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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29
INCREASE IN NUMBER
OF AMERICANS
GOING TO CANADA

Although Western Canada suffered,
as did many other portions Of the
west, from untoward conditions, which
turned n OF the most promising
crops ever seen in that country, into
but little more than an average yield
Of all grains, there Is left In the
farmers hands, a big margin OF profit.
or course there were many farmers
who were fortunate enough to harvest
and market q big yield. and with the
prices that were secured made hand
some returns. From wheat, oats, bar.
ley and fax marketed to the list Of
January, 1912. there was a gross rev.
enle of SIS, 3S4,000. The cattle, hogs,
poultry and dairy proceeds brought
this up to SOL 500, 900 or Fl million
dollars in excess OF 1910. There was
still In the farmers hands at that
time about So million bushels Of wheat
worth at least another s~ixty-five mil.
lion dollars following for inferior
grades), besides about 100 million
bushels OF oats to say nothing Of bar
ley and fax, which would run into sew.
eral million of dollars.
There IL a great thrush Of settlers
to occupy the vacant lands through.
out Manitoba. Saskatchewan and AL
berta. The reports from the Govern
ment show that during the past year
upwards Of 1871 900 Americans crossed
the border into Canada. A great many
Of these took up farms, over ten thou
sand having homesteaded, in Fact the
records show that every state II the
Union contributed. A larger number
not caring to go so far away as the
homesteading area, have purchased
lands at from fifteen dollars an acre
to twenty-five dollars an acre. The
prospects for a good crop for 1912
are as satisfactory as for many years.
The land has had sufficient moisture
and with a reasonably early spring. it
Ia safe to predict a record crop.
Those who have not had the latest
literature sen out by the Governmen,
agents should send to he n nearest,
and secure a copy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29
Truth Alone Not Sufficient.

Just consider for a moment how
ridiculous 1t would be for a lawyer
to attempt to win a case on his clients
bare assertion as to the facts. The
facts as stated, might be true, but
truth alone Is not sufi cient either In
law or in advertising-there must be
proof positive or at least evidence
(reasons) sufficiently good to convince
the jury or the Judge that the asser.
tions made are probably true.--John
+. Kennedy in Printers Ink.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29

Why temptation but for man
to meet and master and make crouch
beneath his foot, and so be pedestalled
In triumph?-Robert Browning.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29

Many things may come to the mar
who waits, but better things come. to
the chap who waits on himself.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29
In and Out Of Boston.

There Is a sign in Boston which
reads as follows:
washing and ironing and going out
to work taken in here,"-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

sion and its jurisdictions; fads in pub
lie schools; intercollegiate games;
Cuban, Philippines, Hawaiian and
Guam affairs; the open door in China
and Korea; suppression of Boxer R1D-
risings and Moslem massacres; pro-
lection of American missionaries in
foreign lands; the blue sky law of
Kansas in other states; the disfran-
chiSement of negroes in the southern
states; race prejudice; race suicide;
racial eugenics; parcels post; COMPEL
ing railways to do express business;
canteen at army posts; whether a wa
footing to secure peace; one. two Cr
no warships per year; trusts and their
manipulators; the acquisition of the
canal zone in connection with the
recognition of the republic of Pana-
ma; Taft and Roosevelt, Bryan. VIII
son, Clark, Harmon, ct al: national
forests and forestation; explosion If
the Maine (now settled); prohibition
and saloon domination in politics;
peonage in southern states; the bank
ers' trust: Wall street and stock gam
lation by commission: socialism vs.
individualism; ownership of pubic
utilities by municipalities; prevention
of forest fires; extension of weather
service to foretell conditions presaging
great storms; pensions for superan-
nuated employees of the government;
guaranty of deposits in national
banks; increased pensions for veterans
of the civil war: educational curri-
culum during army service; sreef
passes: rebates; long and short haulsS
compulsory equipment of railroads
with safety appliances; limited terms
for federal Judges; polygamy. sectar-
ian distribution of school funds: pro-
hibition of unnecessary noises in
towns and cities; compulsory artifi-
cial ventilation of public and private
buildings where large bodies of peO-
pie gather from time to time, etc,
etc Look before you leap!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
BUYS Auto with Friend,s cash.

CoGeyville. Kan, Sept est is be-
lieved that the desire to have a bust
ness of his own and to own an auto
mobile has been the downfall of F. s.
Burton, who until Tuesday noon con-
Quoted the German cafe here. 1t
seems that Burton was given almost
two thousand dollars by a friend with
which to buy an oil rig near this city.
but appropriated the money otherwise
by purchasing an automobile and fur
nishing a cafe. Burton was arrested
on the charge of embezzlement and
was later turned over to a deputy
sheriff from Fort Smith, Ark, where
he had been before coming here. The
court has placed someone in charge of
the cafe until the perishable goods are
all used uD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
he TELLS OF OIL
w. s. Fitzpatrick Explains
About Kansas Field.
Consumption of Oil Responsible
for Renewed Activity.

Independence, Kan, Sept. 2S.-Kan-
sas oil fields, so long quiet, are now
the scene of business activity which
spells prosperity for this section of
the state and this portion of the Mid
continent fields. And a lot of people
IN Kansas and elsewhere are asking
themselves this question:
.Why?''
And then lot of them give it I'D
and think of something else.
But there isn't any mysterious rea-
son Tor renewed activity in the oil
fields in Kansas, according to w. S
Fitzpatrick, general counsel for the
Prairie Oil and Gas company. 1t is
purely a matter of the CONSUMPTION of
OIL The markets are consuming all
OF the oil that is produced in this
field. This means more tkan would
appear on the surface because pipe
lines have been laid and tanks built
and more oil than could have been
handled years ago is now taken care
OF with ease. The stocks of oil which
were accum ulated when there was lit
tie market for Gil in this section are
being drawn upon and all IF the oil
onered for sale is now being purchased
by the Prairie Oil and Gas company
RMS has made a gradual increase in
price and the Increase has made the
oil business profitable once more
That is the big reason for the re-
newed activity in the Kansas field.
Times have changed and condi-
tons have changed in the Kansas oil
fields said Mr.. Fitzpatrick. In the
first place. the Prairie Oil and Gas
company is not the Standard Oil com
pany- Prior to September / 1911, the
Standard Oil company did own ma
jority of the stock in the Prairie Oil
and Gas company. On that date. how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
BLAMES WOMAN
Father of Murdered Boy Asks
Divorce From Mother.
She Was Away When Son Was
Killed.
FLIRTS WITH OTHER MEN
j. s. Zimmerman Says Dead
Boy Was Neglected.
Mother Refuses to Behave as
Wife Should.

Kansas City, Sept. 2S-Making the
direct accusation that his wife, Vir'
ginia, mother of Little Joe" Thinner
! man, who was slain by his playmates
on Cliff drive August II, was largelJ
to blame for his death in that she
was away from her home on thai
fatal Sunday, Joseph l. Zimmerman
filed suit for divorce here. 1nfidelity il
charged in the petition. She fiirted, met
and kept company with other men,
according to the allegation.
When Zimmerman came back from
the roundhouSe, where he is employed
the Sunday little Joe was killed, his
wife had returned after being away
Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday
forenoon.
Before she came back little Joe had
wandered away. She thought he had
gone toward the grocery store and told
the father so as he came up the path
to the little cottage.
Search began at once for the boy.
They failed to find him and a quarrel
resulted. In that quarrel Zimmerman
said to his wife:
BIames Woman for Death.
You ought to stay home and care
for these children. If you had been
home yesterday. last night and this
morning, little Joe would not have
been lost. You should have been here
to watch him..
The woman declared that she would
leave home whenever she felt like it
and come back whenever she pleased,
the husband says.
AS the search for the boys body
progressed, Mr.. and Mrs. Zimmerman
had several quarrels. Then came the
finding of the body. the burial out in
Oak Grove cemetery and the return
to the little home in the East Bot
toms.
Wife Refuses to Remain at Home.
Zimmerman pleaded with his wife tc
stay at home and watch to see that lit
tie Bonnie. the other child, did not some
day wander away in like manner and
meet death. For a few days she did
stay home, Zimmerman says. But soon
she resumed the habit of staying away
all day and all night.
A month ago she took the baby, Ben
jamin, and went away. She said she
was going to Moorcrest, Wyo, where
told Zimmerman that she did not go.
She returned to her home about ten
days ago, but went away the next day.
Il have been living in the little cot
tage since my wife went away I
have done my best treated her the
best I know how, but when 1 was
away on my run, neighbors told me
that a man named Wilson posing as
4 cousin of Mrs. Zimmerman, was at
our home frequently. At other times |
| knew Sle went away ana ola not !
'eturn for ont or two days.
Five Years Ago; Bride Sixteen |
II married Virginia Rife in Kansas /
City. Kan, five years ago. She was
only 49,
Zimmerman declared that for three
weeks before the killing of little Joe
by John Farley and John Heimberger, /
lis 10-year-old playmates, Mrs Tim |
herman had not stayed at home more
han half the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
Superintendent Starr Is Urging
Pupils to Complete Course.
Is Addressing Children on the
Value OF an Education.
MAKE SCHOOL INTERESTING
Business and Industrial Courses
Should Hold the Students.
Some Interesting Figures Con-
corning Loss in enrolment.

a course of education has been start
ed by c. c. Starr, superintendent OF
the cit, schools, in the direction CT
impressing upon the pupils of the
schools the advisability of completing
at least the high school studies.
The annual report of the superintend-
emit, which will be published within d
short time, will reveal the fact that
of the pupils of the Topeka schools
who enter the first grade, but 6S per
cent complete the elementary grades.
Sf +boea comnIetine the elementary
course so per cent enter the hlSh
school, and but "a per cent of this
number graduate from it. Thirty pei
cent of the high school graduates en-
ter college
SUPERINTENDENT Starr has begun
series of talks to the children of the
grade schools on the value of procur-
ing an education, with a view to re-
ducing the percentage of those who
drop out in the early stage of the
game With this same end in view
business course and an industrial
course have been established.
4 few figures taken from the pros
pective report of Superintendent Starr
will doubtless prove of interest. In
the first term of the last school year
the total enrolment was 7,34S. OF this
number, 5S4 pupils dropped out OF
school. The causes were as follows:
Through removal from city, 3l4;
through entering private schools, 5;
through continued sickness, 11S;
through engaging in work, SO; through
death, 8; through other stated causes,
"a; through causes unexplained, 81.
Those entering school from other
places more than made up for those
who left the city in the school year.
Many Leave School at II.
After the fourteenth year there is
a marked falling off in attendance
The truancy law lets :he pupils go at
the age of IA Following were the
number of pupils enrolled in the diff |
ferent ages: six, 61S; seven, 1856; |
eight, 6S1; nine, 7O1; ten. 6S1; eleven, |
642; twelve, GIL; thirteen, SOS; four |
teen, $50; fifteen, 46S; sixteen, S51: |
seventeen, PSI; eighteen, 1874; nine |
teen, SO; twenty, 10; twenty-one, 3; |
over tWenty-one, 8.
Here are the enrolment figures nv |
grades; first, 1,126; second, 902; third, |
S72; fourth, 776; fifth, 74s; sixth, 64S; |
seventh, 624 eighth, 4S6; first year |
high school, 455; second year high, !
2S9; third year high. 20; fourth year !
high, 1873; post graduate. IS.
Even these figures Are good as com |
pared with the records Of other cities |
the size of Topeka.
The enrolment this year puts the |
Topeka high school in a class almost |
by Itself said Superintendent Starr |
today. THE attendance is much |
larger per capita than in Kansas CITY.
Kan, Lincoln, Neb., st. Zoe, and other
cities of the west. topeka is FAR
ahead of the big manufacturing towns
in persistency in staying in the
Schools
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
Insnrnnce Man Kills self.

Atchison. kan, Sept. 2S.-The Sec
ond attempt of NJ. L. Gruenhut, an in
suraEce agent, to end his life by his
own hand, was successful yesterday
morning. when he swallowed one
ounce of carbolic acid immediately
after eating breakfast. He was dead
before doctor reached the Gruenhut
home Gruenhut made an attempt to
take his life last June. according to a
report of a doctor, who was told by
Gruenhut about it. He took a quantity
of morphine at that time and it made
him seriously sick Gruenhut'S act
was brought about by i'll health and
dependency over failure to get the
amount of business he expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28


ever. the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey began what is known as
| its dissolution, and early in December,
! instead of a few individuals holding
| the stock OF this company for the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
we had between six and seven thou
sand stockholders, such stock having
been distributed among the stockhold-
ers of the Standard Oil company of
New jersey, each of whom became an
individual stoc kholder in this COM
pany.
Since that time the stockholders
of this company have been constantly
changing, by and through the sale AMI
in its stock. No officer of this com
pany is in any way connected with
the business or management of any
other oil company. If there is pre-
vailing belief in the public mind that
the dissolution of the Standard Oil
company, and the REIMBURSEMENT of
control over the subsidiaries in which
it held stock, is a mere matter OF
form and without substance, such IS
mistake and 1T is induced largely, as
we feel, by the frequent reference on
the part of newspaper and politicians
to the business of this company as the
business of the Standard Oil.
No Benefits From Standard.
I'VE still have apparently all the
odium of direct connection with the
Standard Oil company without any of
the advantages of such connection.
This company is a Kansas corporation
and one of the substantial business
institutions of the state, and entitled
from Kansans at least to fair OPP
portunity, if not indeed reasonable
degree of support.
Now Buys All Oil Offered.
''In June, 1905, this company IL
creased its capital from two and one
half million dollars to seven and one
IL, Il fI,Ar '-N1r
enabled to build tanks and extend its
pipe lines on a vastly larger scale.
Since June Is, 1905, this company has
not been at all times able to take and
care for all the oil that was offered,
but it has at all times taken all the
oil it could care for with the facilities
it had, and taken such oil in equal
proportions from every producer who
offered it. and since about the middle
of the year 1906 this company has
taken, bought and paid for every bar
rel of oil that has been offered to 1T
by any producer in the state of Kan
sas
at is true that the price of oil de-
clined. It was the natural result of
the over-production in the Mid-Cor-
tinent field. 1t is equally true that
producers in the Oklahoma end of the
field were growing rich with their
wells producing from one hundred to
twelve hundred barrels per day, while
many producers in Kansas were I'M
able to operate wells producing from
two to six barrels per day, at the
prevailing prices for crude oil.
I'm those days two or three times
as much oil was being produced every
day as all the pipe lines and all the
refineries could dispose of 1t is diff
ferent now. The markets are cOnSum-
ing all the oil that is being produced
in this field, and the stocks that were
accumulated from necessity during the
days of over production in this field
are being slightly drawn on, mixed
with fresh oil and marketed Hence, |
the gradual increase in price, which |
makes profitable the drilling and |
operation of the small wells found IN |
Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
Removes Dandruff at Once

One thorough application of "Sana-
DOR is guaranteed to clean your
head of dandruff. Use 1t a short time
and you will be permanently cured
Nothing else can do the work so WE'LL
This mild soothing liquid is sure to
please you. Your druggist will guar
antee all this to be true. Why don't
you use it and be rid of your trouble
For sale by Chas. w. Kohl, Rex Phar-
macy, 10th and Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

Italy and Turkey are both anxious
for peace, and have declared they
would welcome the good offices of the
United States rather than those of
any other nation in bringing about an
understanding Thomas J.. O'Brien and
William Rockhill, American ambassa-
doris at Rome and Constantinople, have
already rendered important services
to the warning nations through their
unofficial initiative, and if peace is Sc
cured at an early day much of the
credit will be due to them for their
friendly efforts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
The Mem Who sncceed.

as heads of large enterprises are men Of
great energy Success, today demands
health. To all is to fail. It's utter folly
for a man to endure a weak rundown
half alive condition when Electric Bit
ters will put him right on his feet in
short order. -Four bottles did me more
real good than any other medicine I ever
Took writes Chas. b. Allen Sylvania
Ga. after years of suffering with rheu-
matism, liver trouble. stomach disorders
and deranged kidneys, 1 am again, thanks
to Electric Bitters, sound and we'll" Try
them. Ony so cents at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
LOOKS DEATH IN FACE.
Then Jesse CarIiss Lays Head on Rail
and Dies.

C;athe. Kan. Sept. 2S.-Jesse E, Car
liss. so years old, farmer, was instant
l. killed near Cedar Junction when the
engine Of the second section of Santa
Fe passenger train No. ran over him.
The engineer said that when he first
saw Carliss he was lying fiat on the
ground with his head on the rail AS
the train approached he raised his
head and the engineer thought he
would get off the track. However, ne
placed his head back on the rail and
the next minute he was struck by the
engine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

st. Louis. Sept. 28.-Wren Colonel
Roosevelt bitterly attacked Representa-
tive Richard Bartholdt of this city for
the part he took in helping seat all tho
Taft delegates at the Chicago conven-
ton, he alienated thousands of Mis-
sc uri Germans who otherwise would
have been with him in the present cam
paign. Bartholdt is immensely popular
with the big German Republican ele-
ment in st. Louis. For twenty conse-
cutive years they have voted for him
and helped to keep him in Congress.
They know him pretty well. and re-
sent the coloneIs statement that re
took part in a theft of delegates.
Bartholdt is now asking the voters to
return him to congress for the eleventh
consecutive term. He has come out
squarely for Taft, and in doing so has
strengthened the presidents chances IN
Missouri Bartholdt himself will in all
likelihood be returned, no matter what
presidential candidate wins in his dis
trict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

HAS Polkwitz not been admitted to the
Q Club?'' mo, he was too Unpopular RE
got thirteen black balls and there were
only eleven members present. ''-Aferaen.
dorfer Blaetter-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

Governor Stubs is going out cam
paigning in the state. What for? Is
he going to talk to Republican voters
If so, let him support the Republican
national ticket. too, or get off the
stump. "-Manhattan Nationalist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

Stubbs, Capper ct al, ought to get
off the Repub lican column with the
Bull Moose electors they are sup
porting. That would be in plain
accord with the political fitness of
things.-Fredonia Citizen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

been for two months most busily en-
gagged in doing was not fair or hon
est lola Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

The clarion call of Mr.. Roosevelt 10
the Bull Moose candidates to get off
the Republican ticket and over with
his electors where they belong seems
to have gone unheeded. When I'M
scrupulous bosses start running a re-
form movement they out-boss every
body-Abilene Reflector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

Query: IF the Independent column
on the ballot is good enough for cleo
tors who propose to support Roose-
Welt, why is it not good enough for
other candidates who propose to sup
port Roosevelt. "-BelleVille Telescope.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-12-12
Wedding Bells.

Thanksgiving Day of 1912, will long
be remembered by little company of
friends who gathered at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs G. F. Grosshans at
Glover, N. D. 1t was the occasion of
the marriage of Mr.. c. E. Olson to
Miss Alice Grosshans. Shortly after
three O'Clock the wedding march was
played by Miss Clara Olson, sister of
the bridegroom, while the bridegroom
accompanied by Mr.. Henry Grosshans,
and the bride, attended by Miss Julia
Olson, took their places at the mar
riage altar. The ceremony was per-
formed by the pastor, Rev. F. F.
Boothby.
After congratulations had been ex-
tended to Mr.. and Mrs. Olson the
guests were conducted to the dining
room where a sumptuous repast was
served by the hostess and her assist
ants. The guests were confined to the
relatives and few intimate friends.
The happy couple are spending their
honeymoon visiting relatives in Ne
braska and elsewhere and will spend
some time in Minneapolis on their re.
turn trip. They will make their home
in Glover. Their many friends wish
them long life of joy and happiness.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-12-12
Demonstration Farm Report.

Had the farms of North Dakota been
farmed as well as the demonstration
farms the increased yield of wheat and
oats would have been worth $33, 308, $50
for 1911. This is the striking result
given in the report of the demonstration
farms just published. The report con-
tains complete description of the work
done on each of the "a demonstration
farms, making it regular dictionary
on the rotation of crops, giving com.
plete data as to the different rotations
used and complete details of how each
crop was handled on each field. The
work was done by farmers, but under
supervision of w. r. Porter, Supern-
tendent, and E. w. Hall. Asst. Super
intendent. This demonstrates the use
that farmers can make of information
when it is brought to them.