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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

are fortunate in having convincing
object lesson of the practical success
of the federal control of grazing with
in the national forests, and these pup
lie grazing lands, which it is now
proper to put under federal control
often lie Immediately adjacent to these
forest ranges, only separated by an
imaginary line Under the admins
tration of the forest service these for
est ranges have been built up; their
carrying capacity greatly increased
cooperation among the users or the
range has been substituted for the old
time friction and bloodshed, home
making has greatly increased, and TO-
day the amount of stock now grazeo
in the national forests is nearly SO per
cent greater than on the same area
ten wears ago. When this policy OF
federal control of the grazing in the
national forests was established, some
twelve years since, it met with the
most violent opposition on the part
of the stockmen who had had free
use of these ranges, and it is con-
vincing demonstration of the pract1cal
value of grazing regulation that the
stockmen using the national forest to-
day are almost a unit in favor or
maintaining this federal control, ana
would infinitely prefer to continue
paving the reasonable fees charged
than to go back to the free ana I'M
regulated use of the range.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

meth answered frankly 'They love
each other and Ovens of age. 1
don't see why they shouldn't be mar
ried.'
How did you get past the sub
merged sandbars?
II drove her in my car. I under
stood it was a question of making
time. She's coming back tomorrow
morning. I wish 1 were married as
easily to the woman I love-
He spoke pleasantly and she eyed
him with CLINT of humor in her wise
old eyes.
Kenneth, you're a dear lad, dear
lad. You're more to blame than
Gwen, for if you had exerted yourself
1 know you'd have won her. Since
it's done, We'll give them a blessing
and the check and send them out to
seek their fortune along loves high
way. If Fate has ordained that we
have a Dinwiddie in the family, far
be it from me to upset matters Hand
me that letter on the little green table
in the hall, will you? 1t needs a post
script
She opened it and added, with Ken
neth's fountain pen, a last word to
Ovens mother.
"Gwen's won the ten thousand.
Married Don Dinwiddie at Atlantic
City today. Don't scold her. We'd
have to forgive the Dinwiddies by
judgment day, and may as well begin
practicing on Don now"
"'Wire Gwen my love, Kenneth" she
said, placidly.-(Copyri 1915, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
!a!ed6p
kuass s5Al &elarah Ak3son IS
DINGEY BAT EXPLAINS.

1t was two whole days after Billy s
trip to the park and his twilight talk
with the little Tittle-mouse people, be-
fore he heard the rest about the little
minnows he so frankly envied. None
of the garden creatures, with the ex-
ception, of course, of Dingey Bat,
seemed to know anything about them.
And Dingey Bat was so very hard to
talk to-
You see though he lived so nearby
| i'm Tommy Tittle-mouse's house in
fact-his habits of life were entirely
different from any of Billy's friends.
He slept all the day and hunted food
all the night. In the morning, when
Billy first wakened, he would often
see Dingey making for his home. But
then Billy was so hungry that he al
WAYS thought to himself, There's that
little bat personi Now as soon as ever
I have a bit of breakfast, I must
make him tell me about those min
nowS."
And then he would hunt quickly
for the nearest worm-and then fly
to where he had seen Dingey. But
Dingey was never there! He had gone
to bed while Billy Robin was break
fasting.
In the evening, as Billy was going
to his nest for the night, he often saw
Dingey Bat coming out of Tommy
Tittle-mouse's house. And he would
CALL "Dingeyi Wait a minutei I
nows," But Dingey invariably re-
piled, I'm hungry Wait till have
eateni" And when that time came,
Billy was always sound aleep in his
little nest
But on the third day, Billy walked
up earlier than usual and had the
good luck to find a nice fat worm
right beneath his tree; so he had time
and to spare before Dingey went to
sleep. Now, Dingey Bat he said as
he flew to the tree where he spied
Dingey lingering, you are to tell me
all about minnows. There is plenty of
time this morning"
YES, there is replied Dingey Bat
have heard all he said, you would
never say that minnows had an easy
lifei He eats them all the timei"
Eats minnowsi All the timel" ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
OF RANGE-GRAzING.

1t is generally admitted by practical
men who have made q disinteresteL
and thorough study of this range-graz-
ing problem that continuance of the
present wasteful and unsatisfactory
condition hampers development, spells
eventual destruction to the range, will
result in a steadily decreasing supply
of range cattle, and a resultant in
crease in the cost of living to the peo-
Heard, in the American Review of
Reviews for September, in an article
entitled: Public Grazing Lands: The
Range Homestead On the other
hand, by establishing conditions of
reasonable regulated use under federal
administration, an immense increase
in the meat production would be Sc
cured. The perpetuation instead of
the destruction Of range grasses would
be brought about; water development,
so vital to the best value of the
range, would be encouraged, with the
consequent opening up of unused
range; cooperation would take the
place of friction; better breeding
would be justified and the stock in
dustry generally would be placed on
permanent and business-hke basis,
and as a result of this systematic
mana cement of one of our great ma
tjonal resources, there should result
a definite decrease in the price of
meat products to the consumer. We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
WILSON'S RECONCILIATION.

OF course, President wilson's bril-
liant diplomatic success with Ger
many and the acclaim therefor that is
naturally being accorded him by the
people, irrespective of their political
affiliations, was promptly taken ad-
vantage of by his partisan friends to
suggest that there is no boubt about
his denomination for the presidency at
the next Democratic national conven-
ton. And while Mr.. Wilson is prob
ably willing, the chances are that he
would feel a little easier about it if
Mr.. Bryan had not been SO foxy as to
insert the plank in the last Reno
cratic national platform pledging the
presidential candidate of the Balti-
more convention to the principle of a
single presidential term
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
From Other Pens
PuRLIC OPINION.


A striking analogy might be drawn
between the impassioned letters from
Georgia on the Frank case and the
letters which have come from excited
patriots in Europe in regard to the
war. 1t is assumed that people ION
the spot" have a knowledge of the
real facts which is denied to mere
outsiders, as though a geographical
boundary line were an insuperable
barrier to knowledge. OF course, in
a condition of less excitement it would
be at once recognized that very few
can have first-hand knowledge either
of q murder trial or of diplomatic
negotiations. In the Borden case of
long years ago the people of Massa-
chusetts could claim no special
knowledge denied to the people of
New York or Georgia who took the
trouble to read the newspapers; the
Thaw case has not passed unobserved
in any part of the country. Investiga-
ton devolves upon state authorities.
pie of the state which are withheld
tically all that the general public ION
the spot can testify to is the unanim-
ity of feeling observed, and this is a
very different thing from first-hand
knowledge as to the merits of the
case. 1t is natural that patriotic
Georgians should feel indignant at the
universal condemnation of a Georgia
mob. but was comment in Georgia on
recent affairs in Colorado any less
outspoken? What Georgia has run
against is the force called public opin-
ion; to rail against it is useless
Springfield Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Jayhawker Jots

An Atchison man has discovered
why he doesn't get rich, says the
Atchison Globe. He gets pay for only
six days a week, but has to buy gro
cerieS for seven
Some of the smaller Kansas news
papers devote so much space to their
Forty Years Ago, Thirty Years Ago
and that and that ago columns that
they haven't much left for the news
of today.
Any one can give good advice, OBJ
serves the Oakland Blade, but to keep
the mouth shut and practice little
of the same article is one of those I'M
common things not to be found in
many very common people.
A rather strange combination of
businesses is conducted at Rolla. The
pool hall in town is also an ice en-
porium and it advertises in the Morton
County Pioneer that it has plenty OF
ice on hand for all at all times.
If YOU are very sensitive to criticism
Won should never try to do anything
for the public, advises the Belleville
Telescope. In fact, you'd better not
do anything at all, as this is free
country and somebody always feels
free to shoot it into folks who do any
thing.
In speaking of his neighbor the
other day, in the hearing of Herbert
Hickman, of the Florence Bulletin, a
man said: III that 1ellOW was as llCtle
in stature as he is In principle, he
could stand flat-footed and kiss fly
square in the face without bending his
knees" Just imagine the insignifi-
canoe, adds Mr.. Hickman.
Neither parents nor teachers are
infallible, observes Mrs. Weaver in her
part of the Sedgwick Paragraph. So
to obtain the best results they should
work together. The teacher who re-
fuses to cooperate should be fired,
and the parents who won't should be
well, we don't know what should be
done with them. But probably their
own negligence will backfire.
An unusual injury is reported by the
Chase County Leader, as follows:
James Bell, who had his foot pierced
by the sharp barb of a catfish last
spring while fishing in the Cotton
wood river. the injury giving him
trouble ever since, last week had a
piece of bone removed from his foot.
The wound when inflicted was only a
small one but because of the poison
Gus nature of the fish's fin, a serious
inflammation followed. The wound is
expected to heal permanently now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.

L
Secret of happiness-Pass it along.
Give some men an inch of rope and
they'll rope you in.
Blessed is the man who doesn't give
offense. Also unusual.
Some married men make ideal COM
panions-away from home
A low grade man judges his friends
by what they are willing to do for
him.
A bright man can learn almost as
much by doing as he does by being
done.
When a woman asks a man if he
loves her, she always knows the an
swer in advance.
On the other hand, a lawyer is
minding his own business when he
prizes into that of other people.
Occasionally we meet a woman
who actually believes her husband
knows as much as he thinks he knows.
A married woman says the way to
be happy with husband is to learn to
be happy without him most of the
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
THE BIBLE STUDY PLAN.

On another page of this issue of the
State Journal, there will be found a
preliminary and an explanatory an
nouncement of the Bible study for
high school credit plan which will be
given trial in Topeka during the
coming school year. 1t IS certain to
be success, and an educational ad-
Junct of great value to the high school
pupils who see fit to take advantage of
it. That has been the case wherever
the plan has been tried. And the sue
cess of the venture N Topeka is
doUbly assured, because of the connec-
ton that Mrs. c. F. Menninger will
have with it. Surely no Topekan
needs to be told of her attachments in
the realm of Bible instrU ction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

Most folk are probably hoping that
the suit of Harry Thaw for divorce
from his wife will prove to be the
last chapter in the Thaw serial that
has been running in the newspapers
for so long. Certainly it has become
tiresome. But the chances are the
hope will be a false one. Harry Thaw
will undoubtedly be a party to sensa-
tional suits in court as long as his
money lasts. and the lawyers find the
picking of it worth while. And, I'M
fortunately, the Thaw family's supply
of money seems unlimited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Remorse sometimes consists largely
in getting caught
A lot of girls of tender years are
quite mature in experience.
Possibly the reason so few men pro-
pose is that there is no law against
A hunter is like a fishe rman to the
extent that he hopes to do better next
time.
If one is young enough, he can
usually find an occasion for a cele-
bration.
ton seems to De something like can
nibaliSm.
After you have done a man a couple
of favors he expects them as a regu-
lar thing.
A shiftless man rarely takes up
wood chopping when he needs a little
out door exercise.
And a good deal of the war talk
will always be by those who wouldn't
go if it started.
The Wage Slave may console him
self with the thought that he is en-
We'd by the man who is out of job.
Political meetings are rarely we'll
attended, indicating that even a free
performance should have some other
merit
AS a rule a mans favorite type
writer is the one he is most familiar
with; referring, of course, to machines
and such like
What are you kicking about2 Sup
pose you were a Canadian farm hand,
up where the summer days are about
eighteen hours long
I'll do The best I can, and that's
the best anybody can do is about the
biggest fable The average person
never does half his best.
The parrot, however, is not the only
bird which talks = good 6eal without
saying anything; there are some
chickens we have met
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
GETTING OUR MONEYS WORTH

Topeka, at any rate, is getting
something for her money. The cost
of city improvements that have been
contracted for during the year aggre-
gates $317,69S. And under the COM
mission form of government, with its
businesslike methods, the city comes
mighty close to getting value received
for all of the money she thus expends
But it wasn't always like this in
chose good old days. Still, Topeka
has ever been particularly free from
municipal scandals, financial or
otherwise. But the old system mill
tated against getting a dollars worth
for every dollar of expenditure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
On the Spur
of the Moment
i Remember.
By ROY X. MOULTON.

/ Remember.
I remember, l remember,
The town hall where 1 spoke
When l was graduated
From education's yoke.
I remember, 1 remember,
Twas many years ago.
l knew right then, most surely
All that there was to know.
1 remember, 1 remember,
I wore a hard-boiled shirt;
Also my first white necktfe
And white kid gloves that hurt.
l remember, I remember,
l had Il mighty theme.
To save the world from ruin;
That was my fondest dream.
I remember, l remember,
The problems of the time
Were solved by me that evening
In language most sublime.
That was back in the distance,
How far l most forget,
The world wags on serenely;
1 haven't changed it yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Hurnor of the Day

Suitor-"I cannot live without your
daughter" Old Richleigh-"Oh, yes. you
can. Work never killed anybody yet
Boston Transcript.
Museum manager-"Where's the human
fly?' Attendant-"Can't perform today.
His wife's been swatting him.
American.
81 believe you are the same man who
here about a year ago.. said the
housewife. Maybe so, num-, replied the
tramp. Il was in these parts And you
haven't found any work to do YETI
'Only what was wished on me. mum, by
one or two hard-hearted judges. Dir
mingham Age Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

'They arc his only food" said Dingey.
''He lives on minnows.''
said Dingey. HE lives on ninnows.
And the only chance they have of
escaping is to dart into the deep
water"
why don't they stay in the deep
Billy.
Because they grow better and can
find more food in shallow water"
replied Dingey. "Tll tell you what
you should do, Billy" he added. .ssee-
ing you are so interested in minnows.
you should go over TO the park some
day and watch them for yourself. You
would learn a loti' Billy thought
that a fine plan and he promised to
go very soon. SAnd poor sleepy Dingey
Bat went off to rest.-( Copyright-
Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
THEREs ARMY .ePORK" roo.

President Wilson also has the right
idea in his desire to slice more pork
from the rivers and harbors and pub
lie buildings activities and devote the
money that would go into it to the
army. BUTT also happens that there has
been whole lot of pork in connec-
ton with the army expenditures dur
ing recent years. Assuredly the Unit
ed States hasn't anything like the mill
tary equipment it should have in pro-
portion to the money it has devoted to
this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Journal Entries

Much of the feminine beauty of to-
dav isn't even skin deep.
= = =
Nor can it be said of all kinds OF
figures that they do not lie.
j. :. i
Too many folk are content to win
victories regardless of the methods
they employ.
No man realizes just how insignifi-
cant he is until he gets into a large
sized crowd.
Many a man who has a reputation
for drinking like a fish" wouldn't
think of tasting drop of water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
SELMA ISRAEL.

Out of trenches freshly dug,
Grave-like, narrow, cold and dark,
Charge, my boys" rang out command,
Like unit up they shot,
Gripping steely bayonets,
Rushing forward, meeting death;
Man to man in combat fierce,
Face to face. each met his foe,
Thursting, disemboweling,
Seeing naught but enemy,
Feeling aught but duty stern.
Selma Israel!'' Austrian gasped,
When the Russian pierced his breast.
Dropped the mass in lifeless heap.
Gush of blood when thrust removed.
Shuddered Russian at the words:
Selma Israel then went mad.
Stanley Bero, Manager Central Jewish
Relief Committee, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

Evidently Won Tirpitz isn't as
friendly" toward the United States
as some of his friends would have US
believe. A report has it that he is to
be succeeded as Germany's minister
of marine by Admiral Won POhl. Won
Tirpitz, probably, is one of those old
dodgers who refuses to play at a game
unless he can have his own way. Ger
many's indefensible method of sub
marine warfare was child of his Gre
alton and he likely insists on going
into retirement with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
.sTHE GREATEST OF ALL WARS"


Former wars were wars of armies
and governments; this is a war of ma
lions, writes Sydney Brooks, in the
September Atlantic, and he continues:
Former wars were wars of soldiers;
this is a war in which the chemist
and the manufacturer and the work
ingman at home are as vital to vic
tory as the fighters at the front. For
1ner wars were on a great scale; but
none of them saw, as this has seen,
some 100000 men under arms.
Former wars were expensive. but new
er until now has civilization paid $780,
100000 day for the pleasure of
blowing itself to pieces. Former
wars brought in their train, within
certain narrow limits, a arrangement
of commerce; but no war, except this
one, has p-ecipitated an economic and
financial upheaval of such unimagin-
able dimensions that there is probably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

This is "Out of Debt Day. at the
San Francisco exposition, and indi-
Gates that this big fair has done much
better than many of the like exhi-
billions that have gone before it in
this country, and this, notwithstand-
ing the blight that the European war
placed upon it and everything else
in the world. And the Frisco fair has
also had the handicap of general sum-
mer weather throughout the country
that made many folks reluctant to
travel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

And while Kaiser Wilhelm may be
in mood these days, as reports have
it, 10 end the European conflict, there
isn't much likelihood that the nations
on the other side of the fence will
acquiesce in his desires. And it hap
pens that they have the say in the
premises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Ny clasa lnSrauaJodson,zz

claimed Billy Robin. Don't he get
tired of them?"
II mean they are his only food"
good-naturedly, land I'll gladly tell
you all know-which is not as much
as you think! 1 happened to hide in
a tree, one day, in a great hollow tree
trunk; and while there, 1 heard a
king-fisher talking. If you could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Did anybody expect that the special
grand jury convened at Marietta, Ga,
to investigate the brutal murder OF
Leo Frank would place the blame on
anyone for this most heinous crime ?
And the regrets expressed by the
members of this body that they were
unable to do so are as gratuitous as
thew were sl1perfluOuS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

Should the European war continue
during the coming year, it wouldn' t
SAVIOR of changing horses in perilous
times for the people of these United
States to vote Mr.. Wilson out of the
presidency provided they voted Mr..
Taft in. Both these distinguished cit
liens seem to think along the same
safe and sane lines in respect to our
dealings with the European belliger-
entS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
Uncle Abner.

A Teller who lives in a small town
either walks the straight and narrow
path or walks the plank. There are
too many amateur detectives on the
job.
If the sun shone every single day
in the year on both sides of the street,
this would be a blamed monotonous
world to live in.
There is such a thing as being too
happy all the time, but a Teller can
door to a family that has three
daughters taxin' lessons, and a young
son who plays on the mandolin.
The barber shop is the greatest
musical center of this country. I
never yet see a barber who didn't play
something, even if il was only funk.
What has become of the Old-fash-
toned lady who used to cover every
thing with gilt paint and hang it up
in the parlor?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

This seems an essential question.
Were the business men who are so en-
thusiastic over their experiences at
the Plattsburg military training camp
were they fed on the regular army
rations? Probably not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

From the way the experts are
bowled over from time to time in the
big tournaments, it would appear that
golf is almost as uncertain a game as
baseball. And no doubt, that is one
of it's characteristics that make it SO
interesting. The golf bug has finally
assumed large proportions in this
country and is taking on flesh daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is q member OF the
Associated press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

Maybe the Haitian generals are still
in defiant attitude towards the
United States because of the success
that's been achieved by the Mexican
military leaders in so conducting
Themselves