The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-25
ATTEND In A BODY
Rotary Club Members and
Ladies to Baseball Game.
They Will Form Parade Prior
to Opening Game.
INTERESTING TALK ON GOAL y
iii. l.. Peppmeyer Told of How
Tt Is Mined i'm Kansas.
DIR. Roy b. Guild Was Made an.
Honorary Member.

The Topeka Rotary club members
and ladies will attend the opening
| Western league baseball game at To-
| peka in a body. Furthermore, prior
| to the game a Rotary automobile pa
rade will be formed on Kansas ave-
nue., and with banners fly1ng--gold,
white and blue, co1ors of the c1ub-the
procession will move towards the ball
park, where a section of the grand
stand will be reserved for the contin-
gent.
1t will be out of loyalty for a new
Rotary member, John Savage, owner
of the team that this will be done.
The plan was suggested at the regular
bi-weekly meeting of the organIza-
ton at noon today in the U. c. L. hall
What can the RotarianS do to help
the ball team?' was a question put to
Savage by Fred Voiland, who presided
at the meeting
I'D like to have you come out and
see me as often as you can If L look
to you as though I deserved your sup
port" was the reply.
1t was upon the suggestion of Hin
kle Guy that decision was made to at
tend the opening game, and E. w.
be held.
Program Today.
The business talk on Coal was
given by H. L. Peppmeyer. Hinkle
Guy gave a brief sketch of Peppmey-
er's life DR. w A. McCarter spoke
on the Rotary spirit.
The new Rotary flag was on display.
The new members were introduced
"a bakers dozen of them-and sew
eral informal talks were given.
W. r. Guild of the First National
bank of Hiawatha, a brother of DR..
Roy 3. Guild-and John Raterman,
with r. G.. Dun & Company at Atch-
ison, were guests of the club. Each
MONDAY luncheon is revelation to
me-" said the latter. 1--WE have moth
ing like it in Atchison.'
DIR. Guild an Honorary Member.
In view of the fact that DR.. Roy B.
Guild will leave for New York three
work as associate secretary of the
Federation of Churches in Christ
comprising approximately thirty de-
nominations, he was made an honor
airy member of the Topeka Rotary
club. E. w. Rankin spoke highly of
DR.. Guild and his work in Topeka and
proposed that he be made an honorary
Ernest Winters, coil ma gnate'' of
the club, offered five gallons of TOGO"
luhricatingz oil to some lucky member
of the club A@special committee
awarded the oil to c. E. Eldridge.
Program for Next Meeting. s
announcement was made by George
Hart of the entertainment committee
that H. w. Bomgardner will give the
business talk at the next regular meet
F. A. Rooster will give the biograph-
ical sketch, and that David Bowie will
give the Rotary talk.
Paper by Peppmyer.
Coal was first sold for burning pur-
poses in 1912 and was looked upon DIS
a form OF swindle, according to H. l..
Peppmeyer, who read an interesting
paper on Coal before the members
of the Topeka Rotary club today. The
paper dealt mainly with the manner
in oh iS a n K
Coal was first discovered at Rich
mond, Va, in 1850, Peppmeyer stated.
At the present time it is estimated
that between 100000 and SOO0O.-
900 tons of hard coal and 35O,0O0,000
tons of soft coal are used annually.
making 100000 tons for each work
ing day of the year.
Coal Mining i'm Kansas.
The paper read in part:
The coal of most general interest to
us is the coal that Kansas produces.
This is all a soft coal and is mined
mostly in the southeastern part of
Kansas. The mining at the present
time is done in two ways. by shaft
mining and by steam shovel mining.
In the shaft mining the miner works
underground by digging in a room
about twenty feet face. The face of
the coal is from three to four feet and
the miner is required to dig on his
knees. AT the time the miners quit
work in the evening two shotfirers go
down and fire usually two shots in
each miners room.
These men always work from the
rear to the front of the shaft in order
to escape the gases formed by the eN-
plosions This work requires about
one hour and the men are paid fancy
wages. These men always work in
pairs in order that one may help the
other in case of an accident. This
blasting is supposed to be done with a
black powder but in many cases dyna-
mite is used, although it is against the
state law.
The use of dynamite is what gener-
ally causes the coal to break up when
it dries out, as all the seams are brok-
en- open.
In the steam shovel mining the
method is vastly more simple. This
method is employed in cases where
the dirt on top of the coal is not deep
enough and also where there is not a
layer of rock to support a roof for
shaft digging.
Peculiarities of Union Men.
One of the peculiarities of the union
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