The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-15

lahoma are now ION" Hence the alb
| sence of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
winter; fact not heretofore notice
able, since for many years during ses-
sions of congress the Indian Territory
and Oklahoma men have swarmed the
capitol and hotel corrirods.
Representative Curtis has been quite
busy this week with the house COM
mittee on Indian affairs endeavoring to
set the annual Indian appropriat ton
bill in shape. This will probably be
accomplished and out of the way by
december p, when congress will ad-
Journ for the holiday recess. and MT.
Curtis, with other senatorial candi-
dates, will trek for Topeka.
There is reason to believe that Gov
ernc~ Hoch's request of Senator Long
the place where the silver service shall
pc presented next spring to the new
battleship Kansas may be granted.
though the department at present Is
expense involved in sending the boat
1000 miles to Galveston. Senator
Long has written Governor Hoch that
there IS no great reason for haste in the
matter, as the Kansas can not be COM
miss1oned before next May, in all prob
ability, and can not receive the service
until then The Kansas delegation Is
greatly interested in making an i'm
The Missouri river near St. Joseph,
Mo, and ElWood, Kan, has done much
damage in past year. The Missouri
side is we'll riprapped and protected,
While the Kansas side is not. Mr.. Cur
It's and Senator Long for the past two
years have been trying to get RELIEF Tor
the Kansas side, and hope to be sue
cessful this year. Mr.. Curtis has phi
for $4,000 to do this work, and later,
If there is a river and harbor BILL eff
fort will be made to place an item on
that.
Mr.. Curtis is hopeful that he may
make Roadway with his bill for
macadam road between Forts Leaven-
worth and Riley. He would use prison
at Leavenworth to build the road Mr.
Curtis would appropriate $4,000 for this
purpose.
Mr.. Scott has introduced a bill to
raise the rate of pension under what
Is known as the act of 1890, which
grants from Sc minimum to $12 maxi
mum pension to soldiers who served at
least 80 days and were honorably dis
charged, without proving the incurrence
Of disease or disa bility in the service.
This original act of 1890 was fathered
by Major E. N. Morrill, when he was
in congress from Kansas, and was
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions of the house of representa-
tjVes. Mr.. Scott would grant such per-
sons eligible under this act as are
wholly. inca pacitated and require aid
and attendance of another person the
sum of $50 per month; and a schedule
of pension also based on age is con-
templated, granting $14 at u years;
s16 at rs years; SIS at IS years; and $40
at so years. This raises the rate for
what is known as the "age order"
promulgated when E. F. Ware was
commissioners of pensions.
Mr.. Scott has secured the authorize
ton by the postoff1ce department of
postal substation at East lola, a part
of his own city of lola. Carriers now
have to go as high as two miles from
the postofice. and lola is growing rap
idly in an easterly direction Last SEES
of $75. 900 for the erection of a public
building in lola, and also for the cree
ton of a weather station of the depart
ment Of agriculture.