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Graham guardian., 1914-10-09


is the financial one. Does it pay in
dollars and cents? How about taxes?
A recent comparison by the writer
of the tax rate of Kansas town
of II 900 people with a license town
. of the same size in Nebraska, showed
that the Kansas town with far bet
ter city improvements had a tax
rate one-third less and a similar
comparison with an Indiana town,
where The saloons have flourished
and dominated the affairs Of the
town fOl forty wears. showed that
the Kansas town paid not quite one
half the tax rate of the saloon
cursed town.
When the law was enacted people
were won't to speak of Bleeding
KanSas The State was new, and
r.. -,h lately devastated by the
grasshOppers. and the people were
poor, but the last census reVerses
the story and makes us one of the
richest States of the Union. The
per capita wealth of Missouri is
about 81, 100, while that of Kansas
is 81, 700.
Recently in travelling across an
adjoining State, banker asked the
writer if he could explain why Kan
sas had so much larger per capita
bank deposits than the bankers own
State. The reply was: Kansans
put their money in the banks, while
you put yours in the saoons!" The
next day in another State college
president asked: How does it
happen that your State has so much
larger per cent of her young people
in colleges than other States do?"
The reply was: Kansans send their
young people to college instead of
the saloons" The third day
Methodist Bishop asked the writer
to account for the fact that the only
three conferences in that connection
in America that made a net gain of
more than thousand the previous
year were in Kansas, and remember
ing the conversation with the bank
er and the college man, the writer
said: We have no saloons to fight"
Anti-Prohibitionists Turned
Down
Then comes the question. are
the people satisfied" Two facts to
prove that they are. First-There
are 1856 newspapers in the State run
for profit, just like newspapers are
elsewhere. and less than ten of them
will accept liquor advertisement.
Second-At the recent primaries
both the republican and democratic
parties had avowed prohibition as
pirants for the nomination of gov
ernor, and both had so called Lib
eral" candidates. In both parties
the avowed prohibitionist won and
in the election the vets were so
"dry-ed" up that they could muster
only three votes in both houses of
the legislature.
Why should the people not be
with the law, when it has
fulfilled every claim that the friends
of such laws make, and when under
it the State has grown, morally,
mentally, physically and financially,
until it stands today in the fore
front of the nation?
EDWIN LOCKE, D. D.
Euclid Ave. Church. Topeka, Kan,
July l. 1918.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-09
Want to Sell %
Your Engine o

Have you a used engine, pump
tank or other equipment that you
would like to turn into cashl We
can do it for you. No sale, no pay.
We have a plan that cannot fail to
result in profit to you whether we
sell your goods or not. Isn't such
a proposition worth looking intoP
We are more than glad to explain.
You take no chances, we do all
the work. Come and see us or
drop us a card and well come
to you.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-09

or but little liquor. make great
strides in moral, mental, physical
and financial lines.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-09
The Clayton
Boot and Shoe
Shop

English, French, German and Ameri-
can Calf, genuine Kangaroo, Kangaroo
Calf, Velour Calf, Vici Kid, Dongola,
Glaze kangaroo, and all the various
colors and shades in calf and kid. as
well as all the different varieties of
Patent Leather, with lining of Chamois
skin, kid or light calf skins, specially
tanned for the purpose, are amongst
the very great variety of materials
used in our new goods.
Chrome Kip, in either black or tan,
is waterproof and is the most expensive
and most durable stock for heavy goods
on the market today and we can fill
orders for any goods of this kind.
Waterproof Sole Leather is steadily
advancing in price, but we are still
using it when called for.
We also carry the best tannages of
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Texas and
California feathers.
Rubber heels and irst-class repairing
a speciality,
As cheap as the cheapest and as good
as the best,
If you don't believe it, just give us a
test.
Vim, Moore Clayton & Son.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-09
NOTICE


CALL FOR BIDS ON wIRF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
Our Drawing Lesson

fishing boat on the sea- Josephinc's
little sister. Mabel, who is only seven
years old. is also becoming interested
in the drawing lessons. Josephine
says: my younger sister, Mabel, has
seen me drawing and she wants to
win the prize, too Give her a
chance" Mabcrs drawing is excel
lent for a sevcn-ycar-old beginner,
and if she continues as we'll as She
has started, she will probably win a
prize some fine day.
Doris Griffoul. Newark, n. J., sent
US a picture Of a stormy looking
ocean, showing in the distance a
lighthouse on the rocks. Doris is
only nine years old, and her picture
is one Of the prize winners. Grace
Tuthill, Goshen, N. Y, also won a
prize for her drawing, and David
Eifcrt, Hopeful Junction, N. Y, won
prize for his, which he names "Old
Faithful" He is referring, OF course,
to the lighthouse, which is sending
out its light to warn the boat Of dan,
gerous rocks near by.
We received other good drawings
from Nicoll +. Brown, New Hart
ford, Conn; William c. Martens,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

you like to know
w about our very youngest
little artist: 1t is Gilmore
Colford, Of Richmond Hill, Long ISL
and. At least, we think she must be
the Youngest, for she is only four
wears old. She sent US picture OF a
lighthouse, showing a red and a
green light. And she drew it all ler-
self-and even addressed the enve'-
ope in which she sent it. We v nder
whether any other Of our oontribu-
tors are as young as Elinore, and we
want all of you to tell us your ages;
il will make the drawings much more
interesting.
Josephine Kean names her picture
"a Storm at Sea-" and she tells us
the following story about it: "a little
girl has been waiting a long time;
she is looking through a spy glass
and sees her father in distress out on
, the ocean. She is going to go out
and help her father, and bring him
home safe and sound" Then she
writes: 81 have made this picture as
active as / could. You will see light
ming in the picture, and the light is
shining from the tower. There is d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
History Of the World Puzzles

No Add and subtract according pictures and viii
able and place of the invasion that A
n September, 1875, by General Schuyler. Al
No add subtract you will be able find out the
the American frgate that by British g ShsH
off the coast of Massachusetts o. June 1, 1913.
nursery represented by last weeks rebus;
songof sixpence, pocket full Of rye;
-Four and twenty bsckbirds baked in q
the was open'd the birds began
hat q dainty dish o before the king!
Correct answers by Alice Hunning Schenectady ~
Dorothy Mausof White Plains Dorothy Dudley ionke ~
Harry B. Foster Ala; Alice Galwey, Newport J.;
Cook Merle Kobbh New York Cityi Katherine
PostB NJ Dowsett Jersey
n j. Matthews, Astoria, Long Island Anna Korn last
Conn., Doris Foster, Northampton, Mass Helen Miller Rocka"ay
Tannenbsum, Brooklyn Robert ck Fort
N " Maury, Nooon, Conn., Grace Tompkn LnondS
Marjorie Swan Milford Murray ThonwOOd ~ VI pOr
Dudley Wnsted Conn; Geddes, Rensselaer, n " L
Vskmskki Montcar, N J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
By JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON


This story will introduce to the
little Tribune readers one Of New
York. foremost child naturalistS,
little GLADYS Ditmars, whose father is
Curator of the Zoo at Bronx Park.
For those Of you who do not kno"
mat what a naturalist is, ! will explain
that IL is one who loves, without fear,
harmless snakes, toads, bugs, flying
insects, birds and other creatures OF
the forest world and cuitivates their
intimate acquaintance.
Gladys is ten years old, with sunny
hair and blue eyes, healthy, happy
qiTI. whose heavy coat OF tan shows
her love for outdoor life. She has
been with her father on many snake
hunting expeditions and he has taught
her all the secrets of snake lite.
She knows the harmless ones well
and is not afraid to handle them as
other children do dolls. She knows
the poisonous ones, but dislikes them
almost as much as the rest OF US do.
Two big African be les a. among her
y pets and interest he., though to Peo-
ple who don't know them well they
seem to be stupid lot.
Her most interesting collection Is
one of night singing insects. She
keepa them hanging in their cage IN
the sunlight all day and at night abe
brings them in to Sing" to her, she
saws. Among them are katydidS,
locusts, humming birds and cricketS.
these insects are awfully hard to
catch" GLADYS related. "They look
SO like leaves themselves and crawl
on the stems to look more like leaves
SO that their enemies cannot fnd
them, therefore it takes great pa
thence and good eyeSight to capture
them. Sometimes my chorus lacks
members, for the insects die very
quickly if kept in a cage"
Riding along q country road with
her father. recently, she was surprised
when he suddenly stopped the auto
mobile and said: Look who's here,
Cladysp and looking out she saw u
big garter. snake stretched across the
road. She knew if he stayed there he
would be run over, and as she did not
have q bag in which to carry him
away she hoped out and tried to
chsse the snake into the bushes. He
was in a bad temper and would not
60, but Gladys was determined to
save his life, and kept on until he
slipped uhwillingly into the bushes.
Gladys spends much time at the
zoo, and knows all about feeding
snakes and what not to do for them.
She will sell you snakes shed their
beautiful skinS because they outgrow
them, just a. children do trousers and
short skirts. She even knows how to
help them do it, so that they will be
comfortable more quickly.
A king snake is her especial pet.
Gladys is shown in the photo with
him. She does not mind his restless
crawling about over her curls and
thinks "he is ever so much more fun
than a doll"
School days will soon take most Of
her time from her pets, but If any Of
you are at the Bronx Zoo on any
bright sunny Saturday and see little
blond hsired girl carefully and quiet.
" searching the bushes and tail grass
In the nsishborhood of the Reptile
House, yon will know that it is Gladys
bunting fer more singing insects for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

1T sometimes happens, don't you know,
The dreams ne have at night
Are filled with horrid dreadful shapes
That give us such fright.
They run along the tpindow sill,
They jump down on the floor,
And when you think they've gone away,
They're hidin' hind the door,
Some folks wiH tell you that its pie,
Or cake, or apples green,
That make you see such awfuL shapes
Where none at all have been.
I'm not afraid of fairies, much,
And course they cant hurt me,
But all these other great big things
Are scary as can be-
The COLLINS lire down by the brook,
The Brownies in the trees,
But Father says these great big things,
Lipe in the holes in CHEESE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

Bronsveld. Cornwall, N. Y; Leona
Koblish, New York City; Catherine
Cook, New York City; Maude Van
Saun, Jersey City, N. J.; Elizabeth
Viskmiskki, Montclair, N. J.; Kath-
ryn Cox. Orange. n J.; Adele Pet
tie, Brooklyn, y. Y; Richard Davis,
Rutherford, n. J.; Mabel Kean,
Josephine Kcan. New York City;
Helen Rice, Stockbridge, Mass; Will
lam NJ. Epple, Paterson, n. J.; Lois
Browne, East Orange, n. j.; Katha-
rine Irving, Bayside, Long Island;
Helen Trenz, New York City; Re-
becca Sharp, Rutherford, N. j.;
Maria Secor, New York City; Doro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

thy Curtis, Hoboken, N. J.; Leroy
Schenck, Mount Vernon, N. ";
Elizabeth Roraback, Springfield,
Mass.
Probably none of you have ever
seen a camel in his native country,
Egypt, but, doubtless, all OF you have
seen one at some time or other-at
the ZOO, or perhaps, in a circus. To-
day we are showing you two draw
ings OF camel on the desert-both
alike-except that the second one is
shaded. After you have drawn
these two pictures, draw another
showing, perhaps, caravan crossing
the desert, or group of tourists
looking at the Sphinx or the Egyp-
tlan pyramids. You know, of course,
that people who cross the huge Afri-
can deserts must travel on the backs
Of camels. Send us the three pict-
tres 50 they will reach Us not later
than Thursday morning. And for the
best three we will give awards OF 81
each. Address the Editor OF the
Children's Page, New York Tribune.
The addresses of three OF our prize
winners, John Jackson, Elizabeth
Thompson and Adelaide Burt, have
been lost in the office. If they will
send us their addresses, we will be
glad to send their prizes to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

Demarcst, Point Pleasant, N. j.;
Grace Hulsizer, Elizabeth, ~ j.;
Ralph Neubrand, Tarrytown, N. ";
Helen White and Ruth White, Long
Branch, n. J.; Lavinia Kleinfelder,
New York City; Edward J. Hogan,
Sea Cliff, Long Island; Dorothy
Mausolff, White Plains, n. Y; Helen
Hacker, Jersey City, n. J.; William
Freschi, Oakland, n. J.; Evelyn Mar
riott and Frank Marriott, Woodha-
ven, Long Island; Louis Fink, Carl
stadt, n. J.; John Jackson, Brook
Ign, n. Y; Elizabeth Morrow,
Quogue, Long Island; Theodore
Freschi, Oakland, N. J.; Florence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

Rabbit took them out to nearby
wheat field to give them thc'r iIrst
lessons in rabbit history.
Nov, my dears,' said Mrs. Rab-
bit. you are old enough to begin
vour education. &c quiet, and listen
TO what have TO say
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
BY ROYAL DIXON.

FRS. RABBIT and her five little
N babies lived among the sand
hills down by the sea. Their
cosey home was small cave III the
side OF the hill, and IT had two sepa-
latc entrances. ono at each end.
These assured her escape i'll case r
dog or weasel entered her home.
One evening. when her children
were about three weeks old, Mrs.
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rection without having stood up !"
surveyed the land. As a result !. :
found only his bones on the hlls..
the next day. II is supposed thal :
ran right in the direction OF allou'
dog and was easily trapped. DCs'
arc very clever, and often hunt I"
gcthcr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

Panama Pacific International Expo
sition at San Francisco next year.
His name will be Pcrcival Pommc-
line Tchabod Eatemalivc. He and
Miss Panama Tmogen Equalrights,
the biggest toys ever made, will
guard "Toyland Grown-up," great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

distance from such a position she
continued, and it is we'll to never
run until you have taken in the situ-
alton. Many rabbits have lost their
lives by failing to observe that
simple precaution, Once your Uncle
Cotton Tail heard a dog coming,
and turned to run in the opposite di-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
Big, Wise Father Rabbit.

First. let me tell you OF your
father. He was the handsomcst big
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

The Tin soldier, ,hocs vii x
high enough for a man to stand .
in. and after the ,ightsccr passes n@
the toe OF Pcrcy's shoe he VIII 2
able to ascend by winding staHeis
to the great cuirass that crowns /"
head OF the indomitable soldier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
STUDY FOR COMPOSITION PICTURE.

College Point, Long Island; w. F.
Colford and Gilmore Coliord, Rich
mond Hill, Long Island; Dorothy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
Teaching the Baby Rabbits

brown rabbit that lived on this MIL
side. He had large brown eyes, and
his long trumpct-like ears that could
detect tho slightest noise, stood up
like two great flowers. His hand
some brown fur was just the shade OF
brown wheat or brown grass in the
autumn. And this made it very easy
for him to hide from dog; without
being seen.
But don't think he was coward!
A drawer rabbit never lived. The
ncighbors never gov tired 81 telling
how he once rid rabbit iand-that Is
what we call this wheat iicId-of 4
bothersomc dog. 1t was this way:
Once he returned to his burrow be-
low the hill over there and discov-
cred, by means OF his keen sense Of
smell, that terrier dog was in the
burrow He Immediately called for
a friend, and together they closed up
the entrances to the burrow and
smothercd the dog to death. That's
what call bravery. And that's the
kind OF father you had. The world
will expect much OF children OF your
parcntagc.
Your father and frst met on the
hillside ono evening, and VIC liked
each other at once. Every evening
after, we would meet out there 10
play hidc-and-scck in the grass and
sand, and had so much fun together
than We decided to get married. Per-
haps he will come to see you some
day, and | want you to be 50 smart
and handsome that he will be proud
OF you.
But | have said enough about
your father, and now | must teach
you some Of the wise things he knew.
He learned at an early age that
each rabbit must procure his own
food, and has many foes to shun. To
do these things ono must have
sharp wit.
Never Go Near a Trap.
always sleep during the day
while most other animals arc prowl-
ing about, and come out only on
evenings when it is cool to seek your
food. Youfg wheat, fresh onions.
lettuce and cabbages make splendid
food for rabbits. Of course, it is
rather dangerous to cultivate such
expensive tastes, for lettuce and
onions usually grow only in gardens
and people arc apt to set traps 10
catch YOU. SO be careful never 10
90 near a trap, or bite at anything
that looks as though man had placed
il there for you. 1t is said that your
father pridcd himself on destroying
traps.
Our family is greatly blessed by
being both watchful and swift. Just
watch mo how | can run" At this
Mrs. Rabbit sprang to her feet, and
over the field she went like light
ming. The children stared in won
dcrmcnt, and then shouted for glce
at their mothers rapidity. Finally
Mrs. Rabbit returned as quickly as
she had departed.
Now, that is the way you must
learn to run. And the next most
necessary thing to acquire is the
ability to stand upon your hind legs
like this" To their amusement. Mrs.
Rabbit stood up like walking dog
or bear.
"An enemy can be seen at a long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
THE WORLDS LARGEST SOLDIER

GALLANT grenadier nine
ty feet in height will
bravely defend Toyland,
one OF the features Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06

her chorus. Perhaps, Il you love in.
sects, she may let you help her find
come, showing you how to start
collection Of your own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
Shoes as Large as a Man.

twelyc-aCrc concession IN
Zone az San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-16
HUNTER
IS DROWNED

A half-submerged rowboat,
with two holes In the bottom APP
parently caused by the discharge
OF a shotgun. and a hunters hat
under one of the seats. was found
drifting in the East Passage nesr
Dash point yesterday afternoon.
II is believed to be evidence %
the fate Of some Tacoma sports
man. =
The rowboat was discovered by
Harry Munter. a Tacoma hunter,
who was ON a duck hunting ex-
petition with friends yesterday.
Munter reported his find to the
police.
IN the bottom of the boat, be-
sides the hunters hat, seven M
exploded shotgun shells. Ihere
were no marks of Identification
on the boat or In the hat, aud
Mnnter, after pulling the water
soaked craft on the beach. left
II there above the high water
mark.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-16

When Lewis Kraft, political
Boss In Cincinnati and right
hand man Of Boss Cox, reach
ed middle life years ago, he dis.
covered that he was tired of hum
drum domesticity and he sought
solace in spiritualistic seances.
From a sweetheart OF his youth,
long dead. he received spirit mes
sages. The spirit voice whis-
pered OF spirit child" that
would come to him as a precious
token of his lost love. Mrs.
Plymouth Weeks. medium,
voiced the spirit messages, and
they told Kraft that Mrs. Weeks
would be physical mother to
his spirit child
Left Fortune.
A child was presented to Kraft
and he acknowledged II as his
own. When he died six months
ago he bequeathed 1t part OF HE
fortune.
Immediately after the terms OF
the will became known, Mrs. Dora
Funk-Guien, wife OF a farmer at
7
Washington @. H., o.. brought
habeas corpus proceedings to re-
cover the spirit child" which
she claims is hers. She says she
gave 1t to Mrs. Weeks at It's birth
because she was then unable to
support II.
And Dora Funk-Guien has more
than her mere word to offer In
proof OF her motherhood. She
will bring into court her two sons,
Samuel and Lorenzo, who, he
claims, are brothers of Lewis
Kraft, jr,, and sons of the same
father. She will ask the Judge
to compare the three boys and
note the striking resemblance
they bear to each other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-16
| N Ia
Murder
I r. / A L

Mrs. Claude II. Mead, Wild
Ow of the Tacoma aarber
who was slain I'm "a lark
street near his home I'm the
South End last July, was the
first witness for the state I'm
the trial of Herbert Inlay,
feeble minded newsboy
charged with the crime.
The jury was easily secured
this morning and Mrs. Mead was
called to the stand at O'Clock
today. She told the same story
of the killing of her husband as
she recited to the police OH the
night of the murder.
The trial is before Judge NJ. L.
Clifford.
Although Inlay, who is 81 years
old, dwarfed in stature and in
mind, gave himself up to the po-
lice and confessed to the crime. |;
was indicated today that his coun.
sci will repudiate the confession.
inlay will rely upon an insanity
defense. He has twice been a pa.
tient in the Fort Steilacoom asy-
lum.
Mind Was Crazed.
1t is probable that Inlay's at
torney, Frank Riley, will contend
that Inlay read so much of the
Mead murder case in the news
papers that his feeble intellect he.
came obsessed with the idea that
he himself had committed the
crime. Laboring under mental
excitement, Inlay went to the DO.
lice station fortnight or so after
the murder and said that he had
killed Mead.
Il want to be locked up" he
said, so that | will not harm
anybody else"
Mead was walking on the street
with his wife and little daug lighter.
when man suddenly dartcd
from an area-way and shot him.
He fell to the ground and was
dead when persons living nearby
fastened to the scene, drawn by
the screams of young Mrs. Mead.
Alienist Witness.
Inlay has been repeatedly ex-
amined by DR.. j. w. Smoke, the
alienist, and DR.. Smoke will be a
witness for the defense. Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney Askren
will ask for conviction of MUIR
der in the first degree, 1t was in
Dictated today.
1t is believed that the case will
be finished this week.