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Meade County news., 1917-11-29
Hemorrhagic Septicemia

Manhattan, Kan, Nov 2S.-
Many reports of death OF cattle
which have been turned into
fields of sorghum, corn, and 9TH
er crops are being received at
the Kansas State Agricultural
college. Deaths at this time of
year may result from one of sew
eral causes, points out DR.. h. X.
Dykstra, professor of surgery
1t has been demonstrated con-
clusively that these folders, es.
p4cially when frosted or stunted u,
or when a second growth has
taken place, contain the elements
that form prusslc acid in the
stomach of an animal. If they
are consumed by an animal, death
is almost instantaneous, and,
therefore, treatment is seldom
Of avail.
The internal ADMINISTRATION of
large doses of ordinary molasses
has been recommended to neu-
tralize some of the elements that
form the prussic acid. This
treatment is of value only before
absorption of the poison has taxi
en- place. AS a precautionary
measure, only one or two animals
usually are turned into sus-
pected field, If no i'll results fol-
low, the chances are that tire
field will be safe for the remain
der of the herd. A chemical
analysis is not practical, because
only few stalks in field may
be poisonous.
A common cause of death of
animals in stalk fields is an in-
fectous disease known as hem
orrhagic septicemia. In It's acute
form death takes place Quickly,
so that in many cases the owner
observes no symptoms This
disease may be prevented by the
use of a hemorrhaglc septicemic
vIccine injected under the skin.
Such vaccines are for sale by all
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
MEADE'S BOYS
COMMISSIONED
News of Their Success Has
Been Joyfully Received
By Meade Friends

Good news has been received
from the three Meade boys
Herbert Jones, Bernard McMeel
and Scott Lcnnen-who have
been in training at FIT. Sheridan
for the past three months.
Messages to the relatives ol
each, received Tuesday, convey
ed the news that their work had
entitled tn m to com missions as
Second Lieutenarts.
Mr.. Jones arrived home We'd
nesday night and wlllremain ur'
til he is called into active service
Mr.. McMeel will visit his bro
tber, DR.. E. J. McMeel, who is
now in the Ambulance Corps,
Sanitary train at Camp Sherma n,
Chilocothe, Ohio, before return
ing to Meade.
Mr.. Lennen will spend Thanks
giving with his father in Topeka
All Meade rejoices with the
boys.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
NUMBER 4S.
Cause For High Price Cotton

Recent investigation in the use
OF cotton in was show:
A 12-inch gun disposes of a
half bale of cotton with every
shot fired; machine gun in OPP
eratlon will use up.a bale in three
minutes; in naval battle like the
one off Jutland over 5000 pounds
minute are consumed per min
ute are consumed by each active
war ship; more than 10000 bales
a year are needed to provide abb
sorbent cotton for the wounds of
the injured; one change of appar-
el for all the troops now engaged
in the war represents more than
a million bales.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Blau who
live east of Meade are relating a
rather unusual experience. On
Thursday evening they drove to
Meade and upon their return
home attended to them as usual
the next morning the teacher
of the Belle Meade school, Miss
Ethel Mitchell, upon her arrival
at the school house, discovered
the team inside, provided with
a generous supply of hay. The
horses had been relieved of their
names and portion of their tails.
No clue to the guilty parties has
been ionnd.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
Departed

The following, taken from the
Salt Lake City Tribune, will re-
call incidents of former days In
Meade to the old timers:
Died-In this city, Novem Der
22, 1917, Peter E Hart, aged 6S
years, at the residence, 995 South
Ninth East street. Funeral SER
vices will be held at 11.00 a. m.
Saturday November 24th from
the new funeral chapel of Eber
w. Hall, 247 East Second South
street, Interment, Mt. Olivet will
be private.
We learn from old timers that
Mr.. Hart came to Meade county
from Ohio in 1885. He proved
up the townsite for the settlers
and was appointed mayor by the
ToNuslte company and at the
County Seat election was elected
to that Office. He served one
term, but was defeated for the
second. He was member of
the real estate firm OF Rocky,
Hart, Dickson & Nye He left
Meade in the early 90's.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
Married

Mr.. Carl Ellis, and Miss Jonh-
lie Stack house were united in
marriage Monday, November 10
at Dodge City Kansas,
Mr.. Ellis is the youngest son
of Mrs. VIM. Ellis, of Fowler,
and has lived in Meade county
practically all his life. He is
among the successful stock rails
ers of the county, and one OF its
best citizens.
Miss Stackhouse is daughter
Of Mrs George Glnder, and has
made many friends during her
short residence in Meade county.
A short time ago she made final
proof on a homestead in the
south part of the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis left i'm med
lately for Kansas City where
they will make short stay be-
fore returning to Fowler to re.
side.
The News joins with the many
friends of these young people in
wishing them long and happy
married life.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
Origin of Thanksgiving

One of the oldest and best be-
loved holidays in the whole year
comes to us this week-oldest i'll
our history because the Puritan
fathers celebrated it when they
did not celebrate Christmas, best
beloved because it is holiday all
our own, typically American
through and through. Nations
all over the world el.brate
Christmas, New Years and
Eeaster. Even our Independ-
c1ce day has its echo IN the
French July "A, but Thanksglv-
ing day is the entire property of
the American people, and per-
haps this adds the extra luster
which makes it day apart in the
heart of every citizen.
Its origin was IN the farms,
where the harvest season was
closed with a day set aside for
the giving of thanks for the crops
Just harvested. In reality il is
a national harvest festival, but
its meaning has come to cover
more than just the harvest seas
on alone. Now this holiday is
accorded us for the rendition of
thanks for the blessings OF the
entire year.
We find that during the Revo-
luton the observance of this day
for giving thanks had become so
general that congress recon-
mended each year Thanksgiv-
ing day. This was an annual
occurrence until the end of the
war, when day was set aside in
1884, for rendering thanks for
the return of peace. Again in
1889 Washington appointed day
of thanksgiving for the adoption
of the Constitution.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
veterinarians.

veterinarians.
Other causes OF death OF cattle
in stalk fields are bloat and black
leg. Bloat may be prevented by
per hitting ANIMALS 10 FIJI up on
;customed feed before being
turned into the stalk field, or
they may be turned into the
stalk field only for a short time
at first, and the periods gradual
ly heightened.
After animals are once accus-
toned to the new feed the dang
er of bloat is not nearly so great.
Because bloat sometimes comes
on suddenly and may terminate
fatally in less than a half hour,
it is advisable for stockmen 10
have on hand a cattle trocar, or
canula, which may be introduced
into the paunch through the up
per left flank to permit the gas
to escape. Such an instrument
may usually be purchased for
&l.5O.
a few deaths among cattle
from the above cause have been
deported in Meade county.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29

Robt. McGafin has closed
deal whereby he becomes the
owner of the Peter Specht farm
south Of Meade. This is one Of
the best farms in the county and
Mr.. Mccain n is fortunate in get
ting It.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
secured.

secured.
Geo. w. Day was elected chair
man of the drive committee, and
he will at once organize an auxil-
iary in each township.
The big membership drive
com mences Decem Der 10th and
ends Decem Der 24th.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29
w. c. T. u.

The w. {. r. U. will have a
Hoover Supper in Martins meat
market on Saturday evening Dec
ember lst from 5 to- p. M, The
proceeds will be used to buy
comforts for the Meade county
boys who are at Camp Funston.
Meade County news., 1917-11-29

The weather the first of the
week was little cool and remind
ed us all wee bit of winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
BEES SALVAGE HONEY
Collecting Hord Scattered by Storm
They Make Widow Big Money.

Sedgwick, Kan, Dec. 11.-Mrs. S. j.
Krack, whose house was torn down IN
the tornado last spring, had swarm
of bees that had collected a supply
honey, worth several hundred dollars
before the coming of the storm. TIL
wind wrecked the hives and scattered
honey over the yard and throughout
the wreckage, the rugs and furniture
catching a major portion of it. 1t was
believed the product was ruined.
But the bees got busy and after the
storm was over began to assemble as
they would have had a man with a tin
pan and rubber gloves been behind
them. They settled over the lost
sweetness and when workman
showed up to make a clearing of the
tornado debris, they attacked him and
made life miserable. Cold weather
did not deter the honey collectors.
Through the wreckage they flew am
''busier than bees was no misnomer
for them.
From dilapidated rugs and weather.
boarding they collected the remains of
what the tornado left and today Mrs.
Krack has a collection of honey that
will nearly compensate her for the
loss she sustained when the Kansas
wind tore her house to pieces. Honey
by the cases has been brought to toWr
and sold and it was all due to the
thrift and energy of her bees, that
while they were made homeless by the
storm, they have done a lot of help to
their mistress in her endeavor to make
good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
OPEN Usage MINES
Belief Now That Operators viii Pay
Attention to Garfield.

Under pressure brought to bear by
H. A. Garfield, national fuel director.
conditions which have kept mines in
the Usage district, which have a mem
bership in the Southwestern Opera
tors association, closed are dissolv-
ing, according to advices received to-
day from Usage City. Garfield has
called a meeting of representatives of
Usage miners and operators at Wash
ington the middle of next week.
The order by Emerson Carey rails
ing the price of coal at the mine so
cents a ton and granting miners a
corresponding increase will be re-
viewed. When Carey made this or
der, the operators objected to it. Now
they intimate that they will abide by
Garfield's decision in the review of
the order and open the mines imme-
diately after the Washington confer
ence.
Alexander Howat will represent the
miners at the meeting and c. w. Luz
kens, the operators. Carey will also
attend the meeting.
Opening of the Usage mines, now
idle. would mean daily increase of
between 800 and 500 tons in the Kan
sas coal output. Had these mines
been in operation for the last four
months, there would have been no
material coal shortage in Topeka
Usage City, Burlingame and other ci-
ties adjacent to the district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
CAR SMASHES TRUCK
Street Railway Traffic Tied Up as Re-
suit of East Sixth Accident.

A Topeka transfer motor truck, be-
ing backed out of the company's gar
age 4O6 East Sixth street, and an
Oakland street car, east bound, col
lided shortly before 6 o'clock this
morning at Sixth and Madison streets.
Both the street car and the motor
truck were damaged. The truck was
caught between the car and trolley
pole and the trolley pole was twist
ed sufficiently to tie up traffic for an
hour or more.
w. F. Axtell, of the transfer COM
pany, stated this morning that there
were no casualties. He asserted the
accident was due to slippery rails and
ice and snow on the streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
NEGRO FARMERS HERE
sunfIower Agricultural Association
Meeting in. Topeka.

The Sunflower Agricultural assocla-
ton, an organization composed OF the
colored farmers of the state, will hold
its annual session at the Industrial
and Educational institute, east of the
city. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week.
At this meeting the farmers tell OF
their experiences in home-Netting and
discuss the general farming problems
of Kansas. Talks are made by eX-
perts, which are followed by questions
and general discussion. The State
Agricultural college always cooper
ates in the he1pfulness of the meetings;
Thursday, Prof. L. w. Burdy will
speak on government emergency work
in poultry raising. Prof. L. c. Will
liams will speak on truck gardening
Friday December IA. Prof. c. p.
Thompson will talk on swine; Prof j.
w Jardine on conservation of food.
The state livestock commission fur
nishes a speaker on Hog Cholera and
Its Cure" A number of the most
progressive .colored farmers turnout
the state are on the program. The
swine symposium will be directed by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
AFTER EXPOSURE
GET THIS RELIEF
Use Sloan's Liniment to prevent
aches and pains from
weather exposure.

You, who are out in all kinds Of
weather. Never let your cold, wet
work lay you up with rheumatism or
Cramped muscles. Apply Sloan's
Liniment to those sore joints or mus
cles. stiff neck. lumbago, neuralgia
twinges. Yes, and to sprains, bruises,
toothache or any hurt Its warming.
easing comfort, will penetrate an in
famed joint, soothe strained muscles
or irritated nerves and stop the pain
at once.
S1oan's Liniment requires no rub
bling to get immediate results. Is
much better than salves or plasters.
as its clear, clean liquid is neater and
easier to apply. Its success in saving
suffering for others proves it will stop
your aches. Generous size bottles at
druggists everywhere. Csc. soc. s1.00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
HUNT JACKRABBITS
Garden City Citizens Give Proceeds to
the Red Cross.

Garden City, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE
Industrial club of Garden City has re-
Gently organized a Hoover Jack Rab-
bit club for the purpose of the con-
servatjon of food In order to keep
up an interest the club is divided into
two teams, and the team making the
largest score during a days hunt is to
be treated to an oyster supper by the
losing team. Every few weeks during
the winter a raid is to be made on
jack rabbits. coyotes, prairie dogs and
other varmints that destroy crops or
food of any kind. The jack rabbits
are sold for cents per head and the
county pays a bounty of cents for
each pair of jack ears, and 81 for each
coyote.
The money that the club receives
from the sale of the jacks and coy
otes is to be turned over to the Red
Cross society. The first drive of the
Rabbit club was made on Thanksgiv-
ing day. When the final report was
made a check of $3.50 was handed
to the Red Cross. Teh club members
contend that the fun they have am
ply repays them for the ammunition,
and by Kidding the county of these
pests that they are doing their bit to-
wards protecting the crops and the
conservation of food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11

against the cause of the allies and
Germany is still silent as to Belgium
and the other territory she has in
vaded and devastated. A Socialist can
not do anything else but vigorously
support the side which stands for right
and justice.
THE Appeal to Reason stands for
democracy and to be consistent it
must uphold the present world battle
for democracy. l cannot understand
what excuse there remains for the
German Socialists to support the kali
ser, now that the defense Of the faith
erland' argument has been SO neatly
disposed of by President Wilson. The
only nations that are fighting a war
of defense are the allies. A glance
at the military map will easily prove
that"
The Appeal to Reason was founded
in 1895 and long has been one of the
strongest mouthpieces of Socialist
sentiment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11

Emmett Page, of Eskridge, Kan. The
principal colored speaker is Prof. F.
W. Kirk, United States government
extension worker among the colored
farmers of Kansas
There will be various sectional con-
ferences- Exhibits for the fair and
poultry show have already begun to
arrive. The officers of the association
are:
William R. Carter, president; ]. G.
Carson, vice president; Mrs. NJ. Bo-
lin second vice president; T. W. Cana
way, third vice president; ]. G. Groves,
treasurer; j. r. Rogers. chairman
executive committee: Mrs. Ida NJ.
Woods, director women's department
Arthur Emery secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
STORY OF A HOLDUP
Topel1an Relates Details of Robbery
on Avenue at O'Clock.

A story of hold-up about O'Clock
Monday night at Fourth street and
Kansas avenue was told to the police
three hours later by Edwin Hedrick,
a salesman for the Beatrice Creamery
company. Hedrick told the police he
had crossed Kansas avenue to the east
when he met a white man and a ne
gro.
We're going this way, keep quiet,
they told him.
Hedrick was marched to an alley on
Fourth street between Kansas avenue
and Quincy street. There the two men
relieved him of S28, according to his
story. He says they returned a little
loose change and warned him to keep
quiet. He told the clerk at the Fifth
Avenue hotel about the robbery an
hour later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11

the place of the barn destroyed by
fire last spring.
The main building is 4S by so feet
1t has a self-supporting gambrel roof,
which does away with all supports
in the loft. AS the top of the loft is
thirty feet from the floor, the barn
will have an unusually large storage
capacity.
Outside the main section there are
two partly inclosed wings, each sew
enty-five feet in length, which make
a total length for the building of 1875
feet These wings will have floors
of cement. A cement runway out
side will be feature. The wings will
be used for sheltering the cattle in
experiments, while the barn proper
will be devoted almost entirely to
storage for hay and grain.
The back part of the barn is being
especially constructed to inclose two
silos. All the storage space in the
loft is in the center of the barn, the
opening thru which the hay is to be
lifted being on one side. This makes
possible a greater storage capacity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11

the same could be said of Russian
feelings toward Great Britain. He
remarked that hardly a day passed
that did not witness a bitter attack on
Great Britain in the official newspa-
pers, giving the impression that Brit
ain. not Germany was Russia's enemy
and the provoker of the war.
Bore Slavs No drudge.
Great Britain bore the Russians no
grudge, realizing they were wornout
by the sacrifices of war and the gen
eral disorganization inseparable from
a great political revolution, the am
bassador said. Denying reports of
contemplated coercive or punitive
action in the event that Russia should
nevertheless asserted the allies were
entitled to complain that the council
of peoples commissaries had been
negotiating with the enemy without
previously consulting the allies, which
was a breach of the London agree
ment of 1914. 1t could not be admit
ted for a moment that a treaty cen
cluded by the autocracy was replaced.
Nevertheless Great Britain did not
wish to induce an unwilling ally to
continue to share in the common eff
fort by appealing to treaty rights; but
there were higher principles to which
appeal might be made. These, he
said, were principles recognized by the
commiSSarieS; namely, those of a
democratic peace, a peace which &C
corded with the wishes of the smaller
nationalities, which repudiated the
idea of exacting plumber from a con-
quered enemy under the name of in
demnity or of Incorporating reluctant
populations in great empires. Such
broadly speaking, was the peace Great
Britain equally with the Russian
democracy desired to see obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
Germany Even Dictates Senti-
ment in Russian Newspapers.
SIav Press Now Says "England
Is Russia's Enemy"
DID NOT CONSULT THE ALLIES
PetrOgrad Planned Armistice
With Berlin.
Breach of London Council of
19I4-But SIav Doesn't Care.

London. Dec 11-Further details
of the statement made to Russian
journalists by Sir George Buchanan,
British ambassador at Petrograd. as
forwarded in a Reuter- dispatch, show
that the ambassador declared the Rus
sian commissaries were mistaken in
thinking that durable peace could be
obtained by asking the Germans for
an armistice to be followed by an
agreement.
arrive at a general agreement in har-
mony with their declared war aims
and then to arrange an armtsttce-
Hitherto not one word had been said
by any German statesman to show
that the ideals of the Russian democ-
racy were shared by Emperor Will
liam and his government, the ambas-
sador said. 1t was with the German
autocracy not with the German peO-
pie that the armistice negotiations
were being conducted. He asked
whether it was likely that the en-
peror, when once he knew the Russian
army had ceased to exist as a fight
ing force, would be disposed to sub
scribe to a democratic and durable
peace. On the contrary, the peace
contemplated by the emperor was a
German imperialistic peace.
Altbo The allies could not send rep
resentatives to take part in the arrnis-
tice negotiations they were ready, said
Sir George as soon as a stable gov
ern, recognized by the Russian peo-
pie, had been constituted, to examine
with that government the aims of the
war and the possible conditions of a
Just and durable peace. In the mean
time the allies were giving the Rus
slams the most effective assistance by
holding the bulk of the German
armies on their respective fronts.
The ambassador reiterated Great
Britain's desire to stand by Russia in
TINS critical hour and asked whether
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-11
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns Q!
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
Dec. IL, 1892.

Dec. IL, 1917.
Thos. Pages new mill, the Mid-Continent,
will commence to grind wheat Wednesday.
At the regular meeting of the Waits Aid
society, Wednesday at p. m, at knights
hall, 4O6 Kansas avenue, the question of in
cooperating the Waits home will be decided
by vote By incorporating the home, its
managers will be able to secure control
thru the courts of children who are being
neglected or are being reared to evil ways
State Urea ELECT Biddle was removed
from his hotel Saturday night to the home
of l. w. Pack, 1925 North Monroe street.
Mr.. Biddle has a high fever, and DR.. Nc
sIntire the attending physician, says he
must not venture out for at least two weeks
He was removed to Mr.. Packs home to
escape from the horde of office seekers
Col. A. G. Stacey, one of the oldest and
best known newspaper men in Kansas, VIII
leave about the first of February for
Southern California He has been engaged
as an editorial writer a Republican pa
per published at San Bernardino, of which
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, is the
principal stakeholder