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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10
nneI I'M a nrng store.

Monroe, La, Nov. 10.-During a pis-
toll duel in a drug store here today
Charles B. Woflon OF Monroe, solicitor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

President Smith of Kansas Yves
leyan. Salina, has. the build of Abra-
ham Lincoln. He is about six feet anc
six inches tall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

John Macdonald, one of the ex-
presidents of the Kansas state Teach
ers' association and editor of the West
ern School Journal, has been inter
estcd in educational work in Kansas
AZ years He has been a member OF
the state association for nearly Az
wears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

Departmental Work in the Grades"
was the theme for discussion at the
city superitredents' round table Su-
per1tendent Calvin Kendall, of New
Jersey, gave another of his clear-cut,
ringing addresses setting forth clearly
the greater efficiency due to better or
ganization and to division of labor which
permits specialists to teach each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

The Kansas School Magazine, new
paper published in the interest of teach
ers- Will make its appearance from En-
poria January L Among the ccntriru-
tors to the first number are William
Allen White, Norman Triplett, Fiske
Allen Josiah Main, George Z. Myers,
f. B. Mathews and A Morrow Stowe.
1t is being advertised among the teach
ers.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
WASHINGTON.

Six years extension Of time in which
to complete the Alaskan Northern rail.
way was granted in a bill passed by
the Senate
Following the receipt of President
Tafts emphatic veto of the statehood
resolution. final attempt to secure
statehood for New Mexico and Arizona
began in both houses of Congress. His
veto message, denounced the judiciary
recall feature of the Arizona constitu-
ton.
On a basis acceptable to Mr.. Taft,
statehood for New Mexico and Ari.
zona was approved by the Senate
through the passage of the Flood.
Smith resolution presented by Sena.
tor William Alden Smith, chairman
of the committee on territories. The
resolution was adopted. SO to 8.
The House adopted. 2s2 to 81. the
conference report on the campaign
publicity bill. The report already has
been adopted by the Senate and the
measure will go to the President at
| once. 1t requires that all candidates
for the Senate or House in general
elections. primaries or nominating con.
ventions, shall file statements of their
expenses not more than fifteen or less
than ten days before the election or
nominations.
DR.. Harvey Wiley, chief Of the Blu.
reau OF Chemistry, created excitement
before the House investigating com.
mittee when he charged that three
Cabinet officers, sitting as board Of
review, had reversed the governments
ruling in corporation case after the
corporations had offered money to
chemists to indorse its food products.
Unless Congress appropriates $780,
900 more to clear away the mud that
buries the evidence, whether an out
side explosion caused the destruction
of the Maine in Havana harbor In
1898. will for all time remain mys
terry.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Thirty persons were injured, some
seriously, when one of the Big Four's
fastest trains was ditched west Of
Columbus, Ohio.
John Jacob Astor and Miss Made
line Force signed the ante-nuptial
agreement by which he settles $4,000
on his girl-bride.
Schools for Little Mothers are to
be established by the Health Depart
ment of New York to teach girls from
eight to fourteen years old, how to
care for babies.
AS result of defects in mechanism,
two aviators. William r. Badger OF
Pittsburg and ST. Crox Johnstone of
Chicago, both young men, lost their
| lives at the International aviation meet
in Chicago.
Cleveland was chosen as the site for
the next annual convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union at a
session of the convention in San Fran
cisco by a vote of ia to LOG for Hous
ton, Texas.
new high record for the season in New
York with an advance. according to
dealers that boosted prices cents
above those prevailing fortnight ago.
Retail dealers report heavy falling off
in trade. due, they say. to the high
prices.
The National Mine Safety Demon
stration to be held in Pittsburg, Pa,
October 26 and 27, is expected to be
attended by thirty thousand miners
from the different mining states of the
country The demonstration is to be
given under the auspices of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines and will be at
tended by President Taft and Secre-
tary of Interior Fisher.
A new altitude mark for aviators
was set by Oscar A. Brindley at Chi
cago by arising 11,726 feet in Wright
biplane. The worlds record was 1O,761
feet made by NJ. Jordan at Mour-
melon, France, July s, 1911.
Sklmp'ng over the southwest cor.
the sand bills of northern Indiana, Har-
ry N. Atwood of Boston, in his aero.
plane flew the 101 miles from Chicago
to Elkhart, Ind, in hours and II min
utes without stop, thus completing 3S7
miles OF his l.460-mile flight from St.
Louis to New York and Boston
| Gov. John X. Tener of Pennsylvania
effort to arrest the men responsible
for the lynching Of the negro, Zach
Walker, at Coatesville. if those sus-
pected Of completely in the outrage
were not speedily apprehended.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Santa Es Tax Suit,

Denver.-In the Federal Court suits
have been started by the Attchison,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe railway to prevent
the collecting by the County Commits
sioners and other officials Of Otero and
El Paso counties OF alleged exhorbitant
taxes for the year 1910 An injunction Is
asked to restrain the officials of these
counties from in any way interfering
with the railroad in their respective
counties, and an order is prayed that
the 1910 taxes to be paid by the rail-
road shall not exceed $17,675 in Otero
county or $13,916.S2 in Ell Paso county.
In both suits 1t is charged that. by
agreement between the State Board of
Equalization and the assessors Of all
the counties In the state. the railroad
assessments were fixed At one-third
their actual value, and that the total
valuation was pro-rated amOng the
counties through which the railroad
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
WESTERN.

A daughter has been born to Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., at
San Francisco.
Patrick c. Casey was executed ut
Carson City, New. for the murder Of
Mrs. Lucy Heslip of Goldfield just two
years ago.
City and county officials of Durant
Okla, will make an effort TO aprre-
mend and prosecute parties who took
part in the recent negro lynching.
E. E. Hesse, the man who is charged
with numbering his wife and step
daughter and throwing their bodies in
an old well at Tecumseh, Neb., escaped
from the Ogden, Utah, police.
Two persons were killed and four
fatally injured in a tornado in Divide
county, n. D., with indications that
when complete returns are received
from the rural districts, the number
of injured will be increased.
DR.. A. w. McDavit, the dentist who
is alleged to have held Miss Jessie Nc
Donald prisoner in cell-like room ad-
joining his office for fifteen months
in San Bernardino, Cal, was arraigned
on a statutory charge and released
on $1,000 bond.
The Texas Legislature will pass a
resolution calling a constitutional con-
vention to meet on the first Monday
in March, 1913. to draft new consti-
tuition for the state of Texas, so that
statewide prohibition clause may be
included.
In New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming,
Withdrawals were made of land sup
posed to be underlain by coal com
prising 1,443,953 acres, while in Colo
RADIO, Montana, New Mexico, Washing
ton and Wyoming six restorations
were made of coal land comprising
3,0S9,S45 acres.
Officials of the Hartman lines. in
conference with committee repre-
senting the Federated Shop Employees
at San Francisco, E. Z. Calvin, vice
president and general manager OF the
Southern Pacific, informed the COM
mittee that the railroads could make
no concessions in wages.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

+, The Continental Oil Company Uill
erect buildings and tanks At Berthoud.
which place has been made . distribut-
ing point for the towns in that section.
Heavy rains near the headvaters OF
the streams of the state have made
fishing conditions during the last
week less favorable than for some
time.
Charging alienation OF his wife's af-
fections, Frank Wieneke was given
judgment for $4,000 in District Court
against Andrew Pagesser At Cripple
Greek.
Arrangements have been made
whereby Pueblo will be advertised -
manufacturing city by exhibits q
the various county fairs in the south
ern part of the state next fall.
The cloudburst between Colorado
Springs and Monument did about
5000 damage to bridges. railroad
tracks and private property. The
main damage was in Monument Val
ley park.
A suit to recover about $7OO in sal
aries due workmen In Puebio's parks
last fall has been instituted against
the park commissioners by Ben 8er-
german, who bought the accounts Of
mea.
To fall so feet from a scaffold, land.
ing on his head, with a hod of bricks
he had been carrying falling on top
of him and escaping without serious
injury was the experience at Meeker.
of Brown Courtney. hod-carrier.
As the result OF suspension of by.
draulic mining by the Twin Lakes
Placer Company. Ltd. at Cache Peak.
Arkansas river has been purer than
ever at this season for twenty years.
Following the visit of President
Bush Of the Missouri Pacific and 9th.
er officers Of that system to Pueblo,
comes the announcement that this
road is soon to inaugurate q seventeen
hour train between Kansas City ana
Pueblo.
William McFadden. sixty-seven
years old. q wealthy cattle grower and
ranch owner living eight miles west
Of Buena Vista, was found dead under.
meath his buggy. near the Denver 4
Rio Grande crossing. ten miles west
OF that town.
Officers are Of opinion that Harry
Ragsdale. or c. c. Watkins. recently
arrested in Pueblo, is the man who
beat the Windsor bank out OF $3.50 on
Z bogus check
Owing to the prolific blooms Of al.
falfa, sweet clover and clioma. tho
wild bee plant. this the best bee year
in many seasons and the honey crop
promises to be a splendid one.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
FOREIGN.

There is no doubt that Pope Plus
of Rome is convalescent. His holiness
rose early and went to the chapel to
hear mass.
The condition of Pope Plus of Rome,
is almost stationary. but with ten
dency toward slow but gradual i'm.
provement.
From typhoon and tidal wave
which swept over Japan, more than
500 lives were lost and great devasta.
tion ashore resulted
There now appears little hope OF
averting a great railroad strike in
Great Britain. which probably will be
accompanied by general labor revolt
at will have tremendous effect on
the trade of the United Kingdom. All
railroads will fight labor.
Two hundred thousand railway
employees throughout the United King
dom are on strike and traffic every.
where is badly disorganized. The
leaders of the Amalgamated Society
Of Railway Servants declare thai
100000 men. or nearly half the total
employees of the railways of England
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have an
swered their call to stop work. Man
ayers of the railways say these tig
ures are greatly exaggerated.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Mia0e Mention.

aliaoe Mention.
The railroAA station at Independ-
ence has been closed.
The town tax collected at Milliken
has been declared Illegal
John Howe. alderman and promi-
nent citizen Of La Junta. IL dead.
The big Republican banquet ss
Montrose is to be held September >.
The Colorado State Federation Of
Labor will meet next year In Cripple
Creek.
Charles Hsrround. II years old. has
pleaded guilty at Boulder to highway
robbery.
A thorough test Of oil on the streets
of Greeley will be made in the near
future.
Work of remodelinS and rebuild
ing the Bessemer school at Pueblo 10
progressing.
Al Blevins. ~ years old. Of Fort
Lupton. accidentally shot himself. dy.
ing instantly.
Landholders In the Greeley-Poudre
irrigation district will push that pro
ject to . rapid completion.
The commissioners of Montezuma
county have let the contract for the
new County Court house.
The bankers Of the Western slope
will hold their convention in Glen
wood Springs October Z.
1t is reported the Missouri Pacific
will soon establish fast train be-
tween Pueblo and Kansas City.
E. X. Stimson, at one time state en-.
gineer Of Colorado. and also state au.
ditor. died recently in Duke. Okla.
Mike Malone OF Denver and frankie
White OF Chicago will meet in . two
20-round bout at Alamosa Labor day.
NJ. c. Daniels has the record break
ing wheat crop of the Gill section this
year. His field averaged 81 bushels
per acre.
The Beulah auto stage collided with
motorcyclist at Pueblo. injuring
him SO badly that his condition is
alarming.
Denver's postal savings bank will
be opened September 9. Notice to that
effect has been received by Postmas-
ter Sours.
State Bank Commissioner has or
dered the State Bank of Stratton
closed and asked for the appointment
Of . receiver.
The town Of Edgewater has decided
not to build a water plant of its own.
The proposition was defeated by =
vote Of 81 to 80.
A decrease of 100000 in the total
assessed valuation Of property in
Ouray county for the leyying of state
taxes, IL announced.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
FLooo-sMiTH RESOLUTION LET'S
IN NEW MEXICO AND
ARIZONA.
RECALL CLAUSE FIXED
ARIZONA MUST AOA N o ON ".
olclARv RECALL
SGcTioN.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WashingtOn.-Stateh for Arizona
and New Mexico now only awaits the
perfunctory approval Of President
Taft
The Flood-smith resolution admit.
ting these territories to the Union.
with the judiciary recall feature of the
Arizona constitution eliminated to
meet the objection which caused Pres
ident Taft to veto the original state
hood bill. was passed by the House
without the formality of q roll call.
Having been passed by the Senate
In the identical language. the resolu.
tion will go to the White House as
soon as the vice president and speaker
formally attach their signatures to the
measure.
No attempt was made in the House
to pass over the Presidents veto the
original bill. which contained the ju
dicial recall provision.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
SPORT.

The Cleveland Americans have Civ.
en- Denton T. ("Cy') Young, the vet
eran pitcher and grand old nan of
baseball" his unconditional release.
Present indications are that an.
other three weeks Of baseball will
close Oklahoma City's connection
with the Texas league, and that, in
stead, that city will have Western
league berth next season. The Texas
league race closes on September 4,
Labor day.
Sam Langford, of Boston. with an
advantage of about ten pounds in
weight. fought Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien" to standstill in four and
one-half rounds at the Twentieth Cen
tury Club in New York. Referee
White prevented knockout when he
stopped the bout in the middle of the
fifth round. O'Brien was practically
out from the effects of a hard left
hook to the Jaw and had to be helped
to his corner.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Colorado Gets More Land.

Observation-Disclosures Tay.
lor called up the Guggenhelm bill
granting an additional million acres OF
land to the state OF Colorado and Sc
cured the passage of the measure BY
unanimous consent. The bill now
goes to the president for his sigma
ture.
The Guggenheim measure, which
becomes effective as soon as it Is
signed by the president. gives the
state an additional million acres Of
land to be taken up under the Carey
act.
The throwing open of 1,0OO.O0G
more acres Of Colorado land under the
provisions of the Carey act means
much for the state. When this act
which provides for the giving of pub
lie land free to settlers if they pay
the price of putting water on it, went
into effect, 100000 acres to be Sc.
lected from public domain. open fop
entry, in any part of the state, were
placed at the disposal of the State
Land Board to be distributed under
Its provisions. Although only a com
paratively small per cent. of this first
million acres, is now under water, ap-
plicatiOns are on file with the State
Land Board which cover all this land
and about 250.O00 acres in excess.
For this reason state officers were
anxious that Congress should throw
open another 100000 acres.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24

La Junta, Colo. was successful in
the first of the tri-city matches OF
trapshooters for loving cup. The
match, was between La Junta, Dodge
City, Kan, and Pueblo shooters. The
Dodge City men state that they in.
tend to win the cup il it takes all sum.
mer.
Howard Baker of Boulder retained
the welterweight championship of Col.
orado by knocking out Johnny Okeefe
of Denver in the fourteenth round of
scheduled twenty-round fight, be-
fore the Business Mems Athletic Club
in Leadville. The fight was one Of the
best seen in the state for many years
and was witnessed by large crowd
OF fans from Denver and other points
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Great Britain Strike Ends.

LOndon.-When the announcement
was made from the board of trade Of
fices that the railway strike had been
settled and that the men would return
to work Immediately, a great wave of
relief swept over the entire country.
kilograms were quickly dispatched
to all important railroad towns bear
ing the Information and crossed in
transit messages to London describ-
ing strike riots in Llanelly and small
er towns in the kingdom
The cabinet had been working night
and day since the strike was threat
ened, to arrange compromise be-
tween the railway managers and their
employees.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Mountain Movss: County Line Shifted.

Mountain Movss: County Line Shifted.
Meeker.-To 90 to bed in one county
and. on awakening next morning, find
that you have shifted into another,
together with ranch. house. etc. will.
it seems. shortly be the experience of
homesteaders At the base OF moving
mountain" on the government road be-
tween here and Rifle. This mountain,
which seems bent on continually shift.
ing itself. is near the boundary line
of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties.
and as one settler recently remarked: !:
1T waltzes around SO doggone much
| amt never sure which county owe
my taxes TO-"
The mountain first took . notion to
change its location last fall. At that
time it slid about seveny-five feet. and
completely blocked the government
road from Meeker TO Rifle, SO tat a
new road had to be built around it be-
fore the stages and other traffic could
get through.
Since then 1t has drifted SO often
and its movements have been 90 er.
ratio that it has kept people guessing,
and the indignant manger Of the
Msekr-Rifle telephone line ordered
the wires which passed over this
mountain taken down and strung
around 1t in a wide semi-circle.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Anthrax Kills Steeir.

La Junta.-Stock Of J. z. Reynolds
Of Denver. OH his ranch east of here.
has been dying SO rapidly during the
last few weeks that veterinarians
have been dying 10 rapidly during the
last few week that veterinarians
have been summoned to investigate.
DR.. Yard Of Denver and DR.. Stout.
federal veterinarian. have pronounced
the disease anthrax. It 10 similar to
blackleg. except that 1t seems to at
tack the heart. and few minutes aft
er the animal is known to be afflicted
1t dies. The remaining cattle and
hogs on the ranch have been vaccin-
ated and the veterinarians think the
disease has been checked. Four fine
Hereford bulls, so cows and about
$50 hogs have died.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
western Newspaper Union New. Service.
COMING EVENTS.


Aug. 2S.-k. of p. Grand Lodge En-
campment. Canon City.
August 3O-September Fair and
Races. Glenwood Springs.
Aug. 80 to Sept. ANNUAL Confer
ehce n. Z. Church-Colorado springs.
september ia Arkansas valley
Fair. Rocky Ford
Sept. S-s-Hotchkiss FAir-Hotch-
kiss.
september s-s-Yums County Fair
Delta
;. september 1l-is-Frcmont County
Far Canon City.
eeol. lS-3l-Anaual asstiaG Aasoeie
Bodies Of coloradO-Denver.
Sept. 1l-32-Annual meeting order of
Eastern 6tar-Glenwood SprinEs
Sept. z2-23-kniEhts Templar Con
clAve-COloradO Springs.
SSrt. 2S-3O-Ssn Luis Valley Fair
Alamosa.
October I. s. 6 and Ell Paso Coun-
~ Fair-Calhan.
Oct. lA-2l.-Second Annual SHOW.
Colorado Electric Club. Denver
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Beatty Breaks Duration Record.

Chicago.-W. G. Beatty, in a Wright
biplane, beat the worlds record for du-
ration while carrying a passenger.
The former record was made by
Amerigo at Mulhausen. Germany
when he carried a passenger three
hours, 19 minutes. 81 seconds. Beatty
time was hours, AZ minutes, 20 sec.
onds.,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
skslston Of Fivs-Tosd Horse.

Greeley-In the Pawnee butte coun-
try. southeast Of Grover. a great fos-
sill bed has been uncovered by Prof.
II. T. Martin and party Of Kansas uni
versity. The find Of skeleton of the
five-toed horse in that locality. with
other prehistoric specimens. some Of
which cannot be found elsewhere in
the United States. will make the Paw
nee fossil field one of the most ia
nous In the country.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
GEN RAJ.

A lunacy commission for Harry X
Thaw, now confined in the Matteawan
hospital, New York, has been asked by
his wife.
Recall petitions aginst Mayor Geo.
w. Dilling and Councilmen Max War
dali, E. L. Blaine and j. Y. C. Kellogg,
of Seattle. were filed with the city
comptroller by the Citizens Recall As
ISOLATION.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Birds Of . Feather

Birds Of . Feather.
whats the bill for fixing my motor
carr" asked the strange patron.
1T figures up to $110. SIR" replies
the garage man.
"Whew! I'll have to give you q
check. l left all my money in my
drug store"
why. are you = druggist"
"Yes."
"Oh. In that case the bill will be q
dollar and quarter. We fellows
ought to stand together"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24

PNn, ny n6tV69 6te ott0n} ~ ma 90
DO my own work. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured No aftsy
everything else had failed, and I REQ.
ommend It to other suffering women"
-LRs. WV. SEALS COS ". Howard st.,
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands Of unsolicited and genu.
inc testimonials Ike the above prove
the efficiency Of Lydia e. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound. which - made
exclusively from roots and herbG
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills should not lose sight Of
these facts or doubt tho ability Of Lydia
e. Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound to
restore their health.
II you want special aAvioeWrit
% Mrs. Pfnkham, At Lynn Mas.
ohe will treat youf 1ottoP -
strictly eoA1idendal. For 20 yeaFs
she has been helping sick women
In this way, FREQ Of charge. Doa't
hesitate-WE1to At 0nco.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Reciprocity Campaign Issue.

Toronto.-The election campaign
has gained full headway throughout
Ontario. the great industrial province
OF Canada. by the visist of Sir vii.
frid Laurier, the premier, and r. l..
Borden, the opposition leader. On all
sides 1t is now recognized that recip.
rocity is the issue.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
MANY Killed BY Tornado.

Minneapolis.-A terrific windstorm
along the International boundary line
North Dakota blew down houses on
the heads of their inmates and
whipped crops in places into shreds.
Many persons are reported killed and
injured. Damage is heavy on both
sides.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Cole. Springs Charter Valid.

Colorado springs.-After \ thor
ough study Of the state constitution in
its relation to the Colorado Springs
charter, Judge John F. Dillon. Of New
York. considered one Of the gretest.
IL not the greatest American authority
on municipal law. has declared that
the charter of this city is valid.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24

ran. 1t is further charged that in the
case of the Santa Fe. the two coun-
ties named deliberately discriAiaated
against the Santa Fe by making the
assessment higher than that Of any
other railroad.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-24
Hard to Find.

Hard to Find.
Decided where you are going on
your vacation YETI"
mo; can't seem to find the right
spot"
What sort Of place are you look
ing for?"
"A place where my pocketbook can
enjoy vacation as we'll as its own
err