and eggs, what accomodations could you reuder your patrons tliat we are not now offering you? Here is what we guarantee Best Prices, Correct Test, Correct Count or Weight And any accomodation we can possibly give you. If you don't believe we mean it make us prove it.

J. E.RAMEY. The Waldo Agricultural Fair Associa- tion was organized last Saturday after noon. Directors: F. A.

Dawley, presi-j dent; J. E. Con well, vice president; H. P. Tripp, secretary-treasurer; E.

W. I Miles and J. X. Elder. The executive board appointed the following superin-j tendents: Horse department, Clyde I Bice; cattle, Uriah Terry; swine, A.

Q. 1 Cook; sheep, E. S. Taliaferro; poultry, Henry Gillett; agriculture, C. S.

Wy- ckoff; horticulture, J. W. Lake; fine i arts, Mrs. F. A.

Dawley; culinary, Mrs. J. W. Lake. Dates of fair, September 24-23 26.

Up creek Items in Lnray Herald. City Drug Store I rides to and from Mr. Bradshaw's. justified his faith..