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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

Governor Hodges has appointed c.
A. Cain, a Topeka newspaper man,
and Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Billiard Of
Tonganoxie as members of the Kan.
sas State Textbook Commission. This
commission will have charge of the
purchase OF the equipment. copyrights
and the building of an addition to the
state printing plant for the publica.
ton of the school texts for the Kan.
sas children. The other FIVE commits
sioners are named by law. They are:
w. c. Austin, state printer; w. d.
Ross, state superintendent Of public
instruction; Joseph Hill, president OF
state normal school; H. D. Waters,
president state agricultural college,
and I. L. Diesem, president state board
of agriculture.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

hington.-Inventors will be in
terested in the establishment of a
Patent Information Bureau, Barrister
Building, Washington, D. c., which is
to supply free information regarding
the patentability Of inventions, and
any other details relating to patents,
trademarks, copyrights, etc. Inquiries
addressed to this bureau will receive
prompt attention.-Adv.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The state irrigation board has de-
cided to establish at once five or six
irrigation plants under the new law
to cost from $4,000 to $4,000 each, and
get them into operation by June L.
No locations for the plants were de-
cided upon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The constitutionality Of the Kansas
moving picture censorship law will
be contested in the supreme court by
representatives of eastern film houses.
Film manufacturers. in a conference
here, agreed to carry the case to the
supreme court il necessary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The contracts for the general books
used in the Kansas common schools
at the present time does not expire
for four years. But some of the books
in the list will be printed at once.
No state published books will be avail
able for use before the school year
beginning in September, 1914.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The Crocker Land Expedition,
which is to leave New York July 2
for the Far North. has just chosen as
a member of the party DR.. NJ. c.
Tanquary of the department Of en-
tomology and zoology in the Kansas
Agricultural college.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

Jay E. House, the Topeka newspa-
per man who refused to tell Cover
nor Stubs or the attorney general
where he had seen beer sold over a
counter in Kansas, and who was sent
to Jail for contempt as a result, IS
out of jail for keeps" The case
against him has been dismissed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Sure Enouuh.

"A dollar doesn't go very far these
days"
"All depends. If you put it into
railroad fare it will save you long
walk"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

A special session of the Kansas
legislature next winter for the ex-
press purpose OF submitting the con-
stitutional amendment for the com.
mission government for Kansas is be.
ing urged by Kansans now. So great
has been the interest taken in the
proposition that 1t is probable petit
lions urging the special session will
be circulated within a short time and
presented to Governor Hodges next fall
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Too Thorough.

"That naval officer is noted for al
ways going to the bottom of things"
Good heavens! hope they won't
appoint him to the command of this
ship"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

Governor Hodges found that he
would have to appoint confessed VIC
lators of a Kansas law to positions
on a board created by the last legis-
lature. The State Association of Chi
ropractors sent to the governor its
recommendations for the new state
chiropractic board, and the inconsis-
tency Of the law was discovered when
the list was filed. The association
asked the governor to name P. w.
johnson. Hutchinson; A. c. Foy, To
peka; c. w. Green, Stafford; S. p
Rowland, Hutchinson. and the Rev.
James Patten. Lyndon. on the board
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

Kansas has foreign population OF
only s per cent of the total number
Of people of the state, but the foreign
element contributes from one-fifth to
one-fourth OF the deaths from dia-
betes, organic heart disease, apoplexy
and Bright's disease in Kansas. Those
figures were prepared by w. ]. v.
Deacon, registrar of vital statistics for
the first year that Kansas has had a
complete vital statistics bureau. The
figures show grave need in Kansas
for immediate work in modes of liv-
ing and foods for the foreign element
which comes into this state, as those
diseases are due more or less direct
ly to the mode of life and the foods.
According to the figures there were
800 deaths from diabetes in Kansas
ile1912. This is 20 per cent of the
total deaths from that cause. There
were 1,403 deaths from heart disease,
25.2 per cent of which we're foreign
ers. There were 1895 deaths from
,apoplexy, 29.2 per cent of which were
foreigners, and there were 1856 deaths
from Bright's disease and 20.5 per
cent of these were foreigners. These
diseases are all brought about through
the mode of living, poor foods. poorly
cooked and the excessive use of al
cohol."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

One can fall despite a fine line Of
good intentions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The new irrigation board has sent
out a notice of the procedure to be
followed by the counties to get the
irrigation farms.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The irrigation board is making plans
for a visit to all of the 81 counties.
Governor Hodges will accompany the
board on this trip.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Must Be.

as he making good?'
mo question of it. He can get coal
on credit. Detroit Free Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Topeka.-The members of the state

Topeka.-The members of the state
board OF irrigation, accompanied by
Governor Hodges, will make a tour
of inspection into western Kansas in
a short time. At that time they will
meet with the various boards OF
county commissioners and explain
fully the requirements of the law re-
garding the establishment of expert.
mental farms. The details of bust
ness in the establishment of expert
mental stations must all be transact
ed through the commissioners of the
various counties. The members of the
board, F. A. Hines, Scott City; Bert
p. Walker, Osborne. and ]. c. Ham,
mond, Syracuse, have been in session
| here for two days.
District headquarters of the board
will be at Scott City. Relating to the
plans and work outlined, the board
has issued a statement which reads in
part:
Counties asking for a station
should first select several sites for
the board to look at when they visit
the county. The site selected by the
irrigation board must then be donated
and decided to the state and the title
made clear After that is done the
board has the full management of the
farm and the work Of the county COM
missioners ceases. At the end of four
years, the life of the board, the land
may be sold by the state at its dis
erection. There is so much territory
to cover that it will be impossible
the counties within the next year.
The first experiments will likely oc-
cur in the most promising counties
and where the work can be gotten
under way in the quickest time. Be-
fore the board can accept the deed to
tract of land there must be test
wells on it, together with a log OF
the various stratas of soil passed in
reaching water, and the amount OF
water therein. 1t is not necessary to
sink the test well before the board
looks at the land. The board may Sc
lect site with the understanding that
if it comes up to the requirements
of the board it will be chosen. 1t
may then be decided to the state.
1.-The board of county commission
ers of all the counties in the district
affected will meet in regular quarterly
session April Z. At that time it will
be well for them to talk over the mat
ter of site for experiment. There
will be plenty of time to convey the
deed to the state after the board has
approved a certain site. Tracts OF
land donated for the purpose of ex-
pertinent need not be the same size
in different counties, but they must
be at least forty acres. However, it
is better that they be of 100 acres"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

It is claimed that the new state law
to. censor moving pictures, is in VIC
lation of the interstate commerce
laws and illegally provides for state
revenue A Topeka show house will
bring immediate action by displaying
uncensored films.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

The women of the different cities
have had general cleanup days of
their own. Many of the clubs have
persuaded the mayors of the Kansas
towns to issue proclamations for
cleaning up the yards and alleys and
providing for the cities to haul the
rubbish away.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Miss Don Aida Marsh, of Lewes, Del,
Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Appold. in
Twenty-fifth street.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

liams, vice president, and Mrs. r. z.
Hudgins. secretary and treasurer.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Dr.. Fisher to Address
Retail Jewelers. Body

DR.. Luis A. Fischer. of the Bureau
OF Standards. will address the members
OF the Retail Jewellers Association Of
the District On THE DecimcaI Metric
Carat as the New Standard for Weigh
Ing Diamonds In the United States" at
the March meeting Of the association to
be held tomorrow night in the rooms
OF the Chamber of Commerce
Interest is being taken in the new
metric carat standard. and DIR. Fischer
Is regarded as one of the leading
authorities on this subject
A business session will be held pre-
ceding DIR. Fischer's address, at which
several matters of local trade interest
VIII be taken up. special report from
the executive committee, Of which A. d
Prince is chairman, will be made A
buffet supper will be served
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Sunday school Of the Randle Highlands
Baptist Church will take place next
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Weather Expert Moore
On Chautauqua Circuit

The Chautauqua circuit will soon
claim Willis J. Moore. Uncle Sans
weather man. for its own. He will dI-
vide his time between lecturing and his
5000 fruit trees on his Rockville farm.
Prof Moore says he is very content
ed" over the attitude President Wilson
took In his case. He says life upon the
farm is the only ideal existence
The distinguished scientist was com
PEELED to resign as chief Of the Weather
Bureau because the President did not
like the way his friends doomed him
for Secretary Of Agriculture In the
new Cabinet. He believed Prof Moure
- be responsible for the campaign.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
RANDLE HIGHLANDS
TO GET NEW HOUSES
Washingtonians Put Up Modern
Houses in Suburb, and
Will Reside There.

RANDLE HIGHLANDS, March 90
Washingtonians for whom dwellings are
being built in Randle Highlands are j.
w. Pumphrey and w. H. Crump. They
will remove here when the houses are
completed. Contractor 8. f. snyder. Of
Randle Highlands, has been awarded
both contracts.
Mr.. Humphreys house Is being erect
ed in Park street. It will be a modern.
'six-room house, to cost about 5000
Mr.. Crump's dwelling will be built in
Twenty fifth street It will contain six
rooms and bath and will cost approx
mately 5000.
Fandle Highlands has been promised
a night collection Of mail soon.
The Missionary Society Of the Randle
Highlands Baptist Church has elected
officers as follows: Mrs. T. W. Mac
cubbin. president: Mrs. Martha VIII
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

lister Of the interior and in the custom
house under the monarchy. He was
elected Delegate to the Fifty-eighth
Congress, and has served since.
Henry C. Lowther, appointed British
minister to Denmark. Is fIfty-hve years
Old today. and the Duke Of st. Albans
Is forty-three years old. Rear Admiral
Mertz. L.. S. NJ. retired. has reached
his sixty-second birthday, and DIR:
Hugh E!ack, professor of practical
theology Ia Union Theological Semi
nary. Is celebrating his fortJ-ffth birth
day.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Major littIebranch
Made Yosemite Head

Major William T. Littlebranch, Of tho
First Cavalry, has been named by the
War Department al superintendent of
the Yosemite National Park to succeed
Lieutenant Colonel Forsyth. He was
named on recommendation of Secretary
Of the Interior Lane
Major Littlebranch il a graduate Of
the class Of 1884 Of the United States
Military Academy. and has had twenty
three years service with troops and two
years OF detached service
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Delegate From Hawaii
Is Forty-Two Today

This Is the forty-second birthday of
j. Kuhio Kalan.anaole. the Hawaiian
Delegate to Congress. He was born at
Koloa Island. and was educated in the
United States and England. He is a
cousin of the late King Kalakaua. and
was employed In the office OF the min
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Mrs T. w. Maccubbin, of @ street.
has gone to Baltimore, where she Will
stay with relatives for a while.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Mrs: H. B. Hlnson and daughter. Miss
Mauric Hinson. who have been the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Mason,
have returned to their home in Paris.
Tex.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Arthur Henning has returned to his
hcme In Naylor road after a six
months engagement on the stage.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

John Holm. Of Twenty-eighth street.
"ho has been attending a convention
OF the Modern Woodmen Of the World
In Parkersburg. W. Va, has returned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15

church In Beaver valley. Everything
went of merrily. Neither of us had
ever been In New York and u Plan
was to drive across the country and
catch q noon express, which would get
us to New York about s o'clock in
the evening. Our plans worked beau
tifully, as they should on such occa-
sions, and we reached the Grand Cen
trail station on time.
A cousin of Bessie's had given her
the name OF a good hotel and It was
she who instructed the taxi driver ~
I checked on the baggage. The no.
tel was everything that could be de-
sired. ! left Bessie in the room to
do the unpacking while ! looked mp
our old friend Bill Evans from Beaver
valley. Last I heard OF him he was
a salesman in q T~wenty-third street
store.
How do you get to Twenty-third
street and Broadway" asked the
room clerk.
Take subway at Times square or
Grand Central to Twenty-third street,
then crosstown car to Broadway, or
take surface car down Broadway.
Times square Is one square oyer and
one square down." These were the
directions.
/ had heard Of tho subway and
thought I should like to get acquaint-
ed with 1t SO that next day with Beg
sic / could show her things. / don't
know what subway / took or where
or which direction the train was go
ing. j didn't have time to ask Ques-
tons. As oon as ] struck the plat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15
By Our President, WOODROW WILSON,

wreak vengeance upon yourself; the
whole stability ora democratic policy
rests upon the fact that every In
terest Is every mans interest.
The theory that the men, OF biggest
affairs whose field of operation Is the
widest. are the proper men to advise
the government Ii. I am willing to ad-
nit, rather q plausible theory. II my
business covers the United States not
only, but overs the world, 1t is to be
presumed that / have a pretty wide
scope In my vision Of business But
the flaw ia that 1t is my own business
that I have a vision of, and not the
business of men who He outside OF the
scope Of the particular transactions
/ am connected with. And you can't,
by putting together a large number
OF men who understand their own
business no matter how large It is.
make up a body of men who will
understand the business of h nation
as constrasted with their own inter-
est.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15

There are two theories of govern
u,aat that have been ~contending with
ed al other even since government be-
Eans One Of them is the theory which
In KAmertca is associated with the
yias1e of a very great a Alexander
Hamilton. A great but, in my
Judgment. not a great American. He
did not think in terms of American
ITfa. Hamilton believed that the only
people who could understand govern
ent and therefore the only people
wAac were qualified to conduct IL. were
TIE mier who had the biggest financial
stake in the commercial and indus
trial enterprises of the country.
That theory, though few have now
the hardshood TO profess ii openly. has
been the working theory upon which
eur has lately beer IN
nnrted. 1T is astonishing how per-
ssssent it Is. 1t is amazing how quick
II The political party which had Lin
coin for its first leadsr-Lincoln. who
not only denied, but in his own per
son so completely disproved the aris-
tcuratic theory--it Is amazing how
quickly that party, founded on faith
in the people, forgot the precepts of
Iancoin and fell under the delusion
thAx the ''masses'' needed the guard
ianAhip Of "naen of affairs"
nor indeed. IL you stop to think
abant 1t, nothing could be a greater
departure from original A~mericanisn,
from faith in the ability Of a confident,
r~esonrcefui. and independent people.
than the discouragtng doctrine that
somebody has got to provide pros
perry for the rest of us. And yet
that liz exactly the doctrine on which
the government of the United States
ha4Sbeen conducted lately. Who have
breh consulted when important meas
ares Of government like tariff acts and
currency acts and railroad acts were
nuder consideration? The people
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15

tlemen being chiefly consulted, and
particularly to their being exclusive
ly consulted, for. IL the government
of the United States is to do the right
thing by the people Of the United
States. IT has got TO do 1t directly and
not through the i~ntermediation or
these gentlemen. Every time II mas
come to a critical question these gem
tlemen have been yielded to, and their
demands have been treated as the de-
mands thai should be followed as a
matter OF course.
The government of the United
States at present ia a foster-child or
the special interests. 1t Is not flowed
to have a will of its own. 1t is told
at every move: Don't do that; you
will interfere with u prosperity,
And when we ask, "Where is our pros
perity lodged?" a certain group OF
gentlemen say, with u.s." The gov
eminent of the United States in re-
cent years has not been administered
by the common people of the United
States. You know just as well AS !
dot Is. not an indictment against
anybody, II Is a mere statement OF the
facts-that the people have stood out
side and looked on at their " gov
eminent and that all they have had
to determined In past years has been
which crown they would look on at;
whether they would look on at this
little group or that little group who
had managed to get the control of
affairs in it's hands. Have you ever
heard, for example. of any hearing
before any great committee of the
congress in which the people of the
country as a whole were represented,
except it may be by the congressman
then selves? The men who appear at
those meetings in order to argue for
or against a schedule in the tariff, for
this measure or against that measure,
are men who represent special inter-
ests. They may represent them very
honestly, they may intend no wrong
to their fellow-citizens, but they are
speaking from the point of view al
ways of a small portion Of the popu-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15
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u Worlds Work. An rights reserved. including right OF transIahonl

whom the tariff chiefly affects. the
people for whom the currency Ia sup
posed 10 exist, the people who pay
the duties and ride on the railroads ?
Oh, MOI What do they know about
such matters! The gentlemen whose
ideas have been sought are the big
manufacturers. the bankers, and the
heads OF the great railroad combina-
lions. The masters OF the govern
ment of the United States are the
combined capitalists and manufactu-
rers OF the United States. II is writ
ten over every intimate page of the
records of congress-. it Ia written all
through the history OF conferences at
the White House, that the sugges-
tons Of economic policy in this coun-
try have come from one source, not
from many sources. The benevolent
guardians, the nd-hearted trustees
who have taken the troubles Of gov
eminent on u hands. have become
so conspicuous that almost anybody
can write out q list of them. They
have become SO conspicuous that their
names are mentioned upon almost
every political platform, The men
who have undertaken the interesting
job of taking care OF US do not force
us to requite them with anonymously
directed gratitude. We know them by
name.
Suppose you go TO Washington and
try to get at our government. You
will always find that while you are
politely listened to, the men really
consulted are the men who LAY the
biggest stake--the big bankers, the
big manufacturers. the big masters Of
commerce. the heads OF railroad or
I porations. / have no objection to
these men being consulted, because
they also. though they do not them
selves seem to admit 1t, are part OF
the people OF the United States. But
do very seriously object to these gem
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15
ration Of independence and q New Freedom

form I was pushed aboard Z train,
and q soon as I got myself l6osa frum.
the jam I got on. / found myself
completely lost In q new and very
busy part Of the city.
My arst thought was to ret back
to Bessie, but for the life OF mo !
couldn't remember the nAn1 OF our
hotel. / got on q subway train TO 80
to Times square and was carried to
Brooklyn bridge. I took q train back.
and the train passed Times square
and let me on 1T E~eventy-Decond
street. Many other things happened.
but non OF them u funny.
It took me two, days to md Bessie.
The tangle was finally unrayeled
through kilograms that she ana ] had
sent to the folks ~ home. Never
again In New York until dea&h do
us part"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-15

m NEW YORK CITY

This story is a chapter from a let
ter which I received a few months
ago from q nephew-my only sisters
only SON.. The story is word for word
as he told 1t.
Bessie and ! were married at 10
o'clock In the morning in the little