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to Loan on Real Estate. A. W. Matthews, Office In Farmers Building, State Up-stairs. Bank WASHINGTON PALLADIUM SAM'L CLARKE, EDITOR.

0. L. CLARKE, MANAGER. Friday, Sept. 12, 1913.

SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR Entered weekly as second class mail matter at the postoffice at Washington, Kansas. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. The Currency Discussion. The new currency bill is receiving more attention at present than the tariff bill. The big bankers are so worried that they have practically agreed to accept the administration bill with such modifications as they can possibly secure without endangering its passage.

The scare that was thrown into the bankers came from the discovery that there is a strong sentiment in congress favorable to the issuance of government legal tenders. Mr. Forgan was worried almost to hysterics at the danger of such an issue. He was afraid the government would be embarrassed by calls for gold on such paper. The bankers cannot realize that with government notes a full legal tender there would be no call for gold.

They are afraid of the old "fiat" money. This country never had a fiat paper money except the first issue of greenbacks and during the whole war they were at par with gold in spite of the bankers' fight on them. Prof. Sprague, of Harvard, who is a gold bug authority on banking and money, appeared before the senate committee and gave the regional reserve banks his quasi endorsement, a thing he would never have done if the sentiment was not so strong to replace the national bank notes with a full gov ernment legal tender. The old popu list greenback theory is gaining ground and the money trust knows it.

Which accounts for the present anxiety of certain big bankers to have a currency bill passed as soon as possible. The Hutchinson Gazette has again changed hands, having been purchased by John R. O'Connor, a Colorado publisher. Bert Brown will go back to the the second district. We don't remember just how many editors the Gazette has had this year, but it is several, and now we hope to see the Gazette settle down to a successful career.

It is the only morning democratic daily in the state, located in a good and growing city and ought to make its owner some good money. Mr. Solt's Silos. Some sapient correspondent of the Topeka Capital, in this city, recently sent a statement to that paper that C. J.

Solt, of Barnes, had the largest silo in the state and that it held half a million tons; that he had another one that held 400,000 tons; also that chere were several other 400,000 ton silos in this county. If these figures were correct there would be no doubt abont this county having a string of the largest silos in the world and enough silage to feed all the stock in the north half of Kansas. The Mail and Breeze tells another and more reasonable story about Mr. Solt's silos. The big one which is 51 feet is estimated by Mr.

Solt to hold 525 tons, the smaller one is 18x36. Mr. Solt does not say what this would hold, but according to content tables it would hold nearly 200 tons. The increase in' height adds very rapidly to the capacity of a silo. Mr.

Solt has been feeding cattle, a good many years but has used only two years, and of late years he has been feeding and marketing baby beef. On June 9th of this year he sold 58 heifers, 15 months old and averaging 733 per head for $8 60 per hundred, topping the day's market and the top price of the year at that date. Silage was the great element in their feed. When he put these calves on feed Nov. 9, 1912, they averaged 376 pounds.

The "baby fat" of the animal was never stopped nor the growth halted. Mr. Solt is feeding from 250 to 500 calves a year and he goes out and buys them when they are about six months old. Mr. Solt tells the Mail and Breeze that the 1911 drouth demonstrated to him the necessity of the silo in stock feeding.

This year he has 150 acres of cane which will go into the silos. Before he settled on cane he looked into the experiments at the agricultural college and was convinced that cane was as good as corn for silage and a much surer crop in a dry year. He will continue to grow it. His silos are both of metal-lath, thinwall kind. One cost $650 and the other $350.

is well pleased with his silos and believes that cement ones are the best can be made. Good Roads Meeting. There will be a good roads meeting at the Opera House Thursday evening, the 18th of Sept. Mr. D.

E. Watkins of Topeka, will be present and address the meetings. Everybody invitedsomething to interest all auto owners in the country. DR. H.

D. SMITH, President, J. B. LEWIS, Secretary. Our hats are beyond description in individuality and style that you cannot duplicate anywhere.

MISS BELL. Kansas News Items. The public utilities commission proposes to become expert adviser to citiee which have municipally owned plants of any kind or are building them. The idea is to furnish reliable information as to the best methods of construction, what the cost should be and then follow with full instructions how to manage the plants and secure the greatest efficiency at the least cost. No small town can afford expert engineering advice in building a water or light plant nor can it afford expert supervision when it is built.

The board proposes to furnish this information to the cities and their employes who are constantly faced by problems that they can only solve by costly experiment. There has been a great shortage of ice over the state for the last few weeks. The natural storage ice has been used and the ice factories, have been unable to supply any to make up. The natural ice has been cleaned up 88 far north as Minneapolis by the demand in the cities. There has probably been twice the usual amount of ice used in Kansas this but relief from the extreme heat may be expected 800n and the manufacturers will be able to relieve some localities that are really suffering from the shortage.

Kansas cities which use natural gas have been notified that they can expect only from one third to one-half of the normal supply next. winter and there is a boom in sales of coal and stoves. Scattering auction sales over the state, many in the territory affected by drouth, show that stock, feed, and the usual run of offerings at farm sales, bring good prices and that from 60 to 90 per cent of the purchases are discounted the regular five per cent and paid for in cash. A firm of Wichita lawyers, Stewart Burns, have been advising eastern loan and insurance companies that they would not be able to collect interest or principal on their farm loans owing to the drouth con litions, and offering their services in foreclosure proceedings. The result must have surprised this enterprising firm of pettifoggers for they are today known to every loan company in particular and the public in general as monumental liars who are willing to state an undeserved black eye on the mere chance of making a few dollars.

The Garden City beet sugar plant will have about 50,000 tons of beets to slice this year, enough to keep the factory busy for two months. The price of alfalfa seed is going down. In some localities it is low as $4 a bushel -about half of what it was three months ago. Tests of the new crop of wheat in central and western Kansas show that only 10 to 15 per cent of.it will grow. Seed wheat may be a problem yet.

The present janitors at the University will be replaced by students who are working their way throngh school. The change will be made with half the force at first and if it works well the entire janitor work, for which $3,590 is appropriated, will be done by students. At Junction City only 200 out of 1000 subject to poll tax have paid and the authorities are arresting and fining the delinquents. A few arrests caused a rush to pay up before the police got action. The grasshopper country is urged to grow turkeys to exterminate the pests.

Quail are also great lovers of mature grasshoppers and should be encouraged Ex-Gov. Stubbs is home from a three months' trip through Europe. From ten tests of seed wheat made by the First National bank Hoisington from 80 to 96 per cent of the seed germinated. Samples were taken from different parts of the community. The belief there is that the failure to germinate in other tests in that county was because the tests were made in the ground, which is too hot from the intense heat of the summer and that it would be unwise to sow wheat until it turns cooler or a general rain falls.

The commissioners of Greenwood county ordered the county treasurer to buy the stamps and stamp all letters sent out by county officials upon county business. Some county officers must be using county stamps for private business. The Stock Show. A report seems to have gained circulation that the Stock Show would not be held this year. This is 8 false report.

The Show will be held October 16th and 17th, and it will be a grand demonstration of Washington county's ability to support its population in a dry year. We do not claim that this is a year, but we do claim that Washington is a banner county, rain or drouth, and the Stock Show, which is an exposition of all farm, home and school products, is the proof of the statement. Get some samples of everything of interest or merit and put them on exhibition. It costs nothing to exhibit and nothing to attend. Stalls and feed are furnished for the live stock, and everything is gu rded day and night to prevent loss or damage.

No county or country is greater than its citizens, and we, as citizen, should count our blessings and show them to each other and the world, proving the greatness of both county and city. For particular information, consult J. L. SMITH, Supt. County Taxes, 1913.

Elsewhere we print a table showing the tax levy for 1913. The rate per $100 of assessment is given, and it will benefit tax-payers to cut out the table and keep it handy reference and comparison. The heaviest, tax is in Greenleaf city, next Washington, then Clifton, Barnes. The state tax is the same as last year and the county general revenue an increase of 4 cents on the hundred dollars. Of 154 school districts in the county only 16 have a bonded debt.

There are lots of things in the little paper compiled by the county clerk that are interesting. Study it a little. JE Tax levied on the $100.00 valuation in Washington Ks. for the year 1913. To find the tax on $100.00 add the total of the city or township line to the total school tax.

CITIES General County Revenue Town- Revenue Water Vorks Water- Works Interest Streets Alleys Library Except ship Hal Imp. Imp Total State Road Road Bond City Hall Bond City City City Fund Fund School Barnes .075 .10 -075 .05 .025 0 605 Clifton .075 20 16 Greenleaf .16 075 24 10 .10 .02 1.14 Haddam .16 .05 .05 .10 .125 125 Hanover .12 .16 .075 :05 .05 .955 Linn .12 .16 .075 .15 Mabaska .16 -075 .075 10 Palmer .16 -075 .05 -175 .125 Vini .12 .16 .075 -20 .20 Washington .12 .16 .10 -0625 .004 -091 .035, -10 -03 -031 1.1205 Townships Barnes 16 .075 Brantford .16 .075 .075 Clifton .16 .075 Coleman .12 -075 Charleston Farmington .16 Franklin .16 -075 .10 Greenleaf .16 .075 -15 Grant .12 .16 Highland .12 .16 .125 Haddam .16 .125 Hanover .16 .075 Independence. :16 .12 .16 Lowe .12 .16 .025 175 Logan .16 .075 Little Blue .16 .075 Linn .16 .075 Lincoln .12 .16 .075 .125 Mill Creek .12 .16 .05 .20 Strawberry .12 15 Sheridan .16 .075 .43 Sherman .16 .075 125 Union .12 .16 .075 .505 Washington .12 .16 .075 .125 .48 DISTRICT LEVIES No. No. No.

District Gen. Bond Total District Gen. Bond Total District Gen. paog Total District No. Gen.

Bond Total .50 40 79... 20 50 21 2...... 41...... .17 17 80. 118..

Con. .05 05 81... 29 119..... 5...... 144 83.

24 121 33 120 6.... 45.. 122. 7...... 46 85 .17 47 .27 86.

.06 10 48. 87. .28 126. .24 08 11...... 49......

.27 88.... 127 12.. 50. 89.. 128.

16 13. 51 90. 129 18 18 14 52 .20 130. 15 53. 133 16 .26 93....

134. 17...... 55 .22 135 .28 18 56. .19 136.... 19......

57...... 96. 137.... 20. 58....

17 97. 138 21...... 59...... .22 23 .45 98 139. 22 60.

.15 140 23. 61 26 100.... .11 24. 31 62. .27 101..

25 63...... 102. 143.... 24 26. 64...

103. -26 .28 27. 65 104.... 146. 16 28.

66.... 105. Jt. 1, 106. .21 Jt.

2, W. 12 30. 68 107.... .30 Jt. 3, 31......

108. Jt. 4, 32. 71.. .07 Jt.

1, 33...... 110. Jt. 9, W. 34.

73...... 111... Jt. 14, 35...... 74.

112.... Jt. 15, 37. No 76...... .21 .21 114.

2, RE .30 .30 36...... .80 75 .19 .19 113.... 1, .16 38...... .22 77...... 45 .55 115....

.28 39.... .23 .23 178. .16 .18 .18 There were eight or nine B. M. passengers, Tuesday morning, for Great to register for the drawing of the Fort Peck Indian lands in the northeast corner of that state.

We did have an idea of going, but M. J. Holloway, who is an enthusiast and as an old soldier sent his application for registration, was at our house Sunday and exhibited a government weather report which shows that the temperature runs as low up there as 47 below zero five months in the year and as high 88 108 above the other seven months, and we lost all interest in the Fort Peck lands. It is expected that 75,000 persons will register and there are between 8,000 and 9,000 farms of 160 acres to be drawn, 80 that the chance of getting land is about one to eight -not a very alluring prospect. These 75,000 persons will pay in railroad fare and other expenses at least $50 each, or a total of.

$3,750,000, most of which will go to the railroads. It only costs 25 cents to register, which causes us to wonder why it would not have been better for the people, as saving them time and expense, the government to have arranged for registration places farther east, say at St. Moines, Omaha or Lincoln, Kansas City or Topeka, Denver, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc. Persons could then have registered with comparatively little loss of time or expenses; as it is, one is required to pay a thousand miles railroad fare, board, for the purpose of appearing before a notary and paying him 25 cents for registering then standing only one chance in eight of getting anything.

It is too much of a gamble. It Rained. For Ft. Peck. When the humid storm clouds gather over all the starry spheres, And the meloncholy darkness gently weeps in rainy tears, 'Tis a joy to press the pillow of that cottage chamber bed And to listen to the patter of the raindrops overhead.

After weeks, and weeks, and weeks, it rained. R-A-I-N-E-D, just like that. Never made a bit of fuss; did not look as though it would rain; no thunder, no lightning, no wind; just rained. It was Tuesday afternoon that a magnificent shower of .06 of an inch fell, all in the space of fifteen minutes. It was exciting while it lasted.

Then it cleared and night came with a beautiful display of twinkling stars and silvery moon. Eleven o'clock came. Suddenly the sky was overcast and again the rain came down. Just rained. This time .62 of an inch.

Then it drizzled a little Wednesday and Wednesday night, probably enough to make the rainfall nearly an inch to date (Thursday p. The whole county got rain, some places more, other places less, but enough to at least crack the drouth. Up to this morning, however, the temperature fallen below 70, but there is no 100 degree weather any more. Just opened -a big shipment of Children's Shoes in all black leathers or with fancy toppings. Also in tans and browns.

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Chas. Scruby returned Saturday from a several months', stay in Colorado. S. R. Statler and family returned from Lincoln Friday evening where they attended the state fair and visited relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Meyers from Indiana, arrived Thursday to visit their sons and look after their interests here. Mrs. H.

R. Wilson and son took dinner Sunday at John Meitler's, Mr. and Mrs. Knobbe have, begun housekeeping at Emmons. congratulate them and welcome Mrs.

Knobbe to the neighborhood. Vera Patrie returned Pawnee City last week after a six weeks' visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. John Porter and Zola spent several days last week with relatives near Barnes. McAtee started to high school Monday.

Tegethoff Ridge. Miss Joanna Waser, Ruth and Neil Snyder visited Wednesday and Thursday with their uncles, Jake and John Waser, and families. Mat and Mrs. Seger and Lillian spent Thursday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Tegethoff. Mrs. Fred Tegethoff was in the neighborhood Wednesday. Little a Floyd Tegethoff and Edward Waser accompanied Grandpa Tegethoff on a business trip east of Emmons last Thursday. Mrs.

Frank Meitler and baby spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Anna Meitler in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Mundis were Friday evening callers at Waser's.

Robt. Campbell spent Sunday in Washington. J. G. and John Waser visited Sunday with the Froehlich's and Fiss' on Devil Creek.

C. O. Pannabacker drove to Washington Saturday. Grandpa and Grandma visited in Bremen one day last week. Jacob Froehlich and son, A.

came over on the Ridge to help with corn shelling Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Seger visited Sunday with Ed Tegethoff's. Corn shelling is the order of the day on the Scruby News.

Jacob Freohlich has puachased an automobile. Barbara Wilbrandt started to town school, Monday. Our school commenced Monday with Miss Floy Horine as teacher. Mrs. Caroline Pretzel and Mrs.

Mary Fiss are visiting the Freohlich and Fiss families. Earnest Leidig, wife and children visited at B. F. Bolinger's, Sunday. Homer Armstrong visited Ed nogle, Saturday night.

Jacob Freohlich and wife entertained the following guests, Sunday, in honor of Mrs. Pretzel and Mrs Fiss, of Atchison: Fred Freohlich, wife and family, Arthur Freohlich and family, Albert Wasser and family, John Waser and family, Harry Freohlich and family, Ed Brierton and wife, Grandma and August Fiss, Jake Waser. Mrs. Brisckke spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. W.

E. Stewart. Jacob Benna drove to Hanover, Monday. A Mill Proposition. A young gentleman, Mr.

R. A. Brooks, of Smith Center, was in town several days this week with a mill proposition in which he was trying to interest the merchants and other business men. It ought not to require a great effort to do so, for a mill is one of the things which this town needs and ought to have. Briefly, Mr.

Brooks' proposition is that for $1,000 bonus, to be contributed by the people of Washington, he will erect a mill with a flour capacity of 38 to 40 barrels a day of 24 hours, the bonus to be a mortgage on the mill building. Mr. Brooks was informed by the grocers and other flour dealers that Washington used and shipped in from four to six cars of flour a month, say about 200,000 pounds, and the proposed mill, run upon full time, would manufacture about the same quantity, so that, if he could secure trade, the mill would have all it could do. Mr. Brooks is a son of the Clyde miller of the same name, now runs a mill at Smith Center, and has had plenty of experience.

However much it might that a Washington mill should secure the whole trade, we doubt if it could do it; there would always be some dealers who would kick out, and always some consumers who would prefer a foreign flour. Bonuses are not very popular, and Mr. Brooks will doubtless be met with argument that if he considers Washington a good location for a mill he can afford to take the chances himself the same as other business men of the town have done. That a mill of even the limited capac Mr. Brooks proposes would be a good thing for Washington, if success ful, is undeniable, and it can be upon the gainsayers that if they desire an advantage they should pay for it.

But if such a mill would be a success it doesn't require any bonus, and if it isn't a success we don't want it. This town paid about $4,000 bonus for the acquisition of a monopoly and the privilege of sueing to get its money back, and the experience is not such as to render bonuses popular. Richard Freeman, one of the old citizens of the county living a few miles southeast of Washington, died last Thursday his home, aged 65 years, 8 months and" 1 day. He was buried Sunday in the Mt. James cemetery.

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Holloway Sons Washington, Kans. pubtished in the Washington Palladium, Sept. 12, Publication Notice. In the District Court in and for County and State of Kansas. Ida May Elliott, Nettie Elliott, Tiney O.

Charles M. Hoffhine, and Lloyd and Fred M. Parrack by Charles M. hine, their next friend, VS. William I.

Hoffhine, John P. Hoffhine, V. Wells and Jane Bird, Defendants. You, and each of the above named defend ants, will take notice that you have been sued by the above named plaintiffs, in the above entitled Court and cause, and that said plaintiffs did on the 8th day of September, 1913, file their petition in the office of the Clerk of the above entitled Court and that you and each of you must answer or demur to said petition filed as aforesaid on or before the 30th day of October, 1913, or said petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered and an order made par itioning the Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty-three (23), in Township Two (2) South of Range Two (2) in Mill Creek Township, in Washington County, Kansas, and a judgment rendered against each of you for the sum of $600.00 for the wrongful detention of the same, aad a jndgment against John P. Hoffhine in the sum of $600.00 for the rents and profits arising from said real estate.

Dated at Washington, Kansas, this 8th day of September, 1913. BENNETT CLARKE, Attorneys for Plaintiffs. Sunday School Party. On Tuesday evening of this week Mrs. O.

H. Kinman's Sunday School class of the M. E. church had a "weenywurst fry" at the home of Herbert Hyland who lives two and a half miles northwest of town. Mr.

Hyland drove to town in a hayrack to get the young they people enjoyed who met at the splendid Soller drive home to home. The evening was spent in playing games, telling stories and toasting weenies until quite late when the rain came and broke up the party, making the ride home very disagreeable, otherwise a splendid time WAs had. Mrs. Kinman chaperoned the party of twenty-seven. Washington Lindsey, Parrack Hoff- Plaintiffs, Ollie.