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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-23
Certificate of Partnership.

1t is herpby certified that partnership
has been formed under the title of Long
* Long, the members of said partnership
being Marshall b. Long and Charles III
Long; their places of residence being al
follows;
Charles III. Long residing i'm the City OF
Webster, Day county, South Dakota, and
Marshall b, Long residing i'm the Town
ship of Highland, in said county and
state.
That the principle place of business OF
said partnership is the City of Webster,
Day county, South Dakota.
Witness our hands this 21st day OF
November, 1907.
Marshall b. Long.
Charles II. Long.
State of South Dakota,
County of Day,
On this 2}rd day of November, 1907,
before me, John w. Arthur, a notary
public in a for said county aud state, per
sonally came Marshall Il. Long and
Charles III. Long, to me personally known
to be the persons described in and whose
names are signed to the foregoing certifi-
cate and severally acknowledged the
same to be their voluntary act and deed.
Witness my hand and notarial seal this
Bird day of November, 1907.
John w. Arthur,
(seaD Notary Public, Day County S. d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-20

that he was university student, rep
resentating committee which was
authorized to buy a diamond for gift
to Chancellor Strong. After looking at
expensive diamonds, he went away to
report" to the rest of the committee.
Later he came in and announced that
it had been decided to buy. At one
store he bought diamond ring, and
gave his check for it. At the other he
bought a diamond stud, and gave an
other check This was late in the
afternoon. and Majors figured he could
leave town before the worthlessness of
the checks was discovered. However,
one of the jewelers. became suspicious,
and telephoEed to the home of the
cashier of Watkins bank to find out
about the check. 1t was pronounced
worthless, and an officer was at once
sent to the train to catch Majors. The
officer found his man, but Majors sin-s
dignantly denied that he was the one
wanted; he said that was a travelling
man. and put up such a good talk that
instead of taking him up town. the Of
ficer decided to telephone to the jew
eler to come and identify him. When
the train came in, the officer found
that the man had slipped away and
had boarded the train in the yards.
A few weeks later. Majors foolishly
returned to Lawrence to get some
clothes from his brother. He telephoned
to his brother from a grocery store at
the edge of town. 1t happened that n
foxy grocery store clerk who read the
newspapers overheard the converse
ton, and decided that the man was
the one who was wanted by the police.
The policeman from whom Majors had
escaped lived only a block away, and
the clerk slipped out the back door of
the store, ran to the officers house.
and got him out of bed. The officer at
once went to the store. where Majors
II
rested him.
In order to save his Lawrence broth
err from any suspicion of completely in
the affair. Majors told the officers
where he had pawned the diamonds In
ST. Louis. and the stones were recov-
cred.
Majors was sentenced to serve a
sentence of from one to five years on
each offense. He has served a total of
nearly six years. He is said to an ex-
ceptionally bright young man. and his
Lawrence exploit goes good ways to
prove it.
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GET SMALL REDUCTIONS.
Labette and Burbon Counties Favored
by Tax Commission.

BY order of the state tax commits
sion, issued today, Labette and Bour-
bon counties each get a small reduc-
ton in the assessed value of their
property. as equalized by the commits
sion.
The Labette valuation is reduced
from 33 millions to 80 millions, while
in Bourbon county, instead of increas-
ing the real estate values 40 per cent,
they will be increased rs per cent, or
decrease of Is per cent.
The Labette county case is one of
the most stubbornly contested which
the board has ever been called upon
to consider. The valuation first re-
turned by the assessors of the county
was $27,000,0OO. The board increas-
ed this to s33.000,O0O because they
found that the county was apparently
assessed on a lower basis than ad-
joining counties. This caused a big
kick, and the board fixed August l.
as the date for a rehearing. This re-
hearing presumably gave all parties
a chance to be heard, and about 80
Labette county pGple were here. Act
ing upon the information secured at
that hearing. certain changes were
made in the first equalization, which
tended to benefit the small towns and
rural districts at the expense of the
city of Parsons. When Parsons heard
of the change, it filed a vigorous pro-
test, and the committee went to La
bette county to investigate. While on
the trip. the commission visited Bour-
bon county, and took evidence in the
Bourbon county protest.
In the course of long opinion in
the Labette county case, the tax COM
mission holds that the county equal
ization was not properly handled, and
it uses the assessors returns instead
of the equalization of the county
board. 1t is held that property in
Parsons was assessed at 90 per cent
of its actual value, and makes an in
crease of 10 per cent in that city.
Farm land increases are from 10 to
30 per cent and town increases from
10 to 35 per cent
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CITY LEVY 6.3 MILLS.
Recommendation of the Ways and
Means Committee.

The six and three-tenths mills
schedule for the tax levy as given in
the State Journal Tuesday evening
was recommended by the ways and
means committee to the council for
adoption. The council will without
question follow the recommendation
of the committee. c. w. Horn. chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee wanted at first to make the levy
GA in order to take care of bonds
which will soon fall due. However. he
accepted the wishes of the majority
of the committee and deferred to their
recommendation.
The city has the following bond
July 10. 1910. $4,000. per cent
interest.
August 10. 1912, 100000 per cent
interest
September 1. 1915. $500, per
cent interest. tt
January is. 1919, $4,000 az per
August l.. 1926, 100000, AZ per
This represents a total of $3.50. 500.
and if a sinking fund of $4,000 is
raised, it will total $1S0,000 in the
eighteen years that the last issue given
falls due.
The members of the board of educa-
ton have not yet expressed a desire
to call a special session to consider
the matter of a tax levy. G. G.. Nicho1-
son, vice president of the Board OF
education, will call a special meeting
of that body to consider the question
of reducing the tax levy If they desire
to have such a meetino called.
ct don't want the impression to get
out that I refuse to call such a meet
ing said Mr.. Nicholson. eff the
members desire such "a meeting it will
be held, but 1 have not been asked
by them yet to hold such a meeting.
/ don't care to have either the board
or the people think that I would pre-
sumo to so much authority as to re-
fuse to call a special session of the
board II 1t Is the desire of the board
to have a special session."
T. F. Carver. president of the board,
is at present out of the city.
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SOLDIERS FIGHT FIRE.
Confiagration Is Raging in Vicinity OF
Yosemite Park.

Mercedes. Cal. Aug. 20.-A destruc-
tive forest fire is raging In the noun
tains around the Hetch- Hetchy valley.
in Tuolomme county, north of
Yosemite national park and around
Lake Eleanor. The fire which started
two or three days ago, has grown to
such serious proportions that Major
Benson. in command of the United
States troops stationed in Yosemite
park has gone to the scene with two
troops of cavalry. The soldiers are
now fighting the flames. A large
area has been burned over and the
damage has already amounted to
thousands of dollars.
A party of San Francisco super
visors en- route to the Hetch- Hetchy
valley to inspect the source of the
proposed water supply for that city.
left Yosemite today but may be un-
able to get into the Hetch-Hetchy val
ley owing to the fire.
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Big Busines5 in Marriages.

Hears were trumps at an early hour
this morning Six hearts that geat as
three were united in suites of two by
Probate Judge Pro Tenn Senator George
Hayden this morning. within a period Of
30 minutes-9 10 $3.50. Those who procured
the necessary relief from single cussed-
ness were: E D. Fauerbach of Maple
Hill. aged So. and -Mable NJ. Kesler, of
Rossville. age %; James B. Barrett,
Levain. of Peoria, ILL.,, age IS; Albert E.
Miller, of Aida. Kansas, age Is. and
Marie Eagler, of Chapman. Kansas. age
designated by semicolon. Besides these.
came Jasper II. Mccall. 6S years young"
and Bertha j. KeKrsey. age IS. They got
the necessary permit. but wanted the
knot tied by a minister. Both these VIC
tins are residents of Topeka.
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as harmless as house flies and the
equal in honey production of the best
of the Italian variety. This novel and
new exhibition will be given daily at
the state fair.
) The committee. of seven from the Com
mercial club. in charge of the state fair
fund. met today at the club rooms and
decided not to attempt to erect building
this year for the pure food exhibit. The
time is too short. The idea of the COM
mittee was that no needless expense be
incurred at this time for cheap buildings
on the fair grounds The plan is to have
at least four buildings ready for next
year that will compare with the best on
any state fair grounds in the country. A
$25, coo county building; $4,000 state
building, and a couple of $1,000 buildings,
one for administration and the other for
the pure food exhibits. This is the out
line for next year, and with it in view
the committee today did not see the wis
dom of an expenditure of 5000 for one
cheap and small building in the center of
an 50 acre tract of fair grounds.
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BRYAN IN TOPEKA.
Will Speak In Front of Fair Grounds
Grand Stand.

From the race judges stand at the
fair grounds William Jennings Bryan,
Democratic candidate for president,
will. tell 10000 people seated in the
grand stand of the Bank Guaranty
Law on the 9th of August. Incl
dentally he will attempt to harvest a
crop of votes for himself for the presi-
dency.
Plans first called for the use of the
city park but the fair grounds are
found to offer better inducements for
the handling Of large crowds and they
nave been switched as a consequence.
The Bryan meeting will be held at
O'Clock in the evening
nave been out there and tried it
and have found out that you can
near from every part of the grand
stand everything that is said from the
speakers stand" said w. II. Kemper.
Who is on the committee making the
arrangements.
The speech that Bryan will make
mere is one Of three great ones that he
will make. We had a great struggle
to get him here, Concordia wanted him
ana oHered to put up $1,000 cash for
the campaign fund in the state, and
l tell you we had to hustle to beat
biles will greet Bryan as he steps from
the train and he will be escorted to the
Throop hotel. In the evening Mar
shaIls band will add to the gaiety OF
the occasion by giving a number of
selections prior to Bryan's arrival
This will serve to pacify the crowd
and keep them entertained until the
democratic nominee launches out
upon his speech
Bryan will be the only speaker. the
standing a galaxy of oratorical lights
or the party in Kansas who will sur
round and include among others John
Atwood. Jerry Botkin, candidate for
governor, will introduce the speaker
II anything can be added to make
Bryan the best advertised public man
In the United States it will be accom-
plished here. Electric lights, banners
and half-tone pictures will crowd the
eye at every eurn. A large electric
at Eighth street advertisin~ to the
world the candidacy of Bryan and
Kern, the contract for which remains
into effect until after the election this
fall
Commencing with Friday evening.
Bryan. August 81" will be emblazori-
ed on it until the evening of the 2Sth,
when it will be changed to read "Shall
the People Rule. Bryan and Kern, %
Mnlch VIII remain up until election
day. Pictures of the presidential
nominee and the vice presidential
nominee will also be put up. One
thousand half-tones of Bryan will be
distributed among the merchants of
Topeka in return for decorations that
they. may put up on Bryan day,
August 27.
I'VE are going to try to get all of
the merchants to decorate with bunt-
ing and will let them keep the half
tones If they will agree to do this for
u.s." said Mr.. Kemper.
The party council of the Democratic
party will be held on the roof garden
of the National on the eth and this
of course will bring many of the party
here and the number will be added to
by those who wish to welcome Bryan
to Topeka
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KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
Huston Chiddix. Santa Fee Switchman.
Loses Life.

Huston Chiddix. 81 years of age. was
run over and killed in the Santa Fe
switch engine. Chiddix was a SWITCH
man in the employ OF the Santa Fe,
and was at work when killed. Both
his legs were cut off near the hips and
Chiddix died of shock in a short time
The exact details of the accident will
not be known until the evidence IL
heard at the inquest this afternoon.
but 1t is said that Chiddix missed his
footing on the footboard of the switch
engine. and fell under the wheels. The
inquest is being held at Penwelrs, Fred
G. Slater, Justice of the peace, conduct
ing the hearing. Coroner H. H. Keith
is out of the city. and there is no law
providing for a deputy coroner" In
the absence of the coroner. the duty of
holding inquest devolves upon justice
of the peace in the township.
Chiddix was married man. and
lived at 1415 North Jefferson street. He
has been in the employ of the Santa Fe
for several years.
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ECHO OF THE PRIMARY.
Negro Who Says He Was Promised So
and Didn't Get 1t.

July 81, 190s--Robt. Jones. negro
arrested by Ross, Summers and Hop
kins, charged with shooting dice;
pleaded guilty and fined $40; worked
four days and released on security of
c. d. Moss for balance of Sc of fine, to
be paid by Aug. IT,"
2 The above note was taken from the
police records. and while there Is no
visible connection between the incar-
ceration of this negro crap shooter
and the election of w. r. Stubs to
the. Republican candidacy. for the of
flee OF governor of the great state OF
Kansas. yet the connection is there,
just the scame.
This man Robt. Jones was arrested
again yesterday on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly and fined $40 in
police court. Before sending the pris-
oner back to the bull pen Judge Urmy
looked up the records against him and
found that he still owed the city So
on a $40 fine assessed last month for
gambling. The Judge asked the ne
gro about this fine and Jones said: at
was like this, judge: Clarence Moss
stood good for that IS and afterwards
when / went to him and asked him
how much owed him on that fine, he
said / didn't owe him nothin' at all.
and for me to work for Moss, Stone
in my ward and that would make ev-
erything all right. I done II, and so
] don't owe no money on no fine
As the balance of the fine had new
er been paid. Judge Urmy could not
see IL that way. and instructed the
until he had worked out the balance
of his old fine of Sc and his new fine
of $40.
Stubs is the author of the primary
law and 1t is the most stringent cleo
ton measure ever made a law since
400 years b. c. Yet here is a plain
case of a negro crap shooter and
drunkard receiving Sc. or its equiva-
lent, for working on election day for
Stubs for governor. There must
have been a machine on both sides of
tthis battle against the machine. and
the reform machine was pretty well
oiled. thank you. The primary law
provides a heavy penalty for any effort
to secure votes by coercion. bribery,
use of carriages. workers. or even tele-
pathy or signs or thoughts.
And now after Bob Jones had de-
livered the goods to Mr.. Stubs.
through the latter's henchmen or
supporters he must languish in Jail
until that Sc for which he worked.
and doubtless earned, Is paid in full
Bob doubtless feels like the Georgia
negro of Frank l.. Stanton's, who
sung:
'I.echsunt day. wild hip-hooray
Do yo' bes' endeavor;
Wen at las he go his way,
Po' man po as ever.
Oh. my chillun,
Take de votin' track:
FLYNN yo' hat up in de ar.
En- you'n never git it back.
De canderdate he say. oh, Ho,'
I'll make de roun worl' flat;
De rich say howdy ter de po',
En- lif' his beaver hat
oh, my chiiiun.
Don't miss yo' dinner
Take good note. an don't you vote
Fer de 'publikin en- sinner
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SENATOR YOUNG D0DGES
Talks About Everything But His
Craftsmanship Aspirations.

l. D. Young of Mitchell county. who
has been announced as a candidate for
chairman of the state central commit
tee. is in town today. He arrived las.
night, and w. r. Stubs arrived
about the same time. Senator
Young says that he didn't see Stubbs,
and Stubs left town early this morn
ing.
Are you still in the race for chair,
man of the Republican state central
committee?" was asked of Senator
Young.
Corn is looking fine up in Mitchell
county," replied Senator Young.
The Mitchell county central COM
mittee endorsed you for that office
didn't it?''
'Oh. yes. they endorsed me-"
We'll. are you going to stay in the
fight?'
Say. you just ought to come up and
see the corn in the Solomon valley
Did you have a talk with Stupps
since you came in?
II didn't know he was in town." re-
piled Mr.. Young.
well. when will you be ready to
make a statement about this chair
manship business"
L really believe that we have got the
finest corn up in our section of the
state that you ever saw; why, in some
fields it is going 100 bushels to the
acre.
Did you come down here to see
Stubbs?" was asked.
Don't you see what am doing?'
and Senator Young pointed suggestive
ly to a pile of law books which lay be-
fore him. I'm studying law. That's
what L came down here for"
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1t Will Be Big Feature Of
Fair Week.
Reproduction Of Battleship Kan
sas to Be Used.
DRAFT GOOD SINGERS
"Pinafore" and Esther Will
Both Be Beautifully Staged.
New Exhibits for the State
Wide Fair Pledged.

The Topeka Oratorio society will
give Pinafore two nights during fair
week and will reproduce Queen Esther
on Friday night. Both productions
will be deliberately staged and cos
TUNED.
For Pinafore the battleship Kan
sas" will be reproduced on the big
auditorium stage. Mr.. Gillespie is un-
der contract to build the big fighting
machine and the public can look for
a faithful representation of the big
ship commanded by Captain Vreeland
of Burlingame and dedicated with
water carried all the way from Kan
sas to Philadelphia by General
Hughes, commander in chief of the
Kansas army. The kansas" will be
rechristened on Wednesday evening.
September 9th with music that Will
be musical and appreciated by peo-
pie who enjoy the popular airs of
Pinafore.
The soloists are among the best in
the city and the chorus under the di-
rection of Mr.. NJ. S. Holman will be
fully up to the standard set by the
Oratorio society. New costumes have
cago and all the principals. who made
such a favorable impression in the
former production of this popular
cantata will reappear.
During the three nights all classes
of people who enjoy music can be ac-
commodated. Popular prices will pre-
vail for the season and 25 cents will
secure reserved seat at StanSfield's.
The Oratorio society is seconding the
efforts of the fair management to
provide a high class of entertainment
during fair week. The proceeds of all
the performances will go towards re-
imbursing the twenty patriotic men
and women Of Topeka who paid off
the debt on the big pipe organ.
The pumpkin show is going to be an
interesting feature of the state fair.
1t will be an old timer. Think of
thousand big, yellow pumpkins on dis
play, the smallest as large as Cinder-
elias coach. There are special prizes
for the winners.
How doth the busy little bee? DR..
E. F. Phillips, of the chronological
bureau at Washington. is authority
for the statement that in this country
last year 300 billion bees made enough
honey to fill train of cars long enough
to reach $50 miles. This production of
the bees. at the wholesale rate of ten
cents Der. pound was worth % pllilon
dollars, and DR.. Phillips. estimates that
if the bee owners had brought to the
bees the care and assistance in their
work which they easily could have done
that this production could have been
trebled The same money In other
crops would represent toll and laDor
incompatible with the work and ex-
pense men are to who keep bees. 1t is
to bring the attention of Kansas to
such salient points of bee culture as
the above that the state fair manage
ment have engaged the eminent pee
master. Frank Odell of Lincoln. Neb.,
to bring his great bee show to the fair
ana Illustrate his lecture on bees by
PRACTICAL demonstration Mr. Odell VIII
demonstrate by actual hanonns tiiae
longer TO be dreaded, as there are bees
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COOLEY GETS A NEW PITCHER.
He Is Harry Baird of the Central
Kansas League.

- DICK cooley has pitcher on
the bench today. He is Harry Baird,
who comes to Topeka from the Salina
team of the Central, Kansas league.
Baird was seen in action by Cooley
few weeks ago and, looks promising.
Cooley will give him a good tryout,
and should the pennant be assured
soon the youngster may be given a
chance during one of the champion
ship games.
Nagel. the crack Bartlesville short
stop, who was recently purchased by
Cooley, is due today or tomorrow.
Cooley is figuring with the manage
ment of the state fair on a proposition
to transfer the games to the fair
grounds during the week of the state
fair. Springfield, Joplin and webb
City will be here during the week.
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JESSE MAJORS Is FREE.
Governor Hoch Paroles Young Man
Who Defrauded jewelers..

Jesse Majors. a young man who
swindled two Lawrence jewelers. out of
$500 worth of diamonds, was today
given parole by Governor Hoch from
the state prison where he has been
since 1903. The papers were secured
by z. F. Caldwell, Lawrence at
torney, who took them to Lansing this
afternoon.
Majors worked a smooth game to
get the diamonds. He came to Law
renee to visit his brother, but life was
too slow for him, and he needed
money. So he went to the Watkins
bank, and deposited for collection a
draft-which it turned out was worth
less. But by making the deposit he
checks. -
Then he went to Marks jewelry store
and Rowe's jewelry store, and said
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SHE SAW A LIGHT.
Woman Thought Her House Afre But
1t Was Burglars.

St. Louis, Aug 20.-Seeing light on
the second floor when she returned to
her fashionable home on South Kings
Highway boulevard, late last night. and
believing that the place had caught
afire. Mrs. Sophia Dunlop. 45 years old.
hurried to the upper story to find her.
self confronted by two burglars. They
knocked her down, stabbed her in the
right temple and. escaped. Her injury
is said to be serious.
Ma Dun.nn. who u the widow Of .
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former superintendent of the Termi-
nails Railway association, lay uncon-
scious for some moments. When she
revived she went to the telephone, CALI
ed up the police and then tainted.
Considerable valuable jewelry and
silver plate were in the house. but were
not touched by the burglars Appar-
emily they had been surprised before
they had had a chance to ransack the
house.