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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
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Blessed is the man that walketh not IN
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor stitch In the
seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
Lord and in his law doth he mediate day
and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by
the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his sea son; his leaf also shall
not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
The ungodly are not so; but are like the
chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the Judgment, nor sinners in the con-
gregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous; but the way of the ungodly
shall neriSh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
CITIZENSHIP NOT FORFEITED.
West Virginia Allows Vote to Yanks
Who Helped Allies in the War.

Wheeling, W. Va, May 22.-The
right of an American to vote has not
been forfeited if he has sworn alIegi-
ance to a foreign allied nation to aid
in the prosecution of war, according
to a recent ruling of Attorney General
Z. T. England, of West Virginia.
The ruling was made in the case of
Albert Marshall, of Wheeling, who had
been denied the right to vote because
he enlisted with Canadian troops at
the beginning of the world war. How
ever. he joined the American army
when the first of the expeditionary
forces arrived overseas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

MY 22. 1895.
Chief of Police W.lkerson says he will
arrest all persons who permit thteir stock
to run at large and all who ''lariat' their
cows in the streets.
The story has again been started that
W. A. White has purchased the Emporia
Gazette from W. Y Morgan and is to take
possession June 1.
The finest homegrown Strawberries now
for 10 cents a box.
Oscar d. Wolf of the State Journal left
yesterday for an extended trip thru the
east. He will visit st. Louis, Cincinnati,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
GOLF CHAMPS TO ENGLAND.
Americans Will Compete I'm British
National Tourney.

New York. May 22.-Walter Hagen,
open golf champion of America and
a party of seven amateur players and
a committee on rules are to sail today
for England.
Hagen is to compete in the British
open championships. Among the
other players are Stewart Stickney,
ST. Louis, and Nelson Whitney, New
Orleans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Mrs. H. C. Bowman entertained at a
thimble party yesterday afternoon, compli-
mentary to her mother, Mrs. G. L. Murdoch
of Cambridgeport, Mass. The guests were
Pringle, c. NJ. Atwood, o. W. Fox, G. c.
Foss, A. b. Whiting. H. L. Whiting, G. f.
Penfield, Gregory. Z. B. Merriam, G. l..
Epps, G. S. Evarts A. A. Ripley, S. B.
Storrs. A. B. Perine. Stuart Sheldon, t. f.
Bowman and Misses p. Webster, Lucy
Stoddard and Harriet Broad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
WjHiiHfft Rain Sunday!
o%Its up TO tomorrow n
LAW to fulfil the old odo9eS2
l" fit rains on eoster.iF Cd
fTNII WilI rain on seven Sundays
(I thereafter"

the records of facts at the weather bu-
reau offer no substantiation for the be-
lief that a rainy Easter will be fol-
lowed by seven wet Sundays.
According to figures compiled by S.
D. Flora, state meteorologist, the rain
average in March is one day in four
The average for April is one day in
three. Flora says Easter has about
one chance in four of getting rain.
Electrical Storms in Kansas.
Electric storms that kill whole fields
7 OF wheat and corn and set miles of
barb wire fences blazing with electri-
cal display are common in dry seasons
in western Kansas, according to S. D.
Flora. state meteorologist They come
either during, or Immediately follow
ing severe dust storm. The dryer the
air, the more noticeable is the display.
Iron objects not in electrical contact
with the earth, will give a shock to a
| person touching them.
Prof. w. A. Douglas Ridge, of OK
ford college, has proved that the cleo
tricity is carried by dust particles. He
ascertained that sandy soil is always
charged with positive electricity when
dry.
During these storms the points on
barb wire fences show little points of
fire. The tips of the horns of cattle
have been seen to give off the electri-
cal light. The effect is said to be de-
| cidedly weird.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

No great nation can ever survive its own
temptations and its own follies that does
not indoctrinate its children in the Word
of God: for the righteousness of nations,
like the righteousness of men, must take its
sources from these foundations of inspira-
tion.-Woodrow Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

There is a day coming in which God
will bring to light every little hidden
service of His children. and will let as
in that which has met no eye but which
has gladdened the heart of our Father in
heaven.-J. Hudson Taylor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
EAGLES, ATTENTION

Social evening Monday, May "a
Dancing and refreshments. All free
Public invited. Come and bring your
friends. Let's go.
IRA NJ. ORNER, Chairman.
ADV, 61S Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Will Sunday be a rainy day ?


Following the old adage that if it
rains on Easter day. it will rain on
seven Sundays thereafter. it must rain
tomorrow to complete the mystic sew
en-. The gods that stir up the clouds,
push the wind around, and turn loose
the rain already have hit six points.
To make good the old saying they
must rolf a rainy day tomorrow.
1t will never be blotted from the
memory of Topeka citizens that If it
there surely will follow seven other
dreary, rainy Sundays-provided it
rains tomorrow.
Years hence, at the approach of
Easter Sunday, people will be heard
to say, Back in 1920 there was one
of the worst storms of the winter sea-
son on Easter day. There was a
snowfall of seven and one-half inches,
amounting to LA inches of moisture.
Weeks of gloomy, wet weather fol-
lowed and it rained for six consecu-
tive Sundays"
Rainy Sunday Record.
The precipitation records from the
office of the weather bureau indicate
the following for Topeka; Easter Sun
day, April 4, z u inches of snow; April
IL, rain, 1.09; April 18, rain, lis;
May 9, trace of rain in afternoon; May
16, sprinkle of rain, .06.
In 1919 there was rain on Easter.
April 20. 1t rained on five of the next
seven Sundays. There was no rain
on Easter in 1918, 1917 and 1915. 1t
did rain in 1915 but it was followed
by rain on only three of the next seven
Sundays.
Rain did not occur on Easter in
1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909,
1908 and 1907. The rain on Easter,
April Is. 1906, was followed by a
sprinkle on one of seven Sundays 1t
did not rain in 1905 or 1904. In 1903,
rain on Easter, April 10. was followed
by rain on three of the next seven Sun
days. There was no record of precipi-
tation in 1902 or 1901. Twenty one
years ago, in 1900. there was rain on
five out of seven Sundays following a
rainy Easter.
In spite of the belief that will have
been inculcated in Topekans this year,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Learning without thought is labor lost
thought without learning is perilous.-Con
fucius.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

All, If men but knew in what small
dwelling Joy can live, and how little i
costs to furnish it--Souvestre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

All experience goes to show
No mud can soil US but the mud We throw
Lowell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

For each true deed is worship: it is prayer,
And carries its own answer unaware.
Edwin Markham.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Topeka will furnish five graduates from
the State university this spring. Chas. h.
Holiday will be one of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Bear We one another's burdens. and so
fulfill the law of Christ.-St Paul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Washington and New York. Lee Sidwell
will join him in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Dayton. O., May 22.-Batting Levinsky,
New York, and Chuck Virgins, Indian
apolis, fought twelve rounds to n draw
here last night. 1t was referees decision
The battle was supposed to be for the
i~hf hc~vs-Nvci.-hf s1erIanf0r~h'~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

ers in the state, wrote to a friend in
Topeka the other day: "Bonebrake
is coming along in fine shape here.
He has a large class of players and is
creating great interest in the game.
He has had little hard luck, tho.
The first week he played on the Sa-
lima course he only made a par. Since
that time he has equalled the course
record. Poor 'Boney' is slipping"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

At Madison. Wis.-Purdue, 2; wisconsin
L; (12 innings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

The amateur record on the Coun-
try club course is SO for nine holes
made by Arthur Bonebrake, Topeka S
former "boy- wonder" golfer. "Boney"
now is professional in Salina. Roy
Bailey, editor of the Salina Journal,
and one of the most enthusiastic golf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Caddymaster Howard OF the Coun-
try club has worked wonders with the
boys in his new efficiency and pay
by-the-hour system. Caddying is han
died without confusion and the boys
always are available. They are max
ing every effort to serve the players
to the best of their ability due to the
grading plan on the card reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Western League.
At Wichita, 4 -; Oklahoma City, 5.
At Joplin, 6: Tulsa. 3.
At Sioux City, ?; st. Joseph, G.
At Des Moines, 6; Omaha, Q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22

Muskogee, Okla, May 22.-Danny shee-
han, lightweight champion of the 35th
division A. E. F.. knocked out Joe Nc
Gowan, Great Lakes champion, during the
first round of a scheduled fifteen round
bout here last night. The fight lasted
about one minute.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

Soon, it is almost ready to fall
off. You help 1t Just little by lift
ing il off 'twixt thumb and finger.
You don't even feel 1t, because there
is no hurt left in it. Millions have
proved il the cleanest, surest, safest
and most pleasant method
'Gets-It," the never falling, guar
anteed money-back corn remover
costs but a trifle at any drug store,
Mid. by e. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Sold in DEBORAH and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
r. A. Engbretson, r. j. Parman,
Wangler's Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
LOOK OVER YOUR LIBERTY
BONDS.
Some Issues to be Exchanged for
Permanent Bonds Soon.

Look over your Liberty bonds!
Don't think because you have cashed
the last interest coupon or there is
only one coupon left that Uncle Sam
is through paying interest on your
bonds.
Some issues of Liberty bonds were
put out in temporary form and
should be exchanged within the next
month or two for the permanent
bonds. They are as follows: First
Liberty per cent, on which the last
interest coupon fell due Dec. To-,
1919, second Liberty per cent, on
which the last coupon fell due Nov.
Is, 1919; first Liberty Az per cent,
on which the last coupon will fall
due on June Is, next: the second
Liberty n per cent on which the
last coupon will fall due on May Is.
next; and the third Liberty 4 Il per
cent, on which the last coupon will
fall due on March Is, this month.
On or after March Is third Liberty
Az per cent bonds should be ex-
changed for new permanent bond
with the full number of coupons to
be paid in the future. The other
bonds here described will be ex-
changed for permanent bonds next.
month, or as soon as the government
can print and send them out.
Take your bonds to your bank to
have them exchanged. Don't give
them to any irresponsible person in
exchange for what he tells you is a
new bond or in his promise to ex-
change your bonds for you. Do it
yourself. Look over your bonds care
fully, so you will choose the right
ones to be exchanged. You will find
skeleton letters in large red type
across the face of the bond descrit-
ing just what issue it is.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Why Grocers Fail to Get Rich.


Beware of the grocery business II
You would get rich, young man, at
least beware of the retail grocery
business in spite of all that you may
hear as to the profiteer and the hign
cost of living. A man may make e
living as retail grocer and so may
carpenter but just now the car
penter will pay more income tax
than the average grocer and no car
penter ever expects to catch up with
a plumber The young man who
would get rich must find business
with more margin.
The editor has before him the pro
spectus of very successful chain
(, store company in the west which has
prospered because of good manage
ment. The manager has capital stock
to sell and presents its claim to con
fdence on the ground that its earn
ings from sixty stores will be $50.
coo per annum.
Now who wants to have $4,000
invested in a grocery store, assume
all the hazard of prices going down
while goods are on the shelf and do
all the little chores of selling eggs
and butter at cost in the hope OF
making something on coffee all for
10 per cent net profit on the capital
invested? The chain stores of this
syndicate all do big business, some
employing as many as ten clerks but
, they average less than 1000 profit
per year to the company which own1
them.
A man could invest in an Iowa
farm, earn no more than per cent
rom his rents and il the farm should
double in sixteen years he would
have earned ten per cent with no risk
and no worry. Why would he wan.
to risk his money in the retail groc-
cry business for no greater return?
A great many profits are consumed
lpclNSeu the BIoScl anu tHc eotSi VI
our foods. We demand so much OF
service, refuse to buy foods in guam
titles ourselves or to store them and
expect the retailer to stand all shrink
loss, breakage or waste and prefer
to pick out the best from every pile
and then when We pay the price
that this kind of service entails we
think somebody has profiteered. In
vest your money in a retail grocery
store and you will look elsewhere for
your profiteers. Get into some other
lines young man, il you would ever
own a bank. Don't hunt for wealth
in a retail grocery store.-Marshail-
town Times Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
EIection Judges Didn,t Act.

Monroe, Ia.-Election judges are
scarce in Monroe.
School election judges had been
appointed but when l o'clock came,
the time set for the election the
judges did not appear.
The secretary became uneasy and
upon inquiry as to why they We're
not on duty, he found that they were
too busy to act. He secured the town
but no one could he find to judge the
election. When voters came in to
cast their ballots they were told that
no election was being held.
The election went by default and
now what can be done? Will the old
members hold over?
There were but two members 70
be elected and the two men that are
now serving were the only candidates
so 1t isn't so bad, after all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
THE BACK YARD PROBLEM.
Suggestion to Remove Fences, Sheds
and Other Unsightly Objects.

There is a popular superstition
That you can dump anything insight.
ly in a back yard and no one will
see it. AS result the back yards in
most towns are mess of eyesores
which take all the shine off the
handsome front yards.
D. III. Banding, clerk and treasur-
er of Sumter. South Carolina, makes
some quiet original suggestions.
He would remove fences and sheds
and other unsightly objects in the
rear lots, and have the land of a
neighborhood thus thrown together
used in common by abutting house
holds.
Then he would have a community
garden made out of all these cou.-
bined back yards, to supply vege-
tables and flowers to the abutting
dwellings.
He also suggests that this rear
land could be used for a community
heating plant to furnish steam heat
to the adjoining homes, community
kitchen to supply meals, and CON-
laundry to do the neighbor-
hood washing.
A group of back yards thus COM
bined and developed for use and
beauty would make the real estate
enough more valuable to pay all
costs of development.
Community laundries and kitchens
might be considered radical form
of back yard improvement that
would change family life good deal.
Yet they may be common in a few
years. But back yard improvement
can be carried on equally we'll in a
less ambitious way. Any group of
neighbors could mutually agree to
clean up and beautify their grounds,
and the change would be marvellous.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
RAILROADS IN PRIVATE HANDS
The officials Must Do Their Best To
Give Good Service.

The return of the railroads to the
control of their owners pleases the
great majority of the people. The
arrangements, however must re-
member that they are on trial. There
were many abuses under private con-
troll before. The officials must do
their best to give good service, TO
give shippers and the travelling pub
lie all reasonable consideration.
They can make good only by
manifesting sincere desire to please
and by great persistence and dill
gence in attending to all complaints.
The big problem is whether the
railroads can get the money to ina
prove their facilities. Several biz
lions should be at once invested in
railroad improvements.
The president of the Minnesota
Highway Association, says the wheat
growers of that section alone lost
s51, 500 by the lack Of sufficient
cars to move the last wheat crop.
Practically all the people who have
invested in railroad securities DIR
ing the past 10 years, have lost
money heavily on them due TO the
fact that their earnings were limit
ed by government, while their ex-
pense increased without limit.
Before putting any more motley
into railroad securities, invesotrs
want to feel sure that the public will
permit them a. fair dividend. There
are of course, objections to the idea
OF guaranteed dividends. But il the
government had limited the earnings
the roads could make, and at the
same time had given no protection
against losses, any man would oe a
fool to put money into railroad bonds
or stocks. Such policy would have
made private operation a failure
from the first day, because the MOL
ey for improvements could never
have been raised.
A policy OF absolute honesty and
of earnest work for good service On
the part of the arrangements, VIII
G much to place railroad operation
on a better basis.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
An AirpIane-Ford. Bobsleigh.

Some Nora Springs garage men have
manufactured new kind of an auto.
Desiring to attend the auto show at
Waterloo this week and fearing that
the snow would be too deep for their
ordinary Ford they busted themselv-
es about the manufacture of a car
that would buck the snow drifts. The
apparatus they concocted would do
credit to a Wright. Their car is
about the length of Ford only mar
rover. 1t is equipped with runners
before and behind. Locomotion is
gained through an aeroplane pro-
peller and a Ford engine. They
made the trip from Lime Springs
to Waterloo without mishap and
their Car" is ON exhibit there this
week,-Sumner Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Mail Carrier Remembered.

Melvin Stee, mail carrier on route
one out of Castalia, is the recipient
OF about $4,000 worth of produce
fruit, vegetables, canned goods, etc.,
a donation from the patrons living
along the route he serves, in ap-
probation for the good services rem
dered by him. The goods were gath
cred by Peter Caldow, Allen Green,
Chas. Tatro, Roy McMartin and
George Kluss and delivered to the
Stee home recently.-Ossian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Odd Birthday Record.

Waterloo, La.--Although Mrs. w.
r. Walker of Waterloo celebrated
the fifty-sixth anniversary of her
birth, Feb. 20, twas only the second
time that her birthday fell on sun
day. Mrs. Walker was born on sun
day and twenty-eight years ago the
anniversary fell ON Sunday.
Mrs. Walker has celebrated the
anniversary of her birth thirteen
times.
In the ordinary course of events
she would have fourteen birthdays
hut owing to there being a span oil
eight years between leap years al
one time, she lost one opportunity
to commemorate her birthday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
o. X. for North Dakota; Not for lows

1t cost the farmers of North Dakota
SIS per head to join the Nonpartisan
League. A. c. Townley, grand sac
hem of the league, promised them
brightness and blessings, thezstrap-
gulatiom of Big Biz" and taxation
with 10 per cent farmer representa-
ton. Now Townley has delivered
both representation and taxation,
with emphasis on taxation. Last year
the farmers of North Dakota paid
$1,6SS,335 in taxes. This year they
will pay $4,54O,S26 in taxes--an in
crease of only 169 per cent Mime
sofa is invited to follow North Da-
kota's lead and establish a Townley
Soviet government. 1t will only cost
SIC membership to listen to big
noise and then have your taxes jab-
bed up 169 per cent. big Biz" in its
most rapacious days couldn't have
contrived a gaudier gold brick TO
bounce on. the skull of gulliole
public.--Country Gentleman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Boy Stole Big sum.

Iowa City, IA boy a years of
age has confessed TO County Attor-
ney Miller that he broke into the
Lilleck Electric company's offices
the night of March and stole s113
in money and 500 worth of electri-
cal goods. The father saw ten dol
lar bill protruding from the sons
pocket and suspicioned that the boy
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

wide when stretched on drying
board.
This is larger than the prize mink
pelt at the recent fur exhibit held at
st. Louis.
Mr.. Carman sold the pelt for SIS.
Mink has advanced 100 per cent on
the New York auction sales in the
past six months. They are very scarce
in this part of Iowa in recent years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Sure
Death
to
Corns

''Gets-It'' Makes En- Lose Their
Grip and Lift 0ff PainIessly.
The first thing "Gets-It" does when
ID landsl on corn or callus is To
snuff out the pain. Then ii shriyels
the corn or callus and loosens 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

1t might not be such bad policy to
kick a man after he's down If it were
not for the fact that some day he's
likely to get up while the one who
did the kicking is down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17
Captured Huge Mink.

Charles City. IA mink trapped
by John Carman of Rockford, is the
largest ever captured.
The pelt is thirty-six inches long
and four and three-fourth inches
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

had stolen it. The boy confessed and
the father notified the officials. He
was paroled to his father.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

A seamstress might lose her JOB
for believeing that haste makes
waist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-03-17

TRY Our Want Column.