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The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

on the state school proposition.
Here is the editorial:
When the abandonment of the Ind
ian school at Grand Junction was de-
c1ded upon the proposition was i'm
mediately advanced that the govern
ment should deed the grounds and
buildings to the state and permit it
to continue to use them for school
purposes. Bills to permit the trans
fer have been introduced in both
houses of congress and the promise
is that such action will be taken.
1t therefore appears probable that
the Colorado legislature will be call
cd upon TO establish new school in
order that the Grand Junction build
ings may be utilized. Whatever
would be the inclination or lack of it
to found a new school under other
circumstances the argument present.
ed by the offer of such a bonus will
be used to its full value
Colorado from the earliest days
has been most liberal in it's approp-
riations for schools. 1t has in fact
fostered its infant industries" until
IL is sometimes a question whether
the state is running its schools , the
schools are running the state. Ger
tain 1t is that the powerful | obies
formed by the schools in connection
with other Institutions support ID by
the state in addition to gettiI the
last possible dollar out of the reas-
ury go long way toward shaping all
the legislation of the ses ions
Whether these schools which are CEN
tered in corua-otivelv ~-'a,i spot
on the map VIII oe"ide 70 dHfeGt tho
ambition of the western slope or 10
take it into the combine remail is to
be seen.
In the formative period OF the state
political expediency worked what is
against the future by dividing what
should have been one big and rong
university into four schools and CON
filming them TO limited area. That
was in order that each city then poll
tically important might have equal
share in drawing on the state school
fund. Ever since the four separate
schools have been appealing to state
pride to build each into as creditable
an institution as the one would nat
urally have become.
That early day mistake is aggra-
waited year after year by the increas-
ing demands of the embellishments
which through making political COM
binations they have been increasingly
successful in enforcing. This situa-
tion is compelling Colorado to ex-
pend far more for the support of its
higher schools than it should be eX-
pected to in comparison with other
states and ii is because of that fact
that much us the western slope is en-
titled to its school it is not altogether
certain that it is going to get il.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

The sheriff's office was on the
look out today for some chicken
thieves who had robbed one or more
chicken houses on North First street
last night.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

a fine new Cadillac automobile is
on exhibition by the Mt Garfield
Auto Co, 620 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

The first one of the latest model
1909 automobiles has arrived at the
Mt. Garfield Auto Co.. $50 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

A beautiful example of applied
mechanism is on exhibition at the
Mt. Garfield Auto Co, 62b Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

We have few rlne propositions in
fruit lands and ranches to trade for
city property. See Gray. 337 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

Good bread prevents divorce.
says a Southern professor. Golden
Rod Flour makes good bread.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

Van Horns for stationery. So.
Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

Special prices on pianos at Lutes
music store ior few weeks.
The daily sentinel., 1909-01-09

r. c. Beckman. of Paonia, is a
Grand Junction visitor this after
noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
TOPEKA AND CONVENTIONS.

Convention time is here. This IS the
beginning of the season of the year
when the majority of the conventions,
representing religious, fraternad and
other organizations and activities. are
held. Topeka, with her excellent
hotel accommodations, her splendid
Auditorium and several halls of small
err size which are adequate meeting
places. is the logical convention city
of the state. But out of the nineteen
most prominent conventions to be
held in Kansas this year Topeka has
secured only two. Hutchinson, OF
tawa. and Wichita are in the lead with
three each, with Lawrence. Garden
C,itv and Independence, which have
not anv Of the facilitie for conven-
ton purposes of which Topeka can
boast. have tied her in point of num-
Der of conventions that are to be held
in their confines.
sTopeka Kan: Topeka Will" That
is the idea of the Commercial club,
and its convention committee COM
posed of L. NJ. PenweI, chairman,
Arthur Mills, F. L. Cargill, G. L. Wood
and Elon S. Clark is putting forth
every effort to capture for Topeka, her
proper quota of conventions for next
wear so that Topeka can rightfully
claim the title of convention city. "
Their efforts to this end should be
seconded and encouraged in every way
by the people of the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11

the hotels of the latter class can. ap-
preciate the extent of the filth. that
abounds in them. They are not fit
havens for beasts, let alone human be-
ings. These are to be cleaned up by
the state board of health or put out of
commission without much ceremony
and they deserve no other fate.
OF course, this movement for putting
all Of the hotels in the state IN
habitable condition will more greatly
benefit the travelling men of the state
than any other class. But there are
f1Ve thousand of these men and their
rights in this most important regard
should be protected. Clean hotels,
however. will be appreciated by count
less others in the state besides the
commercial travellers. Every person is
likely at one time or another to be
forced to seek accommodations at a
hotel for night or a day or longer and
while such visits may be few and far
between with most folks they are en-
titled to have clean bed rooms to sleep
in, clean rooms to eat in and clean
places for the preparation of their food.
So in reality this new crusade of the
state board Of health is in the interest
and for the protection of all of the
people of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
JAYHAWKER JOTS

H. D. D. Harris, who resides at Bur-
lington, is offering a 160-acre farm
free to the person who will prove by
the Bible that man is immortal.
Governor Stubs is in sympathy with
Bent Murdoek's move to breed hornless
catfish. If Mr.. Murdoch is given pro-
per support he may be able to breed
a catobass which will take rank with
Buffalo Jones' cattalo.-Wichita Eagle.
A Beloit woman of the old time fam
lily friend type addressed a widower
whom she had not seen for a long time,
buried your wife since I have been
away" she repeated several times. He
finally replied, why, yes, she died and
had to.''-Salina Journal.
The chief of police at Wichita has
limited TO "a bottles per week the
sumption, and man in that town has
written piece for the Beacon COM
planning about it. Probably if this
man could show that he used beer in
his bath, it would make difference
LeavenWorth Times.
1.-THE new Bill Higgins house on
Twelfth avenue is nearing completion
and the people in that end of town
assemble in the front yard every even
ing and criticise it bitterly" says the
Emporia Gazette. ''It seems to be the
consensus of opinion that Mr.. Higgins
su1ting an architect instead of the
neighbors before building. There was
an indignation meeting in the yard
last night and resolutions were adopt
ed denouncing Mr.. Higgins for put
ting so much porch in front that there
won't be room for flower beds. A
committee was appointed to wait upon
the owner of the new house and re-
quest him to paint it dark green
with red trimmings, in order that it
may harmonic with the landscape
and the automobiles in that part of
town. President Hill of the normal
was the only man present who had
good word to say for the house, and
he confessed his disappointment be-
cause there was no fiagpole. "A man
who will build a house without a flag
pole,' said Mr.. HILL with some bitter
ness, is not a good patriot Mr.. Hug
gins says he expected the criticism
that is coming. I know how it is my
self said he to a reporter for the
Christian at Work. When one of my
neighbors has built house 1 have al
ways made it a point to loaf around
in the front yard and jeer and boot at
it and say that it wasn't fit for a Sal
walton army barracks, and 1 got so
much fun out of it that I don't blame
other people for doing the same"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.I


1t is a rare estate that will stand
the expense of administration.
An old love affair is sacred only I'M
til a second love affair has followed it.
Have you ever noticed that a wise
man keeps his mouth shut good deal?
Don't argue. That's a bigger fool
trick than drinking too much ice wa
ter.
Do you love money any the less be-
cause some one says it is the root of
all evil?
Many a man carries bank account
who doesn't have much of balance
in the bank.
Considering how men are abused.
there are some surprising good fellows
among them.
Young people and old men like
greens, but it always falls to the old
women to gather them.
The explanations you make for your
actions are usually laughed at by peo-
pie when your back is turned.
Kick at all times and about every
thing, ard you will become known in
time as a high authority and a great
critic.
When there is strong, but lazy
young man in neighborhood, people
always ask: why doesn't he join the
army"
There is not much demand for men
who are able to earn a dollar and a
quarter a day, but men who are able
to earn three. four. five and six dol
lars day are in brisk demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
HOTELS MUST BE CLEAN.

For the past few years the members
of the state board of health and the
corps of efficient employees of this most
important department Of state have in
stituted and carried out to successful
conclusions some most essential cru
sades which have been of inestimable
benefit to the people Of the common
wealth. But nothing that has been I'M
dertaken by them has been of more
moment than one of their latest en-
beavers in this line, the cleansing of
such of the hotels in the state as are
so sorely in need of such attention.
Ample authority to accomplish this
task was conferred upon the board and
its agents by the last legislature. In
the legislation which was passed re-
garding hotels and providing for their
proper equipment with adequate fire
escapes there are provisions which in
sist that hotels shall be properly drain
ed and provided with adequate plumb
ing. Every hotel is required to provide
beds with sheets of sufficient width
and length to reach the entire width
and length of bed, and the upper sheet
shall be of sufficient length to fold
back over the bedding at the head of
such bed The premises around every
hotel shall be kept clean and sanitary
Each hotel shall furnish guests with
clean individual towels. The hotel
kitchen, dining rooms and bedrooms
shall be kept clean and in sanitary
condition. And every infraction of
these provisions of law shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than SO or
more than 500.
The inspectors of the state board of
health have tackled the enforcement
of these provisions of law with such a
vim that they have already been sue
cessful in obtaining the conviction of
two negligent hotel proprietors. One
Clay Center hotel keeper was fined 500
and costs and ordered to close his hotel
until he had cleaned it up. Another
hotel keeper at Ellinwood was fined $50
and ordered to keep his place closed
until it was properly cleaned up, and
the other offending hotel keepers in the
state will be proceeded against as soon
as the state board of health authorities
can get around to them. Strange as it
may seem, there is quite a field for
them to work in. 1t is estimated that
about eighty per cent of the hotels in
| the state are in excellent condition as
to cleanliness in all ways but the other
twenty per cent are just the opposite
! Only those who have visited many OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
FROM OTHER PENS
NO END OF LAWS.

Some one with nothingy better to do
has been counting up the number of
new laws which the legislatures of the
various states of the Union enacted in
the year Of 1907. We presume that year
was chosen as the latest for which ex-
act figures could be readily obtained
and probably not because it was an ex-
ceptional year in any respect. This
man has found that in that year these
legislatures enacted 1904 laws, includ-
ing resolutions. The resolutions were
probably comparatively few. This
number does not take into considera-
ton anything that congress may have
done in the way OF new laws; 1t is all
state legislation.
And is it not appalling when one
stops to think about it? What a waste
of time it involvesi What a useless
ness of effortl For surely 1t cannot be
possible that the people of those states
were in actual need of any such num-
Der of new enactments to keep them
and their respective governments 60
ing. 1t has often been said that too
many laws are made for the good of
the people, and this record may be Of
fered in proof, without examination of
the character of the laws enacted.
Their number is condemnation. OF
course new laws are required to meet
new conditions and to provide the
yearly needs of our states. But who
will have the hardihood to say that to
meet these needs it was necessary for
the legislatures of the several state in
a single year to pass 1904 enactments,
even including solutions?-Buffalo
Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
HAIL TO THE ELKs.

Members of the various Kansas
lodges of the Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks who have gathered here to
participate in the deliberations of their
annual convention are thrice welcome
to Topeka. They represent the men,
generally of the cities of the Sunflower
state, who do things. the men who do
the right things at the right time. And
although theirs is a fraternal organlza-
ton, the spirit of brotherhood with
which they are imbued is ever and anon
spreading beyond the confines OF their
society and lending a helping hand
wherever it is needed, whether it be In
the dispensation of charity or in any
other activity of human endeavor
In every community of any size in the
state there is a body of Elks. Its mem
bership is made up of all classes OF
men in every walk of life. They are
among the Invest of the men in their
own localities and therefore in the
state AS individuals they are ever
found with their shoulders to all wheels
which are turning in the direction OF
progress. They are keenly alive to DO
ing everything to boom their own towns
and Kansas all the time. There is hard-
w a. movement of any moment IN any
mart of the state which has not IT'S
share of the Elks helping 1t along
They are to be found in positions OF
trust and honor in the municipal ana
state governments to which they nave
been elevated by the discerning voters
And it is a rare thing to find an Elk
who has proved false to the trust that
NAV have been placed in him.
AS Elks, their organization is to the
forefront in all of the movements Tor
the betterment of humanity. Their gem
erosity in giving to worthy causes is
known to everyone. More of 1t would
he heard of If the Elks were not such
diffident givers. OF them it may truly
be said their right hands scarcely know
of the things that are done by their
left hands Individually and collec-
lively they make up noble herd oI
men that any people might well 1eel
proud to entertain, and Topekans are
certainly glad of the present opportunl-
tv that is afforded them to show their
appreciation of Elkdom in all possible
wavs. 1t is to be hoped that the Elks
will have such a fine time here that
they will wish to come again and come
often.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11

pick up something. then he turned
slowly and began his easy stride back
toward the summer house. It seemed
ages before he reached the door and
looked in, holding toward her a flow
er on long stalk, just fringe of
pale lilac petals uncurling from a
tawny golden center.
See; I found the first aster. and
came back to bring it to you," he
said.
She accepted it silently. He look
ed curiously at her eyes. The rims
were decidedly pink. He folded his
arms and leaned against the door cas-
ing.
Sure you aren't going to marry the
dream MANI" he asked. after cas-
ual survey of the landscape.
Didn't tell you there wasn't
any?"
81 thought you might be fbbing
again. If there really isn't"
"Well?'
Couldn't you reconsider things and
take me, after al1?"-(Copyrighted
1909, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia RECORD.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record.
Some jokes are quite dramatic, but
you never find them on theater pro-
grams.
When a woman begins to feel that
she has thrown herself away by mar
rying worthless man he may feel
that it's a toss up.
No woman feels that she is happily
married unless she has had the oppor-
tnnity of turning down two or three
previous offers.
Wigwag-"Good wine, you know,
needs no buSh.'' Guzzler-'Sure It
doesn't; all it needs is a man with
thirst like NINE"
Stranger-"Are the game laws rigid
ly enforced in this community" Ma
tive-"You bet your life they are:
every POKER joirt IN town is closed up
tight
How would you like to marry me
and be my widow" asked the aged
millionaire. I'D die first" exclaimed
the youthful beauty, realizing that
many an old nan is stronger than he
looks.
Blob5s-"My wife is cleaning house;
actually hate to go home: everything
Is at SKIES and sevens.' Slobbs-'It's
a good thing you're not superstitious;
SKIES and seyens, you know, make thir-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
AFFILIATIONS OF CITIES.

While it has long been a custom 10
designate a city by some term other
than it's corporate name, it is doubt
full whether in many cases it was ever
possible to tell just how and when the
Dynamo was suggested and came into
use Commonly, some well known
characteristic has suggested the desig-
nation, but who first thought Of it or
when is not an easy matter to be sure
of. The appropriateness of the Hub
Spindle City," Queen City, and so on
is obvious enough, but it is not so clear
when the designation was first applied
In the case of Norwich, Conn, how
ever, there appears TO be no doubt as
to the occasion of the first public ap-
pearance of its sobriquet, THE Rose of
New England" But as the present
year is the two hundred and fftieth
anniversary. There is a tradition that
Henry Ward Beecher originated the
nickname, and adds that he was ca
pable of seeing here the Rose of New
England and We all recognize the
beauty and fitness OF the name
Manchester Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News

IF'rom the Chicago News1
Patience is the right bower of sue
cess.
Afuff1ed voices must be uncomfort-
able in wa7m weather
The wife of a baseball player need
never lack for a muff.
If a man marries money he should
be devoted to his wife.
A man doesn't always go in the
right direction when he follows his
inclination.
Others may make you happy, but
you make the most of your unhappi-
ness yourself
Anyway the chap who thinks he
knows 1t all doesn't know a lot that is
said of him behind his back.
The Office seldom seeks the man.
and during the baseball season the
man frequently seeks the office boy in
vain
How a man loves to find the house
full of company when he comes home
with netting on his mind that he
wants to scold about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
THE OUTLOOK.

Business is climbing back to normal
planes. improvements are noted by the
weekly trade reviews in many lines.
Only two uncertainties appear in the
road to recovery, the tariff discussion
and the seasonal uneasiness over the
conditions of the crops.
Railroad earnings. which have always
been considered a fair index of the
state of the country, have shown a
gain of IL per cent in the first two
weeks of April over the same period
of 1908. Bank clearings are decidedly
increased Advantage has been seized
of the lowered cost of lumber. stone
and brick, giving the building industry
something like a boom. Bradstreet's
announces that building expenditures
projected in the first quarter of 1909
exceed all but two quarterly periods
in the country's history. Activity in
pig iron may cause the early removal
of the immense storages of ore in the
lake ports and STIMULATE the carrying
trade before the date counted upon by
shippers.
While wheat is still somewhat back
ward, an improvement has been noted.
AS for the tariff debate. that Will be
brought to halt soon. The president
has urged the senate to hasten in order
that business and manufacturing may
adjust themselves to new prices.-To-
ledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t is particularly easy to be unsuc-
ceSSful.
y
Most girls are apt to keep their
birthdays with quietness.
y X
The real love matches are generally
those In which the parties to them are
as poor as church mice.
4
There ought to be a lot of satisfac-
ton for some folks over the fact that
they can not do worse than they have
done.
How true it is that there is no rest
for the wicked. The carpet-beating
season is scarcely a thing of the past
before it is time to get busy with the
lawn mower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11
The widows Protection.

The porter inserted a fresh boot IN
the electrical polishing machine.
"I'll tell you funny thing ABOUT a
widow" he said "She is a regular
visitor to our hotel, and she always
brings here with her an old pair of
her dead husbands boots. He must
have been a whopper, the dead man
His boots are genuine mudscows.
1.-THE widow is very timid. She IS
afraid of being broken in upon by
hotel thieves in the dead Of night. So
every morning she puts before her
door beside her own dirty boots, the
boots of the departed. She thinks
they scare. off thieves. New Orleans
T,iunes-Dem ocrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11

The year 1908 was the most pro-
gressive period in the history of Ar
gentine republic. During the year over
/ 900 miles of railroad were construct
ed and concessions were granted for
the building of over 5000 miles more.
The earnings of the railroads increas-
ed 20 per cent in spite of the fact
that the preceding year marked a no
table increase over 1906. The total
earnings for 1908 were $101,391,0 900
(Argentine gold do1lar-$0.965 United
States currency; the net profits were
$40,023sOO. or about 5 per cent of
the capital invested, which is placed
at S7SS,964, 416.
Official statistics for the entire year
were not obtainable, but an estimate
based on the most reliable informa-
ton at hand places the imports for
the year at $26S,119,705 and the ex-
ports at 1887, 429,9S3. According to
this estimate the imports in the last
ten years will have increased $780,.
100000 and the exports 100000
900. A more notable feature of the
review discloses that the trade Of 1908
exceeded that of the preceding year
by nearly 100000. Imports in
increased over s50,O00,000 and exports
over 100000, 900 as compared with
1907 These figures speak well of
both the purchasing power and the
producing capacity of the country
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11

Another popular idol has been shat
tered. or rather an attempt has been
made to shatter it. The tales of cor
Bre'r Rabbit" and cor Bre'r Fox
and other folklore yarns made famous
by Joel Chandler Harris. and sdppos-
ed to have originated with the negroes
of the South, were handed down in
reality from the stories told by the
savage Indians, according to DR.. Geo.
A. Dorsey, curator of anthropology
of the Field museum of Chicago.