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Hays City Free Press.
HAYS CITY,
KAN3.
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
If the Eng'ish 6parrow were not such
a hardy little rascal, so well able to
take care of himself and thrive and
multiply, how our pity would go out
toward him! Especially might we now
allow our generous feelings to flow,
when the department of agriculture
has just issued a farmer's bulletin in
which It has nothing really good to
say about this dweller everywhere and
offers various means for getting rid
of him. But the English sparrow needs
no pity, sayo Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle. He will live by grace
or without it. and we may expect
that, notwithstanding the bulletins, we
shall continue always to have him
with us, hardy, prolific, bold, cunning,
self-reliant and unwashed. The bul
letin and it is sadly in accord with
popular experience represents this
active neighbor of human kind as a
dyed-in-the-wool criminal among birds.
He attacks, it seems, almost every
sort of vegetation useful for food,
preys on his own kind by destroying
their eggs and driving them from gar
dens and parks and has no melodious
pean to offer after his victories. He
should be treated as vermin, and re
duced in number, even if he cannot be
exterminated. To be sure, the bulletin
does not offer one forlorn hope. Mr.
Dearborn of the biological survey says
that he ought to be eaten.
The propositions emanating from
the United States, looking to the crea
tion of an international peace court
and to the neutralization of the rail
roads in Manchuria as a step to har
mony cf all interests in that quarter,
have made a profound impression and
are regarded as measures of world
politics of the highest significance and
pointing to most beneficent results.
That is the bst and noblest of diplo
macy, and again illustrates the lead
which the United States is taking in
seeking to promote good understand
ing and to safeguard peace among the
nations. Aspirations to such "world
power' as this, which means the "wel
fare of all mankind, must be ap
proved by even the most stubborn
"antl."
According to the later details the
one failure at the aviation meet in Los
Angeles was that of a government
dirigible balloon, which it was found
could not hold gas and therefore could
not be used in flying. This hints at a
weak spot in this class of airships and
may strengthen the cause of the aero
planists, who contend that the heavler-than-air
machine, properly constructed
and operated, is the real thing. Any
way, it must be admitted that this
class ot air craft won most of the dis
tinction at the California show.
. Mexico reports that its agricultural
products last year were worth $330.
000,000. That is a very creditable
showing, though it looks small along
side of the $S,000,000,000 output of the
United States. Hut. added to the in
creasing ' value of the products of
Mexican industries of various kinds, It
is gratifying as indicating the growth
and prosperity of our southern neigh
bor. The plea of meaning no harm is one
often advanced as an excuse for wrong
doing. A man of average intelligenco
who Intends no wrong will keep with
in due limits and not take chances of
wrong resulting. Many are too often
satisfied with this vague and unmean
ing excuse to their conscience, but it
has little weight either in reason or
law..
Figures for the calendar year 1909
show that the trade between the Uni
ted States and Canada was the largest
ever known for an equal period. More
over, the figures prove that the busi
ness done by the countries with each
other has doubled in ten years. That
does not indicate that either side is
barring out the other.
Burbank, the plant wizard, nas de
veloped a spineless cactus as a substi
tute for meat It is going greatly to
simplify matters if one can simpiy go
out In one's garden or back yard and
pull one's roast or joint fresh from its
growing.
A railroad president puts the blame
for the high price of food on women's
extravagance. This is such a common
excuse for everything wrong In the
universe that the wonder of it Is n
one thought of bringing it forward be
fore. Thieves in Philadelphia successfully
accomplished a robbery by telling ad
mlring;police onlookers that they were
posing for moving pictures. Childlike
trust in one's fellow-creatures is
charming, but sometimes most unpro
fessional. A tew aeroplanes cannot put the
Nicaraguana any more in the air than
they are now.
The cost of walking is also to go up,
according to the shoe manufacturers. -
There must be a great difference in
husbands when one woman will trail
a missing one a thousand miles, hop
ing to recover him, and another wom
an will flee 2,000 miles to get away
from hers.
Hogs rave reached the highest price
on record. Strange! There certainly
is no scarcity of hogs.
The horticulturist forgot to say that
at an extremity we might be able to
eat flowers. -
SALT AND SMOKED
SIMPLE METHOD OF MAKING
FISH APPETIZING.
Broiled Salt Mackerel Requires Care
If It Is to Be Sent to the Table
In Proper Condition Grilled
Herring.
Broiled Salt Mackerel Salt mack
erel, which is often tasteless and in
digestible, may be made in this way
both delicious and delicate. For a
family of two or four, clean and wash
In several cold waters a large No. 1
mackerel; place it In a deep dish or
pan, cover it with cold water and let
itand over night. If still too salt, the
aext one may be soaked 24 hours, but
too long a soaking will make a mack
srel tasteless. When ready to cook
:he fish rinse it in several waters and
wipe dry with a towel; leave the,head
ind tail on, but flatten the fish well,
rub melted butter over the two sides
jnd place in a broiler, split side down,
aver a moderate fire of live coals.
Broil six minutes on the split side,
:hen turn and broil from three to six
nlnutes on the skin side. Lay on a
arm dish and pour melted butter
jver it, adding, when ready to serve,
i dust of cayenne, a thick sprinkle of
chopped parsley and several slices of
emon. Small German potatoes, boiled
n their jackets and then freed of
skins, make a proper garnish for this
lish.
Grilled Smoked Herring Wash the
Ish well in cold water and then broil
t whole for three minutes on each
side. Separate carefully with a fork
.he meat from the skin and intestines
ind serve very hot on a bed of thin,
lot. buttered toast, with a squeeze of
emon juice and cayenne on the meat.
Baked white potatoes go admirably
jvith this dish.
Smoked White Fish This fish is so
ielit-ate that it is scarcely possible to
io more than dip it in boiling water.
While doing this hold the fish by the
:all. strip the skin off instantly and
serve in two pieces on a hot tiish
ith drawn butter and chopped pars
ey. Either well boiled grits or baked
jr boiled potatoes go well with this
lish.
Plattered Salmon.
Pick bones from one can of salmon,
?pread over the bottom of the plat
ter. Cover this with a layer of rolled
?rackers. Put a lump of butter the
size of an egg on the stove into a
pan; when incited stir into this one
Targe tablespnonful oT flour until it
browns a little; a pinch of salt and
enough milk to make moderately
thick; when boiled pour over the sal
mon; have boiled potatoes, hot,
rooked in salt water and dice them
to the thickness of one inch over the
whole; put the platter into the oven
and let brown on top and serve on
the platter.
Clove Apples.
Clove apples for cold meats, three
quarters of a pound of sugar, two cup
fuls of water, and boil to a syrup,
drop in quarters of apples, pared, and
when they are cooked lift out careful
ly with a fork. When all the fruit
has been cooked drop some of the
skins in the syrup with one-half dozen
cloves. Cook about 20 minutes, re
move the skins, but pour, the syrup
with the cloves over the apples in a
jar, and cover up. This is inexpen
sive and beats all kinds of chutney.
Swiss Steak.
Have your. butcher cut a round of
steak one inch thick and as much as
the number you serve. Season with
Bait and pepper, ppund as much floui
Into the steak on both sides as is pos
sible to get In. Have your spidei
hot with fryings in it and put the
steak in just a minute to seal over,
then turn the same, then turn on wa
ter and let cook slowly until tender,
adding water as it cooks down in or
der to have enough for your gravy.
Apricot Fluff.
Mix one and one-half level teaspoon
fuls of corn starch with quarter cup
of cold milk; stir into this one cup of
scalded milk; continue stirring until
I thick, then add quarter cup of sugar,
a pinch of salt and three-quarters cup
! of cold, cooked apricots (which have
been pressed through a fine sieve) ;
! cover and cook 15 minutes; remove
j from stove and add gradually one
I well beaten egg white and stir. It
will set instantly.
Use for Crusts.
Do not throw away crusts of bread.
Keep all the bits that accumulate in
nn open receptacle in a dry place.
Every once in awhile dry in pans In a
slow oven. Then put through the
finest part of the meat chopper, fill
glass jars, and they will be all ready
for bread pudding, stuffings for turkey,
chicken or lambs, and for covering
escalloped dishes. It Is preferable
to cracker crumbs, and will keep for
weeks.
Pecan Fritters.
For these three eggs are beaten sep
arately and a cupful of milk added,
with a scant teaspoonful of baking
powder, a little salt, three teaspoon
fuls of sugar, enough flour to make a
stiff batter and a cupful of ground
pecan meats. Mix. beat till smooth
and add the nuts last; drop by spoon
fuls into hot fat, brown, roll in pow
dered sugar and serve with almond
sauce.
Hot Egg and Milk.
Egg and milk flavored with a little
anilla extract well shaken and
sprinkled over the top with nutmeg
is a favorite beverage with some con
valescents. It 1b served piping hot
with small salted wafers. Well per
sons are also fond of the drink and
prefer substituting sponge cake for
the wafers.
Soft Ginger Cakes.
One cup of lard and butter, one cup
of molasses (Orleans), one cup oi
sugar, one tablespoon of soda, one
cup of boiling water, one heaping tea
spoon of salt, two eggs, five scant
cups of flour, two tablespoons of cin
namon and two of ginger..
Milk Towt
Have you ever made . milk toast
from brown bread? It Is delicious and
a pleasant change. Whole wheat
tread is 'also excellent toasted.
KANSAS TOPICS
Band Is Reorganized.
Stockton. Professor Campbell and
the band boys held a meeting and an
organization was effected. Nearly all
the old members are again at work
and several new ones. The practice
and training for the season's work
has been resumed with mucn enthu
siasm, and our people are looking for
ward to a renewal of the weekly con
certs of last" summer.
Still Hold Kelly's Money.
Topeka. The commissioners of Mi
ami county appealed the Tom Kelly
case to the supreme court. During
his campaign for state treasurer,
Kelly put up $1,342 to cover an al
leged shortage which it was claimed
had been found against him as county
clerk many years before. He protest
ed at 'the time but showed his good
faith by covering the shortage. After
leaving the state treasurer's office he
filed suit against the county to recov
er the amount.
To Establish Scholarship.
Lawrence. The Woman's Student
Government association of the univer
sity announced that it would establish
a scholarship. The exact conditions
under which the scholarship is to be
maintained have not been made pub
lic, thought it has been given out that
it will be in force beginning with the
new school year in September. It
will amount to at least $150 a year
and will be given more to some girl
who actually needs it rather than
upon scholarship.
Millers Do Not Agree With Farmers.
Topeka. The flour millers of the
wheat belt do not take as gloomy a
view of the wheat prospects as do the
farmers reporting to Secretary Co
burn. During the past two weeks
they have been making extensive in
vestigation and while they report con
ditions bad In spots, on the whole they
say the outlook Is practcally as good
in the south half of the state as it was
last year. The millers do not agree
with the farmers that wheat condi
tions in the north of the state are
bad.
Kansas Banks Prosperous.
Topeka. The official statement
showing the condition of national
banks of Kansas under the call of Jan
I nary 31, was received here. It shows
i that the 206 nationals have deposits
j aggregating $89,841,068. Of this
amount, $70,474,589 are individual de
i posits, $18,724,562 are bankers' de
posits, and $641,910 are government
deposits. The banks have a capital
' Df $12,067,500, . a surplus of $5,276,093.
The undivided profits aggregate $2,
268,647. The banks have a circulation
, of $9,S30,417.
Creamery Men at Emporia.
! The creamery men of Kansas met in
; annual session here and adopted a
, constitution and by laws drawn up by
a committee appointed at a meeting
j held in conjunction with the farmers
j institute at Manhattan in December.
J The association, which has been meet-
ing as an unorganized body, will here
after be known as the Kansas Cream
erymen's association. It will meet an
nually and its purpose will be to fur
ther the dairy interests of the state
by securing the co-operation of the
producer, manufacturer and consumer.
Its aim is to make Kansas the great
est dairy state in the Union. The of
ficers elected were: President, A. S.
Kininmoth, Winfield; vice president.
N. K. Skouup, Pittsburg; secretary, P.
F. Edqulst, Salina; treasurer, L. R.
Manley, Topeka.
French Money for K. R.
Independence. Senator S. M. Porter
has arrived from Paris with $200,000
with which to begin work on the pro
jected Cherryvale, Oklahoma and
Texas railroad. A meeting oi the di
rectors, with the engineers, B. L. Dal
ton of Lawrence and R. H. Worley of
Kansas City was held at Caney. It is
stated that the work will start at
once.
Ordered Ten Road Drags.
Clay Center. Secretary G. H.
Dorn of the Clay County Automobile
club, ordered another lot of ten road
drags, making 40 in all, at a total cost
of $200, which have been furnished
gratis to the road overseers and public
spirited farmers of the county during
the past few months. The farmers
use the drags and pass them on to
their neighbors with very noticeable
results. The automobile chib raised
funds for highway improvement at a
meet at the county fair grounds sev
eral months ago and this is the way
the money Is being expended.
Wheat Damaged One-Fourth.
Atchison. Because of the damage
to winter wheat in this vicinity, a cer
tain Nortonvllle grain buying firm is
urging farmers to sow spring wheat
on winter wheat ground. Will Waah
er, an Atchison grain dealer, has re
ceived letters concerning crop condi
tions from all the territory tributary
to Atchison and from these figures the
damage to wheat in northeastern Kan
sas will range from 25 to 40 per cent.
West of Belolt there has been practic
ally no damage to wheat.
Jointist Asks Mercy.
Topeka. Pete Comiskey, a former
Pittsburg jointist, who had been or
dered to serve sixty days in jail by
the supreme court for contempt, ap
peared and made a plea for mercy. He
eald.be was now digging coal at $2.25
a day and that it took all his money
to support his wife and two little
children. If he went to jail they would,
etarve. The court put him under bond
to be a good citizen" and told him . to
go back and earn a living for his fan
Sr.
FOOD INSPECTORS TO
GROW FACIAL DISGUISES
TO HIDE BEHIND MASKS OF
WHISKERS.
f
The Gay and Festive "Lace Curtain '
Is Believed to Be the Only
Solution to the Prob
lem. Topeka. Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secre
tary of the state board of health and
head of the department of food and
drug inspection, is figuring on issuing
order for some of his inspectors to
grow" mustaches, beards, and long
hair. For others he is planning to
have them ajipear for a time smooth
shaven and with close-cropped hair.
The chief food inspector has found
that his inspectors are being handi
capped in their work by being too
easily identified and it may become
necessary for him to provide disguises
for all of the food and drug inspectors.
One of the drug inspectors appear
ed in Topeka the other day and told
Dr. Crumbine about an experience he
had in a small town in Kansas early
in the week.
"I got off a train," said the inspec
tor, "and walked up to the hotel and
registered. Then I picked up my
weights and measures case and walk
ed into the first drug store I came
to. I made by inspection in a short
time and walked out, dodged around a
block and went to another store and
the proprietor greeted me with: 'Hello,
there! just heard you were in town.'
He was all primed for me. Then I
made a long detour and went to an
other store and the druggist there
greeted me the same way. Every sin
gle druggist in that town knew I was
there half an hour after I landed."
Other inspectors report the same
trouble. The druggists, grocers and
butchers apparently have a signal
code by which they are notified of the
arrival of an inspector. One inspec
tor walked down an alley early in the
morning, in Topeka. He saw some
goods uncovered in the back of a
store. He hurried around to the
front, as the back door was locked,
and when he arrived there, the goods
were properly covered.
One inspector got into a town late
at night and when he went into the
first store in the morning he was
greeted with an exclamaton that
showed the grocer was expecting him
that very day. ,
- The inspectors have been traveling
around the state for three years now
and all the merchants know them and
apparently they keep each other
posted.
Abilene Election Void.
Abilene. Owing to the many irreg
ularities in the election held here to
determine whether the city would ac
cept a commission form of government
the vote will be recanvassed. Attor
neys have advised that the election
was undoubtedly void.
Big Haul of Fish.
Atchison. Joe Van Horn, an Atchi
son fisherman, made the largest
catch of his life, and the largest made
here, in fifteen years. With one drag
of his net he landed over 3,000 pounds
of fish. The fish were mostly carp
and - buffalo, and the fisherman real
ized five cents a pound on his catch.
Marion Adopts Commission Plan.
Marion. Marion adopted the com
mission form of government by a ma
ority of 125 votes.
Skyscraper for Wichita.
Wichita. A building permit was is-!
sued to Henry Schweiter who will con
struct a ten-story building to cost
$300,000 on the northeast corner of
Main street and Douglas avenue. This
is considered the most valuable cor
ner in Kansas and was purchased
20 years ago by the owner for $50,000.
Clay County Land Soaring.
Clay Center. As an indication that
the price of land is soaring, along with
the price of hogs, cattle and all other
farm products, 306 acres of Clay coun
ty land sold for $38,500. This land Is
about a half mile from Clay Center
and is just ordinary Clay County farm
land. It is all in one piece, 306 acres
in all, so the price paid is at the rate
of nearly $125 an acre. This is about
the best price ever paid for Clay coun
ty land, at least the best price ever
paid for such a large farm, all in one
piece. William Leach, the present
owner, does not give possession until
March 1, 1911.
Lost by 52 Votes.
EI Dorado. The commission form of
government was voted down by a ma
jority of 52 out of a total of 720 votes
here. About two-thirds of the regis
tered Tote was cast.
Want Public Building.
Abilene. A mass meeting was held
at the court room to demand that
there be a public building built at this
session of congress. Resolutions were
adopted asking for $100,000 for a build
ing; at this city.
Urge Building Trolley Line.
Columbus.-The Commercial clubs
of Columbus and Oskego met together
at the latter town for the purpose of
talking up an interest in an electric
car line from Gherryr&le via Oswego
to Columbua, thus connecting by trol
ley the oil and-gas region with the
mining section; of the state. Every
one present seemed much Interested
in this enterprise. It " was proposed
that a company be organized and a
charter secured at "once. ".
TO GIVE WAIFS HOME.
State Plans Aid for Poor Folks la
Rearing Children.
Topeka. Members of the Kansas
board of control of the state chartv
able institution are discussing a new
institution. This is a school for child
ren that are not incorrigible or or
phans, but where the parent or par
ents are unable to give them the prop
er care for a time at least.
"The question of living is a serious
one with many people, said H. C
Bowman of the board of control.
There are many widows who are hav
ing a hard struggle for existence, witu
one or two children on their hands.
There are fathers who have a hard
time making a living and also keep
ing watch on one or two little mother
less tots.
The board has considered the ques
tion of a school for Just such cases as
titese. It would be a school where the
children could be sent temporarily,
where they would receive the very
best treatment and go to school at the
same time. The parents could pay a
little on the cost.
"One often reads in the newspapers
of fathers and mothers, left to care
for one or more children and the
struggle they have for existence. In
many cases the children do not get
the best treatment and do not have op
portunities they deserve because the
parent could not provide for them.
If the state could take these children
off the parent's - hands for a few
months or a year or two and let him
or her get a new start and then take
back the children the state would be
doing a great service to the parent
and children:
"I know of numerous cases where
women especially have gone to the
county attorney of their county and
asked him to send their children to
the state orphans' home or the indus
trial schools for boys and girls, so
that the women could get started in
life. They are willing to promise to
take bak the children, but they can
not get a good start with this handi
cap. If the state could help these peo
plj it- would be doing a great service
to them and to the children."
In former years, there have been in
stances known of children being sent
to state schools to be cared for while
the mother was earning a living and
after the mother got started she got
her children back again. One case
has been reported where a father and
mother put two girls in r. state school
while they took a year's trip abroad.
Another Interurban.
Clay Center. About one hundred
men from Abilene, Washington, Indus
try and farmers in between, met in
Clay Center to make preliminary ar
rangements for an electrical interur
ban railroad through this section. A
preliminary organization was per
fected. The plan is to build an elec
tric line from Beatrice to Fairbury,
Neb., down through Washington, Clay
Center, Industry, Abilene, Newton and
to Wichita.
Got $2,320 For Alfalfa Seed.
Oberlin. D. S. Yost of Traer, this
county, raised 325 bushels of alfalfa
seed last summer, which he has re
cently disposed of, retaining for his
own use in sowing additional land to
this crop 35 bushels. This left, him
290 bushels of seed to sell, for whicn
he received $8 per bushel, or $2,320 for
the 290 bushels of seed. Mr. Yost is
an extensive alfalfa raiser and he in
tends to plant a number of acres in
alfalfa this year. He states that the
land near Traer Is selling at high
prices, the Lincoln Land company
having recently refused $100 per acre
for a tract. When land is in alfalfa
and there is a good stand the land
will bring several times the price it
would if wheat or corn were being
raised, and for this reason every far
mer who hap any land that will grow
alfalfa is putting it into this crop.
Rates for Messiah.
Topeka. The Missouri Pacific, at
the request of Governor Stubbs, has
granted a one and a half cent fare u
mile from all Kansas points 10 Lindb
borg for the Messiah concert. This ia
the first reduction made by any Kan
sas road since the two-cent fare went
into effect.
Kings of Finance.
Leavenworth. There are more for
mer national bankers in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.,
than in any other prison on earth. The
bankers' colony there contains 32 ex
bank officials. And among these are
several men wrho have held high places
in the financial world and have had
millions at their command. But when
the great iron doors of the federal
prison closed upon them the power
that money had given departed, and
today these men do humble tasks and
are regarded as no better than the
most common of their fellow prison
ers. -
Plan Highway Holly to Line.
Coolidge. W. M. Wiley beaded a
bunch of good road enthusiasts and
took them on a tour of inspection over
several routes that might be used for
a road from Holly to the state line
east. After carefully considering the
advantages and disadvantages of the
various routes it was decided that the
most practical thing to do Is to
straighten the present road, and at a
special meeting of the Commercial
club it was decided that this would be
done. . .
Pulled the Wrong Teeth.
Wichita. R. B. Shields, & local den
tist, was- fined $100 in police court
for pulling two teeth from the Jaw of
Mrs. Lillie Ayrhart. &e declared in
court that the teeth pulled were sound
and that the dentist did not get the
right ones. She also eaid that , he
kept his fingers in her mouth and
would not let her tell him that he
was making a mistake and she also
asserts that he pulled: two of. her
daughter's teeth, not waiting to hear
which one she wanted extracted.
S T AT E
CAPITAL
ITEM-S
Topeka, Kansas.
Benefited the Shippers.
The state board of railroad commis
sioners, through one of its members.
Charles Ryker, gave out a statement
showing what it had accomplished for
the people of Kansas in recent months,
espacially the shippers .
They Ask Stubbs for the Letters.
Requests from other states having
prohibition laws are coming to Kansas
officials for copies of the correspond
ence between Governor Stubbs and
President Taft incident to the internal
revenue row. In this controversy
Governor Stubbs won out and a new
deal has been promised prohibition
Kansas by the federal goverttment.
To Put Enemy of House Fly to Work.
The common house fly is doomed
this year if Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secre
tary of the state board of health, has
his way about it. The fly has a natur
al enemy which, when it appears in
i large numbers, almost exterminates
I Mr. Fly. Dr. Crumbine believes this
enemy of the fly has been suffering
from the "hook worm" the last year
or so, and he wants the scientists at
the state university to get busy and
doctor it up.
54,954 Employed in Factories.
There were 54,946 men and women
employed in 1,553 manufacturing
plants in Kansas that make reports to
the state bureau of labor and indus
try. W. L. A. Johnson, commissioner
of the bureau, has just begun the tab
ulation of the reports of the manu
facturing and labor statistics of the
state for 1909, to make up the 25th
annual report of the bureau. The sta
tistics are compiled from the reports
of labor unions and from the manu
facturers themselves.
Preparing for Matrimony.
Kansas girls, apparently, do not care
much for the careers that lie outside
the home. An investigation ot the
subject at the university of Kansas
shows that the majority of the girls
there are taking courses that might be
included in curriculum of a school of
matrimony. Nearly half the girls
who have been graduated since it was
established have taken the family
course in the department of sociology.
This course is a study of the econom
ic questions arising out of the matri
monial relations. ,.
New Building as Hospital.
The state board of control will let
the contract for the construction ot
three tubercular pavilions at state in
stitutions .March 8. One of these win
be built at the Topeka State hospital
and two at the 'Osawatomie State nos
pital. Each pavilion will cost $16,000.
There is already one pavilion at the
Topeka hospital. It was recently built
and is now occupied. That will be
used for male patients and the new
pavilion for women and one lor meu
at the Osawatomie hospital.
Change Name of Argentine.
In a communication to the state
board of railroad commissioners, Gen
eral Manager J. E. Hurley of the San
ta Fe outlined the plan of his com
pany in dealing with the change of
the name of Argentine to Kansas City,
Kan. The people of Kansas City re
cently petitioned the board to have
the Santa Fe change the name of its
station to Kansas City, Kan. Argen
tine recently became a part of Kan
sas City. Mr. Hurley states that a
sign reading: "Kansas City, Kan., Ar
gention Station," will be put up at the
depot.
Small Road is Favored.
The railroad board granted the
Kiowa and Hardtner railroad the
riht to cross the Sania Fe tracks at
Kiowa just where It wants to. The
Santa Fe wanted the crossing to be lo
cated some distance further from its
yards. The Santa Fe was also ordei
ed to establish an agent at Wayside
and to enlarge its waiting room at the
Liberty depot.
May Stop Liquor Traffic.
In a recent decision the supreme
court of the United States held thau
where liquor was shipped into a prohi
bition state for the purpose of violat
ing the prohibitory law that shipment
did not comprise interstate commerce.
That decision may be the salvation of
the temperance people of Kansas who
have been looking for some way to
prevent the shipment of liquor into
this state from "wet" states adjoin
ing. Heretofore It has always been
looked upon as interstate commerce
and as such the state would have no
authority to attempt to prevent it.
Wants Public Utilities Bill.
Since Gov. Stubbs has decided to
push a public utilities bill and secure
the enactment of a law along that line
from the next legislature if possible
he has been corresponding with offi
cials in other states about the matter.
Wisconsin has a public utilities law
and has had it in operation for some
time. Governor Stubbs has been cor
responding with Governor J. O. David
son of that state and has received a
reply which shows that the law la per
fectly satisfactory.
Suit Against Nation.
The Garden City, Gulf and Northern
railroad asked the supreme court for a
writ of mandamus to compel J. M. Na
tion, state auditor, to register the
bonds issued by the city of Garden
City as a bonus to this railroad. There
are 40 bonds for $1,000 each in this
issue. Auditor Nation refused 0 regis
ter them, alleging that the road had
been granted a right of way and that
therefore this bonus, which was se
cured for the purpose of purchasing
the right of way, was invalid.
WORTH KNOWING
Simple But Powerful Prescription for
Uheumatism and Lame Back.
This was previously published here
and cured hundreds, "Get one ounce of
syrup of Sarsaparilla compound and
one ounce Toris Compound. Then get
half a pint of good whiskey and put
the other two ingredients into it. Use
a tablespoonful of this mixture before
each meal and at bed time. Shake the
bottle each time." Good effects are felt
the first day.- Any druggist has these
ingredients on hand or will quickly get
them from his wholesale house.
TOO HIGH.
The giraffe had a wonderful plan
lie would dress in the garments of man!
But as each of his collars
Would have cost him ten dollars.
He decided: "I don't think I can!"
Analyzed by Chemists.
Apropos of President Taft and his
recent decision about whisky, Richard
Le Gallienne said, at a dinner at the
St. Regis:
"While I was living in Liverpool
there arose a hot whisky discussion.
Was pot still whisky the only whole
some one, or w-as patent still whisky
the one non-poisonous drink? Chemi
cal analyses were applied to every
whisky going.
"A Liverpudlian entered a public
house near the Albert docks one
night and said:
" Ts yer whisky pure?
" "Well, I should think so,' the pub
lican answered. 'It's been paralyzed
by three anarchists.' "
When Tempus Didn't Fugit.
Little Helen, during the three years
of her life, had never been separated
from her elder sister night or day for
more than a few minutes at a time,
but at last the time came when the
sister went away for a whole day.
The child tried every game and occu
pation that she knew of, and a new
cne or two suggested by her mother,
but they all palled. v
Finally she gave up and stood and
looked sadly out of tho window. Then
she sighed deeply and said:
"Its still the same old day, Isn't it,
mother?" Woman's Home Companion.
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Sold by all Druggists 75c.
TtXe Malt's Family Pill for constipation.
Big Bugs.
Dr. Cook was talking to a Washing
ton correspondent..
"The man is wrong in his attacks,""
he said. "He errs as ludicrously in his
idea of polar conditions as the Brook
lyn domestic, who said:
" 'It must be a filthy place, that
north pole, ma'am. I hear it's full of
ice bugs as big as churches.' " Wash
ington Star.
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 ot(
In Use For Over SO Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Called Her Bluff. ,
"He's a brute!"
"What has he been doing now?"
"I threatened to leave him and he
told me he would button my gown up
the back if I would hurry." Houston
Post.
There is nothing that makes men
rich and strong, but that which they
carry with them. Wealth is of the
heart, not of the hand. Milton.
Don't kick when your wife asks if
her hat is on straight. Rather feel
proud that she has the graciousness
to liken you to a plumb.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put np 40 years
ago. They regulate and invigorate stomach, liver
and bowels. Hugar-coated tiny granules.
Every night watchman is entitled to
his day dreams.
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