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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26
Our Tom Presides

Thomas H. Reynolds preSi
dent of the Kansas City Bar as.
ISOLATION, presided at the lunch.
con given by that organization al
the Hotel Baltimore to Attorney
General WickerSham at noon
The attorney general and Judge
John F. Philips sat at Mr.. Rey.
nOlds' left and Governor Deneer
of Illinois and Judge John H
Pollock at his right.
Following the luncheon Attor
ney General Wickersham made
an informal talk to the members
of the association. He touched up
on various subjects of interest tC
the fraternity of which he is q
leading member. Governor De
neen also made a short talk
Kansas City Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26
Poultry Breeders

The 9th annual exhibition of
the Southwest Kansas Poultry As
ISOLATION will be held at Speare-
vile, Kansas, Dec. 14-15-16-17-
IS, 'O9.
Full preparations have been
made to care for all corners, both
poultry and visitors. Premiums
Will be most liberal this year, in
fact, second only to the State
Show, we will pay 81 for first
pen, $3.50 for first single birds
So for first sweepstakes, Other
grades in proportion, besides a
long list f Specials. And We
have the caShtOO pay them. Send
for catalogue to F. A. Ertick
Dodge City, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26

IN the past for its recOrd-makine
wheat crops, leads in. aggregate
yield of corn with 4,045,55S
bushels, Marshall with 3,671, AZ
bushels, Washington with 1928,
l5S bushels, Sedgwick with g.
56S, 152, and Jewell with 3,546,66S
bushels. COwley and Brown coun-
ties also ave over three million
bushels each.
The counties with the largest
average yields are Riley, 81
bushels, the highest, jefferson
and Doniphan, 80 bushels each,
Chase, LeayenwOrth and Wyan-
dOtte, 20 bushels each, and Brown
% bushels.
Oats yielded better this year
on the average than in any since
1902, and the output from an
area 10 per cent larger is 90 per
cent greater than in 1908, and it
Is the most valuable oat crop
since 1892. Although ranking
nineteenth in volume, there have
been but four oat crops that ex.
ceeded in value that of this
year. The principal Oat counties
are Sumner, Sedgwick and Mar
ion, producing l,S26,S92 bushels,
1,3OO,563 bushels and 1,1SO,256
bushels respectively.
The following table gives the
yields of winter wheat and corn,
by counties for 1909:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26

be remembered that In May this
Year sO-called "crOp experts" WIS.,
tied Kansas and afterwards con-
fided to much interested public
that the State would raise not
more than 40 to so million BUSH
els Of what and that the output
would aggregate zone of the
very small crops"
Owing to the fact that at the
time OF making their reports to
the Board last month many were
then sowing, no authentic data
are available as to the area of
inter wheat that will finally be
sown this fall. Generally, how
ever, on account of dry weather
seeding has been later than usual.
Spring wheat shows another
falling off IN area, the decrease
this year amounting nearly to 80
per cent, and after three or four
years of rather extensive expert
mentS with Macaroni, which in
creased the incOnSiderable area
phenOmenally, the industry seems
again In rapid decline. Through
their prOgreSSiveneSS, and alacri-
ty to adopt promising crops rec
commended by presumably cOmpe-
tent authorities, the farmers of
Kansas were quick to give the
durum wheatS a trial, and fol-
lowing lOng-range advice these
spring wheatS were SOwn in many
counties beginning about 1905,
but it soon became apparent that
there was small, if any, place for
them In the agriculture of Kan
SaR, so long at any rate as her
famous hard red winter wheatS
of known quality and productiv-
ity, and wOrld-SOught, could be
raised in their present perfection
raised in their present perfec-
tlOn in each Of the States 105
counties. Spring wheat has new
er been prominent in Kansas, and
practically all the merchantabl
crop is raised in five or six
counties in the northwestern cor
ner of the State. Of these, Chey
enne and Sherman are the lead
ers, and this year they had, to-
gether, over so per cent of the
spring wheat area for the State.
While this years area in corn
was over 9 per cent more than in
1908, the yield is less by 3,695,OOO
bushels; but it is worth more
than any previous crop, the price
per bushel ranging higher than at
any time IN the past IS years, av-
eragmg 56.5 cents. The corn of
TINS year is worth 81, 125,716 mora
than the combined value of win
ter and spring wheat; its value
exceeds by $424,443 that of the
corn crop of 1908, which hereto.
fore was the greatest income
brnger. The corn of 1897 ae-
gregabed a little more than a
third as much in value.
Twenty seven counties, each
having two million bushels or
more, produced 50 per cent Of
the years output, and these are
comprised IN a V-Shaped terrific.
ny, the bottom Of which is indi
Gated by the counties of Sumner
and CCwleN and from these ex.
tending diagonRlly 10 the extrem,
northeastern corner Of the State
lend northwest to the junction Of
the western line Of Smith coun-
lty with Nebraska. Sumner, fame
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26
Kansas Wheat and Corn

The official statement by the
Kansas State Board of Agricul-
ture, giving the acreages and
yields of winter and spring wheat
corn and oats, and their home
values, is now issued, and con-
tainS the first figures emanating
from. the Board on this season s
products.
1t says:
Never before in the history Of
the State have the three crops
OF wheat, corn and oats been
worth so much, in the aggregate,
as In 1909. Their combined
value this year amounts to $780,
262,323, an increase of $15,615.8
or 10 per cent, over the next
best record, which was in 1908.
Summarized the showing of the
crops for 1909 is as follows:
Winter wheat, 6,3S4,S75 acres,
S0,226,7O4 bushels, value $685.
254; spring wheat $3.50 acres,
732,O36 bushels, value $6O2,935 /;
corn 7,711,879 acres, 147,005. 120
bushels, value $S3,O66,9O5; oats,
.S62,OO4 acres, 25,58S,22O bushels,
$1O,254,229.
This years yield of all wheat
(8O,958,74O busehls) exceed that
of 1908 by over four millions of
bushels, ranks fourth among the
States annual productions, meas
ures 40 per cent more than the
annual average for the preceding
twenty years, and has an aggre-
gate value greater than that of
any previous crop, although its
area was less than in the year
before by 488,60O acres. In only
one year since 1873 have prices
been higher, and reports indicate
that the crop is being marketed
rather freely, while many are
holding for higher prices. Quite
q number reporting volunteer to
say that this is because they don't
need the money"
The bulk of the crop was grow
as usual in the central third of
the State from east to west, and
of the 81 counties raising one
million or more bushels each, 80
counties had GO per cent of the
are In this portion. These 81
winter wheat area, and raised
nearly 10 per cent of the crop.
1t is in these, too, and the coun-
ties In the northeastern part of
the State, where the highest aver
oge yields are reported, Shaw
nee and Brown leading, each
with % bushels, Riley next with
q bushels followed by DOni-
phAn and Pottawatomie each with
20 bushels, and Chase, WyandOtte
Nemaha, Clay and Cloud each
with 10 bushels. The lowest
yields are in the western counties
In aggregate yield Barton coun
ty leads with 1915, 100 BUSHELS Of
winter. wheat, Reno second with
S,259,393 bushels, Stafford third
with 2,922,SOO, Pratt fourth, q.
SS7, 62S, Pawnee fifth, 2,746,926
and Mcpherson sixth, with 2,411,.
$40 bushels, followed BY ths
onedme premier wheat grower
Sumner, with 2,S84,564 bushels.
Results IN wheat this yea,
srikingly Illustrates the folly o.
any onehOweWer gifted, attempt
ing to predict yields months be
Tore crops areharTested, as It vii
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26
Kansas Banks

Kansas has more banks per cap
ita than any state in the union,
except Iowa. This is shown in
the bankers year book, Just out.
Iowa has 1929 banks, or one for
every 1880 inhabitants. Kan
saS has 1000 banks, or did have
when the book was issued. This
gave it one bank for every 1900
people. Since the book was iSSu-
ed, eight more banks have been
established.
Oklahoma, with its S48 banks,
has one bank for every 1000 peo-
pie; Nebraska. with its 9O1 banks
has one bank for every LOO peo-
Pile; NJ iSsOuri, with its 1,22S
banks has one for every $500 PEG
Pile, and Colorado, with its 27S
banks, has one for every 1900
people.
New York state leads in the
number Of banks with 1888, but
Its 1886 banks, only has a bank
600 people. Pennsylvania, with
IS 1886 banks, only has a bank
for every 1000 people also; and
Illinois, with its LAO banks, has
one bank for every $500 people.
1t isn't so difficult to strength
en- a weak stomach if one goes a
it correctly. And this is true Of
the Heart and Kidneys. The old
fashioned way of dosing the stom
ach or stimulating the Heart OF
Kidneys is surely wrong. Dr..
ShOOp first pointed out this error
"Go to the weak or ailing
nerves of these organs" said he
Each inside organ has its control
ling or inside nerve" When
these nerves fail then those or
gans must surely falter. This vi
tai truth is leading druggists sH'
erywhere to dispense and recon-
mend Dr.. Shops Restorative. A
few days test viii surely tell
Sold BY Hooper Drug Co.
Miss May Comfort returned O.
Sunday from Wichita, where 81
visited friends.
Miss Stella Cornell, Of Grea
Bend, is visiting friends IN III,
lcity.-IAWrenna Damo~-.k
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26

Miss Stella Cornell, Of Great
Bend, is visiting friends m the
cIty.-Lawrence Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-26

Miss May Comfort returned on
Sunday from Wichita, where she
visited friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03

and wooed persistently Victoria Mont gomery who made hit as Aunt Melissy by the refinement of her vis- age and her pathetic portrayal of a deaf old lady.
 Some excellent character work was performed by Jessie Pringle, the estab- lshed favorite. as Miss Hattie Single tor, the minister's housekeeper. Con- spicuous, also, in the same line were Edith Brewer, Ruth Handfcrth, Juli- cite Roberts and Margaret LewsA typical representatives of the rural busybody and director of the universe. Each of these ladies was strong in the opportunities presented by her part.
 J. Hammond Daley did some effec- tive comedy work. but the brevity of role prevented his usual display of ability. As Deacon Steele, Emile Col Hns left no latitude for improvement.
 A local contingent constituted the school children who diversified the plays action. The youngsters were uniformly good, natural in their ex- pressions and pleased with their sur the boys, however, was a rather tame proceeding and lacked the flavor of the genuine article. Had the round of grins which succeeded <the encounter been supplanted by scowls and other indispensable demonstrations by the hastily separated combatants. the eff feet would have been infinitely more impressive.
 Lovers Lane will be presented every afternoon and evening during the current week and will doubtless prove a strong attraction for the repr esenta- tive Poli audiences.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
HIGHWAY CONTRACTS.
R. B. Davis of This City to Build
 Road in Trumbull and Monroe.

R. B. Davis of This City to Build
 Road in Trumbull and Monroe.
 Contracts for the construction of state roads have been awarded by State Highway Commissioner Macdon- aid as follows:
 To E N Clarke of Milford was awarded the contract to build 11,S69 linear feet of macadam and telford road on the main trunk road between New York and Boston in Greenwich $40 linear foot for telford- To MT. Clarke was also awarded the contract for constructing 1850 linear feet of gravel road in Wilton at s1.49 linear foot for gravel road and s1-99 a linear foot for gravel road with a telford base.
 The contract for the construction of il .467 linear feet of gravel road on the Norwalk and Danbury trunk in Will ton and 553 linear feet on the same road in Ridgefield was awarded to John F. Knapp of New Canaan at s1.15 a foot for gravel road. $1-55 for gravel road with telford base, 25 cents a linear foot for railing, and S4.50 a cubic yard for masonry.
 To R. B. Davis of Hartford was awarded the contract to construct 5.165 linear feet of macadam and telford road on the Long Hill road in Trum- bull, and 1,O15 linear feet on the same road in Monroe at s1.56 a linear foot for macadam and S2.20 a linear foot for telfOrd.
 The contract for the construction of a macadam road in Thomaston has not beap awaTded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
CATHOLICS ASK
 INDULGENCE
THOUSANDS OFFER REPEATED PRAYERS IN THE FRANCIS
 CAN CHIJRCHES


 New York, ,Aug3-Thousands of de- Vout Catholics made visits to Fran ciscan churches in the city yesterday to gain the indulgence of Portiuncula, one of the most important festivals of the year. The devotees would en- ter the edifices, say aloud a few short prayers, then, going outside into the street, would return time and again Some made as many twenty-five visits
 The churches where the indulgences could be gained included all of the Franciscan denomination in Manhat- tan and Brooklyn. The festival be- gan at p. m. on Sunday and con- order to gain the indulgence confes- sion of sins and the reception of holy communion were necessary. A priest of the Order of St. Francis explained this indulgence by writing:
 "One night in the month of Sep tember, 1221, St. Francis had a vii sion in the little chapel of Santa Ma ria of the Angels at Assist, Italy. Christ, accompanied by his holy moth ed on the altar and encouraged the saint to ask favor for the saliva ton of souls.''
 The priest added that the saint ask ed Christ that he grant to all sin ners who confessed and visited the church a plenary indulgence. This favor was granted. and later was sanctioned for all future time by Pope Honorius HI.
 Writers have said that the Pope was convinced of the vision being authen- tic by being presented with three white and three red roses in the midst of winter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
SCHOOL BARS CATHOLICS
UNABLE TO CHANGE DONORS
 WILL, TWISTED CITIZENS WANT NEW INSTITUTION

Winsted, Aug. 3.-The Selectmen have called a special town meeting for Friday evening to appropriate funds for the erection of a High School for children of all religious faiths because Catholics are barred from High School education in the Gilbert School by pro- visions in the will of its founder, the late William L. Gilbert, a wealthy pioneer clock manufact An att tempt was made by the trustees of the Gilbert School to have the Gilbert will So amended that Catholics could enter the school but the Legislature refused to change the instrument of the mill lionaire.
 The meeting was called at the in stance of prominent Catholic citizens, including the Rev. MT. Andrew, pas tor of St. Joseph's church; Postmaster James P. Glynn, and Thomas F. Fitz- gerald, member of the Town School committee. The committee in its re- port said:
 "No enc can deny that MT. Gilbert had an absolute right to dispose of his money in any manner he pleased. It is not necessary to analyZe MT Gill bert's motives. In the matter of pro- viding a place for the higher education of those who will comply with his wishes he has succeeded. In the mat ter of supplying a High School which the town can accept with decency he has failed, for he had not the right to determine what might constitute a dis ability in the matter of attaining a High School education. MT. Gilbert could not by any bequest so bind the town that any wish of his in this mat ter would be a. part of its educational policy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
Zeppelin Fails Again to
 Sail His Big Airship
Especial from United Press.)

Frankfort, Germany, Aug 3:-Count Zeppelin today made a second unsuc- cessful attempt to sail his big air ship, Zeppelin II from Frankfort to Cologne, a distance of 110 miles. Hard iy had he strated on the trip when the hind propeller broke in two and the rear motor stopped.
 The Count, relying on the front mo- tor, managed to manoeuvre the big vessel until it affected an easy land ing, ten minutes from the starting time. The ascent was made from the aviation grounds at 10 o'clock. When it was seen that the airShip was in jured the military guard rushed to the scene. As the airShip settled to the ground thousands of people gath cred to witness the flight, rushed to- ward it and serious trouble would have resulted had not the soldiers and police interfered.
 Zeppelin is downcast at his second failure, that of yesterday having been interrupted by a heavy wind. Me chanics have been summoned from Friedrichshafen to repair the airship. When repairs are made the Count will make another attempt to fly to Co., logne- along the. Rhine course.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
COLLISION TIES UP TRAINS
LONG DELAY ON NEW YORK CEN TRIAL AND NEW HAVEN LINES
 AFTER MOTORS CRASH


 All traffic on the main line of the New York Central as well as on the Harlem Division and on the New York, New Haven & Hartford line was blocked for an hour and the schedule upset for more than two hours last evering by a collision on the main line, under the 149th street bridge at Park avenue, New York, between the electric motor of the southbound bound freight locomotive. No one was injured, but hundreds of passengers were severely shocked and fully twenty trains were delayed until a runabout route could be opened. The motor and locomotive on the two trains were wrecked.
 Both trains were running at a speed or about ten miles an hour. approach ing each other on parallel tracks. Directly under the 18th street bridge there is a network of switches. The two trains met exactly on this point, when the heavy freight locomotive made a. mighty lunge, left the track completely and ramming the lighter motor tore up it's side, but did not throw it from the rails.
 The driver of the motor jumped and thereby saved his life. The crew of the freight train remained in the shel- tered cab and were not injured. The locomotive tore up the switches and tracks.
 Supt. Bardo of the Mott Haven yards was soon on the scene with a hundred men. They succeeded in getting the passenger train out of the way in a short time, but even this did not leave the tracks clear for the traffic which was arriving on schedule time from the north. It required two hours to hoist the freight locomotive back on the tracks.
 Trains were lined up on the rows of tracks for several blocks. A switch was accordingly constructed at 152d street, so that all trains were finally switched around by way of the round house in 150th street. thence over the ''Y'', back to the main line. thus mak- ing a complete loop around the wreck under the bridge. By this process trains lost about forty minutes in reaching the Grand Central Station.
 All east bound trains for this city were delayed an hour or more in con- sequence of the accident.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03

hesitation the guards and several of the convicts plunged into the bay and Swam to the rescue of the men.
 The waves were running high but the convicts and guards managed to reach and save two of the men. Three were drowned. The convictS swan about in the bay for hours diving un- til all of the bodies had been recover ed. During the time the guards were in the water not one of the convicts who were left on shore made an effort to escape.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
Heroic COnviCtS
 Save Two Lives

Special from United Press)
 San Francisco, Aug. 3.-A movement is on foot to-day to petition the Gov ernor to pardon five convicts in san Quentin prison for their heroism last night in attempting to save the lives of five men who had been thrown into the water when their small boat was swamped by high waves in San Paebla Bay. The accloent was Wlt, messed by a number of guards and conytcts who were at work. Without
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03

District Deputy Charles w. Tator of the Woodmen of the World is in New Britain where he is engaged in building up a new. camp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-19

subservience, venality, chicane,
brides and sordid greed.
During this period victory and
defeat have been about equally di-
vided. A mayor and a political
boss have been partially punished
The dozen biggest criminals-the
prominent citizen" bribers--are
still unwhipped of justice. And
now the System has whispered
to the electorate that 1.-The people
of San Francisco are tired of II
|all-that it "hurts business" an6
that ''it is about time to forget il
all and settle down to good times
and an open town.
The sum of accomplishment anG
what remains to be done is about
as follows:
There are, in round numbers
$50 indictments pending against
thethe dozen higher ups"-direc-
tors, stockholders, managers and
agents of the four public utility
of San Francisco, the
street car, two telephone compan-
les and the gas company. The
evidence charges these men with
bribing or offering to bride Off
Gals of the city government, OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-19
LONG FALL may
BE CAUSE OF
DEATH

Alex Mclaughlin. the electrical
contractor who fell rs feet from
a scaffold upon which he was sta
toned to the stone steps leading
10 the main entrance of the court
house yesterday, is still In criti-
cal condition at the Fannie Pad
dock hospital. DR., Case. who Is
attending him, will make another
X-ray examination to determin 2
his exact injuries. 1t is feared
that he may have sustained q
fractured skull and serious In
ternal injuries. He was In a
semi-conscious condition all of
this morning.
Mclaughlin was assisting In the
erection of a new Flagstaff on the
court house when the accident CO.
Cured. The staff had been haul
ed to a position above the scaf-
fold ON which he was standing.
when the rope supporting its base
gave way. AS the pole, weigh
ing about 1900 pounds, fell II
struck the scaffold and hurled
Mclaughlin down. The noise 81
the fall was heard all over the
court house, and Drs. Case and
Tanner, who were in the building
rendered first assistance. to the in
|jured man. Mclaughlin recov'
cred consciousness few minutes
after the fall and was able to say
a few words before he was taken
to the hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-19
BY ellison Gardner.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10
Shall the San Francisco graft
prosecution be dropped?
This is the question soon to be
answered by San Francisco
voters.
Shall Francis j. Heney be re-
tanned or dismissed? Is the task
of convicting the "higher-s-S" to
continue, or are the indictments
all to be Quashed?
When the votes are counted
soon to be cast In the joint city
and county election the world will
know what a majority of the peo-
pie here think about this matter.
1t is three years since the graft
was first exposed. During these
three years Mr.. Heney and the
chief financial hacker of the prose-
cution, Rudolph Spreckels, have
fought a bitter fight. Millions
have been pitted against millions,
vigilance against violence; law
against law; public opinion
against bribery; brave men
against hired murderers; and
public conscience against judicial