The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-12
BY THE WAY
81 HARVEY PARsONsA

The ColonePs effort to prove that he
fayors the common Pee-pul. is more
IIan successful He has on his list,
~ Iohnson for vice president. Dare
~ 70 DICK commoner name than
III Johnson. And, take his principal
!rsIlinin-doesn't even spell it with a
y, George Perkins-anything COM
noner than George Perkins? He is
ior the common pee-pul.
another poifect lady-one Mrs.
Dernsteen, of Chicago, is on trial for
pottlng superfluous husband. Why
put EN- on trial? Why not present
respondence course in Workmanship,
ana just let It go at that?
Stupps says-after perusing returns
ana noting that he has lost the popu-
lar Vote-that he didn't go after the
populous counties. but confined his ST.
IortS TO majority of deestricts. Six
weeks ago, Hon. Curtis dared Hon
otupps, who was yelling 'let the pee
pull rule at the top of his voice-to
submit the senatorial question to a +
popular vote. The Stubs answer will
appear IN the blank space between this
and the next paragraph.
UP to late hour this afternoon,
the advantage of the Detroit alder
man over a New York cop had not
been fully decided by the canvassing
board.
-Four women hold jobs on the nat
lonal committee of bull-nousers. A
woman will stand for nearly anything
to get into politics.
On the largest rock to be found in
Ford county, should be engraved this
epitaph:
Sacred to the memory of
Chalk Beeson.
The man who could, but didn't |
shoot every man he arrested. |
Chalk Beeson was sheriff when an
other noted gun fighter was city mar |
shall OF Dodge. During his incumb- |
pence, good old Chalk-who was a |
lover of music, fun and his fellow
That was IN "a stand-up-and-fgh (
Winchester duel with notorious des-
perado- Had the fool Desperate come
close enough to hear one of Chalk's
funny stories-instead of staying away |
and shooting to beat the band. he
would now be a reformed ex-peniten- |
tiary bird, and voting for the $tubbs- |
ticket. Chalk was a dead |
shot, and game as Spanish black
rooster, but not wanton killer.
1t is a matter OF history that, one |
time when Chalk was in charge of the |
peace and dignity of Dodge, it was re- |
ported to him that noted bad man |
was headed for town-"drunk as a |
owl-an' a-shootin' an a-yellin' an |
a-cussin'." Instead of waiting for the |
drunk bovine disturber and killing |
him in the public street before an adj |
miring audience, Chalk laid his gun
on the sidewalk, mounted his horse
and rode out to meet the bad man.
They came into town together-Chalk |
wearing the bad ones gun and tell
ing the story about the fool prairie
dog that tried to argue with the fool
jackrabbit. zAE
Tt was the men of the Chalk Beeson
stripe who made Kansas History fit to
print. A lot of Kansas officials of the
early days got their regulations by
killing fussy3 but harmless cowboys.
Chalk Beeson got his reputation by
being a firm but reasonable friend to
Dodd Gaston's friend Eph Wiley is
reformer. He, favors a handle for
he watermelon. His attention should
las a handle, but that as vegetable,
t is DANCED near as worthless as 1t
would be without a handle. Moral:
You can't improve on nature by legts-
alton or petition.
Noting that all wash suits are 33
Der cent. off, We refuse to go any
urther with the ad. We are not in
crested in bathing suits.