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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Prof. Roberts Says 1t Has Failed in
Foreign Lands.

Professor Frank II. Roberts of the
University of Colorado, who returned
recently from trip to Europe, has CIV
en- President Roosevelt some of his OBJ
servations and opinions of municipal
ownership of utilities. He is quoted as
having expressed himself as follows:
The thinking politicians in England,
even of the cOnSeI VatiVe party, admit
privately that municipal ownership has
failed, and further acknowledge that
within ten years their party will be de-
clarfng against the scheme. But now
they feel forced to go along with the tide
and publicly declare adherence to a
prOpa ganda they know to be unWiSe,
unsafe and utterly unbusiness-li In
my trip abroad as a semi-Oficial inves-
tigator for the governor of Colorado, 1
visited London. Liverpool. Glasgow,
Manchester Brussels, Amsterdam.
Antwerp. Hamburg and Berlin, as well
as a number of smaller places adjacent
to each CT the larger cities. From all
that I could make out. the entire nlu-
r,icipal ownership system in England
and on the continent is unbusiness-lil1e
in the extreme. In the first place, near
~ all the towns are failing to make
provision for depreciation of the plants
lighting, street railway. water. what
ever they are cperating-in order to
make better showing for the scheme
at present For instance. in a number
of towns the sinking fund set aside is 1
per cent. or even lower. Seven or eight
or even ~ Per cert - SCI a9iug oy cO4l-
servative business concerns in this coun-
try. and they are not putting by any
more than they deem necessary. In
Glasgow, where the street railways are
making great success under munich
pal owEerShip-On papeT-I found that
the city government did much of the
work which ought to have been charged
to the street car company. In certain
new work that the street car company
had to do TO put its lines into a locality
not yet tapped. the woIkmen employed
by the city tore down buildings that
stood in the way, and even repaved the
streets Not a cent was charged against
the street railway company In many
Of the English towns the municipal own
ership scheme has caused the tax rate to
scar year by year, until now it has be
come a terrible burden. Some of the
towns have sustained such a drain that
householders are obliged to pay a tax
&C Folf tie Tr0orrt Of rerf they give
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
MALARIAP P?
Generally THAT Is Not the Trouble

Persons with a susceptibility to mala-
rial influences should beware of coffee.
which has a tendency to load up the
liver with bile.
A lady writes from Denver that she
suffered for years fromAchills and fever
which at last she learned were mainly
produced by the coffee she drank
'sI was also grievously AFFLICTED with
headaches and indigestion, she saws.
(Which / became satisfied were likewise
largely due to the coffee drank Six
months ago I quit its use altogether
and began to drink Postum Food COT
fee. with the gratifying result that nv
headaches have disappeared. my di-
gestion has been restored and I have
not had recurrence Of chnls and fever
for more than three months / have no
doubt that It was Postum That brought
me this relief. for I have used no medi-
cine while this Improvement has been
going on ct was really relief from
congestion of the liver caused by cof-
MY daughter has been as great a
oaffea drinker as T. and for years was
AFFLICTED with terrible sick headaches.
which often lasted for week a a time.
She is a brain worker and excessive
annlira ton together with the headaches
Iaepan TO AFFECT her memory most ser
fouslv. She found no help in medicines
and the doctor frankly advised her to
ouit coffee and use Postum.
For more than four months she has
not had a headache-her mental facul-
ties have grown more active and vigor-
ous and her memory has been restored
ono more tea. coffee or drugs for MS
so long as we can get Postum" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek.
s-rT'5sre's reason. Read the little book
.-Fhe Road to Wellville' in pkgs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
LAND BOON ALONG SANTA F,E.
Half a Million Acres Sold and settled
on Last Year.


There have been sold in territory
along the lines of 4Atehison. Topeka
& Santa Fe railways. Company this year
500, 600 acres of farm land, the total
avlue of which $4,000, 00O an average
of $40 an acre. This is an increase in
acreage sold over 1904 of 100 per cent
The lmnigra ton to this territory this
year totals 10000 persons, an increase
of $50 per cent over that of last year
Authority for the above statement is
the industrial department of the Santa
Ffe, the active head of which is c. l.
Seagraves, general colonization agent of
the road. On this point Mr.. SeagraVes
said the other day:
THE land business along the lines of
our road is almost beyond belief. We
never had such a movement of desir-
able settlers as this year nor such q
satisfactory distribution of farm lands
The people we are getting come from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and the central
west and from Europe a well. we are
getting many Italians of the better class
who understand farming. Under the
auspices of the Italian-American aSSo-
citation we are now locating a colony of
fifty families in the beet district of Ari-
iona. We could get five thousand famf-
lies as fast as we could provide for their
settlement.
Immigration centralizes in Western
Kansas, eastern Colorado the Panhan-
die of Texas, the Pecos valley, with
good share for California.
1.-The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
has not much land of its own to SELL
but it directs things in this way and
lends assistance where needed. We
make homeseekers' rates round trip to
let people see the lands and coIonists
rates one way for actual settlers. We
encourage experimental farming and
may, later on, engage in it on our own
account
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
sTICKING A RAILROAD HOG"
Paul Morton Tells How Properly One
Was Handled.


Paul Morton. a former vice presi-
dent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, and now president of the Equit-
able Life Assurance socIety, told a
story Of the railroad hog" at a re-
cent gathering of railroad men.
81 wish all this class of men, said
Mr. Morton. could be treated as a
certain Marylander once was. The
Marylander boarded d train with two
armloads of bundles. He sat down,
and piled his bundles beside him.
Then he opened q paper and began to
read in great comfort. The car by
degrees grew crowded. At last the
only vacant seat was the bundle-flled
one beside the Marylander Though
several passengers -hesitated beside
this seat. looking at the Marylander
wistfully, he made no sign. He would
rather let the people stand than re-
move his goods. Finally someone
summoned the conductor. He hurried
in and said:
" Take down those bundles, please,
at once. Don't you see, sir. that there
are ladies standing all about YOU p
1.-THE MaryIander was a perfect ex-
ample of the railroad hog. He said in
a clustering tone:
" What is the matter with you?
Those bundles don't belong to me.
They belong to a man in the smoker
All right, said the conductor. I'll
pile them up here, then, till he comes.
And he put the bundles in the rack
overhead, and gave the vacant seat to
a lady.
1.-The Marylander laughed because
he had not had to move his bundles
himself; but when he came to get off,
he did not laugh so heartily. AS he
was gathering his precious pile to-
gether, the conductor hurried to him
and said sternly:
Don't touch those packages, sir.
They belong to a gentleman in the
smoking car
All, what's the matter with you .
snarled the other. They belong to
You said they didn't answered
the conductor. and I am going to take
you at your word. The oniy way you
can get them is to come and identity
them at our main Office tomorrow .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
BLOW AT PRIVATE CAR LINES.
South Carolina Would Have Roads
Operate Refrigerators.

Columbia, s. c., Jan. 1.-The rail-
road commission of South Carolina. in
it's annual report to the state legisla-
ture, recommends that the railroads be
required by law to own and operate
all refri gerating cars. The means sug-
gested is that of placing a prohibitive
tax on refrigerator cars owned by
other than railroad companies. The
commission points with pride" to the
recent decision of the state supreme
court upholding the ruling of the
commission fixing a penalty of $50 for
the failure of a railroad to promptly
pay freight claims when properly
established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
FROM THE DEWEY
Big Dry Dock Heard From 16O Miles
Out at Sea.

Norfolk, Va. Jan. IA wireless
telegraph message received at the
Norfolk navy yard last evening from
the collier. Glacier, which is of the ex-
petition towing the dry dock Dewey to
the Philippine islands, said:
sAt 1920 D. m. Sunday in latitude
35:42. longitude 1907, days run III
miles. Weather good with westerly
breeze and smooth sea-
The Dewey expedition al the time
this message was received was 100
miles southeast of Cape Henry which
is to the east of the gulf stream. Ac-
cording to the report from THE Glacier
the Dewey is now being lowed upward
of four miles and half an hour. The
time is considered good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
SANTA FE HAS LAND SCHEME.
Controls a Development Company
Organized in California.


San Bernardfno. Cal, Jan. Articles
of Incorporation have been filed with
the county clerk by the Santa Fe Land
Improvement company. This is a dis
tinctly Santa F'e Railroad company, and
its Incorporation here indicates that the
company has some big land improve
ment scheme on foot which is to be
actively pushed
The company is incorporated for the
purpose of buying and acquiring land,
for the purpose of constructing reser-
voirs, bitches, fumes and pipe lines, in
tended for irrigating lands: also to
mine and sell coal. to obtain and re-
move from any lands owned or leased
by the corporation its mineral deposits;
to build hotels, construct railroads and
ferries, and to make all other private
improvements, as well as to carry on
a dining car and eating house bust
ness.
The capital stock, which is fully sub
scribed, IS placed at $4,000, of which
amount the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe takes $780, and 800 each is sub
scribed by the following: H. Z. Nudge.
H. J. Stevens, c. n. Sterry, 7. ]. Nor
ton, w. G. Nevin. The principal place
Of business is named as Los Angeles.
MI Nudge was formerly general
manager of the Santa Fe. with head
quarters at Topeka, but is now one of
the big men of the Rock Island, while
Norton is one of the head counsel for
the Santa Fe company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

ways amounted to s1,3SS,584.4O thus
averaging S6,451 per mile of line. For
the year ending June 80, 1904, the
operating expenses reported finally
were s1,33S.896.253, or $6,30s per
mile. The ratio of operating expenses
10 earnings was 66.74 per cent. The
preliminary report shows that the net
earnings of essentially the same roads
were, for the year ending June 80,
1905, S6S9,592, 921, and for the year
ending June so. 1904. s634,674. 561.
The railway companies for which
returns are included received $114,-
636,642 in the form of income from
investments in the stocks and bonds Of
railway and other corporations and
from other miscellaneous sources.
The net earnings increased by this sum
give a total income of $S04,229, 500.
The aggregate deductions chargeable
against this income were $713. 994.-
500. The principal items included in
such deductions were interest on
funded debt. rents of leased lines per
manent improvements charged to in
come, taxes (Which were 5S,533.3S1)
and dividends.
Thus the surplus resulting from the
operations of these roads, which the
preliminary report covers, was $780,
234.763. The complete report for the
year ending June 80, 1904, covering
both operating and leased roads, show
ed a surplus Of S66,729,331, and the
like report for 1903 a surplus of $685.
221469.
The operating companies declared
dividends during the year to the
amount of S196.08O,237; and the divi-
dends declared by practically the same
roads during the year 1904 were $184,-
313.472. These figures indicate an in
crease in dividends of S11,766, 765. It
should be borne in mind, however, that
these reports are confined to the re-
turns of operating roads only, and so
exclude all dividends declared by sub
sidiaIy companies, the property Of
which is leased to others for operation.
For the year ending June 80. 1904, the
final statistical report showed that the
total amount of dividends declared by
all the railway companies covered by
that report-that is, both operating
and leased lines-was $221,941,O49.
A summary table of the operations
of the roads shows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

Chicago. Jan. 1.-The supreme
court of Illinois, in a case appealed by
the Illinois Central railroad, has held
that a railroad must exercise the same
care for a stock shipper riding in a
caboose under his contract as for
other passengers, but that the rule
does not apply when the stock shipper
is riding in a locomotive at the re-
quest of a conductor. unless the con-
ductor has the authority to waive the
conditions of the contract presented by
the railroad and signed by the shipper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
CHANGE THE BELT LINE.
Gas Company Adopts a New Route for
It's Pipes.

The gas company have rearranged
their plans with regard to a portion OF
their belt lines of mains. The portion
of the belt line which runs westward
from the gas plant instead Of going
directly west on Second street all the
way to Clay street, goes down Second
to Tyler and down Tyler street TO
Third and west on Third to Fillmore
street, south on Fillmore to Fourth
street and west on Fourth to Clay. A
gang Of men have been kept working
every day in the week in order to push
the belt line to COMPLETION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

~ FREE TO OUR FRxERDSS
We want 20 send to our friends q beautiful
FFench-designed G0LD-PLATED BONF0N BOX
hard-enameied IN eolorS. Il Is 4 beauty for the
dressing table. Ten cents IN stamps Is aexed as
measure Of good faith and to cover cost Of caScarsts
with which this dainty trinket Is loaded. III
Send today mentioning this paper. Address
Sterling Remedy Company Chicago % New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
Start the New Year Right

~ TART the new year with clean
mind and clean bodyI
Most people are very neat
W and clean in their outward
appearance, but how about the inside
Are you clean inside?
And if not how can you face the New
Year with clean thoughts, clear inteIl-
gence. q fair. just. and bright mind. and
your full share Of capacity for work and
enjoyment.
The holidays are over and everybody's
had a good time-perhaps a little too much
of a good time. Over-eating and over
drinking have been the rule ever since
Thanksgiving Day.
Many people get little exercise in winter
and breathe much stuffy. Over-heated in
side air.
At the same time they eat too much rich
and indigestible food. while fresh fruit and
fresh vegetables are scarce in the market.
So stomach and bowels are liable to be
over-taxed.
Clog up. stretch and paraIyze the large
intestine by over-stuffing it with undi-
gested food, so it can not carry off the
useless refuse, and it backs up" the
sewage, and compels the small intestine
TO absorb the poison Of decaying matter.
instead of wholesome nourishment.
That's what must happen. Isn't it plain
as day7
What's the resuIt7
Nearly everybody gains in flesh" in
Ghe winter time. but its pussy fat-not
healthy flesh and muscle. The liver gets
inactive; the bile doesn't work off,;
the eyes get yellow; the skin gets dead
like putty and pale like dough, with boils,
pimples, blackheads. liver-spots to break
the monotony.
Dizziness. headaches, blurred vision,
foul breath, sleeplessness and a temper
ike a wild cat make such persons very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
AFTER TERRITORIAL LINES.
Government Seeking Information
About Rebates md other Violations.

Guthrie, Okla. Jan. Acting un-
der orders from the department OF
justice, Assistant United States Attor-
ney Cassius K. Peck has sent out let
tiers to commercial clubs in all parts
of Oklahoma, asking information re
garding violations of the law by rail-
roads in rate discrimination. rebates
and general violations of the trust
laws. On such information suits viii
be based and prosecution commenced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

their landslords. For instance, if a rent
er pays S72 year in rent, he viii pay
sac a year In taxes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

pleasant company to themselves and
others.
But, you say-al'n take a course of
Spring medicine to clean me cut next
April
Not considering your duty to yourself
and family. isn't it certain that to leavs
the body fun of poison all winter. and
then suddenly attempt to force out all
impurities by one violent attack is danger
Gus. absurd and unreasonable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01

Keep clean inside all the time. That's
the simple solution.
If you can not diet. or keep your mech
anism going by proper exercise. the SELF
evident alternative is to take Cascarets.
the sweet. fragrant. harmless little vege-
table tablets. that act like exercise - on
your bowels. and gently but powerfully
clean out and disinfect the whole diges-
tive canal
A cascaret every night before going 10
bed will work while you sleep" and
make you feel fine in the morning.
If you have been neglecting yourself
for some time. take a Cascaret night and
morning and break up the "consHpased
habit" without acquiring a eathartio
habit"
Cascarets are sold by all druggists, l0c,
25c and SOC. The loc size trial box is a
ueatf fit for the vest pocket or lady's purse.
Be sure to get the genuine. with tbs
long-tailed ;" on the box and the letters
"Ccc" on each tablet. They are never
sold in bulk.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-09-25
Good CoIors for Houses.

1t is not generally known--not even
among painters-why certain tints and
colors wear much better than others on
houses, and the knowledge of just what
tints are best to use is, therefore, rather
hazy.
One writer on paints, in a recent book,
says that experiments seem to show that
those colors which resist or turn back
the heat rays of the sun, will protect a
house better than those which allow these
rays to pass through the film.
Thus red is good color because it
turns back, or reflects the red rays, and
the red rays are the hot rays.
In general, therefore, the warm tones
are good and the cold tones are poor, so
far as wear is concerned. In choosing
the color of paint for your house, select
reds, browns, grays and olives, which,
considering the various tones these tints
will produce, will give wide range from
which to choose.
Avoid the harsh tints, such as cold
yellows (like lemon, cold green's (like
grass green, etc. and the blues.
1t must be understood that no virtue
is claimed for tints in themselves, ire
spective of the materials used in the
paint. Any color will fade and the paint
will scale off, if adulterated white lead
or canned paint is used, but if one is
careful to use the best white lead-some
well-known brand of a reliable manufae-
turer-and genuine linseed oil, the warm
tints mentioned above will outwear the
same material tinted with the cold colors.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-09-25
Men Who Take to the Sea.

The officers and men of The French
feet which struggled SO persistently
and so fruitlessly against the British
in the wars of the revolution and
empire were individually quite as in.
telligent as their conquerors, But the
French were not at home on the sea.
They fought like brave men out OF
their element. They had not the sea
habit by nature, whereas the British
had. 1t is much the same with the
japanese to-day. The sea habit is in.
nate with them 1t is not with the
Russians, who have labored for zoe
years to acquire it, and have labored
in vain Hence it is that with a great
preponderance in their favor at the
outset of the war, the Russians lost
everything. Their fleet was handled
in a professionally timid way by its
commanders, awkwardly and at times
aimlessly. Japan had a navy, Russia
had \ collection of ships.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-09-25
PUTTING 1T RATHER ROUGHLY.
Leading Question Asked of MethodlcaI
Writer.

There is certain writer In Boston
"a man of remarkable versatility
who once gave friend in the publish
ing business in New York a resume
of the details of his average days
work.
Il am as methodcal in my work, "
said the Boston writer, "as any bus
mess man. My daily tasks are SO d.
versifled and so arranged that | am
able to afford myself considerable va
riety during the IL hours per dian
that | employ in authorship. For in
stance, from eight in the morning to
ten | do my verse; from ten to II my
criticisms; from three to five | am en-
gagged upon history of the world in
tended for perusal by children And
SO he continued to give his visitor the
whole scheme. When he had con-
Guided, the New Yorker, an exceeding
ly blunt individual, rather unkindly
inquired:
"And when, sir, do you Think"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-09-25
Liqht as a Curative.

The value of light as an agent in
curing diseases is becoming increas-
ingly recognized The latest devel.
opment of the idea is the assertion of
a medical man that the clothes worn
by consumptives should be of color
which will allow the light to penetrate
the body. White materials, it is
found, are the best for this purpose,
and consumptives are consequently
advised to clothe themselves in snowy
raiment, either of linen, velvet, cot
ton or cloth. Silk, however, is barred
Next in curative value comes blue,
but it is far inferior to white. Ma
terials of black, red, yellow or green
are said to be useless, as they pre-
vent the passage of the germicidal
rays.