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ESTABLISHED 18S5. GOODLAND, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1C07. NO. 21. at dhy FAn;.:i::Q co:iyehtiok R3XAX COUNTY PEOPLE IS DEXYCIi. Jacob Trachsel and V. W. Goodrich Took Fruit Exhibits to the Farmers' Congress. The trari3-Missourf Dry Farming congTes3 in Denver this week, the purpose of which is to discuss the most successful and scientific methods cf farming hi this section of country, has a number of delegates from Sher man county. Most all of the following-named persons who took advan tage of the low rates from this point to Denver are delegates to the con gress: J. W. Klauer, county commis sioner; Jacob Trachsel, V. W. Good rich, Arthur Kemp, Dave Tittle, G. A. O'Neal, county commissioner; J. M Townsend and C. M. Milllsack. Since western Kansas and eastern Colorado are dominated by the same climatic influences, it Is very natural that the people from these two sec tions la their efforts to work out salva tion cn the soli, will continue to be drawn closer and closer together, and it may be that Denver will come into prominence as a city of agricultural conventions for people of this semi arid region. Besides the actual proSt that will come to the Sherman county repre sentatives at the dry farming congress where they will hear much discussion . and report and lectures from the most scientific teachers of agriculture from the experimental schools of the coun try, they will have the pleasure of seeing the sights at the big mountain city. Jacob Trachsel, who ha3 been rais ir.g some fine fruit of different kinds, took a fruit exhibit with him to the convention, and V. W. Goodrich also took along a glass Jar of preserved peaches and almonds to show the congress what Sherman county pro duces. Mr. Goodrich, a delegate, thought that he would be unable to attend the congress of farmers a couple of days before he finally decided to go. and i hence had prepared a short paper to : forward to the secretary of the con vention. In thi3 paper, Mr. Goodrich talk3 sanely about thorough cultiva- j ' tion of the soil, and says in part: "In the spring of 1893 I broke about 63 acres of sod on my homestead ten llles north of Goodland, in Sherman county, Kansas, In section 35-6-40. ! The next seasons, '94 and '95, thi3 60 j acres was back set and planted to va- J rlous crops. In the spring of '95 I plowed a strip through the field about two rods wide, to a depth of about ten or twelve Inches and planted the said 65 acres to various crops. About one-third of th!3 strip of deep plow ing was la the barley field, and two thirds of this strip was In the millet field. The barley and millet grown on this strip of deep plowing was from one-third to one-half heavier than barley and millet on the rest of the field. 'The next season (1S97) I listed about 20 acres of thl3 60 to corn. In cluding the two rod3 of deep plowing. The first days of listing turned up hard, dry ground and it was hard work to do even a fair Job of it, the ground wa3 so hard and dry, but oh, what a difference when I came to the strip of deep plowing. The soil was moist and mellow as an 'ash heap. "When we husked the corn, we got about twice the amount from this Suit and Overcoat Sale JfTTHE biggest, best and newest stock of Men's Clothing will go at a cut slash price must make room for big spring stock. Don't forqet this is the good clothes store the best that Hart Schaffner & Marx and Kohn Bros. make. Come in our store and see our stock. Save more by buying of us. Have better by buying of us . Look better by buying of us. Boys7 Clothing c For A?e 2 year to -1 6 year -V 2.75 suits $2.25 4.0 " 3.25 5.C0 " 4.25 7X3 " 5.E0 10X3 " 3X0- . strip as any other strip of the same width in the field. "Onancther 75-acre field, one sea son there wa3 a strip deeply plowed the la3t days of June and no crop planted. For five years following, the various crops have been better on this narrow strip through the field, al though it received the same cultiva tion as the rest of the field. "One block in the city of Goodland was plowed during August, 1904, was harrowed after all the rains and snows during the fall and winter, then plow ed and subsoiled in the spring. We planted large shade trees, 676 in all in this block. After the trees were set, I dug a hole five feet deep and found no dry ground. The top soil was continuously cultivated during the last summer and all the trees put out made a healthy, satisfactory growth except two. 'The above experiments have prov en to me that deep culture or the Campbell system is the thing for this locality. William Sexson, Neville. Kan., and Jacob Trachsel, Goodland, Kan., have made a success of growing orchards by this mehod, and their orchards have been bearing frui for several years, Mr. Seyler, Goodland, Kan., during the fall of 19 05, prepar ed a tract for an orchard by thorough cultivation and digging large and deep holes during the late fall or ear ly winter. On April 23, 19 06, this tract, containing several hundred fruit trees, 1,200 forest trees, and 600 grape vines, was planted under my super vision. Nearly all of the fruit trees, all of the forest trees and every one of the grape vines lived and made a good satisfactory growth, and quite a num ber of the grape vines bore grapes this season. Thu3 we have demonstrated that tree planting is not an experiment but a success in Sherman county." TTIAT BANK ROBBERY. Brewster Incident Turned Out to Be Only Half True. The bank robbery at Brewster was mostly a scare. It was true that the outside door was forced open and an attempt wa3 made to get onto the combination of the safe, but the at tempt failed. That a theft was at tempted 13 clear from the fact that red pepper was used to obliterate the trail and smother the scent in the case of using dogs to follow the traiL Sheriff Reed supposed, by the na ture of the telegram he received Fri day morning, that there had been a daylight hold up, but It seem3 that the attempt made was the evening be fore, on Thursday night. Probably the offense was committed by ama teurs living not far away. Mentions Goodland Gas Company. The Topeka State Journal says: J. H. Stewart of the Goodland Re public, who has put in the biggest share of his life In the Sixth district, and perhaps got as little out of it as has any newspaper fellow in north west Kansas, has retired from the presidency of the Goodland Gas and Coal company. A vote of thanks was tendered him. The committee found little trouble in raising $3,500, and hope to increase it to 55,000. Those Goodland people are determined to find out whether there i3 any oil, gas, coal or salt underneath the soil of Sherman county. Two Jacks and One Stallion. For Sale of Trade Are fine Indi viduals, and well worth the pains of investigation. Write to W. P. War riner, Stansberry. Mo. We are the Good Clothes Store. Money refunded on any purchase not satisfactory. Copyright I Hart SchiSner MEN'S SUITS Men's $10 and $12 Sulis, are now Ments $15 Suits, are now Men's 17.50 and $18 Suits, are now Men's 20.00 Suits, are now Men's 22 JO Suits, are now Men's 25.00 Suits, are now Men's 2 7 JO Suits, axe now Men's 30X0 Suits, are now LIEN'S OVERCOATS $12 JO Overccsti, now 1 5.C0 Orercoats, now 16.50 j $17.50 Overcoats, ncw.. 18.CD -l $20X0 Overcc-U, row 2250 Ovcrcocts, now 25.coa,crcc-r.cw A BEJEWELED CITY IN" THE SKY. Remarkable Mirage of Goodland as Seen by a Dweller on the Fliins. John, the Reve'.ator, "saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, crowned as with the glory cf God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a Jasper stone, clear as crystal." Thl3 was a prophetic vision of the future of the Church of God, and of things unspeakably glorious, but as yet Invisible except to the eye of faith. "Faith, mighty faith, the promise And locks to that alone, Laugh3 at Impossibilities And cries, it shall be done." But, indeed, what grandure 13 often to the eye of sense revealed in the panorama of mountain, plain, sea and sky! What sun rislng3, what sun setting, what auroras, what rainbows, as about the throne of God! Moun tains and forrests mirrored in a lake; nature admiring her own beautlous face; clouds white and glistening mountains In the sky; ships, steeples, cities, oftentimes bewitchingly invert ed, limned in the gauze of purest air and bejeweled by rays of the rising sun shining through aqueous prisms! Out on the broad ocean; it is sunset and a calm; no clouds to obscure the vision: the sun's great disk sinks half way down in the briny waters; th-i sky 13 gold, the sea i3 gold. The streamers rigging glistens, ' and ever ripple from the prow and all the wake of the "painted ships upon a painted ocean" are gems and gold. The writer, a young man then and homeward bound from war, on the Gulf of Mexico In November, 1S:5, saw this wonderful sight. Youth has long ago departed, but the vision lin gers unfading in the inner chamber cf the soul. Well, as to the mirage. A. S. Gaf ford, a substantial farmer living eight miles northeast of Goodland, was in the city Monday and rehearsed to tle writer the details of a wonderful mirage he had seen that very morn ing about sunrise. Colby, nearly thirty miles away, was In the sky, sharply outlined, .but exaggerated in extent and In altitude; and Brewster half way between play ing her pranks at an extravaganza in rivalry of her elder sistei. But there away toward the southwest was Good land mocking the eastward show. The smoke from the shops was a great and high mountain In the background. There were the stadpipe3, steeples and cupolas, and the business bricks tow ering like "sky scrapeis," enlarged, exaggerated; and, the homes . were palaces; a!L everyone sparkling with Jems like some great capital with costly decoration for the marriage of a king. Was this prophetic? She was not inverted. "Coming ev ents cast their shadows before." Clianjje in Pantatorium. The Goodland Pantatorium, which has ben conducted by Roy Coleman for the proprietors, Walter Smith and Lowell Shaw, has undergone a change in ownership this week, and is now owned by R. Coleman & Co. Roy Coleman bought out the Interest of Lowell Shaw. The new firm will ap preciate your patronage and guaran tees satisfaction, and will also call for and deliver your garments day or night If you want a right handsome Val entine at the least price you ever pair for it, call at H. J. Rowe's. r 906 by U Marx $ 8.50 . 12.50 15.00 16.50 18X0 22X0 25.00 27X0 -S10X0 12X0 15X0 1CX0 20X3 22 '"O in circs ix cght. Two Former Goodland Men Ilae a Bonanza at Georgetown, Colo. Georgetown. Colo., Jan. 12. George - town, famous for forty years &3 the home of rich silver mines, proudly boasts of having within Its bounda ries one of the biggest and richest ore bodies ever uncovered In the state of Colorado. As a result two former residents of Goodland, Kan, are on the road to wealth, the success of the undertaking already being assured. There Is no guess work when the above assertion is made, as from re cent shipments made from a body of ore measuring from thirty to forty feet in width mill returns have shown that high values are contained In the product. The lucky men who may become rated In the millionaire class are George W. Teagarden, at present one of the most substantial and best known citizens of Georgetown, and H. EL Don Carlos, at present engaged in the real estate and brokerage busi ness In Denver. Both have pinned their faith to the camp where silver was first discovered in Colorado, since which time the aggregate production has been in excess. of $SO,000,000. The Ramsdell mine, in which the above named gentlemen are Interest ed, is located on Lincoln mountain. This territory, embracing a vast area of mineral ground is the home of a number of producing mines, but It Is evident that when II r. Teagarden se cured the Ramsdtll group of six claims, he secured the cream of the entire locality. The Ramsdell lode which has been aptly termed a second Homestake, Is unquestionably the mo ther vein of the mountain. It can be traced for several thousand feet, the outcropping showing for the entire distance. Development on this valuable prop erty In the past ha3 consisted in run ning a crosscut for a distance of 300 feet, at which time the Ramsdell lode" was intersected. Drifting wa3 then prosecuted easterly and a body of quartz was followed which proved to be a monster. In order to determine the extent of the discovery the drift was widened and from the hanging wall to the foot-walL It was found that this mineralized body of ore was from thirty to forty feet In width. Out of over 10 0 assays which were had, the stuff being taken from all parts of the workings, the lowest gave returns of $10.50 in gold to the ton, while the highest went as high as $180 in gold to the ton. In addition to thi3 there were good values in silver and lead. A drift was then started westerly and the ground has now been opened for 200 feet. As gTeat depth i3 being at tained a good sized streak of ore was shortly encountered, and since then it has gradually gained in size until It measures from 4 to 5 feet in thick ness. This is of a smelting grade and i3 worth in the crude on an aver age of S60 to the ton, carrying values in gold and silver, with about 35 per cent In lead. As an evidence that the statements of the writer are not without founda tion, it might be well to use a few statements made by A- L. Stephens, one of the best known mining and mill experts in the state of Colorado. Mr. Stephens went through the prop erty, made a careful examination, measured up the ore reserves and re ported substantially as follows: In all there is now blocked and awaiting to be knocked down 1.000,000 tons of the quartz matter. Estimating In a conservative way, that the entire body will only average J 7 to the ton, and we have $7,000,000. "With a mill ing plant in operation this material could be mined and milled at a cost of not to exceed $1.40 per ton, leav ing a balance of $6,540,000. Mr. Stephens then deducted 10 per cent, which might possibly be lost in the treatment of the ore, leaving a net surplus of $5,890,000. Surely these figures should speak for themselves, as any one who has visited the work ings 13 truly astonished at the mag nitude of the proposition. All the above figures simply cover the amount of ore that is now in sight, and not what will probably be uncovered in the future with systematic develop ment work. It does not. Include the streak of smelting ore which is now being followed in the west drift. Mr. Teagarden is the manager of the Ramsdell company. LaFollette's Argument Corked Tlicm. The Topeka Capital says: It is funny to see the Topeka Her ald and Kansas City Journal now ex plaining that the bill which passed the senate a week or so ago limiting the hours of work on railroad trains was not a La Follette bill, after alL But It was a La Follette measure. And La Follette's argument for it was a corker, and corked opposition in th-i senate. The "Wisconsin senator print ed in the Record a list of accidents since 1901, due to overworked train men, trainmen in every case having worked uninterruptedly for at least fifteen hours, and from that up to forty-two hours. This list of accidents filled six pages of the Congressional Record. There was no facing it, and the senate passed the bill. The Band Concert. The concert at the Grand l?t week by the Goodland band was not nearly so well attended as It should have been. It was a first class entertain ment of Its kind. The band is a thing to be openly proud of, and the ordin ary citizen would much miss Its us fulness were it disorganized. The vocal numbers were good, especially did Mr. Morgan appear at the summit of his art as a singer. He sang that old. yet new sor.g. "Mary," and went to a-fiat with much charm of voice. For Kent. The poor farm, including duelling house, barn, well and forty-one acres of land, thirty acre3 in pasture and eight acres broken out. Apply to the county clerk, Wilson Peters, J. W. KLAUER, Chairman Board County Commission ers. Don't Trcit To memory to recall friend and relatives. Me: rot r. erly a satisfactory faces cf aorics are as these h: .:h grade portraits made at SchreJ-J er's Art Studio. Call and see samples j er. l5.m al-.-n-t ilia Eixtv dzv st-5c:I i J c :r T7ere-;- yc may get a line er.- j LOCiLUlD-STILLIXGS MUDDLE. I Sherman County Msn Continually Taken for Senator StULLnss. ! rie noxious and cunning-lobbyist at the sttate capital are not so wi-se as to tell the difference between Frank Lockard of Sherman county, assistant seargeant-at-arm3 of the senate, and Senator Stillings. The State Journal caricatures the blunderings made In mistaking one for the ether in the following paragraph: "Frank Lockard, who was sergeant-at-arms cf the senate last session, de sired to repeat the dose. The medicine was against him, however, but Instead of presenting him with the lemon pro per, the senate gave him the Job of second base. The second position on the board Is not an undesirable one. It does not require the activity neces sary to first seargeant-at-arms, and the holder is qualified for member ship to the Sons of Rest. ; "Lockard has only one kick on his Job in the senate. He Is frequently lobbied under a misapprehension. He does not look much like Senator Still ings. They can be readily distinguish ed apart by the turned up point of their hair. The senator wears hi3 on top of his head and Lockard wears his low, as a protection for his right eye. Ablind man with a wooden limb should be able to see the great dif ference In their personal appearance, but mistakes continue to occur, and Lockard Is frequently roused from a profound reverie by some persistent "lob." Of late he has been compelled to wear his badge of office on the street to avoid being held up and treated to cigars and soda water by the seekers." A MISSOURLYN'S SUCCESS. E IL Thomas, Newcomer, Surround ing Himself "With Abundance. E. H. Thomas, who came Here about ten months ago from Edwards, Mo., and settled on a quarter section of land five miles northeast of town, brought in a picture of his new home Tuesday. He has a frame barn, wind mill and large and commodious farm house, with stacks of hay near by, which showed what a man can do on a quarter section of land within a year in Sherman county. He raised a crop of broom corn on sod and made brooms for sale. He made his house out of concrete and did most of the improvements on his place. He had only a few hundred dollars to go on and has made a grand showing for the short time he has resided here. BUSINESS NOTICES, Dressmaking done by Mrs, Frank Ellis, one block south and one west Methodist church. Aaron Wells returned a week ago from Missouri and shipped In a mam moth Jack and a Percheron stallion. When you want something fine In the fresh beef line, call at Swart's meat market and get some of that fine some case3 the increase asked amounts baby beef, as I have Just received an- to 5 or 4 0 per cent, as they compre other consignment of the Kistner hend an increase of 15 per cent In the young cattle. ; wage scale and a reduction of the G. L. Calvert, the pioneer real es-i working day from ten to eight hours, tate man, has a list of a3 fine farm t It is understood the railroads are bargains as can be found In Sherman ' willing to give the men an Increase of county or western Kansas. He can suit you near town or out from town, and will suit you on the terms, too. If you want to buy or sell, see me. G. L. Calvert For Rent. Half section of Improved land, quire of Warren Shamburg. En- STOCEC and time has come to make ready TOCK TAKING IS OVER with and we have settled down to business In earnest again. It will not be 4 long until new, crisp spring goods will be coming In and we do not want any odds and ends of out J of season stock in our way, so we have given our entire store a thorough overhauling and every thing that will not be in season one t business is always slow. Trade is I- tor" ha? nrpurrihp r rt t, t 4 pices, and here they are they will help us move the goods and they are f weigh nearly as much after you have purchased as hefore. r v.- I b A FALL AND WINTER WAISTS REDUCED Our entire stock of Fall and Winter Waists the fam ous Bell Line go on sale this week at 20 per ccni discount These will net last long come early. WOMEN'S COATS 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT Just a few. Our busi ness in the cloak line was immense and there are not many left but If we Lave one to fit you it will te a bar gain at S3 per cent disco t wool sinr.is m:- '-len's Eeavy Wool Shirts I fciue colors, hls class full run cf es $2.25 MEN'S in MAEJirED I II 3 FIRST COUPLE. Ibate Jnd;re Ellcnberjer EccJed It Off Allrisht, Too. The first couple to be married by J. S. xllenberger since his accession to - , . , . day of January, were John A. Oliver of thi3 city and Virginia Osberg of Denver. The ceremony was pronoun ced at the home of the groom at 7:30 o'clock last Tuesday, January 15. The witnesses to the marriage were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Raines, neighbors of Mr. Oliver, and when Mr. Raines appeared at the probate Judge's of - flee to request the Judge to come to the Oliver home to tie the knot, he incidentally remarked that the pastor of the Methodist church had refused to marry the couple. That set Uncle Joe's head to working like the tick ing of a clock. "Why shouldn't he? Is it a case of black and white?" he thought, "but there's no law against such marriages in Kansas, and so I'll go anyway." On the way down he thought of what he should say for ceremony, nev er having taken any elocutionary les sons with a marriage ceremony as a piece. He had seen a form for such doings In a Justice of the peace book, but that was a long time ago. "This Is what I'll do," he decided within himself ."I'll see what color they are first, and then after jollying them a little to get my poise in this great affair I'll go ahead, adding be fore I get through, by the grace and privilege of the statutes of the state of Kansas you are now declared to be husband and wife. " But the surprise was, both were white, the bride to be, a fair looking Caucasian and the groom a fitting mate. And after the ceremony was gone through, the happy pair complimented the Judge very profusely on how ex cellent a performer he was, adding that he must have had considerable practice in the art. The pastor had refused to perform the marriage ceremony, not on ac count of the Judge's suspicion, but be cause one of the parties was divorced from a previous marriage. Mr. Oliver Is a coppersmith in the Rock Island shops at this place. TRAINMEN DEMAND 3IORE PAY. The Railroads Net Willing: to Give Jlore Than a 10 Per Cent Increase. Chicago, Jan. 22. Trainmen and conductors on every road west of Chicago are demanding advances in wages, which, if granted, will Increase the pay rolls many millions of dollars annually. The demands affect more than 100,000 employes and are now being discussed by committees repre senting the general managers and the labor organizations. A conference was held in Chicago today and It Is understood the men were emphatically told all of their de mands could not be entertained. In about 10 per cent but no more. The Knights and Ladies of Security meet every first and third Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock. In Masonic hall. All members of the order and visiting members of the fraternity are cordial ly invited to attend. J. W. KANOUSE, President TAiXING month hence has been marked down. At this time of the year our l.ne ci not coming in great quantities, like It was a month ago. so our "store doc- t Wt Vnnw of nntWnr that will stimulate business as much as rock bottom I 20 Per Cent Dis count cn Sateen Petticoats At thl3 time of the year we have an un usual large line, as we have bought "heavily for spring trade, and to get these out of our way we have made a re duction of 20. per ent on every ETar" xnent of this famous Waterloo Brand. DOTS' SCHOOL SHOES Boys Elucher Box Calf School Shoes, warranted solid throughout double cap toe, doutTe solid sole leather soles, hand made. (See ehoe cut Irt two for dem.onstraticn). rrice, per pair JJlO EIMONOS S1.C3 W have a few mere cf the. s attractive F.us sian Ve!our'IIimo;iC3 and Ea.;uf3. In order t to have any cf them lill when, rer rooi3 ar rive, v.-? l.:.ve nio le mere radical i rcui-:uoc3 .ri wi.i --i i sreciil rr're cf ' :srrr at the SI.C3 A E!0 FIHE AT PHiLLIPOn I : ESTOIATED LOSS SET AT AT. GUT i $100,000. j i Blaze Started in General Store of 3. G. Gefchart & Son The Dis patch OCc Destroyed. The second recent destructive ftra to occur in Fhllipsburg, the Rock Is land divlRlnT? nnint east rf fV's hanr.n f.-,r-.rfav r.iM , J iDorted to have d.-m t.- rrwvi j and business houses to the extent cf 5100,000. The Phillipsburg Xew3 reports the Ere as follows: Monday night about 10 o'clock fire was discovered in the general store cf Gebhart & Son and before the fiamea were checked the big stock carried by that firm was almost entirely destroy ed, all that was saved being what good3 were stored In the waroroum ad Joining the store. We are told their stock of goods invoiced about $41, 000 and that about $30,000 Insurance was carried on the stock and build ing. The adjoining buildings the corner owned by the Phillips County Bank and the Cummings building, were en tirely gutted by the fire, though a great portion of the household goodJ and other property In the Cummincr building were saved. Dr. Pope and John O. Lowe, who had offices on the second floor of th corner building, suffered considerable loss, though they saved considerable stun. The barber shop on the first floor was moved out but badly dam aged. Will Barron also suffered a loss. The Dispatch office which was In the basement of this buildirg, was completely wiped ou', only the sub scription books being saved, but we are told a printing plant will l c or dered and the pai-.er continu? publica tion. The Dispatch carried t2,09 insurance. The fire wip-d out one of the best business blocks "n th; city anrt is roc only a severe !oss to tTie ovr.ers and all occupants, but a iroat loss to the town as well. How the blaze originat ed is not known. The siinriatBd loss is put at $100. v00. Much probity could have been saved If we had a de cent system of waterworks, but un fortunately that is one of the things necessary in fighting fire we haven't got A hurryup -move should now be made to have the waterworks put In shape before another such fire hap pens. MISS CLARA SAPP RESIGNS. Gives Up Her Position as Primary Teacher. Owing to the condition of her health. Miss Clara Sapp, primary teacher in the Goodland city schools, has resigned her position, and at the meeting of the board of education Monday night Miss Jessie Vincent was chosen to succeed Miss Sapp for the remainder of the school year. Miss Vincent has been successful In her work in rural schools and will doubt less experience no difficulty In -taking up the work of her predecessor In the primary work. Miss Sapp simply needs a rest to regain her usual good health, as she ha3 been extremely .faithful In her school work and has overdone. "Silver Cream" cleanses the silver, cut glass, gold, at Harry J. Rowe's. IS O V t for spring business so light that your pocketbook will 10 PEI CENT DLSCOUNT ON OVEI1COATS Our entire stock cf Men's Overcoat3 at 10 per cent discount No old coats in the lot every gam: sent warranted good style. We have too many to carry over. N 03 i j V !,'0T TO B? la - xi CUT riiCH - ' Vi Tr! V.j-r, lien's Heavy Fl-?-:cc-1 Ur,.l in rood shape. We have & f'S.l cf lzi3, at the rcsruiar r rj-e l