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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14
To ASK WALKER TO RESIGN.
shop Men Resent Attempt to STOP
Sunday Shows.

Atchisou. KAN Feb IA petition de-
handing the resignation of Mayor Walk Y
is being prepared by the men employed III
the Missouri Pacific shops following the
mayors efforts to close the moving pic
ture shows on Sunday. The shopmen are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14

districts dismissed school for the entire
day on which his funeral was held as
means of showing their respect Lhe
funeral was the most largely attended to
be held in that section of the country N
many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR FUNERAL
J. III. Mercer. Well known Early Set
tier. Is Dead.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan. Feb. I4-Wher;
J. H Mercer. one of the earliest and bes-
known residents of this county died ar
his home in Cedar township. four school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14
ONE LOAD OF SEED $3.50.
Alfalfa Raiser Gets Seven Bushels Per
Acre

Great Bend Kan. Feb. I4-CharIes
Allison. a town farmer has market
ed a load of alfalfa seed which
brought $3.50. although alfalfa is not
selling at a high price There was
1000 pounds of seed in the load.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14
SEE GOOD CROP IN 1913.
Wheat Condition So Per Cent in Treso
County.

WaKeeney. Kan, Feb. 14-Trego
county. or at least that portion of the
county tributary to Wakeeney, Jared
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
BRITISH MINT MAKES RECORD
Number Of Coins and Value Exceed
Former Outputs Both in Value and
Number of Coins

London--The output Of the royal
mint in 1912 largely exceeded, both in
value and in the number Of coins pro
duced, all previous records. Sir T H
Elliott, deputy master of the mint,
states in his annual report that near
II 162, 500, 900 imperial coins were
struck there during the year, and that
this number exceeded the highest pre-
vious figure of any year by nearly 3D.
100000.
The gold coinage exceeded that OF
1911 by about 100000 pieces. The
number of pieces struck in silver has
only once been exceeded, in 1910,
though the value Of the coinage-in this
metal in 1912 was greater than in
any previous year. The coinage in
bronze numbers upwards of 100000
pieces of a value of S1,257. O10, figures
which are unprecedented for any year
The heavy imperial coinages made it
again impossible to undertake all the
colonial orders which were rendered.
and only some S,5OO,OOO Of colonial
coins were struck, a smaller number
than in any year since 1890. The total
coinage of the year amounted to over
III 100000 pieces of currency value
Of upwards of 1882, SOC, 600, the high
est figure on record
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
TIGHT CORSET or BELT BAD
Surgeons at Chicago See Evil to the
Stomach in Binding of
Human Form.

Chicago, uL-Tight corsets on WON
en- and tight belts for men are con
slant causes OF serious ailments of the
stomach, according to surgeons who
saw Dr.. Herbert Patterson OF London
perform an operation TO provide a
new outlet for stomach, to replace a
badly abused pylorus which had be-
come inactive
The operation was on a woman, and
the inertness of the pyIorus, surgeons
said, was chiefly due to tight corsets.
Dr.. Patterson cut the intestine a few
inches below the pylorus and made a
hole in the side Of the stomach near
est the intestine. producing a new py-
lorus.
College boys who wear belts tightly
strapped around the abdomen take
equally grave chances Of stomach dis
orders, according to the physicians.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27

made a dash to recover his hat This
had rolled towards the curb. The
wind sent it under the wheels of a
passing truck, and it was crushed to
atoms.
The crowd laughed, passing messen-
ger boys ''yah-yahedi" observers at
the various Office windows Uttered.
and the outside street was one broad
smile. The young man put his hand
to his head in an embarrassed way
Then he 6arted through the open door
way and into the lobby of the big
building
Preciosa looked serious as she
drew back from the window, some
what ashamed, sincerely sorry. That
fitting glimpse of the face below had
shown seriousness not at-alI in ae=
! cord with the reckless episode of the
moment. A neat but threadbare suit
of clothes made the gentle hearted
miss wonder if she had not acted I'M
wisely, nay, cruelty, in depriving the
young man of possession he could
poorly spare.
ITS too bad-why did I do 1t? she
chided herself. Besides, the embaF-
rassment. the Inconvenience, and she
passed out of the offices regret
fully.
Finally Preciosa took the elevator.
She glanced timorously but eagerly
around the vestibrle. The elevator
starter was just crossing from store
room to-a hatless person standing in
tae shadow of a stone column He
bore IN his hand an old battered cap.
The Ioiterer accepted it. Some few
words passed between them The
young man penciled something on a
card, gave it to the starter, and has
tened from the building.
Somehow a glimpse of the sensi-
tive, rather sad face of the young man
troubled Preciosa. Her conscience
was upbraiding her AS she approach
ed him, the elevator starter lifted his
hat politely to the sister of the sue
cessful young broker who tipped him
generously.
That young man who was just
here" she safd-'.is he the person
who lost his hat?"
Yes, Miss Huldane,' replied the
starter From what he says it was
the only one he had, and he is with
out the money to buy another one.
loaned him stray cap. / happened
to have, and he insisted on giving me
his name and address, so would be
sure to know it would be returned
which doesn't matter in the least.
Win you show me the card?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
OTHER SIDE OF The CASE
Accidental Nesting Almost Caused
Man 70 Consider a Revision Of
His Previous Ideas

ct see" said the man who had been
scanning a newspaper as he enjoyed
his cigar@'T see that at the present
time there are no less than six counts
snd lords here with Us In search OF
American brides
Yes" briefly replied the one adj
dressed"
.They want rich ones. Of course
yes"
IT'S got to be a real matter Of
business"
rye heard folks say there ought to
be law about such things
Yes"
What's your idea about it?T
I'm on my way to Reno sir, and
don't care to talk"
To Reno, not TO get 49,
yes, sir, to get a divorce from one
OF those American girls who ought TO
have married a lord or > count, but
made a victim of me instead"
Dear mel Dear mel" unused the
man with the paper after a moments
thought Maybe we are all wrong,
and the lords and counts. don't get
no soft snap, after ALL"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
DRAINING THE zUYDER ZEE
viii Be Costly Work, but Certain to
Be Amply Repaid in the Value
of the Land.

The proposal to drain the Zuyder
Zee is before the government of HoI-
land again, and in more ambitious
form than ever. The last plan con-
tempIated draining about 10000
acres. The present plan proposes to
unwater more than three times that
much. bikes are to be built, shutting
eff the sea from the famous bay
Then four great "polders' are to be
walled OF and pumped dry, while the
rest of the area is left as a fresh
water lake, with canals leading to
various ports.
Whether the Dutch government IN
dertakes this task now or not, the
work is sure to be done. Holland is
both rich and land hungry. The engi-
neering problems involved are simple.
The estimated cost is about $75,000,-
000-a large sum for a small country,
perhaps, but the land thus brought
under cultivation will produce crops
worth 100000 per year.
The Zuyder Zee as it stands today
is the result of a terrific storm in the
thirteenth century Before that time
a fresh water lake occupied part Of
the area now covered by the waves
of this inlet and the rest was marsh
and meadow. A great hurricane came,
piling the waters of the North sea
against the Dutch coast The feeble
dikes. then in existence gave way, the
ocean rolled in, the soil was flooded
and then washed away, and a bay
was established that cuts Holland al
most in two.
The proposed drainage work viii
restore the shore line of the country
to. something like its early condition
and will reverse the only victory
ever won by the ocean against the
Dutch =
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
$4,000 PEARL WAS LOST
Absent-Minded Attorney Put il in Hi5
Pocket and Forgot
About It.

New York.-A $4,000 pink pearl
one of the most beautiful Of its type
in existence. was lost in Part " Of the
supreme court, where it was the bone
OF contention between a rich jewelry
firm and a society woman. Bailiffs
crouched under chairs looking for ii
on the floor; lawyers paved about
among papers on their long desk in
search of it. 1t was the gem for whose
possession Ludwig Nissen & Co. have
been suing Mrs. Jules J. Vatable, who
was, before her marriage, Miss Eliza
beth c.. Stokes Of Tuxedo.
Ludwig Nissen declared it had been
stolen from him in 1907 by J. Edward
Boeck, who had sold it in San Fran
cisco, and demanded that the pearl be
returned to him. Mrs. VatabIe, hav-
ing bought it in good faith, naturally
would not return it. Hence the suit
After a thorough search of the court
room had been made Mr.. Kellogg, Mrs
Vatable's attorney. discovered that he
had absent-mindedly put the pearl in
his pocket
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
scALY PSORIASIS ON LIMBS

Troop H, 9Th q. 5. Cavalry, Camp
Mccoy, Sparta, Wis., was troubled
with psoriasis for nearly two years
Portions of my arms and limbs were
affected mostly with it. II appeared
in scaly form, breaking ont in very
small dots and gradually grew larger
and white scales formed when about
the size Of an ordinary match-head-
The looks Of it was horrible, which
made it very unpleasant for me. Il
itched little at times
'I tried several treatments which
cured me for a month, but it always
broke out again. One day 3 friend
saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper and
I sent for a sample. They helped me,
so I purchased two more boxes OF
Cuticura Ointment and some Cuticura
Soap and they completely cured me.
1t took three months for Cuticura
Soap and Ointment to complete my
cure" (Signed) Walter Mahony, Oct.
%, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card ''Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
SILOS AND LIVE STOCK TAUGHT TO 70 600
ON THE COLLEGE DEMONSTRATION TRAIN
SOrekeepe and High School Students Well Farmers Proted by
Lectures of the Experts the Necessity of Diversified
Farming-How Dodge City Man Was
Brought to See the Light.

to wheat, worked hard-and kept &C,
counts-for twelve years.
Stouth met the "siIO and live stock
special at Dodge City and admitted
his defeat. His system was wrong, he
said, and he already had started over
again with live stock and sorghum
crops. He was willing that his ex-
! perIenee be used as an argument in
favor of mixed farming-live stock
and silos along with wheat He hoped
the lesson that he had learned would
help others.
The system of grain farming COM
monty followed in Southwestern Kan
sas is neither profitable nor perma-
nent," said A. s. Neale OF the Kansas
agricultural college, one of the
speakers on the special "The
average annual cash returns per acre
from wheat in three representative
counties are: Ford. $3.50; Ness,
S4.S4, and Kingman, 1886. 1t costs,
at average land values in this sec
ton, 50 to 81 TO produce an acre
of wheat.
Boiled down, here is the system
of farming we believe would be best
for Western Kansas: Plant not more
than one-fourth Of the cultivated land
in wheat in any one year; follow this
crop with one or two crops of soT-
ghums cane, milo or feterita;
then let these fields, in rotation, lie
idle one year in order to store up
moisture; the next year plant wheat.
Careful tests have shown that more
net income can be obtained from
forty acres carefully put into wheat
than 16O acres under the ordinary
system
On the siIo train were Edward C..
Johnson, superintendent of Institutes;
A. S. NeaIe, in charge of silo con-
struction; L. H. Gould, district farm
demonstration agent; L. F. Bacon, as
sistant general colonization agent for
the Santa Fe, who was in charge Of
the train; H. NJ. Banner, agricultural
demonstrator for the Santa Fe; F. L.
Vandegrift, editor Of The Earth; G. e.
Wheeler, associate editor of Kansas
Farmer; Grant Harrington, private
secretary to Governor Hodges; R. G.
Nance, utility man, and Harlan D.
Smith, for the college publicity
bureau
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27

stock carefully at this time. If colds
appear, action must be qquick and de-
cisive. Remove the affected birds.
squeeze the discharge from the nos
trils and squirt hydrogen peroxide
through them by means of a medi-
cine dropper. In the drinking water
Of the unaffected birds, place enough
permanganate Of potash to make it
wine red. This helps to prevent the
germs found in the discharge of the
1ostrils. and which get into the
drinking water, from spreading the
disease to the other birds At the
same time, supply good roup cure
as a preventive.
The warm, sunshiny days are get
ting few and far between. Take the
next one that comes along as a last
opportunity to do that much-needed
fall house cleaning. Thoroughly
drench every inch Of the poultry
house floor, walls, and ceiling. with a
good. strong disinfectant. See that it
reaches every crack and crevfce. and
be particularly careful about the
roosts, dropping boards and nests.
This should be done early in the
morning, so that the sun may dry it
out by night. Then bed the floor good
and deep with crisp, bright straw. It
will help the pullets that are nest shy
to get down to business.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
HOW THE COUNTY AGENTS HELP FARMERS

Farmers in the Linwood community
in LeavenwOrth county have the prac-
tice Of sowing turnips after the potato
crop has been harvested and turning
them under for green manure Owing
to the high price of the vegetables
this year, the farmers are disposing
of them at good prices One farmer
sold his turnips at Is cents busheI
on the ground and another sold his
for S12 an acre 1t is stipulated in
the contracts that the tops must be
left on the ground
P. H. Ross, county agent for Leav-
enworth county, reports that the com
munity of Linwood is taking hold OF
cooperative work in many directions
Committees have been appointed to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
sNesNse4<Seeess4sN&seess41
FOLLY As It FLIES
By ELIzABETH scHoEN COBB.
On, such funl +"

Sy ELIZABETH SCHOEN COBB.
'fOh, such fun,"
Let me try, Zilla.''
No, mel know 1 can land a VIC
tim the first timei"
The three high class stenographers
in the Office of HuIdane & Co. were
grouped about a table where one of
their number was filing a parafhned
paper bag from a water bottle
1t was the I'd of September, the
postponed Straw Hat day of the
year. The sensible Office girls Of HUI
dane & Co. were usually precise and
dignifed, but they could not resist
folly as it flies. All day long from
the great skyscraper building, mis-
chievous Office boys and teasing type
writer's had gazed from the window in
quest of a belated straw hat in the
passing throng. Once spotted, it be-
came a target for all kinds Of mis-
siles, such as paper wads, soaked tow
els, and one unfortunate Panama
went skithering from the head of it's
wearer, borne along by a well direct
ed bar of soap
The infection had spread to the
merry group in the Huldane Office.
One of the ingenious trio of misses
had thought of a new projectiIe. It
consisted of a paper bag filed with
water and tied with piece of string.
Miss Preciosa Huldane, who had
| just arrived in the family automobile
to take her brother, Ransom HuIdane,
home, smiling indulgently at the ex-
citement Of the girls. Then moving
to the window and gazing down, her
eyes lit upon the crown of a neat
but weather beaten straw hat, almost
| within dropping range from her lofty
height. It's wearer was a brisk, erect
and pleasing appearing young man
The spirit of mischief seized her IN
accountabIy.
Give me the bag. quick!" she call
ed to the girls.
Preciosa drew back slightly in some
dismay from the window frame as
she witnessed the commotion her i'm
pulsive action had created. The
weighted paper bag had gTazed its
destined target, the straw hat. This
it had knocked promptly from the
head of it's Wearer
The bag had struck the stone pave
ment. 1t burst with a report like the
explosion Of an automobile tire It's
contents spattered over the owner of
the hat. He naturally looked up
wards, and Miss Preciosa caught a
fitting sight of a reproachfuI but
handsome face. Then Dale Winters
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27

Why, certainly, assented the
starter. promptly, but wonderingIy.
Preciosa felt Like a guilty criminal
Her tender soul deplored the innocent
mischief she had wrought She was
strangely unlike herself all the ride
home with her brother. Within an
hour she had made a confidant of her
best friend, Mary Bird, and before
two had passed by Mary's brother.
VIII, was taken into a conspiracy.
He was deputized to visit this Dale
Winters as the representative of -four
giddy girls" who had destroyed his
hat, and replace it with the best fall
style money could supply.
More than that the clever young
man did. He learned that Dale Win
tiers was a most estimable and eff
cient young man, temporarily out of
work. How the artful Preciosa work
ed 1t she told nobody, but within
week Dale was induced by young Bird
TO apply for a position with Huldane
& Co. and was readily engaged.
It was lucky day for the big bond
firm Six months later while the
head Of the house was absent, a near
TO act on his own initiative, Dale did
just the right thing, and saved the
house from ruin.
That made him solid with Ran
som Huldane. In the meantime poor,
pitiful Preciosa found that in exercis-
ing sympathy and interest in behalf
of Dale, she had learned to love him.
So she came often to the Office, and
Dale called at the Huldane home oc-
casionaIIy
1t was the I'd of September, a year
to the day, and Preciosa sat in the
office ostensibly awaiting her broth
er's arrival when Dale entered.
Preciosa smiled as he took off his
hat-a straw hatl He read inquiry
in her eyes.
DO not think that I am defying
usage and propriety, Miss Huldane,
the custom for this one day because
it is an anniversary"
of what, may I ask" spoke Pre-
ciosa, half guessing.
'Of the day Of my life when with
the loss of my hat there seemed to
follow nothing but good fortune-and
the greatest blessing of it all has been
to know you"
He read her full realization Of the
sentiment expressed. Her eyes, quick
~ downcast, her frightening color
gave his soul hope.
You have something to tell me?"
she said falteringly.
of the love I bear you" he re-
piled clearly.
Then first let me tell you a story
and Preciosa did; of the straw hat,
and what it had led to, and she look
ed up penitent to find only the glory
Of gratitude and love in his earnest
eyes
And every succeeding I'd of Septem-
Der these two, man and wife now,
trim up the discarded straw hat of
the year and go over the blissful mem
DRY of their first acquaintanceship
Copyright, 1913, by w G. Chapman
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
- EARLY twelve Thousand e

~ EARLY twelve thousand farm
IL ers, town people and children
in Southwestern Kansas know
a good deal more about silos now than
they did before. That many put aside
their farm work, locked their store
doors and left their school books to
meet the Santa Fe-Kansas Agricul-
tural College "silo and live stock spe-
cial,' which visited forty-five towns
in western counties recently 1t
rained the first three days Of the
trip, but the crowds came anyway
You can't keep farmers at home when
there's a silo show in town. Waiting
in the rain on every station platform
were crowds of several hundred farm
ers eager 10 hear about the new farm
institution that is to be the saliva
ton of the West"
In the crowd that met the special
at Satanic one morning were ten boys
and girls and their teacher, Miss Nell
Hiekok, who drove in motor cars from
New Ulysses, thirty miles away, to
hear the silo lectures. 1t was a high
school class in experimental agricul-
ture, and the members were under
orders from Miss Hickok, a graduate
of the Kansas agricultural college,
to take notes on the lectures and dem
onstratiOns and prepare report for
the next day. Pupils in all the high
schools of the towns through which
the special passed were excused to
visit the train.
The sflo train was run to urge
farmers in Southwestern Kansas to
diversity their farming; to raise more
live stock and sorghum crops, in ad-
dition to wheat. That region must
have more live stock and more siIos
before its farming Will be on a perma-
nent basis, the lecturers on the train
said.
Sixty-seYen dollars for twelve years
hard work at wheat alone" farming
was the profit of G. ]. Strouth of
Dodge City, who@let it be said
Quickly-has reformed. Stouth was a
wheat gambler" like thousands OF
others in Western Kansas Like the
others, he believed that Western Kan
sas was a wheat country; that live
stock and siIos best belonged in East
ern Kansas. So he pinned his faith
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
Untold Story.

An irrepressible young woman who
interviews theatrical people for a Chi
cago newspaper had a bright idea re-
Gently. She was gathering material
from Frank Mcintyre at the Illinois
theater. The generously proportioned
comedian had confided to her that he
knew several good stories. He knew
that they were good, because they
had made him laugh. and" he add.
ed, 81 can tell six to the other fell
lows one"
Then it was that the inspiration
was born in the young writer's mind
Tell me-" she said, the funniest
story you know"
Mr.. Mcintyre blushed. 81 viii not,
he said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
Awax WIth canned eooda

Buy dried vegetables, such as beans
or peas, instead Of the canned ones.
They can be soaked over night and
then served as are green vegetables;
or they may be made into a paste.
To do this, cook the dry beans or
peas gently and for a long time.
When they are tender, press through
coIander. to remove the hard cover
ings- This leaves pu1py paste,
which may be seasoned with salt,
pepper and butter and served just as
it is, or baked
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27
&c .cIeared rheir pebts.

One night the-Afississippi river went
on aSfsbeRder" and next morning vii
lage that had stood in Tennessee was
actually in Arkansas, The haM7dozen
residents crawled out Of bed amazed
and scarcely able to realize that they
were now. in another state Finally a
steamboat came along. What in
blazes has happened 2, called out the
captain. This new cutof has moved
US into Arkansas, :" answered the
spokesman of the villagers. bad,
bad!" and the captain shook his head.
.tOh, amt so sure about that" was
the retort We've Just figured up that
we've jumped Tennessee debts
amountfn' to bout $780,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-27

organize a chinch bug burning cam
pafgn, an egg circle and a COW test
ing association.
w. E. Watkins, county agent for
Allen county, reports good cooper
alton in the buying Of carload lots OF
tankage and cottonseed meal for use
IN his county. A number Of farmers
are cooperating and already they
have purchased one carload of tank
age and one carload of cottonseed
meal A few more cars will be pur-
chased very soon in the same way.
A deal has been closed for a carload
Of posts to be shipped out. These
posts are secured from the Usage
orange hedges. A quantity OF thing
will be put in in Allen county soon.