The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-02
KANSAS G0HHENT
KANSAS is ALL RIGHT.


Since the average Kansas man has
been able to secure two nights of good
sleep. he has concluded that there is
nothing the matter with Kansas
nothing much. The Ohio paper that
referred to Kansas banks as bursting
with money may have exaggerated
the case a little, but Governor Hodges
brief and all the other briefs that can
be assembled should prove that the
Sunflower state is not permanently
hurt by the few weeks of dry weather
which have shortened the corn crop,
hurt the pasture. made it necessary to
sell some of the stock because of a
shortage sof water. and made the Kan
sas man only temporarily miserable
while the mercury was doing an avia-
ton stunt about the 100 mark What's
the matter with Kansas? She raised a
bigger wheat crop than usual this year.
The personal property assessment of
her citizens is AZ millions more this
year than it was last. What's the mat
ter with Kansas? The grand old state,
bless her heart has a lot of corn-not
anyways near a full crop-but a LOT of
corn that will make good ensilage.
And the Kansas farmers have the pro-
gresslVe spirit and are buying silos to
preserve the corn, kafir and other for
age that was not killed by the drouth
WHAT'S the matter with Kansas? Her
farmers have a fairly good supply of
ioSi CeiA SOIU the CT1D, anu last
years hay in the stack. The grass
hoppers, the chinch bugs and the
drouth are all things of the past. Any
one of these unfortunate occurrences
would have put Kansas in a bad way
several years ago, because Kansas was
a young state. toiling for the mastery
of her natural resources. As final proof
that Kansas is all right-and now that
Kansas weather has returned for a
While, Kansas people can think more
clearly-the grasShopper pest, the
chinch bug invasion and the dry spell
nave taught the citizens of Kansas les
sons. Plans are on foot to put the
state in position to combat the grass
hopper and the chinch bug in the
spring More anti-dry weather meas
ures will be proposed and some of
them will be adopted, which will help
the state better to overcome unfortu-
nate circumstances like these in the
future.-Ottawa Republic.
ABOUT TAX-DODGING.
"a A Missouri county has made the discov-
terfer1ng with the beauty of the land
seape. Some remarks to this effect were
made by an official interested in the COL
lection of taxes and real rich folks, for
getful of temperament. FASTENED in and
settled up. Then further inquiry was
made and others, still Weather than the
flrst bunch, were found to be negligent
IN fact these We're offish about it and
business if they Topped off a little in
making a statement to the tax assessor
for were they not pillars of the com
munity? Then the grand jury got busy.
After just a short space of time and after
gong but short way down the alphabet
so much money has rolled into the county
treasury that the treasurer don't know
what to do. The grand jury brought up a
picture of a Jail in the mind of a person
who found it looking at him IL he wasn't
fair and square with his neighbors And
little father consideration brought in
still more funds for the expenses of the
people Tax lodging, once quite the thing
in old rich communities in Missouri as
well in other states, isn't stylish any
longer. Instead it is counted quite proper
News.