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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16
NO RIVERS USED
Water Transportation Is a
Thing of Past in Kansas.
Laws Defining Streams as Nav
igabIe Are Obsolete.
POTTAWATOMIE co. DECISION
Court Set Precedent in Case of
the Big Blue.
Decision Holds State Does Not
Have Land Title.
'OTTAWATOMIE co. DECISION

If water transportation ever existed
in Kansas. it is generally recognized
as non-existent now, and the question
has arisen as to whether or not the
state law defining six Kansas streams
as navigable likewise should be
sheIved.
A district court decision in Potta-
watomie county recently held that the
law specifying streams as navigable
was obsolete. The court held that the
Big Blue river. one of the six which
passes thru that county, was not
navigable. The decision now promises
to have a bearing on other like cases.
The question at issue was whether
not the state or the farmers owning
land contiguous to the stream owned
an abandoned section of river bed. Ac-
cording to state law of long usage, in
case of an island or tract of land
created by river deserving its course.
the state has the right to survey and
sell such land to the highest bidder.
the sum realized therefrom to be de-
posted in the state school fund. on
rivers not navigable, the owner of the
abutting land owns to the center of
the river channel.
Decision Against State.
In the Pottawatomie county cases
the decision was against the state,
which was enjoined from surveying
and selling the land. the court holding
it belongs to the owners of the con-
tiguous land So question has arisen
as to the ownership of a number of
islands and deserted river beds on the
rivers which are described as naYiga-
BILE by statute. These cases are re-
ferred to the state auditor whose duty
it Is to superintend the surveying and
sale of such lands. At present State
Auditor Fred w. Knapp has on hand
petitions for the sale of islands in the
Missouri river near Atchison. the AR
kansas near Arkansas City, the Kan
sas river near st. Marys and several
small tracts caused by shifting river
beds.
The navigable streams of Kansas,
also styled in the statute books as
the meandering rivers" of Kansas.
are: The Kansas from it's mouth TO
the sixth principal meridian, the west
boundary of Dickinson county; the
Big Blue from its mouth to Blue Rap
ids. Marshall county; the Arkansas
from it's point of exit to its point of
entry in the state: the Neosho from
the state boundary to a point in Al
len county; the Republican river from
its mouth to the point where II
crosses the north boundary of the
state. and that portion of the Marias
de Cygne flowing thru Linn county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

elm trees. The building without equip
ment of books cost $4,000. In these
days of high prices of both labor and
material the building would cost much
closer to $so,00p than the original
$4,000.
Inside the big building are stored
the more than 10000 volumes which
form the college library. These books
represent an investment in themselves
Of more than $4,000 and this value
is increased at the rate of $1,000 each
year.
Buy Books Every Year:
It was one of the clauses in the con-
tract signed by Washburn college with
the Carnegie Library Foundation that
the college must spend at least $1,000
each year towards the purchase of
new volumes.
But the big general library does not
represent the entire store Of books
which the building protects The inn
mense Fisk sociological library of
$500 volumes valued at nearly $50 600
is housed in the building and in time
will form an integral part of the col
lege library proper.
In addition TO the regular library
rooms, the Carnegie library building
houses a number of class rooms and
offices OF professors. OF especial i'm
portance among these are the class
and study rooms of the sociological
department
$4,000 Have Used 1t.
In the fourteen years which have
passed since the building of the IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

ton will serve to keep his memory
bright and untarnished.
1t was in the summer of 1903. just
following the disastrous flooding OF
the Kaw valley, that the matter Of a
Carnegie library for WashOurn college
was first taken up with the men
whom the great foreign born Amcri-
can had placed in charge Of the ad-
nainistration Of the Carnegie library
fund.
Begun Building in 1905.
In the early spring of 1905 the Car
negie library at Washburn college was
begun and in the fall of the same
year the finished building was dedi-
Gated to the permanent housing of the
college library. The building itself is
4 two-story structure of native stone
It is built IN the accepted Carnegie
style and Is set in a framing Of big
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

brary, il is estimated that more than
$4,000 students have habituaIly used
the books and the rooms for reference
work in connection with their studies.
The steps of the big building have
been the trysting point for uncouated
numbers Of college men and women,
and it is thought that TO some of the
couples who have married as a result
OF college romance. the steps of the
Carnegie building viii always be re-
membered as the turning point of fate.
Carnegie truly has a memorial in
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16
WAFFLES ARE SMALLER
Price Not Raised, but Quantity Is
Lowered.


A Topekan went into a restaurant
and ordered waffles. The proprietor
himself took the order and the hungry
man waited fifteen minutes Finally
the proprietor came around again.
Haven't you gotten those waffles
yet p" he asked.
The customer rubbed his tummy and
smiled weakly. The proprietor rushed
out TO the kitchen and returned stating
that the waffles would be delivered in
a few minutes. They were.
The hungry man ate ravenously.
When he had finished he called the
proprietor over to him and said:
4 know now why it took SO long to
get those waffles. You thought you
were making 'em too large for the
price and being afraid of the profiteer
hunters you hesitated to raise the
price So you did the next best thing
you told the cook to go out and get
some smaller waffle irons before cook
ing my order"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

He who sspires to nothing. who learns
othing, is not worthy of living--Heips-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16
TO HIS MEMORY
Carnegie Library at Washburn
Monument of Inspiration.
1t Was Built With Steel Mas
teT'S Money in 1905.
$4,000 HAVE ENJOYED IT
New Books Are Being Added to
Shelves Yearly.
1t Would Cost $4,000 To Erect
Building Now.
$4,000 HAVE ENJOYED IT

For SO long a time as stone and
mortar carefully joined together shall
endure that long will the city of To-
peka and Washburn college boast a
true memorial of Andrew Carnegie.
Carnegie died at his summer home
Monday morning, but in Topeka-as
in thousands of other cities in the
United States and abroad-the works
which he built in the name of educa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

British miners are now receiving wages
Of S25 to $50 a week while farm laborers
get only SO week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16
SEVEN sESrESCE SERMONS.

He who ssDires to nothing who learns
nothing, is not worthy of Hying.-Hefps-
Wealth takes into itself the qualities by
which Il is won.-Bolland.
lie that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low. no pride--Bunyan-
am responsible before God for the
work / might have done ard did not do
B. Il Torrey.
If we have only hoped In Christ in this
life. we are Of all men most pitiable--
l Co. 1913.
o brother man, fold to thy heart thy
brother:
Where pity dwelis, the peace Of God Is
there.
To worship rightly Is to love each other
Each smile q hymn each kindly deed a
prayer.
Whittier
Erdeavfr to be patient in bearing with
the defee Is and infirmitieS Of others. of
what SORE Eoever they be. for that thyself
also hast many faflings which must he
borne with By others--Thomas a kemYis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16
SCRIPTURE
Joel 2:2I-e6-

Joel 2:21-26-
Fear not. o land: be glad and rejoice
for the Lord viii do great things
Be not afraid, ye beasts Of the neid
for the pastures Of the wilderness do
spring. FOR the tree beareth her fruit the
fig tree and the vine do yield their
strength.
Be glad then. We children Of Zion. and
rejoice in the Lord your God for he hath
given you the former rain moderately, and
he will cause to come down for you the
rain. the former rain, and the latter rain
in the first month
And the floors shall be full Of wheat.
and the fats shall overflow with wine and
OIL
And I will restore to you the years that
the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm-
and the caterpillar. and the palmerworn,
my great army which I serft among you.
And We shall eat in plenty. and be salts
fled, and praise the name of the Lord your
God. that hath deal w0ndrously with you
and my people shall never be ashamed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

A French writer asserts that the French
people count more on the 1900 uarrfag yes
between American soldiers and French
girls TO cement the bonds Of friendship he.
tween America and France than on the
League OF Nations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

John d. Rockefeller. who recently cele-
brated his eightieth birthday anniversary
said he hoped 10 live to be one hundred
years old and that then he would Just be
gin to live. lie attributed his good health
to golf and a teaspoonfuI OF olive oil
taken daily
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Lesson From the War
Taught the Saving Habit and Its Resulting Profitable Investment

One of the things which this country will bring out of the war is
an increased interest in securities by people who never before considered
such investment, says Popular Mechanics magazine The small investor
formerly thought of bonds and stocks only in terms of thousands, wholly
beyond his reach, and as entirely belonging to banks and men of wealth.
The War Savings stamps and the government bonds of $50 denomination
up have not only encouraged thrift but have opened the eyes of the null
titude to the fact that to be a bond owner does not require a kings ransom.
Now We have some twenty million bond holders, and where formerly one
person in seven was thrifty now five out Of every seven are savers. We do
not measure up to the stern thrifiness of the French, who, by extreme
economy, paid off the war indemnity which the Franco-Prussan war
occasioned in an incredibly short time. But proportionatey we have made
a good start, for we have from the beginning been a nation of wholesale
wasters because cur resources of every kind were so enormous. Some
we're even ashamed to save, and thought it smart to spend lavishy as fast
as they earned. This condition permeated the entire land. We may well
take genuine pride in a good start on the road to sound common sense and
thrift. The very act of saving increases s~efrespect. The fowery speeches
of a thousand orators in more than a century are forgotten, while these
words of wisdom by Benjamin Franklin live on:
"Save a little of thy income, and thy hidebound pocket will soon
begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach
neither will creditors insult thee, nor want Cypress, nor hunger bite, nor
will nakedness freeze thee. The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and
pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
Remember that money is of a prolific, generating nature. Money
can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and SO on. Five shil-
lngs turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on till
it becomes one hundred pounds"
Time was when good bonds were issued chiefly in denominations of
$1,000, with an occasional small proportion of $500 units. To the begin
ner the time required to save enough to buy one bond was SO long he was
discouraged in even making the attempt. Now excellent securities of all
kinds can be had in 500 units, which increases the number of possible
BUYERS by thousands. Once more the frequent caution: Before buying
or exchanging be sure to consult a good banker and so avoid losses.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Poor lime TO quit In"

The pale gentleman In the frock
coat bore down on the red-faced.
rumply-haired fellow lying across :
sea on the down" platform.
my friend" demonstrated the pale
gentleman, did you ever reckon up
that If you had placed the price Of %
drink out at compound interest at the
time of the beginning of the Christian
era you would have $15.460,284T
The red-faced, rumply-haired man
raised himself on one elbow.
"No," he replied. 81 haven't figured
1t out. But I'm something of a calcu-
lator, all the same, and if you don't go
away about 1877 yards in nine and a
half seconds I'll hit you II times and
make you see AZ, 1876 stars. I've just
had four teeth pulled out and you'd
better go away before the arithmetic
class gets over the ropes and calls
time"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Walking for Pleasure.

The old-fashioned person who used
to walk mile after mile on pleasant
Sunday afternoons through the coun-
tryside, has practically disappeared.
This is the inevitable conclusion
drawn by anyone who still pursues
this ancient pastime and who has
spent Sunday after Sunday drilling by
foot " e macadam and dirt roads fire.
quented by automobilists and an oc-
casional farm hand travelling to a
neighbours.
Walking for the sake of the walk
has nearly passed out, along with the
one-horse rig, the glass-incased artlf-
cial flowers in the parlor and hair-cov-
cred furniture. 1t had its day before
the bicycle and the automobile and
with the advent of these quicker, cas-
Ter means of transportation it dropped
from the human scheme of things with
a dull thud.-Omaha News.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Elephants Are Either
Right or Left Handed
in Using Their Tusks

Elephants are "right-handed" and
"left-handed' In using their tusks, and
an examination of the tusks of any
particular elephant will reveal the
class to which the elephant belongs.
An elephant uses only one tusk most
of the time it is digging for salt earth,
uprooting trees or tearing up roots,
says a contributor to the Field. When
its working tusk becomes badly broken
1t turns to the other, just as a man
who has injured his right hand takes
to his left. The tusk must be very Sc
verely damaged before the elephant
will give up using it in preference to
the other.
The working tusk becomes worn
and smooth toward the end-so much
worn, In fact, that 1t is often apprecia-
bly, shorter than the other and fire.
quently the tip has been broken off.
After that has happened the Jagged
edge becomes gradually worn smooth,
and in the course of years pointed
again. but the working tusk is always
hlunter than the other.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
FROM "oLD SOULS"

The world, not hushed. lay as In trance;
II saw the future IN its van.
And drew it's riches in advance,
To meet the greedy wants Of mans
Till length Of days. untimely Sped
Left Its accounts unauditod
The sun. untired, still rose ana set
swerved not an instant n'om It's beat;
II had not lost a moment yet,
nor used In vain Its light and heat;
but as In trance, from when II rose
10 when 1t sank, man crnved repose.
A holy light that shone OF yore
lie saw, desplsed, and left ehlnd
HIS heart was rotting to the core
Locked In the slumbers of the mind:
NOT beat of drum, nor sound of fife.
could rouse 1t 20 a sense of life.
A cry was heard, intoned and slow,
VI one who had no wares to vend;
His words were gentle, dull and low.
And he called out: "Old souls to mendl"
he peddled on from door to door,
Ana looked not up to rich or poor.
His step kept on as IL In pace
with some old tlmepiece in his head.
NOR ever did It's way ~retrace:
Nor right nor left turned ne his tread.
1AS AAbACA eAiil MS TINKER CITY
10 din the ears OF passersby.
So we'll they knew the olden note,
Few needed what the Tinker spake,
Though here and there an ear It smote
And seemed a sudden hold to take;
But they had not the time to stay,
And 1t would do some other day.
Stin on his way the Tinker wends,
Though Jobs are far between and fewt
And here n there a soul he mends
And makes 1t look as good as new.
once set to work, once fairly hired,
Ills dull old hammer seems inspired.
over the task his features glow;
he knocks away the rusty flakes,
A spark flies Off at every blow;
At every rap new life awakes.
The soul once cleansed Of outward sins.
His subtle handicraft begins.
Like iron ~unannealed and crude.
The soul is plunged into the blast
To temper it, however rude,
IT'S next In holy water cast:
Then on the anvil It receives
The nimblest stroke the Tinker gives.
The Tinker's task is at an end,
Stamped was the cross by that last blow.
Again his Try. "old souls to mendr'
Is heard in accents dull and low.
He pauses not to seek his pay
That, too. will do another day.
Now steadfastly regard the man
Who wrought you cure of rust n roti
You saw him ere the work began.
Is he the same, or Is he not?
You saw the Tinker: now behold
The Envoy of a God of old.
Thomas Gordon Hake.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
FOURTEEN POINTS
IN POULTRY RAISING

1. Select vigorous breeds.
2. Hatch the chicks early.
3. Do not allow growing chicks. to
crowd.
4. Provide plenty of shade.
5. Raise the young chicks on clean
ground away from the general flock.
6. Gull the flock.
Z. Grow your own poultry feed.
8. Feed a well-balanced ration with
plenty Of variety and, If possible, give
free range.
9. Supply an abundance Of fresh
water.
10. Keep the house clean and well
ventilated.
IL. Destroy lice and mites.
IL. Keep the nests clean and well
Uttered.
ID. Confine or sell all %cOckbirds.
Ia. Gather the eggs frequently and
keep them in a cool place.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Verified Calculation
Shows Speed of Light
10000 Miles a Second

The velocity of Eight was obtained
by the Danish astronomer Roemer in
1915, by observing the ecplises of
Jupiter's moons. When the earth was
nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse appeared
about eight and one-half minutes too
soon for the calculations, and when
the earth was most remote from Jupi-
ter they were about eight and one-half
minutes too late. ROemer concluded
the reason to be that 1t required II
minutes for light from the planet to
traverse the diameter of the earth's
orbit, which measured The difference
of the distances of the earth from Ju-
piter. This calculation has since been
verified, and proves that light travels
about 10000 miles a second.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Love Endursth All THINGS.

Love beareth all things, believeth
all things, endureth all things. Peo-
pie we love sometimes disappoint us.
They do things we lever dreamed they
could do. If we love them, we shall
not abandon them because they have
faults. We shall just believe that ono
day they will put away their faults,
cease to do evil, and learn to do well,
Love never despairs of anyone. Love
never faileth.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
KIDNEYS WEAKENING?
BETTER LOOK OUT!

ment Of the Netherlands granted a spec
cial charter authorizing its sale.
The good housewife OF Holland would
almost as soon be without food as with
out her Real Dutch Drops" as she
quantity calls GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules. Their use restores
strength and Is responsible in a great
measure for the sturdy, robust health
Of the Hollanders.
Do not delay. Go to your druggist
and insist on his supplying you with q
Capsules. Take them as directed, and
If you are not satisfied with results your
druggist will gladly refund your money.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL ON
the box and accept no other. In sealed
boxes, three sizes
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
banana Canal Tra,ns.

According &c the report OF the gov
ernor OF the canal zone for a recent
month. the number of oceal-golng
commercial vessels passing through
the Panama canal for the month was
l6l, exclusive OF eight United States
government ships on which on tolls
were levied, other naval ships aud
launches. Net tonnage OF the 1Gl COM
mercial ships aggregated 4S0.S67. Pa,
mama canal measurement
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18

7 Kidney and bladder troubles don't
disappear Of themselves. They grow
upon you, slowly but steadily, UNDER
mining your health with deadly GER
tainty, until you fall q victim to in
durable disease. y
Stop your troubles while there Is
time. Don't wait until little pains be-
come big aches. Don't trife with dis
ease. To avoid future suffering begin
treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules now. Take three or
four every day until you feel that you
are entirely free from pain.
This we'll known preparation has been
one of the national remedies Of Hol-
land for centuries. In 1896 the govern
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Gems Of Thought.

We cannot conquer fate and
necessity. yet we can yield to
them in such a manner as to be
greater than If we could.-Lan-
dor.
Love is like lame-light as
many fresh flames at 1t as you
will, it grows instead Of dlmin-
ishing, by the dispersion
Kingsley.
Cruelty Ike every other vice,
requires no motive outside it
self; j, only requires oppor-
tunity.
Obstinacy and vehemency In
opinion are the surest proofs of
stupidity.-Barton.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18

Wagner, since his retirement from
baseball, has devoted his time to
chicken raising at his home in Car
negie, Pa, but it is reported that tho
famous old slugger longs for the
stress and strife of a pennant fight
and that he Is eager to get back into
the game. Wagner never has had any
managerial experience, but he is a
past master of the art of baseball in
all its phases.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Hans Wagner May Pilot
New Baseball Club to
Be Added to the A. A.

Efforts are now being made to or
ganize a club in Akron, o., which will
seek a franchise In the American AS
ISOLATION next season, and If the
project is successful, Hans Wagner,
it is said, will pilot the team and part
ly control the stock In the club.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Ve... Makms@
Bad and Good Men.

Men are always thinking that they
are going to do something grandly
wicked to their enemies, but when 1t
comes to the point really bad mer. are
just as are as really good ones.-Ber
nard Shaw.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
cutIeura soap for the compIerlon.

cutIeura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
Tally and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cutlcura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Flies -Anolo.Amerlcan Flag.

Many people in Manchester. Eng
land, were puzzled recently by a flag
seer flying over the College of Tech
nology in that city. The flag combined
the British red ensign with the Ameri-
can Stars and Stripes in exactly equal
proportions. 1t was the view of the
designer that the new flag might rep
resent the English-speaking world.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-18
Making Use of Advantages.

You will find that every great mas
ter has used what was excellent In
his predecessors, and this fact has
made him great. Men like Raphael
do not grow spontaneously. They had
their root in the great works of an
tiquity. Had they not made use of
the advantages open to them. there
would DO little to say about them
Goethe.