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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
State Charities Extensive.

The state board of control has is
sued its semi-annual statement show
ing the cost Of maintaining the nine
state charitable institutions under its
charge, July to December 81. 1908.
For the nine institutions the sum of
S12S,190.7S was expended for salaries
and wages; for maintenance and re-
pairs the expenditure was $219.781.04;
from fee accounts, $34615, making the
outlay for current expenses total $34S,-
317.97.
From special appropriations for i'm
provements at these institutions was
commissaries for the six months cost
expended a total of $142.233.91. The
s105,439.70 and for property $114.-
687.49.
The current expenses for the six
months mentioned are $6,S09.32 less
than during the same six months in
1907.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26

living ally to the type of the extinct
Tichorine or woolly rhinoceros which
lived in England at the close of the
Glacial period.
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nairobi In October, the
party will proceed by the Uganda
railway to Port Florence, on the
shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza, where
a short stop will be made; then a
steamer will be taken to Entebbe. $50
miles away. There caravan will be
formed and the journey across
Uganda to the Nile will be begun. 1t
is expected that the White Nile will
be reached about the first of the year
1910. Lake Albert Nyanza will be
touched at Kibira.
In a general way the course Of the
Nile will be followed to Gondokoro.
and thence to Khartoum. At this city
Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit will be
Joined by Mrs. Roosevelt and they will
continue down the Nile slowly to
Cairo, visiting many points Of interest
on the way.
To Speak In European Capitals.
Plans for the remainder OF the ex-
presidents two years tour have not
been decided upon definitely. but the
time will be spent in Europe, and sew
eral matters Of importance have been
announced. He will visit Berlin at the
invitation of Emperor William and
while there will deliver an address
upon the one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the University of
Berlin.
From Germany he will go to France
and deliver an address at the Sor-
bonnie. 1t has not been learned how
long Mr.. Roosevelt intends to stay in
Berlin and Paris. After his visit in
France, Mr.. Roosevelt will go to Eng
land, where a reception of great
warmth undoubtedly will be accorded
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Too Late to Fiqht Scale.

At a meeting of the state entomolo-
gical commission in topeka to con-
slider a plan for carrying out the In
structions of the legislature to exter-
inmate the San Jose scale, for which
the sum of $4,000 was appropriated,
it was decided that 1t was too late
now to buy and receive machinery
with which to spray the fruit trees
and thus protect them from the raw
ages of this dreaded scale this year.
In order to be effective the trees must
be sprayed before the buds burst in
the spring and the leaves come out.
The commission will at once take
steps to survey the fruit tree districts
and locate the trees infected and burn
them. Next winter. after the leaves
have fallen from the trees, the COM
mission will begin the work of spray
ing them and thus hopes to in large
measure exterminate the scale. 3
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
ROOSEVELT OFF
FOR GREAT HUNT
Ex-PRESIDENT SAILS AWAY TO
DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA A YEAR
Then He Will Travel and Speak In
Europe-Three Skilled NaturaIists
and His Son Kermit Accom-
pany Him.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt, ex-
president Of the United States, sailed
out Of New York harbor Tuesday on
the steamer Hamburg of the Hamburg
American line on the way to his much.
heralded hunting trip In British East
Africa.
On the dock was large assemblage
OF Mr.. Roosevelts friends, who had
gathered to bid him God-speed, and
who cheered him as he stood at the
rail of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight. Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds Of applicants to accompany
him and assist him in collecting the
specimens of African fauna which he
hopes to send back for the enrichment
of the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Maj. Ed.
gar A. Mearns, J. Loring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
Smithsonian's expedition The fifth
member of the little party, and not to
be considered of least importance. was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26

to him. He has accepted an'invitation
to deliver the Romanes lecture at Ok
ford university and in all probability
the honorary degree of D. C. L.. which
Oxford has bestowed on Emperor VIII.
lam, will be conferred on Mr.. Roose-
welt.
The versatility Of Mr.. Roosevelt will
be shown by the fact that he will
speak German in his address before
the students of the University of Ber-
lin, French in his lecture at the Sor.
bonnie, and English In delivering the
Romanes lecture at oxford.
Pays His Own Expenses.
Mr.. Roosevelt will defray the ex-
penses of himself and his son on the
African trip, but those of the scien.
lists and the cost of preparing the
specimens and shipping them to Amer
lea will be paid out of a fund secured
for the purpose by the Smithsonian
institution.
One of the objects Of Mr.. Roosevelt
in taking this trip is for the purpose
of collecting material for writing sew
eral books regarding his experiences.
During last summer he contracted with
Charles Scribner's Sons, of New York.
giving that firm all the rights for the
serial and book-form publication Of
whatever he might write on his visit
to Africa. 1t Is said that the contract
price agreed upon is 81 per word,
hut this never has been verified
No Slaughter Of Animals.
Even II the British colonial govern.
ment should offer to throw open to Mr..
Roosevelt and his companions the AT.
rican game preserves under its con
troll, the ex-president will refuse to
take advantage Of this opportunity
Like other true sportsmen, he believes
that the utmost protection should b.
given to wild animals on reservations
and that permission to kill them
should. not be given or accepted under
any circumstances unless, possibly.
when predatory animals are becoming
too numerous.
Moreover. the killing OF animals for
sport is not the main object of his trip
Mr.. Roosevelt hopes to send back &c
the Smithsonian institution two adult
specimens. one OF each sex, and Q
specimen OF their young. Of animals
he meets with on the Dark Continent
Beyond this the killing viii be lin
tied to the demands OF the commits
sary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
To Raise Through Freight Rates.

The state board of railroad commits
sioners has begun work on one of the
hardest jobs it has tackled in recent
months-that of preparing a schedule
of revised through freight rates to be
presented to the interstate commerce
commission in an effort to wipe out
the Missouri river as basing line
The work is being done under the
Instructions from the legislature con-
tanned in a resolution introduced by
RepI esentative j. T. White of Ottawa
county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
All Tax Commission Bills Passed.

Every tax bill prepared by the State
Tax Commission was passed by the
legislature. The Tax Commission Is
well satisfied with the work of the
legislature.
Every bill offered was for the pur-
pose of strengthening the tax law
Like all new laws 1t had many imrer-
fections and during the first year OF
its operation all of these developed.
The purpose of the bills prepared and
offered during this session was to
remedy these defects and to strength
en- the law generally. One measure
passed gives the State Tax Commits
sion authority to discharge any incom-
petent county assessor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Kansas Two-cent Fare Safe.

Kansas will have the two-cent fare
as long as any state In the Central
West" said Kansas railroad commits
sioner. THE Missouri passenger rate
carried with 1t a most stringent
freight law, which may have had
something to do with the adverse de-
cision in that case. The Nebraska
case will he decided on the merits of
the two-cent fare proposition alone.
Had Kansas had the two-cent law
instead of the agreement for the two
cent fare the state would have likely
paid three cents for transportation be-
fore 1t will have to do so under this
agreement"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Private Drinking CUBS.

The use of private drinking cups
aboard all passenger trains In the
state may be required If the state
health authorities and the railroad Of
ficials can reach an agreement. s. J.
Crumbine, of the state board of health,
has mailed out letter to every rail-
road company doing business in Kan
sas. Three of the principal trunk
lines have already agreed, provided
the same rule is established in other
states. The state health department
has written to the authorities in fiji
teen other states.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Assessors Must Pay, Too.

The state tax commissioners have
begun the assessment Of railroad prop
erty. They expect to inspect nearly
all of the roads in Kansas during the
next three weeks. The railroads do
not furnish the assessors any special
trains any more. The commissioners
have to buy tickets the same as other
people. In addition to the tickets
they pay SIS a day for way car"
which they use as an office, while
they are on their tour of inspection.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Col. W. A. Harris Can't Serve.

Colonel W. A. Harris of Lawrence
has declined the appointment of re-
ge' he state agricultural college
ten. LED mn by Governor Stubs. He
says that his private business will not
permit him to attend meetings of the
board of regents regularly nor to give
the college the time regent should
give it. Therefore he declined.
Arthur Capper of Topeka was inter
viewed the other day, in which he said
he had declined the position of agri.
cultural regent also.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
AM AppropriatIon Shy $3.50.

State Accountant ]. c. Gafford VIII
not be able to pull off many stunts
with his contingent fund for 1911. An
investigation of the executive and ju-
dicial bill shows that he has been al
lowed only 81. The legislature interd.
ed to give him $1,000. but through an
error of somebody a cipher was left
off and the punctuation makes it read
81. The enrolled bill as signed by the
governor is what governs, and II was
In this that the 81 was appropriated.S
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
STATE CAPITAL ITEMS
State House Has Bible Now.

In cleaning up committee room in
the house end of the state house, the
janitors ran across a whisky bottle,
a beer bottle and Bible under one
desk. The custodian kept the Bible as
a souvenir and destroyed the bottles.
Outside of a relic" Bible in the
historical rooms, this is the only Bible
now in the state house. Governor
Hoch used to keep Bible on his
desk, but took 1t home with him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26

the ex-president's second son, Kermit,
who will be the official photographer
of the expedition and, next to his
father, the chief hunter.
To Mombasa Via Naples.
Mr.. Roosevelt will go via Gibraltar
to Naples, where. he will board
steamer of the German East African
line for Kilindini harbor, the port of
Mombasa. At the latter place the
party will be joined by r. ]. Cum
n!nghame, an Englishman Of long ex-
perience in Africa, who has been en-
gagged as general manager and guide.
The party will spend short time in
Mombasa and then proceed by train
on the Uganda railway to Nairobi,
Headquarters of the administration of
British East Africa Protectorate, city
of 1854 inhabitants, of whom $40 are
Europeans.
On MacMlIIan's Ranch.
William Northrup Macmillan. for
formerly OF st. Louis, owns a large
estate near Nairobi and his big, lux
urious farmhouse will be headquarters
for about six months while the hunt
ers and scientists make trips of vary
ing length in all directions. 1t is In
this section that Mr.. Roosevelt hopes
to obtain most of his specimens, for
Il abounds with animals OF all kinds.
The smaller mammals will be trapped.
The supplies OF the party are packed
In tin-lined boxes. These boxes when
they have been emptied will be used
as packing cases for the various speci-
mems. Many valuable natural history
specimens have been spoiled by ants
and other insects, 1t has been found
from experience on other expeditions,
and Il is to guard against this that
the tin-Iined boxes are being taken
along.
Caring for Specimens.
When the specimens have been pre-
o,red they will be carefully, packed in
the boxes and shipped to Nairobi.
s~bere they will be forwarded to the
fnited States. One of the taxider-
,,,sts will always be with Mr.. Roose-
ve,t and as soon as any big game is
shot by him 1t will be skinned and
nrepared on the spot
Mr.. Roosevelt will be greatly dir
.nno,nted II he fails TO kill several
srscimens Of the white rhinoceros.
mis- animal Is the same as the square
acknowledgements and is the nearest
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
State superintendent's Opinion.

The opinion of Frank St2hl, super
intendent of the State Temperance
Union, is that as soon as the curtain
is rung down upon the drug store and
the new prohibition law goes into eff
feet, the number of bootlegs ers' and
iointists will double if not treble. He
says that the prohibitory law is Only
effective when effectively enforced.
and that it takes more than laws to
prevent drinking. AS a whole, he Is
very well satisfied with the prohibition
laws PASSED by the 1909 session of the
legislature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
start Memorial Building.

The committee provided for by the
legislature to superlntend TIE cree
ton of the 100000 memorial building
will get to work early this spring. It
will try and have the building COM
pleted before the n regular session
Of the legislature
1t is the intention Of the commits
siorers to select a site facing thu
state house grounds. II possible. Ths
bill requires the building to be To-
Gated so 1t can he lighted and heated
by the state house Plant
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
s2.esa From Oil Inspection.

The monthly report filed by State
Or Inspector L. T. Hussey with the
State Auditor recently shows that
during the north total Of 2O.252 Ia
rels OF kerosene and 1854 barrels of
easolene were inspected by the depart
ment.
Fer these inspections the depart
ment collected a total Of s2,993.O5 in
fees. The local inspectors were ell
lowed a total CT s66s.61 and the
amount Of the check turned over to the
State Treacuser was s2.3C722 )
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
poIley's Endurance Record.

Speaker j. N. Dolley broke all rec
ords for presiding over branch of
the legislature during the closing
hours of the session. He went into
the chair at o'clock Monday morning
and with the exception Of two hours
out for meals he was in the chair con-
stantly until Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. 1t is said by old timers that
no presiding officer either of the Kan
sas house or senate ever before put
in such streuous hours.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
More Work for Attorney General.

The new prohibitory law increases
the work in the attorney generals Of
flee. 1t requires him to keep vi Glance
over a new set of notwithstanding
store jointists. In the past the past
the attorney general and his assist
ants have devoted thier time chiefly to
the prosecution of straight out joint
lists. From now on they will watch
the drug store jointists just as eager
ly as they will the STRAIGHT out joint
lists. 1t is estimated that there are as
many drug store joints as there are
straight out joints.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Legislature a stingy Bunch.

Peter Johnson, county clerk of Re-
public county and r. A. Sho. :. coun-
ty clerk Of Cloud county, now under
stand what a heartless creature the
the Kansas legislature is.
Those two officials had claims In
for about $500 each for witness fees
and expenses incurred in the Caldwell
Moore senatorial contest case. The
legislature allowed Johnson only s79.49
and Short $685..
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
X. C. Southern Has Appealed Case.

The Kansas City Southern Railroad
company has appealed to the supreme
court of the United States case re-
Gently decided against 1t in the su-
irene court of Kansas. The case was
brought by a commission company to
recover excess paid to the company
over the contract rates for grain
shipments to points In Kansas. The
railroad company maintains that 1t
could not make the contract rates I'M
der the law, but the supreme court
of Kansas held that since the con-
tract was made before the law went
into effect 1t was valid.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Laws to Stop tuberculosis Are Good.

DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, is well satisfied
with the manner in which the tuber-
culosis question YVES treated by the
recent legislature. Kansas now has as
good a set of laws for the prevention
of the spread of tuberculosis as any
other state in the Union. Four bills
of particular Importance from his
point of view were enacted into law
by the legislature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
Personal.

The condition of Nine. Helena
Mojeska the famous tragdienne who
is Ill at Los Angeles is considered
very critical.
Charles Dewy Hilles of Dobbs Ferry.
N. Y, has been appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury, succeeding
Beekman Winthrop.
Henry Watterson has written let
ter in which he says that he has no In
tention of retiring from active life.
President Taft in a brief message to
congress calls attention to the immed-
late need for tariff revision and to the
fact that his views are fully set forth
in his inaugural address and asks that
little or no other business be consid.
cred al the special session.
Representative Bennett OF New
York has introduced bill providing
for one cent postage.
Charles Harris of Emporia has been
named by Gov. Stubs as director of
the Kansas free employment bureau.
Henry Clay Cullom, brother OF
United States Senator Shelby NJ. Gull
lom is dead, aged 10 years.
Gov. Hadley of Missouri has author
lied the statement that IL the rail-
roads attempt to force a three-cent
passenger rate on the people Of Mis-
souri, while allowing a two-cent rate
to neighboring states the entire
machinery OF the state government
viii be brought into play to retaliate.
The funeral of E. N. Morrill,. ex,goy:
ernor Of Kansas was held at Armofy
hall. in Hiawatha, Kan. All stores
we're closed and schools dismissed.
Robert o. Bailey a Washington
newspaper man has been chosen as
private secretary to Franklin Mac
Weigh secretary Of the treasury.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14
LAND AND IRRIGATION
EXPOSITION TO OPEN IN CHICAGO
THIS FALL.
OF Great Interest to Prospective Set.
tiers In the Great Irrigated
West.
What has the farm to offer

What has the farm to offer
The reply to this question will be
evident to all who visit the United
States land and irrigation exposition
that is to take place in the Chicago
Coliseum from November 20 to Decem-
Der 4. The exposition will be the first
OF its kind, and the novelty OF it has
appealed to all who have heard OF the
plan.
Pledges already given render 1t GER
tain that this display will outclass
any OF the shows ever seen in the
Coliseum, which has become famed ss
the best place in the middle west for
high-class exhibits. In addition to a
complete display of the products that
have brought wealth from the soil,
there are to be specially designed dec
orations. panoramas and paintings, all
arranged artistically, and these are to
surpass all previous efforts.
The exposition Is not TO be a mag
nified county falr-it is to be unique.
Its success is assured beyond the
shadow Of doubt.
The initiative for this exposition
came from the numerous railway and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14

1t appearing to the Board from the
examination of the Tax Sale Records
of Canyon County that a large num-
Der of sales remaining on the books
unpaid, having been sold to the Coun-
ty, and that it will be best for the
County to have same collected or have
tax deed issued to said County and sell
to highest bidder. 1t is therefore or
dered that ]. Jester, Jr., be appointed
by this Board to take a transcript OF
all sales to the county yet unpaid; find
the present owner of each piece OF
property and notify same of the
amount of Indebtedness now due, and
as far as possible to make settlement
on same.
Upon examination of the 1909 as
sessment roll of Canyon County, it APP
pearing that there is a large amount
of property not yet assessed for this
year, it is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing properties and valuations be
added to the assessment roll:
1888 acres patented lands $3.50. %
Patented land improvements. -.18, $500
209 city and town lots .....-..... 9,435. 0C
improvements on same ........-.23, 1900
Whereupon the Board took a recess
until July 80.
Approved:
JAS. VANDERDASSON,
Attest: Chairman.
O, v, BADLEY. Clerk.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14
Caldwell. Idaho. July 26, 1909.

The Board of County Commissioners
of Canyon County, State Of Idaho, met
this day pursuant to law, having ad-
iourned from July Is, to equalize the
assessment roll for the present year,
and after continuing the examination
and listening to protests by a large
number of taxpayers the following
proceedings were had:
The assessment of John Thomas was
reduced from $1,000 to 1888.
The assessment of Gel. A. Springer
was lowered from $500 to $500.
The affidavits of Elizabeth ]. Arvid-
son, ]. NJ. Bray, J. NJ. Brunzell, E. r.
Brace, f. H. Dewey, trustee; E. r,
Brace, F. W. Partridge, F. w. Rich
ards, ]. S. Hickey, Antoine Hinkey, n
w. and F. G. Mock, VIM. Hardiman
Chas. Meister Clara Linney, and Bank
of Nampa, Ltd, Harry A. Robb, V. T.
Elver & Co. and the Roberts Dry
Goods Co., being filed and coming be-
fore the Board, setting forth the facts
that the above applicants, residents OF
Nampa Idaho, owners of property in
Block Z of said town, petitioning for
a reduction of assessment, owing to
the fact that the property on said
block had been entirely destroyed by
fire since said assessment, 1t appearing
to the Board that the said petitioners
are entitled to a reduction of tax, the
same is, on motion of the Board, al
lowed and the Assessor is instructed
to reduce the tax of the above appli-
cants on property included in said
Block u of the original assessment
Whereupon the Board adjourned, as
a Board Of Equalization, until Friday
July 80, 1909.
Approved:
JAS. VANDERDASSON,
Attest: Chairman.
O.. " BADLEY, Clerk.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14

we'll as a large collection of specimens
both injurious and beneficial to crops
The government will be given all Of
the space necessary to show these ex-
hibits to the best advantage.
Makers of appliances and machinery
FOR the farm will have attractive ex-
hibits. In addition there will be seen
the special machinery needed In build
ng and maintaining irrigation prof.
ects. The present plan of using large
traction engines is comparatively new
and will be a revelation even to the
most experienced farmers of the mil
die west.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-14

A Denver woman's life was saved by
her hair when she jumped from an
auto and struck on her head, and a
New York gentleman's life was saved
when bullet from the revolver in
the hands Of the Jealous woman"
struck his fountain pen. What = diff
ference! In ''ye olden time" It was
always a Bible or a sweetheart's pic
ture that figured In such life-savlng
AFFAIRS.