The Journal from Hudson, Kansas • 4

Demoertic County Closer still to home c'-nf, our contest for the office of it- For County Superintendent EMMA MOORE 1884, settling near Macks ville, and he has made-his home in or near that city ever since. He farmed for several years, then retired and moved to town. But? the people would not let him. quit work. They bad a farmers elevator oyer there, and it needed a competent manager and needed It badly Carter was picked on.

He had never had any experience in this line, but the folks knew he could soon-learn it, and they knew be. would run it right. He did run it for several years, retiring from the management only recently because the work waa too hard for him. He took hold of the elevator when It was financially a losing proposition, put it on Its feet and made it yield a good dividend. In spite of the fact that he bandied annually nearly a quarter of a million dollars the directors of the elevator refused to accept a bond from him until in the latter years of his management he Insisted on their doing so.

Just "tot the looks of the thing." Two years ago he was a candidate for the office of probate judge, but as he was still holding his position in the elevator he could make no canvass. But nevertheless he received the largest vote in his home township that was ever given to any candidate for any office on any ticket. Which Is going some for Mr. Carter, or for any other man. For Surveyor E.

McCONXAUGHHAY v' Here's ycur native for ikrjin Stafford county and a here since!" This is the of his preparation for the duUes of a civil engineer; gradu-ited horn the St. John High School In 1909. tcolc engineering in the 3tate University at Lawrence, sup-pkiuentcd fci-3 theoretical work with practical surveying' under his grandfather. Who was surveyor of Pawnee county. It Is tomething unusual to find materia! for a candidate for surveyor who is strictly a home product ard' who knows the business.

It is a proposition to tie up with, think you nctso? For Commissioners R. C. GATES GEO. M. SMITH This year two commissioners are to bo clotted, in the sacond and third Mr.

Gates is a candidate for in the second and Mr. th is a candidate for re-electicn in the third. The best thing that C3 said of them is that their records for. past service are cCear. THs district does not get a vote for either of them.

It la up to their own people say svjktbeT they shall be returned for furtLcr iervice. It appears that work tea proven very satisfactory. Th was no stampede to fet out (EEdCdatf against them In the primary. In (the district of Mr. Gates, especially, waa there a pronounced lack cf- interest to this regard.

SeAen voters, perhaps it was nln. In the district took the trouble to vote for a Republican candidate. And the for this tre-raeii'dc-us activity was furnished from OUiIaldC tii3 (11. Senator ia the district" com pc -d Stafford, Barton and Rice coa. Stafford county is this time ftirrl Ing both candidates for this.

Hon. H. F. Sutton being the date of the Democrats, and 1J n. E.

Guyer the candidate of U. publicans. The Courier is' of ft. Ing to take up space and the of its readers in a discussion t-t' merits and abilities of th-es tv. men, both of whom are too known to need even an introduction to Stafford county people.

Mr. Guyer was twice elected tt th state legislature in the lower brucl, and he made a good record as a lawmaker. Mr. Sutton has been a. candidate for and been elected tr ty offices In past years by nvt.ori-tles that were He Is one of the best posted men In the state and hia qualification for the office of senator are ws-tloned.

So much for the pe.fcT.aal element, and that is sufficient. But here Is the thing that should influence the voter ta making a ci.olce In this matter: Mr. Sutton represents the party which Is ached In! to be in power during the next tour years. As a representative of til.s party he will be in much better position to secure legislation to the people of bis dlsl.i than a representative of a minority party. This is an argument whkJi cannot be successfully Tefuted.

It was used in the second campaign of George A. Neeley for Coasr ss. and It proved Itself afterward. Th-feasibility of making the wholly responsible apples here with greatest force, -Give til: consideration when you vote. a manner as tnouga Men appointed as selling safes, dvinv erecting the most mofiern ruie factory In the world.

iJc-awaks BDa who receive special selling imlun'i, -t. rendered itneceesary tortrni our output. We are many thousands of doi'ar Urging our sales orpar.t?iir.). but to learn all part leuls will cost yon only the j.ri-r -A a postal catu. AtkforCilaloguilBT.

THE VICTOR SAFE LOCK CO. CISCIIHITI, ORIfl AnswaNy. WHY NOT MAKE $200. A MONTH That's S50.00 a Week, almost 310. a Day Selling Victor Safes nd fire-proof boiea to men-hints, doctors, lawyers, dentists scd trell-to-do farmers, all of whom realize the need of a safe, but do not know how easy Is to own one.

Salesmen declare our proposition one of the best, clean-cut money-making opportunities evte received. Without previous experience YOU can duplicate the success of others. Our handsomely Illustrated aco-page catalog will enable yon to present the subject to cus tomers ia as interesting yon were piloting; them through our factory. salesmen m-eive advice and Instructions for cuuvincinz talking points which it is impossible tor a prospective customer to denr. dim't YOU be the first to apply from your vicinity before someone else gets the tau'ilu.

We can favor only one salesman out of each locality. Mies Moore is a native of Monti- cello, Indiana, coming to Kansas in the year '1886. Her fittt in Kansas was In Haskell county. Here she began her work as a school teacher. Her first school house was a sod one, of the primitive etyle which the older settlers in this county will easily" recall.

There UEe'd to bs one of this In the Pleasant Hill neighborhood south of Stafford. Miss Mcore used a blackboard of wood, painted black. The house had no floor, and the benches were crude affairs. Yet they bad a good school. The pioneers had done the best they ware able to provide their children with school facilities, and nobody else to the country had any better.

Miss Moore came to Stafford county fifteen years ago. She has since taught school in this county with the exception of a year in Pratt county. One year sL? taught the Leesburg school, end one term at North Star. For nine years she has taught the Rose Valley school, about as high a commendatCon for efficiency as could be given. This1 is her home district, as she is a resident of Rose Valley township, living on a farm.

Miss Moore has not been content to drop into a rut in teaching, for she has prepared herself for the work by attending several terms at the State Normal at Emporia. She is the holder of a first grade certificate, and has for twenty years. She i3 net merely a school teacher; she is an educator of the school, pro gressive along her chosen lines and alert to the best there is in methods of education. It is the opinion of her friends that should she once te elected to the office of County S'uperlntendemt the would make good to thoroughly that the place would ba hers as long thereafter a she wanted it. For District Clerk A.

0. SEEVERS Here is a living exemplification of the Independence of the modern voter, also of the fact that tending strictly to the duties of your Job will be rewarded. Mr. Seevers has been clerk cf the district, court In this county for a good many years, the writer dees not Just now recall how many. Some times he has pulled through by a rather close margin, at othicir times by a good steed one.

But the people have kept him on the job year after year, and he has been a most faithful official. In recent elections his majorities have shown a tendency to increase, until it is pircr.umed that before a vcu-y great while a motion to make It unanimous will be made and carried'. But there's a reason for this, as there is with breakfast food. Mr. Seevevs has attended faithfully to his duties, has played no favorites, and kind and courteous always.

Th? affairs of the office are always in the best cf condition. For County Clerk G. D. ESTES G. D.

Estes has for the past twe years, more or less, been a resident of this vicinity, but has been a resident of Stafford county nearly al! his life. He came down here from up In the north part of the county, near Radium, purchased eighty acres just north of Stafford and built him a modern home. A man yet in hie thirties, be has reached a point already when he can afford to live In semi-retirement, and he did it with his own effort. Mr. Estes iej not a rich man, even as rich, men go in this county, but be la a man who places the advantages of good schools, modern comforts and conveniences ahead of mere money mak ing.

A man with ideals', he could I not be content 'to settle down to! the life of a sordid money getter. He has never sought offk-e before. and did not seek the nomination for the office for which be Is now a candidate, as he was drafted along with the others. But it Is not bis nature to let his friends do all the work for him and he has made such campaign as his time would permit. A whole lot of complimentary things might be truthfully said of tbe subject of this sketch, but one of the best will be presented to rep- resent them all: be is strongest where best known, among the peo I'luk-r "Political and News Notes" the Stafford Courier of lust week devotes several col nmns tojhe discussion of the is sues oi the campaign, and after the space given to National and State candidates it has the fol lowing to say about local candi dates: For Representative R.

L. MILTON Robert L. Milton la a mtive of Kentucky, coming to Kansas from 1 A. A A. oceioy county twenty six years ago.

He made bis first borne in Kansas on the spot which has been home to him ever since, located two miles west of this city. Mr. Milton was Quite a young man then, for he la a young man yet. He went through the trials and tribulations of the early days In Central Kansas, and If questioned closely would probably admit that he would have gene back home perhaps when the outlook was peculiarly dark but for the fact that he could not get money enough to get away. In this particular he was -not.

different from most of his neighbors. But he stayed, and he prospered, and he is one of Stafford county's most substantial; farmers. The story of his progress In Kansas can best be told pictorlally, and elsewhere in this paper is shown a picture of Mr. Milton's first home in Kansas, and one of his present home. Twenty-six years ago sod houses were common In Stafford county.

Many of them had dirt rcofs. Mr. Milton's was more modern and had a shingle roof. His present home Is one of the best in the county. Mr.

Milton is conslder-ed an authority on alfalfa growing. He 6hould he, for he was among the first to grow ft here. He planted his first alfalfa 24 years ago. At present he has 70 acres. Mr.

Milton is a man of progressive ideas. He has always taken a prominent part in the affairs of his community, is an elder In his church, a director in the bank, and Is ever ready to assume any duties which For County Treasurer WM. HOHNER If you are old enough to remember back to the year of 1878 yo will realize that this was some timv. ago. There la some doubt as to whether William Hohner remembers back this far.

although this was the year in which he, with his parents, came to Kansas. They em' igrated from the state of Iowa, and they settled cn a farm in Cleveland township, this county. That! was 34 years ago, and William Hohner has made his home In Cleveland town ship, Stafford county, ever since He received hia education in the schools of his home district and county, and later taught school in this county for six years. He la another young, farmer who has good by his own efforts. Since be became of age he has for the great cr part of the time been an officer of his school district or township, as be Is a man who is always wll ling1 to do his share of the nubile tasks, but he baa never before been a candidate for a county office.

He was put on the Democratic ticket a few months ago because there was a very good chance for Democratic success and the county leaders of bis party wanted to present a good strong ticket all the way through. Mr. Hohner Is better known on the west side of the county than he is over here on the east side. He baa made a success of hfa own bugness, which Is as strong a recommenda tion as could be offered touching bis present position; before the pub lic. For Probate Judge W.

L. CARTER W. I Carter la a native of the state cf Maine. When be took a notion to go west and grow up with the country bis first lump took him Iowa, where be remained Just a dozen years. The western fever got hoM of htm again- and be went the rest of the way- across the continent, lighting in California.

Here be remained for four years, when he decided to settle down for th balance of bis life and be chose the best state in the onion for bis borne Kansas. He came to this state -T, Our Naw Hems, Cap 10,000 Sal For Register of Deeds L. R. WRIGHT It is to the credit of any man who will pull up from his old home and "brave the dangers" of the great west. It is not an easy thing to do when you have been brought up to the belief that the Indians still roam wild and fearless o'er the treeless waste dn Kansas.

Whether Le.m Wright was thus taught or not does net appear in evidence, but anyhow he had the temerity to come out here from Kentucky about ten years ago and cast his lot in Kansas. For the past nine years he has been employed in clerical posi tlons in Stafford. For several years ho wsb employed in the S. C. Tur ner hardware store, and later with Beebe Wallace.

About two years ago he accepted a position in the same capacity with J. D. Rippey, where he is at present. He la a good bookkeeper, an accurate ac countant, and in his positions with various employers has been entrust ed with much of the detail work of the business. He has never before been a candidate for any office, and this nomination came to him unso licited.

For Sheriff HARVE GROVES In the year of 1874 Stafford coun ty was a mere and so, we pre sume, was one Harve Groves. But In referring to our notes we learn that It was 'way back yonder that Harve came to make bis home In Kansas. It is a safe bet that in point of length of residence Harve Groves antedates at least 95 per cent of the present population of Stafford county. It is said that there were buffalo running wild here In those days. That far back there wasn't much running either wild or tame.

Settlers were few and far between. Mr. Groves has lived in St. John for the past twenty years, which of itself la quite a long while. At the present time he engaged In the automobile garage business In that city.

His father, J. M. Groves, waa at one time sheriff of this county, and history records that be made a good official. Making good sorta runs in the family, it seems. He comes of a rugged, determined stock, of a species which is in the habit of continuing the chase until the desired end is accomplished.

Nobody who knows Harve Groves doubts for a minute that he would make good as sheriff, or at any other job which be undertook to handle. This Is taken as a matter of course. It is the Groves way. For Coroner C. ADAMS The Coroner la seldom overwork ed in an official capacity in Staf ford coonty.

At the same time. when the service of such an officer Is needed a competent physician Is the best material available. Dr. Adams is at practicing physician to St. Johxf, and has HvetT there several years.

7 OTE For United States Senator WILLIAM H.THOMPSON Democratic Candidate And the People's Cho co Against Stubb3, the Wilianshe Ccr.d!Jt3 JUDGE TKOMPSCtt ITA. CS fCH Progressive Oemocrscy, Official Scrv'ce, Deft interests of 90fk-S fjrHSOMS WHY THE PEOPLE 0UI.3 FAVOR J'JDSE THOMPSON'S CANDIDACY: 9 EC At' St Is'. In a PTjurFsl ve1 ft V.e 'yp. v.d ha tlr iifi ili.lM enciorseoiMi th three gresie: rpmo.rstU Tb iTesid'-nt rf L'onse wiH UBucr.l-tuHy le IJeifiocrsnc. ii that flie Sena; should also.

He is energetic. asd ttl can ccri-! be proposes. lie has aJwav "MAOB GOOD." asl i never a ofln-ia' nsr r-t the peoji'e. sjfc. lie ia the c5.oi-e of ti? p'afa.

camasaa people a rran i' H.eans, and fcis fceart teats is r.er7scl witii ttft-i le. Tlii? la firs! cranes the pecp'e of Weslers Kjitijs i.ave erre ib's office, particularly vahtaUe to r-erti at tiuff go ranch Is desired in national to r.rMicr -VveJopmes! of th! section cf the state. If" tie ri V-'if Kaj'sas will simply stand together, artd only vc-ie J.vig i -n "jirt. nnt also for that candidate for state representative racrjve his raRdWaey. they ea elect a "sltort gr ple with whom be lived so long..