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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
TROUBLE FOR NEW MAYOR.
Hutchinson Veterans Object to New
Police Appointment.

Hutchinson, Kan, April 7.-Claiming
it will be a violation of a precedent
prevailing since the office was estab-
lished if other than an old soldier is
appointed police magistrate. Martin
Hoagland is again a candidate for the
office of police judge under the new
administration.
Judge HOagland has started a petit
ton and is receiving the unanimous
endorsement of the old soldiers of
Hutchinson, as well as many other
people. He has made application for
the appointment and this must be
considered when the new mayor and
commission meets for the first time
Tuesday.
Mayer-elect L. E. F'ontron has un-
officially rendered the appointment of
police magistrate to former probate
Judge, ]. NJ. Jordan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
THOMPSON WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Senator Able to Retain Rural Route
for Western Kansas.

Santa F'e, Kan, April IA remon-
STRANGE signed by citizens of Haskell
county and presented to the postoffice
department by Senator Thompson was
effective, according to word received
here. The department had under con-
sideration the disc ontinuance of Star
Route No. 55,215 from Garden City to
this place. The remonstrance secured
a continuance of the route and also
it's extension to Sub1ette. Senators
Curtis and Bristow had worked on the
extension matter for years. The route
is one of the most important in west
ern Kansas and Senator Thompson is
receiving much praise for his services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
SHIPPING IN FERTILIZER
Reno County Farmers Secure Manure
From Kansas City.

Kansas City, April Thirty loads
of manure were shipped to Hutchin
son during the month of March, from
Kansas City. Most of it was shipped
to the Yaggy plantation for use as fer
tilizer. A lot was bought by the
The Drover's Telegram announces:
1.-The shipment of manure in carload
lots from the Kansas City stock
yards to the country seems to be on
the increase very fast, judging from
the report for March, which shows
that 95 carloads went out to points
in three states. Kansas leads, with
SIS carloads 80 carloads going to
Hutchinson alone, distance of 210
miles. Missouri farmers took 35 car
loads and five carloads went to Ar
kansas, a distance of 225 miles, the
longest distance shipped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
FLEE FROM MEXICO.
Mcpherson Man Moves Family to Safe
Place,

Mcpherson, April "A J. Ruth, a
civil engineer and son of Daniel Ruth
of Moundridge, had the opportunity
to witness a battle in Mexico last week
when the rebels and the federa1s
mixed and Mauser bullets were ex-
Steel-jacketed affairs struck the house
in which they are living, but they were
out of the direct line of the fire. He
has brought his family to safety and
is waiting for the trouble to subside
The battle commenced Monday and
continued till Wednesday. A good
number were killed and wounded till
the federals finally surrendered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
KANSAS PROFESSOR APPOINTED.
Serve on Committee of National
Economic League.

Lawrence, Kan, April Dean F.
w Blacknar has been appointed to
serve on a committee of five in the
National Economic League to prepare
a report on the subject of Efficiency
in the Administration of Justice
The league is an organization of
economists which has for its object
the education and expression of public
opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Curtain and Portiere Rods
at Lowered Prices

Kirch Curtains Rods, the best that are
made. Extension style, oxidized finish; ex-
tend from 20 to 40 inches; regularly 25c each
lowered to 16c.
Oxidized finish Kirch Rods; extend from
40 to Sc inches; ordinarily 35c each, reduced
to 23S.
Oxidized and Brass Kirch Rods; Sc to 76-
inch extension; SOC quality at, each 25f.
75c Oxidized Kirch extension with over
drape ROC special at, each 45f.
Brass Kirch extension Portiere Pole; regu-
larly 85c each, special for 45e.
Brass Extension Rods, special at. .4e
Brass Extension Rods, special at. IL
Brass Extension Rods, special at. SO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
WashCrochet Buttons

Buttons are being more profusely used
this season than ever before.
We realized what the tendency would be
and prepared ourselves accordingly
Our stock of Wash Crochet Buttons is
fully complete with large and small sizes in
flat or bullet shapes at all prices from 12115f
to $3.50 per dozen.
Bulgarian Wash Buttons also promise to
be much favored They are here at 4Of,
$50, $1.OO and SIPS dozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
BOYS CLEANED UP SYRACUSE.
Weman's Club Gave Prizes to Young
sters Gathering Most Rubbish.

Syracuse, Kan, April Syracuse
boys cleaned up the city Saturday.
The town was divided into districts,
each district being cleared of all rub
bish by a squad of oungsterS. The
Women's Literary club gave prizes for
the largest amounts of rubbish gathe-
cred and distributed a cash fund
among the workers. The town is
cleaner than it has been for a decade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Prairie Fire Near Dodge CITY.

Dodge City, Kan. April IA prai-
RE fire a halfmile in width swept sew
eraI miles of farm land south of this
city Sunday afternoon. No buildings
are reported burned but considerable
damage was done to crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
FORD COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
Officers Will Move Into 100000
Structure About May 4.

Dodge City. Kan, April Ford
county commissioners will meet here
tomorrow and arrange for final work
on Ford countS's new 500, 900 court
house. il is thought county officers
will be able to move into the new
building about May 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Special Offering of
SO and 40 In. Silks
At $1.OO Yd.

Seven different qualities and every one
such from a standpoint of value as should
bring hundreds of silk seekers to our Silk
Section some time tomorrow.
Here are the kinds from which you can
make your selection:
$1.5O-40.in. Pussy Willow Taffeta, ST. 90.
1.5O-4O-in. Self Brocaded Charmeuse, 81.
1.5O-3G-in. Two-tone Swiss Messaline, 81.
1.25-4O-in. Cachmire Charmeuse, 81.
1.25-36-in. eros de Londres, 81.
1.25-36-in. Two-toned Taffetas, 81.
125-36-in Guaranteed Black Taffeta, 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Pillow Gases

AZ and 45x36-inch Hemmed
Bleached Pillow Cases, medium
weight muslin. Each-11@.
AZ and 45x36-inch Hemmed
Bleached Pillow Cases, nice soft
muslin. Each-13S.
AZ and 45x36-inch Hemmed
Bleached Pillow Cases, made of
good tubing. Each-16e.
AZ and 45x36-inch Hemmed
Bleached Pillow Cases, heavy quail
ity casing. Each-21G.
AZ and 45x36-inch Henmed
BIeached Pillow Cases, made of a
good quality tubing and priced for
less than you could buy the tubing
for. Each-19e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Every Woman Needs An
Umbrella In April

If you are one of the women whose UNI
brella is about worn out or too shabby to
carry longer, just come to Crosbys tomor-
row and see what a fine Rain or Sun UNI
brella you can get for only-$1 SO.
They are not $1.9S umbrellas, but regular
$500 and $3.50 ones. They have 26-inch
steel frames, mission and ebony handles, eth
er plain or carved and are covered with gen
uine silk in black, red, green and brown.
If you need an umbrella and don't get one
of these you're missing one excellent oppor-
tunity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07
Sheets

81x9O-inch Hemstitched and En-
broidered Sheets, $1.25 values at,
each-95f.
45x36-in. Pillow Cases to match,
regular SOC grade, pair-45f.
S1x9O Hemmed Bleached Sheets,
made of fine medium weight sheet
ing, each-53f.
81x9O Hemmed Bleached Sheets,
made of heavy sheeting, each, $50.
S1x9O Hemmed Unbleached
Sheets, made of our best selling
sheeting, special at, each-59f.
81x99, same quality, at-65e.
81x9O-inch Hemmed Bleached
Sheets, same quality as unbleached
$50.
81x99, same as above, at 73e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07

Gray Sunfast Madras-1 piece of 20
yards, worth regularly $1.45 at, yard $50.
3 pieces of $1.35 Sunfast Madras, in
green, brown and two-tone gold and green
at, yd. $1.O5.
3 pieces of Canonbu Sunfast Cloth,
worth regular 95c yard, special at 73f.
2 pieces of Egyptian Scrim, regular SOC
quality, at yard SO.
1 piece of ecru and white Marquisette,
worth regular SOC yard, special SIC.
1 piece of 5O-inch Scrim, ecru color,
worth regular SOC a yard, at SO.
1 piece of gray Marquisette, selling reg
ularly at SOC yard, for $50.
1-l5-yard piece of Sunfast Damask,
regular $500 quality at, yard $1.OO.
Shaki Drapery Silk, in rose, brown and
green, regular $40 quality at, yd. $1.O5.
5O-inch Radium Silk, in blue, green,
brown and mahogany, $1.75 grade, $1.19.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-07

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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
HOW TO START A
HOUSING REFORM
The Danger That Springs From
Ignorant Living.
ITS PREVENTION AND CURE.

Work Must Proceed Along Three Lines
First, Construction of New Houses;
Second, Demolition of Old Houses;
Third, Proper Maintenance.
Bad housing consists in houses that
are poorly lighted, unventilated, damp,
imperfectly drained, exposed to undue
fire peril, in bad repair, vermin infest
ed, disease infected, with uncleanly
surroundings, with insufficient water
supply, without toilet accommodations
adequate for comfort, cleanliness and
privacy; with defective plumbing,
with overcrowded rooms and with eel
lar tenements.
Such houses are dangerous to moral
and physical health, social and per-
sonal," and increase industrial ineffi-
cheney, inebriety, dependence, poverty,
disease, death, Juvenile delinquency,
debased citizenship, vice and crime,
degeneracy of race.
The prevention and cure Of bad hous-
ing conditions must proceed along three
lines:
Ftrst.-Every new dwelling and tene-
ment must be constructed so as to
afford suitable living accommodations
Second.-Every old house not now fit
for habitation must either be demolish-
ed or improved so as to be fit.
Third-All habitations, new and old,
must be maintained in good repair and
sanitary condition.
Standards for new houses depend
upon the application of physical laws
and hygienic principles. Standards for
window design and courts upon which
windows open depend upon the physi-
cal laws which govern the transmits
sion and absorption Of light and our
observation of the actual Illumination
produced.
The time has come when provisions
now in effect with respect to tenements
should be applied also to habitable
rooms in other classes of buildings.
The health officer should be able to
demonstrate the advantages which re-
suit from standards of this nature. He
may be sure that no effort in housing
advance is so sure Of lasting reward
as the successful expression Of worthy
standards in new habitations.
Slovenly shacks, ramshackle shan
ties, tumbledown sheds and tottering
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
TOOLS FOR THE FARMER.

Save Money, Time and Temper by
Having the Proper Equipment.
Every farmer should keep good tools,
so that during bad weather, when work
cannot be done in the fields, repairs
may be made. This work can be done
in the shop. A small shop may be
built cheaply.
There are many repairs that will be
needed during the year. Buildings will
need repairs, implements need fixing.
fence materials are to be cut and put
up, new devices, handy, contr1vances,
etc, made. A man handy with tools
can save much expense during the year,
and the tools will give him employ
ment when perhaps his time would not
be profitable otherwise. Boys usually
find pleasure In using carpenters tools.
II. B. White Of the agricultural en-
gineering department Of the University
Of Minnesota gives the following list
Of tools that the average farmer should
have: Square, rule, ripsaw, mallet,
hammer, oilstone, handsaw, wood rasp,
jack plane, drawknife, ratchet brace,
screwdriver, expansive brace, mark
ing gauge, chisels-half, one and one
and a half inch; bits-one-quarteri
three-eighths, one-half, five-eighths and
three-quarter inch.
The best plan is to buy good tools.
Cheap tools will seldom give satisfac-
ton. Then the tools should be kept in
tool box in the shop or some place
where they can be protected. When
ever you have finished with one always
put it back in its place.
Tools to be truly serviceable must
be kept sharp. No progressive person
can afford to waste time using dull
tools. They should also be polished and
kept bright-Farm and Ranch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Shows Direction of Sound.

A machine has been recently granted
patent by the United States patent
office covering a method of determin-
ing the direction of a sound wave or
of locating a source of sound, and in
doing this the waves emanating from
such source are divided, and the divid'
ed parts are compared by bringing first
one part and then another through a
common conductor. He employs an
apparatus, including two Numerically
opposite receivers, the direction Of the
source Of the sound waves being de-
termined by stopping one Of the said
receivers, thus indicating into which
Of the receivers the particular sound
wave was received.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20

stables, dwellings in disreputable disre-
pair, shame stained and bearing the
nauseous odors Of decay" deface our
cities to an unnecessary extent. The
health authorities who realize the
nuisances that must result from the ex-
istence of such structures may and
must take the initiative in community
movement for their destruction.
The improvement of a house unfit for
habitation mainly consists in struc-
tural changes in the building and its
plumbing and drainage equipment.
Such changes will often be resisted by
the owner. To enforce laws against
such opposition the converging efforts
of building, legal and health authorities
are required.
The cooperation of health officials is
required in the keeping of both old and
new houses fit for habitation. Their
function is the practice of practical
sanitation and instruction to tenant
owner and agent. This means tactful,
tireless enforcement of laws which
prohibit overcrowding, unclean accu-
mutations, the presence of horses, pigs
and goats, the occupation of unfit Gel
lars and attics as well as the afirma-
tive requirements that the house and
appurtenances, especially plumbing and
drainage, shall be kept clean and in
good repair. The means for accom-
plishing these results consist in an ade-
quate inspection service acting upon its
own initiative as we'll as upon com
plants, a sufficient office force and an
individual record for each house.
These tools Of administration must
be supported by prompt court action
upheld in turn by sympathetic public
opinion.-Charles B. Ball in American
City.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Have You q CoIt2

1t the colt is bred right and handled
right he does not need to be broken
He breaks himself. If the owner is on
proper terms with his mares and be-
gins handling the colts when they are
quite young and If they are bred of
draft type the matter Of breaking them
is not a question of breaking at all,
but one of education. A colt can be
educated just the same as a boy. 1t
can be done by the use of the brains
or a hickory stick. If brains are used
a good colt will develop into a good
horse, just as a good boy will develop
into a good man. If the club is used
good cannot be expected from either
Kansas Farmer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
RECREATION CONGRESS.

(National Crop Improvement Service)
Some of the subjects discussed by
the Playground and Recreation Asso-
citation of America at Richmond in
May are:
Leisure Time for Working People.
Right of Every Girl to be Courted
Under Decent Conditions.
Play Schools.
Best Forms of Play for Adults.
Recreation as Means of Holding
the Family Together,
Boys and Girls Clubs.
Children's Gardens,
Municipal Summer Camps.
Rural Recreation.
Recreation for Women in Rural
Districts.
The whole movement is based upon
the assumption that efficient work
cannot be done without correspond.
ing amount of play.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
To Tin Sheet Conner.

To tin sheet copper on one side, says
the Engineer, metal is taken of the cor
rect gauge or within one number of
that size and then cleansed with the
usual pickles and by securing with
sand or swarf and sand. The sheets
are then coated with a killed spirit
tluX. They are next placed upon
holder laid at an angle of forty-five de-
grees to the Timing pot, so that the
excess of tin will return by gravity,
The molten tin is poured over the cop
per sheet and any excess wiped off
with mops made of plumbers tow.
The oxide formed on the reverse side
of the sheet from the heat of the mol
ten tin is removed by dilute sulphuric
acid pickles. The sheets are washed
and dried and then If necessary rolled
again to gauge and polished. For
cleansing timed articles there is moth
ing better than whiting mixed with a
little kerosene oil, the surface being
polished afterward with a little of the
dry whiting or Vienna lime.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Present a Good Front.

In addition to making and keeping
bne's premises ornate and tidy every
property owner should see that his
street front presents the best possible
appearance A neat fence or border
plantation, uniform, we'll planted and
cared for street trees Of the right sort
and green carpeted parkway make a
street frontage look decidedly CLASSY"
If, as has often been said, the appear
ance Of a place is an index to the char
acter Of the inmates 1t pays 10 present
a good external appearance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
Preserving Dry Batteries.

The life of dry batteries, which are
to be used in wet or damp places, may
be considerably heightened by being
treated in the following manner:
The batteries are placed in glass jars
a little wider and higher than them
selves. A layer of dry sawdust is
placed in the bottom for the battery
to rest on, and the sides are packed
with sawdust to within half an .inch
of the top. Waterproof wires are con
nected to the binding posts and melted
paraffin poured over the battery to the
top of the jar. The carbon and zinc
terminals should be marked to avoid
trouble when connecting several cells
together, Batteries treated in this
manner are waterproof and can be
submerged In water if necessary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
DIVING sLEDGE IN OPERATION.

protecting him against the swift cur
rents that are formed when the We
hicle is being drawn rapidly through
the water. The diving car can be
steered upward and downward as well
as in curves by means of steering
mechanism operated by compressed air
supplied from steel tanks attached to
each side of the vehicle.
The diver while operating the vehi-
Gle wears a regular diving suit, the
special feature of which is tank or
cartridge that for a period of three
hours supplies the diver with fresh
air. The submarine sledge is capable
130 feet when the sun is shining and
uses a searchlight fed from the sur
face boat when artificial light is re-
quired. 1t weighs 500 pounds fully
equipped.
The most striking possible applica-
ton Of the sledge is in the work of
recovering sunken wrecks or human
bodies, the exact location of which can
only be determined by a thorough
search of large area of river or sea
bottom. By towing the diver back and
forth over the bottom the search can
be carried on with accuracy and in
only small part of the time that ordi-
narily would be required.
The sledge has already been used
successfully at an average depth of
seventy feet in the inspection of a long
intake pipe running out into salt water.
Popular Mechanics.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
EiIina Soft Metalc.

1t is well known to mechanics that
Vhen lead, tin, soft solder and Alumni
Im are filed the file is soon filed with
METAL and will not cut. 1t cannot be
cleaned, like the wood rasp, by dipping
1t into hot water or pouring boiling
water over 1t, but If the file and the
work are kept wet with water there
win be NO trouble whatever. Both Gle
and work must be kept thoroughly weF
at all times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20

Discouragerent on Top OF All our
Other Farming Problems?
(National Crop Improvement Service.)
The relation of one interest to an
other is so complex that it seems
difficult TO avoid disturbing the rights
of the American Farmer while seek
ing to correct abuses in other direc-
tions.
Every farmer should consider how
the tariff revision will affect him. No
body knowingly would add to his bur-
den, but would not the proposed duty
on grain while removing the duty on
-four, feed and meal work the great
hardship upon just the class it is in
tended to benifit?
If Canadian wheat and oats are
kept out and Canadian flour is ad-
mitted free, will it not reduce the
price of American grain to the Cana
dian level'
Think this over carefully. When
you see it clearly. write to the
United States senator from your state
and ask him for a square deal.
Lively II 6l IllCL OllOulI DO lllS'
Ask him if flour or oatmeal is to
come in free should not grain come
in free? Or if grain is to be taxed
should not -four and oatmeal also
have an equalizing taxi. Protest
against any form of tariff revision
that will reduce the farmers income
which may be avoided without in
justice to labor and capital in other
industries, and the consumer as well.
A letter from a farmer will get prop
er attention, and
Every One Counts.
1t is hard, as it is, to make profit
on live stock and dairy products with
out paying a premium to our Cana
dian neighbors. 1t is certainly true
that not half the farms in the United
States are now raising as much live
stock as they should.
What effect would leveling the price
of your product to that grown on $40
land have on the price of your land
This question should be immediate
ly discussed in the Farm Bureau
Farmers clubs, Breeders associations,
the Grange Society of Equity, Farm
ers' Elevator companies and strong
letter sent by the secretaries to the
United States senators.
There may be grave injustice by
congress, perhaps unwittingly, to be
imposed upon the whole farming COM
munity. Grover Cleveland said that
the tariff is local issue" Look out
that your own prosperity is not at
stake.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
WHICH KIND ARE Youa

In the opinion Of a current
writer, there are three varieties
of farmers-the new farmer, who
is the progressive business agri-
culturist; the old farmer, once
up with his times, the pioneer
with a wholesome love Of work,
but little ability as an admins
traitor, and the mossback or the
old farmer who has gone to seed,
who does not love work and Is
hopelessly lost in modern COM
petition. He is a drag upon the
progress of agriculture and an
obstruction in the wheels of the
country community organization.
The new farmer will take care
of himself, and the old farmer
and the mossback are rapidly
disappearing, but the extension
idea is the idea of taking to them
the inspiration and help that the
new farmers can give.-Country
Gentleman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
TESTING BARLEY.
All Small Grains Should Be Germi-
mated After Tanning Out Weed
Seeds, Dirt and Chaffy
Kernels.

No grain should give a termination
of less than ninety-hve per cent for
the best results. The higher the per-
rentage of termination the better.
That all the grain terminates is not
sufficient, however. The termination
should be strong and vigorous, result
ing in a strong, rapidly growing
young plant. AS the success or fail
ure of the crop depends upon it this
Is an important point. Be sure your
seeds are thoroughly cleaned and
graded. Best work you can do.