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LAEBER COUNTY INDEX.
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Official Payer of BarbcrCounty
and Medicine Lodge.
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E. P. CARUTHER3 4 W. G. MUSGROVE,
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4'onaii's will lufjniiiu m Saturday.
A iifci;il session is looked for.
Transfers in U ichitii last week
aioountetl to 2,.T.r:.2fVS. '('all a Halt."
Mr. INiXiilm.'i 1)ium wan huiifj al
IItlcini-r. X. V., on Monday, for tbe
ruurikr f lier hii&hand.
It aipsirs tliat the grand Jnry LIU
will lvcoie a law, atid tlien we will
luive a grand jury at every regular
term of tin? diMlirt wirt. Kansas in
letting to imitate tiie east more every
year. Our glorious climate will be
gn in a few more years.
Near K.iston, la., last Saturday, a
I-nrty of loy huulers were run duwn
ly :i litfntniiij? express train and nix out
f feveu were instantly killed. A
blinding snow storm was raging, and
as they 8tejiM'd from ono track to au
other, to avoid a passing freiglit train,
they were struck by the express.
The name of Nt. John county has
been changed to Iog:ui. And yet, only
m x years ago. St. Johu was being ap
plauded for his well-known prohibition
vivws. Five years ago he was buried
by his former friends. lie resurrected
himself and, it is said, elected Mr.
Cleveland president. (Jreat is St. John.
Fearful earthquakes visited Italy
last week, and the loss of lives is esti
mated at l.OU). At Nice, lo.ooo people
left the city. At (ienoa business is en
tirely suspended, ami 13,UUU people have
lied from there. The principal damage
was done at Uajardo. Diano Marina,
Uressano, and Hi the province of Porto
llaurizio WO were killed.
Theoullok in the east grows hourly
More threatening. The London Times
publihlies a htateuient from its corres
oident at Vienna, that the relations
f Uussia w ith (rermany and Austria
are severely strained, and what is nit rs
Important, that no further attempts are
imide in official circles to conceal the
fact. Dispatches iioia other sourcts
tonliiui this.
Senator John.). Ingails, or Kansas,
is now president pro tern of the United
States her. ate, having been elected last
week, to till the vacancy caused by the
tesUnatioii of Senator Shenw.n. In
tlio event of the death of Mr. Cleveland,
Mr. Ingalls would not be president,
however; the pretd.Iential succession
bill providing for the ollice being tilled
by the secretary of state.
The grand jury bill, passed by the
limise of representatives last Saturday
provides that a grand jury shall lie or
dered by the district Judge for at least
two regular terms of the court in each
)ear, except In counties having a opu
lation of less than l.tyKio, when but one
grand jury a year will be required.
However, on the petition of no tax-payers,
a grand jury in iy bj ordered for each
term of the court.
Referring to the planting of l-ces on
tho Kansas prairies, und Its effects on
climate, Web Wilder says: ' This tre
mendous it volution has already changed
someNJ.mHi acres of dry, sun-baked
laud, cracked and fissured high prairie
into moist and shaded woodland, the
home of birds and cattle, and the par
ents of millions of brooks and creeks.
In a fair dund up tight we have whip
p.'d tin climate and diivenit howling
iiotn the field. It vents its hellish rage
on the border in cyclomv, twisters and
waterspouts; but the c) clone must go.
Tiie same enterprise and gallant spirit
that drove the ruffian, the guerrilla,
and the town burner from Kansas will
also speedily abolish the storm-fiend
Ms natural and brutal ally."
Kansas is u slice from the juciest side
of the earth. A few )ears ago it was a
wilderness. To-day it Is the garden of
the world, redolent with the fragrance
of the orchard and vintage, teeming
with the homes of thrifty people, pull
ing w ith the vim and vigor of progress
and mellow with the bloom of an al
most perennial harvest. last year
Kansas sent to the east from her over
flowing store-houses a golden stream of
grain, fil'ed hundreds of their empty
trains with the choicest of her herds
and Hocks, and, standing on the thresh
old of this year's bounty, she sends
greeting and welcome to half a million
vfthvir sons who would try their for
UAm ou her unbroken prairies. What
Kansas, will le fifty years hence Is be
yond the comprehension of people now
living. Chicago Journal.
This county U SO miles m extent
from east b west, and 33 miles from
north to south, with a notch of six
miles square out of the northeast cor
ner, and contains l,2 square miles of
territory, almost as large as llhode
Island, and more that half the size of
Delaware. From this. w can form an
Idea of the population llarber County
is capable of supporting. Rhode Is
land had. In 13?4), a population of over
278,000 and Delaware, almost wholly
agricultural, bad 110.000. Hence it is
fair to suppose that 70,000 people could
rind means of subsistence in this coun
ty. Uy a little computation it will be
seen that the above area affords land
for 4,608 farms of 100 acres each, 9,216
of 80 acres; and 40 acres makes a pret
tJ Rood sled farm 'Mown mat."
This county, unlike many Kansas
oounUes, is not destitute of trees.
The land being more broken, and
traversed in all directions by streams,
fonsMerable limber grows la It, prin
cipally Along the bottoms. To one
doming from a heavily timbered coun
try, trees here look small and scattered,
but to those ho have lived where not
a stick of native wood is obtainable
for miles and miles around, the sight
of Barber counJy is refreshing. All
over the county, along the streams are
found clumps of tree a. and hardly In
any part can get out of sight of them.
They consist principally of cotton
wood and cedar, with sopje walnut,
hackberry, elm and other rarietles.
Almost every farmer has enough wood
within easv reach to supply hi fuel,
make posts and for other purposes
about his home, and the groves add
material Ijr to tho bcautj tl tfco Ucd-I'-tpe.
XO-MAirs LAKD.
The following is the full text of the !
house bill to onen nn Vo-Mnn'a T.anri to I
settlement as It was amended in the
senate and passed by that body:
That the laws of the United States,
except those providing for pre-emption,
timber culture and desert land entries
of the public lands, are hereby extended
over the unorganized territory south of
the states of Kansas and Colorado, and
between the Indian territory and the
territory of New Mexico, and north
of Texas, known as the public land
strip, and that for the purpose of the
execution of said laws, all that portion
of tho state of Kansas lying south of
the Clli standard parallel, south and
west of the line between ranges SO and
31 west of the Cth principal meridian,
and the tract of unorganized territory,
known as the public land strip afore
said, be and are hereby constituted a
new and separate land district, to be
called the Cimarron land district, and
the subdivlsional lines of townships in
said public land strip may be surveyed
under current appropriations for the
surveying service, the work to be done
under the direction and supervision of
the secretary of the interior, and said
public land strip is hereby attached to
the judicial district of Kansas until the
establishment of civil government in
said territory. Lands therein maj be
entered for town site purposes, for the
several use andbenelitof the occupants
of such town sits by such trustee or
trustees as may be named by the secre
tary of the interior for that purpose,
such entries to be made under the pro
visions of section 1SM7 of the revised
statues as near as may be, and when
such entries shall have been made, the
secretary of the interior bhall provide
by regulation for the proper execution
of the trust in favor of the inhabitants
of the town sites, including the survey
of the land into lots-according to the
spirit and intent of said section tS7 of
the revised statues, whereby the same
result would be reached as though the
entry had been made by a county judge
and the disposal of the lots in such
town site, and the proceeds of the sale
thereof had been prescribed by the leg
islative authority of a state or territory;
provided, that no more than 320 acres
shall be embraced in one town site en
try. Sec. 2. That the president by and
w ith the advice and consent of the sen
ate shall appoint a register and a re
ceiver of public nionej s for said district,
and said otVcers shall reside in the
place where said land oflice is located
and shall have the same powers and
shall discharge similar duties and re
ceive the same fees and emoluments as
other ollicers discharging like duties in
the other land offices in the state of
Kansas.
KAXSAS AS A STATE.
Kansas is attracting the attention of
eastern capitalists more and more ever)
day. This becomes a proven fact by
the increasing number of visitors to the
state during this season of the year.
During the fall and winter seasons of
the year, persons w ho contemplate mak
ing the western country their home,
look around for a selection to suit them,
and Kansas is becoming the attractive
point above all others for such persons
to settle in. Kansas lands have no
equal in fertility of soil i: the United
States, and persons on the lookout for
homes, are not slow t: notice that bet
ter crops are grown on farms in Kan
sas that cost from $2 to $10 an acre
than there are in the far east on land
that cost from $U!0 to $i:o an acre.
These persona from the east also notice
that tho crops in Kansas are grown
with less that one-half the labor neces
sary to grow crops in the east. The
healthy climate, tho good water, the
excellent building rock, and the inex
haustible veins of coal that underlie the
upper strata of the earth's surface in
Kansas, are also powerful attractives
in causing people w ho have once visited
Kansas to return again; but above all,
the herds of fat cattle seen roaming ov
er the plains of Kansas, are the most
powerful inducements for eastern peo
ple to settle in Kansas These, tliev
look at with astonishment, and wonder
why an ox can not grow as large on land
that cost $200 per acre, with it big bank
barn to shelter him, and a stately man
sion for his owner to live in, as he does
on $ land in Kansas without shelter,
while his owner, with his p ackets stuff
ed w ith greenbacks, sits in a dugout.
Truly the cause of this as well as many
other satisfactory results are inexplaln
able, even by Kansas people, and they
do not search aftei scientific explana
tions, but are content to believe what
their eyes lehold, the same as they be
lieve the inexp!ainable fact that the
germ of an acorn becomss a tree. Wil
son (Kansas) Echo.
WHAT STATU IS IT.
Under the aluve head the St. Louis
Republican says: "Kansas is probably
the most prosperous state in the union.
It has had a succession of good crops.
It has sprung up in the scale of agricul
tural states to a position very near the
top."
Thanks. Hut what state is any nearer
the top? Let us take the National
Bureau of Agriculture for issa.
Is it Missouri? Kansas raised 11,
llo.OOO bushels more corn than Mis
souri. Is it Illinois? Kansas raised 85,607,
780 bushels more of corn; 4,701,100 bush
els more or wheat, and 13,72-5,334 bushels
more of oats than Illinois.
Is it Iowa? Kansas raised 3,176,900
bushels more corn than Iowa,
Is it Nebraska? Nebraska produced
1012273,900 bushel of corn a big corn
crop, but Kansas raised 172,800,000
bushels; 72,921 ,100 bushels in favor of
Kansas.
Is it Texas? Kansas raised 100 000,
000 bushels more corn than Texas.
Pass on Texas.
Perhaps U is Minnesota? Kansas
raised just lo77,100 bushels of corn
more than Minnesota. Next!
Is it Dakota? She is not a wheat
producing state, but when the wheat
dance is called she waltzes in with 1G,
123.100 bushels. But when Kansas
raises 25,815,100. Dakota gets tired.
The reason SenatorShermaa resigned
his place as presiding officer, is that
when the senate assembes In December
next, it will consist of twenty-five dem
ocrats and twenty flv republicans, in
cluding Riddleberger. so that if there
were then no presiding oCcer none
could be elected without the assent of
the democrats. Sherman's motive in
resigning now is to give his , party the
presidency of the s ccate for the next
two years.
LAND RULING.
Several weeks since, we wrote to the
general laud office, asking what would
be the effect of tho recent ruling of As
sistant Secretary of the Interior, Mul
drow, on the Osage Indian lands. The
following answer, received Monday,
explains Itself fully:
Department of tiie Interior,
General Land Office.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 24, 1SS7.
Messrs. Carutiters & Musorove,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Gentlemen: In reply to your letter
of February 3, 1S87, 1 have to state,
that under a recent ruling of the depart
ment, an entry may be completed for a
portion of the Osage Indian land in
Kansas, without continuous residence
thereon for six months next preceding
date of application to enter, and with
out cultivation of the land.
.No new instructions under this rul
ing have been issued to the local offi
cers, except a telegram to the Garden
City office, copy enclosed herewith.
Claimants for this class of lands are
required to file a D. S. and make proof,
after published notice, as in ordinary
pre-emption entries. Itespectfully,
S. M. Stockslaqer,
Asst. Commissioner,
COPY OF TELKORAM.
Secretary decision on Osage entries
makes no change in existing regulations.
except that good faith settlement, shall
be determined without respect to six
months residence. Filing, publication
and payment is required as before and
proofs must le made on present forms.
S. M. Stockslaoer,
(Sioned), Asst. Comrn'i.-aioner.
ExUu'jislox iu ka'sas.
Topeka Capital: "C. G. Coutant, ed
itor of tlip (.ul!rn f'itv Siotitinl ur.
rived in this city yesterday, and' last
ryiung ne compieiea arrangements
w ith the rassenirer dennrtment of 11.
Santa Fe road to run eight excursions
to Garden Ci'y. The excursions are to
mhii irom points in Kentucky, Ulno,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri."
Why cannot such excursions be ar
ranged to come over the Southern Kan
sas railroad into the garden spot of the
west? Think of Sumner, Harper and
Barber counties, all in the highest state
of cultivation, as compared with the
bleak prairies and sand hills west of
the great bend in the Arkansas river!
Think of sending eight excursions in
to the alkali country west of the 100th
meridian, when the rich and settled
country of Southern Kansas is yet open
to immigrants!
Why show people from the east the
experimental irrigating ditches, the
unbroken prairies, and thedrv nlains
west f Dodge Citv, when there is a
modern Garden of Fden along the line
and at the terminus of the Southern
Kansas railroad?
Think of what an excursion would
see on a trip to Barber county. At
Medicine Lodge they would see a city
of 2,000 people which has had a solid
and continious grow th for 12 years; ad
miiably located commercially: nearlv
every citizen the absolute owner of his
business and residence property: and in
no case is the property held at an unfair
price. A city that has school houses
and other public buildings sufficient for
its present, and for its future needs.
for some years at least, and consequent
ly a city where taxes are and w ill con
tiuue to be reasonable; a city that has
never known nn era of windy specula
tion, but where every dollar invested
with ordinary judgment has always
met with a return
The excursionists would see Barber
ccunlv, a beautiful county, within 100
miles of several good cities with every
possible requisite of a farming and
stock raising region, and vet where im
proved farms may be bought for Jess
money than raw prairie a hundred miles
from a market in some other sections
of Kansas.
The excursionists would see a well
watered country, and it is water that
makes the difference between agricul
tural failure and success in Kansas.
They would see a country travesed bv
the Medicine river, Salt Fork, Little
unit Big Mule creeks, Turkey and Mul
berry, Elm and a dozen other splendid
streams. Ihey would see a country
where irrigation is not a necessity, and
wht re farming is not an experiment.
They would see fields which have "been
planted in corn for ten years, right
along, dry or wet.
And now comes the remarkable fact
that all this fine, fertile, weil-watered.
well railroaded country, a demonstrated
success; has plenty of room both in town
and country for thousands of people
and millions of money, but has no boom
in a speculative sense.
So bring on a dozen excursions to
Uar ber county. Our hotels can enter
tain themall, and our real estate men
can le relied on to furnish every man
with a farm.
The pauper bill, vetoed by the presi
dent, failed to get through the house
over his veto. Congress is learning a
little sense every day from the pres
ident. About Cotton.
Having raised three crops of Cotton
in Alabama and finding our soil far su
perior for any product, I planted sev
eral rows last year. The cotton prov
ed successful, far beyond my expecta
tions, in quantity as well as quality.
By proper cultivation, we can depend
upon one bale of 600 pounds, to the
acre. Cotton la worth from 8 to 11
cents per pound. Experienced cotton
raisers from Texas declare that one
acre of cotton like they have seen on
my place, would yield nearly two bales.
The cultivation of cotton, except the
picking, requires little more work than
corn. The freight on cotton, compared
with corn, is but a trifle. Cotton, un
like other crops, never changes so fast
in the market and is at all times and
everywhere equal to cash. Further
more, where ever cotton is raised, corn
will bring a better price. A movement
is on foot now to buy one hundred
bushels of cotton seed from Chatauqna
county, Kansas, where over $40,000
worth of cotton was raised last year,
also to erect a cotton gin and press at
Medicine Lodge. For information call
on or address Henrt Durst.
Tas 0u Crop ta Barber Coaaty.
Oats are especially prolific in Barber
county. These statements will seem
like fables, but we will not make any
that cannot be verified by men cf high
standing tn our county. In 1SS5, sev
eral fields yielded oyer 100 bushels to
the acre. Following are soma of. the
fanners who had such yields, who axe
reliable men, who may be addressed at
Medicine Lodge: Wm. Hogard, 110
bushels per acre; C. B. Currie, 104;
L. F. Pearson, 107; J. C. Dunham, 100.
and others we might mention if space
would admit; but this is enough to
conyince the most credulous that Uar
ber is an oats producing county.
THE GREAT WEST.
Out recentketch. of -Mr.. StorgisV
paper upon the cattle-men has drawn a
good-natured and instructive reply from
a correspondent in Nebraska, who
states the case of the tanner against
the cow-boy with great vigor, "We are
sorry that, as in the case of Mr. Star
gis'a paper, we can give only an abstract
of our correspondent's statement. At
the outset he objects to the airy sweep,
"as of a vaquero's lasso,' with which !
the great tract from the Rio Grande to
British America, and from the Missouri
river to the Sierra Xeyada, is described
as the Great American Desert, thinly
grassed, scantily watered, and of an
arid climate, with great extremes of
temperature. This, says our corres
pondent, was the conception of this
great region which was current in the
last generation. But he writes from a
point in the western part of "the de
sert," three hundred miles west of the
Missouri river, in a county which , last
year showed the highest average yield
of corn per acre of any in the north
west, from Michigan to th3 Rocky
Mountains. Kansas and Nebraska are
the very heart of "the desert," but the
statistics of their fertility sound like
fables. "Forty years ago Iowa was the
desert. Twenty years ago it was just
west of the Missouri. Ten 3'ears more
drove it to the w estern half of Kan., and
Nebraska." But the farmer has swift
ly driven before him, until to-day the
Great American Desert exists only on
ancient mans.
Our correspondent raises his eyes as
he writes, and sees fields that last year
produced seventy-five bushels of corn to
the acre. There are millions of such
acres, and the farmer protests against
slandering such land and the rainfall
which produces such crops. He com
plains that the east know s really very
little of this new west, or of those who
are making this mythical desert blossom
as the rose. There id Nebraska, for in
stance, which has doubled its popula
tion since the last national census.
Kansas has now a population of thir
teen hundred thousand people. That
single state In "the desert" built during
the last year, more miles of railroad
than any other state in the union i and
Nebraska was not far behind her.
Good authority in New York asserts
that in the last year twenty per cent of
foreign immigrants arriving in New
York went to Nebraska. This great
current has so flooded the country thai
the "homesteader" must push on to
Colorado to find ilesirable public lands.
The insignificant little town from
which our correspondent writes remit
ted to Washington in the year 1SSG, to
pay for homestead and pre-emption of
land, 290,000. The ranchman's object
is directly opposed to that of the home
steader, and our correspondent thinks
that by misrepresentation he has done
as much to retard the settlement of the
Territory as the Indian. There has
been a bitter conflict, but to-day, be
says, the farmer looks upon the ranch
man and the Indian as Christians looked
upon the impotent giants Pope and Pa
gan. Fencing has been aband jned, in
deed, but not by the free-will of the
ranchman. It was the firmness of the
President that ended it. Harper's
Weekly. -
Real EaUte Tranafart.
For the week ending, February ,21st,
1887. Reported by Shannon, Shannon
& Burney, attorneys and abstracters,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
G W Reed to W L Cox, w sw
set swi and swi selll, 30, 15,. .$ 500
S T Dickerson to G P Dickerson,
set sei 5 and ncl net 8, 3D, 12,. . :750
S T Dickerson ' to Wm N Davis,
set 8 and nwi nwj J, 3J, 12,. ... 750
II L Shannon to II and M Durst, '
si net and ni set 18, 33, 12 1,000
R Lake to S G Stewert, pt lots 5
and 6 blk 3, Lake City S00
II Durst et al to it L Shannon,
lot 17 Durst's add Med Lodge. 4TO
Jennie Jackson to Andre'v Jack-
son, wi nwi and set nwi and
ne swi 14, 31, 12 . 1,000
Alex Fields to James Patton, nei
IB, 32, 15 1,030
Wm Hadden jr toN P Poole, lots
1 2 and 3 blk 57, N K 400
C A Martin to U A Palmer, lots
18 20 4 J and 47, M St Overhead 100
A T Wilson to W A Wilkins, ei
nei33,34, 11 S()0
W A Wilkins to C J Skeen, admr
ei nei33,31, 11, 1,200
R C May to J W Hickman, swi
34, 34, 12 2,000
C E Dunn to L A Douglass, swi
nei and si nwi and net swi 32,
31, 15 200
Jas Bothwell to John Hutchins,
lots 3j ana 41 Stolp & Hart
zell's add 35
F W Dean to WE Dean, ni nwi
24, 33, 14 900
A V Shepler to W D VanSlyke,
lot 7 S M and 22 and 21 blk 2 (3
S & Co Rev'ed a id to Med L 325
G T Edwards to S E Stone. w
nwi and se i nwi and nwi swi
15, 34, 12, 500
Belinda Dean to W E Dean, nei
23,33,14, 1,300
J W Cook to Mary J Stith et al '
unaivmea w nwt aua set
nwi nwi swi 15, 34, 12,
C II Eldred admr et al to J W
Cook, undivided i nei nwi 15
ei swi and sei nwi 10, 34, 12,
and nwi sei and ni swi and
swi swi 9, 34, 12,
J W Cook to O Rogers, 1120 a
. m 34, lo, 5,000
Mary J Williams to Mary L
jjicaey, ioi n oik uurrie s aud
to Med Lodge 225
J E Gobielle et al to C Kritzmire,
lot 70 Gobielle & Noble add to
Med Lodge 110
S E Stone to J W Cook. w nwi
set nwi and nwi swi 15, 34. 12. 700
AH Stout to W T Smith, swi 8,
34, 14 1,200
H A Gunckel to Katie Johnson,
nt set and set sei i, 31, 10,... 1.800
W W Cook et al to D J Aber, lots
:zj and S3 blk 3 C S & Co revised
add , 200
W L Boon to T J Graybill. e
Bwt ana swt swt ana set nwt
5.32, 13, 1.600
Chas Tullis to J P Taylor, si nei
uu nt set 14, 32, 13, and lots 43
and 45 Kans Ave e Med Lodsre 1 oon
G N McCullough to Darrouga
ujuiu ju ia n ka) nwt out or
lot no 54 New Kiowa 2 ono
Mary E Lawrence to G W Hayes
lots 1 and 2 blk 132 N K 200
Belle Carrico et al to Mary E
Lawrence, same 157
Lina Rines to Jacob Bines, wi
ei 13,84, 14 1 oo
F B Randall to Geo Xay, lot 11
uikooi , 325
Kiowo T Co to W J Morey. et al
iota ia 17 and 18 blk 13 N K. . . . inn
JI E Leonard to A 8 Fethennaa.
lot 4 blk SINK 7T 1,200
WSClendenintoF B Randall.
lota 7 and 8 blk 123 v IT in
G B Summers to J J Summers.
l0a in 33, 12, 2,000
T J Anketell toffs Clendenm.
iwiununiu 1 ........ 110
Kiowa T Co to E W Bourne, pt
"Waaat.
It may not be 'well-known, but it is
however, a fact, that the wheat that
took the premium at the Philadelphia
exposition In 1876, was raised in south
western Kansas, and not far from the
city of Medicine Lodge a small trad
ing post for cattle-men at that time.
Mr.Bucknum 12 miles snath of Medicine
Lodge, has raised wheat tor fire suc
cessive seasons on the same piece of
ground. The largest yield of the five
years being 47i bushels per acre; the
smallest being in 1S3C, 14 bushels per
acre. He has raised on an average,
about 27 bushels per acre. There is but
little doubt but that the red Gypsum
land in the southern and western por
tion of Barber county, is the best wheat
producing land in the state.
Barber steps to the front as a wheat
producing county.
Tazabl Wealth. .
The property in Barber county, sub
ject to taxation. March 1st, 1886, was
valued at $3.089,S60. This included
$154,381 of railroad property. Divided
into classes, this property consisted of
the following:
Lands $1,721,506; Town Lots, $613,
481; Horses, $136,431; Cattle, $273,437;
Mules, $38,900; Sheep, $1,899; Hogs,
$7,576; all other personal property, $301 ,
100; Railroad property, $154,381.
As stated, this assessment was o
property owned in this county one year
ago. The assessment to be made this
month (March) will show an increase ot
perhaps 2-5 per cent, as the county lias
made wonderful growth and improve
ment within the last year.
The society of Barber county is emi
nently hospitable and kind. The
strongest disposition pervades all to
make the stranger feel that he is wel
come, and no credentials of blue blod
or wealth are required to give him a
passport to their good graces. All meet
upon the common level, and all
feel that the best relations must exist
with each other. Intelligence and good
breeding is all that is required of any
one, man or woman, and one who pos
sesses these requisites will find in Bar
ber county such people as he will be
glad to know. Social gatherings are
frequent, and at them there appears to
be less of formality and more of genuine
friendly feeling than is usually fouud at
such places further east.
BADGER LUMBER CO,,
MEDICINE LODGE. KANSAS.
w
ILL SELL ALL K1XTS OF LUMBER
ana BUILDING MATKUIAL at thu
Lowest Prices Made at Any
Competing Point
Give us atrial If you want to eave time atd
money.
BADGER LUMBER CO.,
13 MEDICINE LODGE. KS.
LACKS KITH and yAGOIJ gHOPS !
(Lawrence Miller" s OIJ Stand.)
OABBISOy & arPTIIKiy, Proprietor!.
ALL WOKK W All RANTED.
ouumottos: neatness, cheapness
and dispatch. 14
ECKERT'S
BARBER SHOP sBATIl ROOHS.
AT THE
GRAND HOTEL.
Hot and Cold Baths at all reasonable hours..
Clean Rooms, Tubs and Towels.
Everything New aud
First-Class.
Good Workmen in the Barber Shop.
PXTBLICATIOH NOTICE.
STATE OF KANSAS, l
UAiiBEK County. "'
la the Probate Court in and for said couaty
and atute.
In the matter of the estate of David St:th, de
ceased. IN PURSUANCE of an order of the above
named court, notice id hereby riven that
the underoiirned, nlminitratore of the estate
of David Stub, deceased, have, this, 16th day of
February, A. D., lt7. Hied their petition for the
sale of the following described real estate of
8nld deccusLNl, and all the right, title and inter
est he may have had therein, said property be
iujr situate in said county and atute, sub
ject to the payment of debta of said estate,
10-wit:
:ri, iu iuc vtirintrnit limns til iae City OI Med-
Molp's addition to the city of Medicine Lodge,
"""i re pftuic unug unuuu in iec simple uy
said deceased.
Alpotuc undivided half interest In lot Seven
teen (17, Vatbiny-ton nvenue, east, in the orig
inal townsite of Medicine Lodge.
Aluo the undivided one-fourth interest In
all of the following tracts and parcels of land,
to-wit: Lots numbered twelve, fourteen, six
teen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty
stx, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-four ,
thirty mx, thirty-eight, fcrty, forty-six, forty
eight, fifty, fifty-two, fifty-four and tifty-six.
11-', 14, 16, 18, ai, 22, 26, 28, 9). 82, &4, 3fl, 38, 40,
40, 44, U, 62, fit and 5(1,) on north Main street,
iu Hai tzell's addition to the city of Medicine
Lodge, Barber county, state of Kansas.
The said petition a ill 1 heard by ami before
the Hon. 11. 11. Hardy, probate Judge In and
for tlarber count), Kansas, at hi- ofiice. in the
city f Medicine Lode, Kansas, on the 5th
day of March. A. D., 18t7, at 10 o'clock a. in. of
that day.
CITARLES If. ELDRED,
MAIIV J. STITH,
Administrators of the estate of David Stith,
deceased.
Bkand & Loso, Att'ys for Ad xt'rs. 39
NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION.
NOTICE is hereby given that we, the under
signed commissioners, thereunto duly ap-
poinica oy tne tionoraoie c. w. euu, judge
of the District Court of Barber county, Kan
sas, will, on the 14th day of March. A. D., 1887,
proceed to lay off, according to law, for the
'the Chicago. Kausaa and Western Railroad
Company, along the line of its proposed road,
a located through Mingona and Lake City
townships. In the county of Barber, a route for
said proposed railroad, not exceeding one hun
dred feet In width, except for the purposes of
cuttings and embankments It shad be neces
sary to take more for the proper construction
and security of the road through as much of
the aaid townhip. In salu county, as stay be
desired by said company, and also such lands
as may be deemed necessary for side-tracks,
depots, workshops, water stations, material for
construction, except timber, the light of way
over adjacent lands sufficient to enable such
company to construct and repaints road and
stations, and a right to conduct water by aque
ducts, and the right of making proper drains,
and will carefully survey and carefully ascer
tain the quantity of land necessary for such
purposes, out of each quarter-section or other
iotof land through which s Id route, side-tracks,
etc. to so located, and appraise the value of such
portion of any such quarter section or other
lot of land, and assess the damages thereto;
and when we thai! ascertain that such portba
of auch quarter-aection or lot belong to dif
ferent owners, we will appraise tie value and
assesa the damages of each such owner's In
terest. W will commence . to lay off said
route, slde-rracka. etc., as aforesaid, on the
HneofsaJd company's railroad, as located, at
the east tin of said M in zona townshlo. In said
county, oa aaid day. and will 'adjourn from
Ohm to time until our labors la this behalf are
completed.
Dated tola, 5ta day of Februarr, A. D.. 1887.
B. K W. FIELD.
R. A. CAMERON,
. . T. I. O-BHTaK,
XI Commissioners.
Eft
to be made. Cut this out
and return to us, and we
will send ron free, some
thing of great value and
wUl start you tn business which will bring yua
i .LT lr. . ' away man anytning u
intbiaworid. Anyone can do toe work and
i.naLh,nif- : Something
new, tbM Just coins money for aU workers,
we will start yon; capital not needed. This 1
f the genuine, important ehaneea of a
nfetlnu. Tbosa who are ambition aad matirr
prising will not delay. Grand outfit froe, A5
dre Tn Ca, Angtuta. Xahw.
GHEAP:'1WJEY OM '.-FARMS
No Delays I
CT" We do our own Inspecting, and write Mortgage Note and Interest coupon r
payable at our ollice.
3 INTEREST PAYABLE YEARLY.
REMEMBER, we loan more money on farms and give greater privileges than can
.be gotten elsewhere.
Our Option Plangives the privilege of paying the whole or any part of mortgage money
at any time without notice. Straight loans from ONE to FIVE years.
Cunningham & Cunningham,
v cATTOENEYS AT LAW,
Office up stairs in Wood & Vincent's Building Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
HENRY MORGAN,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
OFFICE : NORTn MAIN STREET, NEAR ELI SMITHS OLD STAND.
Correspondence solicited and all inquiries given prompt attention. Call ond see me.
F. SULLIVAN.
(Successor to 0. P POOLE)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
SlGARS, TOBA00O AND DRUGS.
Smokers' Articles in Great Variety and at Low Prices.
MAIN ST.. SOUTH OF NATIONAL BANK.
L. F. PEARSON.
L. F. PEARSON & CO.,
REAL ESTATE, LOAN, INSURANCE akd EXCHANGE
AGENTS.
KANSAS AVENUE, ....... HEAR THE NEW COTTRT TTflTTRT?
GALL AND EYAMINE our list of Real Extate
t an locate vou on land either in Kansas or
It. T. LEE..
THOS.
Grand Central
LEE. DOR AN & ROBERTS. Proprietors
Half Block East of Grand Hotel.
The Largest Bam in Southern Kansas.
Everything NEW and tlrst-class in every particular. Single or double buggies, carriages,
saddle horses, for ladles or gentlemen, at reasonable rates. 6-6
RIGG & JOHNSTON,
Have now on hand the
LARGEST STOCK OP FURNITURE
IX TIIE SOUTHWEST!
Which They are Offering For Sale at Greatly
Reduced Prices.
Such as Chamber Suites, Parlor Suites, Dres3ers, Bureaus, Reed aud llattan
Rockers, Patent Rockers, Single and Double Lounges, Office Chairs .
and Stools, and Everything in the Furniture line.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS.
WINDOW SHADES and FIXTURES.
m xn w
7" H
01 PS
do
g $ PQ
H? M c
-s Tfl
rM DO CD
j W Ph
A Car Load of Bain and South Bend Wagons
Just Received.
Remember, we are headquarters for
TOVES AND- WAGOfJS
and we will not be undersold by any firm.
NOBLE & NIXON.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF THE FIRST NATIONAL, BANK.
COMANCHE COUNTY
LANDS!
WM. H. CARTER,
C0LDWATER, - - - KANSAS,
Real Estate Agent
AND
STOCK DEALER.
Has for sal several tbousaad acres of Choiee
Lands. Transacts a legitimate commission
business and will not speculate on any
lands committed to him. Take -pleasure
ln showing lands to
those desiring to purchase.
Corre?ponlcnee solicited, 2K
Money on Hand I
31. n. HITCHCOCK.
and Pemmal Property for sale or exebanire
the Eastern States. exenange
DOIZAN.
N. R. ROBERTS.
Livery Stable,
Undertaking Department,
"We keep Wood, Metallic and Cloth covered
CASKETS.
ONLY HEARSE IN THE COUNTY.
mix .j.
Krjnr m-nm
1887. . 1887.
G. J. S0UTHW0RTH,
Onuiit ail Piaraacist.
. SOUTH itAIN STREET,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
ANEW a no complete drug store, where at all
times, dar or nfirht bwk lnHn a
carefully compounded by a competent phar-
STi?IareItaB tlA Lfcluori for MedJegl end
psa-ntine Purpecs. - 1
J
. nrSLlrATTOir KOTTrr.
first published March 2, 1887.1 -STATE
OP KANSAS, t
- Bahbek Countt.
In the District Court for aM
Wllford W. Standtford, EdVard ,
xoumans ana i Dunes II. Kl
dred. partners, under thename '
of Hiandtford, Vou mans & LM-
dred, plaintiffs.
Willis n. Peak, defendant.
SAID DEFENDANT, Willis H. Peak. wfU
take notice that he has been sued in tho
above nnmnl vm- n - .1 m " !r
f Jbree Hundred and Etghty-On- Dollara
ihV,"'Y"K? w"n. interee.
rwV Zt.l L . n ma' na an or
der OI attachment 1.iati.u4 n . V
SS.!1!J
:.Zi.i me lain oar or April.
22kJ21?, l11'0" taken as true, ani
iudirment for niainHfr. i -u , " 1 ' .
said sum -HJ&
Dollars and Twenty Cents :t81.a with inter.
rVtberron from fsreh 5. W and 1 the
tat'hinent therein irnnin 1 V . 1
cordingly, with coStaof this Morion "?ouwoa mo'
,-'Y HOLMES,
T40tf . r . Oerk of said Court.
Brand & Loan, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
SHERIFF'! SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS I
Bakber Cocsxr. f BS
In the District Court of Barber connty, state
O. C. Ewart. plaintiff.
C. L. Dunn. Mrs. C. L. Dunn and
r.11 smun, aeiendants.
BY.VJRTUE of an order of sale to me direc
ted, issued nut nf ih niurfnt ..
Barber county, state of Kansas, in tho action
above entitled, I will, on
SATURDAY, thb 2d Dat or APRIL,
A. D.,18S;, at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the
i of tno courthouse, in tho city of
i wienie liouge. in saiu eounty and state, offer
for sale, at public auction, to the highest bid
der, lor tush in hand, all of the right, title anal
interest whatsoever of the said C. L. Dunn
and Mrs. t' I.. Dimn nnr! Pll H,UK .. j .T
the following lands and tenements, to-wlt: The
..... " Mu -t 01 ri-viuui no. nve u, in
i!-1' WrBt' ln tne countJr ' Barlier and state of
fendunU, and to satisfy said order of sale.
Given under my baud this, 1st day of March,
A. D., 188t.
.CHARLES D. NELSON,
40 Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas.
NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION .
Notice Is hereby given that we, the under
signed commissioners, therpimtn riniv an.
pointed by tho Honorablo C. W. Ellis, Judge of
the District court of linrber eounty, Kansas,
will, on theaith day or March, A. D., 1X87, pro
ceed to lay off, according to law, for The Chi
cago, Kansas and Western ltnllroad company,
along the line of Its propn.ed road, as located
through township No. :w in the said county
of UnrlKM.ubfc sain being thoMulvane exten
sion of tbe said The Chicago. Kansas and
w estern Railroad company m and through the
said county of Barber) a route for said pro
posed railroad, not exceeding one hundred
feet in width, except for the purpose of cut
tings and embankments It shall lo necessary
to take more for tho proper construction and
security of the road through as much of the
saiii township in said county, as may be de
sired by the snid company, and also such lands
as may bo deemed neecKsarv for side-tracks,
depots, work-shops, water-stations, material
for construction, except timber, tho right of
way over adjacent lands sufficient to enable
tho said company to construct and repair Ha
road andstations, and a right to conduct water
by aqueducts, and the right of making proper
drains, and will carefully survey and will
carefully ascertain the quantity of land nec
essary for such purposes, out of each quarter
section or other lot of land, through which
said route, side-tracks, etc.. Is so located, and
appraise tbe.valuc of such portion of any such
quarter section or other lot of land, and assesa
tbe damages thereto; and when we shull ascer
tain that such iortioii of such Quarter section
or lot belongs to diffcrei.t owner, wo will ap
praise the value and bhscbs tho damages of
e-ch such owner's Interest.
We will commence to layoff the said route,
side-tracks, etc., as aforesaid, on tho line ef tho
said company's railroad, as locate, at east lino
of the said township No. thirty (.'ft)) in the said
county of Barttcr. on said day, und will adjourn
f rom time to time until our laUrs in this be'
half are completed.
Dated this lrd., day of February. A. D. 117.
("ITA8. II. llniTULAHS.
S. K. W. FIXI.D,
R. A. Camkron,
"Hi Commissioners.
Land Office at Larncd, Kans. Feb. 17. 1887.
Notice is hereby glren that tho following
named settler has tiled not lee of htslntentlon
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will bo made before the
Probate Judge, at Medicine Lodge. Kansas,
on April 13. 1887, viz: William Browder, for
the s X s-w J4 sec 3, and n Ji n-w Ji sec 10. two
32, range 1.1.
He names the following wituesses to prove
u.nnMiiiuiiuiis noiuvuiu upon mm cultivation
of said land, viz:
Hamilton Hhjcs, R V Gsnt, 1? CsringoroM.
Frank Meyer, ull of Medicine Itdgc, Kans.
Also Charles W. Hatfield. O D 8 for the e Jl
s-w X and w H 8-0 sec It), two 34, southf
runirn 12 west. .Ju.
runge It west. ' it
III. natnna
the following witnesses to prV
his cont iuuous residence upon and cuVtlvau-
ui euiu lunu, viz:
J 8 McKcan. Charles Rurnson. John RVtn.
duscn, Johu Bright, all of New Kiow a, Kans.
" h c W. It. IliMWNi.KK. Register.
Land Office at Larned, Kans. Feb. 17, 1887.
Notice Is hereby given that tho following-
..niniliiilllu. huii 1 1 ... 1 ..... - 1.1. i . j
to muke final proof in support cf bis claim,
and that suld proof will lie made before H.I1.
Hardy, Probate Judge, at Medicine Lodge,
Kansas, on April li. 17, viz: Joseph P. Mas
sey. D 8 13ii for lot 4, e s s-w fc sec 19, aud
lot 1, see IU), twp 31. range l"i wot.
He names the following witnesses to prore
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz:
Charles K Dunn. Albert Mason, William II
Shutts. John Morrow, all of 8un City, Kans.
40 46c W. H. Buowmlee, Register.
Land Office at Larned, Kans. Feb. 17, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following,
named settler has tiled notice of his Intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before tbe
District Clerk, at Mediclue Lodge, Kansas, on
April 13, 187, viz: Lester U. Spielman, for
tbe s-w 4 s-e i sec 29, n H n-e k. u-e u n-w t
sec 32. twp 31, range 14 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
hiscontfnuousresidenceupon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
John D Fleming. Frank C Darr, George If
Hawkeus, James M Howlett, all of Deerhead.
Kansas.
Also Marian Hunt, for tbe lots 1, t, and 3.
and s-e i n-w sec 7, twp 33, range 14.
be names the following witnesses to prore
her continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz:
J II Jones. Geo H Sexton. W F Bex ton. J H
Wilson. William Martin, John Adams. James
Gentry, all of Sexton, Kans.
40 45 c W. R. Bhuwnlee, Register.
Land Oflice at Larned, Kans., Feb. 17, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler baa filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim,
and that said proof will bo made betore
Frank Meyer, clerk of tbe district court, at
Coldwater, Kansas, on April 13, 187, via:
Sallle Dyer, Osage D B No lisfl, for tbe s-w
.,1"" 'J a n e ' and n e 5 n'w "eo 26, twp
32 south, range 1 west.
She mimes tbe following witnesses to prore
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
William Jones. James Snearly, of Deerhead.
Barber county, Kansas. Davis Melntire, Chas
U Hanson, of Gallagher, Comanche county,
Kansas.
Also Dan. K. Callahan, for tho s-e X see 33,
twp 33 south, range 15.
Ha name.4 the following witnesses to prove
his continuous resilience upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz:
J P Jones, J F Davidson, Jcsslo B Johns. '
wiison ctterback, all of ttna. Barber conn-,
ty. Kansas.
40 45 c W. B. BaowirucE. Register.
Land Office at Larned, Kans., Feb. 17, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that tbe following
named settler has filed notice of bis intention
to make final proof la support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before tbe
District Clerk at Medicine Lodge, on April 14.
1887, viz: O. D. Lewis, D 8 No 12741, for the
s-w k s-w a sec 5, w X n-w U. s-e U n-w i sea
8. twp 82 south, range 15 west.
He names the following witnesses to prore
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of ali land, viz:
R Hail. 8 E Mott, J WColt. all of 8un City.
Kansas; Willie Nichols, of Lake City, Kansas.
405o W R Bhowklee, UegisterT
Land Office at Larned, Kans., Feb. 17. 1887.
Notice is herehr vlren thm ti 1
named settler has filed notice of his intention
i J. Ti prootin support of bis claim.
ew'kof the district court of Barber e nnty.
MMwisiBeuwife, Kansas, on April 14 1887,
- ... -umu. o A. V u(w,ivr
toe e H awt IT m.nA a u w t t.n m
south, of range 14 west.
ne names tbe following witnesses to prore
his Oontlnnnua hwMmimi unnn and an I tt vat Inn
of said land, viz: -
Morris Holnlcker, A Wsltner, Moor Wern- '
berg, Morris Lebenbelmer, all of Sexton post
office. Barber county, Kansas.
kmo r. n. uiu'wklek. ttegisTer.
Land Office at Larned. Kans., Feb. 17. 1887. ,
Notice Is herebr riven that the following '
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof 1n support of his eUim.
and that said proof will be made before H.
H. Hardy. Probate Judge, at Medicine Lodge.
Kansas, on April 14. 1887. via: laalah t cml
ner, u s ram, tor toe s-e 14 s-e 14 sec 23, s-w ja
s-w i section 24. and n n-e X see 28. twp 81
south, of range 15 west.
H BimM thafnllnvln vtliiMau
Discontinuous residence upon and cultivation
ot said land. Tlx: -
Aaron Defenbaugh, Joser h A Rover. Ed B
Keneaiia. H D Howell, all of Run rit noatw
office. Kansas. .
Also Aaron Defennauffh. S 8 ttfttt. for the
fw M K. s-e 1 s-w i sec 24. n-e t n-w 14. n-w
t n-e i sec 25, twp 81 south, of range 14 west.
He name the followlnvwItnaaaM tt nmra
his continuous residence upon nod eultfre.
uuu iu hmi lima, nz:
Joseph A Rover. Ed R Keneaiia. HDRow.
ell. Isaiah O Conner, all of Sun City poetofflee, .
-,4H4o W. S. Brownlke, Rs.-Uter.