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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
FOR THE BENEFIT OF TIE
ARISTOCRACY.

OF course, Great Britain will not
adopt protective tariff right away,
but there is wonderful sentiment
ia that country in its favor.
II the British will only wait until
the protective duties In this country
are made lower, Great Britain may
enjoy wonderfully increared trade
with America.
If the statesmen who are on the
stump in Great Britain in favor of
protection for the bsnefit of that
country would take the stump in
America for free trade, they might
make greater progress toward
benefitting the ir own country.
The "Irlsh World" used TO m
quire: "When does an Irishman
become friend of Great Britain?"
The answer was: "When he comes
to the United, States and votes the
free trade ticket"
Free trade was established in
Great Britain by the aristocracy,
and for the benefit of the aristo-
cracy. 1t has been maintained
ever since the days OF Richard
Golden for the same purpose
Des M Dimes Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
AFYRE AT SEA.

How would you like TO be IN
mid ocean and know that a fire
was burning away Ia cotton stored
in the hold of your vessel. Such
was the ease with the ocean liner
Celtic as she crossed from New
York to Liverpool last week,
The passengers knew nothing
about the Csnditien Of things,
however, till they landed. The
fire was discovered, the matches
we're fastened down andthe com
partment flooded. STILL the fire
smouldered until port was reached
and the cargo discharged.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
Chicago
Cottage Organs

Mention its name and you get a
favorable response. It sthe Organ
most used and best known in all
this country. That is why we
handle it. The variety of styles
and wide range of prices easily
bring it within the reach of all who
want to own such an instrunsant.
Our stock now is complete, and it
is the best time in the world to buy
at very low price.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
advertising Kansas.

ASK for our book, Kansas, little
story Of great state" is a line seen
Ia the advertising of Kansas railroad
printed in the Chicago Tribune last
week, This Is but enc of many SINH
lar advertisements appearing 10 the
metropolitan papers east of the
Mississippi. ''Ksnsas state whose
resources have never been scratched :"
All OF which makes good reading fer
the Kansan, who knows that In
material resources and In educational
advantages Kansas is a great state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31

Courteous treatment and fair deal
ing at the Neosho Valley bank.

Ing at the Neosho Valley bank.
Roy Martin has gone to work in
the railroad shops In Topeka.
John Pratt Is busy on plans for a
new power house for the Fredonia
Brick company.
Dave Carson and wife Of Kansas
City took Christmas dinner with
| Dawes parents In Chanute.
Master Kenneth Browo, son OF Mr
and Mrs. Russell BrowD, is quite sick
with pneumonia.
Seth Wells of Erie was In Chanute
a part of this week on cement PLAN
business. Seth is trustee of the
defunct plant.
Lon Postlethwaite has returned
frem his visit ia FL Paso, Texas.
j. M. Dunsmore was in Ohanute
the first of the week.
Prof. L @. Stanfield was married a
MeOune Wednesday OF this week.
He married McCuHe girl. His
brother, w. w., went over to the
wedding.
W. II. Nation passed through
Caanute Monday on his way to
Manhattaa to atteRd the big core
show. Billy is wide awake farmer
and tries TO keep up with the
procession.
Marion Huber has gone to Villas to
run Blacksmith shop. He, has
moved his family over to that berg
Villas could not get better black.
smith shan Marion il che searched
the state,
DR.. and Mrs. Means Of Erie VISITED
DR.. j. J. Means Of this city Monday
Judge Finley has been quite poorly
for some weeks and at present writir G
is worse,
Clarence Hodson is on trip
through the oil fields of Mexico.
Mrs. Steinberger and daughter Mrs.
NELL visited the first OF the week
with the Parsons and other friends
@. Ruff has been sick for some time
aRd don't seem TO improve.
Mrs. Robert Gray = Is visiting her
| mother in Girdrd.
Mrs. ]. VI. Dill is visiting in Rest.
Mrs. G. z. Eck1and and chlldren
are visiting relatives near Villas.
John VanlaAdiugham has just been
visited by his sister, Mrs. Rodman of
Roustin, Texas.
Richard Ashcroft ana Miss Lucille
| Hayes we're married Wednesday. Nj
| Ashcroft is glass mas and his bride
the daughter of councilman and
hrs. j. G. Hays of S. Central. They
will make their home temporarily
Win the brides parents.
The Santa Fe Is now at work on the
freight depot and Office building, just
b lck Of Wlder's drug store on Grant
avenua
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
The Wellington

Its praises are sung in homes,
colleges, schools and auditeriums
this land over. 1t is an instrument
the price of which comes within the
reach of all. To see them and hear
their full sweet tone is to be cen
WINGED of their high musical quality,
There are none more attractive in
styles and designs. Their wearing
qualities cannot be excelled.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
Tire G. able

Here is a piano that can be
bought at a moderate price. Its
equal, price considered, cannot be
found. 1t is an instrument that
grows better as it grows older. It's
popularity extends from the hsme
to the ceacert hall, and NO ether
piano is so widely known. To have
one is to be proud of it for life
time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
Kansas Stock Breeders
Association.

The twenty-srst annual meeting of
the Kansas Improved Stack Breeders
Association, which will be held in
Topeka January 10 to II, promises to
be one of the very best Ghab this
great association has yet held. The
program is brimful of interest afd
includes the names OF practical men,
men who do things. Pres. II. j
Waters of the State Agricultural
College, who has national repataJion
as careful experlnenter in animal
nutrition, will discuss Feeding
Problems" Senator II. w. Avery,
who owned the great Pereheron sire,
Brilliant 80, and who is the oldest
Percheron breeder ia the west, Will
discuss the new stallion law. NJ, A
Smith of Cawker City, Owaer of
Myron McHenry 2:1sH, will tell
about light horses. Dr.. L. e. Sayre
Of the State University has most
Important paper on poisonous plants,
with special reference to the leso
plant. A. III. Saunders, editor of the
Breeders Gazette, and H. NJ. Hill,
LafontaiRe, have been invited to
discuss the Shorthorn. @. L. Carter,
secretary of the Southwest Missouri
Breeders Association, Cabool, Mo,
presents ga Successful Fair Without
Race" DR.. f. S. Schoenlebe
State Veterinarian, discusses clog
Cholera Serum" j. FL. Carnahan,
Clay Center, the "Breeder and the
Banker" Robt. H. Hazlett, owner
Of the famous Hazford Herefords,
will present the merits Of the breed.
j. A Clifford of Belolt, who knows
horses. will talk on this always it,
feresLing subject. II. N. Holdenan
uf Meade tells Of success with the
HOlstein Friesian. Or. H. M, Camp
bell of Topeka discusses "ODportuni-
ties for Breeders of Dairy Stock"
Hon. 7. A. Borman, president of the
Kansas State Dairy Association and
high authority on the subject, will
discuss EARN Dairying." ] II.
Axtell, Newton, presents "Alfalia
Meal as the Ideal Feed" j. NJ
Rodgers, OF Beloit, will be here with
good paper, Dr.. o. o. Wolf,
Ottawa, member of the State Board
of Agriculture, will represent the
State Veterinary Medical Association
on this program. DR.. f. G. King OF
the State Agricultural College, will
tell how best to care for the brood
SOW. Theo. w. Morse of Kansas
City, will present his side of the case.
the Types Needed by the Packers .
will be discussed by w, II. Weeks of
Kansas City, and M B. Irwin of st.
JoSpt, Mo. Gov Stubs will give
the address of welcome on Monday
evening.
The State Board of Agriculture
Will held its regular annual meeting
beginning at 4 O'Clock p. M. on
Wednesday, January 18th.
II. @. Dawson's sons. OF Endicett,
Neb, will hold a sale OF their big
expansion Poland Chinas at the State
Fair Grounds, Topeka, on the after
noon Of Thursday, January 10, 1910.
Everybody is invited and whosoever
will may come.
Address l. d. Graham, Secretary,
Topeka, Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31

Secretary of the IateIiOr, Balm
ger, wants a committee appointed
to investigate his policies and make
a report, and the Senate is likely to
crafty his wishes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-31
Chanute CoooeratIve Sanitar,
Company

Vaults and sinks cleaned by their
improved Odorless apparatus In day
time without offence.
Dead stock hauled away and Gre
mated. Leave orders with Boschert
g. Williams. They will be answered
promptly HOUSTON RAY
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
Some Fast Travelling.

Continuing his story, Peary says:
at a little after midnight of April
l. after a few hours Of sound sleep. I
hit the trail. leaving the others to
break up camp anifollow. As I climb
ed the pressure ridge back Of our
igloos l set another hole in my belt.
the third since | started. Every man
and dog Of us was lean and hat-bellled
as q board, and as hard.
81 set a good pace for about ten
hours. Twenty-Five miles took me well
yond the S6th parallel.
"A few hours sleep and we were on
the trail again. AS the going was now
practically horizontal. we were unham-
pered and could travel as long as we
pleased and sleep as little as we
wished. We had made twenty miles
in ten hours and were half way to the
s9th parallel.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
Only White Man at Pole, says Peary

Only White Man at Pole, Says Peary
Battle Harbor Labrador. Sept 10
The steamer Roosevelt with Com
mander Peary aboard is still here. To
a correspondent Peary said:
81 am the only white man who has
ever reached the North Pole, and am
prepared to prove it at the proper
time I have already stated publicly
that Cook has not been to the pole.
This / reafirm, and I will stand by it,
but decline to discuss the details Of
the matter These will come out later
have said that DR. Cooks statement
that he had reached the pole should
not be taken seriously, and that have
him nailed by concrete proofs to sup
port my statement. In six months you
probably will get the whole story. It
would not be policy for me to enter
upon a full debate with the subject as
It now stands. To do so l would be
giving out much Information of which
other uses could be made. l intend to
wait until Dr. Cook has issued his full
authorized statements. Up to the pres
ent time there have been only newspa-
per accounts of DR.. Cooks alleged
polar trip, and these may or may not
be accurate When Dr. Cook has time
to issue a complete authorized version
Of his Journey will be the proper op-
portunity for me to make public the
which have After that
the jury-in other words the people
and the scientific bodies of the world
will pass judgment on the matter, and
there will then be nothing left of Dr.
Cooks case but his own assertions
that he has reached the North Pole. In
The meanwhile it is my determination
not to deal with debates for the rea.
sons already stated"
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
The Return Journey.

I'VE had reached the goal. but the
return was still before us. It was es
sential that we reach land before the
next spring tide, and we must strain
every nerve to do this"
The party travelled several hours,
slept an hour or two, ate and went
ahead This they did day and night.
Peary did not make any ocean sound
ing until he returned to the 87th par
allel He dropped a line 5000 feet and
found no bottom. Then the line snap
ped. A few marches brought Peary
to the spot where he had dropped Cap
tain Bartlett and, with the exception
of a few stretches Of open water and
one storm, the return was simple.
When Cape Columbia was reached,
when the sledges were pulled up on
land. the Esklmos danced with joy.
Plenty Of food was given the dogs and
everybody took a long sleep. Continu-
ing his narrative. Peary says:
I'VE reached Hecla in one march
and the Roosevelt in another. When
we got 10 the Roosevelt I was stag
gered by the news Of the fatal mis-
hap to Marvin He had been either
less cautious or less fortunate than the
rest Of us. and his death emphasized
the risk to which we had all been
for there was not one of us
but had been in the sledge at some
time during the journey.
"The big lead. cheated of its prey
.hree years before, had at last gained
It's human victim"
With the task over Peary lost lit
lie time in boarding the Roosevelt
ind starting home He landed the rs
limos at their homes and cleared for
Cape York On Sept 3 he arrived at
indian Harbor. whence the message,
Stars and Stripes nailed to North
Pole" was sent.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
HOWHGRGaChGdGOaI
Sought For Ages.
HARDSHIPS SANDDANGER
Fought Their Way Over Frozen
Arctic Desert.
EXPEDITION COST 0RE LIFE
Copyrighted. 1909. by the New York

copyrighted, 1909 by the New York
Times Publishing Company.l
Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept g.
The steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
North Pole expedition of the Peary
Arctic club, parted company with the
Erik and steamed out of Etah Ford
late in the afternoon of Aug. Is. 1903.
setting the usual course for Cape Sa
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board twenty-five Eskimos men, seven
teen women and ten children, 226 dogs
and some fOrty-odd walrus."
Peary tells of the difficulty in forcing
his ship, the Roosevelt, through the
choked channels and fioe-covered bays
before he reached the open polar sea,
over which he was to travel to the goal
by sledge. Once he was forced back.
and twice the Roosevelt grounded. Con
tinuing he says:
FINALLY, on Sept 2, we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in
a shallow. niche in the ice but after
some hours we made another short
run to Black Cape, and hung on to
grounded bit of ice. AT last, little
after midnight of Sept. 5, we passed
through extremely heavy running ice
into a stream of open water, rounded
Cape Rawson and passed Cape Sheri-
dan. We steamed up to the end of It, /
and it appeared practicable at first to
reach Porter bay, near Cape Joseph I
Henley. But the outlook being unsat- /
isfactory, | went back and put the /.
into the only opening in the /
hoe. being barred close to the mouth /
Of the Sheridan river. a little north OF .
our position three years prior. The .
work Of discharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to .
completion. The supplies and equip .
ment we sledged across ice and sea /
and deposited on shore. A house and /
workshop were built of board. covered .
with sails and fitted with stoves. and
the ship was snug for the winter in
shoal water, where she touched bot
tom at low tide This settlement on
the stormy shores of the Arctic ocean
was Christened Hubbardville
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
ISAAC A. WHITE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
E. G. Reed assistant.
Located at Lincoln City.


This enables us to give satisfaction in everythin
Everything hrst.class. Black or White Hearse
Bodies efnbalmed or preserved by ice. Funeral
supplies in stock; all kinds Of Caskets and Cof-
dns used, as preferred.
All telegraph or telephone orders promptly
attended; either at my Office, in Milford, or, by
+, G. Reed at Lincoln City, Del.
Lowering devise used II desired No extrs
charge for church truck. PHONE 20.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
Ice Grinding AudIbIy.

"The fee was grinding audibly In
every direction, but no motion was
visible. Evidently it was settling back
into equilibrium and probably sagging
due northward with its release from
the wind pressure.
Again there was a few hours stop,
and we hit the trail before midnight.
The weather and going were even bet
ter. The surface except as interrupts
ed by infrequent ridges was as level
as the glacial fringe from Hecla to
Columbia and harder.
eve marched something over ten
hours, the dogs being often on the trot,
and made twenty miles. Near the end
of the march we rushed across a lead
100 yards wide. which bucllled under
our sledges and finally broke as the
last sledge left it.
1--WE stopped in sight Of the seth
parallel. in a temperature Of 40 de-
grees below. Again scant sleep and
we we're on our way once more and
across the S9th parallel.
1--WE made twenty-five miles or more.
the air, the sky. and the bitter wind
burning the face till it cracked. II
was like the great interior ice cap Of
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17

/ Greenland. Even the natives complain
ed of the bitter air It was as keen as
{ frozen steel.
"A little longer sleep than the pre-
vious ones had to be taken here. as
we were all in need Of it. Then on
again.
Before I turned in I took an obser-
vation which indicated our position as
1925. A dense. lifeless pail hung over
head The horizon was black and the
ice beneath was a ghastly. chalky
white. with no relief-a striking con-
trast to the glimmering. sunlit fields Of
It over which we had been travelling
for the previous four days.
"A rise in temperature to Is below
reduced the friction of the sledges and
gave the dogs the appearance of hav-
ing caught the spirits Of the party.
The more sprightly ones. as they went
along with tightly curled tails. fre-
Quently tossed their heads with short.
sharp barks and yelps.
Tn twelve hours we made forty
miles. There was no sign Of a lead in
the march
The Pole at Lsstl
81 had now made my FIVE marches
and was in time for a hasty noon oh.
servation through a temporary break
in the clouds which indicated our po
sition as SO Z. l quote an entry from
my journal some hours later:
The pole at last. The prize Of
three centuries, my dream and goal
for twenty years mine at lastl / can
not bring myself to realize it!
at all seems so simple and com
monDlace AS Bartlett said when turn
ing back when speaking Of his being
in these exclusive regions which no
mortal had ever penetrated before:
ut is Just like every day!'
"Of course l had many sensations
that made sleep impossible for hours,
despite my utter fatigue-the .sensa- !
ions of a lifetime; but have no room
for them here.
THE first thirty hours at the pole |
were spent in taking observations; in /
going some ten miles beyond our camp |
and some eight miles to the right of |
it; in taking photographs planting my |
flags. depositing my records, studying /
the horizon with my telescope for pos /
sible land, and searching for a prac-
,icable place to make a sounding.
Ten hours after our arrival the
clouds cleared before a light breeze
from our left. and from that time un-
Ill our departure in the afternoon Of
April Z the weather was cloudless and
The minimum temperature
Turing the thirty hours was 33 below
he maximum u.
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
Hunting Parties Sent Out.

Hunting parties were sent out on
Sept. 10 and bear was brought in
on the 18th and some deer a day or
two later"
Peary says many side trips were
made for the purpose Of exploring the
land, and frequent trips with supplies
were made to Cape Columbia, from
which Peary intended to depart OF his
long run to the pole
It was Peary's plan to send out ad-
vance parties to clear the way and es
tablish stations. Captain Bartlett Of
the Roosevelt, was in command of the
first party to get away. This was on
March l of the present year. A short
time later a second division made its
departure, and an hour after that
Peary followed. Continuing. he says:
"The party now comprised seven
members of the expedition, seventeen
Eskimos, 1873 dogs and nineteen
sledges. One Eskimo and seven dogs
had gone to pieces.
"A strong easterly wind, drifting
snow. and temperature IN the minus
marked our departure from the camp
at Cape Columbia which | had chris
tened Crane City. Rough ice in the
first march damaged several sledges
and smashed two beyond repair the
teams going back to Columbia for 9TH
er sledges in reserve there.
'We camped ten miles from Crane
City. The easterly wind and low tenn
perature continued. In the second
march we passed the British record |
made by Markham in May, 1876
822O-and were stopped by open wa
ter, which had been formed by the
wind after Bartlett passed. In this
march we negotiated the lead and /
reached Barclett's third camp. Borup 4
had gone back from here, but missed /
his way, owing to the faulting of the
trail by the movement of the ice.
Marvin came back also for more |
fuel and alcohol. The wind continued
forming open water all about US. At
the end Of the fourth march we came
upon Bartlett, who had been stopped
by a wide lake Of open water. We re-
NAMED here from March to II.
"On the 14th we got free of the leads
and came on decent going. While we
were making camp a courier from
came and informed me he was
On the march in the rear The tenn
peraturs was SO below.
Ice Begins to Move.
"On leaving this camp the expedi-
lion comprised sixteen men, twelve
Milford chronicle., 1909-09-17
Ice Beuins to Move.

"On leaving this camp the expedi-
tion comprised sixteen men, twelve
sledges and q hundred dogs. The next
march was satisfactory as regards dis
tance and character Of going. In the
latter part there were pronounced
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-29
AFTER FIFTY YEARS

Editor Pensacola Journal:
From Grand Ridge, Fla, to Grand
Ridge, Illinois, is a distance OF about
twelve hundred miles. And these two
are the only towns, or postOffices, OF
that name, in the United States.
The writer came to this section IN
October, 1859. At which time there
were no fences, and the great eXpanSe
OF unbrOken prairie lands were sep
arated by only few cultivated fields.
The scattered houses were low, and
small, and the price of unbroken
prairie lands was about ten dollars
per acre. The market for all pro-
duce was Ottawa, the county seat
about eight miles north, and the
chief product was corn, which was
hauled to ottawa as far as forty miles
in some instances, as many as one
hundred two-horseN wagon loads often
passing this point in one day
In 1871 a branch Of the G. B. & y.
railroad was built from the main line
Of said road, at Aurora, to what IS
now the beautiful city of StreatOr.
The writer built the first residence in
this Grand Ridge, and built the first
grain elevator, and engaged in tha
purchase of grain, since which the
hauling of grain to Ottawa from this
section has entirely ceased, and last
year about eight hundred thousand
bushels of corn and oats was shipped
from the station. The country looks
''as level as a floor" though there is
sufficient undulation for drainage,
and The lands are under drained with
thing, so that the surface drains are
almost useless.
AS much as eighty bushels of corn
snd sixty bushels OF oats, is grown
from an acre, and steam traction
shelters are driven over the country,
to shell the farmers corn, and thresn-
ers that can thresh as much as two
thousand bushels in a day. These
lands over the entire county are SELL
ing at two hundred dollars per acre,
and but little can be had at that