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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
KANSAS NEWS.
Prospects for Arkansas City
Getting a Beet Factory.
The Santa Fe Railway Agents
Are Aiding the Scheme.
TESTS SHOW UP WELL.
Samples Sent to Rocky Ford
Were Worry Satisfactory.
Michigan Plants Seeking a Lo-
cation I'm Kansas.
Arkansas City. Ras..

Arkansas City, Ras., Dec. THE
Traveller says:
The sugar beet proposition is get
ting to look mighty good to us now.
1t is getting better daily, and we be-
lieve that we can land a sugar beet
factory in 1905. If we do, it will be
as good a stroke of work as any Com
mercial club could do for any town.
A short time since E. Kirkpatrick
wrote those of the Santa Fee people
who are interested in the sugar beet
industry, stirring them up on the sub
Ject. Yesterday he got a letter from
the Industrial commissioner. which
explains itself, and is as follows:
Industrial Commissioners Office,
Chicago, Dec. 3, 1904.
E. Kirkpatrick, Arkansas City, Kas.:
Dear Sir-Herewith is copy of
letter introducing to you Mr.. NJ. H.
you shortly for the purpose of securing
some further data as to beet growing
possibilities in your vicinity.
Mr.. Miller advises me he represents
factories which are seeking new loca-
lions in the west, and 1 have advised
him it would be well to lok into the
possibility at Arkansas City.
Yours truly,
WESLEY MERRITT.
Mr.. Miller has not arrived yet, but
is expected daily, and will be properly
taken care of upon his arrival.
The returns from the beet5 which
were shipped to Rocky Ford have
been received. In the shipment Ar
kansas City had 22.140 pounds; Kill
dare, 40,700 pounds, and Portland, H.
355 pounds. The beets brought SIS per
ton; the freight was $1.25 per ton
The shipments netted 1878 per ton.
If the Kansas raisers get the dollar
bounty on sugar beets, they will re-
ceive $4.75 per ton.
This morning w. w. Burnett, agent
for the Santa Fe, received a telegram
from Charlie Seagraves, Industrial
agent for the road, concerning the
sugar beets, and upon the answer
great deal will depend. Mr.. Seagraves
dated the telegram at MERGED, Colo,
and it says that he is with Mr.. Hamil-
ton, the head of the American Beet
Sugar company. He wrote for infor-
nation and asks if it is possible to get
farmers within two miles of this city
to agree to grow 5000 acres of beets
for at least five years. He also wants
to know whether the past growing was
done under the direction of an expert
or whether the farmers had no help.
He also desires full information about
the natural gas. The agent took the
matter up with Mr.. kirkpatrick, of the
home industries committee of the
Commercial club, and the information
will be sent at once to Mr.. Seagraves-
1t is expected that Mr.. Seagraves
wants this information for the benefit
of Mr.. Hamilton. 1t is barely pos
sible that they have already seen the
results of the test made with the beets
grown here, at the Rocky Ford plant,
and that there is an intention to locate
a plant here. 1t is very fortunate
that the answer to the telegram will
be able to tell him all about our gas
and that is expected 20 have a great
deal of weight with the sugar COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
An ingalls, Family Joke.

In every family there are family
jokes on some member of the family,
and often they are better than the
professional ones you here. Here is
a time honored one in the family of
Mrs. John J. Ingalls,: At the dinner
table one day Mrs. Ingalls, dropped a
little gravy on the front of her dress.
One of her daughters called her at
tention to it. Mrs. ingalls, said: my
dear, I knew the spot was there. You
need not have troubled yourself to
call the attention of other people at
the table to it. If the spot annoys
you, you may leave the table" And
the next time Mrs. Ingalls, dropped
something on the front of her dress
all her children got up and marched
away from the table. The event has
passed into the family joke book
AtchiSOn Globe.
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Hurley, Harvard, right half back.
Mills, Harvard, full back.
BOSTON GLOBE.
Shevlin. Yale; Glaze, Dartmouth, ends.
Hogan. Yale; Cooney. Princeton,
tackles,
Piekarski. Pennsylvania; Gilman,
Dartmouth, guards.
Roraback, Yale, center.
Stevenson, Pennsylvania, quarter
back.
Hurley. Harvard; Leavenworth, Yale,
half backs.
Smith. Pennsylvania, full back
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
Shevlin, Yale, left end.
Bloomer, Yale, left tackle.
Kinney, Yale, left guard.
Roraback, Yale, center.
Piekarsk, Pennsylvania. right guard.
Cooney. Princeton, right tackle.
Neal, Yale, right end.
Stevenson, Pennsylvania, quarter
back.
Reynolds, Pennsylvania, left half
back.
Hurley, Harvard, right half back.
Torney, West Point, full back.
NEW YORK HERALD.
Shevlin, Yale; Glaze, Dartmouth,
Cooney. Princeton; Hogan. Yale.
tackles.
Trip, Yale; Piekarski. Pennsylvania,
guards.
Upton, West Point, center.
Rockwell, Yale, quarter back.
Hoyt, Yale, left half back.
MetzentAin, Columbia, right half
back.
Smith, Pennsylvania, full back.
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JIM CoRBETr WANTS AT FITz.
VIII Make a Final Effort to Regain
LaureIs Lost TO the Cornishman.


Laurels Lost 10 the Cornishman.
New York Dec. THAT Jim Cor
bett will make one final effort to re-
mons is the information contained in a
letter received by his brother Tom
the other day.
Corbett intends to have one last bat
tie, if Fitzsimmons will consent to an
encounter, and will then retire from
the ring. Although realizing that he
is now no match for the massive JEFF
like to wind UP his pugilistic career
by a victory over the man who once
defeated him at Carson City.
Jim has always claimed that 1T was
a chance blow that put him away" "
said Tom recently, cor rather, he is
free to admit that it was his own care
lessness. He had been avoiding Fitz
so easily that he merely drew back
his head when Bob made pass at
him, thus throwing out his stomach
and solar plexus until Bob had the
one chance of his life.
'Fitz took the one chance and land
ed. Jim was tired at the time, but so
was Bob. It's easy to talk now about
how exhausted Corbett was in that en-
counter, as a good many alleged sports
are doing. But he wasn't half as tired
as Fitzsimmons. and would have won
if he had not become overconfident.
'F'itz and Jim are both getting along
in years, from the standpoint of
fighter, but each ought to have one
good bout in him still. Jim wants to
fight F'itzsimmonS alone. He doesn't
there's nobody in the heavyweight line
they can't lick. out side of Jeffries, it
seems as if the fight ought to prove
good card
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St. Louis Batters Poor.

st. Louis, Dec. I'm the official
batting averages of the American
league not one player of the St Louis
Browns came anywhere near batting
800.
Bobby Wallace and J. Burkett led
the team, the pair being tied at .273.
Heidrick followed with an average of
.269.
The batting of the entire Browns
team was very poor, and explains in a
great measure the teams poor show
Ing in last seasons pennant race.
Lajoie of Cleveland led the league
in batting, having an average of 1881
for the 40 games in which he played.
His nearest competitor was Keller of
the New York team, who played in lab
games and had an average Of .343.
Davis of Philadelphia and Holmes
Of Chicago are tied for third place,
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lola woNIAN's SUICIDE.
Mrs. Mccullough Cuts Her Throat and
Takes Poison.

lola, Kas., Dec. Mrs. Ella Nc
Cullough. wife of F. ]. Mccullough, a
Gas City druggist, committed suicide
at her home by cutting her throat
with razor. The deed must have
been committed Tuesday forenoon.
Her 7-year-old son had been sent up
town on an errand. When he re-
turned he found the house locked. He
reported to his father and an inveSti-
cation revealed Mrs. Mccullough dead
in her bedroom. Beside her lay the
razor and vial of laudanum which
had been partially emptied.
The McCulloughs formerly lived in
Emporia. A few weeks ago Mrs. Nc
Cullough's mother, who still lives in
Emporia, showed evidences of insanity
and on Mrs. McCullough's testimony
the probate court adjudged her in
sane. She brooded over this and was
constantly bemoaning the fact that
she was compelled to give testimony
against her mother. For some time
her condition has given rise to alarm.
but the relatives never suspected her
intention of committing suicide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
IRRIGATION CONVENTION.
Association at Garden City to Be Held
Dec 1929


Garden City, Kan, Dec. THE
Western Kansas Irrigation association
will hold it's annual convention in
Garden City, December % and %,
1904. Everybody in western Kansas
should attend this meeting and help
advance every interest in irrigation.
The growing of sugar beets is an
important question in western Kansas
and will be discussed at this meeting.
Representation of delegates are as
follows:
Two from each irrigation company.
Two from each city to be named by
the mayor.
Two from each commercial club.
Two from each county to be named
by the county commissioners.
Two from each agricultural society.
Proper parties will please take
notice and see that delegates are ap-
pointed to attend this convention.
The State university and Agricul-
tural college will be represented
at the convention. Other important
speakers will be present who are inter
ested in irrigation and address the
convention.
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THE SHOOT AT SALIVA.
Herr, of Concordia. Was High Man
Yesterday With 80.

Salina, Kan, Dec. 7.-Henry Ander-
sons first annual target tournament
which began Tuesday here has at
tracted to Salina a crowd of some of
the best shots in the country. Among
them are: F. B. White and Dave
Elliott, of Kansas City; E. w. Arnold,
Larned; F. H. Ford, LAGRANGE; Fred
Whitney. -Des Moines, Ia; Clarence
Brown, New York city; George w.
Jenkins. Wamego; G. G: Spencer. st.
Louis; w. r. Crosby, O'Fallon, I'LL;
Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Ia; @. w.
Budd, Des Moines, Ia; Fred Lord,
Chicago; w. H. Kerr, H. c. Wetzig,
L. S. Meyers and Kempton, of Con-
cordia; Ed O'Brien, Florence, Kan; ].
L. Jones, Hoisington; King, Denver;
B. Johnson, Leloup, Kan; William
Beach, Falls City, Neb.; George Max
well, Holstein, Neb.; B. Pierce, Chico
pee, Kan.
Henry Anderson is Salinas crack
shot and has won several medals. The
day was an ideal one for shooting and
some good scores were made. There
were five events with twenty targets
to each event. There were twenty en-
tries in each event.
The best scores out of a possible 100
were as follows:
Herr. Concordia, 90; Gilbert, Spirit
Lake, Ia, %; Charles Spencer, st.
Louis, 98; Ed Arnold, Larned, 90;
Charles Budd, Des Moines, SO; W. r.
Crosby, O'Fallon, 96; William Beach,
Falls City, Neb., 95.
The tournament will continue over
today and Thursday.
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each player having an average of .30S.
Holmes played in but sixty-seven
games, while Davis took part in 1O2
games. Stahl of Boston, who is in
ninth place, with an average of .296,
leads the team which won the cham
pionship of the league.
Gibson of the same team, who
played in thirty-three games, finished
the lowest in the entire list, with an
average of but .065. Cleveland also
finished in first place for club batting
having an average OF .263 for 154
games played. New York secured
second honors, with .258 for 155
games. Boston, with $50, finished in
third place. Washington had the
weakest batters, having an average of
only .225.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
JONES NOT YET A SENATOR.
| ST. Pau1'S Star Outfielder and Batter
! SAYS He Cannon Be Drafted.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 7.-Charles c.
Jones. formerly Denver's star out
fielder and batter, who was last year
captured by Comiskey for the White
Sox and then sold to ST. Paul when
Fielder Jones decided to return to
Chicago on compulsion, announces he
will not join the Washington club this
year.
Jones batted above the 300 mark
last season and did much to win the
American association pennant for st.
Paul. Donovan was said to have
drafted him for Washington, but this
Jones denies.
I'm the first place am not sure
Donovan wants me- said Jones, cor
that the club has really drafted me.
Neither Manager Kef1ey or the ST.
Paul team nor myself knows anything
of it. consequently the report must be
erroneous"
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Wagon Full of Jack Rabbits.

J. T. WEIGH of Sheridan county
drove into town last Saturday with
wagon box piled full up with jack
rabbits. It was about the biggest load
of rabbits we ever saw-340 in ALL
They were all killed in one day by
gang of eighteen fellows who chose
up, nine on a side, the old men against
the young, and the losing side was to
serve refreshments to the winners.
The young men won, and we under
stand the refreshments have been
ordered. The rabbits were shipped to
a Denver market house and brought a
neat little sum.-Oakley Graphic.
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Patents for Kansas.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE following
Kansas patents have been issued:
leaser; Charles E. Fuller, Maple City,
ak; George E. Green and E. w. Wag-
oner, Emporia, lettering device; Simp-
son L. Geddes, Wellington, device for
holding ties for heating; James H.
Howard, Kansas City, Kas., street car
signal; John w. Mccoy Stafford, port
able grain conveyer; Albert T. New
man, Greeley, water and gas sepa-
rator; Charles r. Parks, Raymond,
self feeder for threshing machine;
Dinch D. West, Moline, mail box.
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Utah Miners to- Kansas.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. Sixty
miners arrived in Pittsburg last even
ing from the Utah strike district and
will be put to work as fast as places
can be found for them. National
Board Member Chris Evans, who has
charge of the strike in Utah, sent
them here by orders from the national
board. Considerable complaint has
trict against the shipping of men in
after this manner, as they claim there
is hardly work enough for the men
already here. The national board.
however, has adopted this method of
aiding the strikers who cannot get
work in Colorado and Utah by ship
ping them to districts more friendly to
them.
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Gas War Continues.

Independence, Kas.. Dec. Tt is
announced here that a number of per-
sons are preparing to place them
selves in contempt of court to test
Judge Flannelly's order of injunction
prohibiting interference with building
gas pipe lines out of the county. 1t is
questioned by some attorneys whether
or not one court in the county can
enjoin~ another. The hearing of
arrested employees of the gas company
is set for today in Coffeyville. The
gas company is determined, and if
the order is disregarded arrests will
follow.
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Good Sugar Beet Yield.

The biggest yield of beets we have
heard of so far this year is from w. H.
Smith. We had an item in the Chief
tain a few weeks ago telling about Mr..
Smith getting 81 tons from one acre
That was considered a pretty good
yield, but as his harvest has prog
ressed he has found several acres of his
field that are yielding 81 tons per acre.
Now let us figure a little on this
Thirty-seven tons at SIS per ton makes
$1S5 per acre. The expenses of grow
ing and marketing, the most of the
work being done by Mr.. Smith him
self, is probably $35 per acre. This
would leave him a net profit of $3.50
per acre. Such results as this ought to
open the eyes of those who have been
claiming that there is no money in
growing beets=HoIy Chieftain.
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Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco, Dec. Good going
prevailed at Oakland and there were
some close finishes. three events being
won by narrow margins. Three favor
ties and a second choice landed
In the six and one-half furlong
handicap, Military Man was the best.
but Helgeson, in attempting to follow
rating orders, pulled him back from
first to last place. The colt went
around his field. but in a drive Letola,
the favorite. beat him a nose.
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WHY the GirI Isn,t STRONG.

An Emporia girl works down town,
and her mother thinks she isn't strong
and never allows her to do anything
about the house. The girl is a church
worker and has a great many friends,
and is kept busy evenings and Sun
days. Yesterday she taught a class in
Sunday school, went to church, called
on two sick friends in the afternoon,
and went to Endeavor meeting and
church in the evening. This evening
she will go to the Kings Daughters
meeting. Tomorrow evening she will
attend a meeting of the Christian
Endeavor local union. Wednesday
night she is going to a marty, Thurs
day night to prayer meeting, and Fri
day night to a meeting of Christmas
tree committee. Saturday afternoon
she will get off from her work and
will put in the afternoon and evening
at the Kings Daughters bazaar.
Sunday morning she will start all
over again.-Emporia Gazette.
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Rheumatism

Like Neuralgia, is now known
to be a nervous disease. The
kidneys become weak through
lack OF nerve energy, and fail
to filter the uric acid from the
blood; this acid attacks and
burns the nerves and muscles,
and consumes the oil in the
joints, producing Inflammation,
fever, swelling-pain-
To cure Rheumatism, then,
you must restore the kidney
nerves and muscles, and neu-
tralize the effect of the acid
upon the joints and tissues
with DIR. Miles Restorative
Nervine, a nerve medicine,
which has made many cures of
this painful disease. Nervine
strengthens the kidney nerves
and increases the circulation,
and relief is assured.
Before I took DR.. Miles Nervine,
Rh eun tS9 for Is years ear The last
time was laid up for several months.
COul0 not get out OF DSQ OF set 1901
on the floor. I tried remedies to rub
in, to drink. doctors prescriptions,
etc. but none OF them had any effect
One day / read about DR.. Miles
Nervine and got a bottle. After the
first dose I had a good nights rest.
and after taking half a al. bottle tie the he
walked all around the town. In a week
I went to work. and was perfectly
cured, but continued to take the
medicine for q time, to make sure the
pains would not come back"
THOS. LONG.
s1s N. Chatham ST., Racine. Wis.
Or. Miles Nervine Is sold by ycar
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit If IL falls, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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McCInne Missing Again.

Wichita, Kas., Dec. Tt is reported
that H. C. McClung, the choir leader
and lumber dealer, who returned
home Monday after an absence of a
few weeks, during which it was ru-
mored that he had eloped with Miss
Dorsey. of this place, has again left
the city. A report was circulated also
that Miss Dorsey was in Nebraska,
while a travelling man who knows
them both told friends here that he
saw both her and McClung in Guthrie,
Okla, the day following their disap
pearance from home.
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Buried in the Flag.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. There was
a pathetic funeral service at the coun-
ty poor farm. The body of Miss Eliza
Bayne, 83 years old, was buried in the
potter's field wrapped in the flag of
the French republic. Miss Bayne was
a native of France, but came to this
country years ago. May II, 1889, the
man to whom she was engaged to be
married was killed in the revolution
of Paris and she wrapped a flag of the
republic about-his body. Her last wish
was that her body might be wrapped
in the French flag.
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Paola Wants a Pine Line.

Pao1a, Kas., Dec. Indications
are that, as development in the Paola
oil field progresses. d new pipe line
will be built from here to Kansas
City, where an independent refinery
will be built. At any rate there has
been much discussion the last few
reSentative of the Pure Oil and Pro-
ducers' company, of Pennsylvania,
has been here looking over the field
to ascertain the total output of the
wells and their lasting qualities. 1t is
a HE
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the eleven years he worked at his
trade he managed to save $3.50. He
bought forty acres of land from Ed
Yocum for SITS, paying $3.50 down.
The land was too rough to farm, so
he set it to small fruits. After careful
management of this forty acres for
ten years, he says he found that he
He now has one of the best kept $50
acre farms in the county, besides val
liable farm lands in Kansas. His farm
is well fenced and well stocked, and
he cultivates on the rotation plan
AtchisOn Globe
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Butler Gets The Phantom for $40, 900.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. flames But
Ter, of New York, has bought of c. c.
Van Meter the promising 2-year-old
trotter, The Phantom, for $4,000.
This is the largest price paid here for
a harness horse in years. Butler was
in Louisville several days looking over
the youngster, and finally came to Van
Meters terms. The coIt was shipped
to New York. The Phantom is by
Boreal, sire of Boralma, and is out
of The Shadow, by Knighthawk. He
started twice during the Lexington
trots and while he did not win he
showed phenomenal speed.
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Shriners at SaIina.

Salina, Kas., Dec. Nearly 100
novices were made Shriners here last
night at the annual ceremonial ses-
sion of Isis temple. The session was
the largest in the history of Isis tenn
pie. After the work the traditional
banquet was held in the large ban
quet hall. Among the speakers were:
Jacob Arthur Young, Abilene; Sam B.
Amidon, Wichita; E. r. Moses, Great
Bend, and Rev. c. H. Rogers, Hutch
inSOn.
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Mrs. Nation Quiet at Winfield.

Winfield, Kan, Dec. 7.-Carrie Ma
ton came to Winfield from Arkansas
City and had quite a meeting on the
streets. She did not attempt to
smash any saloons, but lectured the
proprietors who stood in front of their
places. The doors were locked. Dur
ing the afternoon she appeared on the
streets and addressed the mayor, a big
crowd following her. She spoke in a
church last night to a small audience.
She said the town needed reorganiza-
ton.
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