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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
NEARLY % KNOTS AN HOUR
Made by the Delaware in Standard
izatiOn Test.

Rockland, Me-, Oct. 23.-American
ship builders demonstrated their ability
to push the battleship Delaware, the
highest developed marine fighter in the
world, in a Standardization test over o
measured mile course today at a speed
of 21-9S knots an hour, subject to tidal
corrections.
In accomplishing this feat 10000
horsepower, the greatest ever attained
by a first class battleship commonly
known as the Dreadnaught class, was
developed
The mean speed Of the Delaware S
maxium runs today was 21.44 knots an
hour, margin of IA of a knot over the
contract with her builders, the Newport
News Ship Building and Dry Dock
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
COTTON MILLS STOP.
Textile Association Desires to Curtail
ProductiOn

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 23.-Tbe hoard os
governors Of the American Textile ascot
alton today ordered all the big cotton
mills of North and South Carolina to
close down today for period of from IA
to 30 days In order to curtail the manu-
facture of cotton.
Charlotte. N. C., Oct. 23-Accordine tn
a report from Spartanburg, S. C.. TO-DAY
seven big cotton mills near there employ,
ing ten thousand operatives closed down
today. -
The next two years will show the
most phenomenal growth in San Diego
of any city in the United States: LET
US show you why at the San Diego ex-
htbit, National hotel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

charges made against Mr.. LOWS by
the postal authorities several years ago
and in which no action had been taken
by the government since May, 1903,
when Judge Riner of Cheyenne, Wyo..
refused to submit the case TO the jury,
holding that there was a lack Of evil
danco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
L4OST-Large dark Jersey COW, dragging
chain when last seen. Phones 146 Ind
LOCAL MENTION.

gOOu nature, the condition of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road must be terrible If nc
is complaining about it, remarked a
Curtis street man this noon.
c. H. Trap and a woman who gave
her name as. Bessie Burchard, were
fined $25 each this morning in police
court after having entered a plea of
guilty, to the charge lodged against
them. Both were arrested last night
by four officers after a warrant had
been sworn out against them. Mr..
Trap charges his wife with being re-
sponsible for the arrest.
The Campbell Garage is now ready
for business at 104-6-8 E. Tenth st.
The building has been entirely re-
modelled and is one of the largest in
the state. They guarantee best treat
ment and prompt service.
A warrant charging Charles H. Trap
with resisting an officer when arrested
last night, was sworn out today follow
in threats made by the defendant on
Detectives Hutton and Wonderly, Ser
geant Kinney and Officer Fowler. when
they went to his rooms and made the
arrest. County Attorney Schenck has
also prepared an information charging
him with a felony, the charge growing
out of the affair of last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
THROWN OUT OF COURT.
Last of the Indictments Against e. G
Lewis Disposed OF.

St Louis, Oct 23.-Six indictments
against E. G. Lewis. originator of the
Peoples bank, and widely known as a
magazine publisher. were nolle pressed
before Judge Smith Mcpherson in the
United States district court here today.
These were the last Of q series Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

us he so very poor?' Gracious, yes!
He's so poor that merely to live is an
extravaganza "'-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
Ex-KANSAN SUICIDE.
Lafe Knowles, Former County Attor-
ney of Greenwood, Kills Himself.

Hobart, Ok, Oct-23-Lafe Knowles,
former county attorney and probate
judge of Greenwood county, Kansas,
killed himself today by jumping to the
pavement from the secehd story of a
hospital. where he was confined for
treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

IT tell you what said the sad-looking
man. IT'S pretty hard for a man with
large family to live on a small income .
YES eagerly agreed the stranger ''but
it's a great deal harder for his family If
he dies on one. Now, my line is insur-
your hurry?"-Cathouc Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23
Admiral Erben Dies.

Henry Erben, U. S. NJ, retired. died
here today at the age of TT. He en-
tered the navy In 184s and served
through the Civil war with . brilliant
record.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

An interesting controversy part Of which has into print
and other part be supplied mentally by the who
hears and thinks has been going regarding the state uni
versity
cultural college, and to locate Southern daho charg
ed that the agricultural college funds being used for the
university proper not duandered not spent not fched
away for private benefit but diverted from the channels to
which they had been dedicated The showing OF the university
very lame that good they prac
tcay admitted that the university dependent the
agricultural funds for its maintenance and that to take the
agricultural away and establish independently would
serious HARM Yet the injustice of keeping the
agricultural interests the uni
versiy taking good part Of the agricultural funds for uni
versy instead of for the for which they
proprated carried through the legislature by
partisan combinations.
The interesting sequel comes now Prof French head of
the agricultural department is out Of the institution and
he gives the for the fact that the agricultural
taken away from his department. leaving barren and
unsatisfactory work The remaining college authorities have
largely proved this in their showing a his work did pro
the results expected The hundreds of thousands Of
al research but comparatively small results have been aehev
ed and the reason painfully APPARENT not treated
agricultural money.
little sop given the public winter provisions
made for establishing experimental station in South
Idaho which station has since been established at Goodng
and Tor continuing the work at Caldwell But still the unver
sy expected to the lion share of the appropriation Prof
French statement merely proves what the people knew be
the agricultural interests be curtaed for uni
versity purposes.
No has quarrel with the state university great
institution worthy of better support than it has, it should be
the pride of the state But for all that right for
the university get the that should for experimental
work. than it is right for child to silk and diamonds
while its brother sister fed and clothed in rags The
agricultural college has equal rights with the university 1t
getting enbance Of its rights That of course
wrong to the state because the agricultural funds
be beevedo the university
few years. argument that this should continue The
needs better farmers better and butter Makers bet
stock growers than it needs plethora of era
is time that idaho established real
support it the state supports other good institutions
and puts these funds where they belong.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
THE INCOME TAX.

There serious disagreement in Washington between Sena
tors and Hepburn the question of income tax
Borah believes is the thing needed the right way OF
equazng taxation and raising increased Hepburn is
lust strong the other side The result with such stawat
champions fighting either ssde, will be nothing DONE and no
law to even the righteousness of the in the courts
Personally the Recorder would side in with Senator Borah
The constutionay of the law safely be trusted to the
courts and if this and other important measures are found TO
beyond the constitution it IS there way TO make
them constitutional The country has given many privileges
giving them today and there perhaps way to curb the
SWOLLEN of the privileged class just feasible as
graduated The present commercial needs vast
Of money; vast fortunes perhaps the inevitable out
the present commercasm But this does not neces
sary that nornate fortunes IS wrong IN theory
practice The rich gets from civilization from
organized government than the poor Organized So
cety makes possible for to rise above his TEL
lows in wealth. power other than that OF his own physical
These who profit greatly from society," like the
Carneges and Rockefeers should pay. Whatever the
sttuton may to read should in common justice be
interpreted to require special privileges to pay specially
for what they get If one man goes to clothing and buys
pair of overa and another buys fancy tailored suit the
glad ramented should pay the because of what he
ges tailor does for him just the government does
for him.
AS to the constitutional question of distinction in eab
fishing tav the Recorder does not know the ntrca
of either the constitution the common law To Senator
Hepburn these objections nsuperabe There IS no honest
capable in the Senate today And yet the country
has given such nconcevab vast privileges lot pront 70
tain great industries to certain individuals that is time to try
hard for plan curb them The taxing OF nhentance is
easily evaded the charge OF locomotive on the
open plain An income tax while nqulsitoal is not more so
than the questions of the census regular taxation and not
much the questions asked by life insurance
companies The government has right to demand TO know
what it asks in asceraning mans incomes all taxation is
based on precisely the same theory
It is eff course true that the government would reach the real
Of the matter by going after the special prvegesrans
portaon manufacturing and all kinds of monopOe that breed
these great fortunes But in the meantime the income tax
graduated up the point where the government takes all
above reasonable limit which would stop short
of Carneges $25000000 year, would be good try at III
innate Justice
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Accident by Design.

what do you mean by putting my
marriage announcement under the
head of death notices." demanded the
angry bridegroom of the shrinking ed
itor.
every sorry, sir. We owe you an
apology, but the fact is the foreman Of
the composing room is a married man
himself"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
HunOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
CHANGE OF HEART.

CHANGE OF HEART.
Oh, tailor man,
I'd like you better
II you would let me
Be your debtor,
For 1t is always
Such pleasure
When you are fitting
Me to measured
But when the garment
Has been finished
/ find your friendship
Much diminished,
For you insist
Upon the payment
Before you let me
Have the raiment.
But If can
With much persuading
Secure some credit
In my trading
For payment straightway
You go cunning,
And there is never
Ending dunning.
Oh, tailor man,
You want your money
And will not stand
For business funny!
II l am slow,
You kick like thunder,
Though not to shreds
Is worn your plumber.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

The Gala Day.
Hip. hurrahl
The days
At hand
When
Athwart
The blooming land
Every idiot
In sight
In a frenzy
OF delight
VIII arise
And work
BY rule
AS a blooming
April fool.
April first
Will fit his case.
And
You'll find him
There in place,
Innocent
And free or guile,
Kicking at
A battered tile
That was loaded
With a brick
BY
Your college chum
Sam Slick.
Going on
A goose chase wild
Like a simple
Little child.
Running blithely
Here and there
For an auger
That is square
Or perhaps
To bring
Your wife
A left handed
Carving knife.
Oh, the blooming
April fool,
Did he never
Go to school?
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Breaking Her In.

Breaking Her In.
"Where is your dolly, Ethel?"
"Over in the corner"
"But you haven't played with her
all day. Poor dolly Will feel bad"
ooh, no. We are playing we are
married and / am her husband"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
GETTING Ready.

do you suppose the women could
handle the Australian ballotY'
'Sure. Aren't they practicing now
on the kangaroo walk?'
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Unhappv Medium.

"Will he succeed as a humorist?"
mo; he just misses success"
mot quite up to the mark?"
NO; he is not quite bad enough to
be good"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Double Sale.

The highest bidder took 1t In.
The junk was secondhand and old.
He found on looking at the prize
He was the one who had been sold.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

"How are your New Years resolu-
tions?'
"In fine shape"
"None broken?"
Guess not. How could they be?
haven't used them YETI
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Was Her

81 am looking for the boss"
"He isn't in; he is away from home"
81 just wanted to know If he will
sign this petition madam"
mo, he won't"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
More Practical.

everybody says she threw herself
at his head"
Ibid she?"
mo; at his pocketbook."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

The man who has TO friends either
has too much or too little money.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

"How did Lawyer Blank come out
in that case he was struggling within
"He got knocked out"
"Did it hurt himY"
"Only in his legal education"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
The Octonus.

Watch the tobacco trusts smoke.
Is the oil trust smooth? Is it,
Does the smelter trust sell smelts?
Is the watch trust ahead Of its time?
Does the ice trust cut any in sum-
mer?
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

The boy who doesn't like to wash
his face grows into the man who has
to have a patient and long suffering
wife in order to keep him presentable.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Came I Il Naturally.

"Who is the l.smpous one?"
'Who but the iceman?"
81 suppose he is rolling in wealth"
"Well, he has a cool million"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Cheaper.

do you have an autoY
mo; I have no time for It,"
"Indeedl l did not know that you
were working so hard"
'It isn't that You see, all my friends
have autos"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

No Use For 1t.

mo use For IL.
"She certainly
lacks tact"
"Oh. but she is
clever enough to
know it,
wv ell, W b Y
doesn't she cult
vate it?"
Says she does
not need it; has
a substitute"
Il wonder what
it is"
" J u S t plain
money"
~ -
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Poor FeIIowl

'He has dyspepsia"
"What does he take for it?"
advice"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
MIGHT Conflict.

''What would you say if I were to
ask you to marry meY
ssVhenY"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

Should aud acquaintance be forgot7
Not unless you owe him $40.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

Anybody is penitent once he is con-
WINGED that he can't make good in his
sinful career
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
THE RICEIFIELD RECORDER
BARBER Editors and Publishers
Isle & BARBER, Editors and Publishers

Entered matter April % 1909 at the post
office Richfed Idaho under the act of March 1879
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

Discipline is good for anybody, which
is tantamount to saying it is what
everybody squirms under.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
HuInOr and
Philosophy
BY DUNCAN m. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Probably fortune favors the brave
because being favored of fortune makes
a man brave
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Tender Spot.

"They only got him at a pinch"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
As Seasoning

AS Seasoning.
To live for pleasure is not all
For those who true success would win,
But it's no harm to mix a small
Amount of quiet pleasure in.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

1t is as hard to lose some men as It
1t 10 win some women.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24

Excuse me while look in my date
book"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Their Way.

81 see the absconding bank cashier
has been captured"
81 thought he was going to evade the
police"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
Looking Ahead.

" ho I Ct Z y W
studying now,
Johnny ?"
The geography
Of Africa"
You S h 0 III d
pay particular at
tention to that"
why, papa ?"
Some day you
may be an ex-
president"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-24
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Some people seem to have a genius
for putting off on yesterday the things
they hate to do today.
Philosophy is the thing that makes
you take other peoples distresses with
equanimity.
Being pleased with yourself is con-
dition of mind not intended to be put
on dress parade.
The headache that he didn't have is
the one man most enjoys.
Being in love is the business of some
people and the pleasure of others.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23
LEGAIS.
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of deed of trust made
to me as trustee by Harry Shrader,
bearing date on the 3Oth day os De-
cember 1905 and of record in the
clerks office of the County Conurt Of
Calhoun County West Virginia, in
Trust and Mortgage pook No 3, at
page Al and 45, to secure c. NJ.
MORRISON, and w. r. Bee in Ger
tam MONIES mentioned therein, /
will on Saturday the 18th day of
December 1909 at the request of
the said G. M. Morrison. sell at
the front door of the Court house
of Calhoun County the neal estate
conveyed to me by said trust deed
to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
situate in the county of Calhoun. in
the district of Lee, on the waters
Of Little Creek, containing Cd acres
and which is more fully described
In certain deed of conveyance
made by +, Nj. Boice and wife to
the said Harry Shrader dated on
he 18th day of March 1901 and of
record in the Clerko office of the
County Court of Calhoun County in
in deed book No. SO at page 1, to
which reference Is made.
But Their? will be reserved from
sid scle for tbs benefit of the said
f Nj, Boice ard wife one-sixt eenth
oil the oil and gas underlying the
laid lan,e to the same extent as re-
served in the deed aforesaid from
said Boice and wife to the said
Harry Shrsder
Terms Of sale: Cash in hand.
j. Nj. Hamilton, Trustee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23
The highest medical
on foods,
Sir James Crichton Browne, L. F. r. s,
Of Lo1dsn,
gives the best reasons for eating lore
Quaker Oaso

duccs a big-boncd. wrll.ds~rf-;
opcd, mentally energetic tlca
His experiments prove thai
good oatmeal such rs Quake!
Oats not only furnishes the beat
food for the human being, bsi
eating IL strengthens and ea-'
largcs the thyroid gland-thls
gland Is Intimately connected
with the nourishing proecss.s
Of the body.
In conclusion he say,-
1t seems probable therefosa
that the bulk and brawnin css of
the Northcrncrs meaning the
SCOTCH has been in some
measure due 10 the stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatrnsss
Porridgc in childhood. q"
The Scotch eat Quaker Osa,
because it is the best Of all saa.'
meals.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL
Il ESTATE

BY virtue of deed of trust exc
cuted by William Burns and Z WI
Burns, his wife, to the unde R,igned
A. G.. Mathews and 5. Z. Bell. trus-
tees, bearing date on the 30th day
of September, 1907. and recorded
in The Office of the clerk of the coun-
" court Calhoun county, West
Virginia, in Trust and Mortgage
Bo k No B, at page 1888, t. secure
G W Ayers in the payment of IL
certa n negotiable, promissory note,
bearing date or tic said 3Oth day
of Soptembc-, 1907, due one year
after die. calling for the sum of !
1921. 90 with interest from date; the
undersigned will on Wednesday, the
2l:h d,y Of November, 1909,
at front door of the court house
Of Calhoun county, West Virginia,
offer for sale by way of public auc,
ton to the highest and best bidder,
the following described real estate,
to-wit: All that certain lot, tract
or parcel of land lying auI being
situate on the Little Kanawha river,
in Sherman district, county and
State aforesaid, and bounded sub
stantially as follows: Beginning at a
stake III an original line on the bank
of the river and running thence down
said riv +. with its meanders N. 80
w 3S poles; n II w 81 poles to
sugar pointers; thence leaving the
river n 81 w 7 IL poles to a small
hickory and black oak in line of Alex
aEdcr Huffman laud ADD with same
S % IL T. 141 poles to pointers in
original lito; 5 81 i $50 poles to he
place of beginning, containing 10
acres, and being The same land on
which the said William Burns now
lives Terms Of sale: Cash in hand
ON day of sale.
Given under our hands t. IS the
10Th day Of October, 1909.
A. G. MATHEWS. ! Trus-
S. Z. BELL, tees.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23
Children cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 9 TO RIA

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

In an article published in the
Youths Companion of Scptcm-
Der 23rd, 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind Of food
that seems to me of marked
value as food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
(youth), and that is oatmeal.
Oats arc the most nutritious
OF all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the wcll-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay OF the Scottish
laborcr' diet and says it pro-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23
Sale Of Delinquent Lands.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN following described tracts
or os OF land In the county OF Calhoun for the
nou payment OF the taxes for the 1907 offered for sale nv
the undersigned Sheriff public auction door of the
county eetween the hours of ten the morning
IN the afternoon the Ord 1910 Each tract M 49,
much thereof as shall be will be much cash a.
sufficient to satisfy the amount thereon the following
table: 'N6
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

There is Jones who is regard
ed as the wisest man in the
township, and yet he never
expresses an opinion on any sub
ject. How do you account for
it," That is easy. By keep
ing his mouth shut people are
people are unable to find out how
little he knows.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

Ex-senator Henry G. Leckney,
was a business visitor in Grants.
vile during court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

Want to buy a tract Of timber
land THE STANDARD CON
TRACING co.
Charleston. w. Va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

Wanted: Reliable energetic
man to sell lubricating oils.
Rreases and paints in Calhoun
and adjacent counties. Salary
or Commission. Stetson Oil Co.
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

payment to the undersigned Sheriff. before SALE of the
due thereon Given under hand this 18th day November
1909 CA JARVIS Sheriff of Calhoun, county