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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The Joint Busters are the latest thing
So Kansas. They have broken out at
wellington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

II that Iowa state senator's charge,
are true. there has been some freuziet
insurance in Iowa also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Hop tea apparently covers a multi
tude Of prohibition violations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
HE DOEsN'T NNOW.
RuT NoT RoeERs.

More recently, however, those whom
the gods would destroy they first af-
hiet with a talkative grouch.-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Mr.. Walter Wellnan and Santos Du-
mont can't md the North Pole by 9
hot-air route-Nashville Banner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Reform legislatures are turning up all
over the country. Nothing like the lime
light to make reformer out Of
1egislator.-New York Mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Ladies' visiting the White House
should first fortify themselves with a.
course In jiu 5itsu.-Mernphis CONNER
eial Appeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
TOHCHNc

NO one ever suspected that Town
Topics was such a touching publication
until it was learned yesterday that its
editor had touched the New York mill
nonaires for something like 200 O00.-
Salina Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EV Els y
WEEK DAY AND PUBLISHERS
PRESS REPORT ON SATURDAX
NIGHT FOR THE EDITION FOX
SUNDAY MORNING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
THE STATE HOUSE IS LEFT.

There is no use making our troubles
any worse than they are" declares
Governor Hoch. And. as a matter of
fact, there is some compensation in the
knowledge that we still aave the state
house left.--Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
FRON OTHER PENS



The editor of this paper begs 70 &C
knowledge receipt. Of the first bribe of
his editorial career. Some days ago
we made inquiries Of one of our society
young ladies concerning a news item
and elected the following reply: Yes
it's true, but ple-e-ease don't print it in
the paper. If you leave It outI'll give you
nickeTs worth of peanuts We ssre not
passionateIy fond of peanuts, but gal
lantry is our long suit. So we omitted
to print the story. This morning a
Senegambian gentleman. preceded by
about six inches of pleasant smile watt
ed into the editorial sanctum with a
package under his arm about the size
of a weeks washing Peanuts. The
whole family will be kept busy for a
week eating up the outward and visible
manifestations of our venality. We be-
gin to appreciate the joys of being a
boodler-South McAlester. L T., News.
IT SEEMED SUCCESSFUL.
Yet there is no denying that govern
mental bouncership proved failure at
the White House last week.-New YORK
Sun.
HE DOESN'T KNOW.
The Rochester minister who says
that "a man who is happily married
can save 81 for every dollar he saved
while single" either is a bachelor or
used to be a pendthrift.-Buffalo Elk
press.
or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
HE HAS 0THER REAsoNs

While we are sorry to hear that Mr..
Chauncey NJ. Depew is enjoying poor
health just now, we will merely note
in passing that ill-health is one of lie;
most popular reasons for resignation
this season.-Richmond Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The best that can be said of the Ohio
boy of twelve tender years who has
written a comic opera is that It s an
agreeable change from the boy evan
gelist and the boy orator-Oeuver
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

''Popt' Yes. my SON What Is it 8
man loses and then can't tell you what II
is until he finds it2'' Il really don't know
my boy" why, his breath. '-Y onker5
Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

BETTER THINGS THAN MONEY.
The lonely Yerkes funeral is a re-
minder that there are better things. in
this world than monsy.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

IIer-Were you ever IN lovez Him
Yes. IIer-And are you still in that bliss
full condition. Him-Oh, no 1 N mar
ried noW.-Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

IIostess-And do you really believe in
Christian Science2 Visitor-Wen you
see, I've been getting rather stout lately.
and it's such a comfort to know that /
really have no bOdy!-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
HVMOR OF THE DlY

my goodness said Mrs Nufltch. as
they were passing through the Louvre.
ssVVhat is it, MAJ asked her beautiful
daughter. 1T seems to me most OF the
pairtin's in here are copied from the
brewery calendars they get I'D over
home. Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The Judge-But. If you footed your
horn, how is it that the plaintiff did not
hear you IN time to get out Of the way
The Defendant am convinced, your
honor that the accident was due entirely
to the inferior velocity Of sound.-BrOok-
Ign Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
IT sEEMED sTCCEssFUL.

Yet there is no denying that govern
mental bouncership proved failure at
he White House last week.-New YORK
s11u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

do you think that the corporation IN
are going to run the government No
answered Senator Sorghum, Il don't
think they will give their time to 1T 50
long as corporations pay so much larger
salaries than the government W ash-
ington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

II was weadiug an-aw-account Of a
woman being hooked to death by a beast
" cow, doncher know remarked young
Dudelelgh. .eWeaHy. I cawn't imagine
more hOwWible affair, can you, Miss
Caustique?" NO. Mr.. Dudeleigl, re-
piled Miss Caustique, unless II Is being
bored to death by q calf. '-Chicago Daily
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

well" replied the up-to-date manager,
after a moments thought. 7 don't ses
why we shouldn't be ready to open in two
weeks. Another rehearsal OF two viii
give our star a good grip on her manner
ism and after that there's nothing left
but to write play around it. Two weeks,
I should say, at the outside Puck.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-21

II made, was-toe vague in character to
convey any definite charge as 70 the
quality of the provisions which the
master might intelligently investigate.
Stander also testified that he com
planned to the master about the guam
tity of sugar. and that after that they
got their sugar right along There is
no other evidence emphasizing the
said complaint as to the hash, or tend
ing to show that thereafter there was
any complaint relating TO it,
Discrepancies in the testimony of
complainants about the quality of
different articles of food are pointed
out, and then the court comes to the
strong defense put up. thus:
The defense put on ten witnesses,
including the master. the first mate
and the cook. all of these men being
on the vessel on the voyage UP and a
part of its crew and officers. and testi-
Tying that they were remaining on the
vessel for a new voyage. The testi-
mony OF these men agreed as to the
good quality of the food for the voyage
rebutting the testimony of the libelants
definitely and positively not only
showing that the food was satisfactory
in quantity and quality, but that the
articles Of food were concerned. re-
ferred to in the agreement was the
same as that furnished to the fore
castle. cooked in the same kettles and
only separated and divided after cook
ing, part being sent to the forecastle
and part to the cabin"
1t is further related how the sailors,
after demanding their ''whack'' and
having the allowances of articles
weighed out to them, saved quantities
of flour and sugar which they peddled
out after arrival in port. One of them
offered to sell flour to the captain.
Moreover. it was not proved to the
court that the alleged samples of
dietary articles produced by the COM
plainants in court had come from the
ships stores as represented. In fact
there was some evidence that they had
not been so derived. Hugh Mcintyre
an experienced grocer of Honolulu, and
j. Fleming. a purchaser of sea pro-
visions for Alexander & Baldwin eek
amined the stores before any additions
had been made to them, and reported
them as good in every particular, and
satisfactory according to stores usually
furnished for sea-going ships The
decision thus concludes:
Therefore, on the ground that no
We're made of the quality
OF these provisions during the voyage,
as provided by the shipping agreement
with the exception of the immaterial
made as to the hash and
Stander's complaint as to shortage in
sugar, which he admits was corrected,
and on the ground that the evidence
has failed to prove the allegations of
the libel in regard to the food, I am
to find for the libelee and
dismiss the libels with costs to libelee.
I'm connection with my examination
of Exhibit l Sample of pickles), sthe
liquor was lost, and as such sample
remain unchanged without such
liquor, the clerk is authorized to throw
away such exhibit
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-21
MORE ABOUT
OLD OAKUM
Judge Frear Gives Many
Facts About
Him.

1.-TWO stories have been given of the
cause of the insanity of old Oakun' :"
Chief Justice Frear said yesterday
''but the right story has not yet beer
told. The truth is that he was in q
company of immigrants coming out to
California, who We're overwhelmed by
a severe snowstorm and blizzard ir
crossing the Sierras. Nearly all of the
company, including old Oakums
wife, persisted The loss of his wife and
the hardships he underwent caused the
loss of his reason
'tOur family were about as well ac-
quainted with him as any family, as he
lived just over the fence from us for
a number OF years. Very frequently he
came around to our back door for his
breakfast
He used to walk barefooted, gener-
ally in the middle of the street with
his eyes down on the ground, so that
he recognized but few people. He
often found money and jewelry on the
streets. Several dogs generally follow
ed him. haA
".Old Oakum' was very fond of go
ing to the mountains and made his
living usually, not only by getting
honey there which he sold, but even
more by getting hives of bees which
he also sold. He would go about. from
time to time, taking out the honey for
persons who had purchased the hives.
The bees would never seem to sting
him. Occasionally when he brought
hives down and could not find a pur-
chaser. he would leave them at our
place while waiting for someone to buy
them.
lone of his Authorizations was that
certain persons We're chained and i'm
prisoned by a Frenchman in mountain
caverns. and sometimes he would spend
days with pick and crowbar trying to
dig down through the rocks and release
the prisoners. The principal place
where he made these efforts was in
the bed of Makiki Valley just above
the falls.
Another idea of his was that there
were gold and diamond mines over on
the Waimanalo coast. He claimed to
be able to see the glitter of the gold
and diamonds from the top of Mount
Olympus. above Manoa Valley.
1T was only occasionally that he was
dangerously insane and then was con-
fined in the Asylum for a time but
generally he was perfectly harmless.
He possessed a soul of unusual kind
ness. Old Oakum' died al the Insane
Asylum, I think about twenty-seven
years ago. I saw him there shortly
before his death.
There appears to be little uncer-
tainty about his nickname. Some say
it was from a shipwrecled vessel call
ed the 'Oakun', others that it was from
the family name 'Holcomb'. I think
he was always welcome to a meal at
several houses besides ours. The pic
ture in the Advertiser gave his long
curls all right
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-21
Castle & Cooke, Ltd.
HONOLULU.
COMMISSION MERCHANT
SUGAR FACTORS.
HONOLULU.

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co. Tia
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Mill Sugar Co.
The Fulton Iron Works. st. Louia
The Standard Oil Co.
The George f. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life Insuy.
ance Co., Of Boston.
The Aetna Insurance Co.. OF Harx.
ford. Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co.. of Lon-
don.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11

at once with a three-story business
block.
AL c. walters OF the A. C. Walters
Real Estate company reports the mar
ket very active for this time of the
year. Mr.. Walters is one of the best
posted real estate men in Venice and
has practically seen 1t grow from moth
ing to one of the most flourlshing of
beach towns. The office of this COM
pany Is one Of the handsomest to be
found in Southern California. The fur
niture is solid mahogany and the deco
rations on the walls are distinctively
works of art. This season Mr.. Walters
has enlarged his office, as 1t has been
entirely too small to transact the inn
mense volume of business that goes
through this firm.
A number of sales have been made
recently in beach lots, but two of
particular prominence were made on
Zephyr avenue last week. the consider
alton being over $4,000 for each lot.
Zephyr avenue will be opened inside of
thirty days and will be paved and
arcaded. The street will be fifty feet
wide and will be devoted to business
interests. Already several new build
ings have been started, and It will not
be long before this street will be a
strong rival to its next door neighbor,
Windward avenue, the main thorough
fare at the present time.
The Venice of America Land company
reports business booming in the new
tract they have just opened up. Sell
dom has the opening Of a tract met
with such success as has been the good
fortune of the Venice Land company
However, the public IS always open
to good opportunities and are quick to
take advantage of the same. Such has
been the case in the East Venice of
America tract.
The Guaranty Realty company re-
ports great demand for all classes of
property, both sand and dirt, improved
and unimproved. Inquiry is on the in
crease and there is good stiff demand
for acreage. What is needed more
than anything is to have the home
people build cottages for rent.
Unless this condition is improved this
summer will see famine in furnished
houses, and summer visitors will not
find a sufficient supply of cottages,
Following is a partial list Of sales of
the Guaranty Realty company for the
last three weeks:
Lot Is, block e, WalGrove; lot II,
block Z, Walgro-e; lot 10, block q,
Short Line Beach; lot 16. block 6, Wal
grove; lot 10, block Z, Wa1-rove; lot
g. block r, Venice of America; lot 8,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11

lot and cement sidewalks and curbing
put down. The terms, 1t Will be OBJ
served. are very liberal and are mace
on a basis that will not fail to attract
the attention of homeseekers and IN
vestors. This is one of the best tract
propositions offered at Long Beach, and
there is no question but that all OF the
100 or more lots will be speedily sold.
Both members of the Young-Parmley
company are widely known In Los An
geles and along the coast as energetic
realty dealers and men of excellent
Judgment and strict business integrity.
F. e. Shaw reports a very active
market. The principal tracts handed
by him are the Mira Mar and ocean
Villa. or the former tract over $780,
900 worth of property has been sold,
Mr.. Shaw has been in Long Beach only
five years and in that time has handled
successfully the Shaw Ocean view
tract. the Bay View, Land Out, Ala
metis Heights tract and smaller ones
by the score.
Buffers & Paul are making arrange
ments to place a new tract on the
market which, when opened, will sur
prise q few of the wise ones. The
property in question is in very de-
sirable location and there is no ques-
ton but that the lots will sell very
readily when prices and location are
named.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11
gANTA MONICA TO LONG. BEACH
Activity i'm Reality Deals ait Nearby Coast Cities

block ., Walgrove; lot is, Wave Crest
avenue, two-story house; lot 4, block 2,
Walgrove; lot 10, block 26, Short Line
Beach; lot l, block 9. Walgrove; lot ~,
block Z, Short Line Beach; It 6, block
O. Walgrove; lot 5, block Q, Walgrove;
lot 1S, block 81, Short Line Beach; lot
5. block z, Walgrove; lot 20, block Il.
Short Line Beach; lot 20, block rs, Short
Line Beach; lot 10, block c, Venice
Gateway; lot 5, block Z, Walgrove; lot
6. block Z, Walgrove; lot g. block b,
Venice of America; thirty-three acres
on Los Angeles-Pacific railroad; lot B.,
block 8, Walgrove; lot %. block ~,
Short Line Beach; lot 2, block 2, wal
grove; lot 9, block 4, Walgrove; lot IL,
block B. Venice Of America; lot Is,
block 26, Short Line Beach; lot 8. block
g. Walgrove; lot 10, block "a, Short Line
Beach, lot IL, block 8, Short Line
Beach; lot IS, block 5, Short Line
Beach; lot IS, Ocean Park, Westminster
avenue; thirteen acres on Los Angeles
Pacific Electric railroad; twelve acres
on Los Angeles-Pacific Electric rail-
road: thirty-six lots in Walgrove tract
at original prices.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11
REALrY Ar SANTA MONICA

Many small transactions in close-in
acreage and a steady sale OF residence
lots in the newly opened subdivisions
characterize the local realty market.
Sales in the Sierra Vista Jownsite, IT.
win Heights and Westgate tracts are
noticeably active and the purchasers
in many instances are preparing to
build. During the week Palmer & See
of 219 Utah avenue sold the property
known as the Wells house on oregon
avenue to an Arizona capitalist. A
consideration of $4,000 closed the deal.
On Thursday the Mays ranch at
Palms consisting of fourteen acres was
purchased by d. r. Stafford Of the
realty firm of Stafford & Taylor; con-
sideration not stated.
Fl. B. Ashcraft of Boston, tourist,
bought a lot in Westgate through the
agency of w. l.. Phillips and will build.
Among recent purchasers OF prop
erty in the Irwin Heights tract, all Of
whom have had residences built, are
the following: S. Z. Snow, two-story
dwelling on Twenty-third street and
Irwin avenue; b. Linck. flyer I'm bum
galow at Twenty-third and Front
streets; Mrs. George, small dwelling on
Twenty-first street and Towner ave-
nue.; Mrs. Mary N. Hart, cottage on
Fifteenth street near Towner avenue;
Simons brothers are erecting several
small cottages near their manufac-
tory.
The Golden Rule Realty company re-
ports the following sales in Sierra Vista
townsite: Five lots and dwelling to
Mr.. Gooding; one lot to Mrs. Youst,
price $500; three lots to John Lum-
bonn, price $400 each; three lots to w.
Herod, price $500 each; also one lot
on Seventh street to ]. Mcleod, price
$500, and a. house and lot on Fourth
street to Mrs. c. Oaks, price $4,000.
r. ellis has contracted for O resi-
dence on the San Vincente boulevard
in the Palisades division to cost $4,000.
In the Erkenbrecher tract w. G.
is building a residence to
cost $1,000, and dwellings are being
erected for w. Hart and r. Bedier.
Others building in the vicinity are ].
A. Rowland, $1,000 cottage in Ocean
Park terrace; J. c. Ames, $500 bunga-
low on Seventeenth street near Oregon
avenue; Mrs. Ellen Dow, $1,000 resi-
dence on Fifth near Arizona avenue;
H. G. Gilman, two $1,000 bungalows on
Eleventh street near Arizona avenue;
w. K. Cowan, $500 residence on Elev-
enth street near Arizona.
II. E. Bundy has taken possession of
a magnificent suite of offices in the
new Bundy block, owned by himself
and reports an active market for I'M
improved residence property.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11
BRENTWOOD PARK A BEAUTY
Expert McLaren Engaged to Prepare
Plans for Elaborate Develop
ment Of Property

John McLaren, superintendent of
Golden Gate park at San Francisco,
widely known as a landscape expert,
has finished elaborate plans for the
development of Brentwood park, the
high class home site for the public.
The historic and romantic Santa
Monica canyon borders the park for
distance of nearly two miles, with the
ocean from the canyon to and beyond
the Catalina island and out as far as
the Santa Barbara islands. the valley
at its feet, and to the east practically
Angeles. Brentwood Is a residence
park. The purchasers of lots in the
beautiful park will have the best
transportation facilities, consisting of
the new double track Santa Monica
short line of the Los Angeles-Pacif
railroad on the San Vicente boulevard,
and the new coast road now being built
will enter Santa Monica canyon at
Twenty-sixth street, the westerly
limit. 1t is expected that the new
motor line OF the Southern Pacific rail-
road will soon be in operation. In addi-
ton to car lines, provision is made for
an automobile service throughout the
park, connecting with all the cars, as
soon as required. All streets will be
graded or turnpiked, oiled and surfaced
with gravel. Water will be installed on
the entire tract for service for each lot.
Gas and electricity will be installed
when demanded and the necessity for
1t arises. The selling agents for the
Brentwood Park lots are Barlow &
Bragdon.