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The Washington times., 1912-06-10
ROOSEVELT WANTS
NATIONAL CONTROL
Of FLOOD DISTRICT
Points Out That Policy of
Last Administration Was
Conservation.

NEW YORK, June 10.-Declaring that
the typical policy OF his last Admins
tration was the conservation policy.
Theodore Roosevelt points out In a
long letter addressed to l.. s. LaRe,
Of Buntyn, Tenn, the paramount i'm
portance as a piece Of conservation
work of the Federal control and devel-
opment Of the Mississippi river and its
tributaries.
In the event of his election as Pres'-
dent he pledges himself to have COM
pleted Immediately a comprehensive
study OF the whole Mississippi water
shed with a view of warding off re-
petition of the recent disastrous floods
and to multiply the uses of the Father
Of Waters to the nation. This Is the
letter:
Dear Sir: Your letter raises one oi
the most important issues now before
the American people. The recent floods
In the Mississippi valley have called ma
tional attention to the enormous need
less loss which these floods brought
not merely upon States directly affect
ed but upon the whole country. The
waters which caused these floods dit
not fall in the States where the dam
age was done. They came from the
whole vast drainage basin of the Mis-
sissippi, from regions as widely sepa
rated as Pennsylvania and Montana
Colorado, and North Carolina. II Il
futile to expect that the duty OF con
trolling the floods which affiict the
States OF Mississippi and Louisiana will
be undertaken by the States from which
the waters came. Only the nation car
perform this TASK, and II is clearly the
duty of the nation to do 30.
States Must Cooperate.
Yet while this duty Is a national on,
1t cannot be performed safely or salts
! factorily except in close cooperation
| witt all the States affected, from th'
mod of the river to Its furthest source
| The loss which these floods cause Il
| sufficient in very few years to equa
the whole cost of controlling the rive
and preventing them. This loss must b.
stopped sooner or later. II Is surel.
wiser to make the expenditure neces
sary to stop II before the damage /
all done rather than afterward.
1.-The recent floods are proof positiv
that the levee system alone can n
longer be relied on to protect the land
along the lower Mississippi. This doe
not mean that the levee system shoul
| be discontinued. On the contrary, tn
appropriation necessary for the mainte
The Washington times., 1912-06-10
HOKE SMITH STIRS
SOUTHERN THRONG
Senator Makes Principal Address
at dwelling at Airing
ton.

The unveiling of the Southern Cross
and the stirring address of Senator Hoke
of Georgia on THE Inspiration Of
Southern Ancestry we're leading fea-
lures of the Confederate memorial cere-
monies at Arlington yesterday.
Nearly one hundred gray-haired veter-
ans Of the Southern army heard the elo-
The Washington times., 1912-06-10
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN.
NEW ENGLAND SUMNER RESORTS.

New England is famous for its summer resorts.
The White Mountains in New Hampshire; the Green
Mountains in Vermont the lower Lauentans in Maine and
the Berkshire and Lched Hills in Massachusetts, and Con-
nectcut dotted with picturesque mountain retreats.
The picturesque lakes of Maine and New Hampshire, and
the great expase of virgin wilderness up the Canadian
border allure the lover of outdoor sports and camp life
The rock-rbbed New England Shore" with its hundreds
of beautiful bays and islands from Long Island Sound to the
Bay of Fndy present delights to those who in
seek the sea for rest and recreation
Summer Excursion tickets to all these resorts sold at
attractive rates of fare and with liberal return limits
The splendid service of the Penny ylvania Railroad with
its New England connections including the through trains,
"The Coonia by day and "The Federal by night via the
Steamer Maryland route to Boston, appeals the convenience
of the New England-bound tourist
Consult the nearest Ticket Agent
The Washington times., 1912-06-10
Bitten by Dog.

While walking in Seventeenth. near
A street southeast, early today, William
West, colored. was attacked by two bull
dogs and bitten on the right arm. He
was taken to the Casualty Hospital.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
Free Cup Coffee

testate laws or by the will of intes-
tate decedants, and against real
estate that is conveyed by deed in
contemplation of the death of the
owner.
The law points out method
whereby the value of the shares of
the estate of a decedent is to be as
certained and the tax liabilities
against the shares is to be determined.
In no other way than by having it
ascertained, legally as by law re-
quired, whether there is not liabil-
ity upon real estate passing as afore-
said, can the title of record of such
real estate be made clear and per-
feet.
To abstractors of title it is earnest
ly suggested that in order to avoid
liability attaching to them by reason
of omissions in showing the lien i'm
posed upon them by law, they should
certify no abstracts until the queS-
tion of liability or non-liability of the
real estate to be taxed is determined
by the authorities who are charged
with that duty. Purchasers of real
estate, and title of which is passed
by reason of the death of the former
owner, are also cautioned to have the
question of title carefully inveSti-
gated before they complete tran
sactions, as by not doing so they may
incur liability which they must
themselves discharge or have cleared
at the expense of much trouble and
possibly cost to themselves
The Tax Commission.
Topeka, Kans., Dec. %. 1911.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE

The Farmers Institute season is on
again and as usual Kansas farmers
are planning lot of meetings. In
this state the Agricultural College
directs the farmers Institutes and
suggests subjects for the program,
usually in line with the doctrine nd
policy of the College. In this way
the institute is sort of elementary
agricultural school and in Kansas the
Institutes are always attended by the
most progressive farmers of the COM
munity! The state has now nearly
$50 organizations, with a member
ship of nearly 1900 farmers. The
Farmers Institutes in Kansas are
not only elementary schools, but they
are in a way, business conferences
of the best farmers of the community
to find out the best ways of doing
things. The Agricultural College
helps by dating the meetings and
sends two speakers to assist with the
program.
There will be a farmers institute
meeting at Wa-Keeney on Tues
day and Wednesday, January 16, II.
A good program has been prepared
and a profitable meeting is expected.
The speakers for the Agricultural
College will be Prof. A. NJ. TenEyck,
who will talk on Summer Fallow, and
Mr.. H. B. Walker who will talk on
Irrigation.
These are very important subjects
for this part of the state. Local
speakers have various subjects on the
program and the meeting will begin
promptly at ten O'Clock. Every far
mer is urged to bring some samples
of corn, apples and potatoes for ex-
hibit. In many towns in Kansas all
stores and business houses close for
the entire afternoon during the time
the Institute is held.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
FARMERS INSTITUTE

To be held at Wa-Keeney, Kansas,
Tuesday and Wednesday, January
Is, II, 1912.
Tuesday Morning
1O.3O-Some Corn and Kafir Prob
lens: (a) advantages of very early
disking; (b) does it pay TO work
ground several times before plant
ing Fl. B. Flyr.
(c) does it pay to grade seed? (d)
where shall we get seed?
W. @. P. Rhoades
(e) early planting. w Blakely
1I15-A Summary -. .Supt- A. M
Ten Eyck, Hays Branch Expert
ment Station.
Thursday Afternoon
1.3o-The Live Stock Problem: Coop
Grafton in getting restocked-
Pure Bred or ScrubS
j. L. HiXSoh
The Silo as a Factor?
e. e. Grim
Why not more Pure Bred Hogs?
w. 5. Courtney
Why not grow more and better
horses2
wv. F. King and H. ]. Simpson
23O-Poultry on the Farm? Discus
sion.
Mrs. T. M. Stephens and
Mrs F. D. Wonner.
3.OO-Irrigation by Windmill or En-
gines. H. B. Walker, Kansas
State Agricultural College.
3.5O-Adjourn.
Wednesday Morning
O.3O-Improving the Wheat Yield:
BY early disking after harvest;
w. d. Austin
By early plowing;
E. d. Wheeler
By the summer fallow;
1I15-A Summary -. Mr.. Ten Eyck
Wednesday Afternoon
1.IO-Business meeting.
Possibilities in Dairying in
Western Kansas;
H. w. AShcraft
Discussion.
2.OO-1mproving the Rural School,
County Superintendent
Discussion.
2.3O-Some Potato Experiences in
this County,
VIM. Lessor
Discussion.
3.OO-Some Road and Bridge Sugges-
tions, Mr.. Walker
5O-Adjournment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
J. A Rickart,
FARMS WITHOUT WATER

Just two years nearer CROP" is
the optimistic way j. Ell. Drain, one
of the big farmers of Scott county,
Kansas, puts it. He means that
there have been no crops in his local
ity for two years; neither has drop
of rain fallen.
'sBut if man is going to sit in the
farming game in Western Kansas he
has to stay in to win. Every one of
us who has stuck, has won. This
was the rule followed 26 years ago
when 1 went to Logan county, and it
holds just as good today" he said.
But for the coming season Mr.
Drain doesn't intend to depend al
together on rainfall for the moisture
to insure a crop. He has just COM
pfeted building dam across Beaver
Creek, twenty-fiverfeet high and 25O
long. The reservoir thus created
covers sixty-five acres and the depth
of the water averages six feet. The
elevation given the water makes it
possible to irrigate the fifteen thou
sand acres which Mr.. Drain farms.
There is plenty of water in West
tern Kansas" said Mr.. Drain. sIt
is just case of controlling it. We
will irrigate the coming season four
hundred acres with the water from
the pond A year ago last fall we
put in 600 acres of wheat, but never
harvested kernel. Last fall we put
in 600 acres We have put in the
big dam, with seven miles of bitches;
at an expense of 81, 5O0-not much in
comparison with the benefits we feel
sure we will reap from it.
''The old time prejudice between
rancher and small farmer no longer
exists in Western Kansas" said Mr.
Bilby-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
FOUR CENT RABBIT BOUNTY
I'M COVE COUNTY

The commissioners offer bounty
of four cents on the rabbit ears with
all the hide of the face attached. The
bounty applies to rabbits killed on
or after January 4. 1t is said that
by making knife slit in the back of
the head and grabbing the rabbit by
the ears the skin will come off readily
HenryGee wanted five cent bounty,
Hi Richardson was willing to pay
three cents and Elmo TuStin didn't
seem to want any bounty at all after
hearing that Trego county had paid
an even $1,000 for scalps since Novem-
ber 8. The commissioners finally
compromised on four cents Tustin
went out and skinned the head of a
rabbit and the scalp was hung up as
a pattern. The bounty will be paid
in cash on the presentation of 25 or
more scalps at one time. -Grinnell
Record
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

going back this winter, a condition
that will stimulate marketing. Short
fed cattle are making money at pre-
sent prices, and a great many feeders
will be tempted to turn loose at an
early date. A cert ain number of cat
tie will be actually forced in for lack
of feed, though this number has been
overestimated by alarmist reports in
the daily papers. Heavy supplies
will be attacked fercely, but should
enough shippers conclude that this is
a good week to stay away, things will
go the other way. The best steers
sold at S7.S5 yesterday, and $40 is
the top today, bulk of sales from
S5 to 1925, and best heavy cows bring
S4. IS to $3.50, bulls 81 to S5, veal
calves 81 to So. Meal fed steers
bring $3.50 to S6.15 today, % cars of
that kind here today. Severe wealth
er has acted against the stocker and
feeder trade, and prices are about
steady for the last ten days, stockerS
81 to S5. go, feeders 81. 80 to $3.50.
Hogs arrived TO the number of Is,
WV A4OoA AiOAO OOddJ hCb IL ~" u
than yesterday. Heavy hogs sold at
S6. 30 to S6.3. today, medium weights
S6. 10 to S6.35, light hogs $50 to Sc. 20
A great many light hogs continue to
come and the average weight is fal
below a year ago.
Sheep and lambs jumped up 25 to
40 cents yesterday, above the close of
last week, but the market is lower
this week. Supply today is $4,000
head, and new high top on lambs
was made, 81, in spite of the lower
general market Yearlings sold at
$3.50 early today, wethers are worth
"a. 80, ewes S4.6O, ewes 10. Feed
ing lambs have climbed up to SIS and
the whole mutton situation is en-
couraging-
]. A Rickart,
Market Correspondent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

cultural College cooperating with the
United States government. The re-
suits of this test in which 937 horses
owned by the government were used
were made public for the first time
last night in an address before the
Kansas Horse Breeders Association
by DIR. G. w. McCampbell of the Ag
ricultural college, who conducted the
gigantic experiment. After DIR.
McCampbell had spent two hours
telling of the experiment he was
called back again and again to
answer questions.
To find if possible, a grain or mix
ture of grains that would take the
place of oats as horse feed and give
as good results but be more eoonom-
ical was one object of the test.
Another reason for the experiment
was to find the value of various hays
for horse feeding purposes. Still
another was to determine the effect
of grains on the health of the animals
used These questions were answered.
Fifteen rations were fed to as many
lots of horses for 140 days. Every
meal for one of those 937 horses was
weighed and mixed in the proper pro-
pesons. Military discipline helped
to make the experiment success.
Soldiers at Fort Riley where the
feeding was done were under orders
to do the work with the utmost care.
Every horse was weighed before and
after the test. The average weight
of the horses used was 115O pounds.
They were artillery horses, doing as
much work, probably, as farm horses.
1t was found that other feeds may
be substituted entirely for oats in a
ration for work horses with as good
results and much cheaper. Oats,
once and for all, was proved better
feed for work horses than corn, but
more expensive. Alfalfa hay,
properly fed, was found to be more
valuable roughage than either tim
othy or prairie hay and it cheapens
the cost of the daily ration from 25
to 40 per cent. The ration, six parts
| corn, four of oats. four of bran and
timothy hay, is the best that can be
| fed a work horse.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrah that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm
Walding, Kinnan s. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price IS cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
Konnent

Warren KnauS, editor of the Nc
Pherson Democrat, has been appoin-
ted inspector of bees by the state en-
of the Mankato Advocate?
900
''Mike" Frey, member of the legis-
lature from Junction City, was mar
ried the other day. He was bach
elor candidate in 1910 and promised
his constituents if they elected him
he would get married. He believes
in fulfilling his campaign promises,
no matter how rash.
An Abilene paper made this an
nouncement: "a citizens mass meet
ing for the purpose of discussing the
electric light question will be hell at
the court house Thursday evening" y
O. L. Cook rises to remark that
Christmas being over and the cold
weather still hangs on that the
stockings have returned to their
original use.
An Ellis man was in town the
other day. 81 called up the depot
from the American hotel,'' he said,
land got word that the train was
two hours late. When L got over
there two hours afterward the train
had been gone half hour, so Brown,
the smiling porter said. ''And do
you know" he explained, II had to
run mile and half before / caught
up with the dad-blamed thing''
Women in Wa-Keeney who are
eligible to marry have taken the leap
year by the horns. They announce
that all widowers and bachelors will
be waited upon. If the men refuse,
the city council will be asked to pass
an ordinance forever barring them
from marriage.
The first leap year proposal was re-
ported last week in Collyer. The
story says that the girl proposed sc
awkwardly that the young man
| laughed, whereupon she lost her tenn
per and sstook it all back
600
We are surprised at Champ CLARK
wanting to run for President. AS
near as we can figure it out, Clark is
more than IS years old, and accord
ing to the laws of Missouri man OF
that age is silly, has lost his reason
| ing powers and hasn't sense enough
to sit on jury. Outside of that
he's all right.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
Kansas City Market Report

Kansas City Stockyards, January 9
Railroad difficulties kept receipts
down today, the early estimate call
ing for $4,000 cattle, but actual re-
ceipts two thousand less. The mar
ket was lower today. Buyers count
on good receipts later this week, or
as soon as railroads bring cattle in.
Unless cattle are on full feed and
well protected dealers say they are
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN

Chapter 248, Laws of 1909, known
as the legacies and SUGGESTIONS tax
act, under certain conditions imposes
. lien upon real estate which passes
to other persons by reason of the in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
SHEARS G. sAwBUck

Shears & Sawbuck kept store,
Such as never was before
City folks they wouldn't sell,
Wouldn't let 'em have a smell;
Fetched their money, but, by Jing,
Couldn't buy blessed thing
Couldn't meet tem face to face
An then sell 'em with good grace.
Country trade was what they sought,
Folks w'd pay for what they bought,
Fore they saw it hide or tail
They sent catalogues by mail
Out to every blessed one
Gettin' mail at Possum RIM
We set up at night and read
When we'd orter been in bed
Books was bout as big as sin,
Had a lot of pictures in,
And a lot of merchandise,
Ev'ry kind and ev'ry size,
Givin' prices that they swore
Knocked out every country store.
Looked SO straight an seemed so true
/ bit at it-Jim did, too.
Jim, my neighbor 'cross the way,
Best man ever worked in hay.
Just let hfa top off stack,
Sheds rain like turkeys back;
Pleasure just to see him work,
Never knew of Jim to shirk,
Swings the sycthe like it was play,
Love to watc h him work in hay.
Well, we like pair of fools,
Sent of, got some haying tools
Jim got harness and plow,
l, range-I see it now
Drat the thing, it was so light
Used it for a torch one night,
lowed the darn thing in the yard,
Use it now for rendering lard
Fore Jim used the pillow an hour,
End the blamed thing wouldn't scour
Tried the harness, broke tug,
Went to Olsen's stole his jug.
In the cooler all that night,
Jim reflected on his plight,
In the mornin' old AL Stout,
Hardware merchant bailed him out
| Since he left the Possum Jail,
Jim says we won't buy goods by mail,
Home merchants are cheap; anyhow
Might have saved Jim on the plow
Jim says, 1--WE can't sell no truck
To sich folks as Shears, Sawbuck.
They will take our cash away,
But won't buy our corn or hay.
That seems pretty strange to me-"
So told Jim that I'd see.
Asked 'em what they'd pay for oats,
Couldn't they use some likely shoats,
Or a few good cords of wood,
How about four tons of hay,
/ could ship them right away2
Could furnish Mr.. Shears
With his family roasting ears3
Also would my friend Sawbuck
Buy some of my garden truck2
Answer came one summer day,
Said they couldn't use our hay,
Couldn't use our oats or shoats,
Didn't like our Billy goats,
And no wood, for they use coal.
When they needed truck to eat,
Bought it down on Water street.
Sorry, but they must refuse
Anything but cash to use
sat down and wrote 'em then,
Hate to trouble you again,
But want to thank you, sirs,
For your bunch of cockleburs
If you love your fellow-man;
Do him good, sirs, while you can.
While our merchants sweetly sleep.
Shears&Shawbuck shears your sheep.
Exchange.
i Farmers, mechanics, railroaders.
+ laborers rely on Dr. Thomas Eclec-
frf- n.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

. Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
laborers rely on DIR. Thomas Eclec-
trio OIL Takes the sting out of euta
burns or bruises at once. Pain can
not stay where it Is used.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

Money. Money! Money. on your
farms When you want a loan on
your farm call on the Wa-Keeney
State Bank. 27
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13
Weather Report

Maximum and minimum tempera-
ture according to the government
thermometer at Wa-Keeney for the
week ending Wednesday noon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

Down to zero or below every night
in the last week The lowest tenn
perature we have had since January
3, 1911.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

ssMound City Paints go farthest
wear longest, look best Verbeck
Lumber Co.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-13

To be held at Wa-Keeney, Kansas,
Tuesday and Wednesday, January
Is, II, 1912.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
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