The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-27
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Quicksand a Nuisance to Sand
Companies.
Can Obtain a Better Grade
Since River Fell.

Since River Fell.
The sand companies about Topeka
who depend upon the sand in the kaw
to supply their trade are thanking the
weather god that the river has gone
back to III feet. During the recent
high water il was impossible to OBJ
tain good sand fro mthe kaw bed, but
quicksand was plentiful. The Stewart
Peck sand Co. said this morning that
until yesterday first class sand was IN
obtainable and that the variety known
as quicksand seemed to have taken
possession of the bottom of the kaw-
From reports from the other sand
companies it seems that since the river
has come back to near the normal
stage the quicksand has disappeared
and the usual grade of this Kansas
the river
Jetties Catch the Sand.
Those who opposed the building of
the jetties at the west end of the dixie
have but to make a trip to them 10
note the good work they are doing
there in protecting the dixie On both
sides of the last jetty the little viii
lows planted by the drainage board
are entirely covered with sand which
was washed and deposited there dur
in the high waters this spring.
Mud Hole Fixed.
The township board is rushing work
on the roads The mud hole on the
Meriden road which has held up from
one to seven automobiles every day
has been repaired. 1t was located just
off of Central avenue in front of the
R. Snodgrass home. The big mud
hole on the Rochester road has also
been fixed. 1t will take months of
work to get the roads in the same good
condition that they were last summer.
He Is Fisherman.
ed nj r1t
against the Kaw river Not our own
Uncle Sam whose initials also stand for
United States, but Uncle Sam Murphy,
/ the jolly old fisherman at Granville.
! The reason for the complaint is that
| he has had to move six times on ac-
| count of high water, within a period
| of about six weeks.
For the last 16 years Sam Murphy
known to everyone about Granville
and Perry and to many about Topeka,
has lived on the banks of the Kaw at
Granville and fished for a living. His
home is a tent and is pitched at the
foot of a high bank near the water
edge on the Enochs farm
This has been a paying season for
me-" said Uncle Sam, IF the water
amt too high, 1 can catch four or five
dollars worth of fish on my trot lines
every day. And they are not a bit
men here in Topeka just beg for
MORE
For several years Uncle Sammy lived
in the club house erected by several
Granville boys on the Shirley farm.
but picnickers and campers made so
free with his cooking paraphernalia
and fishing tackle that he decided he
did not like a public home and now
has home of his own.
Several times his tent has been
badly torn by storms and he seeks
shelter with his neighbors who are all
ways glad to see him
Uncle Sam likes company and has
lots of it He will give up his home
when his guests come for an all night
visit, taking a blanket and bunking
under the trees while the company
sleeps in the tent. "YeS-Sir-ee.' said
Uncle Sam, I'D Just like to have you
come to visit me. I'll give you all the
fish you can eat and a good place to
sleep. but don't you bring any of these
fellows along who like to NEEDLE with
things and break 'em up
Notes and Personals.
Miss Mabel Jones will return Sat
urday to her home, 913 North Jackson,
after a trip to the fair in San Fran
cisco.
w. 1. Cole, who was formerly pas
tor of the North Topeka Baptist
church spent yesterday visiting Rev
w Garnett HandIey and family.
Miss Minnie Doering has resumed her
work at the Union Pacific after an
absence on account of Illness
Riley anu JOIlilSO1 ICAuAAAC
yesterday from Kansas City. where
they had been on short pleasure trip.
Mrs. Kate Convey and grandson, Dew
ey Sproat, returned yesterday from
California, where they have been for
the last three months They will make
their home here on the Sproat farm
Miss Beulah Hughes of North Van
Buren, street is the guest of her aunt
in Excelsior Springs
On hot days. a nmeade at home is
splendid. ask your grocer for lines
or phone 115O.-Adv.
Miss Bess Jones, who has been in
Iowa on business will arrive Monday
to spend the remainder of the sum-
mer with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
C A Jones of 913 North jackson
street
NJ Petro. drugRtst.-Adv-
The senior B. Y. P. L of the North
Topeka Baptist church will give
party Thursday evening at the home
of Miss Agnes Carlson of 1919 Central
avenue. The girls will wear long
sIeeved aprons and the boys will wear
overalls-
C NJ Morrow will return the last
of the week from Seattle and other
western points where he has been
spending his vacation
Mr. and Mrs ]. Z. Workman of Will
Jamestown have moved to 419 Grant
street. They will make their home
here.
W. V. Casebier has returned from a
business trip to Coffey county