The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
Little River Man Inquiries About
a 81, 900 Premium.
Understood 1t Was Offered Dy
State for Family of 10 Boys.
FITZGERALD THE LAST
Lieutenant Governor Refuses 10
Talk Politics.
John t. White, New Grain In
spector, Hunting Pointers.

A citizen of Little River, under tne
impression that the state mas
standing offer of a prize of Sl'ooo lol
the parents Of a family of ten ilVlns
BOYS. writes the State Journal tnal
there is such a family in his COM
nunity and wants to know If the re-
port he has heard regarding this prize
is a fact Now there no authority
whatever for the report and the stdte
is not Offering a premium for a family
of any size whatever, but coulo wen
afford to do so and would not nave 10
pay out much money If such a prize
was offered. Families of ten living
male children are very rare these days
in any state in the Union. Big faml-
lies have gone out of style with the
white wigs of revolutionary days.
France is not the only country in the
world that has suffered big decrease
in the birth rate. The average mar
ried couple of today have one, or Two
children. and three is generally the
limit. yet the fathers and mothers OF
this couple had six or eight chlldren
and their grandfathers and grand
mothers had ten or dozen chlldren
as a general rule. Kansas could spend
money in worse ways than offering
$1,000 as a premium for the parents
of every family of ten boys
Speaking in this connection John
Dawson. secretary to the governor, de-
clared that this Little River family
could gain the recognition due them
by moving out to western Kansas
where they Co.'S control the politics
of a township.
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald of
Dodge City Is here to attend the con-
ference of the Memorial building COM
mission which IS to be held in the
governors office. When asked about
the political situation in his section ot
the state at this time the lieutenant
governor had little to say on the ques-
ton, but upon being pressed for an in
terview, ne replied: "The primary
law has immasculated all the political
propensities of the short grass states
men"
The other members of the Memorial
commission in the city are: Governor
Stubbs. Bank Commissioner Dolley,
Senator Hoffman of Pittsburg. Com
mander Morgan of the G.. A. r. and
r. f. Burke of Salina.
John T. White. of Ottawa county. the
newly appointed grain inspector. spent
the day in Topeka on business connect
ed with his office. Mr.. White will take
possession of his office in Kansas City.
Kan, the last of this week He has
not yet made his appointment of depu-
ties but is overwhelmed with appIica-
tions. "I never saw the like since the
Gay that was BORN said Mr. White II
have stack of letters on my desk, and
under it, so many Of them that If they
were tied in one bundle it would be
more than I could carry. Some of these
applicants do not know any more about
grain than an inhabitant of the polar
regions
Joe Longshore. the newly appointed
oil iFlcn ga oil i
offered to bet that he had twice as
many applications for deputyships as
Mr.. White had. There are 16 places to
fill in the grain department and 10
local oil inspectors to appoint. Anyway
the wave of reform that is sweepiu 2
over the country has not drowned out
the race of officeseekers in Kansas.
Speaking OF the grain inspector TAX
ing up his headquarters at Kansas City
brings to mind the fact that it will not
be long before the headquarters for that
official will have to be removed to
Wichita. Kansas is shipping the bulk
of her grain to the gulf ports via south
ern Kansas points at cheaper freight
rates than can be obtained via Kan
sas City, and the interstate conomercs
commission recently ruled that these
rates should stand. A branch office is
now maintained at Wichita Direct
shipsrsnts of Kansas grain bv Kansans
at Kansas freight rate to the sea
1V,I
for the state and no advantage accr11-
ing therefrom should be overlooked in
the establishment of a headnua rtars
for the state grain inspector The EFFORT
was made some time ago to remove the
grain inspectors main office to Wich1
ita.
Ralph Faxon of the Garden civ
Telegram takes serious exceptions ~
the State Journal interview with RanL
Commissioner nnIlax-
return from Washington last waak
where he went in the interest of GOT
ting permission from the government
for the national banks of the STATE ~
take part IN the Kansas plan of bank
guaranty of deposits. Mr. Faxon evep
goes so far as to discharge an ink can
full of venom at the reporter who Sc
cured the interview. Mr.. Faxon is too
good journalist to deny that the in
terVlew was worth seeking and worth
printing, and that it was worth read
Ing is proved by the fact that tbe
Garden City sage read 1t himself Ru+
he allows his prejudice against Mr.
Dolley to boil over and scald the
reporter who was seeking and print
ing the news. Surely Mr.. Eaxnr
would not want the political renortar
for the State Journal to misouote the
bank commissioner on the story of
the Washington trip. The fact thai
the interview was given faithfully
leduS " tle charge tnaC the reporter
is sitting at the feet of the afore-
mentioned Mr. Dolley The most
plausible explanation of the Carden
City outbreak is that Mr. Faxon must
have placed beet sugar in his coffee
that morning and curdled the cup.
DIR. Crumbine. secretary of the
state board of health, is TODAY sendine,
out the following letters to his siS
food and drug inspectors over the
state. giving a line on their duties
under the laws passed by the last
legislature:
There is great deal of con-
fectionery. dried fruits dates figs.
etc.. that is kept uncovered and sub