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The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
STORIES FROM ECO8asg
Interesting Pages From the Dodge
City Station Weather Records

(The following, and the interesting nc.
count of the notable waterspout Published
last week, were furnished from the records,
by Mr.. Baldwin, of the Weather Bureau.
Another article will be published next week,
containing an account of remarkable
thunder storm, and other interesting rec.
ords.)
Compared with some of the severe
storms, popularity designated billiards.,
which have been experienced in other
sections of this country and in foreign
countries, Dodge City has been remark
ably fortunate in its visiations of these
disagreeable, frequently disastrous, snow
binding, cold northers. In the history
of the station there have only been one
or two blzzards that were OF such sever
ity as to have caused any loss of life. In
fact when we think of the remarkable
and violent blizzard which occurrer IN
Dakota from April l3th-16th, 1873,
where the wind blew for twenty four
hours over fifty-two miles an hour ac-
compa!ed by fine binding snow, sus-
pending business for days, killing large
numbers of cattle and causing intense
suffering and loss of life 10 many, even
10 that sparsely settled territory, we are
forced to admit that the blizzard. which
even our oldest resident has experienced
here, was not much more than a sample
OF the genuine article.
Again the disastrous billiards of 1883,
which visited Montana, the Dakotas,
Minnesota and Texas on January IL,
1888 and OF March lila the same year,
which caused such loss of life and such |
a suspension of business in the Middle
Atlantic and New England states remind |
us Of the insignificance Of our blizzards.
While there have been several storms
which have occurred here which might
be properly clsssed as blizzards, the only
ones Of any especial violence were the
bliszards OF January 2nd, Srd and 7th,
1856, OF which the Observer gives the
following description. January 2nd-
''Snow fell steadily all day with high
northerly winde. The snow drifted to
,uch 40 extent as to blockade the trains"
January Ord. "Snow ended 7:30 q. M.
The storm was very severe. Two men,
wEo attempted to 90 70 their homes On
lhs irrlgaslng ditch, wsre found dead ID
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
PLAYED WITH THE JAPS.
Uncle Sam Will Need More War Ships
IL This is Fair Test
of Strength.

The party OF Japs that arrived here
tuesday to war with their little white
brothers of Dodge City on the diamond,
fought two decisive battles, and left to
conquer new ields 1t was a case Of
the Dodge boys Incorporating for war in
times Of peace. The Jap team was drilled
for battle, and they won. The Dodge
team had not made much preparation,
and they lackei In team work, They
also had In a couple of recruits who
claimed that they were soldiers, but they
were not powder broke when IL came to
the test.
Tuesdays game was pretty bad. The
Japs won 10 TO |, almost the sized score
that Bryan lost on, In his first crack at
presidential game. Wednesdays game
may be called an interesting game. The
Dodge boys used Little, home boy for
pitcher. dropped out one Of the "re-
cruits'', and put up pretty good game.
The Japs won, but the score was only 8
to5. The home boys think they will be
ID pretty good shape for the next game
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THEY WERE DRESSED UP.
Two Young Men Arrested Because
they Wore Good Clothes, and they
Proved to Be Burglars.


The moral to this story is: Don't "fix
up. Wear your old clothes.
Because they had never been impressed
with this moral, two young men caught
In the Santa Fe yards at Dodge City
Tuesday morning, are now in the tolls on
charge of burglary. These two young
men were taken out of box car here for
stealing ride They wore new shirts,
new underclothes, new trousers and new
soX. They had no shoes, and no coats.
The officers thought 1t strange that they
should be partly so well dressed, SO
when they were brought up for stealing a
ri lie, they were held until their case
could bs investigated. This is he Dodge
City end Of The story.
The other end of the story has Hutch
iuson for its scene. On Monday night
at about 1920 o'clock, clerk went into
the Hoagland clothing store at Hutchin-
son. AS be entered the front door he
saw three young men partly dressed,
make their escape through the back
door. The young men were well along
with their work. They had packed three
suit cases with cl thing, ready for travel,
and had then started TO dress themselves
with new clothing from the stock. They
were disturbed before completing the job
and so escaped partly clothed One of
them failed to get into the box car that
the Others shipped in, and did not come
here with them Some of the train men
saw the two get into ear, and carefully
locked the car so that they could not get
out until they reached Dodge City. The
two boys caught look like they were ID
teuded for something better than burg
lars, and they stated here that they be.
longed to good families.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
UNDER. SWITCH ENGINE.
Engineer Lesher Had His Right Leg
Crushed at the Ankle in Santa Fe
. Yards Here Tuesday

Engineer Dave Lesher, who has been
running on the Santa Fe between Dodge
City aud Ii Junta, lost his right foot In
the yards here near the passenger station
Tuesday at about two O'Clock.
Nj. Lesher was standing on the tracks
and stepped out of the way Of a switch
engine Just in time TO be caught by an.
other engine which he had not seen.
His right leg was crushed at the ankle,
so that 1t will have to be amputated be-
tween the ankle and the knee. He was
taken to La Junta to the Santa Fe
hospital Tuesday night.
His home is In La Junta and he has
family there. The fireman who was with
him on the run, laid off here and accom-
panied him home.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
DODGE CITY BOY GOES.
Charlie Durto Will Go Around the
World With the Great United
States Fleet.

Charlie Durto, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Durto OF this city, is with the the
Nebraska" one of Uncle Sans new
ships, since he enlisted 10 the navy sever
al months ago. The Nebraska will join
the u s. fleet on its trip around the
world, and the Dodge City boy will have
an interesting voyage. Charlie is at San
francisco, now, and will be visited there
next week by his parents, who leave this
week for California. The Dodge boy
will have some interesting experience to
tell when he gets home again.
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PLAN WILL SUCCEED.
Dodge City Will Drill for Oil and Gas
This Summer; Probably in A
short Time.

P. H. Sughrue. who has the subscrip-
tion paper for fund for sinking an oil
and gas we'll, reports That he is getting
along nicely, and says that the well will
be put down in short time. He has .
good proportion Of the fund subscribed.
and will call on the business end OF the
town for enough to complete 1t, and he h
confident that there will be no trouble
about the funds.
An Indiana man has offered 10 d.
down The well, taking $1,000. Of hla pax
In asook i the company, and i i thoaghA
that the work win soon b started,
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DANISH DANDELIONS
Simple Recipe for Getting Rid of
These Pests, Discovered BY
Dodge City Women.

The women of Dodge City have
learned how to get rid of the dandellons.
The dandelion Is troublesome weed and
is ruinous to every lawn 1t gets good
start on. The ladies OF Dodge City have
hit upon simple method to rid the
lawns Of the pests. They wait until the
daudelions bloom then gather buckets
full Of them, and make the juice Of the
flower Into delicious, da1delion wine.
Later In the season the men drink the
wine, and there you are. A dandelion
never bothers the lawns after 1t 10 made
into wine, providing the woman who
makes the wine lets her husband find out
where she puts the Jug.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
STUBS COMING
Lawrence Man is Billed for a Meeting
In Dodge City Next Week

Bills have been placed about town ans
nouncing that W. Il, Stubbs, a candidate
ror the nomination for governor, will
speak in the opera house on Saturday..
May 8. Mr. 5tubbs Ia on a speaking
tour over the state, in the interest of his
candidacy. and will talk to the Ford
county people on the date mention, d
above.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

For SALE-My residence and furniture
also several other residence properties in
Dodge City. A. Glnck. 81
DoL't list your farm with L. L. Tay-
loF unless you want Il sold for be always
has spot cash buyer when the price b
rsght. Il
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
Church to Paint.

Bids win be received to paint the
Catholic church In Dodge City, bids 10
CO april 2Sth. See specifications "
I. d. Sughrue's Office, Room 4, Hoover
block. Address oil bids % Rev. n.
MsnnIs.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

Gall up phone $50, Trsnsfer ard
storage. AL kinda OF moving. Piano
moving speciality. 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
UP TO THE engineer.
Hereafter He Must See That Street
Excavations Are Repaired.

INSPECTION of excavations in pave
ments which under the existing or
dinance is made part OF the duties OF
the plumbing inspector is left out or
the new plumbing inspection ordinance
which has been drawn up by the Doard
of plumbing examiners.
The new ordinance will be submit
ted to the council on Monday evening
A battle royal took place between the
city engineer, street commissioner and
the city plumbing inspector some time
ago over the question Of inspection of
excavations in which the street COM
missioner and city engineer sided to-
gether and insisted that the plumbing
inspector was not prodding up the
plumbers hard enough to bring them
to time 1t has been generally recog-
nized that the plumbing Inspector
worked under the directions of John
Rogers, city engineer, in looking after
the pavement excavations. John Shea
han. present plumbing inspector, re-
scented being placed subordinate to an
other head of q department. He thought
that he should be independent Of die
tation just as other heads Of depart
ments.
entirely into the hands Of the city
engineer and the ordinance washes the
hands of the plumbing inspector of
| the duty.
| Changes in fees are also made. For
all plumbing work which costs $50 or
| less for installation the charge is so
cents, for from $50 to 800 the charge
| is 81 while in excess of 800 the fee is
| S. In excess of $500 one-haf Of 1 per
| cent of the excess charge is charged
| for inspection. Two dollars has been
the highest fee chargeable heretofore.
Sewer connections are charged for at
| the rate Of 81 each. Plumbing firms
must submit semi annual reports CIV
| ing a full list Of their employees with
names in order that the plumbing
board may keep acquainted with all
| journeymen plumbers as well as ap-
prentices employed in the city. The
plumbing inspector is also made ex-
offlcio secretary Of the board though
without any voice in its deliberations.
| The ordinance will be referred to a
council committee before it can pass
l the council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
DEMOCRATIC ACTION.
Candidates on the County Ticket
Formally Ratified.

Candidates for county offices on
the Democratic ticket received
ratification at meeting Of the Demo-
yesterday afternoon at the Bryan
club, PIG West Sixth avenue.
"It is simply done TO get before the
candidates for office VINO have re-
ceived our endorsement and whose
nomination blanks will be circulated
in the county" said DIR. W. T. Tay-
lor, chairman of the committee.
About twenty of the committee
were present.
The candidates who will receive
the backing of the committee in their
fight for office are:
County attorney, John j. Schenck.
Probate judge. Otis 8. Allen.
County clerk, J. H. Ulsh.
County treasurer, Jno. w. Jameson.
Register of deeds. w. d. Printz.
Clerk of district court, j. D.
Brown.
County. coroner, DIR. C. M. England.
Representative s7th district. N B.
Arnold.
Representative ssth district. L. M.
Penwell.
Representative ssth district, E. H.
Hewins
Senator, George Young.
Sheriff, Frank Simms and o. M.
Capron.
County commissioner First district,
George Wagner.
County commissioner Second dis
tr1ct, T. w. Thompson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
MIR. WELD Is PLEASED.
Assistant U. s. Dairy Commissioner
Approves Clean Dairy Movement,

Ivan C. Weld. assistant dairy com
missioner Of the United States. is in
Topeka today, calling on state and city
health authorities. and investigating
the condition Of Topeka diaries. Mr..
Weld is returning from Colorado.
stopping at numerous places en- route
for the purpose of inspecting diaries.
Mr.. Weld collects information for the
bulletins Of the United States depart
ment of agriculture
II am glad to see that Kansas is TAX
ing an interest in the clean up Of its
dairies," said Mr.. Weld. 81 believe that
Chief Webster of the United States
dairy department. will be willing to
assist In the work by sending an in
spector out here to work in conjunction
with the city boards of health who are
trying to enforce the laws requiring
diaries to supply clean milk. It would
be of much assistance If the city had
a competent expert upon whom it could
depend to get the work started right. IS
Asked concerning the amount of
tuberculosis found to exist in dairy
herds, Mr.. Weld said: I'm Colorado,
the percentage of tuberculosis in cattle
Is very small. Further east the per
cent increases. 1t seems to vary from
10 per cent or less in herd up to 90
per cent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
IT WAS PLEASING
MarshalPs Concert Furnishes
Excellent Entertainment.
nerves to Introduce a Promising
Young Singer.

The most interesting feature of the
complimentary concert by MarshalPs
band at the auditorium last night was
the introduction of a new local singer
or much promise, Miss Viva Brown,
who though only nineteen years old
and comparative beginner in the
art of singing has an exquisite high
soprano voice and thoroughly pleas
ing method. Miss Brown has sung in
church choirs in Topeka and at small
recitals, but this was her first appear
ance in a large concert hall and before
big audience. She chose Gounod's
Ave Maria for her number, and was
ably accompanied by Miss Jessie Camp
bell at the plano and Mr.. w. F. Roehr
;at the organ. and Miss Irma Doster
played the violin obligato In response
to an encore she sang Coming Through
the Rye. Miss Brown is a pupil of
Mrs. P. H. Adams who has every rea-
son to be proud of her gifted young
pupil.
Every time one hears Marshalrs band
one marvels at so good an organization
outside the professional ranks. Mr..
Marshall has a band that compares
favorably with the big travelling con-
cert bands and although it has often
been said, it will bear repetition, To-
peka has no more valuable asset than
Marshall and his men. The program
last night was popular with the excep-
ton of the final number, from Wagner's
Rienzi and included such general
favorites as Thome's Simple Confess
sion. The Merry Widow and the Ray
mond overture of Thomas.
Mr. w. F. Roehr at the pipe organ
played a solo Cantilene Pastorale Of
Guilmant with fine feeling and excel
lent technical mastery of the instru-
ment, and a number with the band.
There was a good audience for the
object, (the concert was given for the
benefit of the state fair fund.-, attract
ed many and the people are always
interested and enthusiastic when Mar
shall plays.
While the band concert for the state
fair fund did not come up to expecta-
lions, yet it pushed the fund we'll over
the $4,000 mark, and the fair is an as
sured thing next fall. The soliciting
committee will work the rest of this
600. the sum set at the beginning OF
the campaign. Ten thousand dollars
of this amount is to be used for the
state fair and $1,000 for the CONNER
cial club for advertising Topeka and
to aid the work of bringing conven-
ttions and industries here. The Com
Aaercial club is the force behind this
state fair fund and its work has made
possible the. fair, as without this $4,000
the club has raised, Topeka could have
had no fair this year.
There were 1,476 tickets taken in al
the Auditorium Thursday night at the
benefit concert making 1863 for the
fair fund. In addition to this there
was a considerable number of tickets
sold whose holders did not attend the
concert. It will be several days before
Secretary Poole Of the Commercial
club will know exactly how many con-
cert tickets were sold or the exact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS
Blanche Walsh Tonight.

Manager Wagenhals and Kemper
who have rendered several distinct
services to the stage in this country in
recent years will present Blanche
Walsh at the Grand tonight in 1.-THE
Kreutzer Sonata" a tragedy of mod
ern domestic life, written by the great
Russian playwright, Jacob Gordin. The
performance of this play will serve to
Introduce this vigorous and prolific
writer to English speaking playgoers.
All his dramas heretofore have been
played solely in the Yiddish language.
The ahlest critics freely predict that
should Jacob Gordin succeed in becom-
ing as familiar with Anglo Saxon or
American characters as he is with the
Russian and Hebrew. he will undoubt-
ed1y become the Shakespeare of mod
ern times His methods are almost
opposite to those of Pinero. who at
present, perhaps, is held to be the best
of the English dramatists. Pinero
usually conceives one situation and
writes his play around it, but the sit
uation itself always seems to be one
of several possible situations in which
his characters might become involved.
Gordin begins where Pinero leaves OFF.
In the s'Kreutzer Sonata" for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
NOTED OREGON STATESMAN
RECAINS HEALTH in EAST

I was feeling wretchedly that morn
ing. and made up my mind to try the
medicine. had seen leading ply
sicians without number both east and
west. They had been unable to help
me in the least, and no more believed
this Cooper medicine could help me
than It could bring dead man back to
life. really don't know why 1 bought
1t. 1t was like drowning man clutch
ing at straw.
ITO make a long story short, It has
been astonishingly successful in my
case. Today I am enjoying a sound
stomach and perfect health for the
first time in twenty years I can eat
heartily without the slightest incon-
venience afterward. have fine appe-
tite, and sleep well. I am no longer
moody ana depressed, and my nervous
ness has entirely disappeared.
ANY man who has chronic dyspep-
STA owes it to his family to try this
medicine
In all our experience as druggists.
we have never seen anything to sur
pass the famous Cooper preparations.
Geo. w. Stansfeld, 6a2 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03
LARDED HIS CREAM.
How a Parsons Man Made Good
Showing of Butter Fat.

You have doubtless heard of water
ing the milk, but did you ever hear Of
larding the cream?
That's a new form Of adulteration
which the state pure food department
has recently investigated. A case was
reported from Parsons where a man
sending cream to the creamery was
suspected Of putting 10 per cent lard
into his cream cans. and after mixing
1t thoroughly with the cream sell the
mixture for 26 cents a pound It was
a fine get rich quick scheme, but the
man worked it too hard. He kept in
creasing the percentage Of lard. and
finally his alleged cream became so
lardy that it wouldn't pass muster
Samples were sent to the pure food
officers for analysis, and the Parsons
man is likely to have a lot of trouble
explaining his actions.
A year or two ago. farmer living
near Meriden in Jefferson county. put
lard into his cream that he sold to a
Topeka creamery. He got so much
lard in one consignment that 1t spoiled
a churning of butter. The guilty man
was located and forced to pay $3.50 for
the spoiled butter to avoid being sent
to Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03

Hon Sfriller B. Herman. distinguish
ed statesman and legislator Of Port
land. Oregon, who was recently on an
eastern trip, is among those strongly
in favor of L. T. Cooper, in the dis
cussion over Cooper and his medicines,
which has ragged for the past year in
cities visited by the young man on his
educative campaigns, as he calls them.
Cooper was explaining his new the
cries and medicines to Boston people
during the Oregonian's visit to that
city and in a recent interview Mr..
Herman said: MY trip east accom-
plished more for me than I ever be-
iieved possible. 1t has actually been
the means of restoring my health.
while in Boston heard a great deal
afout this man Cooper and his medi-
cines and one morning I talked with
a Boston banker who told me that he
had been relieved by Cooper's medi-
cines after ten years chronic dyspep-
sia. For the past twenty years I have
been a fearful sufferer with nervous
dyspepsia. 1t has been so bad that 1t
all but forced me to resign from the
legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03

the singing variety which is out Of the
ordinary because of it's real merit. One
such is at the Olympic this week. 1t
is given by Hal Munson and Marian
Munson a team that has been meeting
with considerable success in the vaude
vile fields in the south And this sue
cess seems to have been most de-
served. Mr.. Munson has a really ex-
ceptional baritone voice and is one of
the few vaudeville singers that has ap-
peared in this town who knew how to
sing. During the week he has been
eliciting all sorts of applause from the
audiences at this house with his sing
ing of That's What the Rose Said to
Ne" and his impersonation Of Richard
earle singing his famous song from
1.-THE Spring Chicken" "A Lemon in
the Garden of Love-" Miss Munson is
also a clever singer and she has
couple of songs that are equally clever.
One of them is an Italian dialect song
called ''Nicollini.'' Miss Munson
dresses for this song in costume that
is truly Italian. The Munsons close
their act by singing for Quo med
ley composed of lines and tunes from
ali the popular sings of the day. Miss
Munson is also something Of a pianist