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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
Uncle Sam Can't Exclude the Chinese

M ORE Chinese are entering the
AVA United States today than ever be-
fore since the passage of the Chinese
exclusion act, according to the report
of Commissioner General OF Immigra-
ton Keefe, to be submitted to Secre-
taSy Nagel of the department of COM
merce and labor. The business of
smuggling Cinnamon into this country
has been growing in spite of the in
creased efforts of inspectors Most of
the Celestials are coming across the
Canadian border Last year 5000 en-
tered the Dominion, but 1t is estimated
only a small proportion remained
there. In the past five years immi-
grafton has been on a steady increase
and yet only $4,000 Celestials are re-
ported as living in Canada The
others have been smuggled across the
American border
Mr.. Keefe viii advise Secretary
Nagel that the only way to handle the
Chinese situation is to register all
Celestials now in this country, ire
spective of the manner of their en-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
HAS A STEADY GRAF |
SMALL BOY TOOK PICTURE OF
SISTER IN WORK RIG.
Now She Has to Pay Him rs Cent?
for Print Each Time Her Best
Beau Is to Call, and
Youth Reioices-

Perhaps the orneriest, meanest
small boy extant lives in New York
This boys sister, who is of marriage
able age. gave him a cheap camera for
his birthday recently. The boy used
his camera for legitimate purposes for
few days, but that way of using the
machine finally palled upon him and
he thought up a scheme.
He waited until his sister got her
self rugged out for her share of the
work In the weekly housekeeping
Then, unbeknownst to her, he took
fullIength snapshot of her just as
she was The young woman is pretty
and decidedly winsome looking. but
this negatives tai zen of her by her
small brother, shows her standing
with a broom in her hand, clad in a
loose, voluminous, ornate calico wrap
per. with a towel tied around her
head and with her curl-papered hair,
giving her the appearance of a beetle
The boy developed the negative and
made print of it. When he showed
it to his sister she thought it was
rather funny, not suspecting the
edge" which the negative gave the
small boy over her.
Z Hes a-comin' tonight, amt he?"
said the small boy after showing his
sister the print.
He? Who? Mind your own BUSH
ness, kidd" said the sister after the
manner of sisters thus addressed by
younger brothers in such connections
Hes a-comin' tonight" repeated
| the small boy. How much do you
give me for the picture of you?"
Then she saw the connection.
Why, you little incorrigible!" she
said, what do you"
Gimme quarter and L won't show
| it to him. said the boy in business
like tone. :
And he stood pat. Expostulatfons
and pleadings didn't 60 He held out
| for his terms, which were 25 cents,
| payable in advance, no more, no less
She promptly tore it up and put it
| IN the fire. But the boy still had the
negative hidden away, and on the very
| next occasion when his sisters young
man was due to call in the evening he
| sprang another print from the mega
| tive upon her. He got another quar-
| ter for the surrender of this print, too.
He knows a good thing when he
haS got it, does this extraordinarily
mean, small boy, and he has been
| flashing one of the prints from the
negative upon his sister every night
upon which her maybe youth is due
| for a visit. She has offered him 81
| for the negative, but the boy prefers
| to draw interest instead of sacrificing
his principal, and he retains posses
sion of the negative up to the hour
of going to press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
Cure That Failed.

The story recently published in a
southern newspaper, to the effect that
an ignorant negress had given her
little girl a mixture of dogs blood
and powdered bone to cure her of a
fever, recalls an Indian prescription
contained in an old volume entitled
Primitive Superstitions-" IS
An Indian had been desperately
hurt in fight with a grizzly bear,
and the medicine man prescribed a
mixture of rattlesnakes' heads, worn
out moccasins and chewing tobacco,
seasoned with pepper and bears
grease, of which the patient was to
drink pint every half hour. He
was brave man." says the story,
but he died with the utmost expedi-
ton The members of the tribe
agreed that the remedy was faultIess.
and that death was due to the fact
that the medicine man had failed to
order that it should be administered
to the accompaniment of a dance and
q yell
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
HIS NICKEL WELL INVESTED
Workers Bachelor Once Helped \
Newsboy and Reaped His Reward
Mine Years Later.

Excuse me, mister" said a boy OF
about fifteen years to a man at
Yonkers street corner, "but I've lost
my money and 1 can't buy my papers.
If 1 had a nickel could get a start
and make SO cents before bedtime
Although the boys clothing was
soiled and tattered, his bright eyes
and regular features made good inn
preston on the observant middle aged
bachelor. But he was skeptical-
IF 1 give you a Nickel" said he.
you'd only spend it, probably in
foolish way. I've had experience with
boys"
I'll spend it all right, mister. but
the money would go for papers,
The man gave the boy a nickel
Now, I'm only lending you FIVE
cents" was his warning as the boy
hurried away.
"All right boss" CREDIT the boy. I'll
give it back to you tomorrow on this
corner at six o'clock
I'll be here" said the man.
So they separated. Both kept their
promises. The nickel was returned.
That was nine years ago. Now the
boy is a married man of twenty-four
and he has a good position in Yonkers.
Their conditions are reversed. Owing
to illness and injury the bachelor has
been out of employment for six
months. Long ago his savings We're
exhausted Long ago he would have
been in want If friend had not found
where he lived. This friend also found
that the bachelor was in debt and pro
v1ded medical assistance. More than
that, he paid the bachelors board for
Is consecutive weeks and he has not
stopped yet.
What are you doing that for?' bis
wife inquired.
Reason enough" he replied. When
I was a newsboy that man helped me
when 1 was broke. Now, if necessary,
I'll go broke for him"
The friend was the former newsboy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
Thanksoivino Character Party.

Thanksgiving Character Party.
hostess noted for her clever and
original entertainments has let me
into her confidence, and hasten to
tell of a party that she is planning
for Thanksgiving week. when a num-
Der of young people will be home. Sne
is going to ask each of her twenty
guests to come wearing an article to
represent character famous in Amer
lean history. Then she is going to
pass slips of paper with this question:
who is your favorite character In
American history, and why?"
The cards will be collected and the
answers read aloud by the hostess.
who will award a prize to the one who
is voted to have the best answer
Next, pictures of twenty famous
Americans will be displayed and
prize given to the one who guesses
correctly the greatest number. Then
will come historical questions" the
queries being typewriter and num-
bered. A lively discussion will follow
the last question, and the hostess will
take advantage of the situation and
PUT the finishing touches to her re-
freshments, which will consist of
regular New England spread, baked
beans in individual little brown pots,
Saratoga chips, brown bread, cheese,
pickles, cold slaw and apple tarts with
coffee, tea and chocolate. Following
are the historical questions:
L Who would rather be right than presi-
dent2
2 Who crossed the Delaware on Christ
mas night?
3. Who won the battle of Brandywine?
4. With whom did Massasoit dine?
5. Who saved Capt John Smiths head
6. To whom PocahontaS wed?
z. Which first of Columbus ships found
land?
g. Who of the Chesapeake had COM
mand?
9. who said TN try. SIR" at Lundy's
Lane?
10 who told us to Remember the
Manner
IL Who was it ran at Quebec's fall?
, L. Where first was Jackson called
''Stonewall?"
Ii. Who saw the Mississippi roll?
IA Who discovered the north pole?
1. Henry Clay. 2. Washington. 8. The
British. 4. Governor Bradford 5. Poca-
hontas. 6. John Rolfe. Z. The Pinta- s.
Captain Lawrence. 9. Colonel Miller. 10.
Schley. IL The French. II. Battle of
Manassas. ID. De Soto. IA Peary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
!ifN!VTTJjE;

Stripes will be retained.
Old gold is still one of the popular
colors for afternoon.
The jumper design has been furious
ly revived for dressy shirtwaists.
The vogue for black and white al
liances shows but little abatement.
Collarettes Of black or white tul1e
are used to wear with afternoon
gowns.
Extensive use is made of all kinds
of laces. and even lace robes are COM
ing to the front
Blue and white combinations are
to have a place in fashion, especially
in wash fabrics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
For the Hostess


In gilt and load the pretty craft with
fruits-grapes, small red apples, etc
The effect is good, especially IL the
boat Is set on a small box or tin and
the base covered with autumn leaves
and vines; of foundation of chrysan-
themums would be appropriate, as
they are the November flower. Before
putting the fruits in the pumpkin line
1t carefully with waxed paper.
A tablepiece that children love is
made by having several small Indian
tepees with miniature Indians; sur
round with alternate red and white
ears OF corn, making the outline of q
star. At toy shops sman animals such
as deer, dogs, chickens and turkeys
may be found to add to this scene, and
figures of John Alden and Priscilla
could be added.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
A Thanks Day Guessing Game.

ihanks Day Guessing Game.
Write the questions on turkey-dec-
GRATED cards and pass after dinner or
at the table with the dessert course.
A member of the family who is good
at Kidding may improvise more ques-
tons along these lines:
What domestic fowl was first seen by
the Pilgrims landing in 1920? Plymouth
Rock.
What colonist had the longest Chris
tan name? Miles Standish..
How do we know the early colonists
were bicycle enthusiasts? So many spin
ming wheels were seen. q
What bewildering thing did the colo
nists discover soon after landing? Maize
(maze).
From what heavy, durable stuff did
the Pilgrims come to the new world
Holland.
What human being did the Pilgrims first
see that is a part of the United
States? Indian (territory1.
MADAME MERRI
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
A Motoring Trip.

We'll, Binks, 1 see you've returned
from your thousand-mile tour in New
England" said Bjones.
Yep" said Binks-
How did you find the hotels en-
roufe?'' asked Bjones.
.Hotels?" retorted Binks- We didn't
stop at any hotels We passed all our
nights In the county jails.-Harper's
Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25
Thanksgiving centerpIece.

Here is a new way of using a lovely
yellow pumpkin. Select one of rather
long shape, cut In half lengthwise and
hollow out to look like an old-time
vessel Qook at a print of the May
fiower); put in gilded masts and II
possible make sails of a scrap of
white silk. Do the name "Mayf1ower'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25

yards of silk for lining, Is yard satin
for facings.
A simple girlish dress is the other,
in iris mauve cashmere The skirt
is trimmed with a band of broche silk
of the same color, which being sewn
on only at the upper edge. Stimulates
tunic.
The Magyar bodice is made of the
broche in the lower part, the collar
and under-sleeves being of the same.
Fringed ends of broche hang down at
left side, in effective ornament, from
the waist band
Hat of iris mauve chip. trimmed
with a wreath of white c1ematis
Materials required for the dress:
41kyards 46 inches wide. Ia yard
broche % inches wide
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-11-25

- ERGE of any color might be made
up in the style shown in the cos
Al tune on the left The skirt has
deep pointed piece laid on at
each side. this is piped with black
satin, and trimmed with cord orna-
ments-
The smart little coat is cut with a
deep point on each front that wraps
over below bust; the right side is fas-
tened over by press studs. and 1t is
ornamented to match skirt. The col
lar and cuffs are partly faced with
black satin
Hat of Tagel to match the costume,
and trimmed with black ostrich feath-
ers-
Materials required for costume: 5
yards &c inches wide. ornaments. 8
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29
A. c. TOMATO PATCH

The tomato patch at the A. c. Is
quite feature this year Although
the patch is only a little over three
quarters of an acre, some 700 bushels
OF tomatoes have been picked, while
about 200 bushels stiM remain to be
gathered. This does not include how
ever the large number of green tonna-
toes which probably Will be taken by
thu frost before they have chance to
mature. While perhaps many of these
will be saved by the large number Of
orchard torches, which have been fill
ed and set among the vines In order
that they may be lighted at the first
signs OF danger. These torches win
burn all the way from four and one
half to six hours without refilling.
Mr.. Hannah. who has secured can
ming apparatus which cooks forty four
gallons at one time, is canning the to-
matoes, part Of which will be used at
the school dormitories while the rest
will be offered for sale. These to-
matoes are preserved i'm two different
size cans, the gallon cans selling for
$3.50 per dozen, while the quart cans
bring $1.25 per dozen. Great care is
taking in preserving these tomatoes,
and all Of Professor Ladd's rules on
canning are carefully observed, moth
ing but the best and cleanest canned
tomatoes are being put up at the A.
G. Immediately after picking the to-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29
FRIDAY. SEPT. %. 1911.
STREET FLUSHING.

Fargo undoubtedly made a good in
vestment when 1t purchased the street
fiusher. 1t appears to do its work well
and to leave the streets in a neater and
cleaner condition than they have ever
been.
There is, however, considerable criti-
cism Of the hours selected for it's opera
tion The machine throws water with
such force that the dirt lis spattered
and scattered on the sidewalks. When
the machine IL operated on the bust
ness streets during the afternoons or
the hrst half OF the night. pedestrians
howl for aerial sidewalks or airships to
escape the liquid nlth Ladies have
q great horror Of the machine spatter-
Ing their good clothes.
Street Commissioners Johnson could
make himself Immensely more popular
with the women II he would not use
the machine in the business section till
after IL p. m. 1t might be operated
on the side streets eariier--or along
blocks where there was little travel
but there seems little reason for run
ming 1t along the central business dis
trict on Broadway either in the after
noon or early evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29

pear to have all the best OF ii In this
state. That wing Of the republican
party seems to be UP and doing all the
time, with state and county meetings,
erecting organization and continually
propagating their cause. On the other
hand the stalWarts maintain a silence
20 dense you can cut ii with q knife.
Their apparent activity would COM
pare well with the Irishman who offer
ed to stand still and race an opponent.
One wonders the why OF the wherefore.
Are they passe extinct or merely
uuiescent7 They will surely be all
three IL they permit the other fellows
to have all the tom-tom Of drums and
put on all the front OF the band wagons
which makes appeal and annexes
thoughtless voters We recognize the
name stalwart il something OF hand
leap. conjuring "reminiscences Of Me-
kenzteism, LaMoureism, IAttfeism, and
al the rest of the smaller isms which
once flourished but are now extinct,
though their memory liz carefully nOur-
ished by the progressives The stall
warts need a new name by which to
style themselves; not that there liz any
thing In name, but because a fancied
odium attaches 10 the term, "stalwArt.p
II seems to convey a sense Of what was
marking time or q ciinging to the old
order OF things. TO proclaim oneself
q stalwart IL equivalent to announcing
you had rather die in your track than
move forward. 1t Ii bosh, OF course,
to associate the name IN this wise, out
1t is hallucination the stalwarts may
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29
Daddy sBedtirne
@. How Frewaser
ALOl V Pulled the Plug
/ OF the Bathtub

told goo s Of stories bsgn daddy the fsniss danced outside
chndTens bedroom
abou but tonight
very very smart little city dog little fact that he hardly
q
splendidr peaseF
B1rewa"
bn
make bis mind whether
couldn't Fwar
two In candy for the
oh on Oh daddyr ppsd the children "wh dogsts
quick, peaseF
Well began daddy +Trewater dany bath
Whn
he would even leave nice bone bathroom
hand when his
zone evening unexpected visitor came
and Mr. Waa took 50 long treat bis friend kindly
Birewaer who his noticed bked
loudly but bis master and M visitor
kindly thnt they him.
$50 Frewa pun uaun
20 often that be knew just what you
0idn know much about swimming
In his teeth pulled until the keep swim
bottom OF the
when MF Wtnack nuany
ana e Flewr s u u polishing up it's sides With his
an attempt initiate the chamharad
on that's the incest dog Evelyn. f
wonder ia
saved a suit
That's lot Of ~I ask Mr. watnack about
friday
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29
FIRST AVENUE PAVING.

Work is now in progress on the paw
Ing OF First avenue north between Fifth
and Seventh streets. It viii be q great
relief to the people along that
thoroughfare when the work Is finally
accomplished.
For six years the avenue has been
torn up almost continuously. There
have been water and heating mains. the
big trunk sewer and other work in the
street, then large building have been
erected on each side. blocking the
travel with material The final water
and sewer connections are being made.
The curbs are being set out in the new
line and within a few weeks the street
will look heater.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29

matoes are scalded for two minutes
then after being skinned and the hear
removed they are put in gallon cans
These are placed In a wire basket
capable OF holding forty cans at 8
time, and lowered into boiling water
Here they remain for forty minutes
then the lids are sealed on, q small
hole being left to allow the steam Ia
escape. These cans are again placed
In the water and after being cooked
for an hour and forty minutes are re-
moved and the holes soIdered up. Sew
en- hundred gallons have already been
preserved, 450 OF which win be used
at the A. G. dormitories,
AS economy Is one OF the aims OF
this department everything is being
put to the best OF use. The broken
heads ofacabbage are being made into
kraut. Between $50 and 400 gallons
have already been made from the
whitest leaves Of these heads.
Some corn, probably not over forty
gallons, has been canned in an expert
mental way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29
ELECTRIC INCREASE.

II is interesting to note the marvel
GUS development Of the electric BUSH
ness in the last ten years. The figures
obtained thereby will afford much OPP
portunity to speculate as to the future
by those whose minds run in that d.
rection.
According to figures recently issued
from the census bureau--the value Of
the product Of manufacturing estab-
lishments for electrical supplies has I'm
creased during the decade from $685.
$4,000 to s24s,9s7,00 This does not
include the manufacture of electrical
supplies by foundries and machine
shops where other business is given
chief attention. It Is merely the value
Of the product of those factories which
are devoted to that business.
The number Of dynamos manufactnr-
ed during the last year Of the decade Is
1s,7s1-as against 1887 ten years pre-
viously. The number of kilowatts rep
resented Is the enormous total of
1,4oo,s51 as against only 57s,124.
Motors TOR power representing 1884,
SIT horsepower were manufactured--as
against only 515, 7O5 horsepower for the
year ten years previously. The num-
Der Of electric fans manufactured
jumped from s7.577 TO 1ss,11s-and the
horsepower represented from only IA
766 to 17s,033.
The number of motors for electric
railways elevators and miscellaneous
services, increased from 2S,5s2 to 5s,-
6ss--and the horsepower represented
from 6s4,7s1 to s5s,2a7.
1t is worthy of note that the number
of motors used for automobiles decIin-
ed from s,017 in 1899 to 2,7s6 in 1909
but the horsepower represented in
creased from $3.50 to 12,471. The num-
Der Of arc lamps also declined during
the decade from 15s.1s7 in 1899 to 12s.-
5SS in 1909. Arc lights seem to have
reached their highest demand in 1904
when I9A,lb7 were manufactured. In
oandescent lamps increased from a
value OF only s3.442.o00 i'm 1899 TO a
value of $1s,ss9, 600 in 1909.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29

Maggie.-You ask US how to be hap
by. There are muititudes of ways;
80 many, in fact. that nobody has q
right to be blue or downnearted. Start
your daughter taking vocal lessons,
buy something on the installment plan,
wear red flannel underclothes, 60 on a
milk diet, try to beat the coal man
down in bis price, annex an automobile,
argue the suffrage question with your
wife. oh, thunder, there are million
ways to be happy, and you must be en-
tirely lacking In originality Ii you can
not think up one or two,
Sentimsntals--Why do they call 1t
Indian summer We can't tell you
that, but we know an excellent recipe
for bread pudding, If that will do any
good, or we can tell you how to eat
muskmelon without getting 1t on your
jabot.
Business Man.s-You can very easily
keep a good stenographer. Marry her
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29


Leslie's Weekly: In 1870 the center
of our population was twenty-three
miles east Of Baltimore and many per-
sons of that time believed 1t would
remain in that neighborhood forever.
The west which we know was not
dreamed OF then. The Mississippi our
farthest boundary gunsetward. while
there were only few thousand people
between the Alleghanies and that river.
The point which the population GEN.
ter touched In 1910, In southwestern
Indiana, is $50 miles west OF the spot
at which 1t rested In 1890. In that
year the present state OF Indiana was
In the Indian country, from which 1t
obtained It's name, One reason for
the slow movement of the population
center between 1890 and 1900 was the
panic of 1898, which lasted until 1897,
and which hit the west harder even
than IL did the east. The collapse of
the western land boons In that decade
put that locality back many years rel-
atively to the rest of the country.
The decade ending with 1910 was one
OF great prosperity, save for the little
setback in the closing part of 1907.
Thus the west grew by leaps and
bounds particularly ON the Pacific
slope Nevada, which for many years
had been falling off In population, in
creased % per cent in that decade;
Idaho increased 101 per cent and the
state OF Washington 40 per cent.
Oklahoma, OF the central west, grew
100 per cent Al the geographical
center of the continental part of the
United States ID In northern Kansas
$50 miles west Of the present popuIa-
ton center. the latter point has still a
long way to move before it becomes
stationary or turns upon its tracks.
The Panama canal is likely to give a
powerful impetus to the growth Of the
Pacific Slope.