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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on a 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-
disc at the prices they ask. Your
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 a large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon it's arrival this
morning a 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
306 feet short of that sold at home
There being ten balls in a sack, it will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet,
or over a 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 a 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:
1.-THE mail order house selling vehi-
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than a pirate, it is a turkey-buzzard.
1t 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 a re-
duced price
1.-THE whole nefarious mail order sys-
tenn, in so far as it relates to vehicles.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

almost the exceptional order that IA
is conducted on the theory that it il
possible to take an inferior job and
foist it on 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 1t prom
ises much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the in
side, and you have to buy a non-re-
turnable package before you can find
out what they are
A. G. Enderton, of Walter, Okla,
writing to the Shawnee, Okla, Union
Signal, says:
Sc The mail order houses
are the worst offenders of the pure
food law that we have to deal with.
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out of
thousands of dollars by this alone.
/ see where some mail
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now, does anyone
think that a mail order house can buy
good paint stuff cheaper than anyone
else?
Now suppose you find out what
crude petroleum, like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
it not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stuff? How
about Spanish whitening, with just
enough white lead to stick it together?
-"
The question of prompt delivery is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. 1t is
filed promptly. The reason for this
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

delay is that they do not carry the
goods in stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur-
chase large amount of the merchan-
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the city, the proprietors of
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city.
Here is the wall of mail order VIC
tim taken from the columns of the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex-
plains this point:
Sir: l want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. I am
frank to acknowledge that have been
ence between me and the other vic
Tins being that 1 am a little deeper
in and that l am willing to acknowl-
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall 1 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
time to get the goods around. But
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
Our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating on a dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors- No more catalogue
goods for u.s. We hope to get enough
more goods by April to celebrate
all fools day in a fitting manner"
"a VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, it is to your 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 MP
your town instead of tearing it down
for Sthe benefit of the mail ordex
houses OF the big cities.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Does An Orchard Pay?

The Anthony Republican gives the
question, Does an orchard pay?" an
affirmative answer. 1t gives this in
stance: Caleb Gard told some farm
er friends in town recently that
from $50 trees, which would occupy
about three acres, he had sold 400
bushels of apples at an average price
of 80 cents per bushel, has on hand
200 gallons of vinegar worth 20 cents
a gallon and is saving 25 bushels OF
apples for his own eating. Where is
there another three acres in Harper
county which has netted $3.50 an acre
for one crop?" >
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Laraest Vineyard.

Sunny Slope, Cal, enjoys the dis
tinction of being the largest vineyard
in the world 1t is situated amidst
the most beautiful scenery of that
favored land two miles from San
Gabriel. OF a total of 1000 acres,
735 are devoted to grape vines. the
remainder being distributed among
orange, lemon and olive trees.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Willis L. Moore, chief of the wealth
er bureau, will have to back up his
claim that the climate in Kansas has
not changed in the recent years. A
few days ago he declared that there
was no more rainfall in Kansas now
than 80 or 40 years ago, and that
there was just as much wind as ever.
The Kansas university has run a
weather bureau for the past "a years.
The records show that the average
annual blow of wind for the last IL
years was $4,000 miles less than the
average annual blow of the previous
II years. The records also show
that the average rainfall for the last
II years was three inches greater than
the average annual rainfall of the first
II years. Ex-Chancellor Snow de-
clares that the wind had so moder-
ated in recent years that the old
Dutch windmill near the State univer-
sity, one of the old landmarks of Kan
sas, had to quit business.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Pumping Natural Gas.

The National Gas company's big
pumping plant at Petrolia, is now run
ming full blast. The last of the six
big 1000 horse power engines has
been started and now a pressure of
$50 pounds is maintained in two six
teen-inch mains to Ottawa and an
enormous pressure is maintained at
Kansas City, the end of the line.
Millions of cubic feet of gas are sent
through these mammoth pipes every
day and supply thousands of homes
in Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence,
Ottawa, Baldwin and in fact all of
the towns along the line, with fuel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
A Concrete Stack 172 Feet in Heiah,

A Concrete Stack 172 Feet in Height.
The work of building the concrete
smoke stack for the Pittsburg shops,
which has been watched with con-
siderable interest during the past
month has been completed. The stack
was finished at 172 feet from the
foundation and is 40 feet higher than
any stack in the city. Nearly a car
load of cement has been used in its
construction. The stack has thick
ness of it's walls of one foot until
about SO feet is reached. The re-
mainder of the distance has walls of
about six inches in thickness,
strengthened by steel rods running
from the bottom to the top.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Value of Good Roads.

The farmers who live on the good
roads around Fort Scott have a prac-
teal corner on the hay market. Those
farmers who live on the improved
highways get to town without incon-
venience to market their produce,
while those who live off the good
roads can not get to town at all with
loads
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
viii Draft Commission sin.

The legislative committee of the
Emporia Business Mems Association
and City Attorney Firth and Attorney
W. L. Higgins will draft bill under
which cities of the second class can
be governed by commission, SINH
lar to the one introduced in the legis-
lature concerning cities of the first
class.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
BIG Coal Vein in Lyon County.

A 12-foot vein of bituminous coal
has been struck at Madison, in a
we'll in which it was hoped to find
gas or OIL The coal Is free and clean
and contains a large percentage Of
oil. 1t was found at depth of g.
600 feet
To Rid Marshall County Of Gophers.
The county commissioners of Mar
shall county have decided to rid the
county of the gopher pest and at their
last meeting offered a bounty Of 10
cents each for their sca1ps.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
For Divorce suit Statistics.

George v Newton, a special agent
of the census buread, visited Leayen-
worth looking up data regarding dt
yorce suits filed in the district court
He is obtaining information to be used
in a movement for a uniform ma
tiona1 divorce law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
unwritten Law Failed Him.

A strong appeal to the unwritten
law failed to save w A Dawson of
Humboldt from legal consequences
for the shooting of Frank Lindsey,
October %. Lindsey died from his
injuries. Dawson was found guilty at
lola of granddaughter in the fourth de-
gree. The shooting was admitted, but
while ostensib1y making and insanity
defense, Dawson's attorney devoted
their pleadings to an appeal 10 the
unwritten law. Much evidence was
introduced to prove that Lindsey had
ruined Dawson's home
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
The Earliest Settler.

The earliest Kansas settler is still
living in Atchison, according to a writ
er in the Globe signing himself G. J.
R. He says: Grandma Early, as she
is Familiarity. called, arrived at the
famous old Shawnee mission in what
is now johnson county, in 1889. Mrs
Early is one of the most interesting
personages in Kansas, and the writer
believes there is not now living an
other person who came to what is now
Kansas as early as 1885,"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Mcpherson Salt Is Good.

The salt discovered at Mcpherson
is pronounced the purest found in the
state and lies $50 feet below the sur
face and the salt bed is 100 feet thick
overlaid with a thick stone roof, The
salt company will organize at once and
the prospecting for gas or oil will con-
rinue.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Arthur Edwards, prominent farm
err near Home City, was accidentally
shot and probably fatally injured. He
had started hunting and as he stepped
on the front porch of his home his
feet slipped on the ice and in trying
to catch himself he dropped his gum
The hammer struck the porch caus-
ing the gun to discharge, the load
entering his bowels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Her Father Served Under Washington
Mrs. Newton Williams, whose faith
er was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, died at Ottawa Mrs. Williams
had immediate relatives in the war of
1872 She made a Union flag and
hung it in the streets of Hannibal,
Mo-, while resident of that town
at the beginning of the Civil war, to
defy her secessionist neighbors.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Cash Prizes For me Sest spoilers.
The Tri County Teachers Associa-
ton, which meets at Abilene in March.
will make specially or good spelling
Prizes of money will be offered to the
pupils of the counties in the associa-
ton, Dickinson. Morris, Marion, fof
the best spelling
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
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What Pinkham Said-.Not What the
Advertiser Says He Said

This Committee will say believe there is hope for
diversified small farming bu: does assert Ito quote re-
ponbe and directly experienced authority exists IN Hawaii,
that it both cruel and criminal to Unfortunately boom
and urge ventures experimental small farming by persons of
small dependent prompt returns ventures nd1vld
uay small way growing stapes that produced in more
favored localities immense scale by low cost and abundant
labor Il E. Pnkhams address Honolulu Trades and Labor
Council, Jan 20, '05.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
Youth Of Honolulu Schools Please Friends

One of the prettlest numbers was
the drill and song by the boys Of a
select class. They were attired in
white with coored sashes and after
a march and song went through a ST.
lent calesthenic drill, while varied.
Colored lights were thrown on the
stage. 1t was very pretty and car
ried out with soldier-like precision
The st. Louis College Alumni
choir was encored at each appear
ance. 1t viii be unfortunate if this
organization is not heard in other
musical events. William Ellis bari
tone solo was well rendered and APP
preciated.
The drama entitled 'The Invisible
Hand" was an easy three-act play
which pointed moral and was well
within the capacity and understand
ing of the students Of the College.
The audience enjoyed it and the
parts were carried without a break.
The cast of characters were:
Edward Dancourt a young painter
........,..,... j. Dan Neal
Theophilus Gautier a lawyer -.
.........,.. Jas. X. jarrett
Mr. Merinville, a merchant 80.
-. ............ Fred. c. Mage
Charles Merinville, his son ...
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20

Exhibition and sale of lace, and cakes.
The guests were permitted to see the
work of every class and the kitchen es-
pecially fas crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. Mrs. Chang Tso Fan, wife ol
the Chinese Consul, was an interested
spectator. She awaited herself of the
opportunity of seeing how different
cakes were made.
The pupils in wood work were in
charge of w. T. Pope. The chairs,
tables, show cases, picture frames and
other articles, beautifully polished,
were on exhibition The pupils cX-
planned to their guests how they wer5
made. Many parents filled the work
room and were greatly pleased to~iinl
that their daughters could at some
future date help them in domestic
work. Those at work were Misses NJ.
johnson, Schlaemer, Soares. Ethel Leo
Toma Emily Kaohi and Edwin Lind
say
The lace work was attractively ar
ranged on long table Some lauhala
hats and Hawaiian pillows were es-
pecially interesting. Mrs Lizzie HUI,
Miss Apana and Miss X. Broad, who
made these Hawaiian products, were
present and busted themselves in ex~
planning to their guests how and from
what they were made.
There We're many articles for sale,
but the purchasers were few.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
ANNUAL CONCERT
OF ST. LOUIS COLLEGE
Students Exhibit Talent
In Drama And
Music

Friends of the st. Louis College
filed the College Hall to the limit
Wednesday night VIXEN the annual
concert and Grammatical entertain
ment was given by the young men of
the college. The program was well
arranged to please the audience and
interest the youth who took part. 1t
was principally of musical selections
and enabled the talented pupils to
demonstrate the excellence of their
teaching.
The st. Louis College orchestra,
under the leadership OF Brother
Francis. is an organization which de-
serves more of place in public no.
ttce than il now receives. And this
applies as well to the st. Louis Col
ege choir. The solo by Master
clyde Baldwin and the duet by Mas
ter Martin Zeigler and Mr., Welsh
were especially well-rendered num-
hers. Mr.. Welsh has very pleasing
voice and the boys are particularly
well favored and showed careful
study and good training.
The violin solo by Master Walter
Cough puts this young man in the
list of coming musicians of the town.
He was heartily encored and it was
his due
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20

| is as follows:
THE RIVAL QUEENS.
(Words by Camillae Lies) Music
by Chas. II. McCurrieJ
Act Fairies Bower.
Prince Leon becoming separated
from his companions while hunting,
falls asleep in the Fairies Bower He
is discovered by Nightshade (once an
attendant of Queen Rose, but being
banished for bad conduct, becomes
Queen Of the Goblins). Nightshade
falls in love with the Prince, and
weaves a magic spell to place him in
her power, but TeIfa, page to Queen
Rose, enters, and destroys the charm.
| ightshade strikes him with her wand
and leaves him insensible Leon,
and revives him Telfa conceais the
Prince where he may view the fairies
lat their revels Entrance of Queen
Rose and Fairies.
Act II-Goblin's Hall
Queen Nightshade on throne. Cob
Inns enter. Queen Rose is captured.
Nightshade departs. Telfa, Roses
page, appears, pretending friendship.
A merry reyel follows. Telfa drugs
the wine and COLLINS fall asleep. Esch-
scholtzia appearing, dances a mystic
dance lulling the COLLINS into deeper
slumber.
Queen Rose and Tefa escape.
Act libraries Bower.
Prince Wanders through forest.
Nightshade enters and endeavors to
persuade him to forget Queen Rose,
Leon vows constancy to Fairy Queen,
renders him helpless with
a touch Of her magic wand. TelGa
again breaks the charm. Huntsmau
enter, singing Rose enters disguised
as gypsy Tells Icons fortune.
once more pleads with
Leon. GYPSY throws off disguise, ap"
pearing as Rose, and accepts Prince
Leon.
FinaIe-"Thou Hast Returned Be
loved Queen"
CAST.
Rose, Queen OF Fairies. .Bina Neiper
Queen of COLLINS ....
................... Mary Daa
Leon, a Mortal Prince. Harold Mott
Telfa, an Elf, Page to Rose ...
................. Joseph Nicholas
Maids of Honor to Rose ..........
... Psyche Berry, Violet Lucas
Butterfly Pages TO Rose Albert
Bush, Leo Madeira, William Mob
lit, Henry Bent.
cupid .,.......,.. Florence White
-oidh '.'..'.'.' ............ ...........
Charles DOWson and Alex. Young
Pages to Nightshade ............
..,. Luther Iough Shirley Bush
tumble, leader of COLLINS.
................... Thelma Murphy
Musical Drector-Mrs, j. w. Yarnd-
ley.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI RECEPTION

The reception Of the High School
Alumni held last evening at the school
house was a charming affair both from
a social and educational standpoint
There were some three hundred pres
ent.
Professor Scott opened the exercises
with a short but most interesting talk
on subjects Of an appropriate nature
to the occasion, dwelling on the educa-
tiOnal standpoints and systems as used
in foreign countries. Professor Scott
was followed by Secretary Atkinson,
who read some remarks on the power
of education and its advantages to its
possessor in the future. He also gave
a few statistics regarding the different
natiOnalities tnat were receiving the
advantages of the public school sys-
TEN in these islands.
| A quartet composed of boys from
the class, sang, and Mrs Mackall ell
tertained with solo, Miss Clark ac-
cOmpanying on the piano.
superintendent Rabbit gave quite
interesting talk on the proposed new
school building, going into details OF
the arrangements of the different
rooms. To the Alumni he extended tho
honor of laying the corner stone for
the new building The plans Of tho
new school was chen tackled un un Ga,
wall and lhorouehly inspected Boy AN
OF the pupils All attending We're then
invited hy Professor Scott 10 parIako
of refreshments Jhat had been prudl.
rd.
The uUW We're WO beautifully
decorated iu .hr OCCASION Palm and
Ieu mtm. "a Wrta.. ulWa u. ih.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
KAULUWELA CHILDREN
GIVE ELABORATE
CLOSING AYPROGRAM

Following is the program of the
closing exercises Of the Kauluweia
school, Miss Green, principals;
Welcome ............Kiki
SOng-Flowers ..... Rooms and 6
Welcome ..........:..
........ Alice KanOa and Joe Kappa
Eong-The Carpenter ....... Room .
Dialogue-'rhe Doctor ...........
........... Rosie Perry and Peter
Pong-Spring Binds ...,.... Room
Recitation-'The Metals ..... Bung
Tim, All Shin, Sal HI, and All Chau
Dialogue-lac and Jill Julia and Sam
Recitation-Going to Market .....
RECOMMENDATIONS. Chung Ngo
SOng-The Fisher Boy .............
.................... Rooms and =
Recitation--1'he Elf Joseph YOUNG
Recitation Guard Thy Tongue -.
............,......J John Perkins,
Willie Place and George Needham
6ongs-Smcling Song .............
..............., Receiving Room
Baby Song.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
CLOSING EXERCISES
Of LOCAL SCHOOLS

Closing exercises of various schools
throughout the city will be as fol-
lows.
Grammar grades of the High
School will hold exercises at the
school building on Friday at 10 am.
Final exercises Of the High School
will be held at X. of p. hall at s in
the evening Of the same day. At 8
this evening the central grammar
school will perform The Rival
Queens, before invited guests, at
the High School.
Kauluwela School will hold exer-
cises in the Boys Field grand stand
on Friday at 1890 a. m.
Closing exercises Of the Royal
school will he held this evening.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
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short sketch entitled "The Call Of
the Flowers" To the music Of
Martha the flowers were called to
a conclave at which the queen Of
them all was to be chosen. Riders
went about the grounds calling on
the flowers to respond, which they
did in groups, each group represent
ing a different variety and singing
the praise of the different flowers
that they represented. The flowers
were the poinciana golden shower,
lthua, lima, plumaria, ginger and
hibiscus, as well as the MALE, fern
and sugar cane.
At the close the judges pronounce
ed the lima as the chosen flower, tho
heralds led Matilda Lemon to tho
throne and there the girls crowned
her with flowers
The graduating exercises will be
held this evening.