From the Lawrence Daily World for June 1, 1910: “That L. L. Dyche, State Fish and Game Warden, is making a bad mistake in stocking the streams of Kansas with German carp is the opinion of Mrs. R. C. Johnston, of this city. She says that years ago her father had a fine fish pond in Ohio stocking it with fish of various sorts and was influenced, by some smooth talker like Dyche, into stocking it with German carp. When the carp were large enough to eat two or three attempts at eating them cured the family of the fish habit, and it did not take much longer until the neighbors would not accept them as a gift. The flesh of the carp is coarse and watery and it is also soft and mushy. It is entirely unfit for the table and the people of Kansas will feel buncoed if they stock the streams with them. Mrs. Johnston thinks that the people of the state should be warned against the fish before it is too late…. Evidently annoyed by the great amount of criticism aroused by its refusal to shine publicly as scheduled, Halley’s comet appeared in the heavens Monday night and gave a demonstration that ought to silence all its harsh critics. About 9 o’clock it settled down to good steady work. ‘Always bright’ appeared to be its motto.”