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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

One of the most encouraging de-
velopments in the business situation is
the definite expansion in building
operations. This movement is extend
ing everywhere and represents appar-
emily the natural effort TO make up for
the period when all new building op-
erations were held in allegiance by the
war unsettlement. Investigations
made by commercial boards in certain
cities indicate that the demand for
building material is so far in excess of
the available supply as to suggest that
prices will not be Immediately reduced
in this industry. In the effort to pro-
vide adequate shelter for their en-
ployes, some of the great industrial
corporations have launched new build
ing campaigns of their own, with the
result thct several thousand houses
are being rapidly pushed to compile.
ton in sections of the country where
an apparent shortage of skilled labor
exists. The whole country is suffer
ing from heavy shortage of houses
which accounts in part for the unusua
advance in rents in urban and subur.
ban communities. Topeka is Showing
signs of taking her place in the from
ranks of the army of progress in the
building campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

Another drive for money is planned
to begin June 20. The people of the
United States will be asked to, give a
total of $4,000, 900 to erect a Nation
al Victory Memorial building in
Washington. If Washington really
desire a new building for national
gatherings" as is suggested in the
announcement, why should not the
national capital build it, the hotel
keepers and apartment house owners
contributing the bulk of the fund?
If the people of the United States
want such building le- it be provided
for by taxation so that tire burden will
fall on everybody in proportion to his
ability to pay. The public is weary of
being asked for money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

I wasn't allowed out after suppir
yestiddy on account of ma thinking 1
sassed her back wen 1 dident, and
1 went up stairs, thinking, All rite,
III make her sorry, all rite, 1 wont
eat a thing for a week, and if die
Ill jest half to die, that's ALL
And 1 went up in my room, think
ing, She'll be sorry, all rite, 1 bet
1 wont even drink a drop of wattir,
and if enybody asks me watts the mat
ter III jest keep on getting thinner
and thinner without ansering.
WITCH jest then the fellows started
to wissel for me outside, and thawt,
She may think it's funny now, maybe.
but wen 1 start to stop breething
from starvation maybe. she'll think
different.
And after a vile the fellows got
tired of wisseling for me and stopped,
and 1 Iayed on my bed wondering how
meny days it would take for all my
ribs to show, and ma called up stairs,
Benny, there's ice GREEN down heer
do you wunt some?
Gosh, I thawt. And I answered
back, Nam? Wat?
Do you wunt some ice GREEN
called ma louder. Me thinking, G,
holey smoaks. ice GREEN. Not being
able to make up my mind, and ]
called down. Nam? Nam?
You herd me. you know you herd
me, now jest for that you don't get
spoonful. ma called up. And ]
quick jumped off the bed and ran out
in the hall, calling down, Aw. ma, G
ma, how can I heer you away ur
heer. yes, I wunt some, ma, wunt
some. ma, I wunt some.
Some wat?-I thawt you dident
heer wat sed, sed ma.
herd it but I dident quite realize
| it, I sed. And quick ran dowr
stairs and at plates full of strawr-
berry.
Being the ony kind there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

The Girl and the Married Mani.
get G great many letters from
young women complaining that I do
not seem to sympathize with them
when they have their lives wrecked by
married men.
There are no worse villains than
the married men who win girls hearts
by telling them how unhappy they are
at home. and how their wives do not
understand or appreciate them. but
who go on maintaining these same
luxurious homes and inappreciative
wives while the poor girl gets nothing
out of the affair but "a wrecked. life
and bad reputation. Is 1t not unjust
that the girl shall always be the VIC
tim, and that these mems wives
should draw their skirts away from
her If they pass her on the street
when she is what their husbands have
made of her?
This is the gist of hundreds of let
tiers that I receive from girls, and I
can only assure them that 1 am sorry
Tor them from the bottom of my heart
but l pity them as one pities an i'm
| beetle who with his own hand. sets
| fire to his own house.
For there is no excuse to be made
/ for the folly of a girl who lets herself
who enters into an affair with him
when she knows that he is married.
She is warned beforehand She knows
| exactly what to expect and what the
end of 1t all is bound to be-
If man is unmarried, a girl NAV
nope that his love making will end in
honorable marriage and give her a
| respectable position in society With
the married man no such happy end
ing or her romance is possible unless
she achieves her own well being at
the expense of breaking up a sister
| Woman's home.
And ninety-nine times out of a
| hundred the very last thing that the
married man who makes love to a.
glfl wants to do, or intends to do. is
10 divorce his present wife and marry
her- He may like a little romance
| ana Irritation on the side. bur the
SOLID things in life are represented bv
| the woman who bears his name. Nv
the social status she represents. by his
chlldren, his home and these he means
TO stick by and uphold
| a man may have grown tired of his
W1e. He may have ceased to really
rove her. and-yet, just because she is
ms wl1e' he puts her above all other
! women. It's part of the masculine
vanity and sense of possession that are
two of the strongest traits in the mails
characer.- Therefore, let no girl cornt
on her ability to make a married mar
oivorce his wife and put her in his
Wtes place. 1t sometimes happens
put IL is hazardous chance, as well
as cruel chance, to take at securing
4 what one wants for oneself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
DINNER STORIES

The ball had gone over the fence
as balls will in suburban gardens, and
a small but unabashed batsman an
peared at the front door to ask for il
Then appeared an irate father.
How dare you show yourself at my
house? How dare you ask for your
Dali? Do you know you nearly killed
one of my children with it?"
But you've got ten children" said
the logical lad, land I've only got one
baseball"
Returning with his groom from the
inspection of a horse which he de-
cided not to buy, a country doctor
said:
"Ah, Thomas that man tried to
take me in: but I'm not such a fool
as look, Ell ?''
mo, sir, that you are not" came
the hearty response.
Meeting a strange look from the
doctor, Thomas felt perhaps he had
put it bit awkwardly, SO, touching
his hat. he added:
BEG pardon, sir, mean you hadn't
need to be-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

1t is a source of qualification and
pride to every loyal American to
learn that the crew of the naval plane
NC-4 has accomplished what it set out
to do. 1t encountered many difficult
ties, but true to American traditions
it stayed on the job until it's under
taking was finished. In the flight
from New York to Plymouth by q
roundabout route Yankee airmen have
blazed the way for future flyers. Com
mander Read occupied a little more
than three weeks in making the trip
but at that he beat the time made
by Columbus in the latter's first trans
atlantic voyage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
ANNIE LAURIE
ANSWERS

H. Ii would not take the girl serious
~ If l were you, my friend She was only
joking, and the fact that she is Just
her Stiffness for she is a mere child
As for the other young woman. / believe
1t would be best for you to remember that
you must win her respect and that you
must make her understand that you want
to be real friend before you attempt
to make love to her. The honorable man
does not make love to a girl until he feels
that he is in position to ask her TO marry
him. Then. after an engagement, he Is
allowed the privilege Of showing his affec-
ANNIE LAURIE.
wa-Keeney, Kan.
Dear Annie Laurie:
Is boy of II too young 10 take some
of his girl friends to PARTS or moviesi
girls?
Is girl nine months or a year my senior
If a boy and girl are invited tc the
same party and the boy wishes to take her,
how should he ask her in polite manner7
Should parents object to a boy going
with a girl because Of her nationality
THANK YOU"
THANK YOU: It depends upon the boy
and upon his studies and work and what
his parents have to say about It. IL thew
do not object and II your work II such
that you can get away for the movies
without being too tired the next day, then
it is not wrong to CO.
The matter Of year is not to be worried
about. No one would think Of IT at all.
Just ask the girl IL she would like to ave
you call for her and escort her home after
party, that's all.
There are no nationnlities now-we are
all Americans. ANNIE LAURIE.
Dear Annie Laurie: What would lie q
nice but not very expensive present 10
give a girl friend for graduation?
If a young couple are walking along the
street. should the boy hold>the girls arm
Should girls go along the street with
their arms around ench otherp
Do you think boy and girl in high
school should keep steady company and
be together at school instead of Joining
In with the other pupils?
FREDIA: Graduation means so manv
things-if 1t Is present from one girl
to another what could be nicer than n
bit OF ivory for her dressing tabIe-ff she
Is getting her ivory set toretherf OF
course. there are the practical gloves and
silken hosiery, II you wish to spend that
much, and Of course books are always
good.
Taking the arm Of gentleman Is not
considered necessary except in crowds or
when crossing dangerous roads
There fs nothing wrong in walking down
the street with about each other,
but 1t IS not really dig1ified. is it? Save
that intimate affection for moments when
your are not IN public.
The high school boys and girls have their
minds entirely on their fessons-except for
the recreation which keaps Jack and Jul
from becoming dull, of course.
ANNIE LAURIE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

The wage increases made to railroad
employees for a single year estimated
at $3.50, 100000 amount to three
times the sum of all dividends de-
clared in that period by all the rail-
roads in the United States. This is
an astonishing showing and means
that the roads face today very differ
ent problems from those that they en-
countered at the time that the trans
portation industry was taken over by
the government as war measure.
Public sentiment towards the carriers
has undergone a remarkable change,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

The Huns continue to whine about
the severity of the peace terms. But
If Germany had won there is no doubt
that her terms to the allies would have
been much harder and that no discus
sion would have been permitted. The
British empire now would be practi-
cally at an end. There would be moth
ing left to England but the British
Isles and they would be occupied by an
army of Huns. She would lose her
iron mines and her merchant marine
and her shipyards would be forced to
work for the victors. France and Bel
GUM would now be a part of the Ger
man empire. OF these things there is
nowhere any doubt. Really the Huns
are being let off easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
WAITING ON CONGRESS.


the railroad problem, with the presi-
dents recommendation that the rail-
roads be returned to private control
by the end of the calendar year we
seem assured of a reasonably quick
settlement of this perplexing matter
The country will be relieved to learn
that there will be no effort to postpone
an adjustment over a period of sew
eral years. The task is not an insu-
perable one and should be completed
within the time suggested. 1t is re-
garded as much simpler than the fed
eral reserve act, which was worked
out in comparatively few months.
The only feature that promises trou-
BILE in solving is the form of guaranty
that the government will be asked to
give the roads to insure them against
financial collapse until they can get
on their feet.
The executives are opposed in prin-
ciple to a guaranty from the govern
ment. They fear that this will result
in a policy of federal supervision that
will initiate against a return to the
full standard Of efficiency that should
result from private operation. 1t is
taken for granted that if the govern
ment obligates itself to meet deficits it
will insist on the right to be treated as
partner in the enterprise. On the
other hand it is held that without
some assurance of financial support
the credit of the roads would be seri-
ously affected.
The request of the railroad admin
istration for $1,000. 900, 900 instead of
the $3.50, 100000 asked of the old con-
gress, seems to create some surprise,
and the whole railroad proposition, as
an operation, is viewed as tho a new
condition had been forced upon trans
portation under government control.
The facts are, says the Bache Review,
that we are now reaping the results
which must inevitably have come from
the policy of starvation of the rail-
roads, which began under the Taft
Administrations forcible opposition to
raising freight rates. This policy had
been carried on by the interstate COM
merce commission for many years, up
to the very moment when the govern
ment took over the roads and saved
them from general bankruptcy. The
millions now required to keep the
| roads up to a bare normal are a part
of the millions of which the roads
were deprived in yearly earnings, and
to which thy were legitimately en-
titled during the ten or more years
past.
The amounts being paid out now.
and which will continue to be paid
out, are, in a way, related to the sums
which have been lost by the railroads
in carrying goods below cost for
years, and to that extent the public
has been benefited all the time.
When the roads are turned back to
| their owners, a. government guarantee
of earnings must continue for con-
| siderable period, says the same au-
thority, as in no other way, no matter
how economically the operations are
conducted, can the rate-regulating
| body be forced to meet the situation,
and in no other way can railroad cred
it be restored. Without restoration of
credit the whole structure will sag to-
wards dissolution, as it was doing be-
fore the government took control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things Worth Knowing.

Linoleum Rugs-EXcellent linole-
UNI rugs to save your litchen linoleum
may be made from pieces of old brus-
sells carpet. Make a cooked paste of
flour and water of a consistency to
spread easily with brush. Turn the
carpet upside down and apply lib
eral coat to the wrong side. This
paste serves as a filler and prevents
the carpet from soaking up too much
paint. When dry paint any desired
color. 1t will require two coats. Will
wear for years with an occasional re-
painting.
To Renew Rusted Stovepipe-A lit
tie raw linseed oil rubbed upon a
stovepipe will stop rust and remove
rust spots. After it is dry. use stove
polish to cover the place and the pipe
will look just like new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

When the Huns read the peace
terms handed to Austria. they must
realize that Germany has been. treated
with much kindness and consideration.
The Austrian empire has been torn to
pieces and reduced from a country of
100000 people to one of 5000. 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Fooled Them to the End.
BY ROY K. MOULTON

Fooled Them to the End.
He was a man of perfect health
and it was his boast that he never had
employed a physician, and it was quite
remarkable that his death came so
suddenly that altho a physician was
called, life was extinct before he ar
rived.-Tioga County Herald.
Washington reports a great demand
for asbestos. People must be getting
ready to write to their landlords.
Useless After July First.
81 paid for the last drink"
Here's how"
Swinging doors.
Bartenders' union cards.
Cheese sandwiches.
Fill 'em up again"
81 paid for the last drink"
"Whatcha goin' to have?"
William Judkins Hewitt.
A New York citizen advertises that
he will be responsible only for his
own debts. A lot of US would like to
be able to say even that much.
Rhode Island is planning to spend
immense sums on good roads, but she
can't spends very much at that and
keep in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Inc.)
Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
RANCHERS ORGANIZE TO-HAVE YUMA ROAD
 IMPROVED AT ONCE

Organized with the determination to fight for the improvement of the Yuma road at once, over 10 ranchers who live on or adjacent to that thoroughfare met last night and formulated plans to see that their wishes are brought to the attention of the county highway com mission.
 The meeting was one of the most en- thusiastic ever held in the valley. The ranchers are all of the opinion that the Yuma road is the only feasible outlet 10 the coast and as such shouldF be the first paved. They went on record to the effect that more benefit will be obtained from paving it than any other road at present under consideration.
 A temporary organization was formed about week ago at a meeting held at Fowler. The meeting last night effected the permanent organization at which J. R. Norton was elected presi- dent, and W. F. Boggs, secretary and treasurer.
 The county highway commission was invited to be present, but sent word to the meeting they were unable to be present.
 A petition was drawn up, to be signed by all the ranchers living on or near the Yuma road, which with a petition to be signed by Phoenix business men will be sent to the county highway commission for action.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
COTTON EXPORTERS
 OPEN OFFICE HERE

Howard M. Peek, member of the firm of Cabeu and Peek, exporters and dealers in sea island, staple and other cottons, of Savannah, Ga, has arrived in Phoenix to open a new office of his firm, which will be located above the Hub clothing store on West Washing ton street.
 MT. Peek was but recently dis charged from the army as a major of the 18th field artillery, 31st division. His first trip to Phoenix was made last April, on which occasion he investi- gated market conditions and the op- portunities for his firm in this valley.
 "J. L. Caball will remain in charge of the Savannah bureau" stated Mir. Peek last night, and I will be in charge of the office here. l plan to have a staff of experienced buyers at Mesa, Chandler. and all the ginning centers, buyers who are experienced in the handling of Arizona and California cotton. I have been in the cotton business 25 years, and with our present firm for seven. For the last three years we have been the biggest ship pers of sea island cotton to mills, and last year fully 50 per cent grown on the United States plantations in Geor- gia, Florida and the islands of South Carolina passed through our hands,"
 In presenting his estimate of cotton conditions in the valley, Mr. Peek said
 "It was interesting to me to find how one buying interest had control of probably 50 per cent of the valley S crop by crop liens or otherwise. In sea island cottons this situation has never obtained. Originally cotton fac tors or commission merchants financed the growers and handled the crop on a commission basis, but these commits sion merchants were not buyers and sought the best market for their cus- toners.
 "Of late years, the smaller interior banks, which have become numerous over Georgia, South Carolina and Florida take care of the financial needs of the farmers in their sections. The farmers, therefore, are not bound by any interest in the sale of their cot ton.
 Before coming to Arizona I can vassed the yarn and fine goods mills in North Carolina and the New England
Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
AMERICAN LEGION
 OUT FOR MEMBERS

Frank Luke Post of the American Legion has opened a strong member ship campaign, beginning today. A letter is being sent to every known service man requesting his member ship application and the annual fee of 8, and pointing out the value of the organization and what it stands for, it's motto, "Americanism."
 The Frank Luke Post in Phoenix was the first post of the legion to be established in Arizona, and together with the work of its predecessor, the Great War Veterans, has been able to help innumerable service men to se- cure their back pay, has secured jobs for 900 of them and will continue this work, has comfortable and completely furnished club rooms with a perma nent adjutant in charge, and is prob ably destined to be a large factor in tho future or Maricopa county and the state of Arizona.
 At present headquarters is still in the old war work building, where Ad- jutant Rowlen Is to be found every day. Application for membership may be filed with him or with any one of the membership committee, consisting Of Gene Cunningham, Tom Higley and Ian Bone. After September l only members in good standing in this or some other post of the legion will be entitled to the benefits of the organ ization.
 Applications will be acted on promptly, and any American who has been honorably discharged from any branch of the service is eligible unless he has so conducted himself as to prove that he is not a good American
Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
TEMPE MESA ROAD
 BIDS ADVERTISED

Proposals for bids for the construc- ton of sections one and three of the Tempe Mesa highway are being ad- vertised today by the state highway de- partment The plans and specified tions for the road have been approved by the bureau of post roads. Bids will be received up to the day they are to be opened, August H.
 Section one is from the end of the present work to the railroad in Tempe, section three is from Mesa back toward Tempe to the point of intersection with the road to the creamery. Bids for this construction were advartised once be- fore, but were rejected as too high, the bid for concrete having been s31, 900 a mile and for bitulithic of the four and two specifications being $37,000 a mile.
 Since then the specifications have been changed by the bureau of post roads to be IS feet wide instead of 20. Alternative bids will be asked for six inch cement concrete, six-inch War renite, and bitulithic constructed with a five-i inch concrete base and two-inch top of Warrenite, this specification having been changed also.
 The state highway department has notified the town of Tempe to pay to the state treasurer it's proportion of the cost of the construction through the town.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
POPULAR OPINION IS DECIDEDLY IN FAVOR OF VERDE WATER PROJECT TAX PAYERS CAST VOTES TODAY
A FEW REASONS FOR VOTING YES
 ON WATER BONDS

The quality of the Verde water is excellent. The quantity is unlimited. Excessive plumbing bills will be eliminated. Pumping plants done away with. Phoenix will have soft water in-
 stead of hard. Tho cost of the project will be very
 low. Taxes will not be increased. Phoenix will be enabled to expand
 to 100000. New industries will be brought
 here. All alkali will be eliminated from
 drinking water. First class fire protection will be
 afforded. Fire insurance premiums will be
 reduced