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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-31
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Rock Island and Union Pacific
Freights Collide.
Engine Pilot DemOlished-NO
One Injured. ~
MEETING JOHN BROWN
Samuel j. Reader Describes
Event in Diary.
Home Made Painting illustrates
Interesting Incident.

Rock Island engine No. 2013, draw
ing freight train. collided with car
ON Union Pacific freight No. 100 at
the Rock Island-Union Pacific cross
ing three blocks west of North Kan
sas avenue about o'clock TINS Iloi /.
ing. No one was injured. me pllo1
of the Rock Island engine was denloi-
ished and the wheels turned OIL the
track. 1t was stopped immediately
after the accident. The Union Paclllc
car was battered but not enough u
necessitate being set out.
SLOWLY. The other was standing sun;
1t is thought that the wet rails causeu
the wheels of the Rock Island 10 SIP
SO that the brakes could not act quick
enough to prevent the COLLISION
The celebration of the fifty 1ouItn
anniversary of the battle or OsaWdlo-
mic which is being celebrated at Osa-
watomie, recalls the fact that Samuel
I Reader of the North Side. met john
Brown the hero, a few weeks oeiore
the fight. The meeting is described
as follows in diary which Mr.. Reader
kept: ,o-c sow old
man Brown go by with his son, ana
with OK team disguised as surveyors
and directed them to Free State
camp" Opposite this entry is pasted
a picture. painted by Mr.. Reader him
self. to illustrate the event.
The sketch shows John Brown. tail
grim and gaunt, standing gun In hand
fbeside a covered wagon. He is holding
a long barreled rifle IN his hand.
Young Reader is near by. The meet
Ing is represented as in an open glade.
That same year Mr.. Reader served
in the Free State army in Company q
of the Topeka regiment His COM
mander. Captain Whipple. later was
hung with Brown at Charleston. Mr..
Reader took part in the battle of Hick-
airy Point. This is referred to in his
diary.
Mr.. Reader also was engaged in the
battle of the Blue in Jackson county,
Missouri, October %. 1864. This also
is described and illustrated in his diary
as well as his capture by the Confed-
crates and his making his escape
dressed in cast-off Rebel clothing.
This diary he has kept since he was
1 8 years old. He now is IA. In this
is described how he came to Topeka
from La Harpe, Ill, in May, 1855.
With him was his sister. Elizabeth,
who afterwards became Mrs. NJ. A.
Campdoras. besides his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cole. and George
V. Eskridge, afterwards lieutenant
governor of Kansas.
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS.
Office of Water Commissioners,
City of Topeka, August go 1910.
Sealed proposals for furnishing all the
labor and material necessary to construct
a roof over well at Water Works Pumping
Station, in accordance with plans and
specifications on file in the office of the
City Engineer, will be received at the
office of the Water Commissioner, until
$50 o'clock A. NJ, Saturday, September 3,
1910. A certified check for per cent of
the proposed contract must accompany
each bid, payable to the City of Topeka.
which will be forfeited to said city, IL
the successful bidder fails to enter into
a contract within five days after the
award is made.
The Board of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
H. p. MILLER,
Water Commissioner
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L Till LA MULES Of' AP9AlCA-
TON OF BUSINESS COLLEGES FOR
A PERMIT CANVASS IN THE
STATE OF KANSAS.
Topeka, Kansas, August q, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing business colleges Cor commercial de-
partments of other schools) have made
application to me for permit to canvass
in the State of Kansas for the purpose
of selling tuition in advance and contract
ing or securing notes for tuition from stu
dents before their registration at the bust
ness colleges Tor commercial depart
ments) herein named.
Norton Commercial College, Norton.
Kansas
If satisfactory proof is furnished that
any of the above named colleges or COM
mercial departments are incompetent to
furnish such a course of instruction a
thy advertise that the moral surround
ings Of the institution are not good, or
that the premises are kept in an un-
healthy condition, or that the agents of
said institutions Misrepresentation or
fraudulent method in securing contracts.
notes, or cash from prospective students,
in such case permit will not be granted
to such business college Cor commercial
Departmental
E. T. FAIRCHILD,
State superintendent of Public Instruction.
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MUSICAL.


guitar and banjo, instruments sold on
small payments. Resd- SIP Buchanan. Ind.
phone 2943 Blue.
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PAVING.
FREE DTsPENsARY.

QUINCY STREET FREE DIsPENsARY,
81 Quincy st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
ical service free. Medicine free in some
cases. Office hours to D. m. Calls
answered night and day. Ind. phone 17o7
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AUTO REPAIRS,

and other accessories. Saves polishing
and looks better. Scott weighing Machine
Co., 411-sJaeksonz ST.
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE.

MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods. Tel. 1856. Skinner & Gayhart. 81
Quincy St
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LEGAL


same on or before the 18th day of October.
A. d. 1910, the allegations therein will be
taken as true and a judgment rendered
against you forever divorcing said plain
tiff, leila j. Brammer, from you.
ZELLA J. BRAMMER, Plaintiff.
PHILIP c. WILSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Attest:
LSeaLl r. L. THOMAS,
Clerk District Court.
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FARM BARGAINS
s45 per acre, extra fine farm, not lar
good nine room house, two barns; black
rolling upland; corn this year Will make
so bushels per acre.
OLINGER &sEATON
IND. TEL. 4O3. e2s KANSAS AVE.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Store
building with basement ana o nviIS
groceries of about S, 900. All in fine. shape,
good location, East side. tWoulo take cpS
residence or small farm
]. d. MILLER, 531 Kan. ave. Both phones.
CLOSE in $4,000
New rooms. modern cellar cemented,
IL lots, Owner wants money, reduced
.GARLINGHOUSE REALTY CO. .~I
COS Kansas Avenue.
FOR RENT-Large room house, lila lila n
Central ave. Si1: 5 room house 1911 n;
Kan. ave, $10. A. P. Wilson, the Henlal
Man. sos Kan. ave.
FOR sALE-Two modern homes. 200 Clay
and BOG Tyler. cheap Phones eu.
NOTICE TO AGENTS. The house at 14ls
TUX ST. Is '0''e'i '- G. A. RITCHIE.
FOR SALE OR TRADE for western land,
store building and hall, lots, at Waka-
rusa, Kan. Neil and Robinson.
DON'T FORGET-I want to sell suburban
10 acres between State House and Gage
t oon on Wa Washburn car line; 8 lots just
west of Central Park, fine east 'front.'
i SnTn D at ony 5oo for ali: business lot
on East 4th, west of depot; acres one
block of car line in Oakland; business lot
the finest lots in Auburndale at 800 a
lot; two fine. lots on south Western ave
east Of Lincoln; and s east front lots,
corner sth and Garfield. Any of these
can be bought right and on terms. II
wanted. F. ]. Brown, II columbian Bldg
FOR sALE-First class Jewett typewrit-
new sSS. Cash or small payments, or will
rent for 81 per month. L. Biscoe, 523 KAN
sas ave.
FOR sALE-Cosy four room cottage
west side. Easy terms. Inquire Room
6, 532 Kansas ave.
TWO fine new houses on 9Th and Lane
are for rent or for sale. Easy
terms.
New modern home, Central Park loca-
ton, s large rooms and bath, reception
lights, gas, oak finish. A beautiful home,
cheap for quick sale Part payment II
desired. Address Owner. M. M. care
State Journal.
FOR SALE OR Rents room house with
bath newly decorated. Price 5000. Easy
terms. Inquire 1017 Polk. owner.
FOR SALE-Three 4 room cottages, near
Potwin; one room house on Fairchild
st. Owner, DR.. Swift, sS7 N. Kansas ave,
North Topeka, Kan. -,
j. l.. DOLMAN & CO. have. moved their
office from Room g Nulvane building,
to Ill E 9Th. They are ready to list your
property.
FOR SALE-MISCELLA
500 envelopes, s.. IS; 500 letter heads, $3.50.
See them; first class printing at proper
tionate rates. Trap, 113 East sth.
7 HEAD farm horses and mares; also
stylish driving mare. 12S Topeka ave.
FOR SALES young Jersey and Holstein
cows. Himelburger. 500 Polk st.
LOST AND FoUNC.
LOST-Front glass end of a brass gas auto
head lamp. Reward IL returned to w.
H. Caldwell state printing plant.
LOST-Automobile crank. Finder please
Call Ind. 1898. Reward. -
LoST-Physician's emergency bag Cor
valise) containing surgical instruments.
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FURRIER.

~----~~-o~l~~~~~--~~~~-~~~
JOHN PETRZILEK, the only prac-
teal furrier in Kansas. III E. 18th. Topeka.
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Thirst published in The Topeka State
Journal Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1901
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-31
First published in the Topeka State
Journal, August 20, 1901

THIRTY DAY NOTICES OF APPLICA-
TON OF BUSINESS COLLEGES FOR
A PERMIT To CANVASS IN THE
STATE KANSAS
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PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING, regilding, mat making, mount
ing done by ]. D. Sullivan, 122 w. Eighth
street. Packing, shipping etc.
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First published in The Topeka Stats
Journal Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1901
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JEWELLERS.

JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti-
clan. Complete stock OF watches. dia-
monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
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First published in The Topeka State
Journal Wednesday, Aug. 81, 1901
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NOTICE OF FINAL. SETTLEMENT.
The State of Kansas, Shawnee County, IS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
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NOTICE OF, FINAL. SETTLEMENT
The State of Kansas, Shawnee County, SIS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
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lF1rst published in The Topeka State
journal Wednesday, Aug. II, 1901

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SHAW
NEE COUNTY, KANSAS.
Oscar o. over, Plaintiff,
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final settlement of said estate.
w. G. F. REICHENBACH, Administrator.
Dated August 10th, 1910
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NOTICE OF FINAL. SETTLEMENT.
The State of Kansas. Shawnee County, SIS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
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state of Kansas, Shawnee County SIS.
In the Matter of the Estate of James
14osf.. deceased. late of Shawnee County,
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| First published in the Topeka State
Journal August so, 1901

State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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KATIE SMITH. Guardian.
Dated at Topeka, Kansas, this Goth day
of August, "A. ID. 1910
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By the Governor:
c. E.: DENTON, Secretary of State.
]. L. BOTKIN,
Assistant Secretary of State.
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IND. TEL 4Os. e23 KANSAS AVE.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Store
building with basement oo and ma Ely 2 LYLE ~
groceries of about S., 900. 1All in fine. shape
good location East side. Would take Guy
residence or small farm ,s.
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16

people who never tire of singing the
praises of their town and valley.
! They are proud of their schools,
of their churches, their orchards, of
their mountain scenery, of their
water system and of their coal
mines. They maintain, and prob
ably rightfully that Paonia has a
better all year round climate than
any other town in the United States.
| They know that their orchards have
made better record the past twenty
years for regular and abundant crop
in the whole land. Late spring frosts
have but little terror for the Pao-
mia orchardist and he has not as
yet been convinced that raising fruit
by means of artificial heat is not
joke.
But the North Fork Valley yet
needs many more people. Hundreds
OF acres of the finest fruit lands
are yet growing nothing but sage
brush, and other hundreds of acres
are growing young orchards which
will in a few years need a family
for each ten acres. The Paonia
district alone will support popula-
ton of ten thousand people on or
chard homes. A good bearing or
chard can be depended upon to
produce $3.50 worth of frrdt per
acre annually, SO that with the
abundance of vegetables and small
fruits that can be raised. it takes
but comparatively small acreage
to give family all the necessaries
and many of the laxuries of life
Fuel costs SO little that it is not
considered in the items of household
expenses, and doctor bills are rare
indeed.
These people of the North Fork
have learned the lesson of co-opera-
tion to perfection and thus what
ever profits there be in any line of ac-
tivity, they stay in the hands of the
PEOPLE themselves. They ship their
fruit through associations of their
own, they maintain a cooperative
canning plant which cares for the
fruit that may become to ripe to
ship in the green stage, a co-opera-
tive coal mine furnishes them their
coal, the irrigation and domestic
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16

waters are conveyed from the noun
tains to the town and country
homes in cooperative bitches and
pipe lines, cooperative electric lines
supply many. of the orchard homes
with electric lights and neighbor
talks to neighbor or to any point
in the county over cooperative
telephone system.
Being off the main lines OF travel
this valley has not settled up as
rapidly as have many places with
less than half the natural advan-
tages, but no one with an inclination
toward fruit raising ever moves
elsewhere II he once enters the
North Fork country. Each year
sees a growth of population and de-
velopment and within twenty years
this valley will be one of the most
densely populated sections in the
world where people live from the
products of the soil, and best Of
all, each family will own its own
home.
The man who was looking for an
ideal peach and apple section found
IL. He is still living in 1t. enjoying
the bounties of It and happy in the
euccess Of his neighbors whom he
CONTINUED on next page).
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16

other feature of the valley as it re-
lated to fruit growing, and each
month he became more fully con-
vinced that he had found what he
had been seeking for SO many years.
While studying the valley for
its possibilities for fruit growing
he learned other things of much in
terest, one was that the mountains
all about were veritable store houses
full of the finest quality of semi-an-
thracite coal. lying in veins from six
to twenty feet in thickness; another
was that the water in the streams
was pure and healthful; fact he
found here every element needed
for a delightful home, except means
of transportation. 1t was many, many
miles to the nearest railroad. but
with such wonderful natural re-
sources it needed only the develop
ment of them and railroads would
surely come.
In 1882 he sent an order for
trees for spring planting in 1888,
and among the trees ordered were
twelve Elberta peaches, then new
variety. The nurserymen wrote
back that these were a tender var
iety intended for the. south and
that they would never stand the
rigorous climate of the mountains
of Colorado, but he insisted on try
ing them. He knew his climate.
In the spring he set out with his
pack train for the railroad town
to bring in the nursery stock. He
brought them in, he planted them,
he watered them, he cared for them
tenderly, for were they not to reward
for the hopes Of life time? In
the third season he picked his first
fruit, basketful of Elberta peaches
He had seen peaches all his life,
but never any that compared with
these. H carried them from home
to home in the valley where they
were admired and wondered at and
at each home he left a peach to be
eaten. They were peaches such as
no king had ever seen before, such
peaches as had never before been
grown.
During the succeeding years
these trees continued to bear the
same quality of peaches and in
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16

creasing four fold annually in am
cunt, also the plums, prunes, april
cots, cherries, pears and apples be-
gan to bear as they reached ma
turity, and these were all found to
be of as extraordinary quality as the
peaches. A crop failure did not
come until some of the people for
got that such thing could be.
1t is far cry from those twelve
peach trees packed into the valley
on the patient burros to the ship
ment of three hundred to five hum
dred carloads of Elberta peaches
annually since the building of the
railroad into the valley in 1908.
And 1t may be of interest to know
that in this year of 1910, eight Of
those original peach trees are still
living and bearing the most abun-
dant crops in their history and
give promise of continuing to do so
for many years to come.
This North Fork Valley has now
become known wherever people de-
mand the finest apples and peaches
that can be had. The orchards OF
this valley are clustered around the
town Of Paonia, a pleasantly located
little city Of about fifteen hundred
prosperous. happy and contented
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16
The Prospector For Such Land Wandered
Over Much of the United States
Before Finding His Ideal
Tests We're Then Made and Proof Established
Pioneer Sketch of Delta County's
Rich Orchard Zone

| w oS ehS eaAidOot SOAoIdAI
of the growing season, another was
the absence of undue moisture in
the clear mountain atmosphere
at any time, and last but not least
the abundance of certain mineral
elements in these volcanic soils. The
conditions here were ideal, with one
exception; the enemy, frost, was still
a menace. He wondered if a place
might not be found where this dan
ger would be absent and the other
favorable features present.
What were the conditions that
would tend to ward off late spring
frosts? Air currents would do it
but how were they to be obtained?
He remembered that in all the mar
row valleys there had seemed to
be perpetual air currents, but usually
these tended to be strong winds,
too strong at many times to be de-
sirable. But here was surely the
solution. Could he but find a spot
where the soil, sunshine and water
were, and where the mountains gave
proper protection from storms and
caused just enough circulation of
the air, then he would have the
ideal location for his life's work.
The finding of such a spot be-
came a passion with him. 1t would be
to him a paradise. 1t meant more
to him than the coveted lead ever
did to the prospector, a gold mine
would be nothing in comparison. He
went hither and yon in the noun
tain regions studying soil. wind cur
rents and mountain projections dur
ing the day and dreaming of them
by night. Every valley that had any
of the desired conditions was visited
but all lacked one or more Of the
vital features.
When he was about to give up
ever finding this coveted location
the news filtered in to him that the
Ute Indian reservation in Colorado
was to be thrown open to settle
ment. This gave him new hope.
Here was territory that he had
not prospected, and like all men with
passion in life, his hopes ran high.
Here he might find his garden Of
Eden.
Accordingly. when in 1881 uncle
Sam said to the American citizens
go ye forth and possess the land
OF the Utes'' our friend of this mar
rative was one of the first to enter
the reservation. He was not, how
ever, one of the first to stake a
claim, claim was not his greatest
, desire, it was a certain set of con-
ditions. He travelled over much of
the reservation seeking for small
valley which he hoped existed for
| him. Eventually he came to the
valley of the North Fork of the
Gunnison river. Here he found a
beautiful stream, capable of irrigat-
ing all the lands lying between the
sheltering ranges of mountains. Here
he found that ideal soil, volcanic ash
literally intermixed with vegetable
wash from the mountains, here
were the benevolent sunshine and
the grateful ever present breezes.
-Excelsior-this must be
1T.
But after his many disappoint-
ments our friend was not one to
Jump at a conclusion. He would
stake a claim at what he considered
a proper distance from the noun.
tains and then take more time to
study conditions. He took a year
to consider the temperatures. the
air currents, the soil and ever,
The Delta independent., 1910-12-16

Civil war, and at the beginning of
the building of railroads into the
then undeyeloped West, young nur-
seryman and fruit grower in an
eastern state decided that his chosen
and much loved occupation could
never give him adequate returns in
that uncertain climate. He disliked
very much to give up the work which
he had followed for several years
but he realized that if he was ever
to gain a competence he must soon
get into something that was not SO
uncertain as was fruit growing under
those climatic conditions. All eyes
were then looking and all minds
wondering at the building of the
Union Pacific railroad. The young
man in question became imbued with
the possibilities to be opened up by
this new artery of commerce. He
disposed of his business and started
for the West, not knowing what he
would do but confident that some
opportunity would present itself.
He first went to Omaha, and then
on to the end of the track. He here
found employment with the laborers
but he shortly decided that it would
be more profitable and more to his
liking to sell supplies to the men.
Accordingly he went back to Omaha
and bought stock of such goods as
the men would buy and shipped
them to the scene of construction.
His judgement in buying and his re-
lation with the men were such that
he seemed to be on the high road
to fortune. Little by little he be-
gan to come to the conclusion that
perhaps mercantile life was more
to his liking than that of horti-
culturist, and he moved ever west
ward with the progress of the road
building and he would probably be
today a merchant prince instead
of a wealthy and highly respected
fruit grower at Paonia, Colorado,
had it not been for an incident
which occurred when the construc-
ton work was in the vicinity of
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
While his store was stationed at
that point he met some Mormons
from Utah, who had come east bear
ing their products to any markets
they might find. He quickly bought
all their produce, vegetables and
grains and best of all, small guam
tity of ripe fruits. The fruits, al
though small in quantity at once at
tracted his attention. They were not
of the choicest varieties but of a
quality he had never known before.
He questioned these people closely
regarding the growing of 1t and got
them to promise to return home and
bring back as much more of 1t as
they could spare. In due time they
arrived and he was astonished at the
quality more than he was with that
of the first. He found his first love
returning. The desire to become
merchant prince began to pail upon
him. He was instinctively a fruit
grower and a desire to raise such
fruit as this overpowered his every
other ambition and before many
weeks he had sold his store and was
preparing to start for this promised
land of apples and peaches.
Arriving there among the small
orchards. he began at once to study
growing Of the fruit. Why was the
quality superior to that which he
had formerly raised? He soon foun,
that the irrigation was one big fea-
ture which he had not had. another