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The Dolores star., 1907-03-08
ICE ouARRIeo III THE ALPS.
Swiss communes Make Money Ship.
ping Glaciers.

Washing ngton.-Ice Quarrying is a
new industry that has sprung up in
Switzerland, according to a report re-
ceived here by the consular bureau.
While blasting Alpine glaciers threat
ems to destroy some of the magni-
ficence of the scenery, Swiss COM
munes are making money granting
concessions for quarrying these great
masses of ice for distribution in large
cities of the continent.
According to the information re-
ceived here, large sums have been ex-
pended constructing ice slides. or W
shaped troughs. in which blocks of ice.
often of large size. blasted out of the
glacier are transported to the vicini-
ty OF the stations for conveyance, in
carefully refrigerated cars to Lyon,
and other large cities remote from
the Alps
The method of blasting with black
powder SO as to avoid the dis
coloration and soiling of the ice.
and engineering ability displayed
in erecting slides and in pro-
'Ne@Ho liiCdoh vi
curves to avoid excessive speed in
the downward journey of the ice
blocks. are spoken of as examples of
considerable ingenuity and skill.
Glacier ice, which is perfectly pure
and transparent. and which has many
qualities greatly appreciated by con-
'sumers, commands a higher value
than that of the usual kind obtained
from the surface of frozen ponds or
lakes.
A singular feature in connection
with the preparation of the ice for the
market is that it has been found nee
essary to store 1t several days in spe-
cial warehouses. formed of a double
thickness of boarding with stratum
OF sawdust interposed, in order to re-
move coating of frosted or nom
transparent ice which tends to form
on the surface OF each block as 1t
leaves the glacier.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO. %,

STATE OF kggs: osIo; COW oou,9 OF TOLEDO IS.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senior
partner Of the nrm Of F. J. CHRHkY Co., doing
business in the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said nrm Will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
of CArARRH that cannot be cured BY the use Of
HALLS CATAIRH CUnE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before and subscribed In my presence.
this sth day Of December, A. D., 1885.
.1.ls sorA.1 rg.1,o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally and acts
directly the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F.J.CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all DrugKists. 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08
South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.

South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.
Mr.. s. N. Pickens is now shipping
IL game cocks to Mexico, for which he
receives eight dollars each, says the
Anderson Intelligencer. He has also
an order for 100 at five dollars each,
and SO at eight dollars each, aggregat-
ing 1896. Mr.. Pickens has large
number Of fine chickens at different
walks in the county, and is getting to-
gether the so for the 1896 order.
The breeds raised by Mr.. Pickens
are the CHM grays and the Warhorse.
They are excellent pit cocks and Sc
lected and bred to stand steel
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Garfield Tea, an absolutely pure and cf-
fective laxative! Made of Herbs. Take it
to purify the blood, to overcome constipa.
tion and to eradicate rheumatism and
chronic diseases.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
for eniidren teethtng, softens the gums, reduces h
nAmmaaon. allsys pain, wtnd colic DC bottl0
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

ftTNAM FADELESS DYES produce
tne brightest and fastest colors with less
work and no mus.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Minds Of too many men are fllled
with useless knowledge.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Many mans idea OF hospitality IL
to bring other men home and have his
wife cook for them.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

II you have knowledge. let others
hght their candies at 1T. Fuller.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

riLEa CURED IN To IL DAYa.
PAzo OINTMENT Is guaranteed TO cvrr an r~..
of Urn ng. Blind. Bee ny OF Prntr.ainr fl.. m
etV IA Gays or mouey refunded sOc.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Wages In Germany Advanced.
Wages in the machine factories Of
Germany advanced last year 10 to Is
per cent.
The Dolores star., 1907-03-08

Soft people occasionally use hard
words.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11

degradation processes, but seems to
imply the survival of the fittest Mod
ern alchemists still have their limita :
tons, formidable as may be the re-
sources of potential energy with
which radium arms them.
1t is an open question, however.
whether a cheap and economicaI
; method for the production of gold
would be a blessing to mankind. L
remember standing near a window of
the Langham hotel ten years ago and.
asking Mr. Carnegie whether IL was
true that he had retired from business
and would never make any more
money. After asserting emphatically
to both propositions. he pointed to
a group of road members outside the
window and said What would / do,
If one of those men should come to
me and tell me that he had found out
how to convert those stones into gold.
and that he would share the secret
with me?" / confessed my inability
to forecast his course of action orr
state of mind Mr.. Carnegie made a
forcible gesture in the direction of the
road members: 81 would be strongly
tempted to shoot the mani he ex-
claimed with intensity of feeling. His
excitement was perhaps natural when
he had formed a deliberate intention
of getting rid of an immense fortune
and was momentarily confronted with
the possibility of making another and
larger one through the discovery OF
the philosophers stone. The econo-
mic production of gold on a large
scale from atmospheric gases might
prove as serious an embarrassment to
the human race as the shuddering
millionaire regarded ii from the hotel
window. 1t is not likely, however. to
be added to the white mans burdens
this month in consequence of Sir Will
liam Ramsay's radium experiments,
London Correspondence of the New
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11

charfne sorghums, and when enthusi-
asm for the industry was highest, in
1889 and 1890, the areas were largest,
aggregating 6S.391 and 56,393 acres, re-
spectively. In no year since has the
area been SO large as for either 1889 or
$780, and the annual areas have declin-
ed until in 1907 the assessors returned
the smallest area in sorghum for syrup
(S,046 acres) reported to the state board
of agriculture for the past quarter of
a century. Throughout this time, how
ever, the product of considerable areas
was used for syrup making, and the
crop of S,046 acres returned in 1907 un-
der the heading sorghum for syrup or
sugar will probably all be used for
making molasses, a commodity for
which there is more or less demand. No
sorghum sugar has been made in Kan
sas for more than a decade past.
LAS a forage sorghum has been grown
in all portions of the state since its
early settlement. Nonsaccharine varie-
ture that have a wider adaptation and
are more highly esteemed by some be-
cause of their yields of grain as we'll
as of forage. Kafffr corn is chief of
these, and perhaps the most popular of
the sorghums grown. The territory re-
garded as best adapted for the raising
or sorghum for sugar was the southern
tier OF counties as far west as and in
Guiding Barber county. Sweet sorghums
are also grown extensively for forage,
many preferring them to the nonsac-
chariIe varieties, and as stock feed
they are highly priced The area of
sorghums for forage and grain return
ed as planted in 1907 was 910,923 acres"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
TO USE THEIR OWN WATER.
Santa Fe to Conduct Experiment Sta
ton Near Newton.

newton, Kan, Oct. 1.-THE Santa
re railway company is to sink a num-
per OF test wells with view to estab-
IlShlng its own system of water works
for it's Newton plant.
Ihe company through its civil en-
gineering department, has bought a
flve acre tract of land at the south
west corner of T. p. Murphy's farm
near Mission and will there sink the
test wells The land is Just across
Emma creek to the east of the city
pumping plant. The wells, if sunk
viii tap the same under-f1ow that
Yields Newton's fine water supply. 1t
has been fully demonstrated, however,
that this supply is inexhaustible and
no fears need be entertained that
either plant will suffer a shortage of
water. 1t is understood that the five
acres bought by the company for the
test well purposes brought $500.
The company also bought of Mr.. Muir
ply strip of land adjoining the right
of way on the north, this strip COM
prising three acres or more and bring
ing S125 an acre. This additional
land is for double track purposes.
The sinking of the test wells will be
commenced in a very short time.
There is little doubt they will prove
that a plenteous source of water is
to be found there. That being the
case, it is more than likely the Santa
F'e will put in large pumping plant
and pump water to Newton for use in
its various departments here.
The Santa Fe uses an immense
amount of water at Newton. More
than half the water pumped by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
HE IS A PROMOTER.
Head of the Failed Valdez Bank Says
1t VIII Pay Out.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. I'LL. D. Rcy-
nolds head of the Reynolds Bank of
Valdez, Alaska. which yesterday
closed its doors for lack of funds, de-
clares that the assets are ample to
meet the obligations. He estimates
the liabilities at $4,000 and the as
sets, consisting principally of Valdez
real estate at $4,000.
Reynolds is widely known as the
promoter of various enterprises in
Alaska. One of his concerns Is the
Alaska Home Railway company,
which is building a line from Valdez
to Summit, a distance of 81 miles.
Stock in the company has been sold all
over the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
FAIRCHILD TO START CAMPAIGN
Rural School Consolidation Is His
Object.

A campaign for rural school con-
solidation is to be started next Monday
by State Superintendent E. T. Fairchild
and will continue for the next two
weeks. Mr.. Fairchild will put in that
time travelling about from one farmers
institute to another, telling the farmers
the advantage of consolidating the
rural schools and making one strong
graded school in place of four or five
weak country schools.
Besides attending all the farmers in
stitutes in the northern circuit, MI
Fairchild will speak in the evenings at
a number of towns between stations -
The following are the towns at which
he Is to make his address:
Norton, Almena, Phillipsburg, Smith
Center, Kensington, Lebanon, Mankato,
Belleville, CORTLAND, Esbon, James
town, Greenleaf, Waterville, McLouth,
Clyde, Washington, Blue Rapids,
Westmoreland, Oskaloosa, Tonoanoxie,
Lawrence.
c. c. Starr, assistant state superin-
tendent will also spend several weeks
on the southeastern and north centrai
Kansas circuits. speaking on the con-
solidation proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
HOW SHE CHOSE REDWOOD.
Miss Minnie McGrew Took 1t From
knights 6 Ladies' of Security Lodge

Miss Minnie McGrew of 1131 North
Harrison, who divides the honor with
Miss Mary MacLennan of 1919 To-
peka avenue, as we'll as the ten dol
lar prize offered for the name select
ed for the Keith tract by the owner,
Mr.. E. S. Quinton, claimed her prize
this afternoon. She is demure little
lady, who is employed in the offices
of the Knights and Ladies of Security,
and is well pleased with her good for
tune.
How did you happen to select the
name 'Kenwood,' was asked. DID
you know that Mrs. Quintons name
was formerly KendalI?"
mo was the reply, eve girls in
the office saw the announcement of
the $40 prize in the State Journal.
and several OF us decided that we
would make a guess. Among the lists
of consuls of the Knights and Ladies
of Security there is one in Chicago
known as Kenwood and 1 have az
ways admired the name and for that
reason sent it in. 1 had no idea that
1 would win the prize offered and was
much surprised when friend tele-
phoned me that the name 1 had Sc
lected was the one settled upon by Mr..
Ouinton as the name of the new addi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
PAROLE FROM STATES PRISON.
Governor Hoch Approves Recon-
mendation of State Board.

Paroles from the state penitentiary
were today signed by the governor.
after being approved by the state pa
role board, as follows:
John Manson. Neosho county, grand
larceny, sentence 1 to 5 years, served
L year months.
Addie McCarter. Crawford county,
grand larceny, to 5, served 1 year 5
months.
George Andrews, Shawnee, grand
larceny, 1 to 5 years, served L year .
months.
Arthur Johnson, Leavenworth, rob-
berry third degree, served 1 year 8
months.
Charles johnson. Leavenworth.
grand larceny, L to years, served z
years.
George O. Needham, Leavenworth.
grand larceny, 1 to years, served )
years months.
Carl Hamlen, Reno. assault with
deadly weapon, 1 to 10 years, served
years.
William Hawkins. Graham, grand
larceny, 1 to years, served 1 year 10
months.
George Rice, Osborne. assault with
deadly weapon, L to 10 years, served L
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
TO ENLARGE CHANUTE SHOPS.
Unofficial Rumor Circulated of Big
improvements.

Chanute Kan, Oct. 10.-There is a
rumor on the street that the Santa Fe
Railroad company has decided to make
it's shops here twice as large as was or
Tribune has been unable to receive any
official confirmation of the story. j. l..
Barnes, superintendent of the Southern
Kansas division of the Santa .Fe, when
asked concerning it, said: 81 expect
that Trainmaster Ramsey started that
story. He has been travelling with the
circus for three weeks. you know
Trainmaster Ramsey, who was in the
superintendent office, laughingly dis
claimed responsibility. II wasn't with
the advertising department" he said.
The superintendent said there was
nothing to the story that the shops are
to be made larger than was planned at
first.
There may be something in the story,
after all, though, to indicate that the
company intends making such enlarge
ment, even though it has not, at the
present time, decided definitely to do so.
Harvey Silver, the contractor who has
the job of putting up the shop buildings
and the roundhouse here has heard the
rumor unofficially, but says that the
company has given him no notice of any
change in it's intentions, and that the
buildings which his men are now put
ting up are being constructed after the
plans and specifications Whlch were Or
iginally adopted.
Mr.. Silver was here yesterday and
this morning, leaving this afternoon for
Wichita. He is well pleased with the
progress which has been made here.
The Santa Fe has unloaded two car
loads of piles alongside its main line,
lust east of the Kansas Oil Refining
company's buildings, to be used in the
construction of it's new coal chutes.
The grading gang started in today to
construct a roadbed for temporary
~" which may be used while the track
on the Pittsburg branch is being re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
THEY PAID THE EXPENSES.
Counties Foot Bills of superintendent
Who Came to Topeka.

Word has been received by E. T. Fair
child, state superintendent of education
that the county commissioners OF a
number of counties in the state have
paid the expenses of the county super
intendent for his trip to Topeka to at
tend the recent county superintendent
convention.
Shortly after the convention, Mr.. Fair
child wrote d letter to the county COM
missioners of each county which was
represented at the meeting, stating that
the superintendent of their county had
attended the meeting, which it was be-
iieved would be of great benefit to him
as head of the schools of the county
and suggesting that it would be polite
thing for the county to pay the super
intendent's expenses. That a great
many Of the county boards acted upon
this suggestion there is no doubt.
Mr.. Fairchild sail today: Il want to
get a law enacted at the next session Of
the legislature which will provide that
the county commissioners shall pay the
county superintendent expenses to this
conference. We can then make this con-
ference a regular annual affair"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11

city plant goes to the Santa Fe, the
company using from 100000 to 90
100000 gallons a month. For this
water the company is paying the city
a good-sized check every month and
the pumping plant, if constructed,
would save the company its cost in a
number of years, besides furnishing
an adequate supply. The continued
increase by the Santa Fe of its New
ton interest makes the demands upon
Newton's water system heavier each
month and the construction by the
Santa Fe of its own plant would re-
lieve the situation all around. The
water at Mission is the finest in the
state and the railroad authorities real
ize this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
His SON BILL.

There's that son Bill of mine"
said the old farmer as he chewed at
a toothpick and looked out across the
meadow. i've always considered
Bill about as near fool as they make
'em. One day in May he came home
from town and says to me:
Dad, the wheat crops short by
two hundred million bushels
What OF it?' says I.
'Wheat's going to Jump
:" wall, let 'er jump
'''But you've got two hundred doll
lars in cash. Buy wheat and make
half q thousand
"'BiIl.' says I. when I want to
play the fool and lose my two hun
dred I'll come to you for advice
'"That shet him up. just as 1 meant
ii. He had a hundred of his own. and
next day he went up to town again,
He didn't saw nuthin' for week and
then he suddenly shows me a bank
book with five hundred dollars to his
credit.
"'How'd YOU do it?' says I. with
my ewes bulein' out.
dad" he areplies. when I want
TO answer fooIvouestions I'll give you
the first chancei'
"He'd nut his hundred into wheat
and made half thousand. and ever
since that I've been sorter thinkin'
that he hain't so much of a burned
fool but what he might make a purity
fair lawye-.''-M. Quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
NfARVELS OF SCIENCE.
Recent Discovery in the Transmuta.
ton of Metals.

Sir William Ramsay disclaims the
discovery of the philosophers stone.
Full details of his recent remarkable
experiments with emanations of ra-
dunn are promised for the Chemical
society, but he does not encourage ex-
pectatfon that baser elements can be
transmitted into higher members of
their group or that gold can be artifi-
cially produced from atmospheric
gases. In the process of the decom-
position of radium tremendous ener-
gies are released, and helium or neon
or argon is the product in varying cir
cumstances or conditions of environ
ment; and something comes off the
copper salt in the form of lithium, or
some other degradation element.
These results are sufficiently marvel
Gus to impart more interest to his pa
per for the Chemical society than to
the entire proceedings of the British
association this week. The trend of
these transmutations is from the
higher to the lower, and the direction
must be reversed before chemists in
their laboratories can be prepared to
produce copper. silver or gold. That
is a marvel which can not come from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
Abb HAD A FLAW.
May Result in Arrest of witnesses for
Perjury.

Developments in the case of the
state against John Ewing and Edward
( Green, charged with assaulting E. E.
Garner and afterwards placing him on
tracks with a view of hiding their
crime, will probably result in several
or the witnesses who have attempted
TO prove an alibi being placed under
arrest charged with perjury.
At the trial of the case this after
noon Edward Green, one of the de-
PENDANTS, took the stand in his own
behalf and swore that on the night OF
the nv der he was at the home OF
Daisy Sritton with a party of friends
and his statements were corroborated
by the testimony of the woman and
several other witnesses. Then accord
which was corroborated in the min
utest detail several members of the
party went to the home of Edward
Hart, who was seriously i'll, and stayed
with him until late in the evening.
The story told by the defendant and
corroborated by his witnesses was
good one and well told and in all prob
abilities would have resulted in an ac-
Quitta1 had not Undertaken Frank
ConweIl been placed on the stand. He
testified that Edward Hart. at whose
home the defendant and his witnesses
swore that they spent the evening IN
visit with Mr.. Hart. died on the 18TH
of December or nearly two months
before the crime for which the men
on trial were committed.
The indications are that warrants
wilf@be issued for the arrest of the
witnesses who attempted to prove an
abb for the prisoners and that they
will be tried for perjury. County At
torney Schenck has announced that
this action will be taken without
reference to the verdict in the
case, which will go to the jury this
afternoon providing the facts in the
case prove to be as they seem at this
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
LOCAL MENTION.

G. E. Smith, formerly of Alma,
Kan, who is q registered pharmacist
under the laws of several states. has
purchased the Page drug store, al 22z
Kansas avenue, and will run it as a
drug store. Page, the former owner,
was arrested for selling liquor at that
place, and Smith hopes to change the
reputation of the stand.
A bank account always helps the
standing of its owner. A dollar starts
one with the Prudential Savings bank.
The Amphion quartette will give a
concert this evening a the Railroad Y.
M c. A. The quartette Will leave soon
for a tour.
VIM. Meyers has been granted build
ing permit for a dwelling to cost So, 600
at 1917 Topeka avenue.
The family of G. Helwig, eos Klein
street, were quarantined for diphtheria
today.
The following birth reports were filed
today: Mr.. and Mrs. ALERT Weigel
6O7 North Harrison, girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Wright, 623 West Sixth avenue, girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
PRESENTED WITH WATCH.
Goodland Employees Remember Re-
firing General Foreman.

Goodland, Kan, Oct. 1.-THE en-
ployes of the Rock Island shops here
Tuesday evening just after the whistle
blew, summoned retiring General
Foreman Arthur Conyers to meet the
men who worked under him for the
last two years and a half. AS a token
of esteem in which he was held by
his fellow workers, he was presented
with a handsome and valuable gold
watch, having twenty-three jeweN
and a twenty five-year guarantee.
Machinist w. j. Purvis made the
presentation on the part of the men.
Mr.. Conyers left yesterday for Den
yer, where he will enter the employ
of the Denver & Rio Grande under
F. E. Fox, former master mechanic
of the Rock Island in Goodland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
MARRIED OCTOBER 3.
Montreal Lawyer Tells of the Maloney-
ClarkSOn Wedding.

Montreal, Que, Oct. 11.-Alexander
BONN, Montreal lawyer, confirms the
statements made that Helen Eugene
Maloney and Samuel Garrison were
married in this city on the evening OF
October 3.
He says they spent the day in his
office and were exceedingly anxious to
be married. He promised not to say
anything about the details of the we'd
ding and will keep his promise. They
were supposed to leave for New York
en- route for Europe, but the impress
sion is that they have not sailed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-11
SWANGER RESTRAINED.
Is Not Permitted to Forfeit Charter of
the Milwaukee.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 11.-Judge
Smith McPherson,of Red Oak, Iowa, in
the federal court here today granted
temporary injunction restraining
Secretary of State John E. Swanger
from attempting to forfeit the charter
of the Chicago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul
railway. The case grows out of the
law passed by the last legislature
which forbids railway companies
transferring to the federal courts
damage suits filed against them in the
state courts.