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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
SELL CEMENT PLANT.
Ellis County Property Brought
$165,OOO at Sheriff's Sale.

Hays, Kan. March 25.-The U. S.
Portland cement plant has been sold
by the sheriff to ]. K. Mullen, the
miller millionaire of Denver for $685.
900, Mr.. Mullen held the first mort
gage bond on the plant which was fore
closed in February. The plant is To-
Gated at Yocemento, eight miles west
of this city. The company was organ
lied by I. NJ. Yost IN 1906 and a
S265,000 plant was built.
A small town grew up around the
plant and for four years gave employ
ment to about seventy men. 1t has
been idle since December, 1911. The
cement is known the world over and
is as near the standard of the Portland
cement of England as it can be- The
large U. P. general office building of
Omaha was built almost exclusively of
this cement. One great advantage of
the plant is that it has both the lime
stone and the shale above it and grav-
ity brings both into the crushers
The people in the cement village
delighted to hear that Mr.. Mullen
bought the plant for they now hope
that it VIII be only a question of a few
weeks until the wheels will be turning
out cement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
ed by C. C. Holdgerson. contractor
of Window, Kan.
VALUABLE STUFF WASTED.
Wheat Straw Is Worth Millions As
Fertilizer to Kansas Farms.

Manhattan, Kan, March 25.-If all
the wheat straw raised in Kansas in
one year were properly applied to the
soil it would supply not only organic
matter to increase greatly the pro-
ductivity OF the soil, but would also
add more than 100000 worth of
plant food annually, according to r. L.
Throckmorton, assistant professor of
soils in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
Wheat straw" says Mr.. Throck-
morton, lis one of the most valuable
by-products of the farm and if burned
not only is the organic matter de-
stroy u, but most of the plant food as
well. The most economical method of
utilization is the use of all straw pos
sible for feed and bedding and then
applying the manure to the soil. When
this is not possible it should be ap
piled as a surface dressing during the
winter at the rate of one to l " tons
per acre. A heavier application
should be avoided.
When top dressings of this kind
are made the straw acts as a surface
mulch and aids in the conservation of
moisture. Later it becomes incorpor-
ated in the soil mass and supplies
organic matter and plant food"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Is Years Ago
Topeka
From the columns of
THE STATE JOURNAL

March 25-IS91.
The Book club met this afternoon
with Miss Name Smith in Potwin.
Since the failure of the bank which
Director Sterne declared to be in such
excellent condition there seems to be
an apathy on his part to supply the
''sinews of war" that are to force Mr..
Quinton into the mayors chair despite
the protests of the people.
To be sure if Mr.. Sterne is made city
treasurer and gets control of the quar-
ter of million dollars, often in the
hands of Topekas city treasurer that
would be a different story. But there
is too much doubt about Quinton's cleo
ton and Sterne's consequent appoint
ment as treasurer.
new scheme of bleeding has been
devised to to supply fund d., for the
dates for justices of the peace and for
constables are numerous. The ring
central committee backed by Messrs-
Carter ct al has proposed that each
candidate for office of justice of the
peace be assessed $25, and $3.50 for
printing expenses. As a rule the can
Twenty-Five dollars is a great deal of
money for these men to pay and to
tax them thus is well nigh infamous.
The justices are given their choice of
paying up or getting off the Repub
lican track controlled by a few ring
sters. They ought to get off and run
before the people ana reDuke corrup-
ton.
Mckinley ought to be governor of
Ohio. It's about his size.
Tableaux, illustrative gestures, emo
tive gestures, ''fanolOgy" and many sin
gle studies in pose at Library Hall
tonight.
Miss Myra Williams entertained
friends at her home on Fillmore street
last evening in honor of Miss Leila
Horne, of Colorado Springs
At Crawfords next Tuesday and
Wednesday evening the new Topeka
opera Eileen the joint work of two
Topeka gentlemen, A. NJ Saylor and
J. n. Goodman, will be presented by
Topeka's best musical and dramatic
talent including Louie Hecks full or
chestPa. The stage work will be under
the direction of Lillian Brown Norris.
John Macdonald, editor of the West
ern School journal, will read paper
entitled ''Wayside Notes at the meet
ing of the Northeast Teachers asso-
citation at Kansas City. Kansas, to-
morrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
HOLD WELFARE CAMPAIGN.
Three Day Rural Community Affair
in Miami County,

Paola- Kan, March 25.-A three
days Rural Community Welfare
Campaign" has been carried on in
Miami county, Kansas. Community
Sunday, March 18th, an all day meet
ing, with a big basket dinner was held
at Eden Chapel church. Other all
day meetings with big basket dinners
were held at Spring Ridge Community
hall and at Community Center.
Walter Burr of the Rural Service
department of the State Agricultural
college, discussed the religious, edu-
cational and economic welfare of these
communities with the people of each
respective community. Much interest
was manifest at these meetings in the
community welfare movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
CONTESTS PROVE WORTH.
Boys and Girls Club in Schools Are
Success. Ill Innovation.


Success.u III Innovation.
Pittsburg, Kan, March 25.-Boys'
and girls poultry, sewing and bread
baking clubs are proving a success
full innovation in the schools of Craw-
ford county, it was announced here
today. This plan of functioning the
student in the requirement of prac
teal knowledge and skill of the things
that will aid in the development of
rural community life is said to be one
of the most successful ever adopted in
the county.
Civic organizations have become in
terested in the practical work the pu-
pills are doing and many contests have
been started to stimulate interest. One
of the contests in which the students
are working is a gardening contest.
There are more than 80 entries in
the contest now and the enrolment is
expected to reach 200. These con-
tests are not restricted to high school
pupils but the children in the common
grades have been allowed to enter.
Addition to the gardening contest sim
tar plans have been made for all
phases of domestic art. it was an
nounced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
MAKER OF PIES WILL SING.
Member of Messiah Baked $50 Pies
for Harvest Hands,

Emporia. Kan, March 25.-One
hundred fifty pies made in one month
is the record of Miss Ruth Jackson of
Ness City. These pies were made dur
ing her fathers wheat harvest last
summer. Ruth says that every one of
the pies were eaten and that no cas-
ualties were reporteA.
Miss Jackson will take a prominent
part in the Biblical oratorio, The Mes
siah, which will be given by the State
Normal school at Emporia on April
%. She is a freshman in the normal
high school and is carrying all the
work permitted in that year. Her
work in The Messiah is done without
credit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
MRS. VILLA IN CARNIVAL.
Parker Company Expects to Sign Wife
of Famous Mexican Outlaw.

Leavenworth, Kan. March Us
Thirst for the sensational in amuse-
ments will reach a climax if a deal
now pending between c. w. Parker of
this city and Mrs. Francisco Villa, wife
of tn arch bandit of Mexico, reaches
the stage of signed, sealed and deliv-
cred" which it is expected will be
consummated soon. a trusted agent
for Mr.. Parker is now on his way to
the city of Los Angeles to conclude
negotiations with Sonora Donna
ROSETTA for her appearance as a free
attraction with the big show Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
new HOSPITAL
IN LITTLE RIVER
George Nj. Hoffman, Pioneer,
Donates Memorial Institution.
Donor Accumulated Wealth
Through Faith in Kansas.
.FREIGHTER AND CATTLE man
Helped Move Capital From Lee
compton to Topeka.
Gives Part of Fortune to Aid
Fellow Men.
.FREIGHTER AND CATTLE Man

Little River, Kan, March %
George NJ. Hoffman, former bull
.whacker," pioneer resident of Kansas
land now president of the Citizens
State bank here, has erected a $4,000
hospital here. known as the Hoffman
Memorial hospital. The institution
will be for the benefit of the people of
the community. Mr.. Hoffman is an
old resident of Little River, having
settled here in 1881. For a number
of years he lived in or near Topeka,
and he was closely identified with the
early history Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

Parker is organizing to tour under his
own personal direction.
Friends in Los Angeles wired Mr..
Parker shortly after the shooting up"
of Columbus that Mrs. Villa claimed
to have advices from Don Pancho
which would prove conclusively that
he could not have been within 500
miles of American soil when the raid
was made and she declared her inten-
ton of no longer remaining in Sc
clusion but ready to make a personal
appeal to the world for justice for her
husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Like to See ..Henrys, Made.

The summer-the vacation season
is usually the time when visitors from
all parts of the country throng the
Ford Motor company in greatest vol
ume. Yet, February, with an atten-
dance record of 10042 visitors, was in
entertainment annals, the third largest
month in the company's existence.
January also showed an increase of
more than 100 per cent. In fact, in
these two months, January and Feb
ruary, there were more Ford visitors
than in the first five months of last
wear mbined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

George NJ. Hoffman was born in
franklin county, Indiana, in 1S43. He
left home at the age of 5 years and
worked for seven dollars month I'M
til he had saved enough to come to
Kansas. He reached Fort Riley in
August, 1859, going to Topeka in Oc-
tober of the same year. He oper-
ated a farm east of Topeka in 1860
and afterwards lived with J. w.
Farnsworth in Topeka from 1861 to
80. Part of this time was spent on
the plains.
Moved Kansas Capital.
In 1851 Mr. Hoffman and Cope
Gordon - owed the capital of the state
from LecomptOn to Topeka. Mr.
Hoffman left Topeka for good in 1867,
operating a freighting business in
Kansas and Colorado. He "freighted"
from Missouri river points to Santa
F'e, y. NJ. Julesburg. Fort Laramie,
Powder River and Salt Lake City in
early Mormon days.
Mr.. Hoffman ended his career as a
bullwhacker in 1869, when he lost his
train with Texas fever.
He then bought up a number of
Texas cattle and for several years en-
gagged in the cattle business. Mr..
Hoffman was the man who hauled the
first load of railroad ties through
Cheyenne, Wyo. He finally estab-
lished himself in Little River in 1881.
Hospital Free of Debt.
Mr.. Hoffman is one of the men who
accumulated a fortune through his
faith in Kansas, and now in his de-
clining years he is devoting his money
and time to building up his COM
munity. The Hoffman memorial is a
part of the many thing he has done
or is planning to do for the town.
Mr.. Hoffman has donated enough to
build and completely furnish the hos
pital 1t will be bequeathed to the
town when the old pioneer passes
away The building is three stories
high and has a total of AZ rooms with
Is guest rooms. 1t is 40 by 90 feet
and is completely modern in every
respect. The institution is clear of all
debt or incumbrance
board of directors will be named.
of which DIR. John H. Powers will be
permanent president. The hospital,
now practically completed was erect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
New ChaImers BuiIding.

To meet increased demand for
manufacturing space, ground was
broken at the plant of the Chalmers
Motor company early in the week for
a main building 400 feet long. sixty
feet wide and four stories high, to
cost $4,000. The building will have
a wing sixty by fifty feet, and with
the recently completed service build
ing will add $4,000 square feet of
floor space to the Chalmers plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Drive Cars Home.


The extraordinary winter demand
for automobiles when considered with
the widespread freight car shortage
has brought about a condition without
precedent in the automobile industry.
1t is no novel thing for Dealers locat-
ed near an automobile factory, to have
cars delivered to them at the factory
in good weather and to drive them
home over the roads. 1t is decidedly
novel, however, to see more than a
hundred dealers and their employees,
some coming from points 200 miles
distant, in the midst of terrific snow
storm, driving home over roads we'll
nigh impossible IN places, to get cars
to deliver to waiting customers who
are unwilling to take chances on de-
moralized freight deliveries. This was
the condition at the big WHY'S Over
land plant last Monday when 1872 cars
were delivered to dealers coming from
all parts of Ohio, Michigan and In
diana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
A WOMAN'S APPEAL.

To all known sufferers of rheurnat1s1,
whether muscular OF the Joints SOL
atica, lumbago, backache, pains in the
kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write RI
her for a home treatment which has re-
peatedly cured all of these tortures- she
feels it her duty to send It to all sufferers
FREE. You cure yourself at home as
thousands Will testify-no Change Of
climate being necessary. This simple dis
covery banlshes uric acid from the blood
loosers the stfffened joints. purifies the
blood, and brightens the eyes, giving elias
ITCHY and tone to the whole system IF
the above interests you, for proof address
Mrs NJ Summers, Box r, South Bend.
Ind.-Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Is SO
MOTOR EXHAUSTS|
Matters ofinteresttomotor car
and motorcy Gle owners inToPeka
and Kansas.
Increase for the Paige.

February, 1916, showed an extraor-
binary increase of business for. the
Paige-Detroit Motor Car company
over the total business for the same
month last year. To be exact, the in
crease in the number of cars built and
delivered was III per cent for that
single month over the February, 1915,
record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

More care is being taken each year
in body construction. The manufac-
turers are putting more and more
work and material into places which
are not seen but that show up in the
long run by the longevity of the car.
In the new Marmon "a it is interesting
to note the way that the body is
braced. The body is of the new type
construction, which is made in three
sections and the frame construction is
of carefully selected white ash, all
cut in the wood cutting department of
the Nordyke & Marmon company.
After this wooden frame is built it is
securely braced by many iron braces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
BURNED BY TUPENTINE.
Bandages on Bruised Hands BIazed
When Farmer Lit His Pipe.

Ionia. Kan, March 25.-Tom Buck,
a farmer boy living near Ionia, is suf-
fering with severe burns on his hands
as a result of peculiar accident
Mr. Buck was in runaway and his
hands were badly bruised and cut.
He wrapped them in cloths saturated
in turpentine, and when he lighted his
pipe the turpentine flared up. The
fire was extinguished with a blanket
He will be unable to work for several
days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

Then the hammered sheet aluminium
is fitted around this frame. The wind
shield supports run almost to the main
frame. The wind shield is not merely
tackled on top of the cowl, but with
the supports running down forms
rigid support. The three sections of
the body are bolted directly to the
frame
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
Odds DeyeIonment.

Lansing, Mich, March 25.-Seven-
teen years have rolled by since the
Odds Motor Works, of Lansing, Mich,
first inaugurated the production of
automobiles on a commercial scale.
Since the production of this concern s
familiar curved-daSh roadster,
changes in the industry have taken
place so sweeping as to surpass the
widest tales of Aladdin'S lamp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

A fleet of five Dodge Brothers mo-
tor cars has just been put into service
by the police department of Roches-
ter, N. Y. The choice of cars was
made after exhaustive tests extending
over several weeks in which careful
records were kept of the maintenance
costs and also of the general perform
ance of the cars. Others are to be add
ed to the fleet,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
After Grip take
TONIC TABLETS

after any long illness, physical ex-
haustiOn, loss of strength, or appetite,
take Humphreys Tonic TabIets-price
500 at drug stores or sent direct.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co. 1856
William Street. New Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

"NO, mother. this novel is not at all
fit for you TO read" You are reading it,
YES but you know you were brought up
very differently. Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

March 25-189I.
The Book club met this afternoon
with Miss Name Smith in Potwin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

Miss Myra Williams entertained
friends at her home on Fillmore street
last evening in honor of Miss Leila
Horne, of Colorado Springs.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
JUST AS GOOD AS PENRosE.

The New York World Dem accounts for the appearance
Thomas Taggart in the United States senate by holding
governor of Indiana solely responsible, thus:
senate which still notes the presence Of the Repub
can Penrose the arrival of Taggart the Democrat will
excite interest reminder Of unpleasant past
Since the election Of senators prescribed by popular
VOTE such most states get into the in
only one way, and that is by appointment
But Penrose got in by popular election having been the
Of his party through overwhelming vote and of
the whole people at regular election Is Penrose for the d
|c primary and popular rule? Undoubtedly, undoubtedly
The only way evidently to get rid Of Penrose is for the
formers to disfranchise the people Of Pennsylvania.
Doubtless the Democrats of Indiana will seek this fall to
honor Tom Taggart Penrose has been honored by Pes
ynia Indiana has long turned the whole Democratic
gnzaon to him. He has made mayors governors senators
and presidents Now he has emerged from the back
ground and taken for himself such job he has invariably
heretofore bestowed others.
really occasion for congratulaton among Demo
Gratis. Is not Tom Taggart good Penrose? Surely
Well Democrat who is than Penrose ought to
be good enough for other Democrats Perfectly logical and
rassurng.- Oregonian.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
FUNSTON AND BAKER.

"a friction between General Funston and Secro+o
Rumus rife in Washington. General Funston essentials
baker a.s Main direct man, who when charged with rcsn
soosss invariably made good. He has, however boon
hH II 70 q free hand when ordered to perform mit
md naturally is unused to that form of supervso1
rce sts as in this instance, of public announcements
men Cara Funston is to have free hand followed NV
has setston of details from Washington.
H gotic Kansan is deeply concerned for the welfare f
y n and is understood to have little patience with tb
. :itt;on's extreme socitude for the feelings Of C
rarranza as is well known, processes to be in hearty
ana y with the punitive expedition which has the annr
[ If the bandit Villa its purpose but he displays his
tbv by putting and unnecessary obstacles in
ut~ sv of the American military forces.
General Funston is described as mortified NV
douacy and inefciency of the and wireless corns
10 army In justice to Secretary Baker it should be said
10 il not primarily responsible for the obstacles which
IL hmnering General Funston. Hardly well seated in his
s Secretary Baker is compelled to carry out to the MIMI
9 da the orders of President Wilson For chief of staff
whom he should be able to lean he has General Scott be-
10 the president for that post and appointed because
ha nsdents fondness for him and of his fondness for
VILLA
Never was the department directly under the per
supervision of the president and those who nominallv
I IN charge realize that Mr. Wilson will brook no opposition
En- even tolerate any urgent representations which conflict
h his own preconceived notions realization of the true
conditions emphasizes the difficulties of General Funston s
% but it should also sympathy for Secretary Baker
Boise Statesman
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13

proved by the finance committee moro
ordered paid. "''ii''ee' were
81 petltion from the Junior class of
, the hlgh school, requesting the use ~
t .ne gym Tor the purpose of hoId,nc
' 'ne annual Junior prom" was taken
~ anu on suggestion of one Of tho
ras,I9, an informal ballot was taken
f esultihg III three members being in
i - OF the petition and three against
!" ,r ne request was tabled
~. ne application of Miss Florenco
ntues' VINO Is now teaching the second
sruue' Tor the position of first grade
Yea tiler Tor the ensuing wear was
mor,' 'vu anu Hiss Erbes was unani-
hig ~, elected to the position
ne time of the board for the MAST
nau,lth mas been given to the consid.
tL OF the numerous applications
.uul nave been received for nositionS
III lne local school, aud the re-apnoint.
nle1l OF present faculty teachers tha,
WI WI De retained to generous de-
siee Inc uncertainty of a number of
matters before the board and the in.
complete state in which the business
= louiil at the present time makes II
-, Tor the members TO give ont
'he Information that the peonle of the
immunity immunity are much interested in
learillS concerning appointments Par.
uoh Tor the delay is asked nv the
ooara Tor the reason that they have
reached no conclusions.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court, County Of Ida
no, State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Joseph
E. Callan, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters
of Administration on the estate or
Joseph e Callan, deceased, were grant
ed to the undersigned on the 10th day
of April, 1916, by the Probate Court
of Idaho County.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance, at the law
office of H. Taylor, Bank OF Camas
Prairie building, Grangeyille Idaho,
the same being hereby designated as
the place of business of said estate,
within ten months after the date OF
the first publication of this notice,
or they shall be forever barred
Dated this 10th day of April, 1915.
MARGARET CALLAN,
Administrators of the Estate Of JOS
eph e. Callan, Deceased.
Fl. TAYLOR, Attorney for administra-
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