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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Chairman Underwood of the house
ways and means committee says that If
the new cotton tariff bill became a
law it would save the consumers $2O9,-
OOO,O a year. Prorated among 90
OOO,0 900 people this would mean a saw
ing to each of them of a trifie over 81,
or IS or $40 per family. Well, every
little bit helps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Francis J. Heney of San Franciscan
graft prosecution fame. is making the
rounds of the Kansas chautauquas. He
says that the people of kansas are
wide awake. Mr.. Heney is a gentle
man of discernment. And one evidence
of their wakefulness is to be found in
the fact that the wrong kind of chau-
tauquas are not as numerous in Kan
sas as they were a few years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Out of the fullness of his wisdom
Attorney General Dawson has ruled
that a person may own a maidstone
but that such an agency can not he
used as an antidote for the bites IF
mad dogs. This ought to put the mad
stone trust in Kansas out of business.
For what value is a maidstone if it
can not be used ,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Maybe this move of the Aero Club
of America to prohibit aviators from
making flights over cities on the avow-
ed ground that the practice is danger
Gus, is also another Interior swipe at
the poor old consumers. They won't
be able to see any aeroplane flights
unless they pay the admission fee to
the aviation parks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Russia has issued an ultimatum that
there can be no fighting in Persia
within twenty miles of Teheran. the
capital city of that land. Why does
Russia permit any fighting at all? Gar
Nicholas was one of the first mighty
rulers to express himself as favorable
to the universal peace movement. Most
folk had an idea he was fooIing. but
he has fine chance now to show that
ne wasn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

All grades of refined sugar have
been advanced another ten cents per
hundred pounds. Evidently the sugar
trust sees the handwriting on the wall,
and it is bent on gathering in the
shekels while there is yet time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Cheer up, YOU pessimists on the out
look for Kansas crops. All is not lost
by any means. There is sure to be
bumper crop of walnuts this fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

The Chicago Record Herald refuses
10 believe that the man who went over
Niagara Falls in a barrel could drop
1000 feet from an aeroplane and
escape death. even if he used barrel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

There is no need to worry that
pellagra will get much of 11othold
IN Kansas. even though two cases Of
this disease have developed at Oswego.
Doc Crumbine is personally on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

That's an excellent move which mas
been made by the city health authori-
moving from the smallpox infected
district to other parts Of the city. Only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Last-day- infant prodigies
should substitute the above for that
moss grown squib about Washington
being a great man-but here is a great
er-with business of producing the fam
lily horseradish reducer, washed for the
occasion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

About the only thing that can be
said against the old-fashioned home
loving woman is, that she is too eff
Terminate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Love of money may be the root Of all
evil, but love of baseball produces a
rooter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

POPCORN. N. n.-Kansas synonym
for Nothing Much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

And with the average he-juror. the
testimony of a suffragette in the above
case is popcorn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

To the fool question: What becomes
Of the pins?" one might be justified in
answering that they are being used by
Lost Charley Ross, the Blenders, Ping
Pong and Leon Ling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

The newest. biggest ship, Imperator,
VIII 40 away with seasickness, there
sport, outside of penny ante. this de-
partment ever got out of a sea voyage.
Watching the big husky boobs who be-
gin by monopolizing the dining room.
and then follow by feeding the Ash, is
the favorite salt water sport of an ex-
perienced sailor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

HOPE is a gamblers chance that
something will turn up to save you
from getting what is really coming to
you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

ICES drunk with love-" is what they
Eaid,
And Cupid holds the cup"
His souse continued till he wed
AND THEN HE SOBERED UP!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

CONGRATS. ART: (vD.
Ande of Hinge Arthur, none didde
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

The ruling against madstones is an
other state political outrage. Since
dogs were invented. the maidstone has
been an asset to at least one citizen
of every senatorial district, and Its use,
and the advertising advantages Incl
dent thereto, the constitutional right OF
every dog-bitten citizen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

The lives of county attorneys oft
remind US that some miserable repor-
ter is liable to kick the snoring out
from under their get-rich-q quick
schemes without previous notice. Gre
ferring. of course, to a front page
story in the Saturday issue.)
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

Johnnie jake Aston started at 81
and board per week. Youthful aspir-
ants to wealth viii kindly note the
word started"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31

(BecaWse 'twere sure toe bringe
Untoe the Headsmanne ginke q taske
AS sure as annythinge.)
'Is't for thy needs a pentye hotter"
They asked lite notte, in Camelot!
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
WESTERN

A bill making the sale Of cigarettes
in Utah a misdemeanor was disap'
proved by Governor Spry.
The Iowa Senate at the close OF an
exciting debate. defeated the resolu'
ton for women suffrage by vote Of
81 to 81.
Officers Of the State Militia. who
are to Join the army in Texas. are
not to report to the instruction camps
before April lst.
After swallowing poison and cutting
forty, leaped from the top OF the
eleven-story Story building in Los
Angeles.
Guilty of murder In the first de-
gree, with the punishment fixed at
death by the jury, was the verdict re-
turned in the West Side Court at Den.
yer in the case of Lewis Wechter who
shot and killed W. Clifford Burrowes
on February 18th. last.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has forwarded check for $170 to the
general Chinese relief fund. The
check brings the total Denver contri-
buttons toward helping the starving
Chinese forwarded through the Cham
ber of Commerce up to $685..
Upon receipt of the news from Al
pine that Mexican marauders had
crossed the border near Chisos and
driven away cattle, General Duncan OF
the Department of Texas ordered a
trop of the Fourth cavalry in FL Paso
and a troop of the Third in Marathan.
to Alpine.
The troops, transports and naval
vessels, assembled at Galveston, are
ready to move. They could get away
in an incredibly short time II neces'
sary. At Fort Crockett the thirty
six companies of coast artillery are
being transformed into infantry or
ganizations.
That he has found a solution OF the
thrips problem is the belief of County
Horticulturist Earl l.. Morris. of San
Jose, Calf. A lime-carbolic spray
used during the last few weeks has
killed all thrips in orchards where 1t
was applied and has not injured the
buds, SO far as observed up to this
| time.
The reports from new oil field
twenty miles north Of Denver where
the Coal Creek Oil G Gas Company
is operating show that the first we'll
which is down about 1000 feet. is max
ing considerable gas. The odor Of oil
can also be distinguished and as the
baler is brought to the surface ant
dumped, the gas bubbles breaking
shoot out stringers Of oil.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
SPORT.

Gym Henry. the Texas sprinter, will
be member Of the olympic team that
goes to Sweden In 1912.
Roy Toliver of Fort Collins defeated
Frank Brown. champion of Wyoming.
In two straight falls of three minutes
each In Cheyenne.
Frank Gotch, worlds champion
wrestler, threw Fred Beell of Wis.
consin twice in a good finish match
at Wichita. Kan.
George Hackenschmidt, the Rus
sian lion." will sail for England MarcE
90. after a farewell handicap match at
Hoboken. the night of the 2Sth.
After a gruelling fight for twelve
rounds. Hugo Kelly of Chicago. claim
ant for the middle-weight title. won
over Bill McKinnon of Boston. in the
latter city.
Frank Gotch easily won a handicap
wrestling match at Topeka. from
Charles Peters OF Council Bluffs and
James Asbell OF Kansas City. Mo. He
threw Peters in twelve minutes and
Asbell In sixteen minutes, both were
half nelson's.
While endeavoring to score in a
practice game at Hot Springs, Sever.
old, OF the Cincinnati Nationals, ran
into Catcher T. Clark of the second
team, with the result that Clark is in
a hospital. suffering with concussion
of the brain.
Announcement has been made that
Abe Attell, featherweight champion
pugilist, and Johnny Coulon. holder Of
the bantamweight title, would meet
in New Orleans on April 9th in a
twenty-five round bout. The con.
ditions call for 116 pounds, ringside.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
Minor Mention.


Nate r. Car. a pioneer of Aspen, is
dead.
Kersey will soon have an up.todate
lie plant.
Mrs. Mary Hall. a pioneer OF Wind.
sor is dead.
Albert l.. Feiss committed suicide
in Boulder recently.
John Washer, a pioneer OF Ault. is
dead. aged 7s years.
Trinidad is likely to have a new
hank within the next few weeks.
Hon. l.. H. Dickson was found dead
in bed at his home in Longmont.-
Lee Lockwell, a resident Of George.
town for thirty.five years, is dead.
The district attorney says gambling
must be stopped In Cripple Creek.
Mrs. Lizzie Oliver OF Denver has
been fined for beating her husband.
The Colorado Postmaster's conven-
ton will be held In Denver May 18th.
A large number of convicts have
been put to work OH the road north OF
Pueblo.
Charles Pearson. aged 40. committed
suicide near La Junta. by hanging him
self to a tree.
From the present outlook the fall
wheat crops In Colorado will be the
best in years.
So far as known Ault has the only
boys band in the county. 1t was or
ganized recently.
II. X. Mcclure was found dead in
his cabin In South Cripple Creek by
neighbors, recently.
The School Of Agriculture at Fort
Collins will soon close with four in
its graduating class.
1t is not generally known that there
is an artesian well being drilled with
in four miles Of Salida.
Havoc has been wrought by the ap.
pearance Of harem skirt In the win
dow of store in Greeley.
Former Congressman Franklin z.
Brooks Of Colorado Springs has been
operated on for appendicitis.
The City Council of Cripple Creek
city salary list about $4,000 a year.
The formal dedication OF the PioB-
eer monument at Denver. probably
will take place Wednesday,. April 9Th.
The Grand Junction Chamber OF
Commerce Is preparing to petition the
census bureau Tor a recount of that
city.
The milk receipts at the Johntowp
condensed milk factory are now aver.
aging better than II. 900 pounds daily
and rapidly increasing.
A movement has been started to
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
El0N.

Russia is OH the point of addressing
to China an ultimation. fixing a date
for entire satisfaction Of her de.
mands.
Chinas reply to the Russian ultima.
tum dealing with the treaty of 1881
has been delivered at st. Petersburg
1t complies with Russia's demands.
Admiral Togo, who won the great
naval battle Of Tsushima, writes that
he will tour the United States after
acting as one Of Japan's representa-.
tives Of the coronation Of King George.
, The Diaz cabinet has resigned.
Following a meeting Of that body,
every minister rendered his res.
ignation to Gen. Diaz. None of the
designations has been accepted bu.
on excellent authority 1t Is said that
but two of them-possibly not more
than one other-will be asked to re.
tain his portfolio.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED.

The Mexican situation has cleared
considerably at Washington. The at.
titude of the United States government
has been made plain and there need
no longer be any doubt. 1t was said by
administration officials. regarding the
Presidents policy. Mr.. Taft has an.
nounced he will do everything possible
to maintain friendly relations between
this country and Mexico. Any rupture
must come as the result of some over:
act on Mexican soil.
The annual pamphlet report of the
United States steel corporation for
the year ending December 81.
1910, shows volume OF business done
by all the subsidiary companies of
$7Q3,961. .42i, compared with $646.3S2,
251 in 1909. Expenditures for its main
subsidiary included about $16,OOO.OOO
for the Gary plant, about $3.9OO.OOO for
the Tennessee Coal & Iron properties
and for all other properties a total Of
s33 100000. making a grand total of ex-
penditures for additional property ex-
tensions, construction and develop
ment at mines of approximately $685.
ployes in the service Of the corpora
ton and the subsidiaries in 1910 was
218,435, an increase compared with
the previous year Of 22.935. The ag-
rrh for h.
$174,955, ,139. an increase of $23,
291. LAS. or 1913 per cent.
Before deciding upon location for
the headquarters of the proposed new
railway mail service division, which is
to be composed Of the states of Ne.
braska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
the postmaster general will hear rep.
resentatives of the cities competing
for the place, Denver, Omaha. Chey.
enne and Salt Lake. The interests Of
the postal service will be given consid.
Grafton over the ambitions of the sew.
eral cities.
March promises to make q better
showing than February did in govern.
ment finances. Receipts from all
sources are keeping pace with Febru.
ary and the expenditures have been
fully 100000 less, in spite of the
fact that advances to the army to date
are 100000 more than last month
Disappointment was manifest when
the Supreme Court of the United
State adjourned for two weeks with
out announcing its decision in eithe,
the Standard Oil or the Tobacco Cor
poration dissolution suits.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
GENE RAJ.

Miss Marie Schmaltz of Detroit is
possessor OF the first harem skirt to
make its appearance in southern
Michigan.
The strike against the Adams Ex-
press Company In New York. which
directly affected the Wells-Fargo Com
pany has ended.
From Paris comes news that rlying
Fox, the great race horse Edmond
Blanc purchased some years ago for
$2O0.OOO. is dead.
The club house and outbuildings OF
the Hyde Park Country Club. a promi-
nent golf organization Of Cincinnati,
burned. Loss $4,000.
Safe-blowers set off five charges
OF dynamite in the Bank OF Curryville,
Mo-, wrecked the building and safe,
and escaped with $4,000.
State Senator John Broderick was
canon county. Illinois. Circuit Court,
on charge of bribery. The jury was
out twenty minutes.
A dynamite bomb partially wrecked
a storehouse OF the Chicago Telephone
Company and caused panic among
seventy.five non-union linemen. who
were asleep in the building.
Judge Carpenter In the United
States District Court In Chicago, in
refusing to quash indictments against
ten Chicago packers placed limit on
the freedom from liability granted the
packers In the Immunity bath" given
by Judge Humphrey In 1906.
Fourteen hundred telegraphers in
the employ of the Illinois Central rail-
road between Chicago and New Or
leans threaten to strike as the result
of refusal to grant 25 per cent
increase with thirty cents an hour for
overtime.
Jackson Titterton. aged "A. the larg-
est man in central Illinois. died at his
home in Alsey, I'll. Mr. Titterton
weighed $50 pounds and measured
thirty.six inches from shoulder to
shoulder. He required special bed.
The sudden collapse of the Hon.
duras National railroad with its
promise OF dividends of 100 per cent
year has left scores of small invest.
ors. chiefly Methodist ministers and
churchmen in America, minus an even
$1,OO0.O0O.
| That more than thirty men have
been killed and many of them are
buried beside the railroad tracks Ia
the report received from a prominent
citizen Of Somerset, Ky, the center oi
the strike district on the Cincinnati
New Orleans G Texas Pacific rail
way, between Lexington and Chatta
nooga.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
Organize Corn Club.

Colorado Springs.-Thee good re-
suits following the recent trip of the
Dry Farming special over the Rock
Island lines In the eastern part OF
the state are already manifesting
themselves. Following the suggestion
of II. NJ. Cottrell. the Rock Island ag
ricultural specialist. a corn club is to
be organized at Yodcr. The club will
make an exhibit of corn at the Dry
Farming Congress to be held here
next October. Each farmer In the
club has promised to set aside an
acre of his best land and will plant
corn OH this. Any method Of culture
can be used. and cash prizes will be
offered by the club for the best corn.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
service has undertaken the expert
ment and will shortly begin setting
out large number tof trees at the
institution.
Move to Plant Trout,

Denver.-Requisition have been
made by the supervisors Of twenty OF
the national forests within the Second
United States forestry district, with
headquarters In this city. for 10000.
900 trout fry. Efforts Of the state to
restock high altitude streams and
lakes will be greatly enhanced by the
cooperation of the forestry officials
Some OF the Colorado lakes and
streams deep enough SO as not to
freeze through entirely in winter and
shallow enough in places to protect
the young fish are suitable for spawn
ing stations from which fry may be
secured to replenish other streams.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31

Only an optimist enjoys being
fooled II he knows 1t.
How we delight to see loafer get
his tire punctured!
The more money you have. the
more things will come your way.
A man admires a modest girl al
most as doesn't the other brand.
Believe only half you hear-then
proceed to forget two-thirds Of that.
All men are born honest, but It re-
quires constant practice to keep that
way.
girl may not enjoy flirting unless
she knows it makes some other girl
miserable.
MANY woman who claims credit
for her husbands success In reality
acted as q Handicapped.
We are unable to recall the names
of any of our acquaintances who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
. Mark Antony: Il didn't know 1t was
SO late, Cleo. I must be going"
Some men would be brighter II they
were to reflect more and some would
reflect more II they we're brighter.
No. Cordelia, an office seeker Isn't
q man who runs for postoffice In
order to mail his wife's letter to her
mother.-Chicago News.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
Novel Irrigation Project.

Greeley.-One Of the most novel as
well as economical and feasible irri.
cation projects. 1t is said. by which
10000 acres In the vicinity of Grover
will be irrigated. will be carried out
II negotiations pending are completed
for the purchase Of the plant OF the
Home Gas & Electric Company here.
by Grover men. They plan to move
the plant to land In the vicinity OF
Grover and use 1t to lift water from
underground streams for the land. 1t
Is proposed to form an irrigation dis.
trict and bond 1t for s. an acre, which
will pay for and install the plant.
There are thirty gasoline engines used
In the Grover district for pumping.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

have residents Of the Arkansas valley
buy only products manufactured in
that section. when possible.
Diamond rings and watch valued
at $40O were overlooked by burglars
who entered the home Of W. c. Blanch.
ard at Eaton and secured $50.
The Poudre Valley Anniversary As.
ISOLATION OF the Odd Fellows will meet
this year In Denver on April 26th, be-
ing guests OF the Denver lodges.
Employment for every available man
by resumption OF work on the Den
yer Reservoir & Irrigation project.
The Denver & Rio Grande is pre-
pairing to advertise Colorado Springs
and Colorado generally by the distri-
button Of 100000 pieces Of literature.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
Is planning to resume train service
locally between Breckenridge and
Como In the near future. possibly Ap-
ril 1st.
A threatened strike OF the engi-
neers Of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad has been settled by the in
tervention of Charles P. .Neill. fed
eral commissioner of labor.
The economy streak Of Uncle Sam
has reached Denver. Orders are out
for reduction in the cost OF MAIN
tanning the office Of the surveyor gen.
eral.
The Consolidated Ditch Companies
are preparing to make a hard fight
against the transfer Of thirty-six feet
of water from the Duggan to the Bur-
lington ditch at Fort Lupton.
Alleged to have swindled a Denver
man, Albert c. Jahl Is under arrest in
Fort Worth. Texas. and will be
brought back to Denver for trial on
the charge OF obtaining money under
false pretenses.
To meet the wishes of the Colorado
Pioneers Society the dedication Of
the Pioneer monument in Denver is
again postponed. Instead OF being
held April 5th the ceremonies will
take place June cath.
With Johnny O'Keefe on the verge
of being knocked out, Red" Gala
CHER. the referee. stopped the boxing
contest between O'Keefe and Jimmy
Gardner. OF Lowell. Mass. toward the
end OF the sixth round In Denver.
Harry Bane. an alleged black
hand" operator was arrested at Ouray
on the charge Of attempted extortion
upon couple OF his countrymen OF
that city.
A special train containing three
hundred babies less than two years
old. will be sent to Denver from the
Catholic hospital and orphanages Of
New York.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31

Keep an eye on the man who tries
to flatter you. ..
More people have the gift Of gah
than the gift Of silence.
Don't go too fast, young man. even
II the road is smooth.
II man has a bad reputation. It's
easy for him to live down to It.
The essentials to domestic strife are
q fussy husband and q nagging wife.
It makes a mother mad II her sons
wife Is deeper in the social swim than
herself.
While a steel band may be stronger
than brass band. the latter Is more
successful in holding a crowd.-Cht.
cago News.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
Boy Shoots poa Catcher.

Pueblo. - Matt George. city dog
catcher. shot by small boy whose
dog he was running after. was taken
to st. Mary's hospital In serious con-
dition. The bullet entered Georges
foot and carried with 1t. 1t is be.
lieved. a brass eyelet from his shoe.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31

Mrs. Graham E. Babcock Of Colo.
RADIO Springs. will soon receive a
share Of the estate OF her father.
George s. Myers. the st. Louis to-.
bacco magnate who died In California.
The estate has been appraised at
$i,365,5S3.4S. -. =.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31
Double Track Finished Soon.

Pueblo.-Within five months traf-
fic will be started over the new dou-
BILE track between Pueblo and Walsen-
burg, being constructed by the Den.
yer & Rio Grande and Colorado South
ern railways. This is four months
sooner than the contracts call for.
The Ordway new era., 1911-03-31

Victoria. - The British Columbia
Shipping Company's little wooden
steamer Sechelt, built for passenger
service on an inland lake, turned tur
tie in a furious gale off Beechey
Head, Vancouver Island. and went
down with all on board-twenty.two
passengers and the crew of four men