GEORGE EATON.

                                                    Spring Creek Township.

                                                              MARRIED.

Winfield Courier, December 24, 1874.

Near Maple City December 5th, 1874, by Rev. F. W. Nance, Mr. George Eaton to Miss Eliza Pewitt, all of Cowley County.

Winfield Courier, September 2, 1875.

                                                              Grand Jury.

C. G. Bradbury, James Hensley, Henry Harbaugh, Benjamin Burnett, A. A. Chamberlain, L. D. Brown, J. C. Dale, J. D. Elliott, J. C. Chapman, James Perkins, R. R. Turner, G. B. Green, George Eaton, Oliver Miller, and Jessie L. King.

[REPORT FROM “OBSERVER” - MAPLE CITY.]

Winfield Courier, July 3, 1879.

                                               MAPLE CITY, JUNE 27, 1879.

The country is rapidly settling up. Seven claims have been taken in the last few days. Mr. George Eaton threshed day before yesterday and his wheat turned out one-third more to the acre than he expected.

[JUDGE H. D. GANS - CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE JUDGE.]

Winfield Courier, July 29, 1880.

The letters submitted by Judge Gans are from S. Wilkins, J. H. Lee, Geo. Eaton, H. W. Stubblefield, and E. Shriver. Each says he has intimately known the Judge for fifteen or twenty years, and knows he has never been a rebel sympathizer or copper­head, but has ever been a strong union man. We deem it unneces­sary to publish the letters entire.

[TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.]

Winfield Courier, February 17, 1881.

Below we give a list of township officers elected at the February election. In some of the townships the Justices hold over.

         SPRING CREEK: Trustee, G. Eaton; treasurer, A. M. Schofield; clerk, R. J. Mead.

George Eaton???...

Winfield Courier, May 5, 1881.

Cowley County stock men are largely represented on Red Rock and Black Bear creeks in the Territory. Among the number are: Wiley, Eaton, Potter, Estus, Tribby, and Warren; while in other parts of the Territory are Houghton, Henderson, Nipp, Walker Bros., Berry Bros., Dean Bros., Shriver, and others.

Winfield Courier, February 16, 1882.

                                                COUNTY LEGAL NOTICES.

                                         COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK, WINFIELD, KANSAS, JANUARY 7, 1882.

Among other proceedings had by the Board the following claims were acted upon as follows.

Name.        Kind of Service.    Amount.

SPRING CREEK.

Geo. Rall, Judge: $5.50

J. H. Gilleland, Judge: $2.00

Geo. Eaton, Judge: $2.00

____ Mead, Clerk: $2.00

_____ Black, Clerk: $2.00

TOTAL AMOUNT: $344.50

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of Feb., 1882. J. S. HUNT, County Clerk.

[ASSESSORS’ RETURNS.]

Winfield Courier, June 7, 1883.

                      Assessors’ Returns of Personal Property and Population for 1883.

Total valuation of personal property in Cowley County on March 1st, 1883, as shown by the assessment rolls: $1,087,751.

Gain in valuation since March 1st, 1882: $252,408.

Valuation of K. C., L. & S. K. R. R., March 1st, 1883: $244,996.05.

Valuation of Wichita & Southwestern R. R., March 1st, 1883: $225,967.43.

[They gave gain of Personal Property and Population since March 1, 1882, by Townships, leaving Gains/Losses out for Cedar, Arkansas City, Omnia.

Total gain of Personal Property: $252,408.

TOWNSHIPS—POPULATION.

Beaver 780, Bolton 1,184, Cedar 677, Arkansas City 1,882, Creswell 763, Dexter 924, Fairview 512, Harvey 788, Liberty 716, Maple 636, Ninnescah 700, Omnia 347, Otter 463, Pleasant Valley 800, Richland 923, Rock 706, Sheridan 622, Silver Creek 928, Spring Creek 449, Silverdale 744, Tisdale 870, Vernon 930, Walnut 896, Windsor 900, Winfield City 3,284. TOTAL POPULATION: 22,516.

TOWNSHIPS—GAIN IN POPULATION.

Beaver 51, Bolton 221, Arkansas City 526, Creswell 92, Dexter 27, Harvey 171, Liberty 121, Maple 88, Ninnescah 53, Pleasant Valley 29, Rock 33, Sheridan 6, Silver Creek 131, Spring Creek 65, Silverdale 104, Tisdale 54, Windsor 14, Winfield City 624 [?].

Total Gain in Population of above townships: 2,410.

TOWNSHIPS WHICH LOST IN POPULATION:

Cedar 51, Fairview 9, Omnia 77, Richland 86, Vernon 79, Walnut 143.

Total Loss in Population of above townships: 445.

While the increase of personal property and population in the county is very satisfactory, the improvement in the assessors’ returns for 1883 seem to have kept pace with the general improvement of the county. Not a bad return this year; some with slight mistakes, thirteen correct, and altogether, without doubt, much the most correct returns that have been made since the organization of the county. Below I give the names of the trustees whose returns needed and received no corrections in this office.

S. D. Jones, Beaver; P. A. Lorry, Bolton; J. B. Nipp, Creswell; E. Haynes, Harvey; Jos. Gorham, Maple; T. H. Aley, Otter; Ludolphus Holcomb, Pleasant Valley; H. J. Sandfort, Richland, S. D. Williams, Rock, Geo. Eaton, Spring Creek; Hugh McKibben, Tisdale; J. H. Irwin, Windsor, J. P. Short, Winfield City. J. S. HUNT, County Clerk.

[DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.]

Arkansas City Traveler, August 29, 1883.

At the Democratic County convention held at Winfield last Saturday, the following gentlemen were put in nomination: Sheriff, S. G. Gary; treasurer, J. B. Lynn; register of deeds, Geo. Eaton; county clerk, J. C. Hanlon.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 17, 1883.

Mr. Geo. Eaton, Democratic candidate for register of deeds of Cowley County, was in the city yesterday.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 24, 1883.

Geo. Eaton, the chattering magpie now running on the Democratic ticket for register of deeds, says he doesn’t care for the office, but “only wants to bust the d_____ Republicans.” This shows his opinion of any Republican who might be so foolish as to vote for him, but he needn’t lose any sleep over the prospect of busting T. H. Soward. When the votes are counted this Democratic nonentity will think that he was running the other way.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 31, 1883.

Register of Deeds. George Eaton was elected trustee of Spring Creek Township, “not because he was so distressingly popular, but to secure the defeat of a man who persisted in listing cattle held in the Indian Territory by prominent Republicans. These Republicans got tired of paying lawyers to undo the work of one crank, and out of spite they turned in and elected this George Eaton. Since then George Eaton has gone daft. Sudden local prominence hath made him mad, and he essays to ride on this little ripple across the ocean of Cowley’s politics into the haven afforded by the office of register of deeds. He forgets that T. H. Soward is skimming along on a wave that will bury Eaton and his handful of votes so far out of sight that he will never be heard of more. Mark this: Geo. Eaton will not carry his own township, and Soward will beat him in the county five hundred votes. This is official.

[GEORGE EATON.]

Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.

George Eaton was elected trustee of Spring Creek Township, not because he was so distressingly popular, but to secure the defeat of a man who persisted in listing cattle held in the Indian Territory by prominent Republicans. These Republicans got tired of paying lawyers to undo the work of one crank, and out of spite they turned in and elected this George Eaton. Since then George Eaton has gone daft. Sudden local prominence hath made him mad, and he essays to ride on this little ripple across the ocean of Cowley’s politics into the haven afforded by the office of register of deeds. He forgot that T. H. Soward is skimming along on a wave that will bury Eaton and his handful of votes so far out of sight that he will never be heard of more. Mark this: George Eaton will not carry his own township, and Soward will beat him in the county five hundred votes. This is official.

Traveler.