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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
WAR ON COLORADO BEETLES
Paris Green or Arsenate of Lead VIII
Protect Potato Vines.

Manhattan, Kan. May 27.-Spray-
ing potato vines for the purpose of
killing Colorado beetles should be done
as soon as the work of the insects is
noticed, asserts George A Dean. pro-
lessor of entomology in the Kansas
State Agricultural college
This destructive insect is not hard
to control" says Professor Dean lone
part Paris green mixed with 20 to 80
parts of air Stacked lime or flour and
used as a dust spray affords the best
results on young plants 1t should be
used when the dew is on by means
of powder guns or dust spray ma
chimes
The Paris green spray, prepared
by mixing one pound of Paris green
with rs to 125 gallons of water. and
the addition of one pound of quick
lime to the mixture. makes an effec-
tive spray. This spray will burn vines
if the quicklime is omitted
'-Arsenate of lead serves the same
purpose as the Paris green, one pound
combined with Is or 30 gallons of
water, being more adhesive. 1t sticks
more firmly to the LEAKAGE, and is
much less likely to produce scorching
than the Paris green spray. Cleaning
up the vines and blowing potato land
in the fall after the crop has been har-
vested will aid in reducing the num-
Der of alternating beetles"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
FINE PROSPECTS IN JEWELL.
All Crops Make Good Showing-wheat
Acreage Below Normal

Mankato, Kan. May 27.-Crop pros
poets were never better in Jewell
county at this season of the year than
at present Practically all the corn
planting was finished this week and a
large acreage is reported up and a
good stand Recent rains did very
little damage. excepting in the south
eastern part of the county. The alfalfa
crop is making a rapid growth and the
first cutting will be commenced in
about two weeks.
While the wheat acreage is consid-
eraoly less than it was last year, the
prospect is very good Oats are very
promising though not a large acreage
was sown- The cherry crop is en-
couraging but there will be very few
apples, peaches and apricots. Garden
products, especially early kinds are
doing well and the potatoe crop indi-
Gates a little more than average
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
WAS DARK HORSE
MOrIand Broke Up Rivalry Be.
tween Two Towns.
Growth Has Been Steady Since
Time of Founding.
IN MIDST OF RICH DISTRICT
Graham County Looks for Good
Crop Year Again.
Many Buildings Going Up;
Newspaper Has Started.
IN MIDST OF RICH DISTRICT

Morland, KAN May 27.-One OF the
towns in northwest Kansas building
rapidly is Morland. in Graham coun-
ty The writer first visited this sec
ton when the town was on the north
side of the Solomon river ana named
Fremont 4 mile or more west Of
Fremont was another town named
Akin, which was trying to Guido Ere
mont in commercial supremacy Both
towns failed, the railroad came along
on the north side of the river, Nor
land started, and the two towns
moved to the new town
Morland has been growing slowly
ever since until this year there is great
building activity. GODDARD & Hill are
erecting brick garage. so by 20 feet
at a cost of $4,000. The town VIII
soon be lighted with electricity. The
new light and power plant will cost
$500.
Erect New Buildings
Brooks & Son. general merchants,
will erect this year a stone and brick
business building at cost of over
$4,000. A substantial addition to the
store of Hugh Cunningham, making
his room over 100 feet deep, will be
built this year.
AcAtee Poras, hardware and i'm
plements, are erecting a double brick
store building at a cost Of $4,000 The
upstairs will be jointly used by the
ders will organize here at once The
lodge hall will be As by so feet
Cain & Son, hardware and imple-
ments. have a frontage of more than
fifty feet, a part of it having been
fitted up for a garage 100 feet deep,
and supplied with machinery for same.
The cement walks which will aggre-
gate two miles have been built and
under way
Many New Homes.
The new residences of Taylor Waits.
costing $500; E Stelznzer, costing
$4,000. and the additions to the homes
of D. c. Kay and J. R. Brooks, help
to beautify the town, and give pleas
ing appearance. There isn't a vacant
building in Morland.
The rural high school election
proposition will be voted on June 20,
the amount being for $4,000 build
ing.
The two banks in MorIand have de-
posts aggregating nearly S250,000-
Also New Newspaper
The Monitor is the new paper re-
Gently started here. 1t IS well patron
lied; and looks as if it has come to
stay. Several newspapers have been
published here in former years but
the Monitor looks healthy. and the
business men will give it generous sup
port
Good reports come from the wheat
raisers tributary to Morland. The re-
cent rains are timely. The acreage is
about the same as a year ago, and the
prospects fully as good. Nor is there
any complaints of insects at work 1t
looks like a busy, prosperous year
again for the farmers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
rs YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
May "a. 1891:

May 81. 1891.
Miss Gussie Fuller Is visiting rela-
tives at Fort Scott
The state lawn tennis tournament
commenced this afternoon on the West
End club courts. corner of Ninth and
Fillmore The singles will be played
this afternoon and the doubles viii be-
gin tomorrow morning The prizes for
the singles consist of a gold medal
and a special racquet The following
Topeka players will play IN the sin
giles. D. Mulvane. A Williams C.
Thomas H Arthur, l. Bronson and f.
Crane In the doubles the teams which
will be entered from the club here are
Schuyler. McCabe and Bronson, VIII
hams and Stringham. Thomas and Ar
thur Williams
The players from other cities failed
to arrive this morning and nothing
definite is known who will come or
what cities will be represented Salina
will send John Eberhart. Chas- Eber--
hart F. N Phillips and VIM. Phillips
Lawrence representatives will be Whit
man and Bronson Other players from
Hutchinson. Emporia. Wichita. uJne-
ton City. Kansas City, Kansas, Ell
The games started at 80. The boys
looked neat in their white flannel suits
and gay caps
The Rev. n. NJ johnson. pastor of
Reformed Presbyterian church. is get
ting himself into hot water with the
national synod on account Of his liberal
views
The following dispatch from the
synod. now in session at Pfttsburg. was
received today: THE synod of the Re
formed Presbyterian church began this
morning This is the branch of the
Presbyterians known as the old school
The same question that caused the split
in ISS5the right of suffrage-will
come up at this meeting Several min
listers have been suspended for advo-
eating the right of suffrage, among
them the Rev. Mr. Johnson"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
FTFTY-FTvE GRADUATED.
Charles NJ Harger Delivered Com
mencement Address at Clay Center.

Clay Center, Kan, May 27.-Com-
mencement exercises of the Clay coun-
ty high school were held here Friday
night Miss Margaret Farrell was
valedictorian and of the fIfty-five
graduates all the honor pupils were
girls
Charles NJ. Harger, of Abilene, Re
publican candidate for congress, de-
livered the commencement address on
the subject, The Making of a KAN
san" The opera house was crowded
for the program Following are the
honor graduates: Margaret Farrell
Frances NJ North, Jean Dammast
Olga Heimerich. Elizabeth Henry and
Bessie Rankin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
EXPECT HEAVY HARVEST.
Crop Prospects Arc Good Around Nor
catur; Farmers Buying Autos.

Norcatur. Kan, May 27-The pros
poets for bountifui crop of all kinds
Is excellent at this time in this part
of the state. Plentiful rains the past
ten days, and with warm weather the
past week. the wheat and corn has
advanced very rapidly. Corn planting
is finished and is coming on fine
Wheat is growing rapidly and never
looked better at this time of year
Though there has been no hail storms
yet this season, the farmers are re-
Numbering the unusual season last
year. and are insurfng their grain
against hail The country is flooded
with insurance agents
Fruit will be plentiful, especially
the cherry and plum crop Peaches
will be scarce, but apples promise A
fair crop Farmers are extremely
busy, but many have time to get 20
town to purchase automobiles. a
large number being sold by agencies.
all over the country With favorat BILE
weather through June, the harvest
will be an exceptionally heavy one in
this vicinity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

alumni was held at the residence of
ming.
The graduating class this year num-
bers Is, making a total of 10 for the
eleven years since the school was or
ganized- Twenty-Five of the total have
completed regular four year courses
in higher schools and a considerable
number of the others have taken
shorter courses
Trego high ranks first among the
schools Of the state in persistency OF
attendance It is an accredited school,
it's graduates being admitted to any
of the colleges of the northwestern as
ISOLATION comprising nineteen states
The enrolment of the school has in
creased from so in its first year 10 $50.
and the number of teachers employed
fror, two 10 six and another will be
added next year. Professor J. H
NiesIey has been principal of the
school since its organization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
d go
] MOTOR ExHAUSTS1
Matters ofmterestto motor car
ard motHcy Gle owners inIopeka
and Kansas.
Hudson Racer Was a Demonstration.

Hudson Racer Was a Demonstration.
One of the outstanding features of
the recent race meet at the Sleeps
head Bay Speedway was the pertor-
nance of the Hudson ''super-six spe-
cial, which finished in third place in
the Metropolitan Trophy contest To
satisfy public curiosity regarding this
car, which was an eleventh hour entry
for the race, Harry s Houpt. presi-
dent of the Hudson Motor Car cGYn-
pany of New York. makes the follow
ing statement: This car was former
" our Brooklyn demonstrating car.
After it had three months of hard
use Ira Vail purchased it He cut
twenty-five inches out of the frame,
fitted it with a special body, larger
gasoline and oil tanks and altered the
gear ratio The car ran the entire
distance, $50 miles. without a stop or
mechanical trouble of any kind, aver
aged 81 u miles an hour and finished
in third place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
New Mitchell Roadster.

A new three-passenger roadster is
out as a part of the new Mitchell
model line and the staggered seating
ARRANGEMENT, slanted windshield and
closeup position of driver without
the segregating of any one of the pas
sengers is meeting with instantaneous
favor. More and more each year"
says A B. Kirkpatrick of the Capital
Auto and Supply company. women
drivers are adding their demand for
the roadster to that of the business
and professional men In it she finds
room for a com panion or two on her
shopping tours or midday trips out in
the country and with its added range
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

used to sell lot of cars in days gone by in
simply stating the price
Now it is all different.
People buying cars more intelhgently.
They want what they call ability. There too
many that look alike and have the same
price tag on them. The only thing that separates
them is ability. There's all the difference in the
wide world between cars when you look at them
this way.
One car is sluggish like ploughing horse
Another has got light foot and gets under way
without taking quarter mile to get into high
Why, with this 34OO r. p. m. Chalmers forget
once in while and actually start her on high.
There aren't many that ever do that.
Then she runs SO everlastingly quiet | am
always little bit suspicious of her-ike fellow
who doesn't talk much, but usually delivers.
She's got anything in this town beat. So far I
have yet to meet her equal In pep" She's got
everything from getaway to twister hill.
Then when you come right down to look at
her, you will have to admit she's got blue eyes.
She's beautiful.
The big town people have all fallen for her this
year. | got letter from the factory the other
day telling me they had shipped $4,000 since
December l.
And there thousand of orders untitled.
Take friendly tip and get your order on file
| don't want to you disappointed by
delayed delivery right In the best part of the drv
ing season.
You folks who have driven a lot will see the
difference In jiiffy. Come on down and try her
out She's there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

A new agent for the Marmon car has
come to Topeka For the last three
years John NJ Washburn of the In
dependent Auto company has been
the distributor for the Marmon in To-
peka but with the appearance of the
new salesman, John NJ Jr-, aged one
week. the father will doubtless accept
a subordinate position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
B | / | ,

A man came in to my place the other day and
said:
What 34OO r. D. m Chalmers at $1,000 |
never knew Chalmers built car under So, OOO"
So many ask the same question. We never
feature price in big type. We don't sell price.
We sell car first; then tell how much it costs
afterwards.
/ suppose we lose some sales that way But,
of course, we have car of such decided quality,
of such extraordinary ability, of such terrific
power from an engine that you wonder where it
all comes from-wel we just don't know how to
talk price when so many other things bob up In
our minds
Now take power. Here it is rated at 25.3
III. P. when you buy your license. You get her
out In mud, sand, hill-and bing, you
can just double that figure.
You have got just about 100 per cent more
power than we give her credit for.
Of course, lots of cars have great big power.
But with most of them you We got to pay the
piper every time you use it. Those big power
cars have great big engines mostly, and great big
engines have terrific appetite for gas. You
know, don't need to tell you.
This 34OO r. p. Chalmers has engine IN
her that's got the kick.
You step the accelerator button, and zip!
You never saw such Spunk.
And not only power, but she gets away like
scared horse. | have to watch my foot when it
is on the little button. First thing | know am
going too fast.
That's what the boys back at the Chalmers
plant call acceleration. | call it pep.
That's my language.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
NEED A TIN STAR MAN?
Chief Parsons Can Fit You Out With
Detective"

OctcIIte-
Do you need a private detective :?
II you do Harvey Parsons. chief of
police, can fit you out with any size.
shape, age and degree of intelligence
you may want He has a basketful
OF letters from men who are first
class detectives and admit it Here is
one he has received from a little town
up in Brown county.
Dear Sir-In regard to detective
line or work. do you need a detec-
tive or do you know the chief de-
tectiye's name? If so. please let me
know his name ard if he needs one or
could give me job. let me know. I
have detective training. just finished
my course, have my diploma and a
cFedential card"
I suppose said Parsons. he also
has tin star. 1 suppose he is a
graduate of some correspondence
school and is some s1euth-~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
1s GRADUATES AT wAkEENEY.
Eleventh Annual commencement at
Trego County High School.

Wakeeney. Kan, MAY 27.-The
eleventh commencement exercise of
the Treso county high school were
held here this week This included
tWC class plays by members of the
class of 1915, class sermon by Rev
w R Woodward Sunday evening. and
graduation address by J. H. EngIe on
Thursday evening Friday was given
over 70 field day exercises and a re-
ceFtion for high school students and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
EKA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EVENING MAY a.

of serviceabiIity as against the electric
she is more and more utilizing it for
quick shopping trips early in the
morning as a prelude to a run out in
the country to some golf club, coun-
try club or wayside inn for lunch
with friends"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27
Motor Lessons From war.

A force of 100000 men requires
more than s, 900 trucks, on the basis of
a II ton capacity. is hte state
ment of Major Francis Lawton of the
L. S. A. who bases his assertion on a
study of motor equipment require
ments of the armies in the European
war.
Teh less of Europe shows. he said.
that rapidly moving troops must rely
of an army. a division consisting of
$4,000 men, required 175,000 pounds
of food a day, and a great task of
organization was necessary in order to
be prepared to handle the problem
of transportation in this country.
Lessons from the present war in
Europe teach US the following facts:
Ordinary commercial trucks are
best. the special body types not neces-
sary.
.. Light chassis for ambulance work
are best
3. Best au-around car, IL tons
l. Heavy armored cars have proved
satisfactory.
5. Motorcycles on grand scale are
unsatisfactory
s. Passenger cars make good ambu-
iances, but the body should be ar
engine and the wounded lie between
the axles-
T. Radiators are proving to be the
weak spots.
s. The steel plate wheel is satisfac-
tory.
g. Electric starting is satisfactory.
TO- Electric headlights should be
mounted on universal joints.
what the Public Wants in a Motor
Avocating closer cooperation be-
tween the sales and engineering heads
of the automobile industry, Paul
Smith, vice president in charge Of
sales of the Chalmers Motor com
pany. recently delivered an interest
ing address before several hundred
members of the Detroit section. So
ciety of Automobile Engineers.
The occasion was unique in being
the first time a sales manager has
been invited to speak before a body
Of automobile engineers.
At the present time, the automo-
bile business is in greater need of mil
liners and taiIors than inventors or
innovators- Refinement in the way of
dressing up the product should super
sede efforts to put across something
new. The big successes in the motor
car business have been achieved by
those companies who have consistent
ly given the public what it wants
Carrying out this idea, I know of sew
eral companies who send their cars
to dealers in a dozen different COM
rnunities to try out new models before
they are turned over to the produce
ton department If the cars stand up.
they go through: If not, the necessary
changes are made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

The agency of the Chandler car. for
which c. G. BlakeIy is manager. has
moved headquarters from Sill Quincy
street to goo West Sixth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

C G. Blakely reports the sale OF
Chambers to Tinkham Veale,s w H.
Houser and T V. Campbell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-27

May q, 1SSI-
Miss Gussie Fuller is visiting rela-
tives at Fort Scott.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-11-01
PASSAGE OF EIGHT.HOUR LAW
DENOUNCED BY TAFT As
"GREAT NATIONAL HU.
INITIATION"

Marshall, Mich, October 3O-For-
mer President William IT, Taft, in a
speech here this afternoon, criticized
President Wilson for having, he de-
clarcd. changed his position on var
ious questions coming up during the
Democratic Administration.
He charged the President, having
interviewed by threat and force in the
affairs of the Mexican people, '"now
denounced intervention and declared
the Mexican situation not to be our
business" He characterized the pass
age of the Adamson bill as zone Of the
greatest national humiliations" the
people have ever been subjected to.
Predicting the European war would
end within two years, Mr.. Taft said
the next President would have to pre-
pare industries for millions of labor
ers who dropped their other work to
make ammunition at high wages.
"Mr. Wilson has few IL any opinions
on the issues of the day which exig-
ency in the field of politics may not
induce him to give up" declared for
mer President Taft, in an address at
Lansing tonight "On the other hand
Mr. Hughes is a man whose avowed
opinions have always been the guide
his action.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-11-01
HUGHES VICTORY SEEN BY WILL.
COX, WHO PREDICTS CANDI.
DATE WILL WIN $40 ELEC-
TORAL VOTES

New Yrk. October 3O-The predic-
ton that Charles Evans Hughes will
have considerably more than 300 cleo
toral votes was made today by Chair
man William r. Wilcox. of the Re-
publican National Committee.
'Mr. Hughes will have 80 electoral
votes or more" Mr.. Wilcox said. my
reports show that Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana will also go Republican, as
will also New York state. We also
consider Michigan safe, and although
there is bitter fight in Utah. l be-
lleve that will go Republican.
"The Democrats have been claiming
Minnesota lately, but my reports from
that state do not indicate that ii will
so Democratic. AS to Wisconsin
there are a good many varying reports
from there, but ] was told today by au-
thorities from that state that it will
be in the Republican column"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-11-01
ramona"

An evidence of the earnest efforts
OF the procers of Ramona" is found
I'm the fact that each scene was taken
oil the exact spot described In Helen
Hunt Jacksons immortal story of
the Mission Indions. In order to be
sure of historical correctness a large
part of the costumes were borrowed,
under bond, from the Leland Stanr r.
University and ADVANTAGE Us iaFo %
of the fact that the Mission PLAY
was in progress to obtain authentic
pictures of these quaint Indians at
their ancient sports at LaFiesta-Un-
less one has been in California on the
date when this annual "Play" is given
il is likely he has never seen Turtles
in a race with Doves as Drivers, nor
Geese in a contest of speed, nor any
other of the strange and varied forms
of entertainment praoticnd 10y these
remnants of an interesting people.
Ramona requires two and a half
hours for its presentation. is accom-
panied by a specially composed or
chcstral score. and is artistically,
scenically and sensationally the great
est Cinema operate spectacle before
the public today.
Ramona" will be presented at the
Washington Theater today and to-
morrow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-11-01
WOMEN HUGHES BOOSTERS RE.
CEIVE WARN WELCOME IN IN.
Observation-Disclosures
Is HELD

Indianapolis, Ind, October 30-Wo-
men composing the party that is max
ing a tour of the United States sup
porting the cause Of Charles H.
Hughes received a warm welcome
when the special train pulled into the
station tonight. And organized effort
to dampen the enthusiasm of the wo-
mems demonstration was very much
I'm evidence, and the fact that a large
force OF police was on hand probably
prevented more boldness than was
displayed. A reception committee Of
prominent women headed by Mrs. Ovid
d. jameson, met the Hughes party. A
parade over downtown streets was
held. There were several meetings at
which the women of the Hughes spe-
cial spoke.