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THE UNIVERSAL CAR n If it's right why change it? A multiplicity of models is evidence that the maker is still experiment ing. There is but one Ford model. And for five years our rapidly grow ing factories haven't been able to make all we could sell because it is right. I 1 Sample and Demonstrating cars now at the Elliot Store Rooms on Williams street " Touring Car $640 delivered to you. Geo. A Deecaie Here's the rifle vou have been SitlnZ foran uo-tn-Ait 31 edit ttotzir laadles without change or idt'uitaunt 32 nd 22 long-rifle cartridges of all nukes lis twEd-too and ade election are ilwm a DrnteetUi. Itrn nnwrW m id sue from your lice, allow tiuUnt repeal shots. Quick take-down coattrnctioD tttfy dewed Uke little space and bring greatest pleasure at small expense. re about tha fcn 77?arfi Hn. sd3 136 9t22arut catalog. gatnpt postata for the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Topeka, Kan., Apr. 28, 1913. The heads of several state institu tions can hardly realize that the t time has about arrived when they trill be separated from their jobs. Borne of these people nave been hold - ing their positions from six to eigh- teen years, and it was these same jeople that Harry Bowman, republi- cai member of the 'Board of Control, had Veference to when he said in his . report as chairman of the Public Su- . . , . .. ,tcry that the institutions are being pervlslon and Administration Commit-, . . iV . t tee of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, last year: "The hardest thing in the manage ment of institutions, both public and prifate, is to get the executive head and officers of an institution to real- lee that the institution is maintained fpr the benefit of the patrons and for the public and that all else is sec - ondafy. Too often Institution people forget the very purpose of its crea tion and the thing runs along rather tor Its own benefit than that of its m Up the Mississippi "St Louis to St Paul Beautiful scenery cool river breeze, cores of interesting stopping pointy, including the $28,000,000 Keokuk dam, largest in the world. Music, duicing, games on deck and jaunts ashore. Every mile and minute of your trip it filled with pleasures and cenes new to you. The Upper Mississippi steamers are large, fast and aafe. with comfort able, electric lighted,ventilatcd tote rooms, and meals that you will enjoy. Get up a party from your town and plan a vacation trip from 2 to 10 days on one of these Soaring hotel. The Missouri Pacific lrdn Mountain offer the best service to St Loui where direct connections re made with the Upper Mississippi River Steamers. Get illustrated vacation folder from your local rail road agent or write for one to J. G. HoDenbeck, Genl Paw. Aft St Louis, Mo. F.7.L RIcINNES, Agent D "ST Repeating Me The gun to use for rab bits, squirrels, hawks, crows and all small tW W. 32 Inner and styles, yet sells at jne'JUatiin firearms Gk 42 Willow StrtMt Now Havn. Coma. patrons or the state. Mr. Bowman is a republican and at the time he made this statement did not have the slightest ideal that there would ever be a democratic ad ministration in Kansas. Better than any other man he probably knows the conditon cf affairs in Kansas charitable institutions. The same language is applicable to some of the others. When it is purposed to turn these people out, they arise the hue and maue xne looioau oi pontics, mis is simply cuttlefish politics. Super intendent Amrine is a fine illustra. tion of a "keep the public institutions out of politics" policy. During the campaign last year Amrine was about the dirtiest campaigner on the cir cuit and among other things a meet ing of the employes was held within the walls of the Hutchinson. Reforma tory and a resolution passed by which each employe was assessed a per cent of his year's salary for the benefit of the republican campaign fund. Amrine was chairman of this meeting. Now Amrine wants to hang on to his Job on the plea that the state institutions should be kept free from politics. Beautiful! If the State Board of Corrections does not separate this fellow Amrine from his job without more ado, they will not be. doing the right thing by the pub lic, t Governor Hodges Is determined that the twine trust shall not long remain in control of the twine in dustry in Kansas, and for the pur pose of protecting the farmers of the state against trust prices for twine will have the twine plant at the peni tentiary in operation by July 1. The state will be able to furnish twine for. the. fall trade, and before next year's wheat crop is ready to har vest the penitentiary twine plant will be putting out twice as much twine as was ever manufactured there before, The Board of Corrections has set aside sixty thousand dollars of the revolving fund to buy machinery and rehabilitate the plant. The walls of the penitentiary will be extended to take in five acres of land owned by the state on the east, and the new twine plant will be built in three sections, so separated that the de structlon of one will not materially cripple the efficiency of the plant It now appears that the loss of a half million dollars will be repaired and the penitentiary made better than, ever with a comparatively small outlay of money. This will be accom pllshed by the exercise of good com mon sense and business management The people of the state will scarcely know that they have sustained a loss. The Public Utilities Commission is one of the busiest departments of the state. It justified Its existence iu the gas decision. It has now in tervened In the suit before the In terstate Commerce Commission in volving the rates on wheat and (flour to Arizona and New Mexico, and Its attorney believes that be will be able to Becure new rates which will mean thousands of dollars to the mill era of central Kansas. This Utilities Commission has also set its face against stock watering concerns. Recently a big corpoartion in southeastern Kansas wanted to in vest two million dollars and issue five million dollars worth of stock. The Utilities Commission, refused to con sider the proposition and plainly told the gentlemen who had applied that the amount of "water" was un necessarily large, Chairman Martin is now in Wash ington in conference with the Inter state Commerce Commission on the subject of the physical valuation of the railroads of Kansas, a work which is progressing as fast as can be expected. The work already done by the Ed ucational Commission justifies its friends in believing that it will be a great success. It has already elim inated several duplications of work at a great saving cf expense to the tax payers of the state. It has elimi nated a useless officer at the State Normal and will put the business of that institution on an economic basis; but perhaps the thing it has done up to date which will most commend itself to the public is the establish ment of secondary courses at the Agricultural College which makes it possible for graduates from the ru ral schools to take one.two. or three year courses in industrial branches with no view to. a complete univer sity education. These short courses are to be made absolutely practical and are intended to give special training to Kansas boys and girls who either cannot afford or find the time to take a longer course to a de gree. The object of the Commision is to weld the educational institutions of the state into one great system of co-ordinating schools instead of com peting schools. This means that we will no longer have a lot of schools hostile to each other and making a strenuous fight before each legisla ture to see which can get the big gest appropriation. This is Governor Hodges' idea of a business adminis tration. The latest of the great national papers to endorse Governor Hodges' "one house legislature" idea is Col lier's Weekly, which discussed the question in a leading editorial last week. Collier's says: "The friendliness of the newspaper endorsements of this idea printed in Collier's last week, coupled with the inefficiency, even more than usually discreditable, of many of the state legislatures recently in session, indi cates widespread willingness to try this momentous departure in Ameri can government." It is safe to say that no proposal by the chief executive of any state in the last decade has caused such nation-wide discussion as Governor Hodges' proposal to the Kansas legis lature. It must be borne in mind that Gov ernor Hodges is not now advocating commission form of government, but only a change in our legislative sys tem. It is not proposed as some imag ine to in any wise infringe upon the time honored distinction between ju dicial, administrative and legislative Thsee features are to be preserved The , thing which Is at the basis of the governor's proposal is to secure a legislative body which is teally rep resentative, and representative be cause it will be more efficient, give quicker response to the demands of our economic and social conditions and to the will of the people. A leg islature which does that is alone which does not, no matter how large, is not representative and so is not democratic. The proposal of Govern or Hodges Is in the interest of demo cratic government rather than against It Henry Zimmer and Will Ullery were among those In from the west side Monday visiting with friends and looking after business matters. They report an excellent rain out that way and the crop prospects looking a whole lot brighter now than for some time past CASTORIA for Infants and Children. TIisKhl YcaHaTiAhrajsE:: Bears the Signature of QUARTERLY STATEMENT. Of County Treasurer, Barton Coun ty, Kansas, showing balances on led ger at close of business Monday. April 28, 1913. Tax Roll Account .. .. ..S322S3 13 State Revenue .. ., .. 20331 33 County General ..v 23985 34 County Bridge Fund .. .. 14040 91 Redemption Fund 4115 88 State & Co. School Fund.. 2858 97 Normal Institute Dlst k Jus. Ct Fines 66 38 25 00 72 09 133 00 35 63 10 00 State Treasurer .. .. .. .. School Land Principal' .. .. School Land Interest .. .. Homestead Twp Gen Fond Walnut Twp. Gen. Fund .. Albion Twp. Bond Fund .. 1124 81 3799 00 91 Eureka Twp. Bond Fund .. Gt Bend Twp. Bond Fund K. C. 6 W. 1082 71 Gt Bend Twp. Bond Fund C. K. t W. Grant Twp Bond Fund .. .. Independent Twp Bd. Fd... Liberty Twp. Bond Fund.. School Dists., Gen. Fund. 893 02 1920 02 992 60 502-8 4 $ 92 80 8 4(1 -83 17 200 42 19 lOtf 47 20 134 00 25 55 00 26 82 49 33 487 09 34 429 52 46 52 55 57 82 83 93 100 103 Jtl Jt2 Jt3 ..S270 00 .. 180 71 .. 218 13 .. 176 00 .. 30 00 .. 34' 82 .'. 599 61 .. 67 90 .. 71 06 .. 313 36 .. 182 92 .. 25 17 .37 271 74 40 515 36 42 260 53 45 324 30 School Dists., Bond Fund. 2 1427' 9 11 800 88 62 69 71 80 Jt2 Jt3 96 64 273 44 297 59 453 53 67 77 212 09 38 287 97 44 260 00 48 34 13 49 431' 80 Total .. . ..$118407 77 Due from Accounts- First Nat Bank, Gt Bend. $38229 99 Cit. Nat. Bank, Gt. Bend.. 40245 70 Ger. Amer. Bank, Gt. Bend 39166 83 National Park, New York .. 406 40 Cash and cash items 258 85 Fairvlew Township ...... 100 00 Total $118407 77 State of Kansas, Barton County, SS. I, J. Wr. Soderstrom, Treasurer of Barton County, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is correct to the best of my knowledge and be lief, so help me God. J. W. SODERSTROM, County Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of April, 1913. SEAL C. F. YOUNKLV, County Clerk. "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and cheet. I ap- plied Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. The pain ceased, and the child sank into a restful sleep." Mrs. Nancy Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y. M. (? PEE19 UNDERWOOD It s tie world's champion for Speed and Accuracy Holds every world's record since tests berfan "The Machine You Will Eventually Buy" . UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO. 121 N. Market St. Children Cry The Kind You Have Always Boa-ht, and vhlcb has been la use for over SO years, has born the slturVot ' and ? becn made under his per (ZjxA&ffitrfc, al supervision since its Infancy. 'ucAtK, Allow no one to deeeire you In thU. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-jood " are but Experiments that trine with and endanger the health of Infant and CMMren-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor otber Uarcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been In constant use for the relief cf Constipation. Flatulency, IVind Colic, all Teething Troubles- and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleeS The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend, - GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature cf The Kind You lave Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years THI CINTAUK COMPANY, M W VOMK CITY, Charlie Kattenhorn, of ElHnwood, who was in town Monday, is going again td Argentine in the interest of the International Harvester Co. Thus is a long, and in many ways, interest ing trip, taking over two weeks by steamship from New York City be fore landing. After a season there, beginning work about the first of October, the men are usually return ed to the United Statea via. Liver pool, and are given a chance to see something of European countries. The work there is not exactly strenu ous but It Involves considerable hard ships and the transaction of business through the services of an interpre ter with people who do not under- stand a word of our language. The work in the country necessitates the adaptation of American, appetite to some strange dishes and to customs never encountered at home. Charfes Kattenhorn, representing the International Harvester Co., came up from Ellinwood Monday morning to look after business matters here and at points on the Scott City branch. THE Wh, len connection it means th INCORPORATED Branches In All Principal Cities for Flotcher'G NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER. The Clay Center Times sayg that a small boy up there came home form school one day with evidences of grief all over his face. His father asked him what was the trouble. "I Just had lots of trouble this af ternoon," answered he little fellow, "and It's all your fault too." "All my fault; bow la the name of wonder do I get Into it?" replied the father. "It's all your fault, anyhow," choked the boy, "and the teacher stood me up in the corner before the whole school ever since recess." "Well, son, I see there is trouble, so tell your old father all about it; that's the boy." "You see, dad, teacher asked us yesterday how much a million dol lars was and said we must tell her today. I asked you an' you said it was a hell of a lot, and daddy, that wasn't the right answer tall." Mrs. Frank Wurm was taken to her home in Ellinwood Sunday after be ing confined in the hospital here fox a couple of weeks. TITO i . you hear of if in witk a typewriter Wichita, ICanoac