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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
Permits Were Issued for Erec-
ton of 90 Hemes.
This Is a Remarkable Showing
for October.
SMALLTRACTS SELLING
There Is Much Demand for Near
Topeka Property.
Big Money Is Being Made by
Producers Near City.

Although the season of the year
when the building permits are usually
issued in the largest numbers is past
the last week has been record break
er in respect to the permits which have
been written for the erection of new
dwellings. There were twenty of them
and the houses will cost an aggregate
Aof $4,000 in round numbers, or an
average of $4,000 each
The wear has been an unusual one in
regard to the activity along the me
of home building, but It was the con
sensus of opinion among the realty
men that the rush would subside in the
fan months, but there seems to be no
Indication that the building operations
will cease until it becomes absolutely
necessary to suspend work on account
of winter weather. There are many
new dwellings in contemplation
Nearing Million Mark.
D-asrrv SIX. 600 in permits have been
fssued to date this month and that is
an excellent showing for the first hait
Of october. The total figure for the
wear is fast approaching the million
dollar mark.
In the last year or two scores OF
small tracts and farms in the vicinity
of topeka have been purchased for the
purpose of utilizing them for truck
gardening or poultry raising. The re-
suit has been that the price OF TINS
class of property has advanced ma
aerially.
u G. H. Binger, Tenth avenue and Fra
zier street owns four acres of land
which he equipped three years ago for
poultry breeding purposes
He carries from 800 to 500 hens of
the s. c. Buff Orpington variety for
breeding purposes He gets as high
as SIS for Is eggs and has built up a
business that a aggregates IS, 600 or So,
600 a year. He sold $500 worth of
stock for September delivery. He has
won prizes at Topeka, Kansas City,
Omaha, and other poultry shows.
Money in Poultry.
A Mr.. Alley. who lives about a mile
south of the city limits on the Kansas
avenue road, has eight acres on WHICH
he raises poultry and fruit exclusively.
He usually carries about 500 laying
hens and sells his eggs to grocers in
Topeka, getting three cents a dozen
above the market price for the reason
that his eggs are of high grade for
eating purposes. He sells very little
stock. but makes a nice profit-about
SIS mOnth-from the sale of the
eggs.
w. ]. Rickenbacher, secretary of the
Kansas Association of Real Estate
Agents, IS collecting a large amount of
information concerning profitable
crops in Shawnee county, and this in
formation will be put in a neat illus
trated folder which will be distributed
at the great land show which will be
held in Chicago in December. Farmers
and others are requested to send in
statements of the profits they have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

and depreciation. The condition OF
parts of the property, however, calls
for it, and the earning power of the
road justifies it.
The Santa Fe operates over heavy
grades on the lines west of Albuquer-
que and on the coast lines. over the
certain divides the grades run as high
at 2.2 per cent OF course, there is
which has the misfortune to have a
superintendent who does not think
that his division merits certain inn
provement work; but on the Santa Fe,
and especially on the coast lines and
lines west of Albuquerque, operation at
certain times of the year is particular
ly difficult, and the operating officer is
under a particularly heavy strain be-
cause he not only has to handle a
heavy freight business over single track
line with rather heavy grades, but also
has to handle very high class of fast
passenger business, which has estab-
liShed for itself too high reputation
to allow delays. Add to this the fact
that the Santa Fe has not been wholly
successful in its experiments in motive
power and rolling stock repair system,
and the difficulties of operation are
made manifest.
In 1911 the Santa Fe handled 2O,O9O,oO0
tons of freight, with an average haul
of BAT miles per ton. In 1910 the COM
pany handled 1880 900 tons, with an
average haul Of 361 miles per ton. The
average revenue per ton per mile was
1.O2S cents in 1911, and LOIS cents IN
1910. Total freight revenues amount
ed to $71, 79O, 900 in 1911, and to ST., 100,
900 in 1910.
The company carried 141OO.O00 pas
sengers last year, with an average
journey Of 90.45 miles per passenger.
year before the company carried 13,-
CSC, 900 passengers, with an average
journey of 90.45 miles per passenger.
The average revenue per passenger
per mile was 2-144 cents in 1911, and
2.056 cents in 1910. Total passenger
revenue last year amounted to $27,-
100000. as compared with $25,440,00O the
year before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

The increase of 2.6O per cent in pas
senger business, on mileage basis,
was handled with an increase Of AL
per cent in passenger car mileage, and
7.19 per cent in passenger train mileage.
1t appears that the company has i'll
creased its service to the public in ratn-
or greater proportion than the increase
in business. There is very keen COM
ger business, and, while this passen-
ger business yields a high average rev.
enue per mile, it is expensive to han
die. The Santa Fe has to meet the
New Orleans route in winter and the
Rock Island-Southern Pacific compe-
tition and the North Western Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific competition in
both winter and summer. Neverthe-
less, the Atchison's California Limited
often has to be taken through in two,
and sometimes three sections in the
winter months.
The freight business. which decreas-
ed Z63 per cent, on a mileage basis,
was handled with a decrease in freight
car mileage of 1.3O per cent and q
decrease in freight train mileage or
ga Der cent. Car loading was not
quite so heavy in 1911 as in 1910, the
being 1892 tons last year, and 10 Oo
tons the year before. Train loading,
on the other hand. was better in 1911
than in 1910. The average revenue and
tons, as against 389 tons the year be-
fore. OF the total 10000, 900 tons of rev.
enue freight carried, 5,700,000 tons or
% Sc per cent, was furnished by prod
ucts of mines last year. In 1910, of the
total 1885, 900 tons of freight carried
almost exactly the same tonnage was
furnished by products of mines, but
this formed 1928 per cent of the total
tonnage; while. on the other hand,
products of agriculture furnished A.,
100000 tons, or 22.33 per cent of the
total last year. as against 100000 tons,
or 20.6S per cent of the total, the year
before. This increase in the tonnage
Of agricultural products carried reflects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
ROCK ISLAND DIRECTORS MEET.
Three Officers Reelected for Term OF
Threa Years.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. 14.-At the an
nual meeting today of the stockhold-
ers of the Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railway company, Edward S.
Moore, d. G. Reid, Robert Walker and
John J. Mitchell We're reelected d.
rectors for three years. The stock
holders ratified the action of the di-
rectors in authorizing the execution
of a guarantee of the principal and
interest of first mortgage bonds of the
st. Paul and Kansas City Short Line
of the face value of $1O,OO0.0OO. They
also ratified the action of the execu-
tive committee of the board in auth
orizing execution of a guarantee of
the payment of principal and interest
of notes of the Rock Island, Arkan-
sas and Louisiana railroad of the face
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
ALL DOORS MUST BE CLOSED.
Railroads Responsible for Damapes II
Slamming Causes Injuries.

Frankfort, KY, Oct 14.-conduc-
tors and brakemen on passenger trains
operated IN this state should be care
in which the passengers are rfdin@
are kept closed after the station is
called until the train stops. Tho court
OF appeals held that if the doors OF
the coach were left open either after
the name of the station IS called -
after the train starts and the passen-
ger is injured by the door slanmfnr.
the railroad company will be respon-
slble to the injured person for dam
ages The calling of the station Is re-
garded as an indication for the pas
sengers to alight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
Nfadero Cabfnet Is F1orrned.

Mexico City, Oct. 14.-Following is an
authorized statement of the personnel
of Madero's cabinet: Finance, ErnesIo
Madero; fomento, Rafael Hernandez;
instruction, Jesus Flores Magon; war,
General jose Gonzales Salas; foreign
affairs, Francisco L. De la Barn.;
communications, Manuel Ronisla; jus
tice, Jose Nasquez Tagle; interior, jose
Pine Suarez (probably). The appoint
ment of Pine Suarez is the only one re-
garding WHICH Madero is doubtful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
OLDEST CIVIL Wal: VETERAN.

Lynn, Mass, Oct 14-CoIoneI I'd
ward I. Goldsmith, reputed to be the
oldest living veteran OF the civil war
in the New England states, has Just
celebrated his Tooth birthday. He in
a man OF remarkable vitality, which
has enabled him to not only live past
his three score years and ten, but has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
BLACK NECKwEAR ON ERnE.
Employees Must Not Appear on DUTY
With Scarlet Ties

Newburgh. Oct. 14.-Hereafter en-
ployees of the Erie Railroad company
will wear only black neckties. Since
Sunday green, blue and scarlet neck
wear has been banished
The orders were issued by Superin-
tendent r. s. Parsons and apply to
the main line and all branches
superintendent Parsons says the
practice Of employees wearing neck
ties Of any color will be tolerated no
longer Tho new order was not re-
ceived with feelings of pleasure, but Is.
of course. being rigidly lived up to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

aided his complete recovery from a
fracture of two ribs received last
spring. He IS now laid up with an
other accident which his friends hope
Will not be serious. He fell. fracturing
his right hip and suffering bruises
about the face and head. Until the
accident he had made a habit Of
daily constitutional walk of at least
one mile. In 1909 he was appointed
colonel on the STAFF of Commander-in-
Chief William Van SAINT of the c. A.
r., who was then governor OF Mime
sofa. He IS a member of post 5. G.
A. r. Of Lynn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
SATURDAY.

Topeka high school athletics 60 over
to inspect, the inner works OF ST. joe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

amount of s45s.e 800 to be give to the
Little Rock and Hot Springs western
Railroad company for the puroha.o
of 22.6s miles Of railroad ana annnr-
tenant property OF the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
WEDNESDAY.

City fathers meet in convention and
give their views on city management.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
Lightning Burns Ieavenworth Home.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 1.-THE
home of Jacob Wiseman at Richard
son. just south Of the Soldiers Home,
was struck by lightning and was ds-
stroyed by fire. The family had diff
Guilty in escaping, but none was in
jured. A barn nearby also was struck
and burned and several trees wera
shattered. Lightning struck the wires
OF the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany and the telephone companies and
delayed service
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10

aaelon for The uss By the United states
- esstaln Inventions Of his used 10
vl1jlpR 0ssasms. Muiuck hes lettsn o.
natent ONES IN November, 1909, and y
= alleged that the United States useS
Mulock's patent In the manufacture o.
(Duparms without giving him . royalty,
NJ. 0uggsnheim also introduced . bill
10 nay 10 Loren b. sylvester of Monte
vlssa, Colorado, ten thouaand doIIan
= compensation In full for the loss Of
sheep owned by him and ranging In
the Rio Grande national forest, thei'
loss having bsen caused BY the arbi.
tssy and improper acts Of the agents
Of the forest service.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10
TIE Greatest Virtue.

A bad. courageous man has more
inherent capacity for sound citizen.
ship than . good man who h .
craven. A town made up Of fear.
les men, however wild their course,
ID easier to turn into law.abiding
city than Q town Of moralists who
happen to be towards. Civic pride
10 only another name for civic
courage: for no people can ever
h truly proud OF their city II they
fall 10 defend Il from within and
from without. When the people
II ! city. or any section Of the
psople Of Z city. are contented to
i've beneath the thseatening domin.
iba Of feas-auy kind Of fear will
suiRce 5oe a example that do
ninion Will be certain 70 enlarge
IL boundaries and increase its *.
oclions. Coufrout . menace with
de1ancs and, u nine cases out Of
~. 4 shsiaks Into futility; greet
+ u . spirie q sah Weston and e
esips hu9llity ard makes Il captive.
7hGoufoge, q ths maklcy of this
~ q esss; = ~ sGbet 70 attain
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10
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The news Of the world 10 handled In \
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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10

to ! full and ripe realization Of civic
Consciousness; let 20. above all
cehey virtuss. pray Heaven for this
virue of established courage
Dsuves Times.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10

The man who h always kicking
ab out bis home town, we are ready to
bet our last dollar, has not = paling on
the fence of his back yard 10 kick of 10
IN AXE kindling wood.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10
Friday. February 10. 1911.
pstsssos viii IL istsmperats.

The American nation 10 distin-
ruished from all others In nothing
70 much as Its moderation. its
pstience with the 'erring. its cod.
ding Of the lawbreaker and its
tempering Of justice with mercy.
President Taft, In pardoning the
editor Of a paper notorious for its
appeals to passion, has but revealed
the heart Of nation which forgives
nothing more readily than assaults
upon its own integrity.
This pity for the crring, this
tendency to be kind and gentle
with those citizens who cannot see
and cannot understand the true
purposes and aims Of the nation, Is
one Of the strongest attributes OF
our courts, our police officers, our
peusl system. Our criminal laws
are 20 slackly enforced, are planned
1t best to give the breaker thereof
20 much the best Of II; we are 50
fond Of organizing and 50 liberal in
supporting societies and organiza.
tions to look after the well-being OF
the inmates OF our prisons, care for
them, defend them, increase their
liberties while they are there. and
gentle them 30 handsomely when
they are released, almost II would
seem that we hate as q people
nothing 20 much rs the necessity
to punish one who has violated our
laws.
The Judge who sentences also
valves the punishment a. often as
be insists upon Il; the board OF
pardous II o. important in our
governmental scheme - the board
Of prison commissioners; what We
ipnict with one hand We salve with
The other. A court Furnishes .
group Of lawbreakers for interfering
With the process Of law. and We
see nothing amiss when an army Of
men Who know little and care less
about the justice Of the action. pa
rade through the streets IN . con-
certed move to discredit and intim-
idate the courts. What. then,
more natural than that the presi-
dent Of the nation. in prompting
Of pity for the small intelligence Of
one who would commit . crime
against national honor and intcg.
rity, should waive the sentence and
show mercyf
The luminous example of meek.
ness which broke upon the world
from Calilee taught that this very
principle of being patient and kind
with the erring. Of meeting anger
with kindness. q wrong with q good
deed. . blow with submission. was
the one which would in time over.
come the evils which grow out of
human passion. Nineteen centu-
ries have spread that gospel
throughout the world, and today
we end Il embodied in q national
concept and prevalent In the hearts
Of more than ninety millions Of
people. And the world Ii getting
better. society IL being less sinned
against. Often q we may be
shocked and Grieved by crime. yet
Il II true that the leven Of kind
meas 10 working. There are fewer
surrendering to criminal instincts
than ever before since man began
TO evolve out Of savagery. The
world 10 by no means perfect, but
Il ID getting better every day
n,mssev Rsrssktir
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

SEATTLE, Feb. 5.-Mayos Hiram 9.
Olil, sho was slscted lass March, was
sssallsd es1ay lps alleged missooduee
b enss ~ . plusallty whlsh b ~
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10

Washington, Feb. S.-Simon Gug-
genheim today introduced . bill ap-
propriatins one-half million dollan to
Paul Mulock Of Leadville, Colorado,
to be In full satisfaction aud compen.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-10

mated q 1000 The votes u womsn
Who wess Fscsntly ensranehissd y
largely responsible for the Vssslt.
George DIlling was elected mayor over
gill and Will serve out the unexplrsd
term. Il was alleged that Mayor Oill
sud Chisf 81 Polics Wappsnstsin fasns-
"a out vios privslssss N syndicsis
from whom they resolved . large POT.
tl0n " the profits. The trouble stastsd
= soon - Mayor OH appointed wap-
psnstsln, who had been removed from
the polIcs department In both Clncln-
natl aud Seattle.
New York, Feb. 7.-Daybreak found
New York city clad In . thrss-inch
blanket of snow, the gift Of the mid.
winter storm which he'd been advanc.
Ing from the Minlasippi valley the
last two days. During the greatest
part Of the night the wind was very
high, with . velocity ct twenty-five
miles an hour, while the mercury drop
ped to . point twenty degrees below
freesIng. The weather man prophesies
more snow and . lower Temperature
before tonight. One death, due to the
storm, h reported and the police have
record Of thirty persons injured By
falls or taken To hospitals suffering
from exposure. The dead man ID
Frederick Luping, who perIshed Of ex.
posture In the ambulance - he was
being taken to hospital.
Amherst, N. H., Feb. 3.-The cen.
tennary Of the birth Of Horace Greeley,
the widely known editor Of half cen.
tury ago aud founder Of the New York
Tribune, was celebrated In this city,
his birthplace, today. The staid old
town Of Amherst made much Of the
occasion and welconeda host Of guests
who participated In the memorial ex.
ercises and made pilgrimage to the
rough, implanted farm house, still
standing In the middle Of rocky nelds.
In the eastern part Of town, where
Greeley first saw light aud passed BID
fint ten years. The house 10 today
unchanged and was reputed In bis day
70 have been the den Of gang Of revo-
lutiouary counterfeiters. Exercises
were held In the town hall. Many
newspaper editors and writers from,
various parts Of the country were pres
ent and they contributed largely to
the program Of celebration,
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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-09-08

iciCS, every discovery of science
which pertains to agriculture or
horticulture, and, at tine same
time by virtue of all of these, hC
not only is able To- increase tie
range and quantity of his pro.
duction~. bat his land is also in.
crcaSing in value all the time.
The ownership of land is safe.
1t is better than government
bonds, and the rC.urns are not
only aS sure but much larger.
The landowner is untroublcd by
rent. or worry aS 10 where hc
may live next year. He is sure
of his job. He is Il sovereign.
The problems that vcX the pro.
rCSSiOnal class, the tradcsman or
the artisan, may surge up To the
very borders of his domain; the
angry roar of oppressed millions
may strike upon his ear; but
within the charmed area known
as his farm" hc stands secure,
II is an island of refuge amid u
sea of discomfort. The La W
guards its entrm e from all hos
tile approach, and within Nature
graciouSly supplies all his needs.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1911-09-08
Ell PasOans Like Columbus.

Never Il week goes by but finds
some citizen of I'll PaSo taking mp
Il homestead in the lower Min.
breS Valley. This week the fol-
lowing persons obtained Local
tionS: Miss Helen G.. Cook, Fred
NJ. Bagec, \. l.. Wheaton, VIM,
Schocnradt, Howard OaIics, W.
Il. Stevens and w. \. Bragg
Without an exception they are
all very enthusiastic regarding
the future of this section, and
are planning the Improvement of
their recently acquired tracts
Just aS soon as possible.