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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
WANT OUR BONDS
Commissioner WATSON Receives
Many Letters From Buyers.
They Want to Know What He
Has to Sell.
TOPEKA'S CREDIT IS HIGH
Has an Outstanding Debt of
but $5O9,OO0
On Which the Whole City Is
Liable To Be Taxed.
TOPEKA'S CREDIT IS HIGH

Topekas credit IS above par, that is.
it can issue more bonds than have been
issued in the past without endanger
ing its credit. To date, according 10
figures issued by Commissioner Was
son. the total bonded indebtedness is
$2,114,0 900. OF this amount 100000
has been issued on which all city prop
ertJ- is liable for payment. Sewer
bonds to the amount of 100000 have
been issued. which affects only part
of the property; $765,0O0 worth of
paving bonds have been issued, ami
the water bonds cover an amount OF
100000. OF the water bonds, while
the city pays them, yet they receive
from the water consumers enough in
return to cover this amount so tha-
| it may be said that a total of but
81, 494. 900 has been issued, which
creates a liability that must be paid
by tax levy.
In 1915 the assessed valuation of all
Topeka property was $50, ,97S.
This amount will be increased, in
round numbers during 1916 to $50,
900. 900, and as the relation between
assessed valuation and the amount of
bonds issued plays big factor in de-
termining the credit of a city, it will
be seen that Topeka has a rating of
A 1.
Bond buying houses watch these
matters closely and know to a cent
the assessed valuation and the amount
of bonds issued, and they have estab
lished a rule that when a city bonds
| itself over a certain amount or per
cent, it is clasSed as a bad risk. To-
peka has not only not reached that
limit, as yet, but is not even close to
| it. hence the statement, its credit is
above par.
| Topeka's general bonded indebted
ness is, according to law, unlimited
Not so with Kansas City, Kan, or
Wichita, as both cities have the
amount of bonds they may issue fixed
by law.
| Commissioner WATSON states that he
receives many letters daily from in
dividuals all over the country and from
bond buying houses asking him if To-
peka has any bonds for sale. The last
issue sold was over subscribed many
times at home and the custom of deal
ing them out to citizens reveals the
fact that many women are bond
| BUYERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
Civil SERVICE REPORT
Forty Applicants Examined at an Ex-
pense of SS2.15.

The annual report of the civil ser
vice commission was received and
filed by the city commissioners at
the meeting this morning. The report
showed that 500 had been appro-
priated for the past year and that
$S2.15 had been expended and the
balance had been returned to the gen.
eral fund. The total number of ap-
plicants examined during the year was
40. nine of whom failed to pass.
out of the 40 examined desired to
be clerks. sanitary police, patrol
men. stenographers, firemen and 8
asked to be appointed deputy city
clerks Eight appointments were made
from Qualifications by the commission
as follows: One electric engineer,
welfare worker. l deputy city clerk,
sanitary police, 1 asphalt foreman.
stenographer, ! CLERK police court and
one fireman for the electric light
plant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
DEATH and FUNERALS

MRS. LYDIA A. DENNEN, age So.
died early Sunday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. S. Hal
leck, 1041 Garfield avenue Besides
Mrs. Halleck she is survived by four
children: James NJ. Martin, Topeka;
Mrs. Carrie Richardson, Havensville;
Mrs. Ada Giles, Seager. Cal; and Mrs.
L. Evans, Port Engels, Wash. The
funeral was held at O'Clock this af-
ternoon at the residence. The body
will be taken to Havensville, Kan, for
interment.
MICHAEL Martin. IS, died Fri
day at his home, 1911 Quincy street.
The funeral was held this morning at
the t@.urch of the Assumption. Inter-
ment in Mount Calvary cemetery.
MRS MARY j. BAKER, age 10,
died Saturday at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Mary Beville. POS Har-
rison street. The funeral was held at
, O'Clock this afternoon at Shella-
barger's chapel. Interment in Topeka
cemetery.
ROBERT LEES, age 64, died Sun
day at his home, PA East Second
street. The funeral will be held al
2:30 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon al
Penwelfs chapel. Interment in Tope-
ka cemetery.
MRS. OLLIE NEWMAN CANNON
age 20, wife of Fabian Cannon, 1927
Van Buren, street. died Saturday at a
local hospital. The funeral will be
held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon al
St Johns A. M. E. church. Inter
ment in Mount Auburn cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
SCHONBERGER NAMED
Is Made Vice President of ri Delta
Kappa for Kanzas.

Prof +. D. Schonberger of Wash
burn college was appointed province
president of Pi Kappa Delta for the
states of Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas
at the final meeting of the first ma
tional convention Saturday evening.
After the banquet the following
committees and province presidents
were appointed: E. A. Vaughan of
Alabama. r. +. Gwin of Kansas and
A. i. Crookham of Oregon. the char
ter committee; the publicity commit
tee. e. A. Vaughan. A. G.. Beattie of
Washburn, ]. A. Shields of Mime
apoiiS, J. H. krenmyre of Iowa City.
Wayne +. Gilliland of the Ottawa Her
aid. Province presidents were ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
VILLA A PAUPER NOW?
Bandit Leader Reported to Have Lost
All of His Loot.

Ell Paso. April 3.-Pancho Villa is a
financial wreck. OF the many mill
lions he gathered for himself and his
friends during the two years he con-
trolled the greater portion of northern
Mexico he has not a dollar left.
Villas former friends have deserted
him and are on the American side,
where they have bought homes and
farms, or are in Cuba, living expensive
~ on the money they gained through
Villa activities, but Villa, himself. has
nothing.
1t was learned here today that Villa
has been sending urgent appeals to
his former friends here for a few dol
lars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
FIRST PATIENT IN
The TubercuIar Hospital Opens Its
Doors for Business.

The Topeka Tubercular hospital.
formerly the Detention Home, opened
its doors to tuberculosis patients in
the advanced stage today. Bright and
early a frail woman applied for adj
mission and was taken to the hospital
IN an ambulance. A few hours later
a telephone call informed Miss Lorena
Shantz, the nurse from the Public
Health Nursing association, in charge
of the hospital that another patient,
a man, would arrive this afternoon.
They'll begin coming in rapidly
from now on" said Miss Shantz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03

pointed as follows: E. A. Vaughan
over several southern states, P. c.
Somerville of Bloomington, Iowa, over
states of that section, E. H. Wilds of
South Dakota, E. d. Schonberger of
Washburn over Kansas. Oklahoma
and Texas, Alfred Westfall of Fort
Collins over western states. ]. w.
Clark. ex-assistant city attorney, grad
uate of Washburn college and law
school and member of the local chap
ter. was appointed as legal adviser for
the fraternity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
Russian Shin Doun
CHANUTE LOSES OFFICE
Santa Ee Freight Agent Removed to
Joplin, Missouri.

Plans have been perfected by Off
Gals of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway to transfer the divisional
freight agents office from Chanute,
Kansas, to Joplin, Mo. The change
becomes effective May l.
The office is in charge of W. T
Treleaven, who is well known in local
railway circles. He has been located
at Chanute for several years and has
been in the service of the Santa Fe
for a number of years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03

tract for tearing down the old building
would not be awarded until contracts
had been awarded for the new build
ing. Work of tearing down the pres
ent library will begin in few days
and if the bids are accepted for the
new building, work on that structure
will begin about Nav l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03

south, while on their way from Namf-
quipa.
The two fiiers lost their way in the
storm and were forced to descend near
a Mexican house. The native ranch
er gave them food, lodging and must
cal entertainment and brought them
to headquarters Saturday. A horse
and wagon then went back after the
aeroplanes, which were unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
FLYERS LOST TWO DAYS
Planes Encounter Storm and Aviators
Find Friendly Mexican Ranch.
BY Fl. b. JACOBS.

Field Headquarters OF the Ameri-
can Army, Near Dublan, Mexico,
April 2 (by Wireless to Columbus, n.
M. April S).-Two army aviators
missing with their aeroplanes since
Friday afternoon have arrived here
They were caught in a rain and snow
storm in Chocolate pass, ten miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
ROUT VILLA BAND
Carranza Troops Under CanO
Engage Bandits.
Emmanuel BOcO, Villa Leader,
Killed in Battle.

Washington. April 3.-A fight be-
tween one of the smaller groups of
Villa and Carranza forces the latter
under Colonel Cano, on March 20, was
reported to the war department this
afternoon by General Funston. En-
manuel Boco. the Villa leader was
killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03

They tell US that William the Kaiser
Is an early retirer and raiser.
Well. he's healthy, all right.
And he's wealthy. oh ought
But we feel he could be a lot waiser
Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
ELECT NeIs Morris President.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, April S.-Nelson
Morris today has been elected presi-
dent of the st. Louis National stock
yards company. He succeeded Thos.
E. Wilson, who resigned to go to the
Union Stock yards, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
THREE SHIPS SUNK
British Steamer Perth Carried
Six to the Bottom.
Russian Vessel Carrying Troops
Victim of Turk Plunger.

London, April 3.-The British
steamship Perth has been sunk Six
members of the crew We're lost and
eight were landed The Perth was I'M
armed.
There are three British steam
ships CD Perth. The largest, 1899
tons gross. was owned in Melbourne;
another of 1888 tons was from Dun
dee, and the third 653 tons, was owned
in Glasgow.
Russian Ship Down.
Berlin, April "a twelve thousand
ton Russian transport with troops and
war materials aboard was sunk by a
Turkish submarine on March 80, the
Turkish war office announced today.
London, April 3.-The Norwegian
steamer Ino of 702 tons gross. has
been sunk. There were no casualties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
SKIRTS

Which reflect admirably
ma both silk
and wool well finished
skirt needs
them satisfactorily here. Priced 1896 o $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
DRESSES

Every woman will be captivated by the spIen-
did showing of dresses in the Dress Shop on the
second floor. Such a large assortment and
every one a perfect beauty, making the task
OF selecting the prettiest, most difficult. Abb
solutely a la mode, fashiona Bile down to the
very minute, some of them having slammed
forth from their wrappings only last week they
are at once ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS different
from any other dresses. yet you will notice that
they're not high priced, s9.s5 70 $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-03
SWEATERS

of silk, fiber, silk and light weight wool are to
a great extent taking the place of the ordinary
coat, not only for sports wear. but general and
street well. recent copy of well
known fashion MAGAZINE states that wo-
mans wardrobe is complete without of
these garments. Our assortment is most com
plete and embraces many attractive styles in
both bright and subdued colors. They
reasona bly, priced at from ss.95 to $500.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23
Sunshade, Cushion and Bag

The work bag to hold embroidery,
book or magazine, has always been
winter and summer resort fad. These
bags have now developed into sets,
and great deal of originality is dis
played in their shapes and materials.
One set shows the futurist note
strongly. 1t is made of soft pale
silk and has fiat futurist roses en-
broidered to it. The bag is oval
shaped, resembling those which ap-
peared during the winter in velvet.
The bonnet is a demure little shape
after the style of the advanced bon
net-shaped toques which have come in
with bygone modes. Some of the sets
are composed of scarf, cushion and
work bag. Every material is used to
make these sets, from fine cretonnos
to elegant brocaded multicolored sat
ms and silks
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23
Fads and FanCieS

Short skirts are still the rule.
Full ripple skirts are great favor
ties
Bracelets have a larger vogue than
ever.
Long guard chains are growing in
favor.
The 1880 fashions obtain even in
jewelry.
Cutaway coats are coming in to a
limited extent.
The latest handkerchief has round
ed corners.
The sheer weaves of silk will con-
tinue to be liked.
Unbleached rep is a good material
for boys middies
Ribbon is used for trimming wher-
ever it is possible.
Bustle drapery is evident on many
of the new frOcks.
Some Of the new coats have deep
points over the hips.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23

not the old New England way Of pre-
pairing it. The bread is toasted crisp
and brown, the edges Of the crusts
softened by dipping them into hot
water, then the toast was spread gen
erouslv with butter, laid on a platter
or in large tureen, and the delicious
white sauce is poured over it piping
hot, and served at once. To make
the sauce, two tablespoonfuls of -four
was added to two Of bubbling hot but
ter, half teaspoonful OF salt and a
pint of rich milk; simmer for a few
minutes to cook the flour, when it is
ready to pour over the toast.
Cooky dough or ginger bread made
into animals or gingerbread boys
never tastes half so well in the ordi-
nary form. Prunes and figs with raisin
for heads and cloves for feet make
lovely turtles, but littlo people should
not be allowed to eat the cloves.
Smoker DoodIes.-Take g. cupful of
light brown sugar, add two tablespoon.
fuls of butter, half cupful of milk, a
half cupful of raisins, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder ard two cupfuls
Of -four. Drop by spoonfuls on bak-
ing sheet, sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon and chopped nuts.
Whiff.-Soak over night three table
spoonfuls of tapioca In the morning
add a cupful of cold milk, pinch of
salt and sugar to taste. Cook until
clear, stir in the well-beaten yolks Of
two eggs and remove from the fire as
soon as they are well heated. Whip
the whites of the eggs very stiff and
fold these into the pudding. When
cold pour over four sliced bananas.
Rough 1t Pudding.-Take two cup
fuls of graham -four, one cupful each
of molasses, sweet milk and raisins,
a half teaspoonful of soda and quar-
ter Of a teaspoonful of salt. Cover
and bake in slow oven three hours.
Serve with foamy egg sauce.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23

for fastening. Sort of saddle-bag
arrangement this, for much can be
carried in these pockets, and they can
be detached if the wearer does not
wish to be heavily burdened.
A tiny pocket in the sleeve of a plain
handkerchief linen blouse appears just
above the cuff. 1t is large enough to
hold the small glove handkerchief
which so many women prefer to the
larger variety. patent leather belt
shows two small pockets, one for the
handkerchief and the other for change.
Two layers Of thin material rather
than one layer of heavier material is a
feature to be noted in new lingerie. 1t
gives opaqueness without bulk. Some
times the layers contrast in color, es-
pecially in the chiffon and Georgette
crepe varieties.
The mitten sleeve is another odd
note. 1t appears upon a tulle eve
ming gown OF a dull taupe brown. The
sleeve is Of the transparent tulle and
reaches 20 the knuckles. A stitching
makes a division for the thumb; other
wise, it is fngerless.
removable hatbrim which can
turn the hat into a small close-titting
model from the crown, or by the addi-
ton of brim into a large dressier af-
fair, is worth remembering.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23

amount to anything anyhow, unless he
could make it possible to cultivate
them with horse-drawn machinery, and
he finally decided to take a chance.
Having used dynamite considerably,
l agreed to do the blasting for this
man. | employed two helpers to
make the bore holes under the stumps
and rocks. For the larger stumps, a
soil auger was used for the smaller
ones and the stones, a pointed steel
bar and sledge | followed these men
loading the holes with the charges of
dynamite.
Only one of the young fruit trees
was injured by the blasting, because
they were small and the dynamite
broke the stumps up in small pieces
which did not harm the little trees
even if they hit them. The same was
true Of the niggerheads.
We discovered, while making the
holes under the stumps, that in many
places there was layer of hardpan,
averaging about four inches in thick
ness, which was so hard we could
hardly drive the bar through it, and
rain did not seem to penetrate it at
all. 1t lay about eighteen inches be-
low the surface. In blasting the
stumps and powders, which were
thickly scattered through the orchard,
we also broke up this hardpan pretty
thoroughly.
After seeing this hardpan, the own
er decided it was the cause Of the
poor growth Of his trees, so he had
me reset them all in blasted holes.
Some time later, when l was in the
vicinity, / visited this orchard; found
the stump and bowlder fragments all
hauled off, the ground nicely cult
waited and the trees looking fine and
rapidly growing into money.
What did with this orchard can be
done with many another one which
has been either abandoned or is being
continued at loss because of the
very conditions / improved for this
man.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23

most beautiful flowers in cultivation.
Al varieties are easily cultivated and
adaptable to most conditions, but in
a soil deeply dug and well enriched
with fine old manure, their blooms are
the finest. Set from one and one half
TO two feet each way
Iris (feur-de-lisD, the national
flower of France, is another perfect
ly hardy plant. They grow in any or
binary garden soil luxuriantly, and
bloom in June. The German iris
should be planted largely where cut
flowers are in demand, as it certainly
is the best of it's class.
Perhaps the most snowy and gor-
geous of the iris family is the Japanese
iris. The flowers are often ten inches
in diameter and bloom in July. There
are many beautiful colOrs among both
iris. White family tinged with law
ender, light bronze, yellow and bright
blue, royal purple, grayish white, and
a pure white are among the colors
shown
Phlox, another plant on our list, can
not be surpassed for brilliant color
ing and continuous bloom. Sow phlox
out of doors in May, in a situation
well open to the sun. They will flow
er in July and continue until late in
the fall.
Old-fashioned Glove pink, and it's
more elegant relation, the carnation,
flower so easily as an annual that it
has attained a most popular position
among garden plants. The beautiful
flowers make an attractive display
with their world of color, and are
greatly to be desired as a table deco
ration and also as a border plant.
Pinks grow easily from seed and
come true to color. Sow out of doors
when danger from frost is over. If
the seed is sown early enough the
perennials will bloom the first year.
There are great many other plants
that are hardy and desirable, this is
but a mere beginning. Choose the
flowers you are fond of and the work
will be more successful and more
pleasant. But have a garden now, no
matter how small.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23

(By C. E. SANBORN, Department of En-
tomology, Oklahoma A. & NJ. College,
StillwaterD
Bees properly handled will in most
instances supply the owners family
with honey throughout the year.
Sugar is sort of substitute for
honey Sugar is not as easily assim-
Hated as honey. Children have a
natural appetite for sweets that
should be satiated The same is true
Of the majority Of people. Honey
should not be allowed to go to waste
in the ungathered state when there
exists such a continuous demand for
sweets
Examine each colony; If the bottom
board is Uttered with dead bees and
honey cappings, sweep it and make
it clean. II any webs, webWorms or
moths are found i'll the hive, be very
careful to remove them. After a col
ony in the hive is found to be in good
shape, see to it that there are no OBJ
structions near the entrance that will
check workers as they come and go.
All hives Of dead bees should be re-
moved from the bee yard. They
should be thoroughly cleaned and
stored away in dry room where
dust, mice and spiders cannot locate.
Frames having welcomed combs
should be saved. Frames containing
irregularfy formed combs, drone cells
or work of the bee moth should be rem
dered and marketed as beeswax
Nearly all bee supply dealers will pay
cash or trade comb foundation for it.
AS soon as the cells near the top
bars of the frame have been filed
the supers should be placed on the
brood chambers. The workers will
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-23
By CHARLES T. HIGGS.)

By CHARLES F. HIGGs0
A good deal of money has been
made in fruit growing. A good deal
has been lost, too. The losses have
been mainly by the men who have
been in too great a hurry to garner
the profits they have heard success
f1l growers were making.
These get-rich-quick fellows have
blindly and eagerly bought raw land,
incumbered with stumps and niger
head powders. Forgetting, or posi-
bly, not knowing, that good cultivation
is necessary in a crowded orchard
crowded by interplanting peaches be-
tween apples-they have set their
trees without stopping to clear off the
stumps and powders. The results
have been disastrous for them.
Some have tried to correct their
initial mistake by buying stump-pull-
ers to dispose of the stumps, but lack
Of space to operate the machines has
made this plan Ineffective
Failing in this, some Of the more
energetic men have tried to cultivate
by hand, digging around the trees
Practical fruit growers will appreci-
ate what an endless, impractical task
this is in large orchard
Many trees in these hurry-up or
chards have died, and the apples that
have been grown on trees that man
aged to survive have been stunted,
knotty and of generally such poor
quality that they can be marketed
only to vinegar makers. Some of
these growers have become discour-
aged and allowed their orchards to
grow weeds, sprouts and briars; in
fact, they are practically total loss.
One of these men recently consult
ed me about his orchard. | found it
located on hillside literally covered
with pine, white and rock oak, hick-
DRY and other stumps as well as nu-
merous powders.
l told him to blast out the stumps
and rocks with dynamite. He was
afraid it would injure his trees.
convinced him the trees would never