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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
HIGH FINANCE IN HOGS.
Reno County Man Charged With Wal
Iingford Tactics.

Wichita, Kan, Sept 16.-When the
federal court cOnveneS in Wichita a
week from next Monday, the govern
ment has a criminal prosecution on
its hands which has been watched
with interest by breeders of fancy
hogs in this section of Kansas. Ac-
cording to the governm ent w. B. Ross
of Hutchinson, manipulated a scheme
in the hog world that Savored of j.
Rufus Wallingford tactics. Mr.. Ross
is accused of using the United States
mails to defraud.
Mr.. Ross secured names of stock
breeders by scanning advertisements
in farm papers. Then Mr.. Ross wrote
to these breeders saying that he was
very much interested in their hogs
and that he would like to have few
on his ranch near Hutchinson, the
government claims. The prosecution
thinks it can prove that Mr.. Ross
bought fancy bred hogs from breeders
promising to pay when the hogs were
delivered, but that when the hogs
were delivered, ne not only failed to
pay for them, but turned around and
disposed of the animals to the first
man who had ready cash
The government hopes to show that
Mr.. Ross does not own a farm near
Hutchinson, that he doesn't live in
Reno county, and that because of his
ability as a letter writer he defrauded
Hammond and Buskirk of Newton.
Harry Hoax of Attica, and other
breeders of fancy hogs who shipped
animals to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
Health and Beauty Hints
BY MRS. MAE MARTIN

coarse, sallow, oily appearance and rem
ders the complexion divinely fair and
beautiful.
Elaine: Yes, there is a hairless way
to make your eyes sparkle, a way that will
also strengthen and rid them of that dull
ache and tired feeling you mention. Make
and use the following eye tonic: Dissolve l
ounce crystos in L pint clear water then
put or drops in each eye few times
daily 1t is excellent thing for gran
ulated eyelids, to reduce Inflammation and
take out soreness.
burdensome fat and regain your former
little expense, as follows: Into IL pints
hot water put ounces parnotis and strain
when cool. Take a tablespoonful before
each meal until your weight is sufficiently
reduced, then discontinue trea tment No i'll
results follow this method of reduction
and your flesh and skin will be left firm
and smooth.
Eva: If your skin is wrinkIed or saggy
you need the stimulating and identifying
effect of some simple vegetable Jelly
cream, which can be easily and cheaply
made at home. Try this one, which is
the best of many 1 have used: Get from
your druggist one ounce almozoin, and
dissolve in u pint cold water, adding
two teaspoonfuls glycerine. Use this with
gentle massage and as jelly mask on
wrinkled surface and it will work wonders
your skin, eradicating wrinkles and
restoring that velvety, youthful glow.
Read Mrs. Martyrs book, Beauty" S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
GAS AT HERNGTON.
Well DriIlers Find Strange Condition
in Shallow Hole.

Harrington, Sept. 16.-Two men en-
gagged IN drilling a hole in the bottom
of dry well on the Ulrich Gantenbein
farm in Jefferson township, IA miles
northwest of Herington, had sunk their
pipe until it reached a depth of 81
feet below the surface, and there they
left it. Returning the next afternoon
the Tor of gas was detected. One of
the men lighted a match and dropped
it into the we'll. Instantly there was
an explosion which shook the earth,
followed by a flame spouting up sew
eral feet above the opening of the well.
The men were hurled off their feet.
singed by the flame, and one of them
rendered unconscious. A root from a
cottonwood tree, which had grown
into the old well, was hurled more
than so yards. lodging on a windmill.
The flame continued until all of the
gas which had accumulated in the we'll
was consumed. After it had died out
gas again accum ulated in the well,
showing that there is strong flow
and the gas is seeping into the well
through the pipe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
HOGS HAVE TUBERCULOSIS.
Infected While Eating Carcass. of Cow
TESTS Proven.

Newton, Kan, Sept. 16.-F. P. Lane,
demonstration agent for the Harvey
County Farm Improvement club, re-
ports a case which shows how infec-
tious diseases may be spread with dam
aging results on farm. Mr.. Lanes
attention was called by farmer,
whose name he preferred not to men
ton, to peculiar illness among the
hogs on his farm. One animal had
just died and was dissected, and Mr..
Lane at once was convinced that the
trouble was tuberculosis. Some of the
flesh and lungs of the animal were
sent to the Agricultural college, and
Mr.. Lanes diagnosis was confirmed.
Many of the hogs were afflicted. The
animals were "dopy'' and showed a
gradual decline, much as a human be-
ing afflicted with the disease, though
more rapidly, and would finally die.
AS there seemed to be no such disease
on the neighboring farms, an investi-
cation was started and it was ascer-
tanned that a COW had died last fall,
and with a similar disease. Some of
the hogs, including brood sows, were
allowed to eat the carcass, and from
that time the malady has been more
or less noticeable among the hogs. 1t
is understood that the farmer will
have his live stock examined, and take
proper steps to eradicate the disease,
which has proven so costly to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
FILL CRACKS WITH SAND.
Douglas County Farmers Solve
DrOuth Problem.

Lawrence, Sept. 16.-The farmers
of this county have discovered new
method of combating with the drouths
of the future. The long heat period
has opened up many large cracks in
the ground, many of which are several
inches wide and several feet deep.
Stories are told of bottomless pits OF
this nature. Now the farmer proposes
to fill these cracks with sand. On al
most every farm there are large
number of these, or were before the
rains this week. Sand holds moisture
very much longer than other soil and
it is the idea that this sand down deep
under the surface will act as a sort
of retainer during dry weather and
feed out moisture to the thirsty vege-
tation growing on the surface. A
number of farmers in this county are
said to have adopted this plan this
wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
GIRLS! CLEAN AND BEAUTIFY HAIR
NO DANDRUFF---25 CENT DANDERINE

Besides identifying the hair, one ap-
plication of Danderine dissolves every
particle of dandruff; invigorating the
scalp, stopping itching and falling hair.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. 1t goes right to the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. Its
exhilerating, stimulating and life-pro-
ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful.
You can surely have pretty, soft,
lustrous hair, and lots of it, if you will
just get % cent bottle of Knowlton' S
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter and try it as directed
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

Mrs. o. L: You complain of brittle,
faded hair You will find that keeping
the scalp clean and healthy is the most
effective way to restore the natural beau
ty and softness, but in selecting your
shampoo avoid soaps or mixtures contain
ing free alkali. By dissolving a tea
spoonful canthrox in a cup hot water you
will have mild, soothing, cleansing mix
ture that makes the head feel fine and re
moves all dust dandruff and excess oil,
leaving the scalp clean and plant and as
surfing beautiful growth of long, lustrous,
fluffy hair.
E. G.: Nature never intended woman to
have fuzz on her cheek. Get from your
druggist a small original package of del
atone and mix little of the powder with
water. Apply the paste to the obnoxious
hairs and in or minutes rub Off, ana
the hairs will come with it. After the
skin is washed and dried, it will be
Velyety and free from hair or blem1Sh
Katie: Yes, powder has ruined more
complexions than it has aided and while
YOU use it you can hope for nothing bet
fer than an imitation of real complexion.
Take my advice. Get from your druggist
4 ounces spurmaX and dissolve in II pint
hot water or witch hazel then add tea
spoonfuls glycerine and you will have an
ideal yet inexpensive lotion, which seems
a part of the skin. Apply this spurmaX
lotion sparingly and rub lightly for an
instant and it will vanish, leaving the
skin clear and soft. The daily use of
this spurmax lotion rids the skin of that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
BUILD So SILOS IN ALLEN.
Brings Total Up to 100 in COunty-Al
faIfa Acreage Increases.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 16.-Fifty-
two silos have been built in Allen
county this year, according to w. E.
Watkins, farm demonstration agent i'll
that county. That brings the total
number of silos in Allen county to
more than 100 as there were nearly
sixty in that county before. Mr.. Wat
kins also reports that many farmers
are planning to lime land this fall in
preparation for alfalfa. On a number
of farms alfalfa will be sown on land
where it never has been tried before.
even on land with a rather tight sub
soil. 1t is believed that if alfalfa will
survive for only three or four years
on such land it will be as profitable a
crop as can be grown and it will be
exceedingly useful in the crop rotation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
DAWSON FINDS BAR.
Watches Sheriff Make Raid in Wichita
Packing House District.

Wichita, Kan, Sept. 16.-John S.
Dawson, attorney general, arrived in
Wichita unannounced yesterday to
look into alleged violations of the
liquor law. The sheriff raided an
north part of the city. He arrested
the proprietor and several of his Gus
toners.
The sheriff found a regulation bar,
several kegs of beer and an 1ceboX
filled with whisky and wines. Several
men were standing at the rail drink
ing. The attorney general attended
the afternoon police court session I'M
recognized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
SOME ALFALFA-soME MONEY
Cimarron Man Cuts Fourth Crop
500 for Year.

Cimarron, Kan, Sept. 16.-J. H. Egg
bert has 80 acres of alfalfa near this
city under the Eureka irrigation canal,
from which he has cut three hundred
tons of hay this year, shipping it to
eastern and central Kansas in the
alfalfa belt He is now getting SIG
4 ton for it, having sold a large ship
ment at st. John at that figure. He
will cut his fourth crop in a few days
and if the frost does not come too
early he will cut a fifth crop this year.
He cut five crops from a part of his
alfalfa field last. year.
Egbert did not get more than S11
or So per ton for the first cutting, but
will get more than $4,000 from his
so acre patch this year, unless he cuts
a fifth crop, which will increase his re-
turn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Shot Self in Abdomen With Rifle
Brother Finds Her.

Stockton, Sept. 16.-Miss Nellie
Snow. of Lanark township, shot her
self through the abdomen, using a %
rifle. She laid down on a couch and
placed the gun at her right side dis
charging it SO that the shot entered
the right side of the abdomen and
came out on the left. She was alone
at the house. She was later found by
her brother. She had left a written
statement which contained her inten-
ton to take her own life and she
chose that means of taking it. Ply
sicianS were called and her wounds
were dressed but no examination of
internal parts was made SO that it is
impossible at this time to tell the eX-
tent of the injury. At present it looks
like she would recover but it will re-
quire time to tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

condemn the 25 horses on which the
blood tests were made, and they will
be appraised and killed. The law
makes Doctor Shelter, Chairman Zook
of the board Of county commissioners,
and the owner the official appraisers.
About fifty horses that have been
exposed will be given the test. Any
animal that is thus shown to have the
CHAMBERS will be condemned, ap-
praised and killed. Strict quarantine
regulations are to be enforced, and
these tests are to be kept up until the
disease is thoroughly stamped out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
VETERAN EMPLOYEES OUT.
Oldest Employee at State Prison i
Dismissed Through Politics.

Lansing. Kan, Sept. 16.-Daniel
Stores, the oldest employee. at the
state penitentiary, received his dismiss
sal Monday.
Thirty-eight years ago Stores began
his duties at the prison as chief en-
gineer He witnessed the prison grow
from a small collection of buildings to
its present size and when he first be-
gan work there were only 300 prisoners
confined in the institution. He leaves
the prison an old man with his life s
work behind him.
Other old employees are leaving the
prison. w. K. Washburn, for IA years
connected with the institution, was
succeeded yesterday as storekeeper by
F. S. Williams. J. S. drummer, the
steward, will leave October L. Mrs. NJ.
E. Row, of Reno county, will take Mrs.
E. c. Simpsons place as matron Oc-
tober 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
MONEY IN MATTRESS.
Fire at Herington Reveals Saving
Bank of IIabOrer.

Harrington, Sept. 16.-The home of
Peter Shaneman, a coach cleaner at
the Rock Island, was partly destroyed
by fire. The family lost all their
clothing and their household goods
were badly damaged. A mattress con-
tanning a large amount of their saw
ings was carried out by the firemen,
and the money that at first was be-
lieved to have been destroyed, was
saved. The origin of the fire is not
known as Mr.. Shaneman and son are
visiting in SCOTS Bluff and his wife
had been staying with one of the
neighbOrS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
CHAMBERS AT MULVANE.
State Live Stock Sanitary Inspector
Orders Many Killed.

ElDorado, Kan, Sept 16-That a
large number of horses in the vicinity
of Mulvane are afflicted with CHAMBERS
is now a certainty.
DR.. A. A. Shelter of this city has
received a report of the blood test
made at the laboratory department of
the State Agricultural college, and
that test proved positively that the
horses have the dread disease.
Doctor Shelter, who is now a depu-
~ or the state live stock sanitary
commission, will go to MuIvane and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
CONTRACT FOR GRAVEL ROAD
Riley County Adapts Measures to
Shawnee County Officers.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. ia con-
tract to build three-fourths of a mile
of gravel road near here was let yes
terday to Bumbaugh & Graves of
Norton. The road is to be built over
a sandy stretch between here and the
Ashland bottoms. a few miles to the
southwest. 1t will cost $2,S91. The
road is to be built under the Hodges
rock road law, whereby the benefited
property owners pay rs per cent. of
the cost and township Is per cent. The
cost assessed to property owners will
be divided among Is farmers. The
state highway engineers office at the
agricultural college prepared the plans
and specifications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
Try this! Makes hair soft, glossy
fluffy, abundant-Stop washing
the hair with soap.

Surely try a .Danderine Hair
Cleanse" if you wish to Immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
moisten q cloth with Danderine and
draw it carefully through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time, this
will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or
any excessive oil-in a few minutes you
will be amazed. Your hair will be
wavy, fluffy and abundant and pos
sess an Incompatible softness, lustre
and luXuriance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
AUTO FOR DEMONSTRATORS.
Montgomery County Buys Machine for
Farm Bureau.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 16.-The
farm bureau in Montgomery county
has purchased a motor car for the
county demonstration agent, E. j.
Macy. The county agent now will be
able to cover the county more fully
and in less time, and it will also be
possible to carry farmers from one
farm to another to see results of new
agricultural practices. This farm
bureau has had successful year and
is an established institution in Mont
gOmerY county now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

Garden City Concern viii Operate
Three Years Longer

spite adverse tariff legislation, the
beet sugar mill will operate for the
next three years if no longer. This
is the announcement made by G. c.
Hamlin, president of the United States
Sugar and Land company.
Furthermo a factory of immense
Importance to the development of the
Garden City district was authoritative
ly announced by President Hamlin. A
central power plant is to be con-
structed by the United States Sugar
and Land company. 1t will furnish
unlimited power to every farmer in
the district desiring water for irri-
eating purposes
Another Old kanSan Dies.
Salina, Kan, Sept. 16.-Simon Frank
lin, II wears old a veteran of tt,a civil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

bought and brought in to be fed this
winter. The farmers report plenty of
feed, and say they expect to use the
oats straw and finish out on silage.
From all reports there will be scarcity
of feed on but few farms in this coun-
ty this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
DISSOLVE ARTILLERY BOARD.
Orders for Abandonment Issued by
War Department.

Junction City, Kan, Sept. 16.-Or-
ders have been issued by the war de-
partment dissolving the field artillery
sisted of Col. Edward A. Miller, Sixth
field artillery; Lieut. Col. John E. Nc
Mahon, general staff, and Maj w. S.
McNair, Sixth field artillery. All rec
ords and unfinished business now be-
fore the board will be transferred to
the president of the field artillery
board, appointed at Fort Sill, Okla.
Kansas Pioneer Dies.
Olathe, Kan, Sept. 16.-August
Wendt, veteran of the civil war, died
here yesterday. He was rs years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

war and a resident of this city So years,
died here Monday He is survived by
a widow and four children, all residents
of this county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
HARVEY COUNTY PROSPEROUS.
Farmers Pay Cash for Purchases
Will Eaten Cattle.

Newton, Kan, Sept. 16.-At large
public sale held near here but one
note was given in payment for pur-
chases. Live stock and implements
sold we'll, and in every case but one
of the farmers insisted on paying cash.
In one neighborhood in Harvey
county ESQ head of cattle have been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

Mr.. Wendt came from Germany in 1857
and settled at Westport Landing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16

Salina, Kan, Sept. 16.-Simon Frank
in, 20 years old, a veteran of the civil
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
THE SING SING HORROR.

The failure Of Governor Suffers in
vestigator, Blake, 10 substantiate the
charges he made concerning graft in
the building Of Great Meadows Prison
does not in the least alter the shame
full facts about the prisons Of the state
The fifteen members Of the West
chester grand jury conducting an in
dependent investigation found IN
speakahle conditions at Sing Sing. This
relic OF harbarism must be forthwith
replaced. The hill providing money for
"a new prison site must pass at the
present session. While Sing Sing
prison stands. however high may be
the character and however humane the
purposes Of the prison authorities, hu-
man beings must be subjected to in
human tortures. No farmer would
house hogs in such place If he ex-
pected the hogs to live. No keeper OF
wild beasts would provide such quar-
ters for them.
In Sing Sing there are no real sani-
tary arrangements: the accommoda-
tions are a quarter as large as they
ought to be; the air space allotted to
each person Is absolute insurance of
slow poisoning.
In this place a lad of seventeen, who
committed n forgery for $12. for which
he made full restitution, has been con-
fined for four years. He has had hard
ened criminals as cell mates: he has
been broken in health, and in all prob
ability in character. His case is but
one OF many.
In "a modern prison, hard as this
boys punishment has been, he might
have had an opportunity to become
decent, law abiding citizen. In Sing
Sing he has become a seasoned Grim
inal, and If, at the end of his term, he
makes the people of this state suffer
by committing some great offense, 1t
will be simply because the people of
this state have not had the humanity
nor the intelligence to insist that Sing
Sing, whose condition has long been
well known. be demolished New York
American.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-19
peculiar feeling about Fridays. thir-
teens and the endless rest Of them.

The case OF Governor Sulzer is n
tragic one hut somehow there is a
touch Of humor in the charge of lar
ceny preferred against him. It smacks
magistrate that 1t reminds one Of some
tatterdemalion instead of the governor
of the Empire state of the United
states Of America. II they could even
have made it grand larceny it would
have served to uphold the dignity OF
the Impeachment proceedings for the
crime of governor should either be
grand or non existent.
If Sulzer is proven guilty Of the
charges made against him it may serve
to make the people more careful OF
whom they elect in future. Much as
everyone favors popular government
and popular elections the guilt OF Sui
ger would prove once again that worth
less men slip into honorable place by
their ability to fool the people or by
the failure Of the people to judge men
at their proper worth. Politics will
always be the grazing ground OF the
charlatan and the hypocrite and the
"peddler." In all communities this fact
is made evident all the time Worth
less schemers are elected by the pep-
re wren men with robust natures aud
men who are too honorable to stoop
politician are left in the gloom of pri-
Nate life.
Look around you, people wherever
YOU live or wherever you have lived
and ask yourself II this is not the
truth