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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
irst published In The Barber County IND
January q, 1909.
Publication .N0tzce.

The State of Kansas, to Abraham Levi; Dill
| Wyn Parrish; James Brown Potter; The Syn
Central Trust Company Of st. Louis Missouri.
| trustee; and the unknown heirs and deyisees
and unknown administrators. executors and
| trustees of Abraham Levi, DillWyn Parrish
and James Brown Potter; and the unknown
successors, trustees and assigns of The Syndi-
cate Lands Irrigating Corporation, and The
Trustee; and F. 8. Reed.
You and each of you will take notice that
you nave been sued by George Rckert
| ty, Kansas, and that unless you an.
swer the petition filed by the said plain.
I'm in the said action on or before the nth day
OF February, 1903, said petition win be taken
as true and Judgment rendered against YOU
ana each OF you accordingly, of the following
nature: to-wit; adjudging that the said plain
IN the quiet. peaceable, open. notorious un.
disturbed. exclusive and adverse possession
OF. all OF the following described real estate
situated In Barber County. Kansas, o-wit:
The southwest quarter Of the northwest
quarter and the west half of the southwest
quarter OF section thirty.tve (a5) in township
ana lot four ~, Of section two ~, in town
snip thirty-four lS4). south. Of range fourteen
Q4). all west of the Sixth p. d.
And that neither you nor any or either of
you have any right, title, estate, interest
claim, lien or encumbrance, in. to or upon the
salo real estate or any part thereof; that all IT,
tie or claim which you or any or either of Won
may have had or claim to haye in or to said
IedI estAte or any part thereof be forever
barred toreclosed and extinguished; and that
you and each and every one of you be forever
barred, estopped and foreclosed from ever
setting up or asserting any right title or
thereof. PoA
Judgment will also be rendered in said &C.
lion In the alternative as though each and
every one of said defendants were alive at
the commencement OF the said action: and
against the unknown heirs and deviseee and
the unknewn administrators, executors and
trustees OF each of them, as though each and
every one of said defendants were deceased
at the commencement of the said action.
Judgment will also be rendered that the
mortgages recorded in the ONCE of the ReQis-
ter of Deeds of Barber county, Kansas. and
held by certain of the above named defend.
ants are paid. discharged and satisfied and
caDcelfng the same OF record
Judgment will also be rendered in said nc
lon In the alternative against each and ey-
cry one OF the above named Corporations as
though they had legal existence and also
against their unknown successors trustees
and assigns as though they had ceased TO
have legal existence
Witness my hand and official seal this 9Th
day of January. 1909. c. d. RAcKLEY
Seal: Clerk of the District 1So,,-+
BY L. MCCLEAREY, Deputy.
SEWARD L. FIELD, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

Three miles north Medicine LODGE.
II miles north Of Nashville,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

The following resolutions were adopt
ed by the Methodist Brotherhood of this
city at recent meeting:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

The sentence of the labor leaders
-Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
to Jail at the instance of a great
corporation has opened the eyes of
1aboTers all over the world. But
will they remain open until the
next election day?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

John w. Gates, another million
aire, having made a fortune out of
the tariff, is now willing that it
should be abolished. Better late
than never, of course, but the
American people owe themselves
a good kicking for tolerating it this
long.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Official Paper Of County and City
The national debt is still pacing
upward at the usual gait.

Gov. Stubs was inaugurated
Monday and the legislature con-
vened yesterday. The next move
will be to clean out the old ma
chine pie eaters and install the
new. Then come the appropria-
tiOnS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Farm Loans.


Unlimited money to loan
on good, well improved farms.
Liberal terms, annual inter.
est-no second mortgages.
Call on
I. L. LINDLEY & Co.
Medicine Lodg, KS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
WANT FACULTY CONTROL
Athletics at Michigan May Be Put on
Old Basis.

Chicago. Dec. 25.-Faculty control of
athletics at Michigan instead of domi-
nation by the res ants is now the cry of
University of Michigan alumni. Grad
yates of the Ann Arbor school yester-
day came out strong for return to the
old faculty leadership. which it is be-
lieved would mean Michigan's return to
the conference.
Following the surprise and embar-
rassment caused by the revelations
into Captain-elect j. Joy Miller, the
alumni affirmed that faculty control
which was taken away by the regents
before Michigan left the conference,
should be restored. A strong statement
to the same effect has reached alumni
from Prof Andrew c. Mclaughlin of
the University of Chicago, an alumnus
and former professor of Michigan.
Prof Mclaughlin says that the ques-
ton of whether Michigan should return
belongs to the professors at Ann Arbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
TO PENSION EMPLOYEES.
System Will Become Effective on
Rock Island january l..

Chicago, Dec. 25.-Oficial announce
ment was made yesterday of the inaug-
uration on January of a pension sys-
tenn, which will include all officers and
employees of the Rock Island road.
In connection with the system the
Rock Island has established an age
limit which will govern original employ
ment on the Rock Island. Under the
new rule no inexperienced person over
80 years of age and no experienced per-
son over As years of age will be taken
into the service of the company.
The pension allowance will be l per
cent of the average regular monthly
pay received for the ten years next pre-
ceding retirement for each year of SER
vice. Thus, if an employe has been in
the service for 40 years and his aver
age salary for the last ten years of the
period was SIS per month, his pension
allowance will be 40 per cent of the $75
or $50 per month.
All officers and employees who have
reached the age of 75 years must re-
tire, and the employees in the operating
service may be retired at 65 years of
age.
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ClleerfuIness.

There are some men who refuse to
be cheerful. One cannot understand
why. Their business is good; they
have nice homes, pleasant looking
families, plenty of everything on hand.
and yet they go about with fierce and
frowning looks, as if they were about
to meet an enemy or encounter a fear
full catastrophe.
We should not be too severe with
such people. Sometimes they are born
with a frown-it's a way their grand
fathers had. Sometimes their nerves
do not act right-get all knotted and
twisted, so that their spirits do not
flow freely; sometimes, they are both
cred with an infamous old liver that
is constantly kicking up a fuss down
in the subterranean passages. These
are all fatalities for which they can
hardly be held accountable.
The lack of cheerfulness is their
punishment, and that possibly is suf-
ficient. The good fortune of a happy
disposition is not theirs, and on this
account they may be entitled to more
sympathy than blame. But there are
others who have business to be
moody and fretful and gloomy. Such
persons are afflicted with envy. sus-
picion, self-conceit and fear Egotism
is their philosophy and it assumes
more or less the misanthropic form.
Ohio State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25

One of the popular fallacies that
is rapidly losing ground is the idea
that anyone with no previous training
or experience can be a successful
farmer. and one of the chief agencies
of enlightenment is the government
Bureau of Soils. This useful adjunct
of the Department of Agriculture is
rapidly completing it's Investigations of
the actual values and needs of the
earth in various parts of the West,
and its reports will constitute a valua-
BILE compendium for those already en-
gagged in agriculture or about to en-
bark in it.
The government has risen to the
need of demonstrating that the day of
haphazard scratching of the surface
of the earth is passed, and that for
most successful results, practical train
ing, if not through scientific education
is needed. 1t is the aim of the bu-
reau of soils to establish accurately
the nutrition values of the earth in
varying sections for producing the
greatest abundance of suitable crops,
and with such a definite basis to help
the husbandman proceed with greater
certainty toward his goal of achieve
ment. This sort of official knowledge
is sure to enable man to make many
blades of grass or grain grow where
few or none grew before, for its nat
ura1 development will be the intelli-
gent cultivation of every arabic acre
of land that can be made to yield a
profitable crop.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
DIR. Parkhurst.s Argument.

Taking UP the clamor for woman
suffrage, in his accustomed heroic
and extravagant way, DR.. Parkhurst
inevitably helps the cause while trying
to do it harm. His biological. ply
sio1ogical and scriptural arguments
against woman suffrage are ancient
and feeble. AS a matter of fact, they
count for nothing. The demand of
some women for the right to vote is
only to be combated intelligently on
economic and political grounds The
very best argument against it is that
most of the women do not want to
vote and would not vote if they could.
If the aggressive and determined suf-
fragists can talk over a majority of
their sisters the women will get votes
in good time-or bad. We have no
fear that in doing so they will greatly
injure the sex physically or morally.
They will, undoubtedly, still further
decrease the amount of Difference, al
ready diminishing. the male human
pays to the female. They will not,
we are confident, lessen the obvious
evils of popular suffrage or appre-
Gladly increase its benefits-New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
The CORPORATION Tax.

SIS the Federal Corporation Tax
CONSTITUTIONAL is the title of an ar
ticle in the latest number of the Out
look, by Charles w. Pierson, of the
New York lar. The subject is examin-
ed in the light of judicial decisions
by highest authority on questions
that lie on the dividing line between
the functions of the states and of the
United States. 1t has been held by
the Supreme Court of the United States
that the national government cannot
exercise its power of taxation so as
to destroy the state governments or
embarrass their lawful action" Now
a national corporation tax is tax
upon the exercise of franchises grant
ed by a state in the exercise of its
Independent sovereignty over matters
within its own jurisdiction.
1t would seem, therefore, that the
Supreme Court must hold it unconsti-
tutional. Such is the opinion of many
interpreters of constitutional law
throughout the United States. Has
Congress the power to tax franchise
granted by the state of Oregon? If
so, of course, no corporation can ex-
list without permission of Congress,
and the state should be permitted no
more to authorize the formations of
corporations. That will become func-
ton of the national government
Portland OregOnian
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They Considered 1t.

In Illinois there is an old law on the
statute books to the effect that in Grim
inal cases the jury is Judge of the law
often quoted once in while lawyer
with a desperate case makes use of it.
In one case, the judge instructed the
jury that it was to judge of the law as
well as the facts but added that it
was not to judge of the law unless it
was fully satisfied that it knew more
law than the judge. An outrageous
verdict was brought in, contrary to all
instructions of the court, who felt
called upon to rebuke the jury. At last
one old farmer arose. "Jedge," said
he, weren't we to jedge the law as
we'll as the fact?" Certainly was
the response; "but 1 told you not to
judge the law unless you were clearly
satisfied that you knew the law better
than 1 did, well. jedge.' answered
the farmer, as he shifted his quid. ''we
considered that pint. '-Argonaut.
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JOY IN THE NAVY.
Sailors of Atlantic Fleet Receive Much
Christmas Cheer.

New York. Dec. 25.-It requires a big
two horse wagon each day to carry the
holiday mail that arrives in New York
for the officers and bluejackets of the
Atlantic fleet. In the consignment that
awaited them upon their arrived here,
there were one or more presents for
practically every man in the fleet,
While the fancy postal cards convey
ing Christmas greetings from relatives
and friends were more than 10000 in
number.
Today the ships of the fleet were full
of Christmas cheer, liquid as we'll as
solid. Throughout the morning. the
generous Christmas dinner that the
government provided was in prepare
ton on each ship There was a big fat
turkey for every six men and about
5000 plum buildings and mince pies,
topped off with cigars and cigarettes in
unlimited number and all the ice cream
and fruits that the men could possibly
eat.
The football match for the champion
ship of the fleet will be played on New
Years day. A series of championship
basketball games will also take place
during the coming week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
HOGS

Market PTl .2,s,l paid for dry lot cattle
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka. Kan.I
CREAMERY BUTTER-chicago. s5c;
NEW YORK EGGS 32@35c.
Co.. 1874 Kansas Ave.l
EGGS-Fresh country, candled.- &c.
less, &C; broilers, ~ to lbs, 13c; 21k to
S1z lbs. lie; coarse young ROSTERS, sc.
TURKEYs--Hens and Young Toms. 1sc;
GEEsE.Fuii feathered, sc.
DUCKS-Full feathered. 10c.
dressed poultry must be done to COM
ply with the state laws.)
Prospects are that turkeys will be ex-
tremely scarce, and very high for Christ
later than Tuesday, December list.
BuTTERIP,a XII IS, stock per ID; ZIG.
FURNISHED by Sam'l E. Lux Wholesale
Fruit and PRODUCED
BARRELED APPLES-Jonathan per
BIB. s52s: Gano. per bbI.. s4.25: Ben Davis,
BOXED HPPLEs-R. l. Greening, per
Soloam, per box, s1.S5; Roman Beauty, per
box. 500: York Imperiais. per box. $500;
box. SIS: york Pippins. per box. ssls Is:
Jonathans. per box. $780, Winesaps. per
bunch. .s2ooa25O; Jumbo punches. per
bunch, $2.75@30o; per ID. &c
ARIZONA ORANGES-Per box, $3.50
400.
CATAwBA GRAPES-Per basket. 15c.
ALMERIA GRAPES-Per bbl.. $3.50
FLORIDA GRAPE. FRUIT-Per box.
WISCONSIN CRANBERRIEs-Pe bbl
CALIFORNIA LEMoNs-Per box. $3.50
HALLOWI DATES--Per h.. SIC.
PACKAGE FIGS-12 carton box 75c
NEW HONEY-Per crate. s3.S5.
COCoANGTS-Per sack, original, $3.50:
HOLLAND CABBAGE-Per ib. Grated.
cAULIFLowER-Pe crate, $500.
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE = Per dog.
bpn chs 49, per ID. zoe, en-.
CAL. TOMATOES-Per 4 basket crates.
TURNIPs-Per bushel. coo.
BEETS-Per bnshel, 60c
PARSNIPS-Per bushel. 75c.
>CARROTS-Per bushel. 75c.
; RED GLOBE oNIoNs-Per lib. &c.
SWEET POTATOES-Per bushel SOc
per b1zel c BarbanEs pes
bushei. zoe; Kaw Valley E. o. potatoes.
Jumbo. per bunch. 75c; Blue Ribbon. per
b9 nI,, &c, N.n, val, co
5oe New Extra ssees peer per can
45c; New York Plain, per can. 40c; Ches-
apeake Standards, per can. &c.
Selects; 80: Extra Selects. 500: New
La5aIss Ssr iD cheese PER Wis le Ye, lss
per ID, isc; Wis White. per h., 100; New
wis. Brick. per h., 19c; Yellow Daisy,
I RI per b. ise Domestic s sy Sa Wisys IS IS
to go lbs.). per H.. 20c-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
Turtle Worship.

At place called Kotron, on the
French Ivory coast, the natives believe
that to eat or destroy turtle would
mean death to the guilty one or sick
ness among the family. The fetch
men, of whom there are plenty, declare
that years ago a man went to sea fish
ing. In the night his canoe was thrown
upon the beach empty Three days
afterward a turtle came ashore at the
same place with the man on it's back,
alive and WE'LL Since that time they
have never eaten or destroyed one a
that species, although they enjoy other
species. If one happens now to be
washed ashore there is a great commo.
ton in the town. First the women sit
down and start singing and beating
sticks; next a small piece of white
cloth (color must be Whitley is placed
on the turtles back. Food is then pre-
pared and placed on the CLOTH gener-
ally plantains, rice, and palm OIL Then
amid lot more singing, dancing, and
antics of the fetch people, it is carried
back into the sea and goes on its way
rejoicing.-LondonG Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
RICH men LIBERAL.
Millions of Dollars Given to Employees
by Chicago Merchants.

Chicago, Dec 25.-Millions of dollars
as Christmas gifts for Chicago workers,
a sum never equa1led in the citys his
tory, distributed by business houses,
manufactures and other enterprises, is
the record for Christmas, 1909.
The big concerns alone increased thu
great total in Chicago by little short of
million through their profit sharing
plans. Half a million distributed by the
International Harvester company; ap-
proximately 100000 by the r. T. Crane
company-those instances tell only In
part the story. Many of the banks and
other institutions also Joined in the dis
tribution of cash gifts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
HIS SECOND ESCAPE.
OberIin Prisoner ScantiIy Clad Fled in
SnONStOrm.

Oberlin, Kan, Dec. 25.-Harry r.
Stone escaped from Jail again. He is
one of the men who escaped last week
by overpowering the sheriffs son.
Stone and his companion, Dempsey,
were captured near the Nebraska line.
Their feet were badly frozen. When
the sheriff told Stone to get a bucket
of water, he went outside the Jail into
the yard and ran away in the dark
ness.
Stones escape was made in severe
snow and sleet storm. He was with
out adequate clothing. 1t is believed
that he will suffer from cold unless
captured. He was awaiting trial on
the charge of burglary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
Undertaken Takes Place of Santa Claus
in Chicago Home.

Chicago. Dec. 25.-An undertaken in
stead of Santa Claus visited the residence
of John Zizinola last night. Early in the
day Christmas preparations had been
made for three-year-old Gormond Zizinola,
but the child's sudden death stopped the
celebration.
During the afternoon Mrs Zizinola was
cleaning out closet to make room for
a small Christmas tree When she left
the room the baby, seated in a high chair,
reached for bottle containing carbolic
acid.
The child's creams attracted the mother.
but it was too late for she had swallowed
some of the poison and died in an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
LONGS FOR HIS FATHER.
Boys Appeal for Return of Parent
Fell on Deaf Ears.

Chicago, Dec. 25.-Little Johnny
Bour, Jr.. will eat Christmas turkey
today and will receive gifts from rela-
tives and friends, but he will not be
entirely happy. Santa Claus has neg
lected to bring him the one present
he most desires, his father.
A short while ago Johnny wrote a
letter to Santa Claus asking that the
father be brought home by the saint,
and his failure to get any answer to
his letter has caused him continued
grief.
John P. Bour, the father, disap-
peared almost a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Garden of the Gods Is Presented to
Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Dec. 25.-
When Colorado Springs awoke this
morning it found in its stocking the
biggest Christmas gift in the history
of the city-the famed Garden of the
Gods, presented by the late Charles
E. Perkins.
This marvellous park, which is
known throughout the United States
and in many foreign lands for it's
curious rock formations, today be-
comes the property of Colorado
Springs.
The property, comprising $50 acres,
is valued at 100000 and makes the
city's park system one of the largest
and most varied in the world for a
community of this size.
spot will be set aside as a site for
the erection of memorial tablet to
the donor.
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WERE TOO LIGHT.
Railroad Discharges Men Who Weigh
Less Than $50 Pounds.

Carbonate, Pa, Dec. 25.-Nineteen
employees Of the Delaware & Hudson
shops were discharged yesterday be-
cause they weigh less than $50 pounds,
and it is expected others under this
weight will lose their positions on the
first of the year.
The weight limit is said to be fixed
owing to the idea that a mature man
weighing less than $50 pounds does not
possess the physical strength to per-
nit him to dc normal mans daily
work
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Pig Grows a Pound = Dav

Frank Coombs, of West Franklin.
has the prize expansion pig. The ans,
NAL came to Mr.. Coombs as a sucking
at the age of 30 days and Weighing ss
pounds. In two weeks it weighed Al
pounds, gain of pound a day. At
the prevailing price of pork it has
been figured out that this robust
porker will be worth more than half
hundred dollars when he is vear
Old II his ability to assimi1ate hog fod-
ger ger does not deteriorate in the mean
tf1ne.-Kennebec Journal.
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Tragic Christmas in Galloway Home.

Tragic Christmas in Galloway Home.
Peru, Ind, Dec. 25.-Policemen that
wered call today from Ora Gal
loway, found his wife dead on the
kitchen floor of their house and CAL
loway with an emptied revolver in his
hand and overturned furniture, show
ing there had been a struggle. CAL
Iowa. declared he had no consciousness
of what had taken place. He is in Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
ROBBERS RAN RIOT.
Many Hold Ups in Chicago On Christ
mas Eve.

Chicago. Dec 25.-Highwaymen ran
riot on the North side last night, rob-
bling their -9ictims of various sums of
money and in one instance causing a
panic among scores of shoppers
Two men. both masked, entered the
store about 8 o'clock and crowding
their way 10 the rear ordered G. A.
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BOUND FOR MEXICO.
Zelaya Is in Full Flight From His
Native Country.

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Dec
25.-Jose Santos Zelaya, who resigned
the presidency of Nicaragua, is now in
full flight from Nicaragua and today
is bound for Salina Cruz. Mexico, Ze-
laya fed from Managua to Corinto
whence he departed at o'clock yes
terday afternoon for Salina Cruz on
board the Mexican gunboat General
Guerrero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25
H. B. PEARS GOES UP.
Superintendent of Haskell Institute
to Go to Washington.

Lawrence, Kan. Dec. 25.-H. B.
PEARS, superintendent of the Haskell
institute here, has been appointed ma
tional supervisor in charge of the
work of educating the Indians. with
headquarters at Washington, d. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-25

medium, $3.50 to $500: beaver. small, $3.50
to $500; badger, No. /, soc. All other
badgers practically worthless.
HIDE QUoTATIONSS--G, s. cured hides,
cured bull hides, No rs lose; No IS SIC:
G. s. cured side brands. (40 lbs. up) l0c
flat; G S. cured No. hides, &c flat; green
frozen hides, SIC.
(Above prices are delivered in Topeka,
Kansas Hide prices are for week ending
December 25, 1909