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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
WET SPRING YEARLY EVENT
Expert Says Kansas Farmers Should
Plan Accordingly.

Topeka.-Kansas farmers, especially
corn growers, are now engaged in a
terrific battle against weeds. They
first called for volunteers for the ser
vice; now they are drafting men. The
fight has been draw up to date, as
the weather has been great aid to
the weeds.
Reports from over the state show
that this has been a backward spring.
Crops are from two to three weeks be-
hind right now. The cold, rainy
weather is to blame. Farmers are all
complaining. Corn growers, perhaps
are more anxious than the others.
Cold, rainy weather is hard on corn
but fine for weeds. Much corn has
been replanted, but the farmers have
been unable to tend the growing crop
properly and as result weeds are as
thick as hair on dogs back.
In the bread belt much winter killed
wheat was plowed up and the ground
put into corn. Therefore the corn
acreage this year is much larger than
usual and unfavorable weather condi-
lions make it that much harder to cul-
tivate the crop.
1t is Estimated that it will take at
least $1,000 outside harvest hands to
help save the Kansas wheat crop
Every one of these men could find
work on Kansas farms from now until
wheat harvest. The farmers could
use them to good advantage in fight
ing weeds in the corn. OF course the
men could not command as big wages
tending corn as they can in the har-
vest field. Farmers cannot pay from
50 to SO day and keep" for men to
pillow corn or pull weeds. Still the
men could make comfortable wages.
The farmers say the rainy season is
over and they expect to be able to get
into their codnfields within the next
week or ten days. With sufficient
help they believe they can win their
battle over the weeds before the wheat
harvest begins. If they do, the cora
crop this year is liable to be bumper
on account of the increased acreage.
ut begins to look as though Kan
sas farmers must reckon on a rainy
season the same as the coast states"
said an agricultural expert. For some
years past now, May or June, or both,
haze been extremely wet Three big
floods have occurred in those months
in the last seven years, not counting
innumerable small floods. The rainy
season, it appears, has come to stay,
and the sooner the farmers recognize
it and plan their work accordingly,
the better will they be Off"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Ravens Sharp Trick.

The best talking-bird new to the
big collection in the London Zoo" is
raven who came to the aviary last
year. "Hullo! jack" is his favorite
remark, and 1t is the voice of one
who meets an unworthy friend. Soon
after he arrived he used his CONVEX
sational powers with great effect upon
lammergeier who shares his cage
(relates the London Spectator). The
lammergeier had piece of meat
which the raven desired, but he was
unwilling to surrender 1t. The raven
hoped up. "Hullol Jackl" he began.
and the lammergeier, aghast at the
voice Of man, dropped his dinner and
fed. But the lammergeier was never
a bird of much spirit.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
GIVEN LIBERTY BY
FINGER PRINT TEST
FEDERAL PRISON EXPERTS PHO
ToGRAPHs CLEAR ERHARr.
Glad to Have II Done-Statemen to
County Attorney May Result IN
Other Arrests.

Leavenworth.-T infallible testi
mony of the finger print, as well as his
probable ability to establish an abb
cleared Dean Erhart, the prosperous
young farmer living near Easton, who
was arrested, of all suspicion of COM
plicity in the murder of Mrs. Catherine
Schultz, the wealthy widow who was
killed and burned in her home here.
Erhart willingly went to the federal
prison for the finger print test. When
he arrived at the federal prison he
was not in the least nervous, but said
he was glad to have the test made, as
it would prove his innocence. The ex-
pert took an impression of Erhart's
fingers and compared it with the pho
tographs taken from the pane of glass
that is supposed to have been handled
by the murderer, and afterwards COM
pared it with the marks on the glass
itself. He says they are not at all
alike. Upon the receipt of this re-
port, Sheriff Brown turned Erhart
loose.
Erhart's statement, made to the
county attorney and the sheriff, con-
tanned information which may lead
to the arrest of others.
Erhart explained his presence in the
city Wednesday night by stating that
he came the Tuesday before on bust
ness and was deferred from return
ing Wednesday because Of heavy
rain.
He admits having tried to borrow
$4,000. He declares the widow hadn't
enough cash and tried to help him Dor
row it at several places, ano that he
abandoned the idea and sold eighty
acres of land to get the money.
Erhart is member of a highly re-
spected family and stands exceedingly
well in the community Erhart has
wife and five children. Mrs. Schulz
was an aunt of Mrs. Erhart.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
"Laches" Do Not Void Title.

Topeka-A decision of great import
ance to land owners of western Kan
sas was rendered by the supreme court
In the case of Harris VS.. Defenbaugh,
in which the judgment of the district
court of Kearney county was reversed.
The opinion in the case is by Justice
Porter. This is the celebrated
"laches" case, where Judge w. H..
Thompson of the district court held
that the owner of vacant and unoccu-
pied lands in Kearney county lost his
title thereto by laches or delay in fail
ing to assert his ownership by taking
the land into his actual possession and
recording his title papers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

of matrimony. The date of the we'd
ding had been set to permit the at
tendance of the former president, and
this was one Of his very first social
engagements after his return from
abroad, for he landed in New York
only two days before.
Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock, who be-
fore her own recent marriage was
Miss Elizabeth Bertron, was the ma
tron Of honor, and the bridesmaids
were Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Jes-
sic Millington-Drake, Miss Janetta
Alexander, Miss Jean Delano and Miss
Harriet Alexander.
Rev. Henry NJ Sanders, a great
uncle Of the bride, officiated, assisted
by DR.. Gordon Russell of Crawford,
N. ].
After the ceremony the bridal party
was entertained at the home of the
brides uncle, Charles B. Alexander
At least part of the honeymoon will
be spent at Sycamore Hill, the coun-
try home of the Roosevelt family at
Oyster Bay, Long Island. Later in the
summer the young couple will start
for San Francisco, where Mr.. Roose-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
sig Hundred New Teachers.

Topeka.-The grading of the exam
nation papers of the high school stu
dents who completed the normal train
ing courses provided in various schools
of the state has been completed. There
were 725 students who took this ex-
animation and nearly six hundred will
receive certificates to teach in the
Kansas schools. The examining board
decided that an average grade of so
would be the minimum with no grade
below 60 to entitle the student to q
certificate.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

welt is to be in charge Of the inter
ests of the carpet manufacturing firm
with which he has been associated for
some time
The love story Of the young couple
has been a quick-moving romance.
Their engagement was announced only
last winter, and the news was cabled
to Colonel Roosevelt, resulting in the
speedy receipt Of his approval and
congratulations. The bride, who is
the daughter of Henry Addison
Alexander of New York. is twenty
one years old. of a little more
than medium height, slender, and
of very attractive appearance, hav-
ing an especially beautiful COM
plexion. She is as animated as her
famous sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Roose-
welt Longworth, whose house guest
she was for a time Just before Mrs.
Longworth sailed for England to Join
her father.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. strongly re-
sembles his father in looks, but is de-
cidedly reserved and is generally cred
tied with being far less democratic
than certain other members OF the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
pidn't Know the Purpose.

Mark Twain, as an example of IN
conscious humor, used to quote q
hartford woman who said one day in
the late spring:
MY husband is the dearest fellow
'Jim,' said to him this morning, are
you very hard up just now?
81 certainly am hard up he re-
piled soberly. This high cost of liv-
ing is terrible. don't know what I'm
going to do
"'Then, Jim,' said I, I'll give up all
thought of going to the country for
July and August this year.
But the dear fellows face changed,
and he said:
Indeed, then, you won't, darling.
thought you wanted to buy hat with
an aigrette or some such foolishness.
No, no, my darling-Jim can always
find the money to let his dear little
wife go to the country"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
The Il In ffarinaton.

Mrs. Harrington, who is engaged to
Mr.. Tom Curtis, is the widow of the
late Mr.. w. E. ffaringtonsof Worden,
Lancashire. The spelling of this an.
cient name with the small ''ff' found
in old manuscripts is merely the reten-
ton of the old form of capital "F."
Deeds of conveyance in the time of
George H. and III. recite: George of
Great Britain france and Ireland
King" etc.; the form could not there.
fore be due to ignorance. as has been
said, for in days when gentlemen of
estate were gentlemen of quality such
a spelling in deeds could hardly arise
from lack of knowledge Of spelling
The ffaringtons of Worden hall, Ian
cashire, prefer, like several other well
known families, including the ffolkes
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
A DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found Food That Cured Her.

when / first read of the remark
able effects of Grape-Nuts food, l de-
termined to secure some," says wom-
an in Salisbury, Mo. "At that time
there was none kept in this town, but
my husband ordered some from Chi
cago traveller.
Il had been greatly afflicted with
sudden attacks of cramps, nausea,
and vomiting. Tried all sorts of
remedies and physicians, but obtained
only temporary relief. AS soon as 1
began to use the new food the cramps
disappeared and have never returned.
MY old attacks of sick stomach
were a little slower to yield, but by
continuing the food, that trouble has
disappeared entirely. l am today per-
fectly we'll can eat anything and
everything wish, without paying the
penalty that | used to. We would not
keep house without Grape-Nuts.
MY husband was so delighted with
the benefits ! received that he has
been recommending Grape-Nuts to his
customers and has built up a very
large trade on the food. He sells them
by the case to many of the leading
physicians Of the county, who recon-
mend Grape-Nuts very generally.
There is some satisfaction in using
a really scientifically prepared food"
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellville. in pkgs. There's aReason."
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine, trues ana full of human
interest.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

family. AS a boy he rode horseback
and engaged in all the other outdoor
pursuits of the juvenile Roosevelt clan
at their home at Oyster Bay and he
took some part in athletics during
his preparatory school course at Gro
ton and his collegiate course at Har-
ward, but in the main he has been less
enthusiastic on the subject of life in
the open than his father and brother
Kermit He has always been of a
studious nature and his romance with
Miss Alexander is said to have had
its beginnings in the mutual love Of
these young people for music. For all
that Teddy, Jr.," has eschewe6 the
sensational in outdoor athletics, he did
participate two years ago In a bal
loon flight from Washington, in which
he and the two army officers who
were his fellow passengers had some
rather exciting experiences.
There was no little surprise on the
part of the public when Theodore, Jr.,
upon the completion of his college
course two years ago, chose bust
ness career as his life work, and still
more wonder was aroused when he
took employment in Connecticut car
pet factory in order to gather knowl-
edge at first hand of the practical side
of carpet manufacture. He started at
the lowest round of the ladder, as an
unskilled workman at small salary.
OF course he was promoted as he mas
tered the intricacies Of the business,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
CAUGHT in Smash-Up.

Winfield.-Two men were seriously
injured in a smash-up of the interur-
ban work car west of town. The car
jumped the track at a sharp curve
and the men were caught under the
wreckage. NJ. E. Jones legt was brok-
en- and he received internal injuries
and is not expected to recover. The
other man, a Mexican, was badly
mashed up, but his injuries are prob
ably not fatal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Kansas VIII Helm. Too.

Topeka.-The state of Kansas will
intervene in the Oklahoma case now
pending before the interstate com
merce commission to secure reduc-
ton in interstate Pullman rates. AT
the recent meeting Of western attor.
neys general at St Paul it was decid-
ed that all the states should go after
the Pullman company. Attorney Gen.
eral West of Oklahoma was designated
to bring the original case. The other
attorneys general promised to inter
vene and help him fight for the reduc-
lions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Loses Life to Save Boy.

Erie.-While trying to save the life
of his little boy, j. A. Washburn, a
leading merchant of Erie for many
years, was drowned in the Neosho
river near here. Mr.. Washburn, with
his young sons, was bathing in the
river at Rowden ford, when one of the
lads got beyond his depth. Mr.. Wash
burn saved the boy, but in doing su
got into deep water and lost his own
life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
New Bank for Arlington.

Arlington.-This city is to have a
new bank. The state charter board
granted charter to the Farmers
State bank of Arlington. Arlington is
in Reno county. The bank is capital
lied at $12,500. The incorporators
are: A. ]. Kingsley of Hutchinson X.
E. Sentney of Hutchinson, Robert Tay-
lor, G. Fred Fehr and D. L. Taylor of
Arlington.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Returns to Native State.

Lawrence.-Frank G. Bates, who for
three years has been an assistant pro.
lessor in the department of American
history at the University OF Kansas
has resigned his position. He will go
to Providence, r. l., to become the
secretary of the Historical Society OF
Rhode Island, his native state. If his
time permits, he will also give instruc'
ton in American history at Brown uni
versity.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
SON OF
! ROOSEVELT WEEDS
Theodore, Jr., and Miss Eleanor
Alexander Are Married.
ELIMINATION OF LOVE MATCH
Former President Witnesses Cere-
mony In New York Church-San
Francisco to Be Home of
the Couple.

New York.-Of all the June wed.
dings of 1910, the one that has
aroused the most general interest was
that of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and
Miss Eleanor Alexander which was
celebrated in the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian church on June 20.
A large number of prominent people
witnessed the ceremony, but naturally
the most noticed person in the church,
after the bride and groom, was Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, father of the
young man who was entering the state
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Vote Bonds for waterworks.

Mulvane.-At public meeting held
here, attended by the business men
and taxpayers of the city, 1t was de-
cided that the city council be author
iezd to call an election to vote $4,000
bonds for a waterworks system for
Mulvane.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
Bishop Hennessy Sees Pope.

Rome-Sixty American pilgrims, led
by the Right Rev. John ]. Hennessy,
bishop of Wichita, was received by the
Pope. The bishop presented the
Peters pence. The pontiff addressed
the pilgrims briefly and in cordial
terms.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
johnson Guilty of Winfield Murder

Winfield.-Tom Johnson, who was
arrested under the name of Harry Del
mar, charged with the shooting of
Mel Thomas and the murder of his pal
Frank Allen, alias Little Frank" dur
ing the hold-up of June 5, last year,
was found guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

That submarine vessels can make
extended trips is shown by recent
experience with the Viper, owned by
the United States, which, in command
Of midshipman, ran 487 miles, from
a point of the North Carolina coast to
Annapolis. Hitherto no such attempt
has been made. OF course, the voyage
was made on the surface, as submar-
ines dive only when such action is
considered necessary. But that the
Viper could go safely for such dis
lance, unaccompanied by any convoy,
is taken to show that such craft are
capable Of more independent service
than was supposed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

China has taken another great step
toward western civilization and the
emancipation Of its women. The
daughters Of the Chinese minister at
Washington have learned to make
fudge. When the American schoolgirl
atmosphere gets into any home, how
ever orientaliEed, things are bound to
be changed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

In Zurich, Switzerland. the people
have a custom Of burning an efigy OF
winter in the streets. II It would help
to bring winter to an end the custom
might well be adopted In other places.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

The scientists may prove or dis
prove the dangers in kissing, but it
will take all the kings horses to stop
at-and no one seems to be rounding
up horses, either.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

It is an interesting and noteworthy
fact that since the PRONUNCIATION of the
law of June, 1907, the effect of which
is to simplify the formalities which are
the necessary preliminaries to mar
riage, there have been more weddings
in France than at any period since the
beginning of the last century, with the
exception Of the year 1918 and 1872,
in the former of which men contracted
unions to escape being sent off to
fight, while in the latter many we'd
dings took place which had been de-
layed by the war with Germany.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

do not tell boy how bad he is"
says the superintendent of boys
school, No. he might get naughty
over having achieved such distinction.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

School children in various cities
are voting against the firecracker and
the insane type of Fourth of July.
The children see the point when you
present 1t to them in the right way.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

The Ornithologists' union Of New
York has undertaken to try to restore
the wild pigeon. Perhaps members of
the Ornithologists' union have nothing
else that may be regarded as worth
while to do.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Thanks to the California expert
mentors 1t is now possible to eat cacti
and roses. It'll be long before this
prickly fodder takes the place of meat
and Eaters.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Railroads are having trouble fixing
transportation charges on women's
hats. They ere not heavy enough to
90 by weight. Why not charge by the
acre?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

From Lynn comes story Of bread
buried in dry sand and kept sound and
sweet for 25 years. This seems to be
another hint for cold-storage men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Kissing is safe, says a Boston ply
sician. The young mans fancy will
turn this spring, no doubt, with far
more than it's usual intensity.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Soon some nervous people will be-
gin worrying about what the comet
will do when it returns seventy-five
years hence,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24
And about those files!

There are no good flies except dead
ones.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

The price of skunk skins has ad-
vanced 100 per cent, so expect a big
rise in several kinds of mink, seal and
ermine next winter
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Somebody has found out how to
make coffee from dandelion roots, but
there is no immediate danger that the
dandelion crop will be failure owing
to the fact that use has been found
for It.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

An engineer who ran his engine
into a train ahead of him says that
the Lord ordered him to do 1t, thus
predicating another case of orders
gone awry in transmission.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

The Husbands union should inves-
beat him with her fists, stove poker,
p hammer, and then had him arrested
for assault and battery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

New York suburban railroads have
raised the rate to commuters. Here is
new incentive for the flying-machine
man to continue his activities.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Kansas will continue to raise corn
and put money in the bank without
getting Jealous or excited over dia-
mond discoveries IN the neighborhood.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

The "Chantecler" cocktail is the
latest, but the man who drinks 1t
probably does not feel like Growing
the next morning.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Judging by some of the recent f1c-
ton, more novelists are of unsound
mind than are legally declared SO.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Adversely is a searching test of
friendship, dividing the sheep from
the goats with unerring accuracy; and
this is a good Standardization
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Candidates for parliament in Hun
gary are being pelted with stale eggs.
Has Hungary no cold-storage houses?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Some straw-hat symptoms are mani
Testing themselves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

but he continued to live quietly in a
modest boarding house. Many persons
were skeptical as to whether young
Roosevelt would stick to so prosaic an
existence, but he is evidently deter
mined to win his fortune in this
sphere.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Astronomers, on the other hand.
learn something new every day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

and trenches, to retain the archaic
capital Eff" The family trace their
descent from Hugo de Meolis, who
came to England with the Conqueror,
and they have been associated for gen.
erations with the court, army and
church, and with public life.-From
the Court Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-06-24

Tickson Klicks-Give you a tip,
the matrimonial bonds are pretty goodl
Oldebatch-Not for me, Kicks. I'm
not doing anything in speculation.