The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-31
NORTH SIDE NEWS
w. E. Jones of SardOu Avenue
Early Landscape Gardener.
Set Out Trees on Present Beth
any College Campus.
FOR G.. *. HOLIDAY.
Speaks Highly of Late Topeka
Founder.
Recalls Speaking to Gladstone
Near Wales Home.

W. Z. Jones, who lives alone in a
small house on Sardou avenue just
south of East Gordon street, has an
other buffalo skull at his home in
addition to the one he presented to j..
J. King of 1926 North Jackson street.
The King buffalo skull was described
in the State Journal. Mr.. Jones saw
the article and called a visitors atten-
ton this morning to the fact that he
had found another skull in the sands
of the Kaw about forty-six years ago.
At that sa~le time the first mentioned
was discovered. The skull at the Jones
home is not quite as large as Mr..
Kings buffalo skull, which measured
three feet from tip to tip of horns.
The finder was a landscape gardener
in the early days of Topeka and set
out many of the trees on what is now
the Bethany college campus, on Topeka
avenue, as well as many trees on other
parts Of the avenue and other streets
of Topeka. He also worked in the
garden kept by the late c. K. Holli-
day, ST., one of the founders of To-
pel6a. Mr.. Holiday had a large garden
on the east side of South Madison
street between Sixth avenue and
Seventh street where the Santa Fe hos
pital now is.
Mr.. Jones was born in Wales. May Q,
1888. At one time he lived not far from
Hawarden Castle, the home of Glad
stone, the STd1Q OlO Illd1As dIA0 SPCclhS
of having seen him.
Mr. Jones learned landscape garden
ing, the profession Of his father. When
about Is he came to America. He lived
at New London, Canada, later in Wis
consin and about 1869 he moved to
Kansas and located in Topeka In 1871
he built the stone house at the east end
of Gordon street near his present home.
Nearly all of his life he has followed
the landscape gardening profession.
He is the father of Mrs. Jones on
South Polk street. His wife died about
ten years ago.
II used to see Mr.. Gladstone quite
often when 1 was a boy" said Mr..
Jones this morning. "He always spoke
to me, in fact he spoke to every one
and was held in great liking by all Of
his country people
cause I thought it was a better coun-
try than Wales. I think SO yet.
"And I think Mr.. Holiday was one of
the best men I ever knew. I liked to
work for him.
Eyes. it is a great satisfaction to see
trees growing and thriving which
you planted many years ago, and to
feel that you helped to beautify beau
tiful Topeka. Besides those planted
near Bethany college when by the way,
bishop Vail was here. 1 set out trees
near the manual training school, and
John Elliott's house on Harrison street
as well as on several other places over
town.
"I have been here pretty steady, but
in 1898 l went to Wales to visit my
mother. While there she gave ME :.
wooden firkin, g. bucket, which has
been in our family since 1923. I have
a notion to present 1t to the State His
torica1 society as 1 have no use for it. .
One of the features of New Years
Sunday observance at the North Side
Baptist church will be the special music
by the Van Ness choir. This organiza-
ton is locally famous and may be the
nucleus of a North side choral union
of the choirs of the other churches.