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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
DEDICATE GREAT BEND CHURCH
Their $4,000 Congregational Church
Is Free From Debt.

Great Bend, March 29.-How would
you like to have talking ability that
would bring you in s1.63 a minute? Be
worth while. wouldn't it? That was
what Rev. Thayer of Wichita got Sun
day morning at the Congregational
church in this city and he didn't seem
to work so hard either. But he sue
ceeded in seeing that the church was
dedicated entirely free of debt, and
raised over $10,000 in an hour and Is
minutes
The dedicatory exercises of the
church which were held Sunday at
tracted an immense audience to the
church and many were turned away
for lack of room. The services were
very impressive, and the special mu-
sic by the chorus choir contributed
largely to the, result.
The church building is one of the
finest in the state of Kansas and is
furnished in a handsome way, only
the very best material being used.
The pipe organ to be installed In the
church is the gift9of Mr.. Chas- Brink
man and other members of the Brink
man family and will bring the cost OF
the church to considerably more than
$4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
Try This
Pile Cure
1t Is Absolutely Free.

Pile sufferers may know to GER
tainty they can get instant relief and
a quick permanent cure by trying this
free method.
Simply send your name and address
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mid Bldg, Marshall, Mich, and they
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leave you free, active contented and
happy.
1t is a remarkable remedy. Thou
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work 1t is astonishing how pain dis
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things in life is to know just what to
do in an emergency AND. in piles the
thing to know is that Pyramid Pile
Cure brings quick relief. a permanent
cure anG you can prove it free. Write
today for free package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
Prof. Jardine Tells What Camp
bell Method Will Do.
Would Make Much of the Eastern
Land Productive.
USEROTAIION METHOD
Plant Corn One Year Followed
by Wheat and Oats.
Successful Farming Hardly Pos
sible Without Live Stock.

Manhattan, March 29.-Thousands
of acres of land that ought to be pro-
ducing crops and making money for
the owners are lying idle in western
Kansas. These acres are in what is
known as the dry farming belt, west
of line running through the east
part of Smith, Osborne. Barton, STAFF
ford and Barber counties. According
to w. M. Jardine, professor of agron-
omy at the Kansas State Agricultural
college, all that is needed to make
much of this land productive is the
application of the principles of dry
farming.
The rainfall for the eastern third of
this dry belt is about 20 inches, de-
creasing westward until the minimu m
of Is inches or less is reached about
the Colorado line. To get the best re-
suits in the eastern part of the district,
Mr. Jardine would use fve-year ro-
tation. The first years crop would
be corn, followed by oats or barley on
the corn stubble the next spring. Eth
er kafir corn~or some of the sorghums
would make a good third year crop
The fourth summer the land should
lie fallow; that is, plowed deep in the
sprtng, titled and kept we'll cultivated
and clear of weeds, especially in the
early spring. Winter wheat would be
the fifth year crop. This might be
preceded by a green manure crop,
such as rye oats or barley, in the ear
~ fall. Pillow the summer fallow for
this catch crop.
For the western part of the state,
where the rainfall is Is inches or less
a three-year rotation for summer fall
low is necessary. A good series to
run is kaflr or broom corn, followed by
summer fallow. with winter wheat the
third year. Whenever possible, win
ter rye or vetch to be pIoWed under as
green manure. should precede the kafir
or broom corn. OF course, the thought
full farmer will divide his land so that
only a part of it will be lying falloW
any one season.
Dry land farming is showing excel
lent results in the eastern part of the
arid belt, where land has more than
doubled in value in the last eight years
Good results are also obtained in the
central part. Dry farming is made
difficult in the extreme western part
by the high wind velocity evaporatine
the moisture rapidly from the soil and
also blowing the soil badly. But in
spite of this, 100 bushels to the acre
of salable potatoes is the record just
across the line in Colorado, where the
conditions are almost identical.
The standard crops for this country
seem to be winter wheat, the sorghuns,
milo, kafir, broom corn and cane and
few hardy, quick maturing varieties
of corn. Alfalfa for seed is generally
profitable, and on first bottom lands
can be raised for forage. In this case
alfalfa should be planted in rows and
cultivated just like corn.
No dry land farmer should neglect to
have live stock There is money in
hogs. dairy COWS and poultry. And lie
should use only brood mares for his
farm work. Successful farming IS
hardly possible in this region without
live stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
SNOW STORM Ar oBERLIN.
Very DisagreeabIe to the People, but
Quite q Helm to the Wheat

QAoo delp 10 the Wneat.
Oberlin, March 29-The people of
decatur county and most of this sec
tlon OF northwest Kansas have been
treated to some April Fool weather,
even II the first of April is a few days
OIL 1t was warm and few drops of
ram Tell on Saturday afternoon; in
Iact, the weather was SO mild people
went about their work in their shirt
sleeves. But sudden change came
Sunday morning, the wind Topped to
the north and blew pedestrians almost
on their feet and before the noon hour
arrived the pioneers of Oberlin and
Decatur county were reminded that an
old fashioned blizzard was raging furi-
ously and the snow was falling thick
and fast, melting as it fell. The rain
was needed. but it didn't come, but
II enough snow falls it will do the
wheat good. People went to church in
fearful dust storm and returned
home at the close of the services in
a raging snow storm. 1t was wind,
dust and snow storm combined, and
neither one had a cinch on the other
so far as the disagreeable part of it
was concerned. Russian thistles chased
one another down the streets in rapid
succession and goods boxes tumbled
over one another in hop skip and
jump as they pounded the street. 1t
was a day long to be rem embered by
the people of Oberlin. Few ventured
out doors until the storm subsidized,
and in every home the fires were kin
died anew, while the most disagreeable
part of winter had returned with earn
eStneSS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
KANSAS WHEAT SHOWING.
Around Hutchinson 1t Looks Fine But
Not So Good South.

Hutchinson, March 29.-"The best
wheat in Kansas is right around
Hutchinson and through this strip of
country here" declared J. R. Baker,
of the Rock Mill & Elevator Co.
Further south the wheat is not look
ing SO good"
There is good wheat for 100 miles
down the Rock Island" reported Scott
Clark, a travelling salesman of the
Colladay Hardware Co. But beyond
that there is not so good a prospect
There is a hard crust on the ground
which must be broken up. The
farmers are going into the crust with
discs however, and it will probably
bring the wheat out all right"
''The wheat isn't so good in the
southern tier of counties in this state -
reported Frank Baker. 1.-The crop up
here looks mighty good, but down in
the southern border there is not such
a good prospect"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
ANANIAS MUCKRAKERS.
Col. Roosevelt Coins Another Term
to Express His Contempt.

Berkeley, Cal, March 29.-Theodore
Roosevelt concluded his series of Earl
lectures here with a ringing condem-
nation of those newspapers and maya
zineS-the "Ananias muckrakers, he
termed them-that "misrepresent and
discredit honest public servants, with
the result that the mind of the public
IS so confused that it is unable to dis
tinguish the honest official from the
dishonest.
THE public man. said Colonel
Roosevelt, occupies very important
and responsible position; but in a
country like ours, where public opin-
ion prevails so paramOuntly, the pub
lie man does not occupy nearly so i'm
portant position as he that moulds
public opinion. The cardinal sin of
the public man is theft; the cardinal
sin of the moulder of public opinion IS
mendacity.
There is type of magazine the
colonel went on, "a type that it is
hardly fair to call Undertaking be-
cause certain undertaking magazines
have performed a splendid public SER
Vice-a type which may be designat-
ed as 'Ananias muckrakers' that which
no influence can play more con-
temptible part. No convicted alderman
or disgraced public man doing time in
a penitentiary is baser than this type
of magazine which purveys disgrace
full accusations against honest men
whom they know to be true to their
principles"
The colonel then referred to the at
tacks upon him by the New York
Herald and to the opposition of that
newspaper to his administration and
to Henry L. Stimson when the latter
was candidate for governor. This, he
said. was because of his appointment
OF Stimson as United States district
attorney in New York and the govern
ment's personal column" action
against the Herald prosecuted by Slim
son and which resulted in a fine of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
HOLDING THEIR BROOM CORN.
Cheyenne County Farmers Have at
Least Twenty-Five Carloads.

st. Francis, March 29.-At one time
Cheyenne county was the banner broom
corn county in the state. Since then
the price for the brush has slumped so
that the acreage has been cut down.
There are on the townsite of st. Fran
els at the present time no less than
twenty-five car loads of broom corn
which will be held here until the price
will warrant the shipment. One of the
former big growers of broom corn, who
now buys most of it on the market is
Josiah Crosby, ex-sheriff, ex-county at
torney and ex-member Of the legis-
lature Of Cheyenne county. He would
have served another term as member
of the legislature except for the fact
that he was counted out by a Repub-
lican majority on the contest commit
tee. Mr.. Crosby says that not less than
100 car loads of broom corn Of the crop
of 1910 is tributary to ST. Francis. This
will include a portion of the crop raised
in Colorado and tributary to this place.
He thinks about eighty car loads was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
TO AVENGE AN INSULT.
One Greek Murders Another and Con-
ceals the Body.

Kansas City. March 29.-Achilles
Pentarakis and his wife, Angelique,
have been arrested here on a charge of
numbering Frank BarbareSoS, a COM
patriot. in Chicago last week. The
Greek confessed.
The tragedy took place Saturday
night a week ago in the little rooms at
1888 Seebor street, where Achilles and
his wife and the murd cred man lived.
Achilles says he killed Barbaresos
because the latter asked his wife to
eIope with him. Achilles turned upon
his false friend and grappled with him.
81 killed him." Achilles said simply.
HE was a traitor. He was strong, but
so was I and when he fell 1 was on
top.
with an ak I crushed his skull. He
deserved death and in my country
death alone answers his crime"
The Greek detailed his efforts to dis
pose of the body and told how he cut
off the head with the same ak with
which he had dealt the blow; how he
had dismembered the trunk and
packed it in a basket and dragged the
load down two flights of stairs to the
coal cellar and hidden it there. That
night they remained in the house, but
not to sleep. In the morning they took
train for Kansas City.
Achilles and his wife came from
Syros, Greece, a year ago.
Body Is Found.
Chicago, March 29.-Police here
found the hacked and dismembered
body of George Barbaresos a Greek,
in the coal bin of house at 1913 Sebor
street, in this city, following the ar
rest and confession of a Greek laborer
and his wife in Kansas City, Mo-, ear
lier in the day.
The chopped off members of the
body were packed closely in an old
clothes basket and the whole was hid
beneath some coal and wood. 1t was
found by detectives after a search over
the whole street, the address given to
the Kansas City police having been
found to be wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29

the sum total of the number of car
loads raised in Cheyenne county. He
paid from $40 to $50 per ton at first.
and now pays from $40 to $50.
The big broom corn crop year in
Cheyenne county was in 1892, when
there was 365 car loads shipped from
st. Francis.
Mr.. Crosby has made money in the
broom corn industry. He is a careful,
shrewd buyer, paying whatever the
markets afford, and on many occasions
he has notified the raisers of corn to
hold on to their crops until the market
could afford to pay what it was worth.
He is a valuable citizen to ST. Francis,
and is one of the pushing and progress
s1ve business men of the town and
Cheyenne county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
Pueblo Rocky Ford District
Farm As You like

Remember our lands are not
away off in the wilderness but
lie adjacent to the big city of
Pueblo, with good markets and
all modern conveniences.
You can follow any kind of
farming you like-fruit raising,
trucking, general farming, live
stock, grain farming-suit your
self and get rich doing it.
You can't find more delight
full climate in the whole world
pure air-mild winters-pleasa SAINT
summers.
Live in this ideal country
control your own weather condi-
tions-and make from 800 to
$1,000 per annum on every acre
you buy. That's what you can
do on our lands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
FROM BURNING HOUSE
Home of Alfred Lundquist of Iinds-
borg Struck by Lightning.

Lfndsborg, Kan. March ga bolt
OF lightning struck the home of Alfred
Lundquist, in the north part of the
city, at o'clock Sunday morning,
burning it to the ground. The fire
burned rapidly. However, most of the
furniture and household goods were
removed without damage
The only person in the house at the
time of the fire was Albert Lundquist
son of Alfred Lundquist, who was car
ried out of the burning building while
still aSleen
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A BIG RANCH SOLD.

Hutchinson Man Buys 1924 Acres in
Barber County.
Hutchinson, March 29.-T. J. Hold
redge, vice president of the Hutchin-
son Milling Co., has purchased the
Houghton ranch in Barber county,
consisting of 4,234 acres. 1t is one
of the biggest real estate deals in the
state this year.
The ranch includes 500 acres of
cultivated land, IS acres of fine alfalfa
1925 acres of timber, large ranch
houses, banks, granaries and other i'm
provements. The consideration was
a trade of other land. Mr.. Holdredge
will stock the ranch with white face
cattle.
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HE KNEW TOO MUCH.
A Policeman Is ,Assassinated on His
Beat at Kansas City.

Kansas City. March 29.-Joseph
Raimo, an Italian policeman, was shot
and killed while he was patrolIing his
beat in the Italian district here last
night.
No one saw the shooting take place.
Pedestrians found Ramos body lying
on a sidewalk. Two shot guys. con-
tanning empty shells, were found in a
vacant lot near the scene of the shoot
ing. Raimo was shot in the back. Re-
Gently Raino told another policem an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
ADDING NEW MEMBERS.
Farmers Institute at Remington Is
Creating Interest

Bennington, Kan, March 29.-The
farmers institute at this place was or
ganized about a month ago and it is
adding new members at every meet
ing. It has been the means of getting
the farmers interested in the silo and
several are already planning to build
silos. Sentiment is also growing to-
wards the live stock association move
ment and the good roads movement
also
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TO ERECT NEW CHURCH.
Presbyterians Let Contract for 1000
Building in Center Township.

Beloit, March 29.-M E. Brady, the
Beloit contractor. has been awarded
the contract to erect a fine new frame
church for the HopeweH United Pres
byterian congregation out in Center
township, and the work of putting
down the foundation will begin this
week, work to be continued as rapidly
as possible until the building is com
pleted. The new structure is to cost
at least $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
MAY WRECK WATER PLANT.
Lightning Struck Smokestack of Min
neanoIis WaterWOrlxs.

Minneapolis, Kan, March 29.-Light-
ming struck the smokestack of the wa
ter plant here Sunday and Monday
night a ton or so of bricks fell out of
the base The 65-foot stack is now
threatening to fall on the building,
pumping is impossible and the town
faces a water famine. An expert will
determine today whether the chimney
must be pulled down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
Maine Rejects Income Tax.

Augusta, Me-, March 29.-The Maine
house of representatives, by a vote Of
50 to 3d. declined to ratify the proposed
amendment to the United States consti-
tuition providing for a tax on incomes.
1t, however, accepted a favorable re-
port on a bill providing for state in
come tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
BUILD A BIG BRIDGE.
Mckinley Structure Across Missouri
River Cost 100000.

Atchison, Kan, March 29.-Blue
prints received yesterday for the pro-
posed Mckinley bridge across the Mis-
souri, river here call for a structure to
cost $400, 900. While the Mckinley syn
dictate, which controls numerous inter
urban electric lines, is promoting the
new bridge, several steam railroad
companies have become interested in it,
on account of the excessive toll charged
by the company owning the present
bridge here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
RECORD PRICE FOR wHEArLAND
Eighty Acres in Chase County Sells
for $14G.5O an Acre.

for $f4s.5O an Acre.
Cottonwood Falls, March 29.-What
is said to be the highest priced land to
sell in this county was a 40-acre tract
on Middle creek, several miles from
ElmdaIe, which sold this week for
S142.5O an acre. The land was a part
of the farm of ]. R. Beverlin and only
a small part of it was in cultivation.
j. r. Blackshire, the purchaser, is a
well known farmer in Middle creek
Real estate men of this city say it is
the highest priced land to sell here of
which they have any knowledge and
that it sets a new mark in land values
for Chase county real estate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29

that he feared he was about to be
killed.
Police learned that Raimo held the
key to the secret of the killing of Mrs.
Paulina Piano, who was shot and
killed here last December IA. She was
a storekeeper. Her slayers have never
been arrested. No arrests have been
made in the RaimO case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE.
Contract to Be Let Soon for the Struc-
ture at Atwood.

Atwood, March 29.-Plans and speci-
fications for a new Masonic temple
here have been received, and the work
of letting the contract for the structure
is under way. The building will be
two Storys, of pressed brick and 26xS5
feet. It will have a banquet hall 26x40
feet. The building will be modern in
every particular as well as one of the
largest and most complete Masonic
halls in this part of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Acute Gastritis Causes the Death of
Wichita Man.

Wichita, Kan, March 29.-J. ].
Walsh was found dead in bed yester-
day morning when his wife came to
call him for breakfast at his home,
Second street and New York avenue. A
physician said that death was caused
by acute gastritis. He was down town
Monday and retired Monday night
feeling fine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-29
KANSAS NOVELIST TO ASYLUM.
S. A. d. Cox's Mind Gave Way From
0yerWOrIx,

lola. kan. March 2e.-S. A. D. Cox
of Humboldt. a novelist and newspa-
per man, probably will be taken to the
Osawatornie asylum today by Sheriff
Kerr. Cox is in Jail here awaiting the
arrival Of a commitment from the SUI
perintendent of the asylum. His mind
gave away because Of overwork. Cox
recently returned from New York
where he was employed as short
story writer for magazine.
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a TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
SiIo Collapsed, Hurting Several Men &c
the Ground.

Newton, March 29.-By the collapse
of a silo in course of construction on
Jacob Reiger's farm, a mile northeast
of whitewater, a number of men were
injured, two of them fatally, it is be-
lieved.
The collapse of the big structure was
due to whirlwind that came up sud
denly and wrecked the building. 1t
was being built of regulation silo lum-
Der. boards thirty-two feet long, six
inches wide and two inches thick. and
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His wife had deserted him. returning
to her former home at Jonesboro, Ark.
with their two children. Dependency
drove Nichols to suicide. is the accepted
theory
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the men were working. The whole
tnlng went down, carrying the men
with it.
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CONDITIONS IN PAwNEE.

Western Half of the County Making a
Poor showing.
Lacrosse, Kan, March 29.-Pawnee
county conditions are good in the east
part of the county, in the west half
so per cent of the crop will lie aban-
doned and planted to other crops. A
3O-rnile wind from the northwest has
been blowing the past "a hours.
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The Water Supply

Expert engineers, land men,
officials and every one who has
investigated our water supply
pronounce it absolutely sure and
certain. The supply is from
storage; the drainage area more
than 1900 square miles from
snow covered mountains, giving
a supply largely in excess of any
possible demand. The work of
building reservoirs and canals is
just about completed-you can
see the supply for yourself.
The soil is deep and fertile
and will grow almost everything
grown in the temperate zone.
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FOUND DEAD IN BOX CAR.

Travelling Man Shot Himself in New
ton Railroad Yards.
Wichita, Kan, March 29-John A.
Nichols, a travelling man, was found
dead in a boxcar in the Newton rail-
road yards last night, a bullet through
his brain and a revolver by his side.
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Make No Mistake
! About Colorado Lands

You will find all sorts Of irrigation projects in the
West-good bad and Indifferent. Don't make mistake
and get in bad Investigate and be that you get
IN right The greatest irrigation project in Colorado
the surest water suppythe easiest terms payment
and the most attractive anu bargains entire country
is that offered by company in the
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Madame Lillian Nordica
Americas Grand Opera Star will sing In Auditorium
Topeka Friday Evening March 81

will
baos of the American
ereatest basso Solely because OF
Reserved at Stanneids
Tuesday March 2Sh