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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-18

"SkyScraporS
fury.
In one of these big buildings, while the machin-
cry of sight. domestic affairs will be SO
mechanical, even automatic that you can get al
most anything the family needs simply by turning
on a switch pressing button.
The fiat dweller of that distant day will not be
bothered with servants the servant problem. BY
pressing a button the Christmas dinner will come
up noiselessly from the kitchen on the mechanical
waiter perhaps in pneumatic tube.
After your Christmas dinner is over the dishes
will disappear as silently and swiftly could
wish Some sort of mechanical dish washer in the
kitchen will take care of them-or, what is more
likely, they will be made of cheap composition
and will be destroyed by burning after they are
used once. The antiseptic precautions OF the moo
surgeon will be common to the kitchens OF the
next century and hygiene will be real science
When have eaten your Christmas dinner. If
you want to go for the evening you press
a button and aerocab will come to the landing at
your door. Or, if you prefer it, may drop down
the pneumatic elevator to point so 100 feet
below the surface of the earth and be whirled
through the pneumatic subway a dizzy rate of
speed to your destination. Only the speed will not
make you dizzy. You will not be able to feel it.
You may sit in your cushioned well lighted and
warmed and ventilated by some process yet to be
discovered and before realize it the miles will
speed away and step out to the opera or the
play
If you prefer to remain at apartments the
kaleidoscope attached to your telephone be
connected to any theater you desire, and you can
sit in your easy chair and smoke while you see the
play projected the wall like the most perfect
moving picture All the stage settings will be there
to make the play real and the improved tele-
phone will bring every shade and subtle infection
of the actors voice to your ear
1t seems certain that this telautoscope arrange
ment-the exact word describe it will be coined
after the process is discovered-win be one of the
triumphs of the coming century. 1t will enable
to the person you talking tele-
phone.
The flight the coming airship probably win be
so rapid that the business and the sal
aried worker, If he loves the country have a
villa cottage at great distance from the city
and go work in his airship at slight cost
On Christmas day in the good century to come
this fight in the air will be the means of many
family reunions that impossible A few
hours will take the most distant part of the
country, the practical cessation of business
during the holiday week will leave all free to fore
gather with the loved ones and pay deferred visits
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to him, as 1t does to the little Johnny of to-day.
The lad of the next century will want model
of the latest airship in his Christmas stocking He
will expect working model, too-one that will
sail through the fiat like live bird and perhaps
carry his weight
Within the last hundred years steam and cleo
tricity have been developed it is entirely rea-
sonable to imagine that within the coming century
men will travel through the air commonly
they now travel over the land The automobile.
the trolley the railroad tran and the horse
a draft animal-al1 will be gone Men will
the earth, the birds do, for resting place for
their homes and the principal of food sup
ply; but when they want to move from one place
to another, they will mount into the ether,
as the birds do. and fay swiftly and safely to
their destination.
| 1t is probable that there will not be wheeled
vehicle of kind the streets of a great city
on Christmas day, in the year 2009. Our tunnel
system will have developed until the vast subter-
ranean net work of bores chutes and pneumatic
tubes will carry on the heavy traffic of the city
without noise confusion. The streets will be
given to pedestrians-to those who walk for
pleasure wish to travel short distances. The
sidewalk it is will be no more but the en-
tire width of the street will be given up to foot
passengers. There will be neither car tracks nor
moving vehicles to annoy.
The suburbanite who does not fly to work in
2009 will be shot through pneumatic tube trav-
cling the five. ten, fifty miles of distance a
space of time that may be only few seconds and
certainly cannot be more than few minutes. 1t
may be that few people will walk anywhere in
| the year 2o0s When man learns to fly he will
scorn walking too slow of progress.
Perhaps our great-great grandchildren who no
| doubt will live in immense apartment buildings
i towering a half mile from the ground may go
earth.
With the passing of the Christmas sleigh there
will be no longer any need for RENDERS for Santa
Claus He. too will travel by airship, and while
| the old Santa Claus viii be myth, the new Santa
i Claus will be real the bewhiskered and be-
furred boys who entertain the children in the
department stores
1t is not hard to imagine that the big stores
will develop the Claus idea point that
| Christmas purchases will be delivered on Christ
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probably will have provided for you combina-
ton of telescope and moving picture machine by
of which you can connect your room with
the toy department and the display by wire
perhaps by wireless-and at the same time you
get prices and leave your order with the clerk by
telephone.
But perhaps the woman of 2oO9 will enjoy the
mad rush of the shops as much as she does to-
day during the holiday season, and then she will
go to the big store and order her toys and pres
ents. The store could deliver them through the
pneumatic package tubes which will go to all
parts of the city, but 1t will be more poetic to
have them delivered by Santa Claus.
Christmas eve score or a hundred Santa
Clauses will set out from the various shops with
their airships laden with Christmas gifts to be de-
livered at the various addresses 1t will longer
be necessary to deliver all goods in the rear of
the big apartment building, but whether you live
the twentieth or two hundred and twentieth
story of the big house you will have your own
private airship landing, and while the family is
gathered at the door to receive santa Claus the
arshp will settle on the landing and the cheerful
Merry Christmas of the aeronaut will greet you
as he hands in the packages
The Christmas tree of hundred years from
will be electrical marvel. Festoons and
wreaths of rainbow colored lights and "chasers"
will scintillate from it's green branches But the
presents that hang it will be even more won
derful-
There will be dolls as large the little girls
who will receive them. There will be dolls that
can walk and with the improved Photographic ar
rangements of another century there will be dolls
that can talk and others that can sing beautiful
songs Some of them, doubt will be able to
dance gracefully and do tricks that would seem
miraculous if performed by automaton to-day
The mechanical toys 2O0s will be marvels of
perfection The most imaginative man cannot
possibly conceive of the new things that Will be
invented in the way of machinery, but it is safe
to assume that the wireless transmission of power
will be perfected Wheels will spin without any
visible motive power. Power may be taken from
the suns rays or wireless power stations may be
operated by the waves, the waterfalls, even the
winds Before the coal supply is exhausted the
need for coal. either for warmth power. will
have passed away
And whatever riumphs men make in the In
dustrial world they impart to their games and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-18

recreation So it Is certain that the
Teddy bear and the toy dog of the
coming century will be mechanical
marVels. The Rover dog that the
little boy gets will be life size He
will prance about on his four furry
legs and lie down and roll over at
the bidding of his master.
Perhaps the most wonderful feat
ure of all in our Christmas in 2009
will be the changed methods in
our daily life-e The housekeeping
arrangements of that time would
seem incomprehensible to the wo-
man of to-day if she could picture
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A Risky ThinQ.

81 think I'll go home"
But It's only IL O'Clock, old man.
well, there's nothing doing at the
club
81 know; but consider Once I
went home at IL O'Clock and came
near establishing a dangerous prece-
dent"
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The first real control attributed to
Hawley was the Minneapolis & St.
Louis in 1895, which extended to AL
: bert Lea the Rock Island eontinuing
: the remainder of the route to the
southwest and northwest 1t had not
paid anything in years until Hawley
got hold of it and made it earn diyi-
!. dends Later he secured control of
the Iowa Central. and. it is said. Rus
sell Sage chuckled at the thought of
having palmed of gold brick on the
young railroader when he induced him
to take over the property. Hawley
soon had it. too. paying dividends
Hawley's wealth has been estimated
at $50. 900 900. but owing to recent
successful operations he is believed to
.Ebe worth much more than that amount
He lives very modestly and goes into
society very little. He belongs to a
s. few clubs and takes a lively interest
in sports. such as riding. driving. mo.
~toring. golf and the like. He is f1nan
cially interested in many valuable
properties besides railroads. and is
= president or director in great many
companies, yet he allows his business
affairs 10 remain where they belong
when he goes ont for recreation and
no otherwise enjoy himself. If be has
skrcubles he keeps them TO himself.
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troll of these properties, Hawley for
some reason did not get the promotion
he thought he deserved. and for which
he was so well qualified. so he re-
signed and started out anew with no
very kindly feeling for Mr. Hartman.
Nor did the two men ever draw any
closer toward each other in the after
years.
The following is a list of the roads
now credited to Mr. Hawley. and
these have all been acquired since
his quarrel with Hartman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-18

ZHE HECHlX/C;NL
TOYS or 1000 Viii Be
>HELS or PERFECTION

senate Santa Claus. A hun
bred years. from now, if
you want to avoid the
rush and do your Christ
mas shopping in your own
apartments. the scientists
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forts and the inconvenience of life in
a cottage, it is possible. will drive
most of the city jewellers into the
apartment buildings, which will grow
bigger and taller as the years pass I'M
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to men," will be just as
sacred and as new to
the hearts of men as it
was nineteen hundred
years ago. Everybody
will give everybody
else a present-but the
presents will be differ
ent.
Little Johnny will
not covet a railroad
train. Real cars on a
real track, pulled by a
real locomotive that
makes smoke will not
seem a wonderful thing
Williams news., 1909-06-19
Williams Dancing Club Organized

During the week the society folks of Williams took steps to organize the Williams Dancing Club. AL ready about twenty of the select young men of the city have become members of the organization. The Club will hold dances regularly every Friday night through the summer. Through the courtesy of Secretary H. A. Masac and Mgr. J. $. Campbell it is expected that the Odd Fellows will make liberal reduction in the opera house rent for the Club. The net proceeds of these dances will be donated to the Baseball Club.
 A temporary membership com mittee is now receiving applications for members and nothing but ap- plications of respectable men will be considered. Each application will be balloted upon at the Club meeting. The lady friends and relatives of the Club members are honorary members.
 The Club gave it's first dance last night. The music was furnished by Mae Parker. All those who were present had a delightful time.
 Next Friday evening there will be another dance and it will begin promptly at S:3O o'clock. At the same time the members will meet to elect permanent officers and to ballot on new members.
Williams news., 1909-06-19

The electricians of the Grand Canyon Electric Light & Power Company were busy this week wiring the "Pines" the home of President w. F. Dermont of the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Go. The Pines" is now connected and lighted from the power plant of the Grand Canyon Electric Light and Power Co.
 Two Mexicans were fined $5 each. this week in Judge Rounse- ville's court, for being drunk and disorderly. Very little criminal business has found it's way into the police court. This may be an indication that people of Williams have reformed, at least, THE NEWS hopes that this may be the case.
 Dr. l.. NJ. Swigert, the we'll known optician, of Swigert Bros., will be here one day only-Wedn esday, June 23d. If there is anything the matter with your eyes or you need glasses, wait for him.
 The eclipse of the sun scheduled for Thursday evening between 6 and 7 o'clock was not visible in Williams to the naked eye. The smoked glass artists lost all track of the time of the eclipse and hence no one in Williams has reported to THE NEWS that they saw it.
 Those of the Williams fans who will go to Winslow tomorrow can return home tomorrow night in the observation car of No. 3, the crack Santa Fe limited. This arrange ment was secured through the efforts of our generous local agent, Hugo Victor.
 WANTED $4OO at 10 per cent for one year. Good security.
 c. P. SILvERNAIL.
 The white snow cap of the Bill Williams mountain disappeared during the past week and has now a beautiful "merry widow" of green. Since snow has gone many will visit it's summit within the next few weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Tom Barney were in the city the first of the week from their ranch, to visit at the home of his brother, Geo. Barney.
 An express car loaded with seals from Alaska, attached to train No. 2, passed through Williams Thurs da enroute East.
 Nunnally's chocolate coateed caramels 4Oc. Sugar coated Jordan almonds 4Oc.-Parlor Barber Shop.
 Lineman c. D. Callan spent Thursday looking after wire trouble on the Postal telegraph line be- tween Seligman and Kingman.
 Mrs. R. J. Kidd, of Flagstaff, passed through Williams Thursday enroute to Los Angeles on a visit.
 Mrs. Fitz Morris and her little daughter of Maine, were shopping in Williams Thursday.
 A small crowd enjoyed a danc- ing party at the Silvernail hall Thursday evening.
Williams news., 1909-06-19
-Eoca/ Hews
ITEMS OF GENERAL
 INTEREST

See Dr. Swigert's ads today.
 Nunnally's-Parlor Barber Shop. Postal cards-latest production Racket Store.
 High class tailoring done at home at M P. Farrer's.
 For beautiful skin you must use Peroxide Cream. G. c. Drug Co.
 c. E. Boyce was Flagstaff wis. itor Wednesday.
 John Hill was a visitor at Ash Fork last Saturday.
 See Dr. Swigert for correct glasses. Attorney J. E. Jones was a pro- fessional visitor in town Thursday. Deputy Sheriff Tom Pulliam was transactine business in the city last Saturday.
 A premium remedy for spring A. D. :, Blood Mixture. G. c. Drug Co.
 Attorney Geo. w. Glowner made a legal visit to the county seat on Wednesday.
 Patrick Johnston, Frank Shea and O. A. Kane are at Flagstaff at the K. of c. convention.
 Pecannelles 4Oc a box; made of maple sugar and pecan nuts.- Parlor Barber Shop.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Dalton left for Flagstaff this morning to Le pres. ent at the big convention.
 H. M, Stark left Wednesday morning for Los Angeles where he will spend a week on business.
 J. c. Simmons can furnish you Wall Paper, Paint and Glass very reasonable.
 Tuesday the Santa Fe filled a long felt want among the railroad boys in Williams. It was pay day.
 District Attorney Sleeves was at the county seat Monday. He is having an office fixed up in the court house.
 Beautiful birthday postal cards latest out-Racket Store.
 w. F. Dermont. president of the s. & M. Lbr. Co.,, was a business visitor at Albuquerque the first of the week.
 Mrs. Wilson Patterson and Mrs Lloyd were visiting in Flagstaff last Sunday, the guests of MT. and Mrs Jesse L. Boyce.
 Have your children's eyes exam. ined now while Dr. Swigert is here next Wednesday. No glasses pre-. scribed unless absolutely necessary
 Williams will be we'll represented at the celebration on July 5 and 6 at Flagstaff. Why not take day off and everybody go?
 Master Forest Rounseville ar rived in the city on Thursday. and will spend the summer with his father. Dr. Rounseville.
 Why send your money out oi town for a suit of clothes when you can save 9 per cent by patronizing your home tailor2 See the line of goods carried by M. P. Farrer.
Williams news., 1909-06-19

Al. Lingo and Ross Barnard went to Flagstaff Tuesday night where they were introduced to the Elkdom and are now full fedged "deers," members of Flagstaff Lodge No. 499, P. o. E. Messrs. Jno Laugowsky. s. s. Stark and H. A. Masac accompanied the two candidates to the county seat to assist in the adoption ceremonies of placing the horns upon the head of the new members. Those Elks who went from Williams on their return had bushels of fun at the expense of the young Elks. The second degree work of Elkdom was confered on Lingo and Barnard by the Williams bunch in the train while it was speeding homeward.
 FOR SALE.-Story & Clark piano. Good condition; bargain. Apply c. w. Ortt.
 Joe Blumberg received the sad intelligence of the death of his sis ter, Mrs. Diamondsteine, who died at her home in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday of last week. She had been ill with tuberculosis for a long time and spent last winter in Phoenix and Flagstaff in hopes to benefit her health. Three weeks ago, while at Flagstaff at the home of her sister Mrs. J. Herman, she had hemorhoage and a few days later she was taken to Denver, her home, where death relieved her from suffering.
 Dr. L. M. Swigert, the we'll known optician, of Phoenix and Denver, will be here again at the Grand Canyon hotel for one day only Wednesday, June 23 If there is anything the matter with your eyes or in need of glasses of any descrip- tion, see him while he is here. Prices reasonable; all work guar anteed. Our best references are our many hundreds of glass wearers in Willia ms and vicinity who we have fit in the past 7 years we have been coming here. Ask them about us.
 Max Salzman. of Los Angeles, came in Saturday on ehorWbusi- ness trip and to see his old friends. Mir. Salzman stated that there was not the least doubt but that Will jams would secure the Clark road and that he considered the business outlook for the town ex. ceptionally bright. After short visit at the Canyon MT. Salzman left for his home on Tuesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ed. Levengood ar rived in the city on Sunday from their home in California and passed on through to the Canyon, return ing Monday. Ed. still has a big warm spot in his heart for Will ia ms, although times have greatly changed here since he could answer "present" among the bunch of good ones who made Willia ms their home several years ago.
 Skating Saturday night.
 The poles for the long distance line of the Arizona Overland Tele , phone Co.,, are being set up between Flagstaff and Williams The line will probably be completed between , this city and the county seat with in two weeks.
Williams news., 1909-06-19

FOR sALE-Two dwelling houses three blocks from Saginaw mill, $500 each c. P. SILvERNAIL.
 Major Doran, Mayor Goldwater, Councilman Belcher, George Nor ris, author of the bill for a pioneers home, and Attorney Ling, this week decided to accept the site offered by F. NJ. Murphy, the rail way magnate, for the Arizona pioneers home. The site is located in Murphy Park, West Prescott, and contains six acres. Mr. Murphy contributes the land free of charge. Plans will be drawn and the work of erecting the buildings will com mence as soon as possession to the land is available.
 A. party of about twenty people of Williams enjoyed an outing at Coleman's lake Thursday. A picnic dinner was the feature of the party. To say that they all had good time is putting it mildly.
Williams news., 1909-06-19
See Dr. Swigert about your eyes.

F. L Noble of Gleede was in the city Sunday visiting with his friends. MT. Noble is foreman of the wood camp at Gleede.
 R. K. Starkwether. manager of the Harvey House at Ash Fork, was combining business with pleasure in the city Monday evening.
 Nunnally's assorted nut chocol- ates 75c per pound.-Parlor Barber Shop.
 D A. Byrne, proprietor of the Grand Canyon Drug Co.,, left this morning for Flagstaff to attend the Knights of Columbus convention.
 Elmer Jones, of the Flagstaff Gem, came down Sunday with the ball team. He was only another rooter without single root coming.
 Easy shoes for tender feet-new line.-Racket Store.
 c. c, Hutchinson, the popular wool grower of northern Arizona, was transacting business in the city for several days during the week.
 H. J. Gray, the Junction sheep man, passed through Wednesday on his way home. Hank" said he was too busy to stop over and see the boys.
 Richard Connor, dry goods chief at Babbitt-P olson's, is in attend ance at the Knights of Columbus convention at Flagstaff today and tomorrow.
 Nunnally's Satin finish stick candy per box 25c Dates with peanuts 25c.-Parlor Barber Shop.
 Mrs. Aug. Tetzlaff came in from California Monday evening. and has been busy since in looking after her property interests in town and visiting old friends.
 Wm. Mccartney came in from Maine last Saturday to attend a meeting of the Encampment and remained over Sunday to witness the base ball game.
 Don't you know that A. D. s. Cough Remedy has relieved more coughs and colds than any other remedy made. G. C. Drug Go. Street Supervisor Owen has a crew of men engaged in cleaning up the ditch west of the school house. He has another crew raking and cleaning up the streets.
 Trainmaster E. H. Du6ield was in the city Thursday to visit his family. He also called at THE NEWS office to renew his subscription to this family necessity.
 Come to the hotel if you wish to see Dr. Swigert, as we do not visit your homes unless by appointment. Williams is the only town we will visit in this vicinity on this trip.
 Wm. Campbell, the wool baron of Flagstaff, was visiting in the city last Saturday. With Tom Pulliam as chaperon, Billy" seemed to thoroughly enjoy his stay.
 The revival meetings at the M. E. Church will continue next week. Evangelist Oaks is forcible speak CT and those who hear him once are glad to hear him again,
Williams news., 1909-06-19
Glasses Fitted by Neurology

Dr. R. Glaze, the Chicago nue. rologist, of Douglas. Ariz., will be in Williams, at the Grand Canyon hotel, June 21, P and 23-three days only. Nerve trouble caused by eye strain corrected by glasses fitted by our system. Examina- tion free.