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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
WHY NOT a CITY ORGANISE

Portland Me, like Topeka, has a
municipal pipe organ in its auditorium
and apparently has been getting about
the same amount of benefit from it.
An ordinance providing for city Or
ganist has been drawn up for the ap-
provaI of the city council and submit
ted to the city clerk with the following
accompanying note:
THE accompanying proposed ordi-
nance establishing the Office of city or
ganist has been suggested by mem bers
of the musical societies of the city.
VIII you kindly see that the matter
is presented to the city council at its
next meeting and referred to the
proper committee.
The ordinance is as follows:
Be it ordained by the Mayor, alder
men and common council of the City
Of Portland, assembled. as follows
Section l. There shall be elected an
nually, or at the time that may here
after be fixed for the election of other
subordinate city officers, a skilled or
ganist to be styled city Organist -"
He shall continue in the office during
the year ensuing his election. and until
another person has been elected and
qualified in his stead.
Section 2. The city organist shall
have the care of the organ in the au-
ditOrium of the City Hall, and under
the direction of the committee on pub
lie buildings. shall superintend all re-
pairs to said organ. When ever the
organ is hired with the auditorium,
and when the organ is used at public
meetings, the city organist shall, when
directed so to do by the Mayor. per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
JAXHAWKER JOTS

The Garden City Telegram is able
to find a blessing even in the drouth
of the past summer.
1t pays to be honest, but it is not
always possible to name the man who
gets the pay.@Leavenworth Labor
Chronicle.
The professor, who wears blind
fold as he drives a pair of horses
down crowded street, has been OPP
Grating in Manhattan.
A restaurant in the short grass
country is inserting in its advertise
ments: Bring your own potatoes: we
cook and serve them free of charge
The Hays Republican calls attention
to the fact that no liquor licenses have
been issued for Ellis county. There
are also 81 other counties in the state
that have no license.
| With Stubs and Dawson at it again,
says the independence Reporter, it is
no wonder the airship inventor in To
peka who only needs air for his ma
chine is not flying just now.
Ralph Faxon says: 1.-THE general
impression is that however little Mr..
Harry Kemp may have injured his
reputation as poet, he has sadly
damaged his reputation as a tramp
Consolation from the Newton Re
publican: when the interurban be-
gins running cars into Newton from
Wichita the people of the Peerless
escape from men " 18th recall petitions. "
A Lyon county farmer bought a
load Of new corn to Em poria the 9th
er day, and got so cents a bushel for
It. Such a man is worth a whole regi-
ment of spellbinders who come to
town in message" says the Gazette.
Outside parties who have been sub
scribing money to prosecute the Shady
Bend tarring party ought to be salts
ned when they learn that an original
poem has been written along the sub
ject- That is punishment enough
Lawrence Journal World.
The man who broke down the
doors of the Dunsmore house, has
been stricken in lola. We have not
kept count how many times this man
has already died but in the next few
years he will have died 63 times
Lawrence JournalW World
The largest apple orchard in the
world is in Kansas according to Kan
sas Development" 1t is near Hutch
lnson and is owned by the Yaggy
P ada ton company. 1t contains So
600 bearing apple trees, and the
Yield this year is estimated at 100000
bushels.
A Salina man declares that he saw
an afrshlp pass over his farm and his
testimony is substantiated by his wife
and the hired help. Governor Stubs
should add Saline county to that
little list containing the names of
Crawford, Cherokee, Wyandotte and
Sedgwlcll counties
Hundreds OF relatives ara friends
paid a visit to Fort Leavenwortb
Saturday to visit the members of the
Thirteenth regiment which is now on
its way to the Philippines, says an ex-
change. 1t was not known before
that Fort Leavenworth had so large
family connection.
In the trial of case in district
court at Wakeeney when the time
came to adjourn for supper. one iur-
or arose and said his religious scrupIes
forbade his working on the jury af-
urday He was a Seventh Dav Al
ventfst. Both sides quickly agreed to
drop him and use only II jurors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

form on said organ. No person other
than the city organist shall perform
on said organ except by permission of
the mayor.
Section 3. The city organist shall
receive such salary as the City Coun-
ell shall annually by vote determine
and fix, which said salary shall be in
full payment for all services rendered
by him in the performance of his du-
ties as prescribed in section 2, except
however, that he shall be entitled to
and receive in addition to said salary,
compensation for services which he
may render at gatherings other than
public meetings, such compensation to
be determined by the mayor.
The plan seems we'll worth the con
sideration of the city commissioners
and the musical people of this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
WHY SIZE CHOsE HIM.

She chose him out of all the crowd
OF men that came and went;
His voice was low, his tie was loud,
But she was well content.
The first mans education was
Perhaps more finished-and
Another's manners gave her cause
As being much more grand.
Another's garments fitted him;
Another's hair was curly;
Another's name was Arthur-Jim
Was chosen by this grille.
And not for wealth and not for love
Was Jim by Mabel chosed-
But that he was the one man of
The whole lot that proposed!
Boston Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

The singing of america and 1.-THE
star pangled Banner has been stop
ped in the schools of Pittsburg, not
because they don't like the songs but
because they really do like them. The
children had fallen into the habit of
singing them wrong, and the purpose
of stopping the singing is to give them
time to forget their habit, when it is
expected to take up the songs again
and sing EN- as they should be sung.
This reform, if successful, may be tried
out in other lines of endeavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
QUAKER NfEDTTATToNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Some people never make a stand so
long as they can run.
The guide who is shot in mistake for
a deer at any rate should die game
The autumn bride is in the spot
light The bridegroom is mere
ringer.
In certain political circles il. seems
as though the voter had become a buy
word.
In spite of the fact that the pen is
mightier than the sword it is generally
more sordid.
Luck never comes to the fellow who
spends all his life looking for four
leaved clover.
Many a man can't even do his duty
without expecting to have bouquets
thrown at him.
bath day to keep it holy don't bother
much about the other six.
This is my forget-me-not." remark
ed the absent minred man as he gazed
at the string tied around his finger.
Wiggs-'That girl has teeth like
pearls" Wagg-'Yes. and. to carry
the smile even farther, she's as dumb
as an oyster.
can you guarantee these eggs to
be good?" asked the woman who was
doing her marketing. Il can't vouch
for their morals, madam" replied the
grocer
"Where ignorance is bliss it's folly
to be wise" quoted the Wise Guy
Yes, especially in the case of the fell
low who has more money than he
knows what to do with" added the
Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
BUSINESS TIMIDITY.

The large business of the country, we
have been told all this week, was in
desperate need of being treasured. -
Great bankers and leading captains of
industry were waiting with bated
breath for what President Taft might
say in his announced Iowa speech on
the relations of the government TO
business activity Well. the fateful de-
hverance has now been made, and what
is its tenor2 As you like it The Tri-
reassurers and prints the presidential
speech with the big black headlines.
Taft Calls Halt in War on Pros :
perity." Not SO treasured is the
Times, which puts at the top of the
column the words, Trust Laws Must
Be Enforced-Taft" As for the Jour-
nal of Commerce, its version is: Taft
Insists on Trusts Dissolving.'' You
pays your money and you takes your
choice.-NeW York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
FROM OTHER PENS
ENCOURAGE WATER TRAFFIC.

ENCOURAGE WATER TRAFFIC.
AS a means of putting a check on ex-
tortionate freight rates there is a grow
ing demand throughout all the states
penetrated by navigable rivers for gov
eminent and state aid in the work of
canalization and the resumption Of
steamboat and barge transportation.
There is no form of carrying for slow
cargoes so economical as water trans
portation. The rivers, lakes and great
seas are the common ways for the
common carriers of all nations. The
improvement of internal waterways
and seaside approaches for the better
handling of oversee and coastwise
trade are of the greatest public utility
and general advantage.
No monopolies should be permitted.
The east and west should work togeth-
er to bring about a full resumption of
the use of the greatest of natural facil-
tiles for the free interchange of COM
modities. The greater use of water pow
er and water carrying for the produc-
ton of energy and prevention of waste
is undoubtedly the most practicable
means of conservation and cheaper liv-
ing within present human reach
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

William R. Hearst's New York
American hands the following bouquet
to Kansas and her women: The de-
termined effort of the woman mayor OF
Hunnewell Kan, to triumph over her
recalcitrant council of men shows the
indomitable spirit of the women office
holders of that state. The recent po-
Itical canvass credits seventy-four wo-
men with holding office. And all these
were elected by men alone. Besides
the woman mayor, there are forty-five
county school superintendent, five
county treasurers. six district court
clerks and two probate judges. AS the
case now stands. women hold every Of
flee in Kansas except those of sheriff,
coroner. county attorney and county
commissioner. Although there are two
thousand men officials in the state, the
voters seem to like the women; they
attend to business and they do not
waste the states time during office
hours. Kansas ought to be the ideal
women's suffrage stronghold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

History" is a misnomer when APP
piled TO todays Offering. Grand
Larceny and other Outdoor Sports. "
would be better. but having named
our series, we refuse to reneE at this
time The same 5-head title will be
appended 1t is poor policy TO change
5-heaas in the middle Of a stream OF
nonsense, as saw-smiths have so apt
ly observed. The subject Of todays
jingle was a remarkable man. in many
ways He was undoubtedly pioneer
in the art OF burglary without punish
ment, and what is still more remark
able. he wasn't Incorporated under che
laws of New Jersey. We OF KEasas
are accustomed to seeing all kinds ~
bunk put over the plate under the
pseudonym of politics" and to find
it under any other head IS truly re-
freshing. Mr.. Drake was a duck al
his chosen profession. He stole any
thing that was portable. Had any
other adventurer preceded him in the
circumnavigation of the globe, he
would undoubtedly have stolen the
records.
Makeyouacquainted with the gent
who furnished the example for all
trusts.-SIR FRANKIE DRAKE. Z
Compendious History (Lcsson VI
Sir Francis Drake we next descry,
(The thug who tried to qualify
For eXploratic honors high
And other compensation
Returning home, il was his boast
That he had robbed from coast 10
coast
And all around the world-almost,
(See decentralization"
And STILL Historians would make
A HERO OF SIR FRANKIE DRAKE!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Heretofore in Germany the tele-
graphic rate throughout the empire
has been about a cent word, with a
minimum of twelve cents. An innova-
tion has been instituted, enabling resi-
dents of the great cities to send letter
kilograms at night deliverable the next
morning at a rate of approximately a
twelfth OF cent per word, the min
imum of twelve cents for each dis
match beinR retained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


II IVIII TIC wv = q n 7 = 7777'I
Small communities are 40 per cent
sleep and 80 per cent scandal
A cuddly woman can scratch as
sharply a. the rest Of them when the
time comes
You can always tell when a girl is
going TO marry a man by the way he
thinks she isn't.
When a man suspects you Of sus-
pecting that he is lying, there Is no
doubt what he is doing.
A man gets all tangled up trying TO
light a pipe and talk at the same time.
but a woman can VISIT over the tele-
phone. feed the baby, and read letter
all at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
CAMPkIGN ADyERTIsING.

Don't you make the mistake of
thinking that voters aren't reached by
campaign portraits in the newspapers
and a few words of the candidates
own. They are worth good many
thousand circulars through the mails,
most of which are unopened or thrown
away. They are better even than a
speech in public, for only a few hun
bred at best hear them, while the news
papers are looked at. read. comment
ed on and thought about by every in
teIligent voter in the town. AT election
season no page is more interesting
than that occupied by the men who
are seeking our votes. Their faces look
out at you with peculiar meaning and
the printed word that goes with the
look is like a word spoken directly to
you It is the most intelligent. eco
nomical and effective kind of campaign
ing and the wise campaigner makes
the very most of this best way to reach
the eye an mind of the voter.-Water
bury American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Mexican Indians are rapidly taking
on the ways of civilization. During the
recent election 1000 of them gathered
about the shrine of Guadalupe Hidalgo
and spent the forenoon in prayer and
the afternoon in drinking. Having thus
fortified themselves. they voted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

The figures set forth in the annual
statement of the Santa Fe railroad will
prove gratifying to the people of To-
peka and Kansas as well as to the
management and the stockholders. The
Santa Fe is peculiarly a Kansas insti-
tuition and - success is a matter of
pride to the people of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Candidates for the mayoralty in Gin
cinnati have agreed that. if either is
elected. the salary of the Office will be
reduced from $4,000 to $1,000. They
must be actuated by an unusually
strong desire for the office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

A report to the L. s. Department of
Commerce and Labor from the Ameri-
can consul at Genoa shows that at the
close Of the fiscal year ending June 80.
1909. the total length of the Italian
state Railways was 1924 miles. Dur
ing the year ending June so. 1910.
about So miles were added. giving a
total length at that date of $3.50 miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

A worm has been discovered that is
destroying three million dollars worth
of peanuts annually. Another expla-
nation of tie high cost of living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

The mayor of Detroit says more men
are needed in politics. Out here in
Kansas there is an element that thinks
more women are needed in politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

The football pennant is likely to b.
awarded to the hospital with the larg
est number of cots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

A New York woman has just received
5000 600 from the husband she aban-
doned to join a younger man. Prob
ably it was his way of showing his
gratitude
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

labor. It does on the person who is
called upon TO hook one up the back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

New York has refused to make an
appropriation to celebrate Columbus
Day. Christopher was not Tammany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

If a United States senatorship is
worth s1o7, 900 what was the excuse
for raising the salary7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

First they ridicuIe Kansas and ther
they initiate her. New York has
abolished the public drinking cup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
KANSAS COA4AENT


SCGCEfoS.
For third of a century, Western
Kansas has been to a great many
people synonym for drought, hot
winds, crop failures and other condi-
tons OF desolation that bring any
thing but happiness tc the heart and
peace to the mind; yet the real Yves
tern Kansas is different and the old
idea is changing as the country is
| learning more of the conditions that
prevail there. All the disagreed BILE
things mentioned above have at some
time or other been noted in Western
Kansas; even yet they may be en-
countered but at the same time there
are many delightful features of life
in this country and there are thous-
ands of men, who settled there in an
early day and did not join the exc
dus back to wife's folks when the
hard times came that are now wealthy
enough TO live in ease the remainer
OF their days without drawing on their
principal.
The secret of the success is the sec
ret of the building up of Western Kan
sas. Real Western Kansans did not
leave when discouraging times came
but set about to work out the problem
of how to conquer the conditions. They
studied methods of farming adapted
to that country. They experimental
with crops suited to the altitude and
climatic conditions and in the end they
were rewarded by the crops that paid
them abundantly for the expense and
labor
Western Kansas has seen much de-
velopment since the days when the
early settlers abandoned it to the hot
winds and the prairie dogs, yet it has
only begun it's real development and
those who are leaving that section this
year to seek homes in some other
CLINE will return in a few years and
be amazed at the changes that have
been wrought From all sections of
the western third of the state come
news stories of experiments that are
being made in irrigation. Some of
them involve big expenditure of money
while others plan merely for a garden
patch that will not fail, yet in any case
the method is sure to be productive of
good and the certainty of some crops
VIII assure the living while the large
problems of valuable market crops are
being worked out more fully.
Irrigation is but one of the solu-
lions that is being offered to the pro-
blem. Dry farming, diversified crops,
alfalfa culture. the production of
drouth resistants, tree culture and
others have proven successful in a way
and give promise of greater success in
the future and the details of the solu-
ton for the man who enjoys achieve
ment.
Western Kansas is vast domain
and some of these days it WI blossom
as the rose and the gard eners respon-
sible for the transformation will de-
serve large credit.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
LAW FOR LAWYERS.

The laws of today are of the law
yers, by the lawyers and for the law
yers. Take any big case-murder for
instance-and the trial is more test
Of the judges ability to render a de-
cision in accordance with one rendered
by some ancient fossil than a real in
vestigation of the accused persons in
nocence or guilt. Why should a decis-
ion rendered by some ancient legal
landmark 100 years ago be used to de-
eide a case of the present day? The
laws may be all right, but what is
needed is the removal of about two
thirds of the red tape attached to all of
them. Why can't laws be worded in
simple English so that the commonest
layman can understand them? If a
minister should word his sermons a a
smart lawyer does his legal papers his
congregation would call him bughouse
and take him before the probate judge
and a lunacy commission The whole
thing may be summed up this way:
Too much law by the lawyers.-Osborne
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Advice to the Illinois doctor who
removed his surplus helpmeet. and is
preparing a crazy defense: Chew "a
bar of soap, producing froth at the
mouth; practice aerial flip-flops in
the privacy of your cell. and hire "A
herd of alienists. Many other Grim
inals have escaped punishment by tho
same simple expedient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

The Turko-Dago disturbance has. up
to date. resulted in the death Of six
Turks and six Jews. The war is there
fore a success; no row of any sort IN
the Western hemisphere is a success
unless a few unarmed Jews are killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Lots OF men who wouldn't sign a
subscription under any circumstances.
will sign a petition without looking
at It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

Carefully following his swing around
the circle Through the a. r. reports)
we cannot help observing that 81 keeps
President Tart busy apoloEizing be-
cause he has no apologies TO make.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
Several short-grass towns

Several short-grass towns sent rep
resentatives to bid for the new state
asylum, on the theory that said In
stitution viii be a Help 70 the Town.
But would YOU, in taking a slant at
a small town prospectus. find any ire
sistible attraction in the announce
ment: I'VE have also the finest State
Asylum in this end OF the State"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07

In frisking the campaign accounts
Of Senator Ike Stephenson. the com.
mittee discovers that he spent $40. 0Ot
for beer and cigars. According TO thu
1910 Government census. Wisconsin
population was 2.333.S60. BY an ar
dUous process OF long division. five
cent basis,-we discover that about
1,733,s6O women and children Of wis.
consin got neither beer nor cigar.
The Appeal., 1911-04-22
"UNcLE TOMS CABIN"
Which Will be Seen at the Gran.

Which Will be Seen at the Grand
Next Week.
Al. w. Martins production of s'Uncle
Toms Cabin which will be seen at
the Grand the week of April 23, caught
the public fancy. The theatres where
the Offering has been made are said
to have been crowded at every per-
formance. For a play holding the
stage over fifty years within which
period not a single season has elapsed
during which it was entirely absent
from the theatre, Uncle Toms Cabin
still exhibits wonderful vitality. Scorn-
ed, ridiculed and rejected of the elect
in the more important theatres a few
years ago, it is now welcomed in the
very homes Of art and thousands are
weeping and laughing over it's various
incidents nightly. The scenes which
are displayed could easily not be i'm
proved. The company numbers over
fifty persons, many of whom are well
known to st. Paul theatre goers from
former visits with various attractions.
Thirty horses, donkeys. Shetland
ponies and six man-eating Siberian
bloodhounds are trained to participate
in the drama.