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BARTON GOTOfY DEMOGRAf TOLUME XXX. GREAT BEND, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL. 4 1913 NUMBER 4 r : Kow thai city elecllqn is over, lets all lay aside oar iiammers and try letting the officials run Ifie cily affairs . WILSON '8 WATCHFULNESS. $elicves Red Tape Not Sufficient Sustenance For Starving Unfortunate. President Woodrow Wilson, true to e philosophy which has actuated kis private and public careers, has een the first to declare that no steps aowever grave, are too grave to take to relieving the suffering in the flood ed districts. The announcement that ke may himself go into the district irhere thousands are homeless, traffic tied up, food scarce and disease ap pearing, is an instance of his courage and dogged persistence in, a purpose. He will cut all the red tape in the Cnrernment offices and spend every dollar he can, as pisident, get his aands on, use every resource of the tOYernment, to bring the- quickest pos sible relief to the stricken people. Now this is not only interesting and inspiring of loyalty in the patri - Dtic breast which can't help feeling some reverence for the head of- the ment. The surplus of receipts over government, but it is most salutary in disbursements for the current fiscal tt3 general effects . We are all prone year to date, exclusive of Panama ca Vx take much as an incident, just such nai and public debt transactions, has terrible catastrophes as those that have taken place in the Middle West.!a deficit of S9,931,31 on April 1, last We declare that the incidents are aw- year. ' tul, we really believe that we feel bad over them and perhaps we, give a dol lar or so that will provide a short and passing satisfaction to some sufferer a well as to ourselves. But what ire need at such a timet as this is for some person to spur us into a fuller realization of the deep, broad value f human life and emotions-4o make s see that this loss, this suffering, i this travail of body and soul of our tellow citizens is vastly more than a thrilling sinrv In a hook Thev are Jtu, a , wwJ -and these considerations make the ifw Bom tlme need relief of their distress the very first!8 Uttl attention Sheriff Brown uty of ourselves and of our govern-! catchin the house clean; juk ing microbe from some of the excel- ... . . ..- lent housekeepers of the town, has To put the matter more directly,- . ln i nnSA bad the entire interior of the Jail ire are now in an era that considers , , . ... . . ... . the happiness of a human being whe- the poor or rich, able to take care -of himself - or not, as beyond any fancy theories forms of custom. and dignities and GOTCH RETAINS TITLE. Frank Gotch, of Iowa, champion "wrestler of the world, successfully j defended his title in his match in . char of afairs at this location. Kansas City Tuesdav with George I " advancing the theory tha Lurich, the Russian who had defeat-'the J'ail 13 r?allv a d Hackensmith. Zvbosky, and all the;10 take rooms- but believes ln mak" Other foreien mat artists of note. N and kePin th Plac at ka8t tJotch won the match in straight falls the first in 18.10 and the second in 5.35. The crowd witnessing the ex hibition is said to have been the largest ever at any like match in Kan sas City, the ticket receipts amount ing to over $20,000. As Gotch is to receive 60 per cent, he is well paid ;for tha little esercisei indulged in. "Ed Houdyshell of Pawnee Rock, nras a county seat visitor Friday. HCopyrisht) TO MAKE TEST CASE. Island Claim In Ford County To Be Used la Making Fight Attorney F. Dumoat Smith, counsel ef the Settlers' association, compos- jed of the river island "squatters ' along the Arkansas, has chosen a Ford county case Tor the test in the 'state supreme, court. The test will be made in the case of Chester L Vincent, of Dodge City, who has filed on some valuable land belonging to Victor Carson, on the river below Dodge City. The land claimed by Vincent con tains 135 acres, most of it lying in the old bed of the river on the north side. There are a number of is- lands and sand channels in it, 'U. S. TREASURY SHOWS SURPLUS FOR FISCAL YEAR Tne treasury department began the montn of April with o,050,448, as a working balance of the federal govern reached $12,620,140, as compared with The showing for March this year, however, was not as good as for March, 1912. cusoms reciepts falling off about $3,000,000. Including Panama canal and public debt transactions, tiiere is a deficit jin tn treasury for the current fiscal year to date of $18,656,199, against a deficit of $8,642,830 at this time last year LANDLORD BROWN RENOVATES. The interior of the county Jail has inorougmy c leanea ana aisinieciea J .... and has everything painted m a 1 pleasing combination of colors. The cleaning and painting was done by , thrae of the prisooners who displayed considerable skill as decorators. The sheriff is justly proud of the present cleanly state of the apartments and expects to keep things in the same :ondition so long as he remains in clean and and eliminating so far as possible any dangers of di s?ase or contamination so often found in places of this sort The inmates of the jail, of whom there are now seven, are willing to cc-opera with him in keeping things in first class condition. r County Attorney Rus6ell left Wed nesday evening on a business trip to Topeka. SPRING FEVER EMERSON-HARRIS. Waldo Emerson', of Anadarko, Ok lahoma, and Miss Bertha Harris, of this- city, were totted in the holy bonds of matrimony Wednesday even ing, April 2, 1913. at the home of the bride's parents, on Stone street. Only the relatives and close friends of the contracting parties were present to fritness the, ceremony, which was per formed by Rev. G. W. Alford, of Hutchinson, formerly pastor of the Christian church here. The ring cere mony was used and was made very impressive to the invited guests as well as to those whose lives and des tinies were being united. Promptly at 7:30 Miss Edith Har ris, s!6ter of the bride, took her place at the piano and as the strains of the wedding march were being played, the wedding party, accompan ied by Mies Mary Omer of this city, and Lloyd Mosbarger, of Pawnee Rock, cousin of the bride, entered the parlor where the nuptial knot was tied, after which the guests were per mitted to bestow upon them their congratulations and wishes for a hap py and prosperous career in their new relation. A delicious repast was served and the happy couple depart- id for Hutchinson where they will visit a few 'days, returning here the first of the week. Mrs. Emerson is the younger daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, of this city. She is a bright and accom plished young lady who has, by her soinny disposition and hospitable na ture, won a place in the hearts of all with whom acquaintance is made. She is a graduate of the Great Bend high school and has held pa6iticne cf responsibility with different businets houses of the city. She is indeed de serving of all the good things in life that the future can bring to her. Mr. Emerson is a young man of un questionable honor and integrity. He is a pominent farmer, living neaT Anadarko, Okla., and one who is mak ing good. He is a former resident cf Great Bend and ha many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson will make their home cn their farm about five miles from Anadarko. The kind regards of the Democrat and their many Great Bend friends, and gocd wishes for thi?4r future happiness go with them to their home in another state. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Licenses to wed were isued sine last publication to the following: E. E. Shattuck, age 22, Hoisington, and Teresa Butler, age 21, Hoisington; Waldo Emerson, age 34, Anadarko, Okla., and Bertha Harris, age 21, Great Bend; T. H. Whitlock, age 29, Great Bend; and Dora Hunter, age 23, Great Bend; Wm. M. Fleming, age 23, Great Bend, and Riuby Du Rain, age 20, Great Bend. Miss Valeria Kell of Pawnee Rock is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. E. Mor- CITY ELECTION. The first election under the com mission form of government In Great Bend is now a matter of history. D. C. Luse was chosen mayor, L. P. Aber and C. L. Moses for commis sioners, all by healthy majorities. J. E. McMullen, Dr. Kendall and S. A. Newcombe were elected as members of the school board. The following is the votei by wards, as it has been fil ed with the city clerk: For Mayor Wards 1 2 3 4 T D. C. Luse.... 53 117 173 114 459 Nick Smith ..38 122 103 46 311 Tobias McGill 7 1 4 9 21 Luse's majority 148. For Commissioner 2 Year Term L. P. Aber.... 83 211 231 146 691 S. G. Odeli .. 7 3 7 8 23 For Commissioner 3 Year Term L. D. Lewis ..37 67 109 88 301 C. L. Moses ..53 135 133 136 401 C P. True .. 5 8 13 Moses majority, 100. For Treasurer of School Board C R. Aldrich 83 190 211 128 611 Members of School Board Morrison .. ..38 146 127 53 379 Kendall .. ..55 126 147 93 423 Gwlnn 13 100 ' 88 39 236 McMullen ..61 126 197 100 486 Newcombe ..63 116 138 91 421 Socialist candidates, 4 votes in Sec ond and 12 in the Third. The only fight in this election was over candidates for mayor and for th 3-year commissioner of finance. Luse, who was elected for mayor, and Dr. Lewis, who was defeated for com-j missioner, being the nominees of the so-called citizens mass convention and Smith and Moses, the opposition candidates, having been placed in nomination by their friends. Very few people had at any time entertain ed the idea that Luse would be de feated owing to the fact that he, is a man of unquestioned ability and mud experience in city government, which, together with the fact that he was the almost unanimous choice of the citizens convention, made It very im probable that he would fail of elec tion. The fact that the public made a good guess in this matter is well substantiated bv the returns. The contest over commissioner of finance really occupied the center of the stage during the city campaign. Dr. L?wis, the convention candidate, and one of the most popular businer? s men of the town, looked like a win ner in the early stages of the game, but failed to show the required strength to land the position. C. L. Mcses, who was elected, Is recogniz ed as being one of the shrewdest fi nanciers of the state, and is a man with whom the affairs of the city are safe. We believe the city of Great Bend can now claim the distinction of being the only institution of any kind in the state able to hire "Boss Moses," as he Is affectionately called by his friends, to become a paid em ploye. The change of administration will be the cause of some change in the appointive officers. C hlef of Police Wemmergren will retire, eg may some of the other employes. There are several aspirants for the position as marshal but it Is too early to be able to give any reliable information as to the new list of employes. As a whole, the result of the elec tion was satisfactory and the line-up seems to indicate a prosperous, con servative administration. CAR OF KANSAS FLOUR DONATED TO RELIEF FUND. Hutchinson and Vicinity Show Gen erosity. When the sum raised by Hutchin son, Reno county and the section tributary, was totaled up last even ing, it was found that $831 in money bad been subscribed. Included in this is the value of the flour receiv- ed from Turon. The sum will be sufficient to send a 40,000 pound car of flour to the flood victims from that city. This flour will be transported by one of the railroads free of charge to(St. Louis or Chicago and thence sent on to Governor Coi of Ohio for distribution among the afflicted cities. The response by local and neigh boring people has been prompt and generous. They have shown that the bond of sympathy that exists be tween the west and east Is real and genuine. . F. E. baer, Gus Wurm and Pete Thul were here from Ellinwood Wed nesday looking after business matters and visiting with friends. LINDAS WON IN LARNED. . Lamed. Kas., April 1. The Citizens ticket, headed by Ed S. Lindas for mayor, was elected without opposi tion. Two contests for councilman resulted in tha election of D. A. Ely, Independent, in the First Ward, and Chas. Evans, Citizens, In the Fourth. The other officers elected are: .Mrs. B. Lee Victor, city treasurer; Georg R. Warren, police Judge; W. W. Char les, treasurer hoard of education; H. T. Taylor, Dr. C. H. Ewing and A. B. Lovett, members of the city school board, and Mark Krouch and H. M. Reed as councllmen In the Second and Third wards respectively. There was no contest of any kind except for councllmen in the First and Fourth wards, and no public issue at stake. WEATHER REPORT. Following is a record of meteoro logical observations taken by the un dersigned as a co-operative observer of the Weather Bureau of the U. S. Department of Agriculture during the week ending March 30, 1913, at Great Bend. Precipi- Character Date tatlon of day 24 P Cloudy 23 .. S 1-2 .. .. 0 05 .. .. Cloudy 26 .. .. P Cloudy 27 .. Clear 28 Clear 29 P Cloudy 30 (. Clear Total Preclption 0 05 Elevation above sea level, ft. 1836.8 Latitude,, degrees 38.22 Longitude degrees 98.43 Central Time. ISAAC PRITCIIARD, Cooperative Observer. CONCERNING LONGEVITY OF KANSANS. Kansas citizens are fairly long liv ed, according to the figures compiled by W. J. V. Deacon, registrar of the state vital statistics department. The department has been in operation on ly a little more than a year now, and cf the 17,000 deaths during the first year the average age at death was 4:5.3 years. The death rate in Kan sas is 10.16 per thousand, about seven points below the death rates of all the eastern states and one of the three lowest rates of the country. "I have been asked many times about the length of life in Kansas, so I took all the deaths in the state during the past year and found that the average age at death was 43.3 years," said Mr. Deacon, in discus sing the figures he had been working on. "If we should omit from the to tal the 2,804 deaths of children les than one year old. It would raise the average length of life of the others to 61.7 years. If we also omit from the totals the death of children less than five years of age, totalling 3,935, it would raise the average life of the Kansas citizens to 53.9 years. It might be proper to exclude from this list the children under one year and that would make the average age of the Kansan a little over fifty years. "Couple these figures with the Kan sas death rate of 10.16 per thousand it will be seen that Kansas is an un usually healthy state, ha climate, working conditions and natural sanita tion, with the campaigns of educa tion in habits of life and he proper preparation of foods conducted by the board of health and the schools of the state, all tend to a long and hap py life. As the state grows older and more people put Into effect In their homes the teachings of the schools and the health bulletins and working conditions are Improved, more and more the average Kansas will live to the full three-score years and even more. The Kansas health figures really make a wonderful showing for the state. The death rate is among the three lowest of the states of the coun try and with the present interest ta ken in health and sanitation, the death rate ought to show material reductions each year, and the average span of life ought to be increased." Clyde Allphin and wife are now at home ln their handsome new home recently completed on Broadway. ' Misses Anna and Agnes Brandt are home from Manhattan where they have been attending college. J. W. Hendricks was In from Hei zer Saturday. Frank Keenan and 'Gene McCate of Seward were among the visitors in from the south side Saturday. STOLE THEIR SMOKES And At A Result Five Young 1(V Are In. Trouble. Three young men are la jail hr and two more of the gang hare beta located and will b& placed under ar rest during the next few days, chart . ed with stealing various - " autdrj articles from the Mtesowl pactUr railroad company at Hoisington. One- of the boys, Harry Fltxgerald, jf Hoisington, was placed under arrest and lodged ln Jail a few days ago. Two more, L. E. Craddock and Rott Karney, were captured at Oklahoma City by officers there and wera " brought back to this county by Sher iff Brown Wednesday morning. Th other two members of the crowd. Clin:on Allen Turner and Harry Je kins, have been located and will be placed under arrest shortly. Fitfter and and Craddock are Hoisington boyi while the other three belong in Coun cil Grove, but have been 'employed in Hoisington a part of the time lately. Their ages range from 19 to 21 vears. . Cigarettes were the downfall of these voung men, having broken A seals of cars In transit in the HoU? Ington yards and appropriated there from hundreds of thousands of ths little "coffin nails" that have started many a bright boy on the road that leads to the penitentiary, a trip which the five wiU undoubtedly take. And they were cholcy as to the qtal ity of the goods the smoked,' too. At one time, some weeks ago, they broke into a car In the Hoisington yards and stole a box containing 331 pounds of "Plnhead" cigarettes, con? rigned from Virginia to Shabghai, China, but after smoking a few of these they found they were not ts their liking and the case was later found where it had been left along the railroad rlghtof-way. "Fatima" cigarettes were tbir fa vorites and they had stolen- some thing like 330,000 of this brana, over : 230,000 of which have bcn tamd. , nere they had Mdd th4 a3f at Hoisington, and when Karney and" Craddock were captured at Oklahoma. City I hey had over $200 worth . of these In their possession. " Another charge .which the officers have against the same crowd is. that of st3aling a barrel of beer from the Pacific, and this was not only taken while In transit but while the train was on the move. This robbery oc curr?d in December and their method was such that showed that it was not committed on the fipur of the mo ment but was carefully planned be forehand. A through freight was pa ing through Hoisington late "In ths night, and on the train were some cars of Anheiser-Busch beer. Two of the members of the gang boarded the train while 1n the llolslngtoa yards and rode it out of town. West of Hoisington, near Boyd, there Is a steep hill that a heavy train must climb very slowly. While the train was going up this hill the fellows . who were riding one of the beer cars broke the car seal and opening the ; car door, dropped off a barrel . of beer. Thle rest of the gang follow ed the train in a surry, picked up the beer and their comrades an proceeded back to town, where H 1 presumed they enjoyed a feast of beer interspersed with Fatima cig arettes. County Attorney -Rusaell states that he has ample evidence already in his possession to convict the en tire bunch, and we understand that, at least pari of them will plead guil ty when their case comes to .trial, and it is probable that all will be guests at the Hutchinson refwmatorJ ar the stats penitentiary for severVl years to come. Even If nothing had been stolen the fact of theif reak ing the car seals would be enough to convict, and their is an abundance of evidence whether they figh't the case or not Score another bunch of victimstfer the cigarette. Five more homes are. made sorrowful and five more men" lives wrecked on account of a habit probably started because U looked smart . : . Mrs. Harry Shore and son, of orth Stafford county, were here Wednes day on a business trip and for a visit with friends. They report crop pros pects as good out that way. bu say that a good rain is going to, be need ed soon. Lees Langford was in from Helzer Saturdays with an auto load 'of fair maidens from his tome Tillage.