The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
StOckmen Tell What They Think
About 1t.
4. A. Hubbard Explains What
1t Will Be.
IMPORTANT TO STATE.
President Waters, of Agricul-
ture College, Sounds Keynote.
Prof. Dyche Talks Of Cook ana
Other Things.
IMPORTANT TO STATE,

Another boost has been given the
state fair proposition. Last night up
wards of a hundred of the leading ag-
ricuIturists and stockmen Of the state
who were present at a lunch and smoker
given by the live Topeka COMMERCIAL
club expressed themselves in favor OF
holding a great state fair and by
standing vote practically all Of them
decided that Topeka is the logical place
for holding such fair.
81 feel it in my bones that we are
going to have a big state fair, was
the statement of T. A. Hubbard OF
wellington, who acted as chairman.
I'VE will show you this year anything
from a potato to an elephant Ii
seems proper that Topeka, the capital
should have a fair. 1t seems to me
that is it model location for state
fair
"Our interests are mutual-we are all
citizens of Kansas" said Scott Hop
kins. president of the Commercial club
II believe that the Commercial club
represents the best intelligence of To-
peka. In extending this hand of fell
lowship to you in respect to state
fair we are trying to impress upon the
minds of the people the Importance OF
such a fair.
.'The Commercial club is extending
this hand of fellowship to the people
of Kansas and will take the INITIATIVE.
This is your capital city. and we want
10 do what will be to the advantage
of the state at large. We are proud or
Kansas and we want a fair that will be
worthy of a cause that is not local, put
will present to the world the best evil
dences of the greatness of the state.
Pres. Waters keynote.
President Waters of the state agri-
cultural college: 81 feel that no
more important matter could be agi-
tated than for great state fair rms
state owes it to its people to have
such fair. A state fair will do much
for the development of the agr1cuI-
ture of the state and other indus
tries 1t stimulates men to grow bet
ter crops; it increases rivalry; every
exposition marks a new epoch in the
agricultural interests; it brings the
Deople from other states; it gets peo-
pie into the exposition habit"
1.-THE Topekans try to give the glad
hand to everybody" said w. A. S.
Bird. How can we best show the
Kansas products?" he continued. "By
having a first class state fair OF
course, as I am a Topekan. | would
say have it here, but wherever you
have it, have it somewhere. Let us
get together and ask the next legisla-
ture to appropriate $4,000 or $780,
600 for a fair, to be located any
where"
II have been watching Topeka for
some time" said J. A. Clifford of Be
lott land if Topeka citizens don't
make an effort for the big fair, why
they don't deserve it. But you are
working for it now and I believe that
you will get it. I am for you and the
state will be for you We ought tc
have fair that will be a pride among
the other states in the Union"
Dyche Talks of Cook.
Prof. L. L. Dyche of the State uni
versity gave his view in regard to DR.
Cook. 81 defended DR.. Cook from the
very start in the polar controversy
said the neutrality-suspicious. land
believe that had reason to do it.
''In '95 stayed at DR.. Cooks house
about six weeks and was entertained
by him several other times. He was
busy six days out of the week an6
had considerable practice as a doctor
Having known Dr. Cook as long a!
I have" continued Professor Dyche
when 1 saw him in Kansas City he
told me all about his trip. In all the
time I had known him not one line
had been written against him.
IF he is an imposter it is something
like this: A man goes out into tht
forest to fell two trees. and they arr
both large and apparently perfect, bu
one proves to be bad at the core.
'It certainly has been a disa ppoint
ment to me that he should have dis
appeared. He is the kind of a maj
that one would ordinarily trust TIL
University of Copenhagen has said i
did not find original observations.
Now if you were near the Pole wit
the thermometer down to about 40 de
greeS below zero you wouldn't be likel
to take original observations. When h
got to the region of the Pole he told m
that he was sure that he was within
circle with a radius of a mile and tha
the Pole was somewhere within tn
circle --e
HE said that the temperature wa
1871 degrees below zero at the Pole an
the peculiar thing about it is that Lier
tenant Peary said that the temperatu1
was AZ degrees below zero when he Wa
there. 1t is remarkable how near ti
reports are alike in this and other re
spects- There is not a thing that
incongruous about his story.
There is about $4,000 tied up in IL
state treasury and personally I wou
like to see a special session of the legi
lature held so that could get son
money to work on as fish and gan
warden" continued Prof. Dyche.
haven't anything now but air to go o
Il must trust the good citizens of Il
state to help me appoint good warden
am in favor of building ponds.
would like to see a thousand built
help conserve the water. A farm
could make ten times as much none
by using land in this way as you cou
stock it with fish. and meat is gettir
high.
THE people are having some fun
my expense because L defend the car
One German 1 was talking with Il
other day said that the Germans gro
thousands of pounds of carp for Il
market and they are there very pop
lar You can stuff them with saurkraJ
apples, onions, or celery, but don't m
them up as the paper did the other da
"A great many people say that Il
German carp eats the spawn of 9th
fish. Now 1 have probably cut op,
more carp than any one in Kansas al
! have foun1 but three small eggs in