The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-31

went over the same ground, in the !
same machine, with the same former
Kansan, Mr.. Fellows, twice mayor of !
nv home town. Topeka, but this time |
accompanied by my wife. I began |
to point out to her the glory of the
poinsettia and the beauty of the roses,
and the double rows of them; the
charming homes; and found myself
saying, There are scores of them back
there in the canyons and on the hill
sides costing from 100000 to $780,
OOO.' 1 was talking like a real Cali
fornian, and such 1 was for the mo-
ment
u have marveled at the prominence
and prosperity of my former friends
in Kansas whom I have met here
One is the enterprising secretary of
this club, Mr. Clarence H. Matson,
harbor expert and ocean traffic man.
Matson came here from Kansas.
where they have only prairie schoon-
ers; not even the schooner which
made Milwaukee famous. He came
to this town where they have every
schooner known to the land and the
sea- Think of his former nerve, and
his present knowledge! He was given
the harbor assignment on the staff of
the Evening Express He studies the
subject. He becomes an authority
and when the office of secretary of
the harbor commission is created, he
is found to be the most available and
the most able man for the job.
always liked Matson. He was re-
porter for me, and good one at that,
ready and conscientious. 1 liked him
even for the enemies he made me.
1t was one of his articles winch
| brought me three libel suits for 3d.
600 each, and the plaintiffs. distin-
guished officials OF state combined
and made it $4,000; backed by the
| best legal talent. But l stayed by
Matson in that story, just as you have
stood by him in your storms of flood
and criticism; and both faiths IN MN
were of avail and were warranted; for
1 won the libel suits and was acqult-
ted, and you nave won the harpor'
which, I understand, last year made
the remarkable showing of one-third
the commerce of the great harbor to
the north of you at the Golden Gate.
! L had told Matson that L was not
well aware that Los Angeles mar
bored anything out TOURISTS lie theh
proposed TO sho" me- mace me spelio
DAY with MN down at San Feuro'
over ana arodhu the inner ana outer
! harpors IN motor poat' along lhe
cement docks and concrete ware
houses, over to and upon the break
water, and up. into the lighthouse;
proving to me that when you make
harbor to order, you have the latest
and best there is not denendinp unon
the mere caprices of nature as did
San Dieero and San F,rancisco
.eEIere ara b,,t a fau fo,.n,,ar Kan
CONS u,bo have brou,b+ ,,,o.,soe,av ,,,z
tbe,,,se1,,es 70 ,,c,,,. s+a+a ~
ni,oo++ ere,iraa,- ,,-to h,,il+ 80 ,,,o1,
e, - -, -. -.,;+t a.
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/ Ilei9 20 p-io--' GU 10 az -
it1i % ~ PUOiio WI Ms I'M
hlllot'' the coiiector OIL customs LOT
southern California the pest gltt from
President wilson; Harley Brundige OF
the Express and Tribune who found
ed the Horton Headlight whose eff
fulgent rays still shine forth from the
county adjacent to my own; Chapman,
perhaps your most successful orange
grower. and league. recognized as
vour leading Observation-Disclosures aod
there, is a long additional Lief of them
.oYo,, boast of vo,,r GOLD and yo,,r
silver and vour wonderful fr,its No
Won know that in ono season 1<a,sos
crew one-eftb Of the wheat c,-o,, ~
the entire countrv9 ana tho 1a1ue of
that ono cron alone evcseda,, the 1,a1,,e
Of all those California nroduc+s and
was the greatest quantity ever pro-
duced by any state or province. Kan
sas ranked fourth in the union in the
total of all products, first in wheat
and alfalfa per capita: with her per
CAPITA of S1725 in wealth and with
S1S4 in the banks for every man.