The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-03

pearance, according to the farmers who
came to the stations to welcome the
men from the capital city. According
to NJ C. Payne Of the hardware firm
OF Medley Brothers 4 Payne Of Niles.
the average height Of the wheat near
Niles is five feet. Harvesters win go
into the fields about June Is.
! I. Miller Of the Miller q Roberts hard
ware firm at Bennington. due to the
prospects of record wheat crop. Large
shipments Of harvesting machinery
have been received at Bennington, and
other towns in the rich Solomon val
ley.
The excursionists were treated to five
gallons of ice cream that went to the
right spot The treat was "on'' the
Beatrice (ContinentaD Creamery COM
pany.
At Verdi there was a key Of
beer at the station. Some OF the fell
lows who were watching out for a
chance to play a practical joke started
to hoist the beer on the train. The sta
ton master. with tears in his eyes,
told the Topeka boys of tie trouble
that he would get into If they insisted
on carrying or the priced liquid. The
beer was returned.
John 8. Eley, Pullman conductor on
the train. who halls from Kansas City,
is a prince among conductors. After
having been initiated into the mys-
teries Of the Order of High Jumpers.
he later acted as chief executioner in
the latter part Of the ceremonies which
caused fifteen minute delay Of the
train at Minneapolis. He Is one of the
boys"
Practically the whole population was
at the Verdi station. Farmers came in
to hear Marshalrs band from all direc-
lions. o. G. Wurst runs the one and
only general store in this place.
The Commercial club at Manhattan
presented the visitors with watch fobs
Manhattan.
The Kansas State Fair association,
Topeka. is getting some good advertis
ing on the trip. George e. Clark, Sec
and he has been talking fair tc the
farmers. There will undoubtedly be
some creditable exhibits at the fair next
fall from the north-central portion Of
the state.
Good rains have fallen in the Solomon
valley-in fact. the farmers say 1t has
been raining nearly every day lately
There is some complaint of damage by
the Hessian fly but 1t is not thought II
Is serious. The farmers are expecting
to harvest a record crop. They say
they have never seen the fields look
ing In as fine shape. There is also
good stand Of corn. but wheat is the
main crop of this valley.
There was a large representation OF
farmers in autos at the Glasco station.
A conspicuous figure at the station
at the lite but prosperous farming
town of Niles was an old man named
B: H. Crosthwaite. who wore large
placard on his hat labeled Drugs"
his wife was at his side and sh. wore |
the label, "Rackey and Variety"
These old people believed in the val
ue of advertising.
1t looked like circus day at Min |
neapolis. The train was ahead of |
time, but when the whistle blew a |
ong procession Of citizens hurried to |
he station. Even the crippled were |
among those in. the crowd. Bob Halt |
brink, a student in the commercial |
department. of the up-to-date Mime
apolis high school. was there in an
edition of the Irish mall" !
popular among the Riddles of Topeka
Young Haitbrink made the contriv
lnce himself. Spinal meningitis Grip
pied him for life: he hasn't the use
II his legs. The contrivance is oper- !
ated by hand and the high school boy
goes from place to place with ease.
Then there as Bob Postlethwaite-i
knows Bob. His father
came to this district in Sc. and he has i
been raised in the Solomon valley.
The climate has evidently agreed with
him as tips the scales at $50
He owns 800 acres of wheat
and 1875 acres of corn-says the wheat
S in great condition. Many Of The
farmers around Minneapolis own
autos.
At Manhattan Albert F. Coulson.
of Topeka and now proprie-
or of the Manhattan College Inn, fur
lished the trade trippers crepe paper
,aps. These caps were worn exclu-
'ively in he parade that followed.
Leon Carter was at the Asherville
station with sample of wheat grown
lear that town. If the wheat in the
'icinity Is all as good as the sample
here will certainly be q record crop.
At Abilene Arthur Mills was all but
nobbed by a crowd of citizens-both
I'D and lou g-who scrambled for
copies of the song, Topeka" by H.
". Jones.
The yellow Dog order has been
orgotten on this trip. but there Is a
lew organization that is fully as pop
liar called the Order Of High Jump
rs E. L. Overton was the origi-
1ator Of the idea, and limitations have
been held between stations in the bag
rage car. Electric current plays q
Dig part in the ceremonies. and ac-
sOrd1ng to those who have been ini-
lated into the mysteries Of the order
Iome gymnastic jumping was in
1ulged in by them. John johnson,
he sheriff Of Minneapolis, was the
highest jumper among several Of the
;ity ofhcials who were initiated at
hat town.
The following members of Marshall's
band are on the trade trip in north