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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
December, 1915

said everything was harmonious, and
that they'd get all fixed up tomorrow
and have a nice peaceable time with
everybody feeling good. What kind OF
a story did you boys writef"
my Godi" said Sessions as he looked
at Walker with mingled CONSERVATION
and credulity, IF you wired that kind
of story, you'd better go and fix II
up. It's cinch that these fellows are
never going to get together. They're.
going to try to have two conventions
in one room at the same time tomorrow
and If they get through without some
broken heads and bloody noses 1t will
be miracle. And that's what all the
rest of us are saying in the morning
papers"
Bert reflected for a moment, scratch
ing his head and looking at his watch.
Then he said: We'll, its so late now
that 1 guess I'll let 1t go. Don't know as
it would be good thing for us all to
have the same kind of story anyhow.
And he did.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
A Shifting View
Point

CONTINUED from, page three)
it. And it didn't cost anything The
doctor did it for the advertising and
I've told the neighbors.'
Mr.. Trueberry made a strange noise
in his throat.
eNow the whole town knows it,
Mary"
Henry, you're jealous!"
I'm steady church-going man but
- Some sort of an inward struggle
prevented him finishing.
Mrs. Trueberry was Mortified.
Don't you know that's wicked?" she
asked fearfully." Jealousy is a green
eyed monster. Cast it out Of your soul
Henry. Remember you're deacon"
Mr.. Trueberry's color had vanished
and his face was strangely white and
set.
The doorben rang and as the last
tingle died out his wife stepped to the
door. Her husband hesitated a moment
and then sprang after her, his hands
clenching and relaxing nervously.
Come right in, DOCTOR" Mrs. True
berry said cordially as she held the door
open Henry, this is Doctor Arnold
Doctor Martha Arnold"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

TIME people of Washington have
more to talk about at this open
- ing of Congress than they have
had for many years, but the COM
ing wedding of President Wilson to Mrs.
Gault is still the leading topic. There
are those who approve and think that
the President should have waited a
little longer, then there are others who
are pleased that it is to occur before
January LIST, because they believe 1t
means a great social season and there
has been but little doing in a social
way, since President Wilson was in
augurated. The several weddings have
not been enough to satisfy the social
set of Washington and they are ex-
pecting great things at the White
House when the new First Lady" takes
hold. They expect her to set a pace
that will bring joy to the social crowd.
The newspapers are very much worried
over two points, the first is in regard
to the manner of delivery of the invita-
lions, should they be sent by mail or
should they be delivered in person. OF
course this will all be ironed out before
the wedding but it is generally believed
here that those who receive invitations
will not question the manner of deliv-
cry and those SO unfortunate as not to
be invited will not be interested
The second is in regard to the pres
ents- The President cannot receive
presents of any kind and If any pres
ents are sent to the White House, they
will be kept there. 1t is said that there
are several articles around the White
House that were sent to former Presi-
dents. So any reader intending to send
present had better send it to Mrs Gault
The Senators and Members of Con-
gress are doing much talking and much
more thinking on the question of pre-
paredness. How the money necessary
to carry out the program is to be
raised, Is calling no little trouble.
The Secretary of the Treasury, who by
the way, is the son-in-law of President
Wilson, has given his plan to the pub
lie. 1t includes a continuance of the
present war tax and would add many
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
GROCERIES

An Englishman rode in a palace car
And his mind was in daze,
AS he turned and asked a traveller
What they did with all the maize
The answer came with mock surprise
AS the drummer sized his man;
THE corn you see they raise to eat.
And what they can't they can
3'B' Jove! that's goodi" quoth the
foreigner,
And he thought of applause he'd win.
But he told of maize they raise to eat
"And what they can't they TIN"
1T is well to think well 1t is divine
to act we'll Mdnn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

table down home where we can play all
we want to for nothing. Come on down
and spend the afternoon 1t is a well
recognized fact that the boy is not go
ing to seek out a rather lax gambling
den in which to spend his evenings
when he can play all he wishes in his
own home. 1t isn't the game, it is the
surroundings that count.
We know of a certain farm home
where there are several boys all of the
half-grown-run-about-ag And yet these
boys are the best contented lot you will
see in many country neighborhood in
the matter of staying at home. They
do not hike off for town every weekend
evening for they do not need to. The
parents have always provided whatever
games and sporting goods were within
their means and the boys invited their
friends to come over and visit AS they
grew older more grown up games had
to be adopted to satisfy their love for
sport. Tennis and baseball outfits have
been purchased. Then one memorable
evening one of the boys was caught in
a pool room. He was Enthusiastically q
minor and there was trouble. His lust
for sport had carried him behind the
forbidden doors. Now there was moth
ing bad about this pool room 1t all
came about through the fact that a GER
tain town ordinance required that boys
under a certain age stay out of its hall
and the proprietor was law abiding
enough to enforce the ordinance. The
parents talked the matter over and pur-
chased a billiard table after getting
promise of the boys to play all their
billiards at home in the future.
All our Y. M. c. AS have recognized
the entertaining features of billiards
and purchased tables for their rooms.
Far better that young men and boys
should play these games in the open
hall of the Christian organization than
in the low dives connected with a ques-
tionable resort Better that we should
purchase the table and play In the farm
home than that the boys be led of into
the mazes of the city beyond our ken.
The boy will not brave the contact of
evil associates in order to play these
games when he can play In his own
home for nothing. We are not starting
the boy on the downward road by letting
him play billiards in the farm home
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

When he goes away from home he will
seek out the Y. M. G. A. or other public
halls in which to play rather than the
vulgar crowd.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

TIME people of Washington have
more to talk about at this open
Il ing of Congress than they have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
FREE THOUGHT AND FREE SPEECH
1 RrHonoxY Is mv doxx; but heterodox,

k6N RTHODOxY IS my doxy; but heterodoxy the other s8A fellows doxy' Thus somebody referred to the stctl1 weakness, which makes all impatient with The attempt to make everybody orho do Those have been orthodox, who held power; those held it have sometimes into when they their turnbe orthodox and sometimes prosecutors also.
 the unpleasant medieval custom of those who machinery of it against anybody whose views not regarded with pleasure
 crucified in it's view dangerous to the state The New Eng regarding the Hutchinpn Contemporary opinion frequently regarded him demagogue and.a dangerous agitator.
 than with ideas, the minds of stupid in poll cal could conceive other for ideas not that they from the devil Tprtur agitatofs thus natural landSconafortng duty.
 II took centuries eibbet stake many orthodox heterodox repeatedly slaughtered each other before t the idea that the right to think should Z be enjoyed by everybody.
 This right thought and speech finally got it. framework governments, and hes most orthodox fact in sight
 do not thereby lose the protection the They not left to the will of the person tenn They have all the rights that other people ] have.
 Cederholm, Nelson and Bowen be agitaors, they anarchists They not attempt to substitute arbitrary wills the Constitution ly of law Can Mayor Wilson much about hn self2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07

sheer weight she oppose to the foe She must rely upon the the of land These things finally to overthrow Napoleon and may finally give check to the Kaiser
 It is to the the world must turn for evil dence of the fruit this to bring forth There millions have been mate for nearly year Can Germany troops enough from Russia to enable forward movement in France? Is modern armament wieded French British such character that advance beS1nade, with the available number of men,
 Thus it may In such case the must resolve side waits for the exhaustion of the other. If the condition the last for long time yet for years.
 o magnificent feat of but decisive military unless the movements to cut off Russian indeed Russia would have which her would be Russia the European peoples has the least equip and train armies although she has the greatest supply of material in men, for armies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
FIREWORKS

The first European display Of fire works was at Florence $50 years ago today, Ang. ', 1865, crude pyro- 'technic spectacle having been arrang- ed by a Florentine inventor, It was not until the latter part of the six
 teenth century. however. that fire works were exhibited as spectacle on anything like a grand scale in ed and used fireworks in remote times, The first big fireworks dis play in England was in 1697,s. when $50, 900 was spent on a display to ceIe- brate the peace of Ryswick. Another don in 1748. following the peace of Aix-Ia-Chapel1e. The American col onists in the early days knew little of fireworks. and it was not until afe ter the revolution that fireworks spectacles on a grand scale were in troduceds as a spectacular method of cornmemmorating independence day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
Gen. Miles, 76 on Sunday, Now Wars on
 the tDemon Rum"

General Nelson Appleton Miles. one
 of the most distinguished of the yet
 erans of the United States army, will
 pass his seventy-sixth milestone to-
 morrow having been born at West
 minister, Mass, Aug. 8, .1S39- Gen.
 Miles is devoting his latter years to
 many. causes dear to his heart, chief
 of which is opposition to the demon rum. The old warrior, hero of many terrible conflict in the civil war and
 in Indian campaigns, and the, com
 nander of Uncle Sans army during the war. with spain, is in deadly earn est in his campaign against King AL cohol. He asserts that the ffdemon ru111'' is more deadly than the cannon which are desolating Europe. He charges liquor with .scorrupting gov ernment, irnpoverishing communities, desolating homes, destroying charac- ter, degrading and degenerating the
 race, and <enslaving and starving help less women and childrRn, z He sees in
 it a force which transforms prosperity and happiness into sorrow, crime and desoIation. t'In it's stealthiness and constant iniquities," the old General
 declares, Git desolates more countries and homes than the destructive en- zines Of war now engaged in the con- tfnent of Europe.'' Except for these
 few indictments Gen. Miles considers that booze is all right, and he has nothing against it. General Miles re-
 gently created something of a com motion in the circles in which he is prominent by refusing to speak be- fore the convention of the Anti Sa1d don
 League of America. held in Atlantic
 City last month. if John l.. Sullivan s
 name was not erased from the pro- gram. The ssOId Roman of the prize ring had been invited to discuss the
 subject of liquor drinking from the l viewpoint of one who had had wide personal experience, but when Gen.
 Miles voiced his objection to speaking
 upon the same platform as a Ire formed pugilist,'' MT. Sullivan de-
 eIined, in few heated words. to have anything to do with the convention
 Thus the soldier triumphed over the | pugilist. and Gen. Miles was left in undisputed possession of the field Gen
 Miles started his career as a clerk in a Boston store, but at the beginning
 Of the civil war he enlisted as volun-
 teer, and at the age of twenty two he ] was colonel of his regiment After the
 war he entered the regular army as ,colonel. and was long stationed on the western frontier, where he gained a reputation by his able campaigns against Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, 1Geronimo, Chief Joseph, and other hostile reds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07

MNE MORE HIGH tariff bluff has called by the logic during agitaons long ago, and been offered to the douBting that Bnish industry forthwith United States, if tariffs but high enough.
 What the facs2 They disclosed the contest to unseat HiL and plain enough
 1907 1909 this indusr- During period they just ndustrosy omitted bring imported goods
 aractedf fo this ideal the operation high the according to government experts by experts government been de- prived of duties amounting to at least S700oOs
 And the government agents tban hnted that this condition unsatisfactory treasury department had part brought about by the cooperaion of the
 office in Bridgeport which supposed 10 have for it's first duty solicitude for the public purse. as
 All of this occurred in time when the Republican party ss in power The Mckinley tariff in existence the highest tariffs the country had ever known
 But this asked to pay to the government the government escaped the had been very bad that t had recently paid v attachment the it's d4e would plunge the company into bankruptcy.
 Here then the true situation with cnIar high tariff idol, the Salts.
 It was large Importer It underyalued it's imporsaons Instead of prospering under high tariff it would rnined had # been required to pay the full tariff
 the eeanpans E reasonably prosperous so testi- ion, and under Democratic tariff.
 This would to dispose this company cerned theory prosperity one kind of tariff, and poverty because of another kind.
 The tariff probably had little 6 do with the poor of the Salts house in 1909, and have little 1915
 The tariff become habit Just as some not begin enterprise in the dark of the Friday, others will attempt venture unless the if opposition to Mars or in conjunction with Payne Aldrieh
 after which jbes the of the land it's valuations ibed with the tariff Mr IIlla
 They saw Ddr Hill about they were n when the, asked o pay full duties Did he aid them in getting the aItf was reduced from s7oooo to ssooooos X
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

MOVING THE SHELTON HOUSE
 The old Shelton house, corner Main and Beaver streets, sold first to Tar MT. Bunnell, keeper of the Poor House. and is being torn to pieces and being carried off. The Tweedy house, north. on the same lot. sold to Miss Jane McCu1ly, is to be removed to a lot on the south side of Beaver street, west of David Peck's. That portion of Beaver street is finally being put into very good shape. When the rocks have been blasted down to the established grade in front of MT. Pec's and the work on road and walk all completed at that point, Beaver stret will be in tolerab1e good con dition, both for pedestrians and car riages. This work should have been, done 20 years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
The D. M. Read Company.

printed here without indieating dis play. of a. certain brand of canned corn and beans. that sounds more like real conversation. and the giving of real reasons: Extra Care Used in Blending Only No 1 Quality Corn and Beans
 Used
 Shells and Dirt Carefully Removed Workmen Required to Be scrupulous-
 ly Clean
 A man who writes, plain matter of fact copy like that need never spend a dollar on books on advertising. He iz in a position to give lessons instead Of receiving instruction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
THE FARMERS SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING


 A great many books and Ktagazine articles on advertising are published. Merchants and advertising writers read these works, with the hope Of getting definite ideas. But they are frequently bewildered by too mahy learned terms, too much talk about psychology, perception. apperception. and other philosophical phrases.
 When the business. man talks to a. single customer about some article, he has no trouble to express himself. In a few words and plain every day Ian guage, he tells the customer the merits of his goods. He does not make and unsupported claims.
 Many advertising writers, when they take their pen in hand. think they have got to evolve from their brain some brilliant production of wit and hurnor. Instead, they should talk to the newspapers thousands of readers just as they talk the single custome CT over the counter. Pick out few of their best bargains and attractive lines, and describe those goods so that the reader can get a good idea about them. Many men persist in advertising in vague general phrases that convince no one. The best is the cheapest. g tYou buy right when you buy of us Best styles and lowest prices in the city,
 Claims like these unsupported by any facts are not very convincing. They. help out sales, because any, kind Of advertising gives an impression that merchant is wide awake. But more dehniteness would be much more ef- fective.
 Here is another advertisement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07

The accompanying clipping, taken from the Bridgeport Farmer of Thursday, August fifth 1915, turns ones thoughts backward it hard to believe that this corner where stands great mercantile house. the reconstructed Read House teeng with life and activity, there was the earlier days quiet New soning shrubbery. Fairfield Ave. was Beaver st.. and
 Main St held it's of pleasant dwelling houses, but all of them had to give way to business houses the eternal progress of things. Time goes on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
LORD NoRBURY

It has lately been impressed upon the British mind that the manufac- ture of munitions is no less import ant that the. preparation Of armies, and as result many noted men, too old or physically incapacitated for ac- tive service at the front, have entered, the industrial army at home. One of the most distinguished -sof these volunteers is William Brabazon Linde- say Graham -Toler. fourth Earl of Nor bury, who joined the ranks of the intuition makers last June. The Earl recently passed his fifty-third mile stone. He holds an earldon which dates from 1927, and several older titles, including Baron Norwood, Bar on Norbury and Viscount GIandine. The first Earl of Norbury was a dis tinguished jurist. Lord Norbury was assigned to duty in a factory in Sur reg which manufa actures military aero planes. The Earl wears overaIls and receives a wage of fourteen cents an
 hour. His hours are from in the
 m orning to in the evening, with half an hour off for 1unchean and an hour for dinner Lord Norbury entered up-
 on his duties at a lathe like an old
 hand, for he has long been {nterested in naechanrica1 work and for thirty five
 years has used a lathe in his own
 workship. The noble workman is
 given no special favors, and lodges in a room near the factory, while his
 compani ons call him ''Nor.'' Lord
 Norburys has paid several visits to the United States and Canada. and it is 1 related that on one occasion, while in fCanada, he put in eighteen hours one day in doing pipe-fitting work in the house of a friend. Lady Norbury has followed her husbands example and is l working as a waitress in a coffee can- teen for the soldiers. Lord Norbury's s | example has been followed by several other elderly peers who are too old to fight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
THE TALL OF WARSAW

n match for
 industrial organization, means4of transporaton Russian troops not protected by adequate personal habits protective against acquired societies where hygiene is highly developed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07
PASS EXAMS

Dr. Daniel P. Griffin, house surgeon at the Bridgeport hospital and pr. Francis P. Carroll have passed the Connecticut examinations for physi- clans held last month in New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-07

An attempt to reopen debate on the proposal to raise the salaries of legis- feated in the Constitutional Conver- tfon of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-23
Power of Locomotives Has In
creased Enormously.
Size of Engines More Than
Doubles in 25 Years.
HEAVY ROADBED NECESSARY
Larger Equipment Makes Rid
ing Easier Than Before.
Decrease in Number of Wrecks
Is Result, Says TOpekan.

Railroad freight and passenger en-
gineS have become veritable leviathans
on wheels in recent years The size,
tractive force or pulling capacity Of
locomotives has increased remarkably.
A Topeka motive power official said
that years ago he thought that there
would be no further increase in mo-
tive power, but that he had since
learned he was mistaken. He makes
no more predictions
A comparison of motive power rs
years ago and under the more modern
railroading of today is of interest. In
1890 locomotives of the largest type
were able to handle 80 or 40 loaded
cars of $4,000. 10000 or 5000 capac-
ity. There We're few 40, 900 pound ca
pacity cars then.
A quarter of century ago the
weight of the largest freight engines
and tenders loaded for road service
was 100000 pounds. At the present
time the monsters equipped for a trip
with tenders weigh as high as $4,000
pounds.
In those early days an engineer had
to be fair mechanic because he was
expected to make many of the repairs
on the machine he ran. The modern
engineer has little of this to do. His
engine is overhauled at division points
and other places along the line by
competent mechanics.
Bigger engines and cars mean that
the railroads were forced to use heav-
Ter rails, a better roadbed, stronger
bridges, longer turntables and round
houses. The older roundhouses are
too short to allow their doors to be
closed when one of these modern
freight or passenger locomotiv is run
into a stall. Rails are much heavier
now than even fifteen years ago on the
western railroads.
Railroad men point out that heav-
Ter motive power, rolling stock and
heavier rails has resulted in making
riding easier to employees and pa
irons. There is no longer the severe
jolting and Earring of rs or 80 years
ago. Better time is made with much
less danger because of the increased
power of the engines pulling all
trains. In the old days of the lighter
made. The small locomotives made
were more of them than now, and
by rushing down hills with open
throttles. This method made acct
dents more frequent.
The days of the railroad speed
maniac are declared by Topeka trans
portation officials to be about over.
Safety first is the real thing ana
record breaking runs are now
frowned on by most of the railroads
in the country. Many years ago fast
runs over a smooth and level stretch
were permitted and the more reckless
Of engineers took advantage and made
wild dashes through space REGARDLESS
Of the safety of their passengers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-23
FRIDAYS GAMES
Cooper College Defeated Fair
mount by 13 to z Score.
Baker Won From C.. of E. in
Last Quarter.

Sterling, Kan, Oct. 23.-Dr. Weede's
wonderful Cooper college, football
team again proved its right to be con-
sidered a Kansas conference contender
Friday by defeating Paramount col
lego by the score of g to Z.
Although the Wheatshockers were
considerably heavier, the light Cooper
players demonstrated their superiority
at the start and there was never a time
when they were not just a little bit
better than their opponents in critical
situations.
Dill, Edwards and Cheatum, the
three men who were largely respCn-
sible for the victory over Washburn
several weeks ago, played the star
game for the Cooper team. Pendle-
ten, at end, was FairmOuntS best Of