The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Kansas win Have 100000
Bushels Of Wheat.
That Is the Estimate Of Repre-
sentative Hale of Rush.
NO PROSPECT LIKE 1T.
People on Trains Notified of Ap-
prOach to Wheat Belt.
Mr. Hale Takes Oath as Text
Book Commissioner.

1.-The wheat prospect certainly was
never better. and my guess is that Kan-
sas will harvest one hundred million
bushels this coming harvest"
This is the refrain sung by Repre-
sentative Sam Hale of Rush county in
the great Kansas chorus which IS now
rendering the noted oratorio. In This
Wheat BY and By"
Why. even the porters on the trains
are taking it up" continued Mr.. Hale.
The Missouri Pacific trains from the
west reach Rush county just about sun
rise now. just after the people on the
trains have reused from the sleep. The
porter goes through the train and yells.
We are now entering the great Kansas
wheat belt Then all the passengers
go to the windows and look out They
can't see anything but wheat fields for
miles and miles. It's a magnificent
sight. 1 did that thing myself the other
morning when I was coming in from
Leoti, although I've lived in Rush coun-
" Tor years and have seen those wheat
nelds right along. When the porter
yelled his announcement I looked out
with the rest of the crowd, right on to
some of my own wheat fields, and tell
you they looked all right
We have $4,000 acres of wheat in
Rush county, and it looks as though it
would make twenty bushels to the acre
if present conditions continue. If it does
we will have considerably more than
our share Of the hundred million bush
els for the entire state"
Mr.. Hale came to Topeka Thursday
to file his oath of Office as a member
of the state text book commission with
the secretary of state. which appoint
ment came to him without any SOlicita-
ton on his part. He was a candidate
for railroad commissioner, however. un-
der the old law, and gathered a good line
OF lndorsements for that job. He would
01I1fR -I--
place if it had been left for q Demo-
crat to fill. The funny part of it was
/ that Hale himself worked hard for the
4 bill making the railroad commissioners
elective by the people, which finally re-
suited IN the law making it impossible
/ Tor him TO get the place. But he isn't
making any fuss about that
I Il have discovered that there was on
position TO my appointment as railroad
commissioner, said Mr.. Hale today.
and suppose Governor Bailey has
not got himself into trouble BY ap-
pointing ME on the text book comnlis-
sion have been informed that w H
Russell, of my county, and a few 9th
ers of the same kind. signed a protest
directed to Governor Bailey, protesting
/ against my election as railroad commits
sloner. but for some reason or other
they never fled it. I suppose now Gov
ernor Bailey viii have a fight on his
hands for a denomination, because these
few Republicans in my county didn't
approve of my appointment, although
had endorsements for railroad COM
missioner from a large number of prom
inent Republicans over the state as
well as from members of my own par
ty.
Il want to conduct the duties of ths
office of text book commissioner, not
only to the satisfaction of the appoint
ing power, but in such a way that his
action in appointing me viii be COM
mended by the people of the state
WHEAT SITUATION GOOD.
Arkansas City, Kan, April IL
Wheat prospects were never better in
this part of The country. The plant is
in a healthy condition. and the sub
soil is thoroughly soaked, so that a few
small showers at intervals between this
and harvest viii make the best wheat
crop in the history of the state There
is but very little complaint of the ny,
and the farmers seem confident that
they are safe'on that score. A few of
the farmers who sowed their wheat tho
earliest are having a little trouble. but
the damage will be small. The hard
wheat is not at all troubled with ths
fly. and as the most of the wheat in
this part of the state is of that variety
the loss is not noticeable. These condi-
tions prevail over the whole of Cowlev
county. and also over Kaw county, in
Oklahoma. and the Kaw and Usage In
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