The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-06
KANSAS CONAENT
MURDOCH AND HIS FrsH

MURDOCK AND HIS FISH.
ne Eats En- Alive"-Has eaten
| seven hundred of 'em in seven weeks
has Walter Roscoe Stubs. our big
| channel catfish. He weighed in" at
we've pounds; he now weighs nine
tsen 9ounds-and then some. But
.len ne mad lot of help from others.
A dozen black bass and some other
cats participated in the cannibalistfc
JamDoree. We had seven hundred
small carp in our exhibition pond
POND and counted them. Saturday
we Cleaned the pond again and there
was not small carp left not one.
Big Bill Taft didn't help. He is a big
DIuH' fence-straddler and will not
hight. He is stuck on his shape and is
constantly on dress parade. He
watches the string of girls who stand
on the cement walls and chew gum
we belleve he often becomes interest
eo IN the giddy things as they are
mlrrored In the clear water beneath.
me high wind Saturday broke a
looking glass on the back porch. a
piece of it fell in the pond, Big Bill
saw himself and Immediately pro-
ceeded to strut himself sick. In the
meantime he got chunk of chewing
gum, accidentally dropped into the
pond by a red-headed girl, and we
mad to give him two bottles of castor
OIL to get it out of his system. Big
BIZ Is no goods a big bluff, a cheap
skate a loafing lobster.-Bent Muir
dock, fish and game warden, in his
ElDorado Republican.
THE GOOD ROADS LAW.
State laws enacted by the last leg
islatures demand the appointment of
a county engineer and also county
heaIth oh1cer in each county of the
state. The board Of county commits
sioners of Bourbon county have fail
cd TO comply with the provisions of
W hut l~,l
that legal steps will be taken soon to
enforce compliance. The only rea-
son suggested here for a failure to
fulfil the provisions of the law is
the country districts where the roads |
are very bad. were in the city yes
terday In consultation with attorneys, |
after which they stated that |
pointment of an engineer in compli- |
ance with the state law, or would |
mandamus the board of commission
ers If they fail to make the appoint |
will be next week, as the law provides |
that the appointment must be made |
not later than the September meet
ing of the board.-Fort Scott Repub-
lican.
SETTLEMENT BY ABSORPTION.
Pottawatomie county is to be up
against county seat fight. Onaga is
going to try to get the county seat
away from Westmoreland. AS the
Republic has suggested from time to
time, the natural location for a county
seat for Pottawatomie county is at
Manhattan. The two counties ought
to unite under the title Pottawatomie
county, with Manhattan as the county
seat. The town is central and easily
from nearly every part of
Pottawatomie county, the only excep-
ton being over toward Onaga. and
that part could be added to some
other county If necessary. In these
lays when taxes are necessarily in
a move like this ought to be
popular with the taxpayer. Just let
Pottawaton1ie absorb Riley county
and move their county seat to
and It will save in the ag-
yregate thousands of dollars in taxes
every year. Pottawatomie would also
nave a county seat of which it could 1
we'll be proud and not have to enter
L half apology for. whenever it was
Observation-Disclosures Republic.