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The Glenwood post., 1913-11-08

Mr.. Parks is having some improve
ments made in the First National bank
building this week. Large transOns Of
prisnstic glass are being placed on the
Eighth street side Of the building to
replace the eolored glass transons
which we're just the thing At the time
the building was erected several years
ago.
+. L. Smith, who WAS engaged for
some time in buying potatoes and who
lived in GIenwood much of the past
summer, is wanted by the sheriff. Some
of the ranchmen have complained that
he failed to make proper returns on
their shipments. 1t seems to be the old
story of trusting a stranger instead Of
q well known and reliable buyer.
The Grand Junction papers say the
Odd Fellows of the state who met last
week in grand lodge session in the
Junction left $4,000 in the town. They
found them very profitable and nice
bunch of visitors. If GlenwOOd can
take care of them properly there is L
good chance to get them here next
year. What say you, Mr.. Businessman
DO you want them!
| Word reaches the Post thai last Fri
day while Mrs. +. II. Strouse of New
Castle was Living alang the road on
East Divide cI..k the ,eam became
frightened Will gong down a hil!
near the Jayna ranch and Mrs. Strouse
was thrown So, the wagon and badly
bruised. Mr.. Jayne ran to the lady s
assistance and she was well cared toi
and has now aporr recovered from Tht
shakeup.
1t is well to remember that this glo
rious autumn weather will not last fo-
ever 1t is none too soon to get ready
for winter and. as Bill ShakespooF
would say, "If you have steers tt
shed, prepare to shed them now,' oil
words to that effect. You might al
least get in the winters coal and
kindling, and fix the roof so it will
turn the snow and the rain which viii
probably make us visit before long
The sheriff's office is in receipt OF
an inquiry from Denver as to whether
the reward was ever paid by the Citi
zens National bank for the arrest o'
Edwards and his partner for robbint
the bank a few years ago. The re
ward of $1,000 offered by the bank FOL
the apprehension Of the robbers wa
paid soon after the arrest Of Edward
and his pal and went to the Denver po
lieeman and Bert Abrams who mad
the arrest.
While Judge and Mrs. J. L. Noonal
were in Grand Junction last week il
attendance on the Odd Fellows erant
lodge they purchased box Of choic
Grand valley apples and sent them b.
express to their two sons. William an
John, who are students in Lelan'
Stanford university. They say tn
boys long since became aware Of tn
superiority of Colorado apples owe
those grown in California and the.
thought this would be about as muc'
appreciated as anything they coul
send in remembrarce of tie r trip.
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Don't use harsh physics. The reae
ton weakens the bowels, leads t
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Regu
lets. They operate easily. 25c at q
The Glenwood post., 1913-11-08
0YI0U4

Mrs. Allen was up from the Grad
canon last week visiting with her
daughter, Mn. Nellie Thomas.
The E. C. H. g. boys are very happy
over their game with Yampa Saturday
in which the score was 1 to 81 in favor
of the former.
F. W. Spear attended court at Red
Cliff Monday.
Oscar Strows returned from Oregon
for a short visit here.
The L. ". spangler and A. L. Hoek
EFT families have moved to town FOL
the winter.
The Glenwood post., 1913-11-08

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Glenwood
business property, excelenlt location
and suitable for store or restanrant.
Will sell on good terms for part Of
purchase price or would trade for
gosp } ranch.
The Glenwood post., 1913-11-08

furnished much amusement by his
three verse song. All returned home
at an early(2) hour and reported 4
good time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10

ed his carrying out a plan that might
nave killed hundreds, would have the
same determination in finding Sally
and bringing her to safety.
The water was level with the floor of
the bridge when Merriam told his men
That they had done all they could and
warned them to go to the other side. He
himself stayed-it seemed to him that his
fate was peculiarly linked with that of the
bridge that had -been-- made durable
against his will. A crowd on the opposite
side begged him to come. but. he OBJ
stinately refused. The water was swirling
around his feet when he caught sight of
Carson with Sally in a rickety old ross-
boat. Together the men half carried the
girl across the bridge, While Sally ex-
planned the mishaps that prevented her
coming earlier. All three stood with the
crowd that watched the water till it COW
cred the structure completely. Then their
work accomplished, they sought shelter
in a farmhouse already filled to overflow
ing.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
few days later. The water had receded.
taking with it many buildings ana leaving
an indescribable confusion The bridge
still remained, and the mayor on behalf
of the townspeople, was extending thanks
othe architect and contractor for the
durability of the structure.
1T is our Intention he said, Ito start
rebuilding at once, and to replace as soon
1t is concluded that no greater test couid
be put upon a structure than that STOOD
so successfully by the new bridge: Inc
Commissioners of Public Works desire me
to announce that they have therefore
given the new work to Merriam & Carson,
who have formed a partnership. We know
we can depend upon the firm for bridges
combining beauty and strength
Sally was surreptitiously holding one
hand of each of the partners.
II knew" she whispered triumphantly
to Carson, that you would recognize
fathers good business judgment in the
end"
And Merriam who overheard her, looked
gratefully at his prospective partner and
son-in-law, who smiled reassuringly at
him and pressed Sally's hand in reply
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndfcate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
CLOSE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Most things are blamed on the man who
was killed.
Airmen seem to have as much trouble
as married men.
A tramp overestimates the privilege of
being his own boss.
War is worse than drought besides last
ing longer, as a general rule.
1t is strange what a large corn crop a
woman can grow in small shoe
As rule, people make up their minds
and then listen to the evidence.
Certain forms of sport may be classified
as hard work without pay.
Besides impairing digestion, mean
disposition doesn't pay very well.
Jude Johnson who says he will buy
split trousers, has the same kind of a
brain.
Alb. Adkins says his son who worked his
way through college hasn't worked any
since.
As long as few Americans insist on
wearing boards no fun should be cast at
the Chinaman's pig tail.
1t also occurs to an old crouch that
there is sufficient suffering in the world
without the surprise party.
The trouble with the simp who believes
in dreams is his tendency to fall for other
forms of foolishness.
Every man knows a good deal he hopes
may tell you about it.
Occasionally a safe and sane house
holder shows his sense by being more
afraid of gun than he is of burglars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10

cost of meats to the consumer Less
than 40 years ago the great rich tracts
of grass land in Argentina were prac-
tically unproductive. The Indians
roamed the plains, and general settle
Well nigh impossible. The Indians.
that date saw the inception of the es-
tancias, or ranches, and the systematic
reclamation of the land to pave the
way for an industry the magnitude of
which today is stupendous. The i'm
mensity of the cattle business can be
estimated from the official returns re-
Gently published, which show that last
year in the Argentine there were 3d.
100000 cattle, 100000 sheep. and
1000. 900 horses. The cattle and horses
are bred in the warmer parts of the
country to the north, where alfalfa
abounds. and the sheep in districts in
in the southern provinces.
"Some of the large ranches carry
as many as $4,000 head of cattle and
provide for hunting grounds for many
Englishmen. The 'gaucho' is one of
the most picturesque as well as use
full figures on these ranches, and
forms the counterpart of his famous
brother, the cowboy of North America.
Life on a ranch is far from unpleasant,
and on some of the big ranches I'M
der British control evening dress for
dinner is the custom. The Argentine
wool is of high grade, and large part
of it goes to supply the home mar
kets. "-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
AYHAWKER .JOTy

Remember that the first liar stands
no chance whatever, advises the Her
ington Times.
If an unmarried man doesn't like
his boarding house, says the James
town Optimist, he can move to a
worse one.
There is this much to say for the
accidents in the prize ring, points out
the Holton Signal. They never hap
pen to the innocent bystander.
Alb Adkins remarked to the Atchi-
son Globe the other day that if there
is anything in transmigr ton, he
wants to play his return engagement
in cold storage.
Here's guessing, says the Woodson
County Advocate, that the Missouri
woman who traded her husband for a
mule didn't get cheated. A good mule
is worth half a dozen of the usual
run of husbands. Hf
Mrs. Slivers was having company,
Republican. Ding it," growled Bill,
as he got into the second installment
of clean clothes within the week,
How dye expect a man to get any
thing done if he has to doll up like
this every whip-stitch
The robber takes money from the
bank and puts nothing in, says the
GeHdlOSd NEWS Inc IdT1ner InaL
takes crop after crop from the soil
and puts nothing back Is a robber
The business farmer knows that he
must put fertility in if he wishes to
get anything back. What are you
doing about it2
Old Bill Shiftless is always telling
the people what they should do and
how they should handle their BUSH
ness, tells the Village Deacon in the
Osborne Farmer. He wastes hours
every week blowing about how the
council and certain individuals should
conduct affairs. He is also great
booster. But YOU will notice that if
it wasn't for Mrs. Shiftless and her
trusty washboard old Bill and the
family would starve to death. But the
old simpleton shoots off and shoots
off and never tumbles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
KANSAS STILL IN THE RING.

Governor Hodges is doing Kansas a
great service by preaching the Cos
pei of its stability whenever and
wherever he has an opportunity. In
the current issue of Leslie's he has
forceful article on this subject, an
excerpt from which follows:
The farmers of this state, after us
ing all the butter, eggs, and poultry
that they need for their tables, have
sold twenty-three million dollars
worth in the past twelve months This
is eight million dollars more than the
government paid for that vast terri
tory comprising almost one-third of
the total acreage of the United States
the great Louisiana Purchase
Kansas has the greatest per capita
wealth of any state in the Union
$1.6S4.OO for every man, woman and
child. We have two hundred and
thirteen million dollars on deposit in
our banks. The taxable wealth of the
state is about three billion dollars,
and based probably upon about seven
ty per cent valuation. The individu-
ally owned mortgages by Kansans in
1907 We're thirteen millions of dol
lars; in 1913 they have increased to
over SiXty-Seven. The municipal
bonds of our great state seek no mar
ket beyond the limits of Kansas, as
they are eagerly seized by home in
vestors. The personal property as
sessment exceeds that of last year by
over forty-five millions of dollars.
There is nothing the matter with
Kansas. Our state is yet but an agri-
cultural giant in the chrysalis. The
vigor of youth is upon Kansas. In
the past the gentle rains of prosper
ity have fallen upon us by night, and
the rays of a glorious sun have nur-
tured Us by day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
EVENING CHAT
One Way to Conserve Energy.
By RUTH CAMERON.

1t is not always physical effort that
makes us physically tired. When
nighttime finds US utterly spent ana
weary in mind and body, we are apt
| to blame our condition upon the ply
steal effort we have made, the actual
work we have accomplished. l think
We make a great mistake IN THIS
Quite as often the WEAKNESS is the re-
| suit of mental effort or mental dis
comfort reaeting upon the body.
For instance, to have the burden OF
some difficult decision weighing upon
ones mind often takes more out OF
one than a great deal of work.
We had a notable example of this
| the other evening. A friend of mine
elm bed YEARLY up our veranda steps,
with the air of being utterly exhaust
ed. We asked If she had had an
especially hard day. NO. she said.
mot as far as work goes, in fact,
haven't done as much as usual. I'm
afraid you'll laugh if L tell you why l
am so tired. 1 got a letter this morn
ing telling me about another position
1 might be able to get. It's good
opportunity, but it means making
quite a change. I'm not sure whether
it would be the best thing in the end
or not and 1 can't decide what to do,
SO I keep turning it over and over IN
my mind, like a squirrel in cage.
That's why I'm tired out tonight. And
the worst of it is, I haven't got to
decide for a month and ] know III
wear myself out vaciliating back and
forth before make up my mind.
You may be sure I didn't laugh. 1
knew too we'll what the poor girl was
going through.
Each human being has certain
amount of energy. A few lucky in
dividuals seem to have an ample sup
ply, but the most of us haven't an iota
to waste. Why waste any then in mis-
era BILE decision?
How can one help it when decisions
must be made? Why, simply by MAX
ing them. This girl did not expect
any new factors to enter into the case
in the next month. She was simply
deferring the decision because she
dreaded to make it-even as you
and I.
Now it's absolute folly to prolong
ones suffering and waste ones energy
in that way. When you have deci-
sion to make don't worry yourself
trying to make it and until you have
all possible information in hand.
When you have that, set aside an
hour or two to commune with your
self and look the ground over, and at
the end of that time make your de-
cision.
One word more, don't leave the way
open for you to change your mind.
Cross your bridge and then burn 1t.
cision irrevocable. To a vacillating
temperament that is the hardest thing
in the world, but it is also the safest.
And believe me, the ineffable peace
that will come to you when an fr-
revocab1e decision is made will more
than reward you for the effort it cost
to make it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
by THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS.

From the investigation or the SUD-
ject now on in California, We gather
that the difference between a boxing
bout and a prize fight" lies in the
horse power behind the swats> exchans-
ed.
AS usual, the blimping-offe of pug
calls for a mighty sharp legal razor TO
split all the protruding hairs on the
case. Since the days when stuffed
nnitts took the place of case-hardened
knuckles in the manly sport, num-
Der of bruisers have kept right on
going out after the count or ten, ana
in each case there ensued temporary
'.hoo-raw" and threats to Danish the
squared circle. But so long as slmps
will give up ten beans per bench TOT
a chance to see human animal get
his map mashed. the game will go on,
and minor accidents, such as sudden
death, will occur at irregular inter-
walls.
1t is noticeable that, although it was
a physical impossibility for Jerome 10
play poker by himself, he was the only
member of the penny-ante party
ninched at Coaticook. The answer. is,
no doubt, the Canuck authorities knew
the other members of the poker party
were New York newspaper men, ana
would therefore be unable to pay
fine.
To keen posted on who's whose in
high society, one must read both the
court and society news every day. For
it has been discovered that the dlner-
ence between united and united
involves the transposition of but Two
letters.
And when a couple of the ultra rich
decide that they have contracted ty-
biographical error, they fire 1T right
back to a legal proof reader and nave II
corrected.
Very few people can enjoy doing
good without brass band accompanl-
ment. There are men who can re-
spond to a request for match IN
such a manner that the cop on the
next corner thinks they have just rais-
ed the mortgage on the requester's
residence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
Greatest Wireless Station.

One of the greatest radio stations in
the world, even eclipsing in size the
new station at Arlington, Va, is to be
constructed by the United States at
Caimito, in the canal zone. 1t will be
known as the Darien Radio station,
and whereas only one of the Arlington
towers reaches the height of 500 feet,
all three of the towers at Darien will
be that high.
The Darien plant, it is expected, will
be able to communicate with San
Francisco as well as with Arlington.
and to reach into the southern seas
as far as Valdivia, Chilli. 421 miles
from Valparaiso, on the west coast of
South America, and as far as Buenos
Aires, Argentina, on the east side.
Throwing it's waves across the Atlantic
the new station should communicate
with the Island of st. Vincent, 500
miles west of Africa.
The Darien station will be used ex-
clusively for government business
principally as a relay station for COM
municating with naval vessels in
southern waters, and the present wire
less stations at Colon and Balboa will
continue to handle messages for ships
using the canal-Washingto Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
HUAOR or THE DIP

kittyLThey say you. know. that love
iiaheS the Worlu go round" Marie
Maybe; but it cannot make the eligible
young men go round Transcript
Just look at the figures in the ceilings
and walls OF this house." well, what of
them? Didn't you tell me 1t was put
by a crack Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can.
Charley has fortune in politics. He
knows the ropes" declared the adbiring
friend Yes; i judged that he did from
the campaign cigars that he gave me-
Buffalo Express
Wasn't Jason the man who tried to
land the Golden F1eece?" asked the youth
full student Il shall not undertake to
say" replied Senator Sorghum. II posi-
lively refuse to discuss anything pertain
ing to the wool business, outside of office
hours. "-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
KANSAS COAl1ENT

EVER SEE THIS TYPE o. MAN?4
"A big, blonde man aboard one of the
big ships in New York's harbor the
other day kicked up a ferocious row
because the ships barber by accident
had mixed his hair cuttings with those
of a man whose locks were dark
Blondy had told the barber he wanted
the cuttings saved, to go into baseball
gloves for the children; but an assist
ant Numbered and the red hairs got
mixed with the black, which so enraged
him that he kept the boat in an uproar
for an hour and wasn't appeased until
the barber had promised to have the
mixed hairs separated, one by one. He
was too angry to explain why black
hairs wouldn't make quite as good glove
stuffing as red. Perhaps he thought
the family heirs wouldn't be happy
without family hairs. But you know
the type-fussy. quick tempered, irrita-
Bile, utterly lacking in a sense of hu-
NOR; no more fun in 'em than in a Wit
rihed brick. Aren't they nuisances
though, when travelling? We saw one
recently on a train cuss and jaw at the
conductor for miles because politely
told that he couldn't on one ticket oc-
cupy an entire seat when women were
standing. Nothing but the conductors
being a kindly and patient soul pre-
vented that passenger from being
hoisted on a boot-toe and deposited
with the other brambles alongside the
track.-Wichita Beacon.
MONEY WASTED ON ROADS. =
The peculiar feature about the good
roads days is that ever since Kansas he
came a state the people have been paying
for road work but not getting it. The
money wasted on road work in this state
IN the last twenty years would today
macadamize every foot of main road
within its borders. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been poured into the rat
hole without making the least showing.
If the same amount of money had been
wasted on a public building the state
from one end to the other would be one
seething mass of indignation. Yet in
the roads movement nothing is said about
it and the people cheerfully lay aside
their regular work and take a holiday
to do something they have long been pay
ing their public officials to do.-Independ-
ence Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A mans good intentions are general
~ as numerous as his faults.
= r =
Not infrequently father is dared TO
refuse his consent to daughters mar
riage.
Z. i +
The difference between an apart
ment and a fiat is to be found in the
amount of the rent.
= = =
Regardless of what they predict on
Bonded knee, few are the men who
pine away and die on being refused by
girls.
I. = +
Many a husband is expected to do a
fancy job of carpentering with a 10
cent saw, a 10-cent hammer and a s.
cent Screwdriver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

a.
Some fellows never take a brace be-
cause they take too many bracers -r.--s'
The millennium is a time when family
jars may be used for preserving peace.
Don't ask a man to take your part if
you lave any idea he'll take more than
that.
Luck is what enables man to lump
from the frying pan into the fire and put
the fire out
The Optimist-"All things come to those
who wait The Pessimist-"Yes, from
the discard
Figures never lie,'' quoted the Wise
Guy. Sometimes they won't stand, eth
err, added the Simple Mug.
1t is just well to remember that an
automobile isn't absolutely necessary in
the pursuit of happiness.
Even prominence may have its draw
backs Many a well-known citizen is too
well known for his own good.
Muggins-''There is at least one good
thing about Bighedde-' BugginsL'sWhat
is that? MugginS-' own opinion OF
himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
The woman who hesitates has no secret
to tell
If woman can't be flattered IT'S a sign
she is deaf
You can get insured against any acct
dent except marriage.
Society is judged by some of the misfits
that manage to break in.
A lot of dead ones in every town are
holding out on the undertaken.
1t is customary for a man with more
dollars than sense to accumulate popu-
larity.
Occasionally woman weighs her
words-then throws in lot for good
measure.
Not even an ingenious woman can make
a really good husband out of poor ma
teria1.
The fool man who is always asking for
advice should be advised to keep his
mouth closed.
A woman likes to see something nice
about her husband in the papers so that
she can ask him for new dress and
get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10

Topekans have complained a lot
about the annoyances and discomforts
incident TO the long continued spell
of hot and dry weather. But they
seem to have overlooked entirely the
fact that they have been blessed over
and above many of their neighbo rs
by having had an adequate supply of
good water at all times. OF course.
they have to pay fancy prices for it.
but they've had it, and that's the i'm
portant thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from home durings the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate
of ten cents a week or thirty cents
a month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State journal will be
to you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-10

Now the Japs are clamoring for a
war with China. Some time in the
near future the Japs will rush into a
war that will settle their hash in con-
vincing fashion. The trouble hunters
always find it. and generally in larger
PROPORTIONS than they bargain for.