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THE FARMER LIVES
A Glance Backward 12 Yean Show
Material Progress,
AGRICULTURAL BUREAU RECORD
eerttary Jamea Wilton Reoalle Many
Improvement That Hava oc
curred During Hla Term
of Office.
Waahlngton, Aug. 1. Dnrlng IU
bat i years, th period covorlngtba
administration of Secretary of AgrtenV
tm Jama Wilton, the agricultural
balance of trada In tka United SUttt
taartated from a yearly averaga of
M4,0U0,00O to ll,vou,vu, or 10.1 pw
oect, aecordlng to th department'!
roar book Just made publlo.
This wonderful deralopment It Is
keeping with tht progress that hu
been made along all line of agricultor
al aotlvity. At the aame time, It li
tatad, many condltlona affeotlng the
live of the farmara of the country
have advanced In even greater ratio
ontll many of tie undesirable featurea
of farm life have been eliminated.
So Increasingly disposed baa the
public been to ask and receive tbe aid
of tba department, and to large bare
seen tbe new fields of work assigned
to It by congrett," aayt Mr. Wilson, In
resume of hla work, "that the num
ber of employes baa Increased enor
jnously. On July 1, 189T, 2,444 persons
war employed, and 11 years later, In
1M8, the number waa 10,420, or over
four tlmea at many,"
Among tbe notablt Increases were In
the bureau of animal Industry, from
777 to 3,152 employee; In the foreat
- service from 14 to 3,753, In tbe bureau
of. chemistry from 20 to 425, and tbe
bureau of plant Industry from 127 to
976. Most of the additional worker!
la these bureaus are employed outside
at Washington, there being 2,488 with
in and 7,932 outside of thlt city. '
Although there hu been a decreas
ing production per acre of what wat
only recently virgin toil, there waa an
Increased production per acre of the
'entire country. The yield per acre of
cotton during the ten years ending
with 1908 waa from mean of 172
pounds per acre during (he preceding'
tan years to a mean of 191 pounds or
a 11 per cent Increase. Other crop
have kept pace with cotton. Within
ten years the production of corn per
acre in Ohio Increased 17.5 per cent,
and In Virginia 18.3 per cent. Oats
Increased 17.9 per cent la Indiana.
Wheat Increased 18.2 per cent In New
Tork and 45.9 per cent In Nebraska,
Similar advancement wat made In the
yield per acre of other products. In
tome degree thlt upward movement be
gan 20 years ago, but In all llnet It
bat been marked during the last de
cade. "The farmer," tayt the secretary, "In
Manila of Information, Intelligence and
Industry, has thrived mightily. The
progress that haa been made It In the
direction leading to popular and na
tional welfare, to the sustenance of
any future population, at well at to a
large efficiency of the farmer In mat-
tera of wealth production and aavlng,
and in establishing himself and bit
family In more pleasant wayt of liv
ing." HENEY MAY GET A NOMINATION
With the Count Nearly Finished the
Prosecutor of Craft Wat 150 In
, the Lead. .
. San Francisco, Aug. 19. With but
tour precincts to be heard from the
Domination of Franelt J. Heney, spe
cial prosecution In tbe graft cases in
thlt city, as Democratic candidate for
district attorney la virtually conceded.
It la estimated that Heney will defeat
bla only rival, Charles Flckert, Re
publican and Union Labor candidate,
by 150 votes whan the official count la
In. First figures indicated that Flck
ert had obtained the nomtnatlont
of all three parties at the direct pri
maries. Although hit name appeared
only on the Republican ballot. No
candidate wat named by the Demo
crats and Union Laborltet and the
aamea of Heney and Flckert were writ
ten la by tbe voters.
Adding to the Homestead Area.
Washington, Aug. 19. Land aggre
gating 11,400 acrea, located in Montana
waa designated by the secretary of the
Interior at coming within the enlarged
homestead act. This makes a total of
;.4I7,00 acres to designated la
Montana.
TI10 Central teas Dusinoss Colloio
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l.lttM) inarm animniir, . .
t: I crtimatd teactiBM of Dliorlhundi tint
Fan Art lMrtinent In the Went; Individual In-
No Ag.nia. Union FaHflo contracts to
graduates of Ti-lwtraphv. Kipanses dud
to minimum. Wrrt for nii..trald Oataio.
8KB OUR ONB MONTH TRIAL. OFFKH. j
T. W. ROACH, OSN. OPT. -201
. Santa Fa Ava. aallnt, Kane.
dolley's Warning to banks
They Should Not Subscribe to Fund to
Test Guaranty taw Unless They .
With It Defeated.
Topeka, Aug. 21. Bank Commls
sloner Dolley bat tent out circular
lettert to tUte banker warning them
not to aubecrlbe to the Bailey Burrow
fund to tett Ihe cbnttltutlonallty of
the guaranty law. In thlt letter Com
mlssloner . Dolley directly accustet
Bailey Burrow and otbera of trying to
break down the law. He tayt the time
hat oome for state bankt to take aides
In thlt fight. The ymutt either eupport
hit department in lta efforts to main,
lain rha law or line ud with those who
Lara trying to tear It down. He con
cludes hit letter with tne following
tentenoe: .
"Every dollar contributed to tne Bur
row Bailey organisation will be ueed
breaking down and de
stroying the guaranty law and Insur
ance of bank deposits."
HEAVY VERDICT AGAINST BELL
Western Union Telegraph Company
Will Get 2,5-79,914 ana zu.uer
Shares of Stock.
Knitin tm. 21. The final report of
Evertt W. Burdett, special master In
iho Atlni nf the Western Union Tele
graph company, against the Vnerican
Telephone ft Telegraph company,
brought November 16, 1883, for an ac
counting, will be Bled in the United
state, circuit court of appeala to-day.
The report tayt that the Western
TTnlnn should receive from the tele
phone company 12,579,914.64 and 20,087
shares of stock, the cash representing
the interest and dividends on that
nnmhnr nf shares. The suit grew out
of a contract made In 1879, whereby
the Western Union Telegraph com
nnnv srive iin its telephone business
and turned all telephone property over
to the Bell Telephone company.
Ballinger Withdraws Power Sites.
Washington, Aug. 21. Pursuant to
the direction of Secretary Ballinger,
Acting Secretary of the Interior Pierce
withdrew for temporary power tltet
2,959 acrea of land along the White
river, in the etate of Utah. Thete
withdrawal! will be reported to con
gress in order that proper legislation
may be enacted to preserve power
sites to the government and prevent
monopolies.
Dr. Crumblne't Campaign to Open. :
Atchison. Kan.. Aug. 21. Dr. Crom-
blne't campaign against tuberculosis In
this, county will be commenced here
September 1, and will last four dayt.
Exhibits will be made at tbe city ball.
Dr. S. C. Emler of the ttate unlvereity
Will deliver a aerlea of lecturea about
the disease. Women and school chil
dren will be urged to attend the ex
hibit and lectures. .
Robbed Russian Train,
Kislovodsk, Russia, Aug, 21. A
band of 15 revolutionists hava robbed
a train near bar of 815,000. ' They
boarded a mall train bound for Rostov-
on-tbe-Don aa passengers. At a given
signal they assembled, bald op tb
train and robbed tba railroad cashier.
" Will Meat the German Boata.
Marblehtad, Meae, Aug, 21. The
Wolf, owned by Baleb Loring of Boa
ton; tb Joyette of Brooklyn and
Cbarle P. Curtlr Ellen, a Boston boat,
will represent America la the Bonder
Klasss races with tb German boata
bar Augast , and following day.
The Lid Beet on at Wlohlta.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 11. After allow
ing tbe town to be wide open for four
dayt the commissioners patted an ordi
nance to take effect Monday which will
again dote the Joint. There baa been
strong talk of recalling the commit,
e'.onert If they did not act promptly.
BRIEF ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH
The total number of Idle men be
aauae of labor troubles In 1908 In the
bituminous coal regions waa 145,145
and the average time lost by each waa
31 day.
In the II states from which report
iter received by the statistical de
partment of tb geological survey 2,450
mac war killed and 1,772 Injured In
the coal mlnee In 190L
Tka coal produotlon In the United
States tor 1908 waa (4.000.000 ton let
than In 1907. Tba principal cans of
tb decline waa tba business depres
ses which commenced la 1907 and
otatlnned Into IKS.
A westbound Miatoarl PaclSo pat
taagar train Minted with aa eagtaa la
tba railroad yards at Wlahlta. Kaa,
damaging both engines, wrecking a
baggage ear aid Injuring three train
man and 20. nut aim m.
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llilDflElJE
Led the field Over New Speedway
, in 1 132:48 5-10.
WITNESSED BY 18,000 PEOPLE
The Ten-Mil Record Waa Again Re
duced When Zengel Covered
the Pittance In a Chad-. .
wick In 123 2-10.
Indianapolis, Aug. 21. Strang and
Zengel shared tb honors of tba tecond
day of tba automobile racing meet on
the new Indianapolis speedway. Tba
former won tb fattest 100-mile race
ver held In thla country. Tht latter
established a new ten-mile record. Not
. inria annldent of a serlout nature
marred tb day'a racing and thlt waa
welcome relief after the tragedies
of the previous day. The only accl
j.nt nnnrtail vat a bruised arm aut-
tained by Barney uianeia in me n-
mlle fre for all race, in wmcn zengei
mart hla naw record.
A crowd of about 18,000 apectator
tho two blar standi ana sun-
dreda of automobllet filled every Inch
, tfca narkinr anacet. The feature
of the day waa the easy victory of
Strang, who drove a buick in tne iuu
miia m the star event of the day.
Strang led all the way from the start
and won bv about ten mile in ma
exceptional time of 1:32:48 5-10. At
ant it waa thoucht that this Wat a
new 100-mile record for this country,
but tbe officials announced that tney
h.j au.mA to allow tbe mark ot
1:82:18 9-10, made by Chevrolet in the
first 100-milet of tne zov-miie race
yesterday ttand, despite the fact that
m not finish the race.
Strang, however, beat Chervelot' rec
ord for nearly all- the distances db
tun !a and ifio miles. Strang' time
wat more than 11 minutet better than
the 100-mile track record made by
Burman at Columbus, O., on Jury 9, oi
tan year. Burman' record waa made
on a 1-mile track. . .
Strang never itopped once during
tha mo miles hit car working like a
carefully adjusted piece of delicate
mechanism. Hit pace was uniform
throughout and the speedy car con
n,,H tn raal nff lan after fend mile
after mile with remarkable uniformity.
He Increased hit lead all the way ana
never once wat be forced to take a
rival's dust
Before Strang started on hit wonder
ful race the honor had gone to Zen
l whn aitahllshed a new ten-mile
record in hla Cradwick. This wat the
second time in the meet that tm rec
ord had been broken. Chevrolet re
duced Oldfleld' old mark of 9:12 3-5
when he won a ten-mile ' race m
e-Kfi 4-10. and Zeniel slashed this to
1:23 3-10 in .the ten-mile free for all.
HEAT WILL BOOST EGC PRICES
Three-Fourths of Those Received from
Country Merenania uamgn
Will Cause Shortage.
itrhlinn. Kan.. Aur. 21. The In
terne heat of the last few weeks bat
been disastrous to the egg business in
Kansas. At the National Egg and
Poultry company' plant here threo
fourthi ot the eggi In many ahlp-mentt-received
from country merch
ants were spoiled by the heat It is
a very common occurrence to And live
chickens In tba egg catet when they
are opened. . ' - C
The manarer of tbe Atchison plants
predict that- thlt heavy -lost, which
mutt naturally prevail in a great part
of the Miisouri valley, will result In
high priced eggs next winter because
It reduoet the number of eggs stored
for winter nse. ... '
For Uniform Tranafer Law.
Detroit Aug. 21. After three rears
work tbe commissioner! on uniform
laws throughout the United States,
who are now meeting in this city, com
pleted the draft of a proposed law to
regulate tbe transfer of. certificate of
corporation atocka, Th proposed law
will be presented to tb various state
legislature!. It It based upon a modi
fication of atatutea and decisions pre
vailing In all tho statet. The principal
advance made over th existing legis
lation la a provision that no attach
ment or levy shall be valid upon
aharea ofstock for which a certificate
la outstanding until auch certificate
(hall actually be seised by the officer
making the attachment or levy.
To Get Art Worfca In Free.
Washington, Aug. 21. Regulation!
governing the Importation fre of duty
of works ot art, aa provided for in th
Payne law, were lasued by Acting
Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds.
Two affldavlta will have to be filed
with each shipment, ona signed by the
ultimate consignee as evidence of bit
good fglth. and bla .belief ihat the
article Imported It genuine, the other
by the tonilgn shipper certified to by
the United State consul at tht place at
shipment.
ACTING SECRETARY APPROVES
FINDING OF COURT OF INQUIRY,
Counsel for Buttons Intimate That the
Matter Will Probably be Taken
Befor Cengreaa, ;
Washington, Aug. 19. With th pub
lication ot Acting Secretary of the
Navy Wlnthrop'i approval of tb find
ings ot tb court of Inquiry that Lieut
Jame N. Sutton, Jr., of th United
at ton marina corns, waa "directly and
solely responsible for bit own death
at Annum! i. nearly two years ago:
the famous Sutton cat became a
cloted Incident at far at tbe navy de
partment 1 concerned.
Counsel for th Sutton Intimated,
however, after tb court' decision bad
become, definitely known, that' they
were far from tatiified with tb ver
dict, and that they probably would
take the laiuea Involved to congress
with a view of having a full bearing of
th caae by A committee of that body.
Mrs, Sutton declined to -discuss th
rasult'of the lnoulry which ahe nought
In an effort to clear ber boy' name
from the stigma ot suicme. acting
Secretary Wlnthrop said that be bad
dissolved tbe court of inquiry and bad
given direction that copies of tbe
finding! of the court and itt conclu
sions together with la observations
thereon be tent to Henry E. Davis, the
attorney 1w Mrs. Sutton and to Arthur
A. Birney, Lieut. Aaaml' attorney.
A CHICAGO BRIDGE COLLAPSED
Thirty Peraona Were on Twelfth Street
Viaduct When It Fen Ten
Seriously Hurt,
" Chicago, Aug. 19. Ten persons were
Injured seriously and 20 others had
nerrow eicapes when 250 feet of the
Twelfth treet bridge over the river
and viaduct collassed. It waa thought
at first that eeveral had been killed
but workmen digging In the rulna until
late had not found any bodiea.
The -bridge waa closed on lis west
approach for construction work on the
railroad viaduct underneath. The ac
cident occurred Just after a ttreet car
had run part way across the bridge and
80 passengers had alighted to walk
over the dangerous portion to gei an
nthar ar. The nasseneert were hurry
ing In a huddled group when there wa
a loud rumbling and a crash ana tne
footway tank beneath them carrying
many to the pita below.
Many etcaped by clinging to tide
timber. These, with the car crew,
began tb work of rescue and most of
the Injured were taken out before the
police ambulance came. . Several were
found with leg and arm brogen ana
Internal Injuries Traffic on three rail
roads wa delayed for an hour by the
accident. " . ;
WILL CHASTISE THE SPANISH
Sultan of Morocco Bredited WHh fM-
. termination to Finish Job Com
, Menced by Tribesmen.
Tangier, Aug. 19. A courier ' who
left Fea August 13 hai arrived here
and confirm! the reported capture of
n vt ,h. &Ka11tmio anhtpnt nf the
suited of Morocco, and aaya he prona-
bly will be brought Into Fes. Kognrs
chamberlain and many ot hi follower
captured In the recent encounter with
tba government force, were de
capitated, while other were tortued.
T.arrA nnmbera of Roahlan prisoner!
are being taken to Fea. The head of
a negro general wa carried Into the
city Impaled on an officer's sword and
It la rumored that tb head of a Euro
pean waa among those exposed on
pike. - :r--"-:'"',; - '
According to tb courier,' tb aultaa
hu warned the -Rlfflan delegates that
he himself would complete the chas
tisement tb Rlfflana had commenced
ot the Spanish,
Suspected Of Robbing Bank.
Tulsa, Ok., Aug. 19. A man, giving
ki nam aa W. -D. Dickson, waa -ar
rested by Sheriff Stem, ot Creek coun
ty, on suspicion of hla being connected
with tha hold-nn laat Monday night ot
th Klefer bank. Dickson It aald to
anawer tb description of one of tne
ima in tfc hnltl-niL - Wheat he wat
arretted, a gun and-loaded dice were
found on him. He refutes to talk, .
Charge Train Crew With Manslaughter
Colorado Springe, Col, Aug. 19.
Direct lnformatloni have been filed la
th district court charting member of
th train crew ot ill-fated Rio Grande
No. 8, which waa wrecked In a col
lision at Busted, Saturday, with man
aiiurhter. A member of the sheriff's
office left for Denver to place the men
under arrest. .
BRIEF ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH
The boycott against Greek shipping
haa ceased at Ceaatantinaple owing to
the Intervention of the governmeat and
the titrable aeenu to be diminishing la
th provinces.
Ona woman died ot freight, a panic
eem-red tn a (tract car, which wat
struck by lightning, aad a none roof
was ripped of while th inhabitant
lay la bed. daring a violent electrical
atenn at Pittsburg. Pa.
ssping,
Catalog Free
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Political Unrest Becomes Decidedly
; Pronouncedi
MOVING ARMY IN POSITION
Cltixen of Monterey Have Purchased
All the Firearm In th City
. : Seeking Recruits In '
- . ; "' Texa. ;;:( ., .
Mexico City, Aug. 21. General Bor
nado Reyes, governor of the state of
Nuevo Leon, and opposition candidate
for tb vice presidency of the republic,
1 surrounded by a detachment of gov
ernment troops in the mountains near
Galeana, Nuevo Leon. No overt act
haa yet been committed and It la re
ported that Benor Reyes It merely be
ing held - under surveillance by the
federal authorities.
A number of members of the Royal
ist party have been arrested at .Ter-
reon, atate ot Coahulla, and Xochl
milco, ten milet southeast of Mexico
City, for holding meetings. The
charges against them are disorderly
conduct. ,
A special dispatch from Monterey
says: . -
"Not a weapon of any kind could be
bought here today. Half of the men
of the town are carrying concealed
weapona. Lodges of clandestine Ma
sons, who recognise general Reyes at
chief, are preparing a demonstration
at Alameda. Trouble it feared."
Special dispatches from- various
parts ot Northern Mexico to different
publications here all agree that tbe
situation throughout that region ti ona
of much political unrest. Gen. Trevlno,
the newly appointed commander of the
third military lone, is acting with vig
or and decision and during the past
two dayt troope have been moved
auietly'and awlftly to place's . where
they will be most needed In case .of
serloua disturbances. .
The government hat the situation
well In hand.
The trouble centers about the per
sonallty of Gen. Bernardo Reyes, govt
ernor ot the state of Nuevo Leon and
former minister of war.
One of the most dangerous dementi
of the situation It said to be the al
leged called meeting of all the clandes
tine lodges of Masons throughout the
Monterey section. It Is claimed that
these self-styled Masons have pledged
themselves to support Reyes.. .
. General Diaz, president of the re
public, la a thirty-third degree Maaon
of the recognised branch of Masonry
of Mexico. . -
Beaumont, Tex, Aug. 21. It waa as
certained from Charlea Valenxuela, a
n tn Aa Mexican of this city, that
two agent of Gen. Bernardo Reyes
have been In thla city seeking recruits
fnr the overthrow of President Dial of
Mexico. These agents, he, said, wanted
him to sign a paper pledging hit ser
vices in the field on behalf of Reyes
in the event that t,he movement now
impending assumes a, more definite
aspect. Valenxuela declared he Invited
the men out ot bit es..-ahment.
.LESS THAN HALF CORN CROP
Twenty Counties In Kansas Report
Prospects 45 per Cent ot an
Average Crop. -
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 21rln- .order
to ascertain the amount of damage
the hot weather and- the continued
drouth has done to the corn, the rain
dealer In this city have lent Inquiries
tn all tha counties in Southern Kansas.
Returns from 20 eouatlea have been
received and they ahow 46 per cent oi
an vraa eroD. ' ' . -- -' -
Among tbe counties heard -from are
Butler, Cowley, Summer .seagwicg,
Harvey, Kingman, Harper, Reno, Rice,
niawnrth. Barber. Pratt Stafford,
Barton, Pawnee, Chase, Edwards and
Kiowa. . Taese counties al raiee a
lav amnnnt of corn.
Th report show that the damage
to corn haa occurred since July 16, at
which time a big crop waa predicted.
Experiments In Drydocklng.
Washington, Aug. 11. Some inter
n.HtnAnti in drvdoeklha war
vessels tor cleaning and painting, will
be mad by Rear Admiral uriei oa
bree's armored orulaer qnadron of tbe
Pacific fleet on lta approaching visit to
th Philippine. An effort will be
mad to dock tbe eight thips at Manila
In aeven day, the laat two, If poaslbie.
In 24 boura. . , '
Nebraska Law Declared Invalid.
Lincoln, Neb, Aug. 1. Judge W. B.
fv initMm conrt of Nebraska
handed down bla opinio declaring the
a en-port! n Judiciary act passea oy
th last legislature Invalid.
Earthquake In Washington.
Dayton, Wash, Ang. 19. An earth
.v. kaiiaraa to have been caused by
volcanic disturbance la tb Blue moun
tains occurred ber. One building, a
machine shop collapsed.
OFFERS THROUGH COURSES IN ,
SMisiid. P-nsMji end Civil km
Address H. A. ANDRESON, Pres., Abilene, Kas.
(It no. . lit 'i i
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loitiier(" Is to .?it for yott
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Thee oorpuacloa arc made)
healthy and tronsj by trio use of
Hood's Saraaparili.
This medicine is a combination of
more than 20 different remedial agent
in proportion! and by a process known .,
only to ourselvot and it baa for thirty
year been constantly proving Ue worth.
.. No substitute, none "inst-aa-good."
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We can fix yonr''
clock or watoh or
jowelry right.
v Sea onr' new .
display ol Jew
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and Spectacles. :
PRiore RIGHT
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A STONE THAT FITS TOUR PURSE
1 better than none at all. ' The apirlt
In which a monument, i erected
count more than th coat. .
A MONUMENT OF MODERATE
.... COST. ' ..
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lor for tha departed aa a more ex
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th amaller sum. Wa have varloua de
sign In low-priced memorial w
Bhall be glad to submit to you.
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AT HARDING SON, Proprietor.
Abilene, Kansa.
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