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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
BRIEF TElEGRAPHIC NEWS


here Monday night. He was one
of the pioneers and well known
citizens of the city.
Washington, Jan. 3.-There is
a small pox and yellow fever cpl
demic in Para, Brazil, according
. to a report by Consul Ayme. Thus
far there are 557 cases of small
-pox, and Ill cases Of fever.
Chicago, Ills, Jan. "a
locomotive telescoped the caboose
of a Milwaukee & St. Paul stock
train here today. Twelve stock
men and railroad men who were in
the caboose we're injured and
3 taken to the hospital.
New York, Jan. 3.-The major
ity of the 5000 members of the
Housesmiths and Bridgemen's
unions in this city went on strike
today. They demand an increase
in wages from $3.50 to S. a day.
Work on 20 new office and factory
buildings is affected.
Dayton, O., Jan. 3.-Clara
Fisher, aged sixteen, a white girl
e while on her way to work this
morning was criminally assaulted.
Recovering consciousness, she
staggered from the viaduct be-
meath which she had been dragged
and gave the alarm.
New York, Jan. 3.-John A.
McCall's resignation as president
of the New York Life Insurance
Co. was rendered and accepted at
meeting of the trustees this
afternoon. Alexander Z. Orr,
prominent in New York financial
and civic affairs for half a century,
was elected McCall's successor at
a salary of sixty thousand dollars
a year.
Albany, NJ Y, Jan. 3.-The
resignation of Senator Depew was
called for in a resolution introduc-
ed today by Senator Bracket.
The resolution recites that the
people Of the state and nation
were staggered by the relation
shown to have existed for years
between the Equitable and Senator
Depew, and recognizing these
disclosures they have lost conf
dence in the ability of Mr.. Depew
; to properly represent the people
in the senate and asks him to re-
sign forthwith.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 3.-After
the governors message was read
to the legislature today numerous
reform bills were introduced.
Among them was one permitting
New York city to buy, construct
and maintain gas and electric
lighting plants, street railays, etc.
to be paid for by the sale of public
service certificates.
A ballot reform bill, making the
election of officials subject to civil
service; and a corrupt practices
act regulating campaign expenses
and contributions, were introduc.
ed.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. IA
heavy snow is falling all over east
ern Missouri today.
Des Moines. Ia,. Jan. 3.-Iow,
is covered today with six inche.
of snow, and the snow still falling
Duluth, MIMI, Jan. "A reg
ular blizzard prevails at the heat
of the lakes today.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 3.-Al
inch and a half of rain fel
throughout Tennessee and Ar
kansas during the past twentyfou
hours.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. al
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
WHEAT IS HIGHER TODAY.
Corn Makes Little Change In the Past
TWeniy.fouf Hours.

Grain and Stock Markets furnished
daily by special wire TO the A. M.
McDearmott Commission Co-Cfice
over Crescent Grocery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05

blizzard is raging today in west
ern Wisconsin and eastern Mime
sofa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05

Miss Louisa Llpphardt, who is
teaching at Albert, spent Christ
mas wee; with her parents and
sister south of Ellinwood They
had a family Christmas tree and a
very enjoyable week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
J. A. HosE. Treasurer.

The Santa Fe had a small freight
wreck Tuesday, between, Sterling
and Nickerson. No one was hurt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
The snow, the snow,
The beautiful snow.
You step on a hunk
And down you 90.


pleased to see him.
Will Buschman and wife, form
erly Miss Birdie Manning, arrived
from Silverton, Oregon. Monday
on a visit to old friends.
S. E. Colglazier and family,
of route five, left on Thursday
for visit to the old home at
Salem, Ind, for a few weeks.
Great Bend should be represent
ed in the convention called by the
Commercial club of Wichita for
the 10th, to discuss freight rates.
Rev. Sutherland and wife enter
tanned a number of young ladies
Tuesday afternoon in honor of
Miss Pestana of Topeka. A de-
lightful time was enjoyed by all.
Rev. Frank, of the German
Lutheran congregation, will
preach in the central school build
ing on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.
m.
D. W. Downey writes from
Wheatland, Wyoming, to renew
on the weekly for 1906, and to
send greetings to all old Great
Bend friends.
When Elba E. Wright comes to
Great Bend again with a show he
should get his people gingered up
a right smart. They sure lacked
something last night.
If our people should get up
circle wolf hunt, as has been done
in past years, would everybody
participating have to have
hunters license9
John Phillips of Wisely, Okla,
]. T. Meyer, Galatia, and W. +
Lipphardt Of Ellinwood, hav,
remembered this office by a renewa
of subscription on the Democrat.
The Modern Woodmen, at thei
meeting Tuesday night, adopted
DR.. B. A. Gardner, Frank
Williamson and Frank Powell a
new members, and acted upon FIVE
other applications.
, Guy Johnson and wife wer
called to Larned Tuesday to at
, tend the funeral of a brother o
Mr.. Johnson's who died recently a
. Winfield. The funeral occure,
Wednesday AFTERNOON.
When you see the doctors un
l usually busy these days you know
that the effects of the holiday
: festivities are beginning to be fel
: principally in the region of tn
+ belt.
New students are being enrolle,
in the Great Bend Business Col
lege nearly every day. This is a
institution that we should all en-
courage and one viii be of grea
, permanent value to the CON
munity.
s At the meeting Of the count
commissioners Tuesday, o. W
, Dawson and w. P. FEEDER on behal
of the Commercial club presente
that organizations recommends
ton of E. r. Moses as the dele
l gate from Barton county to tn
, Kansas Semi centennial conver
: tion to be held at Topeka Januar
1 Doth, and the board took favor
: able action on the same. Mayo
Moses and President Dawson o
S the Commercial club each have
, delegate to appoint.
Mrs. A. e. Rowell entertaine
the Double Seven" dinner club
and a few special guests, Tuesda
at one of the best of the season
dinners. 1t was first class in ever
respect and thoroughly enjoyed b
all. Messrs. Stoke and Breede
were absent, and the Misses Ell
and Lizzie McMullen and /. n
Wilhide and wife were specii
u guests. Mrs. Rowell was assiste
by Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Knight
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05

lower bureau drawer without hay
ing all the women in the house
scream an excited protest.
4 4 Z
Kansas is a funny state, A
jury acquitted druggist of the
charge of selling whisky, despite
the actual presence of a bottle on
the witness stand which three wit
nesses swore was purchased of
him."
What excuse did the Jury
giveY"
None. They tasted the bottles
contents and acquitted him."
q A. 4
.Noah's wife, wrote an Eng
fish boy in respones to an examin-
alton question, was called Joan OF
Arc" Water" wrote another,
is composed of two gases, oxy-
gen and cambrigen." Lava, y
replied a third youth, is what
the barber puts on your face. -
A blizzard" insisted another
child, is the inside of a fowl"
q ia
A DOniphan county woman ap.
piled for a divorce from her hus.
band some years ago. One of the
first questions was whether the
prosecuting witness is acquitted
with the defendant. To this ques.
ton she replied in the negative.
What" asked the Judge, don't
know your own husbandP'
Well" answered the woman, 81
thought | did but l guess | didn't
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05

Herman Tammen received a
fine New Years present in the
shape of a handsome boy baby.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
EXCHANGE SGfap Ral.

1t is safe now to reach into the
lower bureau drawer without hav-
ing all the women in the house
scream an excited protest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-05
HOGS AND CATTLE

According to the Drovers' Telegram, the fol-
lowing prices ruled In Kansas City yesterday on
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

EFF in the course of human events
and under the benign influence OF
the new pure food law the people
OF the United States may eat and
drink and be merry. giving no thought
10 the horrible probability of having
taken into their systems various poi
sonous substances in their food and
drink. the one man chiefly to he thank
ed for that delightful consummatiOn is
DIR. Harvey Washington Wiley. on
cially DIR. Wiley iS chief of the bureau
OF chemistry in the department of ag-
riculture; unofiicially lie may he called
commander in chief of the allied aud
amalgImated armies of the pure food
crusade in America.
For twenty years DIR. Wiley has had
a hobby and ridden il hard. At times
this Pegasus of his has ie&ped over APP
pallinG precipiceS of human prejudice
and tracked wearily through marshes
of misunderstanding. but the doctor
has ridden his hobby to Il new lease of
life rather than To death for today he
appears to have arrived very near the
shining portals OF success-the preven-
tiOn 10y federal law of the use Of poi
sonOus substances as preserVatives or
cOlorings for food and drink. that is
DIR. Wiley's hobby By the passage of
the measure known as the pure food
law last June congress finally approved
the efforts of DR.. Wiley and the thou
sands OF other earnest workers in the
cause OF preserving the human stom-
ach from premature decline.
Somewhat of HamOrist.
DR. Wiley takes great joy in his
work. Why not: IL is something
worth while to devote ones life To the
protection OF the health OF SO.ObO.UGD
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

doesn't study much. But he viii stop
playing any time to talk philosophy or
metaphysics.
His mind is analytical. but while
his learning is deep he is not sufficient
" advanced. of course. to apply the
principles. He has had half u year in
Il kindergarten. one year in an ele-
;uentary school and two years in Il
nigh school. Yet he appears well fit
ted for collegiate course. | shall
not press him to study, but will permit
him to follow his own course.
when he was eight years old he
was familiar with Darwin. Haeckel,
Ribot and Huxley. while he had d
smattering of the reasonings of many
other philosophers. His memory is
marvellous in its retentiveness."
Il don't see why any one is inter
ested in me simply because | like to
study when l feel like it. Philosophy
is more interesting than fairy tales.
In fact. philosophy is fairyiand." said
the infant collegian. who was rather
put out at being interrupted i'll his
perusal of Ibsen and was disinclined
to be interviewed.
Childlike in form as he is in age, the
child's luminous eyes contain some
thing in their expression that recalls
ideas of the supernatural. "Too old
for his years" is written in every line
of his small but intellectual counte-
nance. The marks of Russian enforced
reticence and sorrow are oddly blended
with those of American energy, cour-
age and carelessness.
Il like TO play, but l much prefer to
read" said he. The boys pranks
amuse me. but when l have seen their
games and participated in them l want
rest, and l turn to my Huxley or, as
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

That remarkable experiment of DR..
Wiley'S is no longer regarded as 4
joke. even by the most hopeleSsly jocu-
lar person. BY years of patient tire
less observation the devoted chemist
has proved what lie set out 10 prove
that the use of substances such as
bOracic acid. salicylic acid and for
maldehyde as preScrvativeS for food
or drink are positively injurious To the
human system. BY feeding his class
of young men various kinds of food
preserved or colored with the drugs
employed 10y manufacturers lie deduc-
eh scientific facts which. embodied in
his official reports. had much weight
in securing the pure food law.
Incidents of Food Reform.
Since DR.. Wiley first made himself
a popular national figure 10y thus test
ing the actual results of the eating
of drugged food and boiling those re-
suits down To Il scientific certainty
many events of Importance in the mat
ter of food reform have taken place
in the United States. Quite recently
We have had Upton Sinclair'S expose
OF packing house horrors i'll The Jun
gle" followed 10y the passage of the
meat inspection law. which requires
that after Oct. ! the manufacturers
OF canned meats. hams and other pack
ing house products on their labels
must call ii spade spade and not de-
ceive the public by sending out canned
veal or pork with Il picture of a spring
chicken on the label.
DIR. Wiley'S work has dissipated sew
eral misconceptions. For instance. he
has shown that il is not necessarily the
food adulterantS. but the preservatives
and colorings. which do the damage to
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

now. TO IDSen. 10 you not think him
expansive? l get suggestions from him
which fill my mind with thirst for
greater things. | don't like occultism.
[ prefer to work out those problems
my father tells me / will have to face
in after life.
But, there. don't want to talk
now. l am TO begin to work hard at
Tufts and want to rest myself with my
IbSen."
Norbert arises promptly at a. M,
dresses himself and turns his first
thoughts to his books. He has to be
drawn from them to his breakfast An
hours play with neighboring children
satisfies him. and he then wants to re-
turn to study. Physically he is strong
for boy of his age, and his health Is
indeed remarkable considering the
close confinement TO which he subjects
himself
--e says he has not yet marked out
a career for himself II am too young
for that. l want to learn all | can be-
fore choose a profession, and I guess
can learn
Norbert Weiner was born in Column
Sia. Mo-. Nov 20. 1894. His mother
was a Missouri girl. his father a Rus
sian student who came To America TO
seek his fortune When ten years old
the boy passed the examinations for
admission to Harvard. but was barred
because of his age. This year Tufts
college. at the solicitation OF his father.
admitted him as freshman upon his
passing the entrance examinations with
higher rank than any other student
matriculating. His English grammar
is perfect his Latin and German are
high. but he knows practically nothing
OF Slavonic. which his father teacheS
in Harvard.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

people. 1t is provocative of joy to sue
ceed in inducing the enactment of legal
measures calculated 10 tone up the null
titudinouS American stomach, casting
out such devils as dyspepsia. indiges-
ton. typhoid and other ills too numer-
Gus to mention. Among his intimate
friends the good DR.. Wiley is known
as something of Il humorist. and this
quality sometimes displays itself upon
public occasions when he discusses his
hobby. Once DR.. Wiley was dispens-
ing his chemical wisdom before the
committee on agriculture of the house
of representatives when rural con-
gresham scornfully asked the distin-
guished chemist to dehne n scientific
agriculturist."
a scientific agriculturist," replied
the doctor, lis gentleman in the en-
ploy of the government who can make
s. grow on an appropriation bill where
only 81 grew before
Had not DIR. Wiley possessed keen
appreciation of humor he could not
have run the gantlet Of the joke max
erS during the four years of his poison
squad" boarding house i'll Washington
and come forth fat and jolly. his use
fulnesS unimpaired. If he had been
one of those solemn and serious sa-
wants Of the story books who fly into
a rage or grind their teeth when any
body happens TO take jOcular view
OF Il highly important proposition the
good DIR. Wiley long ere this muSt
have succumbed to nervous prOstra-
ton. As it was. he seemed thorough
ly to enjoy the jests made at the ex-
pense of his unique GastronOmic ex-
pertinent though he never permitted
his sense of humor to interfere with
his strict scientific observation of the
results produced by the consumption
of certain quantity of ''doped' food
or drink by a certain member OF his
free boarding squad.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
We Also Handle

Tar paper water proof roof
ing, nails and tin caps, sew
er pipe, building blocks.
drain tile, wall coping,
roofing tar and asphalt
coating.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
IN COLLEGE AT ELEVEN
Prodigy at Tufts Read Darwin
When Eight Years Old.
RESTS HIMSELF WITH HIS IBSEN

Father of Norbert weiner Says His
Son Is Far From Being 'Cra.nn ed''
and Plays All That He Wishes-WiII
Stop His Games Any Time to Talk
Philosophy and Metaphy ysics-Has u
Marvellous Memory.
The poor, r,-overburdened lazy bug, on
which the sins of omission of boys and
boys grown tall'' have been laid since
the race was young, has its grip even
upon Norbert Weiner, the prodigy of
eleven years. who has been admitted
to the freshman class at Tufts college.
says u Boston special dispatch to the
New York World
He doesn't study too much; lie Is
even lazy at times declared Pro-
fessor Leo Weiner, the Harvard in
structor whose small sons accomplish
ments have made him the cynoSure OF
the educational world. This was in de-
fense of his letting his son undertake
college work when most boys are well
down in the grammar grades.
what else can l do" asked the
father when told people remarked that
''the boys father is Il Harvard pro-
fessor and should know better He
has not been 'crammed.' He plays like
other boys when he wants ito and
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
The Only Saw Mill

In the three cities to cut
your pine lumber. The
scarcity Of cars does not
affect us. Quick delivery
our speciality.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

OF coal in buying here. We
have just the best coal
mined, we clean it right,
sell it RIGHT and deliver it
ditto. You're taking no
chances on quality or. cost
when you order coal from
us.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
The Best Plan

For your new house, for re-
pairs to your old one is the
cheapest in the end. Small
ana large orders receive
equal attention atOurhands
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04

the human stomach. The fact that fire.
quently we buy and eat something sold
under certain name which is really
something else in whole or in part be-
cause that something else is cheaper
for the manufacturer than the thing he
preteudS to sell is disgusting, TO be
sure. but ualess it looks like what we
intend to buy we do not buy it, and
right there is where the willy manufac-
turer gets i'll his deyiliSh work. He
colors it with aniline or coal tar dyes
TO make it look like the real thing, and
that cOlorinG matter does the damage.
For Il like purpose of deception certain
drugs called preservatives are used.
These serve to impress the innocent
purchaser with the notion that he is
buying wholesome meat. for instance
when as a matter of fact the stuff
would he putrid but for the ''embalm-
ing fluid ii contains
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
Uniform Food Law.


DE- Wiley worked as hard for this
uniform food law as many eStimablc
cIerSymen are working for Il uniform
divorce law. AS Il matter of fact, the
situation regarding food is pretty much
the same as that regarding divorce.
Each state has its own laws relating to
food and to divorce. There are forty
six states and forty-siX variations i'll
divorce possibilities. Until the passage
of the federal food law the manufac-
turers of some food products were
compelled to place a different label on
their goods for every state TO which
shipment was made. When the ma
tiOnal law gets into active working or
der one label will serve for each state
and that label. if the government in
spectors do their duty, will tell exactly
what the package contains.
The fight for pure food law in con
SreSs lasted nearly twenty years. DIR.
Wiley says the consumers started it.
aided by the grangers. Then some of
the honest manufacturers took it up
and finally some state officials, who
urged n federal law. OF course the
proposed legislation was bitterly OPP
posed by unscrupulous manufacturers
of embalmed foods. doped medicines
and prematurely aged WHISTLES. but the
awakened conscience" of the people
along various lines at last brought
about the enactment of the present law.
which gives excellent promise of food
reform after it goes into effect Jan. /.
Dr. Wiley. who is native of In
diana, in his siXty-second year, has
never found time to get married. His
life since early manhood has been de
voted undoubtedly to chemistry AS a
bachelor his remarks concerning cooks
NAV be of interest TO married people.
Saws DR.. Wiley: I'VE have the most
abundant and best foods of the world.
but we live more poorly than any 9th
er civilized nation. We have the worst
cooks and know least how to get the
most out of our foods. Cooking is look
ed down upon here. 1t should be con
sidered one of the fine arts. and cook
should command a high salary I know
families in Washington who live at the
rate of $1,000 or $4,000 n year and
who nevertheless will get some ig-
norant woman to spoil their victuals |
They will spend thousands of dollars
on their tables and waste II all by
skimping on the cook
ROBERTUS LOVE
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
Whisky In Five Minutes.

DIR. Wiley has stirred up rot only
those who eat food, but those who
drink alcoholic liquors. One evening
in Washington he was entertaining
party of friends, who began to discuss
their favorite brands of whisky. Scotch
whisky seemed to he the most popular
Il never drink anything but the real
Scotch said two or three of the
guests.
do you drink over bars:" asked the
doctor. and they said they did
Then YOU never drink Scotch whis-
Ky at all Not bottle of Scotch whis-
ky is 10 be had in this country except
in clubs and private houses. Scotch is
made of barley malt cured over peat
fire. In Great Britain | have seen so
called Scotch made of Indian corn al
cohol with little dash of Scotch.
which is sold to American dealers as
real Scotch whisky by well Enown dis
tillers''
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
The Talk Of the Trade

if full of praise OF our ia
cilities for smooth, interior
finish and flooring, sash and
doors and fly proof screens.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-10-04
Shed Protected Coal

Weighs less than rain
soaked c)al, q saving OF &c
per bushel, 15c per ton, at
least. Our coal is forked,
free from dust and dirt.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-10-25
Challenge MOrmOns at the Polls.

The Statesman of today says that
the democrats will challenge Nor
mon votes at the election in this
state, basing the challenge on the
electors oath embodied in the state
constitution, which reads as fol-
lows: Il do swear Tor affirm)
that l am a citizen of the United
States, of the age of 81 years, or
will be the sixth day of November,
A. d. 1906, that l have Tor will
have) actually resided in this state
for six months and in this county
for 80 days next preceding the en-
suing election; that / have never
been convicted of treason, felony,
embezzlemcnt of public funds, bar
tering or selling or offering to bar
ter or sell my vote, or purchasing
or offering to purchase the vote of
another, or other infamous crime,
without thereafter being restored
to the rights of citizenship; that
will not commit any action in vi
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-10-25
Big Timber Deal up North.

The Shev1in-Clarke Lumber COM
pany has acquired tracts of timber
land aggregating So, 200 acres in
Latah, Nez Perez, Shoshone and
Kotenai counties in Idaho. The
deal was handled by Albert L.
Flewelling and Lottie w. Flewel-
ling, who came to Spokane some
months ago from Minneapolis, the
home of the Shevlin-Clarke COM
pany. A company is to be incoI :
porated called the Monarch Timber
company to handle the Shevlin-
Clarke interests. The capital will
be 81, 900, 600 and the officers will
BE- those of the old Shevlin-Clarke
company. The organization is made
merely to meet local conditions.
T. II. Shevlin, who has been put
up at the Hotel Spokane, has left
the city and Mr.. Flewelling has
gone to Seattle, so no details of the
transaction could be secured. 1t is
safe to hazard that the deal came to
well over $500, 600, for timber
claim comprises 100 acres, and few
timber claims sell for as little as
$40 per acre, or $1,000 for a calm,
and the $4,000 acres probably cost
more than an average of $40 per
acre. Spokane Chronicle.