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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

contended it was an uneven contest
and that We didn't have fair chance.
Naturally enough, we hate to see
our favorfte President lined up with
that crowd.
We view Lady Astor's contemplated
visit with resignation; that she will
come is perhaps inevitable. They all
do. But it means another profitless
year for this country. Lady Astor
keeps everybody so busy laughing at
her witticisms that nobody gets any
thing done.
The spectacle of the honest farmer
sitting on his plow- BEAM reading a
newspaper and laughing immoderate-
ly at Lady Astor's jokes viii be, In
some respects, an impressive one, but
there is no getting round the fact that
it is going to slow up agricultural
We desire to congratulate Viscount
| Lascelles and ask. the permission OF
the proper authorities TO do so. Wis
count Lascelles is being mentioned in
Ci6entally in all of the preliminary
stories Of :he forthcoming nuptiaI
event. That is a distinction rarely nc
! corded to bachelor candidates for tire
marital state. Lascelles must be quite
d fellow.
We don't seem to be getting any
where with that line of stuff We,
therefore, switch to the notion coun-
ter and place a stock of odds and
ends on sale.
Contrary to general belief the bride
does not enter on her fathers arm
What she does is drag a reluctant
and embarrassed middle-aged man
fdown the aisle.
The esteemed telegraph reports that
the people of Cochrane, Ont. have
seen bear traelSs and are considerably
stirred by that omen of an early
spring. We claim, If that is al they
have to go orr the people of Cochrane
are much too easily stirred.
The column refrains from attack
ing the policy of permitting polygamy
in Senegal, which is stirring the peo-
pla of France. If it appears, later on.
that any of the wives are suffering for
the necessities of life. we may take
the matter up and dispose OF 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

Computations are said to show that
about $3.50, 900. 900 already has been
appropriated and made available by
state governments for payments to ex-
service men, most of it within the past
year. while congress has already cur
renty appropriated s45O,o0o,OOo for
their needs, making a total of about
$500 coo 900 in a single year or a little
more. Senator Borah's estimate that.
as Rings are now going. OUTLAWS for
service men will eventually total $751;
600. 900, therefore. may not be far
wrong. The country still is paying
about s15O,OO0,oO0 a year in pensions
on account OF war that ended fifty
seven years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21
FOLKS
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
I've tried the heightened specialists. who
doctor folks today.
I've heard the throat man whisper low
Come on now let us spray"
I've sat in fancy offices and waited long
And paid for Is minutes what it took a
week to earn
But while these scientific men are kindly.
I miss the good old doctor that my mother
used to call.
The old-time family doctor! oh, I an
sorry that he's gone,
He ushered US into the world and knew
He didn't have to ask lot of questions
Our histories from birth and all the all
ments we'd been thru.
And tho as children small we feared the
medicines he'd send
The old-time family doctor grew to be our
dearest friend.
No hour too late, no night too rough for
him to heed our call
He knew exactly where to hang his coat up
He knew exactly wesre to go, which room
upstairs to find
The patient he'd been called to see, and
saying: Never mind.
I'll run up there myself and see what's
causing all the fuss"
1t seems we grew to look and lean on him
He had a big and kindly heart, fine and
tender way
And more than once I've wished that ]
could call him in today.
The specialists are clever men and busy
And haven't time to doctor as they DID
long years ago.
But some day he may come again, tn,
friend that We can call
The good old family doctor who will love
us one and all
6eopyright, 1922 By Edgar A Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

In a recent editorial the Buffalo
Times declared that s5O0.O0O.Oo0 in
revenues would be added yearly to
the governments resources, and half
a billion in taxes lifted from the backs
OF the public and transferred to malt
beverage and wine-making industries,
by the simple, just and obvious
plan of re-instating the citizen in his
right to, beer and light wines in the
home. But who would pay that $780,
100000 il not the same persons that
are paying it now? The brewers and
wine makers certainly would collect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21
Questions-Answer

Q. Can you tell me where the thiek est
vein of coal in the world is and IN the
United States Bs1s, G. II r. Nine. saws that the
thicEest coal seam in the world is the F9 96o
tuna Mine near Cologne, which Is I9t
Eesm in OF the S tinted states of high
coal, is in the Mammoth Seam near likes
Barre, Pa. This seam is 80 feet th ~ s some
q. What is included in the West End
of London? The East End: T. A
of london lust west Of Portland Place and
Regent ST., including the fashionable shop
ping district and the aristocratic residence
East End comprises roughly the portion
east of line joining Hoxton and Pecknam
Rye 1t is the Industrial and shipping dis
most of the poorest districts, -, -,
Q. Are the Fiji Islanders still canni-
A. Fills are now Christians and are said
to be clearly and intelligent The majority
of them can read and write and many are
skilled agriculturists and navigators. 800,
O. Who won the Pulitzer Price for 1921
for the best novel? s H. h
A. The Pulitzer Price for 1921 has not
vet been awarded. The 1920 Pulitzer Prize
for the best novel Of the year was awarded
in May. 1921, to Edith Wharton for her
book THE Age of Innocence
q. Is biIge water supposed TO be pump
ed out of a ship? L. W. X.
A The water that collects in the bilges
has a peculiar fetid odor which Is very
strong in the bilges are not cleaned often.
In the navy, bilges are pumped out at least
once daily and thoroly cleaned once Week
Q. Who played "A Blot in the 'Scuteh-
con- in America
A. This tragedy by Robert Browning
was played in America by Lawrence Bar
rett.
spikes out of flint rocks: L. f. Y.
A The Indian Office says that general
ly arrowheads were made by the Ifse of
hollow horn. The pieces Of flint was
placed in the horn, the bottom Of the horn
squeezed together as tightly as possible and
the flint Clipped off to the desired shape
with a harder stone
(Any reader can get the answer to any
questions by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin Director. Washington. d. C. This
offer applies strictly 10 Information The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal medl-
cal and financial matters 1t does not at
tempt to settle domestic troubles nor 10
undertake exhaustive research on any sub
[ ject Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give fun name and address and
/ enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct totl8e
inquirerl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

these taxes from their patrons as they
did in the past. If the Times be de-
sirous of obtaining mitigation in the
rigors of the yolstead law, it must
find better reasons than the one cited
above Many a good argument has
been spoiled by trying to prove too
much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

A local representative of one of To-
peka's big railroads writes in calling
attention to an advance of "a cents a
bushel IN the price of wheat at Chi
cago recently. He points out that the
advance was made, despite the fact
that freight rates have not declined.
lie fails, however, to indicate any in
stance in which a similar advance was
recorded at the initial point of ship
utent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

Practical certainty that the solz
diers' bonus, whether provided for or
not, will involve no new taxes on Sc
curities transfers has been a great re-
lief to the stock market as well as to
the financial community generally .
writes Henry Clews. But Mr.. Clews
should not vociferate until he is out
Of the woods A sales tax might cas-
lily be made to include Wall street
transactions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

Building returns for 1913 cities for
January show that\expenditures were
S14O,517.763, as against s52. 4sS,167 in
January a year ago and $139,170,1S0
iu December, 1921. This represents
a gain Of almost / per cent over De-
cember and of 1865 per cent over
January a year ago. The January to-
tai exceeds by over s14,OOO,OoO. or II
per cent the total recorded in Janu-
airy, 1920. and is over six times that
recorded in January. 1919.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21
Helen Hunters
Husband
BY JANE PHELPS

Owing to a delay in the mails, to-
days chapter cannot be printed. The
back chapter Will be printed as soon
as it Is received, and the series will be
kept up to date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

Whole shiploads of hides are re-
ported to be coming from Argentina.
Yet Bradstreet's tells of the recent
sale Of 10000 packer hides at IS
cents, which it says is the best price
of the year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

copyright. 1922 by the WneelsR Eyndicasa,
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-21

In general, Mr.. Husband finds that
the quota law works efficiently
enough. At first, steamship COM
panies caused some quotas to be ex-
ceeded, and made difficulties by bring
ing in more aliens than could be le-
gally admitted. This country was not
responsible, as we have not control
over immigrants leaving Europe. The
consuls, it is true, limit the number
of visas according to the quota law.
But when they began to do this a
great many outstanding visas had been
issued and these have upset calcula-
tions to some extent
I The matter of steamships racing
was not of great significance. Mr.. Hus-
/ band says. II occurred in the case of
few ships carrying Greeks Two or
three of these ships would lie outside
the harbor until just before midnight
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
Will CancelContracts
On School Land Sales

Bismarck. N. D.. Nov. 21.-The
board of university and school lands
has ordered the compilation of n list
of dslinQuenta who bought school
lands on contract several ear 6
and have failed to pay principal. in
terest and taxes. and will make can
cellations at a meeting soon. accord
ing to Land Commissioner Carl Ko-
tizky.
When cancellations are made the
land revert to the state. 1t Ia plan
cash rental. according to the conI7uis-
sioner, so that school districts Of the
state may realize from the receipts.
The action is necessary. according
to the commissioner, because of the
great amount OF d~elinquencies and
the difficulties many school districts
are in as a result of failure to receive
usual allotments from the common
school fund. The delinquency on land
contracts and farm loans totals a mil
lion and q half dollars, he states.
Many of the school districts have issu-
ed all the registered warrants they are
permitted to issue, have bonded to
the limit and are using their sinking
funds to keep schools open, the land
commissioner haid. While the board
regrets to take the action, he said,
it is forced to do SO.
The proposed cancellation, it was
added, will be made on those who
have been delinquent for some years.
The board also will foreclose on land
on which interest on farm loans has
not been paid for years., he said. A
campaign for collection Of money due
on land contracts and interest launch
ed last July resulted in the collection
Of a considerable amount of money, 1t
was stated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
PAGE
Nelson Wishes to
. Resign Position AZ !
/. v. "A. Secretary

Fargo. N. D., Nov. 2l.a-Announce-
ment that he intends to retire from
his position OF respc visibility ;ins the
conduct Of such future caI1pasgrSs 4
may bescarried on by the Independent
or N%onpart!san league forces, In North
Dakota, is made by Theo.f{G.. Nelson.
secretary OF the Independent Voters
association.
Letters addressed to the workers
and letters addressed to newspaper
publishers OF the state, contain Mr..
Nelson's statement of his intention
to retire.
After having served IN the front
trenches in eight OF the bitterest
campaigns that North Dakota has
cver known. / am sure that no onet
will blame me for now wishing to be,
relieved from further duty at the.
front" writes Mr.. Nelson. 5p
my proposal to withdraw from a..
position of responsibility for, the pos
litical fortunes or m;sfortunes Of the,
Independent cause in North Dakota
will make this the las. letter which l.
will address to the IDEAL leaders and.
workers in the Independent nov
ment in North Dakota. l therefore
want to express my hearty a%pprecia-
ton of the splendid cooperation that
has been shown by the thousands of
faithful men and co%-workers.
With our joint work we have made
more c%reditable history for our state
in 4 1-2 years than most states make
in 10. / want to always harbor a
feeling Of friendship and respect for
those who have served and sacrificed
for North Dakota and it's people in
the fierce contest which we sincerely
hopo is now about ended" ,.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
MASONIC TEMPLE
EDEDICATED
ITO at Edmore Monday
Night From Lodges of
Northeastern Counties.

,Edmore, N: D., Nov. 21.-Masons
to the number of ITO from practical
ly all lodges in northeastern North Da-
kota were present here Monday at
the dedication OF the $4,000 temple
recently completed. 1t is estimated
thai about 100 Masons from out OF
town lodges were present at the BAN
que held shortly after 6 O'clock in the
dining hall of the new building.
On account of the lateness of the
train. which was held at Lakota until
Great Northern train No. 20 arrived
at that point from the east. carrying
delegations from Grand Forks. LAri-
more, Crary and other points on the
main line, the program planned for
the afternoon was postponed until
evening and the responses which
were to have been given at the ban
quet were given later in the evening
at the program in the lodge room. The
dedication ceremony and program
lasted until a very late hour.
Chief among the speakers were w.
l.. Stockwell, grand secretary; Allan
V. Haig, past grand master; W. J.
Hutcheson, chairman of the Masonic
Service association, and George A.
J Johnson, master of the local lodge.
The program also included musical
numbers, among which was "a vocal
solo by Howard belong. tenor, Grand
Forks.
Among the lodges represented at the
dedication were those at Bottineau,
Cando, Langdon. Calvin, Clyde, Park
River, Lakota.' Devils Lake, Crazy
Hannah, Larimore and Grand Forks,
The temple here is a beautiful one
story structure of stucco finish over
hollow tile, with high basement and
eqlipment for social and ceremonial
meetings. 1t was built following the
destruction by fire Of the old lodge
room located in a downtown bushes:
hlock. . r- -'-' '
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
ESTIMATED THAT
A OF CANADIAN
WHEAT IS MARKETED

Winnipeg, Man, Nov. 21.-More
than half Of the estimated wheat crop
of western Canada has passed from
the farms to market channels. The
government official estimate Issued on
September 2, placed the Yield for the
three provinces at 10000 900 BUSH
els, assuming that the government es-
inmate Of acreage seemed to be cor
rect. ~
The season being a very early one
there were heavy deliveries before the
official grain year opened on Septexl-
ber l, and 1000 900 bushels OF new
wheat were delivered at country points
during August. ~ ae4.l a@
In addition to this 1000, 900 bushels
and in the period from September / to
the night of November IL. deliveries
at country points were 10000, 900
bushels, making q grand total deliver
ed at country points around 197,000,-
900 bushels.
The heavy deliveries from the
farms during the first ten weeks of
this crop season break all previous
records and very probably will not be
repeated until the acreage is greatly
increased by the arrival of, new set
Tiers. Il -s f%$
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
DONATE FOR CLUB ROOM.

Thief River Falls, Nov. 21.-About
$3.50 has been subscribed by members
of the Merchants association for the
purpose OF providing furniture and
fixtures for the American Legion
club rooms here. The merchants
promised to equip the club rooms in
stead Of placing any advertising mat
ter in the program Issued last fall
for the Legion Revue show, main
tanning that advertising of this kind,
was only a donation and that they
would prefer to give the Legion in
cash the price of the space they were
expected to take Experience lac
proven. the merchants maintained.
that program advertising. az we'll as
all publicity of a similar nature was
of no value in stimulating business
II that besides too much of the
amount secured goes to outsiders.
They are now making good on their
promise to equip the club rooms and
are glad to do so even though it costs
more than would advertising in the
program, they say.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
DILLAGE Is ON
TRIAL in CANADA

Estevan. sask,, Nov. 21.-The pre-
liminary hearing of Lee" Dillage. of
,LignitesaN. D., charged with the muir
der and robbery of. Paul Matolf, q
Regina. liquor agent at Bienfait, sask.,
on Oct. 5 last opened here Monday be-
fore Magistrate Martin. After two
witnesses, Colin Rawcliffe, the Can
adam Pacific railway telegraph OPP
orator at Gienfait and DR.. I. H.
Craighton OF Estevan had been heard,
court was adjourned until today.
James La Coste, a Regina truck
driver, Is charged with being an ac-
complete in the murder. The hearing
Of Dillage and La Coste is expected
to last two days.
'Rawcliffe, in his testimony de-
clared he was sitting at b table watch
ing Matoff~ count $4,000 paid by Dill
age on a liquor shipment. when there
was a sound Of breaking glass and
shots. The next thing I knew I was
in the living roc upstairs trying to
awaken the agent" he said. The
witness declared he could see a man
running along the station platform
with a smoking gun in his hand and
he was sure it was not Dillage.
Rawcliffe stated Dillage and Matoff
had had five or six previous transac-
ltions over liquor. rs (
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
Converse Sees
Improvement In
Taxing NJ eth0ds

Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 21.-some
progress has been made In taxing
methods, declares State Tax Commits
sioner C. c. Converse in his biennial
report to Governor r. A. Nestos. The
present methods, however. probably
will. be improved upon in the years to
come, he indicates.
Following an introduction he goes
on to show that the North Dakota
legislature has combined several DIFF
ferent forms OF taxation, including
income tax, the Inheritance tax, the
tax upon oil, and such taxes as the
capital stock tax and the gross earn
ings tax upon, insurance companies
and upon Car lines, together with the
general property tax. The income tax
possesses the characteristic Of being
fair and equitable but the yield Of
revenue is subject to extreme fluctu-
alton. A commodity tax like the tax
upon kerosene and gasoline produces
a dependable amount of revenue and
Is cas- and Inexpensive of adm!nistra-
ton but, II applied to the necessaries
Of life, bears unjustly upon those who
have small tax paying abilities. The
general property tax can be depended
upon to produce q uniform amount of
revenue and. until recent years, an
adequate amount.
"It was inevitable" continues the
tax commissioner after detailing the
classifications Of North Dakota's taxes,
that there should result from 50
many changes in the tax legislation
as have been made in recent years
something of a shift in the burden of
taxation from n class of property
to another. In cities and villages
there has been q shift of burden to
i business structures while In rural
communities there was a large shift
Of burden to farm real estate. There
was also a shift burden as between
rural and urban communities. Farm
buildings r entirely exempt and
farm machinery partially exempt, but
after making due allowance for such
exemptions. there remains a slight
shift of burden from urban to rural
communities so that rural communi.
ties are bearing a slightly larger per-
centage, and urban communities a
smaller percentage of the total burden
than formerly. If the Legislature
should again contemplate changes ir
the classification law. it is importan,
that o careful calculation should be
! made Of the effect which the con.
1templated changes will have upon the
distribution of the burden of taxation
as between communities and as be.
tween classes of property"
In the latter part Of his report upor
: general taxes, Mr.. Converse calls at.
tention to the fact that the state law
owning his own home. seems to mill,
tate against the renter too poor t.
own a home, this latter residence. be
ing taxed SO the renter Tin rent) pay.
g., double the tax Of the owner of tn,
Z. home.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
You see new beauty
everywhere

Now millions use this method.
You see the results wherever you
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to people new beauty and new
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cleaner, safer teeth. They mean
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Send the coupon for a To-Day
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feel after using. Mark the absence
Of the viscous elm. See how teeth
Written as the film coats disappear.
This test will be I revelation.
Make it now. Cut out the coupon
80 you won't forget.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
CLUBS TO

MinOt, N. D., Nov. 21.-Rotarian ms
and Kiwanians ofiMinot, in their to
tailed combined membership, will dis
pense with their separate weekly
meetings next week, and fostering the
slogan, II Believe in Mihot,' will meet
Jointly at IL O'Clock in the dining hall
of the Episcopal church. The dinner
will be eerved by the women Of the
Episcopal Guild.
This is the second departure from
the regular routine of weekly meet
ings Of the clubs. a similar jointmeet-
ing haE.ng been held ABOUT a year ago,
for the purpose Of a6quaAnting the
membership Of the two clubs and fos-
terdng q closer spirit OF cooperation
between the two organizations. &4a