The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17
NORTH SIDE NEWS
It's Quieter in Oklahoma Than
in Kansas.
Even the Wind Doesn't Blow
: Says Nat Taylor.
KANSAS PACIFIC DAYS
Harvey Nichols Relates His
Fathers Experience.
Was Conductor When j. O.
Brinkerhoff Was Brakeman.

1t may be hot and quiet here these
days, but it is nothing as compared
with this time of the year in northeast
ern Oklahoma" said Nat Taylor, who
spent some time in that section of the
country. Here at least we have the
wind blowing once in awhile, but there
in June it settles down. dead still.
1T is actually SO quiet in places
where there are just two trains a day,
that you can hear a pin drop from one
end of the town to the other which isn't
very far usually.
las long as the sawmil1, which is
as common to Oklahoma towns as
ciety. keeps going there is a little
noise, but when that shuts down-oh
my.
The sleepiness pervades the atmos-
phere. You feel peaceful No one
thinks Of moving faster than a cater
pillar.
However occasionally the stiffness
of 1t is broken by the slap, slap of bare
feet as some youth shuffles down the
road on his way to the creek for a
nights fishing.
''This sport is about the only re-
creation in that country. People start
for the streams Saturday night, stay
all night and don't get home until the
following Sunday evening"
Harvey Nichols tells of the days
when his father, Roll Nichols, now
living in Los Angeles. Cal, was con-
ductor on the old Kansas Pacific.
'In those days when Topeka was the
terminus of the old Kansas Pacific
(now the Union Pacific) the conduc-
tors collected cash fares exclusively as
there were no tickets. Highwaymen
were numerous. AT that time our home
was at Gordon and Quincy streets. I
have heard my father tell of how he
woulG leave his train near the freight
depot (then the passenger depot) with
| bag of money in one hand and
gun in the other and keep on the look
out for robbers as he walked up the
winding wagon road which then led
from the depot to the house.
"One time he said that he was walk
ing down the street about a. m. near
the depot. The place seemed deserted
when suddenly two men stepped out
from behind building and evidently
intended to hold father up. However,
why it's that conductor. Let's let him
i'm off, and they disappeared.
when my father was conductor, J.
o. Brinkerhoff, present superintendent
of the Kansas division of the Union
Pacific, was his brakeman
Exciting, thrilling, is ssA Drama in
Mid Air. in which is shown the perils
is but one of the features Of the pro-
gram at the Bijou Dream tonight.
The turtle which wandered aim1ess-
~ into a North Side store Tuesday is
still an object of interest. However to
all questioning it maintains an abso-
lutte silence and appears to wish to
travel igcognito. It seems to prefer
air, hot and cold, to anything else as
q diet and grows su1len and reticent
one friend, and that is the store kit
ten. which it condescends to notice.
When the catlet approaches the hard
shell, and stretches out its paw to
latter will reach out his head with a
friendly smile To all others it wears
a mask of stoIidity.
Among the rumors of the origin of
the turtle is that 1t is one which had
been buried in the earth along the
river bank for many ages until the
dixie workers uncovered it.
News Notes and Personals.
M. L. Lippincott has moved from
Horton and has located at 1915 Har-
rison street. Mr.. Lippincott is employ
ed by the Union Pacific.
Buttermilk and cottage cheese are
sold by the Topeka creamery.
Mrs. Ella B. Steele, the wife or W.
c. Steele, formerly resident of the
first ward, died at the home at Enid.
Okla, Monday. The funeral was held
there. The remains were brought to
HoltOn yesterday Tor burial.
Don't suffer with your feet when you
can buy a pair of mems canvas OK
fords or shoes for 81. T. D. Joseph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Goodman of Chi
cago are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. F. P. Elmore at sos Van
Buren, street.
All North Side people know what
the Model bakery stands for Model
bread.
An ice cream social will be given
tonight at the home Of T. D. Gabriel
at Kansas avenue and Fairchild street
for the benefit of the Acme ball team.
Jersey Cream at Lacey's drug store.
Mrs. J. w. Elliott Of Kingman ar
rived today for a visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Sacks
Luther Boswell of station A left
yesterday for a trip on the western
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Brown have
returned to their home in Manhattan
after visit with relatives in the
vicinity of the North Side.
Masonic Lodge, Golden Rule No. 80,
will put on work in the first and third
degree at it's meeting tonight A full
attendance Is desired