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DODGE CITY TIMES.
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THE DODGE CITY TIMES. I
DODGE CITY, KANSAS, JUKE 16, 18?7. - yg 5.
EXPLODED.
rUBUSHED ETEttTSATUIlDATBV
W. C. & LLOYD SHINir.
Subaenption, $J.M r iniunw In advance.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Concur.
Kepresentative 1:. JI. Wright.
Commissioners
A. J. reacock. Chairman.
A. J. Anthony,
Charles Hath,
County dirk Ino. II, Means.
Treasurer A. D. Webster,
coroner Dr. S. c;allan4
sheriff Charles E. Ilas.-tU.
Uegister James Lanton.
Cltrk District Court Harry Ttoyer.
lrobate Jud-te Hrmian J. Fricrer.
Ounty Attorney M. . button. '
surveyor II. T. llcCarty.
Snp't rub. Inst. Thomas L. SfcCarty.
City.
Mayor James II. Kelley.
Couneilmen
Hon. D. I. Colley.
Geo. II. Cox.
CM. lleeson.
JohnXewtoa,
F. J. Leonard.
Attorney and Clert B. t. Colborn.
" Treasurer Charles II. Schnlz
l'olice.?ude Hon. I. 31. Frost.
JIarshal-L. K, Deger.
Towualilp.
Trustee P. I- Beatty.
Cleik Chas. !I. Schulz.
'I reasurer Henry Xiess.
Justices. V. V. Mcintosh, D. E. Baldwin
anil U. II. Frost.
Constables. James H. McGoodwin High Con
ktsble; VA. Baldwin anil David ilorrow Consta
bin. Offkersof School DfctrictXo. J-F. C. Ziro-merm-nn.
Fre-idmt; M. Collar, becreiaryj A.
J. Anlhony, Treasurer.
Seho.il District Xo. S Director, D. II Bald
win: Clerk, L. Marks; Treuua-urer, V. Jlil-
laeawr.
The Truth
is Mighty
Prevail.
and Will
KOCIETIKK.
RELIGIOUS.
PREACIIIXGatthe Union Chnrch Building
every Sunday at the hours or 11 s. ra. and 7
r3rt p. m. Also lectures ererv Wednesday
evening, by KEV. q. W. WU'IGHT, ra,tor.
L O. O. F-
COBONALOIHJEXo. 137, 1. O. O. F. meet
t tuir hat, on Locust btreet, every
.tiurday night. Visiting Brothers arecordially
invited to.ittend. JOIl.s' MLELLEU.X. O.
I". BOLAXD, Secretary.
PltOFEMKIOXA', CARD!.
D. ir. FUOST,
-- AWAN'D COLLECTION OfFICE. at
JL. ! B. Webster's store. Xotary public and
real eHate agent.
S X Weod E F Colborn
WOOD & COLBORN".
A TTOUXEY3AXDCOUXCELOESATLAW
i.wlll practice In the District conn oi lora
county. Address, Cotton wood Falls. 3
nOTIUB.
DorD O L
On left side or hip.
Any person disposing! myeattlelntheabove
brands vninou. wnurapuuiunij hmu wc u
1 TOBCCUteil to the extent of the law.
r J. W. DIUSKILL.
HW
Anv Tierson finding cat
tle with this brand, stray
ing. win oe suitamy re-
wirded by notifying A
Kiehne, at camp on Salt
iKnrk. or the undersigned.
at Junction CityKas.
V. M. IIUKST.
Stock Men, Attention !
ILmnf onrnM a ffrner.il store at Buffalo Sta
tion, K. I. K. W., on the trail leading to OgU
lallab ARtncy, stock mm can obtain all Kinds
Ol 004 and prouure truiu wtx i avuso
aty prices and avoid WO miles of Mneceary
To Stock Shippers !
lUvbigbeenengaSLtlinthe business ofship
nins stock for the uat season from this po nt to
Uansas City, and bavias given entire satisfac
tion to shippers, I therefore intend to Wlowthe
arae this season and make it a special business,
solicitins; Ihe patronage of all stock men, the
undersigned will be foand at the Western ilouse.
Dodge City. Ab brandmg and handling of
atUemadeasiiecuvlty. J. VT.DAWSOX.
JIlUc Bnlton' Jlngnzlnr at I.l Ex
ploded by the Grnnger'a Torch
or Truth.
Translated from the Gemun.l
Ilays City, Kansas, Juno 9, 1877.
Editor Dodge Cmr Tiues : My atten
tion was to-day called to a statement lir
Mito Dalton which appears in tbo Senti
nel this week, a part of which I know to
be false. He fays, in speaking of an
article in your paper headed 'Come to
grief,' "There is not one word of truth in
the whole article.'' Myself and several
of my neighbors can substantiate tho pirt
of your article which speaks of Dalton's
herd having keen corraled by Mennonites
in this county. One morning abont the
middle of last month we fonnd a lot of
cattle on oar wheat fields, which were not
fenced in. as we have the herd law and
dead line to protect ns- Wo put the stock
into corrals in the vicinity ot Catbarinen
stadt and Hartsook. southeast of Hays.
Tho herders came the same day and took
tho cattle. l e received $800 to pay the
aanago done our crops. We were re
qnested to keep qnict in regard to the
matter , and moat of the fanners promised.
I mule no promises. The Tanners' Pro
tective Association bad some dealings
with the herders in regard to violation of
tho dead line law, and 1 aat informed
received money to keep quiet and not
prosecute. Mike Dalton agreed to take
his cattle out of Ellis county, and I en
tiers tanO lie has done so.
I make this statement to you because
our own county papers seem to be arrayed
against the farmers, and refn&o to notico
anythingdelnmentaltothe cattle trade.
We believe we are able to enforce the law
and drive away Texas cattle wbea thov
come, but believe if the plain facts were
known to drovers they wonld not attempt
to ship their stock from our county.
I will make affidavit to the above state
ment, if you think it necessary.
I'jtTEC KOWA.VOFFSXL.
The above plain, unvarnished state
ment, although showing a few miles vari
ation from our article as to locality,
shows that we were correct in all the
essential points regarding the Granger
raid ou Mike Dalton's herd.
Woaro informed by business men who
left Ellis in disgust recently on account of
the failure of that point to secure the
cattle trade, that Dan Bowdom obtained
permission of Mike Dalton to nso his name
in making such statements as wonld best
subserve the interests of Ellis and tho E.
P. road. We are surprised, to notice
the reckless abandon with which Dalton
is made to say that a man living near
Dodge had him arrested and fined for
driving onto bis farm, Tbat statement
would brand Mr. Dalton as a liar in the
estimation of any one who know any
thing of the dead line law. Ford county
being wholly and entirely west of the
dead line in Kansas, in terntory which u
especially set apart by law for Texas cat
tle and in which not even a hcrsl law has
bean adopted, of course no such complaint
cosld have been entertained in any court.
even if it had been made, which it was
not, as our dockets will show.
This being so palpably false easts tho
shadow of uncertainty over the whole
of the statement. It wonld have been
policy to have left that Dart out.
Tho Sentinel says it concludes' the same
Texas cattle law applies to the Dodge
country that they have op there. We
oppose the Sentinel has a right to 'con
clude' whatever it pleases, but that does
not ailect the fact that Ellis county is
protected from Texas cattle by both the
dead lias and herd laws, while Ford
county is beyond the jurisdiction of
Veparted.
Tho community will be sorry to learn
tbat "His Honor" Judge Mcintosh has
yielded to the persuasion of his friends in
the East, and taken his departure to
Leavenworth. The Jndge was one of the
oldest members of this community, and
has plied the needle of his craft and
wielded the sword of Justice with an
earnestness of purpose truly commenda
ble. A blind and ignorant public have
perhaps failed to appreciate his ministry
at the temples and altars of the law, yet
lie is one of those happy mortals
"Who departing leave behind them
Footprints on the sands of time."
I!nt why do we mourn T It is ever thus
in life. Whcnencver a man reaches that
altitude of greatness which makes him a
well spring of joy to his community he
fades awav and is seen no more. 'We
never loved a dear gazelle' etc
We are glad to notice tbo the appear
ance of Caspar Caiscincer, of Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Caiseincer is a merchant tailor
of many years experience, and will fill a
long ien neeu in our community, lie is
prepared to do all kinds of work In the
latest styles, and has on hand a fine se
lection of cloths, direct from a fashionable
Eastern market. He will be fonnd at the
well known merchantile house ot M-
Collar's and will give sneb prices and do
such work as will do away with the
necessity of ordering from Eastern houses.
Drop in and see his samples, and have
youroldclothesmadenew. Cleaning and
mending promptly and neatly done.
AMONG THE LOKGnOBNS.
Dodge City Boiling Over With Bur -rs
and Drovers.
The Scene That sletU a iraager'si
Omit susd What he Hears.
FOURTH OF JULY.
Grand Celebration to bo Given
Dodgo City by tho Dodge City
Firo Company.
at
either.
Mr. Samuels, at Rath t Co'a, is King
of the Mexican trale in this city. He nn
dersiands the dialect ana speaks the lan
guage as well as any Mexican.
FROGBAMXE.
Grand Excmens' parade at 2 p. ji..
around town to the grounds, where tho
following sports will be presented
One race for American horses. First
pnzc. 110.00: seconu prize, 5.00. En
trance fee. $3.00.
No winner in the first race to enter in
pony races.
2. FootKace. First prize, $3.00; second
prize $i 00. Entrance fee. SO cents.
S. Sack Race. First prize, $3.00; second
prize, $2.00. Entrance fee. SO cents.
4. Wheelbarrow Race. First prize,
$-00; second prize, 81.00, and a prize of
$3.00 to the first man hitting the stake.
Entrance fee . 50 cents.
5. Running Jump. First prize. $3.00;
second prize, $2.00,
6. Standing Jump. First prize, $2.00:
second prize, $1.00. Entrance fee, 50 eta.
T. Best three jumps. First prize, $3.00;
second prize, $2.00. Entrance fee SO cts.
8. Running hop step and jump. First
prize. L00: second prize, $2. 00. Entrance
fee, 50 cents.
9. Throwing shonlder stone,
prize, $2.00; second prize, gLOO.
trance fee 50 cents.
10. Throwing sledge hammer.
prize. $2.00: second prize. $1.00.
1L Three pony races. First pnze, $100;
second prize. $5.00. Entrance fee $2.00.
No winner in first race to enter second
and third races.
Closing the day with a grand ball at
8:30, r. it,, at the court house. Tickets.
00L
First
En-
First
To Whom it May Concern.
All parties are warned against catting
or injuring trees on the land of tbe Dodge
City Town Company, near the bank of
the Arkansas River. Parties are alsei
warned not to dump rubbish on the town
lots. W. 8. TRBMarxE.
June 9 1S77.
J. W. Griffith leavpa en Snnriav fnr Vn
Dodge with a force of hands to do work on
tne government nmiatng ac the rort
Topeka Wade.
Mr. Griffith arrived here last Monday
with bis men and commenced re-roofing
and otherwise repairing the extensive
government warehouse of this city.
Dodge Citv! yells the brakeraan, and
with about thirty other sinners we hntry
to the Docge house to ornament the reg
ister with our autographs, deposit our
grip sacks with Deacon Cox. and breakfast-but
what crowd B thiarwo elhn-
our reportorial nose intof Ami 1I...
yoorsonl what a sight! Jnst as wo saw
him last summer, just a handsome. Jort
as happy, sit Uncle Mitch. A stranger
sometimes addresses him as J. L. Mitch
ncr.Esq.. but strangers to Uncle Mitch
are getting very scarce. ne. too. Is
Ike Johnson, and Olinm nrt nt.
LittleficlO. ana the famous Jim Reed, all
hstenlar to the cattle gospel as expound
ed Dy Uncle Mitch in this his forty-eecond
year as a "buyer."
We now learn that everybody not at
tho Dodge House Is at the "Alamo." The
A amo is presided over by a reformed
Quaker from New Tork. and it is hinted
that the manner in which he concocts a
toddy (every genuine cattle man arinks
toddy) increase, the value of a Texas
General Stock Agent of the A. T. &S. F
Road.Mr.Gua. Johnson, and from him
we learn that the following herds are al
ready here: Capt. Littlelleld 17.000;
Woodanl & CGe. Sim. vt.
2.000; Matthew,." 000; J.'speedi Bro.'.
-.000; blaushter. fLnm. v..v.i -
longhornsthat ever came north. Dris
Wlta ,8,000 head, but the old gontlemTa
will not say one word about them until
yon go out and look at 800 half-breed
calves. 1000 cows and 100 imported bulls
that hy is amusing himself with. New
man s advance of 15D0. ledbyTomMahan.
have just arrived, and here. too. is Jo.
Collins, with 4 ,000 head of beeves, D R.
Fant with 5.000: M. R Pni. i.k .
herds, 4.700 in all. John Lytie with 2.500;
Millett & Maybrr with 8.000. and Shcedv
with 4.000 "big beefs; Judge Goocb with
wo or three herds, making about 60,000
head around town. Erervbodr I. ,!,..,
or selling. Everything yon hear fa 1-t
beercs and steers and cowi n r,ii.
and cocktails. And everywhere you go
yonmeetrhillips. Phillips j, the a. T.
tS.r. Agent. He lon.la i...t. -.,
ships all the cattle, gives everybody a
. .,, want one (or talks him into not
wanting one), knows everybody, fa per
sonally acquainted with every beef, bntt,
steer or cow between this place and ihe
Klo Grande, can take a drink and is never
busy.
Capt. Lewis has just arrived from Texas
with over3,000 head of beeves. Ten new,
herds arrived lo the vicinity yesterday
and to-day.
The grass is remarkably fine, tbe water
Plenty, drinks two for a quarter and no
engers. These facts make Dodge City
THE cattle point. g.
'"""Baldwia wUl be with us again""
this summer, having contracted to bnild a '
bnck house for Mr. H. L. Sitler. near M.
Present residence. The work wiU be
commenced immediately.
1 Mr. J. W. DriskiU 0,300 head of through
cattle coming np the trail from Texas,
expected here in abont eight days. His
wintesedstoccareinfine conditioo, and
twenty-five blooded bolls, shipped from
the east, were added to their .n.u '-,;.
week. Besides the beeves, the herd now
numbers over 600 cows, with calves, and.
nearly one hundred bnll. tm. u k.
ably the largest herd of the kind in the
Stats.
Joe Waters, of Toneka. t rr.t.i..
lMonontho4ih. -'
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