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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
CROP THAN PAIDFOR LAND
Wheat Tested Sixty Pounds and Sold
for a Dollar q BusheI.

Goodland, Kan. Oct 30.-C c.
Evans hauled some fine winter wheat
to town and the test was sixty pounds
to the busl,eI He 81 ld IL all for seed
at a dollar rer bI shel
I. wal sown IN corn stuIblc. twenty
six acres being put in Jrkt before the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
PRATT SUFFERS FROM FIRE.
Rock Island Coal Chute and 100 Tons
of Coal Consumed.

Pratt. Kan. Oct 30.-A fire which
occurred here totally destroyed the
Rock Island coal chute in the rail-
road yards here. The chute which
cost $4,000 and had q capacity of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30

souse. The chief suggested the work
house sentence, and Judge Kyle fol-
lowed with his official sanction.
Fox's return to his home town will
be delayed a twelve-month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Threshing Machine Claims victim.

Salina, Kan, Oct. 30.-Ruben Har-f
ris, who came here several weeks ago
from his home near Kansas City,
where two daughters reside, was in
jured when caught in a threshing ma
chine on farm five miles north of
Salina. One jaw was crushed. his
head was cut and an arm was broken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
Crews Are Working to North
west From BelOit.
MAY BE q. P. PROJECT.
New Line Means Much to Sixth
Congressional District.
VIII Shorten Haul Kansas City
to Cheyenne 100 Miles.

BeIoit, Kan, Oct. S0.-Actual work
has commenced on the Dakota, Kan
sas & Gulf railroad. The preliminary
survey is being made. An outfit of
IA men is in the field. The surveyors
took up the work at Beloit, the sur
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
SPRING CARNIVAL
The Great patterson Shows Will BE
the Attraction

During the week of May ; to we
will have with us the largest carnival
company that has ever been organized.
This is the Great Patterson Shows and
they will appear here during that time
under the auspices of the Louisiana
State Fair Association With this great
company there are twenty big shows be-
sides number Of high class free acts.
Given good weather. this will he a big
week for this city as the local commit
tee in charge Of the affair are thor
oughly advertising it within a radius OF
$50 miles of here Special excursion
trains will be arranged for and it is ex-
pected that. with the possible exception
of State Fair week, there will be more
strangers here than ever before in the
history of Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11

in which Is embraced the territory de
signated as the Ninth Ward. the popu-
lation Of Shreveport is about thirty five
thousand
The directory. as It Is presented. Is
credit to Mr. Louis n BrueggerhoH
the compiler aud The publisher,
The directory as offered to the public
represents active. intelligent aud per
sistcnt effort IN grasp,ng rs whole i'm
mediate details which are essentials to
success.
The work As completed is well done
The Nrce Of the book is five dollars.
Considering It's value for reference and
the general information it contains. this
directory should be kept handy in every
place Of business i'll this city 1t is al
most AS indispensable as the telephone.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
BOARD OE HEALTH.

Vital statistics Of Shreveport for the
week ending April TO- 1000.
Marriages-Conrie Bills and Miss
Louise Ebbesen: L. ]. Broubln and Miss
+. r. Howth C. l. Dollard and Miss
Pauline Fiser. Black: K NJ. Chew and
Fife Freeman F. Mckeel and Conelia
Claxton: A. Webb and Carrie Thomas
Will Lane and Elnora WEIGH.
Births-J NJ Kaufman and wife
girl: NJ Haywood and wife, girl; Hat
nv c. Bellows and wife, girl Black
Mitchell Green and wife. boy: {. T.
Mcdowell and wife. boy: Mack Thorn
as and wife, girl.
Deaths-White Michael Jancich, 5.
years. Black Jerry Reed. 20 years
Willie Butler. 25 years: Emma l.. Elan
rS years: Agnes Williams. 20 years
Non-rcsidents Mathew Baxter. Fl
years Fannie Laroux. IS years: Alber
Johnson. 8 years; Ellen F1ournoy. y
years; Matte Lawson, 80 years: Bur
Jones. TO years: Lucy Tilion; Rober
Shorp. 1o years; John Smith, 10 years
John knight. 50 years
OF the above nine died at the Chart.
Hospital. A. ). RElSOk,
Health Officer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
REAL ESTATE MARKET
Record of Realty Transactions i'll the
City and Parish

Real estate transfers furnished by the
Caddo Abstract Co Ltd. 5I7 Marshall
street, opposite court house. j. D. Eu
bank, president: r. A. Leonard. vice
president: Sam w. Mason, secretary
D. P. Fubank. treasurer.
Samuel J Ward to James d. Eubank
an undivided half interest in lot sec
ton 2I-2o-15: $775.
James D. Eubank to Sam w. Masor
and Fred Ratzburg. undivided half in
terest in west half of northeast quarter
section 3o-t8-14: $40.
r. r. Nigh ct al to George Sprague
northwest quarter sec. 2-16-15: $1,000
VIM Hamilton. trustee. to J ID. Ell
bank. southeast of northeast sectioi
10 and 20 I-acrel OTIS in subdivision
of west half of northwest quarter sec
ton to-Io-I6: $1,000.
Miss Annie Carlisle to Chris O'Brier
lot $50 Caddo Heights, lot $50 of Cadd'
Heights supplement. lots IS and rs 10
acre lot z. lots L. and 3 block I Park
view subdivision: $500.
Caddo Realty Co. to ]. M, Shepherd
lots o. and oS Pinehurst: $500.
Railroad Lands Co. to VIM. Buchan
an ct al. about 246S acres in solver LAX
tract: $4,000.
Mrs. Julia Johnson to Mrs. Susie T
Stokes, lot 5 block I Holmesville. $I4ot
w r. Hughes to F. r. Drake ct a
lots 2. :, and block G Howell subdi
vision. less improvements $1,000.
Foster Carter to F. II. Drake ct a
lots Is and rs block 2 Howell subdivis
i, L, less improvements: $225o.
:$4IHFoP Observation-Disclosures
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
IMPRESSIVE SERMON
~ the Nocalizatiun of the Last Sever
Words Of Christ

In the vocalization at st. Mark s
church Good Friday night Of The Last
Seven Words of Christ. there was rem
lcred III exquisite measure an ideal IN
music. he cantata is by Theodore Du
Bo,s and as sang by the choir Of St.
Mark appealed to the sublime in man
kind 1t was sermon most impress
i've which will ever l'nger pleasantly III
the minds and the hearts of those who
heard it F7,c success attained is due to
+. II K. Flood. organist and choir
master. whose splendid talent aud man
agetnent was directed to the proficiency
If this grand choir Of fifty magnificent
voices
In no invidious sense may be men
toned ecialy the rendition of James
McCann bass. and Herman Poleman
Tenor
This beautiful cantata was rendered
to the accompaniment of Mrs. Collins,
pianist. McCann's orchestra and the
organ Of the church will, Mr.. Flood as
organst. Soloists: H. A. Poleman and
Feve l.. Hunt. tenofs: James a. Nc
Cam. bass: Leon Carter Grosjean. By
ron Warner and Calhoun Allen. so
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
GOVERNOR SANDERS
Was in Shreveport FRIDAY and Satur
Greeted Heartily by Friends.

Governor Sauders reached Shreveport
Friday afternoon from Mansfield, where
he attended the gathering of Confeder
ate Veterans viii celebrated the battle
Of Man shcld Governor Sanders was
one of the speakers Being a son Of a
Veteran he spoke with patriotic ardor
and entl,used the old Gray Backs.
During the day yesterday Governor
Sanders inspected the Charity Hospital
In discussing good roads with h's
friends he stated that he would favor
the construction OF a good road from
Shreveport to Mansfield He is an en-
thusiast on good roads of which many
miles should be constructed IN Caddo
Governor Sanders left on the 2:I-
train yesterday afternoon for Monroe III
the interest Of the Rcformatory tie
will also meet the Tensas Lcvee Board
before his return to Baton Rouge.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
SPECIAL COMPANY THIRTEEN
Inspected Friday Night by Col. O. I.
McClelland of New Orleans.

The Pythians of Shreveport Friday
night entertained Col. O. |. McClel-
Ian and Capt Charles Hawkins of New
Orleans. who came to inspect Special
Company Thirteen The efficiency OF
the company in its entirety was most
satisfactory and elected the most gen
erous tommendation of the inspectors.
After the inspection there was held at
Scheer's an impromptu collation. which
was most enjoyable.
During the afternoon of Friday Col
onel Mcclellan and Captain Hawkins
were given full sight Of the city in an
automobile. The growth of the city was
a revelation to Colonel Mcclellan. who
was in Shreveport several years since
when it was in sense village.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
BUILDING ASSOCIATION
Will Hold Their State Convention
Shreveport.

The Louisiana State Homestead As
sociation will hold their convention i'll
Shreveport on Friday and Saturday.
April If and II. At this gathering there
will be in attendance inen who have
lal,ored successfully in the substantial
upbuilding Of the State. and these. one
and all. are assured a cordial and hearty
welcome
On the first day the visitor will be en-
tcrtained to All excursion to the on
fields and lunch of delicious eatables
On the second day they will be given
full sight of the city and their stay
will he made most pleasant and appre-
ciable
The association is here for business
but it would be a dull gathering If the
substantial was not relieved with some
advertisement
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
SHREVEPORT DIRECTORY
For the Year 1000 Is the Best and Most
Complete Ever Issued i'll This City.

The Shreveport Directory for the year
1000 is the best and the most complete
ever issued in this city. 1t is volume
of about six hundred pages, 6xo inchse,
which, as announced in the PREDATORY,
contains an alphabetically arranged list
of business firms and private citizens,
will, their occupations and addresses: :
a complete street department alphabet
cally arranged, with the householders,
numerically compiled; complete direc-
tory Of occupants Of buildings: a clas-
sifed list of all business callings, pro-
fessions and pursuits; miscellaneous
department showing the State, parish
and city governments. churches. secret
orders and benevolent societies, strength
of the banks, railroads. etc In addition
to these an accurate census of each fam
ily has been made All persons over I6
years will find their names in this di
rectory, and those under that age will
be embodied in the numerical strength
of the head of the family. In giving this
individual census anyone is enaVled to
note the annual increase of the pDpula-
ton of the city of Shreveport.
As estimated. including the addition
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
RIVER AND WEATHER.
he weather Yesterday was fair

The weather yesterday was fair
River: Arthur City 20. rise of o5
Lewis Ferry 10: White Cliffs Al, a
fall Of OIL: Fulton 81. fal lof OF
Spring Bank SO; Shreveport 10, .
fall of o2
Weather forecast for Shreveport ant
vicinity: Fair Sunday
River forecast: The change will bt
,,bimportant above Fulton the next 4s
.rs, and a slight fall will occur be
t, cen Fulton and Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
The Beautiful Oratorio The Last Seven
Words Of Our Saviour

There will be rendered this evening
i'll the Baptist church the beautiful ora
torio The Last Seven Words OF Our
Saviour on the Cross hy s Merca
dante. BY The regular choir A musical
treat may be anticipated. besides the
merit of the vocalizatinn which Is of
high class talent
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11

tCorvrighted 1000 BY W T. Foster J
Washington. d. C., April lo-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross continent . to Is, warm wave :
To u. cool wave II to Is. This was eS
peCted to be the most important DIS
turbanCe of the month, a. great higi,
temperature wave, a cold wave ana
rrosts north. cool wave and cold rams
south. severe storms and the beginning
of ten days period of very bad crop
weather.
The next disturbance will reach Pa
cifc coast about Is, cross Pacific slope
bv close Of TO-, great central valleys y
to 10. eastern states 20. Warm wave
will cross Paciic> slope about IS. great
central valleys u, eastern states 70.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about
rS. great central valleys 20. eastern
| states p.
This disturbance will come during a
cold stormy period and almost anything
in the weather line may be expected
According to latitude cold rains ol
SHOWS accompanied by fierce storms. bad
crop weather and all that goes to make
up a disagreeablc weather week.
This spell of weather will be most
severe in the great central valleys. Not
| SO cold in the eastern states and prov
inces which will get their coolest and
most disagrecable weather later III the
month. The weather in eastern sections
will be more particularly noted for the
great high temperature wave not tai
from April ID. About that date some OF
the eastern sections will have a visit by
dangerous storms Bad time to go boat
riding. In northeastern states temper
atures will go near the freezing point
last week in April and killing frosts are
probable.
Western Canada and our northwest
ern states are on the programme fol
cold weather and frosts April IS to 81
The United States Weather Burea,
management has put Prof Bigelow tt
Studying tornadoes and hurricanes
This is good move and Prof. Bigelov
has probably entered OH the most i'm
portant feature of his life work. 1t is ;
most important work and will lead tt
valuable results.
Europe seems to be making no pro
gress in meteorology: not any more
progress than America Government
meteorologists are making no leadway
They do not claim to have ade any pro
gress in forecasting i'll twenty years
Never will progress till they recognize
the cycles found in the weather records
Why do cyclones whirl from right Il
left north of the eartl,'s equator and j,
opposite direction south Of the equator
Scientists have reached point where
they generally admit that the sun ant
planets are great magnets and that the,
sometimes affect each other nlagnetical
ly. Some day they will admit that alont
that line comes all our weather changes
The planets continue to catch tn
comets. Much of our earth's geological
animal and vegetable history is tied III
in the undiscovered facts relating to th'
|capture of our noon-comet or comet
moon many thousands years ago.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11

81 | 1fnfe or Louisiana. Parish.of Caddo !;
f1tAs !. hereby given that Mary Spear
~ day applied to be appointed ao-
astraffix Of said succession. and 'in-
~. enoosition be made thereto WITHIN
! 1{rsse specified by law, she will be ap-
aeflekd Is prayed for.
r;tness the Honorable T. +. Bell,
4 |s=f...lee 81 said court, this 9TH day OF
n -.,.o w. NJ. LEVY,
g ..,,is I Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
The CONTINENT
A COLD STORMY PERIOD

Almost Anything IL the Weather Line
May Be Expected According to Lat
itudc With Cold Rains and Snow
Bad Crop Weather for Week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15
TRY GYROSCOPE CAR.
Coach on Single Rail Tested in
England.
Inventors Idea Is to Carry Passengers
on the Principle of Spinning
Top-First Trial
Success.

Manchester, Eng.-A 22-ton railway
car, 40 feet long, Is feet high and 10
feet wide, mounted not on regular
trucks but one single line of four
wheels, with not a support but that
line of wheels That's the first thing
to picture. Then put 40 passengers
inside the car and run the whole COM
b1natfon around on a single rail at 25
miles or more an hour, and you have
the spectacle that was presented be-
fore the Royal Society of England sew
eral days ago on the war office
grounds near Chatham. 1t was the
first public demonstration of the full
sized working model of the new gy-
roscope car, first made public before
the Royal society on May 8, 1907, by
its inventor, Louis Brennan. c. B.
The demonstration was successful
even beyond expectation. The car
ran smoothly and without vibration,
taking curves and irregularities in
tho track with perfect safety and alb
solute stability, loaded or empty, fast
or slow. There never was the least
tendency on the part of the car to
leave the rail, so perfect was the gyro-
scope control. Two horoscopes were
used, weighing three-quarters Of ton
each, and making 5000 revolutions a
minute in vacuum. A gasoline en-
CINE furnished the motive power
through the means of an electric dy-
Lamo. MIR. Brennan was overjoyed at
finding that the stability of the gyro.
scopic principle was even more
marked in full-sized model than in
a smaller one.
The principle of the gyroscope Is
that Of a spinning top. Some thirty
years ago Mr.. Brennan, who was then
IL Australia, became beset with the
idea that this principle could be ap.
piled to railroad construction and op-
Grafton in a way which would revolu-
tionize land transportation all over
the earth.
1t has always been known that on
an ordinary two-railed track friction
and Earring prevent the use Of any
but II per cent. Of the total power de.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15

track from which the cars were sus-
pended Not only was great deal of
friction thus overcome, but many Of
lie common dangers were entirely
done away I'll Nevertheless, the
suspende type of MOI orail was not
Z rfect. 1t had dangers of it's Tn,
and besides this the COS. of construc-
ton was immense.
1t was figured that If a single rail
could only be laid on the ground and
a car or train run over it railway con.
struction would almost be made per
lection With a rail on the ground
however, the center Of gravity would
necessarily be above the line If sup
port, and gravity was on3 thing which
man had never yet successfully over.
ccme Slowly the idea of the sJin.
ming top and then of the gyroscope
worked itself out in the mind of the
inventor.
Louis Brennan was the inventor of
the Brennan torpedo, controlled by
the British war department, and as he
had been through some practical me-
chanical experience he started in to
develop the gyroscopC car. Anu in
May, 1907, he made his invention pub
lie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15

pfefaced teacher down thar at the
Gap, it'll be the worst fer you and him,
too. =Thar's lots of US ready TO take
Bud Johnson's part" IT.,
Her face flushed to the, color of her
Turkey red calico. I'll never marry
Bud johnson so long as I'm alive!s
Shame onyou, PappyI It's all on aeS
count of that 20-acre lot. It's for sale;s
you are crazy for it, and you want me
to marry Bud because he's promised
to buy the lot if you make me marry
him PROMISED he has promised every
thing-from that land to collar for
Peppers necki''
The tiny black dog snoozing under
the counter heard his name and crept
to her feet; she stopped and patted
him.
eNever mind, Pepper, you shall go
without the collar, and Pappy without
the land forever, before I'll let him
swap me like pair of two-year-olds!"
Her father paused in the act of pill
ing the good apples on top of the
barrel 81 know; it's all on account
of that teacher man. And what's he
done? Tried to get the mountain folks
to send our youngsters TO him to be
larned how 10 work Thunderation.
Can't we larn We that ourselves? If
he'd give We book-larnin', it wouldn't
be so bad, but"
That's foolishness, Pappy; there's
a lot of good in this new kind of study
ing that they call manual training
It's just because you haven't been
hearing it all your born lives that you
object. Why, you won't hear to any
thing that isn't as old as the noun
taiEs themselves"
Pepper dropped from her arrrs as
she lowered over her father. How
can we grow? How can we Iount
to a row of beans if you keep us in
the same old rut? Only to-day heard
you tell Bill Dawson that you were
sorry we were having such good
weather. 1T don't seem natural for
Christmas you said, it don't seem
like old times Old fiddlesticksi Just
because the nasty wet fog is what
we're used to this time of year, you
don't want the sun to shin e. Looks like
you don't want the Lord to improve
on his own weather."
A customer came in and got nick
els worth of candy for his baby's
Christmas stocking.
Il hear you all air goin' to hev
celebration tonight; I'll be along and
fetch the young uns,' he said. who's
goin' to play Santa CLAUSE"
MacGregor looked at his daughter.
Dunno; Names fixed up a rig and
says she'll find some un to wear it;
some un to play Old Nick and give
the things OFF the tree"
All this while Mamie was slyly re-
reading the letter.
Your father will not permit me
TO go to you, sweetheart; but will you
come to me? BY the pollard willow. at
twilight to-night?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15
Golf.

Golf, the game of presidents, has
penetrated even to Bagdad. Where
the Caliph Haroun once walked in
multi with his vizier, prosaic Germans
and Englishmen now swear and shout
"Fore!"
: At Chinking, on the Yangtse river,
there is a golf course covered with
strange oval bumps. These are
graves, and they make splendid haz-
ards. The course is an abandoned
Chinese cemetery.
Benin, Zanzibar, Bangkok and PeraK
all have their golf clubs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15
B By Olivia Barton Srohm
IQ1OOOOOOOOOOOC
Copyright. 1909. by w. a. Patterson


AT a clearing of the forest stood
MacGregor's store. 1t was sometimes
called "The Crossing but as the
branch had long been impossible be-
cause of quicksands, these literal
mountain folk had come to call it
only 1.-The Store" Here the mail was
brought, from the railroad twice a
week by carrier. But it sometimes
CHANGED that somebody had an err
rand in town, and would fetch. the
letters with him.
This was just what happened the
eve before Christmas. MacGregor him
self, went for the mail-and a goodly
lot of it there was, too. Several post
aIcards, at least a dozen letters, and
as many other parcels.
He alighted from the wagon,
hitched the mules outside, and hur-
RED to the door which his daughter
heldTepen- for him. ~
MY, Pappy, what a lot of letters!
Any for me ?''/ N ~
Her father put them on the grocery
counter, and, going back to the wa
gon, returned with a package, of pep
permint candy sticks Of red and white
like small barber poles. These he put
in glass jar, then noticed the girl.
Hello, Mamie, what's "A that there
Writin2p III zss -.
eNothin,,D was the terse response,
and Mamie Slipped the letter in her
belt. W
The man crossed to her with the
swagger of conscious weakness
locke here Name, if it's from that
%s</<I A'4 mn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15
Hanging the Stockings
BY Burgess johnson.

by burgess Johnson
Christmas eve! It's Christmas evei
Supper's cleared away
Seems as if 1 can't believe
That to-day's to-day
/ don't see a thing, do you,
We can hang a stockin' to?
For a month or just about,
Days would hardly stir,
Though crossed their places out
On the calendar.
Pins or nails III never stick
In this hard old chimney brick
P'raps as soon as nights begun
He'll come stealing in!
My! Ii makes the shivers run
Up and down my skin.
Mayn't I pound nail up here
In the woodwork, Mother dear?
Daddys sock III never do
Not q toy would fit.
Spose we let him stand his shoe
Just in under it?
There! They're done. I'm sleepy
some.
Bet to-morrow'l never come!
-Eyerybody'S
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-15
American LIQUORS Liked.

American brewed beverages and
liquors are practically without rivals
In the market of Monterey, Mexico,
according to Consul General Hanna
OF that city. Practically all of the
whisky sold in the Mexican city is
provided by American distillers and is
dispensed in grocery stores and cafes.
as well as the barrooms and hotels.
American beer has the run of popular
favor among the imported products