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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-28

the list in volume of offerings, but yielded
fractionally the closing Irregular.
Bonds were lower.
Moderate dealing in war shares and COP
pers, featured today's early trading. Gen
eral Electric and Baldwin Locomotive, to-
gether with American Car and Allis Chal-
mers, were the most prominent industrials,
while Guggenheim Exploration and Ma
ponaI Lead led the metal group. American
United Railways preferred, rose Il to 421s.
Pfttsburg Coal advanced two points to 81.
Tennessee Copper yielded point to 571a
soon declining to 541a. There were virtual
ly no dealings in the railways, where the
only change of note was five point ad-
vance to 60 in Cleveland, Cincinnati Chi
cagO & st. Louis preferred.
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Topeka, Kan, Aug; %.
BARTIErr Il nPEARsIPer box, $50.
VALENCIA ORANGES-96 size per box
ls SIG I psr b SeT SaS lSC soc o Is
per box $50 2le size size per box So So / 9 9S
MALAGA GRAPES-Per crate, S1.15.
BANANAS-Extra fancy, per lb., 315c.
LEMONs-SOO size per box S4.25; $50 size
~ APPLEs-Wof River per Dbl. 1925;
wealthies per Dbl. $3.50; Haas per Dbl
$3.50; Pinnick per Dbl $3.50; Maiden Blush
Limes-Per carton $1.2J.
CANTALoUPE S-Jumbo Rocky Fords
Crate at $500; Standard Rocky Fords per
er W9eATrEfRs isi1s cwt. s1.4o; per
thousand weight, $1.25.
TONiATOES-Per 20 ID. Climax basket
CUCUMBERS-Pe dozen from 4Oc to soc.
Per 20 lb. Climax basket $1.OO.
GREEN 6oE RAsK sTs aoz iI b baskets
per dGz dSe S bg per dGz a5e
baskets with Slated tops. each Sc.
MANGO PEPPEk SsaqP; pei basket R eOc.
PG GRHffF 'b bu. '6 6oc. O
oNIoNs.Red, per bu;, Zoe; yellow. per
BEANS-Per basket, 500.
POTATOES-Per bu. soc.
SWEET POTATOES-Per hamber, 81 65.
POP CONFER h., 3 3-4c.
GRAPES-Per basket, 2Sc.
HOT PEPPERS-Per Id. 20c-in zoe more
lib. lots, per Id. lie.
COLO. CAULIFLOWER-Per lb. Zoe.
REPACKING BASKETS-Original crates
of 200 baskets, $2.25-less than original
crates, each Ia
Topeka Grain Market.
Furnished by j. b. Billiard. corner Kan
sas Ave. and Curtis St
Topeka, Kan, Aug. rs.
OATS-3S@40c.
CORN-70c.
WHEAT-90c@S1.10 10.
Butter and Eggs.
Furnished by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Topeka. Kan.]
Topeka. Kan. Aug. %.
NEW YORK EGGS-22190 a 2315c.
CHICAGO EGGS-2O1a an ac.
CREAMERY. BUTTER-Chicago, PIC:
New York, 25sz 426c; Elgin, 24c; Topeka
wholesale, 26c.
Topeka HAY Market.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. %.
PRAIRIE EAY-$S.OO.
ALEALEA-S90 90.
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Kansas City Produce Market.
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Aug 2s.-CIose-W HEAT-Sep-
TENDER, 97Mc: December, $3.50; May, $1.02
CORN-September, 73kc; December, 631I
@635sc; May, 64Ac.
OATS-September, 1870; December
361kc; May, 353sc.
PORK-September, 1890 October, S13.71
LARD-September, $500; October, IS. Is.
DIBS-September, SS.41: October, $500
Chicago, Aug. 2S.-BUTTER-Shade cas-
Ter to shade higher Creamery extras
2412c; extra firsts, 231aM24c; firsts. pa
1s22c: seconds, 20@211ac; packing stocks
19019Ac.
EGGS AND OTATOES-Unchange d.
POULTRY-Lower. Live fowls, 13@14c
springs, 16c.
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Russ to Eacuate Grodno.

Lon Ion, Aug. 27.-The Russians ap
parently have decided to evacuate
Grodro, the one important stronghold
on their principal line of defense
which they still retain. A message
from Petrograd to Reuters Telegram
company quotes the Russky Invalid as
stating that Grodno will he given up
when the retreat of the defenders has
been covered.
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KANsAN is 1oa YEARS OLD.
carlton Man Did Chores at Age of
80 Years.

carlton, Kan, Aug. 2S.-Michael
Crane of carlton, who will be 1O2
years old on September %. is perha ps
the oldest man in the state. He is re-
markably well preserved for a man
who has lived for more than a CEN
fury. He gets about the house with
out even the use of a cane and his
voice is still clear and strong He
continued to work on farm until ten
years ago, when he moved to carlton.
There he did chores and gardened I'M
til three years ago, when he lost his
eVeSipht
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Train Men for Navy Too.

New York, Aug. 27.-What the
Plattsburg encampment is doing to
interest men of affairs in national de-
Tense from the army's point of view,
is to be duplicated, if possible, on
the water by the Waterway league of
New York, it was announced today in
interesting the owners of swift motor
craft, 500 of whom are on it's MEM
bership rolls in preparing themselves
as auxiliaries to the navy, if needed
in time of war
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MODEL CITY MEMORIAL
Permanent Buildings to Be Construct
ed for Pilgrims Monument.

Boston, Aug. 2S.-Plans for a per-
marent model city to shelter popu-
lation of 100000, to be erected at
Plymouth in connection with the cele-
bration in 1920 of the 300th anniver-
sary of the landing of the Pilgrims, are
being considered by municipal experts,
it was announced today.
The idea of those interested in the
celebration is to eliminate the waste
of destruction of temporary exposition
buildings They propose to build a
permanent city, one that will be fire
proof and smokeproof and with zones
for factories and industries.
Orchesfras in Schools.
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Kansas CITY Live stock Market,

Kansas City, Aug. 2S.-HOGS-Keceipts
800; Market steady. Bulk of sales; $1,000
ers, $6.90@7.65; light, $7.Oo@7.7o; pigs, $3.50
07.G0.
u AITLtE-Eeeesidpts ;oo0 Market steady
steers, $S.00@9.35; western steers, $7.OOGI
900; southern steers. $5.S50lS.35; cows, 81 q
07.50; heifers, $6.50@9.5O: stockers and
feeders, $6.25@S.50; bulls, $525@6.75
Lambs ss5S@e25 1 Eea9ins Marsst s5ea6 6
wethers, S5.5O@6.25; ewes, $5.2561GOO
stockers and feeders, $5.00@S.50.
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st. oJseph, Aug, 2S-HOGS-Receipts p
300; market steady to strong; top $7.65 !;
bulk of sales, $6.7007.65
CATTLE-Receipts 100. Market steady
Steers. S7.50@9.75: cows and heifers, $4,000
9.10; calves, S7.50@10.25.
SHEEP-Receipts 400. Market steady
Lambs, $SOO@9.10.
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New York stock Market.

Wall St.. New York, Aug. 2S-STOCKS-
Today's short session of the stock mar
ket lacked the activity and excitement
which featured recent operation Trading
WAS light and again confined to war shares
and copper, with a sprinkling of unclassi-
fled issues. Tennessee Copper was the
only heavy issue of the active group, fall
sues added to recent gains reports of
new financing which viii provide for back
payment ON the preferred stock The COM
mon rose three points to IS and the pre-
ferred Ga to 1061z- United States Steel led
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-28

Minneapolis school board has author
lied the organization of orchestras in
every one of the Seventy-Seven graded
schools Of the city and will pay a pro-
fessional conductor to direct them
Emil Oberhoffer, conductor of the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, is to
act as adViSer-
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st. Louis Live stock aMrket.

st. Louis, NO. Aug. 2S-HOGS-Receipts
$500; Steady to 80 higher; Pigs and
$T75QsS0O; good heavy s7.40d$7.s0.
CATTLE-Receipts 600, steady: native
beef steers, $7.50@$1000; yearlings, steers
stockers and feeders $6OO@$S.25; Texas
and Indiana steers, $5.25@$S.S5; cows and
$11.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 100; steady; lambs,
$S.O0Q$9.25; sheep and ewes $5.50@$7.40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-28

new says Professor Dean, "but like
many of the fungus diseases, its prop
agatiOn depends upon favorable
weather conditions. The cloudy, wet
weather of the past summer has beer
very favorable for the spread of fun e.
gus. Reports from many parts of the
state" says Professor Dean, show
that nearly all of the grasshoppers are
dead -
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to reflect in sporadic strikes the in
huence of competitive bidding for
help; retail trade, though good in
some sections, is not altogether good;
wet, cool weather in the west having
checked distribution, paucity of dye
stuffs curtails operations in some tex
tile lines, and railway freight traffic
is lighter than last year.
Weekly bank clearings, $780,
4
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wichita Live Stock Market.

Nominal. Top 70 by bulk S7.2O0 81 40
CATTLE-Receipts none. Market nom
inal. Native steers, $S.00@9.25: cows and
heifers, $600@S.25; stockers and feeders
$6.0007 $50; stock cows and heifers, $4.5061
7.25; bulls, $4.75@l60O; calves $6.0009.5O.
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c. P. A. PICNIC AT EUDoRA.
Eudora Won Ball Game; III. G. wood
!. of Topeka NIade Address

Eudora, Kan. Aug. 2S.-The four
teenth annual picnic of the Central
Protective association ct Fudora drew
a big crowd, and was a success in
every way. The Ninland brass band
furnished the music, and the ball
game IN the afternoon drew a good
crowd. Eudora won over Bonner
Springs. An address in the afternoon
by H. G. Wood of Topeka was we'll
attended and the dance at night Drew
n good crowd.
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New York Produce Market.

New York. Aug. 27.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery extras, 90 score, 25a4 q
26c.
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
tras, 261a@2Sc.
CHEESE-Market firm. State whole
milk, fresh flats, white and colored, spec
Gals. 1874 a 131ac.
LIVE POULTRY-Steady. Dressed firm.
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CONDENSED news.
Californians Are Out

Southampton. N. Y, Aug. 27.-The
last of the Californians in the Meadow
club tennis cup singles was eliminated
today when William NJ Johnston of
San Francisco went down in defeat
before Theodore Roosevelt Pell of
New York in 6-3, Ga.
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BRITISH REPORT DENIED
Berlin Declares Bigsworth Did Not
Sink Plunger Off Ostcnd.

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-CVia London)-
The admiralty today made denial of
the official British statement that a
German submarine had been sunk this
week by British aviator off the Eel
gian coast, near Ostend. The admiral
ty also made a report on the attack
on Aug. / by a German submarine on
the English coast. The announcement
follows:
zone of our submarines on Aug. 16
destroyed by gunfire the benzol fac
tory with the alta ched benZol ware
houses and coke furnaces near Har-
rington, England. The statement of
the British press that the submarine
attacked the open towns of Earring-
ton, Parton and Whitehaven is inexact.
"The same submarine on Aug. Is
was fired at from a great distance, in
the Irish sea, by a large passenger
steamer, probably a Royal Mail steam
packet, but was not hit.
1.-The British admiralty announced
on Aug. 81 that German submarine
had been destroyed and sunk off Os-
tend by a British sea-plane. This is
ineXact. The submarine was attacked,
but not hit, and returned to port I'M
damaged"
''The British statement referred TO
by the German admiralty was made
on Aug. &c. 1t stated Squadron Com
mander Arthur Ellsworth had de-
stroyed, single handed, a German sub
ZEE N-,%~
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New YORK Money Market.

New York, Aug. s-MONEY-Mercantil
paper, 314 asa per cent. Sterling exchange,
sixty day bills, 4s5 per cent; demand,
4.6a25 per cent. Cables, s.6375. Francs, de-
mand, $751; cables, 5971@; marks, de-
mand, s14 cables, S1%; Tires, demand,
CO.; cables, $50; rubles, demand, 34A !;
cables, 34A.
SILYER-Bar silver, 1870; Mexican dol
lars. SIC.
BONDS-Government bonds steady; rail-
road bonds easyy.
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Chicago, Aug. 2S.-HOGS-Receipts T.
600. Market slow, at yesterdays average.
ulk of sales, $6.S5@z70: light, S7.45@S.0O
mixed, $6.6501795; heavy, $6.40W7.75
rough. $640@6.60; pigs, $7.00@S.00-
CATTLE-Receipts 100 Market steady.
eeves, $6OO@10.15; cows and heifers, So. 600I
$40; Texas steers, $6.40@740; western
steers, $6.65@S.S5; calves, $500 1900.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Natives, $5.90@65O; western, $6O0M6.70;
yearlings, $665M7.70; lambs, native, $7.25@
7.40 western, $7.25@9.50
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q. S. Helps Holy Land Refugees.

washington, Aug. 27.-The scout
cruiser Chester has left Beirut, Syria,
with 450 refugees from the Holy Land,
according to a report today to the
navy department. No details were
given.
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New York, Aug 2S--Cotton futures
closed steady; October, $500; December
sob; January, $10.33; March, $10.5S; May
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New York Aug. 2S.-COTTON-Future
opened firm. October. 9.75; December
1909; January, 101S; March, 1044; May
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THE WEATHER RECORD.
Stations in Kansas.

Following are observations of the United
States weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours ending at Z O'Clock this morning:
Stations in Kansas
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Close
Open High Low Today Yes.
Kansas City Grain Market.

The Kansas City Board C. Trade as re-
ported by Thos. J. Myers, Broker. Coium-
bian Bldg.l
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Chicago Grain Market.

1.-THE range of prices for grain futures on
The Chicago Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. j. Myers. Broker. Columbian
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Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. 2S.-BUTTER-Mark
steady, 241ac.
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Grain Gossip.
[By special wire to Il. J. Myers, Columbian
BuildinV1

lBy special wire TO II. j. myers, columbian
Building.l
Minneapolis wheat stocks decreased 49,
900 bushels this week.
Shipments of wheat from India this week
are estimated at $4,000 bushels; next
month, nothing.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have increased S0,5S5 bushels thus far this
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can
wheat, $4,000 barrels of flour, $4,000 bushels
of corn and 454, 900 bushels of OATS wheat
and flour combined, 100000 bushels.
Exports of wheat, and flour from the
cording Nto Bradstreets. were 5,165OOo
bushels. compared with 5,5S9,000 last week
and 959a 900 bushels doo year ago. Corn
Argentina exported $4,000 bushels of
wheat this week. all to rBazil, compared
a year ago. Shipments since January L
aggregate 90 O5, 900 bushels: year ago,
week were 10000 bushels, against 4,O72.-
600 bushels last week and $4,000 bushels a
Hary / are 9s,54soo bushels; s! year ago
70,767, 900 bushels. Shipments of oats were
10000 bushels. Corn shipments included
24S,OO0 bushels to America.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas Cit1, Aug. -WHEAT-1Cash ::
S1.oi@1.22; No. 5, $9scd121; No. 2 red,
$1.11@1.13 No. 5, S100@1O7.
No. mixed. 7o6d7o%c; No. 5, 691z@ Set
No. white, tic; No. 3, 1012c; No. yellow
3Sd 39c; No. mixed, 3S@39c.
RYE-95@96c.
HAY-Market unchanged.
WHEAT-ReceiptS 1SS cars.
BuTTER-Market unchanged.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
CLOSE: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 94kc;
s2se May s7%az December
59Ac; May, 61AM615Sc.
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Poultry, Eggs and Butter.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Com
pauy, corner Laurent and Madison.l
Topeka, Kan, Aug. %.
POULTRY--HenS. all sizes. loo; brOli-
&c; young Tom turkeys. 13c: old Tom tur-
keys. lie; springs over lbs. lie
EGGS-1Sc.
PACKING STOCK BUTTER-1sc.
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Orchesfras in Schools.
Minneapolis Minn.s Aug. 2S--The
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| FURNISHED by Chas. Wolff Packing Co.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. %.
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Topeka Grain AIarket

Topeka Grain Market.
Furnished by j. b. Billiard, corner Kan.
sas Ave. and Curtis St1
Topeka, Kan, Aug. IS.
OATS-3S@4Oc.
CORN-70c.
WHEAT-90c@S1.10
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Furnished by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Topeka. Kan.]
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LINE HOUSE GOES
Plan to Supply Wants of Thirs-
ty Kansas Abandoned.
Fort Scott Experiment Proves
Unsatisfactory to Brewers.

Kansas City brewers have given up
the Zine house" plan of providing
border towns with a never failing Ii
quor supply. An effort to provide Fort
Scott with an oasis in Vernon county,
Missouri, just five miles from the Bour-
bon countyseat, was not a success and
the line house has been moved back
to Kansas City. With the line house
went a car load of beer and assorted
liquid refreshments
Nearly a year ago an effort was made
to establish a line house for the bene-
nit of Fort Scott and her neighbors-
The Helm Brewing company launched
the plan and erected a distributing
station in Vernon county, Missouri. but
just as close to prohibition Kansas as
the law would permit. Then a car
or two of liquors were sent to the
line house and the brewers were ready
for business.
Somehow, though, the line house
never got a fair start. Just at the time
when everything was apparently in
nice running order the Missouri Off
Gals enjoined the operation of the
distributing station The house was
closed pending decision in litigation
and the car load of beer was never
consumed Had the plan succeeded, it
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PAVING PETITIONS IN.
Several Passed Upon E'ayorably by
Commissioner Tandy.

W. G. Tandy. city commissioner of
streets, has adopted new policy. 1t
has been the custom of the office to al
low paving petitions to accumulate
until Dec. 5 of each year and then
the entire batch was checked over at
one time and reported upon for ac-
ton the following year.
Recently Mr.. Tandy decided petit
lions should be Investigated without
delay and in cases where they were
found to be insufficient time would
thus be allowed to remedy the defects.
He has investigated the following
paving petitions and will recommend
favorable action on all except those
otherwise designated:
On Clay street from Euclid to
Eighteenth street.
On Fifteenth street from Quincy to
the Shunganunga bridge.
on Thirteenth street from Jackson
to Kansas avenue (not granted.) Pc
tition insufficient
On Fourteenth from Tyler to Polk
street
On Jackson from Thirteenth to
Fourteenth. (Not granted; petition in
sufficient
Alleys from Tyler to Polk, and
Eighth to Ninth street.
Alleys from Polk to Taylor and
from Sixth to Seventh street except
the alley running north from the east
and west alley to Sixth street
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Greer. Henry Winfield, D. V. Swearin-
gen, Ira Wells, r. B. Carris, W. ].
McNeai. James Harris. Charles H
Richardson, Richard Peek, w. B.
Jones, Ed Kerns. ]. ]. Bausch, E. E
Hickerson, and j. w. Kempton.
Tax Levy ii Mills.
As predicted in the State Journal,
the board fixed the tax levy at IL
mills. 1t was divided among the re-
spective funds as follows:
General fund, five mills: building
fund, one mill; interest fund four
tenths of mill; sinking fund, six
tenths of mill; Playground, one tenth
rms should produce: general fund,
s27s, 1854; building. s55,s51.s2; in
terest, $22,3S0.77; sinking, $33,571.15;
playground, s5,5s5.19
The levy is the same as last year
with the addition of one-tenth of a
mill for playground purposes. This
Will pay for the equipment ordered
this year. aud the salaries of supervis-
ors and maintenance of grounds next
year. Next years bonds in the sum
of $4,000 will come due and will be
taken up by the board
IN the year ending July 1 the board
or education spent q few thousand
dollars more than was provided for in
the budget, and consequently L. NJ
Jones, chairman of the finance com
lnlttee, urges the necessity of exercis-
ing strict economy in the ensuing
year. The school board has levied
m1llS-in the general fund for several
years Expenses tend to increase
each year. For example the salaries
OF teachers are automatically in
creased until 4 maximum is reached
Next school year The increase will
amount to $4,000 in round numbers.
August the general fund wis over
drawn S11, 942 and the building fund.
S6,S62. The board expects $40, 900
from the county this month and will
have enough money on hand to clean
up this Indebtedness
Miss May H. Baker was assigned
to-the management of the high school
cafeteria upon recommendation of the
teachers committee under Dr. Van
Horn Miss Ruth Schnacke was APP
pointed instructor in English in the
high school Clay Morrow was as
signed to the principalsIaip of both
Quincy and Grant schools. and o. p.
Nj. McClintock, to the principalship
of both Clay and Harrison schools.
This Will mean saving in salaries.
H. B. wilson superintendent of
schools, gave an interesting report
showing that the Topeka schools have
increased in efficiency in the last five
years
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Greer, Henry Winfield, D. V. Swearin-
gen. Ira Wells, r. B. Carris, w. ].
McNeai. James Harris, Charles H.
Richardson, Richard Peek, W. B.
Jones, Ed KernS, J. j. Bausch, E. E.
Hickerson. and j. w. Kempton.
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ELECTS VAN HORN
Board of Education Elects OFF,
GERS for Ensuing Year.
Fixes the Tax Levy at al Mills,
as Forecast.

DR.. c. B. Van Horn will head the
board of education as its president
in the ensuing year. He was named as
presiding officer at the brief reOrgan-
ization meeting of the board Monday
night subsequent to the adjournment
of the board in regular August session
Mrs. c. ]. Evans is the new vice pres
ident
VI. c. Holman was reelected clerk
of the board and William COnry, en-
gineer. Although Mr.. Conry has been
ION the job" all summer, technically
speaking the school board has been
without an official engineer since June
L According to the rules of the board
the engineer should be named in May
of each year. but the rule was over
looked. AS the term of Office OF the
engineer begins June 1, the board has
been without an official since that
date.
The following persons were reap
pointed as janitors. assignment to be
made at a later date; John McAllis-
ter, G. G. kempton. George Richard
son. George Wells, a. ]. Griggs. F. NJ.
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tions dealing with the subject of pro-
hibition would occupy a prominent
part of the convention, which is TO
conclude Saturday.
The report of Secretary Adoiph
Timm, of Philadelphia, recommending
that prohibition be opposed was
adopted yesterday and steps We're
taken by some of the $50 delegates to
formulate a plan of action 1t was
indicated that the alliance was not OPP
posed to prohibition in itself, but that
the methods of gaining il Were not
likely to stamp out the drink habit.
Education, II was commended, was q
better means of moderating the cpn-
sumption of liquor.
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is the belief of state officials that line
houses would have been established
on wet soil for the benefit of every
nearby Kansas town.
Under the plan of the line house
operators, a thirsty customer was pre-
sumed to have sent his money to the
main Office in Kansas City. Assuming
that there would be delays in transit,
the line house filed the order and its
wagons delivered a case of beer at
the Kansas mans home a few hours
after remittance was made. But the
state regarded the line house plan as
an adjunct to legalized open saloons.
Possibly the brewery heads saw the
light. At least they have surrendered
and the state temperance union is
breathing a sigh of relief