The Ludell Settler from Ludell, Kansas • 4

Ms 0 LAND OR EVERYBODY! fl 3 1 I I 14nptions OBERLIN WRITE TO DIMMICK MAC fclCH i RICH DIMMICK JRAWLINS CO 1 ATTpmsrE'Y 0 I' jr I A tan1 cessful oirthe UDELL LIVELY STABLE southwest to the INE BUILDING STONE ieed Charges reasonable 'Give us a trial and then pronounce Judgment' 1 I KANSAS The Village of Ludell NO 3090 TO WEALTH I Rice tconr jpfo 1 11 1 Ei We now have the best ftirnished store In the county and call especial latten jj tlon to our gtock 4 of the ground is the counties east rm Ml i LUDELL ROBINSON i MANUACTURERS AND DEALERS IN I iBoots Shoes Harness Sad dies Collars AVhips' Iln fact everything usually carried' or made in either branch of the business In shoe I making we make a specialty of ine Sewed Boots In harness saddles etc we supply anything required Call and see us Main Street IS I ANY ROAD THAT LEADS TO 1 1 il STORE "i i CONSTABLE STORE 1 A i I TRANSACTS I A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS I Practices in All the State and United States Courts He also keeps himselftinformed regarding the condition of every Section in the County and on that account is able to give more correct information concerning it than anybody else He carries on Contests Buys and Sells Lands deals in School Lands June 13 1880 Claims and Locates new comers i i LAND LOCATOR XUDELLRawlins Co KANSAS i A practical and thorough knowledge of all the land in Rawlins county enables me to locate settlers advantageously We endeavor to render satisfaction to all To the first who apply we of course give the best on our books A buggy and team in readiness when desired Uall and see me or write as above for infor mation i I 1 AGENCY OR GERMAN AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY NEW YORK I i i OS Drafts bought and sold money loaned deposits received collections and business for nori residents promptly attended to land warrants bought and: sold purchases county and municipal indebtedness rpERTRAM A DOOM 1 i LAWYERS AND LAND AGENTS I I Oberlin Kansas RAWLINS i ECLECTICPHYSICIAN Rawlins (Rawlins Co) Kansas lb i i Respectfully tenders his professional servi ces to the public Calls promptly attended at all hours day or night i LAND LOCATING and the correct making out of all Land Office papers will receive our attention i Homesteads i TimT)er Claims i i i fl How the Boys Provisioned the Army The following is taken from the Na Jtiona! Tribune Other regiments than those mentioned were: represented The editor of this paper was there yet haying inspirations at that time for the chap laincy of a regiment we were quiet The Hi Hand idluded to is our brother: r'r i I remember (he day of our arrival at i i ayetteville when 42 bummers i tipf the first' Division Twentieth Corps ilrove the rebels from the town and 'across Cape ear River taking possess 4 ion and securing a yast quantity of flour jneal meat and tobacco This' day theI Second Division bluff old Gen: Geary in: command had the to the and when he came up and i found the condition of affairs ana realizing that the honor of capturing ayetteville with all 1 its glory and plunder had been insidi I oukIv annroniated bv the insignificant 42 iwd Star bummers his wrath knew no T'fooundsj He sent for the commanding officer and was answered that there was i tno commissioned officer that the men were composed of bummers from the 27th Ind and 13th and thatf 'ia Hoosier Jerseyman named Hi Hand of the 13 running the The taff officer hunted up the cheeky Hand who had heretofore considered equal almost any emergency a nb was AND BOYS' OVERCOATS $5 UP i I 1 looked upon as a sort of plumed knight I by the men of the expedition The Gen ii cral sent for him to report at headquar ters wither tlie do as you please Hand I went and after some little time was ushered into the terrible presence of the 1 1 mighty Geary is your regiment and by whose 4 authority do you presume to disobey or ders in the manner you have done in ad vaneitiv unon this nlace thus" lavimr tr ypurself liable to capture and Ji lhe culprit was temporarily paralyzed by the manner and substance of" reception But be' readily recoverd and 4 told the General that he and his com 1 rades had not seen their division Vor 12 davs: haff been down on Creek converting me natives educating the negroes and mak I ing war terrible and as arcsult he told JJOMESTEAD CONTEST NO 3006 Land Office Oberlin Kansas 1 March 12 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Wm Siddons against Leander Pancoast for abandoning his: Homestead Entry No 937 dated Aug 20 1884 upon the nw of sec tion 3 township 1 south range 31 rwest in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation Of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 10th day of June 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment I 4 i I A PATCHIN Register Reynolds xxilixxvicEc MUSSO 1 BOHRER THOS BOHRER I i i Proprietors furnished Jstabling and JJOMESTEAD CONTEST NO 3224 li Land Office Oberlin Kansas 1 Marell 27 1885 Complaint havihg been entered atthis officq by Henry Mustermann against Ph Theis for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 11025 dated September 1 1884 upon the nwJ4 of sec tion 29 township 1 south range 32 west In Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of sold entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 12th day of June at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment '1 I CHANDLERBeceiver Sidney Dodge 25 280 49 We take corn and rye at the market price Can sell you one thousand bushels of corn or rye for less money than yon can buy It elsewhere With out years of experience we claim to know he wants of the trade and trust that the pleasant relations that have existed Cor so many years with our customers may be continued and hope to make many new acquaintances in our store i '4 'A Hhfnily yours" jr Jl kJ til! rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 1847 alias notice! I 1 Land Office Oberlin Kansas 1 January 29 1885 Complaint having been entered atthis office by Aloys Kalt against John Wilk6ite for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry Nq dated 19 1879 upon the seof section 15 township 1 south range 34 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a View to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that said John AV11 koite has wholly failed to plant five acres of said land to timber trees seeds or cuttings during the third year or at any other time since land he has wholly failed to cultivate ten acres of said land for the two years last past the isaid parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 27th day of April 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure i A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom xxiilkxvi rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 1845 I ALIAS NOTICE i Uj Land Office Oberlin Kansas I I January 29 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Herman Rum ping against Caleb Howland jfor failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 6 092 dated Oct 17 1879 upon the seU of section 14 town south range 34 west fn Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that Caleb Howland has wholly fail ed to plant live acres of said land to timber seeds or cuttings during the third year or at any other time since jand he has wliblly failed to dultivate ten acres of saidjland for the two years last past the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at thisioffice on the 27th day of April 1885 at 10 clock a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged failure I 1 i A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom IxxiiixxvJ the end of March to the beginning of' in great abundance1 The principal grass is the buffalo grass but mixed with this is found a great va riety of other nourishing food: for cattle horses or sheep ii The heat in summer is not excessive seldom over and the cold in winter is severe only when storms sweep over the prairies and this! is seldom oflener than from three to during each winter Sometimes there is jvery little frost during the entire! seasonal The air is delightful at any time of the year on account of its purity The large of unadulterated oxygen in the air permeates the blood and the whole system and acts likeja constant stimu lant to the nervesand he different er gans of the body 1 1 CROPS THAT CAN ALWAYS BE RAISED Dry seasons will occasionally occur until a good portion cultivated when (as in of us) crops will be asshred every season with more certainty ar regularity than elsewhere At present sorghum can be raised with almost absolute 'certainty and makes excellent feed for cattle Sown broadcast and mowed it makes a second crop Rye produces heavily and is almost certain Rice 'corn pro duces from thirty to fifty bushels per acre is good feed for horses hogs chick ens etc and is as certain as any crop in any country With a few cattle for a start (half a dozen head jwill do)and a good team any industrious man can sup port a family and in five years be well fixed financially Renjember that many run their cattle through the entire prin ter without feed or shelter yet i they should have protection at night and be fed during storms The corn crop in this county aggregates considerable and is increasing rapidly The successful raising of crops of all kinds is' only a (question of time and in the meantime it is an easy matter to lay the foundation or ultimate ease and cbmfort lt is only necessary to take advantage of the op portunities offered on every hand The 1 DEALER IN i 1 Groceries lour Produce CIGARS AND TOBACCO SALT AND DRIED MEATS CANNED AND' DRIED RUITS 1 Queensware Glassware Lamps Crockery and woodenware embracing a i I 1 Choice Assortment I ATWOOD Rawlins county bank 1 I Robt Hendricks Banket Atwood Kansas Loans moaey onJ real estate Makes short time loans Counselor at law i 1 W'Ci Lttdeli I 1 Theabove house will be enlarged as soon hs the weather permits and as often as thq increase in patronage requires It The table Iwill at all times be supplied with a good square meal Attention given to the wants lot all patrons ofthe pouse A trial solicited rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 2231 alias notice 1 1 IT Land Office Oberlin Kansas I ebruary 2t 18S Complaint having been entered atthis office by Lawrence Heining against Jefferson A' erdler for failure to comply4 law as to Tim ber Culture Entry No 5742 dated August 1st 1879 'upon the nwJ4 of section 29 township 5 south range 32 west in Rawlinss county Kan sas With a to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that said Jefferson A Verdi er has failed to break! cultivate or plant to trees tree seeds or I cuttings or cause the same to be done on any1 portion of said tract sinctf making1 said entry the said parties are summoned to ap pear at this office on the 30th day: of April 1885 at 10 to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure A PATCHIN Register Wilson Tacha Miller 24 27cec I the editor of this paper O' 't TTOMBSTEAH CONTEST NO 3137 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas TAi 1 March 24 1885'J Complaint having been entered atthisoffice by Tacha against Hamuel iTodd for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 41 (M0 dated May 15 1879 upon the swK of section 32 townshlp5 soiith range 31 west in Rawlins county Kansas with I a view to the cancella tion of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear rat this office on th 6th day of May 188o aft 10 a'm to re spond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment 1 Al RATCHIN Register i CJE CHANDLER Receiver I Wilson Tacha 24 27 cec rpiMBER CULTLTRE CONTEHT NO 3128 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas I I March 16 1885 Complaint having been entered at this of fice by John Tanner against William Parris for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 6138 dated October 1870 upon the nv of section 27 township 3 south range 36 west in Rawlins county Kan sas with a view to the cancellation of said entry conthstant alleging that William Par ris has wholly failed ito plant five acres of: saidland to timber trees or cuttings during5 the fourth year or at any other time since making said entry and he has wholly failed to cultivate ten acres of said land for the two years last past the said parties are hereby of May 1385 at lO a mM to'respond ajici luruisii resumony conccmin sain i mi aa jtajl Bertram A Doom AtVys 4 reasons tl try had nothing to plunder all of this vastfl I army of bummers participated indhe bat ch 16 anti 19 and proved JjOMESTEAD CONTEST 3176 i 8 Land Officer OberlTn Kansas March 21 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office bylsaac Roat against Joseph Sutton for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 1102 dafed Sept 9 1884 upon the nw of section 32 townsnip3south range 32 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancella tion of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear atthis office on the 17th day of June 1885 at 10 o'clock a to re spond and furnish testimony concerningsaid alleged abandonment A PATCHIN Register Keys Emahlzer 24 27 LAND bEICE 'pjOMESTEAD CONTEST NofsSTy? i Land Office Oberlin Kansas i i March 111885 Complaint having leen entered at this office by Clayton Richardson against George Quackenbush forabandonlng his Homestead Entry No 940 dated August 204884 upon the nej of section 4 township 1 south ango 31 west in Rawlins county Kansas i with a View to the cancellation rf said pnfrv the said nartles are herebv summoned tn to appear at this office on the 8th day of June 1885 at 10! a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment I A PATCHIN Register I i Dodge 234kcEc 3 I fj I 1 Il rj irolu oavannan io uyetteviue ti and Mayor of a city in Kansas but his love of whisky and adventure led him1 to'abandon business neglect his family i and finally fall in with the grand army Lit of dissolute printers which have infested the country since the war Brave genial 'Jih intelligent educated without his Jj OM ESTEAD CONTEST NO 3192 I US (Land Office Oberlin Kansas farch 24 1885 Complaint having been entered atthis office by John Long against Thomas Tilton for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 12857 dated October 15 1879 upon the sejf of sect ion 81 townsldp4 soufh'range34 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a vlew to the cancclla tiou of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 13th day of May 1885 at! 10 a to respond pnd nimish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment 1 A PATCHIN Register Bertram fc Doom 25 Also Choice School Lands on Twenty Years i Time at Six Per Cent Interest zin and near the grand Beaver Valley CRACKERS CHEESE SARDINES' i COVE OYiSTERS Etc 5 I 1 In fact everything for a good lunch I i I 1 rpIMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 2732 1 alias notice I Land Office OberLin Kansas 1 IQ Itfo Complaint having been entered atthis office by John McDonald against Michael for failure to comply (wit law as to Timber Culture Entry No 5767 dated Aug 8 1878 uponthe neV of section 30' township 5 south range 32 west In Rawlins bounty Kansas with a View to the cancellation of said entry con testant alleging that Michael has fail ea to preax nve acres during the first year after entry viz between August 81878 and August 8 1879 or at any time since the said parties are hereby summoned to appear 4 at this office on the 37th day of April 188o at 1 10 a to respond and furnish test! niony concerning said alleged ATCHIN Register McElroy lemming 23 6 cec I 8 MUSSO rpIMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 1346 1 alias notice 8 XAnd Office Oberlin Kansas January 29" 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by red Bargmann Christopher Ph I ng abm for frt llnm tai PArnnl xyitH low no ber Culture Entry No 6211 dated Nov 4 1879 upon thenwU of section 12 township 1 south i I III rtlllT'tirM 1 1 A WV I 140 VASli 4 4 XWCW with view to the cancellation of said entry suif wuiTPCTnnr iiaoinnr a 4 U4UUUU4 Aug W4U OCVUUU VttA fCsysj or at any other time since and he has' not the said parties are hereby summoned to ap pear at thia office on the 27lh day of April 1885 1U a in respond and furnish 44CM4 UCLll VAVVV4J Vl plundering the people Bative8eduaiting the Vi 7 Uim that outside of the stores which I they had captured on the retreat of the I I TN 4 1 S1 1 1A I reus iroiu rayeuevine iie nau iu men running a large grist mill at Rock Creekix mijes from there and that he had 36 ft iwagon loads of bacon and meal 40 horseshtnd 2000 negroes which he would Mover to (theproper officer in due time 'and that he really must be off as he had letter diary of the trip from Savannah io senu: to uie new first conveyance Ac account who occaaion brave old General was paralyzed he was dumb founded Whut was to be done? It' 4 would not do to compliment the twenty year olds boy and still he had provbn i himself idle most successful forager in ijji the Suffice to say Geary! jj releasM the brave and rpckless 42 bum mers and hade them report to their com A 1 1 I Innmnr rwnli zv afI UMH1U JJVIVIU HU11Ut4 A A a At VA TxJt Vi I CA tXCVA ses surreptitiously with Adiu UlJlb vJtUivItll mill lUliJCvl ills vUuILaIcLIIiI hero in the eyes pf officers and imen I The lad vance from ayetteville toj fJoldsborough was impeded by rebels arid foraging was! discontinued for he 1 11 ilb 11 aLS IaIISJIC clIKa lilc lecome so barren that there was I March 16 and 19 and proved themseves as brave and dutiful: in the ranks' as! they were adventurous and sue zvoocCiil xvtefVin j' vii tw xiouno What has become of poor Hand 1 do' pct positively Knojv mougn Know ms itccountof march was pub fl fished in the Jlew York Times and that itwas the hrst newspaper tidings re lieved in the North of march He wen jAVest after the war became an editor i 1 Ludell is sitbkted on a lovelv town 'I li or another are found jat any time from £te near (the banks of the Beaveir nd a finri fit ivi no rm rri fit i i ir i i it i iLudell hlHOS GOODIN qpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 3190 i i Land Office Oberlin Kansas! i March 24 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by 8 Simonton Aaron Baglev for fhilhre to comply with law as to Timber Cul ture Entry No 6kB dated Nov 24 1879 Upon the nwk of section 33 township 1 south range 34 west In Rawlins county Kansas With a view to the cancellation of said entry con testant alleging that said Aaron Bagley has wholly tailed to plant the second five acres of said land to timber trees seeds or cuttings during the fourth year or at any other time since making said entry and he has wholly failed to cultivate ten acres of said land for the two years last past the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 21st day of May 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure A PATCHIN isertrqiij Doojn Aivyo tr LL LUDEI KANSAS1 LUDELL KANSAS WHERE YOU WILL IND I I A LINE CHOICE STYLISH' 1 i Visit my store examine my ask for' prices and then compare with uoernu ana mccook i Rawlins County isjat present receiv ing a large immigration and hundreds of families have mad6 arrangements to come in the1 spring I The soil of the county is "very uniform and there can be no better for farthing purposes rom two to four feet of the surface is a Idark vegetable earth produced by: the decay of prairie vegetation below that is a pe culiar yellowclay and loam the loess or bluff formation (This soil is as fertile as the surface mould thei very first year it is plowed up and for that reason the soil of this county is inex haustible This year the wheat ranged from 20 to 44 bushels per acre and dur mg the last five years the average has been about seventeen bushels peri acre where anything like farming has been done Several of these years have been 1 i I called drouthy but the average yieds of wheat have been In 1879 17f bush els in 1880 6 in 1881 17J bushels in 1882 22k bushels in 1883 6 bushels in 1884 32 bushels re quently wheat and specially rye pro duce a second and third crop of voulun teer grain This grows withotit any workwhatever but the harvesting Such crons usually yield front 20fto 30 bushels i 4 of rye and and from 12 to 15 bushels of wheat to the acre The rainfall of this bounty is sufficient for farming purposes wherever it has a ghance to penetrate t'he soil but where the sod is unbroken the water rushes over the buffalo grass into the draws and is carried away into the creeks ilid rivers Rawlins county! is watered by a num ber of flue streams Through the north ern part runs the Driftwood and other tributaries to the Republican Through the center from the southwest to the northeast runs the Beaver with its three branches upiting near the center of the county The 'southern part is watered by the Sappa with' its i two branches and one lare tributary All these streams and branches hrive very wide and fertile valleys full of the finest njeadow lands and valuable) tim ber There are also me ny draws contain ing brooks and springs' emptying into the rivers kStretchingjout between these riveys we find the uplands palled di vides These are beautiful level prairies covered with the most Nourishing grasses and Kerbs Prairie flowers of one kind rpiIE McKAY HOUSE DAVID McKAY Prrrietor Kawlins Go Kansas intelligent educated without his i ting Hi Hand would have long ere this ranked as a man among men in any community or Statel I have no doubt every regimental squad of bummers had oneJike Hand and to I them more than any other agency does LOen Shennan tothis lav credit his sue 1 cess provisioning his army during the memorable march through the Carolinas LAND OICE NOTICES JJOMEJm 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas) I I March 24 1885 Complaint having been entered atthisoffice by Brown against 'ranklin Elskire for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 14325lated March 10 1880 upon the nw of section31 township 4 south range 34 west InRawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancella tion or said entry the said parties arehereby Kiiminoned to anneiir nt this office on bthe 13th tday ofMay 1885 at 10' ru in to respond and furnish testimony con cernlng said alleged abandonment I 1 A PATCHIN Register 3 'Bertram fc Doom 28 i (Main Street) One door east of Settler Office LUDELLRawlins Co hardships iAcident to the settlemeht new countries: are really unknown Here convenience to railroads and the finest natural roads in the world renders the obtaining of all the comforts and even luxuries very easy I The water supply of the county is reached by digging at two stages That which cqllects (from the moisture pene trating the soil from above is reached at I II depths varying with the hight abovq the river beds On the highest prairies itjds sometimes necessary to go as deep as 175 sfeet but the average depth of wellf bn i the high: divides may be stated atj 100 feet On the bottoms in the valleys and draws 15 to 25 feet will generally bring an abundance of water The sedopd water supply is that jvhich penetrates the deep sandy subsoil from the moun tains If this is reached it will the surface spontaneously in artqsian Iwells There are good reasons to asspjne that 800 feet will jmake a good overflow ing or artesian well sufficient to irrigate 160 acres The well water is very $ureand contains but Lttle lime 5 i MRS REILLY i i Proprietor LL RaVJM ns CQ) KANSAS Every effort will be made to render all nt home and the ineals will be made as square as tite country round will afford A call is respectfully solicited Boarding by the day tor we6k and meals served at all hours 1 i I I i i LAND OICE NOTICES qMMBER CULTURE CONTESTING 3J057 Land Office Oberlin Kansas it! arch 7 1885 Complaint having been entered atthisoffice by Mead against Chaney rfor failure toconiply with law as to Timber Cul ture: Entry No 5380 dated June 5 1879 upon the seJ4 of section 31township 4 south range 31 west ip Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of stid entry contest ant alleging that Chaney has whollyfailed to plant the second five acres of safldland to timber trees seeds or cuttings duringthe fourth year or at any other time since making said entry and he has wholly tailed to cultivate ten acres of said land for the twoyears last past and there is no timber grow ing on said lanq the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 17th day of April 188a' at 10 a to re spond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom xxiiixxvi rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 1793 I ALIAS NOTICE! Land Office Oberlin Kansas January 29 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Donovan against Paul Sieg for failure to comply with law as to Timber1 Culture Entry No 6210 datedNovember 4 1879 upon the neU of section 13 township 1 south range 34 west in Rawlinscounty Kansas with a view to the cancellation oi Said entry con testant alleging that said Paul Sieg has wholly failed to: break a single acre of said land at any time: since making said entry! and lias wholly failed to planta single acre of said land tdtimbor trees seeds or puttings at any time since making said entry aS required by law the said parties are hereqy summoned 'to appear at this office on the 27th day of April 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom xxiiixxvi DHICKENS EGG3 AND PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD I i 'nr I i CULTURE CONTEST NO 2870 Land Office Oberlin" Kansas) January 29 1885 Complainthaving been entered at th Is office by Lansing Capron against Edward Smith for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 59j6 dated Sept 22 4879 upon the nej of section 34 township 1 south range 36 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a vieWto the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that Edward Smith lias has wholly failed tdbbrcak the second five acres on said land during the second year or at anytime since and he has wholjy failed to plant five ares on said land tottinber trees seeds or cuttings during the third year or at any other time qnce the said parties aro hereby summoned tq appear at this office on the 27th day of April! 1885 at 10 a to respond and fjirnfsii testimony concerning said alleged' failure I i CE CHANDLER Receiver Bertram Doom xxii xxv rjMMBER CUlTURE CONTEST Land bffhc Oberlin I January 29 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Russell Berry against James Durham for failure' to 'comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 6189 dated October 30 1879 upon thene4 of section 33 township south range 36 west tn Rdwlins county Kansas with a view to the caricellat ion of said entry contestant alleging that James Durham has Wholly failed to break five acres of said land during the second year or at any ot her time since and has wpolly tailed to plant five acres of said land tq timber trees seeds or cuttings durtngthe third year or at any other time since ffiaking said entry the Said par ties are herebysummoned Io appear sit this office on tire 22th day of April 1885 at 10 a to respohd and furnish testimo ny concerning skid alleged failure CHANDLER Receiver Bertram ueom Att ys xxi 1 i rpiilBEB CULTURE CONTEST I 1 Land Office Oberlin Kansas il I March 11 1885: Complaint haying bjeen entered at this office by Moses Kihg against Geo 11' Spaulding failure to comply with law as tb Timber Tffilture Entry: (No 5242 dated May 27 i 1879 upon the seJ4 of sectiton 25 township 3 south range 33 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a vlewto the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that said Geo ILSpauldr ing has wholly failed) to break five acres of said land duririg the second year or at aYiy other time since making said entry and has wholly failed to plaint a single acre of said land to timber trees Iseeds or cuttings since making said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at tills office the day of April 188o atrlO a to re spopd ana furnish testliaony concerning said alleged failure i CHANDLER Receiver i Dimmlck xxiiijdxvlii JJOMESTEAD CONTEST NO! 3160 Land QfficW Oberlin Kansas March 21 1885 kJ Complaint havingbeen eitered atthis office by Wilhelm Meyer ragaihst Martin Grotz Jbr abandoning his Homestead Entry No 1026 dated September 1st 1884 upon rthe swjof section 20 (township 1 south range 32 west In Ratlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry tlm said parties are hereby summoned to appear at' this office on the 30th day of April 11885 at 10 a in' to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandon ment A PATCHIN Register Cl Ej CHANDLER Dimmlck 24 27111 i 111 OICE NOTICES rpLMBER CClfURECONTfcS5TN Land office Oberlin Kansas i March 6 1885 Complaint halng been entered at this office by George Kline against McNown for failure to comply with law hs to Timber Cul ture Entry No 5432 dated June 9 1879 upon the ne of section 8 township 5 south range 33 west In Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry con testant alleging that said McNown has wholly abandoned said tract of land that lie has not plowed or cultivated or planted to trees? seeds or cuttings any portion of the above described tract of land) nor has he the said McNown caused the same to be done during the years of 1883 and 1884 nor has he up to the present time and to all appear ances the said tract of land Is in a perfect state bf nature the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 8th day of May 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said al leged failure A PATCHLN Register Vansickel 24 2711 JJOM'ESTEAD CONTEST NO 3194 El LAnd Office Oberlin Kansas 4 March 24 1885 Com plaint havihg been entered atthis office by J' I Robs'oir against Baugh for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 12856 dated Oct 15 1879 upon the sw of section 31 township 4 south range34 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office On the: 13th day of May 1885 at 10 a in to respond arid furnish testimonyfc'on cernfng said alleged abandonment A PATCHIN Register (Bertram Doom I 25 rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 2933 Land Office Oberlin KansJls ebruary 16 1885 1 Complaint having been entered at this office by Schwab against Henry Senholtz for failure to comply with law as tb Timber Cul ture Entry No 6000 dated October 1st 1879 up ton the nwof section 32 township 1 south range 34 west in Rawllnsi county Kansas with a View to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that said Henry Senholtz has not broken or plowed the first five acres the first year nor the second five acres the second year on said tract after making said entry and has not plantedffior culivated five acres of trees seeds cuttings or timber the third year nor another five acres the fourth' year op said tract after making said entry I and has not cultivated 2 700 timber seeds trees or cuttings on each or on any one of ten acres oh said tract at any time since making said pnrty to to the present time and has to tally abandoned said tract the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 13th day of May 18b5 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concern ing said alleged failure CHANDLER Receiver fichultz 21 27 rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 2895 Land Office Oberlin Kansas ebruary 9 1885 Complainthavirig been entered at this Office by Solomon Troyer against Seth Wilson for fiallure to comply with laW as to Timber Culture Entry No 5504 dated June 16 1879 upon the nwJ4 of sect ion 21 township 5 south range 33 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that SethC Wilson has not plowed or cultivated or planted to trees tree seeds or cuttings' any portion of above de scribed land during the yerirs of 1883 and 1884 nor has anything been done up to the present time nor has he the' defendant caused it to be done as provided by law said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 8th day of May l8o at luio clock a in to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure i i A PirCHIN Register Vansickei i24 zfn rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST rd 3129 Land Office Oberlin Kansas March 16 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Christian luhrer against Samuel Wright for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 5223 dated May 26 1879 upon the se of section 18 town ship 3 south range 3o west in Rawlins coun ty Kansas with i a view to cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that Samuel W'right has wholly failed to plant fiye acres of said land to timber trees seeds or cuttings during the third year or at any other time since making said entry and he has wholly failed to cultivate ten acres 1 of said land: for two years i last past the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 21st 'day of May 1885 at 10 a in respond and furnish testi mony concerning safdialleged failure I A LiPATCHIN Register Bertram Doom 24 27 rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 3183 Land Office Oberlin Kansas i March 21 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by A Twidwell against Derius Brooks for failure to comply with law as td Timber Culture Entry No 4972 dateq May 3 1879 upon the nw of section 35 township 5 south range 31 west in Rawlins county I Kansas with a view to the cancellation of Said entry contestant alleging that 1 said Derius Brooks has failed to plow plant or cultivate or to plant to timber seeds or cuttings any part of said tract for he three years last past or cause the same to be done the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 6th: day of May 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged failure I CHANDLER' Rdcel ver Wilson Tacha 3L27CEC rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 2675 ALIAt NOTICE I Land Office Oberlin Kansas)' i Pi ebruary 18 1885' I Complaint having tjeen entered at this office by Charles Petts against Edward Maekley for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 58 dated August 29 1879' upon the neJ4 oUsection 31 township 5 south range 32 west in Riiwlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry coritestant alleging ithat Edward Maekley has failed to break fiye acres during the first year after entry or at" any time since and has also failed to break five acres during the second year after entry or to plant to frees seeds or cuttings' any portion of said land during the third year after entry or at any time since date of entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 17th day of April 1885 at 10 o'clock a to respond and furnish testimony concernihg ftttlUUHVgVU lilHLHU i A 11 PATCHIN Register McElroy lemming 24hcEC' rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO? 2730 ALIAS NOTICE iU Land Office Oberlin Kansas ebruary IB 1885 I Complaint having been entered at this office by A McDonald against A Harris for failure to camply with law as to Timber Cul ture Entry No 5909 dated September 10 1879 upon the8 of section 25 township 5 south range 33 west tn Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cabcollation of said entry contestant alleging ttyairsaid A Harris has failed toplant to trees seeds or cuttings five acrer of said land thQithird year after datc'of said entry and has wihoiiy failed to plant or caqse to be planned any portion said land to trees seeds os cuttings up to the present time the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 17th day of April 1885 at 10oiclobk a in to furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure i A 1 ATCLHN Register 1 McElroy leminirig 23 6 crec i rpiMBER CONTEST NO 2731 JL 1 1 I ALTAS NOTICE 'l I Land Office Oberlin Kansas i i ebruary 181885 I Complaint having been entered atlthis office by Jessie McDonald) against Wl Dew for failure to comply with law ns to Timber Culture Entry No 51644 dated July 5 1879 upon the se ofi sect ion 26 township south range 33 west ini Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that Dow has to plant to trees seeds or cuttings five acres of said land the: Jhird year after the date of said entry and has wlsolly failed toplant any portion of said land to trees seeds or cuttings up to the present time the said parties aro hereby summoned) to appear at this office on the 17th day of April 188a at 10 a i to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged ftii lure Is A IL PATCHIN Register i McElroy lemming 23 Gcec PC 4 I pverlookingjthe beautiful and well culti vated country forimiles below Duuflig ten weeks last fell ten or twelve gpjod frame houses wer erected including a handsome school house two taverns ne livery feed and sale stable one barber shop with basement for butcher shopj one vjragonmaking and blacksmith i shop one harness andishoe shop one printing office building' one two story residence etc besides this a large addition to Ifr store The basement of a 52x25 three story building has been com pleted and the building will be fihished up early in The spring At the tim'4 ve came here to! establish The SETTLER'but three houses were in the town Johri (general store Board grocery and provision store land the residence of (John Constable orty five' scholars now attend scHobl and many families are residing in tem porary yet comfortable residences ini the draws near town) some of whom jwiill i build ins town others on their claims One hundred families are expected ito: settle on the divide south of town in' the p' 7 spring and? the same number oxi the di vide north of jtown The village jwiill have a vigorous and healthy be ing in a good farming) country Below on the Beaver the thrifty and: industri ous Germans and Bohemians alwavs raise crops and are well fixed Oni the edges of town particularly on the Bra ver are i men in I comfortable circum stances farm and handle cattle All cajme here poor' all are now compar atively well off being in possessionof good farms 1 and respectable numbers of cattleJ The erection! of a bridge jat Stratton on the Republican river and railroad will give us railroad ad vantages within twenty miles Lumfier within the above distance and building 0one at our doorsteps will facilitate the erection of houses to such an extent that I 1 the Country around the town must 'soon be biilt up and the prosperity of Ludell will go hand in hand with the country I or further information: address JI 'I I 4 GOODS I ADAPTED TO THE TRADE RA COUNTY i pjOMESTEAD CONTEST NO 281 I ALIAS NOTICE kU Land Office Oberlin Kansas 1 i ebruary 4 1885: Complaint havingbeen entered at this office by Jacob Ely against Paulson Wind for abandoning bis Homestead Entry! No 755 dated May 28 1884' upon the sw of section 4 township 1 south range 31 west in: Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancella tion of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 4th day of May 1883 at 10 a to re pond mid furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment A in Tvnrrv i i Sidney Dodge AU)! 7 27 uuuu uiwjiw ivi Btciiou iz townsniD 1 south range 34 west in Rawlins county Kansas 2 contestant aueging tnat unristopher Phtns ston has wholly fulled to break the second five acres of sold land during the second year viuci tiiAtv qiijW) uuu uv Utw UUu cultivated said land for two years last past iU CILMT1V 1U 111 testimony concerning sold alleged failure 'J A LIPATCHIN Register laui iz ixxun Ali ZOT 4 7 Mtr onruvn rmr a WMAUAUJ VVaIA QA sfeOVQs I LAi'D office Oberlin Kansas 1 ebruary 9 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office i by Zacbarlah Troyer against Richard Prinley yrr failure to comply with law as to Timber IMUimru uuiry oarea une ju HS7U section 21 township 5 south range SI in ItilVlinit nnnntv with I4i I MIH'l'IHillTIl nt Rllin AWk I rniestnl alleging that saidRichard Prinley ruia uui piiini nor cuiuvatea or piantea to rees tree seeds or cuttings as provided bv In during the years 1883 or 1884 nor Bas any tiling been done In tiiixwny upto tho present lime iior has he the skid Richard Prinley cmised the same to be done on the ahnve dfv M'! scribed iapds the said part les a re hereby sum to appear at this office on the 8th day May iom unu wuc a to reepona ana famish testimony concerning said alleged 5 failure A PATCHIN ff VftUsIcel MJEO CAMPBELL I A MARKS rpHE BANK OB OBERLIN i OBERLIN KANSAS i Excellent rock' partly conglomerate and partly magnesian limestone is found all through the cdunty in great abund ance It is hard enough for all building purposes: In connection "with this rock (here is found a kind of whitish brown earth mixed with sand which will bund building stone wi(h sufficient strength if used as mortar to make as good cellars 4nd foundation walls as ordinary lime will If used for plastering walls where yain cannot reach it is as good and makes as firm and smooth a wall as the best burnt lime There can be no plce where is more abund ant and cheaper than in Rawlins county except which is also reasonably cheap 1 Since writing the above a light cream colored magnesian sufficient ly softuferbe cut in ornamental yet hard enough to make the very Ijest building material has been foiind'i at Ithe very door steps of Ludell JSSyTtis better for immigrants to first tome and see the country 0 Vu A 4 Vtsp ft 1 I' 1 a i at ml i rau jL'tr: ji Ar ir ft u'i kiaiw re a 1 a a 'aT wt 1 i i i kt i I ''A 1 '1 Ke? feu 4 5 1 I i TOOK BEOHE YOTT TEAP! 2 "TT TT ') I I I ft XW W' I KISl 1 jt 5 i i i I i 1 I JI i I IT 'I i 4 i i 1 a i i 1 i 4 i i i i i i it I i i i' fe a ex 91 I MU 11 Pl 1 ww Mi if 11 U3 a i 5 SitL I 1 i MHaKfeS' i Kof 24444 ilw 41 4 4 4 I Bpwp 3 I I a Ji kP 1 4 I 1 co 1 I 5 i 10 Lit a I Kr I 4 B'J Mpie ne wanted 4k Times by the Kjp'x cor di to a taff i presenton the Uy Ih 14 SKI Egg: Ki A I I rR I i i3! 1 Tun Hi Kk' Ba t4 BO? 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