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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02

derstood Alfred Mack. Stanley's man
ager, has under consideration a num-
Der of propositions made by Manager
ORourke of the National Sporting
club and that the prospects are favor
able to a second meeting for the ban
tams in something over a fortnight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
TOPEKA WORK COST $50, 900.
Rock Island Yard improvements Ac.
count Dixie Expensive.

Geo. Etzel, section foreman Topeka
yard, is a busy man these days. Many
changes are being made in yard tracks
on account of the new river dixie and
filling of yard Two tracks nearest
the river have been moved south 100
feet to make room for the earth dixie.
The switches on main line nearest
south end of river bridge, have been
moved back to make room for the new
span which will be added to the south
end of the bridge. The yard gang will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
Bohemians Bowl for Iced.

st. Louis, Feb. 2.-Ten five men
teams, members of the windy city
league of Chicago, tonight will attempt
to lower the colors of the Flying Flen-
ners. also Of Chicago. who are leading
the American Bowling congress tour
nament in progress here, with a score
of 1924. The members of the Chicago
fives are Bohemians- Besides the five
men team events, three squads will
shoot in the doubles and six in the in
dividual events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
standard Forces a Retraction.

New York, Feb. Counsel for the
Standard Oil company, which recently
began damage suits for $780, 900
against Hampton's Magazine, as pub
fishers, and for 100000 against
Cleveland Moffett, the writer of an al
legged defamatory statement concern
ing the company, has received written
retractinnS from both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02

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and is guaranteed to cure Corns, Cal
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Swollen. Nervous, Sweaty, Bad Smell
ing Feet.
Smaller Shoes Can Be Worn by US
ing TIZ, because it puts and keeps
the feet In perfect condition
TIZ. is for sale at all druggists, 20
cents per box or direct If you wish
from Walter Luther Dodge Co..
DODGE Bldg. Chicago, III.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
Digger StanIex-Rnrns Again

New York, Feb. 2.-Negotiations
are pending here for another match
between Digger Stanley the English
bantam and frankie Burns, the result
of whose recent bout in this CITY
aroused so much discussion. 1t is un-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
GIANTS JUMP INTO LEAD.
The High School Five Was Beaten
Last Night 81 to 35.

The Giants of the Y. NJ. c. a. and the
High School leaders of the city league in
which each had percentage of 1000 bat
floor last night. The Y. NJ. c. A. drew
first place with a score of 81 to 80.
Team work was good on both fives but
the older players of the Y. NJ G. A. wsre
more effective, McCarroll throwing 10 field
goals from the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02

the game. The score at the end of the
first half was II to 25 with Southwest
ern at the big end. The Southwestern
five We're in the game from the start
and maintained the lead throughout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
Recital of
Gadski Tonight
Wife Got Tin Ton Advice

Vile Got Tip Top Advice.
My wife wanted me to take our boy
to the doctor to cure an ugly boil" writes
D. Frankel. of Stroud, Okla IT said put
Bucklen's Arnica Salve on it She did So
and 1t cured the boil in a short time. "
Sorns Rr nf snra hurhs sSIin Bes
Pile cure on earth. Try it. Only 25c at
Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02
Thirty Killed in Train Wreck

Barcelona, Feb. 2.-The derailing of
the passenger train at Valencia yester-
day was caused by a washout of the
roadbed. Thirty persons were killed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
~ M neglected.

for the neglected.
what cannot be accomplished with
some by preaching. or by demands
for charity, may be accomplished
through the very human touch Of
good fellowship. In It may be tire
germ for a vast heIpfulness in which
those unaffected by other means
would join forces to bring permanent
cheer and higher ideals Of living. a
the good fellows can be brought 70
realize their power and can be roused
TO exert it, they have in their hands
a marvelously helpful instrument.
The new good fellow should not
confine his service to one day, but
be a good fellow in the best sense
of the phrase all the year.--lnde-
pendent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
WHY TOWNS DIE.

More towns die for the want Of
confidence on the part Of the resi-
dents and business men and lack Of
public spirit than any other cause.
when man In search Of home or
business location goes into . town
and finds everything brim full OF
hope and enthusiasm Of the prospects
of the place, and all earnestly at work
to build up he soon becomes imbued
with the same spirit. and as result
drives down stakes and goes to work
with the same spirit and interest
When, however. he goes into 3 place
where everyone expresses doubt fol-
the future prosperity Of the place,
'moping about and INDUCING In
mournful complaints. naturally ne
feels that 1t is no place for him, and
he at once shakes the dust of his feet
and pulls out for some other place
What kind Of q message are you de-
livering to strangers who pass this
way? Are you telling him what Q
fine set Of people live here and
how loyal they are to one another
and how everybody wants to help eY-
erybody else do well here, or are you
complaining because you are not ap'
preciated and If things don't go bet
ter yam are going to move away
It's just as easy to boost as to knock
and the investment on the former IA
much more profitable. Try and
make a live enterprising place out Of
the town. Remember that when
you are working for or saying good
ord for the town you are accomplish
ing all the more for yourself. This
is the time Of year the good PEOPLE
have chance to show what they
think Of their home town and how
they can best benefit 1t. Now Is the
time when each and every one OF us
are thinking Of making Q gift of some
kind for some one. we love. The
main question is, Where are we going
to buy it," Are, we to patronize our
home merchants and help build up
the community or are we going to
hike off to st. Joseph or Kansas City
or send to Chicago and pay more for
what the same article can be bought
here for, just because 1t came from
the city? When you spend a dollar
away from home for something that
can as easily be bought at home you
are sending a dollar away that will
take many years to get back to this
section, but If you spend this dollar
at home you are liable to get it back
before long. Think the matter over.
Herbert.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
THE REPUDiATED INTERVIEW.

The public man who gets scared
and repudiates his interview got his
in the Baltimor Sun the other day.
The paper published an interview
with local citizen about the public
schools. Here Is what appeared:
mo one can deny that the present
Ikmbroglio is disorganizing the
schools and diminishing the efficien-
ny of the teachers. Reports that /
have received from parents convince
lane that the experiments attempted
lby Mr.. Van Sickle-the superintend-
|ent-have failed to improve the sys-
tenn or to benefit the pupils. What
levr the dement's Of the old curricu-
laum, 1t at least laid firm founda-
|tion and gave the pupils al working
knowledge of the fundamental
branches. The new curriculum does
not accomplish this. l believe a
change in the office Of superintend-
emit would be to the advantage Of the
schools"
The giver of this interview repud-
lated it. He said that wasn't what
he said at all. The trouble was, APP
parently, that he was good deal
drawer when he was talking with
the reporter than he was when he
saw his remarks In print. So he
complained that he had been mis-
quoted, and the Sun obligingly print
ID verbatim what be had said to the
reporter. Here 1t is:
Don't talk to me about no Van
Sickle. The scholars in the schools
don't learn half what they used to-
when l went to school things was
different. Today they waste theiI
thine on knittin', mud pies and such
damn monkey business. / heard the
other day that they don't learn the
children spellin' at all no more. I'm
In favor Of cuttin' out all that fancy
stuff and given 'em somethin' thatll
stick to the ribs. Have eigari Say
somethin' good and strong. Tell EN-
lI'm against it
Clearly. this indignant citizen wai
right. His interview wasn't published
lat first-as he gave 1t. euriousl,
enough. they say he is madden nov
that it has been published as he gave
Iit than he was when it was dressed
up for publication
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
.ARnYa oF .at.n

me longevity Of the pension roll
has surprised good many people,
but now comes D. /. Woods. a clerk
in the war department. with some
statistics.
A total Of 2,27s.5sS were enlisted
ON the Union side in the Civil war.
and all but $4,000 were less than
81 years old. The war was won
by boys!
To be more specific: 100000
were between IS and 81; 100000
were 1s; 1900 were II; 10000
from IA to 15; 800 we're IS; 225
were r.; So were IL; and there were
as babies of 10 years.
The war ended 40 years ago. Il
the average soldier was 20 at en-
|listment and rs at the close Of the
rebellion, he Is only II years old
now and his wife may be much young
- .-f
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
rur HIGH COST OF sELhING.

Mr.. B. r. YoakuIn. chairman OF
the Frisco lines, in an address be-
fore the Texas Farmers Congress yes
terday gave some startling figures
concerning the high cost Of market
ing in this country. He argued that
the farmers receive at least two BILL
lion dollars less for their products
than they should and urged that the
remedy was carrying the products
more directly from the producer TO
the consumer. He said:
Lost years agricultural products
were worth nine billion dollars TO
the farmers. The government used
farm values In getting figures ior
this total. Assuming that the farm
ers kept one-third Of the products
for their own use the consumer
maid over is billion dollars for what
the producers received 8 billion DOL
lars. The cost Of getting the years
products from producers to consun-
|ers amounted to the enormous sum
Of 7 billion dollars The real prob
lem to deal with is not high cost OF
living. 1t is high cost Of selling
"The total business Of the steel
industry of the United States last
year, factory value
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

The Reflector has received from
some woman's association down in
Massachusetts proclamation against
Kissing and inclosing a pledge that
the signer will not kiss anybody for
eyermore. II this is signed up and
returned q button containing the
words kiss Not" viii be sent. Moth
ing doing. OF course it is true that
all the millions Of people in the
world born more than 125 years ago
are dead and most OF them were kiss
ed more or less but that is not argu-
ment enough. We can see how the
Massachusetts, old maids who have
been sadly neglected are a little jeaa-
Gus Of some goings on and see an
opportunity for a crusade but out
here in Kansas where the babies are
dumplings, the girls peaches and the
women. charming this reform win
make no more Roadway than Ed. Lit
ties Eminent Domain club.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

This Joke is told on the late Sem
ator Hoar Of Massachusetts,: In the
senator's home town there lived an
old miser who was noted all over the
country for being a tightwad and .
chronic kicker on every kind Of i'm
proYemont. One dag the old miseT
died, Aad as the church bell an
nounclng the funeral hour began to
ring : friend said 70 Hoar; ARE yOu
10Ius b TIE funeral. senatorf" NO. =
e,it H1rf, 'B1ta he tttsd. amer
q pauls I'm n shvor q ll---ooa-
e-ll-l Hlllla
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

The Second district insurgents are
strongly in favor OF letting their con-
gressional committee of twelve men
nominate the Republican candidate
for congress to succeed the late A.
c. Mitchell. As the insurgents have
yowled for a primary why this re-
version to system far more subs
yersive Of the voters rights than the
convention system was ever charged
with beings Is 1t possible that the
insurgents are insinQdre and only
after jobsI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
s0ME POINTS On The PRIMARY.

SOME POINTS ON THE fitAnAAnt.
Regardless Of any personal views
ON the value of the primary no one
With desire for fairness can uphold
the insurgents plan to- nominate .
congressman in the Second district
By the committee. The primary is
the law If the state and no cheap
political trlckery should be allowed
to override it. The lola Register
calls attention to some points in the
matter worth considering: Those
who emphasize the fact that the pri-
mary law by its terms does not APP
ply in case Of vacancies, have no DIFF
ficulty in taking it for granted that
the committee has power to make
the nomination. But the committee
has NO existence except through the
provisions Of the primary law. and
IL those provisions do not apply IN
one direction Is 1t not worth while
to inquire whether they may also TAN
to apply in the other? The law
provides that when vacancies occur
after the primaries are held, they
shall be filled by the committee
Rut- these are vacancies which occur
latter the primaries are held" when
the committee, taking note Of the
votes cast for the various candidates
would be we'll advised as to VINO
might be the SECOND choice OF the
people. But no primaries have been
held in this instance. What right
would a committee have to assume
that the people wanted some parti-
cular pet of half a dozen men when
no expression of the popular prefer
ence had ever been made
"But whatever conclusion may Dc
reached as to the legal right Of the
committee to nominate a candidate,
no one can assert that 1t has moral
or a political right to exercise that
prerogatlve. II there is one thing
the Republicans of Kansas have set
tied It is that there shall be no snap
Judgment In the nomination OF can
didates for office. Even in the DID,
old days, when the so-called ina
chine" was in unquestioned control
of the party organization and when
the laymen Of the party could be de-
pended upon to "vote 'er straight"
regardless OF who was named or how
even in those benighted days no Re-
publican congressional committee
ever dared to take from the people
their right to avoice in naming their
candidate for congress. To imagine
that the Republican voters of this
enlightened age would condone such
an offense is to imagine a vain thing
indeed. No candidate who desires
to be elected would take a nomina-
ton thus conferred, and no member
of the committee who desires to re-
tain the respect of his constituents
would attempt to usurp the power
which the people never conferred up
on him."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
KANSAS RANKS SECOND.

The State Sunday School office
calls attention to the fact that q
comparison OF the 1910 census with
the report recently sumbitted at the
international Sunday school conven-
ton shows that the proportion Of
the population enrolled in Sunday
school throughout the entire inter-
national field averages Is per cent.
The lowest rate, / per cent is in
Porto Rico. The highest, ~ per
cent, is in Delaware, and Kansas with.
&c per cent, ranks second in all the
states Of the Union. Nine states
make 10 per cent. Four states, Ar
kansas, West Virginia, New Jersey
and Washington reach exactly the
average Of 16 per cent, Iowa. Texas,
Ohio and Pennsylvania are among
those ranking well up into the
twenties. But all others, except
Delaware, are at least 2 per cent be-
low Kansas. The absence Of large
cities in Kansas, the prevailing
American type of the population and
the prevalence of the evangelical
type of religion, together with tho
thorough organization Of this state,
doubtless account for this high per-
centage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

Bryan told this story at the Ar
kansas City chautauaua the other
day, according to the News: Ayouns
Kentucky backwoOdsman had been
going to zee his sweetheart for .
year. At last one night be found
courage 70 ten her be loved her and
asked her to marry him. she replied
frankly that she loved him and had
only been awaiting for him to tell
her be loved her. 90 that she eould
tell Nm nov much she loved AIM
when he started hone ~ losks1 -
IL TIE al.rl a. tEils %,
rrra. ] haln1 81 aolai1' .1lr ne-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03


Lawrence Gazette: A traveller over
the state remarked on the quick
change in the appearance Of the
fields in Kansas as soon as the rains
came. Two weeks ago the plains look
ed sick. The prairie hay was as vel
low as in the early fall, and the corn
and other crops dropped listlessly
and curled up under the blasts of
the winds and the glare of the sun.
The landscape was overspread with
a pallor the like of which may be
seen on the face Of a, very sick man.
Then one day it rained, and twenty
four hours worked transformation.
The grass put out new shoots, the
corn Strengthened up and waved in
the moist breezes, and the prairies
took on the normal luxurious APP
pearance of Kansas in July. There
Is only one thing that was quicker
to come back" than the vegetation,
and that is the spirit Of the people.
Before the first shower had stopped
falling, the farmers made arrange
ments to SOW a late crop Of rough
ness" to tide their stock through the
winter, and in many small towns the
merchants stocks OF garden seeds
we're exhausted. The farmers wives
had started to make garden" again.
The merchants in many towns re-
ported that business; which had been
dead for a month, had resumed Its
normal volume. Talk at the cream
stations and other places where FARM
ers gather grew cheerfuIIer. Mention
was made that some fields Of wheat
and oats had yielded pretty well after
all. for q dry year. It was agreed
that Kansas, in spite Of occasional
dry spells. Is a pretty good place
to 1--we in. "In proportion As the
sky elouded over, the people cleared
OF" said The traveller.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

Here's an item from the Manhat-
tan Nationalist that is worth read
ing: In the employ of the Kaw Paw
ing company there is a colored man,
probably As years old, who draws
a salary which most any man not in
business for himself. would be glad
to have. This man is foreman Of
the gang that lays the smooth sur
face Of the asphaltic concrete pave
ment. He has "raked asphalt" TWEEN
ty-eight years, and of course knows
the business we'll. 1t requires ex-
perience to get layer of asphalt
the same thinkness all over street.
This man is paid s2I every week
in the year whether he works or
not. This man has learned to do a
certain thing and do 1t we'll. That
is why he gets good pay His work
Is light, he simply bosses the job.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

The work Of the city Commission
ers In being able to care for the
towns finances at a lower levy than
last year 10 evidence that the right
men were chosen last spring as man
ayers Of city affairs. Mayor Hurd
and Commissioners Matteson and
Forney have proved their worth and
have shown what It means to run
town right. They have added nearly
$500 annually to the city's income
from water rentals that should have
been paid but never we're and this
alone is greatly to their credit. TheiI
record has the towns approval.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
G. F. Scott: It has been generally


c. F. Scott: It has been generally
understood that the $2,OO0,00O mem
orial to Abraham Lincoln which con-
gress authorized a year ago would
be erected in the plaza Of the union
station at Washington. But now
comes ex-Speaker Cannon with the
suggestion that it be placed in the
National Cemetery at Arlington. And
why isn't that the place for it? Where
could monument to the great war
president be better placed than in
the beautiful park that is dedicated
forever to the memory of the boys"
who fought the war which he directed
and the weight of which furrowed
his face with the lines of sorrow and
care?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
SHIFTING SOIL
Real Estate Transfers Reported By
J. Z. Keel. AbstraetOr.

Hector Henthorn and wife to Jennie
Catherine Parks 3 y sv X sa-i1-s
$500.
Luther B. Reese and wife to Roy
Parks. und lie int. In X sW
X Mills, $500.
Flod PuIks snd wife to Roy Parks
ina 1-lo AZ In = \ ~ X 81
lo-S. eseo.
Nora slemmor and hushahd % Jen-
ale caittfins Para. . y sN 3
eA.ti.s "a.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03

In a few days Charles s. Finch,
editor Of the Lawrence Gazette. viii
begin his duties ns postmaster Of
Lawrence. No appointment vas ever
better deserved or WIll Be more gen
orally approved over The sule. NJ.
Einch h uasnnst b. ability and ser
rics ana Knnrtl uill roagratui1te
rnrr.ncs o. hs7ihs 70 steellrnt ~
.lnslrl.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
CURrTs, COOP WORK.

A stroke Of the pen by Postmaster
General Hitchcock has carried out
the provisions of the act Of the last
congress In which Senator Curtis
performed q very important part in
the increasing Of the salaries Of 49,
600 rural delivery carries throughout
the country. The amount Of the dis
tribution Of the increased salaries Will
be four million dollars a year. 1t
will be remembered that In the Slst
congress Senator Curtis raised q
point Of order against the senate
provision changing the house BILL
and his contention was sustained w
the vice president; otherwise the act
ion would not have accomplished the
desired purpose Of securing for the
carriers their increased salaries. Sen
ator Curtis has introduced a bill to
relieve small corporations OF the coun-
try from the danger Of prosecution,
for not having filed returns with the
collectors Of internal revenue In the
different states. In great many
cases the small corporations. not be-
ing taxable, failed to file these state
ments and under the strict construc-
ton OF the statutes are subject to
fines, as the department holds that
in all cases reports must be made. A
similar bill to that Of Mr.. Curtis is
to be introduced in the house, and
since the proposed legislative action
-s'red by t tment' II IL
likely that 1t will be secured at the
present session Of congress. -Hia-
watha World.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-08-03
.s2.46O.OOO.OOO

IA LOLhI OL ''''' VH'-S'N -
while the farm value of agriculture
alone the same year amounted TO
nine billion dollars. Nine billion dol
lars is a big lot Of money. tits the
one great item Of our national re-
source. In connection with this great
wealth producing business, 1t Is GER
tasnly conservative, figured from any
standpoint, to say that on the nine
billion dollar farm value crop the
producers should receive two billion
dollars more money than they are
now receiving. These two billion dol
lars saved would mean to the farm
ers a two billion dollar saving on
nine billion dollar crop. When we
discuss figures so large they be-
come mystifying. The two billion
dollars we could save by a system
Of going more direct from the farm
to the consumer nearly equals the.
factory value Of all steel, lumber, oil'E
sugar and tobacco sold in the United
States last year. # is more than the
combined revenues of France. Italy
and Germany. 1t is more than dou-
BILE the yearly cost of running our
own government. 1t means to the
farmers more than two dollars for
every minute that has passed since
the birth Of Christ"