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Latest Kansas Events. Trees Into Treeless KansM. In the last year 127,600 treea from the state forestry station at Dodge City have been distributed throughout western Kansas. These included . osages, honey locust, cataipa, Russian mulberry, box elder and ailanthus trees. The- distribution took in all of the district west of a line drawn north and south through Hutchinson. H. C. Cooper, commissioner of for estry at the station, has just made his annual report to the governor. Heretofore the forestry stations have .done little or nothing toward investH gating the values of the different trees In the western part of the state. Last year Mr. Cooper made a study of trees And made a valuable report on for estry. . According to his investigations the osage, locust, box elder, green ash and hackberry are the best trees for western Kansas. Some of these have to have certain soil conditions to do well, but all of them will stand a lot of dry weather, and with reasonably favorable conditions, will make rapid growths. Mr. Cooper believes the osage to be the best tree for the south west part of the state. State Loses a Rate Case. In their fight to prevent the state railroad commissioners from inforc Ing an order reducing freight rates In the state, the railroads won a vic tory in the findings of Judge Z. T Hazen, special master In the case con cerning the Leavenworth & Topeka line. The railroad board's order re-4 duces rates about 20 per cent. The railroads contended they could not pay expenses under this order and got a temporary restraining order from the United States circuit court to pre vent its inforcement. The case against the Leavenworth & Topeka - road was selected as a test. The state showed the stock of the Leaven worth & Topeka railway as owned, 49 per cent by the Union Pacific and 51 per cent by the Santa Fe and contend ed that it should not be considered as a separate road. The special master held the road should be considered by itself. - A Veteran of Three "Wars Dead. George H. Baillie, 90 years old, is dead in Atchison. He was a veteran of three wars, having served in the war with Mexico, the Civil war and the Indian- campaigns. After the Civil war he came to Kansas and be came a member of the faculty at the University of Kansas, in which posi Hon he remained for 11 years. In those days he was assistant professor of chemistry and German and was also superintendent of grounds and build ings. He came to Atchison in 1899 tn his service with the army he had his skull fractured, received a bullet in the left lung, had three rib3 shot away and his hand mutilated and was not in one loot. Mr. JJaiUie was a Spaniard and was born in Spain. Brewers Plead Guilty. The Heim Brewing company of Kan sas City was fined $100 and costs in the United States district court at Topeka for shipping misbranded beer Into Kansas. The company pleaded guilty to one count presented by the United States district attorney. New Postmasters. These Kansas postmasters have been appointed: Morganvile, Clay county, Andrew F. Mason, vice S. S. Rardin, resigned; Walsburg. Riley county, Albert Hanson, vice W. T. Beesley, resigned. A Wildcat in Wyandotte County. A wildcat was killed near Newman by Albert Schezman, a farmer. The animal weighed 35 pounds. Newman Is about six miles west of Kansas City on the Union Pacific railway. More Banks In Kansas. Three new state banks were given Incorporation papers In one day re cently by the state charter board. They are: The Farmers' State bank of Lucas, with $15,000 capital the " Farmers and Merchants' State bank of Morganville, with $15,000 capital, and the Citizens' State bank of Syl via with $10,000 capital. There are now 765 state banks in Kansas. With these three are instituted, with sev eral others that are chartered, but not . completely organized, there will be more than 770 state banks. Finds a $203 Pearl. Happy" Wescott, a baseball player on the Salina team last summer, found pearl recently in a bucket of oysters which he took home for supper. The pearl is valued at $200 according to the estimate of a local jeweler. " - A New Mill for Turner. Turner, a small own west cf Ar- - irentine, is to have a new feed mill. The building Is being erected by Au gust Jasper, an ex-mayor of Argentine, - and is to cost $4,500. Can Save Money cn Text Books. Accordilng to an estimate made pub lic recently prepared by State Printer McNeal after an exhaustive investiga tion, the state of Kansas can print its jwn text books for use in the public schools, . of . the state for -little more than half what they now cost. The total cost to Kansas people for school Dooks during the past year was $477, 143. McN'eal estimates J the same looks could have been printed by the state arl delivered to the publie at total W of $253,152.35, a saving of 122 U 89.65. - To Improve Kansas Schools. The details of the work of the Kan sas educational commission which has been preparing amendments to the Kansas school laws have been fin ished and the copy for the bulletin was sent to the state printer. In this bulletin the commission has discussed 21 topics which it regards as the most important. In addition to these it has a long list of miscellaneous subjects of minor importance. These are the things which the commission regards as necessary to improve the Kansas school system "and bring "it up to a standard maintained in other states: A longer term for rural schools and state aid for weak districts; consoli dation of schools; special aid for cer tain districts; employment of teach ers for longer periods ; inspection of the sanitary condition of schools; cer tifications of teachers; compulsory education; clerks for'' county superin tendents and closer supervision of country schools; school libraries and equipment; a change in the date of the annual school meeting; normal courses in high schools; agriculture in high schools; fire drills; regulation relative to the construction of school. buildings; county diploma examina tions; take the office of county super intendent out of politics; a larger unit of school organization; county high schools; inspectors for country schools; a county superintendents' an nual meeting, and a uniform law re lating to the size and organization of boards of education. A Crimean Veteran Dead Brig. Gen. Henry Jackson, retired, died at his home in Leavenworth re cently. Gen. Jackson was a soldier of the Crimean war, the Civil war, the Spanish-American and numerous In dian campaigns. He was born in Can terbury, England, in 1837 and when 15 years old enlisted as a soldier and was in the Crimean war from 1853 to 1856. He took part in the siege ol Sebastopol. Life Sentence is Not Death. Judge Smart of Ottawa has de cided that confinement in the peniten tiary on a sentence of life for murder does not constitute legal death in the sense that the object's property passes to the heirs. E. J. Preston of Ottawa was sentenced for life for the murder of his wife. His daughter sold his residence property. Preston was pardoned two years ago by Gov. Hoch and jrecovered his property in court. Urge Girl's Reformatory. The state board of control, in Its re port, urges the legislature to establish a girls' reformatory for the care of women over 16 years of age. The Be loit school looks after girls under 16. Would Oust Power Concern. A suit asking that the Spring River Power company be enjoined from oper ating its big water power plant at Lowell, south of Columbus, has been filed In the district court there. A Big State. Missouri is a big state. While there was shirt sleeve weather in many parts of it recently the ther mometer up in Schuyler county reg istered two degrees below zero. Other Kind of Booms. - Not all of the booms in southwest Missouri are caused by powder explo sions. Wages and zinc ore are rising there and idle mines are resuming operations. Brethour to Lead Washburn Team. George Brethour was elected cap tain di the Washburn college football team for the coming season. He was full back and line man of the 1908 Washburn team.- - Kansas Pioneer Teacher Dead. Mrs. Mary Jane Watson Short died at the home of her sister. In Emporia, the other day. Mrs. Short was 80 years old, "and went to Emporia with her parents in 1857. She taught the first school established on the townsite of Emporia, and was a member of the class of 186S. the first class to . be graduated from the state normal. Kansas Natural Plans Suttaw Laying a foundation for lawsuits tc contest the payment of a portion of taxes levied on its property in Kan sas, the Kansas Natural Gas company is paying the taxes in every county through' which its lines run, accom panied by a written, protest filed with the county treasurer. . . . A Bank is Paying Out. The affairs of the Citizens and Farmers State bank of Arkansas City will be wound up shortly after the first of the year. The bank failed a month ago. Two weeks later a divi dend of 25 per cent was declared and another dividend of the same amount ha3 been ordered. Will Not Order Boxes Opened. . The supreme court refused the re quest cf James F. Getty for an order to compel Van B. Prather, probate judge, and Frank Holeomb, txranty cleik in Wyandotte county, to open the ballot boxes. Mr. Getty is contesting election of T. A. Milton for senator from Wyandotte county. The decision of the court prevents the examination cf the ballots in the senatorial contest until the state senate takes up the hearing. This will be done next month. after finishing the taking of depoai (Jons in the contest. ABOUT THE LADY. DOLPHINS. Child's Inquiry Natural, Perhaps, to one of Her Sex. A theatrical manager at the Play ers' club said of the school of classf tal dancing that Miss Isadora Duo can conducts: "Miss Duncan hears - some quaint remarks as she converses with - her child purils. One day, preparatory to (lie first lesson in a dolphin dance, he delivered to her class a little lec ture on this fish. She described the grace of the dolphin, and afterward she described its habits and mode of life. " 'And, children,' she said, 'a single dolphin will have 2,000 offspring.' "A little girl gave a start. " "And how about the married ones? she gasped." ECZEMA ALL OVER HIM. No Night's Rest for a Year and Limit of Kis Endurance Seemed Near Owes Recovery to Cuticura. "My son Clyde was almost com pletely covered with eczema. Physi cians treated him for nearly & year without helping him any. His head, face, and neck were covered with large scabs which he would rub until they fell off. Then blood and matter would run out and that would be worse. Friends coming to see him said that if he got well he would be disfigured for life. When it seemed as if he could possibly stand it no longer, I used Borne Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint ment, and Cuticura Resolvent. That was the first night for nearly a year that he slept. In the morning there was a great change for the better, in about six weeks he was perfectly well. Our leading physician recommends Cuticura for eczema. Mrs. Algy Cockburn, Shiloh, O., June 11, 1907." FACT VERIFIED. Kid Say, mister, got change fer five dollars? Kind Gentleman Yes, my boy; here it is. Kid Thanks, boss; I just wanted to see it. I'd kinder got to thinkin' dere wasn't dat much money in circulation! Personal Observation. "Boys," said the sweet young teach er, as she smiled graciously upon her Sunday school class, "it seems to me that this lesson teaches that what one begins another continues or com pletes. All work does not devolve upon any one person. Can you illus trate with ' aa incident from your own observation?" "I've know father to be on a tear all night," timidly informed little Bob by, "and then mother would continue to rip him up the back all next morn ing." Stats of Ohio Citt of Toledo. 7 LUCAS COUNTY. ( Fraxk J. cmsiT makes oath that tie Is ssntat partner of the lirm ot F. J. Cheney A. Co.. doing business to the City of Toledo, County and State troresaia. ana tnat sam nrm win pay me sum 01 ONE EIHDRED DOLLARS for each and every sase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use ol Haix-s Catarrh Cvrk. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presenoa, this 6th day of December. A. n.. isss. i ' I A. W. GLEASOX, I I Notary Ptjrijc. Hair Catarrh Cure la taken Internally and acts atrectly upon the blood and mucoua surfaces of the system. Send lor testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O. Bold by all Drutrelats. 75c. Take Hall's Family puis for constioaUon. Must Have Meant Him. "I wish I knew." said Cholly Bap head, "if I have any show of winning ifisB Roxie Swellman." "Well," answered Miss Peppery, "from a remark ot hers I think you're her choice." "Aw. really? What did she say?" "She said nobody was good enough to be her husband." Important to Mothers. - Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of! In Use For Over SO Years. Tiie Kind You Have Always Bought. Love Was Bold. "When poverty knocked at the door X presume love flew out of the win dow?" "Not this time. Love stayed and -wrote a book entitled "How to lirm on Nothing a Tear." " -Worth Its Weight In Gold. PETTIT'S EYE SALVE strengthens old eyes, tonic for eye strain, weak, watery eyes. Druggists or Howard Bros.. Buffalo, N. Y. It is vain to be always looking to wards the future and never acting to ward it. Boyes. fig tri- -I, iS&fft fZT r COUPON I Ayl .lySfiAl t - 1 f "1 - IN EACH PACKAGE - V- a r r 'M n rrfi sssmt-s vA U &&Ui?'tJ fWl -T - II' III I Of VAWABIS ARTICLES i 1 : 1 5S - ' J III r I i SENT FBEE ; Ww k i A A - U U Ti rrtinnrts i I " UN -I I I 1 Iff " -1 I II 411 1 f III E 81 fWL l-s-lJr - mj . , i:ilff Iff sT II ff I I III I -Vs a,-. .sJ-J $1 I J LOVE'S SACRIFICE. "Wat's de matter, Reginald, have youse sworn oft smokin'?" , . "Yes. Ton see, I'm engaged now, and my fiancee objects to a disagree able breath." LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-made cigar fresh from the table, wrapped in foil, thus, keeping fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. The old, well cured tobaccos used are so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight 5c. Lewis' Single Binder costs the dealer some more than other 5c cigars, but the higher" price enables this fac tory to use extra quality tobacco. There are many imitations; don't be fooled. - There is no substitute! Tell the dealer you want a Lewis "Single Binder." Schools for Missionaries. The lmmer-e Northfleld schools and colleges for the training of mission aries and preachers were erected out of the profits derived from the sale of Moody and Sankey's "Sacred Songs and Solos." Miss Ada Ellen Bayly ("Edna Lyall") built St. Peter's church, Eastbourne, England, - with part of the money she received from "Donovan" and "We Two." She also presented a fine peal of bells to the neighboring church of St. Saviour and christened them after the heroes of her books Erie, Hugo and Donovan. - Disease Damages Tea Crops. A curious disease which has done much damage to the tea crops of northeast India is known - as ''red rust." An account of. the species of alea (Cecaleuros virescens), which causes it, is given by C. M. Hutchin son in the "Memoirs of the' Agricultu ral Department of India." It attacks the leaves and stems of the tea plant, forming yellow patches. It is prop agated by two kinds of spores, one carried by water and the other by air. Starch, like everything else, is be ing constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery Defiance Starch all In jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never ap proached by other brands. - Needed Them in His Business. "What with . whoopfng ' cough, measles and all that," began the first traveler, "children are a great care; but they are blessings sometimes " "Certainly they are," interrupted the second traveler. "I don't know how we should get along without them." "Ah, you're a family man, too?" "No; a doctor." Stray Stories. Didn't Harmonize. Patience Do you have harmony 1b your church choir? Patrice Do we?. Well, say! Just listen: Last Sunday the soprano wore a pink hat and purple waist, the alto had a green waist and yellow hat, and the basso had a green necktie and red nose! Yonkers Statesman. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder yom shirt waist just as well at home ats the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the. goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the Iron. . ' Waitirrg for a Rtee.' "Have-you sold your airship" yet?" ' "No; I'm holding it for a rise.": Cleveland Plain Dealer. . IF YOU USK BALL BI.TJE, Get Bed Cross Ball Blue, : the best Ball Blue. Large 2 or. package only 5 cents. It's awfully hard for a crooked man to keep in the straight path. PILES CURED IN e TO 1 DATS. " PAZO ( il NT V CNT is Guaranteed to cure any case ot ltcbiiur. Blind, BleeUins; or Pruiruding Ues in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c Work is only done well when it is done with a will. Ruskin. ' '-. TTra. inflow's Soothine; Byr-ap. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces Q flammatton.sllsysnaln,rnreswtndcolto. SScahoalau When a' woman has her hair fixed no she Is half dressed. - Those) TTroo, Aehlnsr Fret of Tours feed Alien's Fi-ot-fCaee. ;c5e at your ln-ujrjrlst's. Write A. U. Olmsted. Le Koy, S. V for sample. Sober second thoughts best for a toper. " are always Another Crip Cc-nlng. Louie is the brightest youngster tn the South side. If you doubt this ask Louie's father. According to the Bame authority Louie's mother consented to the sacrifice of his curls recently and he was taken to the - nearest barber hop. He was left unguarded while the deed was being committed and the horrid barber -just-think of the poor mother's feelings used the clip pers. So when Louie's father re turned for him the boy proudly ex hibited a hairless poll for his in spection. . "Well," exclaimed the father, "he didn't leave much." "No," chirped Louie, "but it'll grow out again all right, 'cause he left the seeds In." -Kansas City Times. The Family Skeleton. Visitor By George! But you've added a great many - beautiful vol umes to your library since I was here last. 'Must cost something, old man? Mr. Meeker On the level. Bill, I'm on the verge ot bankruptcy buying souvenir post card albums and book case sections to hold them. Puck. 'Sii HAIR BALSAM , TpvC Cleanses and beautified the hah. . Jf Promotes a loxuriant growl). TSi J Never Palls to Bestor Gray y!pki-Z'Y Hair to its Youthful Color, rii i ft sal Com scalp dieaajea hair falling. JggjJ 3 and L00 at Druggists A-Y-P ? AT SEATTLE u "A-Y-P" That trans ALASKA Seattle, in 1909. YOU aC coming, doubtless. Bring your wife, of course, and all the children, if you can. Before you start, there are a lot of things you -will want to know about this marvel.. ously fertile, rich, beautiful, fascinating, satisfying Pacific Northwest country; about the pic turesque Puget Sound; about Seattle, the city whose growth is the wonder of the agesr about Us business development and needs, about the greatest fortune maker of alt time SEATTLE CENTRAL BUSINESS PROPERTY. Please write to me now. and IH send you full information. wm a u L the same price per package, but they contain only 12 ounces of starch. Consult your own interests. Ask for DEFIANCE STARCH, get it, and -we know you will never use any other. Defiance Starch Company, Omaha, Neb. 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The 300,000 contented American settlers making their homes in Western (Janada is the best evidence as the superiority of that country. - They srs becoming rich, growing from 23 to 5 bushels wheat to the acre; 60 to HO bush els oats and 45 to 60 bushels barley, be sides having splendid herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass. - Dairying is an Im portmnt industry. , The crw of 190S stin keeoa Western Canaasj In the lead. The world wUl soon took to it as ta food-producer. . - ... - Ths thing- which saost impressed si wsa-tss -maeuitude of the country that Is available for agricultural: purposes." Hutttmai J&dttmigU Correspondsiftcs.JMi. . - Low railway rates, srood schools and chnri ti saw laarketa convenient, prices the hitjhest, cliiamm pence l- . - Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Oo panies. DescripUve pamphlets and maps sent Ire. For railway rates and other information apply to Snperintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada the authorised Canadian toTernmentAsent , J. S. ClAwTOlD, Bs. US V. HlatB Street. CUT. TtK-a wen yea sroat btvt mil' Uver. If yonr's to eat f order 1 f to kave Lrrer Coca pbktnt. XBdIprcsUoa, Hsslaeska, failflinoSSS, JWS, taw., law SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS TH1I UVEM THE LIVER" Ad4 ksep yea weU and happy. l.aia or 8 u(r Co ted. 9S ceciu a box, or y mail. Furalr TrMUbte, AbaosBLelv Haralaa. Dr. J. H. Achenck 6c. Son. PbiUu, DEFIANCE Gsld Water Starch makes launtlry work a pleasure, lo oz, pks. 10 "iTe'use Thompson's Eye WaUr W. N. U., Kansas City, No. 52," 1908. - YUKON. PACIFIC EXPOSITION, at vis t- KAJNfs. 1 . 1 .'.UlN i tK, frestaem. THE TRUSTEE COMPANY of Seattle, Wash. Nothing pleases the eye so much as a well made, dainty Shirt IVGiSt Suit if properly lanndered. To get the best results it is necessary to use the best laundry starch. Defiance Starch gives that finish to tha clothes that all ladies : desire and should ob tain. It is the delight ot . the - experienced laundress. Once tried they will use no other. It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabric It is sold by the best grocers at ioc a package. Each package contains x6 ounces. Other -starches, not nearly so good, sell at 2s Tobacco G OMRTKCn- A , WHEELING, " - KM. :