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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
AT LAST 1T COMES
Dreams of Railroad i'm Grant
County to Be Fulfilled.
In 1888 "Appomattox" Lots
Brought High Prices.

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 30.-Twenty-
five years ago the newspapers here
carried a two column display advertise
ment calling attention to Appomattox,
the new town about to become a rail-
way junction of two main line rail-
roads in Grant county"
Appomattox cannot be found on the
map of. Kansas today. The railroads
never materialiZed; the town lots sold
by the boomers of a quarter of a CEN
fury ago are today part of some farm
er's kafir field and Grant county is
still railroadless.
But not for long. Already the rail-
way has been built through the rail-
roadless counties adjoining Grant,
crossing even one corner of that coun-
ty, and the Santa Fe soon will be
building a line west through Grant and
Stanton counties.
Looked Like Real Thing.
A quarter of a century ago Apo
mattox was a rapidly growing burg.
1t had the county seat in sight, and it
looked like a lead pipe cinch on being
the junction point Of two important
railways.
One was the Dodge City, Montezuma
& Trinidad railway, which really was
built as far as Montezuma, then torn
up, and now has been rebuilt by the
Santa Fe as its Colmor cutoff, al
though the terminus will be Colmor,
New Mex, instead of Trinidad.
The other was the Garden City
Nickel Plate railway, which never be-
came more than a paper road. But for
a time Appomattox had real prospects,
town lots sold like hot cakes, and there
was really something doing. J. A.
Grayson, of Santa Fe, Kan. was presi-
dent of the townsite company.
An "Ad' of 1883.
A quarter of a century has passed
and Appomattox is almost forgotten.
But here is the way the advertisement
in The News Jan. %, 1888, twenty-five
years ago today, read:
APPOMATTOX
The most flourishing, the most noted
and the largest town in southwest Kan
sas, and will be the future
COUNTY SEAT TOWN
Grant County, Kansas.
1t is the center of the finest body of
land the ever shone on and will be the
GREATEST RAILROAD CENTER
in the southwest, and Is on through lines
to Ell Paso, Texas, and San Francisco,
by Trinidad, Col, the great coal fields.
APPOMATTOX
Now Has
TWO LINES OF RAILROAD
secured, viz: The Dodge City, Monte
yuma & Trinidad, and the Garden City
Nickel Plate. Each of which is now en-
gagged in pushing its line to this point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

And so forth and so on, two whole
solid columns of it in bold display type.
Land offices were opened in Hutchin-
son and hundreds of dollars worth of
town lots in Appomattox were sold to
Hutchinson people. Just where on the
map of Grant county Appomattox
should stand is uncertain. But now,
a quarter of a century later, attention
is again directed to Grant county. This
time instead of a boom day, paper rail-
way, the real thing is being built, and
who knows but what Appomattox may
yet arise and claim its own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
CINCINNATI AND SURPRISE

have Joined hands and are now one with
Appomattox in interest and destiny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

You may have an idea that
wiring your home for Electric
Lights means tearing up the
premises and will cost great
deal. This impression is wrong.
Electric Contractors have i'm
proved their methods very much
during the last few years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
1t Is Not Necessary
To Tear the House
To Pieces To Install
Electric Service.

methods time, labor
less to the house
The following local Electrical Contractors pulling toget-
make this city of the best lighted in the
Tucker Electric &C, Kansa Ave,P hont7
E Jordan w. Phones
Machin Elec. c., w. st, Phone63
E L. Overton tn Phones
j. H.
F. L Robin E. Phone17 6-R
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

Cooperate with us in looking
into the subject of better il
Elimination in your home, store
or shop.
Our Business Department will
send a representative to call at
your request.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
APPOMATTOx
Now Has
TWO TINES OF RATRnAD

secured viz: The Dodge City, Monte
yuma & Trinidad, and the Garden City
Nickel Plate Each of which is now en-
gagged in pushing its line to this point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

1t is the center of the finest body of
land the sun ever shone on and will be the
GREATEST RAILROAD CENTER
in the southwest, and Is on through lines
to Ell Paso, Texas and San Francisco,
by Trinidad, Col, the great coal fields.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14

Hob PrIatinG Done RiEht Times
PrfntinG Co. Is John R--st
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
CALLS ALL RAIN-SOAkED
NEWSIES IN FOR A MEAL

PORTLAND. Ore. Feb. 14.-Be-
cause his heart was touched with
pity by the sight or newsboys, many
OF whom were lily clad and shivering.
crying their wares in the rain, ID. IL.
Robinson, a miner, recently from
Alaska, told some OF them TO tell all
the others that he would pay for what
ever they wanted TO eat at down
town dairy lunch at $3.50 p. m.
The news spread like wildfire.
When $50 came $50 hungry urchins
came surging into the lunch room.
Gimme some of this" and Gimme
some OF that" arose in clamorous
chorus, and never did well-trained foot
ball players execute more rapid or
more skilful forward passes than
did those walters.
Everything in sight, from chicken
stew to peaches and cream, was called
for before the gastronomic storm sub
sided. The bill was $45. The Alaskan
paid it and made speech to the boys.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
HERE'S GOOD NEWS
FOR FURNACE TENDER
Mercury Is on Rise a.:s. There's
Not Zero Mark in Whole
Country

The owner of rapidly diminish
ing coal bin will have a chance TO
say "Hurrah for the weather man, ;"
for that august official said, Friday
morning. that temperatures were ris-
Ing. and not zero mark reported I'M
the country
ITS warming up all over the
country and i'm Detroit the mercury
will gradually climb during the day. Z"
said Assistant Weather Forecaster c.
ID. G. Thompson. But, i'm case any
furnace-tender thinks he Is about 10
have a chance to do a little loafing.
must warn him, that IL will be a
little colder again Friday night and
Saturday. The THERMOMETER was at
II degrees above zero at its lowest
point Thursday night.
up at the 500 where the inhab-
itants expect II to be cold. as a mat
ter OF course. 1t was below zero
Thursday morning and is % degrees
above this morning, which Is a fair
instance of the way In which temper
atures have gone all over the coun-
try. 1t is above freezing line all
along the Pacific, gulf and South
Atlantic coast, although there is
snow or rain this morning in North
Carolina and Virginia. Otherwise n
is generally fair throughout the
country"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
QUESTIONS FRAMED
FOR Dixie INQUIRY
international Commission Will
Take Up Matter in Detroit
Next Monday

The international Joint commission
which IS 10 meet in the federal build
ing, az l0:30, Monday morning. Feb.
u, TO consider the question o. allow.
Ing the construction OF dixie In the
lower part OF the Detroit river, in
connection with the Livingstone chan
mel will take up the following ques.
tions, furnished by tne governments
of Canada and the United States.
First Under all the circumstances
.and conditions surrounding the navl-
CATION and other uses OF the Living.
stone and other channels IN the de-
troit river on either side OF the in
.ternational boundary, is the creation
,of any dixie or other compensatory
work deemed necessary or desirable
for the Improvement for safety OF nav
igation at or in the vicinity of Bots
Blanc island. In connection with rock
excavation and dredging n Living
stone channel authorized by the river
and harbor act OF June %, 1910, and
now being carried out by the govern
ment of the United States?
Second-lf in answer to question
one. any dixie or other compensatory
works are found to be necessary or
desirable, will the work or works pro-
posed by the United States and pro-
yided for in the river and harbor act
of June 20 1910, and located SO az to
connect the north end OF Bots Blanc
island 10 the southeast end OF the
existing cofferdam on the east side
of Livingstone channel, opposite and
below Stoney island, be sufficient for
the purpose; and II not, what addi-
tional or otherwise dikes or compen-
satory works should be constructed
and where should they be located in
order TO serve most adyanta geously
the interests involved OH both sides
OF the international boundary
There is considerable opposition to
the dixie from residents OF Amherst
burg, on the ground that il would
pollute their water supply.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
DETROITER FOUND DEAD
IN BED IN GRAND RAPIDS

James L. Gray. No. 1852 Vinewood-
ave, salesman for the Park & Me-
Kay Co, plumbing supplies, was
found dead in bed, Thursday night,
in the Cody hotel. in Grand Rapids,
where he had been stopping for a
few days. Heart trouble is given as
the cause of death Mr. Gray was
I | years old, and previous To- joining
the sales force of the Park & Mckay
Co., three years ago, he was in the
plumbing business in Delray under
the firm name OF Gray d Addy. Mr..
Gray is survived by his wife and
mother
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
KATSUMA NAMES CHINDU
HIS FOREIGN MINISTER

TOXIC. Feb. 14.-Viscount Suteml
Chinda. Japanese ambassador at Wash
ington, today was recommended for
the portfolio OF foreign minister, In
the new cabinet now being formed by
Premier Yamamoto, who succeeded
Prince Taro Katsura, resigned.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14

Mrs William Graft 80 years old
siasbed her throat with razor In her
,,....,c. No 20 Tuscola st, Thursday ar
tcrnoon. and Is In serious condition
tbe attempt at suicide came "a the cli-
max to n prolonged spree. she Is re-
norted as resting easily. with chances
about even
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14
Flame. DAMAGE Garage.

Fire OF unknown origin caused about
1000 damage in the garage OF Mrs
Mary Hamilton, No SO Porter-st.
Thursday night. badly damaging an au-
tomobile and almost demolishing the
garage
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-14

Three more case- for divorce were
rtuvtef ~ the @Ircuit court. Thurs
day, as follows: Mary vs.. Peter
AErimas. Erma W John w Fetters.
and LILLE vs. william L. Martin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12
NOTICE OF SPECIAL

Terms of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Thiro Division, at Naknek, Dilling- ham, Unalaska, Unga, Kodiak,
 and Seward, Alaska. The President of the United States of America: To the residents of the Third Di- vision of the Territory of Alas ka, and to all whom it may con- cern:
 Greeting:
 You and each and all of you will please take notice that by an order of the Court, duly made and enter cd, a Special Term of the District Court for the Territory |of Alaska, Third Division, has been called and will be held at the town of Naknek beginning on the 4th day of August, 1913. at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town of Dillingham; beginning on the 4th day of August, 19i3, at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town of Un- of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town of Unalaska be- ginning on the Fist day of Aug | ESs AoAo, ct " V CtOCA o. uu., HI the town of Unga beginning on the 25th day of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town Of Unga beginning on the 29th day of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town of Kodiak begin- ming on the 1st day of Septem- Der, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.; in the town of Kodiak beginning on the 6i Il ray of September, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m; and in the town of Seward beginning on the 22nd day of September, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.; and said Special Terms of Court will continue as long thereafter as the public wei fare may require.
 Dated att Valdez this 7th day of April. A. D. 1913.
 PETER D. OVERFIELD,
 District Judge.
 JAS. C. McREYNOLDS,
 Attorney General.
 Attest: ANGUS MCBRIDE,
 Clerk.
 Date first pub. April 12, 1913.
 Date last pub. May IF. 1913.
 Subscribe for .ha Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913. To Il. Muir, your heirs and ad-
 ministrators, and to all whom
 It may concern:
 You are hereby notified and vii! take notice that l, the sub scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have expended during the year \. D., 1912, one hundred dollars (SiOOJ in labor and improvements upon the Minnie lode mining claim. Said claim IS situated and lies in the Valdez Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, about six miles from Shoup bay. The mo- tice of location thereof is of rec ord in Book 8 of Records, at page 370, in the office of the United states Commissioner for the Val dez Recording Precinct at Val dez, Alaska, to which book and page reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said claim. Said expenditure was made for the purpose of holding possessOry right and title to said mining claim under the prOvis- ions of Section twenty-three hun dred and twenty-four of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments there to, providing for the annual la bor upon mining claims, said amount being the sum required to hold said mining claim during the period ending the thirty first day of December, 1912.
 lf you fail or refuse within ninety days from the personal service, of, this notice, if person. al service be had, or within ninety days after the publication of this notice to contribute your propor- ton of such expenditure as CO., owner, your proportion, being in the sum of eighteen dollars and seventy five cents (Si8.75), your interest in said claim will become the property of the subscriber, who is vour cO-oWner, and who has made the expenditure and improvements as above mention- ed pursuant to the provisions of the said statute.
 Dated Valdez. Alaska, April 23, 1913.
 T. E. DOUGERTY.
 Date first pub. April 24. 1918.
 Date last pub. July 26, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To William Hogan.
 You are hereby notified that have expended during the year 1912, one hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents, lawful money of the Unit ed States, in labor and improve ments, upon your two-ninths in terest in those certain lode claims lying and being on Knights ls-. land, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as and called the shamrock" claim; the Tramp" claia; the Star No. 9 claim; the Mother Hill" claim; the Beach" claim, and the Last. Chance claim,' the location notices of said claims be- ing of record in the office of the Commissioner and Recorder. at Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning annual labor on min. ing claims, being the amount re- quired to hold said lode claims for the period ending on the 31st day of December, 1912.
 And unless within ninety days after the completion of the publi- cation of this notice, to-wit: with in ninety days after the 9th day of July, 1913, you contribute your proportion of such expenditure incurred n performing said an nual labor and improvements, which is the sum of one hundred and thirty-three' dollars and thir- the Claims viii become the prop erty of the subscriber of this mo- tice, your co-owner, who has made. the required expenditure, by the terms of said section.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 5th day of April, 1913.
 S. A. TEMPLE.
 Date of first pub. April $, 1913.
 Date of last pub. July 6,1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12

FOR RENT-Six room house on Sherman street. Apply to Lieut.. Weeks at the Road Commission office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12

The Prospector for job work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-12

Subscribe for .ne Prospector
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-02
JUDGE MAHONEY LETS 80 PRISONERS OUT FOR
OVER MONDAY-FOUR BREAK WORD

81 showed up all right, Z didn't 1,
judge" he said. 81 could only save
So in case you fine me, but I can get
more" he continued.
"I'll tell you what FL do, sJoe," said
the judge. '.You take that 2, go
home on. your recognition and come
back here Sept 10 prepared to stand
a trial" IS
81 will, "lsaid Joe firmly, and he left.
When the last of the twenty-eight
had been tried and disposed of, the
judge leaned black inchis chair hap
PLY. -
well, the .,old worlds not so bad
after ALL" he,said, when men from
the slums and gutter face possible
Jail sentences rather than break their
word. Pvetalways had an idea that if
you treated a man square he'd treat
you the same
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-02

South Clark street court today and |
justified Judge John A. Mahoney's |
faith in human nature.
Yesterday Judge Mahoney freed |
thirty-two prisoners merely on their
promise to come to court this morn
ing and stand trial.
Most of the prisoners were minor |
offenders who had lain in jail since |
Saturday. The Judge thought yester-
day very warm as he prepared to sit |
down for his holiday dinner.
"Don't serve dinner yet, mother"
he said to his wife. ''I'm going down
to the station and take chance on
the poor devils locked up there"
He hurried down to the station.
Going up to the desk sergeant he
asked the number of prisoners who |
were locked in the stuffy cell room.
.Thirty-two," replied the desk ser
geant curiously. ''Y' amt going to
hold court now, are your" And he
laughed humorously.
mo, Pm going to experiment with
human nature a bit, that's ALL" the
judge replied. Then he ordered the
men released. The prisoners cheered.
They all shook. hands with him,
gratefully. The judge went home to
mother. for dinner. ..-.4
This morning twenty-eight of them
took chance of going to the Bride
well or the county Jail and were there
for trial The other four broke their
word.
They received their rewards. All
but one was discharged. With this
one, Judge Mahoney is going to make
a still harder test of human nature.
This one was Joe Fontano. He was
rather battered-looking person.
Joe earns 81 week. Saturday
night to forget the dreariness of liv-
ing he became very drunk. And in
his drunkenneses he imagined he
could whip every one in the vicinity
of the Blackstone Hotel taxicab
New-York tribune., 1913-06-29
SAYS MAYOR FAV0RS RICH
Engineer Criticises Veto Of
Park Avenue Plans.

Mayor Gaynor is criticised for taking
advantage Of a serious defect In the
charter Of the city of New York I'm a
statement issued by Lloyd Coils consult
ing engineer for the Fourth Avenue I'm
provement Association. in connection
with the Mayors recent veto Of the plans
for changing the entrance OF the Park
avenue tunnel from 33d to above 5ith
street. Mr. Coils SAYS that the associa-
TONS efforts will be continued without
abatement"
The serious defect" according 10 Nj
Colis. permits the acts of the members
Of the Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment. all elected officers 10 be blocked
by the caprice OF ono man"
Mr.. Coils ends his statement as follows;
"Mr Alfred @. Vanderbilt Mr.. J. Pier
pout Morgan. Mr.. August Belmont. Mr..
Robert Bacon and few other very rich
gentlemen whom the Mayor fayors.
rather than the welfare OF the entire city.
and who believe that the missing link be-
tween the great north and south thor
ouehfare-Park avenue. through Murray
HHl-owncd and maintained by the city
OF New York. should stlll be closed 10
traffic TO the detriment OF the entire city
have succeeded iu again blocking It's use.
New-York tribune., 1913-06-29
ALPHA DELTA PHI SCORED
Withdrawal of C.C.C.N.Y. Char
ter "Snobbish," Says Hibben.

President John Grier IIibben Of Prince
ton University. accompanied by his wife
and daughter. sailed for Chcrbourg yes
terday by the White Star liner Oceanic
on "A vacation Of two months, the greater
part OF which will be spent In Switzer
land.
Or. Hibben expressed his disapproval of
the action OF the Alpha Delta Phi frater-
nifty I'm withdrawing It's charter from the
College of the City OF New York.
81 believe the action Will prove boom
orang TO the society" he said ~ con-
slider il the most regrettable incident In
the history Of the great college fraterni-
ties. ! taught for two years at that col
lege, having the chair OF philosophy. and
| must say that | found the student body
to be an intelligent clean and earnest as
scmbage OF young men: as fine as ! ever
met anywhere as teacher or a citizen.
II is not essential for a fraternity TO have
racial bodies forced upon it Alpha Delta
Phi was not obliged TO admit Jews II II
did not so desire. II could have chosen
from the student body such members as
Il wished and not have insulted great
mass OF students by Withdrawing It's char
ter merely because OF the claim that the
majority Of the students were Jews.
There Is not redeemable feature I'm
the action NJ the fraternity. II Is a blow
at the Jewish race and entirely snobbish." "
New-York tribune., 1913-06-29
1925 BIG COTTON CROP
Amounted to IA, ,313, ,015 Bales
Second Largest on Record.

Washington. June 2S.-The 1912 cotton
crop of the United States was the second
largest ever produced and amounted TO
14,a3015 bales of 800 pounds gross each,
the Census Bureau announced to-day In
making public the final cotton production
statistics They show a slight increase
over the preliminary production statistics
announced March 20. The Sea Island
crop amounted TO 73.77 bales linters to
602,92i. and seed production was 6lOiOO)
tons. of which 4.579,5O8 were taken by the
oil mills, leaving 1,J24,492 for planting, ex-
port, feeding and other purposes.
The estimated value Of the crop is
placed at 800, $4,000. or $50 900 more
than the record crop Of 1911. notwith-
standing that the quantity Of lint cotton
was 12.7 per cent less. The estimated
value of the cotton crops for the five
years 19OS-'12 is 1926. $1,000. the average
price being about III cents u pound, or
nearly so a bale.
The 1912 crop graded "middling TO strict
middung," and the average price Of up
land cotton was 1906 cents a pound. In
sect pests seriously affected the crop.
growers In d large section having TO con-
tend with the boil weevil, cotton cater
pillars and grass worms. The boil weevil
work by the federal and state agricultural
departments is greatly reducing the de-
structiveness Of the pest.