Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-11-22

Topeka, November 20.


The address by Governor Hodges
before the National Convention of
the Anti-Saloon league of America at
Columbus, O., last week has been
widely published and commented
upon in other parts of the country as
striking presentation of the Kansas
argument in favor of nation wide
prohibition. Governor Hodges de-
claration that he will call special
session of the legislature if necessary
to ratify the amendment to the feder-
al constitution, should he be COVER
nor when such an amendment is sub
mitted, is taken as an expression of
his own interest in the subject. He
discussed the moral issues for which
he stood in the last campaign and in
concluding his address declared:
tsThe quickest road to effective pro-
hibition is through Congress. The
time is opportune for federal prohibit
ton and nation wide suffrage, and l
bring you the assurance that we
have solved these problems and that
our delegation, will use every effort to
secure federal prohibition.
The farm loan bill introduced by
Congressman Dudley Doolittle of the
Fourth district, who is at home from
Washington for few days, will be
one of the next measures TO come up
in Congress when the present curren-
cy legislation is disposed of. 1t
appeals directly to the farmers as it
provides plan for long loans on
an easy payment plan and will also
provide new class of securities for
the general investing public identical
with the popular bonds known in
France as "rentes''. The bill provides
3 per cent money on long time, the
borrower to pay back 2 percent of the
principal annually, making a fifty
year payment plan on the longest
loans. The purpose is to encourage
settlement by persons now unable to
finance a farm investment and its
author believes it will be the means
of putting farmer on every quarter
section of middle west land.
BY asking for permission to put a
million dollars stock issue out for the
purpose of improving facilities at the
stock yards, the Stock Yards Com
pany at Kansas City has called down
public investigation into the way
it performs its service. The investiga-
tion will be opened by the public
utilities commission on December Is
when the stockyards officials and rail-
road representatives will be sum-
rO 70 oil oh
tions at the Kansas City market.
Tie desired permit has already been
refused on the ground that it means
just one more load upon the livestock
industry of the state. If it is shown
in December that the stockyards
company is not performing satisfac-
tory service the commission an.
nounces it will order improvements
at the yards anyway.
Chinch bugs which feasted on Kan
sas corn and wheat and trimmed VI
other vegetation after it had dam
aged those crops to the extent o.
several millions of dollars, are paying
the penalty of their crimes all ovel
5 the state where farmers and roa6
overseers are burning grass and rub
bish along the roads and in vacan
grounds. At the recommendation o
the government and state experts
who have studied the chinch bu,
pest this year, Governor Hodges ha
issued a proclamation fixing the las
two weeks of November and the frs
two of December as .sChinch Blu,
Burning Weeks He enjoins upol
land owners, tenants and local organi
cations everywhere in the state tn
importance of destroying the gras
and rubbish heaps where chinch bug
can hibernate-this being the sures
way the experts know for destroying
the millions of bugs that otherwis
will be ready for new destruction o
crops next spring.
Governor Hodges has announce
a reward of 5000 for the apprehensio
of the person who assaulted Mrs
John Turner of Great Bend recently
The money will be paid from tn
Governors contingent fund. Mrs
Turner was assaulted at her home
the attack being made with han
mer. From the fact that her wound
were numerous. but none fatal, ha
led to TO the belief that her assailan