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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07
Las Vegas. \. Mex,

Wednesday. AUG. fLll-
When the train stopped at BIN
Whites town. an old man in the chalr
car popped his head out of the WIN
dow and addressed general question:
TO the crowd on the station platform;
Are we in Kansas yet ne dShtu'
The nearest man happened to De
Charlie GauIt OF Topeka who had
left the sleeping car to stretch his legs
and take q breath, and no 'eturheu
another question: DO you Fean yet
OF stfIl2 It's yes in either caSak You We
been in Kansas about four hours, and
If YOU stay on this train. you II De IN
Kansas eleven hours more
Rejoining his party, which included
some investors on their way to the
Republic OF Mexico to investigate
business proposition. his little son and
the group OF women accompanyHl6
him. in which were his wife, his MOTH
err his sister. his daughter, and eN-
cess luggage in the person of the wri-
ter. Mr. Gault delivered himself Of a
good old bromidiom: You may travel
where you please" he observed, but
you'll never see anything more beau-
tiful than Kansas at this season. He
called upon =. r. ROhreT. who WaI
also Of the party to back up the state
menc. Mr.. Gault and Mr.. Rohrer
have only just returned from the Isle
OF Pines. and en- route passed through
Missouri, Alabama. MISSISSIPPI Louis
lana. Georgia ana FlOTlUd- On6 tOuH-
~ in this Arkansas valley" said Mr..
Rohrer. as the train sped past Won
derful fields where the late crop has
been harvested only within q month.
and where the ground is already be-
ing prepared for next year. is worth
agricultur ally, half of Tennessee, Ala
bama and Georgia"
And speaking of Kansas, (fOr the
letters of all gadding Kansans should
properly begin and end with a brag
for Kansas the state has never been
such an inspiration to the boastful
spirit of its loyal people as this sea-
son. One hears of the remarkable
crop conditions of western Kansas the
marvellous promise of its fertile fields
and the prosperity. the peace and the
plenty Of the smiling land, but to
realize it one must see it. And one
must. for contrasts sake, have seen
II in other years. burned and dry and
dusty. monotone of browns and
grays. to appreciate its beauty and
luXuriance now. what this wonderful
wear and all the recent wonderful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07
c)OCEzY

A great blow has been struck on
the hearts of a few of the Topeka
young men. 1t will take a long while
TO wipe away those sad and peevish
looks And what Occasioned all this
Word vas received yesterday that
Miss Polly Nelson, of Ironwood,
Mich, sister of Mrs. ]. P. De B.
Kaye, is to be married the first of
october, to Lieutenant Chester
Shepherd of the Twenty eighth in
fantry, L. s. A. They will be sta
toned at Fort Smelling. MINI. This
is the same regiment as that of Cap
tain Jens Bugge. 1t is to be double
wedding. Miss Amy Nelson, who has
also visited here a number of times
and is remembered as one of the
prettiest and daintiest young ladies
who has visited in Topeka, will be
the other bride. She is to marry a
prominent young New York man.
Mrs. Charles Mitchell gave a most
delightful dinner Thursday evening
for her sister. Miss Mildred Morton,
in honor of her birthday. The fol-
lowing young people were invited:
Miss Edith Updegraff. Miss Ruth Will
son, Miss Louise Culver, Miss Edna
Bean. Miss May Kelly, Mr. Dick Por-
Hobart, Mr.. Ivan Dibble, Mr.. Burnett
A beautiful gown is this, for after
noon wear, cut on princess lines and
having a tunic of the material
cachemire de sole. The breteIles and
sleeve caps are of mousseline de sole.
finely tucked and trimmed with bias
bands of the cachemire. A little vest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07
Citizens of Bazaar Complain.

The state railroad board has re-
ceived a petition from Bazaar, Kansas,
signed by 81 citizens of that village
asking that the board investigate the
time table of the Santa Fe branch
which only allows the town a local &C
commodation train. The citizens of
Bazaar state in the petition that their
little city is one of the largest live
stock shipping points in the state and
the delay caused by the poor service
on the Santa Fe at this point is ex-
pensive and serious. The Bazaar
branch of the Santa Fe runs from
Strong City to Bazaar. a distance of
Is miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

never say that again. Hereafter I'll be-
Heve that DESTINY awaits just around
the corner. Thirty-siX hours ago l
didn't expect to go any place more ex
citing than to work. And here I am on
my way to Me-Sicu--ciding in a draw
ing room and going to have my luggage
examined in Il customs house!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

both sides, and willingness to marry.
but the gentleman in the case. un-
fortunately, has wife, who won't
stay put" without very large ali
mony. Same old story-"course of
true love, etc"
y
This princess robe of linen in a deli
cate shade of blue is striking in de-
sign and displays lines of unusual grace.
The odd motifs on the shoulders are
of heavy Irish crochet, outlined by mar
row bias bands of the linen The sleeve
caps are also of the lace finished by
band The skirt, in cuirass effect, ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

soft. gray shantung Around the crown
is draped in soft folds a French silk
handkerchief with a border design and
occasional figure of Oriental pattern
and coloring. The kerchief is knotted
artistically on the left side of the front.
=
Now for a real " scambIe" in high
life There is a prominent Santa Fe
railroad official. very devoted to a
tall. young brunette living on Har-
rison street. 1t seems to be love on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

I
one of the Topeka men, that few
years ago a fellow offered me thirty
quarter sections of western Kansas
land at $50 a quarter! But nobody
wants what can be had for nothing"
The last time the writer passed this
way was Easter Sunday. Do you re-
member the day? The wind blew six
ty miles an hour. carrying clouds of
sand and dust which powdered the
whole world a dull gray coat Our
party was returning from California
and most of the other people on tho
train were also through passengers.
They had seen California green and
fresh and blooming after its rainy sea-
son, and had come under blue skies
out of brilliant sunshine. According
to the Kansas manner, the Kansas
passenger had been boasting about
her state. She had been away about
a month and as the Kansas spring
is usually early, she expected to find
tho grass and trees turning green at
home. So, as they came over the
desert and through the barren noun
tainE and the thirsty plains, she paint
ed Kansas in the glowing cOIors of an
imagination. not untinged with home
sickness. Her fellow travellers Wero
mostly eastern people and things she
told about Kansas were not what they
had mostly heard about the state.
but they listened to her rantings with
amused tolerance and an expression
that seemed to say, Let her rave"
Imagine, then. how they chatted in
trabjous JOY when, on Easter Sun
day morning they piled out of the
train for the breakfast station, on a
wind swept, desolate. prairie land,
bare of any suspicion of Verdure, and
saw the chagrin of the girl from Kan
sas as she viewed her boosted para
disc. All day they rode through the
dust. a gray world sweeping away
as far as eve could reach on either
side of the train, the bare trees sway
ing in the wild wind. and the most
loyal kansan could not have called
the scenery attractive. And of course
nothing the Kansas apoIogist could
say would persuade the scoffers that
her panegyrics might be deserved in
other conditions. They only laughed
when she said, Come back in June"
es," they jeered, "and in August
when the drouth comes and burns
your Kansas to a crisp
If thev might see our Kansas August
now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

You know the joke about how long
it takes a woman to get ready to go
any place. Well. I want to brag
little. I made ready to go to Mexico
in just four hours and Il nalf. At 9
o'clock I vas in the State Journal office
rounding cut coy and with no thought
of 'furrin" parts. At half after I
was at the Santa Fe station ready to
start. In the meantime I HAD borrowed
and packed 4 steamer trunk. bought and
packed ? suitcase, had some hurry-up
laundry delivered and some hurry-up
shoI ping done, had written or telephon-
ed The peOIl e who had to be informed.
cnfptied the refrigerator, and shut up
the fiat. which proves that woman can
hurry when she wants to. This morn
irg. however. t took me tne reguIa ton
two hours to dress If I required as
much time to get ready to go t. Mexico
as to breakfast. l would not now be
in Las Vegas, en- route.
Our party which left Topeka Tues
day includes Mr.. and Mrs. Gault. Mr..
S. Rohrer and Mr.. Earl Anderson of
Topeka aud 7Ir- c. w. Strickland of
Junction City. Nr. Anderson's brother
Mr. Clark Anderson. also formerly of
Topeka. who is with the Tehauntepec
railway, VII meet US in the Mexico
oHptal- Mrs. NJ. J. Gault, Miss Ella
Gault and the tive little Cfault { hill
Cren are going to California where Mr..
and Mrs. Gault Will join them after the
Mexican trip.
nothing ever happened to me but I'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

speakers will be announced later and a
detailed list of the sports. games and
prizes. No effort will be spared by the
committee to make this celebration
one of the most successful that the in
dustriaI council has ever undertaken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

1t has always been my idea Of
grandeur to Occupy the drawing room
OF the sleeping car. but this is the
first time I ever Travelled in such state
I have always sat out with the "pIain
Pc epul.' listening with awe to the state
room bell which summons the porter
as royalty might command the service
oI slaves, repeating to myself that fam
Gus classic Amt it awful to be poor?''
Little did dream that the day would
ever come when I should sit in q state
room; and think how much better it is
70 ride thsn to walk etc. I begged
TOR the privilege Of touching the bell
though when the Porter came in an
SWer to IS summons. I couldn't think
o. anything I wanted. What more
could anyone want than to occupy the
drawing room?
Mrs. Gault. However is a blasted
plutocrat ard travels habitually in L
state room and once she even went to
California with a maid The story She
tells about that maid is better'n than
any mOnOlogue you ever heard in the
vaudeville stage few summers ago
Mrs. Gault and Mr. and Mrs W. 5.
McCHntocN and their children went to
california and they took Mrs. McCin-
tcck'S cook along to act as nurse maid.
she was pretty yellow girl, almost
Y hlte, and the trip was one long tri-
umph OF beaux and flirtations for her.
train and hotel porters and the
walters were all grist for her mill and
: 4'S ISAI q IIIll Ol broken hearts De
hind he". Wherever they stopped even
in the most maniess resorts. she found
acmirers. md sht got off at every sta
ton to send them post cards. And in
her zeal for the new loves, she didn't
forget the old. but kept up a cores
Pon6cnce also with her gentlemen
frien's in Topeka, Kan. OF course her
social activities naturally interfered
with her professional du-
ties. and whenever they wanted Ma
ME she was usually either talking or
writing to her beaux. But she was
ornamental ct least. and lent eclat|
CWhateyer that 81 to the party. They
had kodak and Mamie insisted on be
ing in all the pictures. but when they
reached homo and she saw them fin
ished, she demanded that they be de
stUryed ard the plates broken because,
black.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Mrs. Roosevelt stops at AvignOn.
Avignon, France, Aug. Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by
her sister, Miss Carew. and one of her
sons, arrived here today from Milan
and stopped over to see the city. The
party expects to reach Paris Sunday
or Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

of the mousseline, slightly gathered,
fills in at the bust. and above is little
tucker OF white mOusseline, gathered to
a low line around the throat; the I'M
dersIeeves are also fashioned from this.
A richly embroidered corsage trimming
completes the bodice decoration. The
graceful tunic is ornamented by jewel
ed buttons. corresponding to those used
on the vest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

This hat. besides being attractiveIy
novel. is recommended by its extreme
practicabiIity, and the fact that 1t
would harmonic with practically any
gown with which one might wish ~
wear it. The crown is high and broad;
the hat sets low over the coiffure with
slightly dropping brim. rolling slightly
at the left and back, and covered with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Invitations were received in To-
Miss Ethel Swinney and Mr. Chas.
P Cox both of Lander, Wyo. The
ceremony will take place August IL,
and they will make their home in
Lander. Mr. Cox was with the Rock
Island while here, and is now with
the wyoming and Northwestern at
Lander.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Mrs w. T Oliver, $50 Huntoon
street. entertained a few friends at
luncheon Friday. The guests We're
Mrs. George Scott and niece, Miss
Elizabeth Rose from Usage City. Mrs.
A. L. Conrad, Mrs. ] P. Raster, Miss
Nellie Raster Mrs. Louise Caster and
Mrs. J. w. Going. Mrs. Scott and
Miss Rose and Mrs. Raster remained
all night and are spending the week
end with Mrs. Oliver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Invitations have been received here
from Mr.. William Quigley of Sterling
for the wedding of his daughter, Ann,
to MI. Roy Arthur Wilson. Saturday
the First Congregational church. The
c. b. Reed and George A. Guild
families of Topeka will attend the
wedding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07
OBSERVATIONS OF A GADDER

years have done for it. 1t is not
hard to understand that the country
is booming and land values have soar
ed out of sight. And to think" said
one of the Topeka men, that a few
years ago a fellow offered me thirty
quarter sections of western Kansas
land at $50 a quarter! But nobody
wants what can be had for nothing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Wrote Will on Back of Bank Check.
. Chicago. Aug. THE terse VIII Of
John O'Horo, saloonkeeper. written
on the reverse side of a bank check. was
filed in the probate court yesterday and
held valid. 1t leaves the $1,000 estate
of OHovo to his sister.
The Prudential State Bank. general
banking business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

A wedding of interest to Topeka peo-
pie was soIemnized this week at Cot
tonwood Falls. Miss Jennie Baker
formerly a student at Washburn and
who has just returned from trip te
Europe. was married to Mr.. Roy Black
Shire. who graduated from Kansas uni
Versity last June Mr.. Blackstone, com
monty known as Bird is a wealthy
ranchman of Cottonwood Falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Miss Hazel Faye Mold gave a break
fast yesterday for twelve. at her home
on Topeka avenue in honor of her
guest, Miss Kate Smell, of Kansas
City Those invited were: Miss
Ethel Patterson of Kansas City, Miss
Edith Davis. Miss Ora Moneypenny.
Miss Eva Bessie Bailey, Miss Hazel
Jones. Miss Jennie MOneypenny, Miss
Blanche Shirley, Miss Gladys West,
Miss Kate Smell. Miss Ethel Evering-
ham and Miss FAYE Clark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-07

Tie club women report S42.47 as their
per cent OF the proceeds from the Vine
W God Field day. The expenses for the
day were the prizes, amounting to $50
a1d 81 postage. The Merchants Asso-
citation met half the expense for the
prizes, thus making the ladies clear
a little over $25. 1t is up to the ladies
a long while before they will be hold
ing meetings in club house of their
OWE.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26

Seattle, Aug. ga practical ex-
hibit of unusual interest to horticul-
turists is to be found in that of the
second crop of Strawberries from the
vines OF the King county exhibit at
the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition.
The first crop matured about the mid
die of June, and shortly after this
had been removed, the vines again
broke into blossom and e large crop
OF magnificent fruit developed.
The production of a second crop
has at times been secured by cutting
back the vines after the first berries
had been picked. In the Puget
sound district of Washington this
operation is not, in certain localities,
necessary. The vines producing are
not especially adapted for two crops,
but applies to almost any variety
thriving in the country. The fruit is
of exceptionally good quality and
there Is but little, if any, difference
between the berries of early season
and the ones following later.
In the grounds surrounding the
King county building, large sized
strawberry bed has formed one of
the attractive features of the grounds.
Thousands of plants were set out
early in the year and ON maturing
sufficient fruit was picked to present
each visitor to the exhibit small
box of the exposition grown fruit
The second crop natures somewhat
slower than the first, but it is so far
| advanced that second distribution
viii take place the first of October
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26
A Million Ancestors.

| asked friend a short time back
how many ancestors he had in the
direct line twenty generations back.
After a minutes reflection he sug-
gestej fifty. 1t may be little sur
prising and of interest to some of
our readers to learn that they each
have had more than a million ances-
tors within comparatively recent
years, and that without taking into
account uncles and aunts. Starting
with ones parents, each person u.s.
ually has two, a father and a moth
err The father had his two parents
and the mother had hers. Thus each
person had four grandparents. One
step farther and we have eight great
grandparents. / know a case within
living memory where a man had four
great grandparents all living. A
simple calculation gives the aston
ishing result that our lineal ances-
tors during twenty generations mum.
Der no fewer than 1,O4S,576, or suf-
ficient people if all living to populate
the whole of Wales.-From the Sep
TENDER Strand Magazine
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26

Yale versus Brown at New Haven
Harvard versus Cornell at Cam
bridge
Pennsylvania versus Lafayette al
Philadelphia.
Princeton versus Dartmouth at
Princeton.
Naval Cadets versus Washington
and Jefferson at Annapolis.
November IS
Yale versus Princeton at New Ha-
ven.
Harvard versus Dartmouth at Cam.
bridge
Brown versus Vermont at Provi-
dence.
Naval Cadets versus Western Re.
serve at Annapolis.
November 30
Yale versus Harvard at Cambridge
Brown versus Carlisle Indians al
New York.
Naval Cadets versus Davidson al
Annapolis
West Point versus Washington and
Jefferson at West Point.
November 25-
Pennsylvania versus Cornell al
Philadelphia.
November 81
West Point versus Annapolis al
Philadelphia.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26
Articles of Incorporation.

Olympia, Aug. 26.The following
corporation papers were filed today
with the secretary of state:
Douglas County Irrigation COM
pany of Wenatchee; 100000; F. M.
Scheble, Gunther Carlberg and j. w.
Spencer
Soma Holding company of Tacoma;
$4,000; Charles Bedford and James
T. Jones.
Farmers State Bank, of Reardan;
SIS, 900; H. z. Dean, E. E.. Nable,
w. H. Child, George Anderson and
John Mahst.
Larimer Investment company, of
North Yakima; $4,000; J. C. Lor-
inner, R. A. Mcclure, c. E. Tascher,
G. W. Sherwood, ]. H. Bruff and H.
G. Reeks.
Kilmartin Realty company of Seat
tie; $4,000; Mrs. Louise Scotland
and Louis Nockels.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26
FOOTBA[[FOR THIS
SEASON

September 25-
University of Pennsylvania versus
Gettysburg at Philadelphia.
Brown versus New Hampshire
State at Providence.
September 90
University of Pennsylvania versus
Ursinus at Philadelphia.
Brown versus Rhode Island col
lege at Providence.
Yale versus Wesleyan at New Ha.
ven.
Harvard versus Bates at Cam.
bridge
October p
Harvard versus Bowdoin at Cam
bridge.
Yale versus Syracuse at New Ha.
ven.
Pennsylvania versus Dickinson a.
Philadelphia
Brown versus Colgate at Provi.
dence
Princeton versus Stevens institute
at Princeton.
West Point versus Tufts college
at West Point.
October g.
Yale versus Springfield Training
school at New Haven.
Pennsylvania versus West Virginia
at Philadelphia.
Brown versus Amherst at Provi
dence
Cornell versus Oberlin at Ithaca.
Harvard versus Williams at Cam
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bridge
Naval Cadets versus st. Johns at
Annapolis.
West Point versus Trinity at West
Point
October 10
Yale versus West Point at West
Point.
Harvard versus University of Maine
at Cambridge.
Dartmouth versus Williams at
Hanover.
Pennsylvania versus Brown at
Philadelphia.
Cornell versus Fordham at Ithaca.
Princeton versus University of the
South at Princeton.
Naval Cadets versus Villa Nova at
Annapolis.
October Is
Yale versus Colgate at New Haven.
Harvard versus Brown at Cam
bridge
Pennsylvania versus Pennsylvania
State at Philadelphia.
| Dartmouth versus Amherst at Am
herst
| Cornell versus Vermont at Ithaca.
/ Princeton versus Lafayette at
Princeton.
Naval Cadets versus Virginia at
Annapolis.
West Point versus Lehigh at West
Point.
October 30
Yale versus Amherst at New Ha-
ven.
Harvard versus West Point at
West Point.
Pennsylvania versus Carlisle In
dams at Philadelphia.
Naval Cadets versus Princeton at
Annapolis
! Cornell versus Williams at Ithaca.
November g.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-26

WEI have dry batteries. Our tires
stay patched. Get your supplies Of us.
J. J. Eyer. IA N. Mission. 80
Imperial Valley press., 1909-12-25
FRUITS IN THE VALLEY.
Experts Views on Varieties Best Adapted to Conditions of the
 Desert Region.

Independent private experiments in fruit growing have been carried on in many places in Imperial Valley, and the results of such experiments are of greatest value as an indica- tion of what the country will do. Dr.. J. Eliot Colt, of the University of California, finds that the fruits best adapted to the conditions and suitable for commercial plantings are: apri- cots, dates, European grapes, olives, pomegrantes, quinces, Mariana plums and pears.
 The fruits which have not yet been sufficiently tested, but which may be planted in limited quantities till more is known about them are: almonds, figs, citrus fruits, peaches and some varieties of plums, such as Doris, Hale and Japanese plums.
 The fruits which are known to be poorly suited to the valley and which while they may perhaps be grown in a small way for household use are not considered promising for com mercial plantings are: apples, cherries, entrants, gooseberries and advacados. Such fruits as pineapples, bananas and others from the moist tropics may be grown as specimens along ditch banks where the water supply is constant, if some protection is given in winter This class of fruits however is almost sure to cost much more when grown in the arid southwest than when bought on the market.