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Hodges Wins Stock Car Race.
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stock car race. There were three en-:
tries, A E Powell of Galesburg, driv-
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ng a Nash sport model. Powelfs car
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-07

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
KEEPING THE RECORD srRA1GH

A subscriber at Pennington writes
to The State Journal to say that he is
impressed with the feeling that in this
papers reference to Senator Cappers
statements that farmers have been
losing 4S cents an acre on their wheat
it is "slurring" the farmers. The
writer of the letter may rest assured
that nothing of the sort was intended
The senator's figures were not even
called in question.
The point that 1t was sought to
make is that information of this sort
should be kept in the family and
should not be sent broadcast to the
world. Kansas has struggled constant
Iy for years to make outsiders believe
that this is one of the best states in
the Union in which to live and do
business. We have repeated this so
often that most OF us have grown to
believe it ourselves. Why. then, should
any loyal Kansan feel called upon to
/ declare to the world that our farmers
are losing money? Why not keep it to
ourselves. while we strive and hope for
an improvement in the conditions?
| OF course owners OF these unprofit-
able farms would not wish to sell
them at the existing high figures to
unSuspecting newcomers. That would
be obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. But If the stories appearing
from day to day in the newspapers OF
yields OF wheat which bring in more
money than the estimated value of tbs
land on which it grew shall fall under
the eyes of eastern farmers they may
insist on buying our farms and settling
among US despite the efforts of Sena-
tor Capper to prevent them from do
ing so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
BLESSED Is THE MAN WHO
HUNGEIIS.

When We think of hungry people,
We usually have in mind those whose
stomachs are getting anxious.
But it is possible for one to starve
with a full meal on its digesting way.
Soul and spirit hunger are able to
stop the stoutest heart from pumping.
The world is always full az hungry
humans. wanting that which is not
bread-folks who are starving for
love, for appreciation, for companion
ship. for conversation. for UNDER
standing, for beautiful things, for the
touch that warns the heart and spurs
the tired and sometimes restless spirit
Blessed is the man who hungers.
For only as one hungers after the
things which ne most desires, is he
able to find any measure of relief and
satisfaction.
1 Who is there among us that as q
| child would have had his fill OF all
the candy for which he hungered
Was not the unfulfillment but prom
! Use of the day when we should no
longer hunger for that child desire!
And so it shall be with US all who
| hunger-on and on.
Who is there who would have all his
! desires fulfilled What great man
has not at some time or other gone
sorely hungry in body?
/ In loneliness shall some Of us al
ways hunger. But blessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteous
ness-for they shall be filled"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS
By LIE PAPE

The PAtth AN +. wv
Spoarts. Last Wensday Reddy Mer-
fy hit Persey Weever on the end of
the nose with a rubber band, and Per-
sey told Reddys mother on him and
she gave him a licking. and the next
time Reddy Merry saw Persey he
gave him several mixed kicks and
punches to show him that rongs
don't make a rite.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Lew Davis says he don't care
weather he goes to heaven or not, be-
cause he don't ixpect to die for sutch
a long vile by that time it will prob
erly be too crowded anyway.
P0ME BY SKINNY MARTIN
Cheers for Variety
wy does the weather change so mulch
For these 4 principal reasons
Spring Summer Awtum and Winter.
Q herray for the diffrint seasons!
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins has
Termed how to tell peoples fortunes
with cards, telling your future better
than wat she tells your past on ac-
count of it being harder to conderdict
her.
Good fox terrier watch dog rented
out for the mite. 90 sents. Sleeps
down in the hall and banks at the
slightest ixcuss-- See Sid Hunt.
Lost and Found. Neither.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

O. What is Star Route in the mail
A star route mail is that sent from one
office to another. There may be two or
three offices on the route =, -.
Q. Is there Passion Play In Europe
this summer "A. II. S
A. While the Oberammergau Passion
PLAY is not being given this year, there IS
one being presented in Nancy, France.
This parish had given tableaux from the
interrupted More than 100000 spectators
have Witnessed the performance this sum
Q. How long has shorthand been
known &C. L. -
A From references made to skilled
writer's in ancient literature. the in
ference is drawn that Shorthand was known
long before the Christian era. The first
authentic knowledge of the art dates to the
first century before Christ. The pioneer
Trio. secretary and librarian to Cicero, who
4 devised n system which was little more
! than list Of authorizations Later II was
/ improved to suCh an extent that reporters
OF the time could keep pace with the
/ speakers by writing in relays. The sys-
/ the fifth and ninth centuries. and modern
stenography dates from 15SS-
/ Q. Can walls that have already beer
painted be whitewashed: IL o.
A. 1t is not advisable to whitewasE
painted walls. as the mixture does not ad
here to oil painted surfaces.
! Q. Was the inventor OF nfe-boats al
I American s-zB. G. c
A The first life-boat was invented Il
1TS4 by Lionel Lukin. native Of Dunmow
ever attracted little attention and a late
design developed from his medel won 70
II. Greathead the title, OF Father OF I'll
life-boat." The American father Of the life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

If instead of striking for higher wages
the labor unions had staged a general
Strike against high prices, they might
have accomplished more for them
selves and helped a lot of people out
side the organizations Every increase
in wages has served to boost the cost
of living and nobody has been the
gamer except the merchants and the
manufacturers. The dealers profits
increase automatically with every ad-
vance in the price of his goods with
out any increase in the rate. A pair
OF shoes sold for st2 on IS per cent
basis of profit brings in SO net, while
the same shoes sold at the old price
of 81 brings in but 81 net. Nor does
the increased profit go into the extra
expense of doing business. Profits are
figured exclusive of every item of ex-
pense. In view of these facts Few
merchants can be justly charged with
profiteering. They are entitled to the
greater profits because of the greater
amount of capital involved in carrying
on their business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
Dorothy Dix Talks
ny DOROTHY DIX
werad'a Highest Paid Woman wKivE%.
The Tie That Binds.

The Tie That Blnds.-2.
Alas. no other dangerous malady is
SO easily cured as romantic love. 1t
yields to simple home treatment, self
administered. in from thirty to sixty
days. Sometimes sooner. The bride
who had expected to spend the bal
anee of her life listening to her hus-
band conjugating the verb to love,
finds out that he mostly discourses
about bills, and the high cost of liv
ing, and how different his mothers
biscuits are from hers.
instead of a barbered. and powdered
and perfumed lover, she has nus
band who is unsEaven and unshorn,
and grumpy and grouchy at times.
and noting these things romantic love
flies out of the window, and unless
the tie that binds her to the man she
has chosen is stronger than senti-
mentality-ulless it is made up of
some quality more enduring than
looks and soft speeches-why the wo-
man packs her trunk and goes back
to mother, or begins to look about for
some other man about whom she can
cast the mantle of her fancies.
Convention says that the tie that
binds a man and a woman together is
made up of the law and the church.
| Wrong again. You may tie a man
and a woman's bodies together and
force them to live under the same roof
but no human agency can fetter a SOU
or constrain it. Nor does the reading
| of a marriage ceremony over a couple
or the mumbling of priest, make
man and woman husband and wife IT
the real sense of that relationship.
! We all know husbands and wives
whose marriage bond clanks as they
move amongst US as does the ball anc
chain of convicts fettered together
We all know lonely men and womer
| who live out dreary lives with wive:
and husbands who sit across the table
| from them in the flesh, but are mil
lions of leagues away from them IL
/ the spirit.
The tie that binds is not even duty
That holds outwardly with many con
scientious people, especially whel
there are children to be considered
but it is fetter that cuts into thu
marrow of ones being and that make
a tester that poisons the whole o
life. 1t is not what We mean whel
we sing "Blest Be the Tie That Binds
at a wedding.
The tie that binds, that harden
and hardens as the years go by unit
it becomes like a bond of steel tina
nothing can break is made up of sym
pathy, and understanding, and appre
citation. Age may come and beaut
go, romantic love may perish. hard
| ship, and sickness. and anxiety, an
poverty may be the portion Of tn
man and woman who have undertake.
the journey of life together.
1t does not matter. They will pul
thru safely If they are bound togethe
with a bond whose strands are mad
of companionship. and trusted an
tried loyalty, and a comprehensive
that never fails.
That is the tie that binds. That
the tie that every man and woma
should set their hands to weaving o.
their wedding day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
PRICES SHOULD FAIL.

Some observers, commenting upon
the new scales of freight and passen-
ger rates granted by the interstate
commerce commission, take the view
that a rise in the cost of living will
follow Immediately after the increased
rates go into effect. Others hold that
if there shall be such increase it will
be but temporary. 1t is believed By
the latter that as soon as the roads
have begun to feel the benefits of the
increased income and have invested it
in improved facilities, the supply of
commodities will be more ample and
regular, with the inevitable result that
prices will fall and stay down.
1t must be apparent that the car
shortage from which the country is
now suffering is directly affecting the
price of every article produced. There
is scarcely q coal mine but is calling
for more cars, and for months has
failed to obtain sufficient cars to han
die its product. Increased fuel cost
has been reflected in the price Of ev-
cry manufactured product. These
products themselves have been piled
high in warehouses awaiting Transport
tation to market There is a shortage
in practically every commodity, due di-
rectly to the car shortage. With trans
portation curtailed the law of supply
and demand has done the rest. The
prices on available supplies have risen.
and the people have been compelled
to pay.
The decision of the interstate COM
meroe commission stipuIates that one
half of one per cent of the total in
come received by the roads, estimated
at almost 100000. 900. must be set
aside each year for additions and bet
terments. The roads are ready and
anxious to make heavy investments in
new rolling stock and other equipment
the moment their credit is improved
and funds are at their disposal. The
months following the Inauguration of
the new rates should witness unprece-
dented activity on the part of car and
locomotive builders and producers of
other railway supplies, and the eff
cheney of American transportation will
rise just as rapidly as those additional
facilities are applied to the railway
service.
With the increase in efficiency, over
production at factories will cease.
Stocks now on hand wilI)find their
way to market and into the hands OF
! the consumer. Industries will reach
and maintain their normal output
Employment will be regulated and
stabilized, and shutdowns of manu-
featuring plants should be a thing of
the past. AS the rehabilitation of the
roads progresses the cost of living
should be lowered until a point is
reached where the capacity of the
roads is sufficient to meet all the de-
mands upon it. Foodstuffs. fuel and
manufactured products-bll should
feel the change and reflect 1t IN in
creased supply and more regular dis
tribution, and consequent lessening OF
price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
lust FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE THINGS YOU CAN'T FORGET
Used to lose my temper an git mad an
An, raise INV voice so wimmin folks
would tremble at the sound s .,.
fit CT rage had passed,
An wish 1 hadn't done 'em, an regret EN-
But I've lea learned from sad experience how
useless is regret.
For the mean things done in anger are the
things you can't forget.
'Taint no use to-kiss the .younsster once
our hand has made him cry. 80,
You'll recall the time You struck him TIL
the very day you die;
He'll forget it an forgive You an tomor-
row seem the same.
But You'll keep the hateful picture OF your
sorrow an your shame.
An it's bound to rise to taunt you, tho
you long have squared the debt.
For the things you've done in meanness are
the things you can't forget.
Iord. sometimes sit an shudder when
some scenes comes back TO me,
Which shows me big an brutal In some act
When some trifiin' thing upsets me an 1
let my temper fly.
An was sorry for It after-but its vain
to sit and sigh.
But I'd be happier old man now my sun
begins to set.
II it wasn't for the meanness which I've
done an can't forget.
Now I think I've learned my lesson nm
I'm treadin' gentler ways.
An I'm tryin TO build my mornings into
happy yesterdays;
don't let my temper spoil 'em in the way
An let some splash Of anger smear the
record when it's thru:
want my memories pleasant, free from
without any deeds Of anger which never
can forget.
Copyright, 1920 by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

Just how the league could have
kept the. Bolsheviki back is not ex-
pla.ned." says a newspaper opposed to
the Versailles treaty. The situation
did not call for keeping the Bolsheviki
back. 1t called for keeping the Poles
back and Poland is a member Of the
League of Nations. Poland not only
has been the aggressor. but she re-
ceived encouragement from England
and France to attack Russia If the
United states had been in the league
it might have prevented this. Poland.
actuated by a desire to grab more ter
rltsrv and believing that the Bolshe-
Wiki were unable to defend their coun-
try. needed but a wink from the en-
tente and she got it. While these gov
ernments would be glad to help her
out of her troubles, they can't do it
because the people will not permit it.
They have had enough of war and will
not fight again without better reason
than the land grabbing scheme Of Po-
land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

been placed in the center Of the street
as a guide for traffic
A California city uses a more elab-
crate arrangement, consisting of tall
concrete vases in which flowers or
ferns are planted. The sides of the
vase are marked Keep To The
Right" and the wisdom of the warn
ing is brought home to the reckless
driver who tries to run his car over
the solid concrete stand Small con-
crete copies of the Washington monu-
ment. or statutes of the presidents.
capital instead of the Vases. Con-
crete traffic cops are about the only
safety idea untried by the districts
traffic department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14
Moulton Musings
By ROY X. MoULroN.
Politically Speaking

If he's n man OF powerful voice.
They hail him rs The peoples choice"
They herald him as "safe and sane
II business is his domain.
If craftsmanship is what he's at,
They label him "a diplomat"
IL he has fought the battle grim,
A hero" is the name for him.
But if he's just of common bent.
A plain. tax-paying sort of gent.
Who helps elect these men Of note.
He's known, quite rightly, as the goat"
We wonder if the newspaper cam
eramen are ever a topic of converse
ton in the inner circle of the Newport
get? Can't you imagine a couple OF
grand dames-(N. Be careful not
to pronounce dame" to rhyme with
same" The "a" has a broad brim,
as in "Panama') can't you ina CINE
as We were saying when we were in
terrupted. a couple of these grand
dowaGers chatting thusly:
Well my dear, how many times
were you snapped today?"
{ Really" = business of eIevatine
| lorghette-"I cawn't say. 1 seldom
Keep the score, don't you know
"Ah"-siniIar business-"I suppose
not Still. it's a bit of a nuisance
you said a Roils-Royce-fuI. 10,
dear. Why. only yesterday 1 acci
mentally stepped on one Of thos'
camera persons as was getting on
of the surf"
THAT was unfortunate"
yes. I'm afraid I Jared his mega
itive-I believe that's what you call il
won't IT be terrible If that photograpi
come cut. and my bathing suit look
eyes; or. what is worse. won't it b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

The demand for more cars still is
heard turnout the country. Much light
is thrown on the car shortage by the
statement made before the interstate
commerce commission by Daniel Will
lard last month. One large western
carrier has recently reported. said Mr..
willard, that at the beginning of fed
eral control there were on its lines
Is. 900 box cars suitable for carrying
grain, while at the end of federal con-
troll there were only 5000 box cars on
its line suitable for that purpose. Ii
lis the general impression among rail
way officers, based upon a somewhat
incomplete survey. he continued, tina;
from one-fifth to one-third of the box
cars in this country have been per
mitted to deteriorate from the floor
upwards to such an extent that they
are actually unfit to carry a genera
merchandise business. such as grair
and flour. etc. The same condition
obtains. but probably to less extent
as regards open top equipment. and
particularly coal carrying cans Car
which are not existent cannot be had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-14

The question put to Samuel Com
pers bv Governor Allen in the course
Of their joint debate in New York.
which the labor leader declined to
answer, was answered by the people
OF Kansas on primary election day.
The question was: "When a dispute
between capital and labor brings or
a strike affecting the production or
distribution of the necessaries of life.
thus threatening the public peace and
impairing the public health, has the
public any rights in such a contro-
versy. or is it a private war between
capital and labor?" The reply of the
voters was: THE public has rights