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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-08-30
AFFECTS STOCK MARKET.
Trust Company Failure Causes Prices
to Tumble.

to Tumble.
Now York, Aug. 29.-The stock mar
ket was affected unfavorably by the
failure of the Real Estate Trust COM
pany of Philadelphia. Prices declined
from to s points, the latter being st.
Paul.
There was tremendous liquidation
In Reading and Pennsylvania, which
demoralized the general market. Read
ing dropped 314 to 136 and Pennsyl-
vania 3 points. Great Northern pre-
ferred gave way 4 and Sugar ~, st.
Paul sold down to 1884. compared
with 1857, the earlier high price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
WESTERN KANSAS RAINFALL.

A weather bureau official from Iowa
in an address before the Kansas state
board of agriculture recently. disput-
ed the idea that there is more rain
fall in western Kansas now than form
erly He said Kansas had only been
enjoying better crop years recently
and that crop failures will come again
just as they used to.
This has been much discussed
question, The I<insley Mercury takes
exception to some of these statements,
pointing out that the wheat and corn
belts in Kansas extend two hundred
miles further west now than formerly
and in explaining the reasons it says:
I'm the old days when these plains
were covered with an impervious sod,
trampled by grazing buffalo mpene-
trabIe to the rainfall. the precipitation
all ran off. This sod shed water like
the back of a duck and all the rain
that fell descended by draws and
streams to the sea
IN the summer this sod baking un-
der a summer sun, heated the air like
a furnace, SO that in July and August
the wind that blew across it would
take ones breath away Hot winds
were the rule and not the exception.
These hot winds did not come from
Texas or foreign parts but were manu-
featured right here by this superheat-
ing of the hard impervious soil.
In the summer months, by July I,
the buffalo grass was dried and cured,
there was no greenness anywhere and
if a settler planted a little patch of
corn the surrounding aridity develop
ing these hot winds burned it to a
crisp.
Slowly but surely the settlements
moved westward. The sod was brok-
en- up and cultivated and the rainfall
instead of running off to the sea, de-
scended into the reservoirs where the
sod was broken and crops planted
Green things grew from this broken
soil and drawing water from these sub
terranean reservoirs, gave off into the
air enormous quantities of moisture.
The process repeated itself each year.
More land was broken. more rainfall
conserved. Groves and orchards were
planted and every tree was a pump,
drawing from these subterranean
sources enormous quantities of water
from its countless leaves.
and so very slowly this belt Of cul-
tivation moved westward and as it
moved the corn belt and the wheat
belt followed until today wheat and
corn are raised two hundred miles
west of what was formerly a farming
country Today as far west as Has
kell and Gray counties they are rails
ing profitable crops Of wheat
Twenty years azn one aould hang
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

The late President Robinson of Brown
university had spent half recitation
period in explaining a deep philosOphi-
cal point to his senior class, when he
asked: us there any student present
who does not understands
A certain student put up his hand
and said: I don't" Immediately the
disappointed president proceeded to go
through the various steps again, very
carefully, concluding with, DO you all
understand now.
The same fellow raised his hand
and again said. Il don't
Well replied the president, Il
can't furnish brains 70 you"
No. was the quick reply, "some
can Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
JANA WKER J0Ty

Mcpherson viii commence a big re-
vival on February II.
A Mcpherson county man was arrest
ed recently for hunting without
license.
The Salina Union thinks its invitation
to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT wedding
has been delayed in the mails.
Mankato is to have electric lights.
MankatO never could bear TO let Jewell
City have something without ordering
some just like it.
An Osborne county man sold his farm
and then bought it back at an ADVANCE
of $500. It is often worth $500 to a man,
says the Jewell Republican to learn
the value of his own home and to have
a proper appreciation of it.
OF course Kansas makes connections.
The ms. HOLSTER who was prutally
murdered a few days ago in Chicago
was a niece of Rev. G. w. Woodward,
Methodist minister who preached in
northwestern Kansas for many years.
Editor Hawthorn of the Grant County
Republican wants real preacher IN
stead of an amateur to come to Ulysses
and preach every other Sunday. He
thinks the people there Will donate $500
year towards the salary OF man who
can preach real sermons.
A story comes from Smith county Of
two school girls that weigh 800 and
500 pounds respectively, and they are
only eight and thirteen years old. OF
course it has been known for a good
while that Smith county produces big
live stock but there is no use Of over
doing the matter
The town of Salemsbnrg. Saline
county, consists solely of a church
perhaps the largest country church in
Kansas. It has a. pipe organ and is
lighted with gas. and its spire iln be
seen for miles. 1t is a Swedish etureh
SaIemsburg has another business in
stitution, however. which makes a good
showing It is the Salemsburg Tele-
phone company. organized nine months
ago with forty subscribers. Now it has
49, subscribers and 140 miles of wire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH


The State Journal. along with a great
many other people, has been inclined
to give Frank Crimes the benefit of
great many doubts concerning the
treasury shortages. While he is doubt
less civilly liable for whatever shortage
may be found during his term of Office,
the State Journal has believed that
M. Grimes was the victim of one or
more dishonest employees, and we be
lieve this has been made plain from
time to time in these columns.
But it must be confessed that Mr.
Grimes is acting in very peculiar
manner if he wishes all the truth to be
known. He is not only willing, but anx-
lous, he says. to pay the state SG2l9
which he confesses cannot be explain
ed. and thus avoid a legal investigation
of the affair.
On its face it looks very much as
though Mr.. Grimes is anxious to shield
either himself or somebody else from
the results of a court procedure.
of course Mr.. Grimes or his bonds
men would have to pay the shortage
accruing during his term, but man
who had nothing to hide would not be
SO anxious to give up S7,215, particular
~ when he probably hasn't that much
While he would pay any legal claim
against him he would also ask the
governor to aid him by legal proceed
ings and in every other manner to ind
out who stole the money.
Mr. Grimes has intimated in some Of
his statements that c. R. Richey, his
former chief clerk. is the. party-or at
least his statements would tend to throw
suspicion on Richey If Mr.. Grimes
believes Richey guilty it is his duty,
rot only to himself. but also to T. 7.
Kelly and to the state, to furnish infor-
nation on which a prosecution may be
brought against Richey and determine
whether he is guilty by judicial pro-
ceedings.
Why are Grimes and Kelly appar-
entity so anxious to avoid getting into
ccurt3
Paying back the money will not clear
Mr.. Grimes name. neither viii it di-
vert suspicion from Kelly. If those
gentlemen do not know who took the
money nor how it was obtained, they
should be exceedingly anxious to have
court proceedings brought to find out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

a carcass of beef from a tree in July
and it would keep for weeks without
spelling. Twenty years ago one could
sleep on the prairie grass anywhere, in
comfort. There We're no dews, no
hoarfrosts practically no moisture in
the air. There were no fogs and
scarcely any humidity in the air.
Now the constant evaporation from
ali the green and growing things has
produced a constant ana increasing
humidity. The air is damp. We have
deWs, fogS and hoarfrOst. There is
not so much more rainfall but it is
distributed throughout the summer
months when we need it. It is con-
served, held in the soil and its eVapor-
alton produces a vast change in eli
matte conditions that today makes
general farming possible where thirty
years ago it would have been simple
insanity All this IS due to the pillow.
TO the breaking ofsthe sod. the plant-
ing of groves and orchards and the
growing of green things that add to
the humidity Of the soil Every acre
of sod that is broken UP adds its quota.
Every new settler does his part And
steadily year by year this increased
humidity making general farming pos
sible, moves westward, and it follows
the pillow. Possibly the old formula is
not true, but the facts and the reason
are with it. We know it. We have
lief and that faith that these lands are
steadily advancing in value.
mo weather sharp from Iowa or
anywhere else can convince US to the
contrary unless he shows US some rea-
sons as against our twenty years ex-
perience and the plain practical rea-
sens for our faith"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
Greater the joy the shorter is its dura-
ton.
True wit is always incidental-and
usually accidental.
A quiet wedding is sometimes follow
ed by a noisy serenade.
Those who make a speciality of hunt
ing trouble bag plenty of game.
Children who ask questions are often
just as ignorant as grown people who
can't answer them.
A free thinker is one who is unable
to dispose of his thoughts for a pecun-
iary consideration.
After a woman succeeds in capturing
a husband she doesn't consider mar
riage the one object in life.
A single sentence from a police judge
is far more effective than a dozen sen
fences from a political orator
1t sometimes happens that a mans
enemies with bad designs do him less
harm than his friends with good inten-
tions.
If a young mans attack of love is
the genuine article, he never thinks Of
postponing the wedding until he can
afford to marry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
FRON OTHER PENS



During the year 1904, ECO people were
burned to death in the United States
and Canada, an average of nineteen a
day. And this record is not an unusual
one The prOportionate number of IA
talities at fires has been steadily grow
ing year after year. The property loss
last year amounted to S25 for every
family in the United States and Canada.
In six years property worth S1,000,00O,-
600 has been consumed by fire. In the
length and breadth of the two countries
there are only 5000 buildings which can
rightly be called fre-proof. If a plague,
such as cholera or yellow fever were to
cause 1000 deaths. the country would
rise up in alarm and stamp the conta-
gion out, no matter at what cost. But
nobody heeds the fires. People herd
themselves into big, in1s mmable struc-
lures with little thought of the means
of escape in time of DANGER Buildings
are put up with no attempt to make
them as nearly freprCof as the money
available will allow. Tt is to be hoped
that some time this side of the millen-
MUM every building occupied by hu-
man beings will be noEcombustible.-
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
Expressions of a Prima Donna.


America is delightful
Yes, football is too rough
New York is wonderful, magnifi-
cent
American women are the most
beautiful and charming on earth.
Nothing is better for the complexion
than Smearine.
The tones of the Pianolean are ex-
quisite.
always take Doperine for head
aches.
Eau de swash is the finest hair
The Gasmobile is the best made
Denticfde is excellent for the teeth.
/ can't breakfast without Boneless
Oats.
N. G. Corsets are the only proper
ones.
Never travel without sneezerine for
coughs and colds.
1 fervently recommend Scrubolio.
BY all means try Nervosis.
Yes, this is positively my last season
on the stage.
/ expect 10 get the decree next week
February Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
JOURNAL ENTREES

Sir Thomas Upton may not come to
Topeka to run any yacht races on the
ShunSanunga or Kaw, but YOU will
notice that he viii be represented here
at the Midwinter exposition to adver-
Use his tea. which is the chief result
of his yacht races.
The horse may be little slow
sometimes. but when an automobile
has to hobble down the street on three
legs because tire has blown up, the
horse can go away and have a little
quiet laugh all by himself
To Old Subscriber: No. YOU do not
necessarily need a hunters license to
hunt for your collar button when it
rolls under the dresser, but YOU are
likely to need an inexhausibIe supply
OF patience and a huge vocabulary Of
expletives.
When this department suggested to
the janitor of the weather bureau the
other day that the steam might be
shut off it did not intend that connec-
tons should also be made with the re
frlgeration department of the polar ice
plant.
Is it possible that the book worm is
responsible for those mutilations in
some of the states bOOks2 If so, the
state chronological department should
try to find something that will elimf-
nate the book worm along with the cut
worm and the army worm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

An officer of one of the local chart
ties in aid of consumptives told of the
many odd things found in subscription
boxes which are scattered about in all
parts of the state.
ION opening recently a box in rail-
road depot" he said Il found the gold
settings of a necklace. a pair of ear
rings and five rings. They were mag
nifcent settings. worth a deal of
money. I could not help wondering
what the stones which had been
roughly torn out of them were like.
"These jewels, of course. had been
stolen. The settings were given to
charity by the thief. The stones them
selves would be recut and sold.
Around this gift was a note that said ::
" Sell for the sick. My conscience
goes as far as this Philadelphia
Telegraph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
THE QUESTION.

When we're done with all the waiting
All the weeping and the rue,
VIII the future come and get me-
VIII it lead me up to you2
VIII hear your lifting laughter,
VIII drop my load of care,
VIII your lips be pressed to my lips
VIII my hands caress your hair2
When we're done with all the waiting,
When our LIES short course is run,
VIII you run. hands stretched to greet
me,
With your eyes a-briIn with fun2
VIII you lead me glad with laughter
Into realms of endless bliss2
When we re done with all the waiting
VIII YOU meet me with a kiss?
VIII there be a moon and starlight
In the world we shall know then,
frees a-erowding into arbors?
Shall we sit in them again2
Shall we sit lips hushed. together,
While our souls talk each to each2
II d heaven like that waits me
It IS worth a climb to reach.
It is worth lifelong climbing,
Up rough ways begirt with rue,
II beyond the irk of living
is a vale and blooms and youi
When my limbs arc growing heavy
And my lips are growing dumb
1 viii know your soul is calling
To my soul. and I will come
j NJ. Lewis in the Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
Not Likclx 20 I1scape.

Henry Vignaud, secretary of the
American embassy at Paris, enjoys tell
ing of an American who was being
shown the tomb of Napoleon. As the
loquacious guide referred to the various
points Of interest in connection with
the tomb the American evinced the
greatest interest in all that was said.
This immense sarcophagus," de-
claimed the guide. weighs forty tons.
Inside of that. sir, is a steel receptacle
Weighing twelve tons, and inside of that
is a leaden caslzet, Theoretically sealed,
Weighing over two tons. Inside of that
rests a mahogany coffin containing the
remains of the great man.
For a moment the American was ST
lent. as if in deep meditation. Then he
said:
1T seems to me that you've got him
al fright. If he ever gets out, cable me
at my expense, Success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
Not on the BIN.

He was a stout. pudgy individual,
liable to be irritated early in the morn
ing. evidently subject to indigestion,
and he walked into the dining room in
anything but good grace, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. The hotel was
new and the prices had not mellOwed.
Their stiff front "riled" the guest still
moe.
Turning to the freshly imported,
white shirted mummy at his side, he
Haven't you people any conscience
here ?"
Getting no anwser his face grew
red and be blurted out:
"Consciencei Conscience, Have you
no ce-conscience-c conscience
here ?"
"Eef Get ees not on re bills Get ees
charge extra for suavely replied the
importation.- Exhange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
An ounce of logic is worth pound
of oratory.
If Ananias were alive today he would
be relegated to the amateur ranks
The icicle stands ready to dispute the
theory that the sun makes things grow
Life seems one round of pleasure to
the pugilist who wins in the first round.
Nell-s'She has a pleasant address.
Believes; it's on Rittenhouse
Square"
When a fellow can't stand prosperity
it's hard for the rest of Us to understand
it.
When an office-seeker who has once
been defeated is renominated he is gen
orally redefeated.
Many a fellow who wouldn't work for
his hoard and lodging has to come 10 it
after he is married.
Some people are so clever that they
hate to be reminded that there are other
clever people in the world.
Richard III offered his kingdom for
a horse. and he wasn't stalled in an an
tomobile at the time. either.
When a fellow knows a sure thing IN a
horse race and says he cant lose he proh-
ably means that he has no money to put
W.
Absentmind-sYes. an, .a....-
along finely in my course in nernorS,
training Wigwagg- is your in
structorE Absentmind - 'sVVhv-er-
really, have forgotten his name
If we an knew as much as we don't
If knew as much. and if you knew
It would just 60 to show that we an
should then know
An awful lot more than we do knew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

It is very apparent that some one
has been tampering with the school
fund records in the auditors Office in
order to confuse them and render
them valueless. Still, as Assistant
Auditor Nation points out. it should
be easy in most cases to determine
what the correct figures should be
where there have been mutilations.
For instance. the certificate sent the
auditor from the state superintend-
ent's Office should show the aggregate
sum of the coupons on each set of
bonds. ana from that can be determ-
ined the number of coupons on each
bond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

A young Philadelphia clubman was
over in New York recently and hap
pened into John W. Gates office. and
in conversation with Mr. Gates asked
him for a tip on the market. The well
known f1nancier and plunger answered
him thus You young fellows had
better keep out of the market, as it
will not do you any good. After you
go out the senior member of the firm
comes in and asks how much that
young man is worth. Then some one
says. oh. about 100000 Then the
senior member says: We'll, leave him
about $4,000. "=Cleveland Plain
Dea Ter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

works. And if it proves to be a good
thing in a congressional district. why
not in a state? Mr.. Allen has declared
in favor of a primary election; W. r.
Stubs, who is opposing Allen, is also
for it, and if Mr.. Scott win give the
plan his approval it is very likely that
the congressional committee viii ar
range for that method Of settling the
Second district hght.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

once a tramp went up to the back
door Of a house and knocked, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. A lady came
to the door. please, mum. could you
do a little sewing for me?" said the
tramp.
yes. with pleasure" answered the
lady. What sewing weuld you like to
have me do for your"
4 have 3. button here: if you'll please
sew a pair of pants onto it, I'll be very
much obliged"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

helps those who help themselves, it
must be understood that this does not
apply to those who help themselves to
what doesn't belong to them.-Rich-
mond Dispatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganization for exclusive evening publ
cation
The State Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report of the
publishers Press for the edition for sun
oay morning
The news is received in the State Jour
nal building over wires FOR this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
TAFTS WEIGHT.

Secretary Taft's exact weight is re-
ported to be 294 3-8 pounds. That ought
to be enough to hold down the lid I'M
der anything like normal circumstances.
Birmingham News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
A HOPE.

The year 1905. thinks a religious week
~ may go down in history as the year
of the awakened conscience 1t is to be
hoped that 1906 will not go down as the
year of conscience gone to sleep again
Springfield Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

We Wouldnt be surprised Il ex-
Governor Bailey would at no distant
day be a big man in some independ-
ent political movement for the people
outside both old political parties.
Barring the tenacity with which he
clings to the old Republican machine
there is some mighty good clay in that
man Bailey.-Smith County Mes
senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22
THE NIIDWINTER EXPOSITION

1t is an exceedingly gratifying cOndi-
ton of affairs that the entire exhibition
space for Topeka's Midwinter exposi-
ton should be exhausted some time be-
fore the date for the exposition to
open. 1t indicates several things, first
and foremost of which is that the ex-
position is a good thing for the ex-
hibitors. If it were otherwise there
would not be such a demand for space.
Not only Will Topeka and Kansas be
wen represented at the exposition, but
there viii be exhibitors there all the
way from New York to san Francisco
The success which has always at
tended Topeka's Midwinter exposiHons
is due largely to Mr.. r. S. Brigham.
who has been the executive force be
hind them. Mr. Brigham knows how
to do such things and do them right.
To his management should be ac-
credited the popularity of these ex-
positions both among the exhibitors
and their patrons.
People come from all over the state
to attend this exposition in Topeka
big Auditorium during the latter part
of January each winter, and there is
never any complaint about them. The
public is invariably pleased, and a
pleased public rebounds to the profit
of the exhibitors.
Notwithstanding the success of for
mer expositions. Topeka's Midwinter
exposition of 1906 promises to eclipse
any of its predecessors, both in exhibits
and attendance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

yes. madam" said the salesman.
this is the most exquisite dinner set
we ever handled. The price is $3.50. ="
'sIsll ta1ses it. = said Mrs. Richley, ''if
youth agree to mark it Imitation.
Price S6.90'
.sCf course but that's rather an odd
request
Eyes. but I want to deceive our SER
want FiFl. p htIade lphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-22

Football has been reformed by the
big western universities by abolishing
the game as it is played at present.
That is the most efectual method of
reformation.