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The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
State Superintendent FairchiId
Urges Its Adoption.
COOKING CLASSES, TOO
The Two Subjects VIII Require
Small Equipment.
Eighty-Five County Superin
tendents at Conference.

Manhattan, Kan, Aug. 12.-Its go
ing to be mighty backward Kansas
school that doesn't teach agriculture
next year. Country school or town
doesn't put in at least a primary course
in agriculture it will be lonesome.
Eighty-hve county superintendents of
Kansas who have been in conference
at the KaI sas State Agricultural col
lege this week are going home with
some decided views in favor of that
subject. E. T. Fairchild. state super
intendent of public instruction, urged
the adoption of agricultural courses by
all the schools of the state in an ad-
nesday morning. He made himself
plain.
Il want you to realize the import
ance of agricultural courses in the
common schools" he said. And
wart to urge every one of you to &c
hone with the determination to put
such a course in every school OF your
county. The new law which requires
! every teacher to pass an examination
in agriculture will make the teachers
capable of giving primary course a. a.
least. There are only 20 counties II
Kaasas teaching agriculture now. Thai
isn't enough. I want to see it in every
county
Idea Is Popular.
The environment may have gooC
deal to do with 1t, anyway agriculture
has been a popular topic among th'
educators this year. Those who have
| courses in agriculture already, boas
of it. Demonstrations have been givel
every afternoon by the department.
of the agricultural college. A cook1ni
| demonstration with country school ia
cilities and 4 similar one showing hov
agriculture might be taught in tn
country schools were made by colleg
instructors one afternoon. 1t wa
shown that these two subjects coult
be taught in an elementary way witt
small equipment which require only
little space in one corner Of the schoo
room.
IT believe agriculture will be taugh
/ in every county in Kansas next year
! said E. L. Holton, professor of rura
education in the agricultural college
s'I have talked with most of the su
perintendents and I haven't found on
vet who refuses to get in line. A goo'
many are planning to put in elemen
tary courses in domestic science, too
The attendance at the conference
this year has been better than eve
! before. This is the fifth annual con
ference. Superintendent Fairchild ha'
been presiding at the meetings TIT
| college was made a permanent plac'
for The annual meetings.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
son1Crr For Road FUND.
Council Grove Merchants Ask Mail
Order Houses to Help.

Council Grove, Kan, Aug. 12--The
Council Grove Retailers association
has asked the mail order houses to as
sist in the Improvement of Morris
county roads. The letter of request
'Our association is conducting a
vigorous campaign for the betterment
of the roads of our county, not IN
words or wind but in cold cash pay
able monthly to our committee. we
do not wish to slight anyone, great or
small. far or near, who appeals to and
receives a share Of the patronage OF
our people. We are firm believers IN
the patriotism of our forefathers or
tea-party fame that he who reaps the
benefit should help bear the burden
ssAs you do not assist by taxes or
otherwise in maintaining such benen-
cent local institutions as our pubic
schools churches, or charities, nor our
city, township, county, or state gov
ernments, and what money you do give
UP along these lines goes to the benent
| Of communities remote from, and OF
| little interest to our county, we feel
| certain you will gladly take advantage
Of this opportunity to participate with
US in the upbui1ding OF our country,
and we shall look forward to your
subscription by early mail which we
feel should not be less than $50 pei
| month";
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
MONEY IN TRUCK FARMS.
Manhattan Man Received as High as
Sc Per Bushel for Tomatoes.

Manhattan, Kan, Aug. III. L
Cummings, who has a truck farm
about eight miles southwest of Man
haitian, on the Kansas river is plan
ming to make it one of the finest farms
of its kind in Kansas.
He ha sonly four acres but he farms
those four acres well. The Kansas State
Agricultural college teaches its stu
dents who study farming, that much
more money may be made by farming
a few acres well than by trying to
raise several hundred acres of wheat
or corn and be compelled to give it
poor attention. Mr.. Cummings be-
lieves K. S. A. G. is teaching the right
sort of stuff; in fact, he has proven to
his own satisfaction that the small
farm which is we'll taken care of is OF
more value than $50 acres which Is
poorly farmed.
He intends to irrigate. A gasoline
engine will be used and all the water
necessary to keep his entire farm vel
watered will be pumped by it.
There is big profit in a truck farm
when rightly managed. From SO tc
Sc per bushel for tomatoes is not tc
be sneered at. Mr.. Cummings received
as high as Sc per bushel for tomatoes
right here in Manhattan this summer
Better go to truck farming.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
COSTS $50. 900 A MONTH.
Commissary at Fort Leavenworth
shortly to Advertise for Bids.

I,eavenworth, Kan, April "a
within a short time, Captain ]. w.
F'1rIow, post commissary at Fort Leav-
enworth. will advertise for bids for
the furnishing of subsistence supplies
for the post.
& a was organized July 1, it was an
nounced that tentative bids or esti-
mates would be received by the com
rnissarv at Fort Leavenworth from To-
cal merchants and others. these estl-
in the office of the chief commissary at
Chicago.
THE contract for the supplying of
subsistence supplies for Fort Leaven-
worth amounts to more than $3U,OOO
nanded for groceries and similar sup
piies. The remaining $4,000 or more
is used in the purchasing OF meat for
the garrison.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
RECEIVED 1880 VOLTS.
MISUNDERSTANDING Led to Accident
Nearly Causing Iineman's Death.

ElDorado KAN, Aug. 12-T- A Pr
most Dersons care to venture when he
received 1900 volts of electricity into
his body through a misunderstanding
regarding a switch. He was working
to uncross two wires leading from the
ci+v nl1mDing station on the top of a
40 foot poIe These wires carry the
heaviest current in town and are un-
covered. One wire was grounded
The electrician understood that the
switch had been thrown and took hold
of +he wires to straighten them. The
full force of 1900 volts struck him and
threw him to the ground 30 feet be-
low. He alighted on blue grass which
possibly saved him from a few broken
bones. He was burned severely on the
arms and chest
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
STUDIES EXPRESS co. BOOKS.
Jefferson County Attorney Gets dope
on BOotIeggers That way.

OAl lDOOOCSssCAS AAAeAD way
Oskaloosa, Kan, Aug. 12.-County
Attorney Worswick was at the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot at Oska1oosa few
days ago getting a line on the fellows
who are having booze shipped from
Missouri. This is one of the methods
the county attorney pursues in get
ting a line on possible bootleggers. If
a man is known to be out of regular
employment and is receiving more
booze than he has visible means of
paying for it is a pretty good cue to
the county attorney to get busy. Also
if he gets more than reasonable man
would be expected to drink, he is also
an object of suspicion
If there seems to be enough goods
coming to any one man to warrant
an investigation. then the county at
toruev can call in such witnesses as he
thinks might throw light on the mat
ter. Depot and express agents make
no objection to the investigation, but
thew have orders from headquarters
to have the county attorney issue a
subpoena for them, commanding them
to open their books for inspection. Mr..
Worswicx said he had made similar
investigations in five other towns in
the county.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
Nragee Put BACK in Game.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE suspen-
sion against Sherwood Magee, out
fielder of the Philadelphia National
league baseball club. has been lifted
and he will be allowed to get into the
game again with his club when Phil
adelphia resumes play on its home
field next Wednesday, President
Lynch, of the National league, made
this announcement at the same time
giving out a letter he had forwarded
to Magee in which the temporary
character of the reinstatement is en-
phasized The players future good
behavior will be the determining
feature, President Lynch says
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
HIS ENGINE RAN WILD.
Though Only a Steam Roller 1t Devel-
oped Unexpected Speed.

Though Only Steam Roller 1t Devel-
oped Unexpected Speed.
Leavenworth. Kan, Aug. 12-Casey
Jones' sensations as he pulled up that
Reno hill and saw No. staring him
right in the face were experienced by
George Arnold at Fort Leavenworth
yesterday. Arnold is driver Of the
eighteen-ton road roller at the army
post.
The scene of yesterdays catastrophe
was Mcclellan avenue at it's intersec-
ton with Pope. While coming down
Mcclellan, a part of the controlling
mechanism of the steam roller broke
and Arnold lost control over the ma
chine.
Ordinarily, a steam roller travels al
snaiI-like pace, but eye witnesses OF
the accident at the fort ard Mr.. Arnold
aver that the unwieldy engine attained
a speed Of at least fifteen miles an
hour coming down the Mcclellan ave
nue. incline. Arnold tried hard to re-
gain control over the machine, but Il
was useless. At the corner of Pope
the roller turned to the left and tore
across the cement walk in front of the
Y. M. c. A. building.
Roller Is Complete Wreck.
Arnold had no fireman to order t.
jump-he does his own firing-anC
when he saw a tree looming up il
front of the roller ne Gec1ded IL Wa
/ time for him to find safety on Mothe
Earth. He was unhurt by his leap t.
the ground.
The roller struck a tree in front o
the barracks of Company c, Thirteenth
infantry, knocking off huge part o
the trunk of the tree and completed.
crushing the boiler head. The roller
almost total wreck, and it may b.
necessary to buy a new enc on accoun
Of tba extent of the damage to it.
After the accident Arnold said tn
only reason he jumped was because h
feared the boiler would explode whel
it came into contact with the tree.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
REEsEs ARE REUNITED.
Sunshine Comes After Storm at lola
Wife Is Forgiven.

lola, Kan. Aug. 12.-Freed by a par
don from Mayor G. o. Bollinger, Mrs.
Ella Reese. recently sentenced to the
chain gang by Municipal Judge SmeIt-
ger, stepped from the city Jail into the
arms of her husband, Garfield Reese.
Mr Reese had come here from Fort
Scott. Kan, to aid his wife.
The Reeses were estranged several
months ago and the father took their
3-year-old son. Later the wife secured
the boy and brought him here and
later was arrested Today the hus-
band said he would take his wife home
with him.
'IH not turn her away now" he
said I'VE can go away from here and
live Everything will be all right and
We will be happy again.
After meeting his wife the husband
went before the court and was award
ed the custody Of the child, which had
been placed under the care Of the
court wler its mother was arrested.
Reese and his wife will return to Fort
Scott tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
FOUND DIRTY DAIRTEs.
Milk Inspector Stirred Things Up al
Newton

Newton, Aug. 12.=Prcf D. M. VIII
son of the Kansas state dairy commits
sion has been in the city for the pur-
pose of inspecting a number of the
home dairieS from which Newton peo-
pie are supplied milk and in some in
stances found condition~ very bad, in
others Indifferent, while at other
places there were evidences that ef-
forts were being made to bring the
dairies up to the standard required by
the laws of good health
There were some where the corrals
Where the cows stand are knee deep
IN mud and manure ard the milk
rooms are sloppy and dirty. Great
tanks of water covered with a green
scum are located near and there are
billions Of flies. A bottle taken cas-
ually from the milk wagon standing
near was found to contain a large
piece of manure and othors were in a
similar condition, bubbles of fermen-
/ tat1on were in evidence and the fnspec-
tor was fully warranted in telling the
dairyman to clean up or he would put
! him out of business.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
WILSON LANDED HARD.
Pittsburg Nationals Cleaned Up With
-Four Runs in the Ninth.

New York, Aug. 12.-New York, with
I1athewson in the box, shut out Phila-
delphia. Wilson batted for Myers in
the eighth and hit into the center field
bleachers for a home run.
Philadelphia 10000 O0Oo-0 II 5
New York .....2 2 0 0 0 SO II 0
Batteries - Burns and Madden;
Mathewson and Myers, Wilson.
Cincinnati, Aug. 12.-Pittsburg made
a ninth inning finish here and defeated
Cincinnati, 3 to l. In the ninth Clarke
singled and Carey's sacrifice sent him
to second. Wagner was purposely
walked and Miller singled, scoring
Clarke. McKechnie fouled out bit
Wilson drove a home run to right field,
scoring Wagner and Miller ahead Of
Score: R.H.B.
Pittsburg e. ooOO1OOL5 s Q
Cincinnati >. II 0 o 0 o. 20 o.
Batteries-Adans and Gibson; Suggs
and Mclean.
Boston. Aug. 12.-Burke's wildness in
the fifth inning when Boston scored
i four runs, two Of which were forced II
| by Burke's passes with the bases full
! gave Boston the game.
Boston :. ......OOO24OO OOO*-6
Brooklyn e.. ....O11O / 0 0 O-3 g
Batteries-Brown and king; Burke
Ragan, Schardt and Erwin.
Chicago, Aug. -Chicago-st. Loui.
game postponed; rain.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

weeks reunion of the Price family on
the old farm which was bought by his
grandfather 100 years ago. DR.. Prices
father, who lived to be seventy-four.
was born, reared, lived all his life and
died on the farm, and DR.. Price 8
mother still lives there
DR.. Price was joined here by his son,
Clair, who is connected with the
Pueblo Leader, and the two went on
together. Thirty members of the i'm
mediate family will attend the re-
union, and there will be a two days
picnic for the rest Of the relatives.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

said of him: 1.-THE second game was
Browns debut here and the big kan
san rivaIlel Warmers showing in the
first contest. He had plenty Of speed
and a good curve and looks like a Win
ne@. Brown held the Senators to five
scattered hits and allowed but one man
to get past second
Manager Isnen has been suffering
with tonsiIitis and Roxy Middleton has
hind with MILDLY. They were Perry
and Wacob. They aye kept ready for
call. Shoddy Shaw manages the In
dams in Isbell's abseEse.
1t is reported that the first game of
the Des Moines club at home drew
but 100 paid admissions. Shame, Agnes
and Henry. They have been playing
some mighty classy ball They lost
two to begin with but only by one
run and they were 2 to and to 2.
Friday they turned on the Drummers
and captured the count Of 1 to 0.
st. Joseph News-Press: Some day,
perhaps, you will read that:
Bill Borton failed miserably as a
pinch hitter.
Denver played a game without beef
ing at everybody in the park.
Umpire Shoemaker has been drafted
by the National league as chief of
Jack Holland has traded St. Joseph
Tex Jones failed to exhibit pepper
on the infield-
Carl Morris took the championship
away from Jack Johnson.
| Packey McFarlanl literally smother
ed Ad Wolgast and won in q walk.
The Browns won the American
| league pennant and Clarke Griffith got
the best of a trade with Phila delphia.
But not for some time, old top.
Something about Gotch from the
Des Moines News:
Frank Gotch is a popular resident
Of Humboldt Iowa
He is the friend of every man, wom-
an and child in the place
He has the confidence of the most
| conservative, despite his profession.
He has a shrewd business head and
would have succeeded in any other line
as he has in wrestling.
He appears to be a prosperous busi-
ness man (Which he is), is versed in
business and political method and is q
master of detail
He is a scientific farmer, having
studied at Ames after absorbing prac-
teal agriculture as a boy. He owns
420 acres equipped with modern i'm
plements.
Gotch is stockholder in a loca
financial institution. He is one of the
first consulted when a big deal is on.
He is an active pOuDcldn ana on
of the inner circle of Republican ma
chine.
Gotch is the brightest mind in TIL,
wrestling world. That he is champion
is due to his mental capacity NOR
than to his marvellous physique. TIL
Iowan has developed the scientific sid
more than any man that ever develop
ed a tin ear.
Lincoln News: This Chapman ath
lete. who backstops for the Topek
I<aws. is one of the seasons finds i
o the Western league. He throws to tn
e bases with the speed of a rife bulle
o and whacks the ball plump on tn
e seam. One of his liners yesterda
e thumped the center field fence, tn
ball bounding back to Tom Miller, en-
abling the latter to hold Chapman q
8 the first corner. On another occasio
IL he poked a screamer at Levi KNAPP
: who struck out his gloved 1ipper an
o deliberately robbed the Kaw catche
y Of a third safe blow. Chapman ha
it been sold to the Detroit club TIL
g Tigers will get no lemon, as Chapma
is the most promising young catche
the Tip O'Neill loop has seen in man
" a dav
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

Mr.. Nowland, in commenting
on this, said:
This man was a good SUBJ
ject for insurance, and probably
would have been written up by
almost any agent who called, or,
IF HE HAD BEEN SOLICITED
THROUGH ADVERTISING, he
would have probably gone to an
insurance office to apply for in
surance for himself"
There are undoubtedly many
men throughout the country
about which the same thing
could be said, and WHO COULD
BE REACHED THROUGH AD-
VERTISING in the daily news
papers.
ALL FORMS OF INSUR-
ANCE SHOULD BE ADVER-
TISED.
If the big insurance COM
panies would get together and
contribute to a fund to be used
for advertising, and then run in
the daily newspapers a series of
EDUCATIONAL r INSURANCE
TALKS-HUMAN INTEREST
APPEALS to the people, point
ing out the ADVANTAGES of
taking out policies in reliable
companies, 1T WOULD HELP
THEIR AGENCY MEN very
materially in writing insurance
and treble their business in no
time.
have talked to great many
insurance agency men on this
subject. They are all FIRMLY
CONVINCED of the value of
newspaper advertising, so much
that they would be willing to
surrender a part of their com
missions if the companies they
represented advertised in the
newspapers.
I don't believe it would cost
the insurance companies more
than TWO PER CENT. OF THE
met INCOME from their an
nual premiums if they adyer-
tised in this manner. -
There is a great business wait
ing for the insurance companies
Why not go after it, gentlemen
on the lines suggested above9
80 De contlnued.)
Everybody reads the State Journa1
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
LIBERAL HAS A BOOM.
Much Building of All Sorts Is in
Progress There.

liberal. Kan, Aug. 1.-THE foun-
datfon for the $4,000 Christian
church has been completed and an In
vitation has been extended to the Ma
sonic lodge here to lay the corner
stone. The construction of the new
iail. which will cost $4,000. has been
DELAYED on account of the failure of
the contractors to procure immediate
delivery of the iron for the building.
About fifteen new homes being built
here by local contractors will range
in price from $1,000 to $4,000 each.
Several miles of concrete walk will be
mt in this season. and two new addi-
fions to the town have been plated.
There are from three to eight appli-
cations for ever rental property as
soon as It is vacated. The city water
works which viii be installed this fall
has been an incentive to home build
ing here
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
TWO DOUBLE HEADERS.
Washington Defeated New York in
Two Extra Stiff Battles.

Washington Defeated New York in
Two Extra Stiff Battles.
Washington, Aug. 12-Washington
defeated New York in both games of a
double header by the scores of to
and 3 to 2, the second game going II in
nings. Johnson allowed but four scat
tered hits in the first contest. In the
eleventh inning of the second game
Lelivelt batting for Ainsmith,. tripled to
center and scored the winning run on
Schaefer's single to left.
First gane-Score: r. he.
Washington q 0 0 ~-S IL 0
New York ......1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0
Batteries-Johnson and Street; Quinn
and Sweeney.
Second game-Score: R.H.E
Washington 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ID 0
New York % 0 1 0 0 0 0 O. z l
Batteries Hughes and Ainsmith;
Caldwell and Blair
Philadelphia, Aug. 2.-Philadelphia
broke even with Boston in a double
header. The home team won the first
game by hard hitting, II to 5, and Bos-
ton landed the second contest, to 5,
by bunching hits in three innings.
First Game-Score. RHE-
Philadelphia - . 0 0 1 Ill Is ,
Batteries-Yood, McHale, Cicotte and
Williams, Carrigan; Bender and Thorn
second game-soore: R.H.E
Boston 80 0 2 0 / o. 8 /
/ Philadelphia % 0 1 0 0 0 0-3 10
Batteries-E. Collins, Pape, Hall and
CarTigan; Krause, Danforth and
Thomas.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
Attack Like Tigers.

In fighting to keep the blood pure the
white corpuscles attack disease germs like
tigers. But often germs multiply so fast
the little fighters are overcome. Then
see pimples, boils, eczema, saltrheum and
sores multiply and strength and appetite
fail. This condition demands Electric Bit
ters to regulate stomach, liver and kid
neys and to expel poisons from the blood
They are the best blood purifier" writes
C. T Budahn, of Tracy, Calf, II have
ever found" They make rich, red BLOOD
strong nerves and build up your health.
Try them. Soc at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

Low fare summer tours via Wash
ington to Atlantic City and other sea-
shore resorts, New York Boston and
New England points tickets on sale
daiIv until September 80 Long re-
turn limit Stopover privileges Con-
suit nearest ticket agent for particu-
lars or address w. A. Preston, T. P
A. or 3. N Austin. G. p A., Chicago.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
AT LOUISVILLE
R.H.E
AMATEUR BASEBALL RESULTS.

Hanover, Kan, Aug. 1.-THE Oak
Hill Outlaws" won an uninteresting
game here by the score of IL to 6.
The feature of the game was the 10y
atty of the local fans.
Oak Hill ....2osO2O5O O-12 16 4
Hanover -. OO2 0 90 1 o. II
Batteries Briney and
Cooney; Granger and Schropp. I'm
pire-Doebete.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan, Aug. "a
Matfield Green and Cottonwood Falls
played ball here. hatfield Green took
the game by a score of 6 to 8. Cot
tonwoOd's batteries were Arnold and
Beach; batteries for Matfield were
Underwood, Wagner and Jackson.
Hays, of Bazaar, umpired the game.
Winona, Kan. Aug. 12=The Page
ball team played the Winona boys on
the latter's diamond here. Score. to
in favor of Winona. Batteries
Page: Gustafson, McC1uer; Winona;
Elgin. Messler, Knapp.
Emporia, Kan, Aug. 12-Emporia
won third game from Marion, six tc
four. Daley allowed only two hits
but wildness and errors scored many
runs.
Score: RH z
Emporia =. ..o14ooOo1 1o-6 II
Marion -. 20 90 90 o. {
Batteries -Emporia: Daley, Binyor
and Priest; Marion: Frazier and Tar
bet.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12

South America. It is Mr.. Jenness' ann
bition to study heretofore unexplored
regions of the great tropical forests Of
South America At one time Mr.. Jen-
ness was a missionary in South Amer
lea, and is experienced in jungle life
and travel He will collate data for
a series of lectures.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
PUEBLO.

Summary: Two-base hit-King. Sacri-
flee hit-Krepps. Double plays-Emory to
to Whitney. Bases on balls-On Clark, 1;
off Ellis, l. Struck out-By Clark, 2; by
Ellis, 4 Hit by pitcher-By Clark, 2.
Umpires-Knapp and Morgan. Attendance
900