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SIXTEENTH
JMk ANNUAL PICNIC

OLD SETTLERS
THE FIRST HARVEY COUNTY
SETTLER
the Official RIVERSIDE PARK, HALSTEAD,
Program THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 19 0 3
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Souvenir and Program
Sixteenth Annual Picnic
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Old Settlers of Harvey County
Riverside Park, Halstead,
Thursday, August 13, 1903
1903
INDEPENDENT JOB PRINT HALSTEAD KANS.

OFFICIAL PROGRAM
9:3o a m Reception of Special Train from Newton and Regu-lar Train from the West.
9:45 a m—Concert on Main Street by Commercial Band of Newton.
10:00 a m—Line of March Forms on Main Street, to Proceed to the Park.
10:30 a m—Called to Order by President, G. F. Benthusen. Music—-Commercial Band of Newton.
Annual Address—President Benthusen.
Song “Red, White and Blue”—Newton Chorus, Invocation—Rev. Hancher.
Address of Welcome—M. S. Ingalls
Responce—Senator S. T. Danner,
Address—Rev. G. H. McCook Music—Newton Chorus.
Adjournment For Dinner
1:30 p. m.—Assembly Call,
1:35 Music—Newton Band.
1:40 p m Music—Halstead Octette.
Original Poem—D. M. Brockway,
Music—Newton Band.
Address—hon, frank nelson.
Music—Newton Band.
Address—Rev. C. W. Hancher Music--Newton Band,
Short Speeches by J. W. Shive, G. W. Kanavel, Chas. Schaeffer and Other Old Settlers,
Election of Officers.
Miscellaneous Business New Business,
SPORTS,
Swimming and High Diving Contests and Other Sports, 3:30 p m—Ball Game: Newton vs. Lyons.
6:30 p m—Band Concert on Main Street,
HON. FRANK NELSON
Will Address the Old Settlers at 2 P. M. today.
The committee on speakers for the 16th Annual meeting was very fortunate in securing the |
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Hon. Frank Nelson, for four years, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, as the Orator of the day.
Prof. Nelson is well qualified for the occasion and as compared with the long list of public men of Kansas who have entertained the Old Settlers at previous meetings, he will no doubt prove to be one of the best.
The Topeka Mail and Breeze had the following complimentary notice of his public service service and private worth in an issue published during the campaign of 1902:
“Supt. Frank Nelson is the youngest man to hold a state office in Kansas. When elected he was thirty-two years of age. However, his administration was so perfectly satisfactory
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that in 1900 he was re-elected with the largest popular vote and also the greatest majority, leading the vote for Governor by more than 500.
This majority was not given especially by the Swedish vote. The election returns showed that Mr. Nelson led the State ticket in counties where there was not a single Sweedish vote.
Mr. Nelson is a man who throws his whole soul into his work. He works with the one thought, the one aspiration, and that is the elevation of the Kansas schoolboy to a higher plain of moral and social standing, and to create love of home, State and country. He has created a great revival of interest all over the State by the large amount of field work, in addresses at grad-
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uating exercises and educational meetings. He accepts an invitation from the humblest village as quickly as one coming from the city. As a public speaker at Chuatauquas, Mr. Nelson is a favorite, and his reputation is not alone confined to Kansas. He has addressed audiences in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Illinois,Indiana, Michigan and New York. This experience of coming in touch with the educational interests of other great states gives Mr. Nelson a broad grasp of educational problems and enables him to do effective work for our schools.
Superintendent Nelson is an active member of the Chicago University Association, the National Educational Association, National Association of Chari-
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ties and Corrections, and is vicepresident of the International Geographical Society.
It is safe to say that under the management of Mr. Nelson, our schools have had a fearless, never tiring leader. They are on a firm basis, and Kansas is classed among the leading states in educational advancement.
There is a strong sentiment growing that it would be to the best interests of the state to continue the services of one of such rare ability and wide experience in school work. It is a position that is not so easily filled, and one on which the welfare of each little red schoolhouse in our state depends. Good schools are invaluable, and to them Kansas owes all.”
Hon. Frank Nelson is a speak-
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J. C. Girk, the Pioneer Drug Clerk, Manager. Halstead, Kansas.

er and lecturer who has made an enviable reputation as such in Kansas. He is a scholarly, accomplished gentleman, and his ability in the lines above mentioned is Unquestioned.
Chester I. Long,
U. S. Senator, Kansas.
It gives me pleasure to testify to Mr. Nelson’s high character as a man and a student, and to his ability as a public speaker. Few young men of to-day are his equal upon the platform. Anyone securing the services of Professor Nelson will find the investment a profitable one.
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MEETING LAST YEAR
Official Proceedings of the Meeting held in 1902.
The fifteenth annual picnic of Harvey county's old settlers is a matter of history and it can be said that a bigger crowd and more satisfied people had never before assembled for a picnic occasion in Harvey county.
The farming community began to arrive early and by 9 o’clock the steeets presented a lively appearance. The Halstead Band started the street concert at 9 o’clock and met the train from the West Which had been provided with a number of extra coaches, which with the baggage car, were filled to overflowing.
The special from Newton pulled in about 10 o'clock and consisted of fourteen cars filled with

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enthusiastic picnickers on pleasure bent.
The Commercial Band of Newton headed the march to Riverside Park and shortly before 11 o’clock the exercises commenced. The invocation was by Rev. Bix-ler, of Halstead, after which President Danner gave the annual address. While he had not been forewarned to make a prepared speech, the Senator was not at a loss for something of interest to say. He urged the appointment of a staistician whose duty should be to keep a record of all the early settlers and be prepared to give a sketch of the lives of those who have passed away since the previous annual meeting.
The Halstead chorus was the next on the program and sang
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“Red, White and Blue” with tell- ing effect. Dr. Hoover made an interesting address of welcome. He stated that the people of Harvey county were always welcome in Halstead and the privileges of the Park on private as well as public occasions.
The chorus then rendered a “Special Song,” and was followed by Ira H. Masters of Pleasant township, who gave an original poem which was well received. Adjournment was then taken for dinner, as the President said “for the big event of the day.”
The afternoon program was commenced promptly at 1:30 by concerts from the Newton and Halstead bands, which had the effect of attracting the merry makers from the shady nooks where the lunches had been
J. G. LOHMANN,
Proprietor of the
PUMP AND BIKE
Hospital
HALSTEAD, KANSAS
J. Linn, President M. S. Ingalls, Vice Pres.
J. H. McNair, Cashier J. H. Linn, Asst. Cash.
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spread. After the assemblage had been called to order, President Danner requested of those who had come to Kansas previous to 1870 to take seats on the platform. A score or more people responded and when the 1871 list had been seated the platform was filled. An inquiry proved that there was no one in the audience who was a resident of the state at the time it was admitted as a territory in 1854,
President Danner then read a letter from the Secretary, Dr. James McKee, who is now clerk in the pension department in Washington, D. C. The letter was addressed to the president of the association and is as follows:
“As the time approaches for your annual gathering, and I
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find it impossible to be with you I take this opportunity of sending greetings. For nearly a quarter of a century I was identified in my limited way with the growth and development of Harvey county. I have been humbled in times of her adversity, but am now happy in the thought that I lived to revel in her great prosperity. Please say to my friends, that I have not forgotten their many acts of kindness in the past, and as they gather together in 1902, the old boy is with them in thought. With reverence to those who have passed over the river during the year, and good will for the ones who are permitted to meet again, believe me,
James McKee,
After music by the Newton
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quartette, D. W. Brockway of Richland township, read an original poem dedicated to the Old Settlers of Harvey county.
Republican nominee for Governor, Hon. W. J. Bailey, the speaker of the day, was then introduced. He has a pleasing personality and at once captured the attention and sympathy of the large crowd. His remarks were plain and pointed and especially did he praise the noble manhood and woman of the people of Kansas. While he did not touch on politics he stated that the stability of our system of government required that every voter should allign himself with some political party. His address was highly praised and he made a most favorable impression.
T. J. Patton was the only one
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of the four 10 minute speakers to respond. Geo. W. Kanavel had been detained at home on account of sickness, John. Shives became sick on the grounds and had to leave for home before that part of the program was reached while Joe Fugate was either lost in the crowd or had not fin-shed his picnic dinner. Mr. Patton was filled with enthusiasm and made an interesting talk.
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The business of the meeting came next in order and it was voted to hold the 16th annual meeting in Halstead on the second Thursday in August, 1903. Officers were elected as follows:
G. F. Benthusen, President.
Dr. E. M. Hoover, Vice Pres.
N. L. Hinshaw, Secretary.
J. A. Welch, Treasurer.
The old list of vice presidents
from each township were elected.
The various sports were then pulled off, while a large crowd went to the ball grounds to witness the game between the Hask-ell Indians and the Halstead nine. The Haskell boys are a gentlemanly set of ball players' and put up a stiff game, the score standing 19 to 7 in their favor. While it was a one sided affair from the start it was a pleasure to witness a game in which there was an absence of rag chewing.
The band concert on Main street after supper, the drill by Capt. Oltman’s squad of boys and the fireworks display closed what was generally admitted to be the best round of pleasure and entertainment ever accorded the Old Settlers.
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DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, CLOAKS, SKIRTS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING, AND GROCERIES IN HALSTEAD
There is always “Something Doing” at
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N. L HINSHAW, Secretary.
In 1871, N. L. Hinshaw, the present Secretary, pre-empted a claim in Reno Co., a few miles northwest of Burrton. In 1872 he sold out and purchased a farm two miles north of Hal-stead, and resided there until 1894, since which time he has been a citizen of Halstead, He
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rl have recently opened at PUTNAM, a Stock of DRY GOODS, AND GROCERIES and solicit the patronage of farmers in that vicinity. Country Produce Wanted.
Kaiser’s Restaurant
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Ice Cream, Cold Drinks, Short Orders and Regular Meals.
Choice line of Cigars and Confectionery
has many times been honored with township and city offices and always performed the duties in a creditable manner.
He has been following bridge building and the carpenter trade since moving to town, was associated with Mr. Trego (now Postmaster) for a few years in building bridges.
He is also doing considerable Insurance business in the Pennsylvania Fire and Lightning Insurance Company, which he has had charge of at this place for the last three years.
Secretary Hinshaw has been prominently identified with the Old Settlers’ organization from its incipiency, and his election as successor to John W. Smith is a guarantee that the duties of this important office will be performed in a creditable manner.
P. P. Carbiener,
Dealer in
Groceries, Queensware,
and Notions.
Halstead, Telephone 8 Kansas.
E. J. McKEE, D. D. S.
Resident Dentist
Halstead, Kansas.
Phone 39 At Moundridge Monday of each week
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The Committes in Charge.
This year the initial steps to provide for the 16th annual meeting of the Old Settlers were taken on Monday, July 6, when a considerable number of citizens gathered at the City Hall in Halstead, in response to a previously published call.
The meeting was called to order by G. F. Benthusen, president of the organization and N. L. Hinshaw took the minutes. On motion an Executive Committee consisting of G. F. Benthusen, W. H. Lentz and Dr. Hoover was appointed with the power to appoint the necessary sub-committees and have general supervision of the big event. The following committees have been appointed:
Executive Committee—G. F.
Real Estate
Insurance
D. S. MARCY,
Coal Dealer.
Oil Stocks Oil Lands
Halstead,
Kansas.
John Berger & Son,
Horse
Furnishings
Hand Made Harness a Specialty
Saddles, Whips, Nets: Robes, Etc.
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Benthusen, W. H. Lentz, E. M. Hoover.
Finance— E. H. Kliewer, H. v. Riesen, A. H. Dettweiler.
Decorating—H. Long, Paul Gressinger, John M. Lehmann.
Speakers—M. S. Ingalls, P. P. Carbiener
Transportation—J.H. McNair, S. T. Danner, J. W. Johnson.
Reception—W. C. Hinkle, G. A. Hege, Rev. C. Hancher, Rev. Me-Cool.
Music—J. L. Shearer, Mrs. E. J. McKee, Ralph Lehmann, Emil Ruth.
Printing and Program—E. J. Bookwalter, M. B. McNair, E. J. McKee.
Sports J. B. Hemmant, A. E. Baer, R. P. Wilson.
C. H. Yeomans, Marshal.
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W. C. HINKLE, Mayor of Halstead.
The above is a correct likeness of Mr. W. C. Hinkle, the present mayor of Halstead, to whom all visitors today will have an appeal in case the majesty of the
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law is trampled upon.
Mr. Hinkle is a native of Poland, Ohio, moved to Iowa in 1867, with his parents, and to Halstead in 1874. He was the first City Marshal of Halstead, had been engaged for seven years as a blacksmith and in 1892 organized the firm of W. C. Hinkle & Co., hardware dealers, with J. S. Eyman as a partner.
Mr. Hinkle was for 18 years a Justice of the Peace, was elected Mayor in 1902 and chosen for a second term last spring. He is also a member of the School Board and is recagnized as one of our substantial citizens.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity as well as A.O. U. W. and Woodmen. Aside from his official capacity as Mayor, he will easily be the biggest man on the picnic ground to-day.
D. W. THOMPSON,
...Proprietor of...
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Special preparations have been made for Taking care of teams to-day. Telephone 15
Halstead, Kansas.
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PAST PRESIDENTS.
List of Past Presidents Who have Served the Old Settlers.
During the life of the Old Settlers’ organization, the following well known citizens have served in the capacity of president. The date given being the year of
their election:
C. S. Bowman...........1888
C. S. Bowman...........1889
C. S. Bowman...........1890
O. B. Hildreth........ 1891
G. W. Branine.............1892
G. W. Branine..........1893
G. W. Kanavel..........1894
M. S. Ingalls..........1895
Cyrus Hinkson..........1896
J. A. Commons...........1897
J. B. Dickey.,.1898
G. F. Benthusen..,.,,.,.,,1899
Thos Wilson.......,,..,,,,,1900
S. T. Danner.... .... 1901
G. F. Benthusen........1902
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Township Vice Presidents
The following is a list of the vice presidents for the various townships elected at the last meeting.
Alta—Frank Regier.
Burrton—J. A. Welch.
Lake—John W. Shive.
Lakin—Jos. Wear.
Halstead—E. J. Bookwalter. Garden—J. P. Vogt.
Emma—Glenn Logan.
Macon—O. P. Anderson. Newton—F. T. Jacobs.
Newton City—B. O. Hagen. Sedgwick—Chas. Schaefer. Darlington—E. J. Doty. Richland—A. G. Richardson. Pleasant—L. J. Patton,
Walton—Glenn Woods. Highland.—
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G.F. BENTHUSEN, President.
Mr. Benthusen filed on the farm he still owns in Halstead township, February 22, 1871.
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He was one of the first to suggest an organization of the old settlers and at the first meeting, Was elected vice-president.
Mr. Benthusen gives us the fol-lowing about his first experience in Harvey county.
After viewing the claim and having it surveyed by Wm. Finn, Who is now a merchant at Sedgwick. I went to Augusta and made the filing, February 22 1871. After the filing, I found my finances low and returned to Emporia for work but did not find what I wanted. Took the back track and worked a few days at Florence, then returned to Newton in June and helped to build the second house on the townsite. Excitement was high, work plentiful and labor scarce and for three months made an
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average of twelve dollars a day by contracting and building.
About this time Texas cattle began to arrive and the cow boys and gamblers took possession of the town.
In August Texas Bill was Kill-ed in a row and I had the job of making his coffin, which was the first one ever used in the county.
The night of the killing in Newton I was lying in a shanty close to the scene of operation and the balls came buzzing through my room at such a lively rate that I crawled out of the bunk and rolled in the blanket on the floor. A reign of terror prevailed and it was difficult to get a man of nerve enough to act as Marshal.
I did the first breaking on the claim in the fall and in Novem-
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Special attention given to breeding and training of outside stock.
Good facilities for developing Speed.
All parties interested in good driving and trotting stock are invited to call at the Barn.
EAST OF THE HALSTEAD MILL
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ber ’71 the family arrived from Illinois. In the spring of ’72 I went to Wichita to work, and upon one of my visits home, while we were seated about the shanty, the door was suddenly oped and two big idians pushed themselves into the room. By signs and a few words of English which one indian possessed, we knew they wanted matches and meat. Thinking the best way to dispose of them was to feed them, we put them to the table and they gorged themselves, after which they cleaned the table and filled their pockets. When they were ordered away and left they joined a band of several hundred Indians camped a few miles away and who were returning from a hunt to Council Grove.
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THE ORATORS.
List of Speakers Who Have Enter= tained the Old Settlers.
A. L. Greene.............1888
J. W. Ady................1889
Cyrus Corning............1890
0. B. Hildreth...........1891
H. C. Bowman.............1892
S. T. Danner.............1893
Chas. E. Branine.........1894
Chas. H. Kurtz...........1895
Frank L. Martin..........1896
Sam Amidon ..............1897
Dr. Jas. McKee...........1898
Gov. W. E. Stanley.......1899
A. W. Smith..............1900
E. W. Hoch...............1901
Gov. W. J. Bailey........1902
Frank Nelson.............1903
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A Noted Kansas “Piece” and its Author.
CARA A. THOMAS.
Will not The Mail and Breeze give place to the enclosed “Seventies?” It appeared first in the Topeka Daily Capi-tal of the issue of August 23, 1896, and has since suffered many garbled translations by school boys and girls in “last day” oratory. Its original ap-pearance was over the pen name of Hackaliah Vredenburg. I have the consent of the writer to append the correct name to the within copy. Al-
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so two lines at the last which did not appear originally. Miss Thomas is a native of Indiana. She came with her parents to Kansas in the ’70s; since then, with the exception of a year in Indiana and two in Chicago in school, her home has been near or in Halstead, Harvey county. Kansas lies in her heart, her heart lies at the point of the pen. From time to time over the pen name given and “Carolus Tomaso,” as well as her own name, she has put into words her appreciation of the sights and sounds that give Kansas its atmosphere—sights and sounds, some of which are things of the past, some in process of passing and some belonging to Kansas in all her tenses.—F. M. Barnard, Halstead, Kansas.
The Seventies.
Ever have a homesick feelin’ fer the ol’ days that has been,
’Tho they wa’nt one-half as pleasant as these days yer livin’ in?
Well, sometimes I get to thinkin’ in a way you’d be surprised ’Bout the early days in Kansas, ’fore we got so civilized.
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An’ without a word of grumblin’ I’d plank down a five er ten,
Jest to go back to the seventies, an’ to live one day again;
An’ if I could have the choosin’ of my solitary day,
Sure’s yer born I’d have full value an’ I wouldn't begretch to pay.
How’d you like to hear the coyotes howlin’ when the day is done,
As they did back in the seventies—say, f’rinstance, seventy-one?
No, we didn’t use to like it; sounded kind o’ wild and Weird,
An’ it made us feel so queer like—we wa’nt jest exactly skeeder—
Jest a sort o’ creepy feelin’ better understood than told,
But it set the children shiverin’ like as if they might be cold.
Well, I ’low the way we had ’em at that time it wan’t no fun,
But jest once I’d like to hear ’em as wle did in seventy-one.
Wouldn’t you like to hear in spring time, plum from early dawn till dark— Hear the trillin’, thrillin’ music o’ the jolly meadow lark?
Course I know there’s some a-livin’ an’ their level best a-doin’,
But they don’t some way exactly ketch on to the ol’ time tune;
W. M. CONGDON
D. E. CONGDON
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Sedgwick, Kansas.
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They made music fer a feller, fer a common country jake,
Which the red birds an' the mockers they jest can’t in nowise make:
La! their singin’ ain’t a patchin’ to what meadow larks could do
'Way back yonder in the seventies—say f’rinstance, seventy-two.
On some ba’myApril mornin' with the women folks in doors
Fryin’ ham an’ aigs fer breakfas’ an’ you doin’ up the chores,
An’ a cloudless sun a-comin’ in on schedule time by clock,
How’d you like to hear the drummin’ o’ the pra’ry chicken flock?
Sounded kind o’ sort o’ soothin’=drowsy, ca’m, contented, cool,
Like the honey bees in buckwheat, or the study hours at school,
An’ it left us such a feelin’ as behind the plow we’d plod
To the good ol’ “Home, Sweet Home" tune we’d be turnin’ up the sod.
An’ it ’pears like I'd be happier, more contenteder I’d be,
If we had some pra’ry chickens like we had in seventy-three,
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How’d you like some summer mornin' when the sun was shinin’ bright,
All at once to take due notice he was shuttin’ out his light?
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An’ on lookin’ up to see there comin’ fast an' comin’ fleet,
Forty million billion hoppers, lightin’ on
yer corn an’ wheat;
Eatin’ up yer fruit an’ orchards, an’ yer fav’rite garden sass,
An’ a-lunchin’ on yer posies, an’ devourin’ o’ yer grass?
Some the squatters they turned skeery, an’ they got ’em up to start,
An’ the bravest of us worried an’ sometimes lost hope an’ heart;
But no use to work an’ worry, so we’d hunt an’ fish the more—
But I’m not a yearnin’, neighbor, fer the days o’ seventy-four,
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J. R. Toews, Sec., Newton, Ks,
D. Langenwalter, Treas. Halstead, Ks.
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(Incorporated December 11, 1880.)
Risks $2,500,000 Resources $51,000
Newton, i t * Kansas
How’d you like all of a suddent on some evenin’ ca’m an’ clear ’To see pra’ry fires a-flickerin’, burnin’ far an’ burnin’ near?
Guess you’d want to take yer fam’ly an’ yer neighbor’s fam’ly, too,
An’ start out an’ burn yer blue stem like we alius use todo.
How the children did enjoy it! La! they’d run their little legs
Half way off to hunt the pra’ry fer a nest o’ roasted aigs.
Course I know to guard an’ back-fire wa’nt exactly fun alive,
But fer once I’d like to try it, as we did in seventy-five.
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But them days has gone forever an’ I wouldn’t call ’em back,
All fair days, an’ foul ones likewise, whole caboodle in a pack.
Since I can’t get what I’m wantin’ I’ll jest want what I can get,
An’ I’ll worry on with these days fer a short spell longer yet,
Lest you think that I’m complainin' I’ll say right how an’ here,
She was good ’long in the seventies; in the eighties she was fine;
In the nineties she was plenty good enough fer me an’ mine;
An’ my Twentieth century hope is—I’ll admit it on the sly—
If I’m good I’ll get to stay here—stay in Kansas when I die.
CARA A. THOMAS,
Halstead, Kansas.
H. D. WELLS,
, ...DENTIST...
Office Over Schumacher’s Furniture Store.
...Established 1880...
Newton, - - - Kansas
502 Main Street
Newton, Kansas.
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T. WILSON, Past President.
Since the last meeting, Thomas Wilson, who was elected President in 1900, decided to locate permanently in S a n An t on i o, Texas, and has disposed of his Halstead property. Mr. Wilson was ever a friend to the organization and he will be missed at the annual meetings. |
Newton Lumber Co.,
NEWTON, KANSAS.
All Kinds of Building Material.
East Sixth Street
JOHN OLINGER, Prop.
GOOD FRIENDS
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(Tripp’s Old Stand) Newton, Kan.
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JOHN W. SHIVE, Lake Tp.
At the first election of v i c e presidents for each township, John W. Shive of Lake was named as a fitting representative
E. A. KREHBIEL,
(Successor to J. J. Krehbiel)
Carriages and Wagons.
Established 1879.
Hand Made spring and farm wagons 2 small steam engines for sale cheap
NEWTON, - KANSAS
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for that township. So fitting has been the selection and so easy being the duties of the office, no change has since been made
Mr. Shive is a native of Kentucky but located on his present home quarter in 1871. He is now enjoying the benefits from his early faith in the stability of Kansas property and divides his time between his farm and the Burrton State Bank, of which he is President.
He is probably the only Bank President in Kansas who directs the big transactions by means of a private telephone connection with his home on the farm. The popularity of the financial institution of which Mr. Shive is the head, is a sufficient guarantee of his ability to acquire a competence on a Kansas farm.
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Can suit you in QUALITY AND PRICE ON
Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines,
Talking Machines and Bicycles.
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J. A. WELCH, Treasurer.
The treasurer of this organization, Mr. J. A. Welch, of Burr-ton is a native of Edgar county, Illinois. He emigrated to Iowa in 1843 and in 1854 crossed the plains by the overland route,

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and reached California after a trip of four months. The next three years was spent in prospecting for gold, but with very little success.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with an Iowa regiment and the following year was discharged for disability. He came to Burrton in 1882 and engaged in the lumber business, later established a banking business but is now leading a retired life.
For the past eight years, with but one exception, he has served the organization as treasurer.
P. N. WING
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612 Main St. Newton, Kans.
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D. W. WILCOX, Pres.
P. M. HOISINGTON, Secy
THE RAILROAD LOAN and SAYINGS CO.
Capital Stock $2,000,000
Newton, Kansas.
STATEMENT JUNE 30, 1903.
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
First Mortgage Loans............$344,173.98
On stock of this Company. .. 24,293.69
Real Estate and Furniture...... 3,171.32
Cash............................. 13,291.17
$384,930.16
Paid by Shareholders...........$314,395.05
Surplus......................... 52,284.47
Undivided Profits ............ 18,249.65
$384,930.16
E. M. HOOVER, Vice President.
Dr. E. M. Hoover, the present vice president, for the entire county, is a native of Indiana, where he spent his young manhood and commenced the prac-
We do a building aud loan business. Loans made on the monthly payment plan, any part payable at any time. We pay 6 per' cent, interest on deposits and solicit your business. Look into our plan. There’s money in it for you. Call at the office or write the Secretary.
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tice of medicine. Tiring of the swampy and malarial conditions he concluded to cast his lot with Kansas and arrived in Halstead eighteen years ago last February.
Dr. Hoover has been one of the most active citizens of Halstead when it comes to arranging for the Old Settler meetings and this year, in addition to being the vice president, he is a member of the Executive Committee which has entire charge of the arrangements.
Dr. Hoover has served three terms as Mayor and for many years was a member of the School Board He has been president of the State Board of Health and prominent in the councils of the State Medical Society.
H. M. JUDKINS,
---Proprietor of-
The Broadway Livery Barn.
Rubber Tired Rigs. Good Hack Service.
113 West Broadway. Newton, Kansas.
C. W. CHASE
The Old Reliable
Shoe Man
Newton, Kans.
J. W. Johnson & Son,
Located in Pleasant Township April 1871
Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Agents.
Deeds and Mortgages Made and Acknowledged. Writing of Wills and Practice in the Probate Court a Specialty.
106 W. Broadway. Newton, Kan.
Our Shoes Warranted to Give Satisfaction
GLEN WOODS, Walton Tp.
Glen Woods is Walton township’s member of the list of vicepresidents. He located at his present home in March, 1879, having came from Boone county, Indiana.
He has for a number of years been engaged in the cattle busi-
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ness and is well known by nearly everybody in the county. As an officer of the Old Settler’s organization he is always willing to do what is necessary to keep up the interest in the eastern part of the county.
Mr. Woods has been prominent as a township politician, never asked for favors for himself, but is true to his convictions as to who is the best man for an office and always gives his choice a loyal support.
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Old Settlers.
F. P. Munch, Garden, Aug. '70. Jas. Geary, Oct. ’69.
R. W. P. Muse, Newton, Sep. 70. Geo. W. Branine, Newton, ’74.
S. B. Graham, Newton, Feb.’71. A. L. Greene, Newton,Sept. ’71. Jno. C. Johnston, Highland, ’71. Lee R. Wright, Lakin, '71.
J. S. Long, Halstead, April, ’72. George Kirk, Halstead, April, ’72 J. B. Dickey, Newton, 1871.
R. B. Lynch, Newton, 1871.
F. T. Jacobs, Macon, ’72.
Jno. A. Randall, Newton, ’72.
S. D. Williams, Darlington, ’71. A. B. Gilbert, Newton, July ’72 E. H. Hoag, Garden, May '71,
C. W. Ives, Walton, April ’72.
J. A. Commons, Emma, Aril ’71 O. B. Hildreth, Darlington, ’70 Thos. J. Matlock, Lake, Mch '71, George Kirk, Halstead, April’72
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Old Settlers.
A. J. Miller, Halstead, Nov. ’75. Jas. Ryan, Halstead, April ’71 Henry V. Riesen, Halstead, ’76. Martin Covert, Macon, Apr. ’71 E. H. Hoag, Garden, July ’71.
B. Thompson, Lakin, ’71. Z. S. Spore, Macon, April ’71.
C. Philbrick, Halstead, July ’72 T. R. Oldham, Walton, Apr. ’72 Allen Miller, Halstead, Oct. ’70
D. W. Thompson, Halstead, ’73 F. M. Bonham, Garden,Aug. ’71 Alex McBurney, Halstead ’72.
R. J. Elwood, Highland, ’71.
H. S. Akins, Macon, Eeb. ’7l. Alfred Allen, Halstead, May, ’71 C. S. Bowman, Newton,Apr. ’71 Miles David, Newton, Nov. 71. Edgar Brown, Halstead, Apr’71 J. I. Davis, Halstead, Aug. ’71. A. G. Richardson, Richland, ’70. Harry Fields,Halstead, May,’71
H. Q. Harris Geo. W. Crays
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BURRTON, KANSAS
P. J. DYCK,
Paoprietor of
The Corner Restaurant
Ice Cream and Summer Drinks.
Burrton, Kansas
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The leading features of the Ruth Self-feeder: SIMPLICITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND DURABI LITY
It works well and wears well and feeds a separator to its fullest capacity with a uniform flow of straw which keeps up the even motion of the separator that sounds so good to threshermen and gets the grain out of the head. The Ruth Feeder is the friend of thresherman and farmer.
THE RUTH SELF-FEEDER MFG. CO., HALSTEAD, KANSAS.

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John W. Smith, Deceased.
At the time the Old Settlers perfected their organization, John W. Smith, who located a homestead on section 10, Halstead township, in the fall of ’70 was elected Secretary and served continnonsly until his death, in 1899, covering a period of eleven years.
G. S. WHITE & SONS,
Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Shoes, Hats, and Furnishings.
Our stock is complete in every particular. Produce wanted.
Burrton, Kansas.
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The Burrton Grain Co.
S, J. Eales, Mgr.
GRAIN, FEED and COAL.
We pay the top of the Market for Grain
Burrton, Kansas.
Daily’s Store
Groceries and Queensware.
All kinds of Produce Wanted.
W. L. Daily, Attorney, Burrton, Kans.
Old Settlers.
Jas. N. Mounts, Lakin, Nov. ’71
C. H. Yeomans, Lakin, Nov. ’71 Chas. Schaeffer, Sedgwick, ’69. Jos. Dodd, Lake, May, ’71.
J. W. Popkins. Halstead, 72. Gaston Boyd, Newton, Apr. 71.
D. Palmer, Halstead, March 74.
O. E. Jones, Burrton, May 71. M. H. Haun, Sedgwick, Oct. 72 H. James, Halstead, Sept. 73. Wm. Popkins, Halstead, 71. Chas. Parnham, Newton, 71. David Hanselman, Burrton 71. W. H. Elder, Lake, Nov. 75. Henry V. Riesen, Halstead, 76.
J. T. Masters, Pleasant, 71.
P. M. Killman, Emma, 73.
Wm. Crouch, Garden, June, 73. Wm. Charlton, Halstead, 71.
W. C. Hinkle, Halstead 74.
P. M. Morgan, Sedgwick, 70. h. D. Hackney, Hihgland, 71.
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Old Settlers.
GOOD RIGS
TERMS REASONABLE
A. L. Bartlebaugh, Newton, 72. h. h. McAdams, Halstead, 72. Lee Wright, Lakin, March 71. A. S. Chears, Walton, Dec. 70. G. W. Kanavel, Sedgwick, 72.
L. J. Patton, Pleasant, 74.
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Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, Jewelry, and Silverware.
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you Don’t Need one Today
But you’ll need one some day.
WHAT?
One of our Overcoats. There never was such a line shown in Newton before. Prices Right.
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ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
OUR AUGUST SALES?
It is the middle of the month. Thus far August in this store has been a month of money saving for all our customers. During the remainder of August we expect to make the offerings just as attractive from an economical standpoint as they have been during the first part. If you fail to secure any of the bargains, don’t blame us. On many items the quantity is limited. We urge you to come at once and get your share. Shelves are getting emptier every day. Fall goods are arriving and these summer goods still on hand must go, even if the sacrifices are greater than ever. Our buyer now in the eastern market will return about September 1st with the very latest and highest grade merchandise obtainable at prices just as low as others ask for inferior goods.
CONRAD BROTHERS & DUTCHER,
NEWTON
KANSAS
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