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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
THE PRIMARY Law.

The new primary law has proved
its efficiency in Kansas and in othel
states. In Kansas, especially. i,
was the means of working some very
desirable political refoGms.
AS was expected in aay new law
of the scope of the primary Law,
some defects would develop.
One of the worst that we see is
the fact that the members of one
party may vote the ticket of the
other at the primary and thrs rob a
party of its choice of candidates.
This is a very serious defect and
we see nc way OF remedylng it ex-
cept by requiring all voters to regis
ter their political affiliations some
time before the primary and not
allowing them to vote contrary to
iuSli CStotid dllOh
1; is unjust to party voters to
have the opposing party rush in a
lot cf voters and thus change the
results of the nomination in the op-
poslte party.
Some way will doubtless be found
to remedy this defect as we'll as
some minor ones that may have
before another election
comes around.
We used to have to meet that
same trouble in the cities, under the
old convention plan, and the new
law is no better In that particular.
1t is an absurd proposition that
Democrats may be allowed to voice
nominations ard equally
so that Republicans may vote for
the Democratic candidates for
nomination.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

THE COMING ELECTION

Kansas is going to have a lively
campaign this time. The Demo
Gratis of the state are wide awake
and will make campaign just like
they had hopes of winning the state.
They already have the ground
work of an organization over the
state completed and have opened
their campaign.
H. P. Farrelly is out making
campaign speeches and waking the
Democrats up from their lethargic
sleep and they will put up fight
the like of which we have not seen
in Kansas for many years.
OF course they are many thou.
sands short of a majority in this
state, but they have won IN spite of
that fact, and came near doing SO
two years ago. 1t is now time for
the Republicans to drop the fights
among themselves engendered by
the primary and get together in a
solid phalanx against the common
enemy.
Some local prejudices have been
aggravated in this county by the
primary campaign, but they should
now be laid away for future reference
and harmony established among all
classes.
Chanute should have no prejudice
against a candidate because he
chances to live in Erie nor Erie
against Chanute man. 1t seems
to as that the two towns got pretty
fair divy in the distribution of the
offices and neither has any right to
kick. The point now IS to elect the
ticket.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
To Resume.

The Santa Fe has ordered the
new round house and shops here
completed at once.
When the panic came work was
suspended. But now it seems to
be the intention of the company to
finish, furnish and man the whole
works.
A good many men will hnd en-
ployment for the winter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
Longtime Between Short
Crops.

We give below an extract from d
personal letter that may be interest.
ing to our readers
"Crops in this part of the country
are not of the best this year as it
has been too dry all Spring and
Summer and frosts toward the latter
part of June also did some damage,
though not as much as they would
in Kansas. The altitude here is
about 24oo feet and we nearly al
ways have frosts after the middle of
June. AS this is the first light crop
for about twenty years it will not
matter much however"
Yours very truly,
J BERT CowEN, Davenport, Wash
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

SO the list might be heightened
and include only articles in com
mon use, and it would be feund thar
with a few exceptions the figures
would continue to be in favor of
1908. These articles are chosen
from a government publication for
1862 and from the price list of one
at our leading merchants. When
We take into account the difference
in the price of labor and the earning
capacity it would seem as though
we ought to look farther than trusts
and tariffs for the explanation of
the complaint against high prices
Easihampton (Mass. }, News,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
HIT'EM HARD.

During the late contest in this
state for the place of U. S. senator
it was freely asserted that Senator
Long represented the East more
than the West in the halls of con-
gress. There is now strong corro
borating evidence of the fact. The
New York Sun comes out with an
editorial full of epithets and abuse
for Mr.. Bristow. Of course that
great corporation paper, The Kan
sas City Journal, takes pleasure in
copying the article and adding a
little of its own slush 10 that of the
Sun.
Mr.. Bristow is the nominee CT
the Republican party Of Kansas,
and will be elected to the senate in
spite of the fight the corporation
papers may make on him. 1t has
always been our opinion that when
Bristow was sent to Cuba to clean
up the postoffice department there,
he did a good job. He did DO.
stop with the small salaried post
Office clerk but brought 10 justice
and the pen those high up in the
service.
That is where the shoe seems to
pinch.
A certain class seem to think that
punishment is alone for the lowly
and that the wealthy and high
salaried classes should even escape
invegtigation.
Such a theory but breeds anarchy
and discomfort.
We believe with Bnstow that the
evil in public service should be
rooted out even though It should
take some heads of departments and
Others we'll up. We do not think
the lowly should suffer for the sins
of the big ones, and we believe
Bristow did just right in exposing
them.
According to the Sun article
several cengressmen were made to
vince by Bristow's report.
Very likely they deserved the
prodding they got.
Coagressmen have never been
proven to be Immaculate, even
u. S. senators have been known to
sin. We do not expect perfection
of our public servants, but they
should keep themselves in such
shape that Investigations have no
terrors for them. The Kansas City
Journal would DO we'll now to stop
its mud singing and lend hand
towards helping to elect the whole
Republican ticket in Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
A Pleasant Call.

We enjoyeh last Saturday pleasa at
call from e. L. Tlllmau, a prosperous
merchant of Pierre, S. Dakota. Mr..
TIllman will be remembered by the
old citizens OF this place as Frank
ItffIis's tinuer from 1881 to 1890. He
and Mrs. Ttllmah have been on an
extensive trip TO the Pacific coast and
oa their way home stopped off here 10
vi st Mr.. o. Weiss, brotber-in-law,
acd other friends.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
First published In The Chanute Times
Aug. 7, 1908.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR,

~ Wv fN-N = OH5
The Tioga township road commit
tee wlll receive seated blds at the
office Of W. NJ. Gray, Secretary. uatil
IL O'Clock, noon, Saturday, Aug. 22
1908, for the construction of county
road, commencing at 2l,5 street on ;
Santa Fe avenue, thence south 2slo
feet. Said road to he Mcadam I6 feet
wide, 8 inches 10 center and 6 inches
at edges, Ia a thorough, complete aud
~orknauiiNe manner.
Contractors to furnish all ms,eri.,
and to Perform all labor in the con-
stIuctiOu Of saio road fn accordance
with the plans and specifications now
on lille ia The Vflice OF tue Secretary.
All bids must be accompanied BY a
certified check OF FIVE per cent Of tue
amount bid. Said road commission
reserves the right to reject any aua
all bids.
j. E. PLU8ndER, Pres.
". NJ. GRAY, secy,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
W. K. STUBBS.


learned that Walter Roscoe Stubbs
had been nominated for governor in
the republican primaries of Kansas
must have been as wide and lumi-
nous as the smile of Stubbs himself
Out in the Sunfower state he Is
not Mister Stubs or w. Roscoe
Stubbs, but plain, unadorned Stubbs
for short.
The next governor of Kansas is
an optimist run by high power
dynamo. He can be in a dczen
places at once when he is actually
in Topeka, for he campaigns by
telephone, maintaining that while
farmcr-svery voter in Kansas is a
farmer-will throw a political docu
ment into the waste basket or allow
an unopeLed letter from candl
date to fray in his pocket, he sue
cumbs on the run to long distance
telephone call from the capital, the
Paris of Kansas. So Stubbs, than
whom no shrewder judge of human
nature exists in Kaosas, does all his
proselyting over the telephone, and
owing to constant practice and su.
perior skill in voice reading he
generally gets his man-always if
the voter uses the transmitter bash
fully. In a word, Walter Roscoe
Stubbs has reduced campaigning by
telephone to science. In that re.
spect Cy Leland, whom he distanced
in the primaries, is novice and a
bungler.
Stubbs is the original Taft man in
Kansas, the introducer in the legis-
lature as long ago as last January of
that resolution which was carried
with the whoop: "Whereas, He is
the friend, the choice and the logi-
cal successor Of Theodore Roose.
welt; and whereas, He believes in
the prestine virtues and lofty ideas
of the early days of the republic:
Resolved. That the choice and the
only choice of Kansas, the greatest
state in the west, Is William Howard
Taft, formerly of Ohio, now of the
United States OF America"
The smile of Stubs on the stump
and his boisterous, jolly laugh rum
bling in the telephone receiver will
be worth thousands of votes to Mr..
Taft. OF the Stubbs smile it has
been happily said that it scan light
up an auditorium to the utmost
! gallery" and his voice is of that
large, full. rebounding quality that
makes aE echo ON the prairie. In
Kansas at is accepted that Stubs
is lrresistable. He will simply not
be denied, and We expect to see his
aureole of auburn hair radiating
shafts of dazzling light in the thick.
est of the fight, while his pealing
organ Soice rallies the most reluct.
ant voters to the polls. Mr.. Bryan
will get few $Ioe checks from the
farmers of Kansas. The state was
hopeleSsly lost to him when stalwart
Stubbs emerged with his infectious
laugh from the primaries.-New
WA.ir
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
J BERT CowEN, Davenport, Wash

A. S. Lapham won the Democratic
n )miAation for state senator of the
Wilson-Neosho district over his
competitor, Thos. Ball, by a ma
jority of SO votes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

Hon. 7. J. Hudson of Fredenia
is the Democratic nominee for Con-
gress in this district. He carried
every county in the district.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
FdTTeHy to Speak.

Hon. H. P. Farrelly Democratic
nominee for the United States sen
ate will address the Bryan Club of
this city tonight.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

Mr. Joseph Lockhart of Aledo, Ill.,.
and Mrs. Sarah Griffith Of Corning.
Ia, are visiting with Judge Finley.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
Prices and Prices,

We are all complaining about the
high prices that prevail for all the
nccessaries of life and like TO saw
the trusts and the tariff are re-
sponslble for these prices. Let us
compare for a moment the prices
quoted in a schedule during the days
of Free Trade before the war in
1860 and before the trusts came into
existence with prices as they are in
Easthampton to-day. They show
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

Gov. Deneen of Illinois was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

Stubs carried Wilson county by
a majority of ga.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14

The Santa Fe has been fined 81. ooc
for rebating.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Beqgars Are Ingenious.

nowhere is the ingenuity of the
present age more apparent than in
the begging letters received by rich
men," said a private secretary. II
have been reading letters of that kind
by the hundred for the last fifteen
years. Formerly all begging letters
sounded alike. So stereotyped were
they that they might have been copied
verbatim from ready letter writer.
Now the writer's display originality.
They may want the same old things
that their predecessors wanted, but
they ask for them in a different way.
People in need have acquired the art
of expressing themselves forcibly.
That is to their advantage
ut may be unjust. but usually it is
the letter that hits the rich man hard
est that brings favorable reply. The
writer may not really need assistance
nearly so badly as some timid person
who can't get away from trite phrases.
but he gets the relief asked for every
me."-New York Globe.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Fascination of an Old Bookstore

''There seems to be a fascination
about an old bookstore that some
persons find it difficult to overcome"
observed the proprietor of one of those
establishments. while we have a
large number of good patrons. there
are some who delight to come in and
just pore over old volumes. l have
seen men stand in this store and prac-
tically read a book through in an aft
ernOon. They seem to forget their
surroundings for the time being. and
when they emerge from their abstrac-
ton they are apt to observe that they
have just been looking over the books
and ask for some volume that they are
quite sure is out of print. Yes. sir.
the old bookstore is a free library in
a way, but it is an interesting business
and fairly profitable" - Philadelphia
Record,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
THE ILLS OF MAN.
Appendicitis and Govt Rampant Thou
sands of Years Ago.

sands Of Years Ago.
The injuries. disease and peculiari-
ties of the people who lived in the val
ley of the Nile from prehistoric until
early Christian times, period of
over 5000 years, are shown in a
pathological collection on view at the
Royal College of Surgeons in London.
The collection was obtained during the
exploration of ffty-seven cemeteries
in the area Of the Nile valley lying i'm
mediateiy south of the pillars of no.
nOssO, which mark the frontier of an
Gent Egypt.
The survey was carried out under
the direction of Captain II. G.. Lyons
of the Egyptian government. In one
grave were found the abdominal or
gans of woman so well preserved
that it was possible to say that she
suffered from appendicitis, which is
considered to be the earliest evidence
Of this disease. Typical LESSONS of
govt were found in an early Christian
subject.
A pair of splints, with bandages,
were found on the forearms of young
wOman's body. both the forearms hav.
ing been broken just above the wrists.
The splints are almost identical with
those used at the present day.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
RULED FOR SIXTY YEARS.


Washington, Dec. 1.-The sixtieth
anniversary of the ascension to the
throne of Emperor Francis Joseph OF
Austria Hungary will be celebrated
by high mass in Washington on We'd
nesday at St. Patrick Roman Catho-
lie church.
Cardinal Gibbons will officiate and
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, the
vice president and Mrs. Fairbanks,
and all the cabinet officers and many
diplomats and their wives will attend
an afterward Ambassador and B Ba-
roness Hengel-Mueller will entertain
the cardinal ana other clergy and
the members of the embassy STAN
at luncheon at the embassy.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
OUR EARLY STATESMEN.
Monroe's Expansion Views and Madk
sons Population Guess.


Some of our early statesmen wers
not expansionists. Washington was
opposed to assuming the ownership Of
the Mississippi river. and James Mon
roe when q member Of the Virginia
convention in 1888 argued against tho
adoption Of the federal constitution for
geographical reasons. Consider" he
said, 1.-The territory lying between the
Atlantic ocean and the Mississippi
Its extent far exceeds that of the
German empire. 1t is larger than any
territory that ever was under any one
free government 1t is too extensive
to be governed but by despotic mon
archy" And this from the man who
thirty years later was elected president
of the United States extended far be-
yond the Mississippi and who became
the author of the Monroe doctrine"
A year after the adoption of the con-
stitution James Madison thought he
was making a bold guess when he
estimated that the population of the
country might, lin some years." dou-
BILE in number and reach 100000. He
lived to see far beyond that Yet it
is true that for number of years the
population was largely confined to the
original thirteen colonies. In 1889.
when the constitution was adopted.
New York city had $4,000 inhabitants.
In 1917 it had 115O00, Philadelphia
10000, Baltimore 5000, Boston 49,
600, Providence 10000. Hartford 5000.
Pittsburg 1000. Cincinnati 1000 and
ST. Louis $500 Chicago was but
fort, and indianapolis was an unbroken
wilderness. The country was not
crowded yet.-Exchange.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
.sPoTLEss TOWN.
erosk, In Holland, 10 the cIsansst
Place In the World.

Brock. In Holland, 10 the Cleaned
Place In the World.
The housecleaning tools, hung upon
the wall in neat lines. were as numer-
GUS, as diverse and as handsome as
the tools Of a carpenter or chauffeur
There were floor brushes. wall brush
es, picture brushes-all sizes and
shapes. There were rakes and scrapers
for corners. There were. polishing IN
struments of every kind-for glass, fol-
metal. for floors, for furniture. There
were sponges, chamois skins, soaps
and powders of all descriptions.
1T is a complete set Of cleaning
tools, isn't it?' said the owner. .'I1
should be complete. brought it from
Holland with me-from Broek-from
Spotless Town. -..
Brock is the cleanest place in the
world. When you enter its gates they
give you a pair of new straw sandals
yellow as gold to put on so that you
will not track up the snowy streets.
I'm the bright sunshine you seem to
be walking in a town made of sugar
candy. The tree trunks are painted
yellow. the garden fences are bright
blue. the tables and chairs before the
little inns are as white as though
carved out of snow.
Enter a Brock stable. The walls are
scarlet, the managers are green, the
floors are yellow. The cows tails are
fastened to rings in the ceiling SO that
they may not soil nor be soiled.
cinnati Enquirer.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01

A young enthusiastic revivalist had
been exhorting a congregation in q
small mining town for over two hours
without perceptible effect. He was
somewhat discouraged until a rough
old miner interrupted him with:
Say, brother, I'd like to ask Ques.
ton"
The young revivalist beamed. "Thank
you. my man. for your interest,"" he re.
piled. II shall be more than glad to
set you right on any question. Your
desire for enlightenment is a good sign
which l am very, very glad to see
"Kin I smoker" asked the MINER
Life.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
MAY AFFECT MILLINERY BUSI-
NESS


John Britain, manager for E. P.
Charlton & Co., at Seattle, entered a
plea of guilty few days ago, when
arraigned before Justice John E.
Carroll, and was fined $40 for hav-
ing in his possession for sale ten
song birds, the bodies of which had
been removed and the plumage and
shape of the bird preserved for deco
rative purposes,
Game Warden Ref seized pol of
these specimens. They include car
dinals, gold finches, robins, thrushes,
warblers and other species, all song
birds. Mr.. Britain admitted the pos
session and ownership of the birds
mentioned in the complaint. Justice
Carroll fined him $40 and 81 for
each bird, making the total of $40.
Charlton & Co. received the ship
ment from British Columbia and were
using the birds for decorative pur-
poses. To a milliner the birds
would have been worth about $500.
Warden Refs Interpretation of the
law and Justice CAROLS ruling may
have an effect on the millinery bust
ness.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Fake Remnants.

A country storekeeper. pair OF
long, bright shears in hand, calmly
cut a roll Of silk into remnants.
Women" he explained to his city
cousin, 'are remnant mad There are
women who never buy except at rem
nant sales. Such women will pass by
goods in the piece at a quarter a yard
and snap up the same goods in rem
nant lengths at 80 cents.
$50 great is the demand for rem
nants that it is impossible to keep up
the legitimate supply"
The country storekeeper winked.
Hence" he said. my present occu-
patton. "-Los Angeles Times.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
CONSOLATION.
The Musician Reminded the Poet oil
the Case of Guarnerius.

the Case of Guarnerus.
The musician with a compassionate
smile watched the poet trimming the
fringe from his cuff.
After ALL" he said. your verse may
live when Marie Corelli, Winston
Churchill and Hall Caine himself are
forgotten. Remember the case of
Guarnerius."
"Who was heY' the poet asked.
"a pauper and violin maker.
Guarnerius in the seventeenth century
made violins that everybody thought
too thick; hence they brought only So
apiece. Musicians would buy them
and have them pared down.
''Guarnerius insisted that they were
not too thick. When he heard of one
of his instruments being pared down
he few into frightful rage. He had
a crouch against the world because it
wouldn't agree with him about violin
making. He died a pauper because
the world would have none of his
violins.
"a Guarnerius is now and then to be
picked up. Usually it is pared in
strument, and its value is not very
high. But find an impaired Guarnerius
and you can get anything you like for
it. 1t is one of the worlds few per-
feet violins.
"But Guarnerius died pauper. The
Hall Gaines and Winston Churchills Of
the violin world of his day refused
with sneers to drink with him. He,
too, trimmed his cuffs."-Los Angeles
Times.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Quite Handy.

Wife (reading)-Isn't this funny. my
dear? Here is an article which says
they have found new species of
birds in Australia which have four
legs. Now, whatever do you suppose
they want four legs for? Husband
(yawning)-They are probably poll
ticians. my love. and by this beautiful
dispensation of their Creator they are
enabled to stand on both sides of the
fence at the same time.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

The city council will hold its reg
ular meeting tonight. The most i'm
portant matter to be disposed of to-
night is the awarding of the contract
on the new waterworks. From ap-
pearances it would seem as though
the contract might be awarded to
Bayy & McNerney, the men who
have the contract on the Cashmere
plant.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
HiGHLANDERS WILL DANCE.

The third annual dance given by
the Royal Highlanders of this city
will be tomorrow night, December
2, in the Mooney Hall. The music
will be furnished by the Crollard or
chestra. The committee in charge
is composed of Willet TOmlinson
Ora Hall, Mildred Wyman and Thos
Rose.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Beware of Frequent Colds.

A succession of colds or a protract-
ed cold is almost certain to end in
chronic catarrh, from which few per-
sons ever fully recover. Give every
cold the attention it deserves and
you may avoid this disagreeable dis
ease. How can you cure cold
Why not try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy? 1t is highly recommended.
Mrs. M. White, of Butler, Tenn,
says: Several years ago / was both
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-01
Showing Him.

'You young scoundrel"' said the ia
Their. selling his disobedient son by
the hair. I'll show you how to treat
your motherr'
And he at once proceeded to show
young hopeful the way by banging
him across the ears two or three
times and then shaking him until his
hair began to fall out