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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-23

ACKNOWLEDGMENT will be received
by the Committee on Streets until IL
O'Clock noon, May End, 1907, for the purchase
ofcurb, brick, sand, gravel and cement, aud
for setting curb, grading and concretiDg King
street, from Fayette street 70 Peyton street.
Specifications and conditions can be had at
the City EDgineer's Office. =,
The right is reserved TO reject any and all
proposals., or TO accept such as may seem best
10 the interest Of the City Council, end 10 ex'
tend the time for receiving proposals.
+. 8. LEADBEATEB,
Chairman Committee on Streets.
RprlS I'd
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GROCERIES.
w. A. JOHNSON Il CO.,

WHOLESALE GROCERs.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTe
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand Gibson's Xxx, Xxx, xxx,
and Pure Old Rye, Old Cabinet and Mono
gram Whistles; also Bakersand Thompsont
Pure Rye Whistles, 10 which they invite the
attention OF the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise
shall receive prompt attention:
Produce solicited, for which they guarantee
he highest market prices and prompt returns
N. < corner Cameron and Royal Streets.
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FRANK WAKEFIELD, Druggist
1913 KING STREET.
q. W. corner Fairfax and Prin ice Streets.
c.n...c.. AZ " A EIRIn 4 Hall

y. W. former Fairfax and frince Streeu'
Successor 10 WAKEFIELD & HALL.
Having purchased the stock and fixtures Of
Warield and Hall, / have taken possession
Of the store lately occupied by them. Pass
experience Of thirty-tbree years as phsr'
macist, undivided time and attention, the
purest drugs, and all that pertains TO hrsi
class Pharmacy, viii be at the command o.
my patrons.
], therefore, respectfully solicit the pa
tronaga with which they were favored and
confidently hope for that Of my friends gen
orally.
Prescriptions will receive my personal At
tentiou. and the utmost care and accuracy are
assured. FRANK WAKEFIELD.
Bell Phone IA. Capital City Phone l66.
Night Bell 30 south Fsirfsx Street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-23

NOTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETING
" Of the stockholders Of the PNEUMATIC
TOBACCO STEINER COMPANY will be
held at the Hotel Fleiebmaun, in the city Of
Alexandria. Virgins, ON WEDNESDAY,
the oath day of April, 1907, at 2 o'clock p.
M, for the election OF officers and for the trans
action of all business which may properly
come before the meeting.
l.. P. WHITAKER, Secretary.
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YARMOUTH BLOATERs lust received
by j, O, 91bUkh,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-23

OLD VIRGINIA HAMS.-Another en-
voice of those fine OLD VIRGINIA HANS
lust received by j. G. MlLBUBN.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock.
i holders of the LOCKE COAL COMPANY
will be held MONDAY, April 18th. at the
Office OF the company in Alexandria, Viz
ginia, at twelve o'clock noon, for the pur.
pose Of electing directors for the ensuing year
and trsnsacting such other business ss may
come before the board.
aprl5 Id GEORGE P. HAMLIN, Clerk,
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Agents New Idea Patterns
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LEGAL NOTICES.

XIIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office OF the
Corporation Court Of the City OF Alexsn'
dria, on the 18th day Of April, 1907.
Joseph Harrison
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XTIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office Of the
Y Corporation Court Of the city Of Alexan'
dria, on the 18th day Of April, 1907.
William A. Parker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-09

federal court and at the hearing Nc
Clintock and Sherman had three Topeka
millers testify as to the value of the
property They testified that the prop
erty was not worth more than $55, 900
or $4,000, and after their testimony was
given to the court Mr.. Taylor decided
to Withdraw his defense and let the fed
eral court take possession of the prop
erty. The property has been in the
hands of w. E. Sterne, as trustee, for
the past eighteen months.
The most remarkable thing connected
with this matter is that Mr.. Taylor rep
resented about 80 per cent of his cred
itors and hired an attorney for them.
Mr. Taylor took out charter last year
and organized a new milling company
and agreed to give all of the creditors
of the old company stock in the new
company. This was accepted by about
80 per cent of the creditors but the at
torneys for the other creditors would
not accept any such settlements and in
Quoted by a trustee and finally be put
up and sold. The property was apprais-
ed by an appraiser appointed by the
United States court at $125, 600, which
was twice the amount put on by the To-
peka millers and the property was final
ly bid in by the Bank of Topeka at
S93 $50. 1t is not known exactly what
Mr.. Taylor and his assistants paid for
the property but it will probably be
turned over to them by the Bank of
Topeka for what it cost them, as Mr..
Mulvane, president of the Bank of To-
peka. always said that he would give
Mr.. Taylor the preference in the prop
erty.
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-'lSsgIgSS=cB
NORTH TOPEKA NEWS

A moving picture show has pitched it
tent on the avenue near Gordon street.
Ed Thomas of Valencia was in town
today visiting his mother, Mrs. r. M.
Thomas, of S35 Monroe street.
Mrs. Rice and little daughter Hazel
of 92S Jackson street have returned from
a visit to relatives in ROssville.
Mrs. Thomas Prosser and little daugh-
ter Myrtle of Harrison street have re-
turned from a visit to friends at Eudora.
Mrs Jno. Yost of Neosho county is
spending a short time in Topeka visit
ing friends and receiving medical
treatment.
Miss Lottie Scott will leave Satur-
day for Kingston, Mo-, where she
will be the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Clara Otto.
Mrs. ]. A. Oderkirk and daughter
Elijah beth of Mcfarland, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Churchman of 1905
Monroe street.
Miss Mabel Fink of 1926 Monroe
street, left today for Coffeyville,
where she will be the guest for week
of Miss Kate Hall.
The Temple Builders will have a social
tea Wednesday from to $50 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. George Hosfeldt, 1927
Western avenue south. All are welcome.
Miss Rosa F'irner of 1928 Central ave-
nue. returned last evening from Sabetha
where she has been the guest of her
brother and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Hohnbaum.
Verne Walters, a young man living
on the Rochester road, is suffering
from a badly cut foot. The young
man went to the river to swim and in
jumping in struck his foot on a stone
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A FAMILY SECRET DISCLOSED.

A correspondent writes: II was TAX
ing lunch the other day with friend
who has a little boy about five years
old. AS a very special favor and to
please me his mother allowed him to
come to the table, telling me that she
could not promise that he would behave
in the proper manner, as she had never
tried him in that position. The bright
little fellow behaved very well through
the first part of the meal, and his moth
er was feeling quite proud of him. Des-
sert included ice cream. 1t was his IA
yorite eatable, and the boy wanted a
second helping. That his mother would
not allow him. IF you don't give me
some he said, TIL tell on you'll His
mother still refused and the youngster
called out: If you don't give it to me
before 1 count ten. I'll tell! One, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
tent His mother still paid no atten-
ton to him, and he shouted out, My
clothes are made out of the old red win
dow curtains!'"
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Regains Possession of the
Curator Milling Property.
Arrangements Made With Bank
of Topeka to This End.
VALUABLE PROPERTY
1t Has Gone Through Bank
ruptcy Proceedings.
An Addition Will Be Built on
Monroe Street.

w. l. Taylor, the promoter of the
Topeka-Southwest railway, the
line which is to be built to Council
Grove, will regain possession on July
10 of the Curator Milling property in
North Topeka which he lost control
of some time ago through bankruptcy
proceedings in the federal court. This
property was built originally through
the efforts of Mr.. Taylor and is con-
sidered to be one of the finest milling
properties in this section of the coun-
try. The fact that Mr.. Taylor had
completed arrangements to get back
this property came to light at the
meeting of the city council last night
street adjoining the mill be closed
and vacated so that he can build an
addition to the plant. It has been
known for some time that Mr.. Taylor
would probably get possession of the
mill and elevator property again. The
fact did not come to the surface, how
ever. until last night when Mr.. Taylor
appeared before the council and asked
for the closing of the street.
Yes, 1 expect to be in possession of
the Curator Milling property within
the next few days. said Mr.. Taylor
today when he was asked about the
matter, land in fact I have prac-
tically closed the contract with the
erty turned over to myself and asso-
ciates. At this time 1 am not willing
to give out who my associates are, but
they are among the wealthiest men in
the state. and men who have had
plenty of experience in the grain
business"
The litigation over this property be-
gan in the fall of 1905 just after Mr..
Taylor had spend several weeks in Stor-
mont hospital. When he was able to get
back to work and to protect the prop
.erty and his creditors he had Judge
Aana of the district court appoint Mr..
c. K. Holiday as temporary receiver.
At that time Mr.. Taylor was working
on a new organization and he claims
that had the federal court left the prop
erty alone he would have been able to
have perfected his plans and succeeded
in reorganizing his business and saving
Il, but w. s. McCHntock and Adrian
Sherman had secured a few small
claims aggregating about 500. and had
filed a petition of bankruptcy in the
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girls the Indian attendants would tell
them tales of Indian folklore-why
ducks have short tails and why the
coon must go barefoot, how the coyote
brought fire to the red people, how a
mother bear saved little red baby and
dozen of others. es.r
The children listened spellbound to
these mystical tales and begged ever
for more. AS to their mother-well,
she listened, too, and made notes of
what she heard. From her first trip to
the wild till now she has made and pre-
served notes of her journeyings.
Here, under our very feet, in America
is a mine of the richest and most re-
markable tradition and folklore that
ever fled before the coming of the white
man and his civilization. Scandinavian
mythology, Greek mythology, ancient
Egyptian hieroglyph story, are not more
valuable and suggestive, not even more
profoundly mystical, than this folklore
of the red people which Mr.. and Mrs.
Deming have recovered and put into
print and picture.
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and fables with which, time out of
mind, their children have been enter.
tanned, that eminent. IndianologiSt, Miss
Alice C. Fletcher, has for the past twen-
tw-five years been making valuable his
toric and ethnologicaP studies among
the American aborigines. In 1881 she
went to Nebraska and lived among the
Omaha Indians. She became greatly
interested in improving their economic
condition and made suggestions to the
national government which resulted In
the law allotting lands to them. Miss
Fletcher herself was appointed to dis
tribute the lands. She also devised
system whereby small sums OF money
could be loaned to Indians desiring to
build homes and cultivate farms. She
also obtained money in the east to edu-
cate Indian children.
While laboring thus to benefit the red
people materially, she was meantime
making careful studies of their tradi-
lions, customs. religions and ceremo-
NAL rites. Besides the many monographs
written for various scientific societies,
she has written a book called Indian
Story and Song From North America"
and another, prepared at the request OF
the national government on Indian
Civilization and Education" In 1886
Commissioner of Education Harris sent
her to Alaska and the Aleutian islands
to investigate conditions among the In
dams there.
That the red people themselves appre-
ciate Miss FIetcher's labors for them is
shown by the fact that she was per-
mitted to witness the hako, the most
sacred, solemn and secret native cere-
monial surviving among the northwest
ern Indians Miss Fletcher saw the
hako performed among a tribe of the
Pawnees. 1t is a splendid friendly
ceremonial rite Instituted by one tribe
for another or by one individual for an
other in order to bring increase OF chill
dren and prosperity, to make the tribe
or the family of the individual rich, Dl-
merous and powerful. By permission
of the head men of the great occasion
Miss Fletcher made a record of the
proceedings.
CHARLOTTE VAN BECK
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amount required will be about L 400 IONS
OF 1000 pounds to the ton -
Al coal to. be delivered In such guam
dlss ana at such times in the coal houses
ana weighed on such scales as the board
may designate, at the expense of the con-
certified check for $4,000, payable to
me BOARD Of education, must accompany
cessful bidder fails to enter into Contract
Wlth1n three days after the award a
sdtlSIactory BOND for s., 900 will be reQuiI.-
contract. - ~
The board reserves. the right to reject
any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Education.
J. E. STEWART, Clerk.
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or broken bottle. deep hole was
made in the sole of the foot which will
lay him up for a week.
Miss Hazel Forbes and Miss May
days visit to Rev and Mrs. w. B.
Hutchinson at the Baptist parsonage
at Lawrence.
Mrs. Clarence Scott and little son.
Leon left yesterday to join Mr.. Scott
at their new home in Peoria, Ill Mrs.
Scott was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Campdoras.
A. M Petro will leave tonight for
the City of Mexico to join Mrs. Petro,
who with a party of Topeka people is
spending the summer there. Mr..
Petro expects to be away a month.
Mrs. Enos Kephnger, who has been
the guest of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
John r. Hart of West Shorey and her
sister, Mrs. c. F. Bridge of 1925
Quincy street, for the past three
weeks, left yesterday for her home
in Usage county She was accompan-
led by her niece, Mayanna Bridge,
who will spend the next two weeks
visiting there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert KeeIe expect to
move sometime soon from 1905 Van
Buren, street to their own home at
1882 Van Buren, street. This lot Mr..
Keele recently purchased and he has
had house which he bought moved
from Eighth and Jefferson street to
this location. 1t is expected that the
place will be ready for occupancy
about the last of the month.
The w. M Society of the Presbyter-
ian church which was to have been held
with Mrs. Bradley-Norris Friday is here
by recalled. There will be no July
meeting on account of the Chautauqua
meetings. Mrs. Bradley-N Norris has re-
ceived word of the death of her niece,
Miss Elsie Stewart which took place at
her home in Salina. Miss Stewart re-
turned from a trip to California in May.
Garfield park is being put in shape
for the Chautauqua which opens there
next Monday The travel on the street
railway during that time is expected to
be heavy and the Railway company in
order to handle the crowds intend to
put in a loop at Garfield street and the
avenue. 1t is also claimed that although
the Railway company do not intend to
build double track to the park the old
track on the avenue will be taken up
and replaced with heavier rails while
these rails will be used on the Shorey
extension.
One of the ]. Thomas teams attached
to a lumber wagon ran away yesterday
afternoon and for a time it appeared
that they might make things lively on
the avenue. The team was standing IN
the lumber yard just north of the Union
Pacific tracks while the wagon was be-
ing loaded with lumber from car. At
this time some freight cars were backed
into the yard which frightened the
horses. They started to run and dashed
out of the yard to the avenue, which
they crossed, then took to the sidewalk
to the west of the Union Pacific park.
The team was a large one and the
wagon had considerable lumber on it
but the horses avoided all obstacles in
Guiding the watering trough until they
came to a large telephone pole at the
corner of Norris street. With this pole
they collided and both were thrown to
the ground. The harness was badly
torn and the lumber scattered over the
street, but neither horse was injured
'"Tinkletop tells his wife everything he
Knows"
II notice he hasn't much to say to her"
Plain Dealer
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Thirst published in The Topeka State
Journal July 9, 1901
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Topeka, Kansas July g. 1907.

Sealed proposals, will be received at the
water office city building. until o'clock
D. m. Friday. July 18th, 1907, for furnish
ing all material and labor necessary for
the construction of an addition to the city
building to be used office for the
water department, in accordance with the
plans and Specifications now on file in the
office of the city engineer. All work to be
done under his instructions. certified
check payable to the city water works
equal to per cent of the contract price
must accompany each bid as guarantee
that the party to whom the award is
made will enter into contract with the
board of water works trustees within five
days after such award is made. The board
reserves the right to reject any and all
fSeal1 c. B. BURGE, City Clerk.
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LEGAL.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
July 9, 1901
NOTICE.
MAYORS OFFICE.
Topeka, Kan, July 9th, 1907.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice Is hereby given that a special
meeting of the city council of the city Of
Topeka, Kansas will be held Monday,
July 18th, 1907, at 1880 O'Clock p. M, for
the purpose of considering the report of
the appraisers appointed to ascertain the
actual value of the land proposed to be
taken and assessing damages and bene-
fits to property occasioned by the forma-
ton of a benefit district as created by
Ordinance No. 1851, as amended by Ordi-
nance No 2767. approved June 9TH; 1897,
for the purpose of opening and widening
Smith street in conformity with the above
mentioned ordinances and all parties in
tereSted that may have complaints to
make in regard to said report are hereby
requested to be present and they will be
given an opportunity to be heard at such
time and place.
The boundary of the benefit district is
as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the in
tersection of the center line of 7th st.
with the center line of Branner ST., thence
westerly along the center line of 7th st.
to the center line of Chestnut ST., thence
southerly along the center line of Chest
nut st. to the center line of Sth ave. east.
thence easterly along the center line of
9Th ave. east to the center line of Branner
St, thence northerly along the center line
of Branner st. to the place of beginning.
In the city of Topeka, Shawnee county,
Kansas.
TSeaI.1 ]. w. F. HUGHES, Actg. Mayor.
Attest: C. B. BURGE, City Clerk
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Two W@MMem STUDENTS Of
the Red Mems Lore

that the stables, cleansed from horsy
suggestions, be turned into studios for
painters and sculptors, and it was done.
McDougaH alley is a survival of the
simple life in the heart of New York
city. Conventionalism has no Partially
for a row of ancient stables, even
though they be now the abiding place
of some of the most gifted of American
artists. In McDougan alley Mr.. and
Mrs. Deming and their three little girls
dwell in peace and joy.
IT'S the only place we can find in
New York to live" explains Mrs. Dem
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= Y NIQUE in her naturalness and
individuality is Mrs. Theresa
Osterheld Deming, the writer
~ on Indian folklore, particu-
larry the red peoples child lore. She is
60 different from the ordinary cut and
dried woman of this iron age of con-
ventions that it is joyful and refreshing
to know her. Edwin Willard Deming,
the artist is her husband. He paints
Indian life as she writes of it. The
gifted pair together produce beautiful
books about the red folk, she writing
the text. he painting the pictures, and
what is written and painted is faith
full delineation, for Mr.. and Mrs. Dem
ing have lived among the Indians for
years.
Theresa Osterheld was born in Yonkers,
n. Y. and lived there she was mar
ried at the age of eigr cen. Then she
and Mr.. Deming departed for the south
west. They dwelt much in a tent
among the aborigines, now with the
Pueblos and Navajos. again with the
Apaches. One summer they spent
5ourneying on horseback.
1--WE rode 1000 miles that summer
says Mrs. Deming. I'VE had an Indian
guide and a pack burro to carry our
luggage. We rode all day and at night
rolled up in our blankets and slept upon
the ground wherever dark overlook US.
Oh. It was delightful"
But how did you manage your cook
ing?'
A smile Illuminated Mrs. Deming's
rare Mona Lisa face. I'VE had a little
sheet iron stove. like that the miners
use and we loaded it upon the burro's
back on top of the other things when
we broke camp. My husband had
caught and tanned a hawk, which be-
came one of the family When we trav-
eled we shut the hawk in the oven of
the sheet iron stove and made of it a
cage. Once Mr.. Deming said it was a
pity to shut the bird up in that way,
so he tied a string around its leg and
perched it on top of the stove upon the
burro's back. We started along a rough
mountain path. Suddenly the burro
gave a lurch that knocked the hawk
from it's perch and frightened it aw-
fully. 1t tumbled forward and buried
its claws in the burro's neck That
was the only time I ever saw the little
donkey get a move on He started
on a gallop. shaking our stove and the
cooking utensils and provisions loose,
and all went rafting down the noun
tain side. We had to go back to camp
and were twenty-four hours without
food"
That same trip Mrs. Deming was
'sbucked" of her horse because the
stirrups and the bride broke. 1t SEEM
ed a real hoodoo journey, yet the stu
dents of melancholy went on After a
time they returned to SO called civiliza-
ton with their spells, their memories
ana their notes. In a certain locality
of New York city is an alley on which
was a long row of stables that used to
shelter the horses of first society when
old washington square was the fash
fcnable residence district The name of
the narrow thoroughfare was McDou-
~ali alley. When the fashienables de-
serted Washington square the stables
vere deserted too. Then an artfst-it
must have been an artist-suggested
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ing. for we are uncivilized. you know. .
But if their work be the fruits of un-
civilization it is pity that more of our
native American talent cannot also be
deciviIized.
Mrs. Deming has been four times out
to enjoy freedom among the red peo-
pie. To aid in the care of her little
daughters she has had Indian boy serv-
ants. These are most kind and affec-
tionate to children. To amuse the small
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This spring the two will leave Nc
Dougan alley to go again to their In
dams, gathering new treasures of art
and literature. The three little girls
aged eleven, seven and one-will be
taken along.
"And the first thing those children
learn will be to ride and shoot" says
Mr.. Deming.
While Mrs. Deming has gathered from
the lips of living red folk the fairy tales