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The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
Uric Acid Poisoning!

The most eminent physicians recog-
nize that uric acid stored up in the
system is the cause of rheumatism,
that this is uric acid poison is present
in the joints, muscles. or nerves. By ex-
perimenting and analysis at the In
vaIids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in
Buffalo. n. Y. DIR. Pierce discovered a
combination of native remedies that
he called Anuric-which drives out
the uric acid from the system, and in
this way the pain, swelling and in
namation subside. If you arc suf-
ferer from rheumatism, backache.
pains here or there. you. can obtain
Anuric at any drug store and get re-
lief from the pains ard ills brought
about by uric acid.
Swollen hands. ankles. feet are due
to a dropsical condition. often caused
by disordered kidneys. Naturally
when the kidneys are deranged the
blood is filled with poisonous uric
acid. which settles in the tissues of the
feet. ankles, wrists or back as uratic
salts: or under the eyes in bag-like
formations.
1t is just as necessary TO keep the
kidneys acting properly as to keep the
bowels active to rid the body of
pOisons.
The very best possible way to take
care of yourself is to take a glass of
hot water before meals and an Anuric
tablet. In this way it is readily dis
Solved with the food, picked up by the
where it has a cleansing and tonic eff
feet
Step into the drug store and ask for
a 5O-cent package of Anuric, or send
DIR. Pierce Zoe for trial package.
Anuric-many times more potent than
lithia. eliminates uric acid. as hot
water melts sugar A short trial will
convince you.-Advertisemen
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
ENGINEERS TO TOPEKA
Annual Convention of Kansas Society
Here in January.

The annual convention of the Kan
sas Engineering society, a body of en-
gineers from the entire state, whose
membership includes city and county
engineers, railroad men, and men from
the various public service corporations,
will be held in Topeka January 1 6 and
H. The sessions of the convention
will probably be held in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms, tho that is not
certain yet.
C. A. Forter, of Topeka, is president
of the society, and is now devoting his
time to the arrangements for the con-
vention and the addresses which will
constitute a large part of the program.
He expects that about sixty engineers
will attend the meeting, and in addi-
ton, various manufacturing COM
panies will have Representatives and
possibly displays here for the meet
ing.
The main feature of the program,
Mr.. Forter stated this morning, will
be an address by DR.. Walter M Cross,
city chemist of Kansas City, Mo, and
a member of the staff of the Kansas
City Testing company, one of the
largest consulting chemistry and en-
gineering firms in the west. Doctor
Cross is to speak on some of the prac-
tical problems confronting engineers
in installing asphaltic-concrete pave
ments
1t is probable that w. S. Gearhart,
state highway and drainage engineer,
and other members of the engineering
faculty of the State Agricultural col
lege at Manhattan will be present. Mr..
Forter is in Manhattan today, and will
visit the engineering department there.
In addition to the program of ad-
dresses, there will be several business
sessions for the engineers.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
AUTO TURNED OVER
X. c. Mechanician Badly Injured at
Turn in Road Near Topeka.

The third automobile accident in
two months, at a dangerous road turn
four miles from Topeka, resulted ser
iously Sunday afternoon for c. l.. De-
Larm, 26, an automobile mechanician
of Kansas City.
DeLarm's car which he was drfv-
ing at a speed estimated at fifty miles
an hour by witnesses, turned over
twice when he attempted to round the
curve, and he was pinned under it,
receiving internal injuries and a dam
aged ankle.
The car was a heavy six-cylinder
roadster, which DeLarm was taking
to the Nordyke and Marmon garage
in Kansas City, from the home of the
owner in western Kansas. DeLarm
according to persons whom he had
passed along the road during the aft
ernoon, had been driving at a high
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
DESTROYED OIL FIELDS
Rumanians in Retreat Left Little of
Big Industry for Germans

London, Dec. 1.-THE Times corre-
spondent at Rumanian headquarters
writing under date of December 3,
confirms earlier tho less precise re-
ports that the Rumanians have taken
measures to prevent the central pow
ers from utilizing the oil wells in the
captured territory. The correspond
ent writes:
During the last week all wells, re-
fineries, oil tanks and other installa-
tions in the Prahova valley have been
destroyed in a way which renders the
production of oil in this region i'm
possible. Great depots of benzine were
burned. At Moreni the most import
ant oil producing field in Rumania,
the destruction was very complete in
view of the necessity of preventing
the working of the heavy oil deposits
which are so necessary to the Ger
manS''
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11

large enough to accommodate the
crowds that turn out to hear the vol
unteer speakers who are explaining
the leagues proposals. At all inn
portant points it has been necessary
to hold overflow meetings and work
the speakers in relays
Prominent Kansans Favor Work.
In Worcester, Mass, Mayor Wright
designated November "a as League to
Enforce Peace Day" Volunteers made
speeches at high schools and colleges,
While President Taft and others ad-
dressed two big mass meetings at
night. At dinner in Boston Director
OF t1eld Work Michener raised 900
in less than ten minutes to defray
the expenses of the state campaign.
The Town CrierS" an organization
of boosters for Providence are provid-
ing free posters for bill boards, cards
for street cars and other free publicity
Tor the leagues proposals; the minis
terS are preaching about the league
and speeches are being made in fac
tories and wherever else audiences can
be found.
Governor Capper. of Kansas, writes:
I am very much interested in the pro-
gram or the league. am ready
to do everything I can to forward the
movement" Senator Charles Curtis
and Representative D. R. Anthony of
the First district; P. P. Campbell of
the Third district. and W. A. Ayers of
the Eighth district of Kansas, have
also publicly indorsed the program of
the League to Enforce Peace, while a
large number of the principal business
men in st. Louis and Kansas City are
devoting their best efforts to advance
the leagues educational campaign
Hansford Crawford, former president
OF the st. Louis Business Mems league
Is chairman of the st. Louis branch of
the league.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
MUST PRESENT BILL EARLY.
Senator Nighswonger Advocates Quicl
Work on City Manager Law.

Wichita. Kan, Dec. 11.-Senator
Nighswonger believes that the effort
to secure a law authorizing the city
manager plan in municipal govern
ment must be taken up and pushed
by some organization which has stu
died the matter and which will be
able to present it intelligently to the
legislature. He also believes that such
an organization must formulate a bill
and present it Al the very earliest pos
sible date to the lawmaking body.
Senator NighSwonger was very
much interested in the Howe bill pre-
sented in the last legislature, and be-
lieves that if the senator from Dick
inson county had presented the meas
ure earlier in the session it might
have become a law.
VERY few people know that such a
bill was introduced. AS a matter of
fact. it was passed by the senate and
had it not been iniuriously amended in
the house it would have gone to the
statute book.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
He Outlines Efficiency Plan in
Speech at Wichita.
'TO GET MORE COOPERATION
All Institutions Should Work
With Each Other.
Use AtchisOn Home for Grip
pies and Detectives.

A complete reorganization and re-
parcelling of the work of the various
child welfare agencies of Kansas VIII
probably occur as the result OF rec
concentrations made by D. F. Shirk
of Topeka, secretary of the Kansas
ChiIdren's Home, in a speech before
the child section of the Kansas Con-
ference of Charities and Corrections,
which closed Wednesday evening at
Wichita.
Shirk's proposals included a merger
of the various orphan homes OF the
state. the State Orphans home at
Atchison and the two main home
finding societies of the state, the Kan
sas Children's Home society of To-
peka and the Christian Service league
of Wichita.
A Home for Detectives.
If agreeable to the state the Or
phans home at Atchison will be util-
lied merely for crippled and defective
children, children that cannot be
placed in Kansas homes, and children
temporarily cared for by the state
during financial disability of their pa
rents. The work of placing the chill
dren will be largely taken over by the
two main societies mentioned. The
private and church orphans homes
will chiefly board children whose pa
rents are unable to support them at
home and do a certain amount of
The state annually places about 100
children from the Atchison home, but
employing only one man. it is fmpos-
sible for the state to visit the chill
dren in their new-found homes and
ascertain their condition. The To-
peka and Wichita agencies employ
about twelve agents merely to visit
the children and see that they are
happy and doing well.
Many Are Removed.
In many cases it has been found
advisable to remove the children from
homes where they have been placed.
The twelve or fifteen private agencies
have not sufficient funds to undertake
a systematic campaign of child placing
and by cooperation with the Kansas
Childrens Home society and the
Christian Service league could largely
remove this duty from their shoulders
and also the task of visiting the chill
dren placed.
By this method the number of Wis
iting and placing agents could be re-
duced about half, saving $4,000 to
$4,000 year and securing greater
efficiency in general child welfare
work.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home.

-~--N
Philadelphia. Pa. Do you wear
glasses? Are you a victim of eye strain
or other eye weaknesses? If so, YOU
VIII he glad to know that according to
DR.. Lewis there is real hope for YOU.
Many whose eyes were falling say they
have had their eyes restored through
the principle of this wonderful free
prescription. One man says. after try
ing it: I was almost blind; could not
see to read at all. Now | can read
everything without any glasses and my
eyes do not water any more. AT night
they would pain dreadfully; now they
feel fine all the time. 1t was like a
miracle to me" A lady who used it
says: The atmosphere seemed hazy
with or without glasses. but after US
ing this prescription for fifteen days
everything seems clear. | can even
read fine print without glasses" 1t is
believed that thousands who wear
glasses can now discard them in a
reasonable time and multitudes more
viii be able to strengthen their eyes
so as to be spared the trouble and ex-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tab
lets, the substitute for caiomel.
DR.. Edwards. practicing physician
for II years and calome1s old-time en-
emy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients fol
chronic constipation and torpid livers
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but d healing, sooth-
ing vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" of these
little sugar-coated, o1ive-colored tablets
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them tc
unnatural action.
If YOU have a dark brown mouth
now and then-a bad breath-a dull
tired feeling - sick headache = torpid
liver and are constipated, you'll find
quick, sure and only pleasant results
from one or two little DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night Just to keep right. Try them
lOc and 25c per box. Ali druggists
ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
PLAY "GoLF'' WITH TIN CANS.
"Old Sow Club Will Rival Golf Club
at Dodge City.

Dodge City. Kan, Dec. 11.-An
"Old Sow club is being organized here
by young men of the city. 1t is not a
live stock breeders proposition, but a
sporting club which will play "old
sow" and be rival of the golf club.
The equipment consists of a circle
of holes with another hole in the CEN
ter of the circle, an old tin can and a
stick for each player. The player who
is 'it'' tries to get the can into the
center hole despite the efforts of the
other players to keep the can outside
the ring and at the same time keep the
can tender from thrusting his stick
into the hole belonging to the opposing
player. No caddies are required and
expense could be otherwise cut down
because tin cans are plentiful and the
sticks need not be manufactured by
Spalding or McGrogor. Arthur Soule
has the movement in charge.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
RED CROSS SERVICE.

Red Cross Ball Blue gives to every
housewife unequaled service. A large
scent package gives more real. gen.
uine merit than any other blue Red
Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whittier
than snow You will be elie hted AT
all good grocers.-Adv
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
Find Oil at st. Paul, Kan.

st. Paul, Kan, Dec. 11.-Drillers
struck oil at a depth of 5S5 feet on
what is known as the island on the
Neosho river near here. The well was
shot and is showing up good. The
well was capped and the drill rig
moved to a new location and work
was started on another we'll. The strike
is causing considerable excitement i'll
st. Paul and leasing is going on
rapidly.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
CLAIM HE PLANNED ROBBERY.
Matchmaker in Plundered JeweIry
store Held at Arkansas City.

Arkansas City, Kan, Dec. 11.-El-
mer A. Inman was arrested here for
completely in the robbery of $1,000
worth of jewelry of the I. L. Mcdowell
jewelry store, November "a. Inman
was employed as a clockmaker in the
store and is charged with having plan
ned the robbery which was commit
ted by Frank Langhney, who made an
alleged confession, according to the
police.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
NORTON CLAIMS BEST TEAM.
High School Eleven ''Bcats World"-
5000 Persons See Last Game.

Way up in northwest Kansas is the
town of Norton. and they now come to
the front with the claim that they
have the best high school football
team in the world. They played nine
games this season and won them all.
running up a total of SIS points to
their opponents II.
So enthusiastic were the people at
Norton that 5000 turned out to see
the game Thanksgiving Day with the
Oberlin high school team, and the
gate receipts were $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
RosEDALE MAY BE ANNEXED.
Committee Asks That Suburb be Made
Part of n c. Kan

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE
city of Roseda1e wants to become d
part of Kansas City, Kan, Mayor
Green and the city commissioners of
Kansas City, Kan, were told today by
a committee of Roseda1e citizens
Mayor Green favors the annexation,
he told the committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11

Tuesday evening the country home of D.
H Forbes four miles west of the city,
burned to the ground. The house was built
in 1880 and cost about $1,000 H.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11

The story comes from Leavenworth that
an effort is being made to organize a
professional baseball league for next sea-
son to be composed of Missouri Valley
towns, taking in Topeka Kansas City and
Omaha are both out of the old association
now.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
Making Good Roads Possible.

According to the Road Maker,
Greene county recently let contract
for graveling two miles of the Lin
coin Highway for 5000, or $3.50 per
mile. The county road system in
Guthrie county amounts to 1876 miles.
At $3.50 per mile it would cost $685.
200 to surface all of 1t with gravel.
Suppose we allow for extra hauling
and unseen expenses $11,8O0 more,
making the estimated amount to
complete the work an even 100000.
How can we pay 1t without increas-
ing the taxes? According to table
published in bulletin form by the
u. S. department of agriculture, it
requires only $8,024.16 per annum
to pay in full both principal and in
terest on five per cent 100000.
loan running twenty years. Our share
of the automobile tax in Guthrie
county last year was $8,290.56, and
this alone if set aside for the purpose,
on basis of uniform annual pay
ment for twenty years, would more
than gravel our entire county road
system. After deducting the auto
mobile tax, we would still have left
$4,000 per annum of tax and bridge
funds to expend for further purposes.
Stuart Herald
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
Death of a Promising Young Man.

Relatives in this city received the
sad intelligence Tuesday morning of
the death of Harold Lunbeck, who
died Tuesday morning at o'clock in
a hospital at Ames. Two weeks ago
Harold, who was student in the
State College at Ames, was operated
upon or appendicitis, and he had
been in a serious condition since that
time. He was an adopted son of Miss
Cora Lunbeck of this city, who has
been with him during his illness.
Harold spent the holiday vacation in
icon and made many friends among
the young folks of this city, for he
was an unusually bright young man,
of very rugged constitution, and his
death came as great shock to his
friends in this city. His remains
were taken to Mason City, Iowa, for
interment, funeral services being
held at Mason City Wednesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs. C. M.
ketcham and Mrs. j. w. Rowell of
this city, left Tuesday for Mason
City to attend his funeral.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
Special City Election Tomorrow.

The voters of Leon should not for
get the special city election which
will be held in Leon on Friday, Feb.
18th, when they will be permitted to
vote on the question of granting a
new franchise to the Leon Electric
Co., for a term of twenty-five years.
The proposed franchise has been
published each week for the past four
weeks and voters should examine it
carefully before voting. If carried it
makes a contract for twenty-five
years, and if you have any kick make
It now as after the franchise is grant
ed you will have no opportunity. The
new franchise has been endorsed by
the city council and there will prob
ably be no opposition to it at the
polls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
Shot His Thumb OF.

Will Sanders, the twenty year old
son of Charles Sanders, accidentally
shot his left thumb of while hunting
near the Funktown cemetery last
Thursday afternoon. The young man
had a trap set and while pulling it
out he set his shot gun down and his
foot slipped and knocked the gun
over and it was discharged, striking
him in the thumb and tearing it OF.
He had placed a marble in the gun
as part of load for a wolf he was
hunting, and the physician who was
called found it necessary to amputate
the thumb at the second joint.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
JEFFERSON HIGHWAY
Is Definitely Located by Board OF
Directors and Interstate Trail
THROUGH Leon is Selected.

| The route of the Jefferson High
way which when completed will ex-
tend from New Orleans to Winnipeg,
Canada, through Missouri and Iowa
was definitely located at meeting OF
the directors held in Kansas City last
Wednesday which was attended ny
several hundred good roads boosters.
and the Interstate Trail which runs
through Leon was officially selected
us the route from Kansas City to St.
Paul, There was hard fight over
the matter as four different routes
were considered and each was repre-
sented at the directors meeting by a
big bunch of boosters. The routes
were the Capitol Highway running
from Kansas City to Chillicothe, Mo-,
then up to Lineville, Iowa, and
through Leon to Des Moines, the Ayr
Line which goes through Mt. Ayr, the
Saints Highway which passes
through Bedford and the Interstate
Trail, which is already located and
marked from Kansas City to st. Paul.
A hard surfaced road fit for travel
365 days of the year is what the JEFF
ferson Highway will be when com
pleted The Missouri representatives
pledged that they would build gravel
surfaced roads from Kansas City to the
Iowa state line south of Lamont and
have it completed by Labor Day next
year, September 4th. In Worth coun-
ty, Iowa, there are already thirty-fiye
miles of graveled road on the Inter-
State and Cerro Gordo promises they
will have all the trail in that county
graveled this year. 1t is going to be
big thing for the Iowa towns
which are located on the Jefferson
Highway, for there will be tremen-
dous amount of ranscontinentalt trav-
ell over it. E. T. Meredith, of Des
Moines, is president of the Jefferson
Highway and he has already issued
the first number of new magazine,
known as the Jefferson Highway
Declaration, and devoted to the in.
terests of the route and the territory
traversed, which will be published
monthly at Des Moines, with Mr..
Meredith as editor and Frederick j..
Wright. his secretary, as associate
editor.
The Iowa members of the board of
directors are w. A. Hopkins, of La
moni, E. C. Harlan of Indianola, and
Hugh H. Shepard, Of Mason City, a
mighty good trio of good roads boost
e.s and workers. County clubs to-
further the organization will be or
ganized in every county in the state
of Iowa. In Missouri bond issues wiz.
be made for improving the road. De-
catur county should be one Of the
first to getsin line with this work and
already plans are being talked of to
gravel mile north out of Leon con-
Meeting with the city pavement. We
would like to see this project pushed,
and If the first mile of graveled road
can be built in Decatur county, it will
not be long until there will be many
miles of hard roads in this county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
DECLANiATORY CONTEST.
Leon High School Held Declamatory
Contest Friday Evening"
The Winners.

A large audience was present at the
opera house last Friday evening at
the declamatory contest of the Leon
High School to select contestants for
the county, suD-disctrict and quad
rangular contests. There were twelve
contestants, three in the oratory
class, six in the dramatic class and
three in the humorous. All of the
contestants did fine, but of course all
could not win. George Chastain was
winner of first in the oratory class
with "Spartacus to the Gladiators." !"
The other contestants in this class
were Michael Grogan with Daniel
O'Connell," and Forest P. Hagan
with Abraham Lincoln, the Man
Called of Cod"
In the dramatic class Nancie Kemp
was awarded first place with "The
Death Dice" the other contestants
being Marjorie Shular with '"The
Story of Patsy" Maurine Penniwell
with Hoy Old Folks Won the Oaks, ;"
Helen Gammill with ''The Sign of the
Crcss," Goldeane Chastain with "The
One Hundred and Oneth," and Merle
Stephens with 'Sombre.
In the humorous class Teresa Tul-
lis won first with '"Fhe Village Cos
sip," the others being Doyle Brown
with ''Bill Smith, and Robert
Beardsley with "a Case of Fits
In the final marking Nancie Kemp
was first over all, Marjorie Shular
second over all and George Chastain
third over ALL Miss Nancie Kemp
will represent Leon at the sub-dis-
trict contest to be held at Bedford in
March, at the quadrangular contest
to be held at Corning and at the
county contest to be held at Van
Vert in April. Miss Marjorie Shular
also goes to the county contest, and
Miss Teresa Tullis and George Chas-
tain will go to the quadrangular
contest.
The judges of the contest were
Rev. Tice of Osceola, Prof. J. E.
B. Parker. of Corydon, and Prof. j..
e. Prather, of Van Vert
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-10
Mitchell

Last Wednesday evening at $3.50 at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
FarQuhar, Mr.. Ancil Mitchell and
Miss Loretta Estes, both of Pleasan-
ton, Iowa, were united in holy matri-
mony. The service was conducted In
formally, Rev. Raoul r. Moser, pas
tor of the local Methodist church., Of
ficiating. After the ceremony those
present sat down to an elaborate we'd
ding dinner.
Mrs. Mitchell is sister of Mrs.
Frank Farquhar, and both she and
her husband are counted among the
esteemed and worthy young people
of Pleasanton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell will make
their home at Pleasanton. May their
journey through life be happy one
and may as much JOY and sunshine
attend them along the way as shall be
for their highest good and best inter-
qStS e