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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
AN IMPORTANT MEEr1Na

The gathering which has been IN ses-
sion at Garden City during the past two
days ought to be one Of great import
ance to the western prairies of Kansas
There is no subject of greater interest
to the people of the plains which do not
have an adequate rainfall to insure their
crops than irrigation. and this IS the
subject which has been under discussion
at Garden City.
It is generally conceded that water is
the only thing needed to make western
Kansas and eastern Colorado veritable
garden spot, but the problem of how to
get it is the all-absorbing one On the
sage brush deserts near the mountains
this problem has been solved to a large
extent but not so on the prairies fur
Their east. It is true that there are iso-
lated artesian wells here and there, but
they are not common.
There are only two ways in which
water can be secured on the prairies It
must either be stored when the heavy
rains come in the spring. or it must be
gotten out of the earth. Either plan is
feasible in small way. but it has not
yet been demonstrated that they can be
prohtably accomplished on large scale.
This is a matter which confronts the
Kansas irrigationists today.
The solving of this problem has been
undertaken by the federal government
under the new irrigation law, and 1t will
probably be demonstrated that both of
these methods are practicable. and espe-
cially so when combined. If so. there
is doubtless great future before west
ern Kansas. With properly regulated
water supply the plains of the west will
be capable Of supporting a dense popu-
lation, lands will become as valuable
as they are further east, and the de-
lightful climate win draw thousands OF
people from the unhealthy and MAS
matte regions further east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
Mirror for the Motorman.

ST. Joseph (M0.1 News.
A large percentage of street railways
accidents is due to the sudden starting
Of the car while passengers are getting
on or off. The motorman is dependent
for his guidance on the bell, and when
cars are crowded it often happens that
the conductor is in a part of the ear
where he can only guess whether It IS
safe to start or not. Under such cir
cumstances it is not surprising that a
great many persons are thrown to the
ground and hurt, sometimes killed.
Some genius has invented a means of
minimizing this danger and it is SO
simple and inexpensive that the wonder
is that it was not thought of long ago
and put into universal use. It consists
simply in mirror so placed on one
side of the car that the motorman can
at all times keep the rear steps in view.
The mirror extends but few inches
beyond the side of the car and is swung
on a pivot If struck by a passing
wagon or other obstruction, no damage
is done. Both the back and front edges
are cushioned with a cork composition
to avoid the possibility of breaking.
With this simple arrangement for the
motorman, and an incandeseent light
directly over the steps. the danger from
this source would be minimized. The
street railway companies should lose no
time in adopting the use of this adj
ditional safeguard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Of our public officers ans. the manner of
the performance Of their duties. 1t
mods. If it does not form. public opin-
ion upon public questions, and eonserves
the interests Of citizen and public which
it would be impossible to do in any
other way. It educates. inspires patri-
otism. elevates and strengthens the love
of home and country.
In recent years the press has been
Of material assistance in apprehending
notorious criminals and exposing crime
and wrong in public and private places.
1t protects the weak, encourages the
enterprising and teaches lessons of NOR
atty to those who never hear the word
of God except such as may be publish
ed in a newspaper."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
euAKER REFLEoTIoNs.
TFrom the Philadeiphia Press.

LFrom the Philadelphia Press.1
woman's no is often contradicted
by her eye.
The hen is inclined to brood over her
family affairs.
A pretty woman is generally taken at
her face value.
A no account man is one who has
no balance in bank.
Many a man owns a house coat who
doesn't own a house.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Of a bill collector.
A vivid imagination is essential to the
writing of love letters.
Matrimony is a boon alike to the min
lister and the divorce lawyer.
There is a race horse named Aspara-
gus. Lots of tips here.
Nell-"I don't care for fair weather
friends" Belle-''No, I'd rather have q
rain beau.
There must be a certain amount of
satisfaction in the knowledge that you
have more money than brains
Blobbs-'We seldom get all we de-
serve" Slobbs-"In which respect we
are like the one good turn that deserves
another, but seldom gets it."
In logic woman cannot touch
A man, yet it appears
That logic doesn't count for much
Against a woman's tears.
Wigg-.Every man has some sort of
hobby which he rides" Wagg-"Well.
it's all right for him to ride his own,
but he needn't deride his neighbours"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

makers and finding that her dress was
done ahead of tine.
If the critics you meet in a blocks
walk were given one grab each at the
piece Of wearing apparel you wore that
thing on at the end Of your walk?
A little boys father was arrested for
fighting. and another boy threw II
up to him in the course of q game Of
marbles. I'm playing tickers now,
the boy said: I'm not talking"
A prominent club woman of Chicago
says that low shoes. worn with OPEN
work stockings at this season of the
year. are responsible for race suicids.
There are many who will claim it is
something else.
When a man tells you a secret. and
says no other person in the world
knows it. you feel little funny when
you as an ordinary matter of gossip
that is generally known.
When a man gets off a cheap joke
in public address, his hearers grow
frantic to show approval. When he
does a good thing in private life, the
applause is longer in coming, and is not
so eheerfully given. Why is it?
DR.. Wiley, for the government. has
test, six young men being the subjects.
In the four weeks they have been taxi
ing 1t, their frechles. moth patches and
pimples have disappeared, and their
cheeks have become a pretty pink. This
hint to the women need not be pointed
out They would find such hint buried
under a ton Of statistics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
80 ropEKA por.IcF-

Gradually the people OF the United
States are reaching the conclusion that
the government Of a municipality is
a business proposition and nothing
more. The people Of some Of the old
world cities found this out long age.
but it appears that free America has
been compelled to learn by experience,
and instead of leading the procession has
been compelled to fall in behind.
If the people are to secure the best
results from the conduct of the munici~
paiity in which they reside it will be
through the businesslilSe. conservative
conduct of its affairs.
There is 10 reason in the world why
the police department. the fire depart
ment, or any other department Of the
city government should be made the
plaything Of designing men, whose only
object is personal gain either for thems
selves or an organization of men. The
fire department protects the city from
the encroachments of one Of the most
dangerous and destructive of the ele-
nents. It is therefore important that
the men entrusted with this duty should
be efficient and should be selected only
with reference to their ability to serve
the people. as they are in Topeka
Acknowledging this to be true. Is
there any less reason why the police
department should not be controlled by.
the same system. The police have the
keeping OF the physical comfort Of the
people IN their hands quite as much as
the members Of the fire department.
and in addition to this they are en-
trusted with the duty of keeping back
the tide of lawbrealxers who are always
ready to sweep over a city because
the fact that the people are within a
small radius enables them to make theis
business of preying upon the public
more profitable.
The people at large in the city Of To-
pelca do not care much whether a 20
liCeman happens to be a Republican.
Democrat. a PoDulist or Prohibitionist.
The questions in which they are inter-
ested are these. Does he meet the re-
auirements of a police officer? Is he
ratchful? Is he courageous? Is he
honest? Is he energetic? If he meets
these requirements the people will NOT
be inclined to ask any further Gues~
tio.s=.
Mayor Bergundthal has shown a com.
mendable spirit. He has not made
WuOleSdte changes IN the ponce 4OfCes
ana he has shown a disposition to give
the people of Topeka the best possible
police protection. There are two radical
elements in Topeka. One would have a
police force selected with only one OBJ
jecr in view. The other would have one
selected also with a single. but q diff
ferent. object in view. But there is a
middle ground.
The people have said decisively that
they do not want saloons. and with 4
good police force the joints can be
easily suppressed. but while the police
are suDDressing the joints it must no-
be forgotten that there are thousands
of dollars worth of property and The
lives Of citizens to be protected. The
only way to secure that protection is to
have a police force made up and ON
cered by efficient men. May the merit
system come soon. and come to stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
LOOK Ar KANSAS TREES.

Western Kansas north of the ArI1an-
sas river and west of line drawn from
Osborne through Russell to Larned,
viii receive the particular attention of
the bureau of forestry of the United
States department of agriculture this
summer. A study of the tree growth
of that region win begin this month
under the direction of R. S. Kellogg, OF
Russell, an agent for the bureau. ana
win be continued until fall. In this
part of the state the timber is mostly
along the river bottoms, clinging closely
to these moist lands and advancing
only occasionally to the uplands.
A bulletin just issued by the bureau
of forestry on this subject says:
THE bureau will study the tendency
of the trees and shrubs along the water
courses to increase and spread, especial
ly when protected from fire and stock,
and will determine what species are
best adapted to planting on those up
lands that contain no natural growth.
I'm many places along the streams
where fire and stock have been exclud-
ed for ten or fifteen years are found
thrifty young cottonwood. white elrns.
box-elders. and other species which are
slowly invading the great plains.
THE low rainfall of western Kansas
is not alone responsible for the scarcity
of timber. The Pine Ridge country of
Nebraska grows forests with only 16
inches of rain a year, while the treeIess
regions of western Kansas have pre-
cipitation of 16 to 20 inches.
Failures in tree planting, aside from
natural causes. such as high winds and
intense sunlight. are due chiefly to a
lack of care in planting and cultivating
and a lack of knowledge of what kinds
of trees to plant.
such failures have had an excellent
result-they have given a fairly good
knowledge of what to and what not to
plant. and of the methods that are sue
cessful and those that are not. It is
partly to increase this knowledge that
the bureau has undertaken its study of
the tree growth Of the state. Timber,
fuel, posts, and firewood may be grown
in the prairie regions: that fact is es-
tabhshed But the plantations to be
successful, must be composed of the
right species, planted in the right way
on the right kind of land, and cared for
in the right manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
THE NEWsPAPER.

In giving an opinion recently in a case
brought by the Union News company
against the newspapers for alleged vio-
lation of a certain law, Magistrate Cor
man of Philadelphia said.
Perhaps no enterprise, whether with
a view of newspapers commercially or
in a literary sense, has made such rapid
and marvellous strides as the public
press. 1t has kent abreast and some
times ahead of the wonderful develop
ment Of the commonwealth
1T keeps men informed on every
event Of public interest and in a man
ner furnishes the only. common channel
Of communication between the people
ut watches with care over the conduct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
KEENEs ADVICE ToYoUNe MEN

The Daily Evening Item, of Lynn.
Mass. is not satisfied with James
Keene's advice concerning Wall street
operations. and comments as follows:
.Keene, the millionaire Spectator, who
dropped So, 172. 900 in a deal on Saturday.
and went off to Europe to enjoy him,
self. as though nothing had happened,
advises young men to keep out of Wax
street. and cites himself as a horrible
examnle:
Look at mel I've been years in the
street. I'm supposed to have a genius
for the business. My resources are
practically without a shore. I've built
up a situation about me like a spider :
web I'm told the secrets of the world
the moment they are born. I have an
ear for every voice. an eye for every
sign. an agent at the elbow of every op-
portunity. And yet, with all I know
and all my power and all my resources.
in this game called speculation I have
never been able TO win oftener than
four times in seven
Four times in seven is on the right
side if you have capital enough to stand
the three losses until the tide turns
but il with his facilities. experience
knowledge. skill and money, he can
barely come cut aSead what show has
a nan without these advantages? But
the fascination of chance viii outweigh
the counsel of the experienced, and men
will speculate as long as hope remains
Those to whom his keep out" adviee
is addressed viii be apt to reply Get
out and give US a chance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
EpI1oRIAL comMENr.
a Chance for the Unions.

~-~----
Detroit Free Press.
theoretically, all labor unions depre-
cate violence. Most labor leaders un-
hesiratlngly condemn It in the abstract
and 1t Is one of their favorite theories
that the outrages committed in time OF
strikes are the work of hoodiums not
identified with the unions. The Detroit
unions now have an opportunity to
prove that they are really opposed to RI
oting.
The fact is clearly established that
the assailants of the nonuniOn employees
of the Walkerville bridge works were
union men. Some of them were menl-
oers of the holders union, employed by
the Buhl Malleable Iron company. They
have disgraced their union. If the IA
Dor leaders are sincere in their denunci-
alton of violence, they ought to be ex-
PEELED as an example to others-as a
warning that union labor has nothing
IN common with riot and bloodshed-
VIII the trades council and the central
labor union demand that these rioters
be expelled? VIII they denounce their
conduct in the language Of law-abiding
citizenship, and demand that the union
to which these men belong expel them
as they OBSERVER Or will the riot be lg-
nored. and the rioters secretly applaud
ed for the assault they committed2
The great majority of trades union
lists are not lawbrealkers themselves,
and if they sympathize with jawbreak-
ers it can come only from misdirected
/ loyalty to the cause of uniOnism- II they
are wise, they will lose no time in driv-
ing out the black sheep. The unions
can never master public confidence an
til they prove by deeds as well as by
words that they win tolerate ~ viola
tions of the law, and will shield no vio-
lators of the law. 1t is time for the De-
troit unions to act. They have the OPP
portunity and the justification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.l

A spring footnote: Please use the mat
whisky. costs some men dollars and 9TH
ers sense.
A wise man makes few friends and
many confidants.
There are many excuses for poverty. hut
none for laziness
Few men have weak eyes from looking
upon the bright side Of life
Give every person two chances. A bad
wife often makes good widow
Sooner or later opportunity viii come to
those who hustle while they wait.
In the spring the fancy Of the prevari-
Gator lightly turns TO thoughts of fish-
The owls reputation for wisdom may be
due to the fact that he says one thing
and sticks to it.
Somehow the man who offers bargains
manages to acquire wealth faster than
those who are always looking for them.
When a congressman plants garden seeds
among his rural constituents IN the spring
he expects to harvest a crop Of votes in
the fan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
REFLEcrIoNs 81 A BAcHELoR.

IFrom the New York Fress-1
Sick morals are the most conta gious CT
all diseases.
Generally one who has a good opinion
of himself needs it.
The only thing that slanderers hate
worse than the truth is the adage that ev-
cry story has two sides.
Some men are of such indecision that
they can't make up their minds whether to
kiss a girl where a frecl1le is or a dim
pie.
Some one has said that talk is cheap,
yet we hear good many extrava CANT re-
marks
A man has pretty nearly lost all interest
in domesticity when he ceases to grcwl
about the way the cook broils the bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
GLoBE sIGHTs.
IFrom the Atchison GIobe.l

LF'rom the Atchlson GIobe-l
Usually you furnish your enemy the
club with which he beats you.
When a lovely character tells a lie,
she calls it ''resorting to subterfuge."
They tell Of an -Atchison woman who
not only made her husband, but taught
him to read and write.
If a young woman has a bunch of
wild vioIets, it indicates that her lover
is boy of ten or twelve.
It is said that a case of insanity in
Atchison is due to a shock a woman
experienced upon going to her dress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Why
should the multi who have
been declared by the courts to have
acted I'm violation of the Sherman anti
trust act be immune to the criminal
penalties prescribed by shat act? A
term in the Denitentiary, as the Ian
directs. would do more to curb these
buccaneers than anything else in the
I-ol-ll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Contrary to the impressions of many
persons Illinois takes the lead as the
whisky making state of the union, sur
passing Kentucky, the figures being for
the last year: Illinois. 80. 1886 gal
Ions Of distilled spirits, and for Ken
lucky, which ranks second, 26.01s.165
gallons. New York state leads in the
manufacture of beer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Mayor Fleischmann of Cincinnati is
said to give away 500 loaves of bread
daily. Where Mr.. Ingalls, lost was in
not Initiating him, but making it beer
instead OF bread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

The old maids Of western New York
may not know much about babies but
they appear to think that they are as
well informed on the subject as is
President Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Downs Times. When Topeka be-
comes dry. gets her new school houses
and new city railway tracks and gets
control Of the waterworks. it win be
the ideal city Of the west. Just watch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Peter Maher has reached that point
where an encounter with him is no
longer called a fight The last man
with whom he was matched has been
arrested for assault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Havana has offered a premium for
dead sharks. A Chicago man has a
plan for killing them off, using dogs
for bait. 1t looks as though Havana
were in a way to get a good deal for
l1er rlnnnau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Some Republican members Of the
New York legislature are manifesting
a disposition to vote as they please.
This doubtless will call for some siren
uous action on the part OF Thomas c.
plat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

The Atlanta Constitution finds one OBJ
lection to the big wheat crop which is
promised. It fears that it means new
brands Of breakfast food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

The discovery Of frost on the moon
suggests to the Rochester Union and
Advertiser the possibility that the lunar
peach crop has been killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Three legal hangings and one lynching
Is Nissouri's record, so far this week.
Nice sort Of neighbors we hsve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

1t may be that the Democratic ticket
in 1904 viii be Hearst and Harrison.
The party win be expected to nominate
annaehndV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

In Missouri. it appears to be regarded
as no justification that the boOdlers
robbed the corporations instead of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Spring fever has given place to
spring chills this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

A lazy liver makes a lazy. man. Bur
dock Blood Bitters is the natural, never
falling remedy for . LAZY liver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

The news from Manchester. Eng,
this week was horse on Buffalo Bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

What oil is to southeast Kansas
sugar beets are to the short grass sec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

Omaha Bee The laying Of the cable
from San Francisco to an island station
Of the weather bureau thirty miles out
side of the harbor. the work and opera
ton being done by the weather bureau
officials, goes to show that there are no
practical obstacles in the way of a pos
tai telegraph If thirty miles of cable
can be successfully laid and worked by
the weather bureau, 5000 miles could be
laid just as well and made part Of the
postal service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

There never has been a time in the
history of the country when so much
money has been distributed to stock
holders as in the last two years. For
more than a year the payments each
month have exceeded the payments IN
the corresponding month of the pre-
ceding year. Interest and dividend dis
bursements this month by the leading
railroad. Industrial and lighting COM
panies. and including payments on
United States bonds, viii amount 10
about ss5. 900. as compared with s79,-
100000 last April The railroad CONF
panies win distribute nearly $50. 1000. 600,
OF which FIVE viii pay out more than
81 900. 600 each and one more than 50 O00 -
600. The industrial concerns viii dis
burse more than SIC. 0OO 900. as against
about $l3O00,O00 a year ago. The indus
trial disbursements are but a little more
than half Of those made in March, but
in that month the Standard Oil COM
pany distributed SO. 900 and the
United States Steel corporation more
than 100000. OF all the industrial
companies making payments this
month. none distribute 100000.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-07-02
Fighting Along the Line.

During the civil war II was common
for ehc newspaper correspondent 10 re-
port lighting all along the line"
Since the construction Of the White
river railroad began, there has been
fighting along the line but the wors,
Of 1t seems to be In Ruth township, since
two saloons have been In operation
there. Last Sunday, reports say, that
there was II fight In which several were
engaged, one man getting his neck
pretty badly cut, while another was
considerably bruised about the head
A mover passed through Galcnn late
Tuesday afternoon, aud reported that
the fight was still going on when hc
passed that way. The saloons are 'rev.
cnuc producers, you know, and civil.
zation and dcccncy must not he consid.
cred. .-Galona Oracle.