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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22

Mrs. E. H. Rathbone and Mrs.
Hazel M. Putney entertained on
Monday evening of this week.
Six tables of progressive whist
were played, the contest closing
by Mrs. Bailey winning first
price and Mrs. Sewell and Mrs.
Farnham tying for second, the
latter winning on cutting the
cards for a decision. Through
the courtesy of Mrs. w. R.
Sheen, the rooms were decorated
with beautiful white, pink and
purple asters, grown in the Sheen
garden at the foot of the noun
tain east Of Roman. Lunch was
served at midnight and for an
hour or two fun and frolic pre-
vailed. The invited guests were
Mesdames Scarce, Lemire, Car
per, Riddle. Brandjord, Larson,
Potvin, Sheen, Fuhrer, Mason,
Wilson, Covell, Sproal, Sewell,
Farnham, Jeffries, Mcconnell,
Warner, Stansbury, WEIGH, c..
F. Rathbone, White, Bailey, W.
S. and G. w. Hollingsworth,
Jensen, Brewer, Sterling, Wor-
den, Ashman, Bear and Swee,
and the Misses Teagarden, Saw
age, Marsh and Kahn.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
Former Singers Body Found.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept ia badly
decomposed body, believed to be that
of Jack Martin, former well-known
light opera star, who drowned in the
river while employed as laborer on
government rock barge, has been
found in the Mississippi few miles
south of here. Martin was one of the
stars of the famous Bostonians mum.
Der of years ago. He met with re-
verses after losing his voice.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
Hold Land Taxable

A court decision which will be
of interest to many people on the
Flathead, was rendered by the
Idaho federal court lately. This
decision was made on April %,
1916, in the case of the United
States VS.. Canyon county, in
which the government sought to
enjoin that county from levying
and collecting taxes on home
stead lands, which were covered
by reclamation projects. The
court holds that the lands are
taxable by the county, notwith-
standing the fact that the gov
eminent holds a first lien on the
land for the water charges.
The court opinion was divided
into two sections, one of which
dealt with lands upon which pat
ent had been issued before the
reclamation assumed jurisdiction
and the other with such lands as
were homesteaded after the rec
lamation work started. In both
instances the court holds the
lands taxable. In reference to
the lands upon which homesteads
were entered after work had
commenced to irrigate same, the
court said:
Upon proof of compliance with
the general homestead law and
the issuance of a certificate to
that effect, they (the entrymen)
become possessed Of rights of
which they can be Invested only
through their default or volun-
tary REIMBURSEMENT. 1t is a
vested interest which they have,
and not a bare option to purchase
when and if the government
sees fit to sell. The interest
would seem to be quite as SUBJ
stantial as, and Of equal dignity
to, the right of a holder of an
unpatented mining claim, and it
has been repeatedly held that
such claim is taxable. Gener-
ally speaking, one who has the
right to property and is not ex-
Guided from it's use and enjoy
ment should not be permitted to
use the legal title Of the govern
ment to avoid his just share of
taxation.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
BRITISH NOW USING
STEEL LAND SHIPS"

Lcndon. Sept l9-Credit fer The
new "travalins land forts" which have
teen used during the past few days
on the British front be.oncs"lo two
men. Lieulenant Colonel e. sw:nton
Of the intelligence department Ct the
general staff and Major Stern. The
Daily Mail describes the new monsters
as follows.
"These long. low. dust colored tor
toiscs have no resemblance to motor
cars. They are in fact steel land
ships Of Immense power and wonder
full capacity In practice they can
club walls. push through dense woods
cross trenches and maneuver in and
out Of crateTs."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
PRIVATE BANKER is SUICIDE
Jcceph Tuna Takes Own Lie in
Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 19.-The suicide Of
Joseph Tuna, head of the Tuna Saw.
ings bank, a private institution. and
the indictment Of four private bankers
we're the latest developments in Chi
cago's epidemic of private bank fail.
ures and a general inquiry into these
institutions.
The states attorney announced that
the grand jury had voted true bills
against Michael and Stephen Mich
niuk on charges of receiving deposits
while their private bank was insolvent,
and against Moses Ginsberg and his
son Emanuel, who conducted another
private bank, on the same charge.
Runs continued on some private
banks which had no difficulty in meet
ing the demands.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
SUE COMMERCE BODY
San Francisco Organizations Seek to
Recover 100000.

San Francisco. Sept 19.-Suit for
an injunction and for 100000 dam
ages was filed here in superior court
AGAINST the law and order committee
of the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco by the Cooks and Walters
unions and allied organizations
through Emil G. Buehrer, the nominal
plaintiff
The complaint charges that the law
conspiracy in violation of the penal
code ito MexicaniZe the labOring class
and reduce the said laboring
class to a condition of peonage and
slavery"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22

Charley Bartholomy reports a
wheat yield of 81 IL bushels per
acre from 40 acres of Marquis
and IS bushels per acre from Is
acres of oats. Not so bad, is it?
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
Youth Is Fined I Cent.

Chicago, Sept. ia fine OF ! cent
and two minutes imprisonment in
court room chair was the punishment
imposed on Michael Levin by Federal
Judge Lands. Levin, who is twenty
years old, had been found guilty OF
falsifying concerning his age to obtain
q postofice position.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-22
Save Your Stubble

High wheat, high pork. Buy our hog
tight fencing and let the porkers clean
1e fields. Stanley Scarce sells Colo
RADIO fencing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
DOUBLES IN A YEAR
Grain Inspection for 1915 Brings $751;
1870 Into the Treasury.

Grain inspection in Kansas by state
has more than doubled in
the past year and the department of
and weighing has a balance
of $33,325 to its account in the state
treasurer's office, according to the
annual report for 1915.
The report shows that in 1915, So
514 cars of grain were inspected as
compared with 44.607 in 1914 and the
fees collected in 1915 amounted to
$40, 1870. while in 1914 the amount
was $35,796.12. The number of cars
weighed in 1915 were 35,7S1 and l.
$50 in 1914.
Two years ago there were eighteen
persons on the pay roll of the de-
partment, the report showed. and now
the pay roll has reached eighty-five.
The report further states that wages
have been increased ten per cent and
that $4,000 worth of equipment has
been added
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
LINCOLN DAY CLUB
Organization of Kansas Negroes to
Meet in Topeka February ~.

The Lincoln Day club. an organize
ton of negro Kansans that recruits
its membership from all parts of the
state, will hold its annual meeting in
Topeka February IL. A program for
the meeting has already been prepared
and includes addresses by some of the
most prominent negroes in the state.
Among the speakers who will ad-
dress the club are: T. w. Bell. of
Leavenworth; DR.. ]. r. A. Grassland,
st. Joseph, Mo; Miss Gladys Ander-
son, of Lawrence; Prof. J. p. King,
of Kansas City; l. F. Bradley, of Kan
sas City; DR.. G.. G.. Brown, of Wichita;
S. Z. Carey, of Russell Springs; J. w.
Clark, of Lawrence, and Mrs. P. Toll
bert, of Topeka.
Officers of the organization are:
T. w. Bell, of Laavenworth, president;
T. w. Troupe. of Topeka. secretary;
Prof. Fred Roundtree, Topeka, Nick
Chiles, Topeka, Rev. ]. r. Ransom
Kansas City. James Guy. Topeka, and
c. NJ. Moates, Leavenworth, members
of the executive committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
HUMPHREYS

HHmphreys Homeopathic Remedies are
prepared after prescriptions used by DIR.
Frederick Humphreys, in his private prac-
tiee for many years and by the public for
over Sixty Years with satisfaction.
No For
l. Fevers, CONCESSIONS Inflammations.
2 Worms, Worm Fever.
Collie. Crying and Wakefulness of In
fants.
4 Diarrhea, of Children and Adults.
Z Coughs, Colds, bronchitis
TOOthache. Faceache. Neuralgia.
o. Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo.
10 Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak Stomach.
IL Croup, Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis-
IA Eczema. Eruptions.
Is Rheumatism. LumbagO.
I6s Fever and Ague. Malaria.
II Piles. Blind or Bleeding, External, In
ternal.
10 Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in Head.
20 WhO0ping Cough.
2IE Asthma, Oppressed. Difficult Breathing.
81 Disorders of the Kidneys.
so Urinary IncOntinence.
81 Sore Throat. Quinsy.
II Grip, Grippe, La Grippe.
Put up in small walls of pleasant pellets
fits the vest pocket 25c. each.
Sold by druggists. or sent on receipt of
price. Medical Book mailed free.
HUMPHREYS HOMEO. MEDICINE CO,
Corner William and Ann Streets, New
observation-disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
TO FEED STUDENTS RIGHT.
PittsburS Normal School VIII Serve
Scientific Lunches

Pittsburg, Kan, Jan. 29.-Students
in the public schools frequently do not
have the proper kind of food to go
with their work, Miss Zoe Wolcott of
the domestic science department of
the State Manual Training Normal
says. 1t is partly their own fault, too,
according to Miss Wolcott, for the
pupils know what is best for them
Pupils in the Normal training
school are to be served with lunches
prepared according to scientific, cia-
detic principles during the presen,
semester. The girls of the seventh
and eighth grade are to prepare the
lunches which will be sold for a nom
inal sum. The maximum will be fixed
at ten or fifteen cents. The girls and
the practice teachers will have to 90
the marketing and in addition to
learning what kind of food to serve
and how to serve it the girls will
learn the value of a dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
MoLEs DO NOT EAT CORN.
Mice Do the Damage; Then Farmers
Blame the MOIes.

Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 29.-Moles
eat worms, not corn, according to Dr.
X. h Nabours, zoologist of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college
Because moles make their runs
along rows of freshly planted corn
and then the corn fails to come up, it
is the common belief that the moles
have eaten it and are therefore re-
sponsible for the poor stand of corn
The immediate responsibility, Doctor
Nabours points out, rests on the
mole's guests-meadow mice, white
footed field mice, and common house
mice. The mole runs furnish con-
cealment and lines of traffic for these
small animals which cannot dig run
ways of their own. 1t has been found
by experiment that moleS eat earth
worms, grubs, insects, and other ami
NAL life but vegetable matter scarce
ly at all. To avoid the damage it is
easier to kill the 3nOleS than the mice
and thus destroy the lines of traffic.
Trapping is the best means of ex-
termination. Additional information
is obtainable from the zoology depart
ment of the college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
Relieve little stomach, liver
and bowels with candy
cathartic.

Listless. peevish. feverish, droop-
ing. Little stomach sick, breath sour
and tongue coated. Mamma. you must
act now or your little one will be real
sick soon. Get a 10-cent box of Cas-
carrots at the drug store, give whole
CaScaret any time. Cascarets are
harmless and children love this candy
cathartic which stimulates the little
liver. cleans the thirty feet of tender
bowels and sweetens the poor, sick
stomach in a few hours.
Mothers know that Cascarets act
and act thoroughly and that they cure
the little folks right up. Cascarets is
best laxative for men, women and
children. They never griDe or sicken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
Miners DEMAND RAISE
Vote 10 Per Cent More for Soft Coal
Diggers; 20 for Day Labor.

indianapolis, Jan. 29.-General sat
isfaction was expressed today by the
delegates to the convention of the
United Mine Workers of America with
the demands agreed upon yesterday to
be presented to the coal operators in
the negotiations for new wage agree
ment this year. Ten per cent increase
Will be asked for the soft coal miners
and 20 per cent for the men paid by
the day.
Anthracite men are hoping they will
not only receive an advance in wages
but viii be able to negotiate an agree
ment for not more than two years.
Leaders from the hard coal fields here
say they have Information that if con-
cessions are made by the anthracite
operators the employers will demand
five year contract. The miners or
Sanization is opposed to a long term
contract With the wage scale ques-
ton out of the way the convention to-
day took up matters affecting the or
ganization. Final adjournment will
probably be reached about Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
HER IDENTITY
Rich Woman Found in Chicago
a Battling Mystery.
Fortune Found Hidden in Her
Shabby Garments.

Chicago. Jan. 29.-Out at the Psy-
chopathic hospital, silent and appar-
emily unseeing, sits little, gray-hair-
ed old woman in a shabby dress, who
for days has puzzled the shrewd po-
licemen, the tactful police matrons
and the learned alienists. They sus-
pect that she is mad. for she cannot
tell whence she came, whittier she is
going, nor why she is in Chicago.
Neither can she tell where she lives
though she does say her home is at
'-Navasata, Tex" a place unknown to
the postal guide or the railroad direc-
tories.
She was puzzling enough through
out the three days she has been I'M
der observation, but interest was
greatly heightened in her today when
attendants found a small fortune
stitched into her shabby clothing
Bonds, interest coupons. treasury
were sowed into every garment she
wore, to a total of s13,461.S1
From the bonds and coupons it is
inferred that her name is Mrs. Mana
V. Haynes. The bonds were issued by
the Continental bank of San Francis
co. She has a railroad ticket reading
from Santa Rosa. Cal, to Richmond,
Va.
From Santa Rosa it was learned
that a woman answering the descrip-
ton of the one in the hospital led a
lonely and mysterious life in small
hotel there from December IT to Jan
uary 20. She lived alone and cooked
her own meals.
She called herself Mrs Jim Smith"
but when she left she signed her rail-
road ticket Duchess Cromwell" She
bought ticket via San Francisco.
Chicago and Washington to Richmond
and amazed the ticket agent by offer
ing a $500 bill in payment. She opur-
ed the change into paper bag with
much other money, and took a Santa
Fe train due in Chicago on Tuesday.
kilograms to San Francisco, Rich
mOnd and a number of Texas cities
whose names resembles ''Navasa
have brought no naturalization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

who was chairman of the senate COM
mittee on territories, reported a bill.
accompanied by an explanatory re-
port. which prescribed that territories
when admitted as states shall be re-
cevied into the Union with or without
slavery, as their constitution may pre-
scribe at the time of their admission"
and further, all questions pertaining
to slavery are to be left to the decision
of the people residing therein, by their
appropriate representatives to be
chosen by them for that purpose"
The bill, however. was rearranged
through an amendment suggested by
Senator Dixon of Kentucky and Sen
ator Douglas reported it, in its final
shape. the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Sun
day. 81 years ago.
Precipitated Hor Debate.
This new bill provided that the ter
ritory was to be divided into two parts,
to be called Kansas and Nebraska,
and stated specifically that the slav-
cry restriction of the Missouri com
promise, being inconsistent with the
theory of non-interventiOn by con-
gress with slavery in the states and
territories, as recognized by the legis-
lation of 1850, commonly called the
compromise measure. is hereby de-
clared imperative and void, it being
the true intent and meaning of this
act not to legislate slavery into any
territory or state, nor to exclude it
therefrom. but to leave the people
Thereof perfectly free to form and reg
ulate their domestic institutions in
their own way. subject only to the
of the United States"
The bill occasioned a prolonged and
acrimonious debate, and finally pass
ed the senate on March 4, despite the
vigorous opposition of Senators Sum-
ner, Chase Everett Wade, Bell and
Seward. The debate in the house was
continued until May s, when it passed
by bare majority of thirteen votes.
The bill became a law by President
Pierce's signature on May 80, 1854.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

As soon as an attack of rheumatism
begins apply Sloan's Eminent. Don't
waste time and suffer unnecessary agony.
Anew drops of Sloan's Linment on the
goes at once.
A grateful sufferer writes II was suf-
1ering for three weeks with Chronic Rheu-
many medicines, they failed, and l was
under the care Of a doctor. Fortunately
heard OF Sloans Liniment and after
using it three or four days am up and
well. I am employed at the biggest de
pertinent store in $. +. where they employ
frem six to eight hundred hands, and
they surely will hear all about Sloan's
Liaiment.-H. Il Smith. San Francisco,
cal. Jan. 1915. At all Druggists.-Adver-
tiSement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOURS

stops nasty discharge or nose running,
relieves sick headache, dullness. fever
ishness, sore throat, sneezing. soreness
and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbing
head. Nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Papes Cold
Compound" which costs only 25 cents
at any drug store. 1t acts without as
sistance, tastes nice. causes no incon-
venience. Be sure you get the gem
uine. Don't accept something else
lust as good" insist on getting
"Pape's Cold Compound" if you want
to stop your cold quickly.-Advertise-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

Even the king himself knew little of
the English tongue that his forefathers
used The chief industry is cOpra and
coral gathering There is no metal
money The king decided at first that
money is the root for all evil so he
issued cards and not too many of them.
The kingdom is administered on model
lines. The king makes his own laws.
polices his domain and provides every
thing for his subjects.
When the cruiser Emden was sunk
off the islands. the survivors of the
crew Communicated the royal yacht
and embarked for Sumatra. Aside
from this, the only other excitement
the islands have had is cyclones. The
natives. king. royalty and all, out
maneuver nature on these occasions by
rushing into the lagoons and standing
in water up to their necks until the
blow subsidies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
NJ. p. PAYS WIDOW Sc, 900.
Railroad Settles for Death of Con-
ductor Killed by Train.

Hutchinson. Kan, Jan. 29.-Mrs
Grace Passwater. widow of the late
Conductor Harry J. Passwater, who
was killed under the wheels of a Mis-
souri, Pacific engine near Elmer last
November, made a settlement with the
company this week.
The railway company allowed Mrs.
Passwater $4,000, and not a cent was
deducted from it for attorneys fees,
commissions or litigation expenses.
The settlement was made by w. H
Money, claim agent for the railway.
Conductor Passwater was riding on
the running board Of the engine while
it backed from Hutchinson to Elmer.
The engine was derailed and the con-
ductor fell under the wheels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
KANsAN GOING TO EUROPE.
County Farmer Wants to Sc
Damage Done in Germany.

AtchisOn, Kan, Jan. 29.-Rinard
Thurman, who will have a public
sale February %, expects to retire
from the farm and will move to Lam
caster from his farm near Huron He
expects to live in Lancaster until the
war is over, when he plans to go back
to Germany, his native country, for
visit. This will be Mr.. Fuhrman's
first visit there since coming to this
country 3S years ago. His youngest
daughter is to be married and will live
on the farm.
Il intend to go back to Germany
as soon as the war is over" Mr.. Fuhr-
man says, "aS l am anxious to see how
much damage the struggle has
caused -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
81 YEARS AGO
KANSAS BECAME
I A TERRITORY
Kansas-Nebraska Bill Was
Passed Jan. %, 1854.
Fierce Debate in Congress on
Organization Law.
ACT FASTENED The CIVIL WAR
Renewed Slavery Contest Be-
tween North and South.
Most Important Action in His
tory of Congress.
Fierce Debate in Congress on
Organization Law.
ACT FASTENED The CIVIL WAR
Most Important Action in His
tory of Congress.
CWritten for the State journal by
l.. w. ThaVis.)

CWritten for the State journal by
l.. W. Thavis.)
washington, d. c, Jan. 29.-The
ACKNOWLEDGMENT bill, passed sixty
two years ago this week, January 20,
1854, was the act of congress by which
the territories of Kansas and Nebras
ka were organized.
1t turned out to be one of the
most important acts in the legisla-
tive history of the United States. 1t
precipitated the final phases of the
slavery struggle which resulted in the
Civil war. 1t led to the reoganiza-
ton of political parties 1t started a
renewal of the contest between the
North and the South over question
which had been regarded as settled
for many years. at least by the COM
promise measures of 1920 and 1850. 1t
stirred the passions of the people of
both sections, gave rise to bitter and
protracted controversies, both in and
out of congress, ana doubtless con-
sieerably fastened a resort to arms.
The bill sealed the doom of the
Whig party; it led to the formation
of the Republican party; it raised Lin
coin and gave a bent TO his great po-
litical ambition.
with or without Slavery"
Upon the admission of Missouri into
the Union, in 1921. the vast region ly-
ing between that state and the Rocky
moutains was left unOrganized. On
january 4. 1854, stephen A. Douglas,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
BUYS BON TON STOCK
Eli Ulamperl Has Millinery for New
Sale Soon.

Eli Ulamperl, proprietor of the u
amperl department store at 419-421
Kansas avenue, today purchased the
entire stock of millinery that was for
merly owned by the Bon Ton Millinery
company.
The goods were in excellent condi-
ton, the Bon Ton millinery opening
it's store only last August with an en-
tirely new line of fall and winter mill
linery.
Mr. Ulamperl says that he bought
this stock at an exceedingly low price
and that he is planning a sale, to start
very soon, at which time he will dis
pose of it at correspondingly low
prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
BUILD NEW COURT HOUSE.
Rats Have Taken Over Old Frame
Wichita County Building.

Leoti, Kan, Jan. 29.-The people of
Wichita county are again talking of
voting $4,000 bonds for the purpose
of erecting a new court house to take
the place of the little old frame build
ing. The clerk of the district court
now sleeps in the court house of nights
to keep the rats from destroying the
records.
Rats in western Kansas until the
last ten months have been unknown;
and just how there come to be so
many rats in Wichita county cannot
even by the Oldest settlers, be ex-
planned. While the officers are doing
their daily work they can hear the
working of the rats under the old
building and between the frame walls.