The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-14
IN STATE SENATE

son a wooden mill, will probably be
made by the joint conference of
farmer members of the senate and
the house.
with Senator Huey r. Green. of Mo-
line, has a two-fold purpose. 1.-The
members of the board of administra-
ton to whom 1 have talked have in
dictated that there is a need for some
plant of the sort to give the inmates
of the reformatory something worth
while to do said, Senator Green this
morning, land it would give an op-
portunity to the farmers. whose wool
is hard to market, to dispose of that
wool"
For months past, wool buyers have
refused to bid on Kansas wool, and a
state cooperative marketing corpora
ton has been formed to get the 1920
clip, and part of the 1919 clip which
remained in the farmers warehouses,
on the market.
Green relieves that wooden mill at
the reformatory would help to solve
the problem for the farmers and also
for the board of administration.
Legislation referring to the demur-
rage on freight cars will also be sug-
gested at the next meeting of the joint
conference, which is to be held Tues
of Larned, a member of the executive
committee OF the conference, and also
one of the big wheat producers of the
western part of the state.
The demurrage system in effect at
present penalties the man who re-
ceives a carload of goods and does not
unload the car Immediately.
I'VE may have a reciprocal demur-
rage law, but it isn't working" Sen
ator Frizell said this morning. 1.-THE
law I have in mind is one which will
not only penalize the man who holds
up car unnecessarily, but which will
give some compensation to the men
who order cars and then suffer loss
on the market before the car gets to
them"
The suggestions were discussed at
the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the conference, which was held
Thursday evening, and will be present
ed to the members of the conference
as a whole, before they are taken to
the floor of the senate or house for
passage.
Senator c. W. Thompson of Marion
was advised this morning that he had
been elected a grandfather, since TAX
ing his seat in the state senate.
A son was born Thursday to Sen
ator Thompson's son, Leland Thomp-
son, of Marion. Mrs. Thompson is the
daughter of A. C. Jobes president of
the First National bank Of Kansas
City, Mo. Leland Thompson is a
graduate of Kansas university and a
former officer in the American army
He is handling his fathers business af-
fairs during the legislative session.
I've been lucky in several ways
since 1 came to Topeka Senator
Thompson said this morning. st was
able to get a house into which my
family will move during the legisla-
ture, was notified of becoming a
grandfather, and other streaks of luck
have come my way
Senator Thompson is a member of
the ways and means committee of
the senate.
reka, will spend the week end of jan
ury % and % at his home, where he
will assist in the celebration of the
centennial birthday of his grandfather,
G.. A. Gordon, who will be 100 years
old on January %.
The centenarian was born in Indf-
ana on January %, 1921. He started
the practice of law there, and is the
only surviving member of the conven-
ton which drafted the present con-
Stitution of the state of Indiana, in
1850. While still a young man, Cor
don was compelled to seek outdoor
employment on account of his health,
and became a farmer.
He was later a member of the Iowa
state legislature, and moved to Kansas
in 1866, living on a farm near Eureka
until fifteen years ago, when he moved
to the town, and has lived there ever
since.
His family consisted of six girls and
three boys. All of the girls are still
living and will attend the birthday
celebration. The boys are all dead.
Two of Gordon's sons were soldiers
in the Civil war.
A community service in honor of the
centenarian is to be held in the church
at Eureka on Sunday, January %.
There will be present at the family
celebration five generations of de-
scendants of Gordon.
No further appointments of commit
tee members or chairmen will be an
nounced before Monday, Lieut.. Gov.
Charles S. Huffman stated today. He
has the membership of several COM
mittees in mind, but will not make the
announcements until the senate con-
venes again Monday at 4 o'clock.