The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-13

or MS deputy have got sufficient prac-
teal sense to understand the, proper
manipulation of the chain of pipes
that feed the various ponds and have
never, to my knowledge, taken enough
pains to inquire from those who could
have given them the necessary infor-
nation.
AS the spawning season begins
about April 18th and extends to June
the fact that the ponds were practical
~ without water on the 18th of May,
winch he admits, reveals a gross neg
i1gence on his part absolutely unten-
able.
Many Fish Died.
In tbs connection 1 would state that
last December pond stocked with
$4,000 yearling croppie and 5000
yearling bass was permitted to be
drained SO that it contained only two
feet of water. The result was that
the pond froze over almost to it's en-
tire depth and remained in that con-
dltlon without being flooded all win
ter. AS natural sequence instead of
$4,000 fish being taken out of that
pond this season, less than 500 were
obtained.
When the professor was appointed
last December he visited the hatchery
before deciding to accept the appoint
ment. Upon his return to Topeka he
stated to reporter of the Journal,
November 10, 1909 as follows: ct
shape. The state has plenty of good
water coming from the sparkling wat
ers of the Ninnescah and this is the
most important of all in the breeding
and care of fish,
At that time he was enthusiastic
over water condition at the hatchery
and stated in several newspaper inter
views that the location was ideal in
every particular for the development
of one of the biggest institutions of the
kind in the entire country.
In his numerous newspaper inter-
views the professor is charming1y in
consistent and many of his absurd
statements are simply ridiculous.
In his letter of May 18th he admits
the lack of much needed improve
ments at the hatchery and the retro
grafton of the plant. but places the
blame upon the fact that no appro-
priation was made by the last legis-
lature and the additional fact that the
license fund is unavailable until made
so by legislative enactment.
He stated further that the only
money obtainable comes from the gov
ernor's contingent fund. However, in
the face of the foregoing statements
he said to a reporter of the State
as follows: 81 have $50, 700 already
spent in improvements. The only
thing I lack is the money and 1 will
get rid of that as soon as I can get it,
1 would suggest that Governor
Stubs, who is a refornler with a big
R, and who said to a delegation of old
soldiers not long ago that further con-
Structioil upon the memorial building
must be abandoned until a proper ap-
preparation be made, that it would be
unlawful to send a dollar of state
money until provided for by law.
should investigate the remarkable con-
duct of his appointee, Prof. Dyche,
who boasts of having spent $50, coo Of
-
or due process Of law. Either the pro-
fessor has already violated the law and
| is liable for criminal prosecution or
hasn't told the truth. Those who have
visited the hatchery recently and who
have observed conditions there know
that the professor was guilty of the
latter, less serious, though not less dig
nified offense. There have been no i'm
provements of any kind made since his
appointment. -
The Hotel Incident.
The professor states also in his in
terview of June 2: II saw Travis the
day my letter came out in the papers
He was with Wagstaff and that crowd
at the hotel at Wichita. I happened to
go in the lobby just as he was reading
the letter and you can bet we had it
out. then and there. He did not seem
to be inclined to do anything though
and would not even settle. the row
when some Of his friends offered to 90
In half on renting a hall. 1 offered to
pay the other half but Travis backed
out"
This is another instance of the
shorter but uglier word" 1t was in 3.
hotel at Pratt instead of Wichita where
Dyche met me the day after his letter
appeared Mr.. Wagstaff and party
opened the campaign in Pratt that
date We did not have it out "then
and there" in any sense of the word
Inc professor was given the horse
laugh when hiring hall for a joint
debate was suggested and the offer Of
my friends to pay half of the rent was
spoken entirely in jest. As a matter
of fact, the professor made himself
ridiculous by resorting to such absurd
tactics and sneaked out of the hotel
so quietly and unobtrusively that no
one observed his departure.
In discussing this hotel incident il
may be interesting to Governor Stubs
to know that during this same day
after the Wagstaf party had visited
the hatchery and was being entertain
ed at my house, Prof. Dyche took oc-
casion to see Mr.. Wagstaff and told
him, among other things, that he did
not know whether he would vote for
Wagstaff or Stubs in the primaries
and incidentally requested his reap
pointment as game and fish warden in
case he, Wagstaff, were successful at
the ensuing election.
Mr.. Wagstaff dismissed him with the
remark that he was making no prom
ises at this time"
The professor. in his numerous self
appointed interviews, takes the fiat
tering JUNCTION to his soul that he is no
politician; that politics will have no
place in his administration. I would
like to inquire from the vo1uble pro-
fessor why, if this is the case, he per-
n1its his assistant to take time from
his official duties for the purpose OF
circulating a Stubs petition in the
various townships of this county?
Didn't Want Reappointment.
The professor says that Travis Is
sore because he lost his job, is knock
er and is endeavoring to discredit his
work etc, etc. As a matter of fact