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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
LRRIGA TON FROM MEL TED ICE

novel agricultural method is in
use in the interior of Alaska which
consists in farming by subirrigation,
utilizing the moisture supplied By
melting ice. All agricultural growth
attained in Alaska is limited to the
period from May 20 to September Is.
The thaws which then set in extend
from about a foot to three feet be-
low the surface, and the sun shines
from 16 to "a hours a day. Rain is
practically unknown, but the neces-
sary moisture, by an opportune COM
pensation Of nature, comes from be-
low, the melting ice affording a regu-
lar and constant supply of water for
the plants. Many kinds of vegetables.
including celery, lettuce. radishes, cab
bages, turnips and potatoes, are now
being grown in Alaska, thus render
ing living conditions far more toler-
able than they were before. These
vegetables are said to be much better
than those raised in the states. rasp-
berries especially attaining a large
size. The outlook for the growing
Of strawberries and grain is, to saw
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

worse, you may have a shoulder that
will always bother you when he is put
to hard work.
We aim to sell all of our geldings
before they are seven years old. When
you intend to sell your horses see that
they are in proper shape. They should
be fat. as that is what the market de-
mands. Feed them on good wholesome
food; corn can be fed to quite an ex-
tent at this time, with bran and q
little oil meal.
By breeding the right horses, those
with weight and quality, l know of
no class of stock that will bring bet
ter returns for our high-priced feeds
considering the amount of labor in
volved) than good draft horses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

A year ago a tipless hotel of the
first class was opened In London. The
management positively announced"
that no gratuities to walters, porters
maids or other employees would be per-
mitted or suffered. The experiment"
as everybody called 1t, seemed ex-
remely interesting. but the result was
considered doubtful. Skeptics said:
Walt a month or two" The hotel
is now a year old. The public is as
sured that the no-tip policy has been
enforced to the letter, that the es-
adjustment has prospered beyond all
expectations, and that there has been
no trouble whatever In getting en-
ployes-and good, fit, well-mannered
employees. too. This is very gratifying
news indeed. says the Chicago Record
Herald. Presumably the hotel pays
wages and salaries that compare IA
vorably with those OF hotels where
tips go" or run riot, at all hours of
the day and night. Mere prohibitions.
where temptations exist. will not eradi-
cate an abuse. But II everybody is
satisfied at the tipless hotel there is
no reason why its policy should not
succeed permanently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Cubs lake One From PhiIIies.

Chicago. Ill.-Nineteen thousand de-
lirious enthusiasts driven almost in
sane by ninth INNING tie and a
tenth INNING victory. saw the Chica-
go Nationals come back today and
capture the fourth game of the worlds
series from the Philadelphia Ameri-
cans. 4 to 3. The combat was one to
live in history. There was not a mo,
ment in it when a properly interested
partisan could draw calm, full
breath 1t was anybody's game till
the finish.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29


presses, but an hydraulic machine ex-
tracts the very last possible drop of
juice to be obtained and leaves very
little substance to be thrown away.
The first advantage gained by work
ing up unmarketable fruit into cider
Is that it is converted into a condensed
and portable form convenient for
handling and storing. The second OBJ
ject is to convert this valuable por-
ton of the crop into a marketable
commodity, which would otherwise be
wasted and lost. The. cost, the time
and labor of working up several hun
dred bushels Of apples into cider is
only nominal as compared with the
value of the cider itself. If properly
handled. Apples that have been
bruised In handling are imperfectly
developed, too small and gnarled ap-
pies which would not be worth the
cost of packing, can -be utilized in this
manner and the orchardist's revenue
largely enhanced. The maximum of
successful financial enterprises are as
applicable to the business of a practi-
cal orchardist as to any other The
little things must not be overlooked:
all the byproducts must be utilized.
for from them is derived much of the
profit.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

The Oxford sheep originated in Eng
land in the early part of the nine
teenth century from a cross of Cots
void and Hampshire Downs. They
have been known since 1857 as Ok
Yorkshire or Oxford Downs, and are
now widely distributed over the Unit
ed States and Canada. They are the
largest and heaviest of the Down
breeds. When in good flesh the rams
should weigh ESQ to 275 pounds and
the ewes from 200 to 225 pounds. The
wool is rather coarser than any other
of the medium wool breeds and tho
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

An interesting incident at the con-
vention OF the National Association of
Master Bakers in Baltimore was the
reading of a paper by a Washington
lady dealing vigorously with the meth.
made bread both for sanitary reasons
and as a matter OF economy. The
bakers were gallant enough to allow
the lady to have her say. and II her
objection to some OF the practises men,
toned are well founded doubtless
there will be reform.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Fails to Solve kimmeI Mystery.

ST. Louis, Mo.-Refusfng to believe
that a mother would deny her own son,
even though she found him convict,
disgraced in prison, five jurymen liz
the celebrated contest to recover life
insurance on the life of George A. Kim
mel, a banker, missing from Arkansas
City, Kan. caused failure to reach a
verdict today. They were then dis
charged. Seven of the jury believe
that Andrew j. White, now in Auburn,
n. Y. prison, is the missing Kimmel.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

A new method Of making physical
examinations to detect the presence OF
Guys hospital. London. The examina-
ton is made by the aid of X-rays. and
shows tuberculous ravages in the
lungs, 1t is said. at an earlier stage
than they are revealed by the stetho-
scope. The X-ray IL valuable for
many purposes. but must always be
used with caution. as numerous sad
experiences have taught
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

CRIPPEN CASE. FROM TIME o
O HIS WIFE WAS SEEN LAST..o
o January 31-Dr. crippen and
o wife. Belle Elmore, gave a dinner
party and appeared to be on the
o best of terms.
O February 2-BeIIe EImore re-
O signed by letter as treasurer of
Music Hall Ladies' Guild, saying
she would co to California to see o
a sick relative. o
March Acknowledgement of o
o Belle EmorA's sudden death print
ed in London newspaper. o
July 9-Friends of Mrs. Crippen o
tell Scotland Yard they believe o
she has been murdered. o
July 9-Crippen tells Inspector
Dew his wife is not dead but that O
they have separated. o
typist, Ethel Clare Leneve, disap- o
pear. o
July 13-8ody found buried in o
o cellar of Crippen home. o
July 23-captain Kendall of
o steamer Montrose reports to Scot o
o and Yard Crippen and Miss LeneVe o
passengers bound for Canada. In o
spector Dew hurries to Canada. o
July 31-Inspector Dew disguis-
ed as pilot boards Montrose o
and arrests Crippen and Miss Le- o
o neVe. o
August 2o-Party returns to 0
o England o
October 1a-TriaI of Crippen on o
charge of wiIfuI murder begun. o
October 22-crippen convicted o
and sentenced to death. o
October 25-Trial of Miss Le- o
neVe to begin. o
o o o o o o o o o o
London, Eng.-After trial lasting
only five days and a elaboration by
the jury of only twenty-nine minutes.
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen today was
found guilty of the murder of his wife,
known on the stage as Belle Elmore,
and sentenced to be hanged, NOvem-
Der Is
There is, however, the strongest
prejudice m England against eXecut-
ing a man on purely circumstantial
evidence, and an incident at the close
of Crippen's trial has caused the i'm
preston that the jury may have recon-
mended a life sentence. After Grip
pen was sentenced the foreman of the
jury handed to the Lord Chief Justice
a note, after looking at which the JUS
tice said: THAT shall be forwarded
to the proper quarter"
The proper quarter" might mean
the home secretary, who has jurisdic-
ton in such matters. The jurors re-
fused to discuss the incident.
The speed with which the case,
considered one of the most dramatic
in English criminal history, was dis
posed of is the subject Of general fe-
licitation and is being used as an il
lustration of the surer course of JUS
tice in English courts as compared
with those of the United States
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
APPLE CULLS
CAUSE LOSS
It VIII Prove Profitable TO
Squeeze Juice Out of D1scards
and Sell IN Natural
State.
By JOHN J. rENNEs.)

10y JO1N ,.
The amount of money lost by farm
ers every year through lack of interest
or knowledge of the means to dispose
of unmarketable apples has never
been estimated. That is one of
the big wastes on every farm where
many apples are grown and where
commercial fruit raising Is made the
main feature of the farm
Even the orchardist who is in the
business as a specialist must suffer
more or less In his cuIls.
AS e5 per cent of ripe apples is juice
which sells for good prices either in
its natural state or as vinegar. 1t pays
big to squeeze. out this product
through a press instead Of allowing it
to go to waste
There are many kinds Of cider
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Roasted Alive in Cotton Gin.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-G. L. Baird
was rosted alive and Charles White
cannot live over night from burns re-
ceived when the Scott Foster cotton
gin burned last night. It is said the
fire was caused when an employe tried
to start fire in a stove. The two
men burned were sleeping in the up
per story
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Big Counterfeit Scheme Discovered

Chicago. nl-Three hundred thou.
sand dollars worth of counterfeit Mic
araguap pesos notes freshly printed
were seized, and the printer who made
them, and the man charged with Sc
curing their manufacture, were ar
rested here today by Captain Porter
of the United States secret service and
his operatives. The notes had only
been printed, not having the official"
seal or numbers impressed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
THE BEST REAL quill"

Now that the summer is nearly over
hundreds Of young men who were
graduated last June from colleges and
nigh schools are entering the voca-
tons which they intend shall be their
Mes work. Some are still seeking suit
able openings. The young man with
out a pull" may believe himself handi-
capped. He is likely to see instances
where the employer gives first con-
federation to his son. his nephew or
the son of a friend But that is no
more than right. The average bust
relationship and friendship. up to the
point where they do not impair his
material interests and those of his as
sociates. His nephew and his friends
son must make good-his own son,
most of all. His tendency, in fact, is
to be more strict with his son than
he is with any of his other employees,
says the Cleveland Leader. If a young
man thus favored with the first oppor-
tunity shows that he will be a failure
in the work he is doing, he is re-
moved. Family ties and friendship
usually will not hold him. Then comes
the chance OF the young man who may
have felt discouraged because he had
no pull" The best pull any young
man can have in starting in life is
honesty. industry and the determine.
ton to work for his employer as
though he were working for himself.
He should realize that. in fact. he is
working for himself and that he has
financial interest in the business. to
the extent Of his pay. Such a young
man is bound to succeed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

Cable reports that In Berlin during
airs. and many boxers not only keep
time with their feet but seem to take
their hitting and sidestepping cues
from the music. This is magnificent,
but It is not boxing. Over here there's
no music required save the thud of
the padded glove and the contestants
have to move lively enough.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Robbed Of Distinction.

Mary and her brother Albert had
been i'll for several days. Their grand
mother, in telling friend who called
about their illness said that Mary had
some fever, but that Albert had none
After the friend had gone Albert, who
had overheard the conversation, said
in a fearful voice: Grandmother, how
would you like it if you were i'll and
someone said you had no fever7''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
PHILLIEs ARE WORLDS CHAMP
IONS

Chicago, III.-PhiIadeIphia defeated
Chicago today and earned the champ
ionship title Of the baseball world,
making four games won out of five
played. The score was to 2.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

fleece is heavier, weighing from 10 to
II pounds unwashed. The face is
usually an even dark gray or brown.
with or without a gray spot on the tip
of the nose. They are best adapted
for lands furnishing good pasture. and
do not succeed as well under range
conditions or on rugged, broken pas
lures. The ewes are very prolific,
tripiets being not uncommon. The
lambs grow very rapidly and are of
good form. The chief shortcoming
of the breed is that it is not as hardy
as some others.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

China is making a very civilized
use of the indemnity fund returned by
the United States by employing it for
the education of Chinese youth in
American colleges. Fifty-three bene-
ficiaries of the fund have arrived in
this country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
CatacIasmIc.

Have you heard about the latest
sensation in upper circles?'
No; put me next
Mrs Niggs and Mrs Nubbins are at
daggers' points because Mrs. Nfegs
said Mrs Nubbins' grandmother smok-
ed a pipe"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

A New Jersey court has ruled that
a man to be qualified to take out
marriage license must be sober. It's
all right so long as they don't insist
upon him being in his right senses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Always on Ton.

You can't keep good man down.
quoted the moralizer.
Huh!' rejoined the demoralizer
II he's any good you can't get him
down"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
King of siam Is Dead.

Bankok, Siam.-King Chulatong
korn died at lao this morning. fol-
lowing an Illness of only few days
duration
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
Anxious to Learn II.

Il have been an ohceholder for ok
years, and no man can show where
ever took dollar dishonesty
Gee. old man. replied the grafter
put me wise to your system. win
you?'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow al grocers, &c package
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

1t is pleasant to grow old with good
health and good friend.-Socrates.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

Lewis Single Binder, the famous
straight &c cigar-annual sale 9,500, 200.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

! the least. not discouragtng -Zion Her
aid.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

Some politicians are too modest to
face the nude truth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29
QUICK ACTION BY LONDON JURY.
OUT LESS THAN THIRTY
MINUTES.
LOOSES HIS NERVE At LAST
Strong Prejudice in England Against
Execution on Circumstantiai Evil
dence May Save His Neck.-Still
Declares His Innocence.-Typist to
Be Tried AS Accessory.

o o o o o o o
CRIPPEN CASE FROM TIME o
O HIS WIFE WAS SEEN LAST..o
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-10-29

The speed WIUu WHICH IHe Cds5'
considered one of the most dramatic.
in English criminal history, was dis
posed of is the subject of general f.
licitation and is being used as an IL
lustration of the surer course of JUS
tice in English courts as compared
with those of the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-15

with fur. does not take the place of
coat. 1t is often donned frankly as an
ornament and with no pretense of Its
being a protection. Before the days OF
shoulder scarfs we all sat very comforta-
bly, at the theater and in our friends
drawing-rooms with pressing need of
a protection from draughts over our
shoulders. Now, however, every other
woman in an evening audience is draped
with a chiffon or beaded gauze scarf; and
as for bridge. a New England tea party
of old ladies gathered In chilly sit
ting-room would be no more bedraped
with shoulder wraps than are the fair
devotees of the rubber in a New York
drawing-room.
The bridge scarf is a dainty affair and
of course matches, or at least harmonizes,
perfectly with the frock over which it is
draped. Sometimes it is of chiffon deli
cately stenciled, or, like the scarf IL
Illustrated, printed in colored flower pat
terms. This scarf is of deep prune-col-
ored chiffon with a pattern in mauve and
rose. and is worn over a bridge frock
of lavender crepe. the hat being a dressy
turban of prune velvet and moire silk
with a plume and aigrettes at one side
Hats of course, are always retained at
the formal bridge gatherings. and now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-15

sear' which is really Paris rat cleverIy
prepared-and so on. The limitations are
so wonderfully attractive, too. that one
does not feel at all ashamed to wear
them if the genuine pelts are beyond the
compass Of ones purse.
Fisher is the Paris-approved fur of
the moment Fisher is not really an ex-
pensiye fur. but now that it is La mode
its price has leaped accordingly. This
pelt has dark. rich brown color, tipped
on the surface with a yellowish tan. All
the brown furs are returning to favor
with the re-establishment of brown shades
in Partisan favor and the numbers uf
brown squirrel coats displayed in the
shops-where last year only pony and
karakul garments reigned supreme-show
which way the color wind is blowing
Abyssinian monkey is another new fur
lifted to popularity this season, though
the last-named pelt promises to be rather
a freakish fad than lasting favorite.
Tie fur is coarse snd wiry and the hairs
are very long. often extending nine
inches from the petit. The color is black.
with a fringe Of yellowish white at the
edge of the skin.
The pointed foxes are still high in fash
IONS favor and the costliness of these
beautiful furs keeps them from becoming
commonplace. the limitations of pointed
fox being too hldeously impossible to war
rant even considera tion-just as all the
outrageous painted squirrel sets ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-15

the busy players, garmented In shoulder
scarfs as well as smart chapeaux. look
as though they had merely dropped In
from the street without any pause In a
dressing room.
Chiffon scarfs woven with tiny cut
steel beads or infnitesimal jet particles
are also used for bridge wear, and some
of these scarfs are most beautiful, the
texture being astonishingly soft and
supple Pale chiffon scarfs have crystal
beads mingled in the mesh in the same
manner and are as delicate as flower
petals sprinkled with dew drops A
scarf of this kind, made of pink chiffon,
was caught across the center into SIX
inches of shirring and on this shirring
were sewed three large pink buttons
trimmed with rhinestones The sn1rred
strip was pinned to the gown over the
bust and the ends of the scarf were car
ried around under the arms and brought
up and over the shoulders, falling In long
ends In front. The effect was indescriD-
ably graceful, the lines of bust, snouioer
and arm being most beautifully empna-
sized by this gauzy drapery.
In fact, one of the chief advantages of
the scarf drapery is this outlining Of the
shoulder and arm line-one Of the most
exquisite curves in nature. and one too
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launched on the credulous have not had
power to affect the beauty of genuine
mink. The expensive pointed foxes are
really artificial, the pointed effect being
secured by sewing coarse white badger
hairs in silky sitka fox pelts-a most ex-
pensive process accomplished entirely by
hand
Fox OF all varieties is very fashionable
just now, the long=haired pelts being con-
sidered more modish for muffs and neck
pieces than the short-haired furs like
karakul, Persian lamb and seal. which
are used only for coats and wraps. Gen
uine sitkn fox is extremely expensive.
but a very good substitute is made by
dyeing ordinary red fox deep. rich
black. A handsome set of this dyed fox
may be purchased under $50, while muff
alone of the sitka fox, fashionably
shaped and lined with the silk and chff-
fon pleatings now in vogue. would ap-
proximate 500.
A superb set of pointed sitka fox is
illustrated. At least seven animal skins
were used for this set, which shows the
exaggerated size of the new muf and
shoulder pieces. Some of these small
furs." the dealers call them to distin-
guish them from coats and other large
garments, are SO burdensome in size and
weight that it takes good. strong yFom-
an to cope with them. The collars are
really shawls that cover the upper part
of the figure to the waist and two feet
long is not an unusual proportion for
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ming to be comprehended by the modern

ming to be comprehended by the modern
society woman.
Madame Nazimova is an adept at scarf
expression. The way in which she twists
the somber gray scarf about her face and
chin in the DOLLS House," upon her de-
parture after the masked ball. reveals In
gesture the radical change from but
terhy wife to the broken hearted and pur-
poseful woman.
The Scarf Worn Like a Bath Towel.
Salome with her seven wells was the
sensation of last years operate season,
and now the Salome scarf is the thing.
This scarf is several yards long and is
wound around the figure three times. one
end being tossed over the arm. Some of
these Salome scarfs are made of fur, the
softest and most pliable pelts of ermine
or white coney being selected; and deep
borders Of sealskin make the white
scarfs, wound around in bath towel eff
feet. still more strikingly sensational in
appearance.
Somewhat like the Salome scarf, but
far more graceful and refined in type, is
the toga scarf which Is illustrated. This
beautiful wrap was a feature of evening
costumes at the horse show and nothing
more fascinating has been added 10 wo-
mans wardrobe in many seasons. The
toga scarf is made of the lightest pos
sible messaline satin in some softly rich