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Hays City Free Press.
"HAYS CITY,
KAN 3.
WORTHLESS FARMS.
American agriculture shows a strange
contrast. With the price of farm prod
ucts higher than ever before, farm
land has depreciated in. value, and the
number of abandoned farms steadily
- Increases. Figures gathered by the con
serration commission are surprising.
. It Is shown that there are 16,000
Bquare miles. of abandoned farms, chief
ly in New England, New York, the
southeast and the middle central states.
That Is, there are In the United States
at present 10,000,000 acres of abandoned
farm land an area as large as the cul
tivated part of the Canadian north
west, 15 times the size of Rhode Is
land, four times the size, of Connecti
cut, twice the size of Massachusetts,
or half as large as Ohio, says Cleve
land Plain Dealer. Of the many rea
sons advanced to explain this deser
tion of farms, two or three are espe
cially worth noticing. Most Impor
tant of all, perhaps. Is the wasteful sys
tem of cultivation that has so long
prevailed In the United States. A
fertile soil has In countless cases been
exhausted - by taking everything from
It and returning nothing to It Add
to this the fact that there Is a marked
trend of population from city to coun
try, and that farm labor has become
so expensive as to leave little profit
from the work of a laborer, and It Is
little wonder that so many owners of
: farms do not care to cultivate them.
"Relic hunters have been oreaklns
into tne church where President Tart
1 J worships in Washington. During the
pasi year n una oeen twice necessary
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to a remind tne president s pew, ana it
Is , no longer . safe to leave the hymn
"books', in the rack or . the cushion
on 'the "seat after the chief executive
has attended services, says Chicago
'Record-Herald. So many books and
..cushions have been carried away that
officials of the church now take every:
..thing' that is movable from the pew as
eoon as the president finishes his de
votions: Cannot something be done to
lessen the hardship that Is thus put
upon. the relic hunters? Why not fur-
. nish a plank for the president to sit
on- when he goes to church, and then
. leave it for the relic hunters to whittle
up and divide among themselves?
J3y having it made of some kind of
soft wood the comfort of the presi
dent and the convenience of the relic
hunters would both be provided for.
We are a great people and ought to
hunters from feeling that they are be
ing deprived of their rights.
News of grim, red-handed war comes
to us from New Orleans, where the re
tail grocers, backed, we suppose, by
the moral Influence of the druggists,
the marketmen. etc., are about to ap
peal to the legislature for a law pro
hibiting lagnappe and making its
practice a misdemeanor, says New
.York Sun. Lagnappe is a picturesque
survival, the bestowal upon small pur
chasers of trivial donations, regulated
by the size of the transaction, of gum
drops, candy, and the like. They have
tried to fight it by combination and
mutual agreement, but have failed.
Some of them would not "tote fair."
The institution Is more than a hundred
years old, and it dies hard, so after
the modern fashion of running to the
government on every trivial provoca
tion, the grocers Are about to ask the
legislature to protect them against 'a
custom of a century and a half's stand
ing, of Inconsiderable importance in it
'self and so easily "evened up" in prac
tice as to make it negligible.
A Utlca boy died while laughing at
the comic supplement of a Sunday pa
per. Of course, this will be taken as
a terrific retribution by the acidulous
portion of the population opposed to
the comic supplement and the Sunday
paper. But with bo much cause for
sighing In the world, the majority will
still take chances of laughing them
selves to death.
Edison's street car storage battery
may make the trolley obsolete. In
time the wizards of science may even
Invent a strap to which it Is a pleasure
and comfort to hang, but overen-
thuslastic hopes should not be in
dulged In this direction.
A Boston, expert warns women to
wear "rats" in their hair if they do not
wish to get bald. Judging from the
size and shape of some of the fash
ionable coiffures, they might as well go
tne whole thing and wear rat traps
A man 70 years old has made anrH
cation for admission to the University
of Missouri as a student He must be
one of those who subscribe to the
theory that a man is never too old to
learn.
An expedition of Frenchmen has re
turned from the antarctic regions.
They deny indignantly that they dis
covered any poles.
Monopolies die hard, but in the end
public opinion Is too much for them.
A father's experience makes him the
best adviser of his daughter, says the
president of a girl's schooL Perhaps
"should make him" would come a lit
tie nearer the truth. There is a great
difference In fathers.
Why Is Mars, the sky policeman, per
mitting ail these traxan ccznets to clut
ter up space?
f Those 36jM)0,OO0 vr?. might car
been worth, f 1 a piece, tf not disco
eredl
PRESIDENT IS SORRY
PRESIDENT TAFT REPLIES TO THE
"HISSING" INCIDENT.
HAS 110 PERSONAL FEELINGS
Does Not Care On His Own Account,
But Because It Is Being Used
To Embarrass
Leaders.
Washington, D. C. Declaring he re
gretted the "hissing" incident at the
woman suffrage convention Thursday
evening, not because of personal feel
ing, but .because it was being used in
an unfair way to embarrass the leaders
of the suffragists movement, President
Taft has sent a letter of reply to the
apology sent him by the suffragists.
In a letter forwarded to the associa
tion's president, Mrs. Frances Squire
Porter, he asked that the whole matter
be forgotten as soon as possible, adding
that he entertained no unkind feelings
toward any member of the organiza
tion for the unfortunate occurrence.
The letter says:
"My Dear Mrs. Porter: I beg to ac
knowledge your favor of April 13. I
unite with you in regretting the inci
dent, occurring during my address to
which your letter refers. I regret it,
not because of any personal feeling,
but only because much more signifi
cance has been given to it than it de
serves and because it may be used in
an unfair way to embarrass the lead
ers of your movement.
"I thank the association for the
kindly and cordial tone of the resolu
tions submitted, and hope that feature
of Thursday night's meeting, which
you describe as one giving your asso
ciation much sorrow, may soon be en
tirely forgotten."
Good Results in Kansas.
Representative Anthony of Kansas
addressed the delegates, endorsing the
movement and praising the results in
Kansas.
The convention received numerous
interesting reports from state presi
dents, detailing the progress made
during the past year by the suffrage
movement.
Mary Hutcheson Page of Massachu
setts and Emma Maddox Funk of
Maryland said the cause had made
great headway in their respective
states and prophesied much for the
future.
A report from Lila Meade Valentine
of Virginia was read by the secretary,
and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the pres
ident of the national association, said
that It showed marked progress for a
young society, Virginia having been
organized only during the past year.
Suggests Bequests.
The chairman of the committee on
enrollment, Dr. Mary Hussey, and
the legal adviser to the association,
Catherine Waugh McCulloch, sub
mitted their reports. Mrs. McCulloch
advised the delegates to remember the
suffrage cause in their wills and prom
ised that the legal adviser would take
care of the legal end of enforcing the
instruments.
The convention voted to continue
the collection of the memorial fund of
$100,000, which is being subscribed for
the benefit of the woman suffrage
movement in honor of Susan B. An
thony, and decided that it would be
used for campaign purposes and legal
necessities.
ROB BANK AND ESCAPE.
Bandits Overlook Several Thousand
Dollars After Wrecking Safe.
Haskell, Okla. The first state bank
of Haskell was robbed of $600 early
Saturday by robbers who, in leaving
the bank after having blown up the
safe and wrecking the furniture,
dropped one sack of silver containing
$250. The robers failed to find $6,000
in currency in another compartment
of the safe. The robers escaped in a
buggy with a posse in pursuit. Six
miles from Haskell the horse was
found. The robbers evidently had
stolen a fresh horse there and pro
ceeded. Bet $2,000 on Fake Race.
Sanx Francisco, Cal. Meeting twe
strangers when he arrived here yes
terday, W. F. .Pebltzky, a farmer of
Bessie, Okla., was persuaded to bet
$25 in cash and a certified check for
$2,000 on a fake horse race. When
t"3 matter was reported to the police
today a message was sent to the State
bank of Bessie to stop payment on the
check .
SENATOR ALDRICH SILENT.
Will Not Talk Regarding His Candi
dacy for Re-election.
Warwick, R. I. Senator Nelson W.
Aldrich, who Is resting at his home at
Warwick Neck, states that he does
not care to affirm or deny a report
that he will not be a candidate for re
election in 1911. He also refused to
discuss a report that he will give up
his work on most of the senate com
mittees during the remainder of his
term.
NEGRO MURDERER CONVICTED.
Fred Parks Stolidly Receives His
Sentence.
Girard, Kan. --We, the jury, find
that Fred Parks, the defendant. Is
guilty of murder In the first degree,
as charged In the complalnL"
Such was the verdict returned by
the Jury in the district court In the
case of the state of Kansas vs. Fred
Parks, charged with the murder of
the Bork family on the night of No
vember 26 lasL
S T AT E
CAP I TAL
ITEMS
Topeka, Kansas.
Three Railroads Fined.
Three railroads were fined in the
federal court for violating federal
laws. The Santa Fe pleaded guilty
on eight counts of violating the 26-hour
law and was fined $100 on each count.
The Orient pleaded guilty to eleven
counts on the same charge and was
fined $1100 and costs. It also pleaded
guilty to two violations of the quar
antine law and was fined $200 more.
The Rock Island was fined $100 for
violating the safety appliance law.
Former Grain Inspector Case.
John W. Radford, former chief grain
inspector of Kansas, may not have to
stand trial on the charge of embez
zling state funds. Judge Hugh J.
Smith of- the Wyandotte county court
of common pleas has ruled to quash
the indictment against Radford. The
ruling was made on a motion by at
torneys for Mr. Radford, who asserted
no offense had been committed under
the Kansas statute. The prosecution
will ask the supreme court to pass on
Judge Smith's ruling.
Corporations Pay Taxes.
Corporations are beginning to pay
their taxes under the new corporation
tax act, which is a part of the Payne
tariff bill. The administration at first
estimated that this law would bring
the government about $25,000,000 an
nually. Experts now say that it will
probably net the government $60,000,
000 a year. The listing of corporations
the country over for taxation purposes
has developed the fact that hte Ken-sas-Oklahoma
taxing district contains
more corporations than any other tax
ing district, except one, in the United
States. In other words, more corpor
ations have been organized under the
laws of Kansas and Oklahoma than
any other district, save one.
Governor Makes Appointments.
Governor Stubbs made the follow
ing appointments:
Benjamin A. Mason of Sallna as dis
trict judge of the Thirteenth district,
composed of Salina, Ottawa, Lincoln
and Ellsworth counties, to succeed
Judge R. R. Rees, resigned.
John C. Hogin of Belyleville as dis
trict judge of the Twelfth district, com
posed of Washington, Cloud and Re
public counties, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Dillon.
Wylie Cook, as election commission
er of Kansas City, Kan., to succeed
Robert McFarland, whose term has ex
pired. In the appointment of judges the
governor made it plain that he was
anxious to have the bench adorned by
men who would enforce the prohibi
tory law to the letter.:
Trust Cases Against Kansas Concerns.
In two cases filed in the supreme
court, two separate corporations are
charged with consplr'rg to violate the
anti-trust laws of the state, crush
competition and boost prices. The two
companies are the Glenn Lumber com
pany and the Monarch Portland Ce
ment company, both of Labette county.
The cases were brought in Labette
county by County Attorney A. E. Wil
liams and the state was decided
against in both cases. Then Attorney
General Jackson took a hand and ap
pealed them to the supreme court.
The appeals are based upon alleged
errors in the district court. Jackson
charges the companies with maintain
ing monopolies and raising the price of
cement. It is charged that the lumber
company handled the output of the
cement company.
Miners Now Seeking Employment.
Because of the strike in the coal
fields at Burlingame, Scranton and
Osage City many coal miners are com
ing to Topeka to find employment.
Many of them are unable to find it and
are applying to Charles Harris, direc
tor of the State Free Employment bu
reau. He is sending them out to the
farmers and many Kansas farmers
will have a chance to determine
whether or not a coal miner will make
a good farm hand.
Atchison Ice Co. Gouging Customers.
John H. Kleinhans, state food in
spector, was' in Atchison and filed
suit against the Crystal Ice company
for having short weight scales on their
wagons. Spring scales, taken from
one of the wagons of each company,
registered fifteen pounds when an
eight pound weight was put on them.
When fifty pounds correct measure
was put on one of the scales, it reg
istered sixty pounds. The Crystal Ice
company pleaded guilty and was fined
$25. The other company will fight
the case.
Made $18,000 Out of Failure.
The state made just about $18,000
out of the failure of the First National
bank of Topeka. t This is shown by a
statement recently issued by State
Treasurer Mark Tulley upon receipt
of the final payment due the state. As
the case stands the state receives six
per cent on the money from the time
of the failure of the bank. Had the
state had all this money all the time
It would have been receiving two and
three per cent for it from the state
depositors. The difference in exact
figures is $17,949.91.
Teachers' Meeting will Be Oct. 21-22.
The State Teachers' association will
meet In Topeka Thursday and Friday,
October 21 and 22. Last year was the
first year the association meeting: was
held earlier than the Christmas holi
days and the attendance was greater
than ever before. School boards are
required to give the teachers - their
time off. The executive committee
elected W. C. Lansdon of Lawrence,
treasurer, and Anna E. Arnold of Cot
tonwood "Falls, superintendent of
Chase county schools, secretary.
COAT OF ICE BUiliS
LUE GRASS LAWNS
SEVERE LOSS TO THE PEOPLE OF
KANSAS.
Dandelions Sprout Around the State
House Where Kentucky Blades
Formerly Pleased the Eye.
Topeka. Blue grass lawns in near
ly every Kansas town were practically
ruined by the severe winter. The
coat of ice that laid on the ground for
six straight weeks did the work. And
the numerous towns which were al
ways a Joy and beauty in the spring
time on account of. their beautiful blue
grass lawns, now look like mining
camps on the frontier.
"It is impossible to estimate the
damage to the lawns by the ice," said
an official of the agricultural depart
ment. "It cannot be figured In dol
lars and cents. But I wlil venture the
assertion that all the people whose
lawns were ruined, combined, would
rather have lost $1,000,000. But, as I
said, the damage can't be measured
because sentiment around the home
adds much to the value of a fine
lawn."
The forty acre lawn surrounding the
state house looks like a ragged mea
dow in the country after a hard win
ter. The ice coat smothered out the
blue grass in many places and the
ground is barren. Where the grass
was not entirely killed it came in so
weakly that the dandelions smothered
it out.
There are enough dandelions on the
state house grounds right now to fur
nish "greens" to all the negroes of
Kansas for a month. And what is
true there is also true on most of the
ragged lawns of Topeka.
Dandelions are not confining their
operations to Topeka alone. Several
other cities in Eastern and Central
Kansas are complaining. ' An enter
prising merchant at Newton this week
offered the school children ten cents
a bushel for all the dandelions they
would gather on a certain day. The
children got busy, usually on their
own lawns. When night came the
merchant had paid out $60 for dande
lions. The children had gathered 600
bushels. The people of the town met a
night or two after and made a bonfire
of the 600 bushels of dandelions. Re
ports from Newton are to the effect
that the dandelions are nearly as thick
there as they were before the school
children made their raid.
It will take a vast sum of money to
put Kansas lawns back in shape. One
farmer near Topeka is selling his blue
grass sod to the people of the town
at the rate of $800 an acre.
Auto Schools Are Popular.
Tcpe2. In order to be right up to
date, several business colleges of
Kansas have established a chair to
teach people how to drive automobiles.
It is said that the agricultural college
and state university have under con
sideration a plan to each the "art"
also.
A Prize Ayrshire Cow.
Manhattan. The dairy department
of the Agricultural college has an
Ayrshire cow that produced over 9,500
pounds of milk in about nine and one
half months, under rather adverse
conditions. Professor Kendall ex
pects to get over 14,000 from her be
fore the close of the year, and since
her milk tests about 4.2 per cent of
fat her record will rank up among the
first of the breed.
Swedes to Establish' Colony.
Wellington. A number of Swedish
citizens of McPherson have decided to
purchase 7,000 acres of land for a
Swedish colony. The consideration is
$140,000, and includes practically all
the Frank Arnold alfalfa ranch, near
here.
Discontinue Mail Account Bad Roads.
Onaga. Acting under orders from
the fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral, Postmaster McClellan has dis
continued mall service on five miles
of rural delivery No. 1 out of this city.
The cause of the discontinuance is the
failure to repair a bridge and fix the
road.
Crawford to Quit - Farming.
Topeka. Samuel J. Crawford, war
governor of Kansas, has decided to
quit farming and will make his home
In Topeka. For many years he has
run a big farm In Baxter Springs more
for the fun of the thing than anything
else. He has business interests in
Topeka and will divide his time be
tween here and Washington. ,
Bank Pays Depositors In Ice Checks.
Topeka. The most novel plan In
Kansas banking history is contained
in appropriation of the directors of
the Citizens and Farmers State bank
in Arkansas City, to pay depositors
with ice books.' The bank owned stock
in an ice company. About $21,000' in
deposits remain unpaid. The plan' is
to give depositors Ice books to ' the
amount of the unpaid deposits. State
Bank Commissioner Dolley has con
sented to allowing the plan to be tried.
Sold at Sheriff's Sale.
Iola. The property of the Lanyon
Zinc company here was sold for $265,
550 at a sheriff's sale. Recently the
Trust Company of America, acting
for, the bondholders, secured a judg
ment for approximately $2,500,000
against the company, it having failed
to pay the Interest on its bonds for
the last several years. A representa
tive of the - bondholders bid in the
property and the company will be re
organized with a million . dollars : capi
talization, r ; -
TRY TO SAVE FRUIT CROP.
Progressive Orchardists Keep Temper
ature Up On Cold Nights.
Hutchinson. The burning of ordin
ary smudges to keep the temperature
up on nights when frost threatens has
been succeeded in the orchards of the
most progressive Kansas growers by a
method still more certain of results.
This is the use of oil burners placed
at intervals among the trees'.
One of the Kansas orchards where
this modern system of frost fighting
is in vogue is that of the Underwood
& Viles company, four and one-half
miles east of Hutchinson, which has
18,000 trees. The east orchard of the
Underwood & Viles company covers
540 acres, 300 of which are bearing
apples, and the remainder planted in
other fruit. There are forty trees to
the acre, with two smudge pots to
each acre.
Just outside the house of J. L. Pel
ham, the foreman, there is a big ther
mometer; another one hangs between
the house and the orchard. When
there are "indications that the temper
ature may fall as low as 35 degrees
the employes of the orchard go from
pot to pot lighting the pots which are
to keep the buds and blossoms warm.
The pots are filled with ordinary fuel
oil with a bunch of hay placed on top
which is lighted with a torch, as the
oil will not become ignited for some
minutes.
Altogether it requires a carload of
oil for one night's burning of the
smudge pots. Two and a half cars of
oil are kept in storage all the time.
When once the pots have been fired a
thick cloud of smoke hangs over the
orchard, a protecting mantle which no
frost can penetrate. While it black
ens the trees and even the blossoms.,
it saves the buds that may mean thou
sands of bushels of apples and other
fruit to the grower. Experience has
shown that the smoke from the oil
burners will save buds on trees eight
and ten rows distant from the pots.
In the last week in March the
smudges were burned in the east Un
derwood & Viles orchard on three
different nights. Two nights, with a
temperature of 22 degrees on the out
side, a temperature of 34 degrees at
the ground was maintained in the
heated area. On the other night, with
a temperature of 24 degrees outside,
the temperature in the heated area
could be raised no higher than 20 de
grees. This was because a poorer oil
was used.
"Our work has demonstrated," W.
H. Underwood, one of the owners of
the orchard said, "that had the
smudges not been used at the time of
the three freezes, all the buds out at
that time would certainly have been
killed. The oil burners are a suc-
Col. Hunter Arrives at Riley.
Junction City. Col. George K. Hun
ter, who was assigned to the Seventh
cavalry a short time ago, has arrived
at Fort Riley from Honolulu, where
he has been stationed, to assume com
mand of the regiment. Col. Hunter
was with the Fifth cavalry, in the
Philippines, until a short time ago.
Cashed in 262 Crow Heads.
Lyndon. John Goss was in Lyndon
last week, leaving with the county
clerk 262 crow heads that he had se
cured from two "crow roosts" near his
home. After making affidavit that
they were all killed in this county,
he was issued the little pink order on
the county treasurer that he cashed
for $13.10.
Herington Woman Dies at 105.
Herington. Mrs. Wiliamina Gunn,
an old resident of Herington and Kan
sas, died at the age of 105 years.
With the exception of her husband,
who died at the age of 107 nine years
ago, she is the oldest person who has
ever lived in Herington.
Cowley County for Concrete Bridges.
Arkansas City. At a meeting of
a joint committee composed of the
mayors of Winfield, the county seat,
and Arkansas City, and six business
men from each of the towns, held
here, it was unanimously decided to
petition the board of county commis
sioners to vote bonds in the sum of
$100,000, the money to be used in the
construction of concrete bridges.
Applications for Harvesters Appear.
Topeka. So anxious are farmers
over the state to secure men for the
harvest season that they are already
filing their applications for harvest
hands with Charles Harris, director of
the State Free Employment Bureau.
Last month Mr. Harris sent out blanks
to be filled in and returned, showing
the number of men to be needed dur
ing harvest in each locality. It has
been said that the wheat crop will be
short because of the hard winter, but
the farmers who want men seem to
think they are going to have wheat
and plenty of it.
Grain Inspected in March.
Topeka. The monthly report of
State Grain Inspector J. T. White for
the month of March shows that dur
ing the month the department inspect
ed 3,482 cars of grain and weighed
2,311..- The amount of - the check to
the.- state treasurer from the depart
ment: was $2,224.66. It is likely that
this will be the last report filed by
Mr. White. He has resigned as grain
Inspector and his place was filled by
the appointment of A. L. Gordon.
To Select Champion Roper.
Wichita?- The annual roping and
riding contest to decide the champion
ship of the southwest will be held in
this city April 28 and 29. Two years
ago the contest was held in Denison.
Texas, and last year la Woodward,
Okla. The Oklahoma cowboys say
they didn't get a fair decision in
Denison and the Texas men complain
ed about the decisions at Woodward.
This year the five judges will all be
from Kansas.
KANSAS TOPICS
Would Brand Tested Cows.
Topeka. State Live Stock Commis
sioner Mercer is devising a practical
plan for-wiping out tuberculosis in
dairy herds in Kansas. He was given
$5,000 by the last legislature to make
a campaign against tuberculosis, but
says his department must have some
additional legislation before the dis
ease can be fought successfully.
"As it now is we are simply testing
herds here and there," said he. "We
have not-enough funds to make a sys
tematic fight. Furthermore, it will
take some new legislation. After we
clean up the dairy herds in a county
we have no way of keeping them
clean, because new cattle are being
brought in. My proposed plan is to
have the legislature authorize this de
partment to make all the tests in all
counties of the state the same month
and then mark or brand every cow
that has been tested. After that re
quire every cow that doesn't bear such
a mark or brand to be tested before
she can be moved from one county to
another, or from another state into
some county in Kansas. That would
enable the department to eradicate the
disease and keep dairy herds free from
disease.
Smith Center to Salina.
Topeka. The business men of
Smith Center, headed by Senator Reed,
W. H. Nelson, J. D. Mollison and E. S.
Rice, are behind the movement for
the construction of a standard guage
railroad from Smith Center to Salina.
They have taken the matter up with
the various towns along the proposed
route and believe that it will be no
trouble to float the project. It is
planned at first to use gasoline motor
cars on the line.
Ministerial Institute Elects Officers.
Junction City. The" Kansas Minis
terial Institute of the Christian church,
which has been in session here, closed
its meeting by electing the following
officers: President, W. Y. Allen, Fort
Scott; vice president, Ralph C. Hard
ing, Stockton; secretary-treasurer, C.
A. Cole, Abilene. Members of the
executive committee were elcted as
follows: George E. Lyon, Topeka;
C. L. Smith, Emporia; and M. Lee
Sorey, Dodge City.
Demand for Electricians.
Manhattan. The demand of eastern
electrical concerns for graduates of
the electrical engineers' course at the
State Agricultural college cannot be
filled. Four men have gone this year
to New York to take places with the
General Electrical company and there
are two more vacancies there with no
men to fill them. There is a demand
for graduates to take charge of elec
trical plants throughout the state.
As to Raising Tobacco.
Meriden. The people of northeast
ern Kansas believe that Leavenworth
is to become the center of a tobacco
district that will rival the tbbacco
growing region of Kentucky. The
growth of this new industry along the
Missouri river points to this section
as one of the most profitable fields for
tobacco growing in the United States.
Kansan Will be Harvard Instructor.
Marion. J. F. Sievers of this city,
a student in the Harvard graduate
6choolof arts and science, has beeu
appointed an Austin teacher fellow at
Harvard during the coming year.
Will Can Sweet Potatoes.
Abilene. A canning factory will be
built here this summer to can sweet
potatoes. The growers promise11 300
acres, or about 30,000 bushels.
Kansans Take to Insurance.
Topeka. Kansans are preparing to
carry their own insurance, both fire
and life. New insurance companies
are springing up everywhere. They
are organized by Kansas men, financed
by Kansas men and expect to do their
business chiefly with Kansas men, for
the present at least.
When farmers and busings men of
the state began to make more money
than they could use in the ordinary
business channels they looked around
to see how they could probably invest
the surplus. They investigated all
sorts of propositions and the two that
seemed best was the building of rail
roads and the establishment of insur
ance companies. Three different rail
roads are being constructed in Kansas
by money furnished by farmers. Rec
ords in the insuracne department
showed that the people of the Sun
flower state sent from' $2,000,000 to
$4,000,000 annually to eastern insur
ance companies, fire and life. Under
normal conditions there is a handsome
profit in the insurance business, so
the movement to organize home com
panies has become almost a fad.
Electric Lights for Farmers.
Atchison. Electric lights are to be
added to the luxuries of Kansas farms
In this vicinity. Arrangements have
been perfected whereby the Atchison
Light company will supply electricity
to Trop, in'Poniphan county, and far
mers along the route are also to be
supplied. Work of building the trans
mitting line will begin shortly, and al
ready a number of farmers have made
application for the light service.
National Guard Company Disbands.
CoffeyviHe. The company of Na
tional Guards here has been mustered
out of service.
Pinchot to Visit Lawrence.
Lawrence.- Glfford Pinchot, who is
now abroad for a conference with
Theodore Roosevelt, will visit Law
rence next month. This fact was
made known here by Prof. C. S. Skil
ton, who will be the host of the fa
mous public man. y
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Park Rapids, Minn. "I was sick for
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pound I gained 20
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La Dot:. Park Bap-
ids, Minn.
Brookville, Ohio. "I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's
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Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
Sound, made from native roots and
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ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cores
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass., from women who hav"
been cured from almost every form qf
female complaints, inflammation, ul
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound a trial.
If you want special advice writo
Sirs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for it
It is free and always helpful.
Something Stronger Than Wind.
Senator Depew, apropos of March
winds, said, at a dinner in Washing
ton: "An old-fashioned fellow, one year
when Easter came in March, paid too
many Easter calls and drank too many
cups of eggnog, and, alas, was quite
overcome.
'As the old-fashioned fellow lurched,
in the late afternoon, toward home,
a little girl watched him from her
window, curiously.
" 'Oh, mamma,' she said, 'come and
look at Mr. Stuyvesant. Isn't the wind
blowing him about!'"
Air Old Folks
That take NATURE'S REMEDY (NR
tablets) tonight will feel better in the
mornir.gr. It sweetens the stomach, cor
rects the liver, bowels and kidneys, pre
vents biliousness and eliminates the rheu
matism. Better than Pills for Liver Ills,
because it's different it's thorough, easy
sure to act. Get a 25c Box. All Drusrelsts.
The A. II. Lewis Medicine Co.. St. Louis.
Her Worry.
Mrs. Hoyle You seem unhappy.
Mrs. Doyle-r-I am; I don't believe
that if I were to die my husband would
wear as deep mourning as he did for
his first wife.
Dr. Pierrn'g Pleasant Pellet rrpniate and Irrvljr
rate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated,
liny granules, easy to take as candr.
No, Cordelia, rain checks never
check the rain. -
It's alVrohg-ldoa.
To . suppose that Nature
alone will correct any dis
turbance of the Stomach,
Liver or Bowels. Very
often assistance is needed,
and it is then you ought to
take the Bitters. You 11
find it Nature's best aid in
cases of Poor Appetite,
Heartburn, Sour Stom
ach. "Indigestion, Dys
pepsia, Costiveness,
Biliousness & Malaria.
Always insist on having
UJESTEBH eOQfiBQ
Senator DoKIver, off Iowa, sayss f
The stream of emigrant from the United State.
rnu.Jo 4jaaada will continue.
i: ,5- Saaor Dolliyer recently paid
lf ? "- " --- n visit to Western Canada.
land hunserln the heart.
of EbkIim speaking peo
ple; this will account to
of Knulish speaking l
the removal of so many
low. I&nnexs to janaaa.
Oar people are pleased
with it. Government and
the excellent adminia
tratlon of law, and they
are ootaing to jrou in
ten. of thotuanda. and
they are atill coming."
- Iowaoontribatedlarp
1 to th 70.fMM Amrrl.
eon former, who made Canada
their borne d ti r 1 n r 1909.
Field crop return. alone
durinaTTear added to Che wealth
of the country upward, of
0170,000,000.00
Grain crewfatc, mixed farm-In-,
cattle raising and dairylnc
are all profitable. I-ree Bome
atead. of loO acre, are to bo
had In the very beat dhrtrlcta,
l&O acre pre-emption, at 3-CK
per acre within certain areata,
school, and rhoKhet in crrerr
ettlement. climate nnexeeUed.
oil the ricneat,wood, water and
bniidina material plentiful.
For Darticnlaraaa to location, low
settler railway rate, and dene-rip
ttv. iilnatratea
pampnlet, "laat
lie West."
asd other i Terms-
tloo, write to bap t of Immigra
tion, Ottawa. Con-, or to Canenim
I. S. CRAWFORD
B. 12S tf. Kkifc Street, KaosM Cii, Ea.
(Cs. adilr nearest rooj $
I have tzeed your Yalsa&!e Casetreta
asd I find them perfect. Cca!dnt 9
without them. I hare used then for
some time for indlgestioa asd bilicnsnesa
and am now completely cared. Stecczs
mend them to everyone. Once tried, joa
'will never be without them in the
family." Edward A. Ll&rx, Albany,
Pleasant. Pslatabla. Potest. Tasts Good. ;
uK urwu. sever orcjLcn, n euca or uni
10c.25c. 50c Never aold to bulk. The ret
nine tablet stamped C C C. GBar&atoed f
Car or your mosey beck. - S3
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