Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], May 13, 1909, Page 7, Image 7

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. AEXIESS VtZZlX ?rntCTC ABILENE, KANSAS, HAY 13, 18 03
HE THINKS THERE IS OAS agCTgigByfrfiW ajtXffligffigSyS
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ASSISE KEN MAKE A"
MILLION BOIAR LAND DEAL
j, b. Barton, 0. T. nd Others
Bay 100,000 Acre Raache.
C. T. Estee and J. K. Burton re
turned from Texas thli mdrnlng.
While there they closed the biggest
land deal made by Kansans in years,
Involving $1,000,000 and covering
100,000 acres. It took nerve and
money but the proposition was so
good that they will make handsome
profits. The company will have offi
... .t Kansas Cltv and Ban Antonio.
The San Antonio Express tells of the
project:
in a million dollar land deal con
summated yesterday afternoon at the
St. Anthony Hotel, former senator j.
ii T),nn nf Abilene. Kan., tud tl.e
head of a syndicate of Kansas capi
talists, acquired from I. T. Pryor of
San Antonio the "77" ranch, com
prising 100,000 acres of fertile land
In the valley of the Nueces Elver in
a.vain oniintv. nni'th of Uvalde, sen
ator Burton and his associates will
begin operations at once for selling
the land in small tracts to actual
The land lies in an irregular oblong-shaped
body beginning at the
south line of Uvalde county, from ten
to twelve miles south of the town of
Uvalde and extending about sixteen
x .uhiun mtloa further south. It
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is ten miles wide at its greatest width
.n,i .. nart of it will be over five
miles from the Crystal City & Uvalde
Railroad, which will traverse it fcr
noai.lv alehteen miles.
Th road which had already been
secured by M. Pryor and which has
finnnrpd bv Kansas City and St
Louis capitalists, will be in operation
within six months from the beginning
of constuctlon. Surveys for it have
been made and the new owners of
the land announced last night that
the raiload would be operating this
year. Its terminus on the soutn win
be Crystal City, forty-four miles south
from Uvalde.
Pryor, the new .town planned by
the syndicate, will be located in the
center of the tract on the new line of
railroad, approximately twenty miles
south of Uvalde. As the center of
this tract which the synidcate will de
velop to the utmost and with the in
dustries which the syndicate will give
it, the town is expected to make a
place for itself on the map at a rate
. which will touch even the fast of
Southwest Texas records in city build
ing. Among the men associated with
Senator Burton in the deal are C. T.
BBtes and Elmer Hoyt, Abilene, Kan.,
O. P. Taylor, Kansas City; James U.
Grant, Junction City, Kan., and W. H.
Parish, bankers and merchants of
Kansas, who were all the the St.
Anthony hotel last night. Negotia
tions for this tract have been under
way for several months, and after
.the men named had gone over the
proposition on the ground here, the
deal was completed.
On the Cross-S ranch immediately
south of this tract are a number of
fine flowing wells, but the Pryor
land has not been developed for pos
sible artesian flows. It is the inten
tion of the new concern to sink deep
wells at once in search of the arte
sian stream.
But without a drop more water
than is already definitely figured up
on from conservation of water from
the Nueces river and from the natural
fall as collected in other streams and
drawn and from the shallow wells
i. oration the syndicate flg-
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ores that most of the land can be
brought under system ,oi irrigu.m.
Practically all the land i arable and.
It nil possesses the wonderful fertility
which has made possible the remark
able wealth from Southwest Texas
farms In onions, strawberries, alfalfa,
fruit and scores of other things which
thrifty farmers are planting and reap
ing. Title to the land in this tract comes
down from two old Spanish grants
made while Texas was a colony of
Spain. Under these grants the first
owners had the right to pick what
ever they wanted from Southwest
Texas and the Nueces river tract was
their choice. Titles to all the land
bave been confirmed in both State
A hJAMl MUrtS.
Mr. Pryor bought the land over ten
years ago from the Western Union
Beef Company of New York.
, i.ti after the purchase of
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the land the parties Interested com
pleted plans for a veiling company
which will put the tract of land in
it lnf, af from forty to 160
acres Into the hands of actual farm-
era. Any farmer, tne synoicai.
., rn his farm la a very
few months and make a living at the
aame time on good Boatnwes
bud and the terms will De "
that end la Hew.
Vlat Verne Jannees aged $1 died
at her home la Sherman towranip
Henry Kauffnian Is Going after the
Iieaees and Will Pat Down Well.
Henry Kauffman, formerly of this
county but who has been running a
gas well digging outfit at Cotfey
vIHb for some years. Is here and will
secure leases from a lot of territory
north of this city for the purpose
of going after gas. He says that his
machine will put aown a wen t.vvv
feet.
"You have dug for gas here," said
he, "but you have always stuck the
drill at about 800 feet. Now I be
lieve from what I know of the condi
tions here and with my experience
in the gas country, that there is gas
under North Dickinson at less than
.000 feet. In the Coffeyvllle dis
trict we go 1900 to 2000 feet regu
larly and at that depth there will be
something here its well."
He Is going to get leases from a
large number of farmers and then
it he does not form a company here
exnects to do so at Coffeyvllle and go
to work. He Is now putting down a
well at Wllsey, in Morris county.
Baotist Revival Meeting.
A good day yesterday with good
attendance and a fine Interest mani
fested by all. The manifestation
which was made by the church tends
to a spiritual uplift. A circle prayer
meeting Is being carried on, which
meets each day through the week at
8:00 d. m. at various homes through
out the town; these meetings are for
everybody. If you are interested in
nulehbor's spiritual welfare,
here Is an opportunity to get in line
and work for the Master's cause. Tne
exclusive object of these meetingB is
to cause the fire of the Spirit to
burn in the hearts of believers and
lead souls to Christ.
The meeting meets today with MrB,
C. C. Hutchison at 709 N. Buckeye
tomorrow with MrB. Geo. Gibson at
414 U. North 6th street. Announce
ment will be given each day of the
nrevious meeting. A complete record
will be given of each meeting, which
can be seen from a black board at
the church. Services to begin each
night at the church at 8 p. m. Old
time songs will be sung by the con
gregation, come and help the good
work along. Rev. P. J. Crawford,
pastor.
POPULATION IS 4880.
1 OUT
r . : au, iAnnc onI Mnojitsnt rarp nf mir niRtnmers have been
fair COmpcllUUU, ouiiucuic iu juvujcj, u -
.'. . .i A - ,.k ca.: 'nrivfi a small ctnrlr w have hurl the nleasure ttt
metnoas 01 mis stoic ricai giuwm. tuuug
grow to be the largest store in Central Kansas. Our great outlet for our merchandise selling
clothing as far west as Ellis, north to the Nebraska line and other directions the same. We have a
thorough knowledge of all the big mills and shops as we visit the world's greatest markets twice a
year and nave tne pleasure to ouy we ucsi uu cuw. ut v
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lots oi tnem. ieau u wc ucivw.
City of Abilene Gained 137 Citlxens
In Past Year.
The population of the city Is ac
cording to Assessor Murphy 4380, a
gain of 137 in the past year. The
preceding year it gained 87. The
highest population the city ever had
in 1888 when it was 6, 187 but
there was so much exaggeration then
that it is doubtful if there were as
many persons as that in town.
The personal property assessment
given this year is $1,387,476, an in
crease of 1110,000 over last year.
In 1888 the personal property was
given as $270,000 which was on a
basis of one-fourth real value, while
this year's Is at full value. At full
value the city then had $1,080,000
in personal property, or $300,000 less
than now, yet claiming nearly 1,000
more population. That is a good
example of the way prosperity thrives
in Kansas.
Bought His Owa Car.
Another example of how to make
a boy satisfied on the farm has come
iih John steelsmlth, the 19
year old son of J.M. Steelsmlth, was
allowed by his father to raise some
nmna and stock OB his own account
to hava the money for his own.
Finally he made np his mind ne
would like a motor car and he has
purchased a Maxwell runabout of
the Union Auto Co., paying caan ior
it out of his own bank account.
t.m tha Denver. Laramie
iwi"-t ' '
Northwestern Railway vompmuj
aad Northwestern Lead Iron
fannur.
bnuima an the undersigned was
induced, by misrepresentations, to
Insert In a number of newspapers ad
..rtiumaitu offering for sale or
trade large amounts of stock in the
.k... mnnaniM. The court nas au
t..AA tha nartlea Inserting these and
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like advertisements guilty oi couspir-
to rark and ruin these com'
oanles. We take this means ot cor
recting the ham dona by those ad
nunaiti A committee oi du
M fv.m oneler. Colo., and an
auditing committee appointed y all
.k. r-nmmarrfal Bodies or uenver,
have thoroughly investigated the bna
. andited the books of both
Companies, and have found them ably
. haaaatlx managed, la spienaia
financial aoadiUoa, and the greatest
eatarprlaes which have come to wen
.B4 Colorado .for yean. The
adrertisementa alined C. . Jehnsoa
are forgeries. The National Adver
tising Co, Qulncy Bldg.. Denver, Colo
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Our Two Pioco
Suits
Dandy Blue Serge at 10 00
" " " 12 50
" fancy weave 10 00
" " " 15 00
All pure worsteds and
shape retaining.
Our Fancy Shirts
No store sells such a nobby
line of goods as we do, such a
pretty variety. The great
Manhattan shirt is sold at this
store. None better made.
Straw Hats
Pretty straw hats for every
day use and for dress. Our
dress hats 1-00. 1-50 "P to
5-00.
See our every day hats.
Our Store for
Hats
Nice nobby stiff hat in all
colors, fast colors, 300
Nobby brown and hedge
green soft hats 1.50, 2-00
and 3.00-
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Our work clothing, we sell the best.
Overalls 75c and $1.00.
Fink's great Detroit "special," the world's best make.
LiTTS
BKCEPTIOJf FOB THE SENIORS.
Mayor aad Mrs. A. W. Bice Hosts to
Grad Bating Viaaa.
u..r and Mrs. A. W. Rice pleas
antly entertained the Seniors and the
faculty of the Abilene high ecnooi
Saturday evening at their home on
West Third. Bed and white carna
tions, red and white being the class
roaea and class pennants
artistically displayed furnished the
decorations. Mrs. Julia snort ana
Miss Marie Rover rendered several
beautiful vocal selections. Games
and contests with pretty prises 101-lo-ari
and refreshments were served.
The reception was thoroughly en
joyed by all and was a feature oi tne
commencement season.
Little Boa Is Takea.
Taa infant eon of Mr. and Mrs.
Ananat Bcheufele died at their home
near Donegal, on Monday, May t, a
few hours before noon. It seems
the cause of bis death was pneumon
ia, he being sick only two daya. He
was born Oct 4. 1907. died May J.
He leaves a father, mother and
many relatives and friends to mourn
his early departure.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Mr. Wadel. at the Oer
maa Baptist church near Donegal,
where the remains were laid to rest
The many friends of the family Join
la extending tha deepest sympathy
ta the sorrowing pareata.
PRAYER CHAIN BREAKS OUT.
Abilene People Being Inflicted With
the Nniseace.
About once in two years the prayer
chain nuisance breaks out It seems
to appeal to weak-minded persons
and they laboriously send on the non
sense. Here is the one that is now
going the rounds, being sent annoy-
mously:
"Oh Lord JeSus, I Implore Thee
to bless as mankind. Keep us from
evil by thy precious blood and take
us to dwell In eternity. This was
sent me by some friend, copy It and
see what happens. It Is said that he
who will write this prayer for nine
days, commencing on the day re
ceived, to nine friends, will exper
ience some great Joy on the ninth
day. He will also be delivered irom
all calamities, but be who will not
write will meet with some misfor
tune. Do not break the chain. Write
to nine friends, one each day."
The postofftce department has
tried to break up the chain letter
plan and will, if It detects the send
er, probably make an example u
that Individual.
pleased all and was a decided success.'
The cast was:
Bill Morgan John Hoffman,
"Towel" Fairfax Olln Ball
Bob Kenmark Stanley Conant
Henry Reed Harold Wagner
Tom Ripley Howard Wagner
George Macintosh. . . .Orton Shrader
Prof Reed Arthur Nigg
Mrs. Reed Amanda Facklam
Cynthia Bessie Hoffman
Buizer Arthur Hoffman
The nlay displaced many talented
actors and the participants deserve
great credit for their work.
ENTERPRISE PUPILS' PLAY.
Toaatnaeter" Was Well Preeeatod
by High School.
Enters rise. May 10. The "Toast-
master" preeented by the Enterprise
high school, at the Academy awuwr-
lam to a large audleaee Friday algnt
Weyaat's Store la Bold.
Mrs. Roy Weyant has sold her
dry goods store to Paul NIcolay and
Ernest Lowrey who will take charge
next Monday. Both are well known
as rustlers and will succeed.
Twentieth Ceatary Club Officers.
The 10th Century club met yes
terday and elected the following of
ficers for the next club year: Presi
dent, Mrs. W. A. Stacy; Vice Presi
dent. Mrs. W. H. McKlnstrey; Sec
retary, Mrs. E. E- Coulson; Treasur
er, Mrs. Clyde Brewer. ,
Ready for Decoratioa Day.
The O. A. R. completed arrange
ments for Memorial day last sight
Rev. O. M. Keve will deliver tha ad
dress, Rev. W. C Coleman tha ser
ai on. Berrlces will be held la the
Latheraa church aad tha decorating
of graves will be oa Monday, May
ll. The veterans will be taken te
the cemetery la motor ears.
KANSAS IS NOT SO BAD
One-Fourth of the People of State
Attend Sunday School.
One-fourth of the people of Kan
sas attend Sunday school. This fact
was elicited at Topeka when J. H.
Uncle of Abilene, secretary of tha
Kansas Sunday School Association,
read his annual report at the state
convention. The greatest gains were
made in the extreme western part ot
the state and in Southeastern Kan-
i. The total membership for tha
entire state shows an Increase from
831,317 last year to 404,(04 this
year.
Additions to the church have
grown from 15,029 to 16.417. There
are 422 teachers' meetings reported,
as against 420 last year. The num
ber of home departments bas greauy
Increased, numbering now (56, with
a gain of over l.ooo m nome ae-
partment membership.
Meets at Solomoa Next,
Solomon, May 10. At tha quar
terly meeting of tha Saline Valley A.
BY T. A. held at Tescott Bstarday
afternoon, Klpp, the small town Just
east of Balina. was voted In as a sub
order which Increases tha member
ship of the association of this district
to about 700.
Solomon was chosen as the rett
eating place and tha first meet'ng
to ha held oa Aagnst I. Vice Presi
dent, R, C Green presided at tha
meeting, which van attended by
about 27 delegate.
Portal Monday la Backers
try.