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GUA&AHTEED LAEGEST CIRCULATION IN DICKINSON COUNTY TWELVE PAGES
ABILENE, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY 13, 1910
VOL XXVII
NO. 13
Creamery Men Hold
U AM6dting:ih'Abilehe
SALUTING THE GREATEST.
The creamery men of the count;
were in town In numbers Tuesday to
. attend the examination under the
v, new law that provides that every
. person who tests cream shall have
-. certificate of qualification from
the state.-
. State Dairy Commissioner D. M
Wilson and his deputy, M. R. Alle
man, were here and the sessions were
- la the commercial club rooms. About
. sixty were present. They included
milk haulers and station managers of
the county," They were taken to the
Belle Springs creamery where they
were given a practical .laboratory
test and then took a written exami
nation. Mr. Wilson and C. A. Case
' made talks this afternoon.
, "We are making an educational
. ' campaign," said Mr. Wilson, ','Ad are
; trying to Instruct as well as examine.
".. This) is the seventh county and none
' has had so many in attendance, as
here. We go west to Ellsworth and
' Russell and shall visit every county
'in the state.
. The law tinder which the examl
'natlon Is held is:
'"''It Shall be unlawful, after Jan
nary 1, 1910, for 'any person to
.'sample or test cream, milk or other
dairy products without first having
a permit granted by the state of Kan
sas, signed by the dairy commission
er, bearing the seal of his office, and
such pormlt .shall be conspicuously
displayed In his place of business.
This permit shall be granted to those
who have a certificate from recog
nized college or dairy school where
the art of testing dairy products is
taught, or to those who have passed
a satisfactory examination under the
direction of the state dairy commis
sioner. .This permit shall be granted
for the period of three years from
the date of issue, subject to cancel
lation by the state dairy commission
er at any time that he shall rind
that the person holding such permit
is guilty of violating any of the pro
visions of this act or the regulations
based thereon. The provisions of
this section shall not include farm
ere or others who are testing tbe
milk or cream of their own cows for
the purpose of keeping a record of
the same, or those who test milk or
cream for any other purpose than
to determine Its value when bought
or sold, or shall not conflict with the
Inspectors of the food and drug law
or provisions thereof In taking sam
ules of dairy products."
What an Interurban
Line Would Do Here
' : In view of the effort' being made trolley car is the ideal short recrea
te build an Interurban line between, tlon. The interurban' is especially
Abilene and Newton and an extension popular with the young people, and
orth to Clay Center and Washington
;.,nwi"lMit- trees ottahaMate eMe
where will be of interest. The Mo
Klhley Interurban system, of Illi
nois, has been one of the most re
markable and ' wonderful develop
ments In transportation facilities,
and has made necessary a revision
f the railway map of the state. In
U01, tbe present Mckinley system
really started by the purchase of
two spur lines, one from Danville,
Illinois, to Westvllle, and one to Cat
it a! BAMM Mil.. I... ...k
IIB, VI HUl vutcu uaitv 1VU vmu
Shortly thereafter, Mr. McKlnley,
nude arrangements with a group of
capitalists In Canada to furnish the
money, since which time, and in the
short space of nine years, the Mc
Klnley system has grown from 14
miles to 600 miles, with the best
equipment of any road in the country.
At present the system Is building a
bridge across the Mississippi river,
with a terminal station in the very
heart of St. Louis, at an expense of
16,200,000.00. The McKlnley sys
tem connects the ' towns of Jollet,
Princeton, Peoria, Bloomlngton, Dan
ville, Decatur, Springfield and East
St. Louis, and most of the way par
allels the steam roads.
, The McKlnley system proper is
composed of two holding companies,
the Illinois Traction company, which
operates the interurban railways, and
the Western Railway and Light com-
pany, which operates the street rail
way and electric light plants in cer
tain cities. Tbe company has Its
own car shops and has an Inter
change agreement with the Chicago
Y East Illinois, Rock Island and
Frisco systems, also contracts with
the Express companies, and mail con
tracts, the same as steam roads. The
equipment of the road Is the best and
includes sleeping ears, buffet cars,
express cars and interurban locomo
tives to haul freight business. The
track Is ballasted, standard gsuged
and the road bed the very best
The company has seven cars that
re kept for the purpose of leasing
to trolley parties, which are very pop
ular. Each ear has a porter, who
looks after the baggage and rans
errands, and the ears are chartered
for as long or short trip as tbe party
desires and makes stops to suit tbe
parties' pleasure. If you want to
get relax aid get out Into the country
and see the people aid things, the
with those who do not keep a horse
and bagr ,pr owa-wn- airtrnnoblle,
Everybody Tides' where they have In
terurban' lines. Along the lines hive
grown up many beautiful parks,
which are the resort' of the people
living on the line. The system has
been especially beneficial to college
towns, and a great convenience to
the students, drain elevators are
being erected at the cross roads to
pick up grain at the farms and haul
If to market Platforms are built
along the side of the track near the
farm houses for milk cans and the
milk business has grown to be no in
considerable part of the toad's busi
ness. The farmer buys tickets and
these are tied to the can and they
are left on the platforms and when a
car comes along the cans, are taken
te market On return the empties
are tagged and thrown off at the
cross roads. Farmers are finding It
worth their while to pay more atten
tion to this profitable business.
Farm values have looreased from
25 to 100 per cent and more and liv
ing on an interurban line affords the
farmer practically all the advantages
of the city wltout its disadvantages.
The passenger alights In front of the
store where he desires to do business
while the farmer boards the cars at
the highway and gets off in front of
his home. The cars ars lighted and
heated and are free from smoke,
dust and cinders, and the ride Is as
delightful as In an automobile, with
out the uncertainties.
The current or "Juice" that drives
the cars en the McKlnley system is
made at Rlverton, seven miles east
of Springfield which plant produces
4000 kilowatts or' 6000 horse power.
and the Peoria plant, with capac
ity of 6600 klllowstts, but the larg
est plant will be at Venice near East
8t Louis, and have a capacity of
14,000 kilowatts of electricity with
twelve 600 horse power boilers in
stalled.
The rapid building of the electric
lines la the state of Illinois Is a
mighty tribute to the genius of their
promoter and orgsnlber, Mr. William
B. McKlnley of Champaign, Ilinois,
who Is 66 years of age, and a member
of congress from' tbe llth district,
and a self made man, and Is reputed
to be worth ever 115.000,000.
Central Kansas can and ought to
build its own tnternrbaa railway.
Uncle tain A Pew More Like Thesis and Pease Will Is Eternal"
WHAT, EGGS FREE OF CHARGE?
State Agricultural College Offers to
Give Away Settings of Eggs.
Manhattan, Jan. yl -The poultry
department of the Kansas State Agri
cultural college Is desirous of sending
out over the state, eggs from pure
bred poultry, free of charge. This is
one of tbe best ways that any person
who wishes to add some pure bred
stock to his present flock can obtain
what he desires without any cash out
lay. ,
Many people on the farm have al
ways objected to paying one dollar or
more for egga to set or stock with
which to improve their flocks, but by
this method they can do both easily.
If any one Is desirous ot taking ad
vantage of the opportunity thus of
fered, an inquiry sent to A. G. Philips
Kansas State Agricultural college,
Manhattan, Kan., will bring a. reply,
fully describing this plan.
Eggs can be obtained In large quan
tities from single comb White Leg-
home, and In smaller quantities from
White Plymouth Rocks, White Wyan
dottes, Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds
and Cornish Indian Games.
1010, commencing at S o'clock. Glv
en by members of Talmage band.
Proceeds going to the benefit of
band. Admission 10 and 16c.
J.rH.
Some Fine Hogs. ;
Kobman, 4H miles south
west ot Abilene, marked 61 hogs to
day which averaged 800 pounds. They
were purchased by J. H. Norman for
f 8.25, the lot amounting to 81262.30.
The animals we're of the Duroe Jersey
breed and were only ten months old.
They were a fine lot and a credit to
the ability of Mr. Kohman to make
hog raising profitable. "
SPECIAL MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS ON
coiecELf
President Taft Recom
mends Amendments
to Present Inter
state Statute
FAVORS A SPECIAL COURT
Would Clothe, Judges , with
Power to Act In Certain
Specified Cases
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS
Suggests Wisdom of Fsderal Incorpo
ration of Industrial Companies
Objsot of Law Is to Suppress
Abusee and Net te Destroy Logitj.
mate Competition Deolaree Op
portunity for Legitimate Capital to
Carry en Largs Business Within
Lines of Law Must Se divan If
Supremacy Would Be Malntalnsd,
Talmage Band Benefit
There will be an entertainment
given at the Talmage ball Jan. 22,
Lee Maxey Is Injured.
Sunday morning about 0:80 o'clock
as Lee Maxey was passing along We'
Iron avenue on the nprth side, at the
alley between the Nesmlth block and
the Western Union telegraph office,
be slipped and fell, breaking the
bone of high right leg at tbe hip and
wrenched loose the ligaments of his
left arm at the wrist and above. He
was assisted to his rooms in the east
side of the Nesmlth block, where he
was attended by a physician. He
was found to be quite seriously hurt
but no bad results are expected to
follow further than confinement to
his room until hie wounds are healed
Sallna Union. Mr. Maxey formerly
resided In Abilene.
Pyke School, Prat. Ho. ft.
Report for month ending Jam. 1:
Total number enrolled 18 Averaga
dally attendance IS. Those s either
absent nor tardy were Willie, Begtma
aad Winn if red Mats. Walter and Os
car Lasts, aad Mabel Bomberger.
WHors welcome. Josephine Camp
!, tebef.
. Mrs, Fred MacDonald Dead.
Mrs. Fred MacDonald died at
Chapman this morning at T o'clock
after a abort llmees. . She was a
sister of Mrs. O. A. Kubarh and Mrs.
B. Velaire aad Frank Graham of
this city, all of whom were freeent
Ber mother, Mrs. KecDoaala, afto
was there), '
Summit of Independence
The man with an Account with this Bank has reached
the summit of independence and can laugh misfortune
in the face.
Of course it requires some time and a leaving-off of many
luxuries, to acquire such a position, but "Rome was not
built in a day" and the man who will start an Account
and add a little each week will soon have the pleasure of
admit ing a substantial possession. Begin TODAY nd
next week you can add a little to it.
ADILBIE NATIONAL DANK
Abilene, Kansas
Real Eeteto Mortgages, Bonds If yoa desire a safe Investment la Real
Estate Mortgagee or Bonds yon are lavlted to call aad eblaln fill Information.
Washlnston. Jan. T.Tha follovln a
President Taft'a muuii te congress en
in suniecl el needed , lelaltL r&4
smrdimj toe Interstate commerce taw and
ine control or the trusts;
To the Senate and Houm ot Represent
atives: I withheld from my annual mea
ease a dlecusslon of needed Inhalation
under the authority which congress has
to regulate commerce between the statei
ana with foreign eountrlea, and said that
I would brine thii subject-matter to rour
attention later in the aesslon. Aocordleg-
I bear to submit to you certain reoom-
mendatlona aa to the amendments to the
Interstate commerce law and certain eon-
luerauons arising out of the operation!
of the anti-trust law sus seating the wis
dom of federal Incorporation of Indus
trial companies.
Interstate Commerce Law.
In the annual report of tha Intent at
commerce commission for tha year IMS,
attention la called to tha fact that be
tween July L 1M, and tha cloaa of that
year, II suits had been begun to aet aside
orders of the commission (beildee one
commenced before that date), and that
few orders of much Consequence ha
been permitted to to without protest!
that the Questions presented by these va
rlous sulta were fundamental, as the ooa
stltuUonallty of tha act Itself was la ta
me, and the rl(ht of congress to dele
sate to any tribunal authority to estab
lien an Interstate rate was denied; but
that perhapa the moat aarloue practical
question railed concerned the extent ef
the right of tha oourta to review the or
der! of tha communion; and It waa point
ed out that if the contention ot tha oar.
rlers In this latter respect alone ware sus
tained,, but little progress had bees
made In the Hepburn act toward the ef
fective regulation ot Interstate transpor
tation chargea. In U of tha oaau re
ferred to, It waa elated, preliminary In
junction! were prayed for, being granted
In alx and refused In six. , .... ,
"It has from the first bean well under-'
tftml " V. V , ...1. . .
success of the present act aa a regulat
ing measure depended largely upon the '
unit? win, wnion temporary injunc
tions could be obtained, If a railroad
company, by mere allegation In Its bill
of oomplalnt, supported by exparts am
davita, can overturn she result ot daysi
of patient Investigation, no very satisfac
tory result can be expeoted. The railroad
loaes nothing by these proceedings sine 1
".'5?.1' K 0411 om required to
establish tha rata and to pay to shippers '
tha difference between the higher rate
collected and tha rate which Is finally
held to be reasonable. In point of fact
It usually proBta, became It can seldom .'
be required to return more than a frac
tion of the excess charges oollected."
In lu report for the year IMS the com
mission shows that of the IT oasea re
tarred to In lea isoa mihim. .n, ... i.
been decided In ths supreme court ol the
United States, although five other cases
WtaA hn ..mJ - J .... . . . ...
: - , . mu uonwiMi to tnas
tribunal In October, isoa ....
Of coarse, every carrier affected by aa
order of the commission has a constitu
tional rlsht to anneal hi fi.i
to protect It from tha enforcement ot aa
ordea wnlch It may show to be prlma
f acta confiscatory or unjuirty dteorimlna
tory In Its effect; and aa this application
may be made te a court la any district of
the United State., not only dose dalay
result In tha enforcement of the order,
but great uncertainty u a.t i . '
trariety ot decision. :
The ouastlona nrmatmtmA k
Plications are too often technical . In
their character and rannira a i.nn.i
' the business and the maatery ef a
KSL I?1!!!!? ' """totln, evidence
Which- Is tedious to examine and trou
Moaems to comprehend. , It would not be
proper to attempt to deprive any cor
poration of tha right to the review br
a court of any order v,.J
If undisturbed, would rob It of a reesan
able return epon Its Investment or would .
eubjeot It to- burdens whloh would ua-
SUatlV dln-tmln.4a 1. - -. . .
voref other oarrlera similarly. altuUwt, '
la that, the, aWHalM. ,. ' .
lion hall be as apeetr aa Via n.turii &
the olrcumstancee will admit, and that
a uniformity ot decision, he secured mo
aa to bring about an effective! system- '
atlo and scientific enforcement of the
oommeroe law, rather than conflicting de- '
eisiona ana woeruuntr sr nnai result,
Bsoommsnda "Court ef Commerce. .
For this purpose I recommend the
establishment of a court ef the Unite!
Statei composed of Are judges desig
nated for such purpose from among; the
circuit judges of the United States, te
be known aa the "United States court '
ef commerce," which court shall be
clothed with exclusive original Jurisdic
tion over the following elaaaee ef easssi
(1) All cases for the enforcement, oth
erwise then by adjudication and eellee
tloa. of a forfeiture or panalty, or by to-
Station ef criminal punishment, of any
(Continued on last page.)
HE 18 AN ENERGETIC
. AND PROGRESSIVE PASTOR.
How Rev. Attree Smith of Solomon
Interests Ills Church.
Rev. Attree Smith, the new pastor
of the Methodist church at Solomon,
has Introduced some new methods
into his church work. One ot them
Is a weekly bulleUn, a neat four page
publication, bearing a photograph of
the church and parsonage, lists of
church officers from Bishop to clsss
leaders, announcement of services for
the week and some interesting items
about the local church. Here are a
few from this week's Issue;
John Collins Is planning for a trip
to Arltona.
Gilbert Province will not continue
his school work this term on account
of 111 health. May he speedily re
cover and pursue his studlss.
Nesrly Ills was subscribed last
Sunday on benevolences. We need
about 176 more to meet our full ap
portionment Who will help usf
Mrs. B. B. Uburcnui ana Mrs.
Phennlnger have been on the sick list
Let us not forget to visit the sick.
Bro. M. Wright bss been appointed
by the "Official Board" to rearrange
the doors of the church to comply
with the laws of the state.
Those are helpful meetings at the
V. B. church. We wish more ot our
people could attend them.
Rev.. Attree Smith
We
are sorrr to know that there -
Is to be a change of castors In tha
Presbyterian church. Our prayers
and best wlshee will follow Rev. Mr.
Jacobs to his new field. And we shall ,
hope aad pray that a good man may
vary soon be found to take his place
here.
Rev. Mr. Smith recently came to
Kansas from Michigan. He la a
brother of President R. P. Smith of
Kansas Wesleyan University and Is a
forceful and popular minister.
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