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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
or the creak becomes Level again.

rear the creek becomes level again.
Here Is planned a number of swings,
"teter" boards and the like.
The boulevard win be beautiful
drive. Starting at the north end it IS
almost level with the lay of the ground.
It gradually ascends until the place OPP
posite the lake is reached-then ii Is
25 feet above the lake level. The view
from all points along the drive is I'M
surpassed. 1t would cost very little
money to construct this boulevard-it
Is almost natural at the present time.
The removal of a few trees and rocks
would tell the story.
Boating in the new park would be
the best in Topeka. The creek winds
around through the park and the lake
ia the middle gives plenty Of room for
spin" With little work the creek
could be widened until boats had a
" waterway of at least 25 feet. In many
places it would reach almost $50 feet.
AS a whole the new park viii be a
great addition to the city. There is no
Park whatever in this portion of the
city and the residents are very anxious
for this new scheme to pass. The street
car company has promised to extend Its
line to the park as soon as 1t Is In run
ming order and the city paving runs
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TO WORK AT ONCE.
Operations on New Park to Com
mence Very Soon.
Expected That City Council Will
Approve Plans.
SOUTH PART OF CITY.
Rickenbacher Park Will Accom-
mOdate New District.
4. N
SOUTH PART OF CITY.
A Map Showing Plans Approved
by Park Commissioners.

At meeting of the city council Mon
day night the final decision on the ac-
ceptance Of the Rickenbacher tract of
fifteen acres of park land for city use
will be rendered. This matter has been
hanging over the chasm between the
city council and the park board for
some time. 1t is of advantage to Mr.
Rickenbacher and to the city that il
be settled at once Spring is here and
this is the only time to commence on
the growing improvements.
Mr.. Rickenbacher's proposition to the
city is this-just south of the city there
is a tract Of land that the owner de-
sires to set out into city lots. Near
this land is a large creek enclosed with
a thick growth of trees. Mr.. Rfcken-
bacher proposes to deed this land to
the city for park purposes-providin q
the city will survey the town lots and
spend as much money on the park
every year as is spent on other city
parks.
The matter was investigated some
time ago by the mayor. the city en-
gineer. the street commissioner and a
number of the councilmen who drove
out to the park and spent an after
noon there getting line on the Law of
the land and picking out the good
points. At this time the impression of
the woods and water for park purposes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
co O D
Spring Is the Great Tonic Season

spring IS the 6feat IONIC 5easoh
Spring fever" is in the air. We all have
touches of it--all feel the need of a general
''toning up" For this purpose nothing is
better than the orange habit Eat 'Sun-
kist" Oranges at breakfast time Eat them
during the day, and at bed time. ''Sunkis
all agree that orange eating at this time is
trainloads of "Sunkist' Oranges are now being
You'll find them on special sale at your de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01

broad view over the scene would make
"a beautiful place for such growth. The
soil is excellent and would promote the
best of cultivated flowers.
East of the creek and west of the
tracks would be planted children's
garden. The proximity to the tracks
will not make this a dangerous place
because there is a deep draw between
the two. Ample protection will be made
to guard the connections between the
park and the tracks. The childrens
playground as drawn in the map will be
one of the most beautiful places IN the
whole tract. This ground is gentle
slope toward the creek The grass is
rich and oeautiful-in fact it would be
unnecessary 20 improve this stretch a
particle 1t slores from the Drive and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
QUINCY

and the ideas of the park commission
ers and Mr.. Rickenbacher in making
the improvements. The park is located
south of the city just south of Twenty
two boundaries are augmented by the
Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe tracks
on one side and the broad prairie land
on the other. When the paving for
this year is finished it will run to with
in two blocks of the park on the south.
The above map will show the i'm
provementS which will undoubtedly be
made in case the matter is accepted
On the extreme south is a low level
piece of land surrounded on three sides
by the broad wooded creek. This has
been proposed as an athletic field. 1t is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
LAZY Liver

81 find Cascarets so good that would
not be without them. I was troubled a
great deal with torpid liver and headache
Now since taking Cascarcts Candy Cathar-
tic feel very much better. shall Ger
tainly recommend them to my friends as
the best medicine have ever SEEN"
Anna Bazinet,
Osborn Mill No. 2, Fall River, Mass
Pleasant. Paiatable. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe.
lOc 25c SOC. Never sold In bulk. The eenu-
Inc tablet stamped c. Guaranteed 70
cure or your money back. 70
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01
Oranges for Grippe

II people only half realized what
an exceedingly valuable medicinal
food they have in the orange, the
crop OF California. vast as 1t Is,
would all be consumed on the Pa
ciflc Coast. leaving mono for ship
ment east of the Rocky Mountains.
Any one who makes q practice OF
partaking freely OF citric acid. eat
ing at least three oranges a day
morning. noon and at night-tak-
ing little lemon juice In water be-
tween times. need fear no epidemic
OF grippe or other disease.-The
Family Physician.
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Oranges for the Complexion

Two years ago a club of twenty-five
women was formed to make q test of
the health-giving value of oranges.
The best quality of oranges were in
variably eaten and the results were
uniformly beneficial. This was quite
apparent In their improved complex
ions. Some of them said that in addi-
ton to eating oranges they had made
it a practice to squeeze the Juice of q
lemon into q tumblcr of water and
drink IT the first thing I'm the morn
ing. These women are uniformly en-
thusiastic over their experiment and
are firmly convinced that by freely
eating oranges and drinking lemon
Juice from time to time, tho liver IL
kept In perfect condition-and Of
course a perfect functioning liver Is
the secret OF q good complexionS-
Special Correspondents Health Advo-
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

Sicilian bakers have organized in New
York City.
Over hundred carpenters in Ft Dodge,
Ia. formed union.
Brewers are organizing the weiss beer
men in Milwaukee.
Laundry workers in Jackson. Mich, have
received their charter.
The custom vest makers have organized
a union in New York City.
The Chicago Tribune declares the new
tariff law is about as popular the ear
ache
Inside electrical workers have eff
fected good organization in Des Moines,
Iowa.
/, ,Ioarneyman BARRIERS in ST. Paul, Mimi,
have been granted an increase of So week
in wages
The Cloakmakers' strike in Cleveland
fer an increase in wages of 10 per cent is
proving successful.
The Garment Workers in San Francisco
have decided to affiliate with the National
Womens Trade Union League.
Kansas City, Mo-. city council has passed
an ordinance barring out the Barnum &
Bailey circus from that city on Labor
Day.
A settlement has been made between the
Mississippi Valley Telephone company and
the Electrical Workers Union in Keokuk.
Iowa.
What the union does: A little contrast
down in F1orida-Organized machinists
get $3.50 for eight hours; unorganized get
81 80 for nine hours.
The straw hat workers have entered into
the industrial field. and, like all progress
sive unions, have adopted union label to
designate their product.
All of the tents used by Cole Bros, cir
Gus were made by union workmen- Each
tent bears the stamp of A F. of L. Tent
Makers Union, No. 1857 of Chicago.
The Dallas, Texas, strike or loekout-in
reality loekout-is settled and settled in
the interest of the union plumbers. 1t
lasted little more than week
The Hatters' fight is still on-don't be
misled in this matter. To be sure you ar
/ on the right side insist the Hatters'
label when buying hat.
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

Is dragging down the standard of
wages and the standard of living be-
cause she is unorganized and mex
perienced and undisciplined and will
take any wages given her
Girl in Railroad Shops
Il saw bright young Hungarian
girl in Cleveland, o., feeding a giant
machine making screws and bolts for
the railroads and she was so graceful
in every movement that the superin-
tendent told me- she had doubled the
capacity of the machine, and turned
cut twice the product her father did
who ran the machine before she took
it. l asked about the difference in
wages Oh, he said, we paid the
father twice what we pay the girl
During a discussion over the merit
of giving cheap lunches to the girls
employed in one factory, one of the
head men explained that it was not
charity, because they paid the girls
SO much less than the men who had
to pay full prices for their lunches. A
girl 16 years of age who received z
lived on that amount and she respond
ed with eternal feminine resignation.
Why, have to- Another girl who re-
ceived IS cents day in the sausage
room of the packing house, said, 1t
was pretty good for a girl yet that
very girl had taken the place of a
young man who had made $1.75 a day
More and not less women will be
it or not they are in the industrial
world to stay. 1t is for those of us
who care for the future generation to
see to it that our coming mothers are
earning their livlihood under condi-
tons that are upbuilding and not de-
grading
I'VE must protect the mems wages
and the American standard of living
by organizing the women so that they
may be disciplined and not hysteri-
cal element in the industrial struggle.
They must be helpmates in industry
not competitors They must have the
ballot for their education in RESPONSE
biiity and because of the power it
gives them to change their condition
Fall River Figures.
William Hard, in his article on
The Woman's Invasion says that
/ tsS-nty-one women out of every hun
dred are working. In twenty years
1 900, 900 have been added to the ranks
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The wageworker., 1909-09-11
SOME LABOR DAY NOTICES.

All laws are subordinate to the Law of
Equivalents
Nothing short of absolute freedom will
make us contented-
The workers motto: ssCome up higher =
We are all creators, and mould our OWN
destiny.
We have a perfect right TO change our
minds-also our votes.
The master is as much In bondage TO
the slave as the slave to the master
We respect only the Laws OF God and
those that represent the will of the people
Laws affect only the weak. The strong
overcome them.
The injunction judge heeds not the IN
junction, Judge not, lest We be judged
No man can be absolutely free as long
as there is in bondage-George Tyler
Machinists' Union No 720, Toledo. Ohio
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

The entire force of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company in
East Pittsburg. Pa, have been placed on
full time. About 1000 men are affected.
The journeymen tailors at their conven-
tion in Buffalo passed resolutions declaring
for government ownership and democratic
management of the means of production
aud distribution.
won by 12O marble workers in Cleveland
through a strike which began July 1
and ended Saturday Settlers will receive
$5 and helpers So per day.
The strike of the carpenters in Fargo,
\. D., has been settled and building opera
tions have been resumed. The contractors
agreed to coneede the nine-hour day and
time and half rates for overtime
The BARRIERS International Union at its
convention in Milwaukee next October,
will discuss the founding of a home for
old and disabled members after printers
pattern at Colorado Springs.
At ST. Paul, Mimi, the letter carriers
who will be holding their national conven-
tion in that city-have been invited to
march and the Labor Day committee hope
to have detachment of the fire depart
ment in line.
A plan was advocated in the meetings
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and Grand International Auxiliary
in Savannah Ga, to let the annual gather
ings rotate among four Georgia cities-At-
lanta. Savannah, Augusta and Macon. This
would bring them together permanently in
Georgia.
The wageworker., 1909-09-11
THANK YOU. KIND SIR!

W. NJ Maupin, editor and publisher of
the Wageworker of Lincoln, Neb., who was
recently appointed labor commissioner of
Nebraska. has also been elected president
of the Nebraska State Federation of Labor.
We wish Brother Maupin all kinds of sue
cess and from reading his paper we know
that he is capable of filling any place that
may be imposed upon him, aud especially
when it comes to anything connected with
the labor cause. The Times extends hand
of congratulation to Brother VIII, and may
he live to do much good in his new
fields of labor-Council Bluffs Times
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

vertising rates. Not job printer in the
town would print handbills. Not a hall
could be secured. But the Wheeling sgElois-
lists went over by the score and adveT i.s-d
the meeting by word of mouth They hired
a vacant lot, and Raymond Robins adj
dressed 5000 toilers, unorganized and hope
less, and left them organized and full of
determination to stand up for their rights
The day God made Raymond Robins He
laid off when He had finished and called
it good day IS work Would He would get
busy and make another one for each in
dustrial center In this great republic.
The wageworker., 1909-09-11
RAYMOND ROBINS BACK EAST.
Raymond Robi

Raymond Robins has been stirring up the
animals in the east. He is now in the big
industrial storm centers and he is carry
in. hope and cheer to the toilers- The
union-hating corporation tools have ordered
him out cf town. but he laughed in their
faces They told him he should not make
public speeches. but he made them. And
every time he spoke he put another nail
in the coffin of oppression, He arranged to
speak at Appollo. W. Va, and the news
papers refused to announce the meeting,
although offered treble their regular ad-
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

The unionists of Lincoln and Have
lock, and especially those connected
With the Labor Day committee, are IN
der obligations to the three daily pa
pers OF Lincoln-the Star, the News
and the JournaI-for their HberaIfty in
Jhc matter of advertising the star at
traction of the Labor Day celebration
Miss Mary Mcdowell OF Chicago All
.h-ee OF the papers gave all the space
asked, and, indeed, asked for more
prepare.
Sunday mornin's Star contained the
following interesting interview with
Miss Mcdowell:
Ii the employer without sympathy
for the oppressed who work for him.
and without kindness or charity for
the men who have spent the best days
of their life in his service, can be de-
picted to a people Of the m iddte west
where poverty is almost unknown and
where no problem of the working peo-
pie exists, Miss Mary Mcdowell, the
angel of the stock yards, and the
head worker of the Chicago settlement
society, can draw the picture
Miss Mcdowell arrived in Lincoln
shortly after noon Saturday She viii
give two lectures in this city Sunday
and viii speak at the Labor Day meet
ing at Capital Beach Monday In the
Lar or of her hotel Saturday evening
size discussed the conditions OF the
working girls in the Chicago packing
house district She paints a picture
Of the treatment accorded the girls By
their employers that would put to
shame many of the nasueating scenes
depicted by Upton Sinclair However
Miss Mcdowell is not an adnirer o;
the author of The Jungle" and she
alleges that ne exaggerated conditions
of the packing house district when ne
told some of the tales which she SAYS
were the emanations If a facund i'm
agination
For twenty years Miss NcDowe.
has worked among the working girls In
the stock yards district of Chicago and
she has an intimate acquaintance witt
the majority of the three Thousand
girls who work day afer day in tn.
sausage rooms and in the canning fac
The wageworker., 1909-09-11
What the Church Owes
Labor's Great Army

mand OF the men was based on JUS
tice and deserved TO be granted.
Sunday evening St Paul's church
was almost filed when Miss Mellow
ell was introduced by the pastor. Rev
DR.. Roach. The Helpless in Indus
try" was her subject, and she spoke
along similar lines to the address of
the morning, making a plea for organ
ization among workers and demand
ing that the Church of Jesus Christ
awaken to its duty and its opportuni-
ty. Its not easy to interest a starv-
ing man in religion said Miss Nc
Dowen
Although the weather did not per-
nit Miss Mcdowell TO deliver her La
Dor Day address, the subject of which
was to have been Woman in Indus
try" The Wageworker is permitted to
give synopsis of the address she had
prepared. 1t is as follows.
The last census tells us that there
are 5.S19, ,397 women in the gainful oc-
cupationS in the United States. Over
3.00o.00o are wage earnerS working in
factories, shops and mercantile estab-
liShments. Between 1890 and 1900
their number increased more rapidly
than the total number of women or
the total number of men, or the to-
tai population gainfully employed.
Fortynine and three-tenths per cent
were under twenty-five years of age.
Fourteen and one-half per cent were
married. Women are found in every
occupation except the army. navy and
railroading.
These girls do the weaving, spin
ming. sewing and canning: they make
shoes. except the soles; they are in
the iron mills making screws and bolts
for the railroads, horse shoes and
horse nails, are core girls in the foun,
dries, are buffers in the metal works
| they make the machines-a dangerous
industry-are in twine and wire mills
wind all our telephone wire and make
electric light and telephone appli
ances. They work in the packing
houses; they make kodak films work
ing in utter darkness, working under
red light for ten hours a day. and they
| work in breweries and tanneries
Girls of sixteen and eighteen years oi
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

age are thrown out into the world OF
industry unprotected by the mother
and unsheltered by the home A reyo-
lutionary situation-what will be the
result tc the home and the future gen
Grafton? In Chicago the protective
league investigated three department
stores on State street and arrested
eleven men in the act of urging girls
to go with them TO questionable
places. The coming of the foreign
girls in groups 70 such neighborhoods
as the stock yards causes another
problem. The girls often room in
crowded houses with unmarried men,
This summer when trained nurses Wis
tied the sick babies back of the stock
yards in few blocks thirteen illegiti-
mate babies were found, born to the
ignorant girls in the yards And most
of them were supporting the babies as
the man in the case had disappeared
This is the natural result of an indus
try that needs and bids only for cheap
and unskiled labor that does not
want or need intelligence and feels no
responsibility for its thousands of work
ers. II can only result in a social con-
dition that endangers the family and
neighborhood life of a whole communi-
ty.
Wages Too Low.
Thousands of girl clerks in the
down town districts d our great cities
are working for wage that no self
respecting girl can live on if she
must provide her own board and 1odg-
ing. her clothes and dress like lady.
her own recreation and keep it whole
some. The newspapers tell us of two
good ladies who visited girls in a
the girls about their sinful lives and
the girls responded: 1t is too late
now: don't trouble about us. but go
down and raise the wages of the girls
that can't keep decent on what they
get unless they live at home No one
has made an investigation to show the
CHASTITY business.
In the large department stores in
a great city so little are the the girls
protected that in two weeks fifteen
| men were arrested by one protective
league officer for insulting girls in
, three department stores.
The individual girl in industry is
a temporary worker as well as a sup
| Elementary wage Garner She ex
poets to marry, but she is in the
| world laor market to stay when she
The wageworker., 1909-09-11

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long as no additional expense is in
posed upon the government.
Army Small Arms Competition.


According to an order issued by the
Secretary of War there will be assem-
bled annually at such time and place
as may be designated by the War De-
partment competitors for the army rife
team. The competitors will consist of
the medal winners at the several de-
partmental rifle competitions and in
addition any distinguished marksmen
whose scores at the last departmental
rifle competitions exceeded by five (5)
per centum that of the lowest member
of the team in The same competitions,
respectively. In order 70 afford OPP
portunity to distinguished marksmen
to compete for the army team, each
department commander will cause
those distinguished marksmen within
his command who have won medal
in the last competition attended by
them and who desire to compete to at
tend the departmental competition,
hiring thereat IN the usual manner dur
ing preliminary practise and eompeti-
ton. The scores that they make In
the latter firing will be graded among
those of all the competitors in order of
merit, though they can not win a
medal or a place on the departmental
team.
Evening Gun at Norfolk Abolished.
NORFOLK, Virginia, March 10
Rear-Admiral Taussig, commandant of
the Norfolk navy yard, today issued an
order abolishing the 9 p. N. gun at the
navy yard. The firing of this "even-
ing gun" has been a custom observed
since the establishment of the training
station.