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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14
PAINTER AID PAPER HANGER

A. COILS, PAINTER, PArERuANGER
and kalsominer, 2e4 Baltimore aYo. Ind.
'phono lCso-a Tinss. w447
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14

ONE, TWO OR THREE THoUSANI
lars. on real estate. James Eager,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14

WANTED: FIRST CLASS BOILER MAKER,
with railroad experience, for private shop !;
will pay 43c per hour for steady, sober mon.
Address o 8, Tribune. d1196
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
THE THING NEEDFTTI.

The people who oppose primary cleo
tions hold up their hands in holy hor
TOR, because men would be nominated
by a minority vote. How many nom
inees under the convention system are
the choice of the majority of the people
whose servants they are to be? Not
one in ten. A state or county conven-
ton is composed of a lot of traders.
Smith goes in with Is or 20 votes in
hundred in the convention, and although
he may be the most unpopular man in
the county, If he can hold his vote solid,
and is a good trader, he can win out,
and then the crowd makes it 'unan-
imOus." What are Ryan Ryker and
Kanaval but minority candidates? Not
one of them got within a mile of a ma
jority Of the votes in the state cOnven-
ton. In fact, no one wanted Ryan, or
knew he was a candidate. until Leav-
enworth and Wyandotte men put him
in the race the day Of the convention.
Did the people of the state want him
No. This is a fair sample of the present
way Of doing things.=BeIoit Gazette.
The State Journal does not know who
are opposing primary elections for the
cause stated, but this paper is working
for a primary election law that will do
away with minority nominations, that
will get at the will of the majority, and
at the same time eliminate the axers
and traders and manipulators. The Ca
zette has the right idea in opposing the
present system. The problem is to get
something better. What good will it do
to trade one god brick for another?
There is little doubt now that Kansas
needs primary election law, but when
it gets one it wants the best None 9TH
ers need apply. If some sort of a sys-
TEN that will let the f1xers run in q
minority candidate is paImed off on the
state, it will bring the primary idea in
TO disrenute Give US the best
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
MIR. JACKsoN.s IDEAS.

Among the excellent replies that
have been made to the Square Deal
questions, it is doubtful If any have
been better than those made by F. S.
Jackson, the Republican nominee for
attorney general.
There is no quiescent assent to the
questions in Mr.. Jackson's replies. He
discusses the propositions involved in a
way that shows that he has ideas of
his own concerning them.
In regard to the assessment Of rail-
roads, for Instance, Mr.. Jackson sug-
gests that the board of railroad COM
missioners be instructed TO determine
the value of the railroads. and he ia
vors assessing all property at its cash
value.
The board of railroad commission
ers ought to have excellent opportuni-
ties for learning the value of the rail-
roads. In determining the justice Of
freight rates, the value of the roads
must be considered in order to fix rates
that will give a just return upon the
value of the roads. If the railroads
insist on putting their value of their
property high, in order to show that
they ought to be allowed to charge
taxes upon that valuation.
It is asserted by some of those who
have been connected with railroad as
sessments in Kansas in the past, that
there ought to be some change in the
method of making the assessments.
At present this is done by five state
officers, who give a week or two each
year to this work-and that's ALL
1t is argued that the job of assessing
from sixty to a hundred million dollars
worth of property is important enough
to require the continual attention of
two or three men, who ought to com
pare Kansas valuations with those in
other states and also familiarize them
selves with the subject OF cost and
revenues.
At present the argument is usually
all on one side. The tax commission
ers of the various railroad companies,
high salaried men, appear before the
railroad assessors and present an array
of figures to show why their respect
tive roads should be given a low assess
ment. Nobody appears on the other
side. Some OF the board lean towards
the railroads. Others wish to do the
square thing, but they have little per-
sonal knowledge of conditions other
than the figures produced by the tax
commissioners. Is it any wonder that
there are seldom any increases made in
railroad valuations?
The entire taxation system in Kan
sas needs overhauling. including the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
FEEDING THE WORLD.

The government estimates that the
wheat crop this year shows that Kan
sas will come to the front with her
share of the goods. And Kansas fur
nishes about one-sixth of the wheat Of
the entire nation
This is a big statement-when once
its full force soaks into ones head.
This is a great country of ours, and
wheat is raised more or less over a
large portion of it. yet the parallelo-
gram here in the center raises a sixth
of the entire amount. and the central
third of Kansas raises the greater por-
ton of the Kansas crop.
Think what a tremendous crowd of
the earth's population live on bread
made from Kansas wheat! In Europe
Kansas -four is. recognized apart from
American -four in general, yet millions
of bushels of the product of Kansas
wheat fields goes abroad to be ground
into British and German flour.
Wheat, however. IS a minor crop in
Kansas. Corn is the real king. The
value of the Kansas corn crop is con-
siderably in excess Of that of the wheat
nearly every year-notwithstandi
the fact that Kansas is the greatest
wheat state in the world.
And corn makes Kansas beef and
pork, which with Kansas bread, help
to build up the worlds muscle and fur
nish the people of the earth with new
brain tissue. Then there are the eggs
from untold millions of Kansas hens,
and the butter from the Kansas COWS,
seasoned with Kansas salt. Now we
are also beginning to sweeten the
world with millions of pounds of Kan
sas sugar from the Arkansas valley.
There is apparently no limit to what
Kansas can do towards feeding the
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14

EDITOR BECK WANTS LIGHT.

EDITOR BECK WANTS LIGHT.
The editor Of this paper has been
looking in different directions for in
formation on the Katy railroad suit
ABOUT Which Governor HOch is being
so severely criticized and he is getting
more than he bargained for and more
IMAM ne knows what to do with From
one source he learns that the suit IS
merely to quiet the title to certain
iands IN Oklahoma. From another
source we learn that the government
IS sued for $50,000,000 and if the Katy
Hallroad company, which is another
name TOT the Rockefeller standard
Oli interest, win then the government
VIII have to dig up thit amount of
money, most of which will go into the
iapaclous nav of the octopus known
as the Standard Oil company. From
sui another source we learn that the
amount involved is only $10,000,00O.
one who claims to know all about it
INFORMS US that the railroad company
has not one chance in a thousand to
win the suit, and another is just as
certain that when a railroad volun-
tarlly goes into court it goes in to win,
ana not for fun or for its health or for
anybody else's health. The more we
hear about it the less we know. We
wish some one wise enough to know
all the facts and who has no political,
financial, professional or any other in
terests to subserve except to elevate
the truth and put down error and I'M
ruin WOulQ tell US ali ABOUT II. But IS
mere any such person IN this land OF
the Tree and the home of the brave
We very much fear there is not. If
the old soldiers had any special inter
est in the matter we would confidently
expect General Pat COney to make a
clean breast of it without fear or
favor, even If he had to exhaust all the
adjectives in the English language to
do 1t, but as it is the one matter the
G. A. r. is not interested in as an or
der. nXnRct shall have Tn
awhile longer in the dark.-Holton
Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14

Where the pillows pound the beaches,
Where they crumble into foam,
Where way in the White-capped distance
You can see them form and comb,
1t is good TO walk; but better
Better far, It seems to me
Is the fitting deck beneath one
When a freighter puts to sea.
Oh. the slanting deck and cordage,
And the straining of the sails,
And the seething wake behind her
And the buffets of the gales
The obsidian-hued mountains
Rushing down on ship and crew.
And, just as they come together,
Opening to let her through
When the city streets are seething
And the pavements irk the feet.
And the roadside blooms are willing,
And the earth pants with the heat.
Keep Tor you the town and country
Where sun-pelted highways be;
But for me the singing cordage
When the freighter puts to sea.
J. NJ. Lewis in the Houston Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Hearing that there are two joint res
olutions to amend the constitution to
be voted on this fall. Bill Doolittle i'm
nediateIy declared in favor of them.
Bill is in favor OF everything connected
with joints.
X
It is evident that the Ancient Anal
gamated Order Of Leg Pullers is not
we'll organized in Texas. One candidate
for congress secured his nomination at
an expense of only IS cents.
X
Notwithstanding the recent achieve
ments of Mrs. Leslie Carter and Fay
TempIeton. the figures show that Lillian
Russell still has the highest batting aN-
erage in the matrimonial league.
X
A Topeka Sunday school superiptend-
ent writes home that he is having 4
good time al Atlantic City After the
report that General Hughes gave of At
lantic City last year, there is some
curiosity to know why a Sunday school
superintendent went there.
4
After reading Billy Morgan's gossip
about Empress Catherine of Russia
one is forced to believe that Kate was
inclined to be a little bit gay and giddyi
but. of course. we don't know Katc's
side Of the story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


from the Chicago News.1
tombstone. i 50
"A a woman WON doesn't necessarily cry when
Every man on earth realizes that he
used to be a chump.
Any all-round man ought to be able to
make both ends meet.
And woman's conscience is almost as
elastic her tongue
II a man isn't a society favorite that 10
something in his favor.
Some men. couldn't hear the voice Of
conscience through a megaphone.
Jealous wives have kept many hus-
band out of the straight and narrow path
There isn't much hope for a man who
will not speak at least one kind word a
day
A minister talks about his work. but
the male members of his congregation are
apt to call 1t snap.
There is one good feature about break
ing up housekeeping. It enables people TO
get rid of their old furniture.
It's all well enough to advise people to
many things have no bright side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14

the show. but she will probably con-
sole Mr.. Goring without any trouble. "
She looked around the room and then
al the bag where Marie had slowed
everything necessary. From the win
dow she saw a large carriage slowly
approaching.
Marie, Marie!'' she exclaimed. Put
this In that big box and bring 1t along. .
In her eagerness she lifted the dainty
mass Of white satin and lace and the
filmy veil. The maid opened her lips
to protest and then tied up the pack
age.
sCoodnessi'' exclaimed Lucy as they
started down the stairs, did you think
could get married without my we'd
ding dress p
Outside in the carriage Ralph was I'M
patiently waiting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14

In the southern part of Santa Bar
bara county, close up to the foot
hills of the Santa Ynez mountains
that almost surround the valley of
Carpinteria, there stands a specimen
of the pepper tree that is interesting.
owing to its massive proportions It
adorns the home Of Gideon E. Frank
lni, one of Santa Barbara county,
citizens.
The tree was planted by former
proprietor of the estate about twenty
years ago. One foot above the ground
the giant trunk measures twelve feet
in circumference. It soon divides
itself into three well developed bodies
which have respectively an Individual
girth of four feet eight inches; four
feet nine inches and six feet one inch,
or a combined circumference of fifteen
feet six inches.
The longest boughs have an almost
uniform reach of thirty-three feet,
giving a nearly circular diameter Of
sixty-six feet. Some fifteen feet OF
the longest limbs have been cut off
in order to preserve the regularity
of its form. The height Of the tree
is between forty and fifty feet. The
tree is supposed to be the largest of
its kind in the state.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
How oregon Elects Her Senators.

Now, it might be supposed that. since
the United States Constitution vests the
election of United States senators in
the state legislatures. this election by
the people would necessarily be regard
ed as merely nomination or recon-
mendation of the candidate to the leg
islature. But such is not the fact; it
is, so far as we can see an actual cleo
ton. For under the primary law the
people may, in nominating men to be-
some members of the legislature, pledge
them in writing as follows:
I further state to the people of Or
egon as well as to the people of my
legislative district, that during my term
OF office I will always vote for that
candidate for United States senator in
congress who has received the highest
number of the peoples votes for that
position at the general election next
preceding the election of & senator in
congress, without regard to my indi-
vidual preference"
should be unwilling to sign the above
statement Called statement No. -,
then he may sign the following state
ment as a part of his petition estate
ment No. ~:
During my term of office 1 shall
consider the vote of the people for
United States senator in congress as
nothing more than a recommendation.
which shall be at liberty to wholly
disregard, If the reason for doing so
seems to me to be sufficient"
1t is hardly necessary to add that in
the present state of public opinion very
few candidates saw fit, at the recent
primary election. to sign statement No.
2. A goodly number of Republicans
signed a modified statement No. /.
agreeing to vote for the Republican
voters choice: but so popular was
statement No. 1 that the man who re-
fused to sign it was at a distinct dis
advantage as against competitor who
signed it. Moreover. Mr.. Jonathan
Bourne. one of the Republican candi-
dates for United States senator, made
the principle of statement No. 1 the is
sue in his campaign, sending out num-
erous circulars explaining and defend
ing that feature of the primary law.
The net result Of the election is that
&c of the senators and representatives
chosen to the next legislative assembly
are Statement No. l. men. which
makes a majority of one on joint ballot
in spite of the fact that Is senators.
elected two years ago, hold over till
the next election and were not affected
by the recent campaign.-From core
gon as a Political Experiment Station, -
by Joseph Sehafer, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atehlson elobe.1


Nearly everybody gets the best of It.
How little attention people pay to IAN
Appeal for Fair Play"
An Atchison girl who has freckles has
found a sure cure: Resignation.
An Atchison man IS SO worthless that
he Is known as a Shadow Dancer"
We confess we don't like to have a
drunken man hanging about our neck.
If you make a success of your business
you must get along" in spite of oppOsi-
ton.
Always say when a man dies that
a Large circle" of friends are mourning
and don't get out your measuring string.
Half the worlds troubles are due to an
overestimation of the other fellows mon
ey, and a belief that it can be had by
work instead of labor.
The woman does not live who can wash
her hair without saying to everyone she
meets: I have just washed my hair and
can't do q thing with 1t.
It is easy for a girl to visit a long
time in summer on a pocket full of clothes
owing to the hot weathte A shirt waist
may easily be washed. dried and ironed
in a night.
A favorite way the women have of say
ing something awful without really say
ing anything, is to ask when some other
woman is mentioned. Did you ever see
her kitchen?"
keeper she hates every woman who calls
to see her until she has succeeded in
chasing out the last fly the caller let in
while saying goodbye.
Once unon time a mother was taken
sick and had to be taken to a health re-
sort for treatment But she couldn't rest
or sleep. 1t was too quiet there. So the
physician in charge hired ten Indians to
stand outside her window and whoop and
pound and yell all day. and the mother
hearing the sound, thought of the dear
children at home and lost all that
strange fear she had felt when It was
quiet. and made a rapid recovery
Which is the more immoral sight on
the stage: The girl with her tights
too tight, or the girl whose tights
wrinkle ike an old womanss stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
SEEING IS BELIEVING.

man in California, J. c. Power, by
name, has invented what he calls the
"Felevue" to be attached to the tele-
phone. It is an instrument when so at
tached that will present the photograph
of the person with whom you are talk
ing. Under the telephone mouthpiece is
a large round disc of glass, somewhat
thicker in the middle than on the edges.
In the center of the glass there is a
small hole, and through this the receiver
is able to see the person to whom he is
talking. The young man talking to his
girl and asking her for the pleasure Of
her company to the theater will be able
to note how his communication Is re-
ceived. If she really desires his com
pany she can smile and show an ap-
probation of the invitation. If she does
not care for him but for 93cial reasons
does not like to decline the frown upon
her face win tell the whole story. 1t is
a wonderful machine and yet in view
of what has taken place In the last
twenty years, Is not surprisingly
Chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14

From eight to ten p. m. the tall girl
wrote letters. The next morning immed-
lately after breakfast she announced
that her time up to twelve. o'clock would
be devoted to correspondence
Surely you are not going to write
more letters" said the top floor girl.
You wrote a dozen last night"
L know I did, was the reply, but I
am not going to send them. 1 never
mail a letter that I write at night It
isn't safe. I say too many idiotic things.
I only write them as a kind of safety
valve. There are certain things that I
must say to relieve my mind. After
get those thoughts put down on paper
feel better, but you couldn't hire me to
mail the letters.
Il used to, but that was before they
got me into SO much trouble. We let
our emotions run away with US when
writing ct night. We get entirely too
confidential Under a shaded gas jet
we tell things that wild horses couldn' t
drag from US by the light of day. Next
made of ourselves, but if the letters
have been mailed 1t is too late to do
anything, and we just have to sit down
and wait for the avalanche.
II still write letters at night, but only
as a relief. This morning 1 shall write
to the same persons I wrote to last
night but the letters will not be even
first cousin to those emotional epistles
These will be safe and sane and war
ranted innocuous."
The top floor girl looked uneasy.
It wrote q letter myself last night"
she said.
Better read it," the tall girl advised.
You'll be sure not to send it if you do"
The top floor girl opened the envelope
and perused her letter slowly.
Il think" she said that 1 will go up
stairs and write another.''-New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
QUAKEIs REFLEC11oNs.


IFrom the Philadelphia Record
SIX a woman her age and she Is Just
Lots of people are virtuous because they
are afraid to take chance.
No Maude, dear; planting leeks in a
garden won't make It any drier.
A man no sooner prays for rain than
we find him wishing 1t would clear Off
Virtue Is its own reward, but there are
people VINO don seem 10 care about the
reward.
Blobbs-"Are you fond of puzz1es7..
Slobbs-s'Ye indeed; even read All the
magazine poetry"
Patience may be necessary in the max
ing OF a fisherman. but it Is not essential
as an utter disregard for the truth
Hoax-'HOw much does a trip to En-
rope cost7' Joax-"That depends. - Hoax
On how long you stay, I suppose. .
Joax-'NO. on how much you've Cot
Wigg-' Harduppe doesn't seem much
broken up over the fact that his engage
ment to Miss Gotrox is on" WaSg-'sNo.
his creditors have not found out about IL
yet"
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HoAlE NEWS VILE away.

GubscriberQ NJ the state journal
eway during the summer may have
she paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at ire rate OF ten cents
9 week or thirty cents a month Thy
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired. White ont Of town the
State journal win be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
ahese short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
Great Bird Dog.

Henry Russell of Bangor has a dog
which for persistence and intelligence
is a wonder.
Beside owning this dog, Mr.. Russell
has a bird pet, which he values highly,
as do all the members of the family
Recently this bird Matched a family of
young ones On Tuesday one OF the
small birds escaped from the cage
There was hunt but an unsuccess-
full one. At last the family gave it UP
as A hopeless task, and decided that
they had lost a bird. Not so with the
dog.
He wasn't of the giving up kind He
kept busy and at noon Wednesday
came marching into the house with the
missing bird IN his mouth. so care
fully held that it was uninJured. not
even a feather being damp.-Kenne-
bee Journal.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


ltIOIt lHe new IOrk Fress-I
It's almost better to have a bad reputa-
ttion than none.
II 2 girl never goes in she has to have
all the handsomer bathing suit
You don't hear anybody kicking about
sleeping with cold feet in the real sum-
mer weather.
It would be nice to have money enough
not 70 ne AFRAID 10 refuse to lend a man
who tried TO borrow from you.
queer thing about business Is 8 man
can be too buey to go to the mountains
with his family but not to 20 on On 4
yachting trip while they are at home