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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
IMPROVEMENTS FOR OTTAWA.
Santa F'e Decides to Spend $50, 900 for
Enlarging Facilities.

Ottawa, Kan, June 3.-With the
promise of an appropriation of $4,000
for his carshoD extension tucked away
snugly in his inside pocket, A. C. Bat
telle stepped off a Santa Fee train and
smiled. There was $4,000 worth of
smile and $4,000 worth of frown. If
the appropriation had been $4,000 it
would have been all smile.
For a big bundle of blue prints and
columns of figures just concluded show
that it will take at least those two
score thousands to cover the expendi-
lures necessary in order to bring the
capacity up to the point desired. Where
that other $4,000 is to come from. is
the question that now is worrying Mr.
Battelle.
81 am prepared to go ahead with
the plans for the new plant said Mr..
Battelle. These plans contemplate an
investment of $4,000 in new build
ings, tracks and machinery. OF this
amount there is $4,000 available at
the present time, but I do not want
to go ahead until I can see my way to
the other 100000"
If the proposition seems good to the
people of ottawa, they will likely
have an opportunity to subscribe to the
amount lacking.
The plans are very elaborate and ex-
tensive, including an entire new set OF
buildings north of the present plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
NEW ROCK ISLAND LINE?
OhiciaIs of Road Interested in Okla
homa & Canadian River.

Ell Reno, Okla, June "A meeting
of the stockholders of the Oklahoma q
canadian River Railway company was
held here at the offices of the law de-
partment of the Chicago, Rock Island
e pacific, and the following directors
We're elected: c. o. Blake, M. A Low
Paul E. Walker, H. B. Lowe and +. T.
Blake.
Considerable interest in this meeting
is manifested owing to the fact that
Chief Engineer ]. B. Berry OF the ROCK
island spent considerable time at Ell
FL Reno Immediately preceding the
meeting and that r. A Jackson. gen
eraI counsel for the same road and
president of it's holding company also
came in his private car directly from
New york by way of Memphis and is
now in consultation with the resident
officials of the local company.
THOSE connected with the new COM
pany refuse to give out any informa-
ton. but it was learned that ]. B.
Rerrv. chief engineer of the Rock
Island was also chosen chief gngi fpe
IT'S list of stockholders and directors
is an auxiliary to the Yoakum system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
MANY SHEEP AT LAWRENCE.
More Than 5000 Are Being Fed Be-
fore Being Shipped to Market.

Lawrence, Kan. June 3.-More than
5000 sheep and goats were unloaded
at Bismarck Grove and will be fed
there before being sent on to the Kan
sas City market. This was the first
train load of a detachment of four or
five trains that will be sent here in
the next few weeks and fed.
The sheep come from the big
ranches of southern California, about
100 miles north of Los Angeles where
the government has recently with
drawn for a reserve, thousands of
acres of land. These ranges were COW
cred with sheep which had to be TAX
en- off Immediately. AS a result they
are being sent to market by the thou
sands.
The Toughs, who own Bismarck,
have the feeding yards all along the
Union Pacific and are looking after
the sheep in transit. Bismarck is the
last feeding point and the sheep will
be kept there four or five days and
then sent out, four or five carloads a
day.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
George Gould Is Planning a Re-
organization of Lines.
Would Merge All Branches in
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska.
TO DECIDE IN AUGUST
Stockholders Will Meet in Kan
sas City to Formulate Plans.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Kansas City Mo-. June 3.-George
J. Gould, president of the Kansas
City & Southwestern Railway COM
pany of Missouri. and F. w. Irland,
its secretary, have issued a call for
a stockholders meeting to be held
here August to consider the con-
solidation of all Missouri Pacific lines
in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
as one corporate organization and I'M
der the laws of these three states.
The contract for such a formal con-
solidation was draughted by the legal
department of the Missouri Paclnc
May 29 and will be submitted for the
approval of the directorate of the
Kansas city & Southwestern of Mis-
souri, at the meeting announced
These lines are parties to the con-
Solidating contract:
The Missouri Pacific Railway com
pany of Missouri, Kansas and Neb-
raska; the Kansas & Colorado Pacific
Railway company of Kansas; the
Central Branch Railway company OF
Kansas; the Rocks County Railroad
company of Kansas; the Nevada &
Minden Railway company OF Mis-
souri,; the Nevada & Minden RAN
way company of Kansas; the Kansas
City & Southwestern Railway com
pany of Kansas; the Kansas City q
Southwestern Railway company OF
Missouri; the Fort Scott Central
Railway company of Kansas; the
Kanopolis & Kansas Central Rail
way company of Kansas; the Kansas
Southwestern Railway company OF
Kansas; the Leroy & Caney Valley
Air Line Railroad company OF Kan
The Kansas City & southwestern
Railway company of Missouri holds
that small part of the Missouri Pa
cific from what is known as South
western Junction westward to the
Kansas boundary; and the Kansas
CITY & Southwestern of Kansas holds
that part of the system westward
from the Missouri boundary to
Pueblo. The Central Branch is that
part of the system westward from
AtchisOp.
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FRISCO PROMOTIONS.
Reported That w. @. Nixon Will Be
Succeeded by j. E. Hutchinson.

Fort Scott, Kan. June 3.-From
what seems to be a reliable source
comes information of what may prove
to be the greatest change in the officials
of the Frisco for a decade. The pub
licity given the matter has caused
them to sit up and take notice and Off
cia1 confirmation of these rumors is the
next thing in order to be expected.
The change has to do with four rail-
road men who formerly were located
in Fort Scott. The report as is out
lined in another paper sums up these
important changes in a manner that
created no surprise here. It has al
ways been the belief of local men that
]. E. Hutchinson, who came here to
succeed the late H. S. Mitchell, would
some day be one of the big guns on the
system. The same was predicted for
Trainmaster Cantrell.
1t is reported that w. c. Nixon will
resign as general manager and will
engage in other lines of business. He
viii lbe succeeded by J. E. Hutchin-
son, formerly division superintendent
of this division but who has been gen
eral superintendent of the eastern and
southwestern divisions.
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OVER THE FENCE
Neighbor Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
to chat with some one along the street,
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes it is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas got
some mighty good advice this way once.
He says:
bowel trouble, with constant pains in
my stomach, back and side, and so
weak L could scarcely walk.
Zone day I was chatting with one of
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her 1 believed coffee hurt me.
to whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with me to quit it and give
Postum a trial. I did not take her adj
vice right away but tried a change of
climate which did not do me any good.
Then L dropped coffee and took UP
Postum.
my Improvement began immediate
ly and I got better every day I used
Postum.
My bowels became regular and in
two weeks all my pains were gone
Now am we'll and strong and can eat
anything 1 want to without distress
Ali of this is due to my having quit
coffee. and to the use of Postum reg
ularly.
MY son who was troubled with in
digestion thought that if Postum
helped me so. it might help him. L
did, too, and he is now well and strong
| again.
I'VE like Postum as well as we evel
liked coffee and use it altogether IL
my family in place OF coffee and al
keep WE'LL There's a Reason" ReaC
1.-The Road to Wellville,'' in pkgs-
| Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
Schools Are the Pride of the
Town and County.
Fourteen Teachers Employed in
the Little City.
$4,000 FOR MOREROOM
General Prosperity Indicated by
High Price OF Land.
Four Lincoln Co. Hogs Brought
81, 800 During the Panic.

Lincoln, Kan, June 3.-The Lin
coin schools are subject to favorable
comment from not only the home
people but the visitors as well. Bonds
to the amount of $4,000 have re-
Gently been voted for additional room
to accommodate the increasing school
attendance. The city schools now en-
ploy IA teachers. and the prospects
are that another one will be added
in the next school term.
The high school has an enrolment
of about 100 and employs four teach
ers. The school carries four COM
plete courses.
r. E. Long, the superintendent, is
a fine educator in his line, having
closely organized the school so that
1t is now doing better work than ever
before. The Lincoln high school
was the first to get it's application
filed with the state superintendent for
a share of the high school appropria-
ton voted by the last legislature.
Land Sells Well, Farmers Prosper.
Lincoln county lands are selling for
top prices. A farm was recently sold
for $S1.25 an acre. One of the best
known men in Lincoln said: 1.-THE
farmers of Lincoln county are MAX
ing dollars where the merchants and
bankers make dimes. The farmers
children are being educated in a way
their fathers never dreamed of; what
will come of it? Are we to have a
landed aristocracy where the
farmers look down on the shop
keepers? 1t was fine horses and
buggies, but now the automobile is
in the land. Fine homes are going up
all over the county with hot and cold
water, baths and modern conven-
fences.
"The farming industry is more re-
munerative, more honorable and re-
fined than ever, and the farmers
boys are better satisfied with their
lot
Fine Stock in Lincoln County.
One of the things that Lincoln
county is noted for is her we'll bred
stock of all kinds. In the hog line
perhaps no one has done more than
Thomas Collins. He knows the points
of a good Poland China hog as the
schoolmaster does his books.
Mr.. Collins has handled the high
est priced hogs that have ever come
into the county. Right in the panic
of 1907 he sold four hogs for figure
close to $1,000. He keeps none but
the best and he has done much to-
ward increasing the interest in hogs.
Each time your correspondent visits
Lincoln, he is impressed with it's re-
markable growth. Modern homes
are taking the place of the old ones.
DR.. Alfred Hultner has recently COM
pleted very coy, up to date house.
The Hultner individuality is seen eV-
erywhere in the structure. DIR. Joe
Cuddy has just completed fine
home. John McCurdy, ex-county at
torney, has just moved into a home
that would be credit to Topeka.
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WEATHER REPORT FOR MAY.
Issued by the University of Kansas at
Lawrence,


Lawrence, Kan, June 3-The mini
mum Of the month, 29.6 degrees on the
1st, is lower than that of any other
May on our AZ years record. The frost
on this same date is the latest killing
frost on record, the average date of the
last killing frost being April 5th.
The rainfall is 2.S5 inches above the
May average and is exceeded by only
five of the preceding Mays.
The total run of the wind was con-
siderably below the average for May.
Mean temperature - g. 55 degrees.
which is % degrees below the Nav
average. The highest temperature was
90.1 degrees on the 5th, the lowest was
29.6 degrees on the LIST, giving a month
ly range of 60-5 degrees Mean temper
allure at a. m. was 57.4 degrees; at 2
p. m, $50 degrees; at 8 p. m, GIL de-
grees.
RainfallL7.59 inches, which is 2.S5
inches above the May average. The en-
tire rainfall for the five months of 1909
now completed is 1427 inches, which is
1.49 inches above the average for the
same months for the Al preceding
years. Rain in measurable quantities
fell on 10 days, as follows: Sth, 16S;
9Th, 0.07; 18th, 078; 18th, 2.74; 18th, O92;
23rd, 0.39; 25th, 062; 26th, oil; 18th,
0.O9; 29th, 0.19; in quantities too small
for measurement on days. There
were thunder storms.
Mean cloudinesS-48.7 70 per cent of the
sky, the month being 2.78 per cent
cloudier than the average for May.
Number of clear days (less than one
third cloudy 10; half clear Zone to two
thirds cloudy 6; cloudy (more than
two thirds cloudy 10. Entire clear
days, 3; entirely cloudy, 6. Mean cloud
mess at a. m, AS per cent; at p.
M, $40 per cent; at p. m, 1858 per
cent.
wind-N, times; NE, times; E, Is
times; Sc, 10 times; S, Is times; SW,
IS times; w, IL times; NV, z times.
The total run of wind was 7,7s3 miles.
which is $3.50 miles below the May av-
erage. This gives a mean daily velocity
of 251.1 miles, and mean hourly We
locity of 1915 miles. The highest We
locity was 80 miles an hour from / o.
m. to D. M, on the 5th and 18th.
Mean velocity at a. m, 10 miles; at 2
p. M, 14.5 miles; at p. m, rs miles.
Barometer-Mean for the month
%. 966 inches: at a. M, 2S.987 inches;
at p. M, 1896 inches; at D. M.
2S 946 inches; Maximum, 29.264 inches
on the 10th; minimum, 28.609 inches or
the 5th; giving a monthly range of 65s
inches
Relative Ilumidity-Mean for the
month 64.7 per cent; at a. M, 1853 pei
cent: at 2 p. M, 52.5 per cent: at 9 p
m, 66.2 per cent; maximum, 100, on
| occasions; minimum, % per cent at
p. m. on the 7th. There were no fogs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
LAWRENCE WILL DECORATE.
Commencement Week Will Be One
Long Dream of Joy.

Lawrence, June "a pennant or
flag floating from every house and
store in Lawrence is the plan of the
decorating committee for the COM
mencement week at the university.
The Commercial club committee has
started work along the street, making
arrangements for the merchants to
decorate their place of business and
met with great success, nearly every
merchant promising to put out more
bunting and flags than ever, while
both railroads promised to make their
depot in gala dress for the week.
The committee, however, has hit
upon a novel plan for making the en-
tire city wear gay appearance. Ev-
cry home in town is to be asked to
put up a pennant or flag.
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FOOTPRINTS OF ro1LERs.
Railroad Ties Worn Away by Nails
in Miners Shoes.

Pittsburg, Kan, June 3.-Along
the Santa Fe railway switches lead
ing from the west edge of the coal
camp of Chicopee to mines and s
may be found in the railroad ties on
both switches, a deep impression, a
regular path worn down into the ties.
This path has been worn by the
boots of hundreds of miners walking
to and from the coal shafts morning
and night, to and from their work.
The miners invariably walk along
the railroad track, on the ties, and
the nails in their heavy boots have
worn down the ties until the road
master has found it necessary to re-
lay both tracks with new ties. ..It is
the only case 1 know of where the
ties have been worn out in such a
manner" remarked a Santa Fe Off
cial.
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BIG INDIAN ON A VISIT.
The Brave Lives at Horton and Tip
the Scales at 403 Pounds.

The Brave Lives at Horton and Tips
the Scales at 403 Pounds.
Kansas City, Mo. June Big
Snake, the largest Indian of the
Pottawatomie tribe. and said to be
the largest Indian of Kansas. was a
Kansas City visitor at the union sta
ton on his way from Horton. Kan,
to Oklahoma. Big Snake tips the
beam at 403 pounds. He is only %
years of age. but has maintained
close to his present weight since he
was 19 years old
When a mere boy he was as fat
and large in comparison with the
other Indians of his own age as he is
now. Big Snake says he does not
mind his great surplus of flesh, even
in hot weather. He likes plenty to
eat. and the idea of dieting to reduce
his weight does not appeal to him.
Big Snake was the center of much
interest among passengers at the sta
ton.
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LOOK AFTER WATER POWER.
President Hill Explains Stevens Posi-
ton With Great Northern.

St. Paul, June 3.-President L. w.
Hill of the Great Northern railroad
today announced that John F. Stevens,
who resigned as first vice president of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad yesterday, would join the
Great Northern for brief time. MI
Hill said:
Mr.. Stevens has been engaged by
the Great Northern Railroad company
to inspect and report on the roads
water power in Montana and Washing
ton, and look into other engineering
questions, now up for consideration.
He was engaged because he is the best
man in the country to do the work and
because as he was leaving the New
Haven road, he was at liberty at the
right time. The work he has ahead of
him will require about six weeks and
as he will finish so soon he will not
bring his family west and will not open
offices in st. Paul"
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MAY BE BIG STRIKE.
Orders for. Machinists' WaIEout Are
Expected at Any Time.

Baltimore, June 3.-There seems
every probability that a general strike
of the machinists in all the shops of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, twelve
or fourteen in all, will be ordered with
in the next "a hours. The Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, it is understood,
will not be involved. 1t is said that
the course to be taken by the black
smiths and boilermakers, whose inter-
ests are closely identified with those of
the machinists. is problematical.
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MANY AUTOS AT PLAINvnLE.
Farmers Get Fancy Prices for Their
Lands as Well as Products.

Plainville, June 3.-The Bartlett
land agency has completed the sale
of the James Berry half section of
land, one and one-half miles from
Plainville, to Joseph Rempe, of Law
renee. Neb., for SIS an acre. This
farm is located on the famous Para
disc Flats.
There is a great rustic for hail in
surance in this section. One firm
wrote over $4,000 hail insurance in
one day.
One of the Plainville firms doing
business in automobiles, has sold not
less than 80 of them since the first of
the year. It would appear that the
farmers as we'll as the substantial
business man can afford an auto in
this section of country.
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BUYING FEWER TIES.
Falling Off of Forty One Million Oc-
Cured During Past Calendar Year.

Washington, June "a falling off
of 41,236,171 occurred in the number
of cross ties purchased by the steam
during the calendar year 1908 as COM
pared with 1907, the number for the
former year having been 112.463,449,
according to a preliminary report is
sued by the census bureau today. The
cost at the point of purchase of cross
ties in 1908 was s56, 2S0,56S, a decrease
of over $22,OO0,00O. There were only
7,431,17O cross ties purchased for new
track as against %, 557 900 in 1907.
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DIVIDEND ON ST. L. S. w.
Earnings Have Reached a Point to De-
clare -Four Per Cent Profits.

New York. June 3.-An initial semi
annual dividend of 2 per cent on St.
Louis Southwestern Railway company
preferred stock was declared by the
directors of the company today. An
official statement from the company
sets forth that the directors consider
that the earnings have reached a point
justifying the inauguration of dividends
on the preferred stock at the rate of 4
per cent per annum.
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NEW LINE AT ARKANSAS CITY.
Will Extend South to Heart of Okla
hOma Wheat Belt.

oklahoma City, June 3.-The plan
of extending the Arkansas City, kan,
interurban line southwark into Okla
homa has been revived during the past
week, the proposition being to build to
the government Indian school at Chi
Iocco, thence to Newkirk, Kildare and
Ponca City, thence west to Autwine
and Tonkawa, north to Blackwell, Bra
man and New Haven, Kan, and back
east to Arkansas City, via Gueda
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of the building will be equipped for
offices, and will be modern through
out and in every particular, even to
the bath room, equipped with the
latest fixtures.
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RECORD BRIDGE BUILDING.
Army Engineers Demonstrate Eff

Army Engineers Demonstrate Eff
cheney of Their Department
Leavenworth, Kan. June 3.-Com-
pany K Of the Third battalion of en-
gineers broke an army record when
they constructed pontoon bridge of
eight boats across a portion of Lake
Merritt in exactly seventeen minutes
and thirty three seconds.
The boats were of framework,
covered with canvas. and were
brought onto the field in wagons and
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BONDS BRING A GOOD PREMIUM.
Kansas Securities From Manhattan
Tempt Many Bidders.

Manhattan, Kan, June 3.-The
council at a special meeting awarded
the contract for sewer bonds to Nor
rison &. Co. of Kansas City at bid
of s1O2.125 for all or any part of
$4,000. A total premium on $4,000
OF S1.675.
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BANK CREDITORS PROTEST.
Not Satisfied With Way Assets of In
StitutiOn Are Handled

Fort Scott, Kan, June 3.-The
members of the Depositors' league of
the closed First National bank met in
Grand Army hall here and held an
indignation meeting because of their
inability to have a committee ex-
anime the banks assets. One hun
dred and twenty-five depositors
representing about 100000, which is
tied up in the bank. attended the
meeting
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nunkards Next Meeting i'm Indiana.

Lawrence, Kan, June 3.-At the ma
tional convention of the Dunkard
church, which has been in session dur
ing the past week at Pleasant Grove.
it was agreed that the meeting place
for the convention in 1910 should be
in Indiana. The exact location will be
named later by committee.
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Wellington, Kan. June 3.-Gordon
Bass, a single man employed by the
Moore Construction company, had an
arm crushed off by falling under the
pilot of work train engine in the
Santa Fe yards here. His home is in
New Mexico
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Springs. Every town on the proposed
line has announced that it will give
financial aid toward the construction.
1t will penetrate the wheat belt Of
Oklahoma.
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nv. 9. Austin Buys Strong city News.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, June 3-w
C. Austin, editor of the Chase County
Leader has purchased the Strong City
News from the H. c. Snyder estate.
Mr.Austin is man of much ability
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Women Who Are Envied.

Those attractive women who are love-
ly in face, form and temper are the
envy of many, who might be like them.
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and
Tr1taSis. Consslpasion OF kl lsi pol9on ns
and wretched complexion. For all such.
Electric Bitters work wonders. They
regulate Stomach, Liver and Kidneys,
purify the blood; give strong nerves.
bright eyes. pure breath, smooth. velvety
skin lovely complexion. Many charming
women owe their health and beauty to
them. soc at Campbell Drug Co.
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and wide experience in newspaper work
This will in no way interfere with the
Leader as Mr.. Austin will still continue
to edit and control it's publication