The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
KANSAS CONNENT
NO cATTLE?-rHEN RIDE.

A>O IA LIE THEN RIDE.
The iaxity of some Kansas railroads
IN Ignoring the law concerning the
carrying of passengers on regular
freight trains has brought the hand
OF the state board of railroad COM
firmly.
The privileges of the travelling pub
nc nave been considerably hampered
py some roads by their refusing pass
engers the rights that are due them
oy law. The move of the board is a
sJou one, particularly at this time.
When people in small towns are hav-
ing hard time in getting accommo-
oations TO the towns where they do
considerable amount of shopping
Ine law provides that passengers
shall be carried on regularly scheduled
freight trains not Carrying live stock
shipments. Some Kansas roads were
put to the test recently and freight
conductors even went so far as to
eject passengers from the caboose of
the freight train. The order of the
board to these roads was Immediately
made to the effect that If they didn't
issue orders to the conductors to adj
NIT passengers on such trains there
would De something drop from the
mana OF the railroad commissioners.
How on earth are people going to
get anywhere when the passenger
trains run only about once a day and
tthen run in the wrong direction? They
are allowed by law the privilege of
riding on regularly scheduled freight
trains. but there has been a tendency
OF the roads to discourage this. The
result has been that people generally
believe that it is punishable by i'm
pr1sonment to be caught with a ticket
in a caboose
If there were enough passenger
trains to accommodate the public the
public would not bother freight con-
ductors, for no one with the regular
consignment Of gray matter cares to
sustain the bruises that are occasioned
by ride on freight train. But when
an emergency presents itself a per-
son ought to be allowed the privilege
of humping the bumps II ne is physi-
cally able.
The roads may attempt to fight the
action of the board but this is hardly
expected. Hereafter If conductor
puts you off a regular freight train,
stock IN the train. If not, go back
and whip the crew; the board will
stand back Of you.-Leavenworth
Times.
BURIED TREASURE.
There comes a time in the lives of
most boys when they plan a route to
Easy Street along the line of buried
treasure. They go forth and dig in
strange places, and gather nothing
but an addition to an appetite already
overgrown. Then they get over it,
and turn their attention to baseball,
pugilism, or other lines of useful en-
deavor. But there seem to be a few
who never get this treasure-hunting
bug out of their system. and these are
frequently investing real money in
expeditions to sail to the Spanish
Main. there to dig in the sand banks
for hidden pirate gold. The recent
storm on the Florida coast is said to
have left gold pieces of somewhat
ancient coinage scattered about the
coast, and this is enough to start an
other expedition. For those who can
afford a holiday and prefer a schoon-
| er to a liner as a means of transporta-
| ton, this treasure hunting is all right.
| The hunting is good, although the
finding isn't. For real buried treas
ure more profit is to be made by seek
| ing it in Kansas soil. in a coal mine,
| in almost anywhere except the re-
puted pirate rendezvous. But more
digging is required. which may ex-
plain to some extent the appeal OF
hidden treasure to many men,
Atchison Globe.