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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
KANSAS COMMENT
THE TAX Law.


There is going to he a systematic
efrort made to change the working of
the tax law so that the old order will
asaln pc maintained. Some of the
taxpayers are claiming that their taxes
are dilsher than formerly which asser-
ton is no doubt true, neither is there
IN our mind any doubt but that the
| . 4ty OF taxpayers should pay more
s saAes IN accordance with a proper ad-
Jna5d nj OF AFFAIR than they formerly
palu. Inere is no argument on earth
IN favor of the old plan that has a
S 5sI OF honesty to recommend it.
Ihere IS plenty of room, however. for
IN more re EQUITABLE system of taxation
honest men will admit that every man
should pay taxes on what he is really
worth, be 1T much or little but under
c cnu , pTGssnt system a man may be
ne is worth. This applies particular
~ 10 farmers who have made small
payments on land. They pay the full
amount OF taxes and the holder of the
mortgages pays taxes on it, There
should be some method adopted to pre-
vent this double taxation Another i'm
portant point to take into considera-
non IN connection with taxes is fair
ana honest assessors. Men of Judgment
should be selected for. assessing pro-
perry Union township has indeed
been favored with honest and capable
assessors. In certain township,
Leavenworth county, the assessor has
seen fit to value some nonresident land
more than the owners ask for the
land. From the time the land changed
from resident owner to a nonresi-
dent owner the taxes have more than
doubled and the increase is out of all
proportion to the surrounding land. It
might be misjudgment. If it is the
assessor should be ousted from office
on the grounds of incompetency. 1t
might prove to be dishonesty taking
the advantage of a person who is not
there to look after it. In the case at
hand widow woman who has no
other means of support, owns the land.
An assessor who would wilfully betray
trust in such manner by compari-
son of character would make bank
robber or highwaymen look like a
Sunday school SUPERINTENDENT
Louth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Al majority of the members of both
branches of the Tennessee legislature
have shown themselves to be men of
the right progressive sort. They have
passed a state wide prohibition law
over the veto of the governor. This
statute is unique among the prohibitory
laws in force in various of the states in
that it practically accomplishes state
wide prohibition by forbidding the es-
Enlistment of a saloon and the sale of
liquor within four miles Of a school
house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
[From the New York Press1

IFrom the New York Press.1
good fighter lodges lots of quarrels.
Many pretty shoe covers a homely
foot.
Trying to makes money often results in
making trouble.
Unlike a man, a hen Il satisfied with
a picked-up dinner.
Once in great while a young man
manages to tame his wild oats.
No woman would wear eyeglasses Il
they didn't improve her looks.
The louder a man talks-well, you know
what there is In bass drum.
A girl may have face that Is poem
but lots OF men don't understand poetry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

John D. Rockefeller has added an
other million dollars to the endowment
fund of the Chicago university. This
makes his gifts to this institution ag-
gregate $24. .666. And to think of It!
Not a penny of this sum has been
asked for by the college authorities, ac-
cording to a recent statement of Mr..
Rockefeller. 1t will not be well, though.
for other people or institutions to bank
on the theory that they will be hand
soneIy remembered by John D. because
they have refrained from asking him
So4- money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
FOUND OUT

For seven years she nobIy tried
To help along as best she could:
Three days week she set aside
For going forth and doing good;
From many a miserable place
She caused grim sorrow to depart
And children loved her for her grace
And for the kindness of her heart.
For seven years she braveIy sought
To help the poor and cheer the sad,
ana they alone to whom she brought
The bounty that had made them glad
Knew or the good that she had wrought;
Inc world was busy with its cares
And had no time to give thought
To her or to her small affairs.
One day she turned aside a while
Ana sought the gayer paths of life,
And on a man bestowed a smile.
~, w men reused the anger of his wife.
Discussing her and her alone;
The next day, while she strank from
Her name through all the land was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
10 inclination, or the decision,

The inclination, or the DECISION. or
whatever it may be, of the senate
committee on employees to reduce the
excessive number of the employees that
were appointed has developed into a
farce that will hold the members of the
COMMITTEES and the rest Of the senators
up to little less than ridicule. The re-
suits accomplished so far have been the
looping off of three persons appointed
to positions but who have failed to
accept them. A wonderful showing,
this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
HUNOR OF THE DAY

day. arishoner~How was that9 Minister
That makes only six. Minister-Weii, you
don't think did it for nottingham
Francisco Chronicle.
What did you give your boy for Christ
IIi5Is "A toy automobile He's already
a toy? That looks like the real thing
Pittsburg Post.
Fred-There goes Mrs. Jones. She used
to be st,i de-, Decidedly pert girl Jaok-Isnt
to have tanned her. and now shes an 1 ex9
pert--Brooklyn Eagle.
How Gomez wen. he all time dreamin'
dat de devil got himg'-Atianta Constitu-
ton.
81 feel that I'm to be taken with a
severe fit Of coughing right here in the
There will be an Intense Situation then
That's when everybody else will cough
Kansas City Times.
No More Wireless for Him.--AIillIonaire-
Don't talk to me about new inventions. 1
had the wireless telegraphy installed at
my house. and people borrowed money on
me from all quarters of the world!-F1ie-
A Dilemma.-Justin-W are you look
Oldcash? Hardup-rm just trying to de-
eide between her and the plumbing BUSH
ueSS.-CnlcaSO NEWS.
Regrets.-What a man regrets about
money he sqUanders one way is he can't
also squander it another-New York
Press.
In Crossing Pactolus.-"'what sir. would
you say was the greatest stepping stone
magnate, laconicaIly."-Boston Transcript.
The Fewer the Better.-The fewer credi-
tors man has the easier 1t Is for him
to look the world in the face.-St. Louis
Times.
Says a correspondent: my son. Jimmy,
came home from school yesterday crying
as if his heart would break For heavens
sake stop it, my son" commanded. Did
you yell that way all the way down the
when got to tn front door, cleveland
Leader
Hard Up-Facetious Friend-Are you
Christmas? Man dead broke)-No; I'm
going to hang up my watch.-Baltimore
American.
Naturalized German Crying to excuse
himself from service on jury)-But don't
understand good English. Judge docking
at lawyers who are to try the easel
Don't worry. You won't hear any here
Judge.
Mr. Justintroduced-Wh is that awfully
1lomely man over there in the corner, Mrs.
Hobson? Mrs, Hobson-That is Mr.. Hob
homeliest men always marry the prettiest
wives.-Puck.
Keeper-Ii. boy. You can't catch fish
here without permit! Boy-Well. I'm
getting on we'll enough with a worm
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

one. Much can be accomplished in the
way of preventing the spread OF this
dread disease through the education OF
the people along the lines of precau-
tionary measures that can be adopted.
The exhibition in question will be the
means of starting people on the way to
acquiring much valuable information
on this important subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

The verdict of the coroner's jury
(which investigated the fire that de-
atroyed the Copeland hotel is all right
as far as it goes but it will strike a
good many persons that it did not go
quite far enough. Some one certainly
was responsible that the rooms of this
,l1ostelry were not equipped with rope
lire escapes as the law demanded that
4fTa11 ehof11d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

No candidate has come to the front
to oppose William Green for the Re-
publican nomination for mayor at the
coming spring primaries. This is as it
should be. MT. Green has occupied the
Ynayoralty chair with ability and dis
4tnction. 1t is such a public servant
az ne has proved to be that is entitled
10 q denomination and a re-election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

If all of the railroads that are being
projected in Kansas on paper are
finally built there will not be any need
for many good roads, for there won't
be any room for them. There is hope
in the situation, though, because his
tory is replete with the failure of paper
railroads to materialize.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Such a profusion of legislation has
been presented already for the consid-
Grafton of the members of the state
legislature that a. task of herculean
proportions has been cut out for them.
Doubtless there are a few who wish
that they had sought other fields in
which to display their peculiar talents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Concerning the play which is soon to
be staged in which John D. Rockefeller
is to be the central character the Chi
eago Record-Herald supposes that the
villain will be representation of
Archbold while the buffoon will be
Chancellor Day thinIy disguised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

The people who are now crying the
1oudest for the sun to shine again will
be among the first to find fault with it
when it soon gets busy with continuous
activity. But what's the use of finding
fault with the weather, anyhow? 1t
will be what it is, regardless of the
wishes or Vaccinations of any human
being or any number of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

From the action of a few of the state
legislators 1t would seem that they
work on the theory that now that they
have been elected they don't care a rap
what the people may think about them
or EXPECT of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Mr.. Castro does not appear to be
quite as smart as he has been credited
with being. He announces that he is
going to return to Venezuela. But
then, maybe this is one of his bluffs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

All possible announcement and sup
mort should be given to the national
exhibition on tuberculosis which will be
soon opened for display in this city. 1t
should receive the attention of every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

several hours later with a humping
headache and number of painful
cuts about his face and arms where
rocks torn up by the explosion had hit
him.-Bloomington, Ind. dispatch TO
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
FRON OTHER PENS

SOCIAL REFORM AT WASHINGTON
When President Roosevelt ad-
vocated an inquiry into the condition of
living at Washington, especially
among the less fortunate members of
society, he was greeted with the usual
number of jeers. The report of the
commission appointed at his sugges-
much in it of value, not only to our
congress when legfslating for the dis
trict. but the persons interested in
similar problems in other cities.
The indirect method of remedying
evils is the one in great part the COM
mission advances. For instance, with
the evils of quackery, of nostrums
and of adulterated foods, medicines
and drinks one recommendation is
that the postoffice department dis
tribute bulletins along its route giving
the facts about fraud orders and about
prohibited authorizations. Upon a
showing of the amount of additional
house room that could be provided
the money now expended for tobacco
and liquors, the commission recon-
mendS the establishment of amuse-
ment centerS and athletic fields which
will, in rivalry to the saloon, tend to
reduce the consumption of liquor.
For the pawn shop evil, which ap
parently is shown to be very serious
in Washington. there might be sug-
ment of such a pawner's society as
has produced beneficial results in
Chicago,-Chicag Record-Herald
O.
NEWSPAPER HONOR.
Commenting upon the feat of a
western newspaper. that published, as
a Washington dispatch, an advance
summary of the presidents recent
message the Springfield Republican
declares that:
In view of the fact that copies of
the presidents message have been for
some days committed to the honor of
the press associations, there is moth
ing remarkable about the feat of
1t is not distinction to be
coveted, however.
1t is to be hoped for the honor of
American Journalism, that the
offending newspaper will be able, con-
vincingly, to explain its seeming
dereiction. 1t is singular tribute to
the integrity of newspapers, so often
that such a breach of faith should be
so infrequent as to excite comment For
some years the expanding volume of
public business and the de-
veloping of the newspaper field have
caused the press associations to send
out, far in advance. lengthy docu-
ments, or other matters of public
nature, for release" at a specified
date. Such a procedure is, of course,
a display of the highest confidence on
part of both author and distributor OF
such document A violation is viewed
as one of the objectionable sins OF
a newspapers religion, and 1t is, hap
PLY, of rare occurrence.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
Chicago Rec,rd-Herald.
New Cure in Sea water.

New Cure in Sea Water.
DR.. Robert Simon, a distinguished
French physician, member of the
TherapeuticaI Society of Paris and
physician to the marine dispensaries of
Paris. delivered an Illustrated lecture
at Columbia university on the curative
properties of sea water when used by
subcutaneous injection. The use of sea
water in this manner as a therapeutic
agent is now general in France. The
results OBTAINED have been SO crafty
ing that Dr. Simon has come to Amer
lea to explain to the faculties of the
foremost medical colleges and to scien-
tif1c societies the method of procedure
and the theoretical basis of It's employ
ment: lie has lectured at Harvard uni
versity, and before the faculties and
students of the medical colleges in
Philadelphia.
Although the sponsor for the sea wa
ter cure does not assert that it is a
specific for any ailment, he furnishes
an extraordinary series of cases in
which sea water either has cured the
patients or modified their ailments.
The cases treated and cured include a
wide range of skin diseases the in
testinal ailments Of infants with a re-
markable reduction in the death rate),
as well as Improvement in patients
suffering from tuberculosis.
DR.. Simon, as he explained in his
Prof. Qutnton, the we'll known biologist.
Quinton, It seems, is responsible for the
theory which has resulted in the use of
sea water as an active curative agent.
Quinton is an exponent OF the marine
origin of life. He holds that the per-
feet medium of cell life existed in the
sea, and has demonstrated the proof of
this theory to his own satisfaction and
that of other scientists.
By experimentation, DR.. Simon says
Prof. Quinton has proved the concern
tration of life in fish as they exist in
the ocean today. He maintains that
the original condition of life persists in
fish to a greater extent than in any
other forms of animal life: that this is
due to the fact that the fish live in wa
ter, and that, therefore, sea water helps
maintain good physiological conditions
in man; in other words, there is a ten
,dency to maintain original marine con-
ditions. A remarkable feature of Prof.
Quinton's experiments is that the same
percentage of concentration of life was
found in fish taken from fresh water as
in those taken from the sea.
The theory once established by Prof.
Quinton, he and DR.. Simon began to in
ject sea water in patients suffering
from various diseases.-New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The Chicago News thinks that the
frequent Trainings received by Mr..
Roosevelt should render his hide i'm
pervious to the rays of the tropical sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

It has now been discovered that the
auditorium at the State Normal college
at Emporia Is a fire trap. Evidently
the Copeland hotel disaster was not in
lraAr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

81 feel that I'm to be taken with
severe fit of coughing right here in the
theater" TRY to save it a few minutes.
There will be an intense situation then.
That's when everybody else will cough
Kansas City Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

A Dilemma.-Justin-W are you look
ing so disconsolately and intently at Miss
Oldcash? Hardup-rm just trying to de-
eide between her and the plumbing BUSH
ness.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

No More Wireless for Him.--AIillionaire-
Don't talk to me about new Inventions.
had the wireless telegraphy installed at
my house, and people borrowed money on
me from all quarters of the world!-Flie-
gende Batter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Fred-There goes Mrs. Jones. She used
to be a decidedly pert girl. Jack-Isn' t
she still pert? Fred-No. Marriage seems
! to have tanned her, and now she's an ex-
pert.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Regrets.-What a man regrets abou
money he sqUanderS one way is he can
also squander it another.-New Yorl
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
Chick Mother to incubator Brood

a chicken SIX weeks Old, beIong1ng
to Justus w. Smith, lawyer, of Oak
hurst, n. J., has stepped forward and
filled a gap left by an incubator
mother. The chick is now proudly
acting as mother to a brood of four
little incubator chicks as well as a
more mature biddy could.-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Minister made seven hearts happy to-
day. Parishoner--How was that? Minister
Married three couples. Parishioner-
That makes only six. Minister-Well, you
don't think did it for Nottingham
Francisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

What did you give your boy for Christ
mas?'' "A toy automobile. He's already
killed six chickens and a dog call that
a toy? That looks like the real thing
PittSburg Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

He don't need coal in de winter time.
How Gomez WELL he all time dreamin
dat de devil got himr'-Atlanta Constitu
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

you say was the greatest stepping stone
in your career?" Rocks replied the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

The Fewer the Better.-The fewer credi-
tors a man has the easier 1t is for him
to look the world in the face.-St Louis
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Daily Matinee 2:30-High class vaudeville
Evenings 7:45-9:15-High class vaudeville
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
IL the Novelty.

Monday Night-"Marrying Mary"
Wednesday Night-'The Virginian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Says a correspondent: MY son, Jimmy.
came home from school yesterday, crying
as if his heart would break. For heavens
sake. stop it. my SOM I commanded. Did
you yell that way all the way down the
when L got to tn front door, cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-22

Hard Up.-Facetious Friend-Are you
going to hang up your stocking this
Christmas2 Man dead broke)-No; I'm
going to hang up my watch.-Baltimore
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08

Any one knowing the whereabouts Of Mrs.
J. p Wilcox or Mrs. Alice Wilcox, last
heard of at Long Beach, CAL, please commu-
nicate with Mrs. C. N. REDEBAUGH,
Saugatuck Mich. 4-4-l
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
ANGELINA GIRLS TIE
WITH COMPTON HIGH
Four Home Runs Made Before Dark
ness Compels Umpire to Call
the Game-Fielders
Kept Busy
L. A. High Girls-1S
Compton Hiqh Girls-1S

The Los Angeles high school girls
baseball team that has been handing
out defeats to all its opponents so far
this season, went to Compton yester-
day afternoon and ran up against a
snag, but not a defeat, as the game
ended in tie, with the score Is each
after five innings, replete with heavy
stick work.
The Los Angeles club expected an
easy victory, for it was flushed with
success after victories over Santa Mon
lea and Polytechnic teams, but the
girls of Compton showed that they
could WELD the willow as well as the
Angelenos, and four home runs feat
ured the game.
Los Angeles high made three of the
home run swats, while Miss shannon,
pitcher for the Compton team, laced
the big sphere out of the lot and cir
cled the bases before it was returned.
The girls were anxious to settle the
tie, but darkness caused the umpire to
call the game.
The tie will be played off later in the
season. The Los Angeles girls are not
discouraged and claim that they must
uphold the baseball prestige of their
school since the awful beating that
Poly administered to their brothers
Monday.
The fielding in yesterdays game was
good on both sides, and there was
plenty of 1t to be DONE as the players
on each side had their batting eyes
with them.
The best playing of the game was
done by the Swensen sisters, who form
the Los Angeles battery, and besides
doing nice work in their positions each
scored a home run, and it was these
timely taps that enabled the Los An
QnlpS team tie the score. Miss
Childs also got her eyes on a "spit-
BALI and pushed 1t out of the lot, and
by some gingerly base running had d
home run chalked up to her credit.
A game has been arranged for April
20 between the girls baseball team of
the Violet street school and the L. A.
high girls team.
The lineup of yesterdays desperate
encounter was as follows:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
WANT "STARVED ROCK"
SAVED FOR P0STERITY
Governor of Illinois Asked to Preserve
Spot Where Indian Chief
llini Famished

OTTAWA, ILL.,, April 7.-Starved
Rock as a state park is the desire of
the La Sale County Historical society,
and an appeal has been sent to the
governor and members of the state
legislature for formal action preserv-
ing to posterity this historic spot.
In it's appeal to the state legislature
the historical society says in part:
THE rock was once crowned with
beautiful trees, but neglect is work
ing havoc and their destruction is nat
ural if neglect is allowed to continue
long.
About the middle of the seventeenth
century there was enacted the bar
barrie tragedy which gave the rock it's
present name. The once powerful
Illini, at war with neighboring tribes,
took refuge on it's summit, accessible
then, as now, only in single file and in
a single place.
Their foes surrounded the base and
cut off supplies; starvation and thirst
did the rest. From that time 1T was
fittingly called Starved Rock and the
nation which SO miserably persisted
there gave its name to our state"