The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-24

came the Santa Fee essentially a Kan
sas road, whereas the first was but a
branch of the Union Pacific. Col c.
X. Holiday was often called the
Father of the Santa Fee for after
the legislature in 1859 had granted a
charter, Holiday spend the best part
of the time the next ten years raising
the money to finance it. c. b. Schmidt
of the Santa Fe brought the first col
ony of emigrants from Southern Rus
STA to KanSaS-four hundred families
of Mennonites who brought with them
two and a quarter million dollars in
gold to invest in Kansas land. There
are now $4,000 of them living in what
is called Santa Fe lands. They brought
to this country the first Turkey-red
wheat, that has done much toward
making Kansas great wheat produc
ing state.
The fight for state prohibition was
won in 1880. l have a copy of let
ter written in 1854. (and given to me
| by Mr.. Charles Holiday by the wo-
men of Topeka to a man in Lawrence,
| who they thought was coming to To-
] peka to open a saloon. The hand writ
ing and the wording of the letter
showed the refinement of the women
who were opposing saloons in this
| city. The winning of equal suffrage
marked another red letter day in Kan
SaS. 1t was a red letter daV when
| each of the pioneer churches was
founded. Sorosis is proud that a
number of its members are daughters
of pioneer ministers.
"A red letter day in Kansas social
| life was marked by the visit of the
! Grand Duke Alexis, a son of a Tar of
| Russia, who came west with Phil
Sheriden on hunting trip into Kan
sas, and was given a reception in To-
| peka.''
Mrs F. w Watson told of red let
In
to the organization of the old Social
Science club, followed by the State
Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs.
/ Montsomery told of red letter davS in
Kansas music. giving an outline of the
institutions for teaching music va
rious musical societies, bands and or
| chestras.
A census of the meeting was taken,
and it was found that out of the SO
persons present, IS of them were ma
tive Kansans. Mrs. ]. D. Mcfarland
told of attending the wedding of Gov
ernor s. j. Crawford. whose widow was
a guest at the party.
Two new members of the club are
Mrs. L. L. Kiene and Mrs. Albrecht
Marburg.
Guests at the meeting were:
Mrs. Jonathan Thomas. Mrs. r.
| Merrick, Mrs. J. ]. Gooden. Mrs H. B.
Wilson, Mrs. Clement Smith, Mrs B.
M Davies, Mrs ]. l. Moneypenny
~
ston, Mrs. Lucretia Embleton, Miss
Nellie Ansel, Mrs. Lee Forbes. Miss
Mary Quigley of Colorado Springs,
Col. Mrs. Ward Burlingame, Mrs NJ.
lC. Hammatt, Mrs. Irene Russell, Miss
Carolyn Thomas. Mrs A. A. Rogers.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Sheldon, Mrs Bennett
r. Wheeler, Mrs. Herbert Armstrong;
| Mrs. Eli G. Foster. Mrs. B. T. WEIGH
Mrs. James Troutman. Miss Viola
! Troutman. Mrs. c. W. Kouns, Mrs S.
S. Beggs. Mrs. w. S. Lindsay, Miss Jo-
sephine Mendum, Mrs. w ]. Lewis,
Miss Dorothy Nichols. Mrs. s. P. Craw-
ford. Mrs ]. F. FARRELL, Mrs Carey
J. Wilson. Mrs. Nellie Shepherd Way
nick. Mrs. c. B. Van Horn, Miss Mar
tina Valentine. Miss Lillian Valentine,
Mrs. T. E. Dewey. Mrs. John CLANCY.
DR.. EIvenora Ernest, Mrs. w $.
Storrs. Mrs ]. l. Work. Mrs. John
Sargent. Mrs. Katherine Hand, Mrs. D.
L. McEachron, Mrs. Frank Hahn. Mrs.
s. S. Estey. Mrs. William Macferran,
Miss Annabel Carney and Miss Bertha
Hampstead.
will arrive Friday to attend the meet
ing of the Council of Women, the re-
ccption at the governors house FRIDAY
evening. and the Woman's Kansas Day
club meeting Saturday.
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Mrs McCown, of Emporia. a prom
inent club woman of Kansas, will at
| tend the Woman's Kansas Day club
meeting in Topeka. and will visit her
daughter, Mrs. ]. w. Howe.
Mrs. AIcCown has recently published
a little booklet. embossed in green and
gold. containing some verses she has
written on The Farmer Boys Call 10
Arms lines of somewhat militant
sentiment, setting out the farmer lad 5