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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-21

In France for the privilege of wearing
mems trousers the government charges
women tax of about $40.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-21

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation al
laws pain cures wind collie. Is cents q bottls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-21

Opportunity rarely comes to the man
who spends all his time waiting for it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-21
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

How Veteran Was Saved the AM
putatiOn of a Limb.
3. Frank DOremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt aVenISa IndiananoIis Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
Head of the Erie Raps the
Quality of Rails.
Underwood Fears for Patrons
if Steel Is Laid.
CONFERENCE WARM.
Manufacturers Accused of Try
ing to Boost Their Price.
Other Items Of Interest to
Railway People.
CONFERENCE
WARM.

Chicago, July 2.-There are ap.
proximately $4,000 tons of steel rails
! lying along the right-of-way of the
Fri railroad between Chicago and
New York which the management
does not care to lay for fear many OF
them will break under the drum
ming wheels and spread death and
| destruction
This statement, not exactly in this
form but meaning the same thing, was
made by T. D. Underwood, president
of the Erie road at the conference
which was held last week in New
York between the steel rail manufac-
turers and representatives of Ameri-
can railroads.
A statement not quite so radical
was made by a representative of the
preventative of the st. Paul road,
however. declared his company had
not experienced any more trouble
with broken rails than was to be ex-
pected.
Mr.. Underwood's statement, to-
gether with the alleged fact that
the steel rail manufacturers invited
the railroad men to meet them in an
effort to establish the necessity of
paying higher price if a better rail
is wanted were the most interesting
developments of the conference.
When it was intimated by the steel
rail manufacturers that as good rail
as could be made for the price was
being made, Mr.. Underwood said he
was surprised. He said the Erie had
been investing pretty heavily in ninety
pound rails lately and that the per-
centage of breakage on the first lot
laid was astonishlngly large. In fact,
ne SAID, 1t was so great the Erie then
had $750,0OO worth of steel rails
which it did not dare to lay
Although some of the railroad re-
presentat1veS declared they were sat
lshed with the results of the confer
ence, others were outspoken in their
opinion that it was a deliberate at
tempt on the part of the steel rail
manufacturers to boost the price" to
S3o a ton. In fact, it was broadly
limited that the manufacturers would
furnish any kind of rail the railroads
would pay for, and that the best rail
could not be turned out for $2S per
ton. One of these railroad men said
that not so many years ago as good
or better, rail was turned out for SIT
a ton, and he added that the cost of
turning out a ton of steel does not ex-
ceed SIS.
1T looked a great deal to me like
an attempt to place the blame on the
railroads because they had not been
Wiling to pay Il greater price for their
ralls, declared one railroad president
Yesterday ri think the outcome of
the controversy will be the placing
or orders for steel rails in foreign
countries The price of rails there is
from S21 to $22 and American man
ufacturers compete with those prices.
yet they charge us $2S and want to
charge $33 for a good rail- We can
better afford to buy rails in foreign
countries and pay 81 a ton duty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
ADVERTISING CONTRACTS.
suit Has Been Started to Thresh Mat.
ter Out in Courts.


The suit which has beer. beeun at chit
cago by the government against the Chi
cdgo, indianapolis and Louisville for
making an agreement to exchange trans
portatlon for advertising in a maya
zine will test the validity of the rl,Iine
by the interstate commerce comnoissin5
tnat such exchange is unlawful under
the Hepburn act. The commission
based its ruling upon the word differ
emit in the provision in section 6. in
Whlch the law prohibits a carrier from
receiving a greater or less or different
compensation for one service than II
receives for another substantially sim
liar service. Two questions are involved
in the litigation: First, was the proyis-
ion quoted intended by congress and
does 1t, in effect, prohibit the accept
ance by the carrier of anything but
money for it's services? Second, assum-
ing that the law does prohibit the ac-
ceptance of anything but money, is
such interference with the liberty of
private contract constitutional?
That there is ground for much doubt
as to what the decision of the United
states supreme court will be on these
questions is unquestionable, says the
Railway Age. A revival of the loose
practice of giving transportation to pub
nshers practically regardless of whether
an equivalent was received, would be in
plain violation of the provisions of the
law against discrimination, but MANY
AoAA"oy lawyers DeueVe that bona f1de
contracts to exchange a specified amount
OF advertising, equivalent in value. will
be held to stand upon a different footing.
Regarding the matts- solely from the
standpoint of expediency, it would I'M
questionably be for the good of both the
railways and the public for the courts
70 sustain the ruling of the commission
If once the use of newspaper transpor-
tation is held to be legal its fragrant
abuse is almost certain to follow. The
carriers would have best served their
own interests If they had decided to
comply with the commissions ruling
unanimously, regardless of its doubtful
legality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
Surprising Fact About Negroes.

In the June American Magazine Ray
Stannard Baker continues his illumin-
ating account of the negro. Here is
an Interesting point he Makes
point that will probably surprise most
readers:
1.-THE eagerness of the colored peo-
pie for a chance to send their chill
dren to school is something astonish-
ing and pathetic. They will submit to
all sorts OF Inconvenience in order
that their children may get an educa-
ton. One day 1 visited the mill neigh
borhood of Atlanta to see how the
poorer class of white people lived.
found one very comfortable home oc-
cupied by family of mill employees
They hired a negro woman to cook for
them, and while they sent their chill
dren to the mill to work the cook
sent her children to SCHOOL,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by CELL
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DIR. Kiln1er's Swamp-ROot, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swa1np-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghanlton, n. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, n. Y, on every
bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

week or so ago, positively refused to
accept any new contracts. Statements
are being sent out to railroad presi-
dents that some of the larger plants
have caught up with their work and
will now accept orders for delivery
next year.
The American Car and Foundry
company has orders on its books for
5000 to 1000 cars and will be busy
filling these orders for months to
come. An official of the company
states that it is a little premature to
make predictions as to the Immediate
future. as it is during this season of
the year that the railroads give their
attention to the crop outlook. upon
which to a great extent. depends the
orders for the following year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
FOR NEW FREIGHT CARS.
Roads Getting Ready to Order Equip
ment for Next Year.

- InonC luz NcXJ Il :
Executive officials of the various
railroads are again considering esti-
mates for new freight cars. and steel
box cars may be included in orders for
new equipment to be placed by GER
tain systems. Despite the fact that car
building plants are operating to their
full capacity, railroad presidents have
been advised that the manufacturers
are now in a position to accept large
contracts for equipment to be deliver
ed next year. Many of the lines that
Cancelled orders for freight equipment
some months ago, when the retrench-
ment orders were issued. are now fig
uring on the new cars, and. according
to statements made, large orders will
be placed shortly. This condition is
partly due to the fact that the rail-
roads and the car builders have reach
ed an agreement regarding the deliv
cry of new equipment.
When the manufacturers had their
plants running to capacity last spring
and were unable to deliver equipment
on schedule time, they refused to ac-
cept orders from certain lines, which
resulted in the railroads threatening to
enlarge their plants and build their
own cars. An agreement was reached
on this point a few months ago, but
certain car building concerns, until
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
Take a Cheerful Vacation.

Blessed be the father of a family, or
the single man. or the single woman,
who has solved the problem of
Where to go for the summer" Next
to the servant girl problem, it is the
most vexing. perhaps. of all the vexing
problems on this planet. There is
always something the matter with ev-
cry summer resort" is the general cry.
Possibly it would in most cases be
truer if we said, '"There is something
the matter with u.s. We take our
business along with US instead of
leaving it in town. We get quirk
in our minds that we are not going
to be satisfied. That is no way to start
a vacation. There are hosts of de-
lightful places to go to.-The Travel
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
PUBLICITY ABOUT WRECKS.
Hartman Lines to Have No More Ac.
cident Secrets


cident Secrets.
New York, July "A policy of in
forming the public of the details of all
the Hartman system has been put into
effect by order of E. H. Hartman, ac-
cording to an official announcement
made by the Union Pacific road COM
pany. 1t is stated that Mr.. Hartman
has ordered TIA fulIssreports shall be
made and promptly given to the press
concerning all accidepts on. the Union
Pacific and South Pacific system and
on the Oregon lines.
1t is also announced that it has been
decided, as an experiment to invite OUT
siders of local reputation and standing
to be present and to participate in the
quiry into accidents making formal re-
ports either agreeing or dfsagreeing
with the findings of the board.
The statement quotes the reports OF
the interstate commerce commission to
the effect that over 70 per cent of seri-
Gus COLLISIONS on American railroads
during the past five years were due to
negligence of trainmen and engineers
On lines protected by. block signals, "a
per cent of the collisions are attributed
by the commission to negligence of
trainmen and signal operators.
The plan to make. public. full details
concerning accidents follows sugges-
ton made by Julius Kruttschnitt, dlrec-
tor of maintenance and operation OF the
Hartman lines, who said:
Personal responsibility for accidents,
whether of officers or laborers, should
be known to the public. We must bring
about closer observance of the rules
and greater respect for danger signals
than We now get from our employees
This can be done only by the widest
publicity of the details Of accidents
The Union Pacific also announces
mat its steel rails for delivery next year
will be made by the open hearth pro
cess. which, it is said, will decidedly
essen the number of breakages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
A BIC LAND SALE.
The POmeroy Model FARM of
$50 Acres Changes Hands.
William GiIlen, of Doniphan
County, the Purchaser.
USECAMPBELL SYSTEM
Made a Practical Demonstra-
ton of Arid Soil Tilling.
Feature Was Retention and the
Utilization of Scant Rains.

Il. Hill City, July 2.-The Pomero5
| model Farm" consisting of four Aun-
/ dred and eighty acr1s, lying just out
side the town limits at-HiIl City, Kan
] sas, has been sold to William Gillen
! OF Doniphan county and his son
| hugh Gillen, late of Atchison county
| Kansas, but who has been a resident of
Graham county for two years past.
| The price paid was $40 per acre. It is
understood that Hugh Gillen will re-
| side on and operate the farm, he buy
ing, in another deal, all the teams,
tools and implements, which have
farm.
In the year 1900 Mr.. Campbell, the
originator of the system of farming
known as the Campbell system" in
terested Mr.. Pomeroy in the plan of
farming and raising wheat in the more
arid counties of the state by his system
or retention and utilization of the
then, scanty rainfall. Mr.. Pomeroy,
VINO owned a great deal of land in
the western counties, particularly in
Graham county, decided to make the
experiment and choosing the tract to
be used in the experiment he was gov
erned by two facts, that the tract
chosen was one of the highest and
driest to be found in the county and
that 1T lay adjacent to the town and
was easy of access.
Inc improvements, IN the way OF
buildings, were very modest but an i'm
mense amount of work was done in
preparing the soil and the crops grown
upon the land have demonstrated be-
yond question that good farming
could be made successful in western
Kansas.
A large orchard, several groves of
forest trees and a fine vineyard are
now in evidence and prove positively
that tree culture in Graham county
does not depend upon water artificially
applied.
AS the years went by and the rain
fall became greater. and as the farm
ers of the county became convinced
that better farming and methods of
storing water in the soil were profit
able investments. the need for the
farm a practical demonstration
grew less and the farm was sold to E.
v. Cumberford. cashier of the Amer
lean State bank. who bought the place
as an investment but still continued
to conduct it on the Campbell plan.
Mr.. Cumberford in turn sold it last
week to Gillen & Son. who will make
of it a grain and stock farm and
operate it as business proposition in
the future instead of as demonstra-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
Watch Your Thirty Feet
of Bowels!

" you have thirty feet of Intestines!
w What makes food travel
through them?
- A set of Muscles that line the
walls of these Intestines or Bowels.
When a piece of Food rubs the walls
Of the 1ntestines these Muscles tighten
behind it, and thus it starts Muscle-wave
which drives it through the whole length
of the Bowels.
II should take about Il hours to do this
properly. so that nutritious parts of the food
may have time to be digested and absorbed.
Buff it takes twice or three times
mat period the food spoils in passing. and
becomes as poisonous as if it had deoayed
before being eaten.
Now. the cause of delay Constipation
is simply Weakness, or Laziness of the
Bowel-Muscles.
Want of Exercise, Indoor Employment.
weakens these Bowel-Muscles. just as it
weakens Arm and Leg Muscles.
"Physic'' like Salts, Calornel. Jalap.
Phosphate of Soda, Mineral Waters. simply
nush-out the Bowels for the one occasion
only.
They do not remove the Cause of Con-
stipation.
But this is different with cascarets.
Cascarets act on the Muscles of the
Bowels and Intestines. They act just as
Cold Water. or Exercise act on Lazy man.
They act like exercise.
A Cascaret produces the same sort of
Natural result that Six Mile walk in the
country would produce.
The Vest Pocket Box is Sold by ali
Druggists, at Ten Cents.
Be very careful to get the genuine.
made only by ths Sterling Remedy Co..
and never sold in bulk. Every tablet
stamped "CCC." 71
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
WICHITA OPENING UP.
The Joints Are Again Dispensing Beer
and High BallS.'

Wichita, July 2.-The Eagle says:
i've been here since the early days,
appears to be more DRINKS now than
ever before. 1 give the reason as this:
Heretofore men who occasionally took
a drink, would drop in and take one,
and then pass on about their business.
Now they buy a big bottle, keep it
near them and the first thing they
know the liquor is gone and a big jag
is the result
As a matter of fact beer is almost
as easily obtained in Wichita now as
whiskey and some places went so far
balls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
AFTER ST. PAUL SYSTEM.
Uncle Jim Hill Is Said to Have HIS
EYES ON It

Chicago, July RAILROAD men here
shrug their shoulders and lift their eve
brows when asked why James J. Hill
abandoned his grip upon the Burltng-
ton property. They say 1t was not fall
ure, but that the railroad king is prob
ably preparing to execute a much
greater coup and along lines that will
not bring him into a clash with the
FEDERAL government The belief here is
that Hill and the Northern Pacific in
terests have decided to sell all their
burlington stock to the Great Northern
using the proceeds to purchase a con-
trolling interest in the Chicago, Mil
wauke and st. Paul road
The Burlington is not parallel com
pet1tor of the Great Northern, and
there is no legal reason why the Great
Northern should not own it. absorb 1t or
operate it independently. The st. Paul
line would be quite as valuable per
maps much more valuable, as a con-
nection for the Great Northern, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
STRAIGHT TO GUATEMALA.
Line to Be Operated There From Los
Angeles by Jan. 1.

Direct communication by rail be-
tween Los Angeles and Guatemala
City is promised by ]. M. Neeland,
general manager CT the Pan-American
railway, by Jan. 1. 1908. By next Sep
TENDER, says Mr.. Neeland, who has
just returned to Los Angeles from
Central America and Mexico, work
will be commenced upon the roadbed
of the railroad through San Salvador.
He received a cablegram from San Sal
vador yesterday closing arrangements
for subsidy from that country for
100000 for the construction of the
road This completes the arrange,
ments for the rights of way through
all of the Central American republics
except Guatemala. all of them now
agreeing upon a substantial subsidy for
the building of the line, which will ex-
tend 100 miles from the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec to the Isthmus of Pan
anna The line of the road will run
through Guatemala, San Salvador,
Honduras and Costa Rica on to Pam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
GREAT NORTHERN PLEADS.
declares 1t Is Not Guilty of Giving
Rebates.

New York, July 2.-Counsel for the
Great Northern Railway company has
entered a plea of not guilty in the Uni
ted States court to the indictments for
alleged violation of the Eikins anu
rebating act. The federal indictment
charges that the Great Northern grant
ed concessions on westbound shipments
of sugar to the American Sugar Rein
ing company.
internosed a demurrer to the ind1ct-
ment upon the ground that the facts al
ieeed did not. if true, constitute an Of
Tense within the purview of the exist
ing statutes and also questloinlIh a 'ne
constitutionality of the Elkins' law.
Judge Hough overruled the demur-
re The case will come to trial in the
fall u e9-.t.-ss ltH1- c.ta +
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
ro HAVE NOTED SPEAKERS.
Gov. Hoch, Folk. Curtis and Others
at the Sterling Chautauqua.

Sterling, Kan, July 1.-The Arkan-
sas Valley Chautauqua at Sterling will
open Saturday, the 9Th, with an adj
dress by Governor Hoch of Kansas.
On Monday, July 8, Senator Chas.
Curtis will tell his story of Panama.
Missouri's energetic reform governor,
Jos. K. Folk, will speak Thursday, the
18th. Among the other speakers are:
DR. Dawson of London, Col. Geo. w.
Balm, DR.. Don w. Nichols, DR.. Wick
ersham, VIM. H. Wallace, DR.. Sears
the taffy man, Attorney Trickett of
Kansas City, DR.. Henry Thyer, DR..
Hugh Kerr, Lyric Ladies Quartette,
Chautauqua Favorites, Angelina Wal
lace, Edith Capper, Rev. J. Knox
Montgomery, Brush, the Magician.
Bill Bone the humorist, and a number
of others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

would avoid paralleling for several hun
dred miles. Before Hill, Morgan and
other stockholders of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific purchased the
Burlington they made many efforts to
purchase a controlling interest in the
st. Paul line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
Fort Scott Boy Drowned.

Fort Scott, Kan, July Roy John
son, the 6-year-old son of Charles
Johnson, a Missouri Pacific boiler
maker, was drowned in the Marmaton
river Monday. He and a little neigh
Dor boy were in swimming at a point
in the river which recent rains had
made beyond their depth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
wAIF WITH A FORTUNE.
Howard Guardian May Go to Africa
in His Interests.

Howard, Kan, July 2.-Ex-County
Attorney A. T. Ayres left last evening
for New York to meet Harry Posner,
the waif who inherited one-half mil
lion dollars recently. Mr.. Ayres- has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

been retained as counsel for Mr.. Pos
ner which means he will more than
likely visit London and possibly South
Africa before returning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

prevailing III this
is because SO decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-lleart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. IF
kidney trouble is
allowed to advance
the Neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02

The first thing a woman does after
discovering that her husbands love
has grown cold is to go through his
pockets in search of the reason.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
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FORTIFICATIONS.

available
Mornings leading eablegram from Washington
of War has asked
making 100000 all We have the
Orwell will proceed to spend as
should be sufficient the
Washington that Captain Orwell
a
presently supsed Hawaii that of hbor Improvement
aplan the
of
of getting d there would necessarily
be
Diamond Head Waikiki beach,
commanding
Honolulu the other side
battery
at
but
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-29
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PRESS.

Of
thi at brought something of interest
visitor manuscript
departs.
and expected
the editor,
putting
divided
which have spelled and Instrumentation which has
of
of which nothing
editor probably account finds its the wastebaske
publication the
him
favor of draw
off, doesn't buy chairs that the has
commodities of what and does
has to which
published which it much legitimate that
preparation
report about the annual installation of its officers
sides
reader lettering
initials the official
and As
was thrown did
print
paper responsibility
viii
kind andno brave would them
Contributing public
of
heading prefers plainly
published
the best chance of reaching the public