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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
COOK Is OVER THERE.
Ready to Give the University Further
Information.

New York. Dec. 21.-That the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen had declined to ac-
cept DR.. Cooks claim that he had
reached the North Pole came as no
surprise to scientific circles here and
to many of his friends who had been
prepared for the result by the early in
dications that the claims would not be
favorably passed on.
DR.. Cook is now in Christiansand,
Norway. according to William L. Cook,
his brother.
Mr.. Cook said that the doctor had
greatly recovered from the nervous
breakdown from which he was suffer-
ing when he left here. Mr.. Cook de-
clared that the explorer was ready to
go 10 Copenhagen to give the university
further information concerning his
claims.
DR.. Cook mysteriously left the Hotel
Grammatan in the Bronx, November
"a where he had gone to prepare his
had reached the North Pole. 1t now
appears that he sailed November 81 on
the steamship Caronia for Naples,
where he remained for several days.
This information was contained in a
letter the explorer sent to his brother
which said:
"Dr Cook has authorized me to an
nounce that he is in Europe trying to
gain a much needed rest and that is all
I can say. At the proper time my
lication and until he sees fit to do so
there will be nothing for his friends to
do but to respect his wishes and allow
him to remain in sec1usion.'
Bradley Was Fooled.
"He has fooled US all from the king
of Denmark down." was the exclama
ton of John R. Bradley, DR.. Cooks
ba oker in his Arctic rip when apprised
of the news from Copenhagen. And
he fooled me with the rest Mr. Brad
lev ~aded.
"As matter of fact" continued the
spc rtsman ''I long ago lost all interest
in. DR.. Cook. the North Pole and every
thing connected with it. Polar bears
and the wild life of the Arctic in gen.
eral are the only things that have ever
interested me much in that connection
AS for DR. Cook 1 haven't seen him or
heard of him since he left the Waldorf
Astoria to go to Bronxville to prepare
his records for submission to the
University of Copenhagen I was not
in communication 18th him while he
was at the Grammattan and as mat
ter of fact hardly had an hours solid
conversation with him all the while he
was here after his return from the
Lrctic.
II discounted this decision from the
University of Copenhagen some time
ago" continued Mr.. Bradley. In
common with the rest of the world. 1
was delighted with the first news from
DR.. Cook that he had discovered the
pole. His actions. however. and his
failure to make more than the meagre
statements regarding his trip which
early followed his return to civiliza-
tion took some of the smack off the
supposed triumph.
When He Began to Weaken.
"I began to weaken decidedly when
DIR. Cook left us all without so much
as word of goodbye. When man
aynact his frian &
to fight for him and Cooks f1ight-for
that's what * seemed to me to amount
to-killed all my interest in him and
his affairs. Before that I had never
had reason to doubt Cook and his
Lca.,t;=..,ad Ia.z L,izht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
AGED CONVICT DIES.
William Rennie Was Sentenced From
Butler County in 1907.

Lansing, Kan, Dec. 21.-William
Rennie a convict in the state prison
here who ut the age of 73 years, was
sentenced to seven years Imprisonment
for stealing a horse and buggy in But
Ter county in 1907, died today of
pneumonia.
Rennie was a travelling salesman
from Seattle, Wash. His brother re-
sides in Seattle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
DEFORD LANDS A PLACE
Ex-Kansan Named Assistant District
Attorney of New York City.

Ottawa, Kan, Dec. 21-News has
been received here of the appointment
of w. A Deford, formerly of Ottawa, to
be first assistant district attorney of
New York city.
Mr.. Deford has been active in New
York politics since going east. AS as
sistant attorney general he won the
New York gas case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
Rutter-RilIarI Case Goes Over,

The case of Rutter and Billiard in
the city court for preliminary hear
ing, which was to have been con-
cluded this forming, was continued
until Friday morning. Judge Simon
explained that he had not yet had
time to look up the list of cases sub
mitted by Lee Monroe in the argu-
ment Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
Quicksilver Output Declines.

Washington, Dec. II The state of
the quicksilver industry,sin the United
States was unsatisfactory last year ac-
cording to a report by the geological
survey, although there. was some inn
provement over 1907. Prices were
high but the value of the total output
was lower, being $S2S.931 in 1907, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
Slightly Warmer Today.

The temperature was two degrees
higher today at O'Clock than was the
case yesterday. The maximum tenn
perature reached was 25. This is a
rise of IA degrees since O'Clock this
morning. Snow is expected late to-
night or tomorrow and the weather
mans last guess this afternoon was
for fairly white Christmas. The wind
at 2 O'Clock was blowing II miles an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21

sS24,146 N 1908. California, the
principal producing state. turned out
in 1908 quicksilver amounting to
$6S6,716 in value, as compared with
$662,554 in the previous year. This
country in 1908 was the third largest
producer of the metal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
Weather Indications.

Chicago. Dec. 21.-Forecast for
Kansas: Snow tonight or Wednes-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21

le hourly temperatures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
When He Began to Weaken.

81 began to weaken decidedly when
DIR. Cook left us all without so much
as a word of goodbye. When man
runs away you can't expect his friends
to fight for him and Cooks f1ight-for
that's what X seemed to me to amount
to-killed all my interest in him and
his affairs. Before that I had never
had reason to doubt Cook and his
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12

The people of certain states would be
called upon to pay hor J system m
tended to afford private profit to a
single class of producers ana traders.
If for cotton, why not for corn or
wheat or tobacco7 Because cotton is
predominant indusuial interest in
certain states of the southsis no rea-
son why their governments should go
into partnership WITH spine of their
citizens in the business and if such
a scheme should be- started it would
not take long for lit to break down
1t is socialistic in theory and in pur
pose, and is intended to use the state
as an agency of plivate monopoly
The principle of comRetition. restrain
ed by intelligently ahd\ honorably di
rected h.. private e.,. enterprise will brin'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12

produces practically none of the raw !
material. The manufacturers are apt |,
TO charge American growers and
trades, and especially spectators,
with striving to give it a fictiously
high price, and just now one of the
reasons stated for curtailing the opera
ton of the mills of Lancashire, and
of those ON the Continent as well, is
that the price of American cotton is
so high that the market for goods will
not justify operations to full capacity.
The growers and dealers of the South,
on the other hand, complain that the
manufacturers seek to keep the price
down, and buy up large part of the
crop soon after it is picked and con-
troll the warehousing of it for their
own benefit. The fact that the supply
comes so largely from one restricted
source and is prepared for the market
during short period in each year
gives rise to a marketing condition
peculiar to this product
The planting interest of the South
is vaguely conscious of an opportuni-
y for something like monopoly con.
troll of this material of universal use,
and of an inability thus far to exercise
it with effect. Mr.. w. B. Thompson,
CT New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
whose account of his plan for a state
warehouse system was presented in
our columns yesterday, says 'the
South is held to economic slavery to
the world" because it is not in a po-
sition to control the amrketing of it's
own cotton crop, while the manufac-
turers of Europe feel that they are at
the mercy of cotton planters, traders
and spectators of the United States
on account of the extent to which the
latter do control it. The condition of
which Mr.. Thompson complains he
says is due to the fact that the South
for a long time had no money and
had to sell it's only crop to the first
conner in order to realize the where
wthal to liquidate its debts incurred
in making the CROP" and though con-
ditions have improved, and the ne
cessities of the producer are not SO
calling as heretofore, "the practice
of dumping our cotton upon the mar
ket and into foreign warehouses to
great extent continues to prevail"
This he says, is due to inertia on the
part of the Southern producers, to a
lack of understanding of the trouble
and its remedies and of Intelligent,
earnest and triumphant cooperation
It is this condition which he proposes
to remedy by his public warehouse
scheme.
There has been another plan, ema-
hating from the Farmers Union and
commercial interests allied with it,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12

for great warehouse corporation,
the stock Of which would be held by
those concerned in producing and |
marketing cotton, to construct ware
houses, issue certificates and provide
facilities for keeping the supply in
storage and effecting its distribution
in a manner to maintain satisfactory
price. Mr.. Thompson declres that the
object cannot be accomplished in this
way or in any way by private enter
prises, because charges for storing !
and handling must be fixed high |
enough to cover not only the interest
on an extravagant initial outlay, taxes
and salaries for high-priced general
officers, but provision must also be
made for dividends to stockholders
These charges would be 'at the eX
pense Of the essential economics of
the plan upon which it's success will
infallibly depend" An organization
upon the private ownership plan, he
says, is afflicted with an inherent
necessity which will automatically de-
feat the very object of the plans ex-
istence." 1t could only succeed by
being financed by some outside inter
est, like the railroads, having Interior
objects in view, and to this he urges
perfectly valid objections. But the
| fundamental objection to any private
ownership plan for a warehouse sys-
| tenn is, in his opinion, that it contem-
plates control of "a great monopoly
affecting the interests of man yand
OF all the people, and there can be no
assurance that its power would not be
used 'in manipulation for the purpose
of affecting the movement of cotton
and hence its price for the profit of
those controlling the warehouse COM
pany.
So nothing will do but @the public
ownership plan and what is advo-
Gated is the establishment and direc-
ton Of warehouse system for cot
ton by the state. Presumably this
means not only by the state of Louis
lana at New Orleans, but by the state
of Texas at Galveston, by the state of
Georgia at Savannah and perhaps by
affecting the interests of many ana
of distribution. It is not likely that
all would agree in supporting a CEN
trail warehouse in one place and diff
Guilty would be found in unifying the
system and making it work harmo-
niously for all concerned. The theory
that the state can attend to business
of that kind more effectively and eco
nomically than private enterprises,
even with a profit for the latter, is
fallacious, for somebody would have
to pay large expenses, interest charges
etc., and without the incentive of pri-
vate gain it would be badly managed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12
TT rE HATT1ESBt RG NEWS

by the forests. The thin layer
Of clay beneath the sandy surface, for.
merly imprevious to water, has been
so pierced by the roots of the pine
that there is now thorough drainage
to the spongy earth below.
The manufacture of rosin, tar, tur-
pentine, pitch, pyroligneous acid and
wood vinegar is conducted about the
same as in Georgia and the Carolinas.
The-trees destined for short life" are
bled as soon as they are big enough
to stand bleeding, when they have a
circumference of II or Is inches the
saping of young trees being the only
production of new forest for time
and when the thinning out time
comes they are "bled to death" and
the timber used largely for pit props
the English demand guaranteeing g
steady and profitable market. Tht
standing trees" those giving promise
of most vigor, are never tapped unit
they are about three feet in circumfer
ence. When these have reached tn
age of 80 or 60 years they are Gu
down and utilized for telegraph pole
and railway ties.
To prevent the spread of fores
fires, wide trenches are dug abou
limited areas and the space kept cleal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12
French FORESTS
PAY GOOD money
Reclamation of Sand Dunes and
Marshes Pays.

WASHINGTON, August 11.-From
her forests France derives an annual
income of approximately $5,000,000 or
$175 per acre. Eighteen per cent of
the entire area Of the country, or 49,
100000 acres is forest land. Approx
imately 100000 acres are managed
by the state, the annual cost of man.
agement being 95 cents per acre.
The great achievement of France in
forestry has been the establishment of
protective forests, where much de-
struction has been causd by floods.
Toward the close of the Eighteenth
century about 100000 acres COM
prised in the department of lands
We're little more than shifting sand
dunes and disease breeding marshes.
This section is now one of the richest
most productive and healthful in
France.
This marvellous change has been
brought about by the intelligent cult
walton of pine forests. Immense for
ests now cover the country, the sand
dunes and marshes have long since
disappeared and the wood, charcoal,
turpentine, rosin and kindred indus
tries have brought prosperity to the
entire department, which was former
ly the most barren and miasmatic in
France. The climate is now mild
and balmy, the great change being
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-12
THE COTTON
WAREHOUSE
scheme

New York Journal of Commerce.
The marketing of the American cot.
ton crop is a subject of worldwide
interest, and peculiar character is
given to it by the fact that about
three-quarters of the worlds supply
of cotton is produced in our Southern
states. while two-thirds of this and
most of what comes from other quart
ers is manufactured in Europe, which
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
FARMERS HAVE
LAUNCHED WORK
CROSBY AND RYDER SOIL TILL.
ERs DECIDE UPON HAVING
THEIR OWN ELEVATORS.

Crosby, N. D., Aus. I1--An organiZa-
ton of farmers has been launched here
for the purpose of erecting and oper-
ating farmers elevator. The COM
pany has the backing OF practically
every farmer in the district and 1t il
proposed to erect a $4,000 bushel ele-
vator at once. Contractor Honstain
or Minneapolis will do the work,
The officers of the company follow:
President c. F. Holbrook; vice presi-
dent, John Porath; secretary, ]. G. Od-
din; treasurer, Frank Koester Di-
restors, ]. G. Oddin, H. Bubrad, c. J.
FTolbraak, John Porath, H. J, Nord-
stog and j. T. Whitaker.
At Ryder the farmers have organ
ICED and purchased the Osborn McMill
elevator at that place, the considera-
tion being $4,5O0 The elevator will
be operated by the farmers, the off,
GERS of the company being as fol-
lows: Presidena, James Shea; secre-
Eary, eI. Paulson; treasurer, Henry
Snippen. Directors: P. r. Erb F.
]. Schilling, g. Gudmandson, o. L.
Hjelmstad, J. A. Shea, w. M. Paulson
and H. Snippen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
THREATENS TO
KILL HIMSELF
MAN CLAIMING TO BIT U. s. BLUE
JACKET IS ARRESTED AT
GRAND FORKS.

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 11.-Fred
&c. Carski was taken into custody this
afternoon by OFFICER Trent as a result
OF his peculiar antics, INDUCED in on
Ihird street at a point near the citv
haI. Carski made threats at killing
himself and proved to be generally
dlsagreeable with the result that the
officer landed him in 1ail
When searched there was a great
assortment of stuff found on his per-
son. A spoon. small parcel of cof-
tee' soap and a number of other small
articles were brought to the light of
day. Carski will be held till he re-
covers or in case he fails to do so.
he will be sent back to Cleveland. O.,
where his home is.
The prisoner claims to be a u. S.
blue jacket and he carries a card
from the Lake Seamen's union, with
dues paid up to last December.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
SENSATION IN
DIVORCE SUIT
RAY PARTIES Become INVOLVED
WE'RE A LONG TIME MAR
RIED BUT FINALLY PART.

Ray, N. D., Aug. 11.-Judge Goss in
chambers at Williston gave decision
in the divorce proceeding OF Tile
Aloclifre Teske VS.. Charles Teske
granting a decree of divorce to the
plaintiff without alinony.
Mrs. Teske brought the action on
the grounds of cruel and inhuman
! treatment and saked for clear title
to the Teske homestead near this
city. In her complaint as grounds for
the allegation of cruel and inhuman
treatment she set forth that the de-
fendant had on divers occasions as
saulted her and used violence against
/ her person.
! Charles Teske filed a counter bill
| asking for divorce upon the grounds
4 OF desertion and in his answer made
to the original complaint denied all
the allegations of the plaintiff He
alleged as the grounds for his action
that the plaintiff had falsely and mali
ciously lodged complaint against him
for insanity with the judge of probate
at Williston in which she had stated
that he had threatened to take hel
life and the life Of other persons and
had also threatened to take his owr
life that she had alleged that he was
at one time an inmate OF hospita
for the insane. This statement, he
alleged, was the outcome of the fact
that he had voluntarily gone to 9
private hospital for treatment and had
left 1t Of his own accord, whereas
Mrs. Teske had set up in the insanity
proceedings that he had escaped. He
also alleged that Mrs. Tesxe through
misrepresentation has surreptitious
ly secured title to his place of bust.
mes in this city and had sent agents
here to compel him to surrender pos
session under writ of custer, and
had compelled him to buy back the
property and pay therefor q sum
cient price.
The courts decree grants Mrs
Teske simple decree Of divorct
without alimony, the title to the Teskt
homestead or the attorneys fees and
costs in the action for which she had
4 asked.
4 Tillie Alciiffe Teske and Charles
4 Teske were married in Lawrence
Mass Dec. 20, 1875 Both the par.
4 ties to the action are about 66 years
4 OF age Mrs Teske is now a resi-,
4 dent Of WiIliston and Charles Tesks
! Is matchmaker in this city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
BLACK RUST IS
DAMAGING CROPS
RAMSEY COUNTY FARMERS IN
SlST THAT HEAVY LOSS HAS
ALREADY RESULTED.

Devils Lake, N D., Aug lid
Murphy, former well known farmer
Of Odessa township, but who is now
farming on the reservation, came to
town this morning and reports that
black rust is very much In evidence
all through the country southeast OF
Devils Lake, and that clsse examina- :
tion will show that the damage will
amount to at least 35 per cent An
drew Rutherford, we'll known farmer
of Lake township, also insists that
black rust is damaging the crops west
of the city. He has made a careful ex-
animation Of his fields and says much
damage will result.
Black rust Is the one thing most
dreaded by the farmers. Fear of il
has caused no little uneasiness. While
red rust has been evident in many
fields for some time, it has only been
recently that reports of black rust
have been coming in. Many farmers
insist that no amage has resulted and
some say it Ia too late for rust to do
damage. Nevertheless there are not a
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
RIFLEMEN ARE
NOW At WORK
STATE TEAM COMMENCES PRAc-
TIcE ON HILLs1oRo RANGE
PREPARATORY TO GO.
ING TO CAMP
PERRY.

Hillsboro, NJ D.. Aug IL. -- The
North Dakota National guard rife
team went into practice this morning
on the Hillsboro rife range and will
continue the work until Friday when
the start will be made for Camp
Perry, o. The officers Of the rife
team are as follows: Captain, A. S.
Peake, Valley City; Coach Edward c.
Gearey Fargo; range officer, Harry T.
Murphy Bismarck; spotter James
Hanley, Mandan.
transportation is furnished the
members of the team and officers
from Hillsboro to Camp Perry, leaving
here Friday evening. The members
may return by any route they chose,
as travelling money will be furnished
them at the camp
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
CUPID Wins IN
EXCITING RACE
lRATE FATHER CHAsES ELoPING
COUPLE ACROSS TWO couN-
TIES IN NORTH DAKOTA.

Minot, N. D., Aug 1.-THE principles
In an eloping which ended in we'd
ding Just few minutes before the
father of the bride arrived on the
scene, were in Minot this morning en-
route to Ryder III the southern end
of the county where the parties re-
side.
The story as told to The Reporter
is substantially as follows: Ben Ro-
senburg, who owns clothing store
at Ryder, discovered late Saturday
night that his daughter, Rose, had
eloped with Ernest BaIsukot mem
ber of the machinery firm of Kruger &
Balsukot. The couple were supposed
to have gone to Plaza but Ben knew
that they could not get married there
so he sent his wife to Plaza to trail
the elopers and he came on to Minot,
to head them off in case they APP
peared at the county seat Arriving
here Rosenburg could find no trace of
the runaways; he communicated with his
wife at Plaza ans Mrs Rosenburg
Informed him that the daughter and
her would-be husband had gone from
Plaza to Berthold during the night,
and the authorities at BerthoId stated
that from Berthold the couple went to
Stanley. Ben caught the midnight
train here and arranged to have ii
stop at Stanley and let him off. Ar
irving at. the county seat of Noun
traille county, Rosenburg found the
couple at a hotel. Knowing that the
couple couldn't secure q license on
Sunday, Rosenburg was jubilant and
induced his daughter to return to Mi.
not with him this morning. Balsukot
came too and when the party arrived
here Ben was about to take his daugh-
ter to a hotel when Balsukot flashed
a marriage license and the certificate
to a justice of the peace showing that
the couple had been married at stan
ley just a few minutes before the train
brought the father on the scene. 1t
appears that Balsukot was not taking
any chances, and shortly after mid
night last night he found the clerk Of
court and induced him to iggue a liz
Icense; he then located a justice OF the
peace and had the ceremony performs
ed about 2 o'clock this morning
The daughter Is about twenty years
of age and the favorite of the family.
Her parents objected to the marriage
and Rosenburg was very wrathy
when he discovered that the wedding
had actually taken place The atmos-
nhere was somewhat lurid for a tirne
but peace prevails once more and tha
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-11
North Dakota State News
'BOTTINEAU WANTS
PURE MILK SUPPLY
FARGO AND GRAND FORKS IN
sPEcTloN ORDINANCES ARE
BEING DRAFTED IN OTHER
CITIES.

Bottineau, n. D., Aug. 11.--Milk in
spection in North Dakota is spread :
ing. Bottineau Is the latest city to
join the ranks of the milk inspecting
adopted by the council there.
The ordinance passed by Bottineau
Is drafted along the same lines as
are the ordinances now in effect in
Fargo and Grand Forks, pioneers in
the work in North Dakota. The city
law provides that all milk and cream
sold within the city must first be in
spected. Also, the dairy herds and
dairtes from which the mily and
and cream supply Is secured must pass
the inspection of The officials in
charge OF the work.