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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09

he could do the sarae and still have a
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully well, and the current
price is about $3.50 per bushel. We
then drove over into another town
ship getting further back from the
railway, and the main travelled road
Here we found ourselves in the center
OF a Swedish settlement. Those form
ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska Invited to put up our
horses and stay over for dinner, and
q dinner that was enjoyed not only on
account of the generous appetite Gre
ated by the exhilarating drive, but
also because of the clean linen, the
wellprepared dishes of roast fowl, po-
tatoes, cabbage, and delightful des-
sert, some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The host and
hostess were modest in describing
their own achievements, and equally
modest as to those of their friends,
but enough was learned to satisfy US
that they had come there about three
years ago, IN moderate, almost poor.
circumstances. Most of them had re-
ceived their homesteads as gift from
the government, and by careful dill
gence had purchased and paid for ad-
joining land They had plenty of cat
tie and horses, some sheep and hogs,
and large wellkept gardens, showing
an abundance of potatoes and cabbage
and other vegetables. Their buildings
were good. Schools were in the neigh
comfort everywhere
On to the Park Country.
Reluctant to leave these interesting
1v
were hooked up" and driven on, I'M
with the horses pulling on the bit and
travelling at a 12-mile an hour gait
over a road that would put to shame
many of the macadamized streets, we
were whirled along a sinuous drive
through the woods and then out in the
park country.
Here was another scene of beauty,
groves of poplar, herds of cattle,
fenced fields of wheat and oats and
barley and fax. Here was wealth,
and happiness and surely content
ment The crops were magnificent.
The settlers, most of them, by the
way, from Iowa, had selected this 10
cation because of it's beauty Its en-
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
in abundance, the soil was the best
the shelter for the cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply OF
food. while hay was easy to get They
liked it Here was a sturdy farmer
with his three boys. He had formerly
been a merchant In an Iowa town, his
children had been given college edu-
cation and one of the boys was about
to marry the accomplished daughter
of a neighboring farmer
Through Land of Wealth.
The invitation to remain to supper
was accepted, but that given to re
main over night was tabled 1t was
only a 25-mile drive into town over
tie best of roads, through such 6
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09
The Tramp Chair.

GERS had occasion to take care of the
man, and he was put into the tramp
chair.
1t Is not known how long the tramp
stayed there, but at least long enough
so that he wanted to get out OF the
town as quickly as he could He evil
IDENTITY got word to his brother tramps
and warned them to stay clear of
Bingham. and no tramps have been in
the town since
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09

Men are such rude things said
the supercilious girl.
Has any of them dared to address
you without an introduction?"
NO; but in crowd one got his face
all mixed up with my hatpin and
never even said excuse me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09
Charity Entertainments.

This novel supper was given by a
club of young women in the parlors
of a city church. At each place the
menu (not filled out, the riddle at top
unguessed) given below was laid with
a pencil, The guest marked what he
wished and the card was returned
with the order
MADAME MERRL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc eigar-
You pay 1oc for cigars not good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09
Strained.

What are strained relations mar
We'll, your pa is an awful strain
on the pocketbooks of my relations"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-09

A man has to have strong pull To
equal that of a dull razor.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

make investigation of any sub
ject whenever directed by either
house of congress. It still fur
Their requires the Board, under
the direction of the president, TO
report upon the effect of tariff
laws or bounty laws as enacted
in foreign countries, 1t safe
guards information thus obtained
from any individual or company
so that it shall not be available
for use by any competitor or
rival. The Board has power to
subpoena witnesses, administer
oath, and require the productin
of pertinent documents. The
Board thus created is to super
sede the present Tariff Board,
created by the terms of the
Payne-Aldrich Act. If this bill
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

of the Board is to make investi-
cations concerning matters af-
fecting the tariff. Though these
Investigations are to be with
special reference to the cost of
production, they are not to be
confined to that, for the bill pro-
vides that the information that
the Board is entitled to secure
includes all other facts which
may be necessary or convenient
in fixing import duties or in aid
ing the president and other offic-
ers of the government in the adj
ministration of the custom laws;
and the measure furthermore re-
quires that the Board shall also
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

dicted by the more extreme mem
bers of organized labor, but two
parties that will take different
views of the way of handling the
financial end of this great govern
mental compact.
It is quite apparent to any
thinking mind that Theodore
Roosevelt is at present practical
ly a Socialist in views, and that a
great majority of those who FOL
low his teachings are likewise in
perfect sympathy with the most
of the doctrines advocated by the
Socialist teachers. But Mr..
Roosevelt will not join the Social
list party now nor in the future,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

nor will those who love Roose-
welt best, do so; they, however,
will join some party that will in
corporate the ideas of the Social
list party and reform the present
financial system of the this gov
eminent.
The Populist party once threat
ented to become all powerful in
the United States and it was
truly making much Roadway, but
being directed by radicals in
stead of level headed thinking
men, the Republican party adopt
ed all of its good things and
thereby so completely stole its
thunder that it died without a
struggle.
May perhaps the Republican
party will likewise take over the
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

''By a vote in which not only
partisan but also fractional diff
ferences were disregarded, the
house of representatives passed
last week a bill to establish a
permanent non partisan = or,
more strictly. bipartisan Tariff
Board. The measure as finally
adopted is a compound of two
bills, one introduced by Mr.. Long
worth of Ohio. the other by Mr..
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. 1t
provides that the Tariff Board
shall be composed of five mem
bers. appointed by the president
and removable by him. Their
tenure of office is such as to
make the Board a continuing
body unaffected as a whole by
political changes. The function
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

ideas of the Socialist and thereby
kill it as it did the Populist, but
if it does not some new party will
come forward and absorb all or a
majority of those now opposing
the Republican and Democratic
parties and also drawing from
both of the old parties and with
it's hosts sweep the whole country
from north to south and from
east to west.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24
FRIDAY February "a, 1911

passes the fsenate, it will consti
tute the most momentous change
in tariff legislation that has TAX
en- place.tin the United States
since the enactment of the first
tariff law. 1t will change tariff
legislation from a vast game be-
tween Commercial contestants to
an administrative process based
upon knowledge of scientific
value. Of course the transition
will notl be complete. No one
whose head is level will expect
this to eliminate all the evils that
are incident to our tariff policy:
but every one has a right to ex-
pect that itkwill vastly minimize
those evils. For years the tariff
question has been nominally a
political question. If the issue
between the parties had been a
real issue between two distinct
principles and policies, there
would have been no ground of
complaint against the practice of
treating the tariff question as DO
lltical. If one party had consist
emily advocated protection as the
object of tariff legislation, and
the other had as consistently ur-
ged revenue as the object, a
basis for political contest
would have existed. AS a mat
ter OF fact, this has not been the
case. The Democratic party has
proved itself as truly as the Re-
publican to be an advocate of pro-
lection. The Wilson German
Act was as essentially protec-
ton measure as that which it SUI
perceded. The real contest be-
tween the parties has in reality
been a contest over what indus.
tries and what sections of the
country shall get the greater
benefit from the tariff. Such a
contest as that is a scannal. The
question as how the benefits of
protection should be determined,
not by the pulling and hauling
of interests, but by a process
that will ascertain what appor-
tionment will result in an
of benefit. AS it
has been followed in this country
the protective policy has been
one of the most corrupting in
f1uences on public life. If, how
ever, the protective policy is put
honestly upon a scientific basis,
it might still encounter opposi-
tlon on economic grounds, but it
would cease to raise moral issues.
If this measure is enacted, as
we hope it will be, lasting credit
will be due, first, to President
Taft and his administration, and,
secondly to those members of
who by it's ena ctment
have risen above party"
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

The following from the Outlook
of New York, of which Roosevelt
is one of the contributing editors,
will be read with a good deal of
interest:
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

Send your Legals to The Seat
tie Republican, 427 Epler Block
Phone Main 305.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

lain tAAAhCAAAiS 40 w Nc -
thing of the past, unless the
signs of the times play the pub
lie false. With the tariff out of
politics the death knell of the
Republican and Democratic par
ties will have been sounded and
the two must at once coalesce.
For the past century or more
the chief difference between the
Democratic and the Wing par
ties, of which the Republican
party is the legal heir. has been
the tariff, but if both of the old
parties now agree to submit the
tariff regulations of the whole
country to a tariff board, and
such board to regulate the duties
on imports and likewise exports
to the best interest of all con-
cerned, it will rebound to the
greatest good to the greatest
number. While the tariff has
always been the real issue be-
tween the North and the South it
was intensified during the slav-
cry days and even since the
emancipation on account of cheap
labor in the South. The tariff
was really the cause of the great
civil war, as it was a struggle
between slave labor and free la
labor at living wages. When
slavery became a fixed instltu-
ton in the South the southern
representatives wanted free trade
because the South could COM
pete with European labor and
the North wanted a protective
tariff because she did not feel
able to compete with the labor of
the European countries. The
southern representatives desir-
ing to perpetuate the institution
of slavery fought to keep the
North divided on the subject, and
succeeded right we'll, while the
South was always unit on the
question, and as a result the
South was able for many years to
cotrol legislation on the tariff.
but when it found itself hopeless
ly losing, it plunged the country
into a fierce internecine war with
the hope of coming out of
the chaotic state at least none
the worse than what they SEEM
ed doomed to be driv-
en- to by shrewd statesmen OF
the North, but she lost
and after years of experience un-
der a protective tariff from a
northern standpoint, she found
the whole country grew more
prosnerous than under free
trade, and she has been slowly
hut surely giving up her radical
ideas on the subject and taking
more philosophical view OF it.
Time has likewise softened the
nolv wounds made by the great
civil war, and the two sections
no longer antagonize each other
IN the account of the abolition OF
slavery and it is perfectly natural
that all concerned come to the
conclusion that a tariff board is
the right and proper thing fer
the whole country.
If then there is no longer any
difference between the Republl-
can and Democratic parties the
question is, what will be the OPP
posing parties in the future?
The prediction herein may be
far fetched, but The SEATTL RE-
.Nr ;c Of the OninlOn that
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-24

Peoples Savings Bank.
edward C. NsufsAdsr, PresC
r j. Reekie. Vice Priest
Jos. I. Greenleaf, Cashier
Incorporated Dec. 10th. 1883.
Commercial Savings and Trust
General Bank and EXCHANGE
Cor Second ami Pike st Seattle. Wash
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
England Copied From Am.rIe,.

The American system of letter.
grams Is responsible for an innova-
ton which has been recently put into
operation in England by the postof-
nee authorities by which the adyant-
age OF the delivery of letter on Sun.
day is secured at the expense of a
trining fee. 1t is simply necessary to
write on the envelope: ITO be tele.
phoned on Sunday" and adds an extra
half-cent of postage for every 30 words
or traction thereof. Then the postal
clerk at the receiving Office calls up
the person addressed by telephone and
conveys the message without leaving
the postoffice. II enough postage is IN
cluded. the same message may be de-
hvered by telephone to a number Of
different parties in the same city.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE

Washington, d. c., Nov 13.-Justice
Gould of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia today issued a
rule to show cause on Secretary Fish
Ier why he should not restore to the
rolls in the Choctaw tribe of Indians
las citizens by blood Minerva f. Swad-
ley and John w. Swadley The rule
was made returnable November 18th.
The mandamus petition, which was
filed by Happier & Merillat and James
X Jones, of Washington, d. c.. and
Charles Won Wiese, of Ardmore. Okla.
alleged that the Swadleys had been
found entitled to enrolment as Choc-
taw Indians by blood and their names
had been placed up6n final roll of
citizens by blood of the Choctaw Ma
ton, one of them being a half-blood
Indian, and her husband being at this
time actually on the roll as a citizen
by intermarriage of the Choctaw Ma
ton The mandamus petition alleged
that under the rules and regulations
and practice in enrolment matters
parties were entitled to notice and an
opportunity to be heard before any
adverse action was taken in their
cases 1t asserted that notwithstand.
ing Judgment had been entered and
II.
directed by the secretary of the in
terror in their favor and rolls prepared
containing their names, and without
any notice or opportunity to be heard
the favorable judgment or order had
been set aside and the rolls contain
ing their names had been stamped
'Disapproved" on the 4th day of
March, 1907 by Secretary Hitchcock.
The petition set forth that the Swad-
leys had selected certain described
lands and that the secretary of the
interior was proposing to sell those
lands by public auction, the latter part
of this month
An order has been made by the sec.
retary of the interior in consequence
of the suit directing that the lands
selected by the Swadleys shall not be
sold but that the matter shall await
the determination by the court of the
suit The lands as to which
no mandamus suits have been filed
will be sold by auction.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
ALREADY WAS GOOD WRITER
Amusing Story of Frank H. Spearman,
the Author, and His Young
Son.

An amusing story is told of Frank
H. Spearman, the author of Robert
Kimberly" of the shock he gave one
of the brothers of st. Mary's college.
Oakland, Cal. Mr. Spearman sent one
OF his boys there to school, and, the
boy was a great favorite with one
OF the brothers who was noted for his
penmanship, and for his ability to
teach 1t. He prided himself on turn.
Ing out the best writing pupils of the
west, and he thought that Spearman
was one of the best of these.
One time Mr.. Spearman was talking
to him, not knowing that he was the
teacher Of writing. He said, "If there
is one thing that I do want 1t is for
that boy to be good writer"
But indeed he Is good writer
the brother began
Il want him to be a clear, forceful
writer, none of your little fancy pen
pushers"
Upon this the mild hammered broth.
er rushed to his desk, and brought
back some specimens of young Spear
mans hand writing. He was in &
great furry of excitement. He wa
used only to compliments.
Mr. Spearman looked surprised fo
moment, and then he began to laugh
OH" he said, Il don't care about his
penmanship | meant that l want him
to write good English"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
Imports of Potash Salts
Into The United States

in the manufacture of soft soap, for
cleansing purposes, in dyeing, and for
the emulsifying Of oils; while the
chemical and other industries utilize
the foregoing and other potash salts in
the preparation Of drugs and medicines
and in other technical processes.
Germany is the chief source Of
kainit and, indeed, Of all the imported
potash salts except crude saltpeter OF
the murite imported in 1911, 43l mil
lion pounds, Germany supplied all ex-
cept 3A million pounds received from
Belgium and ~ million pounds from
the United Kingdom, most of which
was, in each case, presumably, of Ger
man origin. Practically all the inn
ports of sulphate of potash are from
Germany, and of the 20 million pounds
of carbonate of potash imported in the
last fiscal year. Germany is credited
with 16 million pounds, compared with
less than half that sum from all other
European countries In the case of
nitrate of potash, or crude saltpeter.
however. British India is the chief
source, that country being credited
with over 8 million pounds out of a
total importation of 9A million pounds
in the fiscal year which ended June 30,
1911.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
Emerson on Civilization.

The civilized man has built a coach
but has lost the use of his feet. Ht
is supported on crutches, but lacks 81
much support of muscle. He has 6
Geneva watch, but he fails of the
skill to tell the hour by the sun. 4
Greenwich nautical almanac he has
and so, being sure of the informatio-
when he wants 1t, the man in tn,
street does not know a star in the
sky. The solstice he does not OBJ
serve; the equinox he knows as little.
and the whole bright calendar of TIE
year is without dial in the mind. His
Libraries overload his wit; the in.
surance Office increases the number Of
accidents; and 1t may be a question
whether machinery does not incum.
Der; whether we have not lost by
refinement some energy. by a Christi.
anity intrenched In establishments
and forms, some vigor of wild virtue
For every Stole was a Stole, but in
Christendom where is the Christianf
Emerson.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13

The recent announcement by the
department of agriculture and from
other sources regarding discoveries oi
large supplies of potash in the United
States lends interest to a statement
prepared by the bureau of statistics,
department OF commerce and labor
showing that the Importation of potash
salts is now running at the rate OF
over million dollars a month and has
aggregated since 1900 approximately
rs million dollars. Wnile these potash
salts enter the country in various
forms and thus under various titles,
including muriate of potash. sulphate
of potash, carbonate of potash. kainit,
etc, their aggregate import value in
tie 8 months ending with September,
1911, was 1lh million dollars, against
about million in the corresponding
months of 1910 and little over mil
lion in the corresponding months of
1909, thus indicating a steady and
rapid growth in the importation of this
class of products. Taking the figures
for fiscal years. the total for 1911 was
IA million dollars, compared with less
than IL million in 1910, less than 4
million in 1900 and less than two mill
lion in 1890.
The principal classes of potash salts
imported into the United States are,
in the order of magnitude of imports
in the fiscal year 1911: Kainit, 300
million pounds; muriate of potash, 431
million pounds; sulphate of potash, or
crude saltpeter, million pounds; caus-
tic potash, Z million pounds; and all
other salts of potash, million pounds.
Measured by value the largest impor-
tations during the year occurred in the
muriate, 6l6 million dollars; kainit,
2 2-S million; the sulphate, nearly 2 !
million; and the corbanate, three-quar-
ters of a million dollars.
American farms absorb a large pro- |
protion of the imported potash salts,
most of which are valuable as fertili- |
zers by reaso nof their large content
of potash. This is especially true of
kainit, muriate of potash, and the sui
phate of potash. Nitrate of potash, or
crude saltpeter, is chiefly used in the
of gunpoWder and nitric |
acid caustic potash. in the manufac-
ture of soap; and carbonate of potash,
or potash" as popularity called. OBJ
tanned largely from the ashes of GER
tain land and marine plants, is used I
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-13
PASTORAL OF THE Big CITY
As Sun Sinks, Policemen Seek Cafes
Back Room and Footpad Pre-.
pares for Duty.

The sun was sinuously sinking be.
hind few thousand buildings, vary.
ing in height from the one-story edifice
on the western water front to the 90.
story warehouse adjacent. 1t may seem
odd to say that the sun was sinking
sinuously, but it had TO sink in that
way to give proper performance and
dye the corners of each and every
building with its rosy stain. Up in the
edge of the sky you could see dusk,
getting ready to do business. The even
ing chimes rang out from 11S trolley
cars In the immediate vicinity, and the
softly musical resonance OF the far.
away elevated filtered through the
circumambient air. 1t had to filter to
get through, as couple OF thousand
chimneys We're on the job.
The lone policeman on the beat fold.
ed his tent like an Arab and as silent
ly stole into the nearest cafe Here
were other policemen. One would
have said half the metropolitan force
was in the back room. but this was
not true. Only one-fifth OF the force
was there, Without the evening shad.
ows began to fall and the trusty foot
pad adjusted his rubber heels and
heaved sigh, feeling sorrowful, he
knew not why. yet prepared to do his
duty.
The sun had now entirely disap.
peared into New Jersey-which is suf.
fering enough for one night.
We decline to proloHg this pastoral
Judge.