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DODGE CITY TIMES (
vol. vn.
DODGE CITY, KANSAS, MAY 12, 1881.
NO. 52.
ESD OF VOLUME V.
Th's number of the Dcdqe City Times
closes the fifih year of Its existence. We
Lo"p to carry ii on many years more for the
goo J of ouiselves and its many fr ends. The
paper bss ricDrded many etiange things in
iis brief career, but tie future locks bright,
and other and belter ecenes will be present
ed. In the brief period of fire years many
changes hare leen wrought within the scope
cf cur field of chronicle. Some of these
changes hstebsen p'leasant, and our town
and conntry prcmixs to inaugurate s ill
gre'er changes for lie gxd cf all alike.
Three and a half years are hare teen con
nected with the Times. We hae no nn
plewact memories during th's short exia-
tetce. AVein.it that our future jeara will
be a pleaear.t, and if we may judge correct
ly, they will be more profilible.
The count.y has las-eil through ihewrnrat
ordeal in iis etrugijle b-r permanency. Uo'
der the Uneficiei t aid of nature Battering
pro'i e t are Ufore U'. We shall strife to
embrace all the opptrlunities offered us in
the new or Irr of our progress, and by patient
toil and enJurance shall meet a faithful le-waid.
Th Times 'a in agrowicgand prosperous
coudt i n We thai k our friends for their
kind and lirwral support, and we Will aim to
merit their cou'ioued pitrouige in the years
before a.
AS EUIIOR ASSAULTED.
A special dispatch (rum Larned tJ the
I avciiworth limes on Saturday gives the
imiticulars of a cowardly and murderous as
emit iiKn Cd. B.llirger, editor of the Lar
ii. (I C irooosc p , by W. O. Oldham, a
banker aid SI jor, of Luned. For some
tm e ihtre bw ben bad fetling existing in
legard In c ty nfl.irs, and as Billingtr wa
in.8 04 O dnaru's b ink, O dham called him
in and i c used him of Jying about him io hia.
paier, at fieaann time striking him in the
fa-e, and then drtW a revolver and atl m pl
ed to sbco' liiu, b it it mi sil fire. Bulir.
ger letreated outside ihedjtr.whereO dbaui
aziin ftruck biui ot r tLe head with the re
volver, wUn Bitlicgir kr-ocked him down
and t k tie revolver from him, and takii g
aim at UUham it again missed fire. Oldham
tlun ran through a drug store, callirg fur a
shotgun tr a horse. Mc Bill ngrr is hurt,
but nut seiioor-Iy. Ererybody pronounced
it a moat cowardly and brutal a-siult, and
denout ced OUbam in tl e s'rongett terms.
II' is a Southern Democrat, and has not
made himself populir by tryinjr to introduce
bis shot-gun policy int i Larned.
WORDS FITLY SAID.
The Mediciee Lode Index has the fol
lowing Lit of w'siom:
People sometimes think it strange that we
use our influence toward the upbuilding of
ceitiiu inlividuals, while they themselves
are cften given the cold shoulder. If they
wcu'd stop acd tlink for a moment, they
would find that the men whose temporal in
teres'B we are trying to advance are oar best
patrons. We are here for the purpose o'
mjkirg all the money we can, honestly, acd
we hive a feeling for our friends a d pat
rons that we can cot eiprrier.ee toward
those who do cot take our paper or adver
tise a cent's worth with us. Oar motto is to
remember oar fbiekds, acd if a good word
spoken fcr them through the columns of the
Index cn be cf any material assistance to
them, we always cheerfully grant it. M'n
who patronizj some other office and peris
tently refuse to recognize the existence of tbe
Index, we do not care to have much to do
with.
C. E. OJem, of Henrietta, ha 3,000 bead
of cattle on tbe road from southern Texas,
which be will locate in the Fan Handle.
CROP ASD FRUIT PROSPECTS.
The Leavenwcrlh Times is publishing re
ports from the coanty clerks on the prospects
of wheat and other crops in the state. We
elect the following reports from Hodgeman
and Ford counties:
HODGEMAN COUNTY.
HoJgemun Centre, April 30 There is a
much larger acreage of wheat (own this year
than last, an J it is in much letter condition
We have bad plenty of moisture in the
ground all spring, and had a very fine rain
on tbe 20 h, wLicb gave as great encourage
ment with regard to tbe growing crops cf
bo h spring and fall wheat, and also of oils,
thire be'nga mccb larger acreage of the lat
ter than wai ever town before. The fruit
here is in god condition so far, bat tbire is
no.hing but wild fruit to grow. There will
be from tbrie to five times as much amber
cane planted this spiing as there has been in
previous seasons. We expect the country
will fhw with milk and sorghum this fall,
a there sre many milk cows, too. We look
for the largest immigration this season that
the country has every seen, if the rains con
tinue as they have began, and we think they
will. Ifanyaie aver coming to Kansas,
now ii their time to come, for claims with
Rood improvements can be La 1 low cow,
which cscnot be bad for love or money this
coming fall. Grass is far enough alorg that
cattle can do well on the range. Everyone
is happy and writing to friends to come
now or never.
Ycurs of Kansas and for Kacsa.
E. M. I'aUXOLE, County Clerk.
ford coevrr.
Dcdge City, Kar., April 30. Aneage o
winltr wheal is about the same. The ci mil
lion is much belter. We bad a great deal
more rain Int fall and winter than we bad
the year before, and we had good rains this
spring. I ttiijk theie is very lutle if any
winter-killed. The coldest wtather we had
plenty ol mow on the gronud. The acreage
of siring wheat will be more than doubled
on account of the prospects beirg so much
belter for a crop. Fruit prospects arc vry
good. There will be a great deal of sugar
cane planted. Our farmers think it a prcGt
able crop. I hain't beard much about im
migration pnepects.
We have had plenty of rain in the last
five days, and the wheat is looking splendid.
Prospic's couldn't be sny tetter at any lime
of tbe year for a crop this year.
H. P. Mytos, D puty Coanty Clerk.
Broiler Mytcn probably refers to wi'd
plums. Toe crop of wild plums, currant,
and such will ba abundant. Garden truck
will be plentifu', and spring chickens numerous.
During tbe war and for a number of years
thereafter, a great deal of sorghum syrup
was made in Kansas, but ihe meat of it was
miserable stuff. Because of tbe primitive
method used and the lack of knowledge, i
as cot profitable, and the business steadily
diminished amil two or three years since.
wben it began to revive, and is cow increas
ing rapidly. Improved machinery and more
scientific methods of manufacture are accom
plishing wonders and making this one of the
moat profitable crops.
Theie are 3,840,000 acre of government
land not included in any state or territory.
It is in the form parallelogram, and bor
ders on Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Indisn
Territory and New Mexico. At present, it
has no government, no courts, nothing but
cattle and their keepers.
Mr. Garten, living not far from Lake City,
Comanche coanty, has 300 peach trees that
are literally covered with small peaches. If
nothing happen) he will have 250 bushels
this year.
As we shall soon bate close commercial
rc'a'ions with Mexico, it ia well enough to
know tbe habits of tbe people. A correspon
dent of tbe St. Louii Globe-Democrat ia
writing some very interesting letters from
the City ol Mexico. We make the follow
ing extract from a late letter:
My Mexican Iriends tell me that with few
exop ions tbe women are pjorly educatid;
scciety is cot intellectual; imercour-e la nor
cultivated; gi It are kept in irieon null lhy
are marritd, and after marriage oily fitd
cleat, r coLfinement with harder Ibor. Mat
iirally Iheiiisof family are all rocreclo-el)
drawn, and the domtstic anVctiji'a absoib
the hearts of Ihe women, as iheir household
du ies absorb their time. Tbeysiy: "We
would like to have tbii ga as you have tbeni
in the States, but we simply can'l do ir. I
mu-t be the wcrk of lime to charge tie
I ng-etablisbeJ tocial rtlis, ami as ling a.
they Irs our society must be cumiarativcij
adolltflair."
Tbe natural remit of tbe bence cf wom
en ia that among Ihe men there is a general
disregard of a great mmy ameniliia of con
coct. At dinner tliey gecerallv wear 11 eir
ha's, tecanM the bousts ate co ler than tbe
treeis, aid mere is a gre it uresd of colds;
they keep their elbows on the table, th-y ex
eclorate a great deal, and they hare ur fix
ed principles in reginl to forks That Chi
cago telle who set tier visitors down as
vu'gsr people because thy put Ihe edge ol
their knives in ihe roiUIh in.tead cf the
backs would le a-tonrsbed at the feats of lh
knife-swallowars here. "Yet, this is a tender
liointwith good sxietr. A M xican Uy
cumlained to me the othrd-y, raying
" Why do your pecple always atense us of
rating with our kiis.s? Une would IhlnK
we were not civilii-i." A half an hour la-
ie', at her nn hwiiktle table, , a of tie
eiaht get ttemen who were flIo-criUntry-
meti ol hers, there were just tight nhafcorn
e 1 the fork.
Tne one universal habit ia Mexico is
smcikin?. Cigsts are very cheap td very
bad, and everybody smokm. Pipes arc un
ki own. but cixsrettes are rolltd ai d sniofaed
utuotsJnn.ly. A ood cig--r o-5 cei ta,
theb-s 10 cents: nuraa ar ihr.eir f iur for
a real 1 cen s. Everybody Canies a c-
gar in bis mouth and a bniui til in Ins iKKk
eCand they smoke on theoraand atf'inrer
ami everywhere. Calling by appointment at
the houre of awaaltha gei t euian I tbrew
away my cigar at the dror, before beirg
shown into a very hardsome lib-ary. Oj
host came in smoVin, ahfofc hands, anditn-
madmely hoked arnund, turned over two or
three boxes of c gars, select, d acoup'e ot
lnre llavans and ottered Ibetn r8 a matte
of cnurre The Presidi n"'a hour is f mm 1
to 2. and 1.30 we fiu'd the linen fl jnr-cl f
n the ante-room littend with cigarette ends.
I have heard tba' the lal appeal of a txgg r
ia to till you that he has mt Lad a smoke
for two dys, but that ex re-ni'v of destitu-
lon I have not yet seen, emckinj: covers a
multitude of smell, fortunatelv, and for mv
part I think I could not stand Ihe glorious
ii mate a week if I had not the pro'ecion of
a cigar.
Arkansas City bas recently completed a
syttem of water works intended to be used in
the case of fire, which might well be ad ipted
by Caldwell and oihrr email places. The
works consist of an E lijss windmill, run by
a wheel foareen feet in diameter. The wa
ter ia pumptd from a spiing through pipes
to a pine tank, mounted upon a sibtan ial
stone foundation, and capAls of holding
nearly a thousand barre's of w trr. From
tnis tank pipe carry the water tbrouh the
principal streets in the city, anl at suitable
points fire plus, to which bote can be at
tached at a moment's notice, are put ln.
Tbe Traveler say s that the total cost of these
woika to tbe city will cot exceed $2 f 00,
snd the charges of water supplied to private
families will pay all expenses of keeping the
works in good running order. Caldwell
Commercial.
Tbe question of the profitableness of sheep
in this valley hat been disctuued much of
late, but about the biggest returns on that
kind of investment that tbe Eagle has heard
is of Jeremiah Zjda, of Ninneaacb township,
Sedgewick coanty, who two years ago last
July, pat $200 into sheep. He kept strict
account of expense, and o!d out last week
at a profit or ioat $1,200 in cash. That
sheep speculation beats money loaning at 6
per cent per month.
Wm. Allen, colored, who is charged with
tie killing of Arnold, ihe cow boy, in Clitk
county, in September last, is c-jcfintd in the
Fcrd county jail, awai iog trail. Allen Is
employing bia solitary moments In writing
versa s. We give (he follow iogtfluaion from
bis pen:
On the lone a tar cow trail, la the year ot aeren-
three.
It was there I bad a sweetheart and aha was deai
to me ,
She told me that arte loved me and that abe never
would (all.
And Ifgot In troable abe would csaae acd so mv
ball.
Come alt yon rambling- cow boya, 1 pray yoa
warning take.
Don't never leave yoor mother or you will be a
rake.
Don't nraer leate jour aweelbrart, pleasecow
boy do not fail,
lor II j ou do you will loae her while rambl It g
ilowrn the trail.
On the lone eUr cow trail la the vearof scrcaty-
Ibxte,
It was there 1 killed my comrade, and he was
dear to me.
The Jury funnd me guilty, of conrae they cootj
not tail ;
Tbe judge be paaaed the aentence aad locked ma
up In jail.
Now I am a weary convict, aa you can plaialy
are.
Round to aerve a aentence In tbe penitentiary.
Go and tell my awectheart, pleaae cow boy do
not full i
Go and tell my mother X arn bean I In Ksaaas
Jail.
Once I had a awectheart, but 1 will not tell her
name;
But now I have illa-rraced hrr with ray reckleas-
n.aa and abajne.
O go and tell my awrcthrart, plcsie cow boy do
not tail i
O go and tell my ewee-Jicart to come and go ray
bail.
1-ublUheil Hay 11. 1881.
OBDINANCE MO. 65.
Be it onLilnrd by the 11 1) or and Counellmea ot
ihe ci.y ur Doa.e Ul4:
Section 1. Thitllihtt wart or parol of land
ItllUCuiMlgUjUaan-laVijuent to the UorooratS
llniita ot enid city , her. ton-re ld off anu plot
ttttae additions to the Iota n. tu Kit: coinnjeic
mg at a a-)tnt 30 leet north taf tbe -aulllbeayt cvr.
Birol thaoiitn bailor tbeNoilbeJilqUirlrr f
rcllMnX.lown,bi-atfa. wfulbol ran.c S3 west,
caleuUiug wratueeliatrm le tu Hie weal alttr or
ihra..uibh4Uiriheuritieaataiuarterof at-cliora
a, town-mlp.Sou!h of range Xa wrat.oa a uar
al rl with Hie origii-.! iHirrnni-nt surteyi
in. nee bt.rtb 1 47u lttj tiieucaf eaat one hall
mde lhenc-ouD to Ibe place ol beginning
all lint-a rrunQing iiamllel wuh the taoTtrnnirnt
auirey callrl. known, anl deainatnl as
--tiinii'a A&lt t n to the Town of l-vdge City,
ford conutr, Kansas aa hawn by the recorded
pl.it ! saidadili ion, la htrrbj inc iKicil witbln
aivlkball hrr-after lorin arul cvoatltute m art of
the Cur-oiate limtla ofaatil l.ity.
S--rtt.in 2. Alaosall that iiircel or Inct ol land
contigu'iua anl avjicent t.i said C.ty, known
Mud iteaignati-tl aa slurria Collar's Adlltion to
IheTowuuf Iso-Igr Cat, Io WH: Ca-luotebClug a
the oortbeaat corner of the S W quarter ol c
tiun .S6. lownstd :$. rane Ii war, runaina;
Iroin Ihenee Waal 663 frl; thence- autb &
frl; Ibi ne eaat faTj irrt ; lb-nee north 1.3JU b
Ihe itlace of beginning, cnrainiog M acrr naore
nr lesa, a-al thn aarua rvorrsutin anl blog
M. Collai'a mddltiju to the town ol Dodge City.
Kaauas.
sVetion X Also alt Ihatmrtor Dareel of land
leing eontlguouato the cot-porate flmlu ol tmlge
tuiij, aapni, orrevtioie laal or aol -!olnl aa
an avMithon to ihesild Town, ro wit: kmwuaa
lot nnrnberoiie(l). Iheaanie brtn lhea.l trael
oriarcrlof land in a certain tract of laud aur-vrf--l,
plotted and recrled on p tgaj Zit.on bfsuk
"A'''t devla. In theiffiieof the llegiatrr of
denla ol Fori eotinty. Kansaa ire aald tract Ir
ina. beinj and ltum.e lu lots S at 4 ot axil ,n 35,
and in Iheaoulh half f Ihe --iWouaatarorsaeilun
26. in loven-ihlii SG. J-I rasge 1. Wrat of lh CIA
irinelal meredian. bring in ronl count j. Kn
aaa; said lot No. 1 in the aforesaid nW, crii
raeuelng at Ihe point 30 f. et north tro-D the cea-
trrorine a.T.ti a. it. it track. aut trim run
ning north along tba weat tine of DelxeCitr
10.08 ehaina: th.nce wiat 4.8U chajaai thsoca
south to within 30 fret of the Crater of lha A. T.
A S. K It It track; thi-uca eait along th aoa b
lint-of said track to place of begionlog kaowa
aa J. Collar'sA'Idlllon.
Section 4. This ordinance ahall be in force and
efTfer on arMt alter Its publication in the Dodge
CityTmaa.
a-aeeeu ine fwounc:! aiav IO, lssi.
II. ! UYTOVCilrrlarfc.
Approved by me this 10 h dar of ilVf, IM
a.. i. weusiavK. aiaror.
IfTICtC.
u.s. LAvnorriCK.i
Kanaaa- llav O-h. lsaft. C
Complaint having been enteral at thia olttce
bv Geqra-e 8 Winaaa aaalnat Cecra T. Vaa-
aenden foe abandoning hie Tiaabr tuiture Kn
trr So. 1312. dated JnaeUXh. LCI Io ilale fruna
June 17lh, 177, upon the gotitheaet q tarter eeo-
iion zj. lownanip 3 aouin, ranew a wrac. in
In ronl county, Kanau, with a view In Un can
cellation of said entry: Ike eatd a-tiea are here
by eumeaooed la appear at Ihlaoflec oa the Igra
dsyot June. last. t j o'clock, p. m. to respond
and rurnlik leslimonr conceratag aaio alleged
onniionjnvot.
aaayU HEtBT BOOTH. Keealver.