The Daily Booster from Topeka, Kansas • 2

DAILY BOOSTER Published Every Evening Except Sunday, at 5 o'clock, by the BOOSTER PUBSISHING CO. J. K. SCHRIVER, Managing Editor J. GOULD HEIL, City Editor S.

VAN BLISS: Advertising Manager Editorial and Business Offices: Room 3, Ideal Bakery Block Subscription, Ten Cents per Week Advertising Rates on Application WHERE THE MONEY IS. The United States holds one-quarter of the world's visible supply of gold and silver; the people of this country have sixteen billion dollars deposited in banks, and the aggregate assets of our banks exceed twenty-three billion dollars. No other country comes anywhere near to matching these figures; but the money is very unevenly distributed. Nearly one-half of the aggregate assets of our banks- state and national- and of the individual deposits in banks is found in three states: Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. The state of New York alone holds almost thirty per cent of the total in both items, and this means mostly the city of New York, just as the great accumulations of money in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are largely in the industrial centers rather than in the rural regions.

Individual deposits -excluding the deposits of one bank with another--in New York exceed such deposits in all the rich Middle Western states combined, and are more than three times as great as the aggregate in thirteen prosperous Southern states. This doesn't imply that Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania are the happiest regions. On the contrary, it might- be laid down as a general rule that where there is the most money a head there is also the the most misery a head. A Kansas farmer with a moderately mortgaged quarter section and not a dollar of money to his name is certainly more fortunately situated- than a wage-earner on the lower East or West Side of New York whose possessions consist of a few hundred dollars in a savings bank. It does, however, imply where the banking headquarters of the country are going to be for a long while to come.

News items from the North Side may be left at the Booster Grocery Store, 603 North Kansas avenue. Try a want ad in The Booster. Call 4135 when you have any news. OPEN FOR MEN With high grade line of Men's FurnishingsHATS and CAPS at POPULAR PRICES The New Toggery 820 K. A.

Open Evenings. PLAIN BOB. Bob went lookin' for a jobDidn't want a situation; didn't ask a lofty station; Didn't have a special mission for a top-notcher's position; Didn't have such fine credentials- -but he had the real essentialsHad a head that kept on workin' and two hands that were not shirkin'; Wasn't either shirk or snob; Wasn't Mister- -just plain Bob, Who was lookin' for a job. Bob went lookin' for a job; And eh wasn't scared or daunted when he saw a sign- Men Walked right in with manner fittin' up to where the Boss was sittin'; And he said: name is Bob, and I'm lookin' for a job; And if you're the Boss that hires 'em, starts 'em workin' and that fires 'em, Put my name right down there, Neighbor, as a candidate for labor; For my name is just plain Bob, And my pulses sort o' throb For that thing they call a Bob kept askin' for a job, And the Boss he says: "What And Bob answered: "Never mind; For I ain't a bit partic 'ler and I never was a stickler For proprieties in workin' -if you got some labor lurkin' Anywhere around about kindly go and trot it out. It's a job I want, you see- Any kind that there may be Will be good enough for me." Bob was anxious for a job, And he said: "Look here, Old Felleron the first floor, in the cellar, On the roof or in the attic--I'm a jobster democratic.

And it's all the same, Old Turk, what it is if it is work; I don't ask for frills upon it- I just want a job- -doggone it! There's a fever in me rages For the thing that men call wages, Put me on the payroll pages!" Well, sir, Bob he got a job. But the Boss went round all day in a dreamy sort of way; And he says to me: "By thunder, we have got the world's Eighth Wonder! Got a feller name of Bob, who just asked me for a jobNever asks when he engages about overtime in wages; Never asked if he'd get pay by the hour or by the Never asked me if it's airy work and light and sanitary; Never asked me for my notion of the chances of promotion; Never asked for the duration of his annual vacation; Never asked for Saturday half-a-holiday with pay; Never took me on probation till he tried the situation; Never asked me if it's sittin' work or standin', or befittin' Of his birth and inclination--he just filed his application, Hung his coat up on a knob, Said his name was just plain BobAnd went workin' at a job!" -J. W. Foley, Telephone 4135 will take care of your want ads. Telephone 4135 will take care of your want ads.

DANDY COTTAGE NEW 5 large rooms and 3 piece bath, front and back parch, nicely painted, 40 feet east front, full depth lots, nice shade Special taxes paid, well located on west side, $2500. $250 down and $20 per mo. C. L. Squire, 632 Kan.

Ave. Phone 3423 FOR SALE. A good 24-ribbed mandolin, worth $10; for quick sale for $6. If interested, write to Player, care of The Daily Booster, room 3, over Ideal Bakery. FOR SALE- -Fresh cows, brood sows and three driving horses.

Call evenings. Phone 1158. IMPORTANT NOTICE. If you need a lock fixed, a key made, a gas mantle put on, or anything in this line done, Telephone 4135 and the work will be done at the right price. A PRUDENT STATESMAN.

One time when Private John Allen, of Mississippi, was in Congress, the subject of pensions came up. After several members had been heard, Allen rose up. 4 Mr. Speaker, he drawled, "this matter interests me deeply. As far back as the spring of 1864 I gave a good deal of consideration to this subject.

I resolved at that time to do what I could to spare this country the great burden of pensions that would one day be laid upon her. In fact, sir, so profound was my consideration that on one occasion I retreated across three states, and if the Gulf of Mexico hadn't been in the way I should have retreated still BIRTHS The following births were reported to the City Clerk today: Mr. and Mrs. C. G.

Elbe, R. R. 20, Feb. 11, a girl. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry H. Hall, 183 N. Quincy, Feb. 10, a girl.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses were issued by the Probate Judge on February 15: Alva J. Billings, 23 years of age, Wakeeny, and Clara Flood, 23 years of age, Wakeeny, Kan. What Have to Sel or Trade? Horse, Auto, Merchandise, etc. We guarantee the desired action.

Try our system. The only company specializing in personal property. Personal Property Exchange Co. 532 Kans. Ave.

Phone 3601 REAL ESTATE BARGAINS. For Trade-130 A. Vernon Missouri, eleven miles east of Fort Scott, Kansas, for Topeka property. 5-room house, other improvements fair. Price $7,500, mortgage $2,500.

160 A. in Elk County, Kansas, to trade for Topeka residence. Price 600, mortgage $1,500. For Sale- -Six-room modern house, near Washburn; $50 cash will handle this deal. To Trade- -Five-room house on the east side for automobile or equity can be gotten reasonable.

House priced at $1,250. For Sale- All modern five-room cottage on West street. Price $2,500. For Sale- At a bargain, six-room modern cottage on Lane street. One and one half lots, barn, paving and sewer taxes nearly all paid Price terms if desired.

Section of land in northeastern Colorado to trade for Topeka property. Stock of merchandise to trade for land or city property. Several good propositions in western Kansas land to trade. Farms both large and small to sell and trade. Good 160-acre farm in Oklahoma, near Medford, Grant county, to trade for Topeka property.

This farm is well improved and is priced right. If interested call and get full particulars. 200-acre farm in Nemaha county, Kansas, for sale. A number of good properties in North Topeka that can be bought at a bargain. Several good trades.

If you want to rent a house call us as we have a number of good rentals listed. J. K. Schriver, over Ideal Bakery, 6th and Jackson. Call 4135 when you have any news.

The Antiseptic Barber Shop Is all that the name implies. Thats why its the Leader and Largest in Kansas. It costs no more for Clean Up-To-Date Service. Under Central Bank 700 702 Kan. Ave.

THE WHITE SWAN BAKERY Offers to you a nice clean luneh and bakery products. Our coffee is unsurpassed. 112 E. 6th St. Fred A.

Swan, Prop..