The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
North Side Neus

| That North Topeka truck gardeners
may be forced to experiment with
some practical irrigation system if
they are to make a profit from their
future crops is the prediction of those
who have studied the situation. This
year the dry weather has practically
wiped out many of the crops That
practical irrigation could easily have
saved the day is indicated by the ex-
| perience of several farmers.
| Two years ago Frank Peyton, now
| of Nebraska, but formerly a resident
/ here, tried out an irrigation plan in
growing cabbage and horseradish. He
| installed a 25-horse power engine
and pump that supplied a three
inch stream. With this outfit he
easily watered from fifteen to twenty
acres. The cabbage he had to water
at night, but the horseradish with
long leaves that shaded the ground
| between rows of plants, was watered
in the daytime. The scheme was
successful.
Three years ago in period of dry
weather a farmer named Little,
whose crop of beans near Shorey
| had been destroyed, installed an en-
! CINE and a pump, replanted his crop.
and raised enough beans with the aid
/ of the water thus secured to pay for
| his plant and afford a profit as well.
For several years j. H. Skinner,
well known nurseryman, has used
| irrigation with consistent success. It
is somewhat of a mystery to persons
| who know the possibilities of fertile
Kaw valley bottom land why garden
ers have never tried the possibilities
| of utilizing the vast lake of pure
water that underlies this region in
the practice of intensive farming
methods.
The Rev. w. A. Goodwin will shake
the dust of North Topeka from his
| feet Tuesday and head toward the
coast, where in the city of Portland
he will lead members of the I. w. w.
| to pathways of honest toll DIR, God
win has faith in his ability to charm
back the Industrial Willie of the
| Workhouse to habits of peace and
regularity.
! DIR. Goodwin for several weeks has
been conducting services in the old
| Congregational church in North To-
peka, and in that time is said to have
developed membership Of about 800
/ in his new undenominational church.
Goodwin is a reformed gambler accord
| ing to his own description, and from
| his experience in that field had pro-
!, duced a religious creed which has at
| tracted an audience of many persons
every evening at his meeting place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin will tour over
land to Portland.
| Social and Personal.
! Mrs. T. j. Murphy, Of 1907 North
Van Buren, street, has returned from
| Chicago where she has been visiting
| her son. J. A. Neiswender for the last
| month.
! L. o. Gregory, of South Madison
street, has moved to North Topeka
and will live at 11iS North Van Buren,.
/ Ray Deever has accepted a position
in the freight department of the
| Santa Fe. He was formerly with the
Buechner Brother store.
Mrs. l. I. Mcfarland returned Sat
urday evening from Hunter, Kan.
Hunter is the new town west of Sa-
lima which, when the railroad wouldn't
| town to the railroad. The land in this
| section of Kansas is completely dried
up. One farmer hauls water for his
| cattle eight miles, all wells in the
neighborhood being dry. Cattlemen
are rapidly selling their stock from ar
4 inability to water it.
B. A. Salyer. North Topeka commits
SION man, is in Colorado on buying
i trip. The garden products IL the
Kaw valley have been so entirely
burned up that Salyer, who buys from
i local gardens, is unable to fill his
orders from local crops.
/ F. H. Hepstedler and family OF
Wichita have moved to Topeka and
will live at 220 East Norris Hepsted-
Ter is employed in construction work
on the new North Topeka elevator
Mrs. Claude Shaw of Ell Centre,
Cal, visited with Mrs. Harry Logan
last week. Mr. and Mrs. Logan spent
Sunday in Rossville.
The j. d. Pratt family returned
saturday evening from a. three weeks
auto trip in Colorado.