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The Greeley tribune., 1906-10-11


MIR. and Mrs. Ben Gi1
tained at cards last Friday 6y4
in honor OF Mrs. Nettie Dieter
daughter, Eta. of Illinois. MrSs
Elmer Roy assisted in receiving and
entertaining the guests. Refresh
ments were served and pleasant
evening enjoyed.
Monday, Oct. l, was F. H. Badg-
er's birthday and his wife invited a
few friends to help celebrate the
event in q quiet way by coming to
dinner. The guests we're Messrs. and
Mesdames T. G. Williams and W.
w. Field and they spent pleasant
evening playing 600 euchre.
The new road running south one
quarter Of mile west Of Farmers
Spur was last Monday opened for
traffic. This road has been much
under discussion for the past two
years. it being hard to agree upon
it's exact location to the best advan-
tage of the largest number Of people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Summers of
Denver we're in Greeley last Friday.
Mrs. Summers reports her sister,
Miss Eliza Hill, improving. Miss
Hill has been popular clerk in
Demorest' store for a number OF
years and has been seriously Ill with
rheumatism In Denver the last few
weeks.
r. D. Hughes is one Of the farmers
in the north part of the county wait
ing for the completion Of the big
electric light plant at Lafayette
which will run its wires as far north
as Cheyenne. MIR. Hughes has $50
acres above the ditch which he ex-
poets to pump water for as soon as
he can get the cheap electric power.
Last Thursday evening while the
husbands were at lodge Mrs. c. H..
Ramsay invited small company of
lady friends to spend the evening at
her home. The time passed so
quickly playing 500 and enjoying the
refreshments prepared by the hos
tess that the husbands were the first
to arrive home. The guests were
Mesdames Arbuckle, March, Cam
field, Macarthur, Wylie, Hurlbut and
McClenahan.
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f. Gl y Miller gave ~
esting u o at tho Nos1af last
Thursday evening on the "Histoss OF
Art"
Mrs, w. j. Ferguson and children
of Brush came to Greeley last Satur-
day for visit with her mother, Mrs.
E. A. Hopkins.
Mrs Il. f. Graham entertained a
company of lady friends in a delight
full manner last Friday afternoon
with thimble party.
jesse Gale returned to Greeley last
week after several weeks spent IN
St. Luke's hospital where he under
went an operation for appendicitis.
Miss NJ. M. Sump, trained nurse
from Denver, returned to her home
Monday Miss Stump has been car
ing for Scott Thompson during his
illness.
]. +. Welsh and sister, Gertrude
Welsh who have been living on their
ranch near Ault this summer came
to Greeley last Thursday and Will
spend the winter here:
number Of members OF the Epls-
copal church met last Friday even
ing at the home Of Mrs. Jared
Durkee and organized a church CHOIR
with Mrs. George W. Graham as
organist.
Miss Edith Gale entertained Il
company Of friends last THURSDAY
evening In honor OF her friend, MISS
Kate Messenger, of Denver. Ihe
evening was spent with cards. aoo
being the game and Miss Irene sulli-
van and Prof. ]. w. Lakin were
prize winners.
william Hoyt of Elmira, Cali1''
came to Greeley last week for y shorI
visit with his sister, Mrs. M. +. Eo-
wards and started for his home Mon
day accompanied by his mother MIS-.
M. l.. lIoyt. Mrs. Hoyt has speho
most of the time the last twe''e
years with her daughter here ana ~
now returning to the old home place
! to live.
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k Locals.

isveler.
Potter is teaching the
h0Cl.
prille left last Thurs
land, Ohio.
Clark has moved from
ct TO sl7 Sixth street.
hlcle sale is still going
B' Supply Co. S reposi-
Smith visited in Eaton
nef laughter, Mrs. j..
p Van Antwerp now
the suit department at
lore.
pes Of Sterling came to
saturday. After u visit
Pe accompanied home by
Fhlldren, who have been
mine weeks.
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Miss Lillian Floyd ent to Ault
last Thursday.
Walter Dedrick of Ault visited
Greeley friends Sunday.
Mrs. John James is In the Greeley
hospital suffering from typhoid fever.
Mrs. r. B. Rugh returned last
Friday after six weeks visit In
Chicago.
Mrs. Frank Keefer of Mound City,
Missouri, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
j. p. Nauman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Rowe went to
Ault Saturday for a few days visit
with J. II. Rowe.
Miss Bessie Kelsey went to
Boulder last Saturday for an over
Sunday visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dinsmore
are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
julie Zupke, at Palisads, Colo.
Paul Gregory of LaSalle has been
appointed special U. P. agent to sue
ceed Col. Panrose, recently deceased.
Miss Eta Luther returned from
Eaton Saturday. She was accom-
panied NY her sister, Mrs. W. E.
Roy.
b. G. Strawser of Los Angeles
who has been visiting ]. w. Balm
bridge and family left for his home
last Friday.
Mrs. Bessie Leavenworth Of Dem
yer and Miss Julia Varney of Idaho
Springs were guests of Mrs. Jennie
Lucas last week.
II. F. Harris who has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rowe left
Wednesday for Chicago. Mr.. Harris
is Mrs. Rowe's cousin.
If any of our readers ale thinking
Of purchasing buggy or carriage
this year do 1t now-from Farmers
Supply Co. They save you money.
Albert Lawrence has had his usual
luck with onions this year, raising
8, 900 sacks on twenty acres, that
will give him net return Of IS. 500.
Misses Florence Bliss and Maud
Kelley who are attending the Agri-
cultural college at Fort Collins came
home Friday for an over Sunday
visit.
Miss May Laubenstein who has
been visiting her uncle, j. w. San
born, and family the last two months
left last Saturday for her home in
Collinsville, Conn.
The Windsor Reservoir company
expects to spend about S25, 600 in
cement riprapping parts OF the dam
and also in cementing part of the
inlet ditch and putting In steel head,
gales. .,s@;s
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lucas
two children of Cameron,
who have been visiting
Lucas left last week
They expect to spend
Colorado.
Mrs. A. J. Condor
fnl luncheon for
fslag hGni day
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EMBELLISHMENTS
Asks TO Have High Ohhcials Arrested
for Peonage.

with a request for the issuance Of war
rants for the arrest of Gov. Hoeh. ex-
Governors Bailey and Stanley, the di-
rectors of the state penitentiary and ex-
Wardens Jewett and Tomlinson, as well
as Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma, for
a violation of the peoaage and slavery
laws Ira n. Terriu appeared before Jnl-
ted States District Attorney Bone TINS
morning.
A request for warrants duplicating
larger list of prominent men would be
hard to duplicate in the experience Of the
United States district attorney
Mr. Bone refused to issue the warrants.
claiming that it was not customary to do
SO where there was no belief OF any I'M
mediate departure of the persons accused.
He Instructed Mr. Terrill to file the pa
uers of his intending suit with the OFFICE.
If there appeared to be merit in the con
tentfons he said that the matter would be
laid before the grand lgTv at Leaven-
worth and Mr.. TerriH would be subpoe-
naed to appear as witness. Mr. Terrill
appeared to be satisfied with this ar
rangement, and left The transaction was
conducted very quietly and was over with
within Is minutes.
Mr.. Terrill also consulted Attorney Gen
eral Coleman of the state with reference
to his suit. He left a short while after
wards for Ottawa and southern points in
the state and will be gone until the lat
ter part Of September.
Mr.. Terrin was released from the state
penitentiary in June on an order from the
governor of Oklahoma after confine-
nfent Ia stine ten years and three months
He was sentenced In the first instance for
killing George W. Embree in Oklahoma
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VOC and Personal mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Kitchell Of
Galveston, Texas, formerly Of Topeka
are the parents of daughter, born
last Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Holbrook Of coneyville
is expected next week to visit her
mother, Mrs. tn omas E. Dewey.
Mr.. Russell Frost will return to Lake
Forest university, Lake Forest, Ill, the
last Of this week.
Mrs. w. L. Dickey and her daugh-
tiers who are guests of Mrs. A. L. Will
liams will leave Wednesday for their
new home in Tulsa, I. T.
Mrs. C. K. Holiday. Miss Elizabeth
Holiday, Mrs. T. J. Kellam and Miss
Katharine Kellam returned last night
from California where they spent part
of the summer.
Miss Elinor Armentrout returned to-
day from her vacation spent at Lake
L'Homme Dieu, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs D. o. Crane have gone
to Lincoln, Neb., to attend the state
racing meet.
Miss Julia Wellhouse has returned
from Colorado.
Miss Bereniee Healy left yesterday
for Lexington, Ky, to assist In the in
stallation of a chapter of the lambda
Alpha lambda sorority Miss Clifton
Peyton of Springfield, NO. will meet
her In St. Louis and accompany her to
Kentucky.
Mrs J. W. Going. Miss Margaret and
Mr. Dale Going will be home the last
Of the week from Colorado.
Mr. Earl Mcfarland will leave Sep
TENDER II for Fort Russell, wy.
Miss Hazel Mulvane returned today
from visit to Miss Mildred Swayne
in Herington-
Mr. Kurtz Kellam of Kansas City is
in town.
Miss Ethel Estberg. teacher of ply
steal training in the high school. who
spent the summer in New York, Wau-
kesha, Wis. and the Harvard summer
school at Cambridge will return
| Thursday. She will be at home at tbs
| Virginia this winter.
Miss Hazel Howe has returned from
WATERFOWL Wis, and Chicago, where
! she spent the summer
Mr.. Walker Cain came in from {
business trip to Denver yesterday and
win go to Tyler, Tex, tomorrow Il
visit his parents before he goes to Chi
cago, where he has taken a position
and viii remain permanently.
Mrs. O. P. Updegran and hel
| daughter Edith. viii return from Col
orade tomorrow
Mr.. Charles Lantry of Kansas CITY
was in town yesterday.
DIR. Otto Kfene. whose marriage Il
Miss Ro Hotchkis of Watongas o. T.
! Will take place Wednesday, will leave
for Wafonga tonight accompanied b.
/ his mother, Mrs. E. A. Kiene OF Val
encia and his niece, Miss Marguerite
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ROBS AT LEISURE.
The Lone Highwayman Holds Tn the
Yosemite Stage.

Wawona. Cal.Sept. 3.-Three miles from
Ahwahnee, a Yosemite stage was held up
yesterday afternoon. It was driven BY
Bright Gillespie, who took President
Roosevelt and his party through the park
on their visit here three years ago.
The robber appeared at a bend in the
road and told the driver to come or 1p
The driver drove until he was within a
rev feet Of the robber, then stopped. The
looper ordered the passengers out The
oilVef was told to go on some 50 feet
more ~ ne bandit then lined the passen-
gers up in the road
Mr. Wertemer Bishop of New, yerl- 7,,s
me nrsL searched and $3.50 taken from
Iic4,,~a Mt Blsnop snapped the robber's
RlctuFe- ne says the robbers voice was
very low and calm. He worked earelessly
ana every chance was given the driver to
snooL MIN mad he had a gun
A r Ornasbee, friend of Mr. Rishop's
rom Brooklyn, lost s13. He took two
SLapshots OF the robber- Two OF the
passengers were women. They took the
Aold-up as though it was part of the
trip. % me
A soldier passenger was not disturbed
any more than asked to get out of fhe
sage de had a loaded 3S-rifie and az
tlis panult was rather careless in the
.llSauer OF facing the passengers the
sgioteI TOOK aim, but was prevented frona
shootlng by his fellow passengers vv7o
ttsasea ms aim might not be true and
mat lne foDber might have acc0mp4ices
~ W ems Fargo company's treasure hoy
eas AIKEN out. rifled and the contents
burned Il is not known how much fbfs
contained The United States mail VS.
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STONE AND LAJoTE LEAD.
Doing the Heavy Batting in the Amer
lean League.

st. Louis, Sept. s.-The last week has
caused great havoc among the American
Ieaegue batsmen. cutting down the total
number of 300 point men to II, and gen
orally reducing the swatting outfit to
minimum proportions Stone, in spite of
some small loss IN his percentage, leads
the league. and will doubtless keep on
leading It. He has no near competitors
among the all-season players, even the
great Lajoie being quite a way below
him.
Cleveland leads in team batting, though
the Ohioans have been heavy. sufferers
from the downfall of the swatting. The
New Workers have also suffered severely
ana fail in just a point shy of Lajoie's
men Connie Mackss people lead in extra
bases, and st. Louis in baserunning. Har-
~ Davis. although one Of the many who
fell below the 800 mark during the week
stu leads by mile IN total bases, with
Lajoie second.
Four pitchers still have perfect aver
ages IN the field. Jack O'Connor heads
the catchers, Tom Jones the first basemen
and Eajoie the second sackeTs. Bradley
keeps up top at third and Davis exeels at
short IsbeiI nomina1ly leads the fielders.
Ar1nbruster and Niles close up, but the
real credit goes to Fielder Jones. Chicago
and Cleveland are even in team fielding.
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WENT IN THROUGH ROOF.
L. e. KinarnerIe Tried in vain to save
Chickens From Thieves.

1.-The best laid plans of mice and men
gang aft agley.
L. E. Kimmerle, of No. 321 West Cur
tis street, North Topeka. who Is a clerk
in the Rock Island general offices, can
testify to the truth of the famous say
ing of Robbie Burns.
Kimmerle possesses, or rather former
~ possessed, thirty chickens of excep-
tional breed. He made arrangements
for what he thought would prove ample
protection from thieves who might be
inclined to break in and steal.
First Kimmerle bought a Colts re-
volver of latest design, and placed Els
trusty bulldog in q conspicuous place.
A great big paddock fastened the door,
and an electrical apparatus rugged up TO
ring a bell in the house upon any effort
to tamper with the entrance to the
chicken roost completed the precau-
tons for the safeguarding of the chick
ems.
Saturday morning. however. Kim
merle woke up to find the roof of his
chicken house in a sadly demolished
condition and the thirty chickens miss
ing
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MARSHALL WILL STAY.
Attorney General Coleman Refuses to
Remove Cowley Assistant.

Attorney General c. c. Coleman this
morning announced that he would not re-
move John Marshall the assistant attor-
ney general appointed in Cowley county.
He will notify the Cowley county people
today of his determination to retain Mr..
Marshall.
There has been a hard fight made for
MarshalFs removal on the ground that
his services are unnecessary and that his
appointment was inspired by the town
feud between Winfield and Arkansas City
The Arkansas City people fought hard
for MarshalIs removal
Winfield -eople petitioned that Marshall
be retained. and the attorney general has
decided that his services are necessary.
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KANSAS MOTORISTS ORGANIZE
Branch of American Motor League
Formed This Morning.

About one hundred and fifty auto
mobilists. comprising representative
men from various parts of the state,
but the majority of whom were To-
pekans, met this morning at the rooms
of the Commercial club and organized
the Kansas Division of the American
Motor league. A. E. Agrelius, Of Linds-
borg, was chosen for the position of
chief consul and George W Crane, of
this city, was elected secretary and
treasurer
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LOCAL MENTION.

Topeka Hive Ladies of the Macea-
bees will be entertained by Mrs. Cyrus
Guthrie. SIS Monroe street, Friday
afternoon, September 7th.
There was not a bond ordered for
feited this morning with the closing OF
the April term of the district court,
which is out of the ordinary as there
are generally from one to dozen de-
hnquents.
Mamma, does a man have to be
smart to be a fan - asked a small boy
of his mother at the ball game Satur-
day. No, my SON. replied the moth
er. s.it is usually the case that the less
he knows about the game the more
noise he makes
The Kansas rife team to which one
Topeka boy belongs and from which
the revolver team was selected won
third place in the contest at Sea Girl
New Jersey, last Saturday with army
revolvers out Of over one hundred con-
testing teams.
The Salvation Army has opened a
new life saving station on the south
side of Fifth street between Kansas
avenue and Jackson street.
County Attorney Otis Hungate has
returned from a fishing trip up north
with his hands scratched up by barbed
wire and he claims that the marks are
those made by the big fish which he
took from his hook His stock Of stories
are old and stale and without an exc
ception second handed.
c. H. Samson left for Nebraska this
morning to attend the state race meet
ing which is being held at Lincoln this
week. He has a number Of horses en-
tered in the races and expects to land
several of the larger purses
The thousands Of blackbirds that an
nually find a roosting place IL the grove
at Bethany college during their stay
in this portion Of the country have
commenced to arrive.
With the advent Of September, the
first month in which the letter R occurs
and according to the old trappers the
first month that the hides from fur
bearing animals are marketable, the
local fur buyers are receiving consign-
ments of furs.
Fresh oysters have made their annual
appearances on the bill of fare at the
high grade restaurants and hotels.
The courts Of all descriptions are un-s
affected by holidals, legal or otherwise. 3
and are in session today though all the
offices al the court house are closed.
Judge Dana held q short session of
the district court this morning for the
purpose of closing the April term. ~
few motions and unimportant rulings
were made and the April term is closed
Governor Hoch has returned from
his speaking trip to Washington and
Lebanon in the northern part of the
SA1tS 32E II AAtClAAAAA4E A4AE OAlAO R&[A4Ie
at DR.. Roby's home this afternoon.
E. H. Funston. of lola is in Topeka :
and will make a speech this afternoon
at the Ohio picnic.
Senator s. S. Benedict came to To-
peka today to look after a pardon case.
A. ". Smith Of Mcpherson county
came to Topeka today 20 look after
political matters
Grace SEEMING is the name given by q
17-year-old girl who was arrested il
the Mills Dry Goods con1panys store
Saturday evening charged with shop
lifting SIS she was attempting to leave
the building with silk waist concealed
under her skirts. She was fined $40 IN
police court this morning
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Ruby Edwards, colored. 4 months
old, died this morning of pneumonia
at the family home, Ill Van Buren,
street. The funeral will be held Tues
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock from the
house and the burial will be in Roch-
ester cemetery.
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on January 3. 1891. and was given a sen
tence of p years.
His claim Of the violation of slavery
law is that the Oklahoma law does not
provide for labor upon imprisonment and
that by placing him in the state peniten-
tiary of Kansas, the authorities violated
the Oklahoma law by working him dur
ing his sentence, a right which they did
not possess.
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AIcDANMLs IN COUNTY JAZZ.
Negro VINO Confessed to Murder of
o. G. Bodley Brought to Topeka.

Robert MeDanieIs. the negro who
has confessed that he was a member
of the gang of box car thieves, who
murdered Santa F7e swatchmen, o. G.
Bodley at Ottawa last Wednesday, was
brought to Topeka today and lodged
in the county Jail In his confession
he has implicated Jesse Bruce and A
w. Pearce, the latter being in the
county Jail at this place.
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taken out in search of another treasure
box but not disturbed further. The man
is without doubt the same one VINO held
UP the stage last year in August and this
year in July.
The sheriff and posse are out after him
and the stage company has offered re-
ward of $3.50 for his arrest and conviction.
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Los Angeles. san Francisco and Other
California Point sos. OO-Sanfa "a

Tickets on sale daily commencing
August 9Th to Oct. 31st. Good in
Tourist Sleeping cars and free Chair
cars.
For full particulars address
7. L. KING, c. p. & T. A.,
Topeka
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Philadelphia. Sept 3.-BrookIyn won the
morning game from Philadelphia. Score;
Ri. z.
Brooklyn -. --...........-.....-SI Il j
Philadelphia ..-......-. ......-.-...0 6 1
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Pittsburg. Sept. s-The morning game
in the National league here resulted:
RH.E
Pittsburg 49,. .-----.s.s...+..--.--.s.-.z 0
st. Louis -.--..---..--.--s.-.. -......-.e /
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Thc WeafIler.

The cloudy weather which threaten
ed Topeka this morning has all passed
by and the day is delightful. The sky
is clear and the clouds have all dis
persed. A cool breeze is blowing at
the rate Of nine miles an hour from
tho northeast
The rainfall yesterday amounted to
80 of an inch. The temperatures for
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.'gho were the chief bensneiaries under
your uncles wt1l2''
THE automobile manufacturers Each
legatee bought two as soon as they got
their money Judge.
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Leavenworth society has had a Sc
we're blow and although It may get well
it is certain 1t will never look the same.
For weeks the post ard town have been
in a hutter on account of the advance
advertising of an army s officers wife who
was expected there with an automobile,
a. chauffeur and two French maids. Now
1t is announced that the lady didn't like
the description of the house her hus-
band would have had to take, a small
one beyond the barracks, SO he was
transferred to Washington by some
mysterious agency, and Leavenworth
will not even so much as get peep at
her.
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Roston s. WasIlingtoa 1.

Boston. Sept s-Tha local ball team in
the American league won the morning
game from Washington.
RH.E.
Boston $3.50. -....----S ,
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lxseopIs sendIng items to thus department.
OF Iha State Journal win confer = favox
by giving the Iuil first name Or two
Initials. with all proper names. Iteraa
must be accompanied by the name and
address 81 the writer o. they eaa not be
Su1llshed.l
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That's bad enough for girl-what
would you think Of man who would
blondine his hair? Wen a Topeka man
is guilty. He says he got the peroxide
instead of the hair tonic by mistake,
but then that's the sort of explanation
a girl always makes. she's always using
a hair tonic, never a bleach.
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She was a member Of the decorating
committee bustfing around on her
high heels with her arms full of bunting
and ''sich,'' and looking despairingIy at
the shaky little stepladder which was
supposed to support her one hundred
and sevtnty hounds. "Oh, Mr. Blank,
she said as she came upon him in
corner of the veranda lazily Iounging
and smoking, its so nice to be t9ll'
20, don't know" said Blank rising
and moving toward the smoking room,
its rather a disadvantage some times. =
The Mean Old Thing.
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ley and Mr.. Walter Shoemaker of Kan
sas City will take place Wednesday AZ
ternoon at the home Of the brides par
euts, Mr.. and Mrs C. e. Hawley on
Harrison street
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A big Chicago corporation gives
wedding gift of $50 to each of its en-
pIoyes who marries while in its employ.
A formerly of Topeka man has recently
taken position with this company and
his friends here are wondering whether
the prospect of the wedding present was
an inducement.