The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-11
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Clarence Steward Returns From
Panhandle Country, Texas.
Says It's Level'to MOnOtOny and
Treeless.
0HOT2-1O9 IN SHADE. -
Moving Picture Shows 15c Adj
mission, Vaudeville soc.
Prohibition Enforced But Boot
leggers Said to Prosper.
OT9-1O9 IN SHADE"


Level to morotony and treeless to
desolation,' is the description given to
the country around Canadian, town
in the Panhandle country of Texas, by
Clarence Steward. who returned from
there yesterday. He has been working
as lineman for the Santa Fe railroad
for the last six weeks. He VIII re-
main home indefinitely.
1.-THE first thing that inpresses a
visitor to that Panhandle country
said Mr.. Steward, us the levelness of
the prairie and the absence Of trees.
This region is so fat and without trees
or brush of any kind that a person can
see for miles and miles. He can look
il. any direction without seeing NIL
or tree-it is montonous ana oesOIaee
"Cattle raising and railroading are
the chief occupations. The town is one
of the divisions of the santa re. Near
" every one you meet is either a ran
road man or a cattle man. Tne latter
generally live III farm houses on DIE
ranches. Besides cattle little broom
corn and kaff1r corn are also grown
but no other crops as far as know.
"Tt is too dry There was no rain
from May 20 until just before l Ieft-
Is 1t hot? Well. 1 should say L dldn
have any Thermometer with me WINS
1 was working, but l saw one IN ING
shade and it registered 1O9 degrees
about a week ago. This land there sens
for from IS to $25 an acre un1mproVeo.
CAS- to amusement there are moving
pictures at Is cents per LOOK ana no
vaudeville shows, very rotIeA' d. "
cents per hour.
prohibition is being enforced there.
There is no booze to be found there.
People have to depend upon what liquor
thew can ship in. But bootleggers four-
feb and prosper. OF course this is all
bearsay. I am not speaking from my
own personal knowledge however,
90 know that there is very little uruI4h-
cnness And the cowboy, We'll you see
them occasionally, but the typical COW
T9Tnche-. OF romance, he of the BOOTS
md rDlrs and belts loaded with re-
yolvers and cartridges, is nearly th1lg
of the past. - 49,
state Journal, even way down there
and I tell you it looked good to me-.
People who return home from trip
saw they always appreciate Topeka
made products. This is especially true
of Fuehne's ''Siived Leaf catsup ana
other articles manufactured at the
plant.
Inside and out the Union Pacific de-
rot is draped in mourning on account
Of the death of E. H. Hartman, the
railroad magnate. which occurred
Thursday afternoon. over the ouild-
ing from a newly erected flag pole a
flag floats at half mast.
Said a North side man today: 1.-THE
picnics which are being held in Car
field park from time to time recall to
my mind the picnic-party our sun
day school teacher at my FORMER
country town home gave for her class
every year. The affairs were always
held on the spacious lawn at her
home and was looked forward to as
a great event by the members of our
class.
many ways. She had taught the
same children at Sunday school for
many years. Some of us started as
soon as we could walk and stayed in
the same class until we left home we
all looked at our teacher as sort or
an oracle. We accepted her opinions
upon all public and domestic ques-
lions, as we'll as her interpretations
of Biblical passages without ques-
ton She was the arbitrator of all
our disputes and we waived settle
ment thereof during the week until
Sunday came when our Sunday school
teacher would give us her decision.
$50 the class grew up together.
Our teacher, q will call her Mrs.
Brown, because that wasn't her
name) seemed very proud of us.
There were pair of girl twins in our
group. AS I think of them now, they
were both very plain, but Mrs. Brown
was continually praising their looks
and dispositions. She would say to
us and others: I can tell the twins
apart, but I really don't know which
is the prettier, Glare or Clarinda, or
which has the sweetest disposition
all of which we accepted without the
slightest idea of the humor of the
situation.
However, I started to tell about
our parties. These were generally
held toward the latter part of August
just when ice cream is the best, Mrs
Brown would explain. Two or three
weeks before the event, Mrs. Brown
would give US the date thereof at the
close of the Sunday school-after
telling us, now 1 hope all of you will
stay for church. We We're always
given the privilege of inviting friends
to the party, but we very seldom
availed ourselves of this privilege.
1.-The picnic-party began early ir
the afternoon and lasted until 10 p
m. During this time what fun we
hadl There was Mrs. Browns crouue-
set, painted in the brightest of colors
Then there was that wonderful swing
and the big, roomy hammock IL
which there was always room for one
more.
The most wonderful thing, to m.
mind, at least, was the cyclone cellar
How l remember that place, with it
vault like appearance and its archeC