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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
CLIMATE IS IDEAL
GREAT WEALTH ACQUIRED IN
GROWING GRAIN.

Writing from Saskatoon, Saskatche-
wan, Canada, w. H. Ellwanger, who
was formerly a resident Of Green
Mountain, Iowa, says: The climate
in summer is ideal for growing grain.
Long, clear days of sunshine, no bad
against cyclones; l never saw a better
climate in my life. We made more
money during the season of 1906 than
any previous five years in central
Iowa-one of the best districts in the
state" But Mr.. Ellwanger was a resi-
dent of the town, and it might be more
interesting to read what a farmer has
to say about Western Canada. From
hundreds of letters all filed with
words of praise, r%ecounting success in
Western Canada there has been n
selected. 1t is as follows:
Paynton, Sask., Canada,
Dec. 10th, 1907.
To Whom This May Concern:
| moved to this address February g.,
1907, from Montgomery, Iowa, and
took a homestead 35 miles north of
Paynton. 1t was cold when l moved
here but it did not stay cold long; it
broke up the 8th of February, and was
not so cold after that but the spring
was late on account of the heavy snow
fall, but in spite of the late spring l
saw better grain than / ever saw in
the states, raised this year. | helped
a nan finish sowing oats the 4th of
July and they made fair oats. In a
good year oats will go 100 bushels to
the acre and wheat 25 to so; all root
crops do well here. Isaw turnips weigh
7 and s pounds. l raised potatoes this
year that measured liz inches
one way and 1871 the other in cir
conference. This is a fine stock coun-
try; hay in abundance, good water,
plenty of fuel, free and plenty of
building material-the government
gives us timber to saw into lumber
and we can get it sawed for about
$500 per thousand. All small fruit
grows wild here, then there are ducks,
geese, grouse, pheasants, deer, moose,
elk and fish in abundance. ! was over
to Turtle Lake yesterday where there
is lots of fishing being done this win
ter. l saw about a carload of white
fish in one pile. gave rs cents for
Sc pounds of fish. What do you think
of that, Brother Yankee? | think this
Is a fine place both to make money
and to live. There was an old man up
here visiting his brother-in-law. Now
this man owns land close to Des
Moines, Iowa, and is in good circum'
stances, but he took a homestead and
a y he will be contented if he can
only put in the rest of his days in
Canada. He would get up in the morn
and look out Of the door and say:
Well, who wouldn't live in Canada?'
Now / have been in 10 different states
in the United States, and l never saw
the chance that there is here for {
man that has a little muscle and
little brains. Three cheers for Cana
da! (Signed.)
w. A. SPICE"
This is the temperature through
November. | took it myself so
know it is right, in the shade:
Morning at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
quent cause OF Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE removes cause. E Grove on box 25c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS.
OINTMENTi is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protrudlng Piles In
to IA days or money refunded. Doc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

A beauty sleep ISIS likely as nod to
be nit de mout open.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

A good way to keep well is to take Gar
Insures good digestion and good health!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

A mans Judgment enables him to
do some things almost as well as O
oma can do them without any.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

Many a man seems to have the cour.
age of a crawish.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Song of the Boy

OH The joy of being alive,
To be sound OF body and brain.
With pulses that leap to strive,
And muscles that crave the difficult feat.
To battle with wind and rain,
To struggle with snow and sleet,
In the tumbling surf to meet
That strongest foe Of ma. the sea.
To feel her tug at the <eet,
And buffet the face with a heavy hand;
And measure strength with her brainless
strength,
And in spite of her might. TO stand
Or leap or swim at the willis command.
Oh! Life is sweet!
Justin Stern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
NO CURE ALL"

In the Ottawa Republic Tom Morgan
says he is inclined to favor the COM
mission form of government, PROPOSE
ton which the people of that town will
vote upon shortly, but that There is no
cure-alP In government. either munich
pal, state or federal" That puts the
case exactly. 1t is not so much the
form of government from which we de
rive benefits, as II is through the ex-
ercise of civic duty and Judgment by
the people who are behind that govern
ment and who are responsible for it.
Because Of the Capitalization of au-
thority and the independence of any
obligation toward constituencies, be-
tween a mayOr-and-counc form of
government and a commission the lat
ter would perhaps be found the more
desirable. Still it is easily conceivable
that commission under certain circum-
stances might not be so desirable as
councils and mayors.
The ideal city government will be ap-
preached exactly in the measure THAI
the voters accept in the measure that
the voters accept a personal RESPONSE
bility in electing good men to office,
and as they themselves take an active
interest in government. Having elect
ed good men it is the duty of the citi-
zens to stand by them, to refrain from
finding fault where acts which may not
be pleasing to a few indicate a result
for the general good, to be reasonable
in their demands for public improve
ments, to be fair enough to understand
that not everything which a municipal
ity needs can be acquired within a
year.-Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
AYHAWKER JOTS

Lawrence ought to be called smith
VILE. There are ninety-five Smiths
| listed in it's new city directory, not to
mention Smyths.
This is an unusual time for sugar
war Kansas is making lots of candy
for Christmas. However, the re-
| tailers will see to it that the con-
sumers don't faint at low prices
Wichita Beacon.
Society folks in the northwest sec
| ton of Arkansas City are undergoing
the throes of vaccination. Some thirty
of them were at a party not long ago
and one of their number was taken
, sick the next day with Yirulent
attack of smallpox.
Salina can make a good claim to be-
ing one of the real 'nutty' regions in
the state. One mercantile company
there has shipped out six car loads of
/ nuts so far this season and other con-
Germs have enjoyed a large export
, business in this fruit
Wichita is now marvelling over and
calling attention to the fact that there
is now a cement residence in its midst.
This is the first house of the kind
ever built in the Peerless Princess.
and shows among other things that
this town is developing in all ways.
The wagon road trailing from the
city limits of Lawrence to the summit
of Windmill hill, where abides Walter
Roscoe StubbS goVernor-elect, is ac-
cused of being a mighty hard, steep
and rocky one to travel, and the
charge is not of a political nature,
either Some of the walkers. though,
are said to suffer from chilled pedals
when they arrive at the summit. Pos
sibIy the complaints of some of these
pilgrims have something to do with
Stubbs's espousel of the good roads
cause.-Kansas City Journal.
The Emporia Gazette's poultry edi-
tor writes: The Gazettes favorite
How to Make Hens Lay 1t is
obviously an attempt to obtain money
under false pretenses. There is moth
ing that will induce hens to lay when
eggs are worth anything. At other
times the fool critters are so busy
laying that they won't take time to
eat. There are seasons when this de-
partment, which owns a few Angora
hens think that the entire poultry
business should be abolished by law"
An Atchison man, says the Globe,
recently refused a proposal of mar
riage. ''I like you" he said to the
girl. but you have too many friends.
There would be too many at our we'd
ding for you would be afraid not to
invite them all, and your many friends
fools OF US by playing some kind of
crazy Dranks on us when we started
on our wedding tour. You have so
many friends that we would get all
kinds of presents that we don't want,
and would be kept poor in future try
ing to pay back when the donors got
married. You are nice. and 1 like
you, but what 1 am looking for in a
wife is a woman who is friendless."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08

sensical and almost idiotic form of
amusement, unworthy of the support
or favor of any sensible university
student. In it's coarser forms, hazing is
a vulgar, brutal, always demoranzing
and sometimes dangerous form of
sport, which a university cannot coun-
tenance and tolerate" These are peril
nent points from an address delivered
by President James of the University
of Illinois to the students of that insti-
tuition. They characterize hazing ex-
actly and any student of the University
of Illinois, who is found to be guilty of
this misdemeanor, is dismissed from
the rolls of the institution. Similar
conditions ought to prevail in every col
lege and university in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08

governed from without is for them to
show that they can and will govern them
selves from within. He points out that
cordial relations with the countries of
South America are much to be desired
and suggests that ample appropriations
be made for the proper representation
of the United States at the Worlds
fair to be held in a few years under
the auspices of Japan.
Taken as a whole Mr.. Roosevelt's last
regular message to congress is an adj
mirable public document, one that can
be read with profit by every person in
the land who is at all interested in its
government. as all of them should be.
The chances are that it will not be
Mr.. Roosevelt's swan song as he is
prone to special messages whenever any
sort of an occasion presents itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

From the way most of them act 1t Is
probable that the ideal of a man who
has an immense fortune is a larger one.
y y Il
There is at least one way in which to
keep a woman from talking all the
time. Tell her that her lips, when
closed, make a perfect Cupid's bow.
X X
Necessity is credited with being the
mother of inventions but that's hardly
the case with the green hats which are
a late style in mems headgear.
X X y
1t doesn't take a newly-marrled man
long to realize that married life Is not
one continuous path of roses and sun
shine. There's moving, for instance
x K
Probably it often makes woman's
face hurt to hold it in the position 1t is
set in by a photographer SO that ne
can make an attractive picture OF her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW.

He's thoroughly learned in Greek,
And both Hebrew and Latin he knows,
Chinese he can fluently speak;
He talks Sanskrit as well, suppose.
1t is wonderful, quite, all the stuff
That his mind with such clearness re-
tainS.
1t is strange that he don't know enough.
To come in when it rains.
He knows all the historic events;
He has much philosophical lore.
Or the works such as BlackStoneS and
Kent s.
Even Story's-his mind has a store
After midnight he sits up and reads
Till he's getting as blind as a mole
But he hasn't the sense that he needs
To pound sand in hole.
He knows botany: chemistry, too:
And geology's right in his line:
he can analyze. parse. and conStrue
He has also got logic down fine
He a student of Browning, I hear
And they say that he knows what it
means.
But his housekeeper says that it is clear
That he doesn't know beans
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
KANSAS COMMENT
GOVERNOR sTUBBs's DREAM.

Governor Elect Stubs, it is said,
has dream of placing all the in
situations of the state, educational,
penal, correctional and charitable I'M
der the state board of control This
will strike those acquainted with the
management of institutional work IN
Kansas as carrying uniticat1on en-
tlrely too far. There is something In
the administration of institutions even
more important than the manage
ment of the finances. Questions will
enter into the policy of the state
university for instance, which would
be entirely different from problems
arising out of the management of the
penitentiary.
The course of effort required in the
management of the insane hospitals
would be entirely different from that
required in the management of the
school for the agriculture. 1t would
be as logical to mix the business OF
running a packing house and a silk
mill as it would to mix the business
OF running a school for the feeble
a state normal. The very incongruity
OF all institutions of the state has rem
dered 1T a dangerous experiment to
place. all these institutions, with their
board, because a board adapted to
the management of the university
might not be adapted to the man
agement of a penitentiary- 1t would
De better system for Mr.. Stubs to
combine the penitentiary board and
the board of the Hutchinson re-
formatory, because both of these
boards now manage a purely penal
work. The board of control as now
organized has ample work to do if it
properly manages the nine great in
situations in the states system of
charities and correction. The three
boards of regents, which now manage
the State university, Manhattan, col
lege and Emporia normal, could also
be combined into one board because
the work presided over by this COM
bined board would be similar and
under one board the educational sys-
tenn of the state would be unified.
Mr.. Stubs has taken his idea of
one great business department to
all state institutions of every
kind from the business requirements
of a railroad contracting outfit Run
ming state Institutions is not like run
ming various grading outfits. A man
doing railroad contracting over a !
wide scope of country might have a
hundred outfits at various points and
he would need a central office to man
age them all because it is all one line
of business. but running universities
and penitentiaries and schools for the
blind and insane, hospitals and in
dustrial schools and hospitals for |
epllept1cs is not one class of business. |
1t represents varied class of policies, |
and the problems involved in the man.
call for men of varied in |
tellects and special nings.-Wich- !
TIA Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08

explained. 1--WE something I want to
tell you," he added Importantly.
Anything you can't tell me now?"
asked the girl wonderingly.
"Oh, I don't know" was the assured
response. 81 just want to ask you to
marry me and 1 meant to do it right
in your own sitting room. But I guess
there's no time like the present. VIII
you have me?"
Il thought you were never going to
speak" said Andadra beaming her
delight. Il thought you didn't care
for me any more, Jeth.'
Been caring bout eleven years."
told Jethro, but I always seemed
afraid to speak. 1 guess travel must
broaden a fellow"
Andadra nodded her happy assent,
but Jethro wisely forebore to tell her
that the guying and the frank friend
illness of the Gotham Gaiety Girls had
cured his fear of her sex. He felt
somehow that Andadra would not un-
nd.-(Copyrighted 1908 by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

CFrom the Atchison Globe.
If you find fault a good deal, the
people will soon tire of you; in fact,
they are likely to be tired of you now.
An Atchison man is so polite that
when he goes into store to trade,
he apologies to the clerks for bother
ing them.
If a man gives his wife some money
just before he leaves the house, she
is not so apt to notice it If he fails to
kiss her goodbye.
According to high authorities it isn't
good form to use a Glove for the
breath. Still, Glove is better than
an onion.
When a girl is in love she doesn't
stay very long when she goes away on
a visit: she hurries home to keep her
eye on her property.
Last fall, an easy going mother
bought a bushel of plums three times,
to put up. and the children ate them
before she could get at it.
Conscience doesn't get its growth
for fifteen years. Previous to that age
Children do bad things. and sleep ali
night as if they were innocent.
When babies cry. they go running to
Mother, and after a man marries he
discovers that girl babies never get
over the habit; his wife still does it.
The richest man in town says he
can't afford to give Christmas pres
ent. But the poorest man in town will
give so many that he will still be pay
ing for them next July.
Every picture of the devil in human
form represents him as very tall, very
slender, and elegantly dressed. The
fat men need all the comfort they can
get, and may find some in this.
The women lose no tfrne~in taking
possession. An Atchison young man
discovered that the third time he
called on certain girl, he was COM
PEELED to account for the evenings he
spent away from her.
There is no moral lesson like a
polite, modest man. Such a man,
without ever mentioning reform, does
more good in the world than a pro-
fessional reformer. Every man who
knows him is impressed with the i'm
portance of modesty and politeness,
and tries to be like him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

LFrom the Chicago News.1
An industrious person seldom has a
busy tongue.
Look out for the man who looks out
for himself.
Sunday piety will not make up Tor
six days of deDravity.
two in the next fiat.
The woman who has ceased to weep
is no longer young.
There is nothing f1atter than fiat
terry that doesn't fatter
Why isn't a cook who stuffs turkeys
and chickens a taxidermist?
Once in a great while a woman gets
a hat that actually looks like one.
If woman is unable to preserve
her complexion she begins to pickle
it.
You may have noticed that there
are more men with blockheads than
wooden legs.
The day has passed when you can
pretend to know things. People want
to be shown.
Lots of people imagine there is
something wrong with them II they
haven't got cold
It's surprising how many things the
average man can find to criticise and
how few he will commend.
The truly digni1ed man is never
ashamed to lay aside his dignity Tor
the purpose of performing his duty.
Even in the days of the inquisition
thew never locked the victim in a room
and compelled him to listen to hours
of piano practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
FROM OTHER PENS
WHY THE EDITOR Is SORE.

The editor of the AlkaH Eye doesn't
believe there are heavenly angels on
the police force of far-famed Houston.
He says: They have imported a lot O.
plain clothes men for the carnival tibet
air beneath tn notice O. any self-re-
spectin' southern gentleman, an until
they depart we shall hereafter remain
in our own Sanctum Sanitarium and
daily with the sizzers and paste. We
air free ter say tibet we have nothin'
in common with no officer tibet uses his
club in tn breakaway an gouges in
a rough an tumble; as we thoughtfully
an abstractedly put one of our eyes
back into it's socket this mornin' an tied
a barrel stave to our back ter keep
our broken spine from wobblin', we de-
cided ter visit Houston city as soon
as tn crowd goes an have some I'M
destandin'; failin' in gittin' matters
arranged on a live and let live basis we
shall seek recreation in some other
town whose officers do not bite, gouge,
spike, kick, butt, pile on or otherwise
try ter disfigure tn casual visitor.''-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
Foresting Abandoned Farms.

The abandoned farms of New Eng
land have been taken advantage of
to a considerable extent for forestry
work. During the past year about
$500 acres have been planted with
trees and in the course of few years
these will prove profitable investments.
In addition to this, several of the
water companies have adopted the
tree planting policy as q means of
fostering the water supply. The re-
demption of these farms is a very i'm
portant thing to this section, for the
increasing number of abandoned farms
offer a solution to the problem of
utilizing the land which has been lying
idle. In Massachusetts, this area of
waste has been computed as 10 per
cent of the total acreage, while in
Rhode Island alone there are no less
than 228 of these abandoned farms
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
ELECTRICAL AGE NEARING.

Benjamin Franklin went flying kites
in thunder showers to some purpose.
He hadn't a guess as to the wonderful
future of that discovery of his and
probably never in the moments of
greatest elation over the strange re-
suits of his experiments did there
come to him a vision of that which
was to be realized.
Nowadays. electricity is constantly
assuming more and more of the
worlds work There are few things
that it does not do, fewer by far than
it cannot do if given the opportunity.
The application of the force to prac-
teal labor waits less on the will of
the inventor than on the determina-
ton of the user of power to test cleo
tricity in his business.
There is prospect of a wider appH-
cation of electricity to the heating of
dwellings. The thing is most feasible,
but has seemed to have met with
wall OF conservatism. Even in the
places where water power has cheap
ened electricity its substitution for the
furnace has not come out.
The arrival of the electrical age
appears almost at hand. 1t is here
so far as our communication is con-
cerned, nearly here as regards trans
portation. Production is very likely to
have to depend upon 1t entirely be-
fore the century is out.-Toledo
Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
Hunter Killed by Wounded Deer.

The first hunting fatality in this
section comes from Coburn, Pa, where
John Everett, young hunter, was at
tackled by a wounded deer and torn
by the enraged animal, whose hoofs
penetrated the walls of the abdomen.
Everett with three companions, was
hunting on Paddy'S mountain, when
Everett espied a deer and fired. The
buck was seen to fall, and when the
Everett put one foot on the deer. and,
drawing his hunting knife, attempted
to cut its throat.
At that moment the wounded ami
NAL gave lunge throwing the man
drove its sharp hind hoofs into the
Young hunter. In a short time Everett
died from the effects of the wound
Philadelphia North American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
QUAKER nIED1TAToNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
1t is necessary for a man TO get
down to business before he can rise
If marriage is a union. shouldn Z
the ministers all marry at union
rates?
If paying compliments would cancel
a debt most of us would turn TO nat
terry.
He is a poor sort of man who bases
his claims to distinction on his ances-
tors.
The people who work in match
factory are inclined to make light OF
things.
There are exceptions to all rules,
and some people delight III Deihs
exception specialists
The young girl who tries 10 De
kittenish should remember that XII
tens grow up to be cats.
Mrs. Buggins-'T counted no less
than 16 people asleep in church TO-
day." Mr. Buggins-"I suppose the
sermon was followed by great
religious awakening.
BIobbs-"They say that out of ten
operations for appendicitis young DR..
SouiIls has lost seven cases. Slobbs-
even a young doctor can take life
easy, can't hep"
Wiswag-"I have just been read
ing an article in this agricultural
na1er about raising pears" Jack
Potts-'sI suppose it says not to raise
pairs unless you have three OF q
kind"