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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-03-25
The Annual School Meeting and
ArhOr Day.

Inc annual school meeting Will
be held this year, April 9th, be-
ginning 40 . o'clock p m Arhor
Day is on Friday April 9th. One
or the other OF these days win
De a good time for the people,
all the people, TO come together
and discuss the questions Of
most Importance to the commun.
ity.
AT the annual meeting one or
more directors will be be chosen.
and a county superintendent or
commissioner will be elected,
who under the new law will be-
come comfy superintendent in
August, The best and most avail
able person in the district should
be elected director, while the
best qualified, most industrious
and most progressive person in
the county should be chosen for
commissioner - superintendent,
The voters should refuse TO sup
port any but the best.
Besides selecting district and
county school officers, the voters
must determine the length of
term in excess of eight months,
the amount of levy for school
purposes in excess of 40 cents,
aud dispose of all other items in
the notices or that may be leg
ally called up by the chairman.
Under our law, women have
no right to vote but there is no
good reason why they should not
attend the annual school meet
ings and witness the manner Of
procedure Of their husbands,
fathers and brothers in dispos.
ing of matters of interest to the
entire district. Their presence
would, without doubt add to the
interest and the uplift Of the
occasion and the advance of every
good cause. Let the women of
the district attend the school
meetings and join in the discus.
sions.
In addition to the usual school
questions mentioned and others
may arise, it would be well to
consider the following topic:
How Improve Our School"
Under this head any or all of.
the following questions may be
discussed:
Clean, attractive school rooms.
The roads leading to the school
house.
The improvement Of school
grounds.
the planting and care Of trees
on school grounds.
The Importance Of pure drink
water for the children.
proper lighting, heating
and ventilation Of the school
room.
School Libraries, how secure
and use.
The value of a good teacher
and how retain her.
Cooperation OF patrons with
teacher and board.
Duty Of board and patrons to
the school.
Value Of pictures for the school
room.
How bring the school life and
the home life closer together.
II tuete IS not sutnclent time
for the discussion Of the above
and other questions OF interest
10 the community, I suggest that
another be held Oh April 9th,
Arbor Day. and that an the
people meet, consider these
fully, plant trees, shrubs
and agree upon a fixed policy
for the Improvement Of school
conditions IN the district
Very truly yours,
Howard A. Goss
State Supt Public Schools.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23

for merchant tailoring To-day you get real tailoring
ITSELF made-to-order taioring-New York and Chicago
tailoring easily and economically the substitutes fort
The Royal Tailors of Chicago and New York through
their connection with this store, offer that opPor
tunity you.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23
are TailOred-tO-Order

Why should you continue apbR with the clothes problem
and take chances with uncanttng "StoeClothes when the
best tailoring in the world within your easy rea
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23
Broadaoay SyIe Brought 10 You

When you come to this store-you virtually come
Wooden display that presents the pick of all the
Woolens of America.
No local tailor shop in New York Chicago
could duplicate this diSplay-for no local tailor with
only limited clientele support it, has the
to buy as The Royal Tailors buy.
You pick the fabric for your fall suit from a half
thousand of the of the seasons latest Wooden
innovations, and the suit is tailored to your order
in the same fautess style and hawleSs fit that the
highest priced tailors in Broadway would supply
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23

Why should you try to conform yourself to clothes
made for mo particular, when you have
your every Suit Overcoat made specifically and ndvdu
ally for YOU-and a more, perhaps less,
than your usual clothes outlay?
No longer need any accept stereotype substitutes
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23
A Legal Gnarantee ggAh Eye,y Ga,mlM

And there are other features behind Royal lm.or
clothes besides their style and economy that MAJ"
them the clothes for yoH.
You no longer deal with DAME FOX Ne
when you buy Royal Tailoring. You haven hougm
pig in poke" when you walk out OF this No,'
with a Royal suit. Every Royal garment sul,
anteed to satisfy to satisfy you in every respect
fabric, in style, in flor it need not be aceePf"
And more. Every Royal garment IS guaTan'''0
to be all Pure Woodland that alone.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23

At this taking measures for clothes
to be made in two of the largest and best organized
tailoring establishments in the world
Clothes to be made in each to fit every line
and curve of the body that is to them.
Clothes to carry all the style, all the snap, all the
refinement and dash that only metropolitan tailor
can supply.
Yet we are charging prices that no local tailor in
this town could subsSt on For The Royal Talors
make thousand suits to the tailor's one.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Big Gypsum Plant Opened.

Council Grove.-The Kansas Gyp-
sum company has reorganized and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Lewis Mead president of Ma
tional bank; vice president, j. j.
Rhodes, lumberman; treasurer, e, F.
Bell, travelling salesman, and secre-
tary, C. l.. Haucke, farmer and real
estate dealer. These men will no
doubt use every influence to push this
plant to operation.
The plant is situated one mile west
of Council Grove, on the Pollard farm.
The holdings of the company consist OF
of a lease on 1888 acres of land which
is underlaid with gypsum. The trans
portation facilities are unsurpassed,
being adjacent to right of way on the
main line of the Missouri Pacific
railway and available to NJ, K. & T.
Railway also. A switch will be put
in by the Missouri Pacific as soon as
the eighty thousand shares of stock
are disposed of. The stuff Is there
and stands 99.2 pure by assay.
T. l.. Watkins has the contract from
the stockholders to sell the shares and
already has four of the best promo
tiers in the field.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
ALL PARTNERS IN BUSINESS
Boston Store Has Come to the Ex-
treme In Development of Profit
Sharing Scheme.

Profit sharing, which In America Is
virtually an experiment, has been In
practical application for quarter of
century in England. The number OF
labor co-parterniship societies there
rose from Is in 1883 to 112 last year,
with an increase in business from
100000 to about $20,0O0,000.
The South Metropolitan Company
last year divided $4,000 among its
femployes, the equivalent of seven
and one-half per cent. dividend on
their wages, and in IS years it has
distributed $2,1OO,000 to workmen as
their share of the profits. Six Eng
lish gas companies adopted the profit
sharing plan during the year.
According to Moody's Magazine,
Mr.. Carnegie says that Boston store
has gone furthest of all in the direc-
ton of making its employees share
holders" This establishment, he
says, employees 700 to 900 men, the
capital stock is held only by en-
ployes and Is returned to the corpor-
alton at its value should the employee
leave the service. Every share of
stock belongs to some one working
in the store.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
8 Kansas Women on Rescue Ship.

Clay Center.-Three Clay Center
women were passengers on the Bata'
via, the Hamburg-American line
steamer which rescued the interme
date and steerage passengers of the
Slavonia, the steamer which went on
the rocks south of the Flores Islands
last week. They are Miss Edna Han
ma, daughter of Mayor G. w. Hanna;
Miss Katie Reynolds, daughter of DR..
F. s. Reynolds, and Mrs. Chiarini,
wife of Prof. Criarini, leader of the
Second Regiment band of this city,
all of whom are on their way to Italy
for the summer. The account of the
wreck and rescue through the wire
less telegraph was read with a great
deal of interest by all of Clay Center
people.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Band to Meet shrlners.

Pittsburgh. X. Lanyon, who will
be the first potentate of Mira temple
of the Order of the Mystic Shrine,
who with two of the other delegates
who attended the annual meeting OF
the Imperial Council in Louisville,
Kentucky, were received with great
pomp and splendor upon their arrival
home by the Pittsburg mobiles. A
street parade with band Of music,
and impressive ceremonies was the
program. The celebration of the es-
Enlistment OF shrine temple closed
with a banquet and toasts at Idle
Hour park.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Hawk That Wouldn't Be trapped.

An interesting hawk story comes
from Concord township. Recently N.
v. Kearns, farmer, set steel trap
In his chicken lot to catch some sly
animal that had been robbing him of
chickens.
The day after 1t was set an investi.
cation showed that the trap had been
carried away. Nearly a week passed
before he heard a great commotion
among his chickens, and going out he
saw a hawk soaring upward with a
chicken in his beak and another in
one of his claws, and from the other
claw was dangling the steel trap that
had been carried away few days be-
fore.-Ashboro Courier.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
CHECK YOUR BABIES AT CHURCH
An Innovation Arranged in an Ottawa
House of Worship.

Ottawa.-Check your babies at the
stand; they will be well taken care of
and you can enjoy the sermon without
interruption.
This is an innovation that is ar
ranged for the First Baptist church
and will be made regular feature in
connection with each Sunday morning
service. The babies will be taken
care of by the girl members of the
intermediate B. Y. P. u, the pas
tors study being turned into a nursery
for the time being.
Children from the age of babies In
arms up will be accepted and will be
given ample entertainment during the
service. Refreshments of milk and
cookies will be served, and rattles,
Noah's Arks and tin soldiers will pro-
vide amusements for the infants.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Cycle Ride of go Miles for a wife.

A wedding was solemnized recently
at the Wesleyan church at Colchester,
England, under unusual circum-
stances.
The necessary certificate from the
registrar not having arrived on Satur-
day night, the anxious bridegroom, F.
E. Moore, accompanied by the brother
of the bride, T. E. Wright, started off
at $3.50 a. m. on Sunday to cycle to
Clacton, where they awaited the sort
ing of the morning mail. The expect
ed letter was not, however, in the
mail, and the pair then cycled to
Dovercourt, the residence of the regis
trar. He kindly went to the registra-
ton Office at Harwich with them and
handed them the all essential docu-
ment.
The cyclists then rode back to Col
chester, having covered in all sixty
miles. The wedding had been fixed
for 8 a. M, but it was duly solemnized
at 2:30 p. m.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
The Power of the Ad.

John Harnitt Lowndes, the noted
psychologist Of Richmond, was prais-
ing the power of advertising.
A lady disputed the compelling pow
er that Mr.. Lowndes imputed to the
advertisement, and on a wager the
psychologist inserted In Richmond
daily the following:
81 promise nothing. contract to
to perform nothing. But
Send me so cents in stamps. Per-
haps there is surprise in store for
you. Who knows?' ]. H. L., P. O..
Box 217."
And Mr.. Lowndes won his wager.
His curious advertisement brought
him in enough stamps to make sub
stantial contribution to Richmond's
charities. 1t also caused-for the story
spread-a boom in advertising among
Richmond's men of business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
HOSPITAL FOR MCPHERSON.
Physicians Have Formed Association
to Erect Building.

McPherson.-At last Mcpherson is
to have a new hospital, one large
enough to take care of all the cases
in the county. Several local physi-
clans are organizing company under
the name of the Mcpherson Hospital
association, and they have already
sold enough stock to insure the sue
cess of the enterprise.
1t is the intention to erect a build
ing at the cost of between twelve and
fifteen thousand dollars. This is to
occupy an attractive location and is to
be equipped with all new and modern
furniture and articles of medical
treatment and surgery. The institu
tion is to be open to every practicing
physician in Mcpherson county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Wichita Man Is Found.

wlchita.-A report has been re-
ceived here that Scott e. Whine,
president of the Whine Mortgage
company, the Land Credit Trust COM
pany and other loan and mortgage
companies, who failed in Wichita
about a year ago with liabilities
amounting to more than 100000, has
been located in a hospital in Santa
Anna. Cal He is reported to be suf-
sering with a broken leg. which was
occasioned by an automobile accident
Scott f. Whine left here on March
90. 1908.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
EorelQn RnaIrs.

There are now 10 cases of bubonic
plague in Caracas. The disease is con-
fined to the city.
NJ. Negoro a member of the editorial
staff of the japanese paper Jill print
ed at Honolulu has appealed to Toxic
claiming that his treaty rights were
invaded when the Office of the Jill
was raided and he himself arrested for
conspiracy to riot.
w. w. Rockhill the retiring minis
ter to China was received in fare
well audience by the regent Prince
Chun, who expressed friendly senti-
ments toward Mr.. Rockhill and the
United States.
Dispatches from Manila tell of the
GOODNESS and bravery Of the American
women who were in the barracks
when besieged by the mutinous ma
tives constabulary.
President Penna of Brazil is dead.
He was stricken with influenza June 2
and gradually declined. He was 81
years old and the sixth president Of
the republic.
The 10 strike leaders indicted in
Honolulu have had preliminary trial
and were bound over to trial on
charges of conspiracy TO riot and
rRurder.
The German emperor addressed go
visiting clergymen from England in
Berlin and made especial effort to
impress the visitors with the pacific
and friendly intentions of the German
government toward Great Britain.
All hope Of saving the lives OF the
crew of the Russian submarine which
sank in $50 feet Of water of Sabasto-
pol has been abandoned after two
divers lost their lives in the attempt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
NEWS Or fHEf WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
From National capital.

Admiral Schroeder COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Atlantic feet has recon-
mended to the secretary of the navy
that no cigarettes be kept in the ships
stores or sold to the men of the navy.
Senator Brown Of Nebraska in an
address before the senate produced
facts to show that wood pulp and print
paper can be produced cheaper in the
United States than in Canada, saying
that labor was paid higher wages
there than here and advocating the
removal of the duty on wood pulp and
print paper.
The senate adopted the window
glass schedule placing lower duty
on such glass than is provided either
by the Dingley law or the house bill.
Because of intense competition by
German manufacturers the duty on
illustrated post cards was increased
1926 per cent above the Dingley law.
The state department is encouraged
to believe that the American finan-
ciers who wish to participate in the
Chinese railroad loan with the Ger
man, English and French investors
will be permitted to do so.
The new Turkish ambassador Hes
sein Kiazien Bey has been received by
President Taft at the White house.
After a conference in which pre-
gressive Republican" senators partici-
pated it was announced that the fight
for the adoption Of an income tax
amendment would be continued in
spite of President Taft's recommends
ton that the matter be referred to
the various states
The state department has learned
that the steamer Mantichoke and tug
Despatch have been bought by the
Venezuelan government and. orders
have been given to abandon the obser-
walton of the vessels which had been
mada In the belief that they were en-
gagged in a filibustering expedition.
Secretary Wilson has sent five Off
GERS of the department of agriculture
to East st. Louis to institute a rigid
investigation into the packing house
conditions there.
President Taft has sent message
to congress urging the passage OF an
amendment to the tariff bill imposing
a tax of two per cent upon the undis-
tributed net earnings of corporations.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Hard Fond Good for Teeth.

Eat hard food II you wish to keep
the teth clean and preserve them" is
the advice of Dr. George Cunningham,
who has been conducting a crusade
for the preservation of the teeth Of
English children. The best of all
bread. said DR.. Cunningham recently,
was that provided in the prison. Moth
ers who had the interests Of their chill
dren's theeth at heart should select a
good erusty loaf made from seconds"
-four, and not from the white roller
milled. The crusts should be cut on
and given to the children.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
STATE NEWS NOTES
Condensed Report of Important Events That Happened Kansas
An Ex-senator Found Dead.

Wichita.-Robert Findley, of the
Robert Findley & Son Broomcorn
company, and formerly head of the
American Warehouse company of this
city, the largest broomcorn business
in the west, and state senator from
the Thirty-fifth district in 1903, was
found dead in his barn at his home in
this city. Paralysis and heart disease
are said to have caused death. The
deceased was SO years old. Burial
will be made in Sterling, Kansas. Mr.
Findley's former home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Engineers School in New Home.

Lawrence.-The equipment of the
engineering school of the University
of Kansas has been moved from the
old quarters in Fraser hall into the
new 100000 engineering building,
which has just been completed. Next
year all classes in the engineering
course will be held in the new build
ing and Fraser hall will be occupied
exclusively by college classes. This
will relieve the congested condition
which has prevailed at the University
for years and will make possible the
formation of new classes to take care
of the growing enrolment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Destroyed by Fire.

Pratt.-Fire completely destroyed
the Lunt auditorium erected on South
Main street in this city. A residence
owned by Mr.. Lunt, the proprietor OF
the auditorium, was also totally de-
stroyed. The residence was occupied
by Mr.. Osgood, who lost all his house
hold effects. The auditorium was re-
Gently erected at cost Of $4,000.
The residence was also new struc-
ture and cost $500. Both buildings
were fully covered by insurance. 1t
is supposed the fire originated from
crossed wires.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Popular German Publisher.

Albert Langen, the founder and pub
fisher of Simplicissimus and of the
semi-monthly MARI, who died in Mu-
mich a few days ago, was only 40
years old. The cause of his death
was an autoilobiys accident. Speak
ing of him, a fellow-publisher said:
His was a unique character, COM
prising artistic tendencies and bust
ness ability and a geniality which
made him a general favorite."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Services on a church Tower.

Rev. j. Enraght, vicar of Ranworth
(Norfolk), and the church choir mount
ed to the top of the church tower and
there offered prayers and sank hymns
and psalms, invoking the Almighty's
blessing upon the growing crops.
Despite the altitude of the tower
and good breeze, every word was au-
dible to the congregation assembled
in the church yard below and on the
road.-London Evening Standard.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Almena's Big Celebration.

Almena.-Hays B. White Of Man
haitian will be the principal speaker
at the Fourth of July celebration
which will be held here July 8. Other
features of the days entertainment
will be music by McKay's band, base
ball game balloon ascension, shows,
etc. Almena, 1t will be remembered,
was the first town in the state to hold
an alfalfa carnival.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-06-25
Domestic Items.

At Dayton, o., great celebration
was held to do honor to the Wright
brothers, the successful inventors OF
flying machines.
The greatest convention of Chris
tian church ever held in Missouri is in
session at ST. Louis this being the
centennial year for the church.
The inspectors sent by the depart
ment of agriculture to investigate the
charges of inefficient inspection at
East st. Louis are holding secret in
vestigation and refuse to divulge to
the public any part of the testimony
submitted.
Three men were indicted at Okla
homa City, Ok, for operating still in
the Seven Devils Mountains in eastern
Oklahoma.
The worlds automobile record for
% miles was broken at the Readville
track by Ralph de Palma. His time
was 23 minutes 35 seconds. Barney
Oldfield's old record, 20 minutes SO 3-5
seconds, was made at Fresno, Cali
fornia, December 10, 1904.
The Woman's Label League and
Trade Union auxiliary closed its ma
tional convention at Louisville by
selecting Indianapolis as the place for
next years meeting, electing officers
and passing by unanimous vote res
olution favoring the extension of the
suffrage to women.
The United Norwegian Lutheran
church proposes TO raise jubilee fund
of 100000 to be used in 1914 to
mark the 25th anniversary OF the
founding of the church convention.
A census of New York's state pris-
on shows that of the $50 alien con-
victs 319 are liable to deportation as
they were convicted within three
years of their arrival in this country.
OF this number 1877 are Italians.
Testimony presented at the hearing
of the suit against the international
Harvester company at Jefferson City,
Mo-, shows that since the organization
of the company prices of farm ma
chinery has become higher and COM
petition has ceased.
Gov. Hadley has signed the bill pro-
hibiting the employment of women
and girls for more than nine hours per
day in factories or restaurants or
similar places in Missouri.
The Seattle exposition has opened
negotiations with Philadelphia for the
loan of the old Liberty Bell as an ex-
hibit.
The National Conference Of the
Evangelical Lutheran churches Of
America which was in session at Clear
Lake, Ia, for one week has adjourned
A new Massachusetts, law requires
that the time of receiving and sending
shall appear on each telegram and the
companies propose to change the
words as part of the message.
Onaga, kan, is now division point
on the Leavenworth, Kansas & West
ern, branch of the Union Pacific.
Nine Italians members of an alleged
Black Hand society we're tried at Fair
mount, w. Va, and convicted of con-
spiracy to rob and kill.
With IL of their leaders under ar
rest in Ohio the Black Hand continues
to send threatening letters to parties
in Cincinnati.