Garnett Journal-Plaindealer from Garnett, Kansas • 1

i GARNETT EAGLE-PLAINDEALER. Anderson Volume 42 NEW OFFICERS IN Official Terms Commenced at Noon Monday. in the board Installation of officers of G. A. R.

little political significance of county commissioners. post No. 180, and W. R. O.

No. 64, took The county printing has been taken place: at the G. A. R. hall, Saturday out of their hards by the special law evening January 12, 1907.

Mrs. Mary under which a printer is elected in Calvert installed the following officers: this county. There has been a cus- Emma A. Ellis, president; Sorilda tom established to divide the county Klise, I senior Abbigail Knight, money between the Garnett banks, junior vice; Mary E. Calvert, secre- instead of each bank making a fight tary; Emma J.

Kennedy, treasurer; for it as of Fidelia Milier, chaplain; Mary Vess, yore. The new board is composed of men conductor; Maggie Kuight, conassist confidence of the county ductor; Elizabeth Brooks, guard; Ella who have the and can, we assistant guard; Martha H. Earto a very marked degree, think, be relied upon to administer nest, press correspondent; Ella Kenthe affairs of the county in a conser- nedy patriotic instructor; Louisa Huff, and economical manner, and musician. vative without extreme partisanship. Color bearer: No.

1 Sarah Lee, No. County Olerk Keeton, County At- 2 Martha Keeney, No. 3 Stella CampDistrict Court Olerk bell, No. 4 Josephine Searl. torney Garrison, of Deeds After the installation of the officers succeed of the W.

R. Maj. L. M. Ooppage, Register Rhodes, County Surveyor Gailey, Earnest and installed the officers the G.

A. R. themselves. County Superintendent McLellan post. that office to Mr.

The ladies W. R. C. served refreshdoes not give up until May, and Treasurer ments on small tables, consisting of Kennedy Simon turns over the treasurer's office tempting viands from the individual in October. baskets of the members present.

This to Mr. Reynolds Judge Slicer gave way to Mr. O. method of serving was a happy change Lawellin in the office of probate judge from the former custom, and a very Monday. Judge Slicer has, on a num- social time was enjoyed by all present occasions showed the politicians and at the close, each one felt that it ber of and was elected was a decided success.

The result of he could run some, without much help from them. the plan was that all reached home at twice He has always been next to the peo- a reasonably early hour, was which ple and they have stood by him. out of the ordinary custom. The judge is not having very good We hope for a pleasant and profithealth now and will probably rest up able time in the coming year for awhile, and then go into some office both societies. business, as he is right up to date on The W.

R. O. has at present, and financial business. five members, and will initiate two real estate M. O.

Lawellin takes the office of new members at the next meeting probate judge under very favorable Saturday, January, 19. REPORTER. circumstances and is a good accountant and penman, and seems to have John Mazier was up from the judicial temperament that the Tuesday and renewed an acquaintance office requires. Every year the office of many years standing with the writer. becomes more important to the peo- It is now over twenty-five years ple, on account of the increasing since we first knew John, then and number and value of estates which go now a farmer a few miles west of Colthrough the court, and a good man ony.

During those years he has raisthere is always appreciated by the ed a big family and acquired a big farm. public. The family is grown up and scatSheriff Wycoff has turned his office tered, but the farm remains to afford over to his successor, Ben B. Babb of a comfortable and easy livelihood for Lincoln, and moved out to his farm in the worthy couple who have develJackson, whence he came. He says oped and improved it.

John has a lot he is too young a man to quit work of friends in Garnett who are always and don't see anything in town which glad to meet him. The second Monday in January is the date fixed by law for incoming county officers to take their positions, and by custom the old officers turn over the offices at noon, although we the new ones could take their presume positions at any time they presented themselves after 12 o'clock Sunday night. Monday at noon, however, has always been the time, and of course the old officers have a right to continue until their successors present themselves to take up their duties. The old board of county commisgioners continued in session for the transaction of business until Monday noon when their minntes show the final adjournment. At this time the term of Alex Taylor of the First or Eastern district expired.

He was elected in 1902 and completed a four years term. Ressell was re-elected and Blum elected twoyears ago, and all terms are for four years under the present law. They ought to be made six years so that a new man could be chosen at each election, and there would always be two old members on the board. Mr. Taylor has been a good commissioner.

He has made himself well acquainted with the financial and business affairs of the county, and worked unceasingly to lower the cost of conducting the county's affairs, and decrease the county's indebtedness. Though the board has had a Democratic majority for two years past, Mr. Taylor has been on good terms with his associates and exerted as much influence as the others, which shows that he has generally done the fair thing. Alex will go back to private life and continued to raise stock and crops on his Lincoln township farm. Not being Obliged longer to peruse the revised statute to ascertain strict course of official conduct, he can -gain take up the poems of Bobby Burns and find a fountain of perpetual delight in companionship of his great countryman, "The Plowman of Ayr." Henry Kratzberg of Greeley took his place on the board Monday and the board organized by electing Fred Reesell of Ozark as chairman.

For the first time in the history of the county the hoard is solidly Democratiic. In early times there were often two anti Republican members, but never before were the Republicans wholly unrepresented. There is now Garnett Plaindealer, established 1865. County Republican, established 1883. Garnett Plaindealer, re-established 1884.

suite him as well as the farm. He is getting wise however, as to hard work, and says he will push the dairying and stock business rather than crop farming. Sheriff Babb has moved into the jailers residence and will keep the jail and largely do the outside work of the sheriff's office. He was "thought stand for a pretty vigorous enforcement of the prohibition when elected, and can be; do what he can to keep the town and county clean and decent, and law abiding. He has made A.

P. Farris his deputy and Andy will keep the office at the courthouse and attend to the clerical work. He is a real expert accountant and we know of no man more competent for this kind of work. The business of this office has fallen off greatly and the two will probably be able to attend to it all. Mrs.

Clarence Foster. Mrs. Sue Lacy Foster the home of her sister, Mrs. W. A.

Herrick of this city at twelve o'clock Tuesday January 15, 1907. Funeral services were held at Herrick residence Thursday afternoon at two thirty conducted by Rev. Moore assisted by Rev. C. H.

Milton, pastor of the Christian church at Lawrence of which Mrs. Foster was a member. Deceased was the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.

K. Lacy and was -two years of age at the time of her death. As Sue Lacy, she was one of Garnett's most charming young ladies. She united with the Ohristian church at the age of thirteen and 'was always foremost in every work in the community. Seven years ago she was married to Olarence O.

Foster and since that time has resided in Lawrence where her husband has been employed in one of the leading stores. She leaves a little son five years old, a huband, father and mother five brothers, and two sisters, to mourn the loss of a loving mother, devoted wife, dutiful daughter and affectionate sister. Mrs. Foster has been a Spatient sufferer from what was generally supposed to be consumption, what is now believed to be liver trouble. The sorrowing family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in this the hour of their great bereavement.

THE INSTALLATION By Grany Army and Womens Relief Corps. Garnett, Kansas, SENATOR C. CURTIS The Topeka Congressman Wins on Fourth Ballot. in the Republican legislative caucus Friday night, and will be elected United States senator to succeed Benson. The first vote taken gave Curtis thirty -four, Campbell twenty, Murdock twelve, Stubbs thirteen, Bristow eighteen, Benson nineteen, Getty five, Bailey four, Johnson one, Scott one.

The second and third ballots were about the same. On the fourth ballot the break came. Campbell's third district following went to Curtis, and Oy Leland's first district people joined the break and nominated Curtis. Senator Blaker and Representative Milligan voted each time for Judge Benson, though it was apparent there was no chance for him to win. In fact it was apparent from the time the legislature met that Curtis had enough votes to land, whenever he called them together.

Probably he had a lot more votes in reserve that he could have polled if he had wished to uncover his masked batteries. Some way Curtis stock has been looking up for several weeks. He evidently had the railroads and big business interests of the state with him from the start. We do not argue from this that he is subservient to them, but they surely had confidence that Curtis would at least give them a square deal, and they though some of the others would not. The most potent factor in our opinion in lining up public sentiment for Curtis during the past few weeks has been the Kansas City Sta The Republicans of Kansas resent the fight that paper made against Hoch, and its growing habit of mixing in Kansas politics.

Therefore the fight of the Star on Curtis turned public sentiment his way very rapidly when it became apparent that no evidence was going to be offered to sustain the charges which were made against Ourtis, and no evidence was offered by any paper or any person anywhere which even tended to show that Curtis is in any way unfit to be a Unlted States senator. Then again the big field against him represented nothing but a claim of a higher degree of public honesty and devotion to the people's interests than was possessed by Oartis. On fu'l consideration it could not be seen that any one of them represented much more than a personal ambition to go up higher. Campbell could not consistently claim to be better than Ourtis, for the Oampbell vote nominated Curtis. Besides Campbell is quite young a and not long in congress.

Murdock perhaps ranked all the I other candidates except Benson in public confidence, but he is also young and new and out west with Long. Bristow has proved himself a splendid executive officer but has not the arts to win personal popularity. Ben- son is not a practical politican in the way the game is played, and his best hope was in the event of a prac tical deadlock to be a compromise man. Stubbs was the natural leader of the radical reform eliment in the legislature, but the tide that set so strongly his way two years ago, seems to have ebbed, perhaps forever. His hour of fate struck two years too soon.

Out of it all we are forced to conclude that the best man won, but we do not use the term best in its narrow sense of moral fitness. He was the best fighting force in and of himself, just as the Jap navy was the best when it met the Russian. In personal strength of mind and will, in the preparedness of experience matured by years in the lower house, and sharpened by the long war in the first district, in the sum of qualities that go to make a leader in politics or war, he was easily the strongest man in the race, and the victory an easy one. How easy, none will ever know unless it can be learned how large a reserve he had in the other camps which he did not find necessary to use or even expose. The further course of the senatorial election will be about this.

Curtis will be chosen senator for the short term which expires March 4th. As Ourtis' term in the house of representatives does not expire until that date, and as it takes some time to arrange for the election of a successor to suit him, he will permit Benson to continue senator for the present. Benson was appointed to continue until his successor is elected and qualified and the senate wi'l take no official notice that Ourtis is elected until he presents himself to take the office. Friday, Jan. 18, '07 Curtis will appear in the senate late in February and take Benson's place.

This will give him two years start so far as the committee work is concerned, of the senators elected to take office March 4th. This is a fine courtesy to Benson, as well as good politics in the first district. Curtis will also be elected at the same time for the full term commencing March 4, 1907, and his few days served on the Burton term will give him the same prestige as if he had gone in March 4, 1905. Death of Mae Bailey. E.

Mae Bailey, second daughter of Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Bailey died at Baldwin Wednesday morning at 5:45 o'clock of appendicitis.

In these few words is chronicled the passing of one of natures young noblewomen. Not yet nineteen years of age, a graduate of the Yates Center High School, first in the Freshman class of one hundred and twenty pupils at Baker University, a leader in League Y. M. O. A.

and mission work, bright, vivacious, companionable; numbering her friends by her acquaintances, with all of life and its possibilities before her she was suddenly called from this world of her apparent usefulness to the realms above. Mae Bailey graduated from the Yates Center high school in the spring of 1905. The following year she taught school ir one of the country districts of Wootson county that her brother Herbert might complete his High school course so that they could enter college in the same class. She complained of a pain in her side some time before Christmas, and while at home during holidays she was quite sick but her great desire to remain at the head of her class induced her to return to school, but she was never able to take up her work. Saturday afternoon experts performed an operation for appendicitis and all that skill could suggest or loving hands perform WaS done for the patient sufferer, but the disease had gone too long and death realeased her from the pain Wednesday morning.

We can not understand why death should come to one in the very bloom and vigor of her young womanhood. We are powerless to comfort the bereaved family in hours like these. We can not comprehend the world of woe that has fallen upon the father and mother. We can only press our child to our breast and know that it was not ours that was taken. The body arrived Wednesday evening on the plug and was viewed by friends Thursday afternoon.

The funeral services were held this Friday morning conducted by Elder Kelley and Rev. Pulliam and the remains interred in the Garnett cemetery. Elmer Powell went to Paola Saturday to visit a few days. WESTERN KANSAS A. J.

Paden Takes His Pen in Hand to Write a Few Lines. ODEE, KANSAS, Jan. 6, 1907. EDITORS EAGLE- PLAINDEALER: I have carefully read your paper each week since coming to this county hoping to find something to show me that the town of Mont Ida was still in existence, but have failed to find anything to foster such a Will you please let me know its whether it was by fire, or earthquake, or did it simply dry up and blow away? Surely something must have happened to it or there would be some items from there, at least occasionly. We are now located in the south part of Meade county on the old Jones Plummer trail from Dodge City to Texoma.

We are nineteen miles southwest of the town of Meade on the C. R. I. P. R.

R. and twentytwo miles due west from Englewocd on the Santa Fe railroad and four miles from Oklahoma line; have daily mail through and that helps immensely. Are located on as good one balf section of land as one could wish for. Have had fine weather so far exceping a week in November when we had a heavy snow. Splendid crops this year.

Am shucking corn for a neighbor that goes forty bushels per acre. We like it first rate out here. Government land most all taken here, though there are still a few quarters that are desirable, fine cattle country. If Mont Ida is still on the map can't you find some one to write items from there at least once a month? Hoping you had a pleasant Christmas I will close, also wishing you success in your newspaper work in the future. Yours truly, A.

J. PADEN. Garnett Eagle, 1885, Republican- estabushed Eagle-Plaindealer, established1804. OUR TOPEKA LETTER Interesting Letter by Garnett News paper Man at Capitol. Topeka, Saturday, Jan.

12- Eagle Plaindealer. Well! It's all over ex. cept the post.mortem and burial of the remains which will take place today. The senatorial contest last night was one of the most exciting ever witnessed since the days of Pomroyjand Lane. Charley Curtis had a splendid organization of his forces and was backed by every railroad influence in the state and had the galleries packed and all the floor space filled with his friends to cheer for him.

But Mr. Ourtis was not the only candidate that was backed by a close organization. All the others were backed up by strong working forces and every man knew his place and stood loyally the supporters of Mr. Campbell, who were the first to break to Curtis. The real surprise to most people was when Oy Leland left Getty and voted for Curtis.

After fighting Curtis for sixteen years, Mr. Leland forsook his friend Bailey, and landed body and soul in his enemy's camp. His vote was greeted by hisses and groans and received by cheers from the Curtis followers. Anderson county will be glad to know that our representative, Dr. Milligan, stood by Senator Benson even to defeat.

The election of Curtis, to our mind, makes a new alignment in Kansas politics. It means the candidacy of Dan Anthony for congress in the first district and in 1908 it means that Grant Hornaday will be a candidate for govornor, and Ounningham, of Cowley county, will be a candidate against P. P. Campbell for congress. Oy Leland will want to regain through Curtis, instead of Bailey, his lost prestige.

Both houses of the legislature adjourned Friday evening until Monday afternoon until after the inauguration of Gov. Hoch and the other state of. ficers. Monday, Jan. 14--The house was in session a half hour this afternoon but little business was done.

Speaker Simmons has his list of committees about ready to give out. Nearly every representative is holding his hat as high as he can reach, hoping a chairmanship may drop into it. Some will be disappointed because Mr. Simmons can't possibly put 125 pegs in 63 holes. The inaugural ceremonies at noon today partook very much of tameness.

At high noon all the new state officers marched into representative hall in a body and were sworn into their respective offices by Justice Green, of the Supreme court. Gov. Hoch's inaugural speech was eix and a half minutes long. The crowd was unu ually small for such an occasion. In fact, so far as the attendance of the senators and representatives went, it was a frost.

The truth is, there has been an omnimus silence prevading the capitol ever since the a of Chas. Ourtis for senator. In view of all the late campaign talk of freeing the party and the state from railroad domination, everybody feels there is some apology due the people, but nobody feels able to make it. Tuesday, Jan. 15-Eight of the fifty days allowed by the constitution for the legislature to complete its work have gone.

Nothing of importance has been done yet. Speaker Simmons, this afternoon, announced the names of the members of the first seventeen committees. Judge Ryan of Brown, as chairman of judiciary; Westeolt, of Cherokee, of judiciary local; Creech, of Dickinson, on ways and means; Grass, of Rush, on state affairs; Kirtland, of Saline, on assessment and taxation; Morgan, of Reno, on railroads; Ingalls, of Atchison, on education; Schmidt, of Geary, on agriculture; Guyer, of Stafford, on horticalture; Crumley, of Thomas, on charitable institutions; Haskins, of Johnson, on temperance; Milligan, of Anderson, on hygiene and the pub ic health. The only bill passed by both houses today was one appropriating $11,500 to rebuild the laundry building which recently burned at the Osawatomie State hospital. A large number of the members went home Saturday and visited until Tuesday.

You can pretty nearly guess by this how many passes were issued the day after the caucus for U. S. senator and whose friends used them. It was no trouble for the friends of one senatorial candidate to get a pass. Wednesday, Jan.

16-Topeka people who are fortunate to own sleighs, or are able to pay the rent, are enjoying excellent sleighing today, the ground being covered with about two inches of snow. 1888 Number 33. The Midwinter exposition opened in the auditorium Monday night. The exhibition as a whole is much better than last year and it starts with every promise of success. It will last until January 28.

The several standing committees appointed by Speaker Simmons yesterday met this forenoon and organized and are now ready to consider such bills as may come before them. The senate is further along with its calendar. The heavy work of both houses will come later on when the committees report on the railroad, the primary election, the anti- pass and the two-cent rate bill, there will be some fun. Neith. er one of these proposed measures will have clear sailing in either house.

As the members get together and discuss these matters they begin to see that there was a good deal of buncombe in the square deal howl. Representative Stubbs, Stone, Berryman, Ham and other leaders of the square deal movement are hatching up a grievance against Speaker Simmons and it is talked today that they are flirting with the democratic members with a view to fusion on some of their pet measures. The fact that those men were not made chairmen 'of the important committees seems to be the cause of their grievance. They have probably forgotten so soon "that they fought Mr. Simmon's election as speaker to the bitter end.

Mrs. Lou Riley entertained the Rebekah Social Club Thursday afternoon, at her home on North Oak Street. Twenty-five ladies enjoyed Mrs. Riley's hospitality. The guests of the club for the afternoon were Mrs.

Frick, a sister of Mr. Oates from Ohio, and Miss Dum of Burlington who is the guest of Mrs. Beck. Miss Dum's excellent singing occupied quite a goodly portion of the afternoon, after which a dainty two course luncheon was served, the first course consisting of sandwiches, pickles and coffee and the second course of angel food cake, devil's food cake and fruit salad. Sewell, Mrs.

Beck, Hattie Stein, Lois Thompson and Allce Riley assisted in serving the lunch. The regular business of club was transacted before the festivites of the afternoon began. We believe this crowd of women have more fun to the square inch than any body else we know of. WESTERN LETTER Former Colony Man writes Editor Johnson about Far West. SUNNYSIDE, Jan.

1, 1907. COLONY FREE PRESS: As this is the day we usually put our good resolutions into effect, I shall enweavor to redeem my promise made a year ago. It is winter now in Yakima country and the ground is covered with snow and is still snowing. We have had more rain and snow 80 far this year than usual. The past year has been a very prosperous one in this locality.

Crops have been immense here or they seem so to a new comer. I helped put up timothy bay that baled out over three tone to the acre. I do not believe that the resources of this valley are fully stood. For inetance where else could one plow his potatoes under, harrow, then cultivate once, more likely not at all, and then dig from five to eight tons per acre. The fruit crop of all kinds was immense here, the largest in the history of the valley.

Nearly one hundred cars of apples and twenty cars of pears and prunes were shipped from Sunnyside this fall. Prices were good ranging from fifty cents to $1.50 per box for apples, Timothy hay is worth $16, alfalfa $10, on track, from the demand at present it looks as though high prices would be realized for all kinds of hay by spring. Land is changing hands at advancing prices. The government has purchased the canal, in ten years the irrigating plant will belong to the people who use the water. Everybody is rejoicing at changes as the people feel that they will no longer be tenants of the Ditch Company.

There is another railroad about one and one half miles south of us. For the present it is called the North Coast Railroad, but is believed to be either the O. M. S. P.

or the 0. and both of these lines are seeking to reach the sound. I will send you a copy of our local paper and a glance at the first page will convince you that there has been something doing here the past year. We are al. well at present and have enjoyed splendid health since we have been here.

As I can't think of any other newe that will interest you I will close by wishig you a happy and prosperous New Year and kindest regards to all. Very Truly, J. E. ALEXANDER..