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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

hauled some distance by using a
lever over the back axel of an ordi-
nary farm wagon. Of course, consid-
cradle pruning is necessary, and the
trees must be stayed with heavy
wire guys from at least three differ
ent directions to prevent the wind
from loosening the roots, and the
guys must remain in place all sum
mer, but the second year e every
thing works well, the tree is well
rooted, and worth great deal more
than the price of moving it.
The building of home should be
extremely interesting to every rightly
constructed person. The word home
means a good deal. Too many of our
expensive houses that are occupied
by intelligent persons cannot prop
erly be called homes because the
home sentiment is lacking. In or
der to have a home each member OF
the family must do their share to-
wards making it. There is a great
satisfaction in devising plans and
means for the comfort of other mem
bers of the family. A consultation
occasionally about the little affairs
that affect home life are interesting.
and they help to bind the members
of the family together in sympathy.
There may be a bond of sympathy
between the members of the family
for a short time without any ap-
parent outside indications, but very
soon the house occupied by such a
family will take on an air of comfort
and sociability, neighbors will drop
in occasionally because they like to
do so. There is an attraction that
calls them. and they like to respond.
1t would be difficult to explain just
what the homely influence Is It
does not consist of any one thing.
1t IS a composite born of good man
agement and fostered by good fell
lowship, and the influence extends
beyond the family circle and the
neighbors are benefited Real homes
seem to require that the family shall
own the house it is living in I have
seen a great deal of comfort in rent
ed houses, but the greatest satisfac-
ton in life is to be found in q me
dunn sized comfortable house that
has been built and paid for by econ
omy and hard labor. Such houses are
homes, and they are Appreciated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
THE AWAKENING OF A MOTHER-HEAR
By JESSIE WADE MANNING.

We have lived sor 20 years in nat
over the stables provided by the SUI
perintendent of the Brixton park. My
husband, William Newman, is now
one of the head gardeners. Was
brought up to work, and as good. hon
est, hard work keeps one out of mis-
chief, I'm none the worse for doing the
washing, ironing and Homework all
these years for my little family of
two.
Well, started out to tell about the
tenants. and especially the boy, in the
adjoining f1at-the new undergardener,
Norman Gray, and his wife and small
son. They've been there now going on
three weeks, and, as 1 never cousin
strangers, 1 haven. spoken to any of
them, only twice I've shook my finger
at the child, and motioned him to
keep on his own side of the yard.
Unfortunately, we are obliged to
dry our pieces in the same yard,
SO 1t is tug-of-war each Monday
morning to see which will get ahead.
I must admit she has no new-fangled
ideas about hanging up clothes-wool-
ems and stockings are always the first
on the line.
The boy Norman is called by the
foolish name of "Nibsey," and If a
childless .fe of 20 clean, neat, mo-
notonous years hadn't put crust on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
ADDS ToMoNTANA's WEALTH
Largest Sapphire Mine on Earth Is at
Yogo Gulch, in That State,
It Is Said.

The geological survey makes the
interesting announcement that the
sapphire mine at Yogo gulch, Mon
tana, is the greatest gem mine in
the world. The Yogo mine is four
miles long ON the surface and de-
scends to an unknown depth.
The entire area of workable sap
phire bearing rock approximates TO-
100000 cubic yards. The stones found
are not of large size, ranging from
''culls,' used for watch jewels, to
gems ranging from one to three car
ats in weight. They are sent to Am
sterdam for cutting.
The geological survey also notes
that never before in the history of the
United States was there such de-
mand for diamonds as during the year
1905. Large numbers were import
ed, and still the demand was not sat
isfied
The political economists say that
when a nation spends a large sum
each year for precious stones it's
people are in prosperous condition,
and that the condition of prosper
ity may be quite accurately measured
from year to year by the amount of
money devoted to Injuries of this
character. In 1905, it is said in gov
eminent reports, the people of this
country imported precious stones to
the value of $34,99S,OOO, an increase
of more than $S,OOO,OOO over 1904.
The importations for the month OF
December, 1905, $4,000 were
larger than for the entire year 1879.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
MINT SHOWS GOOD PROFIT
Interesting Figures Concerning the
Coinage of the Past Year-World's
Stock of Gold.

The director of the mint in his an
nual report says that the domestic
coinage of the year amounted to
91,172, 1888 and to 152, 422 1902
pieces The coinage for the Philip
pine islands was 1890, 526 pieces; for
Panama, 6,435.0OO pieces; for Costa
RIGA, 450, 900 pieces, and for Salvador
1000 pieces. The total coinage for
the Philippine islands to June 80, 1905.
was 116.484, $50 pieces. and the total
payment by the insular government to
reimburse the United States for the
cost of the same has been $39S ,33b. 33.
The insular government also supplied
the metal. The original deposits of
gold at the mints and assay offices
amounted to $143.37s, 969-86.
A summary of all earnings and ex-
pendftures, including seigniorage on
silver and minor coins, shows that the
total earnings and gains of the mint
service exceeded expenditures by 49,
89,019.76. The earnings were S.
Os4.635.46 and the expenditures and
loss $1.745, 61151.7O. The director rec
ommends that the provision of law
which requires the mints to pay out
subsidiary coin on demand should be
repealed and all coin paid out here
ury. There is a constant depand on
the mints for new coin, although an
abundance of coin in good condition.
but which is not wanted because 1T
has been in circulation, is in the treas
ury.
The director announces that all sill
yer bullion purchased under the acts
of 1878 and 1890 is now gone, the &C
counts with it closed, and the coinage
of the silver dollar is at an end unless
in the future new legislation upon the
subject is passed. The stock of gold
in the world on January 1, 1905. in use
as money, is estimated in round num-
bers at $4,000, 0O0, 900. The amount
actually in reporting banks and gov
eminent treasures was $3,364 500 900
The new mint at Denver is receiving
its equipment and coinage operations
will. begin there at an early day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

Mr.; William A; Radford will answer
cosT on All no subject. aq persainins to the
subject of building for the readers Of this
Edse e ms and ies
surer, ne is, WITHOUT doubt. the highest
ali ineuiries to william villa 4. Radford. No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. H.. and only
A good, comfortable, roomy house
is shown in this plan. 1t presents a
good, comfortable appearance from
the outside, and the inside is just as
comfortable as 1t looks. There is a
great deal of room downstairs. and
there is room enough upstairs for
three good bedrooms and consider
able storage under the sloping roof
both front and back. Then the thin
edges of the roof is utilized to adj
vantage to cover both porches.
There are many ways of building
porches. 1t seems necessary to de-
sign a special style of porch for each
house built, a porch that suits one
house will not do for another. I have
often seen it tried, but 1t looks like
some borrowed attachment tackled on
for some special occasion. This style
of porch Is about as old as anything
we have. Our grandfathers used to
build porches like this and partition
on small bedrooms on each end of it.
We don't do that any more. We
slept at grandfather's house in the
winter time a good many years ago
in one of these porch bedrooms, and
nearly froze to death. The expert
ence has been handed down in his
tory for the edffication and warning
of all builders. l had a friend who
bought q New England house built
in that way for q summer home. 1t
worked all right in hot weather, and
he enjoyed the novelty of living in
a house $50 years old, but he organ
lied a winter house party and that
was the mistake of his life. He and
his friends had been accustomed to
steam heated houses and offices, and
did not know enough to put on four
suits of wooden underwear for this
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

furniture and ornaments that add to
the appearance, comfort and luxuri-
Gus surroundings of every member.
This style of house should be sur
rounded with shrubbery and q few
nice shade trees. No house looks like
a home without such Embellishments.
The house itself may be a shelter. but
it is a bleak, bare-looking concern
without green decorations. 1t takes
time to grow shade trees, but flowers
spring up in a night, especially ii
you buy the plants from q green
house. BY making proper selections
it is quite possible to have a good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
CUPID 1T CHURCH

And, glancing in her eyes.
Discerned in their cerulean hue
The beauty of the skies.
heard her sweet, seraphic voice
In softest murmurS float.
Its music made my heart rejoice
And treasure every note
did the very best I could
To look the other way,
And all went fairly well and good
Until / heard her say:
81 want to be angel when
She tempted me too far.
And SO / told her, there and then,
Dear girl, that's what you are"
Nixon Waterman. in Woman's Home
Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

especial occasion. Grandfather used
to wear two wooden shirts, and that is
the reason he did not freeze to death
when he slept in a box in one end of
his porch in winter time. l would
rather sleep in the barn with the
cows than to repeat my experience
in that old porch wing bedroom with
no means of heating except the old
fashioned wood stove away OFF in
the sitting-room.
This house is "a feet wide by A
feet long, which size accounts for the
large rooms laid out in the plan.
You can have four rooms and hall
downstairs in a great less space, but
you must make up your mind to do
without something. For instance, if
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
win Build Fine Colonial House

s. w. Woodward, of Washington,
owner of the historic old David Dud-
ley Field estate on Eden Hill, Mass.
is to erect a fine colonial house on the
site of the old house On the proper
ty still stands the old mission house
in which John Sergeant lived. built
about 1877.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

Second Floor Plan.
showing OF ANIMALS the first year. 1
have seen large shade trees success
fully moved in the winter time. It
seems a long time to wait for a
shade tree to grow from a whipstock,
and I often think it pays well to
move a good tree and plant it just
where it will do the most good.
Trees six inches in diameter may be
handled by digging trench in the
fall and tipping them over after the
ground freezes. Such trees may be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
Peck Remember. Kansas.

George R. Peck, general counsel for
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railway, said to an old friend the
other day: MY business is in Chi
|cago, my home is in Wisconsin. but
my heart is in Kansas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

you wanted to swing a cat, you might
have to go outdoors to do it, but
this house is not necessarily very ex-
pensive. In locations where mate
rial may be had at reasonable prices.
and carpenter work, say, at two dol
lars per day, the house should be
built complete for less than $1,000.
like to see plenty of room in a
house. The family ID almost certain
to use all of it at times, and a big
house with large rooms is an induce
ment to the members of the family to
surround themselves with articles Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
Iola Outlaw. Football.

The lola high school will not have
a football team this year. That was
decided on after a long discussion by
the board of education. The decis-
ion was reached after a heated dis
cussion and was unanimous
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

The driveways through the state
house grounds at Topeka have been
ordered closed because OF the reck-
less driving of automobiles. The
drfveways run under the stone
arches at the north and south ends
OF the building These arches are
so feet in length and it is a habit
of some Automobiles to see how
fast they can go through the narrow
tunnel.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
Her Friend.

= Q.
'She's awfully well informed. isn't
she?'
Il don't think So
"She can quote from all the ancient
and modern authors and is right in
touch with all the affairs of the day.
But she's not well informed; she
thinks she's pretty and a glance into
her mirror would inform her other
wise.-Houston Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

Ross Guthridge was found dead in
the field where he had been blowing,
In Minnesota township, some five
miles south of Kingman. Heart fail
ure was the cause.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
Many Had ssIxidney Trouble"

E. D. Mikesell, assistant attorney
general for Wilson county, instituted
three suits against each of two Ne
odesha druggists who have permits
to sell intoxicating liquors. The
records in the office of the probate
Judge of Wilson county show that in
July each of the druggists sold about
165 cases of beer, mostly for "kindey
trouble"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07

ton company, 1 SO made the state
ment In the committee. was immedi-
ately waited upon the evening after
my vote to assure me that my vote
In that committee was injuring my
own stock In that company. I want to
say, that If should lose every dollar
of my stock in the company. l would
vote for what l think to be right.
do not believe these companies are
paying their just share of taxation in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07
Criticises the Stork.

The Chicago Evening Post is in a
fair way of mourning a sharp repri-
mand from our strenuous monitor at
Washington on the subject of race
suicide.
The Chicago paper is by no means
moved to compassion by the excuse of
that Oshkosh farmer who, having pro-
voked the wrath of his neighbors By
Harvesting his little children to a cab
bage rake, pleaded that he was poor
man with sick wife and eleven child
rem to feed. and IF man has got to
raise so many children. what is he
going to do with them if he is DOOR,"
Presumably our worthy president
would congratulate that farmer on his
splendid citizenship, and encourage
him to persist in the path of plain
duty and philoprogenitiveness and
raise eleven more children for agri-
cultural purposes if possible.
But not so the Post, which tartly
replies. "The answer is so very simple
that it is hardly necessary to give
it; man has not got to raise so many
children"
And it goes on substantially to say
tudC d Iildu VIII CduuOl support a DIE
family decently has no right to raise
one.
OF course. that is the view of the
old-fashioned, scientific political econo-
mists. who were unsentimental men
with a profound regard for the great
truth propounded by Nautilus.
John Stuart Mill. for instance, says
of the class represented by the Osh-
kosh farmer that having long been
stock subjects of popular compassion.
it is high time they had the benefit also
of some common sense:
las if it were not a thousand times
more hardhearted to tell human be-
ings that they may, than that they
may not. call into existence swarms
of creatures who are sure to be mis-
cradle. and likely to be depraved."
But such coldly practical and un-
sentimental dostrine, apparently es-
poused by the Post. is at fiat variance
with the new cardinal principle about
the duty of raising "swarms" of child
rem, irrespective of such considerations
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07
sTHIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 2.

1099-Siege of Jerusalem begun by
the Crusaders.
1329-Bobert Bruce, king of Scot
land, died.
162s-Petition of right passed.
1654-Louis XIV. crowned king of
France.
177O-Earl of Liverpool, minister to
George w., born. Died Dec. 4, 1928.
1776-Rtchard Henry Lee offered his
famous resolution In the continental
congress, declaring the colonies free
and independent; seconded by John
Adams
1795-Luxemberg surrendered to the
French
179S-Battle of Antrim, Ireland.
1S32-First English reform act
passed
1S4O-Accession of Frederick Will
liam Nv. of Prussia.
1S52-Rev. Hosea Ballou died. Born
April 80, 1911.
1s54-Treaty of Washington signed.
1S55-Capture of Mamelon earth
works at Sebastopol, by the French.
1864-Morgan, with 5000 men, COM
menced his daring raid through Ken
lucky.
INSTRUMENTATION by President
Johnson against invasion of Canada,
bv Fenfans.
1S7S-Co11iery explosion in Lam
cashire, England; 240 persons killed.
18S6-Home rule bill defeated in
parliament.
1ss3-Edwin Booth. actor, died.
Born Nov. Is, 1888.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07

their outside figure. The comh,ned
funded indehtednass of tha nmnra.t,ee,
amounts to $1S,444,00O, upon which
there is being paid an annual interest
of S per cent, as nearly as can be as
certained In addition to this the
street railway corporations and cleo
trio lighting paint are capitalized for
$31 100000, upon which Capitalization
dividends were paid last year amount
ing to $1,145,OOO. which, added to the
amount of interest that ia being paid
upon the funded Indebtedness, gives q
total of $2,O67,2O0 paid for he wear
1905 in dividends and interest.
-
"The rate of taxation in the District
of Columbia that is being paid on real
estate by private individuals is 1-2
per cent on an assessed valuation
which is about two-thirds of the ac-
tual value of the property. Taking
this as basis of computation, the
street railways are now paying on
two-thlrds the amount for which they
concede the lines can be reproduced,
about the same rate that the private
citizen is paying. This calculation
IS made without any reference what
ever to the value OF the franchises
that are being enjoyed by the conf
panles.
Perhaps the most equitable basis of
assessment is the value of a corpora
tion's interest and dividend-paying Sc.
curities. The sworn statements of the
street railways and electric lighting
companies of the district show that
the securities upon which interest and
dividends are being paid regularly
aggregate $49,444,O00 So that if we
apply to them the rule that prevails
mere or levylng tax upon two-thirds
OF the value OF the property these
corporations, under ] IL per cent
leVy' would pay approximately 100000
year. should this bill become a law
sney wo9id pay $5s5.OoO. which is
slia,ooo less than under the private
lhdiVlduai rate.
There is a clause in the proposed
section of the bill relating to taxation
which directs the proper officials of
the district to make an appraisement
of these properties as basis for flu
ture taxation. If such advertisement
were to fix the valuation of the street
railway properties at $17,75O, OOO-the
amount from which the management say
they can be reproduced they
are paying a little more than per
cent, under existing law, as against
1 1-2 per cent paid by the private citi-
zen. If the assessed valuation we're
fixed by such proposed appraisement
at two-thirds of their total capitali-
zation, to-wit, s31 ,OOO, 900, they would
pay, under existing law, nine-tenths of
1 per cent. If based upon the total
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07
AS viewed BY A
WASHINGTON
PAPER
A Good Report of the Attempt
~ to Make Corporations
Dig Up.
Washington Journal.l

Senator Hansbrough for the sub
committee on the District of Columbia,
after careful investigation of the cost
and taxes on franchises in fully fifteen
states of the union, reported to the
senate a bill, that ii passed, will tax
the Public Service Corporations of this
district the same as private individuals
and citizens are now taxed. The par
ticular clause in the bill covering this
subject is:
Your committee, therefore, recon-
mends, in addition to the tax upon the
gross earnings of public service cor
porations In the District of Columbia.
a tax of IL per cent upon their net
earnings. This, in the judgment of the
committee. will bring the taxes Of
these corporations up to figure near
ly equal to the tax rate that is being
paid by the private citizen"
This is the first sign of the awaken
ing of congress to the injustice that
has long been perpetrated on the peo-
pie OF the District of Columbia. An
examination of the net earnings of
their officers, will convince anyone
that the street railway corporations
should be taxed not only up to the
rate paid by private owners in the
district, but beyond it, for the reason
that they are holding their franchises
as free gifts while in other parts,
notably Baltimore, they are required
to pay franchise fee of twenty per
cent of their gross receipts as we'll
as tax on real and personal property.
Senator Hansbrough and his asso-
ciates on the committee deserve the
thanks of the people of this district for
the very able and full report made to
the senate covering this subject
The report in part says:
1T will be observed from the census
Office report that he average gross
roads in a group of fifteen states Is
81 per cent. In addition to this they
pay taxes in other forms In some of
the states these corporations paid SUBJ
stantial amounts for their franchises,
whereas, in the District of Columbia
street railway and other public SER
vice corporations are enjoying the
right to do business free of any
franchise tax or other charge what
soever. This privilege comes to them
as an absolute gratuity, and an ex-
animation of the statistics contained
in this report will show that the prof
its of the public service corporations
have reached in taxation proposed
The existing law imposing per
cent tax on the gross receipts of the
street railways and the electric light
ing company was enacted about fifteen
years ago. when the earning power of
these enterprises was much less than
1t is at the present time Since then
there has been no change in the rate
of taxation.
THE management of the respective
street railway lines state that the en-
tire street railway property in the
District of Columbia could be dupli-
Gated today for $17.75O,0OO. This is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-07

as ability to support and rear them
decently.
But 1t must be admitted that caser
like that of the anti-race suicide per-
son who pleaded poverty as an ex-
cuse for Harvesting his children to a
cabbage rake" and otherwise utiliz-
ing them as draught beast are stag
gerers to the faith.
Words of cheer and stimulation
from the white house are needed.-St
+ Louis World.
The midland journal., 1906-10-19
BULL CHARGES A LION.
Dashes Against The Latter's Cage
And Causes Stampede.

New York Especially. A white
Holstein bull, owned by Mayor
Brush, of Mount Vernon, which heads
the procession of farmer boys and
lassies at the county fair in Madison
Square Garden, got ugly and mixed
things up.
Many prominent actors and ac-
tresses were enjoying the scene, when
Mr.. Bull suddenly halted and the
procession stopped. He had spotted
the lion Sultan and wanted to mix
it, with the king of beasts. He
lowered his head and made a dash
toward the cage, crashing against the
bars with great force. There was a
stampede among the bystanders to
get away, and Mrs. Anna Post, OF
Passaic, was thrown down and her
left arm broken.
Martin Kelly, who had been lead
ing the bull by nose ring, ran away,
and but for the prompt action of
Detective Henry the big animal
would have run amuck among the
spectators.