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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
Membership of State Associa-
ton in Topeka Next Week.
Two Days Devoted to Interests
of Money Men.
WILL SEE "SIREN" AT GRAND
Auto Ride and Dinner--MuSi-
Gale for the Wives.
President Waters of X. S. A. C..
Is on Program.

Several hundred bankers of Kansas
| and their wives will be in Topeka next
Thursday and Friday to attend the
annual meeting of the Kansas State
Bankers association.
DR.. S. S. Estey will open the meet
ing in Representative hall Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock with an invoca-
ton. The address of welcome will be
delivered by R. L. Cofran, who will
then be mayor of Topeka. ]. B. Ad-
ans, of E1Dorado, will give the re-
Spouse.
Next on the program will come the
annual address by the president, E. S.
Chenoweth of McCracken. This will
be followed by reports of committees
and the transaction of miscellaneous
business.
At o'clock Thursday afternoon j.
J. Waters, president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college, will speak
on Forty Minutes of Intensified Farm
ing George H. Hodges, governor OF
Kansas, will give an address. c. M.
Sawyer, bank commissioner of Kan
sas, will speak. Other addresses will
be made by George w. Hanna of Clay
Center, and John z. Wagner of Larned.
John r. Mulvane a Speaker.
Friday morning five minute talks
will be given by several prominent
Kansas bankers. John r. Mulvane win
speak on Banking RESERVES for Kan
sas Banks" W. E. Wilson of Wash
ington, and J. n. Dolley are also on
the program. The election of officers
will take place Friday afternoon.
Visiting members anC their wives
will be entertained Thursday night at
the Grand opera house by Donald
Brian and his company in 1.-THE Siren.
At o'clock of the same day an auto
ride will be rendered the ladies.
Mrs. William Macferran, assisted by
the wives of the officers and ex-officers
of the association, will entertain the
visiting ladies at her home, Az Green
wood avenue, in Potwin at 1 O'Clock
on Friday. The occasion will be
1uncheon-muSicale.
Officers of the Kansas State Bank
ers' association: President, E. S. Chen
oweth, McCracken; first vice president
William Macferran; second vice presi-
dent, John E. Wagner, Larned sec
treasurer, F. G. Bergen, Summerfield
Vice presidents from the districts:
First district, F. NJ. Wilson, Soldier
and Otto h Wulfekuhler. Leaven-
worth: Second district, T. J. Sweeney
Lawrence, and ]. H. Campbell, lola.
Third district, NJ. A. Householder, Col
umbus, and c. A. Truesdell, Burden;
Fourth district, Will Wayman, En-
poria, and A. r. Wallace, White City;
Fifth district, Harry O'Brien, Clifton,
and P. E. Laughlin, MarJsville; Sixth
district, J. E. Gleason, Norton, w. A.
Matson, Jewell; Seventh district, D. F.
Callahan, Kingman, and c. NJ. Branch,
Eighth district, George w.
Robinson, wichita, and J. D. Joseph,
Whitewater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK
Charter for New Topeka Bank Will
Not Be Granted Today.

Not until sometime next week will a.
charter for the new Kansas State bank
of Topeka be issued by the state char
ter board. The applications of the
stockholders of the new Topeka insti-
tuition have been approved by Bank
Commissioner Charles n. Sawyer, but
the charter will not be granted until
Attorney General John S. Dawson re-
turns from Kansas City. where he is
now attending the gas hearing.
The new Topeka bank will start with
a Capitalization of So. 600 Its directors
are: A Fassler. c. B. Merriam. Gull
ford Dudley, Paul Huycke. Zion s.
Clark, H. A. Auerbach and H. G. West.
Among the other stockholders are:
Mrs. Jonath Thomas, Robert Stone
and H T. Chase. The new bank will
open for business sometime this spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
SHE CAVE SEEDS
Little Girl Contributed to Day.
ton Flood Sufferers.
Red Cross Has Sent $4,552.11
and 5000 Lbs. Clothing.

The Topeka chapter of the Red
Cross has sent s4552.11 and 5000
pounds of clothing to the Dayton
refugees. Since the last $4,000 check
was sent on April 8, the fund has in
creased more than $500. Local work
ers are, surprised at the interest still
displayed by philanthropical Kansans.
Girl Gives Garden Seeds.
A ragged little girl slipped in today
and laid a package of nasturtium
seeds on the secretary's desk.
BE sure to send en-" she pleaded.
The Kansas avenue Methodist
church is packing two barrels of sup
plies to be sent through the Red Cross.
Ten large bundles of clothing were
received today.
The funds received by the Red
Cross, the Central National and the
Bank of Topeka since April are as
follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
CALVERT OF SHERMAN
A Professional Man Always Ready for
Business.

G.. L. Calvert, county attorney of
Sherman county, who has been at
tending the meeting of the county
prosecutors of the state, is remaining
in Topeka for a few days and will
leave soon for points in Missouri and
Nebraska to attend to legal and pri-
vate business.
Out in the land of alfalfa and buff
falo grass. everybody knows Calvert
and Calvert returns the compliment.
Those are two reasons why Calvert
has been honored so continuously by
Sherman county folks. Calvert land
a boy. not much money, only 100
pounds avoirdupois, rather poor
health, but an unhounded faith in the
county's dozen families. its soil and
confidence in himself.
Beginning in 1885. Calvert located
settlers on homesteads about his own,
furnished the slender withes of cot
tonwoods that have now grown to
among the first to realize the posi-
bilities of the underflow water that
lies a cooling, strengthening blanket
beneath Sherman county's fertile SOIL
Several irrigation wells have been dug
and plants installed which convert the
gentle undulating plateau of north
western Kansas into a veritable gar
den.
While people were settling. farms
developing and oGodland growing.
Calvert was studying law. For ten
years Calvert served Goodland as jus
tice of the peace. then as police judge.
then as city clerk when Sherman
county citizens promoted him to the
office of county attorney.
Look here Jim, you and Bill get
together. you havnt any case, you
don't want to go to law. That's Cal
vert's favorite manner of prosecution
Mine cases out of ten we settle out
of court said Mr.. Calvert. They're
broadminded out our way and don't
require the Intervention of any legal
tribunal to settle differences
Calvert is serving his third term
as county attorney. He is member
of Goodland's council. the local inn
migration agent for the Rock Island
railroad; in fact he is one of the most
progressive. energetic lawyers and
most successful land attorneys and
real estate dealers in the west From
1900 until 1910 his firm transacted a
million dollars worth of business from
their Goodland office alone
There are many things that might
be said of complimentary nature of
Mr.. G. L. Calvret, his excellent wife.
who is the granddaughter of Land
Bill Allen" their three children, but
what's the use, everybody knows the
Calverts, especially in the short grass
country. The fact is the county at
torney of Sherman county is fairly
well known throughout the state and
has clients in every state in the union.
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
City Milk Inspector Pleas for
Aid in Campaign.
Clean Bottles Must Be Returned
to Milk Dealers.

DR.. George F. Babb, city milk in
spector has filed a report of the con-
dition of Topeka milk during the
months of February and March. Ev-
cry dairyman whose name is mention
ed in the report delivers clean milk.
Dr. Babb wants the cooperation of the
housewives in his ''clean milk" cam
paign.
Til attend to the dirty milk" he
declares, but I want the housewives
to look after the dirty bottles
Numerous dairymen have COM
planned of their failure to receive bot
ties that have been rinsed: The law
requires that immaculate bottles be
returned to the milkman.
Common decency and cleanliness
certainly commends the rinsing, at
least, of the bottles" DR.. Babb assert
ed. I'm hoping that Topeka house
wives will rise to the occasion, and
overcome the laxity in this respect
The report follows:
Showing Made by Dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
is NOT JUSTIFIED.
Reports Z. S. Attorney on Charge
Against Western Senator

Washington, April 5.-United States
Attorney Patterson, who has been in
vestigating certain allegations of i'm
propriety against a western senator,
today made this statement:
81 have heard the statement of the
complaining witness and her friends,
whom she brought to this office to
support her accusations. / find no
justification whatever for laying any
complaint against any United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
THE BEERLESS PRINCESS
Hundreds of Gallons of Liquors De-
stroyed at Wichita.

Wichita, April 5.-Hundreds of gallons of
whisky, nearly two hundred cases of beer
and many gallons of wine, representing
liquor confiscated by city officials in the
last year and a half, today were dumped
into the Arkansas river here in order that
the outgoing officials might leave a clean
slate for their successors elected Tues
day. The liquor had been stored in city
cellar. Four large trucks conveyed it to
the river bank, where considerable por-
ton of the populace assembled to watch
it nlingle with the muddy Arkansas wa
terS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS
Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob Cali
fornia Bank, But Yeggmen Escape.

five men who attempted to rob the
vault of the bank of Alvarado held a
number of men at bay early today
while two others set off six charges
of dynamite. Aroused by first OF
seven explosions, the townspeople
rushed to the bank only to be con-
fronted by revolvers and awed into
inaction while the work of attempting
to loot the bank continued.
The dynamite failed to shatter the
vault in which was $4,000 and the
robbers obtained only SIS. They drove
back the citizens and escaped in an
automobile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
senator before the grand jury

senator betOre the BfdHu july
The district attorneys statement
was made after conference with
Attorney General McReynolds AL
most at the time that statement was
being made Jim r. Jacobs of Okla
homa City was presenting to the sec
rotary of the senate a written state
ment addressed to the president of
the senate, containing a set of allega-
lions similar to those investigated by
the United States attorney. Vice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
Property Valuations.

Jefferson City. April 5.-The total vai-
uation of the real estate and personal
property of Missouri, for taxes of 1913, as
finally fixed by the state board of equal
ization today is 81 .567. 7OS SIS. This is an in
creas- s15S5.4H over the assessment
of last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
Many Die in Belgian r. r. wreck

Bomsa, Belgian Congo. April 5--Twen-
ty-three persons were killed today when
an entire train with its locomotive
plunged through railroad bridge cross
ing an arm of the Congo at a height of
$50 feet from the water. No one on board
the train was saved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05

Greek Coronation Put Off a Year.
Athens, April 5.-The coronation of King
Constantine of Greece will not take place
until next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05

President Marshall upon receiving the
communication. which covered three
typewriter pages, said he would take
no action nor make any decision as
to his course until Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
TOH late tn Gl aSSIFy.

FOR SALE-Drivfng mare. Curt BERG
mann. Tecumseh. Phone 1921 Nj.
NICE unfurnished room, 61S West 9Th st.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

Some OF the most beneficial ones sent
out are; Bulletin for Arbor Day.
Gertification Bulletin" "A Handbook
Tor Trustees" We endeavored to make
the Arbor day bulletin helpful to the
patrons as well as the schools by in
Guiding articles useful to both We
gave history of Arbor day, .Direc-
tons for Planting Trees" by w H.
Hall. and issued by the department at
Washington. d. c.; an article by Pro-
lessor Shattuck, head of the depart
ment of forestry at or university. on
Trees and Shrubbery Native to Ida
ho'; an article on the care Of forests,
and list of bulletins issued by the
secretary OF agriculture that are valu-
able both in the home and the school,
besides poems and a suggestive pro-
gram for schools
The handbook for trustees was much
smaller than we had planned but we
made it as comprehei i've as our funds
would permit. In this bulletin we seq
regated all those parts of the school
law bearing especially on the school
trustees, and included ruling of the at
torney general. the rules and regula-
tons of the state board of education,
ana the rules of the state board Of
health that have bearing upon schools
We also gave brief discussion of
school buildings and their equipment
There is crying need at the present
time for other bulletins. chief of which
are library catalogue, a school diree-
tory. and a bulletin on vocational
work. It Is impossible In state with
such magnificent distances as ours to
come in contact with all of the dis
triets, but by the issuance of these
bulletins we can plate in every school
directions and suggestions for the up
lift of the children
Revise Course.
In order that our schools might bet
ter serve their real purpose, we found
that slight revision of the present ex-
cellent state course Of study, provid-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
In Biennial Report of DEPARTMENT of Public instruction
Miss Grace Shepherd State Superintendent Gives in
Detail Facts Surrounding Remarkable Growth Of Schools

ing for broader work along vocational
lines, was necessary The revision has
been carefully worked out, but we have
been unable to publish the revised
course because of lack of funds.
In a large measure we have directed
the work of the rural schools by bulle-
tins and circular letters set to the coun-
ty superintendent, who have sent them
TO the teachers OF the county. The ma
jority of the county superintendent
have given us their hearty GO oper-
alton, and through them We were en-
abled to carry forward the work sue
cessfuily.
To help the teachers in the study of
agriculture, especially in certain phases
bearing directly on our state we sent
out lectures compiled by Professor DIN,
head of the extension department of the
Agricultural college This entailed
great labor. we did not have funds to
have the lectures printed but, using
the neostyle for this purpose, sent them
to the county superintendent, who had
copies made and distributed among
their teachers. Much good resulted
from these lectures, and we hope the
coming year TO enlarge the course and
have them all printed for distribution
The work of the eighth grade has
been directed largely through circular
letters and bulletins to the county SUI
perintendents and teachers In these
we have emphasized that side of the
work that connects closely with life
outside the schoolroom. We have laid
stress upon reading and composition.
the two things the child will use most
frequently in life. For his own pleas
ure and understanding he must be able
to interpret the printed page, and he
should be able to express himself
clearly and we'll All the eighth grade
examination questions have seen sent
from this office; much time has been
spent in the preparation of these ques-
tions. that they may be clear, logical,
practical and test the pupils power of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

tFrom the annual report of Miss
Grace Shepherd. superintendent of pub
lie instruction. to be submitted to the
legislature of 1922
The progress in educational affairs
during the present biennial has been
marked The rapidly increasing school
population and the desire to give the
youth the best education possible has
caused a greater interest to be mani
Tested by the people at large in all edu-
national work The re- awakened inter
est in the industrial world has found
ITS way into the school room, and most
of the town and the rural schools are
doing work along vocational lines. our
state schools, although greatly handi-
capped by their meager appropriations,
have lived and done a good work, but
have been unable TO offer the increased
facilities that the times demand The
university has given wider freedom of
selection in entrance requirements; this
movement is most satisfactory to the
high schools, and is in full accord with
the attitude of other universities and
colleges of the United States.
The normal schools are doing great
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
Education in Idaho is on Firm Foundation

work for the state in their prepara-
ton of teachers; one of the greatest
benefits is the teacher specially trsined
for the rural school. This work is out
lined in their report.
The academy is Offering excellent OPP
portunities along technical and indus
trial lines, and is becoming a polytech-
meal school
Progress Reported.
The private and the denominational
schools report progress. These institu-
tions are doing a great service for the
state and are entitled to praise. Al
though laboring under a constant strain
of financial needs, their faculties are
working valiantly for the uplift OF HUI
mainly.
The high schools show development
and progress. The growing tendency
is to offer courses not only prepara-
tory for colleges, but courses adapted
to the great body of pupils whose
schooling terminates with the high
school
The number of high schools offering
courses in manual training, agricul-
ture. domestic science, commercial and
general subjects are constantly in
creasng and it now appears that the
day is not far distant when the pupils
Of the high school will find work best
suited for their individual needs. We
find each year a greater number of
high schools that rapidly grow into a
four~year accredited high school. This
progress causes a need of standardizing
and accrediting the high schools.
With this advancement of the high
schools we also find greater efficiency
in the grades, the work is better or
ganized and more effectively pre-
scented.
The biennial has witnessed a wide
spread interest throughout the state
In the betterment OF the rural schools
The people have realized that the apa-
thy of some of the patrons, the rever-
ence of others for the traditional little
red school house." the teachers poorly
trained for rural school work, poor sal
aries. and short terms of school have
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

thinking and reasoning, rather than his
memory
Our correspondence is exceedingly
heavy. The law granting the certif
casion of teachers by Endorsement ne
cessitated our charging the state list
of accredited schools. This entailed
great labor, as 1t was necessary to cor
respond with all the state superinten-
dents and the heads Of the state insti-
tutions in the different states. We have
carried on much of our supervision
through the county superintendent
Whenever complaints have come from
patrons, trustees, teachers, or pupils.
we have always taken up the matter
with the county superintendent, send
ing them COPIES Of the complaints and
our reply. This has greatly increased
our work, but we felt that this was the
only way to be Just to all, and have
found it a most excellent plan. We
have made it rule to answer every
letter, no matter from whom, in as
courteous manner as possible. We
would never have been able to carry on
this work had 1t not been for the co..
operation of county and city superin-
tendents, teachers and trustees, and
the faithful and efficient help In the
office. That we may continue the
service more effectively. we need a
number of devices in our office equip
ment to greatly tighten the mechani-
cal work.
Besides the supervision Of the work
from the office, have spent much time
in the field visiting schools, attend
ing trustees meetings, farmers insti-
tutes, movable schools, teachers insti-
tutes and associations. Realizing that
the best and most efficient service can
be rendered through personal knowl-
edge Of conditions. I have endeavored
to come IN close contact with the par
ents and the schools Because Of their
isolation, the rural schools OF our state.
need the most careful attention, and n
shall endeavor to visit larger num-
Der of them during the coming year.
Vocational Work.
Although some very good work had
been done in several parts of the state
along vocational lines, Idaho's schools
were far behind the other states in this
kind of work. some Of which have made
wonderful progress in many lines of ag-
riculture through their school clubs.
Early in our administration we began
planning to make this work statewide,
but We're unable to accomplish much
until this year. We organized potato
clubs for the boys and the girls. and
sewing clubs for the girls. We en-
planned the purpose of these clubs at
farmers institutes, movable schools,
trustees meetings and teachers insti-
tutes, arousing great interest In the un-
dertaking. Through the hearty coop
Grafton of the extension department Of
the Agricultural college, bulletins on
potato culture and sewing were issued.
giving full directions for carrying on
the work. Thirty potato and % sewing
clubs We're formed, the membership III .
which numbered 3S1 Many children
who could not form clubs had gardens
Continued on Page Three.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

ers certificated by examination. a rec
ord is made of all diplomas or certifi-
Gates sent TO the office for Endorsement
for certification, and of all permits
issued to teachers by the county super
intendents.
We haze a card file Of reports from
city superintendent concerning their
schools and teachers; another from the
county superintendent giving Informal
ton concerning every school in each
county; and a similar report from the
private and parochial schools. We
have a card record Of all teachers at
tending the summer normal schools;
also a similar record of all teachers
actively engaged in school work in the
state; and a complete card file of the
trustees of the state, showing address
position on board, and date of election.
One of the best WAYS of advancing
the educational work Of the state is by
and bulletins. We have is
sued a number, but have been ham
pered in this work by lack of funds.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

girls in farm life and viii not educate
them away from home. Many teach
ers are doing work in agriculture and
domestic science. Where they are not
able TO give this instruction themselves
they have interested some one in the
neighborhood specially trained for this
work, who is instructing the children
In many districts the women of the dis
trict are giving lessons in their homes
in sewing end cooking Men who are
experts in horticulture, stock raising
and some phase of farming are giving
the children lessons. IL a few districts
wiGe-awake teachers have introduced
work in manual training by having the
children make things for the barn and
the house, and mending the broken inn
plements on the farm, In many in
stances we find teachers who, with the
help of their county superintendents
have done good work III home gardess,
and in sewing and potato clubs.
Office Work.
Few realize how the department of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

public instruction has grown and the
immense amount of business devolving
upon it. In order to facilitate our work
and to build up permanent record, we
installed new and complete system
of records and files These have been
pronounced by experts who have ex-
amined them to be among the best in
the state. We have new record books
for keeping the grades of all the teach