The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-05
Special Trains To Be Run for
Guardsmen.
State Encampment VIII Be
Held at Riley August IL.
FINE CROP REPORTS NOW
Potato, Melon and Grape Yields
Satisfactory.
Social and Personal Items From
North Side.

A number of special trains will be
run over the Union Pacific railroad,
August II, for the accommodation OF
the members of the Kansas National
Guard. who will attend the fall man.
euvers and encampment held at Fort
Riley.
A special train will be run from
Lawrence to Fort Riley. another from
Topeka to Fort Riley-the latter Will
be taken from the Santa Fe at Topeka
and will carry southeastern COM
panies.
A special bearing the southwestern
Kansas companies of the National
cific between Abilene and Fort Riley.
In addition to the special trains extra
equipment will be added to almost all
of the regular trains August II.
Failed Again.
The professional crop killer failed
again when he started the report that
the potato crop in North Shawnee
TO Charles Lukeiis Of the Lukens hard
ware company in North Topeka.
Mr.. Lukens has made several trips
through the county recently and says
that there is fine yield of the po-
tatoes in almost all parts of the coun-
ty, 1t was thought that the late spring
frosts killed about half Of the potato
crop in the county but Mr.. Lukens
says that the yield of spuds will be
large this year.
Monster WatermelOns.
There is an unusually good crop of
watermelons in the northern part of
Shawnee county this year. according
to farmers and truck gardeners.
A monster melon weighing fifty
pounds was brought to North Topeka
this morning by Edward Mcconnell OF
I<iro. So far as is known this melon
is the largest that has been brought
to North Topeka this year. Mr.. NC
Connell has about five acres of ground
planted in melons this year.
Big Grape Crop.
The grape crop is large in the
northern part CT the county this year.
Practically every fruit grower in the
county who owns a vineyard reports a
big yield.
brought to North Topeka. Among the
prominent fruit growers of the north
part of the county who are bringing
large quantity of grapes to the Topeka
commission houses is Marion Glenn of
Granville.
Surprise for Miss Cole.
A surprise party was given Tuesday
night by the =. Y. p U. Of the North
Topeka Baptist church in honor of
Miss Marjorie Cole at her home. 1924
Lincoln street. Those present were:
rev. anu MY W. 1IdHt 11dhuAcy,
Lincoln street Rev. and Mrs. w. I.
Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. VanNess,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Section, Mrs. H.
p. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Clark, Miss Helen Wellman, Miss
Grace Forbes, Miss May Zarker, Miss
Callie Kincaid, Miss Edna Kincaid.
Miss Verna Bridgeford of Indiana,
Miss Ethel Hannah, Miss Florence
Spaulding, Miss Elizabeth Schenck.
Miss Gretchen Voiland, Miss Elizabeth
VanNess, Miss Dorothy Section, Miss
Barbara Lewis. Miss Virginia Clark,
Carrie Holwcrth, Miss Ruth Baird,
Miss Charlotte Schwering, Miss jean
cite Emert. Miss Hazel Kincaid, Chas.
Martin, Lester Pence, Don Odds. Will
liam Roehrig. Dean VanNess. Paul
VanNess, Emory Baird. Walter Cole,
Edwin Section, Leland Schenck, Kings
ley Handley, Charles Klussman, Pearl
Jones and Miss Marjorie Cole.
North Topeka Board Made Recount
at a. m.
Due to discrepancy in the figures
held by the election clerks at the Sec
ond precinct of the First ward, when
1876 ballots had been counted, w. H.
Kemper, election commissioner, or
dered a recount ct o'clock this
morning. The recount showed that
e John Dobson. a negro clerk. had too
many votes credited to Arthur Capper.
The count was then finished and Com
missioner Kemper expressed himself