The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
HE MET STEVE CAVE.
Beat Him i'm a Game of Horse
shoes.
Liberal School Children Made
Great Impression on Executive.

11:5O at night on Rock Island. Went TO
bed at once. Cold in car. Steam pipes
| disconnected with the engine.
| Tuesday, April 26-Got up at o'clock.
! Had bad cold Car ideal for cold stor-
age purposes. Train stopped at Pratt.
| Seven automobiles at station. Thought
| of what late Col. Murdoch said of large
number of machines in that town. Band
at station. Thought it had come down
| to welcome governor. Went to wake
| him up when noticed that boy was car
| rying Odd Fellow banner. Then re-
membered that this was Odd Fellow
| Reunion day at Pratt.
| 1890 a. m.-Saw first coyote from car
| window. Coyote started to run. Did
not show the speed had expected from
reading books about him.
| 11:20 a. m.-Made acquaintance with
| horseshoe bend. Saw little shack on
| hill. Called attention of party to it. In
ten minutes saw same house again. Was
| worried. Ten more minutes passed and
| saw it again Was anxious by this time
| Thought of that horseshoe bend and felt
| better.
Noon-Landed at Liberal. Hot sun
shine. First had seen for two weeks.
So Liberal looked pretty good.
2:SO p. m.-Governor started out to
school house to make talk to school
children. Mistock high school for court
| house. Kids sore because had to go
back in school house after hearing gov
ernor's t2lk.
$40 D. m.-Took party to court house.
Natives proud of it because cost was
only $4,000. They think it great bar
gain. Evidently ground for conviction.
They don't use Jail at all.
$40 p. NV. G. T. u. ladies take
charge of Stubbs' meeting. Suftragette
chairman Introduces Judge Foster as
the soup, Dick Hopkins as first course
and the governor as the dessert. She
Is q clever hostess, this lady. 1t was
a good meal.
1O:45 D. invent to bed sick.
Wednesday, April 27.-Got up at a.
m. Still sick. Went back to bed. Got
up again in hour. Whole party had pic
ture taken before start for Hugoton.
$40 a. m.-Wel underway for Hugo
ton. Feeling better.
10 a. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1910 a. m.-Entirely we'll. Wind and
sunshine did the business. Stopped at
Quaker church. Governor happy as a
clam. Had to drag him away.
NOon-Landed in Hugoton. Governor
warmed up at last and took off his coat
in middle of speech. Fred Bullene join
ed party. Governor referred in comp1i-
mentary terms to Liberal school chill
dren.
2:2O D. m-Saw negro. First on trip,
and last until reached Garden City. Nice
old man. Owned land and had made
success. Was type of southern negro of
best class. Came to hear governor
speak Colored vote solid for Stubbs
3:40 q. m.-Ready to starr for Rich
field. Rullene delayed party. Ready to
start again. Miss Stubs delayed party
While see went to call upon left handed
lady who runs the printing office.
Ais D. m.--Started.
sos D. m.-Struck sand hills. Had to
push car. Stopped at ranchman's house.
Hopkins gave woman one of his cards.
Stuck on another sand hill. Governor
and daughter had to walk half mile.
Laughed at them. Our party then walk
ed a mile and listened to laughter of
people in car ahead.
500 D. m.-CrosSed Cimarron river.
hot iS n tbrnnOh Ia
inches of sand. Governor directed OPP
erations at the start, but he had to
push at the finish. Met ranchman. Eos
Ter introduced him to governor of state
of Kansas. Ranchman asked for Name,
please" Foster embarrassed. Governor
tickled. Saw a tree.
D. m.-Landed in Richfield. About
as big as pint of cider except for court
house. Landlord overwhelmed by rush.
Hurried al ound SO fast lie bumped
against walls of his own corridors. Hop
kins disappeared. Late supper but the
busy landlord fooled party by setting
out good meal. Hopkins still lost. No
crowd in town at all. Big crowd at
speaking Can't tell where they come
from. Worried. Governor referred to
Liberal school children
1920 d. INVENT to bed in parlOr.
Went to sleep. Walked up by Bullene
who wanted a postage stamp Bullene
brought vest and dug him out stamp.
Bullene went off left writer holding
vest. BuIlene went to postoffice. Lost.
Relief expedition. Rescue.
Thursday, April %. 5:22 a. m.-Arose
to breathe the prairie eir. Plenty of
it. Hopkins found. Foster in wagon
cowboys. After breakfast visited court
house. Enough to give one jimjams.
Started for Johnson. Machine broke
down at Roanoke. Saw Tom Smoot and
heard him abuse governor for passing
his store. Great delight. Breakdown
forgotten.
11:21 a. m.-Started again. Met re-
lief expedition coming back. Saw prai-
Noon.-Arrived in Johnson. Chicken
for dinner. Great rejoicing. Also mood
les. Governor ate the chicken and Bull
lene the noodles. Met Louis D1ckey,
mayor of johnson. Great character.
Been mayor for fifteen years. Never
elected. Just mayor. Dickey used 10
live in Dodge City. He knew Wild Bill
Hicoc< and Bat Masterson- Dickey told
about how they killed cattle in Dodge
in early days. Rolled barrel in corral |
and when fellow shot steer he jumped
in barrel and rest of steers horned thu
barrel all over the diamond. Stop TO
rest. Fellow rises up and shoots an |
other steer. Dickey looks like typical
plainsman of other days. Governor re-
ferred to Liberal school children.
$40 p m.-Landed in Ulysses. All |
vent out to Ira MarshalPS house to |
supper Fine feast Governor praised |
apple jelly. Said finest he ever tasted |
Some one asked him if he did not make
same statement at noon in regard to |
some grape jelly. Governor embar- |
raised. Hostess scandalized at such q
question. Lese majestic. Governor re-
covers. Remembers he did not have
any grape jelly for dinner and said So
Then Joined in general laugh.
700 p. m.-Dick Hopkins at this time
gave out his two thousand one hundred
and sixth card. Called at drug store to
buy post card views. Proprietor out in
country. Store closed Governor met
the fifteenth oldest resident of south