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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
BIG BATES COUNTY ENTERPRISE,
COSTING $4,000, WILL GIVE
IMMENSE VALUE TO LAND
THAT is NOW ALMOST
WORTHLESS.

Rich Hill, Mo.-They're digging it
deep, wide and long in Bates county.
They are inviting comparison with the
Panama canal and are not ashamed of
the home product. They do this with
out using the high sounding title of in
land waterway, navigable channel or
river route. They are content to have
their pet scheme known as the drain
age ditch-with the accent on the
but they do insist that they have the
biggest drainage ditch in Missouri,
length, depth, width and cost consid-
cred.
The pride of Bates county in this
immense engineering undertaking
seems to be justified. The ditch when
completed will be 231s miles long,
more than half as long as the Panama
canal which is 46 miles long. The nav
igable depth of the Panama affair is
35 feet The deepest cut in the Bates
county ditch is 26 feet. At its widest
point, the Bates county channel is 80
feet at the bottom and 1876 feet at the
top For miles, the width of the bot
Atom is 60 feet with the slope, in en-
glneers parlance, one-to-one, meaning
that for every foot in depth, the side
must widen foot. This makes the
embankment have an angle of As de-
grces The cost is $4,000, raised by
selling six per cent. bonds at pre-
MUM of $4,000 October 20, 1906,
a wonderful feat to be paid for vol
unfairly by farmers. More wonderful,
indaed, is the accomplishment when it
is remembered that the deficiencies of
the old drainage law discouraged such
progress Yet few wide awake men
saw the opportunity, helped to amend
the old statute and then set to work
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

in earnest. They had land once worth
ten dollars an acre. Now they are sell
ing it for $40. $22 and $25 an acre
and then letting real estate men turn
it over" again to hundreds of immi-
grants from Illinois ant Indiana. The
immigrants have seen how drainage
paid in their own states and are Will
ing to wait two or three years when
they may decide to sell again-finally
for $50, $75 and 800 an acre. They
have seen the evolution and believe in
the future for experience has taught
them the inevitable benefits of owning
drained land.
The Marie des Cynges river is the
champion crooked stream Of western
Kansas and western Missouri. 1t be-
gins south of Topeka and is one of the
attractions of the ottawa Chautauqua
which it usually overflows about every
other year From Ottawa it meanders
across the line into Bates county, Mis-
souri,, and zigzags across the south
ern part of this county into Vernon
and back again before the Usage river
finally captures the stream and pro-
ceeds on to the Missouri not so very
far from jefferson City.
The people of Bates county have
learned to hear of rain in Kansas with
fear. An ordinary downpour in a
damp season means that the Marie des
Cygnes, usually an orderly water.
miles of country. There have been
times when during almost an entire
summer it was impossible to drive
from Rich Hill to Papinville. small
Village ten miles east and south of this
place Even in ordinary dry weather,
long lakes Of pond lily depth must be
skirted by the roads. In times of
freshets, the Marie des Cynges is like
iy to change its course by the erosion
OF the soft dirt banks. A man may
own acres of land before a rainstorm
and when the overflow from the
stream has subsidized, he may find it
gone, perhaps over a neighbor's field
or perhaps in the bottom of the river
that has decided to change its course.
So it was not surprising that few
ieveIheads got together and decided
that the overflow must be stopped.
They engaged engineers and found
that relief was possible. According to
the engineers the 7S crooked miles
that the Marie des Cygnes took In GO
ing from one line Of Bates county to
the other could be shortened by max
ing a straight channel 23ls miles in
length. Losing 49i5 miles of the
crooks in this river was almost too
good to be hoped for. Now the reali-
zaIion is only a few months in the
future.
The steps 10 securing relief show
what persistence may do. Under the
old drainage law. a district for defray-
ing the expenses Of n ditch could only
be secured by means Of an election.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

Sheer white goods, ri fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
". Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
Hov's TbisP

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for Any
case OF Catarrl that cannot be cured by Hairs
FIJI CHENEY & CO., Toisdo. o.
We the undersigned. have known r. j. Snehey
lor the last Is Year, and believe him perfectly non
orabie in all business transactions and nnanclsNJ
yALDtNG. KtNNAN MAEyiN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo ..
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, aeung
dirertlv npop the blood aud mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimo ials sent free. frce 20 ecu" Pet
bottle Sold by al Druggists.
Take Hall's Yam ly Pllls flr constlptNon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

STOPPING or lifting, languor, dizzy
spells and rheumatism. Before I
used Doan's Kidney Pills." says Mr..
Winney, 81 weighed 143 After taking
10 or IL boxes weighed 1872 and was
completely cured
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

To all VINO enclose
postage he will re-
ply telling how
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two
different hospitals
eli g h t e e n
months, suffering
intense pain in the
b a C k lameness,
[ W | n geS when
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

BY following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package OF
Defiance Starch. Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired. with either gloss OF domestic
finish. Try It. 16 OF. for 1Oc. sold by
all good grocers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
The Worst Was Yet to Come.

A southern pulpit orator. one Sum
day morning, was describing the ex-
perience of the prodigal son. In his
endeavor to impress his hearers with
the shame and remorse that this
young man felt and his desire to cast
away his wicked doings, he spoko
thus:
Dis young man got to thinking
about his meanness and his misery,
and he TUX off his coat and frowed it
away. And den he TUX off his vest
and frowed dat away. And den ne TUX
off his shirt and frowed dat away too.
And den he come to hisself.'
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

The poet and the editor were play
ing tennis, and the latter was beaten.
You serve well, but You cannot
return" said the poet.
Cant -" asked the editor. Send
me a poem, and see. STRAY Stories.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
Tobacco Thrown Away.

1t is estimated by the head of one
of the large tobacco establishments
of New York that at least $4,000 worth
of tobacco is daily thrown away in the
city in unconsumed cigars and cigar
cites.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.
~ You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back Write to This Man.

G.. w. Winney, Medina. N. Y, In
vites kidney sufferers to write to him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

The statesman leads the masses.
The masses lead the politician
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

Concerning the tariff agreement en-
tered into with Germany. it's object Is
declared to have been the prevention of
a tariff war between the United States
and that country. The work OF the
commission which made the agreement
is praised.
The president asks for authority to
remit to China all indemnity in excess
OF the sum OF sll.s55.4s2.ss and inter-
est at four per cent
In conclusion the message congra tu-
lates the country on its present cor
dial relations with all countries. par
ticularly the sister republics TO the
south
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-02

NATURES GOODIES"-Also free.
ture Is finished with a Autograph scroll and fac
smile lithograph gold frame. ready for wall.
lust as received from Mr.. Clark.
And hope that every lady reader OF this
paper will sion the free coupon and send for Mr..
Clark's high-art pictures today.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-02

MISREPRESENTATION free picture.
initials in gold. Mr.. Geo. Clark, publisher
of the famous "High-Art Pictures" tells
me that he will give every one of my lady
readers one of these magnificent dinner
sets absolutely free if she only helps him
with a little recommendation of his pictures.
As you see. Mr.. Clark does not want you to
do any canvassing.
Read on this page where it says in big
black type. Here is the Offer" / can
guarantee you that Mr.. Clark's offer is
exactly as represented and am proud that
he has selected the readers of this paper,
and shows his confidence in the honesty of
my subscribers in making this offer here.
Two Pictures Free Anyway
You will also see that even II you do not sue
coed in carrying out the conditions Of Mr.. Clarks
oier he wants you to keep two OF his famous
pictures absolutely free just because you have
made an honest effort.
would like to feel that every one of my SUBJ
but also the free dinner set.
Imagine how your dining room will look with
the elegant monogram dinner set and the high
art pictures hanging on the wall.
have several OF Mr. Clark's pictures in my
home now and they are certainly very, very
beautiful pictures. The way they are printed
here cannot begin to show you how beautiful
they look In their many splendid colors These
pictures are real works Of art. fit for the finest
residence l6x 20 inches. What is more they
come ready to hang on the wall: for every pic
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-02
Decorate Your Home
The Editor Tells You Today Of an Ops
pOrtunity to Beautify Your
Home Free of Charge

Every lady. rich or poor. likes to have a
pretty home.
OF course you want nice furniture and
pretty decorations in your house and as
nice as any of your neighbors have.
Sometimes it is a pretty hard pull to keep
mp with the richer people and yet have that
air OF culture and refinement about the
home of which every woman is proud.
But when you can get beautiful decora-
tons and get them free-just for doing
somebody friendly turn without even
any real work-then it's your loss. Madam,
If you neglect this opportunity.
A Wonderful Liberal Offer
And Just because know that the readers
Of my paper will take advantage of this
opportunity. I am particularly glad to tell
my subscribers of most honest and won
derfully liberal offer. Look on this page
at the magnificent dinner set with the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14

er, all the smart frockS now making
their appearance have the long mitten
cuff attached to the sleeve at the ell
bow, made of lace and the material of
the gown.
Nearly all of the dressy coats of any
style Their waists, at the least, are
pretty sure to be elevated above the
natural waist line.
Striped costumes have had far
longer vogue in Paris than is usually
the case and the plainly made striped
coat. simply hemmed with braid or taf
feta and unadorned with any trim
mings whatever beyond strappings Of
its own material, has been taken NJ
enthusiastically.
With the smaller waist lines secured
by the new effect ia corsets, wider CIR
dies promise to be exceedingly popu-
lar this winter. Often these are oddly
shaped. Sash ends pendent from CIR
dies. or extensions of fichu folds on the
OOulceS arS SOlhe VI inc way . luSS are
used on evening frocks.
Little by little does the foreign fash
ion of the gown open at the neck, worn
when dining in public gain favor. The
fashion is one that is SO easily made
vulgar and conspicuous that it is not to
be rashly attempted, but when properly
usad has n uci, TO recommend it if the
neck be net cut too low.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Dress Accessories.

After all is said and done, the sue
cess of a gown is very largely depend
ent upon the accessories that accom-
pany it.
Gloves, shoes hosiery, parasol, veil,
belt and the numberless other small
details-each of them has the power
to make or mar a costume. This the
really Well-dressed woman knows, and
it is here that she scores over her
horter-sighted sisters She recognizes
the Importance of these sadly misun-
derStood minor details, and gives par
ticular attention to them. She knows
intimately what sort Of footwear may
appropriately accompany each separate
gown, what veil and how to arrange
it, and so on through the whole cate
CORY of small belongings, and she in
sists upon having these things and
wearing them precisely as they should
be worn.
To know how to put on the graceful
finishing touches is an art in itself.
Even the woman to whom artistic
gowning is 4 heaven-born instinct, and
who has been further than that bless
ed with a well-tilled purse. finds it nee
essary to study carefully the little nov
elites that are continually being
brought forth to tempt her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Acquiring Fluffy Hair.

"Ruffiing" or ''roughing' the hair, if
carefully done, will not injure it, says
one woman who speaks with author
ity. 1t is unnecessary to explain in
this day and age that to ruff means 10
comb the underpart of the pompadour
backward. and thus form cushion for
it. Then the hairdressers have any
aumber of articles for sale which are
warranted to make the "slickest'' hair
fluffy. The best of these consists of
string, to which is woven natural hair
1t is pinned on the head. the hair is
combed over it, and behold, mademoi-
selle is as fiamboyant as to hair rs pos
sible. Dampening the hair and then
pressing it here and there with the fin
gers until it dries is a simple method
of obtaining waves that is effective in
the case of many a woman who thinks
her hair is hopelessly straight. The
road to a beautiful coiffure is n hard
one to "trabble," and it takes hours of
work and planning for one with soft
hair to obtain the desired end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
The Change.

Before she went to boardin' school she
ulster romp and play,
She druv the cows from the field an
helped take in the hay,
But she don't do that any more, because
Of this, you see
She went away as Mary Jane an came
back Jeanne Marie.
She ulster wear made-over clothes, an
always with a smile,
But now her dresses every one must be
the latest style;
She don't ride horseback any more, nor
climb the apple tree
She went away as Mary Jane, but come
back Jeanne Marie.
Her hair is all in crinkles now-she calls
'em Marshall waves;
She's up in all the etiquette, real stylish
she behaves.
Her ma and me are mighty proud O all
she's learned-but. gee,
We sometimes wish for Mary Jane instid
o Jeanne Marie,
Mrs. Elsie Duncan Yale in Woman's
Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Health and Beauty.

\ red nose, especially in very
young girl, is often a sign of anaemia
and requires blood tonic to con-
quer it,
Cold water will line thin and deli
cate skin; it should be tepid. On
the other hand the greasy skin needs it
not and plenty of it.
The digestive machinery furnishes
the matchmaking matter; therefore, do
not let it get ont of order by oyereating
and overdrinking.
When there is disagreeable odor on
5he hands inevitable from the handling
of fish or onions, try washing them
mustard water.
All backward bending movements of
the body will strengthen the spine.
strong spine is a big help to a good
carriage, without which one will fall
in grace.
When feeling very tired hot water,
both inwardly and outwardly, is great
roster. A cup of water as hot as you
can take it is as good as a tonic and
not half so injurious.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Wisconsin
State News
TOWN CHIEF Is SHORN.
II Il

Court Rules President Has No Right
TO Suspend Village Ordinances.
Judge RYAN has handed down decis-
ION which rCbs the president of Little
Chute of a prerogative, which for more
than half century has been exercised
Dy that functienary. Little Chute is one
OF the Oldest settlements in the vicinity
and is populated almost entirely by Hol-
ianders. Twice each year these people
hold kermiss and on these occasions
they dance for one solid day and night
At these times the village president is
SUES an order permitting the saloonkeep-
erS TO keep their places of business omen
alter the hour prescribed in an ordinance
At the last kermiSs one of the saloon
men. whose place is said TO have been
open all night. was complained of. James
Van Camp being arrested and arraigned
before Judge Ryan on a charge of violat-
ing village ordinance. The attorney
Tor the defense attacked the village ordi-
nances as whole. declaring all to be lille
gal and not binding. The court took the
matter under Amusement and has de-
clared that the ordinances are legal. but
the village president will no longer be
privileged to grant special privileges to
citizens or in any way modify ordinances
or suspend regular rules. This shears
the head official of a right he has exer
cised in the little village of 100 people
for more than fifty years. The case will
be carried to the Supreme Court. 1t is
said the question involves points of wide
spread interest. inasmuch as there are
said to be a number of villages in Wis
consin where circumstances are similar to
those in Little Chute
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14

Mushroom hats, greatly modified, are
to be worn in felt, by school-going chill
dren, and are simply and appropriate
ly trimmed with velvet ribbon in clus-
ter loop bows at either side and a
twisted crown band of the same ribbon
Satin ribbon occasionally replaces the
velvet, but while gayer in effect is not
as durable for the wear it is expected
to give.
A rose trimmed hat in the wardrobe
of smart woman is large, round.
black Neapolitan straw, with a rim
an inch and half deep of pink Nea-
politan The wide, low, round crown
has a scarf of white lace-point ap-
plique-arranged around it so as to
veil the black hat, and form a care
less bow. Resting partially on this bow
is a cluster of pale pink roses, almost
barrel shaped, shading TO deep rose
pink or deep crimson in their centers-
that is, some of the centers were pink
and others of the darker tone. At the
left of the front there were more clus-
tiers of roses. The foliage was a cool,
light green.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Washing Fluid.

Take four pounds of sal soda. put it
in Il porcelain. granite or brass kettle ::
add four quarts of cold water, let boil
until dissolved. then add 1O-cent box
of chloride of lime (first MASKING the
iumpS). boil about minute. then re-
move from the fire and let stand over
night, when the lime will have settled
Pour off the the clear liquid into jugs
aud bottles and keep tightly corked A
teaspoonful of washing fluid is the
amount used for tub two-thirds full
of water: when ready to boil your
clothes have your boiler two-thirds
full of water. and into this put two ta-
g2!espoonfulS of javelle water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Tran SIN utatiOn Now IN Fncf.

Prof. Otto n. Witt of the Technical
high school ct Charlottenburg, Germany,
an authority on radium experiments, now
asserts that the latest experiments of
Prof. Ramsay show that under the infiu-
ence of the energy contained in radium
emanations well-known elemeli like cop
per can now be converted into others just
as well known. This proves that the an
cient alchemists were on the right track.
Four years ago Ramsay discovered thar
radium emanations changed to helium and
later that this is the source of all the
inactive elements.
Latterly Prof. Boltwood OF Yale has
shown that a new element exists in the
uranium minerals, where radium is found,
and which is the parent of radium. This
new element gives off both alpha and beta
radiations, produces no carnations and
resembles theorium. Ionium is the name
Droposed for this substance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
THIRTY-SEVENTH REUNION OF
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
"GfbraItar of the South" UndergOes
Another Siege Concentrating the
One Which Was Among the Most
Remarkable in Military History.

The Society of the Army of the Ten
neSsee, composed of officers who served
III the great army of the West under
Grant and Sherman, recently held its
annual reunion at VickSburg, Miss.
There, where frowned during the
first two years of the Civil War the
impregnable Notifications Of the Con
federacy, choking the trade of the
great river and cutting the southern
half of the republic in two, there, where
the great siege was fought out bitterly
and bravely on each side. but with vie
tory to Grant. the commander who
never led to ultimate defeat. the rem
nant of tie society which, formed in
the field in 1865 and included all of
the officers of the Army of the Tennes-
see, met in its thirty-seventh session.
With it foregathered some of the
surviving Confederate officers who were
with Gen. Pemberton, from May 10,
1863, when the ring of assault was
finally closed around Vicksburg, until
the 4th day of July, when the suffering.
garrison stacked their arms and $1,000
troops surrendered to the forces of the
Union.
The siege of Vicksburg is considered
one of the most remarkable in all mill
tary history The difficulties to be
overcome were tremendous. Again and
again were the naval forces on the riv-
er and the army on land repealed from
1.-The Gibraltar of the SOUTH but the
whole nation knew that the struggle
must never end until Vicksburg was in
the hands of the Union forces.
The United States government has,
in commemoration of the great siege,
purchased the fighting ground around
the city, 1888 acres, and is making