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Some Democrats refused to indorse the nomination of Greeley and Brown and on Oct. 3 selected the following presidential electors to vote for Charles O'Conor and John Q. Adams: William Palmer, J. C. Canaan, G. E. Williams, W. H. Peckham and R. E. Lawrence. The highest vote received by any one on this ticket was 440 for William Palmer. James S. Merritt received the highest vote (66,942) of any of the Republican electors, and Pardee Butler's vote of 32,970 was the highest received by any one on the fusion ticket. Mr. Osborn's majority for governor was over 30,000. He was inaugurated at the opening of the legislative ses-
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sion the following January, and Gov. Harvey retired from the office after an administration of four years, during which time the State of Kansas made great progress along all lines.
Harveyville, an incorporated town of Wabaunsee county, is located in Plumb township, 25 miles southeast of Alma, the county seat. It is a station on the Burlington & Alma division of the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe R. R., has a bank, a money order postoffice with one rural route, telegraph and express offices, telephone connections, a weekly newspaper (the Monitor), several good mercantile establishments, Christian and Methodist churches, graded public school, etc. A branch of the Osage City Grain and Elevator company is located here. Harvey- ville was incorporated in 1905 and in 1910 reported a population of 331.
Harwood, a rural money order postoffice of Haskell county, is located near the southern boundary of the county, 12 miles from Santa Fe, the county seat, and about 18 miles from Liberal, the most convenient rail- road station. It is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is situated.
Haskell, a hamlet in Anderson county, is located in Lincoln township and is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R. 10 miles southeast of Gar- nett, the county seat. It has telegraph and express offices and a money order postoffice. The population according to the census of 1910 was 75. The railroad name is Bush City.
Haskell County, located in the southwestern part of the state, lies about 30 miles north of Oklahoma and 53 miles east of Colorado. It was created by the act of March 5, 1887, which defined the boundaries as fol- lows: "Commencing at the intersection of the east line of range 31 west with the north line of township 27 south ; thence south along range line to where it intersects the 6th standard parallel; thence west along the 6th standard parallel to its intersection with the east line of range 35 . west ; thence north along range line to where it intersects the north line of township 27 south ; thence east to the place of beginning."
The boundaries as thus established are the same as those given to Arapahoe county in 1873. It is bounded on the north by Finney county ; on the east by Gray and Meade ; on the south by Seward, and on the west by Grant. It is exactly 24 miles square and has an area of 576 square miles, or 368,640 acres, and was named for Dudley C. Haskell, formerly a Congressman from Kansas.
The history of the early settlement of Haskell county is about the same as that of the other western counties of the state. A few cattle men established ranches, and emigrants from the older states added to the population. On March 31, 1887, "in response to a memorial," Gov. Martin appointed Charles A. Stauber to take a census and make an appraisement of the property in the county. Mr. Stauber filed his report with the governor on June 27, showing that there were 2,841 inhabitants, of whom 556 were householders, and that the value of the taxable prop- erty was $850,119. Upon receipt of this information, the governor issued his proclamation on July 1, 1887, declaring the county organized.
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He appointed as commissioners James E. Marlow, Joseph Comes and C. H. Huntington; county clerk, Lowry C. Gilmore ; sheriff, J. B. Shu- maker, and designated Santa Fe as the temporary county seat. The question of the location of the county seat had been decided by popular vote before the governor issued his proclamation, Santa Fe receiving 562 votes, Ivanhoe 396, and Lockport, I.
At the general election on Nov. 8, 1887, a full quota of county officers were chosen as follows: Representative, M. C. Huston ; probate judge, A. P. Heminger ; clerk of the district court, W. F. Felton ; county clerk, W. E. Banker; county attorney, C. R. Dollarhide; register of deeds, L. A. Crull; treasurer, J. M. Beckett; sheriff, J. P. Hughes ; county super- intendent of schools, L. McKinley; surveyor. W. M. Haley ; coroner, J. C. Newman ; commissioners, James E. Marlow, C. H. Huntington and A. T. Collins. Of these first officials, Huston Banker, Beckett, Hughes, Haley and Collins belonged to the People's party and the others were Republicans.
The surface of Haskell county is generally level or gently rolling prairie. The only water-course in the county is the Cimarron river, which flows across the extreme southwest corner, and the absence of streams means a corresponding scarcity of timber, though a few arti- ficial groves have been planted. There are a few natural springs in the county, and good well water is obtained at a depth of from 50 to 100 feet.
The opening of new lands in Oklahoma and a lack of railroad facilities caused many of the early settlers to leave the county. In 1890 the pop- ulation was but 1,077, less than one-half what it was when the county was organized, and by 1900 it had dwindled to 457. Then came a react- ion and in 1910 the population was 993, a gain of 536 in ten years, or more than 120 per cent. . The completion of the Garden City, Gulf & Northern railroad through the center of the county north and south gives the county better shipping and transportation facilities. The county is divided into three civil townships-Dudley, Haskell and Lockport. In I910 the county reported 19 organized school districts, with a school population of 340. Agriculture is the principle occupation. The lead- ing crops are wheat, milo maize, Kafir corn, sorghum and broom-corn. The value of farm products in 1810 was $214,337, and the assessed val- uation of property was $2,321,605.
Haskell, Dudley Chase, member of Congress, was born at Spring- field, Vt., March 23, 1842. He was seventh in line of descent from Roger Haskell, a native of England, who settled in Beverly, Mass., about 1632. Four of this illustrious family fought in the Revolutionary war. Franklin Haskell, Dudley's father, was a member of the first New England company to settle at Lawrence, Kan., in Sept., 1855. He was one of the seven men who organized Plymouth Congregational church, and is credited with having made the first public prayer ever offered on the town site of Lawrence. Mr. Haskell's mother, Almira Chase, belonged to an old New England family. She endured with
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cheerfulness and courage the privations of frontier life in Kansas and her son inherited from her many valuable qualities. When thirteen years of age Dudley and his mother came to Kansas, following the father who had come before to make a home. The trying scenes of those early days soon made a man of the lad, and he acted as master of transportation with the quartermaster's department in the Missouri and Arkansas campaigns of the Kansas troops. At the close of the war he went to Williston Academy, Southampton, Mass., to prepare for Yale University, where he completed the scientific course. On his return to Lawrence Mr. Haskell engaged in mercantile pursuits, but met with indifferent success. In 1871 he was elected a member of the Kansas house of representatives and succeeded himself for two terms follow- ing. During the last term he was speaker of the house. He was nominated for governor by the Temperance party in 1874, but declined to accept the nomination. Two years later he was nominated for Congress in the Second district and elected by a large majority. He was reëlected in 1878, 1885 and 1882. While a member of the house he served as chairman of the committee on Indian affairs and was vigilant and untiring in looking after the interests of the Indians of Kansas. The Haskell Institute, at Lawrence, Kan., where Indian youths receive a fine technical education, stands as a monument to his memory Although elected to the 48th Congress he was unable to take his seat on account of broken health. He died on Dec. 16, 1883. In Dec., 1865, Mr. Haskell married Hattie M. Kelsey, a descendant of the cele- brated New England divine, Cotton Mather. Mrs. Haskell was a woman of great intellect and many attainments and by her sympathy helped her husband over many of the difficulties encountered in busi- ness and political life.
Haskell Institute, located at Lawrence, is one of the industrial or trade schools maintained by the United States government for the edu- cation of Indian girls and boys. The institute was founded in 1882 through the efforts of Dudley C. Haskell, then a member of Congress. The citizens of Lawrence donated 280 acres of land lying south of the city for a site and Congress appropriated $50,000 for the erection of buildings. Work on the buildings was at once started and the school was formally opened in 1884 under the supervision of Dr. James Mar- vin with 17 pupils enrolled. The growth of the institute has been steady, and the original farm has been added to until it. now contains nearly 1,000 acres under careful cultivation. New buildings have also been added to the place until now there are nearly fifty. Most of the buildings are of stone, only three being constructed of brick. They are lighted by electricity, heated by steam and furnished with sanitary conveniences. Among them are three dormitories, one for girls and two for boys, a domestic science and art building, fine modern hospital, employees' quarters, several shop buildings, warehouse, cottages, dairy barn, horse barn, etc.
No pupil is received at Haskell who is under fourteen years of age
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The law provides that "A child showing one-sixteenth or less Indian blood, whose parents live on an Indian reservation, Indian fashion, who, if debarred from the government schools, could not obtain an educa- tion, may be permitted in the reservation day and boarding schools, but it is preferable that it be not transferred to a non-reservation day and boarding school, without special permission from the office. Chil- dren showing one-eighth or less Indian blood, whose parents do not live on a reservation, whose home is among white people where there are churches and schools, who are to all intents and purposes white peo- ple, are debarred from enrollment in the government non-reservation schools."
When a pupil has been enrolled in a non-reservation school "it can not be taken to another non-reservation school without the consent of both superintendents and the commissioner of Indian affairs," and the superintendent of every Indian school is accountable for every pupil enrolled under his charge. Another law provides "that no Indian child shall be sent from an Indian reservation to a school beyond the state or territory in which the said reservation is situated without the volun- tary consent of the father and mother of such child, if either of them be living, and if neither of them are living, without the voluntary con- sent of the next kin."
When an Indian boy or girl is over eighteen years of age, he or she may personally sign an application to be enrolled in one of the Indian schools, but even in this case the parents are consulted. In 1911 there were 836 pupils enrolled at Haskell Institute, but the average enroll- ment is about 700. Of the 836 Indians enrolled 524 were boys and 312 girls. Nearly 700 were half Indian blood, or more, and 426 of the number were full blooded Indians.
A library with all books required for reference is maintained in the school building. In connection with it is a reading-room, with a good supply of periodicals and newspapers where the students may pass the time. Nearly 60 different tribes of all sections of the country are represented at Haskell, and thiis naturally gives rise to a diversity of religious services. People are encouraged to maintain their own church relations under the guidance of that particular denomination. Proselyt- ing is prohibited and change of religion by minors is not allowed with- out the consent of parents or guardian. The only religious service at the school is an undenominational Sunday school, a service held in the chapel, the Catholics and Protestants meeting separately. Early Sunday morning service is held by the Catholic priest from the Law- rence parish and on Sunday evenings the different religious societies hold their meetings.
In 1911 there were 8 literary societies and a debating club, which included in their membership practically every pupil in the school. These societies meet on the first and third Friday evenings of each month from October to April. Each society is governed by officers of its own choice and election from among its members. In the more
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advanced societies, the rules governing public assemblies are tanglit and followed, a teacher being present, as critic, at each meeting.
The literary department of Haskell carries the pupil through the work covered in the eight grades of the public schools of the country and no higher course is given or required except in the business depart- ment. Any pupil desiring to go farther is encouraged to attend the high school in Lawrence and there have been cases where the student lived at the institute and did so, or even attended the state university. The academic course includes arithmetic, geography. language, read- ing, history, writing, spelling and physiology. Industrial education is given special attention.
The school also has a commercial course of three years, planned to fit the pupils to become accountants, clerks, stenographers and all round practical business men. The course is thoroughly practical and business transactions are actually carried on by the pupils. When a student leaves Haskell it is the aim of the institution to have him well equipped for the everyday life of an average American citizen-self- supporting and self-respecting.
Hatton, a small hamlet of Bear Creek township, Hamilton county, is situated 18 miles southwest of Syracuse, the county seat and most convenient railroad station. It has a money order postoffice and is a trading point for that section of the county.
Havana, one of the smaller towns of Montgomery county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 16 miles southwest of Inde- pendence, the county seat. It is the trading center for a large territory devoted to agriculture and stock raising. It has a bank, telegraph and express offices and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The town was founded in 1869 when Callow & Myers opened the first gen- eral store. It was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1910, and the population according to the census of that year was 227.
Haven, one of the thriving and prosperous towns of the wheat belt, is in Haven township, Reno county, and is located on the Missouri Pacific R. R. 15 miles southeast of Hutchinson, the county seat. It has 2 banks, a weekly newspaper (the Journal), a flour mill, an elevator. a creamery, and a number of well stocked retail stores. The town was laid out in 1886, and was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1901. It is supplied with telegraph and express offices and has an inter- national money order postoffice with three rural rontes. The popula- tion according to the census of 1910 was 528.
Havensville, one of the incorporated cities of Pottawatomie county, is located in Grant township on Straight creek and on the Leavenworth & Miltonvale branch of the Union Pacific R. R. 28 miles northeast of Westmoreland, the county seat. It has 2 banks, a weekly newspaper (the Review), express and telegraph offices, and a money order post- office with two rural mail routes. The population in 1910 was 439. The plat of the town was filed in 1878 by the railroad company. The station was at that time called Havens and the postoffice Havensville
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Haverhill, a village of Butler county, is a station on the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Io miles south of Eldorado, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice, a cooperative telephone company, an express office, and is a trading and shipping point for the neighborhood. The population was 50 in 1910.
Haviland, an incorporated town of Kiowa county, is situated in Wellsford township on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 10 miles east of Greensburg, the county seat. It has a bank, an inter- national money order postoffice with five rural routes, telegraph and express offices, a weekly newspaper (the Onlooker), a feed mill, hotels, good mercantile houses, etc. Haviland was incorporated in 1906 and in 1910 reported a population of 568.
Hawley, a small hamlet of Fairfield township, Russell county, is located on the Smoky Hill river about 10 miles southeast of Russell, the county seat. It was formerly a postoffice, but the people now receive mail by rural delivery from Bunkerhill, which is the most con- venient railroad station. The population in 1910 was 33.
Haworth, a money order postoffice in the eastern part of Republic county, is a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., about 15 miles east of Belleville, the county seat, and is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located.
Haworth, Erasmus, professor of geology and mineralogy, state geologist, and director of the department of mines at the University of Kansas, was born on a farm near Indianola, Warren county, Iowa. In 1883 he received the B. S. degree and the following year the degree of A. M. from the University of Kansas. In 1888 the degree of Ph. D. was conferred on him by the Johns Hopkins University. In 1892 he was appointed professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Kansas, a position which he still holds. In 1894 he organized the Kansas state geological survey. The reports of the survey are valu- able contributions to science. He wrote volumes one, two, three and eight, and part of volume five from 1896 to 1904. He has also written bulletins in connection with the United States geological survey and the Missouri geological survey as well as annual bulletins of statistics of the mineralogy and geology of Kansas. Prof. Haworth has given much attention to economic geology of Kansas and adjoining states in respect to gas, oil, water, coal and cement. An example of his ser- vice to the state was in directing the town of Newton how to obtain an ample supply of superior water for domestic use. He has been con- nected for years with the United States geological survey and has done much professional work for the Union Pacific Railroad company in Wyoming and Kansas and for private parties in Kansas and adjacent states. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America and other scientific societies. In 1889 he married Miss Ida E. Hunstman of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Hay, Robert, writer and scientist, was born at Ashton-under-Lynn, Lancashire, England, May 19, 1835, of Scotch ancestry. He was edu -.
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cated in the local schools and the College of London, and took a special course under Prof. Huxley. Soon after completing his education, his brother in Geary county, Kan., sent him copies of the Junction City Union, which aroused his interest in American affairs. In 1871 he came to the United States and located at Junction City. For several years he was engaged in teaching and normal institute work, at the same time writing on historical and economic topics and making geological research, in which he visited all parts of Kansas. In 1895 he made a special report of the underground waters of Kansas for the United States geological survey. One of his articles, published in the Kansas Historical Collections, is a history of the great seal of the state. Mr. Hay died at Junction City on Dec. 14, 1895, soon after he had com- pleted the geological report above mentioned.
Hayne, a post-village of Seward county, is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 9 miles northeast of Liberal, the county seat. It has a retail trade and does some shipping.
Hays, the county seat of Ellis county, is located a little south of the center of the county at the point where the Union Pacific R. R. crosses Big creek. In early days it was known as Hays City, and that name is still sometimes used. The site was selected late in 1866 by W. E. Webb, W. J. Wells and Judge Knight, and the town was platted in 1867. Its location was decided in a great measure by its proximity to Fort Hays, from which it took its name. Hays was the point from which the west and southwest obtained supplies before the railroad was completed to Dodge City. During its early period it had the repu- tation of being a "tough" town, and it was the scene of numerous escapades of J. B. Hickok (Wild Bill) in the late '6os. The growth of Hays was rapid from the start. In 1867 a newspaper called the Rail- way Advance began its existence there, the Hays City Times was started in 1873, and the Sentinel followed the next year. In Aug., 1874, a United States land office was opened there, the Catholics built the first church in the city in 1877, and in 1880 the first grain elevator was erected. (See also Ellis County.)
The Hays (or Hays City) of 1911 is one of the progressive cities of western Kansas. It has an electric lighting plant, waterworks, a fire department, a telephone exchange, and in the spring of 1911 completed a sewer system at a cost of $62,000. Educational opportunities are afforded by an excellent system of public schools and St Joseph's Col- lege, a Catholic institution. The western State Normal School is also located here, and a branch of the experiment station is maintained on the old military reservation. Among the industries and financial insti- tutions are 2 banks, 3 weekly newspapers (the News, the Free Press and the Review-Headlight), flour mills, grain elevators, machine shops, marble works, a creamery, good hotels, and a number of well stocked mercantile establishments which carry all lines of goods. Hays is pro- vided with an international money order postoffice, telegraph and express offices, and in 1910 reported a population of 1,931.
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Haysville, a village of Sedgwick county, is located in Salem township and is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 9 miles south of Wichita, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice, tele- graph and express offices, telephone connections, general stores, a hotel, etc., and in 1910 reported a population of 50.
Hazelrigg, Clara H., teacher, author and evangelist, was born at Council Grove, Kan., Nov. 23, 1859. Her father, Col. H. J. Espy, was an officer in the United States army, and her mother, whose maiden name was Melora E. Cook, was principal of a girl's school in Toledo, Ohio, at the time of her marriage to Col. Espy. Soon after their marriage they came to Kansas, where the father's regiment was on duty. The mother died in 1861, and the little daughter was taken to Indiana. In 1866 she returned to Kansas, but upon the death of her father in 1868 she again went to Indiana, where she attended school, and at the age of fourteen years commenced teaching in a private school. She also taught in the public schools of Ripley county, Ind., and on Dec. 27, 1877, she was married to W. A. Hazelrigg of Greensburg, Ind. In 1883 she and her husband removed to Kansas and located in Butler county, where Mrs. Hazelrigg resumed her work as teacher. She attended business college at Emporia and was elected superintendent of the Butler county schools. In 1895 she published a History of Kansas, which shows evidence of con- siderable research and literary ability. This is her best known literary work. Later the family removed to Topeka, but their vacations are spent upon Mr. Hazelrigg's ranch in New Mexico. Mrs. Hazelrigg has devoted much time to active church work, and has won a wide reputa- tion as an evangelist.
Hazelton, one of the incorporated towns of Barber county, is located on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railroads, 18 miles southeast of Medicine Lodge, the county seat. It has 2 banks, a weekly newspaper (the Herald), 3 churches and a number of mercan- tile establishments. The town is supplied with telegraph and express offices and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The pop- ulation in 1910 according to the government census was 350.
Health, State Board of, was created by an act of the legislature on March 7, 1885, which provided for the appointment of a board of health to consist of nine physicians from different parts of the state-three to be appointed for one year, three for two years, and three for three years; thereafter three were to be appointed each year, to hold office for three years. The majority of the members of the board was not to be appointed from any one school of medicine, as the board was intended to be representative of all schools. Section 2, of the bill gave the board power to make rules for its own government and business, but provided that it must meet quarterly, or oftener if necessary, the first meeting to be held in Topeka, and annually after that a meeting was to be held in Topeka in June, when a majority of the members should constitute a quorum. Members of the board were not to receive a salary for their services, but all traveling and other expenses incurred when on business
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