The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-13
North Side NeDs

Friday evening of this week the
North Topeka Civic club will meet at
be an exceedingly important one and
every member is requested to be pres
emit An election of officers will be
/ held The club will confer with the
farmers north of town who are inter
ested in the changing and improve
ment of certain of the roads. Last
week many farmers drove in for the
meeting. Friday night they intend to
have big delegation present The
county commissioners will also be
present Those who know say that it
behooves every North Topeka bust
ness man who has the welfare of his
own trade at heart to attend this
meeting.
d. L. Jencks, agricultural superin
tendent of the American Sugar Beet
company of Rocky Ford, Colo, has
wired to Chas. Gerteisen of the Santa
Fe, that he will be in Topeka tomor-
row He will contract with North
side Russians for the cultivation of
sugar beets during the coming season
at Rocky Ford.
Every year the Russians make a
pilgrimage to the sugar beet fields and
with their families contract to Gull
| tivate from 20 to SO acres. The
amount of acreage contracted for is
proportional to the size of the family
The company pays for their tranSpOr-
tation to the fields. They live in tents
and cabins during the season for cul
tvation, and in October when the crop
is gathered they return to their homes.
some of them with considerably swell
son lasts the whole family turns out
| to work, from the housewife to the
| children.
Social and Personal.
| The family of the Rev. w. 1. Cole
pastor of the Quinton Heights Baptist
! q nd ctn Of f1n
i North Topeka BAPTIST church, will
| leave Friday for their new home in
| Sabetha, Kan. DR.. Cole will take the
pulpit in the First Baptist church of
! Sabetha. Thursday afternoon Mrs.
w. NJ. Van Ness, Mrs. j. E. Warnock
and Mrs. w. E. Section will give a re-
ception in honor of Mrs. Cole who
will leave many friends among North
| Topeka people.
A group of people who form a small
line party at the Novelty this after
noon. Those invited were: Mrs. R.
| NJ. Campbell, Mrs. T. D. Joseph, Mrs.
D. H. Thompson, Mrs. Ben Pool, Mrs
Harry Logan, Miss Jessie Riach, Mrs.
L. Skinner, Mrs. w. S. Bergundthal,
| Mrs. David Bergundthal, Miss Wilma
Bergundthal.
| The P. A. P. Sewing club has post
poned its meeting which was to have
been held Wednesday of this week,
| to the first week in March.
A. NJ. Petro. Druggist-Adv.
! Wednesday evening a meeting will
be held at the home of Frank D.
jackson of the East Indianola Con-
grega tional Community church to or
/ ganize teachers training class. A
president will be elected who will con-
duct the course.
| Mrs. John Washington of Manhat-
tan is in the city today on a shopping
trip.
The city has completed the repair
ing and widening of the asphalt
strips which relieve the unevenness of
/ the brick pavement on North Kansas
! avenue.
/ Dudley Cooper Of Kansas City spent
/ the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. NJ. Cooper on East Cor
don street. ,...... f.....
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Buechner of Kan
| sas City spent Sunday with Mr.. and
/ Mrs Fred Florset.
George Edgerton of Indian Greek
was in town today on business.
Shorey boys have been getting in
! condition for the coming Shawnee
i county track meet. Every day some
| of them take a workout on the roads