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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
Topeka Is Preparing for q New
Building Period.
Structures Held Up by the War
Now Being Planned.
HOMES NEEDED EVERYWHERE
Whole World Will Soon Be
Using Hammer and Saw.
Housing Conditions Bad In
Every Country, J. ID. Heck Says.

With the end of the war the old
question of home industries is revived.
and building that was halted while the
boys "romped on the Dutch" will
probably be resumed in the near fu-
ture Topeka, at the beginning of the
order to suspend all building not abso-
lutely essential, had plans for tho
erection of a good many homes and
business places. The new demand for
materials threatens to place the need
in excess of .he supply.
]. D. Heck. associated with w. L.
Miller in the Miller Lumber company,
in an interview on the building situa-
ton, said:
"a great many Of Americas leading
cities have already appointed housing
committee and reports made by these
committees emphasize the acute con-
ditions which exist.
Big Housing Problems.
New York City alone reports more
than $2OOOOO,000 of construction
which is now ready, waiting for per-
mits to go ahead. Similar reports are
coming in from other cities where
boards have been appointed to secure
statistics on after-war building re-
quirements.
Housing problems have become one
of worldwide Importance.
investigations carried on by New
York building trade lines show that
more than S5,O0O,00o.oo0 of building
materials will be purchased in the
United States by European countries
for Immediate after-the-war construc-
tons. Immense orders have already
been placed m this country by both
France and England to be shipped as
soon as the war is terminated
THE British ministry OF reconstruc-
ton has already formulated plans and
reports of this ministry show pressing
needs for more than 100000 new
homes. The committee on housing In
England has submitted a report which
calls for 10000 homes for England
and Wales and 100000 homes for
Scotland. No statistics are available
from devastated France and Belgium
as to the number of homes they Will
require. Suffice to say that this will
run into the hundreds of thousa nds.
Neutrals Get Busy, Too.
From every civilized part of the
globe come reports showing imme-
date needs for more homes. and thi:
applies equally to neutral countries al
well as from those who are engaged ir
this world war. Denmark in submit
ting reports on needs for homes in thai
country, tells of present means of dis
posing of leases. The houses are Of
fered for rent and after a sufficiently
large crowd gathers. the landlords
agent appears and advises, The rem,
of this house, ladies and gentlemen. il
so much per year. Which of you will
pay me most for arranging mattersT
TT will be necessary for persons
who expect to do remodeling or build
ing to make their arrangements al
soon as they can, in order to be In
readiness to start construction as soon
as conditions permit"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
way YANkS went
Not Hard To Tell Route They
Travelled in War.
Signs All Along Road Giving
Advice.

France, Nov. 16.-Tourists along the
France, Nov. 12.-Tourists along the
front will never have trouble locating
the routes over which the American
armies travelled. after the war.
Everywhere the Americans have
been, they left roads lined with signs
telling how to use the roads. It used
to be that French signs gave you in
structions about the road, and you
usually guessed what they meant.
Then the American military police got
tusy, sent out some sign painters and
now you have road advice in good old
Yankee style.
do you bit-Keep to the fight is
the most frequent notice in huge let
tiers. The French sign Hold the right"
doesn't give half the appeal.
Keep 'em rolling along-don't let
the boche stop is the American
here"
Get dead trucks off the road" pre-
vents any one from making repairs in
the middle of the road.
Chop your converse" keeps the
trains of trucks from preventing faster
walls space is left that will give room
to pass.
"One-way" roads are established by
the military police when routes are
too narrow to permit two lines Of traf-
fic. Motorized routes" allow only
automobiles AID trucks privilege of
passage, horse drawn vehicles having
roads of their own.
Don't walk in the middle OF the
road" is q painted suggested to foot
travellers who show tendencies of fol-
lowing that popular European habit
Lights out" warns you that boche
aviators may be overhead-the army
doesn't care SO much whether the
boche hits you, but doesn't want roads
blown up as the result of careless
lights.
These are only few of the signs
OF friendly advice which the army is
leaving as a mark of its trace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
THE DANDELION.
An Indian Legend


There Is in the Algonquin tribe of
North american Indians. tale of the
love OF the South Wind for the Dande-
lion, which is made in the likeness of
the sun. Shawondasee, the South
WIND. heavy. drowsy, lazy, likes to lie
IN the shade of live oaks and magno-
las, inhaling the odor of the blossoms
and Killing his lungs SO full of it that
when he breathes again you detect the
perfume
One day Shawondasee. gazing over
mis- fields with q sleepy eye. saw at a
distance a slender girl with yellow
hair. He admired her. and but for his
drowsiness he would have even called
her to his side. Next morning he
looked again. and she was still there
more beautiful than ever Every day
he looked. and his eyes sparkled when
he saw the maid in the warm, green
prairie.
one morning he rubbed his eyes and
looked hard a second time, for he did
not trust them at first A woman was
standing where the maid had been at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
The Same Spirit in COllectIsj
Eight Billions.
Incomes VIII Yield That SulA
to Government.
NEED GREAT Cooperation
Returns Will Be Filed In Sanu.
airy and February.
Campaign To Get These In
Early and Accurate.

washington, Nov. 1.-THE same
spirit OF enthusiasm and co-operation
which attended the fourth liberty loan
and much the same methods. includ-
ing advertising in newspapers and To-
cal propaganda campaigns. are
planned as features of the nations
next great financial task. the collec-
ton Of about $S,000.000.000 in taxes
next year.
Internal Revenue Commissioners Ro-
per is making preparations for great
drive in January and February to get
the ten million persons who probably
will be subject directly to governments
taxes to file their returns early. ac-
curately and willingly.
Even with our great tax gathering
machinery already built up in collec-
ton districts thruout the country"
said Commissioner Roper. I'VE can not
gather $4,000. 100000 of taxes without
the hearty cooperation of the people
who pay. 1t must and will their
job as much as that OF the govern.
mcnt authorities"
Educate the People
On this principle. a great education-
al movement Is being planned, without
waiting for congress to enact finally
the revenue bill which will determine
just how much tax is to be collected,
and from what sources 1t Is to come.
Business men in every community.
banks. chambers of commerce, trade.
farmers and labor organizations,
churches, lodges. schools and other or
ganizations will be asked to undertake
to show citizens precisely how to fig
ure their taxes. what deductions from
income are permissible. how their
business records should be kept to
provide the best guides for tax reports,
and how to make intelligent returns,
giving neither less nor more than 10
expected under the law.
By such a system, officials hope to
minimize tax evasions. But to guard
against the Inevitable stacking infor-
nation will be sought thru these chan
nels to be used in checking up returns
and ascertaining beyond a doubt when
returns are true.
Newspape rs will be relied on to pub
lish informative articles on how to
make returns. to be supplied both
from Washington revenue bureau
headquarters, and by district collec-
tors. There will also be considerable
display advertising appealing to indi-
viduals and business enterprises to pay
taxes with the same spirit the nation
displays in making war. These adj
ness interests, acting voluntarily, and
not by the government. and advertise
ing clubs will assist This IL the meth
cd employed during the liberty loan
, campaigns.
Indications that the new revenue bin
will impose a number of sales taxes,
the reporting Of which will be a diff
cult task. makes 1t especially neces-
sary to enlist the cooperation of tax
payers themselves in the tax coIlec-
ton work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

but he called dem dot because you
can call a Dutchman anything und idt
ISIS all right-und saidt, "Chentlemen,
| something ISIS loose. Already yedt
shouldt We haff yum der var. but idt
isn't did A Screw iss lost somevere
vot isn't foundt. Mein plans vos all
made to lick eferypody und capture
der world. und me und Colt hadt idt
all fixed oop dot way. I know dot
haff nodt made any mistakes. but
don't pellet dot Gott hass did hiss
part" But Heine. he will half a tefil
off time trying to gedt der RESPONSE
bility 1ocationed. und make Colt
think dot He didn't Gift him der prop
er support, for he stands apoudt as
mooch chance off efer getting to talk
lot ofer nit Gott-as der Cherman navy
hass off sailing oop der Kaw.
Anyway. Heine. idt ISIS all ofer ex-
eept picking oop der pieces. Der big
fuss fss finished. und der kaiser's
dream iss a nightmare. An ambition
OFT ofer forty years standing ISIS bust
ed. und der United Stadts und der oder
aleys haff hadt der pleasure off maxi
ing der worlds most conceited chack-
ess kneel NIT hiss face in der dust
and acknowledge dot after all Colt
und nodt der kaiser comes first. Idt
took der kaiser OTTER forty years to
ouiidt oop vot he considered der fin
est army in der world, und idt took der
United Stadts about Won week to build
oop Won vich licked der stuffing ouidt
OF fdt- Der moral les, Heine. let der
next Teller who wants to try idt read
der history off der United Stadts und
idts vars before he tackles der cfob.
Hurrah, Heine. for der American
| soldchers, und anoder hurrah for der
Alleys, und Re ISIS hoping dot vot
CherTnans haff nodt been shot GOD viii
| haff der "fiu"
| Hoping you are der same,
| Your fader.
LOUIE SCHNITZ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
FOR 1918 CHAMPIONSHIP
Griggs VS.. Maier at Country Club To-
morrow-36 Holes.

On Sunday. November II, there will
be staged at the Topeka Country club
golf match between Frank GTiggs,
runner-up in the ransfnississippi
tournament at Kansas City last sum-
mer. and M H. Maier of the interstate
commerce commission. a former Chi
cago player. The match will be for
the 1918 championship. This ought
to be a treat for golfers in Topeka,
and if both men are in shape, as no
doubt they will be, it will be one OF
the hardest fought matches sta ed at
the club for a long time. The match
will be for SO holes, the first round of
l 8 holes to- start at $3.50 a. m. The
second round will start at .. m. A
great deal of interest is being shown
in this match, and it is expected that
large gallery will follow both rounds
because it is the big golf event staged
during the year in Topeka. Match play
will govern. and both men play from
scratch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
BY MRS. E. c. FABLE


a
grateful for life that is spared boy who
Him the
whe
the
suffering
in
of
to
will
Amen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
PUT THE LID ON TIGHT
Strict Influenza Quarantine Is To Be
Enforced at Be1Cit.

Beioit, Kan, Nov. 16--Because of
the rapid increase in influenza cases
in Beloit and vicinity within the last
week. a public health committee, COM
posed of representatives of the bust
ness interests, churches. schools and
doctors. met here and formulated
strict quarantine rules and regulations
and Mayor R. n. Anderson has ap-
pointed special police officer to see
that these regulations are enforced in
Beloit-
Laxity in the enforcement of the
Quarantine rules has been the cause of
the epidemic getting beyond control
here. and the number of new cases is
not even known. 1t is estimated that
nifty new cases have developed with
IN the last week. and many are suffer-
ing for lack Of care because of a scare
ity OF nurseA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

! shutdown. but what a change! The
youth was gone. the brightness had
fled. Instead of a crown of golden
glory. here was a faded creature wear
ing poll of gray
All" signed Shawondasee, my
brother, the North Wind, has been
here in the night. He has put his cruel
hand upon her hair and whitened it
with frost"
Shawondasee put out such a mighty
sigh that 1T reached the spot where
the girl had stood. and behold. her
white hair fell from her head, tossed
off upon that breath, and she was
gone.
Others like her came, and the earth
Is glad with them. But in the spring
Shawondasee signs increasingly for the
maiden with the yellow hair as he
first saw her
| Dear common flower, that growest best lie
the way
bringing the dusty road with harml.s
gold.
First pledge of blithesome May.
Which children pluck. and, full of pride,
uphold,
High hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed .nat
they
An Eldorado in the grass have found"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Haworth says he found at a depth of
1871 feet, is not there. Crawford 6
well stands at $500 feet and the only
other deeper well in the territory is at
Eskridge which reaches a depth of
300 feet Neither we'll produces indi-
cations of Mississippi limestone. Evil
IDENTIFY the geological survey must be
erroneous and it is thought the terri.
tory has been condemned without
proper investigation as no previous
wells have been put down to a great
enough depth to be able to ascertain
conditions. The elevation at Eskridge
is 500 feet higher than at Crawford
we'll at st. Marys.
Formations Arc Right.
The formations gone thru SO far at
WakaruSa are similar to those gone
thru in the other wells in the territory.
is a strong southeast dip. or reverse
dip at Eldorado. The dip has been
proved at Eldorado, Augusta, McFar-
land and St Marys contrary to the
geology and the oil bearing shale is
found thicker at st. Marys than in any
of the other places.
At Wakarusa the structure Is iden-
tically the same as in these other
places and is considered much better.
says Crawford, as the stratum is high
er and there is less chance of hitting
water when the limit is reached.
Altho it is considered a wildcat ter
ritory and condemned by biologists.
the other wells which have been dug
deeper prove that there is something
wrong with the geological survey and
that some other limestone must have
been mistaken for Mississippi lime
stone at the depth of 1871 at st.
Marys, especially with Crawford's own
we'll a mile away down $500 feet, and
he says he has not hit Mississippi lime
stone yet. Two wells drilled near To-
peka hit shale at 1,62S feet, but did
not go deep enough to hit Cherokee
shale, or the oil bearing shale.
Crawford Is Confident.
Crawford says that while no man
can guarantee hitting oil. the terri
tory around Wakarusa is perfect. An
east dip is a sure thing, Mississippi
limestone is much deeper than the
geologist says, the Cherokee shale Is
known to occur in greater depths than
it does, except in some Of the very best
oil fields in Oklahoma, and the level,
located between the anticline and the
syncline, is good and is very wide.
Water forming above the Mississippi
limestone forces oil which is lighter
up to the level, while gas, which is
still lighter, occurs at the higher point.
Taking all these points into considera-
ton. Crawford says that the situation
at Wakarusa is as promising as any
he has ever seen, and very strongly
recommends backing the proposition
to the limit. If oil is discovered its
value to Topeka will be inestimable,
while If work is carried on clear to
Mississippi limestone and no oil is dis
covered, the loss, If borne by many,
will be small to each member. and
Topeka will know for sure whether
or not she is sitting on a fortune.
The officers of the company are
George Neil. president; Harold T.
Chase, secretary, and Earl Akers.
treasurer. Directors OF the company
are J. E. Shaffer. George Neil. w. H.
Davis, P. H. Coney. n. NJ. Foltz, Lewis
Stah1 and Kenneth Duncan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Mein dearson Heine:-
lot iss chust as useless to talk to a
life insuring agents or Red CrossiI 9
solicitor as to try und explanation
why I shouldn't gife you money, 80
heremit ISIS der check.
Veil, Hefne, I suppose puy now dot
YOU know dot der Var ISIS closed. II
noet, 1 am telling you so. 1 know
dot idt takes a long time for sooch
news to filter thru to a skollege town.
und for dot reason L am wroting ldt
adj YOU. Take adj Lawrence. for Ia
stagnance, some off der peoples are
still locking DER doors adj night so
dot der Morgan Raiders cant gedt in.
But 1 suppose puy der time dot you
half grown old und wrinkled un1
things dot efen adj Lawrence dey viii
know dot der Chermans iss ge-licked.
Anyway, Heine, since der election ISIS
Offer und Chermany ISIS smashed oop,
now can We settle down pretty soon
und try und figure ouidt how We can
puy a dozen eggs und pound on
butter all der same month midtouidt
selling der piano.
Chust think. Heine, der kaiser iss
whipped. He ISIS nodt alone ge-licked.
but eferypody iss laughing adt him.
vich is worse. Heine. he shouldt half
known better as to get mixed oop init
der United Stadts. but he Is sooch a
tamfool dot you couldn't shoot brains
into hiss head NIT q trench mortar.
But efen der kaiser. ven he found dot
der Americans had captured Sedan. q
skinity vich Napoleon, der greatest
cheneral vot efer lifed. couldn't cap
ture. den he decided dot idt vos time
to stop. Off course he efen now wont
take der blame. A short vile ago he
called together der chenerals und ad-
mirals und corporaIs. und der rest off
der great war committee. und saidt
"Chentlemen"-offc course, Heine. dey
vos nodt chentlemen, being Chermans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Hiawatha. Kan, Nov. 15.-Mrs.
George w. Seaman has received a tele-
gram from the war department stat
ing that her son, Pvt. Fred Seaman
died of lobular pneumonia, on October
Is. Private Seaman was a member of
Co. IS. 10th sanitary train. Thirty
fifth division and went to France with
that organization in April this year.
The news of his death came just six
days after that of his father, the late
Judge G NJ. Seaman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
A BIG BUSINESS
Treasury Department Mailed 957 $50
Checks in October

In the month Of October, the bu-
reau of war risk insurance of the
treasury department mailed 957,240
checks. of which 934.157 were for al
lotments and allowances. s.074 for
compensation. and 1902 for govern
ment insurance.
To date the bureau has sent out
7,4S6,43 checks, representing a total
disbursement of $230.o00,O0o.
More than 500 death claims rep
ressnting $11S.000,000 Of insurance
and "a disability claims. representing
$142.500 of insurance. have been paid
to date.
The insurance written on the lives Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

soldiers and sailors by the bureau of
war risk insurance is now close to
thirty-six billion dollars. Up to Oc-
tober 81, about four million applica-
tons, representing $35, 100000 of
insurance has been received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

-.
Come forth into the light of things
Wordsworth.
Let us bee Of good cheer. however re-
memberiuY that the misfortunes hardest
to bear are those which never come
Lowell.
Where loving words are seldom heard,
And It will linger in the mind
And gather others of its kind:
Till loving words will echo where
Erstwhile the heart was poor and bare:
And. somewhere on the Heavenward track
Their music will come echoing back.
Anon.
Noble examples stir us to noble actions
and the very history of large public souls
inspires a man with generous thoughts
Seneca.
So then. as We have opportunity. let
us work that which 10 good toward all
men, and especially towards them that
are OF the Household of the faith
Gal. G 10
The soul Of music slumbers in the she'll
spell:
And feeling hearts. touch them but rightly
pour
A thousand melodies dnheard before!
samuel Rogers.
Good temper, like a sunny day. sheds
brightness over everything: it is the sweet
Irving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Jointly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Good temper, like sunny day. sheds
brightness over everything: it is the sweet
ener Of toll. and the soother of disQuietude.
Irving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16

Come forth into the light Of things
Let nature be your teacher.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-08

1t WASH very long after that that
Nenie p,. ed away OF consumption In
southern California, think.
81 hope when you have the oppor-
tunity again you will give us some
more about the old days"
Another correspondent recalls that
Venie Clancy in the last days Of her
career followed the example OF many
young actresses OF her time and
stepped from burlesque, in which she
had made her first success, into the
legitimate drama. The late Frank
Mayo thought she showed signs OF a
deeper talent than her first field was
ever likely to develop. So she Joined
his company and acted with him such
roles as Pdrthenid, in which she was
especially successful. But her career
was cut short by death.