The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
Potatoes q Drug on Market
Stop Digging.
Kaw Valley Raisers Waiting
for Better Prices.
CROP BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Burglar RObs Store and Is Held
by Police.
Other News of Interest in North
Shawnee County.

The farmers of the Kaw valley have
practically quit digging potatoes ioI a
short time. The markets in Topeka, 81.
Louis, Kansas City and Chicago nave
surplus of potatoes on hand ana .ne
prices have been reduced to sucn an
EXTENT that the farmer gets no profit Dy
selling his supply. The potatoes IN tne
Kaw valley are showing greater yielo
than was expected and are producing
from fifty to one hundred bushels per
acre. M.
f. Towles Of kiro is among the po-
tato ra:,ers who has FAIR crop.
In the last week or ten days the farm
ers have been rushing their potatoes I'd
market and reduction in prices mas
resultct. In Kal sas City the prices
have been as low as 40 cent bushei
and this is not considered enough 70
give the farmers P fair return OF pro.ie
for their work and investment. Inc
Chicago market also Is f.oooed anu .lle
market prices are no better In proper
ton.
e p. HAYES, Of the Hayes Commas
s,on company, believes it advisable TOT
the farmers to quit digging potatoes IoI
a week .r ten days and TO-DAY ne SAY
that /. large number OF them hao quit
digging their crop. ,, =.
Z IT is believed the market Will oe
greatly improved within the next ten
days or two weeks.
Ice Truck Damages Wagon.
An automobile truck belonging to the
Mutual Ice company ski0ded on the
having un Kansas avenue this morning
and struck q vegetable wagon "uch
belonged to Mrs. George Wind. Ine
having was wet and the Vegetaoie
wagon was struck by the rear end OF
tha truck. The shafts were broken and
the front Part of the wagon was slight
" damaged. Mrs. Wind was not In the
wagon at the time, thus escaping being
injured.
]. B. Billiard saw Mrs. Wind soon
after the accident and paid her for the
damage done to her wagon.
Grocery Store Robbed.
The grocery store of Ben Retter at
e03 North Kansas avenue was robbed
tered the building by tearing away
window screen in the rear end of the
building. He took fifty-one pennies
and a revolver which were in the cash
drawer.
Peter jackson was arrested by the 20
lice early this morning and has admit
ted that he burglariZed the store.
The police think he was implicated
in robbiIs n store at Emmett Wednes-
day night. He had two suit cases Wher
arrested this morning. Jackson has
been transferred to the county Jail un-
til the officers investigate the Emmett
burglary.
Police Fooled Seeress.
Policeman Barker. on duty in North
Topeka, helped d. c. Hoofer recover
IS Wednesday which he had lost to q
gypsy seeress. The seeress entered
Mr.. Hooters restaurant at $40 North
Kansas avenue, and asked permission
to reveal his past, present and future
In order to reveal these facts, she told
him that he must loan her some
money to secrete about his person
He complied and after she had COM
pleted the engagement, he was un-
able to find IS bill which he had
loaned her. Through the assistance
Of Omcer Barker, the seeress found
the money.
Want White Way Lamps Cleaned.
The members Of the North Topeka
Civic club and business men Of North
Topeka are planning a petition tc
Mayor Cofran to require the white
way lamps to be cleaned. These lamps
were installed and have been in serv.