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The Democrat PUBLISHED WEEKLY At ILSI Per Tear in Advance john k. Mcmullen Editor and Publisher. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911 ADVERTISING RATES DISPLAY Per inch, single column 10c. Special position 12 Per month J2c LOCAL READERS 5c. a line per week. Special position 10c. Cards of Thanks and Resolu tions of Condolence, 2 l-2c. Una. CHURCH NOTICES Free, except when for entertainments where an admission fee is charged, 5c a line. 8PECIAL CONTRACT Rates on large advertisements. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS Monthly Bills Allowed by Board art 1-1 Other Matters of Interest.. juu,e n01 ul UJttt the tax payers too much to keep up On account of the board of county ! jn good shape, commissioners not finishing their de-j in the matter of straightening out llberatons until last evening, it is the road at the creek east of town impossible to give the. complete remand putting in a new bridge, the pe port of the session in the paper this jtitioners In this behalf were repre weeX but the same will appear in sented by Mayor Luse as spokesman, next week's issue The regular bills were allowed and warrants were ordered drawn fo the several amounts. In the matter of the construction Of cement walks diagonally through . the, north side of the park, the com missioners agreed to pay half of the expense and the contract was let to Charles Lawhorn for a 6 foot walk at a price of 7.71 cents per running loot State. Engineer W. S. Gearhartand C H. Busch of Wichita, president of the construction company having the contract for the erection of the river fcridge at this place, met with the commissioners in regard to the bridge . work. The commissioners made a trip of inspection to the bridge and reported that the work is being done la a, satisfactory manner, but as ra pid progress is not being-made as they thought advisable. Unless the work is pushed a little faster, cold weather will set in before the work la finished, and the commissioners do not intend that any cement or con crete work shall be done after that time for it would be impossible to ten out work that would be satis factory or give good service, and ' they requested that more men be put on the work so that the work could be hastened. The case of Willie Huffman, the sixteen year old boy who was broughl 'to the hospital here last winter from north of Redwing and cared for sev eral weeks by the county commission-1 els, was again brought to their at tention and it was decided to pay his mother, Mrs. Louisa Norrell, $10 per month for his care, this amount be- ing satisfactory to her. The boy is feeble minded, but on account of the crowded condition of the state hospi tal at Winfield, could not be taken there at this time. The bond of A. Schwager, county , treasurer elect, in the sum of $25,- i 000 was approved by the board and duly accepted. Charles Radenberg, trustee of In dependent township, and George Rog- . gens, appeared before the board in the interest of Mrs. McDermott, ' of Claflin. At the time of giving in her property statement the first of March Mrs. McDermott gave in an amount ' something like $2,000 for an estate (or which she is guardian, but in a very short time afterward invested the amount in land, which was also talsed, thus making her pay a dou . ble taxation, but according to the law the commissioners could take no ' action toward refunding her the moifley. A; sister of Mrs. Sam Deighton, of the west part of town, appeared be fore the board in regard to securing a pension from the county under the . disability law passed by the legisla ture some years ago. The lady makes her home with the Deighton family and has been blind and totally help less for years, and under the law ) would be entitled to a pension of $50 per month if she had been a resident of this county for ten years, but as she has lived here only about seven " years no action could be taken by the board. A committee waited on the board in regard to establishing a count road through the county east and west, and also to take up the matter la regard to straightening the road at the creek east of town. Just what will be done in regard to the county I road is hard to determine at the pres eat time although the board is gen. erally in favor of the idea. However, they do not intend to be hasty in saddling a big' debt annually on the county and will take their time in laying out these roads, although the . chances are that the road as now pro posed will be designated as a county road, providing the townships through whichi it passes wll-fix it tip in the proper shape so that it can be ac- cepted as such by tie commissioners. Tbe route as proposed runs from the east Barton county line through El linwood and to Great Bend on the regular Ellinwood road. It leaves this city running west of 10th street for two miles, then sooth to the Sam Gwinn corner, from there four miles to the corner of R. C. McMullen's farm, south to the railroad track end follows the track up to Pawnee Rock. This route is undoubtedly one of the best roads that could have been se lected, as the entire road is already in good shape and can be kept that way with a very little eipense, but it is probable that a number of fann ers living along the Santa Fe be tween here and Dundee will have some objections to make on the sub ject, and can show reasons why the road all along the track from here to the Rock should be designated. The commissioners will look over the ground carefully before making any decision and will place the road where they think it will be the most benefit to most an(1 at the sam ., , V .ill Alof who explained the matter thoroughly to the board and offered that if the county would make the cut "for the new channel and put in the bridge that the work of making both the fills would be donated the county by those pushing the project. The com missioners came back with a state ment that if those desiring the change would make both the cut and the fills that the board would put them in a modern concrete bridge and have the road changed, and as as matter now stands the proposition still rests but will probably be ac cepted and the change will be made. To put in a first class concrete bridge at this point will cost the county close to $5,000 and the commissioners feel that this is all they would be justi fied in doing in the matter. Several other matters of minor im portance were brought up and discuss ed by the board, and an adjournment was taken until their next regular meeting the first Monday in October, at which time the creek bridge pro position will be definitely settled. THE STATE FAIR. There are those who are wonder ing just what effect the continued un favorable weather for crops will have upon the state fadr. Anything to oc cu in. the future must be judged to a large degree from experiences of the past and observations of similar events under similar conditions else where. In 1901 at a meeting of the Board, held on the 25th day of July, conditions appeared so unfavorable that a motion was made to not hold a fair that year. After a short dis cussion the motion was lost unani mously. The Board went ahead with the result that was most gratifying to the management, the people and to the exhibitors. Similar instances in numbers might be sited here and else where. But it is largely as the old adage saysr "The darkest hour is Just before the dawn.'' When conditions arise in anyone's affairs business or otherwise, which temporarily en shroud the future in doubt, it is most likely a time near the turn toward happier and brighter things. Nothing comes to him who halts, hesitates or stops. The men- of power who do things do not stop.- They go ahead. The history of all successful enter prises leads to but one conclusion, and that is, to proceed, meet diffi culties, overcome them and go ahead. The exhibitors at The Kansas State Fair are made up of this class of successful men. Unpropritlous weath er conditions prevailing for a month or two only causes them to redouble their efforts. The result is, the ex hibitors will be at The Kansas State Fair. The great tractor engine dis play and demonstration will occur. Those breeders having fitted show herds of horses, cattle, sheep and swine are making their entries and engaging their stalls and pens. Those having trained horses for speed or the horse show are not even hesi tating as to whether or not they will exhibit Of course they will. The same way with the visitor to the fair. He cannot afford to drop out a year. Kansas men are not made up of men who are quitters .The consequence is the visitors will be here and as usual the fiar will be a grand success with many new and attractive featuur es. This weather will change pretty soon. The earth and all living things will be refreshed and the Kansan will forget Let others teH their ex aggerated stories and let those be lieve who have an over supply of credulity. Kansas will be wet down the fal plowing and seeding will go on, and prosperity, as usual, wlUshed its benign influences throughout the sunflower kingdom of i A. L. SFONSLER, Sec'y. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kummer have returned to Dodge City ofter a visit of a few days with Great Bend friends. Mr. Kummer was Injured while at work in the Santa Fe yards at Dodge a few weeks ago, but is about all right again now. Mrs. Robert Jones and daughters, of Cherryvale, stopped off here Wed nesday for a visit with their cousin, Arthur Curry and famDy, of north of town. They are on their way home .after spending the summer in Colo rado. John Komarek was a business visi tor from Dartmouth on Wednesday.' He borught with him several bushels J of fine apples which he raised on his j farm there and which he readily dis posed of to the Great Bend mer chants. Beware of pieces of cut glass in your food from scaling enamel ket tles. Use only 'Wearever' genuine aluminum utensils that last a life time, cost but little more and cannot rust, scale, break nor corrode. Sold at Bondurant's. Dave Speck, a former resident of this county but now living at Hutch inson where he owns a fine farm a few miles out of that city, came up this week for a visit with his daugh ter, Mrs. Walter Gregg, and other relatives and old friends and to look after business matters. Dr. Hardy McGreevey came up from Alva, Okla., last week for a visit of a few days here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McGreevey and his sister, Mrs. H. L. Woodburn, of south of town, and his many old time Barton county friends. Miss Ethel Cartmell and Miss Lot tie Martin, both of England, who are here for a visit with Miss Cartmell 's sister, Mrs. Cutler, of near Raymond, and also with a brother here and one in Kansas City, were here last week the guests for a few days at the home of Miss Lillian Brinkman. Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevey and children were In the city last week on their way to their home in Kansas City, after spending a few weeks touring Colorado In their auto, and stopped off here for a visit of a few days with Mt. McGreevey 's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McGreevey. Miss Grace Waugh came in from Topeka Tuesday eveninng and is the guest of Miss Pearl Em ley here. She will assist Miss Emley in her pipe or gan recital at the M. E. church this evening and will give a number of readings. Trustee John Doherty, Dr. G, O. Spiers and Joe Schermuly were here from Ellinwood Wednesday to meet the county commissioners in regard to the proposed county road from east to west and to help boost for the proposition of straightening out the road at the creek east of town. Mr. and Mrs. George Coleman and son stopped off here the first of the week for a visit with Mr. and .Mrs. Harry Diffenbacher of the south side, while on their way to their home in Kansas City, after an outing of sev eral weeks in Colorado. Mrs. Cole man is a slste.r of Mrs. Diffenbacher. Miss Clara Buckland, who has been spending the summer in Colorado, arrived Wednesday morning for a short visit with relatives and friends here, while one her way to Hutchin- eon to resume her duties as one of the instructors in the schools of that city. Clarence Quigley, Frank MoCormick Miss Mae Seeber and Miss Bertha Scott of this city, and the Misses Beulah Butler and AnnaTeten nf Al. tort, returned from Salina Sundav where they had been attending a week's session of the Epworth League Institute. Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Clifton, Kansas, and grand-daughter, Miss Mary Johnson, of Topeka, came in Wednesday from a visit in Canon City, Colo., and Stafford county, for. a visit of a few days here with Mrs. E. A. Hammond and family and other relatives. Charley Lawhorn was down from Pawnee Rock this week oa business with the city and county commission ers. He has secured the contract for laying the new cement walks in the north part of the park and will com mence work in about ten days or two weeks. I' Good hard American dol lars grow on the advertising tree. THIS TkTLX GETS AD. RESULTS RESULTS ERLNO DOLLARS " i DAIRY FACTS REPORT ON DAIRY BUSINESS In Number of Cowl Almoal Same aa Increase In Population Interesting Figure. The United States census report shows 11,795,770 dairy cowi In 1910. aa compared with 1I.108.M in 1)00, an Increase In ten years of 1,687,104, or 20.4 per cent Tbe number of peo ple in the United 6tatea increased 21 per cent In the same period. The total number of pound of but ter made in MM was 1,611,415,263. 1899 it was 1,41,712,602, an increase of 8.6 per cent There was an i crease of 48.7 per eest la butter made in the creameries, and a decrease of 7.2 per cent. In butter made on farms; 61.4 per cent of the butter was made on the farms In 1909, aa against 71.8 per cent, in 1899. The cheese Industry shows a simi lar increase In total make, being 320. 533,181 pounds In 1909, as againet 298,344,642 pounds in 1899, an increase of 7.4 per cent; of this only 2.9 per cent was made on farms in 1909 and 5.5 per cent m 1899. There was a re duction of 42.6 per cent in the amount or cheese made on farms in the ten years and an increase of 10.3 per cent in the amount made in factories. It will be noted that the Increased population was almost In the same ratio as the Increase In number of dairy cows. Each dairy cow supplied milk, butter, cheese, fee cream, etc., for 4.1 persons la 1909 and 1899. It would appear that any shortage of dairy products mast come about be cause the American people are con suming more than they did ten years ago, and this undoubtedly is true. SHUN THE TUBERCULOSIS COW fcrtiafsctorlly Wwn That Man Is Sue ceptJMe to Infection From the Dairy Animals. (By M. H. RXTXOLM. Yetsrlnariaa, Unrtmlty Fans. St Paul. Minn.) Three things have become quite plain In the oowte of a world-wide tody of the relation between human and bovine taUnoloals. (1) That tu berculosis is a ooeamon disease among cattle. (1) That there are constant opportunities tar transfer of any pos sible infection trtsa cattle to people. (3) That man la at least susceptible J to bovine infection. j There can be bo reasonable ques tion now that the most serious source of human tuberculosis, particularly for older children and adults. Is the ad vanced case of human tuberculosis In , the home. It has been satisfactorily j shown, however, that man is at least susceptible to tuberculosis infection from cattle and that tuberculosis among young children, due to germs from cows, is sufficiently common and serious to make it necessary to recog nise the tuberculous cow as an im portant element of danger. HANDY MILK-BOTTLE CARRIER Tlreeome Task of Handling Recepta cle by Rim Obviated by Uae of Handle as Illustrated. Carrying a milk bottle by the rim Is tiresome work for the fingers, so I constructed a handle, as shown In the sketch, from a piece of wire. Tbe carrier can be easily placed in the pocket writes Lawrence B. Robbins A Mini Wtls Carrier. of Harwich, Masai, la the Popular Me chanics. The part MOa er the rim of the bottle Met beat to form two semi-drdse, cm kMting permanently at A, whOo the Cher Is hooked at B after It is sprat aeomod the neck of the bottle. I CAUSE OF KH BITTERNESS Two Classss and Two toitreea, One When FrseMy Draw and Other Comae Freae Lone, Standing. There are tve classes and two sources of btttv Brilk. The first ac cording to the Ontario Agricultural college, has a bitter tasto when fresh ly drawn. The second develops the bitterness only attar standing some time, and increases In Intensity. This is due to the growth of bacteria When fresh mCk is bitter It may be due to feeding of Swedes, cabbages, or the eating of certain herbs. Again, certain cows develop a bit terness in their nCk when far in the lactation period, and this usually oc curs when the oow Is receiving dry feed. Whan this eeenn tbe grain ra tion should be vsdaced so that the cow will be leadiiiift no more than is really needed tor her production. It la said two or tote doses of Epsom aalu at tntorvafii of three days is ef fective in eosae eases la renoviag this T"HW Develops) Bacteria. Milk is almost a perfect food for human beings. It Is also a perfect medium Cor the development of cer tain bacteria which may gain access to it from daeUgden air, from ilea, and from ineleaaj mtsnsUa t ' , 1 Hie of a good picture is that yours is UFSm It willlfjpsure you a good picture. Our stock of films is always complete. Eastman Kodaks are easily Operated. MM Rememler its not a Kodak if Mrs. Peter Webber, of Lacrosse, was brought to the hospital here this week and on Wednesday underwent an operation, and Is reported as get ting along in fine shape now. She was accompanied by her husband and two sons, George C. Webber, regis ter of deeds of Rush county, and Henry Webber, who farms near La crosse. The boys returned to their homes this morning but the husband will remain here for several days. Louis Omer was in, the city this week for a visit with relatives and friends while on his way to Bethany, Mo., where he will have charge 0f a large gents clothing and furnishings establishment, his firm having closed out their store at Kinsley where he uas Deen m cnarge for the last few E. I MOSES MERC. CO Mr, Farmer fe r llCrOD Was lighter, we still havA faiffi in . - - , O 7 ' ----- ' w mvu Kansas, so we have made ud our minds that for the year 1913 we will divide our profits witn you instanding our share of the losses by selling you at our places of business in both Great Bend and Seward Superior Drills For a $5.00 Reduction These prices will stand until the clean stock that we have on hand is exhausted, so if you are in need of a drill don't let this opportunity go by. First come, first served. v YOURS & mcox The Implement Man ePd in tie Film. See tie Eastman its not an Eastman. R. C McMullen of this city has rented his farm in Buffalo township to Mr. KIrkpatrick, and with his fam ily will remove, the 15th. of this month to Stafford, Kansas, where they will make their future borne and where a son, R. J., is engaged In the practice of law and where Mr. Mc Mullen has secured a situation. . Bob has been a resident of Barton county for the Past thirty-five years, and his many friends here regret his leaving but wish for him and his family an abundance of prosperity in their new location. Father Rice, the new priest in charge of the Catholic parish at Claf lin, and Frank Bloomer were over from that place Wednesday looking after some business matters and for a short visit with friends here. 000 1913 seems to be an off year with the Kansas people. While it is true that our wheat crop was lieht. and our corn TO PLEASE i