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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
Belt Lines Solution of Passenger
Terminal Situation.
USE STEEL VIADUCT.
Trains of Six Roads Are to Be
Taken Care OF.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Kansas City, No, Feb. 24.-Two Union
passenger stations for Kansas city,
Kan, with a steel viaduct nearly two
miles long, to carry the passenger trains
Of six railroads from that city across
the West bottoms to the proposed new
Union station on the south side. are the
features of plan worked out by the
officials and engineers of the Belt line
for the solution Of the passenger termi-
nal situation in the two Kansas Citys.
This was announced last evening by
members Of the Mercantile club com
posed Of v. J. Lane, W. A. Simpson and
c.. K. Wells. The committee was ap-
pointed by President Schierle on Mon
day night to urge the railroads to make
provision for adequate depot facilities
in Kansas City, Kan.
Although lacking confirmation from
railroad officials. assurance has been
given the committee that more than 2
million dollars viii be expended by the
railroads for passenger stations on the
Kansas side and fOl the erection of an
elevated structure which VIII provide
entrance to the new Union station in
this city for all lines on the Kansas side
The plan also cOntemplates the entire
separation OF passenger and freight
traffic s a means of relieving the con-
gested condition in the railroad yards
and the packing house, stock yards and
business district in the West Bottoms
and ArmOurdale.
Briefly stated. it is planned to bring
all of the six lines on the Kansas side
to a point on the Kansas City Belt rail-
road In West Armcurdaie with two pas
eenger stations, one near Eighteenth
street and Minnesota avenue and the
other near Twelfth street and Cheyenne
avenue in ArmOurdale.
The railroads which under this plan
would use the station at Eighteenth
and Minnesota avenue are:
The Missouri Pacific.
The Kansas City Northwestern.
The Chicago Great Western
These three railroads would use the
station I'm Armourdale:
The Union Pacific.
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
The general plan is to bring the
passenger trains Of all the lines on the
Kansas side to a point on the Kansas
City Belt line in West ArmourdaIe. and
from that point to carry the traffic
over the Belt line to the Kaw river and
from thence over the proposed viaduct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
ROCK ISLAND HAS ALTON.
Hartman Interests Lose Out by
Strategic PLAY.

Hartman interests Lose Out Dy
Strategic Play.
Chicago, Feb. Preparations for the
merging of the Chicago & Alton rail-
way into the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific, both being practically the same
institution, have given publicity to some
recent strategic movements of the Har-
riman interests and the Rock Island
interests. Until these movements were
made several weeks ago. the Alton was
controlled about evenly by the two in
terests. but at present control appears
to be vested in the Rock Island inter
ests.
It may sound unreasonable to say
that the activity of the Hartman inter
ests on the Texas Gulf coast was re-
spOnsfble for the change in the Alton s
affairs, but this statement is supported
by an element Of fact. The Hartman
movements In Texas were directed
against the St. Louis syndicate, which
was the st. Louis, Brow sville & Mex
leo line. and. as Yoakum, of the Rock
in this syndicate, the Hartman inter
ests were considered to be antagonlzlns
the Rock Island and the Frisco
A company was chartered in Texas to
construct a road parallel to the Browns
Vile line along the Gulf coast. This
company was recognized as Harrl-
man enterprise. The Yoakum Interests
retaIated by purchasing Alton Secuil-
ties and obtaining control Of the Alton.
It is said that the Hartman interests
were surprised at this counter poncy,
and asked for an explanation, and that
they were informed that no trouble
would result in the Alton provided they
abandoned the Gulf coast project IN
Texas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
TRAINS MEET HEAD on.
Several Injured In Wreck But None
Seriously

Salt Lake, Feb. 24-Fast mail No.
10, which left Oakland yesterday after
noon on the Southern Pacific met fast
freight No. So, westbound in a head-on
collision, on a curve eight miles west
Of Wells, Nevada, yesterday afternoon.
An Indian stealing a ride on the freight
was badly hurt and the two brakemen
on No. 10 were cut and bruised, Six or
seven mail clerks were shaken up and
bruised but none so seriously as 10 re-
Quire medical attention. Both locomo-
tfves were wrecked, the baggage car
demolished and Is freight cars contain
ing merchandise were broken up. The
crew Of the freight jumped before the
collision.
Engineer Quillinan. of the freight adj
mits that he forgot all about No. 10,
which had right of way.
Those hurt are:
Jon w. Naylor, mail clerk, badly cut
about head and neck.
Frank NJ. Downing, clerk, severely
bruised and slightly injured in spine.
Clerks Curtis, Farmer, Alexander and
Oliver received bruises, sprains and
cuts.
Brakeman J. J. Reeves, severe scalp
wound and contusions about the neck.
All Of the injured were taken to. the
hospital at Ogden on special train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
AfExIcANs no LAY TRACK.
Santa Fe viii Use Them on Line West
of Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, Kan, Feb. 24.-The
Santa Fe brought in another load of
Mexicans yesterday morning direct
from old Mexico. They are to be put
to work in Roadmaster Vests depart
ment, laying new steel rails on the
main line west of Hutchinson. The
present rails are to be taken up and
eighty-five pound steel rails will go
down in their place.
These Mexicans were unloaded in
the freight yards west of Main street,
and they were visited by hundreds of
people while they were huddled to-
gether, waiting for orders to work.
They were dressed in their pictur-
esque costumes. and they don't know
a thing about enlightened American
ways. They will be handled through
an Interpreter and they will work like
a drove Of sheep, one following the
other.
The italians and Greeks are being
transplanted by the Mexican workers
for they have proved to be the best
for railroad work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
ROAD TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1.
This Is Plan of Promoters of Colorado
Texas & Mexico Line.

Oklahoma city Ok, Feb. 24.-Mor-
ris R. Locke, president Of the Colorado,
Texas & Mexico railway, a line pro-
jected from Eagle Pass to Mangum
Ok, states that construction work is
now IN progress at Merkel. Tex. and
that the road is already graded out OF
Abilene.
He states that by March 1 work will
commence at Mangum on construction
to Chillicothe. The contract for con-
struction and equipment has already
been let and trains win be running be-
tween Chillicothe and Mangum, he as
serts, by September 1.
The line viii be pushed south to the
Texas & Pacific as fast as men and
money can do it. so as to hold the line
against all parallel opposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
BIG ELECTRIC LINE,
Proposed to Build One $50 Miles Long
in Oklahoma and Texas.

Guthrie. Ok, Feb. Secretary
Fflson has issued a territorial charter
fo the T.awton, Denton & Dallas rail-
way company. with headquarters at
I,awton.s Sanger. Denton and Dallas and
with S25O,OOO capital. It is organized
to build a line from Lawton to Dallas,
$50 miles. passing through Comanche
comfy okla. and Montague, Cook,
Denton and Dallas counties. Tex. The
estimated cost is s750.0OO- The in
corporators are S. E McCully, Charles
Henderson, J. T. Chambers, J. W. Low
rev. all of Sanger, Tex: S. H. Hes and
W. 0. Allen Of Meers. Okla.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

through the Turkey creek valley to the
new union depot. This will necessitate
the construction of a belt line on the
west side of Kansas City. Kan, to con
meet the Missouri Pacific the Kansas
City Northwestern and the Chicago
Great Western with the depot at
Eighteenth street and Minnesota ave
nue. and the Kansas City Belt line in
the Kaw valley. A bridge across the
Kaw river between Argentine and West
ArmOurdale is also contemplated as a
means of giving the Santa F'e a con
Hection with the Belt line and into the
ArmOurdaIe passenger station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
10 USE OIL on ENTIRE LINE.
Southern PaciRc's Locomotives Il
abandon Use IF Coal.

Chicago. Feb. Eighty per cent
of the Southern Pacific's locomotive
Into oil-burning engines, and they will
be operated on the entire line from
New Orleans to Portland This is one
of the most radical changes that has
been made by a railroad for years. Oil
as a fuel has been coming into more
Pacific and Santa Fe roads during the
last five years. but it Is only used on
such sections of the road where the
oil can be easily piped to the tanks.
The fact that the Southern Pacific will
use oil over 5000 miles of road proves
that it is more economical than coal.
even where it has to be hauled in tank
cars some distance to the reservoirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

the Lake Erie & Western. for INSTALL
ing the third rail electric system on
branches now touched by interurban
lines in this section.
The Michigan Central will be the
first road to be pressed into service and
on It cars will be run from South Bend
10 Niles, Mich. At Niles the Big Four
tracks viii be used as a means of en-
tering Benton Harbor. Mich. and St.
Joseph. The Lake Shore tracks will
be utilized for service from Elkhart to
Laporte. At Laporte the Lake Erie
& Western will be made the means of
reaching Michigan CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
HOTEL FOR HUTCHINSON.
Santa Fe to Build One There at Cost
of $4,000.

Hutchinson, Kan, Feb 24.@James
E. Hurley, general manager of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, who was
in Hutchinson yesterday morning. an
nounced that the company would build
a Harvey hotel in Hutchinson on
ground already purchased at a cost of
about $4,000. It is to be one of the
finest houses on the entire system and
one of the best hostelries in Kansas 1t
is to be built at once and work was
started today clearing the grounds
away for the foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
HUTCHINSON voTEs BONDS.
City Will Help InteruFban Road to
Extent of $40. 600.

Hutchinson, Kan Feb, 24,-By a vote
of more than three to,sone the city Of
Hutchinson voted yesterday $40 600 in
bonds to aid in the construction of the
Hutchinson interurban railway. Eight
miles of track will be built at once, ac-
cording to the board of directors. In
anticipation of the bonds carrying a
large amount of the material has al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
TO PUT IN ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
Vanderbilt Branch Lines VIII Be
Enuipped in This Manner.

South Bend, Ind. Feb. 22=An-
nouncement has been made here that
arrange have been made by the
Vanderbilt roads. including the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern, the AIichi-
gan Central, the Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago & st. Louis Chg Four), and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
RAILls CHEAPER on IsTHs4Us.
Canal Commission Buys Them for Less
IMAM American ROADS Can.

AAftlA tAAAACAAS<tAA 4t0t1tAS Ill.,
Washington. Feb. 24.-The selling
price of steel rails abroad and for use
IN the United States was one Of the
subjects on which David Ross. purchas-
ing agent of the Isthmian canal com
mission was examined by the senate
committee on interoceanic canals. He
showed that he had purchased from
American mills rails for use on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24


Wilson's Ear Drums make all the sound strike
hard on the center Of the human drum, instead
of spreading weakly all over the surface It thus
makes the center OF the human drum vibrate ten
times much II the same sound struck the whole
drum head It is this vibration Of the drum that
carries sound to the hearing Nerves. When We make
the drum vibrate ten times as much we make the
sound ten times loud and ten times as easy to
understand.
Deafness, from any cause, ear-ache, buzzing
noises In the head and running ears, broken
drums. and other ear troubles, are relieved and
cured by the use of these comfortable little ear
rosters and sound-ma gniaers
sensible book about Deafness, tells how they
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OF people who are using them
CierRymens Lawyers. Physicians. TELEGRAPH
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They tell how their hearing was brought back to
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lar Drums.
Some Of these very people mas. live near you,
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This book has been the means OF relieving thou
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you merely write post card for It today. Don't put
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Write for It today to The wilson Ear Drum Co,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

ready been ordered and viii be shipped
IN few days In connection a lieh1i
plant viii be built to furnish lights to
the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
How Deaf People
are Made to Hear
Sound Magnifers Invented
by a Kentuckian.
Invisible, When Worn, but Act
Like Eyeglasses.

Ever see pair Of Sound Ragnifers9
They are 80 soft in the ears one can tell they
are wearing them.
And no one else can tell either. because they are
out Of sight when worn. WILSON, Ear Drums are to
weak hearing what spectacles are to weak sight,
Because, they sound magniders, just as
glasses are siRht-magnffers.
They rest the Ear Nerves by taking the strain of
the-the strain of trying to hear dim sounds. They
can be put into the ears, or taken OUT In minute
just comfortably as spectaces can be put aud Off
And. they be worn for weeks at a tinnes be-
cause they are ventilated. and 60 soft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

person to hear
weak sounds as
spectacles make
It easy to read
fine print. And,
the longer ore
wears them the
better hts hear
ing should grow.
because they rest
up. and strength
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

isthmus at from $3.50 to $3.50 a ton
less than the prevailing prices to rail-
roads in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

The state Journal viii sell old papers
at cents a bundle for q short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

IN the ear holes they are not
felt even when the head rests
on the pillow. They also pro-
tect any raw inner parts Of
the ear from wind or cold,
dust, or sudden and piercing
sounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

The principal Of these
little telephones is to make 1t
as practical for q deaf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24

Deaf people cheerful and comfortable became such
people talk With their friends without the friends
having to shout back at them. They can hear With
out straining. It is the etranine that puts such
queer anxious look on tho face % deaf person.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
Winter Egg=Laying Contest.

A novel egg-laying competition at
the Lady Warwick's Ladies' Agricul-
tural College is reported by Consul
Daniels at Sheffield, England. The
conclusions reached are that breed does
not govern so much as the laying
strain or families of a breed highly de-
veloped as egg producers. The pen of
four Buff Orpingtons led from October
16 to November 16 by producing 40
eggs. and again November 16 to Decem-
her 1G with 100 eggs. One thing the
present competition shows is the little
help It is to birds to be what show
enthusiasts call beautifully marked"
for as often as not it is the ordinary
looking competitors, birds a show
Judge would laugh at, that have the
biggest total of egge TO their credit.
In the winter laying competition what
stands a bird in good stead is not that
its father was the winner of medal,
but that its mother and grandmother
were wonderful layers, and that its
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
THE NEGRO As A FARMER.
Booker Washington Says He is at
His Worst in Large Cities

Booker T. Washington in an address
at Washington, ID. c., recently struck
a keynote when he stated that, THE
negro is at his worst in the crowded
life of a large city, and at his best in
the rural districts where he owns and
cultivates the soil.
The speaker said the demand in the
South for negroes trained for teachers
and leaders in the class room, and the
factory was tremendous; but more
pressing yet was the demand from the
best white people of that section for
negroes to take charge of their farms,
diaries and other industries. This de-
mand is shown, he said, by the fact
that every one of the 525 students who
left Tuskegee last summer had been en-
gagged weeks before the end of the term.
Washington is solicited by mail, tele-
graph, and in person to furnish
trained negroes, and could have found
places for twice the number had they
been forthcoming.
Association with the white people
has given the negro new wants, de-
sires and ambitions" said Mr.. Wash
ington; ITO these, education is neces-
sary. both to appreciate fully the newly
awakened feelings and to provide
means for their rational satisfaction.
Hence, from the most selfish point of
view, the right kind of education is
beneficial for the negro"
That the negro is not naturally an
idler is shown, the speaker said, by the
trebling of the South's Industrial
wealth in the last twenty years, with
out any appreciable increase in immi-
grafton. This advance is due, he
thought, in great part to the well
directed labor of the negro.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
Extending The Weather Service

In order that the work of the
Weather Bureau may be of greatest
possible benefit to the people of the
United States, and especially to that
class which is dependent upon the
weather, Prof. Willis l.. Moore, the
chief has been making arrangements
by which such agriculturists as have
telephones and want the service, may
obtain weather forecasts within a few
minutes after the announcement of
telephone advice as to the state of COM
ing weather. This is operating in New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan
and other states. Recently the Weather
Bureau made arrangements for an ex-
tension of this service in Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
PLYMOUTH RocK.-A PAIR OF PRIZE WINNERS.

plenty of exercise. No set rules can be
given for feeding. as conditions vary,
and there are different methods of feed
ing different breeds.
A good system TO follow for winter
feeding is mash once a day and grain
scattered in the litter twice day. The
mash may be fed dry or slightly moist
eued. When the former, it is usually
put into a trough or hopper hung
against the wall and the fowls allowed
access to H. at all times.
The mash fed At the Maine Expert
mcut Station is as follows, in the pro
portions Indicated:
200 pounds wheat bran.
100 pounds corn meal.
100 pounds wheat middlings.
100 pounds linseed meal.
100 pounds gluten meal.
100 pounds beef scrap.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
LONG NORTH GUESSED WRONG.
Missed the Opportunity to Get Fam
Gus Horse Named Alter HIM.

When man becomes famous, all
the incidents of his past life are laid
bare. There is great story going
around of how Nick Longworth came
near to attaining to fame some years
ago. in connection with horses.
THE story runs" according to a
prominent horseman, that some years
ago II. NJ. Ziegler, of Cincinnati, the
noted owner of thoroughbreds, and an
intimate friend of Mr.. Longworth,
took the latter down to his Kentucky
thoroughbred farm to show him his
collection of fine yearlings.
"All of these yearlings were as yet
unnamed.
'Longworth,' said Ziegler, as they
strolled about the stalls, you'd better
let me name one of these yearlings
after you. They're a swell bunch, and
almost all of them are well-nigh bound
to do something big in the world
- don't mind. was Longworth's
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06
GROUP or YOUNG WHITE ltoHoRNs.

Another mash may be mixed as fol-
lows, in the proportions indicated:
100 pounds corn meal.
100 pounds ground oats.
100 pounds wheat bran.
Young chickens should be fed little
at time and often. If they are given
ground food alone. there is a great
danger of overlooking. Very good re-
suits may be obtained by the feeding
entirely of cracked grains from the
time the chickens are Matched until
they reach maturity There are on the
market many prepared chick feeds. con-
sisting of different mixtures of suitable
cracked grains. After the chickens are
five or six weeks old, the prepared chick
feed may he dropped and cracked corn,
cracked wheat, hulled oats, etc, fed to
them instead.
If the chickens can not get grass.
provide green feed such as lettuce and
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-06

reply. But I'd like to be sure of be-
slowing my cherished name on a real
good one. I'd hate to have a bad one
running in my name. My friends of a
racing turn would be guying me all
the time about my namesake's perform
anCes.'
Well said Ziegler, you're a pretty
good judge of race horse yourself.
Now here are two of my cracks in
these two stalls. I'll have 'em led out
into my paddock by one of the stable
hands, and you can look them over and
take your pick of them. Whichever
one you like the better I'll name after
you
Done said Mr.. Longworth, and the
two yearlings were led into the open.
They were both fine lockers, but Mr..
Longworth liked the appearance of the
larscr one of the two the better.
That one" he said. pointing to his
pick. He looks good to me-
He's christened Mick Longworth,"
then. said Mr. Ziegler. and the colt was
duly named Nick Longworth and regis
tered with the Jockey Club under that
name
Now, the other colt of the pair from
which Mr.. Longworth made his selec-
llDu WAS alleTWaTu ndIneu EltTHlS.
Sounds kind o. familiar to you, eh,
that name. Hermis? Well, + should
think it would sound familiar, seeing
that, in the deliberate belief of many Of
the most astute horsemen in this coun-
try, Hermis was absolutely the finest
race horse ever foaled in the United
States, speed and distance marvel,
a bulldog who never knew when he
was beaten, and an animal worthy to
be ranked with the very greatest race
horses of all time in this or any other
country.
so much for Hermis, the one that
Mr.. Longworth didn't pick out. AS for
the one that he did pick out, and that
was named Nick Longworth-well,
Nick was worth about 1912 as rae
ing proposition, and that's about all.
He could win selling race once in
while on Thursdays when the wind was
sou'-sou'east by nor, but hecouldn'tge
out of his own way in running with
even fair handicap horses, and he lost
about twenty times to one win, and
it really did come to pass that Mr..
Longworth's Cincinnati friends guyed
him numerically about his nameSake
horse. Mr.. Longworth never, of course,
told his guying friends that he'd actu-
ally had the chance to get so noble an
animal as Hermis named after him.
He probably felt that the situation was
bad enough as it was.