-fc --n ' ?" " S--3Vi-S, --W!.T . g?ui '-. " T" -w srrf .'jasa"Kj $&& aflsfc' - -"SSST $ Dodge City r,, i m f DODGE CITY, KANSAS, THTJKSDAY, MAY 19, 1887. ELEVENTH YEAE. 574 ie ?VV.,TIa4!iS&35 .j2'tWii Times: The - , jca? b$ p- r m&. -i'& - fZ&c .. - THE ST. IiOUIS A SAN FBAN CISCO R. B. - COM PANY'S REPORT. Kingman, Pratt A western R. It. a Part of the System, Te be Built to Dodge City. The tenth annual report of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad has been made. We make the following ex tract: It was thought best to organize a new corporation in Kansas for completing the Wichita & Western railroad from King man to Dodge City, and the Kingman, Pratt & Western Railroad company was created, and has built forty-four miles of road westwardly from Kingman, to the former terminus. A merger of the two corporations will be made, and the road completed, equipped and paid for, as hitherto, out of proceeds of first mort gage bonds secured upon the property, the San Francisco assuming no pecuni ary obligations, but owning one-half of the capital stock. This road connects with the Kansas division of the San Fran cisco system, and runs through a fine agricultural section of the state. The distance from Wichita to Dodge City is about 150 miles. REMEDT FOR CYCLONES. Plant Trees Along the Streams. Marvin of The following letter was received by Governor Martin. The writer tells how to prevent the occurrence of cyclones in Kansas and other interior states. He says: The remedy for cyclones, fires and tor nadoes, which devastate our interior lands, as also for drouths, floods and in sects, is shade trees along water courses to preserve their moisture, which prevent sudden changes of temperature in local ities to produce partial vacuums in the at mosphere. The simple, natural law that heat causes vacuum, which nature is said to abhor, and hastens to fill, has been ig nored by man from the beginning, and Media, Persia, Babylon and Syria be came depopulated. It will result with the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio as With the Euphratesc, Tigris and Jordan unless Arbor day turns to plant shade trees along the tributaries instead of on the highways and byways of travel. Moisture saturates the atmosphere and When widespread holds it in partial eqi lcbrium. Shade prevents a too rapid evaporation of moisture. Unless a rem edy be applied soon, St. Louis and Cincin nati will become what Nineva and Bab ylon are: Yon waste, where roaming lions howl, Yon aisle, where moans the gray-eyed owl, Was once the proud Persian's fireat abode. It has been found that settling up of new territory induces more moisture and consequent rainfall. This results from turning up new soil and atmospheric dis turbances. Settlers are encouraged to plant with expectation of a change of climatic con ditions. But after the first few years, this surface soil again becomes dried and unless the water courses arc shaded the evaporation of moisture becomes greater than before because of the enlarged sur face of sandy soil exposed to the sun's heat. Let every inhabitant plant willows and eottonwood on the margins of any water on bis grounds and when the prac tice becomes general, the whole country will receive the benefit in parrading moisture and seasonable rainfall. The sandy surf ace becomes most heated, the sword less so, the bosco still less; the for est has no evaporation, and if it covers water a cold strata chills the paping cloud into rainfall. Whxiam W. Bubxs. APRHj weather. From Prof. Snow's April report we take the following extracts: "With one exception (in 1876), this was the warmest April on our twenty years' record. The rainfall and wind velocity were slightly above the average, and the skies were remarkably clear. The hard frost of the 4th and the hoar frosts of the 23 ond 24 did no damage to fruit. "Mban Temperature Fifty-seven and sixty-six hundredths deg., which is 8.84 deg. above the April average. The highest temperature was 87 deg. on the 80th; the lowest was 25 deg. on the 4th, giving a range of 62. Mean at 7, a. m., 60.93 deg.; at 2 p. m. 68.47 deg.; at 9 p. m. 55.63 deg. "Raikfali Three and thirty-three hundredths inches, which is 0.15 inches above the April average. Rain in meas urable quantities fell on seven days. There were two thunder showers. There were a few flakes of snow with the rain on the 22d. The entire rainfall for the four months of 1887 now completed has been 8.89 inches, which is 1.06 inches above the average for the same months in the proceeding nineteen years." EARLY PIiANTDfG. A man by the name of Young, who came here a year ago, and located south east of the city a few miles, said: I put in my wheat and oats the first of March against the advise of all my neighbors, who said that I was crowding the season, sad that it would never come without rain, etc But it sprouted and grew ful ly two inches, before we had rain. There was moisture enough in the ground to keep the grain growing another month. It beats all I ever saw the way the soil holds moisture. Norton Courier. According to the Wichita Eagle even the dirt brushed from the clothes of easterners ia the barber shops of that town is carefully swept ap, hoarded sad sold for real estate. This any be called the refaeaieot of speculation. BOOMS. Lamed Optic Some of our eastern exchanges are very much exercised about the rapid rise of western real estate. Read this from a Wheeling, West Virginia, paper: The great effort to boom western and southwestern towns are in many places over reaching the safety line. Real es tate in some of the growing towns sells for higher rates than in the richest parts of New York City. Rents are pushed up beyond all reason. These values are not real, but fiction. In these over-boomed towns there must be a re-action, and many men who have made purchases in times of inflated prices must necessarily suffer great loss and perhaps driven into bankruptcy. If there should be a reaction then there is another grave danger thus described by the Baltimore Manufacturer's record- "There is one danger that may possibly cause some trouble in the growing indus trious centers of the south, unless steps are taken to prevent it The rapid rise in the value of real estate, and the large increase in consequence in house rents, must necessarily be very severely felt by mechanics. Either their wages must be proportionally increased thus enlarging the cost of manufactured goods, or they will be driven to seek work elsewhere, unless a remedy can be found. The lead ers in the development of the industrial centers of the south must face this matter and settle it very quickly. To secure a prosperous and contented laboring class, there must not only be cheap rents, but also the opportunity of purchasing homes at moderate prices. The south cannot afford to ignore this question If real estate is to continue on the upward move within the limits of these cities, then there must be provision made for reach ing the suburbs by cheap transportation, and these arrangements must be made whereby the working men can secure homes. The managers of the great man ufacturing enterprises growing up in the south will advance their own interests by taking steps to secure something of this kind." It is better for men to know what they are doing, and whither they are going, than to rush headlong at breakneck speed they know not whither. A city like Wheeling, that has a good solid founda tion for its prosperity, will in the end fare better than the much boomed town that builds its prosperity upon something imaginary. The old fogy papers of the east are too slow; they can never understand the life and spirit of the western boom. While it is a fact we are to a great extent de pendent upon eastern capital, for the rap id increase of prices paid for real estate, yet it is also true that the greater credit is due to the push of the west. It is due to men who have had sufficient enter prise to direct this eastern capital in this channel. Capitalists in the east were becoming tired of the uncertainties of speculation in oil, in wheat and in provisions. They were tired of buying and selling wind, and were becoming anxious for perma nent investments. It was just here that the boomer from the wild and windy west stepped in and called their attention to the fact that the price of land here was away out of proportion to the price of land in the east. They came, they saw, and they have been captured by the magniflcient west. This is true of all parts of the west. It is specially true of Kansas. The cen tral portion of the state, the richness of her soil and the enterprise of her citizens have drawn particular attention to her. More than 1,500 miles of railway were built within the state last year. This was done in an "off" year as the politi cians would say. There was no partic ular excitement in real estate then. But the railroads opened up new territory, and at the same time opened the eyes of the capitalists. People who all their lives had thought that Kansas, except a few of the counties along the Missouri river, was a wild waste of prairie land, awoke to find these plains capable of a high state of cultivation, capable of sus taining a very large population, and they came crowding in, thousands of them every day. These arc some of the causes of the boom in Kansas. It is not a fever of speculation, but is based upon sound bus iness principles. The boom has come to stay. A GREAT INDUSTRY. The statistics of Kansas mills and mil ling show a capital of $80,000,000 invest ed in that business. There are between four and five hundred flouring mills in the state. Of these, the number using steam power is 68; wind power, 5; steam and water, 21; steam and wind, 2. The milling center of the state is Atchison. There arc four immense flouring mills in that city, and their brands of flour are sold in almost every section of the United States. We have been asked by several breed ers of poultry "What ails their young chickens? They give us the symptoms and we find it is the old story feeding corn meal, mixed in water. The writer has had several years experience in rais ing chickens and has found out the best way to kill them, save cutting their heads off , was to feed them corn meal. To all we would say quit feeding them that stuff. The best way is to give them boiled eggs the first few meals, and then give them baked corn bread, to be chang ed with millet or hungarian seed. Ford Gazette. The Gazette man is an old chicken rais er, sad his authority is good. WICHITA LOT. CORNER It is natural for mankind to be mean and jealous, hence it is no wonder that we find a thousand papers of other states and a thousand towns of our own state prophesying the downfall of Wichita. They do not actually wish it, but when cracked-brainad Jones returns and tells them he has bought a lot in Wichita for $500 and now has an offer of $2,500 which he will not take, and that not a centunde $4,000 will get it, they are naturally incensed at Jones for being so lucky, and a faint hope begins to bud away down in the regions of their gall and gizzard that .their money may not materialize, and that Jones may come to grief. Not that they dislike Jones or doubt that he has made a good invest ment, but they are a shade angry that they themselves are not in Jones' shoes, or that they did not invest in Wichita be fore Jones did. But this kind of racket does not whol ly come from outsiders. We have the an imal in our midst, and yea and indeed, many of us are a part of him. In our righteous indignation at our own stupid conservatism we fail to do Jones justice; and then, too, we dislike the way Jones states his case He makes to great a pa rade over it. He insults our intelligence by flaunting his own wisdom in our face. If he were to approach the subject mildly and with becoming modesty, and say that he isa poor man this lucky venture will prove a great help for his family, we could stand it and even congratulate him; but we happen to know just what Jones is going to do with his land winnings He is going to buy a fast horse and ride around in a buggy, and talk about con servatism in politics. He will tell us when we suggest a slight loan that money is very sensitive. After awhile he will preside at public meetings, and the ladies will hunt him up to head subscriptions for charities. We know jones and hence we lean tswards an utter anihilation of his dream of grandeur. Eagle. A CAPTAIN'S FORTULATE DIS COVERY ! Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, plying between Atlantic City and N. Y., had been troubled with a cough bo that he was unable to sleep, and was in duced to try Dr. King's New Discoery for Con sumption. It not only gat e him instant relief, but allayed the extreme soreness in his breast. His children were similarly affected and a single dose had the same happy effect. Dr. King's New Dis covery is now the standard remedy in the Coleman household and on board the schooner. Free Trial Bottles of this Standard Remedy at the City Drug Store. RENEWS HER YOUTH. Mrs Phoebe Chesley.Petcrson.Claj Co Jowa.tells the following remarkably story, the truth of w hich is vouched for by the residents of the town: "I am 73 years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many years; could not aressmyscu wiuoutnein jno x am irec irom all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my own housework. I owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth, and remo cd com pletely all disease and pain." Try a bottle, only 50c, at City Drug Store. Abstract of Titles Of Lands in Ford and adjoining coun ties furnished by us li. E. McGrARRY & Co., PIONEER LOAN AND TRUST CO. If you want to secure a loan of money on real estate, at low rates, money ready when papers are made out, call on the Pioneer Loan and Trust Co , of Dodge City. B. F. Milton, Secy. TAKE NO RISK! The City Drug Store, corner of Front and Bridge streets, it the oldest and most reliable dispenser of medicines in Southwestern Kansas. Their stock is the largest, and their goods are always the ery best Great care is used in dis pensing, and yon can depend on every article com ing from them, being exactly what it should be. They also keep books, newspapers, stationery, and very fine cigars. nov 26 ENTERPRISE ADDITION! This new addition is situated in Sec tion 26, 25, 26, between F. C Zimmer mann's and M. Collar's residences, west of the city, and north of the R. R. The property offered for sale is all first-class, and the finest improved west of Hutchinson. Large trees of all kinds on many of the lots. If you are prepared to invest in EN TERPRISE ADDITION, now is your time to do so, as it will not be a hard matter to double your money by Sep tember 1st This is the first week that this prop erty has been offered for sale. Considering the high state of im provements in the close vicinity of the property offered, the price will be con sidered cheap. Host all the lots are 50 feet front ; price from $3 to $12.50 per foot, according to the amount of trees on lot Terms easy. This is the last chance in Western Kansas to buy lots, with large growing fruit and forest trees on the same. Now is the time to buy. See the lots, and you will buy them. M. COLLAR, Owner. Bmcklem's Artie Sabre- The beat Salve in the world for Cuts, Braiaea, Sores. Ulcers. Salt fihea a, Fever Seres, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Cocbs. sad all Skis Eraations, and pesN tiv?ly cares Piles, or no pay required. - It ia guaranteed te give perfect satisfaction, or sseaev refaaded. Price 25 cismr Wr. Yor sale as City Drag Store. JONE8' SOUTH DODGE! CHOICE RESIDENCE LOTS -AT- 2XCE2DIHBLY LOW PRICES!! A CHANCE TO SECURE A GOOD RESIDENCE SITE AT PRICES WITHIN THE HEACH OF EVERYBODY. WIIIEISOIITIELILBOOW BY THE PROPOSED BUILDINa OF KAILKOADS TO SOUTH DODGE. THE BUILDING OF STREET RAILWAYS. A BRIDGE ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER, ETC., ETC BUY BEFORE THE BOOM Gets too Much Under Way ! Call on D. F. OWENS, Dodge City, Kansas. E C DEVORE, Attorney at Law. JH HARMONY, Secretary II II LASLEY, Notary Public DODGE CITY LAND, LAW & LOAN CO., REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. MONEY LOANED. LAND LITIGATION MADE A SPECIALTY. ALL LEGAL BUSINESS PROMPTLY ATTEND ED TO IN ALL THE COURTS. BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL. Office in basement under DODGE CITY, Keeping the bowels open and regular is one of the greatest secrets of human health. People are seldom sick when their bowels are regular They are seldom well when they are irregular. t hen a physic is necessary, St. Patrick's Pills will be found to be all that can be desired. They regfclate the bowels and liver, and cleanse the entire sys tem. Sold by City Drug Store. BEFORE YOU START On a journey call and get a bottle of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as a safeguard against an uttack of bowel complaint. Many prudent and careful persons neer tan el without it. Hundreds of traveling men are nei cr without a bottle of it In their gnp. Many lives and much suffering has been saved by its timely use. No one can afford to travel without a bottle of this pleasant, safe and reliable preparation. Sold by City Crug Store. The most painful cases of rheumatism may be relieved by a few applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm; its continued use will cure any case no matter how longstanding. The record of this pain relie ing medicine is wonderful. It is equal ly beneficial for lame back, pain in side, shoulder lameness, and in all painful affections requiring an external remedy. Atrial will com ince any per son that the above statement is correct. Chamber lain's Pain Balm is sold by City Drug Store. The proper treatment for eruptions and blood disseasesls to remove the cause. St Patrick's Pills cleanse the system and blood of all impuri ties and stimulate all the organs to healthy action Sold by City Drug Store. J. F. Frankey. H. McGarry. -piKANKBlT & fflcGABBV, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DODGE CITY, KAS. Will make collections. Practice in all courts and U. S. Land Department JOHN B. IltOFFETT, Attorney Counsellor-At-Law, .Dedffe City, Kansas. f a. SIMPSON, D.D. S DENTAL BOOMS LN BANK OF DODGE BUILDING, I DODGE CITY. KAS. T W. WADK, St. D , PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Dodge City, - - Kansas. OFFICE Boom No. 4, Glnck's building, rs. RESIDENCE : Opposite Methodist Church. South Side Hotel G. F. McKINNET and JOHN TABOR, Props. (South Side ofRncr) DODGE CITS' KANSAS, New Hotel. Good Accommodation. SI Per Day. DODGE CITY BOTTLING WOEK8. HENRY STURM, l n. Manufacturer ot Soda Water, Champagne Cider -AND GINGER AtE. OFFICE AT HBTBOPOUTAlt Dl u$ Center 1st Aveaae Jb Cheata Street. Dodge Oity Kanajoe VdliSdbs ojIJlM-" Gluck'b Jew clrj store' KANSAS. CHAS. F. MACLAEY & CO. Real Estate and Loan Agents. FORD CITY, FORD CO , - KANSAS. 1 R(i ACRES deeded land, good house, &C, lUV4milts from Ford City, 8800 00, half can emain. 1A ACRES School land, one mile from i"V Corbett, $600 00. becure tins bargain. 1 R(l ACRES, 50 in cultivation, 500 peach -HV tree. srood bnildmtrs. &c . 20 acres In trees good buildings, &c , vhcat. $900 00 5100.00 cash, balance remain. 1 (if ACRES, 80 in cnltivation, good bnild XU Vingg, &c , 25 acres wheat. $1000 008400 cabb, balance remain. 1 A A ACRES, 50 in cultiation, 2 lA miles to a XU Vthm ing town 81,500 00, easy terms. $1 AA BUYS a good timber claim, 160 acres, VAV"near Garden City j Kft BUYS a good timber claim, 160 acres, 6 V"miles to railroad station, Wallace coonty. Qft CA ACRES gras and timber land in Lou OUOVisiana bell or exchange, 83.00 per acre 1 iifi ACRES school land, 5 miles from Ford i" Vcity. 8100 00 takes it. 1 A A ACRES, 20 m cultivation, good box house, J.UvLc. S750 00. easy terms. 1 A A ACRES, well improved, one milo to Ford XOVcity. 81,500 00, easy terms. 1 AA ACRES, well improved. $000.00, half 1 A A ACRES, well improved, tf mile from Ford XO lCitj . 81,500 00, half remain. Z? These are a few of the manv banrains we hae Corresponaencc solicited. CnAS. F. MACLARY & CO., Ford City, Kansas. A WATJ)0W!T ! FOR GOOD AND CHEAP GROCERIES Calat the I0W4 B06IBY, . CORNER OF CHESTNUT STREET AND THIRD AVENTE, DODCE CITY. - KANSAS. J G WILKINSON &SON. J. H. CRAWFORD & CO. EALERS IN GROCERIES & PROVISIONS A few doors north ot Postoffice dodge cinr, KAS. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. 1 and Office at Garden City, Kas., March. 29, 1887. iCoticc is hereby given that the followfnc named settler ha filed notice of his intention to mk$ final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof w ill be made before the Jndge, or in his absence, L. E McGarry, Clerk of the IDistrict Court, at Dodge City, Kans, on JUay 30ti, 1887, Thomas C. Guthne for the nw qr. section. 33 in township 28 soath, ot range 2G west of the 6ttt p He names the following witnesses to prow his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, t'id land, viz- Kennedy Chambers, of Dodge City Kansat ; Joshua Osborne, of "Wilbqrn, Kansas : T. C. MiC Connick, of Wilbnrn, Kansas, and J. W. Roger, of Dodge City, Kansas. m 31-6 1 C. F. M. JOLES, Register, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Garden City, Kans., Apr. 1, 1887. "nti is herebv friven that the follnviB'T-naHned t&at toe rouoT settler has filed notice of his intention to make fi Ml proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before T. J. Vanderslice, Probate Jndge of Ford county, Kansas, at his o&ce fa Dodge Uity, Kansas, on J use 4ta, in, viz: Harry G. Wiggins, of Dodge City, Kaasas, for thenHneec25 tp27srw. He names the folkrniag witnesses to prore aitr continuous residence upon, aadcaitivatiea of, eaM, land, viz: j Samuel Duncan, all of Dodge City, Kuwas I aprlMt C. F.M. 5UJE8. Segiater. L. W. CHERINGTON & CO., REAL ESTATE & LOAN CO., have inn AAA ACRES of Improved and Unirn 1UU9UUU proved Lands " city property. OFFICE : Post Office Block, P0P6B CITY, 1 SAHS AUG, CETJMBAUGH, BE Mi 1SS ATI, IiOAH 6 IHSUBAHS1 FAEMS LAND and CITY LOTS FOR SALE. Taxes Paid, Houses to Bent Contests and all Business before the U. S. LAND OFFICE Given prompt attention. Office on Front St., oyer Glnck's Jewelry Store W.J. FITZGERALD REAL ESTATE,: i 1 I I LOAN -AND- i 1 I I I INSURANCE AGENT. Has first-class facilities for selling land and relinquishments. 100,000 TO LOAN ON IMPROVED LANDS IN FORD AND ADJOINING COUNNIES. CHEAP MONEY TO L9AN If JBUSI1TKSS AffP KB 1DKNCE PKtPERTlf. Parties desiring to sell or repairing money to MAKE FINAL PROOF and Payment on their Claims , will find it to their interest to consult me. EF'OflBee in Dodge City Bank building. Dodge City, Kansas. CENTBAL HOTEL. Wll. BTATSS, Iop. NEWLTFITTED. CENTEALLY LOCATED. FIRST-CLASS in every Paticnlar. Free 'Baa to and frena nil Train, PLEASANT AND COMMODIOUS SAMPLE BOOMS in BUSINESS PART ol CITY. DODGE CITY. KANSAS. MORRIS COLLAR, DEALER IN Ciry AND SUBUKBAN REAL ESTATE, DODGE CITY. KAS. D KSB, m. 9, Physician "d Surgeon. Offlce: Witts Co.'s drag store. Bridge street Offlce Hoars: 2 to 4, p. Soata-Side Hotel l, all other times at .DODGE CITY, KAS. s vivmn A 89FJKB. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DODGE CITY. - KANSAS E.N. Wicks, H. H. Harrington. Coaaty Attorney. I -nriCKI AaMKIlfTI. AlTUanr.10, DODGE CITY, - - - KANSAS. . &- 0e East or Bee Hire store. CS B. D. Swajt, J- Momaw Iaot. S1 WAFT A LLI, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. IGeaeral Colleetioa aal Seal Estate AgeaU- DODGE CITY. KANSAS. for sale ". j MERCHANTS STATE BANK. ORGANIZED FEB. 18, 1886. Capital Stock, - - $50,000. DOES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS McCarty's block, DODGE CITY, KAS. GEO. B. COX, President, F. C. ZIMMERMANN, Vleo President. JAMES LANGTON, Caxliier. Directors Geo. S. Emcron, T.L. McCartj.O. Marsh, J. II. Crawford, W. G. Sherlock, X. 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