The Newton Journal from Newton, Kansas • 1

Historical Journal. Society Historical The Newton Journal. VOLUME XXXI. ANS News Notes and Comment, John H. Crider, Grand Master of the A.

0. U. of Kansas is figuring on being District Judge of Bourbon county at the election which takes place this fa Besides his work in attending to A. c. U.

W. matters, he has at this time nine cases in the district court. With his a ability as a "hot air artist" he will no doubt be the next judge of the Bourbon district. "Turn the wrapping paper the other side out," said a Leavenworth woman in a dry goods store, according to the Labor Chronicle, as the clerk was putting up her purchase in a printed wrapping paper. "I don't want to be a walking advertisement of your store.

I read the papers, as all intelligent people ought to do, and I think in them is the place to advertise your business. Instead of asking your customers to carry your sign around with each purchase of goods, go and tell the people through the papers what you have to sell and how you sell it." According to the Journal, Kingman is to celebrate their booster day on February second. The commercial club of that city have arranged an interesting program for the occasion. It is said that if the proposal to confine the parcel post to the rural routes, if made into law, will work in the interests of the express companies and not to the rural population. Thus it always is when some grafter thinks his game is up, he tries to fool the people so they will do as he wants them.

On account of an epidemic of scarlet fever in Great Bend, the city official have issued a notice to close the public schools and all Sunday schools until further notice. Stubbs is preparing his campaign two hence. He is trying to draw out candidates for governor already. He will probably label and set them away on the shelf and forget them. It would be well, while he is about it, to label a bottle, get into it and stay there for all time so far as politics are concerned.

There is a minister at least who appreciates the editor. At a recent banquet he offered the following toast; To save the editor from starvation, take his paper and pay for it promptly. To save him from bankruptcy, advertise in his paper liberally. To save him from dispair, send him every item of news of which you can get hold. To save him crossness, write on one side of the paper only and send it in as early as possible.

To save him from mistake bury him deep. Dead people are the only ones who never make mistakes. Indicator. It is announced that the coming year is going to see the biggest fight by the brewers ever made against the prohibi tory law of Kansas, and the promise that if they fail chis time they will never try it again. Money will be spent like water and nothing will be left undone to make the campaign a success.

But it cannot be that after a generation's experience of probition, Kansas will return to the open saloon. There are hundreds, and no doubt thousands, of young men and women living here who have never seen a saloon. Kansas boys and girls are growing up with clean, morals, clear heads, free from the influences that in other states are underm ning the foundations of manhood and womanhood. Not a railroad in the United States will allow a man in its employ to drink while on duty. One of the greatest railroads in the ceuntry recently announced that no man could stay in its employ who smoked the cigarette.

The doors of opportunity are closing everywhere to the man who drinks. And love our boys and girls we must 'keep the temptation of eer and whiskey and all other things like it out of their way. Kansas has become a great state, in less time than any other state in the Union, and the reason for this must certainly partly lie in the fact that for thirty years men have not be tempted to waste their money, their bodies and their brains in the saloon We can't afford to go back, and nobody but the brewers suppose that we Mail and Breeze. WILL NEWTON PLAY BALL. About Twenty-five Hundred Dollars is Needed.

Public Sale. The base ball meeting called fore Tuesday night at the Commercial club rooms was well attended by the ball fans of Newton. The meeting was for the purpose of ascertaining the out look of the financial end of the base ball business in Newton this year. President Dutcher presented the condition of the ball club to the meeting and after a general talk by all present, it was decided to appoint a committee to find out at once what can be done in the way of raising funds to carry the club thru the coming season. The committee will call on the zens withing the next few days and it is hoped that they will meet the best of success.

The time has passed when the guarantee should be put up and unless the $300 is put up in a short time, Newton will be counted out. The present plan is to try and get at least one hundred men to guarantee $25.00 each, and they will not be called on to subscribe any additional. The plan heretofore has been that each person subscribed what they could afford. Mr. Dutcher thinks that if $2500.00 were raised at the start, it would be plenty, along with the gate receipts to finance the club thru the season, and the expenses will not be as heavy this year as the grounds will not have to be put in condition.

Meanwhile nager Fraim has got busy and has several players already signed, among them, Manager Stillwell. Public Sale. We will offer at public sale on my farm, 1 mile east, and 4 mile north of Sedgwick, on Thursday, February 2, the following property: 51 head live stork, consisting of 11 head of horses and mules, 4 good milk cows, and 36 head of hogs, farm implements and other articles. J. W.

C. G. PEARSON. Attention Voters. The city clerk has finished transferring the registration records and about twenty percent of the voters have been dropped from the rolls.

Men on account of their failure to vote at the election last fall and the women on account of their failure to vote at the election last spring It would be well if the voters would make it a point to call at the clerk's office and see how you stand, especially if you want to vote at the spring election. Public Sale. I will offer at public sale at the Harry Wilcox farm, 24 miles east of Newton. on 12th street, and 4 miles south and 2 miles west of Walton commencing at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, February 8, the following property: 18 head of live stock, including 4 head of horses, 7 cows, 7 hogs, 4 stands of bees, poultry, farm implements, etc. Lunch, Terms as usual.

No property removed until settied for. W. T. ARMSTRONG. J.

P. OLIVER, Auctioneer. DON KINNEY. Clerk. Book Store Robbed.

When Anderson's Book store was opened for business Tuesday morning it was found that the store had been broken into during the night. After going over the stock it was found than the visitors were partial to fire arms, as that is all that had been missed. The officers were immediately notified and they believe that they are in hopes will soon bring the guilty parties to justice. Public Sale. I will offer at public sale at the Libuey farm 11 miles southest of W- ton, 1 mile south and two miles east of McLain, 1 mile north and 1 mile west of Annelly, and 4 miles west and mile north of Whitewater, commencing at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, February 7, the following property: 53 head of live stock, including 12 head of horses and mules, 42 head of cattle, farm implements, incubators and brooders, cream separator, harnesses, and about 18 tons prairie hay in stack.

Lunch. Terms as usual. ALPHA GATES. J. P.

OLIVER, Auctioneer. D. MCGOWAN, Clerk. What Do You Think of This? We have placed in our North Window a Big Assortment of Men's Hats and Fancy vests that have always sold for $3. We find that we are overloaded on these two particular lines, and they must be reduced before invoicing time.

So, here goes! Your choice of any hat or vest in our North window for $1.98 All styles, sizes and colors. Invest in a hat Kliewer Bros. Adair Good Things to Wear NEWTON, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911. A National Corn Show. The program for the fourth annual National Corn Exposition, to be held January 30th to February 11th in the eight immense buildings on the Ohio State Exposition grounds has just been completed, and provides for one of the greatest National Agriculture Expositions ever held in the world.

The buildings are connected by enclosed walks, comfortably heated and brilliantly illuminated, in all resembling a great summer garden with and plants and tender growing crops, giving the visitors a whiff of nature which will more remind them of a balmy June day than the winter season. This great National Corn Exposition will be a grand round up of all state agricultural shows and agricultural meetings. The name "Corn Exposi tion'! does not mean that only corn will be shown, for all grains and grass- es, the prizewinners only, at the various state shows, will be in competition for the valuable National trophies. More than 35 states will have ompetitive exhibits. Twenty-five state agriculture colleges and experiment stations will have scientific exhibits, each demonstrating its most advanced experimental work.

These exhibits, which will be in charge of expert demonstrators will deal, in a practical way, with nearly every phase of the science of agriculture. For instance: North Carolina will emphasize the cotton industry from the growing plant to the manufactured article with cotton gin and loom in actual operation, while Illinois will especially emphasize its soil work. Never before in the history of the world has there been such a showing of results in agriculture, based on scientific investigation. The federal department of agriculture will be represented with its famous exhibit which fills two large furniture cars, and which has just returned from the international exposition at Buenos Ayres. Important among the many meetings, exhibits and other special features of this greatest of agricultural expositions may be mentioned the meetings of the American Breeders' association; the Ohio Dairymen's association; the National Rural Life Conference, the Ohio Conservation association, the Ohio Corn Improvement association and numerous live stock associations.

There will be special features of vital interest to the Y. M. C. churches, colleres, schools, the farmer, and the city man and their families alike. Special entertainment features will include a two-ring winter circus, band concerts with vocal soloists, and moving pictures.

Speakers of nation-wide reputation will deliver addresses daily on the National Corn Exposition program. Queer Habits of Dumb Animals. A fly on a window pane will crawl to the top, fly back to the bottom and crawl up again. This order is seldom reversed. Why, no one knows.

It is on record that a fly crawled up: a window pane thirty two times. Hens scratch for food with the sun behind them, the reason being that the rays reflect on the minute particles. A blind hen will pick grain and not miss a kernel. Cats seldom lie with their feet to the fire. Usually they lie on the left side.

Dogs lie with their forepaws to the fire. A mouse will ignore a food supply sufficient for a meal and run risks to nibble at a wholesale supply. It will hide at the source of food supply and not depart therefrom until actually disturbed. It isn't true that a mouse runs to its hole at the first alarm. Find a harmless little snake the length of a lead pencil and provide a box for it in the house, visit it daily, and at the end of three months it will crawl to you for food.

Goldfish usually swim around a globe to the right. They can be taught to take a fly out of the hand in six week's time. The presence of other fish in the globe is generally ignored by goldfish. Drop a piece of chip on the surface of the water and it will frighten a fish. Sheep spend more time grazing than do cattle and horses.

Sheep will eat twelve hours out of Examiner. Cigarettes By Mail. The purchase of cigarettes and papers has becom so hard in Kansas that several tobacco houses have adopted a plan to furnish cigarette smokers with papers direct. A list of cigarette smokers in each city is secured and letters are mailed to them explaining how cigarette papers can be obtained. It is the same plan that has been adopted by the brewers and whiskey houses since the prohibition law was put into effect in the state.

This plan of selling cigarette papers does not come under the jurisdiction of the state law prohibiting the sale of cigarete papers and the officers are at loss to know how to stop it. -Dr. C. H. Doyle Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.

The only graduate in Harvey county. All calls answered anywhere. Phone day 47, night 913. Newton, Kansas. 9-tf NUMBER 22.

NEWTON IS GROWING. 133 Building Permits Issued. Newton has enjoyed another year of expansion in keeping with the general prosperity of the great and growing state of Kansas. The best indication of the city's advancement is in review of the year's building operations. The number of new buildings and additions built as well as the various improvements made since last January, go to show that there has been a solid and steady growth and Newton investments have been profitable, for altho men will often put money into business on the strength of future promise, they do not build homes unless they are satisfied and intend to stay.

American Petroleum Used in All Parts of the World. The United States lights the world. In 100 countries, colonies and islands, scattered in every grand division and in every climatic section of the world American kerosene supplies light, while in more than eighty countries the products of our mineral oils are used in generating power or for lubrication of machinery there in operation. About 1,000 million gallons of American sene pass out of the country annually, to be used chiefly in lighting homes and places of business, and the value of all classes of mineral oil sent out of the country approximate 100 million dollars a year. The United States now produces twothirds of the world's supply of petroleum, the quantity produced in the year just ended having been, according to a statement recently issued by the Geological Survey, over 200 million barrels of crude oil, or more than 8 billion gallons.

Just what quantity of refined oil was produced from this more than 8 billion gallons of crude oil produced in 1910 cannot now be stated, but the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor shows exports of tically a billion gallons a year of the refined illuminating oil, and approximately 14 billion gallons of oil of all classes, including in this term nating oil, lubricating oil, napthas, and certain quantities in the crude or unrefined state. What is the value of this more than 8 billion gallons of mineral oil produced in the United States last year? Probably 175 million dollars, though this is necessarily an estimate. What is the value of the finished article, the illuminating oil, the napthas, the gasolene, the lubricating oil, the paraffin ani other grades manufactured from this raw prod ct? This can only be estimated, though the census of 1905 shows the value of the products of "petroleum refining" in 1904 to be 175 million dollars. What is the value of the mineral oil exported? The Bureau of Statistics shows that the total value of the mineral oil exported in 1904 was 80 million dollars, and in 1908 was 109 million, of which 76 million was illuminating oil; 19 million lubricating oil; million napthas, and other lighter products of distillation; 64 million dollars crude oil and about 3 million dollars residium. In 1909 and 1910 the value of the exports was slightly less than in 1908, due chiefly to a fall in export prices, though the quantity also showed a slight decline in 1910 when compared with 1908.

What becomes of this billion and a half gallons of our petroleum passing out of the country? It goes, as already indicated, to a hundred different countries, colonies and islands. Scarcely a country in the world can be named to whom it is not sent. Even Russia, which was for years our chief rival in the worid's petroleum markets, now takes considerable quantities of American lubricating oil made from petroleum, and her Asiatic possessions take, also, certain quantities of our illuminating oil. The largest customer for our illuminating oil is England, to which the exports of 1910 amounted to about 180 million gallons, valued at more than 8 million dollars. Germany ranks second, the quantity Lent to that country in 1910 being about million gallons; to Netherlands about 10 million gallons; China about 80 million: Japan about 45 million: and even British India about 32 million gallons.

In fact, practically every country in the world receives greater or less quantities of our petroleum. The list of countries to which it is sent includes Greenland, Iceland, Malta, and other of the Mediterranean islands; the Azores and Madeira Islands, Turkey in Europe and Asia, Egypt, Siam, Korea, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, Dutch East Indias, French East Indias, French, German and British Oceania, the Philippine Islands, Madagascar; Italian, German, French, Portuguese, British, and Spanish Africa; British, Danish and Dutch West Indies; Haiti, Santo Domingo, the Central American States and every country of South America. Not only is our kerosene popular in the homes of all parts of the world, but American gasolene exported under the general title of naphtha, is furnishing power for motor boats, automobiles and flying machines in various sections of the world, while lubricating oil, exexported, goes to more than eighty countries, and is valued at more than 20 million dollars a year. Paper. As will be seen by those who read the commissioners proceedings on another page, the County Commissioners at one of their first meetings this year appointed the Newton Journal the official paper of Harvey county.

San Antonio Texas. So many people seem to be interested in what I think of San Jose, Texas. Well: I am pleased to talk with anyone interested. While I have no financial interests in any shape, neither am I paid a commission or recompensed in any way to make the following statement, but for the benefit of those interested and who may become interested in it, will say: I went to Texas on foreign business to any investment project, purely on a business trip. I spent about eight days in San Antonio and the immediate substantial town cities and found an immense lot of improvements going on all around, and these improvements are not cheap, temporary buildings, but up-to-date, modern and permanent most of the best improvements being in San Jose, a little place.

There is only about forty buildings completed, but several now started and the work is progressing nicely in every way. Their miles of graded streets, their sidewalks, macadmized roads, fine city water, hot mineral medical well, excellent natural drainage are all wonderful drawing cards, besides the climate is excellent. I have traveled as a good many know, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, up and down the coast of California and have visited the leading tourist towns, spent weeks of travel to get away from the cold, stormy climate, but have found nothing more delightful than the pure atmosphere at this place. As for a place to invest in, it looks good to me and I see no reason why it would not pay large dividends and I dont believe anyone would regret the cost of taking a trip and investigating for themselves, the cost is light and the trip a delightful one. Anyone desiring to talk to me, I would be pleased to do so.

M. A. HAHN. Wedel-Fast. Rev.

H. P. Krehbiel went to Burrton Wednesday to assist in the service of the Mennonite church of that place, it being the occasion of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Fast, of Burrton, to Frank Wedel, of Aberdeen, Idaho. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Fast and the groom is a son of F. B. Wedel of the city. Mr and Mrs. Wedel will live in Aberdeen where Mr.

Wedel owns a farm. Newton Won Easy. The McPherson college basket ball team were easy victims for the Newton team last Friday night. While they put up a fair game, they couldnt make the basket. The score being 86 to 8.

The game was witnessed by a good sized audience, and the boys appreciated the presence of some of their old-time supporters. Dr. M. L. White, OCCULIST, Office- -Over Conrad Dutcher's Store, Market Letter.

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS. January 23, 1911. Cattle receipts here last week were not burdensome, about 47,000 head, but Chicego had too many cattle, and there was some decline felt here. Heavy steers lost the most, 15 to 25 cents for the week, especially those on the plain order, light steers and butcher stuff held steady for the best grades, others a little lower, stockers and feeders off 15 to 25 cents. The supply here was about normal for this season of the year, and receipts so far this month are about the same period last January.

The lower grades of cattle are 25 to 60 cents higher than at this time last year, but long fed cattle are 50 to 75 cents lower than at this time last year. The close proximity of this short fed steers are the long feds, in price, is not considered legitimate, and those who are taking out feeders at $5.60 to $5.95 have in mind the likelihood of changed conditions before they return their tle to market in fatted condition. The run to-day is moderate, 10,000 estimated this morning, although the later count showed nearly 12,000 head, and the market is amply able to take care of this supply, prices steady to firm. A five car drove brought $6.25 to- day, and prime steers would reach $6.60 The best here last week, in car load lots, brought $6 50, odd head up to $6.75 Butcher stuff sells high, nearly all the cows above $4.00, and good fat heavy cows up to $5.25, heifers $6.25 for the best, bulls $4.25 to $5.25, calves up to $8.50, stockers $4.60 to $5.75, feeders $5.25 to $5.90. Most of the 42,000 hogs here last week sold at higher prices than during the preceding week, but weakness set in the middle of the week, and the close was considerably lower, average for the week in the same notch as during the previous week, $7.83.

The run today is 8,500 head here, but the market is staggering under the load at Chicago, fifty thousand head, and prices are 10 to 15 lower. Everything sold at $7.65 to $7.70 today, the latter the top, but ordinarily heavy weights and butcher grades sell a nickel higher than lights. Total hog receipts at the eleven leading markets of the country last week were 454,000 head, while the average for the same markets for same period in the past ten years was 574,000. J. A.

RICKART, Market Correspondent. Farmer's Institute. The farmers' institute met in the Commercial Club Saturday, January 21, at 2:00 p. m. for the purpose of discussing oats.

It was a successful meeting, there being about forty present. The salient points of the discussion were that deep fall plowing, early seeding of the Texas red variety with the disc drill are the elements likely to produce the best results. Creed-Zimmerman. G. F.

Creed, of Emporia and Miss Lena Zimmerman were married at the home of the bride on S. W. 5th street Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Ducker of the German Evangelical church officiating. Mr.

and Mrs. Creed will make their home in Emporia where the groom has employment. Keep square with the printer. WAYS TO SAVE. Be systematic if you are determined to develop the saving habit.

Here: are several plans which may help you to save money and get ahead financially. Make an allowance for each class of expenses, and then plan to save something on each allowance. Make it a rule to set aside a certain per cent. of your income on pay day. Consider that this per cent.

is insurance against the future. Look mpon it as a debt which must be paid. As your income increases, your savings will increase. One man who was unwilling to give up smoking agreed to give his wife for the savings account as much as he spent in that way. This plan may be applied to other indulgences.

Whenever you are about to make an unnecessary expenditure, ask yourself if it is aetually worth cost plus interest on it for the remainder of your life. Nine times out of ten the spirit of thrift wil win. All deposits in this bank are fully protected by the Bankers Deposit Guaranty and Surety Company. Midland National Bank. Democrat Banquet.

The annual banquet of the Democrats will be held at Topeka, Kansas, Wednesday evening, February 22nd, 1911. The banquet will be held at the Masonic Tempie and the menu will be served by C. R. Colson, manager of the Troop Hotel. The local committee has been hard at work for sometime: arranging details and the program for the event.

The prospects are bright for one of the best and biggest banquets ever held. A complete program is being prepared and the list of speakers this year is an exceptionally strong one. As many Democrats as can possibly do so should make an effort to attend. The trip will be worth your while and as the legislature is now in session it will give you an opportunity of visiting the legislature and at the same time attend and those desiring to attend should secure their tickets before it is to late. Those desiring tickets may secure them by sending to George E.

Barnaby, secretary, Topeka, Kansas. The tickets will be two dollars each and your personal check may be sent. Do not fail to attend and urge as many of the local democrats to attend as possible. It is the desire of every democrat to make this one big event a great success. The recent democratic victories make the prospects bright for a democratic president in 1912.

Seed Corn. yielding varieties--Boone Co. White, Commercial White and Kansas Sunflower. Write for out prices. 20-4 J.

M. McCray, 901 Moro Manhattan. Kan. m- Manus Dept Store Big Clearance Sale BIG WINTER STOCK 25 to 50 per cent Saving on all Winter Goods as well as your Railroad Fare Refunded. 25 and 35c Childrens underwear 15c $15.00 Mens Suits $9.48 25,00 Ladies Suits 14.95 off on all wool Blankets $4.

women's Patent Leather shoes 2.98 One lot of Fancy and plain silk price All Ladies Coats Price White sale of white goods, muslin, underwear, skirts, waists, Linens, plumes, Emb. and laces McManus Dept. Store, Newton, Kansas..