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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
PHOENIX s EASTERN.
Hartman Has Plans for Extension of
This Line

Prescott, Ariz-, May 1T is reported
that the Phoenix & Eastern railroad,
which was recently acquired from the
Santa Fe by the Southern Pacific in
terests, will be extended to Globe. Ariz-,
from which point the ella Valley,
Globe & Northern tracks will be used
to form through line to the present
main line of the Southern Pacific at
Bowie. It Is stated that the Cananea,
Yaqut River & Pacific, which is now
being built south through Mexico from
Cananea, will be extended north from
Naco to Bowie, connecting at the lat
ter place with the transcoutfnentaI
route of the Southern Pacific, as we'll
as with the ella Valley, Globe & North
ern- The announcement is made by
Col Epes Randolph, president of the
Phoenix & Eastern, that that road will
be extended to Demfng. N. NJ. by way
of San Carlos and So1omonvfIle. An
other connection with the transcontf-
mental line of the Southern Pacific will
be made at Dening.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa
Fe seem to have formed close aIIi-
ance so far as their Arizona roads are
concerned. Col Randolph is authority
for the statement that the Santa Fe
will lose no time in completing the Ar
IONA and California railroad, which is
to run from Winkenberg, Ariz, to
Bengal, Cal The route of this line is
within short distance of the Colorado
river. 1t connects with the Arizona &
Eastern at Winkenberg When this line
and the Arizona &c Eastern are finish
ed they will form a new low grade line
across the backbone of the continent
connecting with the Southern Pacific's
present transcontinentaI line at Dem
ing and with the Santa Fe's present
trauscontinental line at Bengal Col
Randolph says that this new route will
be used jointly by the Santa Fe and
the Southern Pacific
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ARITHMETIC AND FOOD
schooI ChiIdren Must BE wen Fed

A young girl in Newport, says no one
has better right to speak of Grape
Nuts food than sLe
Il was in school, but in Door health
until Mamma began to give me Grape
Nuts food I began to improve at once,
both mentally and physically, and 1
improved so in my work at school that
1 got 100 in arithmetfs, and during that
time 1 gained or 4 pounds in weight
and am still gaining
There is no one who has a right to
recommend the food more highly than
l. Mamma neglected to supply it for
about three weeks, and began to fail
in health so 1 commenced the use of the
food again, and now I don't intend to
do without Grape-Nuts-''
It's well for parents to know that
Grape-Nuts food contains selected ele-
ments from the grains, prepared and
cooked in such a way as to present
these food elements so that they can be
quickly dfgested and assimilated; the
phosphate Of potash obtained from the
field grains aB5 contained in Grape
Nuts unites with tfS> albunen of food
to quickly rebuild the Say natter in
the nerve centers and brain
1t is of the greatest Importance That
growing children and students be given
food that sustains both brain and
nerves. There's reason Raad the
little book, The Road to MELVILLE" IN
pkgs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
oRIENTs DEPOT AT WICHITA.
Fine Structure for Handling of Freight
to Be Erected

Wichita, Kan, May An elegant
freight depot to cost approximately
$40, 900 is among the prooa bll1tles TOT
Wichita soon. The land upon Whlcn
it is to be built mas oeen pSrcIa ase' :
and the deed was recorded SATURDAY
afternoon The property is now held
in the name of H E. Braemer but IL
is known that the real purchaser Is
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orlenl
Railway company As usual E v
Hea1v Of this city was the purchasing
The property in question lies on the
east side of Mosely avenue ana soQtn
of Douglas avenue and formerly pc
Ionred to Emil Werner The tract
consists of thirteen lots. two OF them
facing Douglas avenue and the re-
T1ainier facing on Mosely avenue me
n1ain bodv of the land is 14ON2l5 rect
with an arm extending TO DousIdS
avanua 5OxI40 feet The price re-
$500 ~ Mr. Werner was $26,500.
when asked about the matter MI
HaaIv said he had bought the lano LOT
the orient railway company anu eIis a.
the deed would be properly h1a1o
over to the company in a day or two
80 . ala NOT know what use the COM
ranv expected to make OF IL II was
ffaarnad from another source that II Is
+be nI1rnose of the company TO oullo
modern freight depot on the tract
In addition TO TINS Pu .I.I &c., -
r,-onarty on MoseIy avenue, the Orlent
rs secured recently by condemnation
n-ocaedinrs a tract even larger. lyIIig
70 the west of it on winch II II - 80 !.
fT,Drovements are to be Ilaue- - -
with a right of way exten9Is eroi ,-i1 ler-
E.risco depot to the ARKANSAS NV -
raIes the Orient's investments ln
IricI,ita real estate during the past rev
months aggregate about S9V'VVo. -
+ract purchased a few days ago aIl an.
11,i,1e west of the Werner tract cost
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ids is yet in its infancy. Four plants
are already in operation A cOnServa-
tive estimate places the combined ca
paciCy of the four mills at 200 tons
daily, entaiIing a pay roll of about
$4,000 monthly. And before the
close of the year it is safe to say the
fifth gypsum mill will be in operation
The Union Pacific and Missouri Pa
cidc handled last year 3,165 carloads,
OF which 2,6es were plaster. 124 cars
of -four and meal. and the balance
miscellaneous. The plaster shipments
show an increase Of rs carloads
over 1905. There is a great scarcity
OF cars for the shipment of plaster.
The Great Western Plaster company
alone has orders for $50 carloads for
san Francisco alone This company
can handle six and seven cars a day.
and report a total shortage of 259
cars The other plaster companies
report a like shortage Orders for
plaster have been received from many
California points, Florida, Washing
ton. Illinois. Montana, Georgia, Ken
lucky. Louisiana Iowa. Wyoming,
and other states and territories.
II is claimed there are more herds
of pure bred Hereford cattle tribu-
tary tc Blue Rapids than any other
portion Of the state This has given
the to1rr1 the title among stockmen as
the center of the Hereford stock in
Kansas
Blue Rapids has her Touring mill
with a capacity daily of 200 barrels
The real estate office of H C. Lath-
rap is a busy sight. He is big push
er for Blue Rapids The Brown
Bros subdivision to the town of 81
lots were all sold before the plat was
fled. This will in small degree
show what the town is doing in ex-
pausion. Mr.. Lathrap has made it
possible for property to change
hands. and this has given Blue Rap
ids big boost as she deserved.
Blue Rapids is good enough town
make it their home The high school
one of the best, will turn out eight
graduates this term: her business col
lege under Geo. F. Richardson, has a
large number of students. music.
shorthand. typewrftfug. and general
business course is taught It is the
OnIv town in the state to give an an
nuaI fishery. which is looked on with
favor by the several hundred who an
nuaIIv take part in it, 1t has miles of
cement and brick walks. It has fine
school adva ntage and a half dozen
churches. It has two banks. two Ium-
Der yards. furniture, two hardware
stores one Of the largest public
Libraries in the state. three general
stores. implements. drugs. newspap per.
and other business OCCUPATIONS tend
ing to build UP Blue Rapids.
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Blue Rapids Really Never Start
ed Growing Until 1906.
There Is Not an Empty Res
idence Building in Town.
CEMENT THENDUSTRY
Four Plants in Operation With
Prospect for the Fifth.
There Were Shipped Out in Last
Year 1859 Cars OF Plaster.

Blue Rapids. Nay Since 1870
this town has had q place on the
state mapS- Evidently some of her
years have been wasted, but Blue
Rapids has now surely struck her
gait. and is certain to justify the early
optimistic predictions which were
made for her. That old pioneer
Renaissance teller. Jack Downing,
now of Hays City. was one of the first
newspaper men Oh the ground after
the townsire was surveyed, and he
announced TO the world that here was
to be built one of the best towns in
Kansas Other friendly and interest
ed observers followed suit until it was
very generally understood that the
young town of over So years ago was
to become. or ought to, an important
city Then followed the wasted years
The plans of the builders didn't work
teriaize; the friendly prOphesies
didn't come true During a period OF
more than q dozen years not a single
new building was constructed on the
tOWnSiIe- For some reason Blue Rap
ids wouldn't grow. The great water
power furnished by the Big Blue riv-
er WIS here; the inexhaustibIe beds
OF pure gypsum rock were in the hills
surrounding the town, and the beau
tifuI site. location, the wide fertile
valleys and rich uplands remained
right here in their places and were al
ways ready TO do their part toward
building up the town. These were
here all the time. and everybody
knew it, all the foundation needed in
the construction Of a large place. but
somehow the elements wouldn't mix
right for any length Of time But the
city building chemist finally got his
materials in shape and the promised
and prophesied city is now being built
surely and rapidly
The year 1906 was the greatest year
in building Blue Rapids has ever wit
messed There isn't an empty resi-
dence house In the year nor less
than half a hundred houses were
built, at q cost of $500 to $4,000 each.
This year will see a larger building
growth. several Of which have been
contracted at a cost of $1,000 each.
There IS. too. need of more business
houses With the exception Of ab0ut
$50 feet the square has been built M
with business buildings Several have
suggested the idea that a roorv
modern hotel be erected on the re-
naming vacant site facing the pubIfc
square cigar factory viii paw here
as also large machine and repair
shops.
The population OF Blue Rapids this
last census is 1.sOS, the LARGEST in the
towns history. showing an increase
the last year Of $50 It will go over
the 1000 mark in the next census
The gypsum Industry in Blue Ran
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PRATT ABsCoNDER CAUGHT.
c. w. Fletcher, Who Fled With 81 900
In 1908, Found at Garden City.

Pratt, Kan, May 7.-Sherin Bur-
nett returned TO Pratt yesterday from
Garden City, where he had captured
c. w. Fletcher, charged with abScond-
ing with $1,000 in August, 1903
Fletcher was driving a mail wagon
from Iuka to Pratt and the Iuka mer-
chants were in the habit of sending
their deposits to Pratt by Fletcher
This time, however, the deposits were
too large for him to resist taking and
he fed with the money He went
from here to Topeka, where he claims
he spent the summer and the money
he had and then went to Hutchinson,
where he stayed until he had heard
of the hunt being waged for him.
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ACTIVITY IN TERRITORIEs.
Plans Are Brewing for Building of
More Lines.

: Guthrie. Ok, May An extension of
the ST. Louis & San Francisco rafIroa d
from Quauah, Texas, northward s.
miles across the Red river to Hollis.
Ok IS what the citizens of Quanah
have taken up with officials of the
road at ST. Louis. A COMMITTEES of
representative business men of Ouanah
went to St Louis, recently, and laid
the proposition before President Dav-
tdson, and they returned greatly en-
Outraged 1t IS pointed out that the
proposed extension will bfsect a most
valuable territory that would furnish a
neaVy tonnage OF freight and a good
passenger traffic and that it would he
a paying proposition from the starr
The people of Quanah, falling to get the
Frisco officials interested however.
propose to take the matter up with
other parties, and as a last resort thew
will collect local capital and build the
line themselves. The proposed extern
sion goes through one of the great test
cotton growing districts of Oklahoma.
Assurances are given that the Okla
homa City & Henrietta railroad will
be constructed and that the work will
begin during the coming summer. E,
A Summer, president of the company.
is now in New York and has wirad 70
Oklahoma City, during the past week.
that everything pertaining to the con-
struct1on OF the proposed line is now
assured, the bonds of the company
having been all underwritteu T ~
Pryor of Oklahoma City, one of tbe
main stockholders, was in Muskogee
during the past week and filed with
the Dawes commission the maps of the
road as proposed to be built through
Indian Territory via Henrietta and
Muskogee.
President J. NJ BelIamy of the WITCH
ita Falls, Lawton & Northwestern is
in St Louis completing final arrange
ments for the construction of the Ok
lahoma end of the line between the
Red river and Lawton. crossing the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
Two CENT FARE PROPOSITION.
Nebraska Thinks 1t Ought to Apply on
Interstate Trips.

Inquiries have been made of the
Union Pacific road by the state rail-
road commission of Nebraska why it
does not use the 2-cent-a-miIe maxi
mum passenger rate now in effect in
that state to construct Interstate rates
The railroad officials have replied
that the legal advisers of the line are
seriously inclined to contest the con-
stitutionaIfty of the law in the courts
At ali events, they deem tt fnadvfsable
to take any action in changing inter-
state rates until similar laws in Iowa
end Missouri go into effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
ArDIBLE SIGNAL DEVICES
Eno.,sh Road InstaIIs Them on
Branch Line

- -, 1ateIv installed a system of
a edllet cali controlled audible cab
9isS.-I - ~, branch line about twenty
Sc sIg mi niles long, extending from Whit
ney to Fafrford. IN Gloueest tE le+an,
- ranTaciI1g of the semaphore dis
+ - CT visual signal by audible signal
IlLloe rs located IN the cab of the
fnconotive. consisting Of steam
whistle and an electric oeH- ne LOT
~ ~ Is++ar gives the clear" signal, and
si+bar when once set in operation.
en,tin,,es To sound until shut off by the
engine driver.
Both signals are operated oy means
81 = short stationary contact rail, To-
Gated between the regular rails at each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
RULES ON COMPETITION.
Ohio Commission Takes Lead in
Adopting Them.


Chicago, May "A new rule has
been laid down by the state railroad
commission of Ohio, which may have a
mighty effect on the methods hence
forth to be adopted for meeting the
competition of rival lines Its practical
results may be to eliminate rate wars
completely in that state, and especial
" those begun by the steam roads to
squelch their electric traction COM
petitors-
Competition Of this kind has been
more severely felt by the steam roads
in Ohio than in almost any other state
and the rivalry between the two inter
ests has been very bitter. As a result
the steam roads have frequently re-
sorted to rate-cutting tactics to get the
better of their opponents. But now
comes the commission and lays down
the rule that where reductions are
made for competitive purposes they
can not be limited to the territory in
which the competition actually exists,
but must be extended to all divisions
of the lines alike
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WE'RE DRIVEN FROM TOWN.
Tilieving Gypsfes Meet With a Warm
RecntiOn at PENNINGTON.

Bennington Kan. May IA party of
Gypsies visited this town Sunday. going
from place to place begging and telling
fortunes They visited the millinery store
Of Mrs. WILDER Shepard, where they pur-
Joined several articles of merchandise
which Mrs. Shepard missed at once, and
rushing into the street, she overlook the
thieves. compelling them to give uD the
plumber Before the rOverS left town they
managed to commit many other depreCfa-
lions, for which they were taken in charge
by the city marshal who took them be
fore Judge Herr. who imposed heavy
fine and payment of cost,after which they
were ordered to leave town fmmedia teiy-
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big Pasture and touching several OF
the new towns to be opened up there
by the government The citizens OF
Lawton have raised a bonus OF $i,OOo
with which to purchase the right of
wav between the north line of the
big Pasture and Lawton- 1t Is re-
ported that the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas company is back of the con-
struction-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
SEVENTEEN PIGS TO A LITTER.
Seven of the Little CowIey County
Porlxers Being Fed on a Bottle.

Seventeen pigs at one litter is the record
claimed and set up by Receiver township
TIE valuable animal that did this is half
POland-China. half Red SOW, belonging to
L 4 BoueWeu This fine bunch of pork
ers was narrowed Thursday Owing to a
characterization in the prior arrangements
in the subsistence department. Il IS neces-
sary to feed seven OF the youngsters by
hand That many are getting their nour-
ishment from bottles of miIk--Winfield
Courier.
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Ida Must Quit ..BootIegging. y

Kansas City, Kan, May Ida John
son may stay here so long as she does
not sell liquor If she even sells a small
drink she must leave the city. This
was the order of Judge w. G. Holt of
the common pleas court yesterday when
the woman pleaded guilty to bootleg
ging." Wayne HurlbUrt was fined $500
and sentenced to six months in Jail on
a similar charge and Michael Maley
gave a bond of $500 not to engage again
in the Iinuor business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07

Leavenvorth, Kan. May 7-CoIoneI
t F. Davis, the successor of General
c. b Hall as Commaudant of the
Eighteenth infantry and the new COM
maudaut Of Fort LeavenWOrth, arrived
at the post from Denver late yesterday.
He assumed command 1t once, reliev-
ing Lieutenant Colonel William Pauld-
ing as commandant of the post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
IS GOD Furnishing US?
Suggestion That ''Not Enough Money
Is Contributed to Churches

Kansas City. Kan. May THE Rev. r
J. Church, pastor of the First BAPTIST
church, believes the unusual cold weather
which has damaged the fruit crop in KAN
sas may be a visitation from God In a
paper before the Ministers alliance yes
terday he stated that although last year
was one of unusual prosperity in Kansas.
less was given 10 missions than in three
preceding years
He suggested that the unreasonable
weather was punishment for the peo-
pies ingratitude
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Nf. %. and x. q. at Chicaeo.

Chicago, May AT a meeting OF the
managing committee Of the intercol-
legiate conference colleges, the follow
ing entries were announced as having
been received for the college games to
be held in this city June 1: Miami uni
versity. 1; Lawrence university, 1 Cor
nell college. Mount Vernon, Ia. IL; Iowa
college. Grinnell. Ia, IL; University OF
Missouri II; Indiana, Is: Illinois. 25;
Chicago, 81; Northwestern, Is; Purdue,
81; Minnesota. 80; Iowa university, s.
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TO DISCHARGE RECEIVER.
The Formal Hearing in the Uncle Sam
Oil Case Set for Friday.

Fort Scott, Kan, May THE motion
filed by H H Tucker, jr-, former secre-
tary and treasurer, to have the receiver
for the Uncle Sam Oil company dis
charged, was called up in the United
States district court here today and set
for formal hearing on Friday next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07
SWALLOWED CARBoLIC ACID.
No Reason known for the Suicide Of
a Lindsey Woman

Lindsey. kan. May Mrs. Fred Raikes,
living near here, committed suicide Sun
dav afternoon by swallowing carbolic acid
Mrs. Raikes is the daughter of Peter Nc
ago - years of age and apparently in
good health
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TO AID ARLENE library
Andrew Carnegie Notifies the City That
He VIII Donate $12,5OO.

Abilene, Kan, May IA letter from
Andrew Carnegie, received today. says
that he will give Abilene a library
building to cost $12, 500. The city al
ready has the lots and income for main
tanance prOvided.
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Is Comforting With Judge Pollock at
Fort Scott

Kansas City. Kan, May ii. c. o.
Morse, receiver in bankruptcy of the
Uncle sam Oil company has gone to
Fort Scott, Kan. to confer with Judge
Pollock of the United States court
Mr. Morse has been at work since his
appointment by Judge Pollock last
month on the books of the oil COM
pany- He is preparing a report of it's
financial condition He said he would
not make a report to Judge Pollock to-
day
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No SmaIIpox al Lansing.

Leavenworth. Kan, May 7--SmaIIpox
at the state peuitentfary at Lansing has
been wiped out, the last convict afflicted
with the disease being released from the
pesthOuse TO-DAY.
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A DIPLOMA FOR SELL.
NcrtonTiHe Drug Clerk Is to Become
q Registered Pharmacist.

Leavenworth, Kan, May "A Leaven-
worth men who visited NortonviIIe said
Willie Sell was getting along nicely in
U. s. Grifin's drug store. and expects
TO secure a diploma as registered
pharmacist this month.
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Concor1ia. kan. May Arrested
Sunday on an insanity warrant and left
with her family. pending a hearing. Mrs
Rachel Bliss, an aged woman Monday
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Muskogee, l. -, May THE Chanute
franchise in the Oklahoma and Kansas
League has been transferred to Musko-
gee. Lon Try, who finished the season
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Washington, May THE president touch
ed a button at the White House which
opened the fair for the benefit Of the Ac-
tors Fund at the Metropolitan opera house
in New York
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Watch Your Thirty Feet
of Bowels!

N you have thirty feet Of Intestiness
w What makes food travel
III through them7
IL A set of Muscles that lins the
walls of these Intestines or Bowels.
When a piece of Food rubs the walls
Of the Intestines these Muscles tighten
behind it, and thus it starts MuscIe-wzve
which drives it through the whole length
Of the Bowels.
1t should take about Il hours to do this
properly. so that nutritious parts of the fo74
may have time to be digested and absorbed.
Buff it takes twice or three tines
that period the food spells in passing. and
becomes as poisonous as if IT had decayed
before being eaten.
Now, the cause of delay tConstipaHon)
is simply Weakness, or Laziness Of the
Bowel-MuscIes.
Want Of Exercise, Indoor Employment.
weakens these Bowel-Muscles. just as Il
weakens Arm and Leg Muscles.
''Physic'' Ike Salts. Calomel. Jalap.
Phosphate of Soda. Mineral Waters. simply
fush-out the Bowels for the one occasion
only.
They do not remove the Cause Of Con.
stipation-
But this is different with Cascsrsrs.
Cascarets act on the Muscles ot the
Bowels and Intestines. They act list as
Cold Water, or Exercise act on q Lazy man.
They act like exercise
A Cascaret produces the same sort Of
Natural result that Six Mile walk in tbs
country would produce.
The Vest Pocket Box Is seld - an
Druggists, at Ten Cents.
Be very careful to GET ne genuine,
made only by tas Sterling Remedy Co..
and never sold in bulk. Every tablet
stamped Gee" ~
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TO CULTIVATE BEETs.
Two Carloads of Germans Reach the
Lakin District.

Lakin, Kan, May THE first arrival
of the Sugar Beet company has reached
here and consists of two coach loads of
Germans. Beets are in good condition
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afternoon killed herself with dose o
rat poison.