The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
118 East Sixth

they couldn't give thecountersign to halt
them and if they wouldn't halt, to
shoot. The sound of the gun was to
be the signal for the boys to fall in
battle line in the center of our camp.
"One night we heard the gun go
bang and Immediately the boys
formed line of battle. The sentry
came rushing in and said he had seen
some one crawling near a fence The
man wouldn't give the countersign
nor halt, so he shot at him. 1 went
with him to see whom he had shot,
taking a lantern, it was very dark.
When we got to the place where the
shooting had occurred we found that
| the soldier had shot a cow However,
| in the darkness he thought it man,
and he had done his duty
Probably about the first of next
week, V. r. Parkhurst, engineer for
| the North Topeka drainage board. will
begin his experiments with oil residuum
| on the surface of the dixie slopes to see
what effect the liquid will have in aid
| ing the earthwork to resist the scour of
| the current. He will treat about fifty
| square feet of the material at a time,
using about a gallon Of the liquid to
the square yard-at a cost of 2 cents a
gallon.
81 will try to apply the liquid on the
slope of the bikes as close as possible
| to the waters edge" said Mr.. Park
L
| mean to say that am not in favor of
planting willows. However, I think
that the oil residuum will be valuable
| to hold the soil together in places
where willows or other shrubbery and
vegetation would not grow, such as
| where the material of the embank-
ments is composed mostly of sandy soil.
1 intend to treat the bikes for about
| two weeks, and by that time 1 believe
| that we can tell as to its value for the
purpose it is intended. I may try the
experiment on the bikes near the coal
shutes.'
81 wish to further state, in connec-
ton with my opinion of the dikes,'' said
Otto Kuehne this morning, that peo-
pie have need no fear of the water
seeping up through the ground in flood
time enough to inundate the ground.
| It has been our observation that it
| takes several days of flood for the wa
tiers to seep up, and by that time the
| rise will have gone down..
A surprise party was given Wednes-
day evening by the K. &, L. of S. on
Mrs. VIM. Fletcher at her home on
Central avenue. The ladies of the lodge
| report a very enjoyable time. Those
present were: Mrs. Earl Capron, Mrs.
Ida Ruff, Miss Wayne Saunders Miss
Clara Graft, Mrs. H. H. Saunders, Mrs.
NJ. E. Connolly, Mrs. Laura Palmer,
Mrs. Grace Holmes, Mrs. Mary Ten
/ nant, Mrs. 1. ]. Ketchum, Miss Gladys
| Ruff, Miss Everett, Miss Irene Graft,
| Mr.. George Saunders, Mr.. Charles
Ketchum, Mr.. Clinton Ketchum and
| Miss Ethel Palmer.
In the same old way at the same old
| place we are still selling corn peas,
and tomatoes at so cents per dozen.
| loin and porterhouse steak Is cents per
| pound; eggs, 2 dozen So cents; chuck
| steak, 8 pounds for % cents; boiling
beef 6 cents pound; corn syrup, 10
pound pail for % cents; Alaska red
| salmon, 81 a dozen; ginger snaps, 5
| cents per pound; % pounds of navy
| beans, 81; coffee, 10 cents per pound
a few of those choice cigars left, rs
cents a box; granulated sugar, 19
pounds for 81, and other bargains too
| numerous to mention. High patent
| flour $1.5O per sack. c. w. Thompson,
| 1927 North Kansas avenue, Independent
phone $50.