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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19

PUSHING CORN AND HOGS.
Farmers in Northwest Kansas Max
ing "a Mint of Money.

Lincoln, Jan. 19.-One of the far
seeing representative citizens and
business men of Lincoln, who is In
the cattle industry along with many
others. is an enthusiast on north cen
trail and northwestern Kansas. Both
the wheat and corn belt are going west
to grow up with the country, in the
opinion of this Lincoln gentleman. The
steam plows, each gang breaking from
40 to so acres per day, are turning un-
der the short grass of western Kansas
for wheat raising The last ten years
has shown that wheat can be success
fully grown on these lands, and the
next ten years will show them to be
the banner counties for wheat. Cen
trail Kansas now leads in wheat, but
an ever increasing acreage is going in
to corn.
Along the Lincoln branch of the
Union Pacific, between Lincoln and
Hoxie and even as far west as Colby,
nearly one-half of the cultivated acre
age is now put into corn. A few years
ago it was nearly all In wheat. Rocks,
Osborne and Graham counties are
corn and alfalfa counties now as much
as they are adapted to wheat. Corn Is
being sold in the market at Plainvilfe,
Zurich, Palco. and other towns on this
line of railroad from 25 to 35 cents a
bushel. The yield was good.
The wise farmer in central Kansas,
in the opinion of this Lincoln enthu-
SldSl, Is wise enough " SEE l1dl DIS the
ranches of the west are being turned
to wheat raising, as cattle are getting
scarcer, it is time to shift from wheat
to corn In this section corn and al
falfa for hogs beats wheat. 1t is
fine country to feed cattle.
1t is claimed the most prosperous
agriculturists along this branch of the
Union Pacific have understood it all
along. There are Mink and Bower of
Lincoln. Bruce Middlekauff of Vesper,
Lon Buick of Sylvan Grove, Bob
Fowler of Lucas, A. BOLTON of Luray,
and many others. these men have been
for years big cattle feeders and hog
raisers along the Lincoln branch. They
have also been successful wheat rails
ers, and it is said they have made the
most money out of the rise in value
of their lands But an ever increasing
number are getting to know that this
territory is one of the best in the state
for the Big Four, namely. corn ana
cattle and hogs did it. Every
town, little and big, between Lincoln
and Colby has one and two banks, and
they are generally full. Lincoln has
three, Vesper Sylvan Grove, Lucas,
Luray, Waldo, Natoma and Codell has
one each while P1ainville has two,
Hill City three. Moreland has two,
Hoxie and Merilo one each. and Col
by has two. Every town except Para
disc has a bank and this place will
soon have one The Big Four. namely
corn and alfalfa. cattle and hogs did it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
RURAL ROUTE CARRIERS.
They Visit 1000 Homes in Lyon County
Regularly Every Day.

Emporia, Kan, Jan. 19.-Every day
in the year with the exception of Sun
day and the legal holidays excluding
Christmas, twenty-six rural mail car
riers go out from the towns in this
county and carry the mail to more
than 1000 homes. These carriers take
the civil service examinations and hold
their jobs for life, or during good be-
hayior. The pay is $50 per month, or
$500 per year. This means that each
month the United States postoffice de-
payment pays for rural carriers in
Lyon county, $3.50, or $1S,720 each
year.
These carriers must be on duty each
working morning at 6 o'clock, and
none of their routes are less than
twenty-five miles in length, while a few
of them drive thirty miles each day.
The carriers return from 1 until 8
o'clock in the afternoon, and all of
them are generally in by 3, unless the
roads are in extremely bad condition
Emporia furnishes ten of these
twenty-six rural carriers, Hartford
five, Reading three, Americas two, AL
len two, Admire two, Bushong /, Ply
mouth one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
ACCOUNTS SHORT.
The Postmaster at Blaine Is
Said to Be Missing.
Postoffice inspector Investigates
the Fund in Office.
A SHORTAGE OF $500.
Bondsmen Have Squared Mat
tiers With Uncle Sam.
Mr.. Kavanagh Left Town on
Freight at Night.
A SHORTAGE OF $500.

Westmoreland, Kan, Jan. 19.-The
Recorder says: NJ. ]. Kavanagh, post
master at Blaine, it is saddle on Tues
day night for some unknown destlna-
ton, with a shortage in his official ac-
count with the government On We'd
nesday morning he failed to bring the
mail to the depot for the eastbound
train and when the K. S. & G. got
ready to pull out the postoff1ce was
still closed It was then ascertained
that he was not at home. and the as
sistant postmaster came down and
opened up the postoffce. Two post
office inspectors, c. A. Mills, and an
other gentleman, arrived in Bline Tues
day night and they came down from
the hotel shortly and took charge of
the office. An investigation was made
by them and a shortage was found
said to amount to about $500. The
bondsmen of Kavanagh were notified
and r. J. Allen, one of the bondsmen,
now has charge of the office. The
bondsmen have made the shortage
good to the government and it was
stated yesterday that they would be re-
imbursed SO that they would lose moth
ing.
The freight on Tuesday night was
behind the passenger and Mr.. kava-
nagh boarded that when it came
through and rode as far as Garrison
He told the conductor he was going to
Manhattan This is the last that has
been heard of him and his family know
nothing about him. There are many
rumors afloat regarding the shortage,
most of which seem to be guess work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
COSTLY PRESSURE
Heart and Nerves Fail on Coffee.

A resident of a great western state
puts the case regarding stimulants
with a comprehensive brevity that is
admirable. He says:
Il am sc years old and have had con-
siderable experience with stimulants
They are all alike-a mortgage on re-
served energy at ruinouS interest As
the whip stimulates but does not
strengthen the horse, so do stirnulants
act upon the human system Feeling
this way, gave up coffee and all
other stmulants and began the use of
Postum Food coffee some months ago.
The beneficial results have been ap-
parent from the first. The rheumatism
that 1 used to suffer from has left me
1 sleep sounder, my nerves are steadier
and my brain clearer And 1 bear
testimony also to the food value of
Pcstum-something that is lacking in
coffee Name given by Postum Co,
Read The Road to MELVILLE" the
quaint little book in pkgs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
FARMERS INSTITUTE WORK.
Greatly Hampered This Year by Lack
of Funds.

Manhattan, Kan. Jan. 19.-The
board of regents of the Kansas Agri-'
cultural college in session here, among
the many matters before them. dis
cussed the work of the Farmers In
stitute department. Up to two years
ago only $4,000 had ever been appro-
priated for institute work and it was
enough when all the help rendered
was only on request. In October,
1905. the board by unanimous vote
decided to enter upon an educational
campaign and organize institutes in
every county, sending the heads of
departments of the experiment sta
lions out into the various counties to
report to the farmers the results OF
their actual experiments. But the
new method cost more mone-. Last
year, 1905-06, they appropriated
$4,000, and while a great many meet
ings were held, there were left over
were held. many of them never hav-
ing had a farmers institute. This
year the board again appropriated
$4,000, but the calls have been so
great that this appropriation is already
over thirty requests on file for tnsti-
tutes, the regents were compelled TO
order that no more meetings be held
this year. The college has had for
years the record of ending each bien-
mum without a deficit and thi= record
must be maintained.
1t had been planned to hold about
fifty institutes in February and March.
going into counties where meetings
had not been held and where there
were no organiza lions, and also into
many others where, meetings arc
greatly desired. The work has so
many possibilities of good, of arousing
interest among the farmers OF max
ing new leaders in every county or
putting into demonstration so many
practical methods of farm. dairy and
stock manaS cement that fifteen thous-
and dollars could be expended every
wear to the very great advancement OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
DOCKS AT GALVESTON.
Rock Island Has Completed Arrange
ments for Better Terminals.

Arrangements have been completed
by the Rock Island-Frisco lines for the
construction of great freight terminals
at Galveston. They will include the
building of immense docks. There will
be three piers 1000 feet long, and equip
ped with electric freight conveyors. The
piers will have berthing space for about
so large vessels. There will be ten miles
of track in the terminals, which will
be the largest in the south. They will
be equipped with a 100000 bushel grain
elevator, IN electric power house and
every latest Improvement to facilitate
the rapid handling of freight The ter
minals when completed will be used
by the Rock Island, the Frisco, the ST.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico, the
Trinity and Brazos Valley and the Col
orado and Southern roads. The esti-
mated cost of the improvements is So
OO0, Co.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
THINK THEY HAVE GOLD.
Lcavenworth County Settlers Are Talk
inc of the Yellow Metal.

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 19.-The
Times says: Leavenworth county citi-
zens who occasionally stub their toes
on the rocks in their yards these jan
uary mornings should not get angry
and make the frosty air blue, but jerk
off their hats instead. for they're on
sacred ground, and a gold mine, if re-
ports are true. A dispatch from Law
renee containing the latest sensation
says:
THAT there is gold on Philip Hun
zicker's farm in Grant township is the
belief of everybody living in that vi
cinity. There is an Alaska prospector
working there now and he says every
indication Of gold is there. This is no
new find. A man named Russell was
working there twenty years ago and
found gold. He marked the place with
a stone and said nothing about it.
Asked why he kept his secret, he
said: I was working for fifty cents a
day. 1t did not mean anything to me
to have that gold discovered. I always
expected to get possession of that farm
and develop the field
when Mr.. Hunzicker purchased the
place it was known that there were
traces of gold. Indeed a number of
years ago some of the shale found
there was taken to the university and
analysed. 1t was found to be gold.
Still nothing was done about it.
IAN effort is now being made to find
what is really on the Hunzicker farm.
Other farmers in the vicinity are go
ing to investigate for themselves. They
claim that it is something more than
a mere pocket. On Paul Luckan's
farm just across the road in Leaven-
worth county there have been indica-
tions of gold. Several nuggets have
been found of considerable value. De-
velopments will also be made on the
Luckan farm"
Now we've dug up. everything in
Leavenworth county from potatoes to
the famous Lansing man who was the
first one here. So why not gold?
Everyone knows that there is the re-
fined issue and the farmers seem to
be able to dig up a good deal of it,
although not quite in the nugget form.
Perhaps we are going to see again
the days of 40, only this time, instead
of passing Leavenworth county by, it
will be the real thing in the gold pro-
during lire.
Here's hOpin' ANYWAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
COLLECTED EXTRA POSTAGE.
Inspector Mills Docs a Neat Job a
WeStmoreland.

The postoff1ce inspectors do a little
collecting for the government on the
side as they go on their rounds that as
sists materially in paying their salar-
les. When c. o. Mills, the inspector.
was here, he collected ten dollars from
a Westmoreland citizen for sending
some tobacco tags through the mails
as third-class matter, when there was
a letter of instruction inside the pack
age which would make the parcel sub
iect to first class postage. The inspec-
tor had the letter contained in the
package with him and took it to the
party. who promptly paid the minimum
fine for defrauding the postoffiee de-
partment of its revenue.-Westmor
land Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
GOOD WORD FOR HASKELL.
Value of Indian Schools Are Prove d,
SAYS Superintendent Peairs.


Lawrence. Kan.j Jan. 19.-The ar
ticle from Washington published to
the effect that Indian Commissioners
I,eupp had recommended the ADAM
donment of certain Indian schools, fn-
Guiding Haskell institute, Carlyle ana
C-hiloceo, caused much comment anu
not q little alarm here. The reassUr-
statement that the senate COMMITTEES
having the matter in charge would
undoubtedly refuse to follow the COM
missioner's suggestion.
The dispatch quoted Com mission er
I,cu3I, as saving that the good accom- .:
plished by Indian schools. other than
those on the reservations. did not com
pensate for the amount expended on
them but this assertion is strongly de-
MED bv the officials of Haskell insti-
tute here. In the first place the en-
rnIIncnt this year is the largest In the
history Of the school. There are 500
pupils in the institution and there is
waiting list of others who wish to get
in The attendance of all these pupils
is voluntary and demonstrates that the
demand for education is becoming
more general among the Indians
themselves.
there have been 275 graduates, and
pra cticaIly all these young men and
women are now earning independent
livinCs On file with superintendent
PEARS of Haskell institute are many
letters from business men who have in
their employ graduates of the school.
Each of these letters is a testimonial
CT the ability and faithfulness of the
particular Indian to which 1t has
reference These letters are from rail-
road mon, bankers, merchants and SUI
perintendents of other schools to
which the graduates have gone as
teachers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
FREIGHT RAISE DUE TO TRAs1Ps.
-Four Roads Serve Notice on Shippers
of Shoes.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-An attempt by
the Rock Island, Frisco, Missouri Pa
cific and Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroads to stop the ubiquitous tramp
from stealing shoes from freight cars
has started a row between the roads
ana the shoe wholesalers of Chicago
and st. Louis. The roads have given
notice that their regular tariff rates
on shoes to Texas points will apply
only to cases strapped with iron bands
and that shippers who do not strap
their shipments will be charged 20 per
cent more than the published rate.
When goods are stolen from cars rail-
roads have to pay damages, and it is
the object of the new rule to reduce
the amount of damage claims.
On first blush it would appear that
accession to this demand would not
cost much, but Chicago and St. Louis
shippers say that the labor, materials
and trouble such action would involve
would cause a loss of many thousands
of dollars a year to them. They con-
tend that the roads should provide
more effective protection for goods in
transit instead of compelling shippers
OF pack them so they cannot be stolen
Shippers and roads will have a con-
ference regarding the matter jan
uary 10.
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CoTeyville People Ask Damages From
the Gas COmDany

independence, Kan, Jan. 19.-Dam-
age suits aggregating approximately
100000 were filed in the district
clerks office here by Attorney Joseph
P Rossiter of Coffeyville. The suits
are the result of the gas explosion at
Coffeyville some two months ago and
in each instance it is charged that the
Coffeyville Gas company and w. s.
Upham are liable on account of neg
ligence.
The claims for damages range from
the destruction of personal ward
robe to the loss of a human life.
The heaviest claims are those of
Wayne c. Coler by G. E. Coler $25.-
900, J. E. Mcdaniel, $4,000, Hugh
Mccarthy, $7,626.20, Mrs. Ada Allen,
$1,000.
The cases will probably be the
ground of some of the hardest fought
legal battles ever in the district
court
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MOVING FROM BUCKL1N.
Rock Island Transferring Material to
Liberal and Pratt

Bucklin, Kan, Jan. 19.-The Rock
Island has force of men at work
here taking down their ice houses at
this place, preparatory to moving
them to Liberal and Pratt. This is the
beginning of the end of their terminal
at this place. The Rock Island man
agement has had this move in mind
and have been preparing for it for
more than a year. They claim that
the run from Harrington to Bucklin
and from Bucklin to Dalhart is too
long. and that these long runs are the
cause of all of their trouble on this
part of their lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
THE BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD.
The End to the Rev. A C. Pyle at the
IeavenMorth Soldiers Homo.

I-eavenworth Kan. Jan. 19-The Rev.
A. c. Pyle, known as the blind chap
lain. died at the Soldiers Home hos
pital yesterday afternoon. He was a
native of Illinois and was SO years old.
He was chaplain of the Kansas house
Of representatives of 1903 and was a
candidate for chaplain of the present
house He was taken i'll while cleo
tioneering in the lobby of the Copeland
hotel and returned home with an Ill
ness from which he did not recover.
The Rev. Mr.. Pyle served first in the
Fourth Missouri cavalry and afterwards
in the Thirty-f1fth Missouri infantry in
the civil war. He lost his eyesight by
a premature explosion in a mine at
Joplin, Mo-, after the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
Terminals the weak Spot.

Washington, Jan. 19.-M. A. Low of
Topeka, Kan, the we'll known attorney
for the Rock Island interests has ar
rived in Washington. Mr.. Low does not
agree with James J. HIPS views rela-
tive to the congestion of freight
throughout the country, and especially
in the west. Terminals are the weak
spot" said he. I'VE have mileage
enough to our railroads, but the con-
traction is all at the terminal points.
We have to go where the business is.
If we could string out the cars on our
tracks there would be abundant track
age, but it's the people who do the con-
traction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
A SANTA FE TUNNEL CAVES IN
The Bore on the Main California Line
Is Mile Long.

Port Richmond, Cal, Jan. 10
About one thousand feet of the
Franklin tunnel. on the main line of
the Santa Fe road. caved in yesterday,
following the burning out of the tim
bers by a fire which is supposed to
have started from the sparks of
LOGON olive. The tunnel penetrates the
Contracosta hills, and is nearly a mile
in length. All traffic on the Santa Fe
to this terminal point is blockaded.
Trains are being run by way of Stock
ton over the Southern Pacific tracks.
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Big Freight Consolidation.

Milwaukee. Wis, Jan. 19.-The
Evening Wisconsin says: The most
important and by far the most sweep
ing consolidation of freight lines of
the great railway systems and COM
binations of the country that has been
brought about in years is booked to
be made in a short time by the Van
derbilt system. The plans, it is learn
ed, are now practically matured.
The plan is absolute consolidation of
all of the fast freight lines and dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
WAS SKATING ON A TUB.
How :, Little Garden City Girl Came
to Her Death

Garden City, Kan, Jan 19.-The 3
year-old daughter of Albert King of
Pierceville died yesterday as the re-
suit of a fall while skating on the ice
in a tub. She fell and struck her
head on the side of the Tub.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
HOW to Cure ChiIbInins.

ITO enjoy freedom from chilblains,"
writes John Kemp. East Otisfield. Ne.
apply +; Bu lex ms Arnica save: Have
results" Guaranteed to cure fever sores,
indolent ulcers. piles, burns. wounds. frost
bites and skin diseases. 25c at Arnold
DrIIg Co. drug store
Buy coal, flour, feed OF Mayberry, 500
West Tenth. Ind 992. Bell 995.
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VICTIMS OF THE ICY WALKS.
Two Accidents of 2 Serious Nature at
Newton.

Mrs. ]. c. Johnston fell on the icy
walk at the back of the house this
morning and badly fractured her left
hip joint. It is a very painful accident
and it will be some. time before Mrs.
Johnston will be able to be around.
She is resting easy now.
Mrs. John Staub fell yesterday after
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noon on some ice in front of the house
and broke her right hip. She was help
ing her daughter and baby into a cab
and thought at first it was only a slight
injury. but the physician when called
found very bad Observation-Disclosures
Republican.
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street Friday evening for the first
time and edited the public by the rem
dition of several selections. The boys
have been under the tutorship of Pro-
fessor Robinson but little more than
two months yet they put up a pretty
good article of music right now.
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patch lines" which have for years
been operated under the general Van
derbilt system and wiz place all the
lines under one corporation-The
Merchants Dispatch company
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Fo. uncle san's Refinery.

Junction City. Kan, Jan. 19.-The
tanks for the Uncle Sam Refining com
pany have arrived in this city and work
will commence at once setting them
up. The supply house will be located
near the Katy tracks. Mr.. Snyder of
Clay Center will be the local manager.
Stafford Has Band.
Stafford, Kan, Jan. 19-The kid
band, fifteen strong, came out on the
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He ODened the War.

Paris, Jan. 19.-Eugene Lacharate.
who fred the first cannon in the war
of. 1870. has just died at his home in
Mont Lucian.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
HENRY H|NDS TAKES
HIGH H0N0RS At
OXFORD
Examination Passed By North
Dakotan With Excellent
Standing.

In the Outlook On. " for April 81,
Mr.. F. ]. Wylie, Oxford secretary for
the Rhodes trustees. has d letter from
which the following is quoted:
Five Americans took the final
honor examination for the B. A. de-
gree last. June. OF these five three
took the examination a year before
the usual time. allowing themselves
rather less than one year instead of
the normal two years in which to
prepare for it. The results were as
follows: Two first classes, one sec
ond. one fourth, and one failure. In
addition, one American Rhodes
scholar took the B. C. L. degree, and
another the B. S. C. This last is a
distinction at least equivalent to
first class in final honor school. BY
anyone who understands the condi-
tons these results scan only be re-
garded as eminently creditab1e. Two
OF the Americans, may add, have
within the last six months have ap-
pointed demonstrators at the Univer-
sity Museum, one (Mr. J.. A. Brown,
of New Hampshire) under the Wyke-
ham Professor of Physics, the other
(Mr. HI. A. Kinds, of North Dakota)
under the Professor of Geology. These
last appointments are unquestionably
among the one or two leading dis
tinctions won by Rhodes scholars OF
any nationality"
1t may be added that one of the two
American Rhodes scholars to take the
degree in "less than one year instead
of the normal two years in which to
prepare for it, was Henry Kinds, a
former student of the university. now
Rhodes scholar at Oxford for North
Dakota.