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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Naming of Portland.

The Lewis and Clark exposition has
naturally brought out many interest
ing facts in regard to Portland and
the Pacific Coast. Not least interest
ing among these is the story of the
naming of Portland. and it also. for
tunately, is in a way on exhibition in
the Oregon hotel in the shape of a
big, oldtime copper cent, dated 1885,
the Tipping of which resulted in the
name Portland being chosen as the
name of what is now great city. The
story goes that a man from Maine,
Mr.. Pettygrove. father of the present
owner of the historic penny, and a
Mr.. Lovejoy, of Massachusetts, who
were the leaders of party of settlers
who sailed I'D the Columbia river in
the bark Trenton. in which they had
rounded Cape Horn, came in 1912 to
the present site of the city of Port
land, where they determined to start
a city. Mr.. Lovejoy wanted to name
the new city Boston. but the man
from Maine preferred Portland, and
to decide the matter they tipped a
penny, the same now on exhibition.
Naturally, the Bostonian chose heads,
but tails won. and hence it is the
Maine, not the Massachusetts,, city
which gave it's name to the "City of
Roses" in which the big exposition
is now being held.
AS soon as a man has a losing
streak his wife begins to lecture him
about the sin of gambling.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17

state and every car of wheat should
be inspected by state inspector be-
fore it was started to market This
would give the farmer a fair deal.
Local oil inspectors are appointed for
every point where oil is handled. and
the same system should be applied to
the grain inspection department. AS
it is now, farmer who sells his
wheat to local dealer must take that
dealers weights and tests. The deal
er ships the grain to market and gets
the weights and tests from the state
inspection department. The farmer
does also where he ships direct to
as good protection if he sells at home
as if he ships to market and local in
sDection is his only salvation"
There is no telling how generally
the scheme is being worked. Several
complaints have been made from diff
ferent parts of the state. No single
dealer has a monopoly on the scheme.
Many of them are in it. OF course
majority of the dealers are honest,
but enough are crooked to make life a
burden to the farmers They don't
know which to trust.
'The legislature last winter passed
law requiring grain men to give
shippers full weight on grain ship
ments.' said Judge West I'm the
past dealers at the big markets had
been in the habit of deducting 100
pounds from every car. 1t was esti-
mated that this meant a loss of
$4,000 year to the people of Kan
sas, SO the bill was passed prohibiting
that practice. But that law only ap-
plies to weights. 1t doesn't apply to
tests. For instance, a farmer might
haul 10000 pounds of wheat to local
dealer in town where there is no
state inspection. That wheat prob
ably would test 60 pounds to the
bushel and be worth 65 cents bushel.
But the local dealer would put a test
of Sc pounds to the bushel on it and
only give the farmer say 60 cents
bushel or cents less than the wheat
vas really worth. That is the thing
that must be remedied by direct and
special legislation"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17

agriculture. established an eight hour
working day and that fifty to sixty
men had for some time been receiv-
ing the advantages of such scale and
such hours of labor.
These wages are not high, nor
equal to the prevailing rates in cities
and surely they are not extravagant.
Had we been employing these people
in places where the cost of living
was some higher. their wages would
have been proportionately greater. If
this is any evidence of extravaganza
and bad management lit may as well
be told now that the wage scale OF
each and every class of skilled and
unskilled labor in the weather bureau
has been materially increased during
the past eight years by Secretary Will
son on my recommendation.
81 believe that where government
officials in any measure have been re
creant to their trusts their records
should be inquired into and they held
to a strict accountability; and also
believe that the greatest enemies Of
graft are the representatives of the
American press, who should be giver
free access to the files and records
of every public Office"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
GOVERNOR URGES PEACE.
He has Concluded to offer his Services
as a Mediator.

st. Paul, Aug. 1.-THE first definite
step looking toward the arbitration of
the struggle which has been In pro-
gress for over a week between the
Northern Pacific and the Order of
Railway Telegraphers was taken when
Governor John A. Johnson addressed
letters to President ]. J. Hill and
Howard Elliott Of the railways, and
President H. B. Perham. of the tele-
graphers, urging a settlement of the
trouble and offering his services as
mediator.
Governor Johnson was prompted to
take this action by numerous letters
he has received from commercial
organizations and citizens of the
state urging him to take some meas
ure to end the struggle. The govern
or stated that some of the letters he
had received declared that business
in sections of the state was almost
paralyzed by the conditions which
now prevail.
President Perham, of the tele-
graphers, has stated on several oc-
casecasions that he is willing to sub.
NIT his case to any fairminded tri-
bunal
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
HOcH SPOKE ON REFORM.
Kansas Governor And Party In PhIIa-
deIpIIa,

Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-Gov. Hoch of
Kansas and his party arrived here to-
day to attend the launching of the bat
tleship Kansas tomorrow at the ship
yards in Camden. With the party are
thirty persons. including the govern
or's wife and Miss Anna Hoch, his 16-
year-old daughter. who will act as
sponsor for the battleship.
Governor Hoch was guest of hon.
or at public reception held today at
the headquarters of the City party.
Many prominent citizens were pres
ent and the governor delivered an adj
dress on Reform"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %-pound pack
ages. and the price is the same, 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand De-
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance Of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
No trouble to Get Men,

Spokane. Wash, Aug. 8. = R. p
Haney. local chairman of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers for the
Idaho division of the Northern Pa
cific. announces that he regards the
strike as lost and advises the men
to return to work.
Chairman Tanquary of the o. R. T.,
in charge of the strikers, answers by
announcing that Haney will be re-
lieved from his Office.
Both railroads are giving the strik-
ers to understand that their places
will not be available to them after
they are once filed. General Man.
ager Horn. of the Northern Pacific.
says he is having no difficulty in Sc
curing strike-breakers. $50 applica-
lions for work being on file at his
office. Applicants are being examined
as rapidly as possible and sent west
to man the wires. 1t is understood
that a large number of the applica-
lions being made are from women.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
ALLEGATION IS DENIED
The Weather Bureau is Free From Ali
Graft.
NO IRREGULARITIES ALLOWED.
Eight Hour Working Day Was Estab-
Iished With Fair Wages = Shot Is
Taken at Secret Service Men =
Statement in Full.

Washington, Aug. r. = Professor
Willis L. Moore. chic of the United
States weather bureau, today issued
signed statement denying allega-
lions of graft in the management of
the weather station in the Blue Ridge
mountains near Blue Mont, Va, dis
claiming the existence of any irregu-
larities in the administration of his
office and offering full opportunity for
the investigation of any specific
charges by any responsible person.
Professor Moore says that no secret
service men are at work in the bureau
and scores a "few incompetent or dis
honorable employees" dismissed from
the service and endeavoring to secret
ly reform the institution
The statement says:
"a few days ago a statement was
published in Washington to the effect
that it was reported unofficially that
the secret service had dispatched
agents to the mountain station
Mount weather of the United States
weather bureau) where the sleuths
for the past two days have been nos
ing around
According to the report these
sleuths discovered that the weather
bureau was paying So per day for un-
skilled labor which is twice the
amount paid laborers in the city of
Washington and that there is COM
plant on the part of employers ada
cent who only pay rs cents to S1.00.
Now. it is a fact that the weather
bureau has never paid So day to any
laborers employed at Mount Weather
or at any other place and II the re-
porter who wrote that statement had
taken the trouble to ask for the
privilege of examining the pay rolls
of the weather bureau, which would
have been freely placed at his dis
posal. he would have saved his read
ers the opportunity of reading secret
ly secured scandal instead of openly
procured news. l would like to have
the entire pay roll of Mount Weather
VI VI any OIhCi POi VI liiC WOoIhOl
bureau, published, so that the public
may know whether there is an ex-
travagant management inside of the
| bureau or malicious Justification on
the outside.
81 do not doubt that have disturb
ed the labor market in the vicinity of
Mount Weather and am proud of the
fact. for l was told of men working
from sunrise to sunset for so cents
per day and board or IS cents per day
and they board themselves. believe
that such hours of labor and such
wages do not contribute to the better
ment of American citizenship OF the
welfare of the state and so far as 1
have the power as the chief of large
government bureau l shall ever strive
to alter such conditions.
COR the approval of Secretary Will
son. who believes in reasonable hours
of labor and a fair wage scale, es-
tablished a wage of SO per day for
stone masons. $3.50 for carpenters
and s1.5O for day laborers. If the
sleuths. who are reported to have
been 'nosing around Mount Weather,
had been a little more vigilant they
would have discovered that l had also
with the sanction of the secretary of
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17

Charles Rouxel, lately professor of
belles-lettres in the University of
Honduras. was sent to the workhouse
in New York the other day for a
month as vagrant. He was arrested
in a park which had been his only
home for some time Rouxel was driv-
en- out of Honduras by revolution.
His means were soon exhausted, but
he lays his downfall to his extreme
near-sightedness, which prevents him
from recognizing friends in the
street. An appeal will be made to in
fluential friends in France to assist
him
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Forest Work In Kansas.

Washington, Aug. 8. = The forest
service will take steps Immediately
to inaugurate tree planting work on
the recently established Garden City
forest planting in the sand hills of
c. A. Scott, who has had charge of the
forest planting in the sand mills of
Nebraska during the past four years,
has been detailed to the Kansas work,
and will soon be on the ground to To-
cate nursery sites and make plans for
the shade frames with which to cover
the seed beds. 1t is possible that
seedlings from the Nebraska nursery
will be shipped to the Kansas reserve
for planting next year, since two
years will be required for the home
grown seedlings to develop to suit
able size for transplanting.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
THINK TERMS ARE SEVERE.
How the Portsmouth News Is Received
AT Rome,

Rome, Aug. 14.-Much surprise was
felt here today at the Japanese peace
terms becoming known, and high COM
pliments were paid to the Associated
Press for it's exclusive dispatches on
the subject. The opinion is express
ed in Rome that the terms are very
severe on Russia, but if the Japanese
are sufficiently firm Russia will end by
accepting, as there. is nothing in
them, it is thought, derogatory to Rus
sian pride, although both reimburse
ment and territory are demanded.
The view in military circles is that
Russia intends to do the best possible
for herself, but will accept in the end.
The main Japanese terms are less ex-
orbitant than expected here and the
hope is expressed that an agreement
wiz be reached
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
HEART RIGHT
When He Quit Coffee.

Life Insurance Companies will NOT
insure man suffering from heart
trouble. The reason is obvious.
This is a serious matter to the hus-
band or father who is SOLICITORS for
the heart trouble is caused by an I'M
expected thing and can be corrected
If taken in time and properly treated.
A man in Colorado writes:
Il was great coffee drinker for
many years, and was not aware of the
Injurious effects of the habit till be-
came a practical invalid, suffering
from heart trouble, indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made
me wretchedly miserable myself and
nuisance to those who Witnessed my
sufferings.
Il continued to drink Coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause of my ill-health, till, on applying
for life insurance l was rejected on
account of the trouble with my heart.
Then l became alarmed. / found that
leaving off coffee helped me quickly,
SO quit it altogether and having
been attracted by the advertisements
of Postum Food Coffee began its use.
The change in my condition was
remarkable, and it was not long till
/ was completely cured. All my all
ments vanished My digestion was
completely restored. my nervousness
disappeared, and. most important of
all, my heart steadied down and be-
came normal. and on a second exami-
nation l was accepted by the life in
surance Co. Quitting Coffee and US
ing Postum worked the cure" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek.
Mich
There's reasons and it is explained
in the little book. The Road to Well
ville." IN earh pkg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Indicted for Snoring.

The mayor of small commune
near Versailles has formally indicted
citizen for the grave offense Of
snoring. 1t seems that the accused
attended meeting of the municipal
council. and was so overcome by the
eloquence of the mayor that he snor-
ed. This demonstration was so Wig
orous that the rest of the mayors adj
dress could not be heard. The Of
fender is now charged with obstruct-
ing the transaction of public business
and outraging the civic majesty. The
defense is that he does not remem-
Der snoring at all, and that if he did
snore it was on account of the mayors
DrOliXity
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
TEACHERS CLEARING HOUSE.
State Superintendent Will See That
All Have Jobs.

State Superintendent Will See That
All Have Jobs.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. S.-The Office of
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton is being used as clearing
house for Kansas teachers. If 6.
county has more teachers than it
needs the state superintendent is no
titled and he in turn notifies the SUI
perintendents of counties where there
is a demand for teachers. In this way
the teachers and the jobs hunt each
other.
Frank Dyer, assistant superintend-
ent, said that there would be enough
teachers with certificates in the state
to fill all of the vacancies in the
schools. Heretofore there has been
a surplus of teachers in the eastern
counties and not enough teachers in
teachers did not know where the va
cancies were and the superintendent
of the counties which did not have
enough teachers did not know where
to find them. This is all changed by
the clearing house system.
A report issued by the state super
intendent shows that Usage county
has twenty teachers more than it
needs. Johnson county has nineteen,
Wyandotte county twenty and Craw-
ford county twenty-five surplus teach
ers. The counties which are in need
of teachers are Washington, which
can employ twenty-five at salaries
varying from $50 to $40 a month;
Stafford county needs about thirty
teachers and pays an average salary
of s42 a month: Jefferson county
needs three teachers.
Those who desire a position should
write to the superintendent of the
counties where teachers are needed
The law provides that teacher hold
ing a certificate in one county can
teach in any county in the state by
having the county superintendent en-
dorse the certificate.
The state superintendent will from
time to time issue a notice of the
counties having surplus of teachers
and the counties in which there is
a demand for them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Drunken Man Kills Passenger.

Louisiana. Mo-, Aug. S.-While a
Chicago and Alton passenger train
was crossing the Mississippi river
bridge, Marion Warner, of Secor. ILL.,,
a passenger on the train. was shot
and instantly killed by 81 unknown
man. After shooting Warner he
emptied his revolver at the other pas
sengers. one woman receiving slight
wound on the arm.
The woman who was injured is Miss
Efie Mcdonald. of Galesburg, ILL.,,
who was on her way to Russell, Kan
sas. A bullet glazed her arm, max
ing a flesh wound
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
FALSE TESTS ARE MADE;
SMALL FARMERS CHEATED

Topeka, Aug. 14.-Complaints have
begun to reach the attorney gen erals
office of scheme certain grain buy
ers have of swindling farmers by false
tests of wheat AS a rule the game
is worked on small farmers who sell
their grain at the machine. 1t can
not be worked on those who ship their
ton. But the state is full of small
grain growers. and if any considerable
per cent of them are swindled it
means vast amount of money for the
swindlers in the aggregate.
Here is one sample" said Assist
ant Attorney General West today.
Here is a letter from an old farmer
in Allen county. He sold his grain
at the machine. but had to deliver it
on board the car. The dealer tested
The farmer thought he was being
swindled, and had the wheat tested
himself. 1t tested sixty pounds to the
bushel Still the, grain dealer said he
was buying on his own tests, not on
those of somebody else, and he paid
the farmer for fifty-six-pound wheat,
which was from to cents less per
bushel than the farmer was entitled to
for his sixty-pound wheat Now the
old farmer wants to know what he
can do. 1 have investigated the
statutes, and / believe he can make
a case against the dealer for obtaining
property under false pretenses. l
have so advised him and urged him
to lay the matter before his county
attorney"
There ought to be a specific law
against this sort of theft" continued
Judge West. st is worse than high
way robbery When man is held
up at the muzzle of gun and robbed
he knows just how much he is out,
but if an INSCRIPTIONS and dishonest
grain dealer is gouging him by false
tests of grain all he knows is that he
has been robbed. but doesn't know
out of how much. In addition to law
against thievery of that kind, the
state inspection department should be
spread to cover every hamlet in the
The Orient railroad builders own
more than fifty townsites along the
roads right-of-way. Only three of
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Interruption of u. s. Mails.

Washington, Aug. S.-The postoffice
department announced that the in
terruption of the mail service in the
states of Mississippi. Louisiana and
Texas on account of the enforcement
of the quarantine resolutions in the
fever districts is mainly confined to
limited areas or districts and to points
reached by local railway trains.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Reoardino NeootIations.

Berlin, Aug. 1.-THE Lokal Anzeig-
er's correspondent at Portsmouth, N.
H., cables that he asked M. White if
the Japanese terms presented basis
for continuing the negotiations and
that NJ. Witte answered. Certainly
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Water For Indians.

Helena. Mont, Aug. II. = Judge
Hunt in the United States court
granted an injunction against Moses
Anderson and many other settlers of
the Milk River valley, to restrain
them from using all the waters Of
Milk river for irrigation. The court
orders the Withholding of at least
5000 inches for the Indians United
States Attorney Rasch recently in
stituted the proceedings on the
ground that the Indians were being
deprived of their rights.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Disposition of conviets.

Toxic, Aug. 1.-THE disposition of
the convicts on Sakhalin island is
now under consideration. They will
probably be taken to the Russian
coast and will there be transferred TO
the Russian authorities. Under a pre-
arrangement. the Russian prisoners
of war on the island, 10000 in all, are
being transported to Japan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
WI Tina Fang Denies.

Pekin, Aug. IL. = The Associated
Press correspondent is informed that
there is no foundation for the state
ment that WI Ting Fang, former min
lister to America. is responsible for
the Chinese anti-American boycott.
The agitation against dealing in
American goods and shipping on
American steamers is spreading.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
Socialists Are Arrested.

LODI, Russian Poland, Aug. IL. =
A thousand socialists who were hold
ing meeting in a forest near here
were surrounded by soldiers. The
majority of the socialists were ar
rested and many of them were wound
ed while attempting to escape.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
New Opera For Eames.

New York. Aug. 14.-Clyde Fitch's
play, 1.-The Toast of the Town." which
Viola Allen will present next season,
is to be made into an opera for Emma
Eames' use. Mr.. Fitch will write the
librettO
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
A missouri Wind Storm.

Centralia, Mo-, Aug. "a destruc-
tive wind storm, accompanied by
heavy rain, visited this community
heavy rain, visited this community.
Several buildings were destroyed.
Many fields of corn were seriously
damaged Large trees were torn to
pieces.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
An Unprecedented Scene.

Portsmouth, England, Aug. IL. =
Scenes unprecedented in a British
naval porte were witnessed here. The
Frnch sailors for hours fraternized
with the British tars. the sailors of
the two nations parading the streets
arm in arm singing the "Marseillaise, -
and the British national anthem.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
School House Burns.

Eureka Springs. Ark. Aug. II. =
The public school building just COM
pleted in Green Forest, Thu county. at
a cost of IS. 1000. is burned. The COM
munity deprived itself of school for
three years in order to accumulate
funds to build this building. There
was no Insurance
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
AGED Contractor Killed.

St Joseph. Mo-, Aug. 12.-Charles
Rodell. aged n, well known build
ing contractor of this city, was killed
at the Swift packing plant while con-
Quoting some work on an extension of
the property. He stepped on scat
fold and fell thirty feet.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17
On Relief Expedition.

Honnings Vaag, Norway, Aug. 12.-
The Arctic steamer Terra Nova,
which went to the relief of the Fiala-
Zeigler Polar expedition. has rescued
Anthony Fiala and all the others con-
nected with the expedition with the
exception of one Norwegian seaman,
who died from natural causes.