The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-07

North Side News
is TRUE TO U. S.
Fred Deppe, German Born,
Would Like to Go to War.
Special Easter Services in the
North Side Churches.

One of the earliest settlers of Kan
sas. and one who has seen as much |
real Kansas history in the making as
any man living today is Fred Deppe of
1882 North Taylor street. On March |
80 Mr.. and Mrs. Deppe celebrated
their 59th wedding anniversary.
They were married in Wappello, Iowa, |
in March. 1858.
Prior to their marriage Mr.. Deppe |
has spent two or three years in Kan
participating in some of the most
exciting scenes of the border wars. He /
fought with Jim Lane, was a member |
of his band, and rode into the town OF
Atchison with him as spy when IL
was as much as free state mans life
vas worth To show his face in the
town.
In those days the rort;er luffi2ns
travelled about the country in bans!3 OF
twenty ~ thirty. with a prairie sch9cn-
or ana 4 barrel Of WHISKY. doing VIC
lcncc 20 properly and to the persons
of FREQ state sym pati1.zcT5. Mr.. Deppe
participated in the lighting N the bat
tie OF Hickory Point VIXEN Jim Lanes
D"Ta Of eighty men. routed the Mis-
su3rians.
At ore, ti:nc during the Indian war
which followed The border war. AIR.
Depre rode TOO miles IN nine days to
carry the mail from Fort Kearney to
J. OK Laramie, wyoming. ana return
lie used two horses on the trip, and
received seen for The journey, the
danger fIcm Indians being such that
man took ais life in his hands to
venture along :hc overland trail. On
several occasions Ny. Deppe escaped
from :he Indians by 4 close margin.
On one occasion az Hickory Point,
oE election %as due and 200 Missou
Tinns had invaded the town armed
with double barrelled shOtguns and
NfV,rr
election. They Ind thrown the cleo
ton judge out Of the window. One of
them approached Mr.. Deppe and asked
which party he followed. Deppe, who
was only n lad of nineteen, SAID. Free
Statc." He WAS surrounded by fifty
ruffiaus. and to defend himself had
only Il short oak stick. He was pre-
vented from, the necessity of using it
only by the interference of one of the
leaders of the band who was i'm
pressed by the lads nerve.
Mr.. DeDpe served in the Border
war the Indian war, two years in the
Civil war and in spite of the fact that
he came from Germany when lad OF
16, declares that if he were forty
years younger he would enlist in the
army of the United States today and
fight for the country for which he
has already risked his life on many
occasions. Mr.. Deppe was born in
northern Germany in 1885. He with
his wife took up land at Ozawkie
when at Topeka there was only one
house standing, and Colonel Holiday
was living on the site of the present
city park in a tent. He has passed
The last thirty years of his life IN
Topeka.
Church Services.
Special Easter music will be sung
at both services Of the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church Sunday. At the
evening servict the choir will give
Wilson's cantata. THE Resurrection
and the Life" The soloists are Mrs
b. +. Pool, Mrs. c. A. McGrew, Mr..
Hugh smith The Kansas Avenue
Epworth league VIII hold sunrise
meeting at $50 at the church.
The preparations for Easter music
at the second Presbyterian have been
more elaborate This year than ever
before. At the morning service the
quarterly communion will be observed
and the new elders will be ordained.
At the close of the service the finan-
cial committee will present the church
budget. In the evening the church
choir and orchestra will give the can
tata THE Resurrection and the Life
Mrs. F. o. Morns. J D. Pratt and Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Johnston will take the
solo parts. c. NJ. Morrow directs the
music.
Under the direction of w. NJ. Van
Ness. the chorus choir of the North
Topeka Baptist church will give
exceptionally well selected program of
Faster music. At the morning service
the Rev. Bruce Kinney will preach the
Easter sermon. At the evening ser
vice w. J. Herwig. superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon league will speak. The
tie Deum" will be sung at both ser
vices. Miss Florence Rowe will sing a
solo and Miss Mabel Rowe and Ralph
Lyons will sing n duet.
At the Church of the Good Shop
herd, holy communion will be observ-
ed at o'clock, with the bishop of the
Kansas diocese president. At IL the
pastor will preach. and special Easter
music will be given by the vested
choir. At 3 o'clock will be given a
children's Easter service. and at s a
prayer service and preaching by the
pastor.
At the East Indianola church the
pastor, the Rev. Frank d. Jackson
will conduct an Easter service. Holy
communion will be given, and the SER
mon on Heaven by the pastor in the
morning, At night the cantata. THE
Centurion a song story, will be given.
Social and Personal.
Vinton Coleman resigned his posi-
ton with the Dibble Grocery company
today TO take UP the business of manu-