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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27
NOTICE

Members of No. IL, A. o. U. W
There will be something doing Thurs
day evening, Oct. IS. Good speaking,
music ard eats. Don't fail to come
and bring a prospective member
Adv.
C NJ RERONIUS. Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-27

There is immediate
itching. burning and
eczema ringWorm. or S
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
is THE OLDEST BLACKSMITH
Michigan Man 10 Eiphty-six Years Of
Age and Still Shoes
horses.

Homer. Mich.-The Oldest black.
smith In Michigan-probably the old.
est In the United States. That's what
Jacob L. Lyon OF Homer believes he
is. He will be eighty-six years old
next January. And II there are any
competitors for the honor. Mr.. Lyon
hopes to remove all doubt by remain.
ing at the anvil for many more years.
You see. my father lived to be
eighty-two. but he had two brothers
who lived to be ninety-four and ninety.
six years DID," he, declares. so
have few more good years In me
yet"
Mr.. Lyon hasn't missed day at his
shop In several years. His arm Is as
powerful and be is as active as the
man. forty years his junior. who is his
employee.
He lives with his wife. who Is sew.
enty-seven years old, in pleasant
little home only few yards from the
blacksmith shop.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

But hold we did! We held until
the moment when a huge twenty-one
centimeter shell struck three yards
away from me, tearing everything
about me to horrible mess and bury
Ing me with FIVE other soldiers We
dragged ourselves out, and finding that
no one of US was wounded we took
on our kepis and on our knees we
thanked the Blessed Virgin for having
saved us.
Shortly afterward we we're relieved.
And when ! descended that slope to
the plateau with the handful OF men
left from what had once been two
full companies we were all crying
from fatigue and shattered nerves.
>"Some Of US, with eyes sunk into
our heads and contorted mouths, were
chattering our teeth, without being
able to stop. With our clothing torn
and covered from head to foot with
blood and brains we were horrible OBJ
jects to see. But the chapel was
ours!"
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
eu,oer Must Hang Week Oct. 81.

Denver.-Some time during the
week beginning Oct. 81, Col. James
c. Bulger must go to the gallows In
the death house at Canon City and
there forfeit his life for the Staying
Of Lloyd f. Nicodemus at the Savoy
hotel on May Z. 1914 The State Su,
preme Court denied Bulger's applica
tion for n new trial. 1t fixed the date
of execution for the week beginning
the last day of October, the exact time
being left to the discretion of the war
den OF the penitentiary.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Exceptional Luck.

A vehement argument, In which
two racehorse players were defending
their judgment, was overheard last
night.
why, nobody but sucker would
have played that horse" said the
first.
We'll. he won. didn't he? You cant
get away from that. How about this
bank roll?"
WELL" said No. l. as he looked
rather longingly at the money; well.
all I've got to say is this: Most any
old blind hog will dig up an acorn
some day."-Louisville Times.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
HEN ROLLS THE EGGS BACK
Wyandotte Chicken Makes Owner
Stop Saving Wood So
She Can Set

Winsted. Conn.-Michaei L. L. Dane
by was puzzled when he found six
hens eggs on pile OF sawdust at
his wood saving plant after the gaso-
line-driven power had been running a
short time
Through the sawdust- -filled air came
two more eggs as he debated He shut
of the power to learn II possible where
the eggs came from. Presently one Of
his Wyandotte hens appeared. Finding
one OF the eggs she rolled II to nest
which she had made In "V".shaped boz
where the exhaust from the engine
carries away the sawdust
One by one the hen rolled the eggs
Westward. She then resumed setting
The exhaust engine had swept the nest
clean OF eggs. Mr. Daneby has temper.
arily suspended operations at the mill
SO that the hen can finish her work.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Deny Right to Order Fences.

Denver.-The authority of the State
Public Utilities Commission to order
railroads of the state to fence their
rights-of-way in accordance with petit
tions presented by the State Board
of Stock Inspection and livestock as.
sociations is denied by the Burlington,
Colorado & Southern and the Boulder
& Western railroads in answer to the
stockmen's petitions, filed with the
commission. In a separate answer
the Great Western Railway Company
denies that it's rights-of-way are un-
trains are dangerous to stock, al.
though it does not deny the right OF
the commission to order fences In
stalled.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
COLORADO MINES BUSY
NO INCREASE IN OUTPUT EXCEPT
FOR GOLD.
Average Prices for Lead, Copper and
Zinc Add Materially to Total
Value Of Output.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Leadville, Colo.-The output of Colo
rado mines during the first six months
OF 1915, according to Charles w. Hen
derson, of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey, will show no increase in
actual metal contents, except for gold.
The increase in average priDes for
lead, copper, and zinc, based on the
normal production, will. however, add
greatly to the total value of the out
put, and the undoubted activity in
mining promises at least the normal
production of metals for the year 1915,
which at the exceedingly high aver
age prices at this stage of the year,
promises greatly enhanced total pro-
duction.
Colorado, in the last five years
191O-1915-has averaged s19,225, 500 in
output of gold dropping from $780,
5O705s in 1908 to s1S,146,916 in 1911,
but increasing in 1914 to $19,SS3, ,105);
silver has averaged 100000 ounces;
copper, 100000 pounds; lead, 76,60O,-
600 pounds, and zinc, 104,000,000
pounds. reaching it's height in 1912,
with 132,222,S12 pounds, but dropping
to 96774,960 pounds in 1914 The to-
aged s34,4S0,000, when silver ranged
from s0.53 to $0615, copper from
$0125 to $O0165, lead from $O.O39 to
$0045, and zinc (spelter) from $O.O51
to $0.O69
Cripple Creek annually produces 60
and in the first six months of 1915 has
proportionately exceeded the produc-
ton of s11,996,116 for the twelve
months Of 1914. The San Juan region
has produced normally on a basis of
$4.O0O,O00 per year, and Leadville
probably has exceeded its normal gold
production because of shipments of
siliceous gold ores from Breeze Hill
mines, while the Clear Creek-Gilpin
region has produced slightly in ex-
cess of the normal production. The
Summit County dredges have main
tanned a production of about 100000
for the half year.
Little change has been made in the
yield of silver. Copper is mainly a
by-product in Colorado. but heavily in
creased shipments of copper ore from
Rico for the six months show an in
crease of about 100000 pounds of cop
per during that time.
Lead production will increase some
what, due to an increase in yield of
zinc concentrates from the concen-
tration of lead-zinc ores at Red Cliff
and Breckenridge.
Zinc ores from Colorado, during the
first six months of 1915 have shown a
small increase in tonnage. but a de-
crease of 2 or & ner cent in grade
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

90 poorly that my folks thought was
going into consumption. One day I
found piece of paper blowing around
the yard and picked it up and read it
It said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has done for women. I
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it?' So did, and
after had taken two bottles l felt
better and said to my husband, 4 don't
need any more and he said You had
better take it a little longer anyway
So took it for three months and got
well and strong Mrs. ALoNzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh St, Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
Of many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support family. on meagre
wages. Whether in house, Office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia E
P;nkham's Vegetable Compound. It
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
HITS FRENCH HUMOR
Real Fun Is Cut Out of 1t by the
Great War.
sardonic Representations Of Alleged
German Cruelty Typical Of Hu-
morist's Exhibition-SoIdiers
Show Sketches.

Paris.-The dreadful effect of the
war on the spirit of humor is illus
trated in the exhibition of caricatures
organized by the "Humorists" for the
benefit of their wounded comrades
and OF the widows and orphans of
artists killed in action. The French
genius for making fun Of everything
has disappeared and the enemy is not
seen comically but horribly The sub
1ects are difficult for caricature. con-
sisting for the most part OF alleged
atrocities.
The deteriorating influence Of the
subjects on style is seen abundantly
In the contributions of almost all OF
the caricaturists and illustrators.
Forain tries to avoid topical slavish-
ness by using side themes set at the
front and suggesting amusing discom-
forts like rain. wind and mud in Flan-
ders. One is sketch of two dirty
soldiers in a front-line trench reading
Paris papers, with the remark that
France will be saved II her civil
population hold good. Another is one
Of a sentry calling to the driver Of
an automobile ambulance stuck in the
mud to haul down the Red Cross
flag in order to escape bombardment
The large number of English carica-
lures shown are better in spirit than
the French, though most of them are
bad drawings. The subjects are char.
acteristic of English humor. bulls"
by Irish corporals. recruiting absurdi.
ties. front discomforts and some anus.
ing notions of German types which
appear to be based on knowledge and
a certain physical sympathy for fat.
ness. roundness. redness and square.
ness as expressed In the uniformed
1outon. The tone is genial through.
out. and never sardonic In the grandl.
ose fashion sought by the French
craftsmen. The trouble with the Eng.
lish caricatures Is that they show q
deadly identity Of style. variety ap-
pearing only In the choice OF humor.
ous incident
The sculpture shown is as poor a.
most topical or humorous sculpture
usually II. far and away the best ex.
hibits being champagne bottles
dressed up as drunken German sol.
diers. Various heroic episodes from
the official communiques are done into
sculpture. notably the famous incident
of the zouave prisoners who yelled to
their comrades to fire when the ad.
vancing Germans used them as q
shield
A few sketches by soldiers actually
in the trenches are OF interest be-
cause they give vivid notion OF the
dirtiness and lack Of picturesqueness
OF trench warfare. SENS Grown
Prince" 10 the familiar deaths head.
The motive OF stolen clocks Is rather
more amusingly developed than most
Of the other stock traditions about
German behavior on campaign and a
few Of the Jokes about German lack Of
taste In womans dress are well
aimed
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Asks About Boiler inspectors Pay.

Denver. - State Auditor Mulnix
asked Attorney General Farrar for an
opinion as to whether he should pay
the June salaries of the members OF
the state boiler inspection office. The
appropriation for. the office was We
toed by Governor Carlson. but Inspec-
tor George V. Cosseboom and his dep.
uties have kept at work despite the
executives action. Governor Carlson
recently issued an order declaring the
boiler inspection office closed for
three months beginning July l. De.
spite this action also of the executive
the inspectors are going ahead with
their work.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Lawson I. Given Life Term.

Trinidad.-John r. Lawson, presi
dent international board of United
Mine Workers of America, convicted
ON May of the murder of Deputy
Sheriff John NimmO, near Ludlow, on
Oct %, 1913, was denied a new trial
by Judge CRANKY Hillyer in the Dis.
trict Court. The labor leader was
forthwith sentenced to imprisonment
at hard labor for life in the state peni
tentiary. Mr. Lawson was escorted to
the jail by the sheriff, and was ac.
companied by number OF local
union officials
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Skull Split, Jaw Broken; Deserted.

Colorado Springs. his skull
split across the forehead, exposing the
brain. and bleeding from many other
injuries, Will Wilson, IS, son of Henry
Wilson, 1l16 North Corona street, and
prominent here, was left on the Chey-
enne Canon road by motor party
by whose car he had been struck. A
woman's underskirt was wrapped
around his head before the party
drove on. Besides the split skull, his
nose and jaw are broken and he was
cut by glass in great number of
places.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
curti. Estate Pay. .,2,2s4.,s Tax.

Denver.-An inheritance tax of $12,.
2S4.15 was paid by the estate of Rod
ney Curtis, Denver pioneer citizen
and business man, who died several
months ago. The net value of the
estate on which the tax was paid was
$5O5.679. as determined by Leslie
Hubbard. state Inheritance tax ap-
praiser Virtually all Of the estate was
apportioned among the widow. three
daughters and one granddaughter.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Curtis Hurt When Auto Hit. Car.

Colorado Springs--Leonard e. Cur
tbs, millionaire member of the State
Highway commission, and president of
the Colorado Springs Motor Club, was
injured, and County Commissioner w.
T. Kennedy. sustained fractures Of the
arms and ribs when Curtis automo-
bile hit a street car at the end Of the
Roswell line. c. C. Stout, ranch
man, also was injured.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Found Long Lost Brother.

Minneapolis. Minn.-James Forman
OF st. Paul has found the brother he
has not seen in 20 years. He located
him In Minneapolis municipal court
facing vagrancy charge. The broth.
ers had a family reunion at James
Forman's home In st. Paul.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Drastic Drug Law Now In Force.

Denver.-Colorado now has on it,
statute books one Of the most drastic
laws ever passed by a state legisla-
ture to regulate the sale OF morphine,
cocaine and other habit.forming
drugs. Twelve other laws passed by
the last Assembly went into effect
July 10.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Moro "Old aones." "

Chickasha. Okla.-While making ex.
cavations at Shanoan Springs. W. A.
Hopkins Of Chickasha unearthsd sew.
eral large bones which apparently are
the remains OF Q naafndOp
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
ing over"
No Sale.

Can l interest you in a set Of the
Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis
XIV?'" asked the book agent
mo. you can't" answered his in
tended victim. I'm all fed up with
that kind of reading. I'm a court
stenographer, and I've just finished
transcribing the testimony in sensa-
tional divorce case"
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

got so weak that I
could hardly do my
work. w b n I
washed my dishes I
had to sit down and
when l would sweep
the floor / would get
80 weak that l would
have to get q drink
every few minutes,
and before / did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. l got
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Kenneth Rubidae Shoot. Self.

Denver.-Rejected by the girl he
loved, Kenneth Rubidge. % years old,
son of Ernest Rubidge, shot himself
in the head on the Rubttige ranch neal
Arvada.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
The War Zone.

Have a piece OF this old English
cheese?"
Why, 1t looks like Swiss cheese;
it's full of holes"
Yes, I know; it got riddled COM
ing over"
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COLORADO CROPS MATURING.
Estimated Yield Of Wheat, Corn. Oats
and Other Crops.

Estimated Yield Of Wheat, Corn. Oats
and Other Crops.
Denver.-The following weather and
crop report in Colorado has been is
sued by Frederick H. Brandenburg,
district forecaster:
During the week ended July G.,
temperatures were below the normal,
the deficiency being marked in the
eastern half of the state.
"The rainfall was considerably less
than the seasonal average in nearly
all parts of the state; in the western
half and in many southern counties
rain is badly needed.
THE sunshine was generally suf
ficient, but in some localities there
was too much cloudy weather.
Crops made good growth in west.
ern districts, while slow progress is
reported quite generally in eastern
counties, where the weather has been
unseasonably cool"
The July report of the bureau of
crop estimates, in cooperation with
the weather bureau, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, makes the fol-
lowing estimate:
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Point Of View

Point Of View.
Blox-Bilkins has the clearest head
Of any man l know.
Knox-I see where you are right
There is absolutely nothing in It
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

Russia has 26.OO000O horses. the
United States has 2l.0O0.00O and the
world contsiDs about 100000. 900.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
pIranoo Saloon Man Shoots Self.

Durango.-Fred d. Straub, SO, Du.
range saloonkeeper. committed sui.
eide by shooting himself through the
head with a .3S-caliber revolver.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.

Adrian, Mich. =" I suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
Board give. kimball $4,000 Salary.

Denver.-The State Auditing Board
fixed the salary Of George ID. Kimball
who was recently appointed auditor
, the State Industrial Commission,
at $4,000. 1t also fixed the salaries OF
hree stenographers for the commits
zion at 800 month each.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
state Sells 1000 Acres Of Land.

Denver.-Approxima 1000 acres
OF state land were sold at an auction
held by the state land board. There
-as spirited bidding for several
tracts. The prices brought by the sale
varied from IS to $19 an acre. A
quarter section in Yuma county
brought $40 an acre and another quar-
ter section In Logan county brought
$14.25 an acre. The land sold is stu
ated in the counties Of Crowley. Iari-
mer, Lincoln. Yuma. Logan. Ell Paso.
Adams. Douglas, Arapahoe and Phil
lips.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

A woman has more honor than .
man-that is. more clothes on er.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15

Red Cross Bag Blue, much better, goes
srocer. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1915-07-15
PUBLIC LAND

MINING AND INDIAN CASES
PATRICK II. 1OOGHRAN, ATTORNEY AT Law
e8 BANNI9THR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, ID. q
Bank and Other References Given on Request
The Washington times., 1915-03-19

HALLS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Billy Lamar is making his first try
at the big league stuff, having
shown big caliber in perform
ances in Maryland.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24
HANGS HERSELF IN BARN
Fear That She Could Not Recover From
Cancer Drives Rock Rapids Woman
to suieids-Lsft Four Children, One
\ Baby,

# + q. Il g w
Rock Rapids, July 2A.--Mrs. julius
Prahl ended her life this afternoon AZ
about 2 o'clock by hanging herself IN
the barn at her home II, Cleveland
township. She had not previously
given any evidence Of being demented
or discontented with life, and her ac-
tions are not easily explained, as she
appeared in the best of spirits When
her husband departed for town about .
o'clock to get two crates of berries that
she desired to can.
On his return the children were
searching for their mother, and the
eldest, aged II, told his father that his
mother had kissed the baby goodbye
and left the house, and he did not know
where she had gone. A search reveal
ed the fact that she had gone to the
barn, and climbed ladder in the lott
fastened one end Of halter to a beam
and the other around her neck, ana
swung into space. Death came from
strangulation.
She was about IS years OF age ana
the mother of four children, the young
est a baby of six months. The only
cause that can be assigned to the rash
act is that she had been a sufferer
from cancer and after an operation
feared that she would not recover
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24
LINN CHURCHES RICH

Church Property In That County Totals
hlsarly @2,ooo,ooo- Catholics Lead,
(lwith nrssbytsrlans Second and
(Aasthedists Third a. Rssards Value.
K Cedar Rapids. July a4.-The Catholic
church OF Linn county. with fourteen
church buildings. has property valua-
tons exceeding those Of any other de-
nomination In the county. Tho valua-
ton Of the church properties Is $685.
900. The Presbyterians with eighteen
properties valued at 3371.240. are Sec
ond and the Methodists, leading nuns
erically with thirty-three properties.
are thied In point Of valuation. with
total Of s8s7.2Sa.
The above facts have come to light
thru q recent compilation by Fred a.
Garfield, county auditor. of the churcn
statistics Of Lam county. These sta
tistics were requested by the state au-
ditor. All church property. includins
places Of worship and parsonages are
exempt from taxation.
Tho number Of properties owned by
other denomination of the county are:
Christian, "a: Evangelical. 3; Consre-
rational and Baptist. each; Free
Methodist. q; United Presbyterian ana
United Bretheren. each; Bohemian
and Moravian, Reform, FREQ Will Bap-
tist Lutheran and Primitive Metho-
dist, . each; and Universalist Churcn
Of Christ Scientist Reformed Dutch
swedish Lutheran. Adventist, Jewish,
Old german. ouakers, German Luther
an. Dunkard, protestant Episoopal'
German Baptist. United Evangelical.
German Evangelical and German Unit
cd Evangelical, one each.
Tho number Of churches and the val
uation Of their properties, which total
81. s04, All for the county. and $441,SsS
outside Cedar Rapids. are: Cedar Rap
ids. 80, $1,5se,343: Marion. 8. $4,000;
Coggon, IS. $4,000: Mount Vernon. 2.
$4,000; Lisbon. 5. $4,000; Center
point, 3. s1s,soo; Central City. 4. s22.-
900; Walker. g.. $4,000; Alburnett, g.
s11.5oo; Troy Mills. 8, $4,000. In addi-
ton the rural churches Of the county
have . net valuation of nearly $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24
KICK on SCHOOL JANlroRs.
Unionists Object to overhauIins b.
Regulars.

Onu0UIDb0 S0JoSS ~ -
Regulars.
Sioux City, July 24.-Protest is be-
ing made by labor unions OF the city
against the action Of the board of edu-a
cation in allowing janitors to do ex-
tensivo repair work about school build
ings.
.'We do not object to the petty re-
pair jobs that the janitors do. but to
the general overhauling and to work
that should be done by carpenters,
painters and men Of other trades" said
F. 8. Bowker. representative OF the
union Of painters and paperhangers.
The unions hold that the janitors
have enough to do about the buildings
in keeping them clean, without doing
the work Of regular craftsmen. The
overhauling that Is being done by the
janitors Is inferior. and would be much
cheaper in the end II done by exper-
fenced workers. union leaders contend.
Labor chiefs will urge that the board
Of education should require all men
employed on second Jobs to receive a
minimum Of 80 cents an hour and work
on the eight-hour basis. The proposal
will be made at the meeting Of the
board next Monday night. It was
stated. & .4sae. gs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24
SOLD CIDER TO INDIANS.
u. 8. Marshal Arrests A. G. Unit, O.
rolado-S3OO Bonds.

U. 8. Marshal Arrests A. 6. Unit, Of
ToIedo-$3o0 Bonds.
Toledo July 2S.-United States MAI
shall M. L. Healy, Of this city. was can
ed to Toledo, Thursday. to serve
warrant upon A. T. Unit of that CITY
who operates candy kitchen there 1el
selling cider to the Indians.
The statutes regarding this. name
almost everything that might be sold
to the Indians, but fail to make any
mention of cider, but this is covered
in a clause which prohibits the sale OF
all intoxicants to Indians.
Unit had been warned once petore
by the authorities Of the Indian SAM
torium at Toledo to stop selling cider
to the Indians, and it was thought ne