The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19


to Great Britain and Europe on the
current crop than the figures will now
be able to show,
Dealers everywhere were turning
their attention to America, and they
were finding that the improved quail
ity of our product and better ship
ping service was telling in their ia
vor. Then in October the corner be-
gan to develop and trade was turned
aside. The price of bread and the
distressed financial conditions on this
side did not justify in the minds of
buyers any faith in higher prices. The
result is the home mills on this side
have done more business than usual
and the importers less.
The Washington Post says: Kan
sas is not only great wheat state, but
1t is second to none when it comes to
the production of first class corn"
remarked C. C. Cummins, promi-
nent farmer of Olathe, at the Riggs
House.
eHer spectacular wheat crops have
focused the attention of the world
upon Kansas, and that staple is sup
posed to be the states chief agricul-
tural asset, but as a matter of fact
corn is the big product, the greatest
contributor to the states wealth. Why.
corn is not only the greatest income
br1nger to Kansas, but it is the but
tress of the states immense meat
iiid hlI6 LII tie last Ltn
years the value of Kansas corn crops
has been over $50, 100000 more than
that of the wheat product for the same
period, and in the preceding ten years
corn was worth nearly $168, 600, 900
more than wheat The most valuable
year, when it was worth on the farms
where grown more than $S2, 100000
exclusive of the. stalks.
ut is the conversion of its corn on
n fraV~
dairy, and similar products that brings
the surplus to provide the comforta bic
homes and building the school houses,
colleges, and churches that are so
numerous in the state. Every resident
of Kansas is proud that he lives there,
but we have room for others. There
are hundreds of acres of land that
can be purchased cheaply that will
provide a good living for industrious
farmers. There is wealth awaiting all
those who may move into our state"
Bills and petitions presented in the
senate by Senator Charles Curtis:
Petitions of citizens of Topeka, Traer
the duty on raw and refined sugars;
petitions of citizens of Salina. Hutch
inson. Morland. Hill City, Waldo,
Great Bend, Wellington, lola, Doug
lass. Augusta, Wichita, Caldwell,
Perth, Milan and Eureka, for the re-
peal of the duty on hides; bill for the
erection of a monument to the mem
DRY of Brigadier General James
Shields in st. Mary's cemetery, Car
rollton, Mo-; bill for the relief of the
estate of James Mitchell, deceased;
bill for the relief of the heirs of John
w. West, deceased; also bills for the
relief of the following individuals:
Green Edmonson, William Martinson,
liam T. Grady, Henry c. Smith, Will
liam Harshberger, Samuel Liverpool,
James S. Risley, Andrew Jackson,
Stephen Murphy, James Chard, James
Barrett, Daniel G. Carmack. A. r.
Williams, CHAMBERLAIN Smith, Daniel
w. Boutwell,. William Davis. Gustav
A. Hasselberger. Joseph P. Tyler,
Samuel D. Jarman, John Mitchell,
Thomas H. Barrett, c. E. Moore,
David H. Lewis. W. H. belong, Will
William c. O'Brfen, Daniel M. Frost;
bill for the relief of registers and for
mer registers of the United States land
offices.
creasing the pensions of Abbie B.
Cloud. David Deity. James Clark.
William Calls, W. H. Ruckle, Almon
Sparkling, A. B. Williams, William
Smith, S. R. Cook, Robert L. Thomp-
son.
Here is a genuine suffragette vic
tory and right in the capital of the
nation! BOOSTERS may no longer be
kept in the District of Columbia. This
Chicken" regulations promulgated
today by the health department of
the District. The rules specify un-
der what conditions chickens may be
kept stipulating just what care must
be given the chicken houses and
Chicken regulations is the follow
ing: "vI. No roosters may be kept
on the premises"
A fine of from 50 to SO a day is
provided for all violations. The po-
lice saw they are tired of the COM
plants of citizens and statesmen who
own alarm clocks and don't want to
be awakened by cock crow. Hence
the rule.
George w Thomas of Lansing,
Kan, has been appointed to the posi-
ton Of superintendent of national
cemetery. He will come here about
the first of June and be assigned to
the care of Arlington national ceme-
terry After a service of six months,
which will be probationary, he will
be assigned to another national
cemetery.
Kansas postmasters commissioned:
Henry A. Plat at Overlook; John
w. BoWser at Larkinburg; Emma
White at Dermot, Morton county;
simon HAYES at Laird, Ness county;
William F.. Gill at New Salem. The
Laird office has Just been established.
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Ward, of Kansas.
one of the regents of the Mount Yer
non Ladies association, which owns
Mount Vernon down the Potomac,
the home of the illustrious George
Washington. is in Washington attend
ing the annual meeting of the
organization.
Misses Mary and Eva Wilcox of
Newton. Kan, are visitors in Wash
fngton-
ckIIc FIR MILITIA