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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
To Stop the Rivers Overflow
Will Cost 50 Per Acre.
Engineer Wright Gives Figures
From Official Survey.
LEVEES rs BEST PLAN.
Thinks Mammoth Reservoirs at
Emporia Impractical.
A. Partial Strengthening of the
Channel Would Aid.

Chanute, Kan, Oct. 24.-The great
question in southeast Kansas is being
settled in meetings held this week in
different towns to take INTO considera-
ton propositions to curb the overflow
OF the Neosho river. A wide river In
a fat bed is the Neosho, and when the
rain falls, the river rises out of the
banks, and hundreds of square miles
OF land are inundated.
BY reques of Congressman Camp
bell the United States government has
taken charge of the work to curb the
river. An expert has been in the val
hey all summer, and now he is report
ing to the towns along the river, so
that and landowners may get
together and hear the plan.
Nine dollars per acre Is the amount
gineer. stated at the meeting here.
would be eQuired to render Neosho
county bottom land, now valued at $SO,
sell for SIS to 800 an acre. Mr.. Wright
has prepared exhaustive plans for a
drainage system of the entire water
shed of the Neosho and calculates that
In Neosho county. improvements cost
ing $4,000 and protecting 41,50o acres
OF overlooked land must be made
His plan embraces a partial
Strengthening of the hanne of the
stream and for a system OF
levees, sluice gates where needed to
egulate the flow on the river. he rec
commended a Ievee 800 feet from each
bank, SO feet wide at the bottom, 5
feet high, and 6 feet wide at the top.
On all lateral streams he would build
wing levees and on those having a
great fall, construct a sluice? gate.
During flood times, he calculates
that the water he'd of the Neosho,
comprising $3.50 miles, sends 10000 cubic
feet of water down the channel of the
river a second, while the stream Is
on1y capable of disposing of approx
mately $4,000 when ban full.
To disDose of his surplus of 10000
cubic feet per second, four plans might
be adopted. First, enlarge the present
channel; second, dig auxiliary channel;
third, build levees, n fourth. built
mammoth reservoirs at Emporia to re-
tain the water temporarily. OF these
four methods, Mr.. Wright rejected the
second and fourth as impractical. His
recital of the situation was heard by
about so land owners along the river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
FAIRBANKS AT PARSONS.
Vice President Says Cocktail Story Was
Only 2 Poppy Cock Tale"

Parsons, Kan, Oct. 24-Vice President
Fairbanks was in Parsons Tuesday
evening. He opened up long enough TIC
talk on the Fairbanks cocktail and his
trip to Texas, but nothing of politics.
very pleasant man is Fairbanks.
A wreath of smiles is his face, and
he is not as thin as the ~cartoonists
picture him. A large man is he, and
is as dignified as a Kentucky colonel
and he is as cordial
Supper was taken in Parsons at the
excellent Katy dining hall. AS Mr., Fair
banks andRh his secretary,I Colonel Lock
woQ left the hall and stepped upon
the station platform, the vice president
said:
What Newspaper reporters in Par
sons. This country is certainly civilized.
I am glad to see YOU"
All smiles was the vice president. Col
onel Lockwood was introduced by him.
Colonel Lockwood was the center of
attraction as far as Fairbanks was
concerned, for the vice president is a
and Fairbanks talked.
Mr.. Fairbanks and myself are going
to Dallas, Texas, to attend the state
fair said Colonel Lockwood. 1.-The
vice president has just come from Yer
million, S. D., where he made his last
speech. The date in Dallas has been
for a long time, and now we are
pleased to get there to fill it. Mr.. Fair
banks is also considering the plan of
making an address at the deep water
way convention to be held in Musko-
gee on November -"
VIVA about the Fairbank cocktail?'
Fairbanks was asked.
1T is only a poppy-cock-tail," he an
Swered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
MISS GOULD A VISITOR.
Young Lady an Honored Guest at the
Army Y. NJ. G. A. Dedication.


Leavenworth. Kan, Oct. 24-The
presence of Miss Helen Gould, donor OF
the building, was the feature of the
dedieatory services of the new army
worth Wednesday afternoon and night.
Addresses were delivered by Briga-
der General c. B. Hall, U. S. A, COM
mandant of the service schools at the
post, Rev: Charles M. Sheldon of To-
peka, William B. Miller, international
secretary of the army and navy Y. M.
c. A, and others. At night Miss Gould
held a reception for h enlisted men
of the garrison.
Today there will be a brigade re-
view of all the troops stationed here
and in the afternoon Miss Gould will
visit the City Y. M. C. A.
A little incident in connection with
the visit of Miss Gould was In relation
to Engineer Charles Boyle, the en-
gineer who had just brought in the
Missouri Pacific's fast mail train from
ST. Louis. The oil and CRIME of his
engineering had been hastily wiped
his face. LEFT St. Lucy twenty-five
minutes late" Engineer Boyle pro-
claimed, but I made it UP and got in
on time. Thought I'd
I'm glad to meet men like you"
the daughter of millions said heartily,
and you could see she meant every
word of it, too. "Glad to meet men
who do things and do them right and
and here's a rose for you, Mr.. En-
gineer."
Perhaps there are happier men in
the yards than Engineer Boyle, but if
so they're the goat crew and BILLY"
WEIGH and J. K. Merri1eld. veteran
conductors, and Fred Williams, who
pulled" the st. Louis Limited Elk
press to which Miss Gould's a was
attached, and a few others, all of
whom went away with flowers of one
kind or another. Not because she
was the descendant of a great f1nan-
cier or the sister of men who own
railroads, but because she had given
up many of the supposed good things
of life to work for the railroad mems
Y. M. C.. A. and other things that help
Miss Gould is accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. w. B.. Millar of New York.
Richard Morris. general secretary of
the international committee of the Y.
NJ. C. A. and Bruno Hobbs, field sec
rotary of the international committee. !
Mr.. Millar is the senior secretary of
the army and navy branch of the Y.
M. G. A, with headquarters in New
York. |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
THE JAYHAwKERs NERVOUS.
Don't Like h Report the AssistanI
Coach Brings From Nebraska.

Coach Brings From Nebraska.
Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 24.-"If kansas
were to play Nebraska next Saturday
we'd lose by a score of at least "a to
O."
THAI is the bad news that Assistant
Coach Parry brought into the Jay
hawker camp last evening when he re-
turned from Minneapolis, where he saw
the Observation-Disclosures game Satur-
day. The outweigh Kan
sas at least ten pounds to the man,
he continued. Nebraska plays Kan
sas November 9, just a week after the
washburn-Kansas game, one of the
hardest on the Jayhawker schedule.
'Of course we haven't given up
hope Parry explained. Were going
to work mighty hard for that game and
we nave a fighting chance to win"
The K. u. tudents were somewhat
by Parry's report, but still
have hopes. Kansas beat Nebraska last
year when the prospects for Jayhawker
victory were as hard as they are now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
A RENTER CLEARS So. 1000.
How the Short Grass Farmers Are
Picking Up the Money.

Norton, kan, Oct. 24.-Moses Me-
Call, who farmed the Griffith place
two miles west of Norton, cleared over
$4,000 this year. He had one hundred
acres of corn. which yielded forty
bushels per acre. Seventy acres of al
falfa produced one hundred and sixty
tons of good alfalfa hay worth sixteen
hundred dollars. Then he threshed
two thousand dollars worth of seed,
and had a hundred tons of straw for
feed.
falfa and seed, and two-thirds of the
corn for his share, amounting in all to
considerably more than three thou
sand dollars, which is pretty good for
a renter put in western Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
A GIRARD SALOON RA1DED.
Bar and Plate Mirror Are TumbIed
in the Streets.

Girard, Kan, Oct. 24-By order of
County Attorney D. H. Woolley and
on complaints sworn to by him and
City Marshal A. w. Barke of Girard,
the saloon conducted by Barry James
on the south side of the square was
raided and the costly bar fixtures and
French. plate mirrors were dumped
into the street.
James was arrested and the LIQUORS
found in his establishment were
seized. James already has one case
pending in the district court, set for
yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
EAGLES Silver Statue
1Oc Cigar
AT ALL FOOD DEALERS
OPPOSE THE
Hundreds of Women and Children I'm
a Prohibition Parad

Pittsburg, Kan, Oct. 24.@Several
thousand women and children paraded
the streets of Pittsburg Wednesday, as
a demonstration against gambling
and the liquor traffic.
They carried banners and trans
parencies, and circulated 500 petitions
to have Mayor Fisher and the city
council close up all saloons n gam
bling houses. These petitions were
presented to the city council last
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24

Jail by Chief Whitehead. Pruitt has
endeavored to get in communication
with his father since his arrest in the
hopes that the latter would come to
his assistance, but has not been sue
cessful. He will remain in the county
Jail until released by the commission
erS.
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the pens and put on full feed.

the pens and put on full feed.
Yesterday Judge James Cowgirl
sold a herd of five hundred to John
Hubbard, who will put them on full
feed, and there are perhaps five hum
dred or a thousand more cattle on the
range which will be brought in to thu
yards and fed on beet pulp this winter.
The cattle like the peel pulp and
the feeders think they WILDE able to
put them in first class condition for
the market by feeding them on pulp
and alfalfa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
10 MEEI "OCN En-" MOlFt.
Jack Sullivan Will Probably Take the
Place of Burns.

New York, oct. A-Jack Twin"
Sullivan, the New England heavy
weight. will probably get the chance
champion, in a 20-round bout before
the National Sporting club of London,
on November 25, now that Tommy
Burns, the. champion Of this country,
the other side on account Of the in
juries which he received In the recent
railroad wreck while en- route to this
city.
When Sullivan learned of Burns ac-
cident he Immediately cabled to Man
ager Pettinson of the National Sport
ing club, offering to take Burns place
fight Moir. Sullivan will proba-
bly, be selected to box Moir in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
CATTLE LIKE THE PULP.
Thousands of Steers Being Fattened
On the Beet Factory Product.

Garden City, Kan, Oct. 24.-The
cattle feeding business is assuming
greater proportions in Garden City
and when the pens are completed
south Of the factory, hundreds of cat
tie will be cared for there.
John Burnside has been feeding
some two hundred cattle in the pens
south of the factory.
Last night H. w. Rice brought a
bunch of six hundred head from
Trinidad and these will be placed in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
New kansas Postmasterz

Washington, Oct. 24.-James w. Rus
sell is appointed postmaster at Elmo,
Kan, vice A. l.. Shane, resigned; VIII
liam r. Donnellan at Lancaster Kan.
vice w. "A. Pfouts, resigned; Clarence
s. Marsh, at MenIo, Kan, vice s..
Maynes, resigned; Eura r. Pitts at
Rice, Kan, vice Olin H. Davis, resign
ed; Goble at Yocemento, Kan,
vice c. r. Linn. resigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
A FAIRLY MORAL COUNTY.
Only Thirty Criminal Case in Mont
gomery County This Year.

Independence, Kan, Oct. 24.-The
minutes of the district court show
that since February, 1907, thirty-two
criminal suits have been tried. OF
these. wenty-seven have resu1ted in
conviction, one hung jury, the balance
acquittals.
The records of the probate court
show hat since January I, seventeen
persons have been adjudged insane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24

Washburn tried the old style forward
pass of last season and Speice got the
ball. Gross punted to Smiley and
Smiley made a 10-yard return. John
punted TIC Dockery. who was downed
for a loss by Brethour. Millice caught
a onward pass from Gross and carried
ball five yards. Smiley made six
yards on an end run Larimer gained
a yard. Hope made an onside kick to
Speice on the 10-yard line. Gross
punted to Smiley, who made a Is
yard return. A forward pass went to
Gross. st. Marys tried a forward pass
but could not gain. Stoll tried the
end but couldn't get around. Gross
punted to Smiley and Smut returned
the ball rs yards, placing h ball on
the 45-yard line.
Platt was held for no gain. Wash
burn tried a forward pass to Brown
but the ball went over the center of
the line and Washburn received a
15-yard penalty. Williams punted
and st. Marys returned the kick to
Smiley, who fumbled the ball. Will
liams, however, recovered the ball on
Washburn's 25-yard line. Williams
punted outside on the 45-yard line.
Stoll gained 10 yards and Petit went
through for W. yards. Speice gained
a yard. Cross carried the ball 20
yards on a forward pass. washburn
vas penalized five yards for holding.
Shredder lost a yard and was hurt in
the mass play, his knee being
ed. Mooney took his place. Maser
went through for Is yards. Gross
tried for a goal from placement but
missed.
Williams kicked out from the rs
yard line and Haughey the
ball in the center of the field, forcing
it outside. Williams punted and Lari-
mer tackled Speice, who was unabl
to make a return. The punt was re-
and caught by Smiley. Millice
~ n14 nv ~of- .-I Cxo;111y xtAyx Z
yards on a forward pass. A double
by Washburn netted a yard. A
double pass, the last pass of which was
a BASS, struck the ground and
Washburn took a penalty. An ex-
change of punts followed by a forward
directly over the line terminated
the half, the exact location of the ball
being in st. Mary's territory.
The 1ina-1In.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
Paid 10000 for 21O Acres.

Solomon. Oct. CIV. r. Wilson
has purchased the Tom McGrath farm
east of the city. There are 30 acres
in this farm. As far as can be learned
n consideration was $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
Jailed for stealing a Ride.

ChanUte, Kan, Oct. 24.-C. N,
Pruitt, the lola lad who stole a ride to
Chanute in a parlor car of passenger
201, was taken to Erie to the county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
Haskell Eleven to Texas.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 24-The Haskell
Indian football team left Wednesday af-
ternion for Austin, Texas, where they
will play or Saturday against the heavy
team of the University of Texas. The
cam will be gone until the middle of next
week, as the men stop on their way back
to play on Wednesday against the team
of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College at College Station, Tex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
SALT LAKE COURSING MEET.
ssrrilby Brazen'' Does Best Work Of the
Hounds in Puppy Glass.

Salt Lake. City, Oct. 24.-At the
Brazen, winner of the finals in the
Mississippi futurity, M of principal
events of thu national coursing meet.
Trilby is a Denver dog, owned by I.
w. Bartels. h beat Sir Sweeney of
Butte in the fourth round. The Wolf
of Butte in the fifth and Oquirrhs
Colonel of Salt Lake in the final. The
score stood 11-3. In qualifying
Oquirrhs Colonel a Commercial Elk
press of Butte and DeRock of Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24
Mcfarland Defeats Goodman.

Fort Wayne, Oct. 24.-MoFarland of
Chicago got the decision over Kid
Goodman of Boston at the end of a
fast ten round bout here last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-24

The lineup:
WaShburn. Position. st. MaryS.
Haughey.....--.left end...""....Abrams
Platt-.-"--..;left ELECTROMAGNETIC
Brown 6cap.J..... center ....:::.Faikenberg
Brethour..---..right guard.....--;..:.Fox
and Mooney
Robb and Jeson and
Hope......... quarterback ........Dockery
ELECTROMAGNETIC half:-........specie
offioIais: Referee@Dr. snirass Ottawa.
linesman and timekeeperLOscar D. Wolf.
Field Judge-Frank Griggs. Time of
HalvesITwenty-five minutes. Touch
Touchdowns-Hope 2, Gross L
Kennedy Is Not Confident.
In commenting with friends after the
game, Coach Kennedy of K. u. was
heard to say: "Washburn a the best
chance in her history to win from us
this year. They have a much better
chance than they did in 1903, the year
when / was at WaShburn and we de-
feated Kansas. Dur squad is large and
is slow in getting into shape. We ex-
pect to have all kinds of trouble with
Washburn this season. Judging from
the ST. Mary's game which we played
and the one yesterday has
a good deal the better of our team.
ST. Mary's earned a score on us while
the touchdown in yesterdays game was
a huke. Besides Washburn was able
toEpileb up nearly twice as big a score
weo die. However, it is ten days I'M
til the game and lots of things can
in that time"
w are satisfied" said Coach Quig-
ley, I'VE hardly expected to score on
Washburn at all. Our bunch always
seems to have stage fright when they
are playing the bigger schools of the
and don't get started until too
late. Washburn has an awful team to
heat INFLOW"
Evening star., 1907-08-18

Mount Pleasant. in the East Park, near
Columbia avenue entrance which Is almost
equally well known to park visitors as Ar
nold's mansion Is to be the headquarters
Of La Moriganta Klambo. the newly formed
organization of fashionable women motor
lists.
Few buildings in the park equal Mount
Pleasant in interest and none Is older. 1t
is one of the few well-preserved country
mansions built in this country in colonial
times. As a specimen of architecture mod
eled upon the style made popular by Sir
CHRISTOPHER Wren. 1t is one OF the half
dozen or less which remain in this country.
The house which John Adams-who died
there in 1774-declared was the most ele-
CANT In Pennsylvania. was built for Capt
John MACPHERSON In 1862 In 17T9 Mac
Pherson grew tired of the place and sold 1t
10 Gen. Benedict Arnold. who had married
Peggy Shippen. In its time the mansion
has borne three names. Macpherson called
II the Hills and also Clunie. and subse-
quently 1t was known as Mount Pleasant.
Capt. MACPHERSON was One of the most
original men in the province. II he had
not been immensely wealthy he probably
Evening star., 1907-08-18

would not have been tolerated: but as a
privateersman in England's war with
France and Spain before the revolution he
was lucky and came home with genuine
gold galleon. He had two sons. One was
an officer in the British army. but resigned
his commission on the breaking out Of the
revolution and became major in the
continental army. The other son was with
the colonists from the beginning of the
struggle and was killed at the attempt to
take Quebec. being the first Philadelphian
of Importance to give his life for the cause.
Old Capt. Macpherson made himself tire
some to Congress begging for command of
ship, but did not gain his desire. He
published the first directory of Philadelphia
in 1855. This book is really one of the Gu
riosities of literature. for the captain cam
vassed the city himself and printed the re-
plies he received at each door in answer to
his request FOR names. He died In 1892 and
lies in St. Pauls church yard.
When Arnold married Peggy Shipper.
daughter of Edward Shipper, subsequently
chief justice of Pennsylvania, he bought
Mount Pleasant and settled 1t on himself
for life. with the remainder to his wife and
children. At the time Arnold was military
governor of Philadelphia and Judge Pc
ters who occupied Belmont. the seat across
the Schuylkill rom Mount Pleasant. ao-
Evening star., 1907-08-18

cused the general Of having converted $780,.
600 to his own use and of having used this
toward the purchase Of Mount Pleasant
Arnold did not long remain at Mount
Pleasant After his treason he, Of course.
had to leave the COUNTRY. and the state of
Pennsylvania conhscated his life interest in
the beautiful estate. Baron de Steuben
became the next tenant of the place, and
Arnold's life interest was sold to Col. Rich
ard Hampton for $3.50.
In the Shippen correspondence, published
few years ago. there are several refer
ences to Mount Pleasant. In 1888. in let
ter from Mrs. Arnold to her father. 1t ap-
pears that Arnold had an idea of privately
getting title to the property for his family
He changed his mind. however, and suE-
gested that the place be sold at public auc-
ton for as much 1t would bring In
1896 Mount Pleasant was sold. but for bare
ly enough to satisfy the mortgages upon it,
Gen. Jonathan Williams, a revolutionary
patriot and commercial agent of the United
States in France from 1777 to 1855. bought
the country seat and lived there for years
The property remained in his family for
many years and purchased by the
park commission by virtue of the act of
1887, which permitted the acquisition of
what are now park properties.-Philadelphi
Ledger.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
pIINfI POLV1.N0

Then came another easterly swing across
to the Maryland shore. which was skirted
until Cobb Point light was left abeam and
Blackstone Island light cleaned off the
port bow. With Blackstone Island light
passed, Mr.. Wilson made another easterly
shift for steady run past Piney Point
light, and he and Mr.. Evans retired in favor
Of Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Jones.
The gathering squal clouds had OBJ
scured the moon and the lightning threw
Its vivid flashes upon the river with in
| creasing rapidity and volume OF accompany
ing thunder. The storm burst with sudden
fury. The few passengers not retired
| scurried for shelter. The pilot house win
| dows were made tight and the wind-driven
mass of rain obscufed the bow Of the
steamer from the view of those in the
darkened pilot house. Mr.. Thompson
| snapped on the searchlght to pick Up a.
occasional buoy and timed his courses with
little or no apparent concern. 1t was q
brisk squall while it lasted, which wasn't
long. for Piney Point light slipped by
to port the moon crawled again from be-
hind the storm clouds. that were rapidly
disappearing into the east, flashing and
grumbling generously.
With Piney Point abeam and the Kettle
Thompson brought the ship quarter point
to the southwark, and on a southeast. q
quarter east course she squared away for
a straight run of twenty-five miles to
Smiths Point light, the southern lip of the
rivers mouth The water had been brack-
ish for miles. but was now fully salt. with
the strong 1oodtide running in. The fresh
ened southeasterly breeze brought the tang
of the sea- and 1t was a glorious midnight.
Pretty soft. this life. isn't itf' queried
The Star man.
We sure have city people beaten in the
summer time: but man. sir, when she gets
cold and the ice cakes are promiscuous
like, pilotin' up an down these parts amt
no dream OF bliss" rumnated Mr.. Thomp-
son. Il have seen the time when, after
had brought her up the river as far as
Fort Washington an We could see Alexan-
dtia five miles UP the brook We had to
buck our way through sheet ice yard by
yard. sometimes takin' half day to make
the distance. 1t was back her and full
ash-bang-crackle-and stop after
twenty-yard gain, over and over again.
Nothin soft about that
And in any kind OF thick weather this
old river is a mighty ticklish place to navi-
gate boat this size in. We draw sixteen
feet, and we got to have that amount or
we don't go. Some places the channels
couple of hundred feet wide Easy
enough to slide her into the mud. No great
danger to lives. but we ike our job s'long
were in the business. Howsoever, | admit
that night like this sort OF compensates
And Mr.. Thompson leaned upon the win
dowsiIl and gazed dreamily upward at the
moon.