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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in tho es-
tate of F. L. Wallin, deceased, that 4
Ethel Wallin, Administrators with
VIII Annexed of said estate, intend to
make Final Settlement thereof at the
next term of the Probate Court OF
buchanan County State of Missouri,
TO be held at the court house in st.
Joseph, Missouri, on the second Mon
day of September. 1922.
ETHEL WALLIN,
Administrative with VIII Annexed.
(S19)
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
ENECuTRIX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Letters,
Parliamentary, upon the estate of
William W. Wertenberger, deceased.
have been granted 20 the undersigned,
by tie Probate Court of buchanan
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FTNAI SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given TO all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Charles L. Powell, deceased,
that /, Robert Powell. Administrator
of said estate, intend to make Final
settlement thereof at the next term OF
the Probate Court of Buchanan Coun-
~. State of Missouri. TO be held at the
court house in st. Joseph. Missouri,
on the second Monday OF September,
ROBERT POWELL,
1851 Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16

NOTICE OF FINAL. SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to al. cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Richard l.. Spencer. deceased,
that I, Byron Spencer, Administrator
of said estate, intend to make Final
Settlement thereof at the next term
of the Probate Court OF Buchanan
County, state of Missouri, to be held
at the court house In 81. Joseph. Mis-
souri on the second Monday of Sep
tember, 1922. -
BYRON SPENCER,
CS5) Administrator
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
NoTCE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Henry Sampson, deceased, that
/, David b. Riley. Administrator OF
said estate, intend to make Final Set
Element thereof at the next term OF
the Probate Court of Buchanan Coun-
ty, State of Missouri, TO be held at the
court house in st. Joseph, Missouri,
on the second Monday of September,
DAVID b. RILEY.
(S5) Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
NnrICE oF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given TO all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Emma S. Spencer, deceased,
that /, Byron Spencer. Administrator
of said estate. intend to make Final
settlement thereof at the next term
of the Probate Court of Buchanan
County, state of Missouri, to be held
at the court house in st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, on the second Monday of Sep
tember, 1922.
BYRON SPENCER,
1852 Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate OF Charles II. Madinger, deceased,
that /, John f. Madinger. Admins
traitor OF said estate. intend to make
Final Settlement thereof at the next
term of the Probate Court of Buchan-
an County, State OF Missouri. TO be
held at the court house in st, Joseph.
Missouri, on the second Monday OF
September, 1922.
JOHN T.. MADINGER.
1881 Administrator.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
(No. 3T79gD
nRnER OF pITRVIF Z


In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
County Missouri. to the October
Term, A. D., 1922.
state OF Missouri County Of Bu-
chanau, ~.
Henry Allen ...........P PLAINTIFF
VS..
mary Alicn '..'s.. ...s. Dcle lenuant
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
by his attorney. and it appearing 70
the satisfaction of the Circuit Court
that said defendant, Mary Allen, Is a
nonresident OF the STATE of Missouri,
and does not reside therein, It is or
dered that SAID NONRESIDENT defen-
dant be notified by publication. as re-
quired by law, that said plaintiff has
commenced his suit IN this Court
against said defendant by petition and
affidavit, the object and general ma
ture OF which is TO obtain a decree OF
divorce from the defendant on the
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16

In the Circuit Court of Buchanan County
Mis- souri,. TO the October Term, A.. D., 1922.
State OF Missouri, County OF Buchanan, IS.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16

In the Circuit Court OF Buchanan County
issouri, to the October Term, A.. D., 1922.
State OF Missouri, County OF Buchanan, IS.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16
EyECUTRIy NOTICE

By Eugene Roseburg, Deputy Clerk
Morte II. Craig. Attorney Tor Plaintiff (s2t
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-16

by h. f. Mumford. Deputy Clerk.
Leonard Johnson, Attorney for Plaintiff. (s1o)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
IS THE BONUS COMING?

According to recent -advices from
lative leaders are thoroly committed
to the passage of the soldiers bonus
bill. AItho the details of this measure
have not vet been threshed out, it
seems that the total appropriations
for this purpose will approximate
IS, 900, 600, 600.
There is a strong conviction among
leaders in finance that the levying of
the vast sum required will work an
injury to the economic structure of the
country that would not have compen-
sating benefits in the distribution to
all those who served in the European
war. 1t is doubtful II the recipients
of the bonus will find the sums they
receive a sufficient offset against the
business. and industrial depression
which is likely to result from the lay
ing of such a vast burden on the coun-
try. OF course there are numerous
suggestions for raising the money, but
in the end it must come out of ali the
people and no method that congress
There has been a proposal to have
Europe's Indebtedness to us funded
and divert the interest on these obli-
cations to the payment of the bonus.
It is possible that in the course of the
next year Great Britain may initiate
payments on her Indebtedness. 1t is
hard to tell when the other countries
H. Il =, MI.
UP the question as to how these pay
ments are to be made. Manifestly
they cannot be made in gold. Nearly
every one is agreed on this point
Payments, therefore, must be made
either in goods or services. AS for the
own insurance business and carry our
ocean freight in our own merchant
marine. AS for the goods, the attitude
of the majority party in congress is
clearly for high tariff that will keep
out these importations of goods 1t is
difficult, therefore. to see how we can
collect interest on the debt even for
the bonus if we persist in our pro-
posed tariff policy.
Another suggestion for meeting the
bonus is the levying of a sales tax,
which presumably will be in the form
of a tax turn over. This is a desirable
method of obtaining revenue mas
much as it amounts to a consumption
tax and in that it will be paid directly
by the consumeF. However. all taxes
are paid by consumers, altho this May
not appear to be the case, on the sur
face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

one. can anser it. you eerteny are
smart.
o. I'm not 500 smart, the others are
SO dunn, that's all, sed Mary Watkins.
Me thinking. Aw, howss that dunn
guy know who's smart and who amt !?
And Pubs sed, Wen 6. Mary. dident I
heer your fletcher tell our teeteher
that you get the best reports IN the
class? Sure I did, holey smeaks.
you're so smart its q wonder you haff
to go to skool at all.
OIL don't know. sed Mary Watkins
with a Impression as If she dident
hardly beleexesit herself. Me think
ing, G, that guy thinks he's CRATE, |
wouldent lower myself tawking that
way, G, wish could think of some
thing to make up to tell her.
Wieh jest then I did. saying, Hay
Mary, do you know something, herd
somebody tawking about you and they
sed you looked jest like Mary Pick
ferd in the moving piektures and l
think you do too.
o Benny, do you RELY, o izzent that
PERFECTLY wonderful, sed Mary Wat
kins looking as if she believed IL
fxackly. and Pubs sed, Aw, he jest
made that up.
Pubs Simkins. you jest keep quiet,
don't speek to you, sed Mary wat
kins. And she kepR on looking at me
as if she thawt 1 was mulch greater
than wat Pubs was.
Proving it don't matter if a complf-
ment is true or not as long as the per-
sin is glad to heer it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
Dorothy Dix, TAILS
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Hishess Paid Woman WxitaR.
Woman.s Right to, Her job.

NFOAHS4AA hight W. HI
The third fact is that the women
who work do so because they need the
money, and need 1t badly. You can bet
your last dollar on that. There are no
rich and fndulgent husbands and
fathers behind them begging them TO
stay at home. In their backgrounds
are men who thru i'll health or in
competence, or lack of energy, are un-
able to provide for their families. {
have known many thousands of work.
ing girls, and not one of them has
been a pampered pet of fortune Who
had gone to work because she was
tired of having papa give her things,
and had wild, uncomfortable yeaf1l-
ing for financial independence.
have heard lot about that GIRL
and read many stories in books and
magazines about her, but have never
met her in the flesh. /Have you? And
if so, how many of her?
Another false assumption is that the
working woman has nobody to support
but herself. The supposition is that
the man invariably has a family to
support while the woman has no one
but herself. OF course occasionally
there is a woman without family ties.
just as there are men without family
ties but these are rare cases.
Nine times out of ten the working
woman has a husband or children, or
little sisters and brothers, or old
parents clingIng 10 her skirts, and
looking to her for their bread and but
ter. I cannot recall any working
woman I have ever known who was
not helping somebody else.
Women are far more loyal to family
ties than men are. 1t is the girls in
a family who turn over their pay en-
velopes to their mothers, and let their
wages 20 for the upkeep of the home.
Not the boys. If a boy pays a reason
able board to his mother, he considers
that he has done his duty, and keeps
the balance of his money for himself.
It is the girls who give all, and who
sacrifice themselves that their parents
may have comforts, and that younger
brothers and sisters may be kept in
school longer than they were.
This being the case-and it is a
fair and just statement of the case
why should girls be asked to give up
/ the jobs they are filling competently
to men? No man could need the
money more than they do. No man
has more dependents than they. With
out work they must starve and freeze
and perish of want, for they are of
flesh and blood, even as a man is.
woman of an honest way to make a
dishonorably.
occupation open to a man than to a
woman. He is stronger in body,
more versatile, better trained, more fit
in a thousand ways to fight adversely
than she is and SO it is a hard thing
to ask the frail, little sister to give
up her slice of bread and butter to her
big, husky brother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26


there are at this time no less than
seven possibilities To straighten out
this tangIe. the Republicans may hold
a pre-primary convention and endorse
one of the candidates. This plan is
strongly opposed by the supporters of
Simeon D. Fess. one of the strongest
candidates for the Republican nominal
ton, who wants to let the fight go
directly to the primary vote
Representative Nicholas Longworth
is in the field for the nomination. An
other strong contender is former sSena-
tor Theodore Burton, now a member
of the house of representatives. Rep
resentatiye Cooper is another of the
asnirants, and Representative Frank
Murphy also seeks the toga. Walter
f. BrOWn,ra close friend of President
Harding, and chairman of the joint
congressional committee on reorgani-
zation of the executive departments of
the government, is to be considered III
the race. The Last aspirant-and this
is the least probable of all of them
is Governor Harry Davis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
Questions-Answers

Q. Which has charge Of fishing rights
IN river, the state or the Federal govern
ment? H. A. s.
the navigation of rivers, but the states
are in charge Of fishing and hunting
q. what does 'sontarios mean *
4. Ontario is an Indian word meaning
either beautiful lake" of beautiful pro-
spect of rocks, hills and water
@. Are the counties of Allegheny spelled
the same in different states?
A. The spelling of the. word differs. In
Maryland and New York It is AIiegany !;
in North Carolina an Virginia, Allegheny
in Pennsylvania Allegheny.
@: Where is Shoreditch in London? f.
A. The borough of Shorediteh is i'm
mediately north of the city nucleus Of
London In Shakespeare's time the ,t two
The name was probably derived from that
of Sir John soreditch, who lived in this
q. How much of the Potomac River
belongs to the District of Columbia? j.
A The District of Columbia extends
to the shore line en- the Virginia side, so
the entire river belongs to the District fer
the length of its boundary.
@. Do all the Judges of the Supeme
Court sit for all casesf l. h
A. The Clerk Of the Supreme Court
says it is customary for all of the members
of the Supreme Court to sit in every SEES
sion unless dis9ualified by having had
Ease faf IS 1reugbt nm for diseussion Ths
law requires that a quorum (two-thirds of
the membeFsl be present.
O. Was the price for wheat set by the
government during the war. the maximum
q the minimum that could be asked: A.
Z. Nick.
a The price set by the government on
wheat during the war was the minimum
price guaranteed by the government, but
the farmer was at liberty to sell higher If
he could.
The one editor in Greenland, who prints
its one newspaper, has also had to teach
its readers hew to read it Once in two
weeks hs<fnakes long journey on skates
TO deliver bis papers.
tAny reader can get the answer TO any
question BY writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington. D. C. This
offer applies strictly to information. The
Bureau cannot give advice Oh legal meI-
teal and financial matters. 1t does cot at
Fe1pf TO settle domestic troubles. nor 70
undertake exhaustive research on any sub
5eet- Write yeuF question plain and
briefly. Give full name aud address snd
encIose two eeuts in staaaBs for return
postage. All replies Rra sAnF direcf to Tbs
fn0ulrazs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
THE SLUMP IN FARM PRICES

The average value per acre of ten
crops constituting nine-tenths of all
crop production dropped from s35.76
to s1448, or so per cent, during the
two years 1919-21, announces the
United States department of agricul-
ture. This decline, it adds, is unpar-
aleled within the scope of records of
the department dating back to 1866.
During the years Immediately follow
ing the Civil war the general trend Of
the average was downward, dropping
from about $14 or SIS per acre to less
than IS by 1896, the lowest point in
the industrial depression of that time.
An advance then set in and by 1918
the average value per acre was $3.50.
The following year there was a slight
decline to s16.44. caused by the low
price of cotton, but in 1915. the year
before the United States entered. the
World war, the average advanced to
$22-5S, or $6.14 in two years.
The greatest gain in one year in
average value per acre for ten crops
was s10.69 from 1915 to 1917, the
average for the latter year being
SSS.25. The average for 1918 was
$ss.73. The average continued to rise
and in 1919 reached the peak of
sS5.T6. A decline then set in,-the av-
erage dropping $21.2s per acre, or so
per cent, il the two years that fol-
lowed.
It is this tremendous decline in
values of farm products that the con-
ference now being held in Washington
is designed to remedy. But there is
an adage that what goes up must
come down and farm crops have
proven no exception TO the rule.
When the same rule has been applied
to the prices of other things which
reached abnormal heights during the
war, such as wages, rents and trans
portation costs, the farmer will have
less reason to complain.
If prices of farm products cannot
be restored to war time figures-and
every effort to do SO up to this time
has failed-then the only course re-
manning op n is to bring other prices
] down to the level of farm products. II
Is not raising or lowering of prices
that is needed so much as the rester-
alton of the equilibrium. This is GER
tain to come, in time. despite the re-
sistanee that is being made against it
by wage earners. landlords and rail-
roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
Dinner Stories

1t was visiting day at the Jail and
the uplifters were on deck.
MY good man." said one kindly
lady, Il hope that since you have
come here you hay9 had time for
meditation and have decided to cor
rect your faults"
81 have that, num-" replied the
prisoner in heartfelt tones. Believe
me, the next job I pun, this baby
wears gloves"
A Boston girl tells a friend from
another town. who. during a recent
visit to the Hub, spoke often and en-
Enthusiastically of her love for music.
One afternoon the Boston girl ar
ranged for the music lover to attend a
concert. AS there was an errand
which the latter must do before the
concert. it was arranged that she
should meet her Boston friend at the
hall and that the latter was to "go
right in"
The concert had, however. been
under way for some time when the
music lover appeared.
Have l missed much?v she -whis-
pered as she sid into the seat along
side the Boston girl" What are they
playing now ?"
1.-The Fifth symphony" was the re-
Spouse.
Gracious me- Am I SO late as
that" asked the music lover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
JUST FOLKS
Bx EDGAR A. GUEST.
oLD-FAsHIoNED DINNERS

oLD-FAsHIoNED DINNERS.
1t wasn't too much work for her in the
days of long ago
To get dinner ready for dozen friends
or so;
The mother never grumbled at the cook
ing she must do gf1r-.
Or the lusting OF the sweeping bur she
seemed to smile 1t thru.
And the times that we were happiest, be-
You'd the slightest doubt,
Were when good friends were coming and
We stretched the table out
We never thought when we were young
to take our friends away
And entertain them at a club or in some
swell cafe
When mother gave dinner, she would
plan it all herself
And feed the people that she liked the
best things ON the Shelf
Then one job always fell to me, for [
brought The leaves to father when he
stretched the table out.
That good old fashioned table. l can gee
with its curious legs of vanished oak
round which ] used TO play;
II wasn't much to look at, not as stylish
Or as costly or as splendid as the oval
modern kind,
But it always had welcome for our
And tno twenty guests we're coming, we
could always stretch II out.
learned it from nv mother-lt is foolish
pride to roam,
The only place to entertain your trlends
is right at home.
Just let them in by dozens, let them laugh
and sing and play
And come to lovme and know them IN the
good old fashioned way;
Homes the place for fun aud friendship,
homes the place where 10y may
And If fnv veI crowd our dining room, wen
stretch the table out.
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A Suest-}
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

1t is said in Washington that Presi-
dent Harding is insisting that the
shantung problem be solved before
the conference adjogrns. It is even
declared that it is possible that he
will refuse to transmit any Of the
treaties to the senate unless Shantung
is satisfactorily disposed of. 1t is all
right, of course, and in the interest of
world peace to insist that japan get
out of China. But why not insist also
that England and France get out of
China2 If that We're done it might
be easy to deal with Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

Talk is talk but it takes money to
pay a. soldier bonus. That ia sub
stance is what Secretary Mellon IS
persistently telling congress. He in
sists that our foreign debtors cannot
be depended upon to furnish the nee
essary cash. This should be apparent
to congress. The only way to meet
a bonus payment, declares the secre-
tary. is thru additional taxation. Are
the people ready for that? Are the
service men themselves ready for it?
The process of collection and dis
bursement would be much like taking
money out of one pocket and putting
it into another. with incidental costs
of making the transfer. That the
service men are entitled to the money
the whole country seems agreed. But
so many persons just at this time are
unable to obtain their just dues that
it may be that the soldiers will be
temporarily to take their
places in the waiting line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

In soft. shimmery gown, her curly
hair piled high, her face alight, her
awful glasses gone, the little AIilldale
cousin was a peacht
But not until much later in the
evening when Blaine Ashley left
early to take her down TO her tTain
did Jim receive explanations from
the contrite Peggy.
And then she only explained be-
cause Jim, tantalized beyond endur-
anee by a certain sweet provocative
ness, had seized her suddenly in his
arm and all in one breath told her he
loved her and begged her to be his.
It was after that little matter was
satisfactorily settled that Peggy con-
fessed as follows:
1--we really been crazy about ven
for a long time, Jim, and-and 1
rather thought you were abell mel
I wanted to go to the game with YOU,
but you didn't ask me and finally I
accepted Blaine's invitation. But
when YOU called up-Wen / couldn't
bear TO think of you taking some dne
else. My cousin seemed providen-
TALLY sent. Only-well. she really is
terribly popular with the boys and |
made her promise not to try her
wiles on you And then she went to
the other extreme-as you knows She
says that just one moment she forgot
she was playing part-at that win
ming touchdown, you know. You see,
her. brother is captain of his college
team. What she doesn't know about
foethaili But she certainly did her
mot to capture metz grinned Jim.
LAS if 1 ever thought for moment
of any one but you, dear!"
And Peggy sighed cpntentedly,
quite as il she really believed, him.
! copyright, 1929. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

Every indication is present that the
balance of trade soon Will be turned
against this. country and the world
will begin to tap the huge reservoir
OF American gold, accumulated since
The world war began The United
States now holds nearly half of all the
money gold stock in the world. Eu-
rope now owes this country nearly
$4,000. 900 in government anu
private debts. 1t seems inevitable
that imports of merchandise should
increase and probably exceed exports
for time. In no other way can Eu-
rope begin to pay its debts. But when
that time arrives a loud wall may be
expected from the protective tariff ad-
Vocates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26
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