The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-14
in SENATE mill"
Irrigation Problem Solved in
Western Kansas.
ShOuse Well Drill Bill Means
Cheap Water.
PRINTING PLANT ADDITION
Stavely Would Spend $4,000
and Print Blanks.
Other Items of Interest in
Upper House.

! Senator Jouett Shouse. of Edwards
county, believes that at last the 1r-
| rigation problem in parts of western
Kansas has been solved. In bill he
succeeut- in pushing through the SEN
/ ate the county commissioners of the
| state are given authority to buy well
rdrillers to be loaned at actual labor
cost to the farmers of the county. Sen
| ator Shouse asserts that with this as
sistance, the farmers in the dry parts
of the state will be able to tap the
| exhaustless supply of water so feet I'M
/ derground and with the aid of ponds
| irrigate their fields and orchards.
Wealthy farmers in this part of the
state have been able to raise fine crops
with irrigation from wells" he explain
ed. with from seven to ten wells and
windmillS, a farmer can keep good
sized reservoir we'll filled and he can
keep his crops on at least so acres plen-
tifully supplied with moisture"
The Shouse well drill bill has pass
ed the senate. 1t Will be passed by
the house, it is predicted, with no OPP
position. Then a farmer can file his
order with the county commissioners
and their wells will be dug according
to the applications. With $1,000. Sena-
tor Shouse declares a farmer can fur
nish ompletely-wellS, windmills, pond
and ala complete irrigation system
sufficient to supply with moisture an
S0-acre tract The well drills will be
furnished to the farmers and all they
are required to pay is the labor hire
of the operator and what material is
used.
Senator Shouse believes that the So
luton of combating Old Sol in western
Kansas is at hand.
Only two more days for members of
the senate to Introduce bills. A reso-
luton by Troutman, of Shawnee, was
Thursday a
time of Offering bills to Tuesday noon
next week This does not include COM
nittee bills, appropriation bills and
measures of conference results. 1t
gives the senators Saturday and SUM-
day to clean UP their slate of favorite
ideas-and the rest of the session in
the upper house will be utilized for hard
committee of the whole and final pas
sage work.
Senator Kinkel, of Morris county has
enlisted the ire of every high school
student in Kansas. He has offered a
bill requiring the schools to hold at
least, seven 45-minute periods every
working day of the school. This would
swing the hours into the afternoons
In order to provide cheaper and more
satisfactory and uniform blank record
books and reports throughout the coun-
ties of Kansas Senator Stavely, of
Usage county, has offered a bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for increased work
ing force, more machinery and addf-
tional building to the state printing
plant.
Senator Stavely would have the state
printer get out the blanks for the
counties, the townships and the school
districts. He has gone over the esti-
mated cost with the state printer and
they have figured that with $4,000 for
more room and equipment and with
So, 900 as a stock and employment re-
volving fund, the plant would be in
fine shape to handle the printing of