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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
TO U. S. MAIL PATRONS
Postmaster Sends Pointers to Help In
Holiday Rush.

Postmaster A. K. Rodgers has writ
ten a few pointers to Topeka people
to remember during the holiday sea-
son. They are:
To put stamp in the upper right
hand corner.
To register or insure your valuable
letters and parcels.
To have your mail addressed to
your street and number.
To notify the postmaster when you
change your address. giving both the
old and new address.
To place your own name and ad-
dress on the upper left hand corner
of your letter or parcel, and If you
desire special return, SO state.
That the postmaster is forbidden to
furnish addresses of patrons of the
office.
That postage stamps are sold in
book form for your convenience.
To send your money by postoff1cc
money order or registered letter.
That 10-cent special stamp insures
the immediate delivery of your mail
upon arrival at destination.
That Objectionable postcards are
Withdrawn from the mails.
To tightly seal envelopes enclosing
postcards bearing particles Of glass
metal. mica, etc, and put on letter
pOstage-2c per ounce.
That forwarding orders or change
OF address orders cannot be taken
over the telephone.
To promptly report in writing te
the postmaster any irregularity in
service. any request or suggestion 70,
improvement in the service and dis
courtesy of an employee. In making
complaint concerning the delivery Of
mail, always accompany same will
the envelope or wrapper,
To be sure to wrap and tie package.
well.
To be sure to address your pack
ages with ink and in legible hand.
To be sure to have your package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
SAVE YOUR HAIRi IF FALLING OUT
OR DANDRUFF---25 CENT DANDERINE

the hair falls out fast. A little DAM
derine tonight now .anytime-wiu sure
~ save sc ar hair.
Get q . cent bottle Of KnOwlton'e
Dandertne from any drug store or toil-
ct counter, and after the first appllca-
ton your hair will take on that life.
lustre and luxuriance which = - boan>
tiful. It win become wavy and nufky
and have the appearance Of abundance,
an Incompatible gloss and so1tneaGy but
what will please you most win be afteR
Just . few weeks use when you Will
new l1air growing IN over - oca1lc
ADV. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02

Presbyterian church will meet Thursday
avenue.
Mrs. M. Kelley of Kansas City is a
guest at the William Cooper home on
Winfield avenue.
Mrs. r. P. Taylor of Chester avenue
who has been seriously Ill the past few
days. remains about the same. Her
daughter Mrs. Frank Collins. of Topeka.
10 with her.
The Priscilla Embroidery club will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. H. A. Oil
plant, 1913 Lane street.
.ur. Arthur Graner Of Chicago is visit,
ing his cousin. Mr.. A. s. Woodworth, and
family, 1873 Oakland avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
sure proper amount Of postage there

sure proper amount Of postage there
on.
To be sure to mail your packages
early so as to avoid the Christmas
rush. You can mark on them DO
not open until Christmas"
That to place postage stamps or
Christmas stamps over the string or
wrapper on parcel seals it, and is sub.
ject to letter postage.
That the postal laws prohibit the
placing of christmas or Charity
stamps on address side of letters or
packages.
That you should mail Christmas
packages cary this year, on account
of parcel post. Commence now on
long distance packages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
Want Clements to Stay.

Washington, Dec. z-The reappoint-
ment of Judson w. Clements Of Georgia
as a member of the interstate COM
nierce commission was urged In q reso-
luton that has been offered in the
house committee by Representative
Sims OF Tennessee and Esch Of Wiscon-
sin. The resolution declared that his
retirement would be little short Of .
calamity The committees adoption
Of the resolution was assured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
FOR CONSTIPATION, TORPID LIVER,
HEADACHE, DYSPEPSIA---DIME A BOX

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion. constipation.
the sick. sour stomach and foul gases
turn them out tonight with Cascarets.
Don't put In another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse and swecten your
stomach; remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and that misery
making gas; take the excess bile from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02

He will not decide which to accept
until just before he II ready to go. II
congress remains In session without q
holiday recess the president probably
will take no vacation at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02

6UC TO the MUSTEEfe
OLE Company, Cleye-
land, Ohio. and we will
mail you q jar post
age prepaid.
Prof. J. C.. Bud1onG,
South Lynne, Conn., says:
"Your truly good rem
edY. Musterole. has saved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
wednesday afternoon at the

church.
Rev Mr.. Chalds of Oakland was the
guest Sunday at dinner Of Mr.. and MIS-.
Harve Eversole, sixth and Quincy streets.
The Mizpah society of the Third Presby-
terrain church will have business meet
ing wednesday afternoon at the church.
Ali members are urged to be present Inn
portant business will be transacted.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilyeat and chill
Chillicothe. ILL.,, after short visit here
with relatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02

your liver and carry or the decomposed
waste matter and constipation poison
from the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten you
out by morning-a 10-cent box keeps
your head clear, stomach sweet. liver
and bowels regular and you feel bully
for months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good, gen.
tie cleansing, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-02
Wilson,s Christmas Invitations.

Wilson's Christmas Invitations.
Washington. Dec. president
Wilson has under consideration tnvt-
tations to spend his Christmas vaca-
ton in Columbia, s. c.: Atlanta. Ga.
or q place near Corpus Christi. Texas.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28
The Repair and Mainten-
ence of Earth Roads

If you look at the ordinary
country road after a shower you
will see small puddles along the
wheel ruts and sometimes larger
pools. This water stays on the
road service because it cannot
drain away into the side bitches.
If you look closely you will see
side bitches which have grown
up with bushes and weeds in
many cases, and which are so far
from the travelled part of the
road that the rain water does not
drain into them. That part of
the roadway where the wagons
travel is called the travelled way.
To prevent water from standing.
on the travelled way the road
should be raised in the center and
should slope gently into broad,
shallow bitches. It is then said
to have crown. Ifdt is 10 feet
from the center of the road to
the side ditch, the surface at the
side ditch should be at least 10
inches lower than it is at the
center where the horses travel.
The road then has a 10-inch
crown. The rain that falls on a
road properly crowned will run
quickly to the side and not soak
into the surface or form pools.
The side bitches for surface
water should run parrellel to the
right of way and should be open
at every low point SO that the
water can run out of them into
neighboring brooks or streams.
If the bitches merely collect the
water from the road surface and
it cannot run away, large pools
will be formed along the road
side, which will gradually soak
into the soil beneath the road and
make it so soft that the wheels
of wagons will cut through the
road surface and soon destroy it.
Sometimes water runs from
land along the road into the road
and forms a little stream down
the wheel tracks or in the middle
where the horses travel. When
drive-ways into farm yards are
built across the side bitches they
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28

frequently form channels for
water from the farm yard to run
into the road. The pipes under
driveways become filled with
leaves or rubbish and the water
can no longer run away. If the
driveWays that stop the ditch
water were rebuilt so that no
pipes. were necessary and the
ditch could be left open, much
trouble from surface water would
be stopped.
Sometimes a road runs across
low ground or through a swamp
where the road cannot be drained
by side bitches alone. If the
road were built higher like rail
road embankment, across such
low land, and made with a
crown it would be hard and dry.
Sometimes q road passes through
what is called a. cut. This is a
place where the earth has been
dug out so that the road can GO
over hill without being too
steep. The water which always
flows quietly under the ground
on hill sides is known as ground
water. In road cuts such water
sometimes makes the road very
muddy, and the road then needs
what road builders call under
drainage. A good kind Of under
drainage is a trench to go along
under the side drain and about
three feet deep and a foot and a
half wide. In this trench q pipe
is laid near the bottom and COW
cred with loose stones no bigger
than an egg. When the trench
is completely filled with loose
stones the ground water, instead
Of soaking into the roadway, will
stop among the stones and flow
down the hill through the pipe.
To keep a road smooth and
crowned the best method is to
drag it with a road drag. A
road drag is made easily with
two halves of a log which has
been split. The log should be
about six or eight inches thick
and about six or eight feet long.
The two halves Of the log are set
three feet apart with the smooth
faces forward and upright. They
are then fastened together with
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28

braces set in holes bored through
the log. A pair Of horses may
be used to drag the road and are
hitched to q chain fastened to the
front half Of the log. The road
drag should move forward SO
that it slants across the road in
such way that a small amount
of earth will slide past the smooth
face Of the log toward the cen
ter Of the road, thus forming the
crown. The edges of the logs
will smooth out' the ruts. The
best way to drag is to begin at
the side ditch and go up one aide
Of the road, and then down the
other. In the next trip the drag
should be started little nearer
the center and the last trip over
the road the drag may work
close to the center itself. Small
ridges Of earth will be thrown in
the horse track and smeared by
the round side of the log smoothly
over the road. The smearing of
the earth by the drag is called
pudding" and it tends to make
the surface of the road smooth
and water tight after the sun
comes out. The road is always
dragged after it has rained, and
not when it is dry. A good,
strong pair Of horses with a we'll
built drag can drag about three
or four miles of road in day,
and it is the best way to maintain
good roads. In every county
some farmer along each four
miles of road should own q drag
and drag the road when it rains
! and he should always find the
road in good condition when he
goes to market.
Owing to the fact that many
rural schools were closed at the
time when the prize maintenance
essay was announced by Director
Logan Waller Page of, the Office
of Public Roads, it has been de
cided to extend the limit for re-
ceiving the assays to October Is,
1913. In addition to the gold
medal given as a first prize, two
silver medals will be given as
i second and third prizes. If a
child who has submitted one
essay previous to the issue Of
issue should care to try again, he
is at liberty to do so, but he must
be pupil of rural school,
There is some misunderstanding
in regard to the subject of the
essay. The idea is to set the
children thinking how to better
their earth roads with the
material they have at hand.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarthoea Remedy

Every family without excep
ton should keep this prepara.
tion at hand during the hot
weather of the summer mouths
ChamberIains Colic, Cholera
and Diarrheoa Remedy is worth
many times it's cost when needed
and is almost certain to be need
ed before the summer is over. Il
has no superior for the purposes
for which it is intended. Buy it
now. For sale by all dealers. :
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28

Under q new order recently is
sued by the salty committee"
of the Santa Fe, when the con
ductor shouts all aboard, y the
doors are closed by the brakeman.
There are always passengers who
wait until the train begins to pull
out and then running and jump
ing on the train. Many accidents
have occurred in this way. and the
Santa Fe officials propose to put
q stop to this practice. Williams
News.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28

Writing Paper and Envelopes
Fine writing paper and envel
opes in linen bond or fat, ruled
or trruled at reasonable prices.
At the MAIL office.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28

After the show call at Gillard S
for delicious dish of ice cream
or ice cream soda.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-28
HOLBROOK.
(FROM The News. J

John Flanagan is finishing his
adobe garage this week.
W. H. Armor and 7. G.. Sales
bury cattle buyers from Stanley,
Colorado, were in Holbrook dur
ing the week.
Chas. Quail is in town on cattle
business.
J. E. Cox and Joe Kliendenst
made and auto trip to Winslow
and returned last Sunday.
Dr. R. W. A. Wilkes, H. W.
Doyle and J. w. Bowers were
in Winslow the first of the week
where they placed some through
bred stock.
J. Il. Allan who IS in town this
week with moving picture show
outfit, contemplates locating per-
manently and putting on a show
in Holbrook once week.
j. w. Young and Ed Gilliland,
of Pleasant Valley, Prime Cole
man of Cibecue, and John Con-
nor shipped trainload of cattle
to Denver last Monday, through
Mr.. Johnson, a local cattle buyer.
HI Fuller of WinsIow, arrived
in Holbrook yesterday to look
after cattle business.
The platform in the freight
yards is piled high with wool
which will soon be shipped to
Boston brokers by Messrs. Van
dewart and Flanders.
Prof. Q. R. Ripley Of Winslow,
is in town this week on court
business. Prof. Ripley was a
teacher in the public school here
about three years ago and has
lots of friends in Holbrook.
Thirty carloads of cattle were
shipped out of HolbroOk vester-
day to points in Kansas and Colo
rado, which netted the shippers
a handsome profit. There is good
reasons for the perpetual smile of
the Arizona cattle man.
Uncle John Connor who was
among the first settlers of Hol-
brook, and one Of the most wide
| ly known men Of this section, is
in town this week. Mr.. Connor
made a heavy shipment of cattle
ito Denver last Monday.
Less Hart came. down Wednes-
day from Snowflake, where he
had been for two weeks, receiv-
ing a herd of $1,000 head Of cat
tie. Yesterday Hi Fuller and Mr..
Hart delivered a herd of 1,045
head of cattle to J. H. Pinnell, of
Kansas City. They were loaded
here and shipped to Garden City,
Kansas some time last night.
L. D. Divelbess has recently
sold his ranch near Aztec, and
about 70 head Of Hereford cattle
to w. J. Adams. Mr.. Adams now
has one of the finest and best
equipped ranches in this vicinity.
He will move his family out about
July 1st.
Misses Caroline and Leigh
Smith were visiting their brother
r. G. Smith and family, the early
part of the week. They were on
their way to visit their mother
in Snowflake, Miss Caroline is
q trained nurse comes from
Davenport, Iowa, and Miss Leigh
has been studying music in Salt
Lake City,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08

ing party. A majority of over one
third surely shows that the people as
a whole preferred that these men
fairs and believed that they would give
al least good an administration as
their opponents they would have
elected those the other ticket.
Although it is supposed TO be good
politics by some. it is to be regretted
that the name and character of the
opposing candidates must be assailed.
However this has come to be so Well
understood whenever it is done, that
not one takes 1t seriously and attaches
little Importance to such outbursts.
What one may do in the heat OF battle
is not always held against his cslmer
articles printed In the newspapers
could not be classed thus. II hight be
necessary to defend the charges made.
But knowing that everybody UNDER
stood them TO be only campaign thun-
der. it is safe to say that there will
continue TO be as much harmony as
ever In our little town.
The men who were elected are hon
est fair minded and energetic, and
their character like those who opposed
them, are without reproach. Those who
| have held office before, have proven by
their past conduct that they have the
welfare OF the town at heart. and the
people haze every reason TO believe that
| they will get an honest, fearless and
progressie administ ra ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08
VOICE OF
--.---.zzA THE M
p e Q p l. e

Editor TIMES:
SOME REASONS WHY I DID NOT
AND COULD NOT WIN AT THIS
ELECTION"
l. 1 had but one months time be-
tween my acceptance of the Republican
nomination and the election in which TO
make the race, and | could not possibly
cover the entire city in this time.
2. Our central committee did not
have time to organize so as to prepare
an efficient poll to protect the party
from illegal voters and repeaters and
locate and get gu the Republican vote.
think it safe to say that lost on
an average of 10 votes I'm each precinct.
ON account of the failure of the Re-
publicans to vote. This is due to lack
of efficient organization and would
amount 10 more than 800 votes in the
city. / also have abundant evidence
that there were many illegal votes
cast and some repeating done for the
opposition. In the entire city this ele-
ment alone probably counted for more
than 500 votes.
3. We had no newspaper or party
organ to espouse our cause.
4. There was a lack of party spirit.
Ever since the last general election the
entire Republican party has believe ed
there was no chance for Republican
ticket in this municipal election. That
belief was so strong and so universal
that many OF them would not take the
election seriously. The consequence
was they would not attend the meet
ings and be enlightened on the issues.
They would not and did not enthuse.
Some desired to be on the win
ming candidate. as a compliment to hin,
and some desiring to put themselves in
well with the administration, voted
for my opponent. I received very many
Democratic votes, several hundred of
| them, but I lost almost as many Re-
publicans because l was unable to in
still in them any hope of success.
| 8. There were many Republicans
| who thought the Republican party had
no chance OF success and hence went
into the Democratic primary to dictate
| the nomination there and felt morally
bound to support the nominee. This
was done unthoughtedly by many. but
nevertheless 1T was bad politics. The
members of one party ought never &c
participate in the selection of the NOM
| inees of another party. This kind OF
politics carried to its ultimate end is
not the best for a community.
s. The opposition had the advantage
| of hot primary contest and pledged
and cemented many to their support
| After their convention they made an
active campaign before the Republican,
| nominated, to extort promises from
| Republicans. many of them foolishly
| permitting themselves to be pledged In
| this manner and then feeling honor
bound to carry out the pledge. I hole
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08
Especial to THE TINES.

Whiting, Ind. Nov. s.-The absence
of the fire alarm system in Whiting is
again up for discussion owing to the
receipt of a recent letter by Henry S.
Davidson, Commissioner of Public
of Whiting from i. NJ Sellers of the
Fire Insurance company of Indianap-
oils
The letter in part said: "At the time
of rating Whiting. We first classified
1t in accordance with our usual GUS
tom. for the purpose of tablishing a
basis estimating. taking into considera-
ton the fire protection consisting Of
your waterworks system, fire depart
ment and fire alarm system. your ordi-
nances, codes. etc. Several months ago
our attention was called to the fact
that for sometime your fire alarm sys-
tenn has ben out of service, thereby i'm
pairing to great extent the efficiency
of your fire department. We have
from time to time written certain of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08
KNOTS MEN ARE
ON HUNT FOR JOBS
Cleanup on January First
Will Cause Scurrying
After Cakes.

Members of Mayor Knots admins
tlation at the Gary city hall are busy
looking for jobs which they will need
after the first week in January.
The mayor himself plans to resume
his resk at the Knots and McRoberts
real estate and insurance office. City
Attorney Curtis and Assistant City At
torney Starr have their law business
Commissioner of Works Shaw has an
other job as cashier at the gas office.
Commissioner Kliver has made no ar
engagements. A. P. Melton, city en-
gineer, will open up an engineering Of
fee. His chief craftsman, chief inspec-
tor, craftsmen, assistant engineer,
sewer and street inspectors will seek
other employment as Will the plumbing
and electrical inspectors.
II is not known what changes will
be made in the fire department but
there will be number of them. Chief
of Police Martin, Captains Newman and
Mulcahey, six sergeants and a half
hundred patrolmen, some of whom will
be retained-maybe-w also look FOR
new lines. There will be big changes
in the department OF streets, sewers.
and city barn.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08
TWO CHILDREN ARE
BITTEN BY DOGS
Baited Animal, Maddened
by Weeks of Teasing,
Strikes at Little Girl.

Two children were bitten by dogs
yesterday .one in Indiana Harbor and
the other in Oklahoma.
The children bitten are:
John Next aged 10 living at Cedar
street, bitten on the cheek.
Mary Prava, Alexander avenue near
One Hundred and Forty ninth street,
bitten on the leg.
Both the wounds were deep ones and
were cauterized by physicians.
In each instance the dogs were being
teased by children. The one that bit
the little Prava girl, had been baited
off and on for a week, and had a can
tied to it's tail when IL suddenly turned
and dashed into the crowd, swapping
right and left. AS 1t happened, the
little victim, had had nothing to do
with the abuse of the dog. she having
merely been an on-looker to what the
boys had been doing. The dog was a
small white one which looks as though
it might have been a mongreI variety
of Boston terrier.
The dog which attacked the Mex
boy was a yellow mongrel OF stocks
build. A neighbor shot the Oklahoma
dog. but the other one is still at large
1T is said to have been a stray thai
recently came to the neighborhood, and
a dog of apparently good disposition
until pestered by the children.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-08
WILL OBSERVE
TEMPERANCE
SUNDAY

Through the cooperation of the min
listers of all protestant churches of the
city and the w. c. 7. L., Temperance
Sunday will be duly observed tomor-
row. November .. Ministers will ali
speak on Temperance and the Sunday
school lesson will be along temperance
lines. There will also be a representa-
tive from the w. c. T. L. IN each
church during the morning services
In the First Christian church Mrs.
Pierce in the primary department Miss
Bess Foster in the assembled Sunday
school.
First NJ. E. church. Mrs. Thompson.
primary department.; Mrs. Fratey and
Miss Nixon adult school
Presbyterian church, DIR. Mary jack
son.
Congregation church. Miss Ida Jones,
Monroe Street Chapel. Mrs. Preston.
German Methodist church, Miss
Simms.
Nazarine church, Mrs. Thompson.
North Side Lutheran church, Mrs.
Grimae.
Pine Street Presbyterian church, Mrs.
Graves.
Second German Methodist church,
Rev We'll.