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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
THE RAnRoAD TANCLE.

The government tangled up the
transportation business OF the country
and then turned it back to the owners
of the railroads. The owners have
been unable to untangle it and the in
about to try it's hand.
An accumulation of freight, enor-
nous in the aggregate, is piled up at
big industrial centers and at all gate
ways of transportation east and west.
This accumulation is sitting the in
dustrial life of the nation. No estimate
can be accurately made of the amount
of goods tied up by this railroad con-
gestion, but the value of these goods
must run up into hundreds of millions.
To this cause, more than anything
else. says the Bache Review, is due the
acute situation in money and credit.
1t is like a cessation of sales over a
wide area of country, making it neces-
sary for the producer or jobber to
carry abnormal amounts until the cur
rent starts again. This is tying up a
vast amount-vastly more of his cap
ital than the business agent usually
has to devote to goods in transit The
switchmen's strike made an already
congested situation acute. The lack
Of engines and cars already existed.
While the strike is officially over, a
large number Of the workers have re-
manned out, aggravating the situation
The principal difficulty is the
shortage of coal, most of the indus
tries having used up their surplus In
the Chicago district the freight move
ment is so per cent of normal. In New
England the tie-up is general, and the
number OF cars waiting to be moved
now exceeds 10000. The south seems
to be the only section free of conges-
ton, the roads reporting a steady flow
OF southbound freight, with the north
bound movement regulated at eastern
and western gateways by the ability
, of connecting roads to accept it,
But the shortage in equipment is
still, back of everything, the cause of
the congestion. Railroad officials are
reported to have appealed to congress
for relief thru heroic measures. They
need 226,o0o cars and thousands of
engines to cope with the situation.
The result of the appeal was the APP
proval by the senate interstate COM
merce committee of an amendment to
the transportation act, under which
the railroads could be given fifteen
years, instead of five, to pay baclsad-
vances under the $500. 100000 revolv-
] ing fund.
This. while in the right direction.
seems small assistance when the seri-
business of the trouble is SO great. But
it is difficult to see how congress can
create equipment over night The
fault lies with government control of
the railroads, under which. long go.
adequate equipment. even then sorely
needed, should have been provided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
LITTLE BEKNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Yestidday AFTERNOON I was on my
skates and Mary Watkins was setting
on her front steps and I was jest go
ing to skate past or times and then
not wunting it to look as if / was too
anxious, and Mary Watkins called out.
Benny. will you do me a favor? Witch
sed would and she sed, Reddy
Merry skated past a little vile ago and
delibritly called me a bleetched blond.
was never so insulted in my life. and
wunt you to punish him, there he is
down at the corner now.
G wiz, gosh. how can punish him.
he was proberly ony fooling, he prob
erly jest sed that. / sed.
o I see. you're afraid of him. o
very we'll, if you're afraid of him never
mind. Ieeve him insult all the ladies
he wunts to. if you're afraid of him,
said Mary Watkins, and l sed, Whose
afraid of him. III show you. And l
skated down to ware Reddy Merry was
practicing the spred eagle by himself
saying. Hay, Reddy. wat did YOU wunt
to go and call Mary Watkins a
bleetched blond for, YOU got to apol-
ogize to her, that all.
o is that so. wat will you do if 1
don't? sed Reddy Murfy, and l sed. Ill
give you sents if you do. Meening
wouldent do enything if he dident
and Reddy sed he would for 5. and I
sed all rite and skated back to Mary
Watkins agen, saying. You awt to OF
herd me scare him. il he don't come up
and apologize to you pritty soon Ill
mock his block off.
o Benny don't bert him too mulch,
sed Mary Watkins. And jest then
Reddy skated up, saying. / ipologize
for calling you a bleetched blond
weather you are or not. wares them 5
sents for ipologizing. Benny?
o, do ] owe you sents. that's rite.
I remember, I sed. And l gave him
the sents, and he skated away, and
Mary watkins sed Benny Potts, l dis
pie YOU, never speek to me agen.
And she went in the house proud and
skated away sorry had skated there
in the terst place and wishing l had
my sents back aGen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
JUST FOLKS
THE WIDE OUTDOORS. /.
BY EDGAR>A. GUEST.


The rich may pay for orchids rare, but oh
the apple tree
Filings out its blossoms to the world for
every eye to see,
And all who sigh for loneliness may walk
beneath the sky
And claim a richer beauty than mans gold
can ever buy.
The cherry trees are free for all TO stand
aud look upon.
The dogwood blooms for you and me, and
not some favorite one,
The wide outdoors is no mans own, the
stranger on the street
Can cast mis- eyes on many rose and claim
its fragrance sweet.
Small gardens are shut in by walls but
none can wall the sky.
And none eau hide the friendly trees from
all who travel by,
And none can hold the apple boughs and
claim them for their own.
For all the beauties of the earth belong to
God alone.
So let me walk the world Just now and
wander far and near.
Earth's loneliness is mine to see. its must
mine to hear,
There's not a single apply bough that spills
its blooms about
But can claim the Joy of it, and none can
shut me out.
Copyright, 1920, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
GERRY'S SUCCESS.
CHAPTER 112. {

had been anxious to have the fiat
Robert spoke of for long time He
was such a seciable soul, enjoyed both
Frank and Carson so much, that it
was partly on this account I desired
to move. Then we had one more
room. all the rooms were larger, and
the apartment much more convenient
in every way.
We moved the first of the following
month. Jane and Betty were delight
ed to have us in the same building.
and We planned many good times for
the coming winter.
1 was now doing on an average of
four hours work a day. That meant
nearly $50 a week to add to what
Robert was getting. And it in no way
interfered with our home life. 1 can
realize how it might have done SO.
Had I been very young, had a num-
Der of gay acquaintance who visited
me or whom 1 wanted to be with. 1
can easily see how it might have been
impossible to keep my home going as
1 did and work outside. Yet / had
amusement. and enjoyed myself all
the more because 1 shared all my
pleasures with Robert.
I had taken great pains in fitting
up our apartment, and had spent con-
siderable to do so. Robert and
talked this over together
We will buy good things, substan-
tial furniture. then 1t will last" he had
declared, and 1 had agreed with him
But when it came to draperies. ct
cetera. 1 used my own ideas. When
we were ready for our second house
warming / was perfectly satisfied with
our comfortable and really artistic
home.
Mary and Gardner came. Little
Gerry, named for me, came too. They
were so happy. so perfectly satisfied
with life and with each other that it
was treat to have them where enc
could look at them.
Il am so busy 1 don't have a min
ute to myself since baby came" Mary
declared IF you had q baby. Gerry.
l can see where We would all have TO
go to the shops for cur hats just as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Dorothy Dix Talks
Our Loved and LOST.
ny DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Our Loved and LOST.
1t Is the custom to speak of our
dead as those whom we have lost.
People will tell you with broken
thru death. A stricken-faced woman
will go suddenly white as she speaks
of the husband she lost on the battle
field in France, or thru some dreadful
disease. A mother will mourn the
babe she lost on whose grave the grass
has been green for thirty years.
But we make no greater mistake
than when we think of the dead as
the lost. 1t is life, not death, that robs
us of our beloved. Death seals them
to US forever and forever, beyond all
possibility of loss.
There are no friends closer to US
than our dead friends. We may see
their faces no more, but our souls are
in constant communion with them,
and they are the friends whose love
and loyalty VIC never question.
Does some piece of good fortune
come our way? Our first thought Is
if only John and Mary were alive how
they would rejoice in our success We
joy in our joy. We hear their hearty
congratulations that have in them no
spice of malice or envy, S those of
our living friends SO often have.
Does misfortune lay our heads in
the dust? All" we cry, 'if only John
and Mary were here to sorrow with
us in our grief, to bind up our wounds
in the healing ointment vY their SYM
pathy! We should not weep alone if
only death had spared the friends on
whom we could count without fail"
Do we need help? We call the roll
of our living friends with doubt. 1t is
to the memory of the dead that we
turn with certainty. We should not
have asked of John in vain. Mary
would not have withheld the helping
hand We should not even have had
to ask them for assistance for their
love would have OWNED our want.
Nothing can come between US and
our real friends. Their hearts are
knit to ours with a bond that stretches
from time to eternity, and that moth
ing can break.
The friends whom we have lost are
those from whom we are separated by
indifference, by treachery, by self
seeking, or greed, or some unworthy
act that has killed our love for them,
and made them far more dead to US
than II they were buried in the grave.
The friend whom we have lost is the
one who poisoned our little moment
of triumph by some petty jealousy.
The friend whom we have lost is the
one who callously passed US by when
our hearts were wrung with grief. or
who turned his back upon US when
we cried to him for help in our need.
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned 4 Modem s.2:z q Home and Business
BY JANE PHELPS

we used to. Talk about making work,
They are greatest little work-makers
in the world"
Between the baby and her flowers
hardly knew L had a wife this sum-
mer," Gardner pretended to pout.
Mays flower garden had been IA
nous, and as the baby had been born
in the early spring, Gardner might
have had cause to say he had little of
her company.
you don't care for the baby,' Mary
teased-he made more fuss over lit
tie Gerry than Mary did
We had a delightful time. and Rob-
ert was so happy. such a prideful host
that as looked at him the words of
ITO cherish until death US do part"
Yes. that was ito cherish. At
first I had thought love once given
lasted always-that one need do moth
ing to conserve it because it had been
freely given. Now 1 knew that of all
things in the world love needs the
most cherishing if it is to be lasting
love. the love that brings happin ess
and contentment.
1t also came to me that it was the
woman's part to cherish as much or
more than the mans. He would
cherish her-take care of her, If pos
sible-but she must not only cherish
him. but his love. if she would keep it
from straying.
have said nothing about Marion
Hovey because only once or twice in
the last year had Robert visited her
then always at her invitation. and
only when she made a plea for help.
IT couldn't refuse her, Gerry. aitho
hated to leave you alone But they
were very kind to me. and I would
like to help Marion if I cam" he had
said the last time he went TO her
ut isn't the dinner, now. them" I
oueried. smiling. I would not let him
see how 1 hated to have him go.
mo, indeed, I get as good or better
at home Then here 1 have you be-
sides"
My heart sang for joy 1 had no
more fears Of Marion's influence.
had so cherished my husbands love
that II would not stray. even Marion
wards.
tTonaorrow-Gerrys failure)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

this perfect day with colors that never
fade"
All too soon the wooded copse came
into view, and old Michael, standing
there, bareheaded. eargerly watching
the road.
I'll remember this day as long as I
live, gypsy boy" she said, and gave
him her smooth, cool little hands.
while her eyes brinmed with sudden,
binding tears. Never to see him
lighted his flashing black eyesi Never
to feel the comforting pressure of his
long, lean hands that could grip like
STEEL Never to hear the music o. his
heart instinctively responded, 1t was
unthinkable. Perhaps if she could
see him just once among men of her
own class in society, if she could see
him without the background of woods
| and hills and far-fIung sky She
leaned toward him breathlessly, while
| Michael advanced to take fat old
Dobbin.
Were giving a dance tonight. there
on the hill in my home. Come to the
side door at 10 dressed Just as you
are," she pleaded will you?"
He looked down at her and smiled
as enc smiles at the caprice of a, child.
AT 10,' he said gravely. Il will be
there
Meiicent's heart was beating franti-
wreathed stairway at 9 o'clock. No
longer was she CARRIED in gypsy red
and black. Instead of rags and gaudy
beads she wore a shimmering gown
of creamy taffeta with ropes of lus-
trous pearls around her slender white
throat.
Then there was a little stir at the
door. All the color drained out of
her glowing face as she saw him adj
vancing toward her. He was in fault
less evening dress with the red ribbon
of a distinguished order blazing its
way across his snowy linen.
This is my friend, Lord Dunsmore
of England" said Matthew Hale, who
owned the adjoining estate. He is to
visit me for a. fortnight
AT 10 I will be at the side door,
said the gypsy voice to whose music
| her heart went joyously singing.
And outside, on the moon-floodcd
balcony, with the soft little night wind
murmuring thru the trees and the
call of a lonely bird throbbing thru
the fragrant shadows, he told her the
old old story that is forever new
! MY mother was Romany gypsy and
my father was big enough and brave
enough to follow the patrin of his
dreams and marry her. Always I
have longed to follow the trail and
IN America here today 1 gave way to
my desire and-went out and found
my great adventure, dear. I found
you and now, another gypsy girl is to
be Lady Dunsmore in England and
queen of my heart forever"
Copyright. 1920. nv the Mcclure News
paper SyndicateD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

There is a general feeling that the
series of price reductions sporadically
announced in various parts of the
country. says a bulletin issued by the
Guaranty Trust company of New
York, indicates the imminence of a
movement that will carry business
back to normal conditions. Buying is
being curtailed and merchants who
are overstocked are beginning to un-
load at reductions ranging up to 80
per cent, many of them finding that a
quick turnover results, aAd their net
profits are maintained. The quick re-
Spouse of buyers to reduced prices is
sufficient guarantee against any vio-
lent readjustment. The determination
to economic is tempered by a grad
ually widening understanding of the
causes of present, price levels. The
public. adds the bulletin. is apparently
tolerant of very high prices so long
as t-ere is convincing evidence of a
bona fide attempt to reduce them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

A considerable reduction in prices
by retailers is reported from a num-
Der of cities in various sections OF the
country. Commenting on this trend
OF the market the Dry Goods Econo-
mist says: Both primary and whole
sale markets are somewhat at sea as to
the meaning OF the general reduction
OF prices in retail channels. Is it re-
Election OF a real curtailment in the
buying power or inclination of the
public2 If it is there is no doubt that
it will force a corresponding reduction
all the way back TO the producer.
Bradstreets says: THE quoting
down of demand at wholesale is re-
suiting in rather more marked soften
ing OF prices. Thus some medium
woods are lower here and English wool
prices are eff, in leather and hides
ease is evident in prices following
sales of leather intended for export
on local markets and there are signs
OF slightly cheaper shoes, lumber is
slower and lower at some western
markets and staple cottons such as
print cloths, gray goods and brown
sheetings have softened. Severe breaks
are, however, not in evidence and the
price movement is rather more of an
orderly retreat than of a hasty with
drawal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

The strike OF the coal miners in the
Pittsburg district is attributed to fail
ure of a joint conference to agree on
the price of explosives. In other
words, the other side would not agree
TO the miners terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

Speakers before the convention of
the Missouri Federation of Labor
urged the formation OF an American
party" toobs composed of union labor
members. Does this mean that the
bolshevtki minority is to be driven
from the ranks?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

One of the anomalies of world poll
tics is the fact that the soviet govern
ment of Russia has extended recogni-
ton to the Siberian republic, while
making every effort to sovietize the
remainder of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
MouHon Musings
BIZ ROY X. MOULTON.
Poems by Our Butler, Horatio chutney.

Poems by Our Butler, Horatio chu;ney.
On. l ,ates the bally tramcars
Hin this blinkin', bloomin' land
Where the lidies all get seated
And the gents all ave to stand,
And a Brighter with his elbow
Hin me batty, blawsted hye
Puts is finger in me pocket
Where e 'opes to find some rye.
Where you ear the glass a-crushin
Every time you make a trip
'Tis the breaking of the fiagons
That they carry on the lip.
For the crowds are most himpatient
As they push this way and that
And they smash your flask Of Walker
And they crush Your Sunday at.
When you stoop to get your topper
As it frolics toward the door
Someone playfully assaults you
And you 'eadspiu the floor
And the crowd keeps getting thicker
And they tIample hon your feet
And they jam you in corner
Till you're miles beyond your street.
Hi know 'ow to get h,into
But 'ow. oh, 'ow. please tip me,
'Ow does a bioke get hout:
A very unusual taXicab accident oc-
Cured in Brooklyn the other night
For the first time in the history OF
such accidents, the papers did not in
form US that IAN unknown woman
made her escape from the wreck be-
fore the police could question her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

There is no discoverable antipathy to
business as such, but the feeling
against uncomfortable profiteering
and speculation in necessaries is deep
ening. These favorable factors in the
situation are offset to large extent
by the continuing shortage of trans
portation facilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

The "Woman's Party" which
espoused the Republican cause four
years ago, is reported to be flirting
with the Democrats this year. Judg-
ing by the results of its activities on
behalf of Hughes in 1915, it could not
do the G. o. P. a greater service than
by joining the opposition this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

Human shortcomings are blamed
variously on liquor, the dance, the ei-
garet, and the movies by reformers,
but it should be remembered that none
of these things was in existence in
the time Of Adam and Eve. yet they
were turned out of the garden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

Big crops this year will bring down
the price OF food. Poor crops will
cause food to remain high but will re-
duce the purchasing power of tho
farmers and thereby haul down the
prices of necessaries other than food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

The dispatches indicate that normal
conditions again prevail in the Pitts
burg coal mining district. A large
number of the mines are not working.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

The decline in the price Of liberty
bonds is so great that it tends to render
the business of the bank robber I'M
profitable. He soon may find that
he can make more money selling SUI
gar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

very courteously and answer your
questions to the best of his ability
and he will not fail to point out to
you the advantages of becoming a con-
vert to the creed of Zion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

While tastes in wedding presents
seem to run about the same the coun-
try over, the middle west, while rot
dasdaining elegance in its expressions
OF good will. is more likely to extend
them in the form of a utility. We re-
call one bride who took her vows about
the time cut glass achieved its for-
tissimo note When she took stock CT
her wedding presents she found ninc-
teen cut glass berry bowls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-07-09
June.3 July -
Notice Of Hearing Petition.Upon
Application for Conveyance.

stat, 1es Of so -; a D:xot'' -
In equity Cont Of Said County.
In the matter of The estxte OF John n. Ehrle. sr.,
deceaeed. - @fsrAf
Notice is hereby given to the heirs at law Of
j Ohu M. Erhle, ST., deceased. and to oil others
interested in said application.
That Frederick NJ. Crowley, OF Corona, South
Dakota, has filed In the cOuaty court Of Grant
county, State of South Dakota her petition'aek-
ing that the administrator of the estate Of John
M. Ehrle. sr,, deceaeed. make . CONVEYANCE OF
the real property under said decedents contract,
by which he had agreed to convey the real prop,
erty to the applicant who elaine to be entitled
to such conveyance from satd administrators
to whom the applicant hae paid or has offered
TO pay the full purchase price Of said real prop
ertv. being described ae lot thirteen I3) Of
block nine (9), OF the village OF Corona, Roberts
county. South Dakota. - shOwn by the duly
recorded plat thereof In the ONCE OF the register
Of deeds ~ said county and state, snd that said
petition has been set for hearing o. the regular
term of eaid court, to be held At Milhank, south
Dakota, in the court hOuee In said county. At
the Office Of the county judge aforesaid, on the
second day of August. 1921, ut the hour Of two
O'Clock y. m. OF said day.
This ntoice to he published once each week
for fonr)euccesstve weeks before such hearing
in the Herald Advance, at MhbAnk, South Da-
kOtA.
Dated this twenty.third day OF June. 1920.
BY the court.
$. S. LOCKHART, County Judge.
Attest Earl Liggett by J. W.. Liggett, Deputy.