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The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
"A Great Professor Made Study of
U.s."

has passed The potato skin is re-
ceivng fair treatment and justice ut
last"
What is justice?" asked the first
potato skin.
Justice" said the second potato
skin, lis being just and to be just is
to be fair. Now do you understand"
81 do said the first potato skin.
please go on with your story, and
forgive me for the interruption.
don't know much about manners. l
haven't been up in the world enough
The ground is no place for manners,
you know: at least | didn't think so.
And then our chief callers and friends
were the potato bugs. They're not
overly mannerly."
=, 81 will forgive you" said the second
potato skin. For l don't know that
am mannerly myself.
Anyway, as | was telling you, n
great professor made n study of us
and he decided we We're not poisonous.
rs some people have tried to make
out. but that we were healthful and
good. and that for people who didn't
care much for the taste of the skins,
we could be ground very fine and
cooked with cream"
"Fine, fine" said the first potato
skin "To he cooked with cream
sounds very nice indeed"
"That is the way we're going to be
used" said the second potato skin.
"And isn't it wonderful to think pro-
fessors study us and our good points"
at does sound mighty fine said the
first potato skin. Somehow one
doesn't think of the two toSether-pro-
fessors and potatoes-but 1t is nice to
think that we are high enough up TO
be the companions of professors"
"Ah." said the second potato skin,
1--WE potatoes have been appreciated of
late. We have no longer been thought
cheapa food. We've come into our
own"
Just what do you mean by that?"
asked the first potato skin.
81 mean we are receiving all the at
tentiOn and affection which is due us"
What affection are we receivlng|
asked the first potato skin.
We're receiving the affection of
people-for If they didn't like us, they
wouldn't eat us-and to eat us-well,
that is affection, to my mind"
Have you mind?" asked the f,rst
potato skin.
"Of course not" said the second po-
tat6 skin. But I can talk as though
had. have heard creatures, who
had mighty little. talk MS though they
had lot, so why can't | talk us If I
had some when | have none?"
II suppose you can" said the first
potato skin. II don't think there is a
law against it,"
"Ha na." laughed the second pota-
to skin. You talk bf the law and |
talk of professors. All. potato skins.
we are-we are potato skins, great po-
tato skins 80
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
Relic of a Lost Race.

AT Casa Grande. near Florence. Italy,
Is the ruin. with walls still standing,
of what probably was the last com
munal house erected On the southern
plains by race of pueblo builders
that probably had departed elsewhere
or had been merged with wilder tribes
even before the passing to the west
ward of the Aztec south-hound pill
grimace about the year 1900.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
TO THE POINT

The closer we get to our good
deeds the smaller they seem.
A fool may be able to answer
questions that wise man
wouldn't ask.
Some persons make a life
study of things that are OF 10
earthly use.
True friendship results from
compact of frankness and for
bearance.
Pluck usually wins. A mans
success often depends upon the
ability to pluck others.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
The Value of Salads in the Diet.

The Value of Salads in the Diet.
Salads are invaluable in the diet as
they supply water, mineral salts, acids,
cellulose and flavor when prepared
from vegetables and fruits. Meat, fish,
eggs and cheese supply protein and
TAT while starchy vegetables furnish
fuel food. The salad dressings are
an important part of the salad as re-
CARDS nutrition, for they are valuable
fuel foods.
The materials used in making sal
ndS are: Raw vegetables, cooked
vegetables, eggs, meat, fish, cheese,
nuts and fruit. With such variety
from which to choose, there is no need
of monotony.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
Planting Apple Trees.

funny old man said to an agent
who vus selling apple trees: "lf you
will show me how to plant 10 trees in
nine straight rows with five In row
will buy them" Did the sgent get the
order? He did. How?
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
Influenza.

Influenza is ar Italian word, mean
ing influence. One version of its orr
gin is that in the far past there was
plague in Italy which was attributed
to the influence Of che stars and for
this reason was called influehza.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01

strong enough TO control more than
one-thrd of the United Sthtes senate
which would defeat the treaty, the
president will make tour of this
country for the purpose of creating a
public sentiment in favor of the league.
President Wilson has on several occa-
sions said that congress will obey the
will of the people and he has no hesi-
fancy In going out and creating public
opinion. No doubt this would be very
disagreeable to those who are known
as the recalciuants in the senate, but
they could not help themselves.
Whether or not the talk about Gen
eral Pershing as a possible presiden-
tial candidate has been the cause of
complaints and criticisms of the man
agement Of the army in Europe, 1t Is
certain that something Is ut the bot
tom of an effort TO create an unfavor-
able impression of the man most prom
inent In the military service of the
country. Thee complaints about the
condition of the embarkation camp,
the complaints that officers have not
received due recognition, the com
plants that men were unnecessarily
sacrificed in the last days of the war,
have all been put forth since the close
of the war and seemingly with the
idea of giving General Pershing a
black eye. That there is politics in it
to some extent one must believe, be-
cause assertions are made that Gen
eral Pershing is not really popular In
the army and that the returning. sol
diers and those to be returned will not
be enthusiastic for him If he should
be candidate for the presidency. One
thing is certain. If this war does not
develop a president, it is the first war
the country has ever had that failed
to do so.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01
Mothers Cook Book

Go often to the house of thy friend Tor
weeds choke up the unused path.-scandi-
1avian Edda.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01

While there is talk of rushing
everything in the way of legislation In
order to avoid an extra session, II
may be mentioned that the house OF
representatives devoted four or five
days to hearing contested election
case. Strange as 1t may seem. the
contest, came from Alaska. terri
tory having delegate who has no
vote. The time was when contested
election cases excited considerable In
terest in the house OF representatives.
It was contested election case which
precipitated the fight when Tom Reed
counted quorum in the Ftfty-hrst
congress. provoking one of the most
bitter partisan struggles that has
ever been known in the history of con-
gress. Much of the time in the debate
in the Alaska case was taken up by
the men who are battling for the seat.
In ii long rehearsal a election condi-
tions in the territory.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01

From 1884 to 1919 is a long span OF
years. That is the period during which
Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore
Roosevelt We're close personal and po.
litical friends. They made their first
political fight together in 1884 at the
convention which nominated Blaine.
They were against the Plumed Knight,
and since that time they had been TO-
gether on nearly every political propo-
sition that came before the country,
particularly on the subject of civil
service reform, which brought them in
closer alliance than almost any other
issue. They were active lieutenants in
the fight to make Tom Reed speaker
80 years ago. Senator Lodge would
not go to the Republican national con
vention in 1912 because he did not
want to be put in the position of an
tagonizing Roosevelt. although he did
not believe that his candidacy at that
time was opportune. In the conven-
tion of 1916, however. Lodge voted for
Roosevelt on the second ballot.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-01

Any man who seriously proposes
to annex territory to the United
States is sure to start something
Every acquisition of territory has
aroused bitter opposition. History
tells us that was the case in regard
to the Louisiana purchase. the annex
alton of Texas. the acquisition of terri
tory from Mexico after the Mexican
war, and again when Seward bought
Alaska from Russia. 1t is within the
memory of men still living how oppo-
sition to General Grants proposal to
acquire Santo Domingo was strong
enough to overthrow presidential pol
icy. Plenty of people can remember
the bitter contest against acquiring
Hawaii and the Philippines. But with
the exception of Santo Domingo, which
is nominally under our control, nearly
every movement for the acquisition
of territory has been successful.
Perhaps that is what makes Sena-
tor Ashurst's proposition a real sub
1ect of debate. He wants to add Lower
California and a large slice of the
northern part of Mexico to the United
States. and puts up some pretty good
reasons for the acquisition. Just as
Tom Reed complained bitterly about
buying Malays mt 50 n head" alludlng
to the $2oOOOOO0 paid for the Philip
pines with their 100000 population,
so there will be great deal of oppo-
sition TO taking over the poems and
Semi-savage tribes of northern Mexico.
even If we get n large slice of land
with it, However, the world is be-
coming somewhat topsy-turvy and geo
graphical lines are being redrawn in
the old world. and perhaps the influ-
ence will spread to this continent, not
withstandlng the ringing declaration of
Senator Elihu Root at the Rio Janeiro
conference when he told all of the
Latin-Amerlcnn republics that the
United States did not desire foot OF
their territory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

nos ih'e. hut until such timc as the project has the alp
gro1al Of me public that must eventually la, The caof
moas purchase price for This property. H wo0ii appear
il much better taste if such energy We've somewhat re
s trained.
Tho necessity for federal control has never been sat.
lsfactoriy established, and certainly If il ever existed =
has passed nov, and yet All This late day We have Mir
blri'aon deFotins al of The Vast resources at his com
maud 20 the task OF creatins a condition that WIN com
PEI government ownership II lis bis pct hobby. he doe
not deny i. and he appears determined to achieve hs
end ST whatever coss may be necessary.
There IS 81 least b vast and apparently i|usudabl,
difference of opinion concerning The DEMENT'S that Will
accrue and until the merits Of The controversy have been
determined hnal action should be held in allowance. In
diana telephone experts are Of The opinion that the
chances win result in ~ decided increase In Tie cost on
ar'ice in This state, the enc benefit accruine being That
one n1at talk five minutes instead of three minutes. but
81 consideration Of this concession other features of the
servie" mus' be- surrendered that more then offset amy
lenethonsna Of the time permitted for use Of the wire vi
4 minimum charge
Government by bgreaucracv Verecs closely upon CAV
eminent by autocracs and is decidedly more vicious in "a
great many WAYS. particularly when the bureaucrat
ohances % be fanatical and self sufficient in his own esti-
nation. as is usually the case.
A Burlesonized postal Department affords ample ef-
iaiee what is best fer the country. and the experiment
ia government controlled railroads indicates that such
orerarion is calculated to his one OF HE most EXPENSE,
IoNulse- that The people ever plucked from The govern
nent lemon free Lafayette Journal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23
HAS BURLEsoN GONE mAn7

In states where temporary restraining orders vc5o
issued the new long distance and tor tale ho7o *
established by Postmaster n1reson became effective las.
midnight RESTRAINING orders have been issued ms
nois. Indiana and Mississippi and AN application I'll n.-I
ing in Nebraska
The Postmaster General won Il vIcors Isl We ratoi
States Court at Jacksonville. Fla- yesterday. when 81
application of the Florida State ReiIraad tommias.o -
for q restraining ordc was denied after b-arEre.
The determination Of Nr. Rure- IN to rrca el
nlent ownership Of teleeFa2 h and i hone lines e9oa ID.
nation IS being pressed with a 1igor that vou'4 1o or.
commendable had there been amy Indication an9l ths
part of The people thai they favored such aolcs.
It is net extremely difficult TO bring about d c00d.
ton that viii make q return 10 o.trafe ownership n
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23
y - y - = AA
IT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.

The orgy of hysteric reform IS to continue.
Boosting that they have made The country dIy. tae
v 6 r. I. will now seek to pat the cigarette aud plo
ianity out OF business That was 10 be expected T.
0acco VII nov be The butt OF ultra moral fadd.sts and IS,
may rest assured that they WIN not stop there.
We might as well set rid of everything THAT seoaIe
like. that Nature made for the dietary and slsa-ors Is
hsht Of man. Let our menu be strictly confined 1o Hrea4
ard water and be done with it.
The fanatic who made Georgia 4 p|rahbtton Sire
with a bonedr} law 50 silly that i makes it criminal for
a medical attendant 10 carry an alcoholic stfmuian. elsie
crossing The state in a train With an c~nfeablea natirn
ordered south cares nothing for that datcs ahf~ c-Gro s.
lynchins. Of which lrH Georaia holds tho rec3st
He is related eonstuctively TO The dry fanatic ia pr,
hibtion 0reson and Washington where therc ae ts.s
sands Of families who are termenine tueir own wine
and brewing their own beer and doing it leeauy. THIS
vii no doubt become q national condition
By all means put tobacco our Of business. make + :
penitentiary onense to utter clss word. let us 5enora
Nature. CONCEAL our blood and go into The human fcfcIs
business Why enjoy life Why daily with the tfires
that God gave TO Nature for US TO use in The enfoymen.
OF life?
Some day in the next generation when the reGez s.
felt the mirth OF our children Vii 6e titIls ted 1T te
wave Of hysteria this country has now reached.
They may even pass a law to make rafornors ma~1
continent and temperate in their tho1eats
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

~ hey dtdnt pend $50
1IlcIf ofit for food.
II is ng- "a particulars cheerful
Thought bus
THOSE who 0ait fer dead tusns shoes
OFTEN end tbcm aorn oee
NIiEN they come into possession of
thcn.
rnE Han 3sss Ho Ha- Reformed
SAYS il headline
YES uc know the Hun ana We
ALSO lnou the r|efornaers
as a general thius
rIIE neiehbor woman IS happy in tae
Thought
THAT she ana her children VIII set 81
HEAVEN on their merits
But that her husband wiz get there
dualiy
SITTER m%uddhne through
FASHION mas has started an arFa-
ulent
ABOUT what Minerva wore around
the %Acropolis
Eou>D vhesee
PROBABLY something ueht dt'ne al
that
vs have d sooa deal OF respect for
Old
JNCLE Henry Ford's business ability
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23
III NE

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"N =" vac va" with germany ar AuTta-Eungarys
soai.RT MARkLEf hammond. drog-d on coast N j. May -.
DENNIS HAN<t>. ti Itubor amd 81 r. OxLh5rpc rom auncll
iAMiS AAc NLNZtL. -ar. billed m action I-u. H.ve. aIe
@Al- NLAsH1. Nluu1. ID 3. i: aM4 st tL Houston. Iut-s i49
5HA>h AeANIEN. ln uauot; Aut4 III France Blt.u III Line. Aux la
A>thilt bAsIALl Hammond. died sat Lon. Sprnes. rs. Auyust 81
~ 0 t@5N@ Aet eIetso; Aucd DC Erte- sepl lu
-IIr JaNE[I ETs hH1 a. tErt@ C+1
J9LtH BI4DZ4k I I.f Cb4e~e5 tm-a 81 - " -
= hIoA. iIC>iLI4. Gary Killed ava Hc al Evrrra IsX Dec l9l7
~ jHbtt-- LJNG. ind Harhog h-ed at E1 Blss. TEX, DEG IL
EDWARD q x4sqEII H. - ai ss"a"nefe IN France Dec r. 1919
lrEAIaS " EA1tITII - ia - "a Il4t -
tehp SSIMIDI. { Point: died in Hrooksu Marcn Oh torpe1ooa boat
MI EA1. E1 T.I 1LLE AN DEt Aea h rance Ahch
l0fI -" s ann. layhH. pneumonia March IA
EjET9pBE Al HAt ALr y ohtbst i9Phcd- A1fch 10.
PAUL FIIr5< 1 80 49, tGMSt 4l Dtt s A&A' april .
VICTOR snOILIFI Gary killed al aMa caro-Ssr 4nto[g, arm 19ls
tMT tay- deda t EASTERN u1tonneDt April % 1913.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

t%"rp"ral tll~vtorth Iurrh II expect
ed in East Chicago Within q fow DAYS
20 visit dis mother. Mrs. Luren. his
two sisters. Mas Bnehour and Mrs.
Norris of 1tfth street. before lee goes
y hIs none at Columbus. Ohie. He
s"ins released from duty at Camp
Grant
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

supply ScrGe-nt John I~arnc.. for
mcrly of Company u. f|nfaatrs.
has received am honorable disl harre
and has returned to his Some all East
Chicago. ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23
NaT1cE 10 sunscE1RERs.

II you fail TO receive your copy OF TIE TINS a.
promptly As you have In the past. please DO nos thtnk
T. has been lost sr was not SOM on tine- Remember ina.
the railroads are engaged VITA the urgent movement 81
troops and their supplesi TINT there Is un2sial pressure
IN various parts OF the country foT food end f1el' taaf
the railroads have more business than they can handle
promptly. Fer thai reason many trains are late THs
TINEs has Increased its mailing equipment ard Is 60
operating IN evsEy way with ths postotace Department
10 expedite delivery. Even 50. delays are inevitable BE-
sAuss OF the enormous demands ~pon the railroads sn7
lac withdrawal Of men gren many lines o. WORK
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

stat oued al Pelham EaE y. s., has
se lea fee Europe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

7 vou have shy trouole getting The Times make coa-
aiatnt Immediately to the circulation departments
The Times VIII not b rcspors!Jle fer the return o
az 9asoltciEed articles or FctteIS ano VIII. E0- uotlre aA"1@-
-ous COMMUNICATIONS snort signed letters u general
interest printed AZ discretion
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-23

larger PsId-Ug Circulation Than Aay Two otasr Papers
In the Calumet ReqIon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-09
ARMY HONORS T. r.

tContinned on Page TIVE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-09
CUT OUT PRIMARY
Recommendation to Legislature
To Do Away With Plan.
Botkin Says 1t Displays Ig-
nOranee of the Voters.

In his farewell word to the state
legislature. j. T. Botkin. secretary of
state, urges the repeal of the present
primary law Botkin is kindly and
charitable to the present law. He says
it was enacted in good faith but has
simply failed to function. In short it
lacks terminal facilities recoils and
displays the ignorance of the individ-
ual voter in a most alarming manner
Botkin denies that the law has
wrested control from the politicians
Rather, he asserts, it has made inn
possible for anyone except the poll
tician to have a voice in the party
council and the party platform build
ing. He points to the fact that thou
sands of voters merely vote for the
first name on the ticket and that the
+. expression of intelligence is lacking
in every analysis of primary returns.
Botkin threw rocks at the primary
system in his biennial report of two
years ago. This year he urges that
the present law be patched by pro-
viding for county primaries and pri-
maries for selection of district and
| state convention delegates. Otherwise,
/ he declares. the law should be wiped
from the statute books.
Commenting on the state wide pri-
mary system under the present law,
/ Botkin says in part:
The law has not purified our poll
, tics, has not given the people chance
| to select their candidates in a practi-
| cal way, nor has it curtailed the use
of money as a means of securing
| nomination to office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-09
Forty Members Already in To-
peka Ready for Session.
House Leaders Dickering for
Speakership Support.
INTEREST IN ALLEN MESSAGE
Constitutional Convention Pro.
gram on His Slate2
Good Roads and Health VIII
Be on the Program.

The first real politics surrounding
the organization of the 1919 legisla-
ture is being played this week in the
hotel lobbies and state house cor
ridors. Nearly forty members of the
house and senate are in Topeka. They
are giving legislative affairs and the
gentle art of politics a spot light po-
sition. Members who are arriving in
Topeka in advance of the session are
talking much of the Legislative
organization. But their second
thought is of after-the-wa legislation
and Governor Aliens policies.
Practically all of the politics sur
rounding the organization. of the Leg
islature this year is in the house.
The staid conservative senate is rid
ing the waves. Its organization of
two years ago will be altered only to
meet the two changes in the old mem
bership. Charles S. Huffman, the
new lieutenant governor and former
state senator, will doubtless be all
lowed to make committee changes
without the aid of COMMITTEES on
committees. Emmett George, of
Council Grove, is listed by a number
of members for a second term as Sec
retary. Ike Lambert, of Emporia, now
in the running for chief clerk of the
house, has been urged to drsp out
and oppose George.
Fight For Speakership.
In the house the real fight is for
the speakership. On the face of pres
ent conditions, W. p. .Lambertson of
Brown county is running against the
field. Lambertson is unquestionably
stronger than any one other candidate.
There is much talk of pool. But to
| date four opposing candidates seem
determined to go to the finish in the
| fight on the Brown county member.
Lambertson claims SIS of the 110
/ votes in the Republican caucus
| .a Both Lambertson and three of his
| opponents are working for votes in the
hotel lobbies. J. NJ Gilman of Leav-
! enworth claims most of the old mern.
tbership. w. S. Bardwell OF Riley il
also a contender, and his friends as
sert that he is easily second up in the
race against Lambertson. j. E. Brooks
/ OF Chautauqua and Frank L. Martin
| OF Reno are capdidates. Martins
strength seems to lie principally in
the western counties, while Brooks
holds tenaciously to claim that he
f; is a real contender.
!, During the early milling K. NJ. Ced-
! des of Butler was listed as a candi-
| date. When he arrived in Topeka
| Wednesday night, however, he made
clear to his friends that he was out
| of the race.
d. A. N. Chase seems to be running
| in a clear field for speaker pro tenn.
Chase is from Linn county. His only
trouble may be in caucus agreement
to give the pro tenn job to one of the
tContfnued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-09
FUNERAL Is HELD UP
Santa Fe Investigates W9man's Claim
She Was Mexicau's Wife.

At an undertaking parlor in Topeka,
the obsequies are waiting on a settle
ment between the Santa Fe and the
relatives of a deceased track hand.
The story is that of a Mexican
lsborer was taken ill with influenza
and died at a local hospital The
Santa Fe engaged the services of a
Topeka undertaken. who took charge
of the body, trusting to luck and the
Santa Fe for his pay. The railroad,
meanwhile, began to encounter diff
culties in making the settlement
Relatives of the dead man were sent
for and divulged the fact that the
mans wife was dead. About that
time a woman appeared to claim the
ttlement, but as there is some doubt
as to whether the time that the woman
ard the Mexican had lived together
was long enough to constitute the
union common law marriage, the
sum due the mans nearest survivor is
held up.
Meanwhile, the railway company in
vestigates and the funeral procession
h Its.