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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
new KANSAS RAILROAD

state Grants Bond Rights to Anthony
e Northern in the Southwest.
The state utilities commission grant,
ed rights to the Anthony & Northern
railroad for the issuance OF s.. 900 in
stocks and bonds for the construction
of line. standard gauge, from Iuka
to Larned, Kan. The road IL built be-
tween Pratt and Iuka, distance of
nearly eight miles.
The rights include the selling Of $500,
600 preferred stock. 100000 common
stock and $500. 600 bonds The road
must build In six mile allotments with
an issue Of $780, In each construction
gap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
FOUR -C0RNERED FlGHT
Commission Govegnment t1ae Main r.
su0 In X. G. Election.

KAsas City, April 7.-Commisuaoa
government II the big issue In todaVo
municipal election. which opened with
brisk voting.
Although tho skies were overcase
and a cold damp wind blowing from
the north, leaders of all parties de-
clared they expected . heavy vote to
be cast. The polls opened at q m.
and will close at p. m.
| Not In . score OF years has q city
e1ectfon attracted such interest. This
probably II due to the tntroduction
into the campaign Of q non-perttsnn
ticket. pledged to commisBion govern
ment Tho Democrats, whose stand
ard-bearer. Mayor Henry L Jost seeks
reelection, have conferred their fight
upon the non-partisan ticket. The
Democrats arc opposed to commieuto0
government. Clarence A. Burton, an
alderman, II tho non-partisan candi-
date for mayor.
The progressive party. with Joseph
Pfontron as its mayoralty candidate,
favors commission government and
declares 1t has the only plan through
which tho new rule can be secured.
The Republican party with Harry d.
Barker. az its nominee for mayor, pro-
poses If successful, to put into effect =
simpliffed form of government reduc-
ing the membership of tho council.
G. G. Grant 10 the socialist candidate
for mayor.
To offset the fact that the non-par-
tisans will have no judges or clerks in
the voting booth scores of citizens
have volunteered to act as watchers.
The police commissioners have also
detailed an extra force of officers to
the voting places.
During the campaign that closed
last night. women got their first ex-
perience in local politics. Tho Wo-
mems non-partisan movement was or
ganized at the beginning Of the cam
paign. It's membership was $50. al
though the women could not vote.
meetings were held throughout the
city and women workers canvassed the
wards checking up voters. Municipal
elections also are being held today IN
Joplin, st. Joe and Seda1ia, Mo-. ~
well AZ through many Of the smaller
cities Of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
THEY BREAK EVEN.
"Wets'' and "Drys" Each Capturo
Two Counties in Michigan.

Detroit. April 7.-Additional returns
received today from yesterdays local
option election in II Michigan counties
revealed that each of the opposing fac
tions won two counties from the other.
Wexford county. which was conceded
to the drys .ast night. went wet By
four votes. The vets also captured
Clare county from the drys and the lat
ter took Roscommon county, ana Ing
ham county, in which Lansing. the
state capital is located, and which was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
BIG WHEAT CROP
Condition Is 10 Points Above
Ten-Year Average.
And Four Above the Same Date
Last Year.

condition OF winter wheat on Aprfi
was Ss.e per cent y normal COM
pared with SIS last year. sos In 1912,
and 8b.7 the ten years average the
department of agriculture reported to-
day.
There was decline in conditions
from December 4, 1913 to April I Of
l.6 points as compared with an aver
age decline in the past ten years of
3.5 points between these dates.
me average condition of rye on
April 4 was 91.3 per cent of a normal
against 1913 last year, S7.9 In 1912 and
1872. the average condition for the
past ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
ARMY CAPTAIN INJURED
Fen OFF Horse 1t Ft. Riley Training
Sc11OOA-UncOnDci0u

Junction City. Kan, April Capt.
Richmond. senior Instructor in equfta-
ton at the mounted service school Tt.
Riley was severely injured yesterday
while riding with his class. Captain
Richmond's horse fell while making q
Jump. He was knocked unconscious
bv fha fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
UNDERWOOD Wins.

He Defeats HObson for Nomination to
the U. S. Senate.
Birmingham, Ala. April RE-
turns from yesterdays Democrat prf-
maries in this state still were far from
complete early today, but available
figures seemed to indicate that Oscar
w. Underwood had defeated Rich
mond Pearson Hobson by a substan-
tial vote for the office Of United States
senator from Alabama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Cloudy tonight and Wednesday
freezing temperature tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Continued on Pags Two.l
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

and the sun comes out hot and walls
are warmed the ensilage is produced
at the proper temperature
AS salesman for the Weyerhaeuser
silo [ claim that we can build our
silos cheaper than other silo COM
pany for the reason that we cut our
own lumber and save middlemen'
profits. l have seen Is or 20 kinds of
home made silos which we're not salts
factory because their builders did not
know how to build them or how to
properly fill them when built.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
content as in it's succulence.

content as m It's SuccuIence.
Dried beet pulp is particularly ap.
preciated by farmers and owners of
small herds, who could not afford to
build a silo to supply green feed for
a few COWS. 1t also has special and
unique value in sections where alfalfa
is plentiful and cheap, because it is
just what is needed with alfalfa to
make good ration, and it has been
very badly needed.
e. w. M.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
CHE Horle.
Continued from page %. J

canvas, tapped. The canvas and quar-
ter inch tape should be shrunk at the
same time as the goods. Cut the can
vas for revere and down the front in
one piece, then haste the tape all
around the reveres; mark with a rule
and lead pencil just where the revere
is to turn over and haste tape there
keeping it very straight. The tape in
any place must not be puckered or
pulled. When finished lay into posi-
ton on wrong side of goods and COM
mence on line of tape that marks the
turning of reveres to put in tailor
tacks. These tacks are long stitch
on top about three fourths inch and
a short one underneath. Lay rows of
these tacks one half inch apart. After
this is done, the whole revere or lapel
is covered, cut the material an inch
wider if it is ravelly. Turn the coat
so the canvas is from you and fold
cloth over, working 1T smooth with
the fingers while basting with lose
stitches. Trim off, then dampen the
turned part and press carefully. For
be a piece a seam larger all around
than the canvas. The front should be
turned under, the piece laid next the
canvas and the edges slipped-stitche
carefully together. The back edge
is turned over the canvas. The can
vas should be cut off so it won't be
double when the hem is turned up.
The collar should be cut out OF can
vas and fitted to the neck before the
outside is cut. We should add that
the middle of the pattern should be
put on a bias edge and another part
cut SO the bias will run the same way
on both sides of the collar. Ii it is
not cut this way it will pull out of
shape. After fitting tailor tack to
under side, turn edges and press like
fronts. Put on upper side with slip
stitches then press. Do not tape can
vas for collar. A piece OF tapped can
vas shonld be put in the sleeves the
width of the hem. Do not turn the
canvas anywhere in a seam. Just
fold the cloth over it.
In sewing the seams use the guage
so the seam will be perfectly straight.
Stitch edge of collar and fronts one
inch or so from the edge to give nice
finish.
These directions will help anyone
over the hardest part of simple
spring coat where the sleeves run to
the neck and the collar fits over down
to the reveres. One can't make a
finished looking garment without do
ing this part properly, and giving
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
POSITION WANTED

By middle aged man, Agricultural
College graduate. Practical expert
ence dairy and fruit. Wages reason
able. Address, Farmer" care The
Ranch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
SILOs In WESTERN WASHINGTON.

Western Washington who owns ten
or more COWS but what is thinking of
building a silo this year or next
Many of them are postponing the
purchasing of same with the fear that
their cutting machine and engine for
putting the ensilage into the s1lo
will cost too much. However, this
difficulty is obviated in many places
by the fact that certain farmers are
anxious to supply the engines and
the cutting machines on contract
basis, thus obviating the necessity
of buying these implements. Occa-
sionally four or five join forces IN
the purchasing of the cutter and en-
CINE. Many farmers are hesitating
because of the lack of knowledge OF
the selection of the crop to put In.
1t would be we'll for those who con-
template building silo to write to
the state experiment station and get
advice on this matter. However,
there are certain crops that silo well
together and the following rules
should be carefully lived up to:
Under no consideration should any
of the legumes; viz, alfalfa, clover
COW peas and soy beans be sliced
whole. There is not enough sugar IN
these to afford the production OF
sufficient Aid to prevent fermenGa-
ton. The incipient stage OF decay,
particularly high protein content OF
the legumes. begin before the preserv-
ing acids get started and muckv'
black, foul smelling mass is the re-
suit. Some farmers are feeding such
stuff to their cattle and apparently
the cattle are satisfied after they have
formed an appetite for same, but it
is extremely detrimental to their
teeth and if continued doubtless their
teeth will all come out.
The following mixtures silo we'll
and make very nearly balanced ra-
ton: Alfalfa and rye, clover and
timothy, clover and wheat, clover
and oats, oats and vetch, oats and
peas, corn alone, corn and COW peas,
corn and soy beans. Silage ripens
somewhat after the manner of cheese
and as the fbers soften it becomes
more digestible, particularly the
protein portion. In good silaRe the
fiavors are agreeable and help to
keep the COWS in good condition.
The ripening process occupies from
three to four days.
Quite a number of farmers are put
ting in grain and grasses without
cutting and where properly mixed
the process is quite successful. The
operation is slower than when the cut
grasses are blown in, but still is quite
successful. When put in whole the
grasses should be packed thoroughly
at the outside, keeping the outsides
banked up high and the center low,
in the form of saucer.
The cement silo is not as satisfactory
in Western Washington as they are in
some of the eastern states. The
writer attributes this largely to the
Good nights. In Western Washington
the temperature ranges between 80
and 60 degrees at night. Concrete
collects great deal of moisture at
this temperature. AS the sun comes
- A. x~oo;ekuro 10 ovanOratad and
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
and

careful attention to stitching and
pressing
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
FARMERS CLASSIFIED COLUMN.
Two cents per word each insertion,
MISCELLANE

FORD AUTOMOBILE OWNERS = Free cata
logue. All supplies. Attractive prices.
Write at once. Consumers Auto supply o.,
Advertisers Bldg, Chicago. 7-2tp
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
FARMS WANTED.

YARNS WANTED. We have direct buyers.
L Don't pay commissions. Write describing
property, naming lowest price. We help buyers
locate desirable property Free. American In
vestment Association, 81 Palace Bldg, Mime
apOliS Mimi,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

CTOCK for sale, place for rent. "a head cat
- tie, 3 horses, farm implements, etc. for sale
Small house, large barn, % acres for rent. L.
d. Cooper, O'Brien, Wash. 6.2t
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

CACRIFICE SALE-Five acres near Cow Lake,
- $500. FOR RENT-Five acres one mile from
Kent, well improved, $780, Kent Trading Co.,
inquire M. t. Ryerson. 72t
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

| MTANTED-Severa honest, industrious people
| w to distribute Farm Literature; salary $50
per month Prof J. L. Nichols, Dept. l6,
| Napervile Ill. tic
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

D EGISTERED Berkshire pigs. $1,000 each at
N weaving time. W. d. Good, Mt Vernon,
Wash l-tf
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
WORSHIP STRANGE GODS

A land where strange native gods
are still worshiped is the Eket dis
trict of southern Rhodesia, 'fthe
Land of the Ibibios." In the Kwa
lbo estuary, where the perfect sand
is strewn with cleaning shells, come
at low tide Eket and Ibeno maids
who, casting off their robes, kneel on
the edge of the foam to pray to the
sea goddess, Uman Ibeno, to send
them husbands. Men, too, come to
plead, with arms outsretched, her
help in unexpected difficulties OF
danger. To all who seek her aid the
goddess ordains a sacrifice of white
cocks and hens, varying in number
according to the riches of the petit
toner. III
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
CHAT ELS.

The word "chattels" is of French
origin and means goods of any kind.
Chattels we're originally divided into
real and personal chattels.
Chattels real were property an
nexed to or concerning real estate,
as lease for years for land. Per-
sonal chattels were such things as
were movable, as animals, jewelry,
grain, machinery, goods and property
of like kind. Chattel mortgages
were not in use as early as real es-
tate mortgages, and the reason is
that at first all property of value
was in the land.
The first use of personal property
as security for the payment of debt
was by putting the property up as
a pledge, in which case the creditor
held the property and returned it tc
the owner when the money was paid
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
OLD SHOE FolLs PICKP0CKET
Philadelphia Girl, Wedding Guest,
With "Good Luck Emblem"
ealkS Thief.

Only the quick eye and ready arm
of Miss Catharine Lee, young and
charming wedding guest, saved Will
liam Zeidler, just married, from hav-
ing his pocket picked as he led his
bride from her home, 17O6 North
Eighth street, where they had just
been married, to the automobile
which was to whisk the pair away
on their honeymoon.
Miss Lee, with other guests, stood
outside the door after the wedding,
forming a gauntlet through which
the bridal couple passed in a shower
of rice. She had a shoe in her hand,
which she intended to throw for good
luck. AS she was bracing herself for
the throw she saw stranger deftly
slip his hand into the bridegroom's
hip pocket. She brought the shoe
down upon the strangers face with
shout of "Thiefw which caused the
would-be pickpocket to flee, with
forty or more guests in pursuit.
After a chase of several blocks the
man was caught. = Philadelphia
North American.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
ABslN7HE SEEN As EVIL
PIous Old Moor Even Gees so Fer -
TO Describe II az an Invention
Of Satan.

"Absinthe is an invention OF the
evil one," earnestly reclared an old
Moor to whom trader tried to ex-
plain the tyrannous nature OF Cen
eral Lyautey's order forbidding the
sale of absinthe in Morocco.
"On its roots he pours the blood
of a peacock; then, when the leaves
begin to grow, he sprinkles them
with the blood Of a monkey; then
he dips the stalks in the blood OF a
bear; lastly he mingles with the juice
of the plant the blood of a pig.
$50 that when the faithful drinks
absinthe, at the first glass his ap-
petite awakes, and he arises, proud
as a peacock; at the second glass ne
becomes excited and gesticulates like
monkey; at the third he becomes
quarrelsome and spiteful, like q
bear; at the fourth he becomes be-
sotted and falls to the earth and rolls
like hog in the mire.
"May Allah protect US, Sid Lyau-
tey is right"
In that connection it is depress-
ing to note that the saddest state OF
affairs prevails in Belgium, where
absinthe has become practically the
national beverage. 1t has often been
asserted that the physique and NOR
ais of Belgians make them the least
attractive people in Europe,-E1-
change.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
RICHES IN AMAZON VALLEY
Rubber Planters Have Learned Need
Of Producing Their Own Supplies,
and Prosperity Has Followed.

at will be long time before the
supply of rubber in the Amazon
valley has been exhausted, notwith-
standing the cry of prophets that the
days of rubber prosperity have ended
forever" declared R. W. Hardy OF
Valparaiso, Chile, at Washington.
SIN February of this year, as COM
pared with the preceding month, the
shipments increased by nearly
100000 pounds, or 60 per cent
The rejuvenvation of the industry
in Brazil is assured; also in the east
ern provinces of Peru. Some months
ago a man named La Toree estab-
lished a rubber plantation OF $4,000
trees, 10000 of which were fourteen
years old. This is not the only plan
tation, however, that has been estab'
lished. There are scores OF Them
scattered through Brazil. Inc long-
continued depression in the rubber
market, far from disheartening rub
Der producers, taught them the
much-needed lesson of not only pro-
ducing rubber, but enough addl'
tional products to supply them with
food and some reserve crops.
SIN other words, the Amazon val
ley has been taught economy. The
experts had said that Amazon rub
Der could not possibly be produced
under a certain minimum price, and
the highest factor in their calcula
tons was the heavy cost of supplies
in a region where all supplies wer'
imported from markets 1000 miles
distant. This factor has now beer
eliminated. The Amazon valley Il
growing its own supplies in ore o
the most beneficent climates on tn
face of the earth"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
MAKES GOOD USE OF LAsso
Barge Captain In New York River
Keeps Rope Handy for "klds Al
ways Tumbllna In"

Capt. William Brockway, in charge
of the Mary Mccarthy, a grain
barge, lying at Sixty-third street and
the East river, believes in being pre-
pared for all emergencies, SO when
John Caciopo fell off the stringpiece
and came up gurgling and yelling
as loud as his seyen-year lungs would
let him the captain merely smiled.
Every one else ran around wildly.
"That's easy" commented the cap
tain. He stepped to the cabin and
took from its peg one of the numer-
GUS coils of rope hanging there. He
arranged it quickly but carefully,
whirled a big loop around his head
few times and then dropped nice
round circle over the suffering boys
head. He gave the rope couple of
quick jerks, the moose frightened, and
in less than a minute from the time
the boy had gone overheard the cap
tain was pulling him out of the
water.
Policeman Brown had summoned
Doctor Beard from Flower hospital,
but when the physician arrived about
all the boy needed was good spank
ing. His mother looked willing and
capable for that duty.
Il always have rope with moose
ready in summer" said Captain
Brockway, as they took the boy away
"Kids are always tumbling into the
water-and I'm always pulling 'em
out."-New York Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
THE GARDEN VARIETY.

A slim chicken, who was so thin
that she nicked the counter where she
leaned against it, trickled up to the
hosiery department of Sixteenth
street store and said:
"Cawn you give me a pair Of hose
that won't bag at the knees?"
Name shifted her chicle against
her back molars, ozzed wise slant
over the customer and replied list
lessly:
"Not unless yuh take garden hose y
Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
THE LIMIT.

Saint it orful," observed Weary
Waggles, show little sense some guys
has got?"
"Umhuh," assented Dusty Rhoades.
"Can youse imagine bloke as stu
pid as dem rich New Workers, what
has t go t a school of philanthropy
t learn how t give money away%-
Puck.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
HER POST.

Mare ret-How does your friend
Mrs. Brown stand on the suffrage
question?
Anna-She's doing picket duty.
Margaret-Doing picket duty
what, for suffrage?
Anna-Oh, no she's on the fence.
Christian Register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
OVER THE TELEPHONE WIRES.

Excitable Party Cat telephone)-
Hello! Who is this? Who is this,
say!
Man at Other End Haven't got
time to guess riddles. Tell me your.
self who you are.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
GOOD AND BAD ART.

"Did that militant suffragette
damage your picture?"
at depends on which one she
slashed. Maybe she improved it."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
A JOYOUS TIME.

SLOW was your vacation, Patrice?"
Zone continuous dip! When we
were not dipping in the ballroom we
were dipping in the surf"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
THAT'S IT.

Church-What is rhetoric?
Gotham Why, l believe it is
something a man has to use when
proposing marriage to a Boston
school teacher.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
The FIRST THOUGHT.

C2ar-Did that bomb jar you, my
dear?
Czarina- Dreadfully. Ismy head
on straight
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
LITERALLY.

'He gave me but bald statement
about that business affair"
"What did he say"
"That its fate hung on a hair"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
IN BOTH SENSES.

"When money talks what does it
say?"
81 guess its principal remark is
Buy-buy.'"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
ITS KIND.

did you see where a man bet he
could use his safety razor while in
midair in his acceptance
"I'll bet that was a close shave"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
EXPLAINED.

"Why is there so much bowling
over the decline of the drama?"
81 suppose it is because they VIII
by it on the dog"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
QUITE DIFFERENT.

"Are you going to rusticate this
SUMMER"
mo; just going to have a quiet
time in the country
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
HIS FACULTIES.

GLOW could that singer utter
forged notes?''
81 suppose because his voice was
thorough bass"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06

Kidder-Bragger doesn't under
estimate any of his own qualities.
Katherine-Yes, he does.
Kidder-Which one?
Katherine-His stupidity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
HIS REGRETS.

Glow do you like the young lady's
execution on the piano ?"
81 am sorry for the music she is
numbering"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06

De Quiz-What do you call the
man that drives an automobile?
De Whiz-Well, it depends largely
upon ones religious scruples and
command of language.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
ITS LOCALITY.

"Pop. l want to know something"
swell, jimmy"
"Is the washing of the waves done
on the seaboard?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-08-06
Under New Management

We have purchased the South Side Blacksmith Shop
and have taken possession Weare prepared to do all
kinds of blacksmith work. We will appreciate your
patronage.
Respectfully,
VAN GIBSON & SON