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r THE' Official County Paper. Subscription $1. Wa-Keeney. Kans., June 18,1910. H. S. Givler. Prop. 32nd Year. Number l& WEST The County Fair. At the meeting of the Com mercial club Thursday evening the most important question up for discussion was the county fair proposition. The committee that was appointed at the last meeting to formulate plans and estimate the probable cost, made its report, which was accepted and every member of the club present seemed to be in favor of a county fair and stock sale the first week in September, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. It was decided however, that in order to legally complete plans and close up the necessary contracts with a carnival com pany and other- attractions and amusements, that an in corporated Fair Association would be necessary, conse quently the committee appointed last week consisting of L. S. Myerly, J. W. Bingham, M. W. Mason, D. S. Gilmore and Ed Porter, was made pernament, given the authority by the club, with instructions to act at once and commence to solicit stock for a fair association, which after properly organized and incorpor ated, could legally proceed with the proposed fair arrangements and make it a success. The Fair Association will be an organization in which verv citizen of Wa-Keeney and Trego county, particularly the farmers and stockmen, should be inter ested, as it will not only cause to be placed on exhibition each year the products of our dairies, orchards, fields and live stock of every description, displaying the possibilities of an enterprising . and progressive people, secured from the virgin soil of western Kansas, which was once called the "Arid Region" by Secretary Wilson, but will also bring Trego up to the top notch as the home of profitable agricultural pur suits, the thoroughbred horses, cattle and hogs and last but not least, the helpful hen. - Therefore it is your duty as a a loyal Trego county citizen, no matter in what part of t ie county vou may reside, to subscribe for a few shares of the Fair Asso ciation stock at once, as the as sociation should be perfected within the next ten days, and also personally assist with your influence in organizing one of the best incorporated companies for everyone concerned offered for sale upon the market. Get busy today, encourage the committee by securing a number of these shares and be one of the boosters who assisted to start the Trego County Fair with sufficient finan cial backing to make it a success and profitable to investors. Mr and Mrs. C. L. Hardman and Mrs. H's sister from Seattle, Washington, made a trip over to Phillips county the first of the week in their auto. Our old friend Tom Roberts was up from Ogallah last Saturday. Follow the flag Wa-Keonev will not observe the birth of our Nation's Indepen dence this year but you will feel like celebrating after vou have furnished your from our store. to see our stock Larabee Furniture Company. B Telephone 44 The Trego Mercantile Company, m The political menced to boil. pot has corn- Mrs. H. E. Tripp and children are visiting home folks at Waldo this week. Ed. Oliver left last Friday morning for Iowa to be gone sev eral weeks. Lien Schmitt and daughter. Helen, of Jewell City, visited relatives in the city this week. Llerchant Kirby was down from Collyer last Monday even ing and attended the Masonic meeting. Frank Spena and son, Edward, of Lenexa, Kan., are visiting rel atives and friends in Trego and Gove counties this week. F. C. Schwanbeck was in from Voda last Saturday. Mr. S. informed us he would have a public sale sometime in July. John Frank was the possessor of an auto. He started for Hays last Sunday and got there. On the return trip home something went wrong with his "honk" car and he was obliged to walk to Ellis. Ask John for particulars and if John won't tell you, ask Murray. The quarterly statement of the "Wa-Keeney State bank ap pears in this issue. This insti tution is one of the oldest in western Kansas, as well as one of the soundest banks in the west. At this time of the year the bank presents a most re markable showing. honle with goods It will pay you and get prices. Note the Perfect The ELASTICITY and the reinforced heels and toes. All are charact cristi C o f Iron Clad but the picture does not show the fine lachm nor the silky finish nor the "special twist" which gives such wonderful strength and durability to We recommend mem ai satisfy a would ; I show y them and guarantee sf action, and be pleaned to you the goods. Board of Equalization Meeting. Wa-Keeney, Kans., June 6, '10. The board of commissioners of Trego county met- today in the office of the county clerk as a board of equalization. There were present W. F. King, chairman, F. B. Walker and R. B. Briggs commissioners,, and the county clerk. The board was called to order by the chairman and remained in session during the 6th, 7th and 8th. Several parties came before the board and presented griev ances, claiming over assessments of their real estate. The board after thorough com parisons of adjoining properties find that the relative values placed on the properties by the assessors of each township and equalized by the board of review, is not materially unjust and de cided that a change of individual tracts was not necessary. The board finds that an equit able basis of values between townships has not been reached by the assessors and the follow ing changes - were made on the real estate of Ogallah, Willcox and Wa-Keeney townships. Ogal lah and Willcox township each raised 10 per cent. Wa-Keeney township reduced 25 per cent. Such changes being noted on the assessment rolls now on tile in the office. The board found that numer ous mortgages had not been listed for taxation by the parties owning them, and ordered that without further notice they be extended on the tax roll. In the matter of legal resi dence for taxing purposes of a part of the personal property of H.' J. Hille, lengthy discussion was had which showed a varied difference of opinion, Mr. Hille claiming his residence in Willcox township and part of the board claiming Wa-Keeney city as his residence. On motion the following mo tion was made and a vote of the board taken: Resolved, That the notes, moneys and mortgages of H. J Hille be taxed in the city of Wa Keeney; voting for, F. B. Walk er, against, W. F. King and R. B. Briggs. The request of J. P. and J. W. Marquand to have the tax on the improvements on lots 10 and 15 in block 8 in Ogallah was allowed as follows: J. P. Marquand double and erroneous assessed for 1909, $400 improvements, re fund of $4.-22 on lot 10, block 8. J. W. Marquand double and er roneous assessed on lot 15, block 8, Ogallah, $250 improvements, refund of 2.64 allowed. No further business appearing on motion the -oard adjourned sine die. Attest: W. X. Larabee, (Seal) County Clerk. - Dr. Spencer and family spent last Sunday at the home of J. B. Henderson in Collyer township. Fit Kansas Soil Survey. The Associated Press sent out the following information this week which will interest western Kansas farmers and real estate men, as when once the soil in the western tier of counties is planted with cereals adapted for it, which will be determined by a chemical analysis and proven by actual experiments of farmers and experts at the experiment station, will double its earning capacity, naturally creating a demand ,and cause land values in this section of the state to be placed on the top shelf where thor belansr. This will enrich to the amount of thousands of dollars hundreds of farmers and land owners which Representa tives Reeder and Madison, are responsible, which should no, be forgotten when the opportunity presents itself to return them a favor for faithful services per formed: "The Department of Agricul ture is soon to make a soil sur vey of the western part of the state of Kansas. The work will be under the direction of the bureau of soils and will be per formed by ten experts who will visit each county in the western third of the state and will make a careful examination of the soil. By chemical analysis and other means the experts will deter mine the composition of the soil in each locality and the kind of agricultural products it is best fitted to produce. They will pre pare a map which will be pub lished by the Department of Ag riculture and made available for distribution, showing in detail the results of their examination. This work has been carried out in other states and has been found to be of great value. Rep resentatives Madison and Reeder in whose districts where the sur vey will be made, are much pleased over the decision of the department to give its attention to western Kansas next. The experts will commence their work early in July." For Sale One pump and 100 feet of 1 1-4 inch galvanized pipe, rods and cylinder nearly new. Apply to J. H. Courtney, Wa Keeney, Kans. " 16 17 Many pape.-s are printing at advertising rates an article from the Luray Herald telling of the wonderful strength of Mr. I. D. Young in Russell county. The Luray Herald is edited largely by Judge Ruppenthal, a Demo crat,, and cuts about as much figure as though the Review were to tell that Judge Ruppen thal had no friends in the 23rd judicial district. Such Demo cratic estimates of Republican strength are very chaffy speci mens of literature and will in fluence very few Republican voters. Stockton Review. Read Larabee's Free Proposi- tion ad. on pace 8. Lovers of music should investigate by call ing at the store Saturday. wWm ' " iss- 1)11-1 Hosiery JW'W&rS ' W sm M js;;f'S Not m yV'W T-rnn - S3 j.-i&yvypM but lots m i of hard . g 2a5 Lj"- them 0 Wa Kccney I Last Tuesday all bur base ball enthusiasts went to Quinter in autos and by rail to witness a game of ball between Grainfield and Quinter. The game was played under protest from Grain field as a new pitcher and several Wa-Keeneyites wore Quinter suits. The game was called at 5 p. m. and both teams lined up like professionals. Grainfield went first to bat and they batted like fiends, but they only scored one run. Quinter went to bat but couldn't touch up Ryan for any hits. The pitcher for Quinter was a left handed slab artist from Lincoln and he is a dandy. Art Keraus eatignTI him and he caught a good game. Smee was on third and played excellent ball as did the rest of the Quinter team. The Grain fiield boys had Ryan and Royer for their battery and they are artists hard to beat. It was a fine game and Grainfield won in the first inning by one score. The Wa-Keeneyites returned home feeling that they were well paid for their trip to the busy town of Quinter. A young man by the name of Malia, , was picked up at the Hardman Lumber company's yards Thursday night a week ago. The young fellow was stealing a ride and the suppos ition is he fell asleep and rolled off the tender of train 103. He was picked up and was uncon scious for several hours. No one seemed to take an interest in the young man's welfare and Billy Bragg spoke up and told them to take him over to his room south of his restaurant where he has been taken care of by the county. The fellow was considerably bruised up the one side of his face was a mass of scars and his hand, was lac erated. At present he is up and around. A certain young couple left town last Sunday morning their destination being the home of J. B. Henderson in Collyer town ship where they were to join other friends from Wa-Keeney at a big dinner. The young people were seen driving by the house and as this was their first trip out there their friends didn't hail them and they kept on driv ing. Finally they realized they were lost and inquired the road to their friends and to their sur prise tney had driven several miles out of their way arriving several hours after the noon hour. This office is looking for some man who wants to save the coun try and who wants no public office. It is our observation that the man making the most noise is doing it for his own benefit. Scattered along through the pages of history there are excep tions but these are few. When ever some starts out maKing speeches who is not a candidate and never expects to be one, we want to turn out and hear him. Smith Co. Pioneer. HAYS B. WHITE FIRST The Jewell County Farmer and Stockman has the lead at this time; Young Third in the Race, According to Jewell County Monitor. The Monitor has been doinji. some collecting of data for the past two weeks from all the 22 . counties of the Sixth Congres sional district. Prom newspa-.-pers, correspondence and per sonal interviews it is reasonably -certain that the following table---represents the relative strengths, of the three candidates, White,. Reeder and Young, but of course this may be changed before the -primary. Reeder will come home -from Washington about the first ; of July and he may be able to -organize his shattered forces into a semblance of an organization,, but it will be like the last standi of Napoleon's Old Guard. Young reached high water mark several weeks ago and from this time on - his strength will grow less and -less. The fight is between White and Reeder. Paste this estimate in your hat and refer to it from time to time: Counties White Reeder Young Cheyenne 140 100 5& Decatur 350 200 75- Ellis 200 " 90 " 6&- Ellsworth 350 115 100" Gove 130 100 120- Graham 250 170 100 - Jewell 1100 300 150 Logan 120 200 125;- Mitchell 125 $0 425- Norton 450 300 250 Osborne 375 450 400 Phillips 250 600 250'' Rawlins 150 160 160 Rooks 400 200 250. Russell 280 180 190-' Sheridan 200 10O 175 Sherman 100 100 50-- Smith 400 -40O 231 . Thomas 200 100 25 . Trego : , 1?5 100 75- Wallace - 150 120 " . 80- Total 6195 4834 3597"- -Advt- Sunday School Conventions. Following is the program for the Trego County Sunday Con vention to be held in the Presby terian church, at Wa-Keeney,. Kans.. Fridav June 24. 1010. to- . which you are cordially invited. FRIDAY MORNING 10:03 Praise Service Rev. S. L,. Allison. 10:15 Report of State Sunday School Convention County Delegates: 10:30 The Minister and the Rural Sunday Rev. Ohas. Harper 0:30 The Sixth World's Convention .... '. J. H. Engler. 11;30 Department Reports. 11:55 Appointment of Committees- Aluiuuutcuicuia. Assignments. FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 Praise Service Rev. J. A. Mumfortb 1:45 Some Problems that I Have Tried to Solve " PRIMARY DEPARTMENT 1. Miss Irene Acre. 2. Mrs. Anna Vanscyoc. 3. Mrs. S. L.. Allison. Discussion. HOME DEPAITTMENT 1. Miss Eliza Countryman. 2. Mrs. Eric Lindberg. 3. Mrs. R. C. Wilson. Discussion. SUPERINTENDENT'S DEPARTMENT 1. Mrs. W. T. Tague- S. Mrs. W. H. Smith. 3. Mrs. C. C. Yetter. Discussion. I2;45 An Hour With Teachers J. H. Engle- 3:30 Business Meetinir. Reports of Officers. Reports of Delegates. Elections. FRIDAY EVENING 7:45 Address Rev. J. A. Greefi-' 8:00 Tie Supreme Art of Telling a Story s J- H. Ene'e Benediction. NOTES State Secretary J. H. Enele will be wit6 us ; in this convention. We will all be pleased, tlx know that he can give us the entire day.. Bring your bibles, pencils and reaper;. Send your township officers. Select deletrates and see that they come: -. Superintendents will all be here. When you arrive make yourself known to., the reception committee. Two delegates from each school "To him that believetb. all tfainiis are pos sible. The Trego County High school; held their annual alumni banquet -at th Court house last Tuesday evening. About sixty were irt attendance and everybody re ports a fine time -TheIadies1 Good Will society served the ret freshments. Z. H. Moore of Oketo, Kan.,. was a Wa-Keeney visitor the first of the week and subscribejil for this great moral guide-