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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07

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pOTuTRY-Broiiers of 1 pound 13c:
hons SIC; coarse young ROSTERS, Sc; old
Toosters, Sc; spring chickens. &c: ducks,
SCI egs3s5SSFresh country lie.
BUTTER1.Fresh country. 1sg22c
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07
Nhicago, Aug. z.
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U.nsas civ Grain Market.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Com Conn s.doIls
Grams. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks;
Office ITO west Sixth street Phone 4S6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07
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prices paid in Topeka this week. based
on Boston quotations.1
Topeka, Aug. 4.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07

FURNISHED by Charles Wolff Packing Co
Yards close at noon Saturday.
Topeka, Aug z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-07

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mail-order
House Goods on Faith-keep
the Money of the commu-
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan-
disc he is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local mer-
chant he sees the goods that he is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
class, and whether the quantity is all
that is claimed. These two points
settled, he should have fair idea as
to whether the price asked is fair
one or not.
But how is it when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses of the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
is what the catalogue says, and the
catalogue is prepared with the one OBJ
ject in view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buys
of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
1t is cheap goods and short weight
that is making mail order house
profits They can buy but little, if
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
sTIeLsAUER AT THE HEAD.
Milwaukee Man Made President Of
C. r. P. A.

West Bend.-The thirty-sixth bien-
NAL convention of the Family Protec-
tive association was held here, Arch
bishop Messmer and Bishop Fox of
Green Bay, and many other Catholic
dignitaries being present. Secretary
Joseph Koelsch read his biennial re-
port, showing a membership of 1,520
on December 81, 1906. The capital of
the society at present is $59,286.08, an
increase of over $1,000 during the last
two years. During the years 1905 and
1906 death benefits were paid to the
amount of $37,381.26 The society is
making rapid progress. A change was
made in the constitution by adding
the word Catholic SO that hence
forth the society will be known as
the Catholic Family Protective asso-
citation
A spirited contest was had for the
place of holding the next convention.
Port Washington, Milwaukee and Wa
tertown each put up a hard fight but
WATERFOWL won out.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, F. J. Stiglbauer;
vice president, DR.. H. j. Granting;
secretary, Otto Seyfritz; assistant sec
rotary, August Springob; treasurer
John Schneider; board of directors,
Henry Rolls, Joseph E. Host; mem
bers Of finance committee, F. J. Stigl-
bauer, Dr. FL. j. Granting, G. Blom-
mer, Joseph Baldauf. Henry Rolls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Work in the Assembly.

Among bills and resolutions intro
duced in the assembly were several
of unusual Importance. One of the
resolutions puts the ban of legislative
disapproval on the growing custom of
the entertainment of legislators by
faculty members or officials of state
educational, charitable and penal insti-
tutions. Another resolution provides
for a constitutional amendment rails
ing the school age from four to six
years. One of the % bills presented
provides for the regulation of tene-
ment and lodge houses in cities; an
other provides for the distribution of
large part of railroad taxes among
the counties in which the railroads
have property, still another limits the
amount of money that can be spent by
candidates for public office; fourth
limits the number of hours that rail
road telegraph operators shall be re-
CURED to work; fifth provides that
the anti-pass law shall not apply to
notaries public, and sixth cuts the
number of registration days for pri-
mary elections from three to one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Cattle Breeders Organize.

Barron-Over 300 farmers of Bar
ron county have organized an associ-
alton for the purpose of promoting
the breeding of high-grade and pure
bred dairy cattle A Holstein- Fresian
Breeders association has been formed
and plans are under way for the or
ganization of Guernsey Breeders
club, the purpose of both of which
will be the breeding of first-class
dairy cattle.
The meeting of the farmers of this
county and the organization of these
associations are the direct result of
an excursion trip to the state univer-
sity made last fall Dean w. A. Hen
ny of the college of agriculture, in
addressing the farmers, urged them
to take up the breeding of one or two
of the high grades of dairy cattle, and
prophesied that such action would be
worth millions of dollars to Barron
county. The agricultural excursion
lists were enthusiastic over their visit
and have already planned similar
excursion for this year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our Special Cores
pendent at Madison.

Madison.-A bill is to soon be in
troduced in the legislature, framed in
many respects like the law covering
the payment to towns, cities and vii
lagos of the tax collected upon street
car and other service corporation
property, and which will give to each
city and county proportion of the
tax collected upon the property of the
railway corporations of the state. Sen
ator Randolph is framing such bill,
its purpose being to benefit each local
ity where the railways have extensive
holdings in the nature of terminals,
elevators, warehouses and other prop
erty in excess of the right of way and
depot grounds. The bill will differ in
many essentials from the measure in
tfoduced two years ago by Senator
Hudnall, and which was known as the
railway terminal BILL That measure
provided for the separate assessment
and taxation of the terminal property
of the various roads, and return by
the state of the tax SO collected to the
cities wherein the terminals were To-
Gated. Senator Randolph proposes to
draft general bill, under the provi-
sions of which every town, village and
city containing railway property Of
whatever description will receive a
proportion of the tax, based upon the
value of such property in such taxing
district. The assessment is to be
made by the state board, and the
proposition of the tax each locality is
entitled to is to be determined by the
board.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
sure Remedy Tor AII IlIs.

Watermelon, law sakes alive! Is
there anything on the top side Of this
old earth that can be compared for
one single moment with the juicy
juiceiness, the oozy ooziness and the
sloozy slooziness Of this precious
fruit? How we love to open up a nice
red watermelon with heart as big
as a Kentucky pumpkin and as full Of
sweet sap as the Platte river is full
of water.
Never mind the seeds, never mind
anything. Just go ahead and be hap
by. You can't eat watermelon and en-
JOY it without soiling your shirt front.
Never mind your handkerchief. Let
the juice fall in large copious drops
from your chin and elbows. Why
should you interfere with the law Of
gravity. Keep on eating, and when
you have finished, eat some more. You
love it. 1t can't hurt you, so go after
it. Is there anything like it?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Insane Over Death of Wife.

Racine.-Less than ten years ago
Louis Kilbourn was one of the most
prosperous young men in Racine. To-
day he is violently insane at Zion City.
Kilbourn was born in this city 40
years ago and is a son of the Rev.
James Kilbourn. He married Miss
Sheldon, bought home, and accunu-
lated considerable money. When Zion
City was founded by Alexander Dowie
Mr. Kilbourn disposed of his property,
went to Zion City, and was one of the
most ardent workers in the cause.
Less than two years ago his wife died,
and he became downcast and morose.
Grief over the death of his wife and
religious devotion is attributed as his
breakdown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Janitor,s Good Memory.

OF the late genial and kindly heart
ed Henry Burch it is told that,
good many years ago, while he held
the position of janitor of Trinity Meth
odist Episcopal church, the minister
one summer Sunday morning deliv-
cred sermon which, 1t appears, had
been given by him once before, per-
haps two or three years previous, says
the Oil City Blizzard.
On the Sunday in question, and dur
ing the progress of the sermon, vio-
lent thunderstorm came up which
created some little nervousness among
the congregation.
After the services were over and as
the minister was about TO leave the
building, he met the janitor.
Henry" said he, that was pref.
ty severe storm while was preach.
ing this morning"
Eyes, Mr.. 49," replied Henry, land
the singular thing about it is that
there was thunderstorm the last
time you preached that sermon"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Paper Mill Men in New Deal.

Menasha.-A meeting of paper mill
manufacturers, representing every
mill in Wisconsin and several at Min
neapolis and ST. Paul, was held in
this city, to consider the advisability
of organizing a traffic association.
The general opinion manifested was
that the best interests of the paper
men required an organization that
would employ traffic man whose
duty will be to look after the freight
interests of all the mills to assure an
equal footing in the matter of ship
ment and rates, locality being consid-
cred. The plan offered is to place a
man in Chicago who will look after all
shipments, trace cars and observe
their freight interests in general.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
CHARLES F. MoLL PRESIDENT.
Milwaukee Man Chosen Head of Wis
consin State Bowling League.

Eau Claire.-Charles F. Mol, the
well known Milwaukee bowling poll
tician, was elected president of the
Wisconsin State league, to succeed J.
H. Powers, of Chicago, who has held
the office for the last two years. The
other officers chosen are: Vice pres
ident, J. H. Larie, Oshkosh; treasurer,
George B. Wheeler, Eau Claire;
finance committee, J. A. Elliott, La
Crosse, and Roy p Wilcox, Eau Claire.
The circuit of the league will be
composed of Eau Claire, La Crosse,
Green Bay, Oshkosh, Wausau, Madi-
son, Freeport, ILL.,, and either Rock
ford, ILL.,, or Winona, Mimi, with
chances in favor of the latter city.
Committees were appointed to inves-
tigate the claims of both cities, and
after they have made their report, a
mail vote will be taken.
President Moll was instructed to
award $25 for the best schedule draft
submitted The next meeting of the
league will be held some time in Feb
ruary, probably in Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Route of New Road.

Baraboo-It is announced on good
authority that the new proposed rail
road from Viroqua to Madison, for
which the preliminary survey was
made last November, will pass through
Prairie du Sac, Sank county. While
the surveyors refuse to give out any
information as to who is back of the
enterprise, it is now known that it is
the Illinois Central seeking way out
of Madison. The road is to be built
by the La Crosse e Southwestern,
which operates line between La
Crosse and Viroqua, backed by the
Illinois Central capital
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Timely Resolution.

The occasion was the first day OF
the year, the time was the hour in the
evening when mellowing influences
seem to be more powerful with some
men than with others, both combined
to turn the thoughts of two acquaint-
ances. as they made their way home
ward. to the new year and its pos
sibilities.
Il am gwine to make resolution
for the new veal" said one with the
firmness that alcohol sometimes i'm.
parts.
what are you gwine to make res
olutions 'bout?" inquired his compan-
ion as he safely got over tbs curb
stone of the crossing.
81 am going to resolve to live the
higher life" was the reply.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Stop State Fair Passes.

Senator Smith sent bill to the re-
vision committee which, if it passes,
is designed to put stop to the issu-
ing of passes to the state fair, and it
is claimed will go long way to swell
ing the receipts so that the legislature
will not be compelled to make annual
appropriations for deficits of for help
TIC the state fair board. Senator
Smiths bill provides that no free
pass or frank or any privilege with
held from any person granting to or
the privileges Of the grounds of any
local or state fair shall be offered or
given for any purpose by any board,
association, officer, or person having
the same in charge. If this law is
violated the penalty attached is the
loss of state aid. 1t is believed that
this will reach the pass evil at the
state fair complained of and Senator
Smith will strongly seek the passage
of the bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
Tax Commission Files List.

ak Commission Files List.
The tax commission and the board of
assessment, which are the same body
acting in dual capacity, filed with
the governor reports of their receipts
and disbursements during the last BIZ
ennial period. During the two years
ending the first Monday of this month
the receipts of the tax commission
were nothing and it's disbursements
$50, 469.07
OF the latter $31 ,44S.20 was for sal
aries of the commissioners, clerks and
employees, $749.S9 for printing, $516.53
for postage, $271.07 for telephone, tel
egraph, express and freight expenses,
and $4S3.3S for miscellaneous ex-
penses. BY years the disbursements of
the commission have been as follows:
1906, $21, 1864; 1905, $12,S02.66; 1904,
$19, 4O5.7O; 1903, $21,792.5S; 1902, $751;
393.18; 1901, $17,44S.43.
The disbursements of the commits
sion acting as the state baord of as
sessment during the last two years
were $32,2S7.1S, divided as follows:
Salaries and expenses of assistants
and employees, $26,631.67; printing.
$1,505.72; postage, 1896; telephone,
telegraph, express and freight ex-
penses, $112.36; miscellaneous ex-
penses, $3,601.43. The total receipts
consisted of $50.51 as refund on mile
age credentials books. During the BIZ
ennial period of 10000 the total dis
bursements of the board were 1884,
240.38.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31

you not only have to wait for period
of days and weeks and sometimes
months before you receive them, but
they come to you piece-meal and you
have to pay freight on a number of
shipments instead of on one.
Here is the wall of mail order VIC
tim taken from the columns of the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex-
plains this point:
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. I am
frank to acknowledge that have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic
Tins being that am little deeper
in and that am willing to acknowl.
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall l with her
who is now my wife, decided to pur-
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage.
which we thought would be plenty of
I1Il0 W SSL LILO 5OOuS buL
by the Internal planets let me tell you
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a. kitchen
table and later mirror from Pitts
burg. My wife tells me I ought to be
thankful for these, FOR we no longer
have to eat our meals on a dry goods
box and / can look III the mirror and
see what fools look like.
"Our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating en- a dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No mare catalogue
goods for us. We hope 20 get enough
more goods by April 1 to celebrate
all fools day in fitting manner"
"A VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer. it is to yoar advan-
tage in many ways to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honest
local merchant. See what you are
buying. Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money of the community in
which you live at home, and build up
your town instead of tearing it down
for the benefit of the mail order
houses of the big cities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on very mar
row margin of profit, but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital if they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
local merchant could do the same
thing. but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
concerns, and how they victimize their
patrons:
"a farmer purchased two sacks of
binding Irvine of large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon it's arrival this
morning ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth Irvine
sold by local dealers, when it was
found that the Chicago article was just
300 feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in sack, it will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet,
or over mile of Irvine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too,
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked that
it would never work on binder. Now
We wish to ask you, does it pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who is skeptical of this story, just
call and we will show you"-Parma,
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be-
cause of its poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons of the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls, S. D., Leader. which explains
this point:
1.-THE mail order house selling vehi-
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than pirate, it is turkey-buzzard.
It takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want of real merit, and
tries to stif1e legitimate business by
selling the embalmed remains at re-
duced price.
.'The whole nafarious mail order sys-
tenn. in so far as it relates to vehicles,
almost the exceptional order that is
is conducted on the theory that it is
possible to take an inferior job and
foist it on a credulous people by
means of reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which it shame
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole
ly by reason OF the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill, energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face Of the earth.
THE mail order business is the
quack doctor of commerce. It prom
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31
To Start a New sawmiII.

Kaukauna.-The Kaukauna Lumber
company has decided to start the Gus
tom sawmill, of which there has been
some. talk for several weeks past. II
has been found that there is great
need for just such a mill in this vi
cinity The company has already or
dered the machinery. The Kaukauna
Lumber company already has the
power which will drive this machinery,
and the building in which it will be
placed, so that there will be little de-
lay in getting started after the ma
chinery arrives. When the mill is
ready for operation the company will
be in the market for all kinds of logs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-31

e. T. Wheelock, secretary of the
Wisconsin immigration and Devel-
opment association, has bill pre-
pared providing for the creation of
state board of immigration. Under
the bill the secretary of state, the
commissioner of labor, and the chief
clerk of the land Office shall con-
stitute such board and be it's officers.
The employment of one clerk at a sal
airy of not more than $1,000 is au-
thorized, together with a stenographer
and an agent to represent the state in
New York, whose duty it shall be to
distribute literature and give informa-
ton to desirable immigrants. The
more important part of the work of
the proposed board is to prepare in
formation in the way of compilations
relating to the resources of Wisconsin,
its lands, industries, and, in fact, all
other matters inducive to settlement
and development. This is to be done
by counties, the purpose being to con-
stitute such a book a reliable and &C.
curate reference volume dealing with
the resources of the state.