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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
FARM AND CITY COMFORTS.

The rural population of Kansas is
on the wane. says the Kansas state
chamber Of commerce after a survey
OF the state which included more than
fifty of the los counties.
High wages in town, and the uncer-
tainty of a profitable price for farm
products are given as reasons by farm
ers, while many insist that the present
generation of Kansas farmers has
prospered sufficiently to feel justified
in retiring from the farm. moving to
town and living in comfort.
The suggestion regarding moving
to town and living in comfort prob
ably will be regarded as a joke by
many urbanites. They will fail to see
wherein the comforts of rural life are
exceeded by those in the city. The
prosperous farmer has about every
thing that the city man has and with
out continually being called upon to
pay toll for his convenienoes. He has
his own lighting, heating and water
plant, and his automobile.
His own blacksmith shop repairs his
tractors, trucks and other farming
machinery.
His wife has her vacuum sweeper,
a power washer, an electric iron. The
city woman's troubles over domestic
service do not worry her.
There are two main reasons why
the cities have gained in population
and the country has lost. One is that
the man working for wages has been
able to obtain higher pay in town.
The other is that improvements in
farm machinery have been such that
fewer "hands" are needed to farm a
given number of acres and to market
the products.
If the farm hands who have gone
to the cities should return to the coun-
try and ask for their old jobs, many
of them probably would find that their
places had been taken by men made
of wood and iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
JUST FOLKS
CONTEN TMENr.
PY EDGAR A. GUEST,

CONFINEMENT. t. .4
Let others tramp the distant lanes peg
And wander far away, +rg.
1 want the pleasant window panes
Where lights of welcome playi
I'll fare the little simple street
That great men never find,
Where there are honest friends TO meet
And hearts are always kind.
The ancient spires and walls of Rome
Hold little charm for me-
The smiling eyes of those at home
Are all l long to see;
/ would not DER the wide world range
In search of splendors new,
/ want the charms which never change,
Pink cheeks and eyes Of blue.
l want the curling smoke of fire
Which loving hands have made.
/ want the roof without spire,
The dress without brocade:
l want no grander sunset than
The one which marks my west,
l seek no finer fellow man
Than those know the best
Oh there ore some must fare away
And tread the distant hills.
And come must travel day by day
In search of glory's thrills;
Bnt / rejoice in all / find
Beside my humble door.
Where eyes are bright and hearts are kind
And do not sigh for more.
Copyright 1920, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

occupied is of course even larger. In
manufacturing for 1914 salaries and
wages claimed about 81 per cent of
the value added to raw materials, or
more than three times the share men
toned by Mr.. Christensen. 1t is sug-
gested that it is better to trust Pro-
fessor King in matter of this kind:
First. because he has made a study of
the subject, and secondly. because he
uses figures with a regard for their
meaning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

The fact that farmers lose money
on their wheat already is well adver-
tised, but now it is declared that they
also will lose money on this years
corn crop. Probably the loss acre by
acre will not be so great on corn as on
wheat because the corn farmer Is not
out so much for seed and machinery
does nearly all the work himself and
produces a yield of about three times
as many bushels per acre. Besides he
can feed it to hogs and cattle and thus
reduce marketing costs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
Dorothy Dix Tails
Concerning Adrice-2.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Wsrlk's Highest Paid wemsn writes.


It's the family adviser who wrecks
homes and makes the members fly
to the uttermost parts OF the earth
to try to get away from one who feels
that he or she has a right to run their
lives for them, and whose feelings are
hurt If his or her counsel is not taken,
1t is easy to see why people dote
on giving advice 1t Is because they
like to exploit themselves. 1t is the
ultimate expression of seif-conceit.
Why people ask advice is as compre-
hensible as the riddle of the Sphynx
for they are bound to know that the
advice is worthless.
Nobody can tell another person what
TO do, because no other person knows
all the circumstances of the case.
There are a thousand little intimats
details of the problem that the seeker
AFTER light never reveals to anyone,
and these are the crux of the whole
matter, so that even a Solomon could
not solve the riddle that is propounded
to him.
Also there is the human equation
that must be taken into consideration.
so that the advice that seemed to n.
your case doesn't fit it at all when YOU
Try 1t. 1t may look a perfect thirtv-
eight in the advice shop, but when yo,,
get 1t home, you find that something
IS wrong with your measurements and
tnat 1t bags where it shouldn't bag.
ana is too tight across the breast, ana
mat it hikes up in the front, ana
talis down in the back.
Never go into the grocery busi-
ness, advises the man who has failed
IN 1t; put you may have the very ouali-
Ties that he lacked that will enable
you to make a fortune in it. "You
VIII starve If you try to make living
writing, advises some poor uninsured
mack; but you may have the divine
1lre that will light your way to fame
ana fortune. Don't marry so-and-so.
you will never be able to live with him
and you will be poor to the end Of
your days" counsels a mother; vet
That man may be her daughters soul
mate, and the very man who is des-
tined to become a millionaire
| or course the redeeming feature
about giving advice is that few people
take 1t, and most people who ask for
advice merely desire you to confirm
them in the course they have already
determined upon pursuing. They sim
ply want to be backed up. Also the
(, process of being advised helps them
to clarity their own ideas, and really
decide upon what they want to do,
quite Independent of your opinion.
(, But all the same, the advising BUSH
ness wastes a lot of time, and is a
great bore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

William Kent, candidate for United
States senator in California, has en-
tered the field of discussion on the
Oriental question. Oriental immigra-
ton. according to Kent, threatens to
upset American democratic ideals.
Yet all the Orientais in the Golden
State have not done so much to up
set democratic idealA as has one
Thomas J. Mooney, a citizen of San
Francisco. who now is in prison as a
penalty for his acts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
As a suggestion to merchants Forbes
Magazine offers the following:


Instead of devoting all your adver-
Using space to enumerating the bar
gains you have to offer or to extolIing
the quality of your goods and the rep
utation of your house. devote a por-
ton of your space to frank talks with
your local people with view of edu-
eating them about how the business
machinery of the country is kept go
ing and the part your own concern
plays in helping the wheels to go
around. Where possible. give facts
and figures about how you go about
buying your supplies of merchandise,
the care and the expense you incur to
insure the selection of absolutely the
best and most suitable lines of goods,
and even tell frankly how much you
pay for certain staples and how much
profit you charge, explaining why this
margin of profit is necessary and rea-
sonable. Select for such statements
goods that every household has to buy
sugar, for example, or flour or GER
tain textiles. or coffee, or cereals, or
mineral waters. and. on occasions. out
line the various processes that have
preceded the handling of these articles
to the consumer Such advertise
fnents, II simply prepared. will attract
widespread notice and win for your
i house the confidence and esteem of
customers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

Mississippi is the only southern state
showing a loss of population during the
decade from 1910 to 1920. 1t has re-
ceived fewer favors in the way of fed
eral appropriations than any other
state in the south with the possible
exception of Florida. The gain shown
by the latter state probably is due to
its development as a resort for tour
lists and a producer of fruits and vege-
tables
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

Two and one-half million women
members of the National Federation
of Women's Clubs in this country re-
Gently voted. thru the directors of
their central organization. that the
activities of the clubs shall be contin-
ued toward the Improvement of the
home. But why are organization and
a vote necessary to induce women to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
Household Hints
Tested Recipes.

A Dinner for Six Purchase six
slices of bologna, one can peas ana
about eight potatoes (medium size)
The bologna should be Sliced about
one-eighth inch thick.
Boil and wash potatoes. adding one
tablespoon butter, one-half teaspoon
salt and pinch of pepper. The longer
they are beaten the lighter and better
they will be.
Fry the bologna until It is crisp or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
tables.

First consumers of coal were told
to buy early to avoid higher prices
and a possible shortage. Now they
are told that prices are too high, the
supply will be abundant, and not to
buy for future use. What are the
people to do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

until it becomes cup shaped. Heat
the peas. Fill the cup of the bologna
with the peas and set in bed of the
mashed potatoes. If q sprig of pars-
ley is added it will not only be mex
pensive and appetizing but very at
tractive.
Serve with hot baking powder bis
cults and coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

Little Son: Yes, mother. The
whole class missed spellin' a word
'cept met"
And you didn't"
NO, mother. There was only one
way left to spell it.
There was not even standing room
in the crowded electric car, but one
more passenger, young woman,
wedged her way along just inside the
doorway. Each time the car took a
sudden lurch forward she fell help
1essiy back, and three times she landed
in the arms of a large comfortable
man. The third time it happened he
said, quietly:
Hadn't you better stay here ?"e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

Senator Harding, in his speech in
Omaha, is reported to have come out
squarely against any league Of ma
tions whatever. If his view shall be
endorsed by the country there is sat
isfaction in the thought that we can
stand the future fighting as well as the
other nations of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09

In making q fight against a league
of nations Senator Harding may make
it difficult for Mr.. Taft to continue
his splendid support of the-Repubn-
can ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
+ Dinner Stories

Mother (proudly): "And so you got
to the head of the spelling class to-
day."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-09
A Democratic Blunder.

Nearly three months after he was
renominated, Lincoln and his advisers
reached the conclusion that Mcclellan,
already agreed upon as the Demo-
cratic nominee, would-win the election.
On August 20 he wrote and signed
a paper, which he sealed and deliver
ed to the secretary of the navy, Gideon
Welles, with instructions not to open
it until after the election. This paper
read: This morning. as for some days
past, it seems exceedingly probable
that this administration will not be
elected. Then it will be my duty to
cooperate with the president so
as to save tie, Union between the cleo
ton and Inauguration. as he will have
secured his election on such grounds
that he cannot possibly save it after
ward
Six days later. on August 90 the
Democratic national convention met in
Chicago 1t nominated General Nc
Clellan for president and George H.
Pendleton of Ohio, for vice president.
Then it made the fatal mistake of
adopting a platform that declared the
war to be a failure. Almost at the
same time the news came that Atlanta
had fallen and of Union victories in
Virginia General Mcclellan hasten
ed to repudiate that portion of the
platform, but it was in vain. The Con-
federacy was crumbling to its fall and
the people turned to Lincoln.
Still the campaign saxed hot. The
October elections in Pennsylvania
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

$50 acres, $20 cnltiyated, s room
house, 2 barns, silo, etc. watered hs
large stream, l-2 mile from 2 railroad
villages. ideal cattle and grain farm
Wrie your wants. Rust "a Giiiiss. Hay.
market, Wa. s-22-3t--74e'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

FOR SALE Norland Stock farm. 16;
acres; houses, zone Groom. Two s.
room; new heater; water in houses
barn. 46x90; hest producing farm /,
county;two miles from Irwin, ! y milel
Guffey. B. & o.; 10 minutes walk L
car line. III health reason for seiiins
G. b. Painter irwin. Pa, r - No. 4
g.. y S-tS- 6t---74s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
MIsCELLANEOUS

TEXAS OIL 81 6sKs a SD LIE K SEES
Can deliver 5000 shares oil Peerlcss
OIL Company stock in 100 share block:
for soc per share, par value s1.O0, Go
ing company with office In For
Worth, Texas, and &diytdends in ncai
future. OIL and gas leases Ia proven.
Kemp; HungerA Allen field Northwcs
extension Burkburnett and in Co
mapche, Oklahoma field Wire rcscr
WALTON 10 H. iHolhrook, Nationa
Bank Commences Building, Wichits
Falls, Texas, 0-1Ot.7f5t
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

cars OF coal and coke-704 cars Of coal
and is, cars OF coke. There were ei0
cars Of coal loaded east and 81 cars
of'coai loaded west Ofthe is cars Of
coke loaded Saturday there were IL
cars 81 eoi: loaded west and i've cars
of coai loaded east There wer, -Four
cars 81 coal loaded by wagon mines
aud one car Of coal loaded from a stor.
age pile.
on the Monongahela railroad IN
West Virginia on Saturday there was
one lone car of coal loaded. In the
PENNSYLVANIA district there were 1856
cars OF coal loaded. (.
Daily cersisnments.
These consignmente were made of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
/ L0sI AI;p FOU.n

LOST a reward OF 800 Q Is oisercd
for the return OF 4 brown handbag.
with Initials L, S. b. lost Saturday
night from automobile. Return Il
Box 746S, care West virginian.
3-22-2f-746S
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

district 4, IS in clarisshurg today.
II 4. Peters. president Of sub dis
trict 4. f. cepecsed 10 res5rn tonight
or tomorrow from Charleston.
!, ~ y Haptonstail. distriss travelling
auditor, IS IL ID Charleston fields al
work. s
9. r. Keeney, president of district
AZ, e expected toibe in FairmoGt this
Saturdays Loading.
The Fairneat region on Saturday
loaded 72S cars Of coal and coke-y71O5
cars of coal and is cars OF coke.
Loading at the mines along tile Mo,
nongah division OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on SATURDAY. loaded 7e2
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

tFoR SALE Furniture and rugs FOL
six room house. yictrola. sewing ma
chine. Refrigerator. range and other
heating stoves. 1100-4h street
3-22-It-7466
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
Fee SALE

FOR SALE Cash registers and Cred:
II Files. Easy payments. National
Cash Register Company. Ciarksburg,
NV. Va. 2.12if.72S1-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
.Expests Meetings,

-SfEsSo IL.
Brooks Fleming, Jr., president OF the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera,
tors, Association, today said that upon
his return from Washington, d. c., he.
would call a meeting OF the directors
and the membership. No date has been
set for the meetings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
FARMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE Vlrgliia farms. 40 aiiics
from Washington. 1873 acres. l2t
cleared; new 6 room house and barns
dairy barn, well watered. fruit cash,
cultivated. 2 miles railroad. l mIlf
school, church, store $1,000 includ
ing stock and machinery.
4S0 acres, 800 cleared, room house
2 barns, well watered, Young orchard
natural bluegrass land. easily cultEsat,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
East of Grafton,

at Downs today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
and e A. Scott. international board
member, are today on business in che
Morgantown section.
Edward Matthews, secretary of sub
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
GOOD Run 0F Oars.
tcontlnued lfofn page one.

should run between 1900 ana 1900
cara, that is on both roads. Miners
are anxious for the work and will no
doubt extend themselves while the
cars here There will probably be l.
300 cars loaded on the 3. & o. rail.
road today.
Weekly Production.
Fairmont region last week loaded
1926 cars OF coal and coke 1888 cars
Of coal and 93 cars Of coke.
Mines along the Monongah division.
Oh the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
last week produced 4,492 cars OF coal
and eake-219 $50 tons OF coal and SO
cars bf coke. Last weeks production
was 487l cars Of coal and coke more
than was loaded during the week end,
Ing March 10, but last weeks coal and
coke production was 1880 cars more
than was produced duriA9 the corte-
spending week Of March, 1919. Coke
production on the division last week
~ 93 cars was cars more than was
produced during the previous week
and rs cars more than the. coke pro-
duction for the corresponding week
Of 1919.
Operations along the Mopongahela;
railroad in West Virginia last week
produced 1874 cars of coal, which Is 266
cars less than the previous week and
I've lowest weekly production since the
week ending December 81, 1919, when
the aggregate was S24 cars. Mines
IN the Pennsylvania district last week
loaded .116 cars of coal
Weekly Totals.
These totals were aggregated OIL the
Monongah division Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad last week: Total
coal loaded. A 1893 cars; coal cast, g..
1913 cars; coal west, 5sS cars; total
coke loaded, SO cars; coke east, As.
cars; coke west, As cars; loaded by
wagon mines, rs cars; Curtis Bay
shipments, 621 cars; 81. Georges ship
ments, 143 cars; Michigan points
shipments, 1877 cars; Ohio points ship
bments, 1f3 cars; miscellaneous points
shipments, BIS cars; coal loaded from
storage piles, seven cars.
Last week railroad fuel shipments
fell to 9S2 cars, which is the lightest
loading OF this character of business
since the second week of February,
WIFI UoO GdTlUdub OF Tu1lTOuu 1uel
went off the. Monongah division. AS
a whole Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tonnage ran light at SS4 cars. The B.
& o, itselfscould use Ito cars day OF
$50 cars over 7day period, which is
all but 322 carloads of The entire rail-
road fuel loading of last week. Last
week Pc r. consignments were shad-.
ed as was the case with New York,
New Haven and Hartford, New York
Central and Lehigh Valley. Central of
New Jersey last week received 81 car.
roadsa fairly good consignment for
the week, but not as heavy as its usual
run. Maine Central held up we'll at
Sc carloads, running 50 carloads less
than the r. & r. railroad,
Export Permits Again.
According to information received
in the Fairmont region export permits
are again being issued. Within the
past few days, It Is reported, that 80.
600 tons Of coal Sas gone to Curtis Bay
on export permits.
, From the Fairmont region last week
there was q decided increase in Curtis
Bay tonnage. There wore SCI carloads
sent there from Fatrmont, which is
the heaviest tonnage that went to tide
since that ending March IL, which ag.
gregeted $50 loads. Last Saturday
r i
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

Tonight G.. T. Bell, executive vice
president Of the Northern West ylr-
GINA Coal Operators Association, will
leave for Washington, D. c.; on bust
ness trim
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22

FINE FARM FOR SALE We'll iocat
ed so acre farm on good road; new
buildings; fine fruit and water. watci
in house and barn, furnace heat, annie
.out-build'ngs. lots ot timber FrIcs
for quick sale $4,000 Possession Il
suit. For sale by Edward w. Case
eli 70. Main st, Westminster Nd
Phone 122. sei9- 6t-.-745:
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there were ia ca. >-ltls sent 10 Curtis
Bay of the Monongah division. Mon
day was III cars and Friday was H.
The Wase Proposition.
Operators continue 10 be anxious To-
learn Of the wage increase Of miners
but little information is obtaifiable as
the facts are pretty well concealed.
Il Is expected that the details Of the
majority report will be released this
week, which VIII give ,bituminous oper.
ators some information on the matter.
Some operators believe that the in.
crease will be fiat on the ton. 4 I
Going to Washington.
C. H. Jenkins, secretary and treas.
urer Of the Hutchinson Coal company,
a director Of The National Coal AS
ISOLATION from Northern West Xir-
ginta, will leave on Tuesday night for
Washington, D. O., TO attend asmeet..
Ing OF the directors Of The National
Coal Association.
Among the operators who will &C.
company him TO the meeting are:
Brooks Fleming Jrs president OF the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera.
tors. Association; and A. Lisle White,
~. b. Cooke and Daniel Howard, all OF
iClarksburg. 4
! Tonight @. r. Bell, executive vice
president Of the Northern West vlr-
igtnia Coal Operators Association, will
leave for Washington, d. c.; on bust
ness trip.
1 Expeeted&Home Soon.
According to information received
by relatives John A. Clark, of the Clark
coal interests, and son, Kenna Clark,
of the Fafrmont office OF the Blair
Parke Coal & Coke company, are ex-
pected to return from Hot Springs.
Ark, to this city on Thursday OF this
week. Kenna Clark is very much i'm
proved from effects of an attack OF
"flu."
Expects Meetings.
Brooks Fleming, Jr., president OF the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera,
tors, Association, today said that upon
his return from Washington, d. c., he.
would call a meeting of the directors
and the membership. No date has been
set for the meetings.
East of Grafton.
Movement east of Grafton on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroads is holding
up LARRY w tIls VII Lll6IG hGlfj'
s31 loads moved east OF that point and
on, Sunday there were743 loads moved
east of Grafton.
Last week there were 6,245 loads
moved east of Grafton-an average of
S92 loads day-over q 7-day period.
The best movement of the week was
Thursday when 1,126 loads were
moved east OF Grafton. On Friday, tho
next highest, there were zoos loads
moved east Of Grafton.
United Mine Workers.
Ira Marks, district board member, is
at Downs today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
and e A. Scott, international board
member, are today on business in The
Morgantown section.
Edward Matthews, secretary of sub
r