Cullison Tomahawk from Cullison, Kansas • 4

Pratt Prattle. In the V.d'ey of tne Fertile Ivemt Precedent 1 Where the OliOPS NEVER F.ML CULLISON TOMAHAWK Issued Every Friday By The Oullison Publishing Co. O. Y.Martin Manager. J.

G. OLIVER, Editor. One copy one yeur. $1.00 Entered at the Poutoflice at CuUiaon, Kansas a ecud-c lane matter, September 7, 1888. wmmammmmmmaammmmmmmmmm The Occidental Town Land Co Offer for Sale Lots in the following Railroad Towns in Kansas; CALISTA.

11 miles west of Kingman and 55 miles west ot Wichita. CAIRO, 24 miles west, of Kingman and fi0 miles west of Wichita. CULLISON. 44 miles west of Kingman aud 8'J miles west of Wichita. SPECIAL IN or i- VENTS are offered to ptuchars in the above named towns.

For funher p.i. tieulars address C. P. RHODES, Agent, GEO. II.

CLOSSON. Aent. Caiho, Kaks. Culusok, Kams. OR1 T.

WALES, President Wichita, Kansas. Taxes, Etc. Will some one please rio and explain why it is that town lots in Cullison are assessed sn uvamgo of $18 14 5, and in Preston at only $11 82.3 Total number of lots in Cullisou 1714 in Preston, 843. It Is tho same the world over we guess. Thu poor pay the taxes.

While in California some few years ago, we noticed that a man with a ranch of 30,000 acres paid taxes at the rate of $1 25 an acie, while the man with a small farm of 100 or ISO acres, was taxed at the rate of $50 an acre. In Nw Jersey, where large bodies are held, the same as in California, the small holders pay the taxes and the large ones get off with the wild laud rate. It is an outrage. The Assessors' returns are all in the County Clerk's office and the following is the score: Crop No. Acres.

Corn ......02,807 Wheat 22,751 Oats ....15,121 Hungarian and millet 8,308 Bye 1,648 Council Proceeding. Attliii first regular meeting of the new city council, Messrs. Gould, Philbiick. Ilafoinan, McFurlaud and Davis were present, Meeting culled to order by City Clerk McLane and the new councilman were duly sworn in. VV.

0, Gould was elected President of Council. The Mayor presented the names of J. M. McLaue as City Clerk and W. C.

Gould as Oily Treasurer and both were confirmed. Messrs. Philbrick, Ilafonian and Mc-Failund weie appointed the Water Committee for the ensuing year, with full power to control, manage, repair and fix rates and to' report their proceedings from time to time to council. The bond of the city treasurer was fixed at $1000 and, on motion of Hafeman, signed by the Mayor and all of the Coun-cilmen as sureties, and then approved Messrs. Davis, llafemau and Gould were selected as the Committee on Street and empowered to repair and improve streets, alleys and sidewalks, when the committee are unanimously in favor thereof, and when any action is taken to report in writing at first meeting of council.

The following Committee on Ordinances were selected: Gould, Davis, Philbiick. The water rent collector was instructed collect water rent of all persons in the city limits who habitually water their stock at the public trough. The report of the water rent collector was referred to the treasurer for comparison withhis books. The Water Committee were authorized to ai range ia any manner they may decide most desirable for lumuhing water to those who have no pipe connections with the city mains and said committee shall fix the compensation for said water service, for its collection and report to KEATING, MARTIN CO, Hardware, Stove and Implement House Will Sell you Goods for as little Money as any house in SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. see us.

Call and CULLISON, BEST BARGAINS IN PRATT CO. I HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF QUARTER SECTIONS OF LAND proved KANSAS. Unimproved A T1' KANSA Located in the finest part, of Pratt county and near the town of Cullison to sell at extremely low price. One to five years' time will be given on one thin) tho price it desired by purchaser. I have town lots of every description for sale, also land adjoining the town site that can be used residence property or addition to the town, which I will sell low and sel1 any iiantity desired.

I attend to leasing and renting City and Country propciij CT "v3" CULLISON. Register. Wm, Daily returned from Topeka last Friday where he had been attending a meeting of the stockholders of the Kiug-man Pratt Western railroad as a rep resentative of Pratt county. The meeting was held tor the purpose of consolidating and W. roads.

The matter was left to tho stockholders to decide and resulted in ttio consolidation of the two roads into the Wichita Wettcrn. This county had stock in the K. P. W. to the amount of $120,000.

This was cancelled and W. W. stock issued lor the same amount in lieu thereof. Republican. John M.

Harrell was in town Tuesday in attendance upon the district court. While here he whs admitted to the bar as I a' full-fledged lawyer, having passed an examination in due form. The removal of j. M. Dumenil to his farm created a vacancy in the school board of this district.

The county superintendent has filled the vac a icy by the appointment of I. E. Page, who is an ex perienced educator and the appointment gives universal satisfaction. Times The county clerk has received the test weights and measures authorized by law to be kept by him, for the purpose ol keep ing our dealers straight. T.

R. Shapley of Valley township caught eight coyotes, the mother aud seyon cubs, last week. lie brought the scalps to the county clerk's ollice last Monday, for which he will be paid $9 by the county at the next-meeting of the board. We wish to warn the more careless mem bers of our gun club to loox a leedle out how they let their gun go off without knowing where they are shooting. The woods is full of candidates for sheriff and we should regret exceedingly to hear of one of them being crippled by a careless shot before the scoring commenced for the political sVeepatake races this fall.

Kansas Shirks- Purcell (I. Register. When the wind blows from the south now the Kansas newspapers call it au Oklahoma breeze, and when it blows from the north they define it as a Dakota zephyr. It is pll very well to put a bur den they don't liKe on tome one else when they can, and the average Kansan is so used to shirking "that he will shirk any thing but his meals and prohibition. To Water Consumers.

The water rates lor the next quarter were duo May 1st and must be paid to the City Treasurer before June 1st, with all arrearages, or the water will be turned oft' Residents who habitually water their stock at the public trough must pay regular water rates (or such slock By order of Wuter Committee of City Council. W.C.GOULD, 2t 37 Water Rate Collector. OKLAHOMA. The Promised Land. On lo Oklahoma!" is now the Watch word of the thousands of homeseekers who have anxiously awaited the Presi dent's proclamation cpening this vast und rich country to public settlement.

Colonies are being formed in every Slate und Territory in the Union. Tho millions of acres iimy not furnish a hoineste.ul for all ho come, but there will be thousands ready to relinquish their claims nta nominal figure. The intending settler should look the country over. Go yia the Great Rock Island Route, popularly known as the "People's Favorilo wherever it ruus. Kingfisher, the U.

S. Land Ollice for Oklahoma, is the coming metropolis of the Indian Territory, and is located on the Rock Island Route. A fast line of stages has been put on to Fort Reno, to connect with the trains of the Rock Island Territorial extension. This is the cheapest aud best route and direct to the place you want to ko. Through solid vestibule trains from Chicago via Kansas City and St.

Joseph, also from Denver. Colo. Springs and Pueblo to tho Territory, through the cities of Topekn, Hutchinson, Witchita, Wellington aud Caldwell. It wf.l be to your advantage to locate on the People's Favorite railway Look at the map. The Rock Island has excellent connections from all portions of the Union.

For full information concerning Oklahoma, the land laws, und the best way to get into the country, address John Sebastian, G. T. P. At Chicago, Kansas it Nebraska Railway, Rock Island Route. Topeka, Kansas.

F- F- Surgeon. OClcc at Residence on Main Street Opp. Hank. Cullison Kan. A.

M. GREENSTBEET, BLACKSMITH WAGON MAKER. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED AN SATISFACTION UARANTEEI CULLISON, KAN, Friday, May 24, 1889. It looks very much as though the Deru-pcrats have won a victory in Montano. This is a bad beginning tor the new state, and indicates that she dbus not fully understand what she owes to the Republican party.

However, she will grow wiser as she grown older. Globe-Democrat. Old Ben Butler thanks God that nobody ever accused him of being a damphool, and the Globe-Democrat thinks he proved himself to be one when he voted so oiten for Jeff Davis as the nominee for the Presidency in the National Democratic Convention, which met at Charleston before the war. We think he stands at the head of the class and will continue to do po until Satan culls him homo. We see the statement going the rounds that an ex-uiiioii soldier can secure free transportation to and from (he nearest Soldiers' Home, and subsistence while there, for the purpose of receiving treatment or having a surgical operation performed, by first procuring au order from the Board of Commissioners of such Home on the U.

S. Quartermaster's Department. This fact is not known by the old veterans, and we cau't vouch for it, but in case any one desired to take advantage of it, they could very easily find put by writing to the institution at Jjeaveuworth. President Carnot, after the opening of the Paris Exposition, asked for an introduction to that warm friend of France," Perry Belmont. Subsequently he I am extremely glad to have wade Mr.

Belmont's acquaintance. lie is one of the few men whom I have met who have refused the ribbon of the Legion of Honor." We suppose the decoration was intended as a compliment to Perry for his effort in push-jug through Congress the bill providing for pi oper American representation at the Exposition. Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill) escaped seasickness on the way over to Havre, but he suffered somethiug worse than that when upon his arrival at that port lie learned that all his Wild Westerners would have to be vaccinated before they could land. Indeed, the jeport states, that the Buffalo raged around with sisal grass on his horns, vowing he would never submit to the ridiculous proceeding never.

And he didn't for the American Consul General went over the heads of the cleiks and sub-bosses to headquarters and the Colonel was allowed to have his Way. Senator on Grass," in importance to the divine profusion of water, light and air, those three physical facts which render ex istence possible, may be reckoned the nulversal Denefioence of grass, Lying in the suHshineamoug buttercups and dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than minute tenants of that mimic wilderness, our earliest recollections are of grass, and when the lit' ulf eyer is euded, and tho foolish wrangle of the market and forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which our descent into the bosom of the earth made, and the carpet of the infant be- pomes the blauketaf the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of nature her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with tho ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes and are obliterated.

Forests decay, harvests perish and flowers vanish, but grass is immortal boleagured by sullen hosts of winter, it withdraws into the impregnable fortress subter- rauean vitality, aud emerges upon the lirst solicitation of spring. Sown by the winds, by wandering birds, propagated by the subtle horti culture of the elements, which are its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the world. It invades the solitudes of the deserts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and forbidding pin liacles of mountains, modifies climates and determines the history, character and destiny of nations. Unobtrusive and patient, it has immortal vigor and Degression. Banished from the thoroughfare and liald it bides its time to 'eturu, aud when vigilance is rlaxed or the dynasty has perished, it silently resumes the throne from which it has been expelled, but which it uever abdicates.

It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the tsenses with fragrance or fcpleudor, but its homely hue is- more enchanting than tho lily or tho ro-e. It yields no fruit In earth or air. yel thou hi iu harvest fail for a single year famine would depopulate the World. i- i ll JsULnS. ilnSTWZ Mllnjr what to buv, and where to get It, and naminu Inwejt prices for honert good.

rtut fllliWSouly lDwuU lucluOins a BMUltatfe good fnrio cent worth of Bmla. JA.ttEH YItIi, SliliDSMAN, Rochester, H. T. rorghum 84!) Castor Unarm 521 "Ex-Soldiers 340 Thu above Is not as lull 13 it niiuht be for the reason, as one of the Assessor's state, that some farmers object to giving such information on the ground that the liulls, Bears ana 13oar ds ot Trade use the figures to the farmer's disadvantage. Why should a faimer who has 100 acrrs in cultivation be taxed at the rate of $2 50 an acre and the loan companies aud men like tlifit lowa man who was here a week or two ajjo, tor instance, who holus nearly ouuu acres in this neighborhood, puy a lax only $1 25 per acre We think it should just be reversed.

There would be more lar.d cultivated aud it would break up the business of holding largo bodies, lying idle, lor speculative purposes. Every a re broke up iucieuses the value of the raw land adjoining it and the owner of the raw lnnd ought to help pay the expense of bieakwd, winch lie would do by taxing him $2 50 ana letting the farmer down easy at the $1 25 rate. Tomahawk. The greater portion of the above is mis leading, in fact, buncombe. While it is a tact aud a deplorable One that toe much ol the land iu the Western States is owned by non-residents, we supposed all editors knew that the constitution of the state prohibited the assessment and taxntion of non-residents property at a higher mte limn was imposed apon the property of residents.

We have heard the idea adviin ced that the same result might be obtained by afSesHiut: all real esiate at a consider ably higher rale than it is now assessed at, nd lowering the valuation of improve ments correspondingly. This plan, if not carried too fur, miht in a measure compel the speculator to pay tor some ot the benefit he derives Irom the labor and hardship borne by the citizen, who, in improving his own land, also enhances the value of the speculator's land Times. To show that the greater portion of the above is not buncombe, we would state that we have no axe to grind, do not propose to marry or run for office in this county, and. besides, have a claim on the border which we expect to be living on before long. As a further guarantee, we cheerfully accept the Times' that of assessing all real estate at a con siderably higher rate and lowering; the valuation of improvements accordingly That is just what we were driving at and if we did convey the impression, which we doubt, that foreigners ought to assessed nt higher rates than residents, it certainly was not intended.

Peeping Tom." Cunningham Herald, Quite a serious joke is told on a certain young man who oltended one of our lecent religious gatherings from a distance, lie was installed as a guest for the night with One of the hospitable families of our community and was so imbued with the ppirit the evil spirit no doubt that lis could not retrain from scratching the wall paper from off a crack in the partition that separated him from some of the lady members of the household. Shame on him. They ought to have squirted tobacco juice or something in his eye. Ed. Tom ahawk.

It Will take Rustling. Sylvia Herald, Reno county. We learn that J. A. May, proprietor of the Telephone of this place will remove his paper to Macksville on Saturday.

Aleck is a rustler and if properly supported, will give the people of Macksville aud vicinity a bright newsy paper. The Sheriff? Turon Headlight. Mr. Lamont, who lives two miles south west of town, in Pratt county, ha one of the. finest farms in this vicinity.

His farm consists of a half section of choice land, well improved, fine buildings and over 1200 fruit trees of various varieties and moit of which are now bearing. He also has a nice herd of cattle and about 100 heud of hogs. Resigned. Kingman Leader. Hon.

T. C. Wales has resigned and the position of treasurer of the W. Mr. McKibben being his successor, The many friends of Mr.

Wales all along the line will regret the change, lie returns to his former home In Boston. Crops The Gospel Trumpet. Turon Headlight. Rev. Dunkleberger has returned Irom the western part of Pratt county, where he stayed over Sabbath, administering to the spiritual wants of the people.

He reports the corn good, oats fair and wheat poor ou account of the recent hail and sand storms. Next Sunday evening he will sound tho gospel tiumpct iu Putter Erus, lull. CNACQTJATNTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY WIXL OBTAIW VALUABLE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO RECENT EXTENSIONS OF GK1SAT ROCK IbLAND" 8YSTKM, FROM A BXUD OF THIS MAP OF The following committee was appointed by the Mayor to examine the books and accounts of thb city officials: D. F. Harrison, D.

S. Philbiick and F. F. Stevens. On motion of Councilman Ilni'eman, W.

C. Gould was unanimously elected Water Kent Collector. Jerry Rusk a Farmer' The Homestead, the best agricultu ral paper received at this office, published at Des Moiue, Iowa, has this sensible article in reference to the new Secretary of Agriculture Our political exchanges seem to be very fond of telling stories about the Secretary of Agriculture. At one time he is feeding a threshing machine in Wisconsin, at another showing the lazy hands around Washington how to mow, aud the next thing we expect to hear is that he has taken the contract to milk the White House cows morning and evening. If our political frieuds think they are making the ad ministration solid with the granger by this kind of blather, they are mistaken.

The farmers expect Secretary Husk to make the Agricultural Department of great practical value to the agricul tural interests to stamp out pleuro pneumonia fire out quack veterina rians shut olFthe posey business, and correct the infinite humbuagery cou uected with the distribution of turnip and cucumber seeds, by which mem bers of Congress have in times past tried to make themselves 6olid with their constituents to keep them well informed on crop' statistics to foster agricultural institutes to bring pres' hure to bear ou agricultural colleges and experiment stations, so that they will see the necessity of doing the farmer practical service, aud they don't care a picayuue whether he can mow or feed a threshing machine or milk a cow or not. It is quite probable that many votes were cast in Congress lor the bill creating the Department of Agriculture simply because it was thought that the farmer would be pleased with the bauble of a name of having a farmer in the cabinet, and the object of these stories seems to be to show the farmer that he lias a granger to represent him and no mistake. We hope the Secretary will insist ou making his department a vital part of the machinery of government. The Secretary is in a position of wide and commanding influence, and if he will strike out with a will, he wilf have a constituency back of him that will compel the adoption of his policy. The place for his scythe is in mowing down some of the rank abuses in the Department of Agriculture." Program of the Association.

The following is the program for the net meeting of the Teachers' Association, which is to be held in the high school building Pratt, June 2d, at 1:30 p. m. What place should physical training have in our school J. W. Lewis.

Becitatlon Miss Belle Hogan. First lessons in numbers Miss Emma Bell. Recitation Miss Nellie Chambers. Oral lessons in Physiology MiSs Em ma Weston. Recitation Miss Cora McNally.

How to begin a new school E. F. Gib-liti. Penmanship in the district school Miss Belle Gibbons. Recitation Miss Nellie Homey.

Something I have learned from my ex perience II) each member present. NEB a en St. Joseph, Pawnee City, Alma, Nelson, Topeka, Holton, tseairxe, mine mj, Hibron, Hcrington, Clyde, Marion, Clay Center, Peabody, babetha, Manhattan, rairoury. NEBRASKA .1 i THE CHICAGO. KANSAS NEBRASKA R'Y (ROCK ISLAND ROUTE) This comprehensive grouping: of central lines afforda the quickest, safest.

moBtPconornicnl and BEST facilities of communication between all Important trV JI localities in Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado. New Mexico, Vtf i s-7 TexaB and the Indian Territory. It traverser the richest 5 nia 1 agricultural sections of tho famous "Gold Belt" of tha tA.w7tj 7- west, whose cereal, vegetable and fruit products, and hoi sea, cuttle, sheep and swine challenge the udmiratlon of the world. Among the hundrede of flourishing cities and towns on its main and branch lines are: Wichita, Wellington, Caldwell, Canton, McPherson, Kansas City, Salina, Pratt, bolomon City, Greensburg, Mankato, Dodqe City, Smith Centre, UUiltVIMtt, iiniijauui Hutchinson, Abilene.

Norton, rntw.nnni.a nA nnai oma nf f(iTrUn nrkiinrrrr r.Hrmr.n.rv tneretOODen UPrftTO opportunities to the farmer, etock grower, merchant, manufacturer, mechanic, lanoror and those who wish to engage in any business or industrial pursuit. Connects at Kansa3 City nnd St. Joseph for St. Louts fndMlPfJr South and Southeast; with WW lij feast Trains of the GREAT KOCIC ISLAND ROUTE" lor RJ I IVl AT Moines, Peoria. Chicago, and ffyf rl fil I nil ff1 ast: with tho ALBERT LEA KOUTK for Spirit Tl .71 Hi Ji tal Lake.

Sioux ana. wfff town, Minneapolis, St Paul and all points North and Northwest, and wtttt continuous lines runnlnpr South and Southwest to tiw FaciM coast. SPLENDID PASSENGER EQUIPMENT. Entirely new. with latest Improvements, 6t.rtJ"nJ?1fIJir factured expressly for this service, leading all comtUora to tho isurttr und luxury of Its accommodations.

Lnt Day tJoachea. Matful Bgcl lnin Chairs (seat? FBI- E) and berths at reduced rates in magnificent Putouw I'alace Sleeping Cars. Union Depots at all terminal poiuts, and beggaga Chocked to Uesi ination. Althougb. the CHICAGO.

KANSAS Btruction, tne eoimity ur us pennaiiem. wBjr.uuur.uu ii vn stock, are characleristics which identity It with the HOCK 1 11 1 1 'I I It la officered end operated by men of a'jitity and large Pf Bt For tickets, maps, foldeM or any desired Information, apply to your neareBt Coupon Ticket Agent, or address H.A.PARKER. C. BT. JOHN, J.ViTJA-'nt Ykp-riCU.

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