The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-04
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Friday Wound Up Most Sue
cessful Grange Fair.
Premiums Were Awarded in
the Stock Departments.

with eXcellent weather ana rec
ord breaking crowd, Friday wound up
the most successful grange fair ever
held in Shawnee county. 1t is esti-
mated by the officials in charge of the
event that the attendance Friday was
more than 1900 and that the attend
ance for both days was near the $500
mark. Vehicles of all descriptions
lined the road for more than a mile
in front of the hall and the grounds
were crowded to the utmost with
buggies, wagons and automo biles. Sta
tistics show that when all expenses
are paid there will be several hum
dred dollars left in clear profit for
the grangers. A fried chicken dinner
was served by the ladies of the grange
and the table receipts show that four
hundred plates We're set besides those
which were served free; $100.55 was
taken in by the grangers on the ia
bles alone. The refreshment stands
did a rushing business from early
morning until late in the afternoon.
No speeches were made yesterday at
the fair as it was children's day and
the day was given over to them. The
Riddles Toasted on fried chicken and
afterwards made a run on the refresh |
ment stands. They voted the |
fair the best ever and their opin-
ion was heartily endorsed by the |
grownups. The feature of the after
noon was the horse show. Some of |
the best draft horses in the state |
were entered. After this number of |
athletic contests were held in front of |
the grandstand. The hitching up |
contest by single ladies not held |
on account of the lack of time. After |
o'clock most of the exhibits were |
sold. The pantry stores went like hot |
cakes. At o'clock the gates were !
closed, but the crowd did not com
pletely disperse until dusk. Plans are
already on foot for another fair next
year. The officials say that with the
money they have taken in this year it
Will be possible to make the next
event even larger than the one held
g n
departments and the athletic contests
were awarded as follows:
Horse departmental charge of G.
w. Belts D. L. Dutton. Judge l. L.
Fowler of Manhattan. Best draft colt,
Fred Dauber. Best roadster colt l..
Cole. Second best draft colt, Rufus
Snodgrass. Second best roadster colt,
G. Foltz. Best all purpose colt, Frank
Morestoff. Best mule colt, Will Da-
Wis. Second best all purpose colt, J.
W. Foot Best yearling draft colt.
Clarence Betz. Best farmers single
driver. Ray Meyer. Best double driv-
ers, Ralph Button. Best saddle horse.
]. F. True. Best draft stallion. Fred
Dauber. Best free-for-all single driv-
ers. r. Meyer. Best farm team, r.
Snodgrass; sweepstakes. In a num-
Der of the preceding contests num-
Der of prizes were given. A cash prize
was awarded by the grange and a
number of valuable premiums We're
given by Topeka business men. A
number of contestants won from three
OF the best horses in Shawnee county
were entered.
Sheep departmental charge of
Ray w. Kimball. Judge, I. L. Fowler.
of Manhattan. Best pen of Shropshire
ewes, Albert Bartram. Best pen of
Shropshire eve lambs, ]. O. Brown
ing Best Shropshire ram, W. P.
KimbalI. In these entries three sheep
made a pen. In.hspfte of the scarcity
of sheep in Kansas and Shawnee
county some extraordinarily fine sheep i
were shown.
Athletic contests-In charge of w.
E. Section, Charles Hoyt and X. G..
White. The men in charge also acted
as judges. Broad jump, 16 years or
under. OStend Slower. Fifty-yard
race Is years or under, Lawrence {
Evans. Fffty-yard race, 10 years or
under, willard Patterson. F'ifty-yard
race for girls under Is years, Mary {
Fletcher.
Bank InstallS Barometer. .
The Citizens State bank has installed !.
a aneroid barometer. There are
only few of its kind in the state, and !
while it is not expensive instrument :
it is guaranteed to do the work of a :
high priced instrument. The barometer
is circular in shape and is wholly met $
al, mounted on plain but attractive '
wooden casing. The instrument is at {
tracing the attention of number of
farmers in northern Shawnee and a I
number of them are calling up the =
bank for the weather readings. I'VE
installed the instrument for the bene- I
fit of the farmers said the president :
of the bank this morning. Il think it
will be of great benefit to Them :
Surprise for Allen Nipper. I
surprise party was given Friday
evening in honor of Allen Nipper at his !
home at S14 North Quincy street. The !
evening was spent playing indoor &
games and general good time. Light u,
refreshments were served. Those pres 9
ent were: Edith Holiday. Viola Wal r
rod. May Prunty, Verna Reedy. Menta
Nipper, Anna Davidson, Mrs Jesse Da- q
wilson Isabella Reedy. Richard Behee
Roy Packard. Wayne Weisgarver, Roy il
Brayman. Jesse Davidson, Allen Nip b
per. Arthur Nipper and Ernest Nipper.
\. T. Committee to Place Sign.
A committee of three made up of d
North Topeka business men are to de-
eide the location of the big Topeka h
electric sign. a committee from the
Commercial club formerly had charge f
of this but they favored placing it near q
the north end of the Melan bridge. This
met with the general disapproval of / u
nearly every business man in North
Topeka. The Commercial club has now :
turned the situation over to the North |
Siders. The committee is composed of r
Fred Voiland, ]. r. Spetter and Frank q
Simms. The committee has not met
yet" said Fred Voiland this morning n
but We will get together in the near
future and decide. We do not want the
sign over the bridge and we are going
to find better place.
North Shawnee Has Good Roads
According to the residents of north
ern Shawnee county and the county =,
commissioners. north Shawnee county -,
has some of the best roads in the state W
number of the roads has been i'm G,
proved recently and re now in