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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
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KANs.
Country Clubs.

Golf would deserve well OF the peo-
pie OF America If it had nothing more
to its credit than the influence it has
exercised toward the establishing of
country clubs. No doubt 1t has much
more to it's credit, but this is one OF
its greatest recommendations. The in
crease in the number of country clubs
is a wholesome and pleasing sign OF
saner enjoyment of life. There have
been plenty OF town and village and
city clubs before now, many of them
serving as centers for an agreeable
social life. The objection to them has
been that for the most part they were
either mems or women's clubs, con-
Quoted primarily for the benefit and
pleasure of one or the other sex. More
over, the recreation which they offered
was comprised in reading, pool and
billiards cards and bowling, and occa-
sional dances-all indoors. The coun-
try club, on the other hand, offers all
these diversions to those who wish
them, and offers, in addition, the more
wholesome sports OF golf, tennis, snow
shoeing, and sometimes curling, hockey
and skating, says the Youths Compan-
ion. Moreover, the sexes stand more
on an equality here. and neither need
regard itself as the occasional guest OF
the other. The family life, instead OF
being interrupted. is broadened and
enriched. The part that golf has
played in this development is due to
the large space which the game re-
quires. Few individuals can secure the
necessary land, hence a community OF
interests which leads eventually to the
establishment of a club. Although
many country clubs are expensive.
there is no need that an association of
this kind should be beyond the reach
OF the family in ordinary circum-
stances. The scale rests with those
who are most concerned. Not least in
the merits of the country club is its
happy solution of the way In which
persons of only moderate means can
enjoy the pleasures of a large estate
with beautiful grounds.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

In these days of gastronomic sur
prises how about seaweed? The in
habitants OF islands in the Pacific
ocean, as well as the Chinese and
Japanese. have eaten seaweed for
many centuries; why, asks the Boston
Herald, shouldn't the rest of civiliza-
ton try to ward off starvation with
that excellent food? We are told that
the Orientals go out In boats and with
long poles. to which stout hooks are
attached, tear the seaweed from sub
merged rocks. On shore the seaweed
is spread to dry, boiled in factories and
shredded for food, like Iceland moss. A
writer says If the gourmet did not re-
gard the cheap food as the least desir-
able he would insist on his dish of sea-
weed. But rich and poor scorn the
cheap food, however much they growl
at the expense of living. AS there is
nothing new under the sun, some one
will undoubtedly rise to say we are
even now eating prepared seaweed,
only under another name.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
constitutICnal convention.

The house has passed three and Kill
ed four OF the constitutional amend
ment resolutions. The first one pass
ed was for submitting to the vote of
the people a proposition to call a con-
stitutional convention to revise the
state constitution. The resolution was
amende so that the question of appor-
tionment of the state into legislative
and senatorial districts cannot be
touched by the convention. The rep
resentation is to remain the same,
125 representatives and senators,
based on population and q reappor-
tionment every five years. The res
olution also excluded any tinkering
with the bill of rights, the prohibitory
amendments and the homestead and
taxation provisions.
The resolution providing for the in
itiative and referendum was also pass
ed, as was one to increase the pay
Of members of the legislature to five
hundred dollars session. The SEN
ate has already adopted the legisla-
tive compensation resolution.
Among the resolutions killed was
one which would permit the state to
levy tax for good roads work, one
providing for state officers serving one
four-year term, one permitting the
classification of property for taxation
purposes, and one requiring that per-
son must be fully naturalized before
he could vote in Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

my friends what it has done for me.''
Mrs. E. HANSON, S04 East Long ST.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, VT. was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored myhealthand
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women I am willing you
should publish my letter" MRS.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for
female ills. In almost every cOmmu-
nifty you will find women who have
been restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Bucketshops Put Out of Business.


The Kansas senate has passed the
Morrill, anti-bucket shop bill. This bill
already has passed the house and now
goes to the governor for his signature.
1t provides that every person who
shall, as principal or as agent of any
corporation or person or persons, set
up and carry on bucket shop, or any
person who shall accept employment
from nay person or persons or corpor-
alton engaged in the carrying on OF
a bucket shop, and shall in such en-
ployment in any manner or capacity,
assist in the carrying on of bucket
shop, be guilty of a felony.
A bucketshop in the meaning of this
act is place where any person carry
ing on bucketshop either as princi-
pal or agent pretends to buy or sell, or
goes through the form of buying or
selling, to or for any person or per-
sons, stocks, bonds, petroleum, cot
ton, grain, provisions or other commo-
dies, or any or more than one Of them,
at prices fixed or intended to be fixed
by trades or transa ctions made or Of
fered to be made in the same on
boards of exchange or otherwise, but
wherein there is in fact no, actual pur-
chase or sale or sale and purchase of
such commodity for or on account Of
the party or parties thereto.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Governor Makes Several Appointment

Governor Stubs has sent the fol-
confirmation:
Bank commissioner, Joseph N Dol
ley, Maple Hill.
Members of the state board of edu-
cation, John Mcdonald, Topeka; w
S. Heusner, Junction City; Arthur ].
Stanley, Lincoln.
State grain inspector, John T. White,
Ada.
Director Of the state penitentiary
for the unexpired term, Thomas Bal
linger, Burlington.
Director of the state penitentiary,
Edward E. Mullaney, Hill City.
Member board of managers, State
Industrial Reformatory, Richard J.
Hopkins, Garden City.
Member state board of control, for
full terms, Sherman Elliott, Lawrence;
e. B. Schermerhorn, Galena
Members of the text book commits
sion, Bishop T. F. Lillis, Leaven-
worth; Chas. NJ. Sheldon, Topeka; L.
H. Murlin, Baldwin; Samuel D. Bish-
op, Leavenworth; George Hodges,
Olathe; Olin Templin, State Univer-
sity; Carr w. Taylor, Hutchinson; c.
A. Kimball, Manhattan.
State tax commissioner, Lot Raw
enscraft, Ashland.
State oil inspector, Joseph Long
shore, Topeka.
University regents, William Allen
White, Emporia; c. F. Foley, Sterl-
ing; L. S. Cambern, Erie.
Agricultural college regents, w. A.
Harris, Lawrence; Arthur Capper, To
peka; w. ]. Todd, Maple Hill
Normal school regents. w. B. Ham,
Stockton; Sheffield ingalls,, Atchison; ;
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and weight All the pigs used were of
one breed There is still considerable
difference in the breaking strength of
the bones in different individuals of
the same lot, which must be consid-
cred as an individual difference and
which we have not been able to over
come by selection. AS there were
eight leg bones broken in each hog, or
80 bones in each lot, the very marked
difference in the average breaking
strength can only be attributed to the
effect of difference in the food of the
animals while they were under expert
ment
The lot of 20 pigs put on experiment
August 2, 1907, were continued for %
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have greatly added to the thickness
of the bone walls by accretion on the
inner surface of these walls, thereby
reducing the marrow within the bone.
The thickness of the bone wall in
creased about so per cent. in those fed
bone meal over those fed only corn.
The per cent. of mineral matter and
the specific gravity in the green bones
increased in nearly the same proper
ton as the thickness of the walls.
This extreme difference in the break
ing strength of the bones of the differ
ent lots indicate that the skim-milk,
the tankage and the ground bone each
contained some substance in which the
corn was deficient that was available
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
ReadIust FREIGHT Rates.

The house has passed the White
bill directing the railroad commission
ers to readjust freight rates on sever
al commodities. The bill really en-
braces the compromise offered by the
railroads some time ago, and rejected
by Governor Stubs.
Attorney General Jackson thought
the readjustment should not be made
except upon complaint and the rail-
road committee of the house changed
the bill to conform with the attorney
generals ideas. But the house re-
jected the amendment and made it
compulsory for the commissioners to
fix new rates, whether or not any
shippers complained.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
BOTH HOUSES GET
SPECIAL MESSAGE
SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE
LEGISLATURES.
Recommends That Membership of the
Board Of Railroad Commissioners
Be Increased from Three to
Five-To Be Appointed.

Topeka-Governor Stubs has sent
a special message to both branches
in which he recommended that the
present board of railroad commission
ers be increased from three to five
members, all to be appointed by the
governor, and that the appropriation
of 100000 year be cut to $4,000 for
the physical valuation of the railroad
properties Of Kansas.
There is no likelihood of the bill be-
ing passed, as an effort to move the
bill up so it could be considered was
objected to in the senate. The mes
sage was sent to the judiciary COM
mittee
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Armories for the Militia.

The house has passed the bill pro-
viding for the erection of armories in
all towns which have a company of
national guard. The state is to pay
one-half the expense of the buildings
and the cities the remainder. Several
members voted against the bill on the
ground that it was simply an indirect
way of getting the state to aid certain
cities to build autditoriums.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
State Fair Bill Killed.

Kansas will run no state fair this
year. The ways and means commit
tee of both houses, upon agreement,
killed all state fair bills pending.
Hutchinson will continue to run the
kansas State Fair" by virtue of a
legislative resolution adopted some
years ago permitting it to use that
name. Topeka will run it's statewide
fair, and Wichita will operate its Kan
sa-Oklahoma fair, as usual
til 1t is voted on by the people of
the city, provided that the people de-
mand it by a petition signed by 80
per cent of the voters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
RrinkIeY DESTROYED.

Memphis, Tenn, March Sit is re-
ported that eight persons were killed,
several others seriously injured and
practically the entire town of Brink
ley, Ark, destroyed by a tornado and
subsequent fire last night.
The latest advices were that the
conflagration was beyond control and
that the entire town will probably be
destroyed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Storm Breaks Telegraph Wires.

Emporia. Kan, March 9.-Twenty
poles carrying thirty-two telegraph
wires and extending for a stretch OF
half a mile blew down near here yes
terday afternoon, stalling a Santa Fe
passenger train several hours The
wires were coated with ice and the
poles gave way under the weight.
Some of the wires became crossed
with heavily charged feed wires near
the electric light plant, but no one was
hurt.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

An exchange, commenting on the
fresh air fad. says it. is not shared by
the bird that smothers itself under its
wing or by the bear that buries itself
in cave for the winter. Nor, it might
be added, by the cat which sleeps by
the hour with its nose hidden in its
fur and the dog curled up into a ball.
And none of these creatures, so far as
known, ever suffers from tuberculosis
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Senator's hx Direct Vote.

The house has passed the Quincy
resolution, directing the two senators
and requesting the eight congressman
from Kansas to vote for a resolution
to change the United States constitu-
ton so that United States senators
can be elected by direct vote of the
people. The resolution has already
been adopted in the senate. 1t now goes
to Washington, to be recorded in the
Congressional Record.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Warm the Water,

Whether to heat the drinking water
or not for chickens depends on the
chickens Some f1ocks will drink as
heartily of cold water as of warm,
others barely taste the cold water,
but drink greedily of the warm. We
have noticed that egg production is
always best in the house where the
water vessels are first emptied. Ii
the birds won't drink water unless it
is warmed it will pay to warm it if
egg production is desired.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Erocks and Personality.

The Englishwoman does not diffuse
enough personality into her clothes.
If she Is tall and gaunt she chooses
severe tailor-made costumes and looks
like a clothes press. If she is small
she tits on her enormous curled Golf
fure, monster hat and sews a gigan-
tic Elizabethan frill into the neck OF
her blouse-London Bystander.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

New York woman suffragists advo-
cate taking babies to the polls in that
emancipated age when women vote.
There is no reason why a checkroom
for babies couldn't be provided the
same as in the department stores,
where the precious punches of sweet
ness could be deposited while the
mothers were chewing up pencils in
efforts to make up their minds as to
how they should vote.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

First class in arithmetic, stand up!
The annual report of the Newark free
public library shows that S51 ,OO9 vol
umes were drawn from that institution
last year. There are 142,493 volumes
In the library. Now, asks the Boston
Globe. how many volumes were there
in the library at the beginning of last
year?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

John Burns, president of the local
government board of London, has al
ready granted funds up to $S,7S2, 900,
and loaned $4,000, 900 at low rate of
interest for use in starting public
works on 1900 improvement schemes
In order to give employment to the I'M
employed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Agree on Tax Law.

The conference committee on the
tax law has finally agreed on the bill
and the legislature has adopted the
report. The tax commission remains
appointive, but county assessors are
elected. In counties of less than 49,
900 population the assessor is abol-
ished.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
A Mad Rush.

Mexican-Big earthquake to-day.
American Tourist-Was there one9
l didn't notice it.
Mexican-Not you see zee people
rush out from churches?
Tourist-Oh, yes, 1 saw that; but
I thought maybe the contribution box
was going 'round.-New York Weekly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

for bone building purposes. Since the
increased mineral matter in the bones
is largely phosphate of lime, and since
the skim-milk, tankage and ground
bone are each rich in phosphate of
lime, it is fair to look upon the phos-
pilates in these foods as the determin-
ing factor in the building up of the
bones in the pigs fed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
House Passes Freight Rate Bill.

The house passed the maximum
freight rate bill by vote of IS to l.
This bill provides for a reduction on
most Kansas commodities of Is to 20
per cent
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

Kansas City. Mo-, March "a rain
and sleet storm, accompanied by q
sudden drop in temperature, was gen.
eral over central and southern Kansas
yesterday. The moisture will benefit
wheat. while the fruit buds were not
sufficiently advanced to be injured by
the cold
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Textbook Bill Is Dead.

The proposition for the state to en-
gage in the business of publishing it's
own school textbooks was turned
down by the state senate. Senator
Cook rolled up the minority report on
the bill as unfinished business, and
the senate proceeded to finish" it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Try This.

The best exerciser for hens is made
by suspending cabbage, roots, heads,
etc., by a coiled wire spring such as
comes from old furniture. Hens are
human enough to want what is out of
reach. Hang a head of cabbage on a
level with their heads and the chances
are they won't pay much attention to
it. Suspend it about two feet from the
floor, and they will spend much OF
their time jumping for it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
WOMB lax the Y. M. G. A.

The senate passed a bill exempting
from taxation buildings used exclu-
sively by the Y. NJ. c. A. or the Y w.
G. A.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

The purpose of the experiment was
to determine the effect of different
classes of food on the breaking
strength of bones in growing pigs, as
an indication of the food require
ments for hogs which are to be used
for breeding purposes.
A study of the breaking strength Of
the leg bones in the pigs which were
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

weeks until January 3, 1908. They
were killed at South Omaha, January
8, 1908 The carcasses hung for 4S
hours in the cooler and the humerus,
radius and ulna were removed from
each fore leg, and the femu- and tibia
from the hind leg. These were brought
at once to the experiment station and
cleaned so that they could be subjected
to test.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Convicted Bankers Find Discrepancies.

Pittsburg. Pa, March 9.-Convicted
bankers, now prisoners in the western
penitentiary here. have discovered an
apparent discrepancy of more than
$4,000 in the accounts of the peniten-
tiary and it is expected the amount
may be found to be missing.
Report of the discrepancy was made
yesterday to the board of visitors.
who are awaiting the return of War
ien William Johnson before making
further investigation. 1t is probable
the alleged discrepancy may be. ac-
counted for by bad bookkeeping.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Factory Inspector.

The house has passed the Dolley bin
creating the office of state factory in
spector. The inspector is to receive
a salary of $4,000 and his own depu-
ties are allowed $1,000 each.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
U. s. COURT DECIDES AGAINST
MIssoURPs PASSENGER RATE.
MAXIMUM FREIGHT RATE ALSO
Sounds the Death kneH Of Two-cent
Fare, SO Declares Attorney for
Railroad Companies.

Kansas City, Mo, March e-Mis-
souri's two-cent passenger and maxi
mum freight rate laws were nullified
by decision handed down here yes
terday in the United States district
court by Judge Smith Mcpherson of
Red Rock, Ia. AS result it is be-
lieved there will be a quick return in
Missouri to Scent fares, and Frank
Hagerman, for the eighteen companies
involved, asserts that yesterdays de-
cision sonds the death knell of the
two-cent rate of every state in the
union.
Judge Mcpherson held that both the
commodity and passenger laws were
confiscatory and unconstitutional, ard
Mr.. Hagerman declared that it is not
conceivable that if the two-cent rate
is confiscatory in Missouri it can be
compensatory in other states.
Will Continue Fight
The state, on the other hand, declar-
ed emphatically that Missouri's fight
for low rates would continue. Elliot
w. Major, the newly elected attorney
general, who was in court yesterday
when the decision was read, said an
appeal would be taken, and that the
present legislature would be asked to
pass new rate laws that would stand
the tests of the courts. Governor Had
ley made similar statement at JEFF
ferson City.
Judge Smith Mcpherson, who rend-
cred yesterdays decision, is presiding
judge of the United States circuit
court for the southern district of Iowa.
He sat through the trial of the case,
that has covered several monhs' time,
and had worked on his opinion for a
month past. He left last night for
Council Bluffs, Ia, to open court there.
There was a notable array of cor
poration attorneys present in court
yesterday, representing every railroad
doing business in Missouri.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

A Connecticut man claims to have
succeeded in breeding duck that has
no breastbone. which ought to entitle
him to the carvers' vote any time he
cares to run for ONCE.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

A Chicago man wrote the best poem
favoring woman's suffrage. This would
carry some weight were it not for the
fact that he is bachelor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

Washington. March 9.-The navy
department received information yes
terday that Admiral Sperry had haul
ed down his flag on the Connecticut
as commander in chief of the Atlantic
fleet, giving place to the flag of Adj
miral Schroeder, to whom he trans
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pound d u r / n z
change of life. My
doctor told me it
was good, and since
taking it 1 feel so
much better that 1
do all my work
again. I think
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge ia lie Com
pound a fine remedy
for all woman's
troubles, and I
1890. fo~~04 - all
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The senate has passed the bill ap-
propriating tive hundred thousand dol
lars of the money allowed by congress
on an old war claim to build a hall
for the historical society and the mu-
scum and relic rooms now in the state
house.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

Wife Will Appreciate It.-Clear
path all around under the clothes lins
for wash day. Make it wide enough
SO the skirts do not get into the snow
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

It Is better lc remain silent than to
speak tie truth fll-humoredly, and so
spoil an excellent dish by covering 1t
with bad sauce-St. Francis de Sales.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13
Can't Even Sell Alcohol.

Wholesale drug houses will not be
able to handle alcohol lawfully after
the new prohibitory law goes into eff
feet in May. The senate killed the
supplemental bill, introduced by SEN
ator Stewart to give druggists the
right to handle alcohol under certain
conditions.
importing a lot of seed wheat to renew
the Kansas grain. Senator Hunter
asked for one hundred thousand dol
lars but the ways and means commit
tee cut this to thirty thousand dollars
and the senate itself lifted this to half
the amount originally asked for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-03-13

Farm Help.-The fact that work is
plenty makes the average hand indie
pendent. He takes little interest in
his present job.