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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
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Eluding the Detectives
By FLORENCE TRIr1BLE LYONS

him that as soon as the train stopped
we were to jump off, move back on the
platform to point where those getting
on and off would not intercept our
view Of each other and scrutinize every
one. When the train rolled into the
station we did as we had agreed, but
neither of US saw any one get off ex-
citing the least suspicion. We kept up
the watch till the conductor signaled
the engineer to pull out, and at the
moment we were about to step aboard
a well dressed gentleman whom we had
noticed on the train immersed in his
newspaper jumped from the car plat
form and with the agility of cat ran
to the exit. Quick as thought / sig
nailed Burton to get on the train while
l turned and ran after the fugitive
He led me quite a long chase, and it
would have been longer had not sig
nailed cop on the street just IS the run
ner passed him This ended the pursuit
As soon as I got him to the police
station took out a photograph of Jar
Wis and compared it with my captive
There was nothing very rugged about
either man or photograph, though 1 did
not doubt from the resemblance that
the one was a likeness of the other.
1ne original was OF more Qe1cat0
cast of countenance than the picture,
but this I attributed to the refining
makeup, which was for gentleman
WELL" he said despondently, you've
got me- done my best to beat you /
couldn't stay any longer in New York
You had me cornered."
/ was several days waiting for ex-
tradition papers from New Jersey to
New York. Just before was ready to
leave the matron of the jail came to
! me with a curious look in her eye.
you won't be allowed to take the
prisoner out of the state on the papers
you have" she said.
'Why not?"
Because they call for a man"
"And whom do I propose to take IL
not manf'
well, If you take the person you
brought here it'll be q woman
"WhatY'
Jarvis sent for me this morning
and proved to me conclusiYely that the
papers committing him or her were
illegal, since they state the sex incor-
| rectly. She demands her release"
| Wen, that ends the story. The old
woman was Jarvis himself, and nv
catch was his sister. who resembled
him. I1Al
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Here, Crane" said the chief, toss
ing me a note, sis a job for you"
Jarvis the bank robber that you're look
ing for. is going to give you the slip by
leaving the country. He takes the 1920
train tomorrow for Philadelphia from the
Jersey City Pennsylvania depot and will
sail the same evening tramp steam
er. His mother goes with him
The note was written in woman's
hand, and it seemed probable that
some companion with whom he had
become antagonized had given him
away. 1 took an assistant along and
an hour before train time went to the
depot on the Jersey side and sat down
in the spacious corridor rallied off from
the trains to wait and watch Ten
minutes before train time a woman
about sixty years of age passed
through to the train, and as there was
something in the way she looked about
her that attracted my attention, con-
cluded to follow her, leaving Burton,
my assistant, to watch outside till the
train was about to start
The woman went into an ordinary
passenger coach and sat down, deposit
ing her bundles beside her. She SEEM
ed to be anxiously looking for some
one, and when the train pulled out of
the station, InaL person not having dp-
peared, she made a frantic rush to get
off. But the train was by this time
moving pretty rapidly and brakeman.
catching sight of her, stopped her.
Then she went back to her seat and
began to cry.
whats the matter?" 1 asked
my old mans gone and got himself
left He was to meet me here to go to
Philadelphy. I'm afeerd somep'n's hap
pened to him"
Glad of an excuse to inspect the pas
sengers, 1 got up from my seat and
went into the next car forward, where
/ had posted Burton Directing him to
search the cars ahead searched those
in rear. We both scrutiniZed every
body, but when we met we had seen
no one answering the description or
| exciting the least suspicion I went
back to the old woman and told her
feared her husband had really got left.
whats the first stop?" she asked
Trenton, and that's the only stop of
this train. Will you get out thereT
81 dunno. 1 dunno what to do"
| The great danger now was that our
man, if on the train, might elude us at
| Trenton I posted Burton in the for
| ward part of the train while 1 took q
position in the rear, arranging with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
BETTER SEEDS A NEED
OF PRESENT DAY FARMING.
Careless Practice In Some Places illus
trated by Case of Growers of
MuskmeIons.

In telling of "the great need Of bet
ter seeds the Country Gentleman sug
gests one of the weaknesses in general
farm practice. Quoting our article pre-
viously printed, the paper says:
1.-The melons are pulled as soon as
they are ripe and are hauled in wagons
to the seeder Here they are broken
and thrown into a large hopper, where
rollers crush the pulp. The pulpy
mass passes to a cylinder with a coarse
screen through which the seeds drop
out The pulp and rind are used for
cattle feed. The seeds are spread on
long drying pans, run through a fam
ming mill for cleaning and sacked, aft
er which they are sent to the seed
houses
Now, without rejecting upon the
Kansas melon seed growers one may
safely say that almost any melon grow
er can by the exercise of a little care
and skill produce at home much bet
ter seeds than these. He cannot do it
for 10 or Is cents a pound, but he can
almost certainly do it at a profit. If
the man who grows even a small patch
of melons keeps an eye on his vines
with a view to selecting seed from the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24

one producing the most melons Of de
sirable shape, size and flavor, is there
any reason why he cannot in a few
years breed up a strain of melons
much superior to the average variety?
1t would certainly pay the man who
grows only a few melons for his own
use to do this, and it would just as
certainly pay the man who grows mel
ons on a large scale. Nor would it pay
in the case of melons only, but in that
of most other field and garden crops.
There is not much really good seed to
be had Too many gardeners think
that they are necessarily getting seed
of high quality when they buy from a
scotsman, but little investigation will
show that most commercial seeds are
grown with a view to cheapness rather
than quality.
There is great need of more workers
in seed selection and plant breeding
not only skilled scientists who devote
their energies to the production of new
varieties by hybridization and scientific
selection, but also plain gardeners and
farmers who know how to select the
best specimens of established varieties
and who will give due attention to pu-
rity, vitality and trueness to type. Lo-
cal varieties need to be developed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
Trade With Home Merchant!
ORIGIN OF AN OCTOPUS

In view of the feeling against the
mail order business which is being ex-
pressed in the interests of the local
merchants, a brief article in System
on the origin of the mail order trade
is highly interesting. While the found
er of the business and others employed
therein are engaged in perfectly le-
Ultimate calling, there can be no doubt
that this constantly expanding mail
order business is real octopus 1t
reaches out its millions of tentacles to
the farthest corners of the country,
selling and raking in the dollars which
should be left in circulation around
home These dollars are the nfeblood
of the community, and the mail order
octopus sucks them out Of the commu-
nity's system
Forty-seven years ago, says System,
a young man, then a clerk in small
general store at St Joseph, Mich, OBJ
served with some satisfaction that res
idents of many smaller towns miles
distant could be attracted from the
tradesmen of their own village to this
selling center.
rOuT years AateI, as SdAeSAAdA IL q
Chicago mercantile house. he observed
with increasing attention the number
Of letters that came to this establish
ment bearing small orders from resi-
dents of distant towns and from farm
ers living miles away in the agricul-
tural sections of southern Illinois, In
diana. Iowa and Nebraska
Another period of three years, and
having served as a buyer and then con-
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nected with a st. Louis house, he stop
ped at a town that stood as a county
seat in southwestern Missouri He
was in a small store which had attain
ed the position, despite the limitations
as to extensiveness imposed by its ru-
raj location, of the smart retailing con-
Germ of the little city. The proprietor
had just incloSed a small parcel in an
envelope.
Here, JIM" the latter called to
clerk; take this over to the postoHce-
It's for Mrs. Henderson, over at Green
ridge It's surprising" he continued,
turning to the visitor, "how the folks
over at Greenridge-one of the small
towns within a thirty mile radius
stick to me. 1 have a good many Gus
toners over there. Some of 'em write
almost every week for goods. The
hold his people very well Guess he
doesn't give satisfaction"
And these things, turned over in
the mind of a man who has since
made millions in the mail order bust
ness, gave birth to the idea, then
crude in its imperfection, of retailing
direct to the customer by mail If
these people-and the towns and the
agricultural reaches of the west were
taking on a population of vigorous,
hardworking, ambitious folk who want
ed the best they could get for their
money-would buy through letter out
side their own towns, and at that with
out any special material inducement
being extended them, why could not a
| trade be built up if the purveyor would
cater direct to these people and Offer
| them attractive advantages of lower
prices, good service and honest goods?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
STUDY TO PREVENT CROP
LOSS.

Many OF the short crops re-
suit from poor management
While it is impossible entirely to
escape the effects Of freakish
weather or the insect and fun
gous enemies of crops, it is pos
sible to dull the force of natures
blows and to intensity her bene-
fits. The most important prob
lens of crop production pertain
to the conservation of fertility,
moisture and good filth in the
SOIL Suitable crops and special
varieties must be chosen for GER
tain climatic and soil conditions.
Seed must be treated for some
diseases, and the crops may be
sprayed or safeguarded in other
ways to protect from other enc
mics. And on every farm the
soil must be fed through live
stock or else by the direct ap-
plication of fertilizers.
1t Is unlikely that this year
will be patterned after the one
just closed, but it may present
adverse conditions in other par
ticulars. Spurred by the sting
of defeat, the man whose yields
lacked last season should make
a thorough study of means for
surrounding the next crop with
every possible advantage. -
Breeders Gazette.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
Timely Agricultural Topics
INDOOR PARSLEY.
Methods Recommended For Growing
This Vegetable Under Glass.

MetnodS hccommenCeo or 0rowInq
This Vegetable Under Glass.
Parsley can be grown beautifully I'M
der glass-in fact, it can be done SO
we'll as to rival the finest ferns. says
Gardening. The mistake generally
made is to stick the parsley under
benches or along walks or in some
shady corner. The best method is to
give the crop full light in a good house.
Sow the seed as early as possible in
good garden ground in drills fourteen
to sixteen inches apart Thin the
plants to four inches in the rows; keep
them absolutely clean and cultivated
down to Sept. 1 and house about that
time the same as carnation growers
house their plants. Remove most of
the foliage, plant a little closer than
in the field and treat much like lettuce.
This method allows the formation OF
a powerful root system before cold
weather, which is necessary. When
cutting commences break or cut every
mature leaf as you go and do not jump
here or there. A cleaning up of yell
low or decayed foliage follows, and the
cut section is run on the dry side until
new growth is active. Parsley re-
spends to nitrate of soda or any other
method of feeding. The punches are
stood in water for some time to
strengthen them for market exposure.
Another method followed by some is
the renewal method. This is some4
what along the line of forcing bulbs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24

~ ILLS introduced in congress
- were forerunners of the navy
departments ambition to i'm
prove and regulate by law the
conditions regarding wireless teiegra-
ply on the Atlantic coast. The IN
creased number of commercial shore
stations caused government wireless
experts to predict a state of chaos In
this vastly important department I'M
less averted by the enactment Of law
making all the necessary provisions
Naval officers told of cases where work
has been handicapped and sometimes
made impossible because of the con-
slant additions to the list Of wireless
stations.
simultaneously sending from adjacent
stations makes at times a perfect PAN
demonium, producing only tumble OF
sounds in the receivers. This is caus-
ed, it is said, by stations using more
power than is necessary for sending
short distances or by using improper
wave lengths or wave lengths they
ought to know would interfere with
stations near them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
STORIES THAT N0TABLES
HAVE TOLD.
John D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr., speak

ing at a dinner, said of success:
Success depends a good deal on the
recognition Of values. The successful
man knows what is important and
what is unimportant. He doesn't
waste time over trifies- That, he
knows, would be as silly as the Tar
rytown girls course.
"a Tarrytown girl after reading a
letter from her fiance said pettishly:
"'I do wish Joe would learn to
write more clearly. 1 can't tell from
this postscript whether he is sending
me 10000 or 100000 kisses
'TNHE late Admiral Schley didn't be-
lieye in automatons," said Wash
ington veteran. He didn't believe in
the subordinate who lets his boss do
all his thinking for him.
II once heard Admiral Schley talk
ing to a young Annapolis student. He
told the student that unreasoning and
unquestioning obedience to orders was,
if the orders were wrong, a foolish
thing. He said the navy had no more
use for men of that stamp than the
Widow Black had for her maid, Molly.
1.-THE widow, he explained, told Molly
one evening that if any one called she
was only at home to Mr.. Mum. Then
she retired to her room and took
little nap. On toward 10 she awoke,
and, ringing for Molly, she asked:
Ibid any one call?
"'Oh, yes, MAJ am said Molly. Mrs.
Blank called and Miss Dash and the
pastor
land you told them what I told
you tor
at home to Mr.. Num- Washington
Star.
HENRY CLEWS at a dinner in
Newport said of American travel
ing:
ut is delightful to travel in America,
but I think that American porters han
die our luggage a little too roughly.
"Once, at a certain station, was
amazed and pleased to hear a uniform
ed official shout to a burly porter:
Hi, what are you knockin' them
trunks about like that for?
1.-THE porter had been lifting great
trunks above his head and hurting
| them down on to the floor furiously,
but now he stopped stock still in aston
| ishment
"'What's that, bossT he said.
"'What do you mean by knockin'
trunks about like thatY repeated the
official. Look at the floor, man. Look
at the dents you're maxim in the con
crete. Don't you know you'll lose your
job if you damage the company's prop
erty? New York Tribune.
HUBERT LATHAM, the f1ier, was
talking at a tea to a pretty Cali
fornia girl.
Mr.. Latham" said the girl as she
took her nineteenth walnut and lettuce
sandwich, tell me, does flying require
any particular application?'
"Well, no, none in particular" Mr.
| Latham answered. "Arnica or horse
! liniment-one's good as another"-Sar
Francisco Chronicle.
CCTHE late John G. Carlisle said 6
member of the - club, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Record, twas
very fond of music, and it annoyed
him inexpressibly at the opera to Sc,
the inattention of the fashionable par
of the audience.
zone night found him supping her,
and asked him where he'd been.
1--we been to the OPERA he replied
"'What did you hear?' said 1.
81 heard said Mr.. Carlisle, tina
the Van Vans are going to get a di
vorce, young Knickerbocker Smith ha
married a London barmaid, and Mrs
]. w. Hardup is gradually pawnin,
her jewels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
Winter Care of House Plants.

Besides the watering which their
roots need, winter house plants will
not thrive well without some mois-
ture for their leaves, and this may be
supplied by placing each day a bowl
of boiling water on the shelf In their
midst and by at least once a week
spraying the foliage generously both
on the upper and under sides of the
leaves. They can be laid on their
sides in bathtub or sink and the water
applied with a watering pot or
shower hose.-Farm Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
Review Of the Worlds Events

gins almost with the mountain itself
Mount Everest has only 1900 feet of
snow Mount Mckinley, much lower,
has about $4,000 feet The peaks of
the Andes, which are being scaled
readily, now by Migs Peck and now by
Professor Bingham. of Yale, are higher
than Mount Mckinley by several thou
sand feet, but are far less difficult to
climb.
The feat of reaching the mountain
is a difficult one. 1t is impossible to
reach the north side in summer, and
in winter the scaling of the mountain
is made extremely hazardous by ex-
IRENE cold and gales
Professor Parker, who accompanied
the 1906 expedition, when Cook sep
arated from the rest of the party and
later reported victory, set out this time
quite convinced that from the north he
could reach all of the three submits
of Mount Mckinley. He even hoped,
he said, that in the time his party Will
have before the ice breaks up in the
summer he will be able to scale the
peaks several times and make large
number of pictures and scientific OBJ
servations.
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Some Cows Milk Too Rich.

Foods that are too rich cannot be
safely fed. An instance is reported
by a western dairyman that for sew
eral years he lost the calves of his best
COW because her milk was too rich.
After he discovered this fact he gave
the calves of that COW milk from cows
that was only medium in quality, and
further loss from that source was
stopped.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
soLpIERY AT PANAMA

Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of staff of the United States army, in
his annual report recommended that
the infantry commands garrisoning the
Panama canal zone and the Hawaiian
and Philippine Islands be increased to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
Trying to Save the Chestnut

Increased and vigorous efforts to
stay the ravages of the chestnut bark
disease, which already has destroyed
$50, 100000 worth OF valuable timber
in the eastern states, are being made
by the department Of agriculture.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
MILITARY OFFENDERS

Secretary of War Stimson recon-
mends sweeping changes in the meth
DDS of Furnishing military offenders
He does not believe that youths who
are guilty of purely military offenses
should be placed on the same plane
and treated in the same way as hard
ened criminals confined with them
Secretary Stimson does not advocate
the abolition of prison sentences for
thoughtless desertion, nor can any one
doubt that the discipline of the army
must be maintained by punishment of
sufficient severity to impress upon en-
listed men the necessity Of yielding to
military authority and of observing the
terms of their contract with the Unit
ed States. But at present, according
to Mr.. Stimson, the man enters prison
usually as an offender from immature
ty or thoughtlesSness and comes out
without hope of or opportunity for re-
deeming himself in or out of the mill
tary service and with distinct griev-
ance against society.
Prison reform and a scientific devel-
opment of penology are important
movements of the present century.
The states are making remarkable
progress along these lines.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
ARMY REORGANIZATION


In one of his recent messages Presi-
dent Taft favored reorganization Of
the army, but opposed the plan con-
tanned In the bill now before congress.
The matter is now being thrashed out
by the house committee on military
affairs, of which Representative James
Hay OF Virginia is chairman. Hear
ings on this subject were resumed ear
ly in January and have been going
forward. The president and the sec
rotary of war advocate shorter enlist
ments and a larger reserve. If the
house insists on putting through a bill
similar to that now in congress it is
believed that it will be vetoed.
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MOUNT M'kINLEY
The departure for Alaska of Profess
sor Herschel c. Parker and his party,
who expressed confidence that they
would succeed in scaling Mount Nc
Kinley, is a topic of absorbing discus
sion in the field of exploration and
science. 1t is Professor Parker's third
attempt to climb the lofty peak which
DIR. Cook said he had gone up and
which he called 1.-The top of the CONT
nent-''
Mount Mckinley is not the highest
but is one of the most difficult noun
tains in the world. The snow line be-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24
CATTLE SHORTAGE

The International Cattlemen's asso-
citation, according to a notice sent out
by Henry NJ. Taylor, secretary of the
organization, is to be held at Laredo,
Tex, Feb. %. Endorsement of Con
gresham Burleson's Mexican reciproc-
ity bill in all probability will be given
at the meeting. 1t is declared that the
bill will have wide effect in enlarging
the cattle raising territory.
Mr.. Taylor says there is shortage
of cattle in the United States occasion
ed by the influx of settlers on cattle
ranges and the increased price of land
as we'll as the high cost of feed. The
cattIemen hope to have cattle admit
ted free of duty from Mexico so that
the ranges of that country may be
utilized in the raising of cattle, which
will be sent later to the United States
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-02-24

Photo by American Press Association-
Representative Rufus Hardy, Head of
Money Trust" Inquiry Committee.
special committee of the lower branch
of congress is in charge of this investi-
CATION, which resulted from a resolu-
ton introduced by Representative
Charles A Lindbergh of Minnesota
Representative Rufus Hardy of Texas
heads the investigating body, with
Samuel Untermyer OF New York as
counsel.
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MORE troops TO 0udFO Sandla
$50 men per company and that all 9TH
er arms of the service on duty in the
islands and the canal zone be recruited
to full war strength, which is about
forty men less per company than rec
commended for the infantry commands.
General Wood also recommended the
organization Of proper tactical units
and commands and the concentration
of such commands near the centers of
population and supply and that six
divisions and a cavalry division be or
ganized, one division to be stationed in
the Philippines, another to be divided
between the canal zone and Hawaii
and four to be kept in the United
States, and that these divisions should
be maintained fully equipped in every
way.
In view of the great Importance of
securely holding the canal zone and
the Hawaiian Islands," wrote the chief
of staff of the army, sit is, in the opin-
ion of the undersigned, now urgently
necessary to garrison them with an
adequate force, in addition to main
tanning garrisons of present strength
in the Philippine Islands, Alaska and
Porto Rico"