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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-03-12
final DAYS OF
LEGISLATURE
Closing Hours Crowded With
I'm portant Business.
REPORTS OF INVESTIGATORS

Special Committee Named to Inquire
into Penitent;ary Management Finds
Much to Criticise--Report on State
superintendent of Schools Puts the
Matter Of Fees UP to the Attorney
General for Action.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-03-12
Anyway. it is sometimes some relief
We dare not call a man.

According to her husbands way of
looking at it, the smaller the bill the
more scrumptious the hat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
REALLY HAD NO KICK COMING.
According to Expert Opinion, Play
wright Had Got of Easy.

That Beerbohm Tree, the player,
has a caustic wit is evidenced by an
incident wherein he and an unknown
playwright figured.
The writer had obtained permission
to read his offering to Tree. The actor
evinced no great degree of enthus-
isam, either during or after the read
ing; but he did take the manuscript.
upon which he scrubbed hastily few
suggestions for its betterment.
See here, Mr.. Tree" was the indig-
nant ejaculation of the ambitious play
wright, ''it's hardly fair of you to dis
pose Of my work in this summary and
nonchalant fashion. I'd have you
know that this play cost me a years
hard labor!"
"So?" queried Tree. my dear fell
low, any impartial judge would give
you at least f1ve!"-Harper's Weekly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
state Falr FIuht lmmlnent.

The proposition &c estabTfER = state
fair and select its location viii soon
come to a focus in the house. Three
towns want the fair, Topeka, Wichita
and Hutchinson. The representatives
from these towns met recently to try
and agree upon a program.
Wichita offered to support bill
for a 100000 appropriation and per-
NIT the location to be selected by a
vote of the legislature in joint ses-
sion.
Topeka offered to support the $780,
600 appropriation and let commit
tee of five, three from the house and
two from the senate, selected by the
presiding officers. settle the location.
Hutchinson offered to support the
bill for 100000 appropriation. provid-
ing Hutchinson was named as the 10
cation in the bill. Hutchinson said it
! had the state fair now and it didn't
care to give it up and make a fight
to secure it again. So it withdrew
| from the conference.
Wichita and Topeka then got to-
gether on the Wichita proposition. A
bill covering the Wichita Topeka prop
! osition will be dumped into the hop
per.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Must Be More VleiIant.

Three bills have been introduced
by the temperance committee that
provide for a more strict enforcement
of the prohibitory law. The first one
throws a network of restrictions about
the drug store in the granting and use
of permits for the sale of liquor.
The second bill provides for the dis
missal of county attorneys who are
not active and aggressive in the dis
charge of their duties of enforcing
the anti-liquor laws, and for the ap-
pointment of assistant attorneys gen
eral by the governor.
The third bill calls upon all police
officers, mayors, police judges and
marshals to be vigilant in smelling
OUT joints and other places where
booze is sold Illegally and reporting
same to proper officials and securing
evidence and affidavits against the
keepers of such places. A fine Of
$1C0 to $1,000 and dismissal from SER
vice is the penalty for failure to carry
out the provisions of this law.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
JOY WORK
And the Other Kind.

Did you ever stand on a prominent
corner at an early morning hour and
watch the throngs of people on their
way to work? Noting the number who
were forcing themselves along be-
cause it meant their daily bread, and
the others cheerfully and eagerly pur-
suing their way because OF love OF
their work
1t is fact that ones food has much
to do with it. AS an example,:
If an engine has poor oil, or boiler
is fired with poor coal, bad result is
certain, isn't it?
Treating your stomach right is the
keystone that sustains the arch OF
health's temple and you will find
"Grape-Nuts" as daily food is the
use.
We have thousands of testimonials.
real genuine little heart throbs, from
people who simply tried Grape-Nuts
out of curiosity-as last resort-with
the result that prompted the testimo-
NAL.
If you have never tried Grape-Nuts
it's worth while TO give it fair impair
tial trial. Remember there are mill
lions eating Grape-Nuts every day
they know, and we know if you viii
use Grape-Nuts every morning your
work is more likely to be joy-worl, be-
cause you can keep well. and with the
brain well nourished work is a joy.
Read the Road to WeIlviile' in every
package There's Reasoz-"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Investigate State Normal.

Senator Stannard had the senate
pass a resolution providing for the
appointment of joint legislative COM
mittee to investigate the needs for fire
escapes on Albert Taylor hall at the
Emporia state normal school. He
said the building is an old one; that
1900 students assemble in it each
day; that it has no fire escapes, and
that two-thirds of the pupils would
perish in case of fire. The senate,
without a dissenting vote, ordered an
I investigation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
TO BE A HIGH MOeUL
ADMINISTRATION IDEA.
official May Be Authorized to Com
pei InstaIIment of Proper FaciIi-
ties for Escape From Build
ings of Public Nature.

Topeka-The bill introduced by
Senator Chapman, which has the sane
ton Of State Superintendent OF Insur-
ance Charles Barnes, creates the Of
flee of fire marshal and defines his
duties. The fire marshal is to be paid
$1,000 a year and given such assist
ance as he needs for which appropria-
ton is asked. The superintendent has
the power to hire and fire" the mar
shall.
1t is planned to make the marshal's
business the visiting and inspection
of all public buildings, schools,
churches, hotels, boarding houses,
lodging houses, or all halls and rooms
in which public or private gatherings
are held. He must see that proper
equipment is provided for safety, prop
er means of egress, fire escapes and
plenty of exits, that are rightly and
conveniently located.
He is to examine into causes, origin
and circumstances of fires to which
his attention is called by the owners
and insurers of the buildings concern
ed, or by the officers having supervis-
ion of his department. He must keep
and file records of all such investiga-
lions. He can direct local fire and
police officers to make examinations
under his direction.
He and his assistants can compel
witnesses to appear before them at
any hearing that they may hold; they
can be compelled to take oath on the
witness stand. and if they refuse to
be sworn, or refuse to testify, or are
guilty of contemptuous conduct after
being summoned" they can be fined
not more than 500 or be put into jail
until they are willing to product such
evidence as they may possess.
The fire marshal has authority to
compel any building to be brought up
to standard regulations so far as safe
ty from fire or in time of fire are
concerned. If the owner of building
does not meet the requirements which
the marshal dmands, fine of not less
than $40 a day or not more than $50
a day can be assessed against him un
til the demands are complied with.
Local officers must make inspections
at stated periods and report to the fire
marshal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Cuts Down the Pie Order.

Representative Cunningham of Cow
ley has introduced bill, which, if it
becomes law, will prevent any SQUAD
bles in the house or senate in the fu-
ture in regard to employees. 1t fixes
the number each branch of the Iegis-
lature shall employ at about fifty. No
favoritism is shown in that respect.
1t also prescribes the qualifications of
the employees All the members of the
clerical force, both in the house prop
er and committee clerks, shall be
stenographers. It provides that the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Six Counties Lose Members.

By vote of q to 8, the senate pass
ed the legislative apportionmeht bill.
The eight senators voting against it
were those whose districts each lost
a member The house will reach the
bill in a few days. Counties which
lose member each are: Jefferson,
Leavenworth, Brown, Usage, Bourbon
and Franklin. The counties which are
given the six representatives are: AL
len, Norton, Stanton, Seward, Haskell
and Greeley.
This switching of representatives
will have some bearing on the United
States senatorial contests in the fu-
ture 1t will give the candidate who is
strong in western Kansas an advant-
age of five votes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
The Use Of = Eat Man.

'I don't know whether I'll like Jack
or not when / see him again. said
she. He wrote me he was getting
fat I hate fat man."
ga fat mans all right" said the boy
who was playing cards on the floor,
when a burglar gets in. A fat man
will scare a burglar"
But" she demurred, I'm not mar
rying man just because he's good to
scare burglars with, am u"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Editorial Verdict.

From a serious-minded jester the
editor received this note, together
with a consignment of humor that was
heavy enough to go by freight:
Dear Sir: 1 read all these jokes to
my wife, >and she laughed heartily.
Now, 1 have it on good authority that
when mans wife will laugh at his
Jokes they are bound to be very good
or she is. Yours, etc."
The editor slipped them into the re-
turn envelope with the letter, after
writing on the margin: "She is"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.
Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful
That Little Sufferer Gould Not Sleep
Scratched Constantly.
cutlcura's Efficacy Clearly Proven

when about two and a half years
old my daughter broke out on her hips
and the upper parts Of her legs with
very irritating and painful eruption. 1t
began in October; the first noticed
was a little red surface and a constant
desire on her part to scratch her limbs.
She could not sleep and the eruptions
got sore, and yellow water came out
Of them. had two doctors treat her,
but she grew worse under their treat
ment. Then I bought the Cuticura
Remedies and only used them two
weeks when she was entirely well.
This was in February. She has never
had another rough place on her skin,
and she is now fourteen years old.
Mrs. r. r. Whitaker, Winchester,
Tenn, Sept. %, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Would Have State Mine Board.

I A bill introduced in the house by
Representative Ralph Deacon of Cher
okee county, creates state mining
board, which shall have jurisdiction
over the mines of Kansas 1t would
be the purpose of this board to see
that all mines in the state complied
with the law in every respect with re-
gard to the safety of employees. I'm
der the bill the board would have five
members, to be appointed by the gov
ernor and to serve two years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
The extraordinary popularity of fine

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all Injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Petition For More Pensions.

A petition has been introduced by
Dolley of Wabaunsee, signed by some
seventy-five old soldiers, praying the
legislature to pay all living Kansas
volunteers a pension of $25 each, and
SO a month to the widows of all de-
cased veterans of 81.
The achievements of these veterans
were narrated and the legislator urg-
ed to take action.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

In St Louis $4,000 were lately
found in a tomato can. This COM
pletely outclasses the restaurant oys-
ter and free lunch clam with their
valuable incidental pearls. Hence
forth, remarks the Baltimore Ameri-
can, in ST. Louis at least, the sheep.
as we'll as the goats, will be tender to
stray tin tomato cans.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

The directions for the "roller-skate
walk" which is the very latest among
society girls in st. Louis, are: Keep
your legs straight. Don't let your
knees wabble, stand erect, just touch
the ground with the ball of the foot.
and OF you glide" We doubt if it
will become popular with the bellies
of society here in Boston, says the
Globe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Now For Temperance Lobby.

Representative Watson of Allen has
introduced a resolution calling for a
constitutional convention. He says
the constitution needs patching up
and the best way to get at it is
through convention. This will
bring in the temperance lobby. They
are opposed to a constitutional con-
vention for fear that prohibition will
be wiped out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
AN IMPROVEMENT.
Oldest Iron Ship.

In paper read before the Society
of Naval Architects and Marine En-.
gineers Henry Penton states that the
oldest iron ship in the world is the
United States warship Michigan, the
material for whose construction was
dragged across the mountains from
Pittsburg to Lake Erie" where the
ship was built, as long as &c years
ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

The whales of the Arctic are going
to have a better chance for a while.
The scarcity of whales and the COM
paratively low price of the CONNER
cial product they yield will prevent
the sailing of the whaling fleet from
San Francisco in the spring.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Those New York people who want
ed to throw eggs at a prophet who
predicted that the world would come
to an end and failed to make his pre-
diction come true were very foolish.
There was probably not one among
them who wanted to see a general
rOllanSe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
legislative Notes.

Senator Brady has in a bill to lay
a tax on all mortgages in the county
where the land is situated and to ex-
empt from taxation the amount on
the land that is covered by the mort
gage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
State Fair Bills In.

Jewett in the house and Avery in
the senate introduced the Topeka
Wichita combination state fair bill;
Morgan in the house and Carey in the
senate introduced the Hutchinson bill
These bills now all go to the same
committees. and the next big fight
over them will be before the commit
tees.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Millions of those who have attend
ed the schools of the country, as well
as the present generation of pupils,
will utter protests both loud and deep
against the idea of turning down"
that story of Paul Revere's rice. With
the stirring poem laid on the shelf
what will become of those who have
made it a favorite theme at prize
speaking contests?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

If the st. Louis man who makes the
assertion that not one of his 200 hens
ever lays an egg on Sunday will come
on to Massachusetts, challenges the
Boston Globe, we can show him some
hens that don't lay on Sunday, or on
any other day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

The French court trying the case of
the Count de Castellane against his
former wife has a thoroughly Impair
tial prosecutor. He gave about the
same certificate of bad character to
both the count and his successor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Cigarette Bill Rohs un.

The time honored anti-cigarette bill
has made its biennial appearance in
the house. Edwards of Greenwood in
troduced it. The equal suffrage wo-
men are backing it this time. They
will have lobby here to urge its pas
sage. 1t prohibits the sale OF cigar
cites and cigarette papers in the
state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Ii Hung Chang has. since his death.
been proclaimed deity, and temple
said to be the finest of its kind ever
erected in China has been erected in
his honor at Lu Chou, in the province
OF Ngan-hwei, where he lived.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Now that the United States govern
ment has received 5000 volumes of
Chinese learning in the language of
the yellow philosophers of the orient,
let us hope that no congressman will
have them incorporated in the Con-
gressional Record under leave to print
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Now that an Englishman claims to
have discovered a way of making I'M
happy marriages impossible, there are
many who will jump at the conclusion
that his solution consists of the sim
pie little word don't"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Office Bow Instincts.

Contributor should like to leave
these poems with your editor. What
is the usual procedure? 1 haven't
done any magazine work before.
Office Boy-Well, the usual custom
Is TO leave 'em an call back in day
or so-and git 'em.-New York Her
aid
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Smallpox in State House.

The state officials and legislators
had big scare the other day. when it
was announced at noon that Joe
White, one of the negro janftors of the
state house, had been quarantined for
smallpox.
The lower rooms of the state house
were fumigated.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

A Pennsylvania rooster stole a
S00-mile ride on a car truck. This is
liable to cause the railway people
some expense in further revising their
arrangements to shut off all free trans
portation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

mo case of yellow fever or plague
has occurred in the canal zone in the
last two years" DIR. Gorgas, the chief
sanitary officer OF the Isthmian canal
commission, must have written that
sentence OF his annual report with
5ustifiable professional pride.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
I. Will Helm EIoners.

Lander of Mcpherson has introduc-
ed bill making marriage license good
anywhere in the state Now licenses
are good only in the counties in which
they are issued
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

London has woman chauffeur.
Now let English statesmen who are
opposed to woman suffrage have
care when they cross the public
streets.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

1t takes the French royalists good
many years to learn that by even the
most fluent conversation they cannot
turn back the wheels of time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

1t cost 100000 to bury the late
emperor of China, yet he probably
isn't any more thoroughly buried than
he would have been II the funeral ex-
penses had amounted to only $50.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Abolish Sunday Baseball.

An effort will be made again to
abolish Sunday baseball. Senator
Brady of Douglas introduced a bill to
prohibit baseball on Sundays
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Venezuela can better afford to let
Castro remain in Paris and spend his
ill-gotten wealth than to bring him
back and let him carry off what he
left behind.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Naturally the suicide of the hus-
band of a mind. reader suggests the
notion that, being united to an indi-
vidual who can constantly read your
thoughts, complexities matrimony.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Natives of German Southwest Africa
are on the warpath again, but not be-
cause of anything Emperor William
has said
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Now they want to put Castro into
prison. A wave of reform is well
enough, but to food the world with it
may work indiscriminate havoc.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

The treasury department contem-
plates new designs for nickels and
cents. Leave the one-cent piece alone.
It's the most artistic coin we have.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Stm, the scientist who discovered
the new kind of flea can hardly hope
TO be rewarded with the Nobel peace
prize.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
Have No Railroad Passes.

For the first time in history the
house remained in session on Satur-
day of the second week. Always in
the past it has adjourned over Satur-
day the second week. But passes on
railroads are no more and the mem
bers didn't make their usual weekly
trips home or to Kansas City. They
remained in Topeka and being here
found it easier to while away the time
working than loafing.
1t is the intention of the leaders to
try and adjourn on time. Usually the
legislature runs for week or ten
days after the constitutional fifty
days. The constitution doesn't limit
the length of the session, but fixes
fifty days as the time for which the
members can draw pay. If plans car
ry this time the gavels will fall the
day that he pay of the members
stop.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

The founder of the first English
penny newspaper is dead; but he
lived to see the development Of the
American comic supplement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Where is our country going top
shouts the Texas Star. A conspicuous
part Of it counts on going to Africa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Champ Clark says the average WON
ans hat is worth five dollars. Puzzle
find the average woman.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Mark Twain has incorporated his
name. Now we shall see whether or
not he puts shares on the market at
three cents with the promise they will
soon go to one dollar
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

janitors shall be selected by the ex-
ecutive council in advance of the leg
islative session.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

1t is as old as civilization that the
baby is the tyrant of the household.
China must be up against 1t hard.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
KIND HEARTED JANE.

Mistress-Have you made the chick
en- broth, Jane?
Jane-Yes, mum; and fed the chick
ems with it, ages ago!
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
spOHN's DIsTEMPER CURE wi

CTUHN , UISIEMFEh OUhE VIII
cure any possible case of DISTEMPER,
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
ANY good druggist can supply you, or send
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

A woman no sooner forgives an in
jury than she proceeds to forget about
having forgiven it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30

Interurban lines in Kansas do not
show enough consideration for their
passengers and employees to suit Sen
ator Huffman. He has introduced a
bill requiring them to establish clos
cts in each car; to equip each car with
vestibules, heat them and supply seats
for the motormen.
The Texas law in regard to trust
cases has been adopted by the Kansas
house. 1t provides in trust prosecu-
tons if the trust officials refuse to
come into the state and testify or re-
fuse to send their records, that their
answers to the cases shall be stricken
from tee dockets and judgment be rem
dered against them on the face of the
papers filed by the attorney gen
eral.