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The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
FARM CONGRESS PERMANENT
Most Important Meeting Ever Held in
Kansas, Says President II. ].
Waters.

Hutchinson, Kan.-The Kansas Ag-
ricultural and Industrial congress Will
be made permanent institution, to
be held annually for the purpose OF
permitting effective discussion OF the
states needs and to permit farmers,
railroad men, bankers, educators, bus
mess men and manufacturers to rub
elbows and learn each others point OF
view. This was decided at the recent
meeting here, and a recommendation
10 this effect was embodied in the
resolutions adopted by the congress.
]. r. KoOntz, Santa Fe general freight
agent, made an appeal to make the
congress permanent. Other speakers
advocated the same step
Il consider this the most important
gathering ever held in Kansas" de-
clarod President II J. Waters, of the
State Agricultural college, and this
voiced the opinion of many others.
The resolutions adopted took the
form of an address to the people of
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29

the state, setting forth the object oi
the congress and telling, briefly, some
of the more important things when
have been accomplished. The need
of certain legislation was also dis
cussed in the resolutions. Cooperation
is the great need in Kansas, ACCORDING
to President H. j. Waters. The pro
ducer doesn't get enough for his pro
duct and the consumer pays too much
BY establishing closer and more direct
connections both will be benefited, he
declared.
"The road from the farm to the
kitchen has grown longer in recent
years. while the road from the factory
TO the kitchen has been shortened by
better business methods" he said.
"The farmer must adopt some of these
modern business methods and the way
to do this is to cooperate.
"The prices which the farmer re
ceives are not too high if he Is tt
build good roads, rural schools ana
churches. On the contrary. if he is
to establish conditions in the coun
try that will grip the young blood and
keen the best of the young people Oh
the farm he must receive higher
prices for what he produces"
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
WILL ADVOCATE NEW METHOD.
Either Voting Machines or Double
Election Boards.

The difficulties in getting accurate
election returns within reasonable
time experienced after the recent cleo
tion has demonstrated the need OF
some new methods and Secretary OF
State Charles Sessions will make
some recommendations along that line
in his report to the governor.
Mr.. Sessions is in favor of the use
of voting machines or the double
board system. There have beeh
efforts made for four years to get a
provision into the law for the use OF
voting machines, but in vain. 1t is
probable that another effort VIII De
made this winter. In event that piah
fails Mr. Sessions is In favor OF nav
ing two election boards in every pre-
cint The first set of judges anu
clerks would work until noon then
would begin to count the ballots cas'
up to that time The second set would
begin work at noon and when the
polls closed both boards would turn
in and count out all the ballots WIN
in two or three hours.
Such an arrangement would nave
been of great benefit at the last cleo
ton, and with women's suffrage IN
effect there will be far heavier vote
two years from now than there was
at the last election. Unless some pro-
vision is made for counting the votes
more quickly than it has been count
ed heretofore, the next election Will
be more difficult to get returns from
than tho last
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
stubbs Has Only is Dogs.

Governor Stubbs is becoming corpu-
lent. He looks it and admits It, lie
SAYS it is due to the full measure OF
peace he has been enjoying since the
election. 81 never did feel so we'll IN
my life before" he said, the other day.
az have sfelt that | had less response
bility the last week or two than
have at any other time in the last
twenty years. l have really enjoyed
it. | am planning big times Tor thls
winter. We have few dogs and |
am going to have a lot of fun with the
boys and the dogs this winter down
at Lawrence" How many dogs have
your" was asked. We'll" said the
governor, alphabetically, eve only
have fifteen now but am going to get
some stag hounds right away"
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
$74,372 For Hospital Site.

ThS state of Kansas paid $74,972.1o
for land the other day. That is the
full price paid for the land west ol
Newton that has been purchased Dy
the state as the site for the new state
Tubercular Hospital. The purchase
was made by the state board of COD.
troll and the vouchers were filed with
the state auditor. Libbie Halloway gets
the bulk of the money. She sold her
land to the state for total OF SOL
279.26. Clyde d. Blount sold his lana
to the state for $1.421.6O, William M
Maurer for $11,7S0.25 and J. G. Ed
wards for $9,S91.7O. The price paid
bv the state averaged between STU anf
$50 an acre. The members of the
board of control believes the site chos-
en- is an ideal one.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29

that his stay there would depend on
the opinion of the superintendent OF
the institution as to the present men
tai condition of the patient. If neld
to be sane at the present time by the
superintendent he might be released
by the court before whom he was
tried. If the court should refuse to
grant him liberty it is probable that
Habeas corpus proceedings would fol-
low and the case go before the SUI
preme court.
Truskett, who is 20 years old, was
a wealthy business man of Caney,
Kan. He shot and killed Neely in the
lobby of a hotel in Caney. The shoot
ing was the result of litigation over an
oil lease.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
OFFICIAL VOTE on GOVERNOR
HODGES DEFEATS cAPPER ON
FACE OF RETURNS.
Errors in the Figures as Returned to
Secretary of State Will Prob
ably Cause a Contest.

Topeka-George H.. Hodges has
thirty-one plurality, according to the
official returns from all the Kansas
counties.
Under ordinary circumstances, the
fight would be settled by these Off
cial figures and Mr.. Hodges would re-
ceive the certificate of election.
In number of counties, however.
errors were made in the official re-
turns. The errors made changes OF
only few votes and no attention
would be paid to them except for the
close race between the two contest
ants. But under the circum stances
the official board will be asked t. re-
ceive supplemental returns from the
counties where the errors occurred.
Fourteen counties have reported such
errors.
If the state canvassing board de.
cides to accept these returns and cor
rect the votes, the result will not
finally be determined until the meet
ing of the board two weeks hence
At the statehouse it was admitted
that Mr.. Hodges would, in all proba-
bility receive the certificate of cleo
tion. The net results of the errors
reported from the fourteen counties
add 33 to the Hodges plurality.
Friends of Mr. Capper declare that
he will contest the election and ask
for recount of the votes in num-
ber of counties, but Mr.. Capper him.
self has made no public announce.
ment of his purpose to do so.
A contest could be brought in the
state senate, which is the usual meth
cd, or it could be brought in the SUI
preme court. But no contest can be
brought until after the state canvass
ilg board has completed it's count and
issued a certificate of election to one
or the other of the candidates.
The following table shows the total
vote for Capper and Hodges and the
plurality for each in all the counties:
Actual Vote. PluraIitieS.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Find Out About Weighing Freight.

The Kansas public utilities commits
sion is sending out to all of the larger
shippers of the state a circular letter
asking for complaints against the
weighing of freight by the railroads.
The interstate commerce commission
has been conducting a general investi-
cation of the subject. 1t is looking in
q the alleged irregularities and dis
crepancies in the weighing of freight.
There will be hearing on this sub
iect at Kansas City December II be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
New Depot at Strong ely Begun

Strong City, Kan.-The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway started
the erection of its new depot at this
place the first of last week. The pas
senger traffic on the Superior branch
is very heavy, and tie railroad has
been in need of a new building here
for several months to meet the de-
Iaand. The building will be up-to-date
in every way and will be one of the
best on the Santa Fe syst en- for the
travel that will go througa it. 1t will
be erected at a cost of from $4,000
to $4,000.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
To Vote on Gas Franchise.

Junction City, KAMA special cleo
ton will be held here soon to decide
whether the city shall grant gas
franchise to Manhattan men who have
applied for it with the view OF estao'
fishing a gas plant in the city. the
franchise has been drawn up and ap'
proved by the city officials. The com
many will pay all expenses Of the spe-
eial election and if granted the iran
cbise the company will have its plant
IN operation by next fall. according to
The promoters.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Gets 3 Years for Killing.

Usage City, Kan.-Henry w. Myers
of Gray county, must serve a term in
the penitentiary for killing A. e.
Click last summer near ingalls,. The
jury at Cimarron brought in verdic
of guilty of manslaughter in the third
degree, after being out IS hours. Judge
Finley sentenced Myers to serve an in
determinate term at Lansing of from
one to three years. Myers formerly
lived up the river in Ford county. He
moved to Gray county several years
ago and was a neighbor Of Clicks.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
show Number of Horses Lost in State

7 Fl. Mercer, state livestock sanl-
tary commissioner, is compiling a rec
ord that will show the number OF
horses lost in Kansas last summer and
fall from the horse plague. 1t is evi
dent with some counties still to be
heard from that the list will reach
nearly 10000. With returns from fifty
nine counties the total loss recorded
Is over $4,000. The live stock interests
in Kansas never before suffered such
blow, according to Mr.. Mercer. Here
are some of the counties that lost
heavily. with the number lost in each:
Ellsworth 225, Cove 1000, Lane 1,5OO,
Finney 995, Ellis 1000, Norton 1,4OO'
Rocks 200, Ford 1000, Hodgeman l.
O5O. Meade 800, Rush $500. Ness q
500 Pawnee 1,400. Dozens of other
counties lost great numbers of horses
from the mysterious disease, but the
above are the heaviest losers. The
hyrses died just before they were
needed for putting in" the winter
wheat in the leading wheat cour'ies
of the state. The wheat raisers man
aged in some way to put in the big
eest wheat crop in the history of the
state in spite of the loss of their work
animals,
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Truskett to state Prison.

Leavenworth, KAMA. A. Truskett
of Independence, acquitted OF the
chaIse of killing J ID. S. Nee:y, a
Lima, O., oil magnate, on his plea of
insanity, was brought to the Kansas
state penitentiary for confinement in
the ward for the criminal insane Ow-
ing to the fact that the ward is incom-
peted. he was confined in a ward in
the main prison. Upon his arrival at
the prison, the aged man refused to
answer questions. He met all ap-
proaches with a nod and a feeble
smile.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Target Record Reports Show Ability.

Major Bruce Griffith of Wichita,
ordnance officer of the Kansas Ma
ional guard, was in Topeka the other
lay making cut the annual target prac-
tice reports for the guard. These re-
ports must be sent to the war depart
ment in Washington, D. c., by Novem-
ber 20. The target season closed two
weeks ago. Despite the fact that
changes in target practice conditions
and regulations greatly stiffened the
requirements, the Kansas guard made
1 good record for the shooting season
lust closed.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
stubbs to Speak At pittsburg Meeting

The annual convention of the
Worlds Christian Citizenship associa-
ton which meets in Pittsburg, Pa, De
eember 1, will be addressed by Cover
nor w R. Stubbs as the representa-
tive from Kansas. He was prevailed
upon to attend the conference by the
Rev. A. A. Samson, OF the Reformed
Presbyterian church, who has charge
Of the work of the association for
ais state. The other representative
from Kansas will be DR.. J. B. Stotts
of Sterling, secretary for Kansas.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
"a. Pure Water on Trains.

The state board of health issued an
order recently that is intended to give
the travelling public in Kansas pure
drinking water. The order prohibits
Ice coming into contact with the drink
ing water on trains OF in railroad sta'
tiops. It becomes effective July l, SO
the railroads will have plenty of time
10 change their water fountains to
oomlpy. Under the present system OF
supplying water to travellers the wat
er and ice are put together In a cool
sF.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
tuberculosis Society to Enlarge Work.

The Kansas Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
is planning to send out a trained field
secretary who will travel over the
state working for the elimination Of
the disease. It has not been definitely
determined who will be appointed but
the person will be one trained in that
inc of work. The association will
also endeavor to sell 100000 Christ
mas seals in Kansas between now and
Christmas. Any town that sells TO-
600 seals will be given so per cent of
the proceeds for local work.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
State eranae to Meet Dec. 1o.12.

Manhattan, Kan.-The local Grange
has completed arrangement for the
meeting of the state Grange here Dec
10. II and IL. About 200 Changers
are expected to be present at the meet
ing. Most of the sessions will be held
down town. Wednesday forenoon Will
be given to sightseeing and a visit to
the Agricultural college. Here the
visiting members will see the student
body and some addresses are sched-
uled and a luncheon on the College
grounds.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
kansas suspects, TrlaI Sci.

lola, Kan.-Preliminary hearing fol
the two alleged motor car bandits who
say their names are Jack Colman and
Bert Young, became unnecessary,
when the prisoners waived eXamina-
ion and were taken to the Neosho
county Jail at Erie, to be held awaiting
tr' at the December term of the dis
.rict court. Both men are charged
with grand larceny.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Ross look Falrchild's Place.

Governor Stubs has named W. ID
Ross of Oskaloosa as state superlh
tendent of public instruction for the
six weeks of the uneXpired term OF II
T. Fairchild, resigned to become presi
dent of New Hampshire College a
double the salary he now receives.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
child's Neck Is Broken.

Winfield, Kan.-Kenneth, the S-yeal.
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Kittel-
son, of Kellogg, was killed when his
kilt skirt caught in the tumbling rod
of an elevator shaft. The little fel-
low was whirled around the shaft
and his neck broken.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Would Ratser Have a Horse.

Mrs. Flynn-They do be after sayin'
thot old man Kelly has got locomo-
thor atavy.
Mr.. Flynn--Well, he's got the mon.
ey to run wan av thin If he wants
ter. but fer nv rar-rt I'd rather have
& good horse amy day.-Judge.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
Men Were savIno Country.

naughter-Mother. why do people
think business will be better after
election.
Mother-Because then men win
have more time to give to it--Judgo.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29

When woman sNrugs her shoul
ders at the mention of another wom-
ans name it's a sign she can tell
something.
The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
WI SONS PLURALITY IN KANSAS 23,547;
HODGES PLURALITY FOR GOVERNOR 81
THOMPSON WON OVER sTusss
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
BY 2t,ts4 VOTES.
While Republicans Elected Nearly En-
tire State Ticket, Wilson's Lead
Was Greatest of Any Candi-
date-The Vote Is Com
piled.

Topeka, Kan.-While the Republi-
cans elected nearly all of the state
ticket in Kansas, Woodrow Wilson,
Democratic candidate for president,
carried the state by greater plurality
than was received by any Republican
candidate for state office.
Wilson's plurality was 23,547'
Charles Sessions, secretary of state,
was high man on the state ticket, and
his plurality was 19,4S7.
Second honors are divided between
John s. Dawson for attorney general
and w. E. Davis fol- state auditor.
Dawson poled a bigger vote than Da-
Wis but Davis has the greater plural
ity. Dawson, Sessions and Davis ran
close together.
w. H. Thompson, Democratic can
didate for United States senator, won
with plurality of 21,1S4, over w. R.
Stubbs, Republican candidate.
The average plurality on the state
ticket was about $4,000, but Earl
Akers for treasurer; Sheffield ingalls,,
IOT lieutenant 5ONCiAoA' oiiN W
Austin, for state printer, dropped be-
low this Austin has a plurality OF
1901, Akers 1856 and ingalls, $3.50.
The original figures as filed with
the secretary of state give George II.
Hodges, Democrat, plurality of 81
over Arthur Capper, Republican, for
governor
Below is the total vote for each
presidential and state candidate and
the plurality for each successful can
didate:
For President
Wilson (D) ................. .l4o,o''
Roosevelt (P) ..............lz .lzO,lzo
Taft (R) 1854
Debs, (S) .................. 2o'So'
Wilson plurality ity............ 2S'54I
United States Senator.
W. r. Stubbs (R) )............ .1ol, ,5s4
w. H. Thompson (D) .l72,1lS
A. w. Kicker (S) ............ 25'649
Thompsons plurality ...... 21,1Si
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-16

ban home. With plenty of room
for chickens, orchard, garden,
etc. Satisfactory terms. Address
B. R., Box 433, care Georgian.
9-11-34
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men would reluctantly agree to it, pro-
viding they could keep their wives in
the foreground, that the laugh might
come upon them rather than upon the
noble head of the household.
Woman was made the scapegoat, as
she has ever been since the days of
Adam. When asked If they were going
into the poultry business my neighbors
would reply something like this: on
my wife is a fooling with some of those
new tangled Shang Cochins or White
Brahmas. but, i don't take any stock in
the blooming things They are too high
tone for me"
But They Were Converted.
But l want to tell you that some
of these same tenderfeet in later years
showed their chickens side by side with
me That was all right but you know
felt like it was time for me to laugh.
The first breed ] tried was the Buff
Cochin, but it was a little too slow in
its movements for me, and short on egg
production, so | changed to the Light
Brahmas, which were at that time the
aristocrats of the barn yard and very
popular. l bred this variety for a num-
Der of years with the old reliable
Barred Plymouth Rocks, called simply
Plymouth Rocks. as there were no
other varieties of the breed at that
time.
1t took a lot of hard work in those
days to produce a few good birds in the
Rocks. They were crude and had to
be manipulated with the greatest sa-
gacity to produce anything worth look =
ing at. Others were in the same boat,
so that you could not turn out and buy
what you would like to have. But 1t
was this seeming impossibility that
made the few good ones we did raise
worth good money. The balance of the
flocks we sold at low prices, from a dol
lar and a half to three dollars EACH TO
farmers and others wishing to start
pure-bre utility flocks. While much
of this stock would be considered as
culls at this time. they were pure bred
and answered the purpose of furnish
ing the farmers and others a fairly
uniform flock of thoroughbred stock.
CTo be continued tomorrow
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youngsters that we might sell at
two or three dollars each, but be
able to sell several settings of
eggs for Matching at dollar and
a half per setting. which was a
mighty good price in those days,
when chickens were selling at 10
to 25 cents apiece and eggs at 10
and II cents a dozen
That wes before the days Of inflated
prices in fact, there was nothing in
fated those days but the Ideas of a boy
like myself in what he hoped to make
out of the poultry business 1t was an
uphill business those days. for one had
to work against all kinds of odds
Everybody hooted a the idea of maxi
ing anything out of chickens, more
than being able to supply the home ia
BILE with eggs and meat at odd times
when the pork supply was short And
for any strong, hearty, able bodied boy
or man to fool with poultry was sheer
folly, and even downright laziness
But we were determined and hard
headed enough to stand a lot Of such
talk from the neighbors. Every time
went to the express office to ship set
ting of eggs for Matching the smile
would go around, as much as to say,
There he goes again, | wonder how
long II will be before we viii have to
take him away"
A Colossal Purchase.
! worked hard to produce good stuff,
spending quite a share of the money
taken in the first few years, in buying
better stock to mate with mine and i'm
prove it. | went almost to the bottom
Of my pocket at one time and paid out
eight hard-earned dollars for Light
Brahma pullet to complete fine breed
ing trio I had been getting together.
Such a price would mean nothing
these days of big prices, but it surely
did then. The word got out that | was
making a little clean cash out of this
small business in addition to my other
farm profits. In the language OF the
present day, people began to sit up and
take notice.
The women began to see something
to 1t first, as they usually do. and the
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Money Wanted.

wANTED-To borrow 800 on suburban
home worth $4,000 Prefer monthly pay
ments, or would accept straight fve-year
Q-12-S
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Horses and Carriages.

FOR SALE-Texas saddle pony. hand
some bay; gentle: splendid gait; very
thing for boy or girl A. b. Kellogg, sos
Temple Court S5-l3-9
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Dogs.

each. George Austin. 42S East Georgia
ave, City. 6S14-9
DOGS-At close prices Variety of point
ers settlers and hounds to select from.
Young and mature Trained and partly
trained Correspondence solicited. Mont
view Kennels. Kernersville. N c. 3s14-9
FOR SALE-Pointers. settlers and hounds
state wants. E. \. Linviue, Kerners
Vile n c. $3.50
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usness 1t was not happen So" | began
boy fifteen years old. | liked chickens. |
liked them not only from the Methodist preach
ers standpoint but liked to look at good stock.
/ admired the fine ones. 1t of great interest
to me as it always has been to watch the devel-
opment of well bred youngsters
To watch certain fine cOckerels develop into
great big noble specimens fit for the breeding
yard or the show pen, and pulIets to be fit COM
panions at any time place.
But back of all this there something else
that attracted the boy the farm situated as
| where dollars not SHE'D around as we
sometimes them these days. We soon learned
the value Of dollar And we could them
plainly lurking in the background of this thor
oughbred chicken business, and they looked to
us as big as full moon on a summers night
at by mating few good thoroughbred pullets to
we cOuld not on lv succeed in raising few fine
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Legal Notices.


GEORGIA-Futon County.
Rubie b Allen VS. Frank b Allen. No
260S7, superior court
TO Frank B. Allen: You are hereby
notified that on the 18th day Of August.
1912. Rubie b Allen filed suit against YOU
for divorce TO the November term, 1912
You are required 10 be at the Novem-
Der term of said court held the first Mon
day in November, TO answer the plaintiff $
complaint
Witness the Hon George l. Bell. Judge
Of said court September 3. 1912
ARNOLD BROYLES. Clerk
FRANK l. HARRISON.
Petitioners Attorney s-3-22
GEoRGIA-Fulton County William Enix
VS.. Esue EniX Superior Court To
Este Euix. BY order OF court. YOU are
notified that on August g. 1912 WI
liam EniX filed suit against YOU for
divorce. returnable 10 November term
~ court You are required 10 be az 40.
Nemher term ~ court 10 be held ON the
nrsi Monday % November to answer the
Eiainnu complaint Witness George l.
\ Bel judge august Is. 1919
u ARNOLD BkUYLES. Clerk
.-.-- s3-15