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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
the Broncho Girls in "Co ming Through the Rye

springs which produces lead, zinc and
silver. and another at Crescent, which
Is rich in gold, silver and copper. At
the present time there are about 1000
feet OF tunnel work. tunnels and
shafts on the properties, and they
have revealed much fine ore in the
mines
The purpose of Mr.. Bristow is to
interest investors who are seeking for
an opportunity to make an honest dol
lar. There is no doubt as to the sin
cerfty of purpose of Mr.. Bristow and a
few minutes talk with him will con-
vince the most skeptical that he is IA
mfIiar with his work, his properties
and the wonderful possibilities which
the mining business opens to the
world
For a number of years he was in
the newspaper business at WetmOre
and disposed OF his newspaper to en-
gage IN mining Mr. Bristow IS diff
ferent from many Of the men who
are financing mining interests mas
much as he is perfectly familiar with
the proposition with which he Is deal
ing
Mr.. Brfstow has a fun page adver-
tisement in this issue OF the State
Journal It is unquestionab1y the
strongest and most logical and con-
vincfng statement on the subject OF
mining that has ever been published.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
At the Majestic.
at the Novelty.

Vaudeville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
At the Majestic.

Starting with Monday matinee, Feb
Tuary 10. the Majestic theater will be
run as a vaudeville house, giving three
performances daily, 2:3o 7:45 and 9:15,
with prices, matinee 10 cents and even
ing performances 10 and 20 cents. The
first performance of each evening may
be reserved one week in advance This
will enable theater goers to secure tick
cts in advance and not have to wait at
the window or stand up The manage
ment have secured an exceptionally
strong bill to open with. DR.. Carl Her
man. a noted Scotch bookshelf ser
geant. Douglass A Flint & Co, in the
comedy playlet- The Mixers" Mr..
Flint will be remembered as playing
Col Annesley with Max Ffgman in
THE Man on the Box" at the Grand
last season The Dewey and Dyton sis
tiers do an centric singing and dancing
act and the HaveIocks are new corners
in juggling Mr. Krause will be the
pictured singer and the motion pictures
will be Of the best obtafnabIe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
aaThe Right of Way.s

It Is seldom that local theater goers
have an opportunity to see so fmpor-
tant a theatrical production, THE
Right Of Way" which is at the Grand
tonight In this play, a characterization
Of Sir Gilbert Parker's most famous
novel, Klaw & Erlauger present Guy
Standing and Theodore Roberts as CO.
stars Mr.. Standing is one of the best
known and most successful leading
actors in America and Mr.. Roberts IS
known as the most powerful character
actor on the stage. In the parts OF
Charley Steele and Joe Portugais they
both have parts that fit them ike the
proverbial glove. It is seldom that
play has been presented IN America in
which two such parts have been
created No more interesting and fas-
chatting play has ever been seen in the
west. and the principal characters are
destined to live in the traditions Of the
stage. The original New York COM
pany, headed by Miss Nay Buckley,
supports the stars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13

I'm sorry you're such q naughty boy
said the teacher 'sYou ought to be glad.
feacher.r sfWhy2'' you ought to be glad
m not tvinsg"-Xoakers Statesman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
Coming Through the Rye"

The weu-kuown musical comedy,
Coming Through the Rye" viii ap-
pear at the Grand next Tuesday night
There are Seventy-five people IN the
present company, composed of come
dams. singers and dancers whose work
is supplemented by a lavish scenic
equipment. Coming Through the Rye
IS the work OF George V Hobart, a
well known humorous writer, while A
Baldwin Sloane contributes the music
Tom Waters is the head of the COM
pany and he stands in the front rank Of
the present day comic stars Sallie
sstenebler has the leading feminine role
: and she is one Of the clever come
dIennes- Others IN the cast worthy Of
note are Isabel Howe, Eva1een Dun
more, Alec 3. Francis. w H Thompson
and Carl Hoffman. The chorus of sixty
singers IS known as the Beauty
chorus"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
Florence Roberts.

Reports indicate Enthusiastically that
The House OF Bondage" in which
John Cort will present Florence Rob-
erts in this city shortly. is the most
absorbing play of the year It is a So
ciety drama. With a character of fine
emotional opportunities for the star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13

Of the third act that the audiences sell
dom let opportunity pass to bring Mr..
Eigman before the curtain and talk
Practice they say makes perfect and
the usually bashfuI and retiring Ffgman
Is becoming quite as expert and feHci-
tous in his extemporaneous utterances
as he is in delivering his lines in the
play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
at the Grand.

At the Grand
Tonight-"Ths Right Of Way"
Tuesday-~ConIng Through the Rye
Thursday-.sThe Mimic World
Saturday-~The Cowboy and the
Thief"
y At the Majestic.
Nyaudevire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
.The Mimic World"

Gertrude Hoffman. whose dancing
has created a greater 1urore than any
theatrical attraction IN decade, VIII
come to the theater with the big Shu-
bert-FieIds musical review, THE Mimic
world which comes to the Grand
Thursday. Miss Hoffman appears here
for the first engagement since she made
her now famous success on the New
York stage, which earned her a longer
engagement on the vaudeville stage IN
New York than any other artist has
enjoyed
Much has been written about Miss
HOFFMAN and her dancing-how she as
tonfshed all New York and caused the
greatest sensation in years But the
Salome dance, about which most mas
been written. IS only one OF the many
transformations. sensuous. beautiful
dances-that are done by this artist.
and authorities who have devoted their
lives to its study declare her dances the
most faithful renditions Of the ancient
dances IN modern times Her quick
ness Of comprehension IS shown in the
way she quickly changes from the spirit
yelling jocundity of Mendelssohn's fresh
and fragrant Spring Song"
Classmates
The great metropolitan hit OF last
season. Classmates with Norman
at the Grand soon The play is by
William c. De Mile and Margaret Turn
bull
1.-THE Cowboy and the Thief
THE Cowboy and the Thief is the
booking for the Grand a week from to-
night This is a western play with an
Arizona setting The characters are
taken from western people. Rod. the
author, spent the greater part Of his
life on the plains of the great south
west, so that all his characters were
developed from first hand Information
Max F1gInan.
Max FTgman, now playing os sue
cessfuIly through the south and west
in a delightful comedy drama called
The Substitute" has contracted the
speech making habit. 1t was not will
fully done but has been forced upon
him by the public The beauty Of the
production and the interest in the story
reach such an intense point at the end
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
POOR RAILRoADING CAUSES
HARDSHIP TO PASSENGERS

BY 4 O'clock in the afternoon the
Los Angeles-Pacific line to Sherman
via Colegrove was practically out Of
business. At 4:30 car was sent
through Colegrove westbound on the
eastbound track This car ran to
Crescent, where several other cars
were held up by sand and mud on the
tracks. After a long and unnecessary
delay crews were transferred and this
car started for Los Angeles. At Cover
street a motor was short-circuited and
cut out. Instead of making an effort
to run to Sanborn junction and trans
fer passengers the crew turned back
and ran to Oakhurst, where they ran
backward and forward in an ainless
manner for over an hour. The con-
dUctor hads with what a passenger
characterized as rare presence Of
mind, collected twenty-one 1O-cent
fares. After over two hours delay a
car was sent from Crescent to Los
Angeles, taking all the belated passen-
gers. The schedule on the Hollywood
line was also >disarranged and traffic
much delayed. At no time was the
eastbound rail of the CoIegrove line
between OakhUust and Los Angeles
covered with sand or water sufficiently
to delay cars, yet for nearly three
hours no car was sent through.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
PASADENA EXPERIENCES
RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES

PASADENA, Feb. 7.-Pasadena is
flooded today as d result of the storm.
More than two inches of rain had
fallen up until o'clock this evening.
and there is no sign of an abatement.
The downtown streets are flooded from
curb to curb, particularly at the june
ton of Colorado street and Fair Oaks
avenue, where the cars from the diff
ferent city lines meet
A sadly disappointed crowd of tour
lists made, the descent from Mount Will
son during the afternoon and entered
tn city drenched to the skin. They
made the ascent of the mountain yes
terday, expecting the rain of the lower
country would be snow on the noun
tain. Their expectations were not real
lied, for Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe
both report one of the heaviest rains
of the year, a rain which is washing
out not only the snow, but is doing
some little damage to the trail.
So heavy was the downpour this
morning the church services were
poorly attended all over the city, and
even the presence of the founder of
the Emmanuel movement, Dr. EIwood
Worcester, at All Saints Episcopal
church, this afternoon, did not attract
more than an ordinary sized audience,
1t was announced yesterday the doors
would not be open to the general pub
lie until the pew holders had been seat
ed, and the general public did not rel
ish the idea OF waiting in the rain.
The Los Angeles cars experienced
some little difficulty with the water in
the southern section, where most of
the storm drains empty, but managed
to keep fairly within the schedule, al
though several cars came in with their
fuses blown out.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
SEAS ARE HEAVY AND FEARS
FELT FOR SAFETY OF WHARF

SANTA MONICA, Feb. THE Sc
we're storm which swept in from the
ocean today caused a heavy sea which
did considerable damage to the small
craft anchored along the water front.
Late this evening anxiety was felt
that the long wharf at Port Los An
geles would be seriously damaged and
the Los Angeles-Pacifi company sent
a trainload of men to repair what
damage they could.
The new fill at Ivy park on the
short line became flooded late in the
afternoon and the subsequent washing
out of the tracks at that point closed
the lire 20 travel for the night. All
short line cars are running to Los An
geleS by way of Sawtelle, while pasSen-
gers from RedOndo are compelled to
come through this city and go to Los
Angeles by the main line.
The country between F'redericks sta
resembles a large lake. Whole tracts
are submerged and orchards are COW
cred in some places with five feet of
water. The rainfall of today was the
heaviest in years and the continued,
steady downpour this evening will
bring the total rainfall for the season
up to top notch figures.
The railroad officials watched their
roadbed with much concern and it was
prophesied last night the whole system
would be out of service by morning if
the rain continued.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
BIG COMBINATION
ALL WILL WELCOME
WORLDS WORK MAGAZINE
MAKES NOTABLE ALLIANCE
Secures Entire Control of Great Cen.
tury Dictionary-cuts Prices
Nearly in Half to Gain
New Subscribers

Nowadays there is the keenest sort
OF competition among the leading
magazines to add subscribers, and this
accounts for the remarkable effort the
popular Worlds Work Magazine
is now making, and which is at
tracing public attention from literary,
educational and business viewpoints.
The magazine lreferred to has set it.
self the task of quickly securing a
large number of additional regular
readers.
The periodical realized that to ac-
compl1sh this task it must do some
tnlng out of the ordinary, which it did
oy proceeding to arrange for the en-
tire addition Of the great Century Die
tlonary and Cyclopedia and Atlas, the
1oea being to bring down the cost to
pedrock This was accomplished by
pruning the largest edition ever pre-
pared Dy cutting out the big commits
slons that had always been paid to
Dock agents selling the work and by
making other economies in no wav in
terfering with the high standard of ex-
cellence In paper, printing and bind
ing winch mad always characterized
The Century.
In this way it was found that the
work could be distributed at much less
than the former prices, and a years
SUBSCRIPTION to the magazine could be
included.
Inc expense of the whole undertake
ing IS OF course, very large, involving
more than round million dollars. it
Is said, but the offering has been a,
great success, and thousands Of sets.
coupled with subscriptions, have al
ready been distributed throughout the
country. 1t was recently decided, how
ever, to place the remainder in special
sections, where magazine circulation IS
most valuable, and so what is left Of
the original big edition has been set
aside fer certain favored localities with
the large cities as distributing points,
and the limited allotment for Los An
geles is being distributed through
Ham burgers book department, where
those who apply promptly may now
secure this splendid home library at a
price almost any one can afford, and
also on convenient terms of payment.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
POLICE ASKED TO LOCATE
TWO MISSING NEVADA MEN
Carpenter Not Seen Since Early Last
Month, and Family in Destitute
Circumstances

Two men are missing from their
homes in Nevada, and the Los Angeles
police have been asked by the authOri-
ties there to assist in finding them.
.euben Howard, 40 years old and a,
carpenter by occupation, left his home
at Virginia City, telling his wife he
was coming to Los Angeles to seek
employment. He was out of work and
unable to obtain money with which to
support his wife and two small chill
dren. He bade his little family an af-
fectionate farewell and left January
Is. That was the last seen or heard
OF him. His wife and children are in
destitute circumstances, and the woman
is on the verge of nervous prOstration
because Of her anxiety concerning her
husband.
Howard is 5 feet 10 inches in height,
and weighs about 145 pounds. He has
a dark complexion, dark hair and mus
tache. When last seen he was wearing
a dark suit of clothes and a soft hat
Joseph G. Kerns, 20 years old, a for
mer actor and travelling salesman, has
not been heard from since last March,
when he mailed a letter from Fallon,
New. His old mother is anxious to
find him. He is described as being
feet 4 inches in height, weighs 14O
pounds, has dark brown hair and hazel
eyes. He has q fair complexion, and
one front tooth is filled with gold.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
STUDENTS WILL GIVE
PLAY THIS EVENING
POLYTECHNIC EXERCISES TO
BE HELD THURSDAY
Judge Wilbur Will Deliver Main Adj
dress-Thirty-n Pupils Are
to Be Recipients of
Diplomas

The winter commencement exercises
of the Polytechnic high school will be-
gin this evening with the class play
''Tom Moore which will be given III
the school auditorium and be repeated
Tuesday evening. Wednesday evening
the IOnian society will have charge OF
the program.
Thursday evening the commence
ment exercises will be held, at which
Judge Curtis D. Wilbur will deliver the
main address. The program will be
as follows: Selection by orchestra;
grafton, "Our Forests" Frank E. An
derson; cOrneta solo, Wanamake Mil
ton; grafton, Postal Savings Banks,
Ruth Kimball; Song of the Vikings,
Polytechnic girls and boys glee clubs;
commencement address; presentation
of class, by w. A. Dunn, acting prin-
cipaI; presentation of diplomas, by Jo-
seph Scott, president of the board OF
education; distribution of flowers. by
the girls of the senior B class.
The class officers are:
Nelson Smith president, Ruth Kim
ball vice president, Harry Wacker-
barth secretary and treasurer, Ruth
Dutton historian.
The following are the thirty-n1ne pu-
pills who will receive diplomas:
Lee Narver, Franklin Padan, Clem-
ent Refs, Fred Schumutzler, Reuben
Sebastian, Ernest Simmons, Nelson
Smith, Fred Stillwell, LIE Roy Strang
Herbert Stuart, Henry Wackerbarth
Percy Walker, Hazel Banks, Gertrude
Bell Gladys Brant, Mary Carver
Ruth Dutton, Ruth Kimball, Laura
Nelson, Bessie O'Brien, Nellie Tufts
F. E. Anderson, Howard Bullen, Flo
Charbonnel, oliver Davies, ALFRED
Dennis, Tom Felt, Carl Frantz, Harry
Frantz, Frank Gleiss, Alfred Hager-
man, Homer Hough, William Jepson
Farley Johnson, Walter Larsen, LOui:
Lang, Wilbert McClara, Henry Melone
William McGorry
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
Two
Dollars a Week
Regularly for Four Years Is
Making Small Fortunes for
Many Los Angeles People
YOU CAN LEARN HOW
WITHOUT COST

We are known by every banker and
every newspaper publisher in Los An
geles and by most all of your neigh
bors.
We mean every word of the above
heading.
We are organizers Of Plans to create
new wealth which in new communities
like this usually goes to waste.
By one Of our New Plans we have
established seven of the widest known
farming town communities in Califor-
nia-WaScO, Alpaugh, Clark Colony,
ETC., but this Two Dollar Plan has
naught to do with colonization.
You stay in the city at your present
avocation and without effort or care
on your part and without one penny
of your money being at risk you make
So a week laid aside for only four
years create you an available asset
that rapidly becomes snug fortune OF
from $4,000 to $4,000.
We are not stock promoters
We are not oil promoters.
We are not mining promoters.
We are not invention promoters.
We are not town lot promoters
We organize the creation Of new
wealth.
Ii. all new communities there are
valuable sources of economic wealth
going to waste.
we can show you beyond your power
Of disbelief-and won't charge you for
the interview.
We want all the school teachers. all
the wage earners, all the salaried
folks, all the professional men to heed
this call.
If you cannot come to our lecture
today at p. m. or this evening At
p. m, then write us to tell you how 50
laid aside by you weekly for only four
years will create you a snug fortune
in way not Jointly mixed with any
other member. but individually on your
own property basis.
We have patriotic interest enough in
the development Of this Plan to take
pleasure in submitting it to you in full
without charge.
Very respectfully yours.
California Home Extension Association
Ground floor, Chamber Of Commerce,
! Los Angeles. California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
ARRESTED AGAIN LEST He
SHOULD INJURE HIS WIFE
Woman Telephones That Husband
Released on Bail Is Likely
to Harm Her

Because his wife feared he would
return home and brutally beat her OF
perhaps take her life, A. H. oliver, who
was arrested by Motorcycle Patrolmar
Humphrey after a desperate struggle
Saturday morning, on a charge OF
drunkenness, was rearrested a few
minutes after being released on $50 bal
yesterday morning, and locked up or
a charge of suspicion.
The police say Oliver has been ir
the habit of beating his wife whenever
the idea occurred to him, and wher
Mrs. Oliver telephoned to the police
yesterday morning and was told hel
husband had been released on bail
she told them that if he returned home
1t would be to do her bodily harm
Officers were at once detailed to catch
oliver before he reached his home, and
he was arrested after having been ou
Jail only a few minutes.
Il charge other than that Of DRUM
may be placed against him when he i!
arraigned in police court this morning
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
BOY WITH INCLINATION FOR
SAILORS LIFE UTILIZES PUNT

There were many amusing scenes in
the downtown districts, where people
attempted to cross the flooded streets.
much astonishment as a young West
Adams street district voyager. A La
Sale street youth resurrected a punt
which long had lain in the loft of a
stable, forgotten by all save the boy.
The lad equipped himself with a pad
ole and q pikepole and set forth like
a brave explorer.
First he poled up La Sale street
against strong pitch of quick water
until he reached Twentieth street.
Here, after a short carry, he proceeded
nearly to Nineteenth street. firing
Of the strenuous work, the boatman
took to the paddle and steered his light
craft downstream at a lively clip.
A score Of less fortunate lads fiat
tened their noses against streaming
window panes and wished they might
go out and have a good time like the
other fellows"
ids swirled, featherwhite, the youth
passed his own home with a jaunty
wave of his hand to his younger and
less fortunate brother.
A West Adams and Harvard boule-
ward car, crowded with passengers,
momentarily blocked the passage of
the little craft The motorman neg
lected his 1.-TWO bells'' to stare in won
derment at the sailor lad, who adroitly
swung his batteau west on Adams
street. Twenty-Five passengers ap-
plauded when the lad sang them a
snatch of a Canadian boating song as
he whirled along on the crest of min
iature breakers and safely negotiated
the whirlpool at Hobart boulevard.
On H0h9 Tt ah thnro
ing for you! Swift and steady, like
the Twickenham Ferry, the boat bore
the sailor boy on out to Jefferson and
probably, as, the story book says,
thence to the sea-" The sight took
many a grave-faced churchgoer back
to the days of his youth and doubtless
was the subject of discussion at more
than one dinner IA abIa
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08

ty-three was in fair condition at 10
O'Clock last night, although it was
somewhat shaky. Caution lights were
posted at both ends.
4 Danger signals stopped all traffic on
the city bridge at Avenue %, and the
police attached to the east side sta
tion, under Lieutenant Dixon and Ser
geant Adams, were kept on watch all
night at the various danger points to
warn persons Of the unsafe condition of
the structures.
Path Marked by Rain
From almost the headwaters Of the
arroyo damage and destruction marked
the path Of the flood. Outhouses and
t-Iildings, barns, chicken sheds, fences,
wagons and vehicles standing on or
near the banks Of the creek were caught
by the rapidly rising waters and
whirled away. The banks were washed
away in many places for as much as
thirty feet, and the arroyo changed its
channel completely in two places be-
tween Avenue 43 and it's mouth.
At the mouth the waters spread out
to a width of more than a hundred
yards, poured their flood on top of
the high water in the river, and car
ried the debris down with it, piling
fencing, piles, boards and timbers in
confusion against the bridges crossing
the river.
The Southern Pacific road sent out
tie Owl train for the north on time,
but no other trains left during the
evening, and the trains from the north
were held up in the valley.
All traffic on the Salt Lage and
Santa Fe roads was stopped until
transfer arrangements could be made
with the Southern Pacific company,
and such service as was attempted was
subject to delay and long, wearisome
waits