The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-28

he can get from the department is that
they will be taken up soon"
Mr.. D. w. Mulvane. Republican ma
tional committeeman for Kansas, has
states that his visit has no political sig
nificance but the knowing ones say he
came to inform Senator Burton that
Mr.. Bailey is setting the prairieS on hre
with enthusiasm out in Kansas. AT all
events, soon after the arrival of Null
vane, the senator FASTENED home. The
Times has this pleasant notice of Mr..
Mulvane: Mr.. Mulvane has a n ost
engaging personality. He is a graduate
of Yale, a lawyer, and man of affairs,
and extracts enjoyment from politics
purely for the sa abstraction of helping his
friends For himself he asks nothing
No young man in the country has
greater popularity or a more devoted
following. Though a stalwart Republl-
can he has hosts of strong friends in the
ranks of the opposition. Should he ever
take a notion that he would like to try
for political honors on his own account.
the chances of his success would be
overwhelming.
In a recent article by Amos ]. Cum
mings on the Joes. Charleys, Jacks,
Hanks ct al of the house of represent
tatives. he SAYS this of the kansas
Charleys: The Sunfiower state is rep
resented by a brace of Charleys. one
is Charley Curtis, said to be recog-
nized chief among the Kaw Indians
His face shows unmistakable indica-
tons of Indian blood. His hair is inky
in hue, and he has flashing black eye
Whenever a delegation of the aboriS-
ines visits the capitol, it invariably
pays its respects to Sycamore Charley,
of Topeka With the Kaws he con-
verses in their native tongue AS ne IS
the only Indian on Indian affairs, the
Indians of the plains and elsewhere
recognize his power and ability and
treat him with the utmost Difference
Curtis was presiding in committee of
lei tod
the house. On being told that he was
an aborigine, the prince regarded MIN
with much curiosity, and shook MS
hand cordially when he met him in the
room of the ways and means committee.
Charles Frederick Scott is the other
Kansas Charley. There is no Indian
blood in his veins. He has been presi-
dent of the state editorial association,
and was a conspicuous. participant IN
the discussion over the oleomargarine
BILL
w. G. Russell, photographer of the
United States geological survey in Kan
s3S has recently reported facts of more
than ordinary interest which We're
brought out by stream measurements
conducted in that state The past year
in Kansas was one OF exceptional dry
ness. and the outflow of the streams was
smaller than it has been for a number
OF years. Still the measurements show
that the cities and towns which draw
tbeir water supply from the rivers need
not fear = shortage. One of the small
est streams to be measured, the Smoky
HILL showed a supply sufficient for T5,-
0o0 people; the Verdigris for 215,000; the
Solomon for 100000: the Neosho for
10000; and the Republican for 100000.
all at their lowest stages. 1t was also
pointed out that If storage reservoirs
were constructed along these and other
streams, and parts of the flood waters
impounded, the supply for both munic-
ipal and irrigation uses would be very
much increased. Mr.. Russell particu-