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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05

Valiant Lodge 155 K. of P. Will con-
fer the rank of knight and elect Of
ficers at the meeting tonight. Benz
Barnum, K. Of r. & s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05
BOY SHOOTS BROTHER.
Carl Youngberg of Salina Accidentally
Kna 1S-Year-Old Boy.

Salina, Kan, Dec. 5.-Julfus Young
berg, aged 10, died today as the result
of being shot accidentally by his
brother, Carl. A rifle was the weapon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05
Only Few Sizes Left in Many Styles---It
MUST Be Closed Out at ANY Sacrifice
These Prices. Show Fierce Cutting

Ladies' $500 Shoes, cost
price $3.05 below cost pr. $2.70
Mems $1.75 House Slippers,
cost price $1.35, below cost
price .$1.1O.
Ladies' $2.25 Felt Juliets,
cost price $1.85, below cost
price $1.00
Ladies' $3.50 Felt Boudoir
Slippers, cost price $1.10, be-
low cost price ..........9 Oc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05

Kelly's $500 Shoes, cost
price 1885 below cost .$S.45
Mems Benchmade $500
Shoes. cost price 1885, below
cost price ..........- .$S.4o
KeIly'si $3.50 Shoes, cost
price $3.45 below cost ..$3.15
Misses and Cnildren's $2.25
Shoes, cost price $1.45, below
cost price ............. $3.50
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
DO YOU WANT YOUR
TAXES INCREASED !?
One of the Results of County
Division Would Be to Make
Assessments Larger.

Many people in oregon own pro.
perty in different parts of the state.
Nearly every property owner, in one
way and another, would be affected
II the county division scheme is not
voted down. One of the results OF
the scheme would be to increase the
peoples taxes; in some cases, taxes
would be doubled. But the people will
be guided by sane judgment and will
vote mo" to all these measures
which, declares the Eugene Register,
were foisted upon the public by pro.
fessional politicians and ambitious
little towns. That paper says editor
tally:
Nine county division schemes are
bidding for enactment under the in
itiative, in imitation of Hood River
county's success two years ago, and
the end Is not yet. Here is direct
legislation gone to seed and dissemIn-
ating trouble through the fair expanse
OF Oregon, says the Oregonian
THE latest Is Deschutes county,
presenting a petition to the secretary
of state and asking to be carved out
OF the northwest part of Crook coun-
ty. Umpqua, Williams and Nesmith,
with overlapping boundaries, seek in.
dependence from Lane and Douglas
counties. Umatilla county is wrestling
with the ambitious schemes of Orch
ard and Hudson. Clark desires sepa-
ration from Grant, Otis from Malheur
and Harvey. A strip of Clackamas
seeks annextion to Multnomah.
Politicians, office seekers and am
bilious little towns are putting up
these county partition schemes. More
counties will provide additional Of
ficial places and other patronage.
They will also make higher taxes and
more trouble for property owners.
1T is reaching a point in Oregon
where the electorate will feel obliged
10 vote uniformly against all these
!. new counties. The voters cannot In
!, form themselves on the many local
details involved, in order to legislate,
therefore they are likely to take the
view that their safest action will be
that of voting mo" on the whole
bunch"
1.-THE Oregonian's position on this
matter Is correct. It should add, how
ever, that 1t is important for those
who oppose this wholesale formation
of new counties to be sure and vot
as they feel about 1t, and put mo
In front of each one or every pre-
posed new county will carry. The pee
pie can put it up to the legislature t.
1. frame fair and just division Law
that will leave formation of new coun
ties to the territory thus affected ant
relieve the whole state OF responsible
ity for county formations. This Il
what the people want and they will
get 1t If they vote "No" on all pro
posed county schemes at the Noyem
ber election"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21

division is heard Only about one in
ten voters would know what they
were voting for Therefore, the best
way is to vote mo- to all of the
measures, urges the Observer:
1.-TWO years ago the people voted to
form the new county of Hood River
out of a section of Wasco county. It
is safe to say that 80 voters out of a
hundred had no acquaintance with the
conditions or geography of the county
they divided. The voters will be asked
next November to do good deal more
of this kind OF county butchering. Peo.
pie who are not at all acquainted with
the various territories, will be asked
to slice Crook county and make new
county to be called Deschutes. 1t is
proposed to carve up Lane and Doug.
las counties, and constitute the three
new counties, UmpQua, Williams and
Nesmith. Umatilla is prey for two
proposed new counties, Orchard and
Hudson. A piece of Grant county is
to be asked to make Clara county,
while Harvey and Malheur may be
clipped off little to make room for
Otis. 1t is really scandalous and only
possible under the initiative. The
trouble is that the performance is just
commencing and it is not easy to see
where it will end. The best way, the
only right way, is to vote mo" to all
these local measures, of which the
people as a whole have no informa-
tion. The Observer has no idea OF
the rights in any of these cases, but
believes they are just selfish schemes
to make little towns county capitals
and supply several good county offices
for the promoters"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
AN ASTOR DEAL.
The Only Time That Old John Jacob
Sold Real Estate.

The Only Time That Old John Jacob
Sold Real Estate.
zone of the most stringent real es-
tate rules of the Astor family Is never
SELL and only one sale is recorded in
the entire life Of old John Jacob AS
tor" said Niles f. Watkins, a real es-
tate broker of New York. "In 1880
Astor tore down his house in Broad
way, cleared the whole block from
Vesey to Barclay street and built the
huge Quincy granite hotel known as
the Astor House, which was one OF
the first notable landmarks in New
York and also one of the best paying
pieces Of property.
"a few days after it was finished the
old gentleman and his eldest son, Will
liam, were walking through City Hall
park, where the postofIice now stands
and stopped n moment to admire the
building, the finest hotel in America al
that time.
"Pop, that's mighty fine building,
said William. L wish to gracious j
was mine.
''SoY answered the father. We'll
Billy, give me 81 and you can have It,
"Out came the dollar-a big silye
dollar that is cherished by the famil
to this day-and within an hour tn
deed Of the property was made out an
recorded. This was old Mr.. Astor'
only sale of real estate in his l1te."-
| Wnehin otnn TInral1
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
Westminster Hall.

Westminster hall, England's old hall
Of the kings justice, is one of the
worlds notable historical shrines.
Built four centuries before Columbus
sailed for America, burned, restored,
remodeled, 1t has seen more history
in the making than perhaps any other
building west Of Rome. Here some OF
the early parliaments met, and here
the second Edward was expelled from
his throne. Here Richard II. was de-
posed, Charles /. condemned and Crom-
well hailed as lord protector, whose
head, If the legend is authentic, was
afterward exposed from one OF the
halls pinnacles. Westminster hall was
the scene Of the trial of Warren Hast
ings. In 1t sentence of death was pro-
nounced on William Wallace, Sir Thom.
as More, Somerset, Essex, Strafford
and Guy Fawkes.--New York World,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
Triad 4a Eiv.

John Milton in Britain to the Con-
quest" says that the youth King Har-
old, last of the Saxons. strangely as
piring, had made and fitted wings to
his hands and feet. With these, on the
top of a tower, spread out to gather
the air. he flew more than furlong;
but, the wind being too high. he came
fluttering to the ground. manning all
his limbs. yet so eoneeited was he Of
his art that the cause Of his fall was
attributed to the want of tail. as
birds have. which he forgot to make.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
SELFISH MOTIVES BEHIND 1T.

Office Seekers Promoting County d.
" vision Schemes.
Avowed office seekers seem to be
among those who are promoting the
cause OF county butchering in Oregon,
according to the Grants Pass Obser-
yer in its issue of July 20. Futher-
more, the people generally have no
conception of local situations as af-
fecting counties where the cry for
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-10-21
A Possible Exception.

Wite-lsnt 1t fact, dear. that hand.
some men are proverbially Disagree
able? Husband-Well. don't know.
always try TO be pleasant,
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01
Let Us Talk 1t
Over

Well, dear sinner friends, this is
The FOoL-KILLER.
How does it set on your stomach?
If you like it, you can get more at
headquarters.
THE FooL-KILLER is not even a
forty-'leventh cousin to any other
paper on earth.
It stands in a class by itself, and
it's field is as broad as the English
language. i.
This paper wears no bell, muzzle,
collar nor halter.
You can put thatdown to start with.
am the fellow who works at the
pump-handle on this pungent period
ical of thrilling thought.
I print only what I write; I write
only what: I think; and think what
doggon please.
I own this entire establishment,
and Rockefeller isn't rich enough to
buy one share of it.
Does that sound strange?
Well, bless your soul, I am great
deal richer than Old John.
never travelled any to speak of,
but [ have read a great deal, and have
thunk some.
have also writ a few books which
[ know are great, because they don't
sell worth cent.
Great books never do.
And then I started THE Fool
KILLEa, just to quiet my nerves and
keep the old press from getting rusty.
From the seclusion of these wooded
hills there will go forth each month a
hot old bundle of literary dynamite
that will shake the rotten foundations
Of society and cause the Church OF
Mammon to at least turn over in it's
sleep.
THE FoOL-KLLER will be month
ly mustard plaster for the blood-boils
of Society, Church and State.
1t will be salted with wit, peppercd
with humor and seasoned with sar.
Every line will cut like a whip, ano
every word will raise a blister.
If you are fool you had better MOI
subscribe for THE FOOL-KILLER
If you are wise you will. And SO tha
settles it.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The first picture | saw of the
new Queen of England showed
her with little old wooly dog in
her lap. | felt sorry for the dog,
as we'll as the queens children
who were in the back yard fight
ing with little nigger.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

On being shown The Fool-Killer
the other day, one fellow said:
We'll, boys, if | had know the
fool-killer was no bigger than that
| wouldn't have been so much
afraid of him all my life.'' Hold
on, mister! You can't always
judge thing by its size. A fod-
der stack is bigger than a'flea, but
il can't bite half as hard.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

About 200 people have dug up
the required amount and had their
names placed on The Fool-Killer
subscription list since last issue.
Going some? Yes, sir! You better
climb on and so with us. -
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

One reason why there are SO
many divorces is because women
love poodle-dogs better than they
love babies.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The Gar of Russia and the new
King of England are cousins, and
they are SO much alike that if they
should get mixed up they would
have to go home and get their
wiveseto sort 'em.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

A citizen of this county died
last week, leaving all he had to
his wife's folks. All he had was
his wife.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

If the Fourth of July wants to
witness a sure-enough celebration
it should be on hand about the
time Roosevelt gets home.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

I know a rich and rheumatic
rascal who would like to swap his
automobile for my legs. But l
won't swap.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

When | hear people Dragging
about their distinguished ancestry,
/ can't help wondering what made
the stock run out so quick.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

About the only thing that we
poor devils get out Of life is the
fun of seeing the rich devils worry
over their wealth.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Governor Hadley proposes to
pass farms around on a plate and
let every fellow take one. Hi,
there! Start your plate this way,
Governor.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

| asked a fellow if he was in
favor of Woman Suffrage, and he
replied: Yes, by gum! Let the
women suffer same as the menn'
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The comet hat'' is the latest
thing in feminine headgear. 1t
has tail that reaches clean back
into last summer.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Some of my neighbors got on
the water-wagon New Years day,
and they haven't touched glass
of likker since. They drink it out
of a jug now.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Old Satan has bought him a
new silk hat and paid his pew
rent. He will be at church every
Sunday this summer. ~
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Clothes do not make the man,
but there is no use to create a
sensation by going around with
out them.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Out in Illinois they are search
ing for a man named M. Link.
Let's see, what could that IN"
stand for?-why, Missing Link"
of course.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Old Deacon Skinflint is a pretty
good fellow. When the collection
plate comes around he never takes
out more than quarter.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The fact that so many deaths
occur in the early morning may
be explained on the theory that
some people would rather die than
get up.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

1t was on the broad Atlantic,
And the storm was at it's height;
All the passengers were frantic
Nearly paralyzed with fright.
But the Captain loved the ocean,
And he said, in passing by,
Cali in favor Of this motion
Make it known by saying 81"
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

When you write a letter and
mark it ''Please burn this" the
proper place to post it is in the
stove.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Old Sam Gompers is trying to
carry water on both shoulders.
Look out, Sam, or you'll stump
your memory against root and
spill your reputation.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Our modern missionaries be-
lieve in variety show. They ham
die three articles soup and
salvation.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Some people work harder trying
to avoid work than they would have
to work to make good living.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

An exchange wants an answer
to the following question: ''If
man has an income of two million
dollars year, what is his prin-
.clpal?' Bless your simple heart,
Buddy, man with such an income
as that usually has no principle.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Well, we got to see the eclipse
of the moon, anyhow. That was
some help.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Dun and Bradstreet are the
greatest fortune tellers" in the
country.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

I have seen some bedsteads that
were all brass, and / have seen
some people just like 'em.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Some church members put on a
lot of fine clothes to hide the re-
ligion that they haven't got.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

At this writing Mr.. Roosevelt
has not asked Oldjo Cannon to
meet him in Europe.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Very few things in this world
are what they pretend to be. All
is sham and veneer.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

In the liquor statistics of this
country the figures are actually
staggering
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The one-gallus hill-billy who
sells his vote for a pound of hog
corpse is Just as good a citizen as
the great corporation lawyer who
smothers his conscience and sells
his brain to set of thieves for a
fat salary. And that's no lie.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Mr.. Everett Pearson, of States
vile, N. c., is the champion club
raiser for The Fool-Killer. Mr..
Pearson worked about an hour
one dayeand secured IS subscrib-
ers. He did not meet with single
refusal-every man he showed the
paper to subscribed at once. That's
business. Now | want ZOO club
raisers like Everett Pearson.
Speak up, boys! Let me hear
from every one of you.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01
One year to your heart, rs Cents.
In Clubs of Five or More, Is Cts.

Entered as second class matter
March 80, 1910, at the post office at
Moravian Falls, N. c., under the act
of March 3, 1879.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The tale Of the comet will be
continued in 1885.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

I wouldn't give three cents a
gallon for royal blood to play
leapfrog through my plebeian
veins. Look at old man King
Edward when he shuhied off he
was as dead as lobster.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

You may have string of blue
blooded ancestors as long as the
comets tail, but if you have never
accomplished anything yourself
we'll, | wouldn't blow much if [
were you.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

The Fool-Killer can chew up a
fool and spit him out before he
has time to think~a cuss word.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

A gentleman is man you don't
know very we'll.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01
EDITORIALS.

How do you feel since the COM
ct hit you?
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01
TAKE NOTICE.!

TAKE NOTICE!
Do not send Postage Stamps on
subscription.
Remittances should be made by
Registered Letter or Post Office Mon
ey Order drawn on Moravian Falls,
n. G.
Be careful to write your own name
and address plainly, and direct all
letters and make all orders payable
to:
JAMES LARKIN PEARSON
Moravian Falls, North Carolina
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

Nearly every man you meet is
for sale-if you have the price.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01

/ don't believe the world is half
as good as [ think it is.
The fool-killer., 1910-06-01
Putting the Question.

It was on the broad Atlantic,
And the storm was at it's height;
All the passengers were frantic
Nearly paralyzed with fright.
But the Captain loved the ocean,
And he said, in passing by,
Cali in favor Of this motion
Make it known by saying 'I'.''
EDITORIALS.
How do you feel since the COM
ct hit you?
I don't believe the world is half
as good as | think it is.
Nearly every man you meet is
for sale-if you have the price.
A gentleman is man you don't
know very we'll.
The tale Of the comet will be
continued in 1885.
Very few things in this world
are what they pretend to be. All
is sham and veneer.
In the liquor statistics of this
country the figures are actually
staggering
. At this writing Mr.. Roosevelt
has not asked Oldjo Cannon to
meet him in Europe.
Some church members put on a
lot of fine clothes to hide the re-
ligion that they haven't got.
/ have seen some bedsteads that
were all brass, and | have seen
some people just like 'em.
Dun and Bradstreet are the
greatest fortune tellers'' in the
country.
Well, we got to see the eclipse
of the moon, anyhow. That was
some help.
Clothes do not make the man,
but there is no use to create a
sensation BY going around with
out them.
Some people work harder trying
to avoid work than they would have
to work to make good living.
Our modern missionaries be.
lieve in a variety show. They han
die three articles soup anc
salvation.
|
The first picture / saw of the
new Queen of England showed
her with little old wooly dog il
her Ian. I felt sorry for the dnn
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-02-17

While some samples were very
soad. many others were worthless
for seed. The average seed for the
state is undoubtedly much below
that sent to Ames to compete for
prizes.
Many will have to buy the seed
they plant this spring. This seed
should be purchased as near home
as possible. Corn grown from seed
brought in from distance does not
yield as we'll nor mature as we'll as
that from the home grown seed.
The Extention department is al
ready receiving inquiries for seed. In
order that such inquiries may be re-
ferred to men in their own sections,
it will be appreciated if those having
seed or cribs of old corn which is in
good condition will write the Exten-
ton department giving the variety,
amount and price of the seed which
they have to sell.
Let every man test six kernels
from each ear he plants. This should
be done during the last of February
and the first of March SO that those
who do not have enough seed OF
their own may have time to secure it
from some of their neighbors.
The most practical way for testing
the termination of each ear of seed
corn is by using a termination box
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-02-17
ONLY ONE BEST.
Leon People Give Credit Where
Credit is Due.

People of Leon who suffer with
sick kidneys and bad backs want a
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. The best is Doan's Kidney
Pills. a medicine for the kidneys
only, made from pure roots and
herbs, and the only one that is back
ed by cures in Leon. Here's Leon
testimony:
Mrs. Mary A. Kinds, of Leon, Ia.
says: 81 think just as highly of
1Doan's Kidney Pills now as / did
five years ago when / gave a public
statement in their favor. At that
time / was troubled considerably by
la retention of the kidney secretions
i also had pains through the small
of my back, and if / over exerted, I
became worse. Hearing of Doan' S
Kidney Pills, procured a box from
l.. P. Van Werden's drug store and
was surprised at the prompt way in
which they brought me relief. /
have used this remedy quite often
during the past five years and it has
never failed to help me.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-02-17
$IMgD CORN THE WORST IN
YEARS.
Holden Urges the Testing of Every
Far, and Tells How to Make the
Test.

Test six kernels from each ear
intended for seed. Do it the last
half of February and the first half
Of March
If you must buy seed, get it of a
aeighbor or as near home as posi-
ble.
The corn which is to be planted
this spring is the worst that Iowa has
had for many years. The very hard
Eeezes which came the second week
in October killed large part of the
corn then in the field Many who
had their seed saved before that
freeze are finding that the vitality is
bad.
During the Annual Short Course
at Anes all of the 1876 samples of
CORA entered for prizes were tested
fer vitality. These samples repre-
sent the very best seed of the state
and are much above the average
The following table shows the re
suits Of the test: