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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
HAD LOVE FOR CIGARETTES.
Woman Sold Furniture to Get Money
to Buy Them.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. ia
woman's love for cigarettes and liquor
is cited as cause for divorce in a
petition filed in the district court by
Arlen S. Watson against Leila Watson.
The petition states that the couple
were married in Greenwood ounty,
Kansas, May %, 1907, and that some
time later the wife sold furniture
valued at $500 for $46 and spent the
amount for cigarettes and liquor in a
period of ten days.
The husband claims, in the petition,
that his wife left him after selling the
furniture and remained away from
home until the money was spent. He
also asserts that the wife left on vari-
Gus other occasions and would remain
away for several days at a time.
1t is also charged that the wife left
home on June IA last and since that
time has failed to return and that her
actions since then have been unknown
to the plaintiff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
BANK RoBBER SHOOTS SELF.
EIudes Posse Five Hours After Lootin;
Paradise Institution.

Salina. Kan, Dec. 16.-Earl Ward
80 years old, who Thursday morning
robbed the Bank of Paradise at Para
disc, Kan. obtaining $500. killed him
self when surrounded by a posse of
farmers Il miles north of that place
last night.
Wards suicide came as a climax to
one OF the most sensational robberies
in central-western Kansas in recent
years He had made a hard ride for
liberty but as the farmers over the
entire section had been notified by tele-
phone, the posse easily picked up his
trail.
For five hours he succeeded in eluding
his pursuers but about shutdown he was
surrounded II miles north of Paradise
At first he seemed to be seeking a route
to liberty through the lines of the de-
termined farmers, but failing to find
this, he turned his gun upon himself
and sent a bullet into his brain.
When the members Of the posse
reached his side they found $500 that
Ward had stolen from the bank Bank
officials say all of the stolen money
was recovered.
Ward, who lived II miles northeast
of Luray, Kan, went to Paradise We'd
nesday night. He told people there he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
DICKINSON FAIR HAS DEFICIT.
New Directors Are Named in Annual
Association Meeting.

Abilene, Kan, Dec. 16.-The Dick
inson County Fair association held its
annual meeting at the court house
yesterday and elected the following di-
rectors for the coming year: B. F.
Landes. c. A. Morton, Henry Paul, H.
r. Little, Henry Snider, w. H. Hansen,
George Etherington, H. H. Keel, Bert
Hockensmith.
The reports of the secretary and
treasurer were received and placed on
file. A deficit of about $500 over and
above the expenses of this years fair
has been covered by note for the
full amount. In addition to this the
fair ground property is mortgaged
for $4,000. it's estimated value being
about $4,000.
On motion it was decided not to
furnish stockholders with free tickets
and all complimentaries were abol-
ished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
kANsAN is IN GRAND OPERA.
Orville Harold, Formerly of Rice
County, Sings Abroad.


County, Sings Abroad.
Hutchinson, Kan, Dec. 16.-The old
Hutchinson musical jubilee has de-
veloped at least one Kansas boy into
a grand opera singer of international
note.
Orville Harold. a former Rice
county boy, who first faced a large
audience as a soloist while contest
ing in the old Hutchinson jubilee years
ago, is now singing in grand opera in
Paris.
Mr.. Harold formerly lived in
Lyons. Speaking of his career. the
Lyons News says:
1T was perhaps nearly twenty years
ago that the Harold family left here
and went to Newton, after which Or
vile gradually climbed the ladder of
fame as a tenor, until now he is one
of the stars of grand opera and will
make his debut as a Partisan singer
under the direction of the great i'm
presario, Oscar Hammerstein. this
winter.
Harold was a sort of distant rela-
tive of Lee Stanford and Mr.. Stanford
says that he showed early promise as
a singer.
"Orville was quite a singer even be-
fore he left Lyons, said Mr.. Stanford.
1.-The family moved to Newton and
there his powers continued to develop.
He received instruction and finally
won a prize at the state jubilee that
used to be held at Hutchinson Some
voice teacher heard him there and real
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
CLEw TO BEATTIE ROBBERY.
Wymore Men Arrested on Charge of
Harboring Thieves.

Beatrice Neb., Dec. 16.-The sheriff
from Marysville, Kansas, and seven
detectives from various points in the
west dropped into Wymore and ar
rested H. H. Hoerr, with whom, it is
alleged, the men who robbed the Beat
tie, Kansas, bank recently, have been
stopping.
Hoerr lives in a small house in the
west part of Wymore, and the officers
claim they have evidence to show that
infested this territory for some time
have been harbored by him. He will
be held until requisition can be OBJ
tanned to take him to. Beattie, Kansas
The officers were notified that some
of the robbers were in Wymore, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Waste no further time on them but
try a scientific preparation. one that
has some Isis in reason and fact, and
then watch results. The remedy for
the intelligent. who are striving for
permanent not temporary results. and
GO not want their intestines nearly
strangled by the average violent ca
thartic, DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin,
which has been on the market for
so many years that its liability Is
assured.
Any druggist will sell you a bottle
It IS a liquid remedy and not a pill
at fifty cents and one dollar, but If
you hesitate about buying. even in
spite of numberless testimonials, then
write DIR. Caldwell for a free sample
bottle, which he will gladly send you
on receipt of your name and address
Thousands of persons have recovered
the perfect use Of their stomach and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

clean; will stop itching and falling
hair. and remove every particle of
dandruff.
It causes the hair to grow because
it is able to penetrate into the roots,
where besides nourishing the hair, it
destroys the dandruff germs. Geo. W.
Stansfield, $50 Kansas avenue, and
druggists everywhere guarantee Pa
risian Sage to do exactly as advertis-
ed, or money back. A large bottle only
costs SO cents, and 1t is a most invig-
Grating and refreshing hair dressing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

was riding across the state on a wager
and he attracted only casual notice.
In the morning he went to hard
ware store and purchased a revolver,
ammunition and a coil of rope. He
then went to the bank, where he COW
cred Cashier Bert O'Brien and four
other men with the weapon After the
safe had eAen opened by the cashier
at Wards Direction, the five men were
marched int a back room and forced
to lie on the floor. The lone bandit
then tied the men and gagged them
with a gunns1 sack.
After footing the vault. Ward walked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
Society News
Many Women Now Doing With.
out False Hair.

Rats and other false paraphernalia
for the upbuilding of woman's thinned
out hair may be necessary, but the
sight is far from pleasing
With care nature can supply to
most women all the hair necessary for
attractive dressing.
Many thousands of women, refined
and educated, have learned that it is
not hard to have, and to keep an
abundance of lustrous hair, if Pari-
sian Sage the hair grower is used
daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

izing that he had a great career ahead
of him, induced him to go east, and
then his real musical education be-
gan. For a few seasons he travelled
with an evangelist as singer and
finally got into opera. Then Oscar
Hammerstein took him up and he has
been singing at Hammerstein's New
York and Philadelphia opera houses
for a few seasons
That, in brief, is the history of Or
vile, Harold, the first Kansas man to
sing in grand opera abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

annual report as commandment of the
army service schools, advises a policy
OF conservative expansion for the
schools. He would have the number of
officers assigned to the school of the
line increased, a quartermasterss train
ing department added to the schools.
and suitable library building erected.
At present there are three schools:
The army school of the line, the army
signal school and the staff college.
An army field engineer school and an
army field service school for medical
officers are to be- established here next
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
A. F. DEXTER,
superintendent of Court House.

superintendent OF court House.
.--..--
If you feel any curiosity to meet A.
F. Dexter he will answer your knock.
He Will tell you, if you press him, the
story of the time when he founded
Clay Center and of the time when he
was the richest citizen in Clay Center.
and of the weary months that followed
the crash of his ventures in 1896, until
his appointment in 1900 to the position
of superintendent of the court house"
1.-THE ingratitude of republics is pro-
verbal But such an indictment can
not be returned against at least one
Kansas county-Clay.
In the year 1862 Alonzo F. Dexter and
his brother, I'm Dexter, with about
900 in gold, which they had taken
from mines in California, came to Kan
sas to establish a town. After some
debate. they selected a stretch of roll
ing prairie near the Republican river
as the site of their future efforts A
surveyor was brought up from Garden
City, Kan, and the town plat made.
Sites for Park, School and Court House
I'VE will be generous and progress
i've" AlonZo Dexter suggested to John,
SO the surveyor was given instructions
to provide wide streets, a 5-acre tract
- Cit park. "a whole block for a
school, and another for a county court
house. Without dispute the brothers
determined to name the town Clay Cen
ter.
The broad streets-one. by the way
named Dexter street.-the city park
the block for the school and the block
for the court house have all been put
to their appointed purposes And the
brothers? John died. Alonzo, en-
Enthusiastically working for his town.
managed to nurse it from prairie to 4
city of 3 $500 people. And meanwhile he
became rich. owning a mill, an electric
light and power plant and several
stores. For a long while A. F. Dexter
was political and business leader of
Clay Center. Then there was a series
of disasters-the dam which supplied
power to the electric light plant was
washed out. the mill burned and IN
1896 A. F. Dexter failed. A year later
he was practically penniless.
County Did Some Donating.
The county built it's new court house
in 1900. without a dissenting vote 1t
was determined to create a place in the
building for the man who had donated
the grounds" The position of super
intendent'' was created with only
nominal duties and a regular salary
from the county. A large room was
fitted up for the combined office AMI
living room, and in that room, since
then the founder of Clay Center has
lived. He is Y years old. without rela-
tives. His time is divided between
reading. doing his homework. which
includes cooking, and receiving Wis
itors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

bowel muscles by first being intro
duced to Syrup of Pepsin in the form
of a free sample bottle, sent direct to
the home. Mr.. J. A. Vernon of Okla
homa City and Mrs. S E. Snyder of
Canton, ILL.,, both used it for stubborn
constipation of many years standing
and now publicly report cures. You
will never find anything better for
constipation, liver trouble. sick head
ache. biliousness, indigestion and sim
liar complaints.
DR.. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase Of his remedy ends his obli-
CATION. He has specialized in stomach,
liver and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the subject free
of charge. All are welcome to write
him. Whether for the medical advice
or the free sample address him Dr.
w B. Caldwell. SAL Caldwell building,
Monticello, III.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
when they reached that place they
were unable to locate them.
Now Has Requisition Papers.

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 16.-Sheriff Sui
livan of Marysville. Kan, reached Lin
coin last night with requisition papers
from Governor Stubs for the return of
Henry Hoerr, charged as being a par
ticipant in the recent bank robbery at
Beattie, Kan Hoerr was captured at
Wymore. Neb., and brought to Lincoln
for safekeeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Since its in
PRODUCTION into
America, Paris
ian Sage has be-
come a prime
favorite W t h
women who de-
s / r e luxuriant
hair that will
not fall out or
turn gray. Used
daily it will keep
the scalp i'm
m a c u / a t e ] y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
MARKss1ANsHIP AWARDS GIVEN
Prizes Earned Last Summer Not Dis
tributed Until Now

LeavenWorth. Kan, Dec. 16.-
Awards for craftsmanship have been
issued to 156 officers and enlisted men
here. There are four classes of
awards-expert rifieman. expert revol
yer shot, sharp shooter and marksman.
The prize for each of these is a
bar, pin or badge. The troops receiv
ing prizes were members of eleven
companies of the Thirteenth infantry.
four troops of the Fifteenth cavalry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
How to Get Rid of Your
COnstipatiOn-TriaI Free

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

and four companies of the Third bat
talon of engineers.
Also the non-commfsSioned staff OF
the Third battalion of engineers is in
Guided in the list The prizes were
earned last summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16
HAS UNIQUE HOME
Founder of Clay Center Lives in
Courthouse There.
For a Long Time He Was a PO-
litical Leader.
THEN CAME REVERSES.
Nal" WhODOnated the Grounds"
Now Has a Place.
Other Items of General Interest
to Kansas Readers.

Clay Center, Kan, Dec 16.-If you
visit the big court house in Clay Cen
ter, Kan, county seat of Clay county,
You will see on the cornerstone of the
building the words, Grounds donated
bv A. F. Dexter" and then if you go
to the second floor at the head of the
stairs you will find this inscription on
a door:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

over to the hardware store. purchased
a rife and a large number of cartridges
and, mounting his horse, rode rapidly
away. In a short time the men in the
bank were discovered by patrons and
were released. Then a posse was form
ed.
FUNSTON WANTS EXPANSION. :
Brigadier General Would Have Policy
at Leavenworfh, Conservative.
Leavenworth, kan. Dec 16.-Briga-
4ek General Frederick Funston in his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-16

Silver Filings Soc
Gold Filings SOC to 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
A Lesson Of Economy

This is an optimistic people.
The residents of North Dakota are
not to be discouraged by a short
crop. Old timers of the state point
to the %hardships of the pioneers of
twenty-five and thirty years ago
and declare that the present gener-
alton does not know anything
about hard times. Wheat fields
with short straw have been cut and
the grain found to yield five to
eight bushels of splendid wheat.
The price is good, and the yield
will be fair in many parts of the
state. Fields that were thought to
be ruined are picking up with late
rains. Farmers are securing the
highways and byways for hay and
are finding it. They are cutting
closer, looking harder and finding
more feed than they thought was
possible. It all shows how we can
waste when we have an abundance
and save when we have a short
crop. We are a wasteful people,
anyway. We farm carelessly. in
many particulars. We do not save
much b~y-product. When hay is
plentiful we cut the best places
and leave the shorter grass go.
We don't look ahead from fat times
to lean ones.
1t is a pretty good lesson that
we get once in q while, when times
grow a little tight, and crops are
short. We learn the lesson of eco
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05

nomy. W. learn to appreciate the
blessings we have had in the way
of abundant crops in the past sew
en- or eight years. We learn the
wisdom of laying by a little some
thing for the future. We learn
the evils Of improvidence.
There has not been much liquid
alton in North Dakota in the past
seven or eight years. The hunger
for land has been great. Farmers
have added to their holdings, and
to their obligations. 1t is natural
to want more of this rich fertile
soil, but it is a question whether it
is not we'll to stop and see the wis
dom of some liquidation-of paying
some of the obligations. and start
ing in with a clean score, deter
mined to farm a quarter section or
a half section we'll than a section
or several sections poorly. There
is a world of food for sensible re-
Election in a period of short crops.
And the best of it is that this is
not necessarily bitter reflection.
For there will be enough in North
Dakota and to spare. But there
will be- nothing to waste. And the
unicker we learn not to waste the
more prosperous we will be.-Bis-
narck Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
Caught a Queer Fish

T.. j. Haugeberg caught a very
peculiar fish in the Missouri last
week. known as an alligator-gar
fish. The skin If this fish is very
tough like the alligator and the
head is long with several sharp
pointed teeth. They are not edi-
BILE and destroy other fish. Mr.
Haugeberg has the one he caught
preserved in alcohol.
Three others of the same de-
scription have been caught by 9TH
er parties. John Fahlgren claims
to have caught one last week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
MAN AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD
Resort Keeper Believed to Have Killed
Physician and Herself.

Pittsburg. Aug. 3.-The police are
fully satisfied that Edna Wallace. a
we'll known resort keeper, shot and
killed Dr.. w. Murray Stuart. a prom.
inent physician, and then committed
suicide after fully connecting the plan
after receipt of the report that Stuart
was to marry a Winchester (Va.) girl.
According to news received here
arrangements had been made for the
wedding and Stuart was preparing to
leave here.
According to the police the position
of the bodies as they were found in
Stuart's bachelor apartments indicates
that the womon had killed him and
then shot herself. Both had been dead
eighteen hours when found.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
Married In MINNEAPOLIS

p demon Wells, a farmer living
near Hensler, and Mrs. Emma L.
S%chiffbauer who for several years
has been a clerk in the Minneap-
oils post office were married this
week at the home Of her mother,
Mrs-M. Pratt of Minneapolis. MIR.
Wells has lived in Oliver county
for several years and is we'll known
to the people Of Washbarn as he
does his trading in this city. Mr..
and Mrs. Wells will reside in
Hensler.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
VIII Go t~o.Lansford

w. 2. Dean, formerly principal
of Washburn schools, has accepted
a position at Lansford, Bottineau
county where they r starting a
new state high school in a new six
room brick school building. just
what Washburn needs. His many
friends regret his leaving here and
know that Lansford is getting a
first rate superintendent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
CANS GOING HOME TO DIE
Former Lightweight Champion Knows
the End is Near.

Prescott, Ariz., Aug. 3.-Joe Cans,
the former lightweight champion, who
has been in this city for months i'll
with consumption, left here for his
home in Baltimore. His physical con-
dition was unchanged. Just before
taking the train Cans said:
II know that I am going to die and
for the time I am growing weaker
day by day. I want to see mother
and the two children in Baltimore be-
fore I die. l did not realize my con-
dition. My last two fights broke down
my constitution and made me an easy
victim for consumption"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
Final Settlement Made

Hans Swadtakken of Ruso was
down to attend the hearing of the
final settlement of Karen M. Berg
which took place Tuesday in the
office Of the county judge,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
Bids Wanted.

Bids will be received by the
district clerk of Victoria school
district for installing a steam heat
ing plant in the town Of Coal Har.
Dor, N. Oak. dimensions will be
with the district clerk and
also with the president of the
board. Contractor will be requir.
ed to furnish bonds. Bids receiv.
ed until September first; board re.
serves the right to reject any Oh
all bids.
Fred H.. Childs, Clerk,
Coal Harbor, N. OAK.
Fred G. Wessner, Pres,
$40 Coal Harbor, N. OAK.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
School Prizes at State Fair

At the recent state fair at Fargo
school work in writing, drawing,
sewing. paper cutting and map
drawing we're submitted by rural
schools of the state. The Judges
this year say it was Of exceptional
ly good order. Cass county made
the best showing and received in
all twenty-nine prizes for the work
displayed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-05
GREAT BATTLE Y
IS PROMISED
Rate Hearing Opens at Chi
cago on Aug. z.
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED

Railroads Will Try to Convince the
Interstate Commerce Commission
That They Are in Need Of a
Marked Advance in Tariffs, While
Shippers Mil Contend That the Car.
riers Are Already Looting the Public.
Washington, Aug. 3.-The opening
of the interstate commerce rate hear.
ing in Chicago Aug. % will be the be.
ginning of M of the greatest com.
mercial battles in history, according
to indications here.
Under the terms of the recently
amended Hepburn act the railroads
are going to try to convince the com
mission that they are in need of a
general and marked advance in freight
rates.
Opposing them will be an army of
shippers and shippers organizations,
~contending that the railroads are
bursting with i'll gotten gains and that
the increase demanded is only another
scheme for looting the public.
One specific charge made by a Chi
cago corporation is that the North.
western railroad is making so much
money that it conceals from the pub.
lie the true volume of it's profits.
Droc;1oot T>oft hoe hoon 1o1pucd
with letters from large and small cor
porations in all parts of the country
imploring him to thwart the latest
move of the railroads. He also has
received voluminous petitions from
railroad employees and resolutions
from railroad mems organizations, let
tiers from railway supply dealers and
from numerous corporations endors'
ing a freight rate advance.
Arguments for an Increase.
The letters to the president advocat'
ing a rate increase submit these argu'
ments:
Increase in the cost of living; in
creased. wages and cost of equipment
warrant increased rates.
The agitation owe railroad de
mands is hurting business and should
be ended by giving roads what they
want.
The arguments enunciated by the
protesting corporations are:
The railroads have been %wallowine
in profits for two decades and theil
increase in earnings more than offsets
any increase in expenses.
A rate advance is needed by the
roads in order to support dividends Oh
an ocean of watered stock and any
general increase allowed will be likely
to precipitate another stock watering
panic of the 1907 brand.
The railroads should be compelled
to open their books and prove that
they need the money.
The alleged increase in expenses is
largely due to grating concessions to
officials within the management OF
the railroad corporations.