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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
The State Has Closed One OF Its
Most Prosperous Years.
Farmers Have Plenty Of Cash
and Paid Off Debts.
HAVE NO MORTGAGES.
Ats Boom Days Are Now a Thing
Of the Past.
Merchants Feel Benefit of I'M
proved Conditions.

Abilene, jan 1O.-With an exception
ally fine holiday trade. stimulated by
excellent weather extending up to
Christmas day, the merchants of cea-
trail Kansas ended a year that is unex-
cefied in the history Of their business.
The uniform prosperity that has come
to the farmers in the past few years,
as reflected in the advancement of the
towns, has almost precluded anything
sensational or startling in the business
history Of the state The attitude OF
the farmers has ceased to be one Of
5ubilation. It is seldom that one boasts
Of what debts he has paid Off or Of
what additions he has made to his bank
deposits, but the swelling tide of cash
and the improvements made in the
country tell the tale
The other day there was a public
auction ten miles from town. No in
ducement was made to the buyers to
pay cash.
seller. Let them give their notes"
Instead one after another came to
the auctioneer's stand and laid down
currency or checks until out of $1,000
that the goods bought, over $500 was
paid then. 1t was a fair sample of the
condition that exists in the country
districts.
The improvement of the farms has
been a notable feature Of the years
from the older portions of Kansas and
from such states as Iowa, Illinois, and
Ohio, has brought an era of added
farm buildings. The building trades
have been unusually busy. 1t is the ex-
perience Of new countries that the or
fgtnal settler is not the generous build
er. He IS apt to think that the old
things are good enough and lets them
go until he gets rich-Or, more likely,
until he sells out and moves away
When he does desert the sod house and
builds for himself, he is apt to build
far more modestly than the condition
of his bank account warrants
The new purchaser sees something to
improve and to add to the adoruments
of the farm, to make it like those in
the east, from which he came. Hence,
he is a builder. The land movement
citizens into this section, and they have
given an impetus to the tendency
toward improving the farms.
I drove 20 miles in the country the
other day" said a business man, "and
counted 20 barns in process of building
erected during the past year and are
some of the fruits of the farmers pros
perity- There used to be a mortgage
on every farm remember once going
with a banker on country drive, and
he told me as we went along just who
owned the mortgages on the farms we
passed, or what eastern mortgage COM
pany had foreclOsed and now had IT,
tie. 1t seemed that he did not miss
one. Now, on that same road every
farm is owned by the man who lives
on it, and the people are their own
change that has taken place all over
the prairie country
The towns of the agricultural sec
ton have emphasized during the year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10

the change that is making them more
and more like those back east Farm
ers are moving to town ana ieLtlng
the sons and daughters manage the
farms. They are buying modest dwell
ings and Improving thems and are Pc
coming important factors in city Ire.
They are conservative and inclined TO
counsel caution in business afta1rSs pul
are good citizens and counterfeit the
influence of the boom spirit that yet
remains dormant.
The carpenters and builders in the
towns have been busy adding pOrcheS
and erecting additions to the dwell
fngs. The merchants have shown a
tendency to own their stores ana nave
made improvements in nearly every
town. They are also permanent ana
indicate a solidity OF investment and
progress that is helpful in the future
life of the community. The income
from the farms has been nperalIy
spent, and the effect is to encourage
the Improvement of business property.
Western Kansas has had a growth
Of its own. The era of the boom
Those thousands of investors who
owned claims on the western lands
have sold their mortgages to specu-
lators, who have, through buying tax
titles and the securing of quitclaim
deeds, managed to secure a title. Now
they are selling the lands at q good
profit. The average claim can be thus
secured at something around $500 and
extreme southwestern portion OF the
state, far from railway and town. In
the older settled parts the prices are
running to sic an acre and the lands
are rapidly passing into the hands of
actual occupants. The big ranches
are being purchased by the cattlemen
for pasture and are lessening in
acreage every season. The movement
of Immigration during the year has
not been SO large in that direction,
but it has been a healthy one and has
brought in many farmers from east
ern Kansas and Iowa.
The holiday trading has been very
profitable to the merchants The
large stocks of fancy goods have been
exhausted and the sales Of buggieS,
pianos, and other expensive gifts have
been as large as usual. The result is
an encouraging outlook for the towns
business life and a feeling of conf
dence on the part of the merchants.
The confidence of the prairie region
in itself is manifest more than ever. 1t
is not the wild enthusiasm that was so
prominent in early days, but it is far
more sensible. In the absence of a
crop failure that would affect the state
generally there can be expected little
excitement in financial circles. The
state closed a year of marked stabil-
ity. as well as one of somewhat self
conscious complacency. 1t is a con-
dition that may be expected as local
improvements continue and the addi-
ton of small manufactures and enter
prises come to help out the business
life.
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WIN watch Goldsmith.

New York, Jan. 10.-Jack Joyner is
now in Los Angeles. He will combine
business with pleasure on the trip, and
will probably bring back with him a
contract calling for the services of
Jockey Willie Davis next season
Joyner will return by way of Mt
Clemens, Mich, and expects to be at
home by February 1.
one of the members of Joyner's
string whose appearance next season
will be awaited with interest is the
Meddler horse Goldsmith. who won
the first Saratoga Special in the colors
of the late William c. Whitney. Gold
smith has had more than a year s
rest from race track duties. but last
fall his present owner, James B. Hag-
gain believed that the horse was still
good for more racing and sent him up
from Kentucky to be added to JOY
ner's training stable.
Joyner now is of the opinion that
no mistake was made of such move.
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Root and Hart TaIIz Fieht.

Chicago, Jan. 10--Jack Root, as
pirant to the light heavyweight cham
pionship of the world, will likely be
matched to meet Marvin Hart in
California early in February.
'Quit kidding; get down to bust
ness; wire at once under what terms
you will meet Hart"
These are the words that came
from Al Greggains, matchmaker OF
the California club. Root immedi-
ate1y wired his terms to Greggains,
and informed him that he is only too
willing to meet Hart, and that if the
terms are satisfactory to wire at
once and he will start for the coast
Regarding the proposed match Root
says:
eff Greggains can succeed in bring
ing US together I believe as good a
fight as has been seen on the coast
viii be pulled off. Hart and I are
well matched, and there is no reason
on earth why we should not fight a
great battle. I only met Hart once,
and that was here, in 1902. was
awarded the decision. He has i'm
proved wonderfully since then.
''I never felt better in all my life
than I do now, and feel that, barring
Jeffries, I can beat any man in the
world. I am confident that can
beat the Louisville fighter. expect
to get word today from the west.
Should Greggains see his way clear
in making the match I will start for
the coast at once and go into train
ing
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HIS WEALTH no THE TOWN.
junction City Suicide Is to Have a
uniaue Monument.

Junction City, Kas., Jan. 10.-George
Smith, who shot himself here last
Wednesday night, died Monday. Mr..
Smith came here forty years ago and
for twenty years was hardware mer-
chant. Nearly twenty years ago he
retired because of i'll health. He was
y years old. He was a bachelor and
had no relatives. The estate which
Mr.. Smith left is valued at $4,000 to
made his win, in which he bequeathed
to Junction City all of his property,
which includes some of the best locat-
ed busin less houses and lots in the busi-
ness portion of the town, and residence
property in this city, also property in
Kansas City. In his will he says all of
his estate is to be used for the cree
ton of a three-story building on two
of his lots in the business portion OF
the city.
The location selected for this build
ing is one Of the best in the city At
present it is the only space in the bust
ness center OF the city occupied by the
old frame buildings put up in the early
days The owner always refused to
sell it for reasons that were not known
until his will was made. The first floor
space of the building is to be divided
into business rooms, and the rent de-
rived from them is to be used in keep
ing UP a public library and reading
rooms that viii occupy the second and
third floors. His will also provides for
time Mr.. Smith lived in this city he
spent in accommodating wealth. He
guarded his property with jealous care
and practiced frugality to the point Of
self-deniaI In making his gift he
binds the city to no condition.
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Finnegan's Message Would Well
Fit Greggains.
Has Hard Luck with His Cases
in Frisco.
BOUT BILLED TONIGHT
Jack Carkeek and Tom Jenkins
Should DO Fairly Well.
Both Men Are Putting in Some
BHsy Days.

San Francisco, Jan. lots an old
story about Pat Finnegan's message to
the railroad superintendent, who told
him to wire all wrecks briefly. An en-
CINE jumped the track one day and
Finnegan sent the following message:
zone off again, on again, gone again.
Finnegan." Nothing fits Alec Greg
gains predicament better than the
Irishman's message. Greggains this
week carded three big matches. One
and the other then declared them of
as fast as he put them on.
Greggains' daily change of fight
card for this months professional
show was especially entertaining. On
Thursday night it looked as though
frankie Neil would be matched with
Tommy Murphy or Hughey McGovern,
Murphy preferred. Yesterday came
udings saying Tommy Murphy and
Hughey McGovern are matched for
the 25th of this month in Philadelphia
Alec swore softly and erased their
names from his slate.
For the first event of the evening
Alex expected to match Dick 9yland
and Billy F'inucaine, stock yards IA
Gated. Matchmaker Greggains evolved
a match between Frankie Neil and
Dick Hyland, but this also fell through
because Hyland wanted 122 at .
o CLOCK, instead OF TlnSSlQe. nov
Greggains is trying to arrange a match
between Longshoreman Jim Casey and
Sam Berger. 1t looks as though Greg
gains would have hard work to get the
match. Young Corbett is trying hard
to have Britt meet him at this date,
but Britt says he needs more time for
training. It's evident Britt isn't eager
to face Corbett again.
From all accounts the wrestling
match Tuesday night between Jack
Carkeek, the catch-as-catch-can cham
pion of the world and Tom Jenkins,
champion of America, promises to be
the best for long. time. Manager
Levy has arranged to admit ladies free
with escorts. and he is doing every
thing possible to make wrestling at
tractive.
These are busy days in the giants
training quarters. Carkeek is working
harder than at any previous time in
years in anticipation of a severe bout
from the rolling mill man. He comes
of a race of natural giants and is never
far from condition, but he is taking
no chances. jenkins also has pro-
found respect for his opponent, and IS
going through a consistent course or
training at San Rafael.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
HEALING a FEUD.
Presentation of a Chair in a Friendly
Manner Closes a Sore Spot.

Hill City, Kan, Jan 1O.-At the
close of the meeting of the county
commissioners, in which the board
was dissolved and the new board or
ganized, the county officials presented
A E. Kerns, the retiring member of
the board, with a fine $50 chair.
The presentation speech was made
by G. H Emmons, editor of the
Reveille, a fusion sheet which fought
kerns bitterly during his race as a
candidate for the legislature, and in
the course of his Grafton he paid high
tribute to the personal character of
the recipient of the gift and lanented
that political expediency had made it
necessary 10 fight so capable and
honest a man. The occasion was one
to be long remembered and will do
much to wipe out the bitterness which
has heretofore existed between the
rival factions
Kerns responded. and although
taken entirely by surprise, made ac-
ceptance of the gift in a very pleas
ant talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
What To Do
For Heart Trouble
! back mp my advice with this Remark
able ofer:-A Full Dollars Worth OF MY
Remedy Free to Prove That am Right.

I ask no reference, no deposit. no Sc
curity- There is nothing to promise, moth
ing to pay-either now or later To any
heart sufferer who has not tried my rene
dy-Dr. Shops Restorative will gladly
give, free, not a mere sample, but fun
dollar bottle
I am warranted in making this unusual
ofter because mine is no ordinary remedy.
1T does not vainly try to stimulate the
heart. Such treatments are worse than
all heart trouble-the heart nerves-and
strengthens them and vitalizes them and
restores them Then that is the end of
heart disease.
For the heart itself has no more self
control than a common sponge. 1t is made
10 peat by tender nerve so tiny that it
Is scarcely visible to the naked eye. Yet
ten thousand times a day this delicate
nerve must cause the heart to expand
The heart is about the size of your
clenched INST Open and close your fist a
dozen times even, and you win see the
monStrous labor this little nerve must do.
The heart nerve is only one OF the
NOus system. Each branch Of this system
is 50 closely allied with the others that
weakness or irregularity at any point is
apt to spread. Heart trouble frequently
arises from stomach trouble through sym
parnys and kidney trouble may also fol-
low. For each of these organs is operated
by a branch Of these same sympathetic
The bond of sympathy between the
nerves that operate the vital organs has a
weakness in one branch will surely cure
weak IN every branch-What will re-
store one center, viii surely restore
them all
There IS nothing new about this-noth
ing any physician would dispute But il
remained for DR. Shoop to apply this
knowiedge-to put it to practical use. Or
Shoops Restorative is the result Of a
quarter century of endeavor along this
very line. It does not dose the organ or
deaden the pain-but it does go at once
to the nerve-the inside nerve-the power
nerve-and builds it up and strenFthens
II and makes 1t well
II You have heart trouble and have
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ask. will send you an order on vour
druggist which he Will accept as gladly
as ne would accept a dollar. He will hand
you from his shelves a standard sized
bottle OF my prescription, and he will send
the bill to me- This offer is made only to
strangers to my remedy Those who have
once used the Restorative do not need
this evidence There are no conditions
no requirements. II is open and frank
and fair. It is the supreme test of nv
1initless belief. All that I ask YOU r., ~,
is to Write-WTite today.
For a free order Rook 1 on Dyspepsia.
for a full dollar EoOk on the Heart
bottle you must Book on the Kidneys
address DR.. Shoop. Book for Women
Box 1729, Racine, Book for Men.
Wis. State which Book on Rheuu1a-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
"Yank'' Kenny Does Good Act.


New York, JAN 10.-aYank'' Kenny
the sparring partner of Jim Jeffries
the champion pugilist, turned good
Samaritan Saturday and landed in
Brooklyn station, but was released
today in time to start west and join
Jeffries at Sioux City. the court con-
sidering his actions justifiable. While
doing his Christian act "Yank' Incl
dentally ffOored six men with his fists
Kenny was on his way home about
midnight and passed a saloon on
Lewis street, Brooklyn. Just then the
front door of the saloon was thrown
open and a man about so years old,
respectable in appearance and fairly
we'll dressed, was roughly elected by
half a dozen young fellows Kenny
said he asked the man what the
trouble was and was told by him that
he had gone into the place to get a
drink; several of a crowd of youths
in the saloon began to jeer him, and
when he demonstrated they grabbed
him and threw him out.
Kenny went into the saloon. He
was not recognized by any of the score
or more of young men in it. He re-
monstrated with the proprietor for
allowing an old man to be abused in
his saloon.
ooh. throw him out. too said one
of the crowd and a dozen or more
started toward him. Kenny led with
his right and then turned loose some
astonishing upper cuts and cross jabs.
In less time than it takes to tell it six
of the crowd were down and out and
the rest had fallen back in amaze
1aapf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10

san Francisco, Jan. 10.-Spurred on
by the refusal of Tommy Murphy
to come west to fight him, and the
prospect of losing out on a match al
tarnweight champion, is out with a
remarkable offer to meet Harry
Forbes Tommy Moore, Tommy Muir
same ring on the same night
Il can whip the entire bunch of
them. one after the other, within
twenty rounds" said Neil, today TIL
take on this boy Murphy first, and If
I don't put him down for keeps within
five rounds I'll quit the ring forever.
After finishing Murphy. I'll take
Forbes on. I can whip him in about
four rounds. McGovern may take me
one good punch will settle him. At
the most, it viii not take me over
twenty rounds to put the entire bunch
down and out. This is no blufk. It's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Blew Open a Wicbita SAFE.

Wichita, Kan. jan 10.-Cracksmen
blew oDen the door of the safe in w
A Dyes store in the business part of
the city and got away with $3.50. Of
the amount taken, $120 is in checks
and the balance in cash. The robbers
left no clue. Four suspects were ar
rested in Wellington, but the local
police are of the opinion that they are
not the guilty persons, though all
were seen in Wichita the previous
night The work was done by experts
while one of the night policemen was
looking after two beats, one of the
officers having been taken sick during
the night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Munroe would Battle sharIsey.

New York, Jan. 10.-The challenge
issued by Tom Sharkey to fight Jim
Corbett in a limited round bout has
brought a hasty def from Harry Pol
lok, manager of Jack Munroe, the
Butte miner Pollok says Sharl1ey
need not seek a match with Corbett,
as he is willing to match Munroe
against him in a bout of six, ten,
fifteen for twenty rounds duration.
Pollok says he will meet Sharkey- any
time to make the match, and will
also make Sharkey big side bet on
the result of tie battle. When
Sharkey was told of Munroe's chal-
lenge, he said:
Il could not afford to fight Mum
roe. He quit in two rounds with JEFF
fries, and on that account there
would be no money in it for me to
fight him. No one would offer us a
purse to fight for. The man I want
to fight is Corbett. I can lick him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Bie Racinr Revenue.

NewYork, Dec. 1O.-Since the estab-
lishment of the state racing commits
sion in 1895 there has been paid to
the state comptroller for the benef1t
of the county and the town falr as
sociations no less a. sum than SILL
1856. When Assemblyman Welton
c. Percy introduced his bill along in
March, 1895. and in the debates
which followed it was thought that an
estimate of 100000 for ten years was
Accounting the future too literally.
Nine years have yielded 1911,
and the full decade of the present
regime viii have contributed approx
iu1ateIy $1.10O.00O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Corrigan's --latest Venture.

New Orleans, Jan. 10-Edward
Corrigan arrived last night from Chi
cago, and in an interview stated that
no definite statement would be made
to the horsemen at this time. A meet
ing of the directors of the New Or
leans Jockey club will be held on
Monday. and it is probable that some
thing definite may be announced
then.
The greatest trouble in the way of
the new venture, should it be decided
to give meeting this year, will prob
ably be in the matter of transporta-
ton, as the street cars do not ex-
tend to the new track. Mr.. Corrigan
said this was a more serious problem
than that presented by the Western
Jockey club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Noted Stallion Sold.

Mexico, Mo, Jan. 1O.=Rex McDon-
aid, owned by Ralph Orthwein of St.
of Columbia for $4,000. This is the
animal which as a 3-year-old sold to
Col. John T. Hughes of Lexington,
KY, for $500. the highest price ever
paid for a saddle horse. Rex was
foaIed in 1891 and developed into
championship form by Will Davis. now
dead. 1t is said that he has never
been beaten in his class. Mr.. Moores,
the purchaser, is the owner of Helen
rides.
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organization of the party When taken
sick several months ago his only wish
was that he might live to vote for
Roosevelt. He lived in Ohio at the
time of the civil war, and his house
was one OF the stopping places for the
negroes who made their way north BY
way of the underground railroad. His
wife died a little over a9year ago, after
q married life lasting over sixty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Neil to FIGHT Hxland.

San Francisco, Jan. 1O.-At last
Alex Greggains, unluckiest of match
makers, has a card for the January
date. frankie Neil and Dick Hyland
will be participants. They will meet
at 122 pounds ringside. Each has
posted $500 as forfeit for weight and
appearance, that sum to go as a side
bet on the result of the contest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Wichita's Grand july Reports.

Wichita, Kas., Jan. 10.-Tlnis city's
first grand jury since 1888 reported
late Monday. J. G. Mccoy, one of the
men who took an active part in ask
ing for grand jury, alleged that
Mayor Mclean in certifying names to
be put into the jury wheel had not
taken them from the assessment rolls.
He alleged that 225 of the names were
of men who were not taxpayers. He
asked that the jury be discharged and
that the court proceed to have another
Jury drawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
PAwNEE ROCK INDUSTRY.
One Merchant Ships Out Four Cars to
New York Lately.

Pawnee Rock, Jan. 10.-One of the
new industries of this town is the jack
rabbit business.
A. B. Evans has shipped four cars,
averaging 1000 rabbits each, to New
York in the last month and will ship
another car this week
The demand is steady but Mr.. Evans
does not know how they are utilized.
The skins make fine furs after proper
treatment and the flesh probably comes
back as canned turkey
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Swallowed a Tin whistle.

Pittsburg. Kan, Jan. 1O-Oscar.
the 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs
J. E. Moss of this city. who swallow
ed tin whistle one week ago Satur-
day, died Monday afternoon from the
effects of it. The tin whistle had
lodged in the stomach and all efforts
to remove it proved futile. The child
was unable to retain nourishment and
gradually wasted away and died after
great suffering.