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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29


Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman McCurdy and fam
lily and Mr.. John McCurdy of San Diego,
Calf, guests at the NJ. j. Clemens
home, AFTER avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Thayer, Of Abilene,
Horton and Mr.. Horton, Winfield avenue
They are also guests at the W. K. Jessop
home.
Charles Jessop has returned from Blue
Rapids, Kans., where he was the guest of
the Rev. S. b. Lucas.
The Oakland Forestry club will be en-
tertained Friday afternoon by Mrs George
Dreamer.
silver medal contest will be held at
the Oakland Presbyterian church, Friday
evening March 80, at :45 O'Clock under
the auspices of the Oakland w. c L: u
The pupils of the Oakland High school
be given is as follows: Music, High school
orchestra; song, Holy. Holy, Holy, and
club; invocation, Mrs Il. 2. Taylor song,
High school glee club; Contestant number
"A Real Lesson , Of a. Tr aged con, a.,
Contestant No. 3, The Greatest Sorrow :"
music, High school boys glee club; Con
testant No g. "a Physicians Story Con-
testant No. g. The Ship Went Down :;
Hgh sefSS
Beautiful Blue Danube judges pre-
sent medal.
mother of Mrs. John Smelser, who died
Wednesday afternoon at her home, Win
field avenue. was held Thursday morn
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Richardson and
daughter, Miss Sadie Richardson have re-
turned to their home; Winfield avenue.
They were called to Melvern, kans., by
the death of relative.
Miss Florence Wolverton has returned
to her home in Holton, after visiting at
enue.
Garden Tools, Seeds, varnishes and
Paints at Nussbeck's, 1926 Seward-Phone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
This Actually Removes
.Superfluous Hair Roots
Entirely Netp and Instantaneous Method

By the introduction in this country of
what is known as the "phelactine pro-
cess any woman can now rid herself COM
pietely ofannoying superfluoush hair or fuzz.
The process is entirely new, different from
all others. and far better-because it actu-
ally removes the roots, as well as the sur
face hair. 1t is instantaneous. perfectly
harmless, odorless and non-irritating.
Just get stick of phelactine from your
druggist, follow the simple directions
and see the hair roots come out, with your
own eyes. No depilatory or electrical
treatment can produce this result The
skin is left soft smooth and hairless a
child-s- Phelactine can be used with abso-
lutte safety-one could even eat it with
impunity. If it doesn't do exactly claim
ed you can have your money back with
out QUESTIONABLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29

Mrs. + w Watson is entertaining
this afternoon at bridge, compliment
tary to Mrs. E IS WEIGH of Shenan-
doah, Iowa. The guests are members
of a bridge club to which Mrs. Watson
belongs. with a guest table for Mrs.
Welch. Mrs e w. Cooter of Hutchin-
SON. Mrs. Charles Brown of New York,
and Mrs L. r. Taylor. The substi-
tutes are: Mrs. l.. H. Mum, Mrs.
James L. King, Mrs. H. w. Seery. Mrs.
T. r. Paxton and Mrs. A. w. Bronson.
Mrs. WEIGH is in Topeka visiting
Mrs Watson and Mrs. + r. Taylor.
Mrs. Cooter is the guest of her sis
ter Mrs. +. c. Kaths. and Mrs. Brown
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bronson.
Mrs. Taylor gave a luncheon today
at the Pelletier Tea room in honor of
Mrs. WEIGH, ard she will entertain for
her Friday afternoon at line party
at one OF the theatres.
An announcement of some local in
terest is that of the engagement of
Miss Elizabeth Metcalf of Detroit,
Michigan, and Mr.. Joe Marshall OF
Concordia. Kansas. The marriage will
take place IN the autumn.
Mr.. Marshall is the man who was
chiefly responsible for the series of
concerts given thru Kansas recently
for the raising of fund to be used
in the Belgian relief activities among
children. Mr.. Marshall was in To-
d
concert arrangements were being
made here, and he met number of
the people Interested in its promotion.
He spent a good deal of time in Bel
GUM and found out conditions by per-
sonal investigation. He made the adj
dress and otherwise assisted at the
concert in this city. offering his serv-
ices without charge so that the en-
tire amount realized might go, undi-
minished. into the fund He gave
similar services in ten Kansas towns.
Mr.. Marshall was formerly a student
in the Kansas State university and is
a member of the Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity- He has gone to Groffe Pointe,
a suburb of Detroit to visit at the
Netcalf home. Miss Metcalf is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Metcalf-
Thirty-two persons attended the To-
peka Art Guilds dinner at Pelletier's
tea room Wednesday evening. Besides
the members of the guild, Professor
william a. Griffith of Lawrence, and
Mr. John e Jenkins of Wichita, presi
dent and vice president of the Kansas
Federation of Art. were also present.
a number of short addresses were
made during the course of the evening.
Mrs. l.. ID. Whittemore reviewed the
work done by the art guild since Its
organization early last fall: Prof Grit
fifth. who is member of the art fac
ulty of Kansas university, and a prime
mover in the organization of the Kan
sas Federation of Art. with which the
Topeka Art Guild is affiliated. spoke
of the progress made in organizing
chapters of the federation for the
coming year Besides the Topeka
chapter. there are now chapters in
Manhattan, Lawrence. Pittsburg and
Emporia- 1t is intended to organize
an exhibition of Kansas artists and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
BANQUET AT THE Y. M. C. A
Business Mems Gym Classes Given Big
Feed-Trophies Presented.

The eighth annual banquet of the
business mems gymnasium class was
held Wednesday night at the Y. NJ. c.
A c. f. EldridGe acted as toastmasSer.
w. A Benson and Roy Burke made
short talks to the club. The H. B.
Howard trophy cup was presented to
Team No. 6 by Stewart Thompson
Clifford Pierce newly elected state
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary, gave an address
on The Extension of the Physical
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29

Mrs. NJ A. Heffner. Branner street, is
spending a few days in st. Marys. Kan.
Mr.. L. V. Harper entertained the Tulip
club Wednesday afternoon at her home,
Mrs D. v Taylor, Mrs c. H Hail. Mrs J.
W. Feldner Mrs. o. A. Harper. Mrs. f. S.
Rhodes. Mrs. w. f. Shaw. Mrs. A. A.
Kaye. Mrs c. L. Nohlett and Miss Bar
bara Helfrey Mrs. d. V. Taylor will en-
terrain the club members next Wednesday
The annual congregational meeting of
the Third Presbyterian church will be held
Thursday evening in the church. Supper
will be served at o'clock and the bust
ness meeting held afterward.
The Rev. F. NJ. FISHERMAN of Lawrence
is conducting evangelistic meetings at the
First United Brethren church, corner of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
OAKLAND NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland.
Telephone between and 10 a. m. $3.50;
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street.
other hours. 4151 k-2.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
HOUSE CLEANING IN
BARN is ESSENTIAL
lust as Important for Farmer to
Have Periodical Bout With
Dirt as for Housewife.

(By GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado
Agricultural College, Fort Collins,
CoIo.)
Every housekeeper, who deserves
the name, has a general houseclean-
ing at least twice a year. The car
pets come up and the curtains down,
and everything from the roof to the
floor In the furnace room is either
busted, scrubbed, vanished or paint
ed. With the farmers wife, spring
and fall housekeeping is looked upon
as duty that is almost sacred and
is kept inviolate.
But who ever heard of a farmer
having even an annual barn clean
ing? True the manure is hauled out.
usually in the springtime, in order to
make it possible to get the horses in
and out the door, but that is all.
II farmers would make 1t regular
Job to clean the premises once or
twice every year, infectious diseases
among farm animals could be con-
trolled, and the mortality of to 10
per cent from calf scours, hog cholera,
blackleg, contagious abortion and
other diseases might be reduced to the
minimum.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
An All-around Surprise.

When the first shipment of frozen
eggs had arrived, their extreme hard
ness astonished the brokers, and gen.
tleman calling at brokers' office was
amazed to see him taking aim at the
wall with an egg.
"What the dickens are you doing?"
he asked.
But the man let drive, the only re-
suit being a slight dent in the wall.
The thing being explained to him,
he took couple of eggs and put them
in his trousers pocket, intending to
startle his wife with them. Arriving
home, he waited till the family were
seated at dinner and then banged one
of the eggs at the new wallpaper.
But the smile quickly faded from his
face. The egg had thawed.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20

| prepared by the United States Depart
| ment of Agriculture.)
All types of terraces are constructed
originally in the same way. The work
of construction should begin invariably
with the highest terrace in the field
and each terrace should be completed
before work is started on the one nex1
below. The late fall and early winter
Is the best time to lay out and build
terraces. If one has not time to ter.
race his whole field well it is better to
construct well the first few terraces
near the upper side of the field than
to terrace the whole field poorly, for q
break in q terrace near the upper side
of the field is followed by breaks in
all below.
The terrace embankment can be
built up wholly with an ordinary turn
ing plow. A large 16-inch pillow with
an extra large wing attached to the
moldboard for elevating the dirt, is an
effective implement for throwing up a
high terrace bank. For broad terraces
burrows are thrown toward the center
line from each side for a strip 10 to 20
feet in width. Then, commencing at
the center again, the strip is plowed in
the same manner as before. This pro-
cedure is repeated until the terrace
has reached the desired height. Many
farmers allow the loose earth to be
settled by rain between plowings
so that the dirt will turn better. How
ever, it is safer to build the terrace to
the desired height at the start for, If
q heavy rain, sufficient to overtop the
terrace, comes between plowings,
much of the original work is undOne
erosion. A disk pillow can be used sue
cessfully to throw up loose dirt, and
the ordinary road grader is employed
often. and is adapted especially to
such work.
The most commonly used and cheap
est implement for throwing up ter
race is a wooden, V-shaped drag.
After the first three or four burrows
have been plowed on each side of the
center line of the terrace, the drag is
used to push the loose earth toward
the center and thus build the terrace
higher. The blowing is resumed and
the drag used again, and this is done
until the terrace has at
tanned the desired width. If the ter
race is not built sufficiently high the
first time. the work is started again
at the center and the blowing and
dragging are repeated. The longer
side of the drag is hinged so that for
the first few burrows the hinged por-
ton is allowed to swing loose. As the
terrace increases in width, and it Is
desired to move the loose earth
greater distance, the removable brace
Is set in position and the hinged por-
lion is brought into use. The short
side of the drag is made to follow the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
EASY CURE FOR sOREHEAD
Disease Is Highly Infectious and
Spreads RapidIy-lndivldual
Treatment Required.

Yellow spots on comb and wattles
is a skin disease, commonly called
"sorehead." 1t is highly infectious and
spreads rapidly. However. It is easily
cured, but requires Individual treat
ment. By fmmersing the head twice
daily I'm the following solution an ef-
fective\cu may be brought about In
weekly time: Forty per cent alco-
hol, Is per cent glycerin, per cent
boracic acid and 3 per cent water. An.
other satisfactory method of treating
this disease is by the use Of tIncture
of iodine. This is applied by touching
the spots with little Of the solution
twice daily. Lysol applied 10 stm
liar manner, also works we'll
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
Some Grievance!

The railroad official invited the stern
citizen to communicate his troubles.
81 want you to give ORDERS" de-
manded the visitor, "that the engineer
of the express which passes through
Elm Grove at about IL :55 be res
trained from blowing his whistle on
Sunday mornings"
'Impossiblel'' exploded the official.
"What prompts you to make such a
ridiculous request?"
"Well, you see," explained the citi-
zen in an undertone, "our pastor
breaches until he hears the whistle
blow, and that COMPOUNDED express
was twenty minutes late last Sunday"
Lamb.
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Deceptive but Effective.

Tobias Knowal peeped through the
window of his office, then tiptoeing to
his desk, put flannel bandage around
his neck, put his arm in sling, ran
his hands through his hair, and limped
to the door.
"Mr. Knowal?" inquired the caller.
Eyes," groaned Knowal. "What can
1 do for your"
"You appear to be far from WE'LL"
said the caller.
Appear to be?" exclaimed Knowal.
do you think I'm doing this for funf
But what can / do for your"
"Oh-er-I won't trouble you now"
said the caller, hurriedly. ANY time
will do" And he Departed.
It's some trouble, murmured
Knowal, pulling off his 5andages. "But
it's really the quickest way to get rid
of these life insurance agents. That
one won't trouble me again, anyhow"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
BARGER is MANAGER AGAIN
Pitcher Is Seventh Leader Team Has
Had Since Mike Finn Piloted
That Organization.

Pitcher Ezra Barger, who acted az
manager of the Memphis team in the
latter part of 1915, when George Mo
Rarity was stricken with fever, Is
back on the job again, having been put
In charge Of the team after Mike Don
lin quit last week. Barger Is the sew
enth manager the Chicks have had
since the 1914 season, when Mike Finn
piloted the team. Bris Lord started In
1915. Dolly Stark started In 1916, and
Donlin started 1917. Lord was the
only one to last full season. Mori-
arity succeeded Stark in mid-season,
Barger succeeded Morlarity, Donlin
succeeded Barger, and nowit is Barger
Qgasa until another change II made.
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produced a wonderful crop in spite of
drought. Both the spike-tooth and the
spring tooth harrow also have been
used with splendid results. The bene-
fit to the alfalfa comes in q variety
Of ways, but in the majority of the
cases the greatest benefit is the de-
struction of weeds, and especially of
blue grass. Alfalfa, with its long tap
root, can withstand almost any kind
of narrowing or disking, but the or
binary grass or weed may easily be
damaged by this kind of treatment.
The Iowa experiment station at
Ames recently received reports from
nearly thousand alfalfa growers. con-
corning the effect of cultivation on
yield. The 234 men who reported disk
ing secured an average yield of SO
tons; the A who reported narrowing
secured an average yield of 3.S tons,
while the 65S who gave no cultivation
to their alfalfa, reported an average
yield of 3.4 tons.
A few years ago certain people OBJ
jected to the cultivation of alfalfa on
the ground that the crowns would be
split thereby, and become dangerously
diseased, thus eventually weakening
the stand. Investigations made year
or so ago by the agronomy department
Of the Iowa experiment station indi-
cate that there is absolutely nothing
to this fear, that the cultivated alfalfa
is just as healthy in every way as that
which has not been cultivated.
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| open furrow; this holds the drag in the
proper position. The piece to which
the hitch is made should be set at q
vertical angle with the shorter side
and also at horizontal angle. The
former tends to keep the short side
parallel with the bottom of the furrow
and the latter keeps the point pressing
slightly against the edge of the furrow
and prevents a tendency of the drag
to jump out.
Graded terraces commonly are built
with pillow and drag scraper. A
strip is plowed, as heretofore
described. and loose earth on the up
| per half of the strip is scraped UP and
deposited on the lower half. BY this
method a channel is constructed for
the flow of the water, and the earth
used to build up the embankment.
Maintenance and Cultivation.
A newly built terrace is susceptible
to failure until it becomes thorough
ly settled. For this reason it is not
advisable to cultivate the terrace the
first year. 1t should be sOwn to some
sort of cover crop. Breaks in ter
races in the first year tend to discOur-
age novice in the use of terraces, but
unless the embankment is built to an
abnormally large size breaks occur
often in newly made terraces. After
the terrace has been established per-
manently, the soil should be thrown
toward the center at each blowing of
the field, at least once a year. This
will increase the breadth and main
tain the height of the terrace and the
pearance of a succession of prominent
waves, all of which may be cultivated
easily.
In cultivating a terrace as much Of
the soil as possible should be thrown
toward its center. The best results
are obtained where the rows are run
parallel with the terraces. At first,
usually one row is planted on the top,
but as the terrace grows broader sew
eral rows are planted. These rows in
variably produce greater yield than
do those on the land between the ter
races. Where large machinery is used,
and it is difficult to follow the terrace
line, the rows may be run at an angle
across the terraces, where the land is
not very steep. To do this, the ter
races must be broad and must be
thrown up at least once a year to
maintain their height.
Where the rows between two adj
jacent terraces are to be laid out par
allel with the terraces, the same num-
Der of rows should be run parallel
with each terrace. Owing to the vari-
alton in distance between terraces it
then will be necessary to fill in with
short rows, generally known as point
rows" These rows are run in pairs
so as to facilitate the work of culti-
walton.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20

Babe Ruth and Dutch Leonard must
shoulder the heavy end of the box
work if the Red Sox are to win the
American league pennant this year.
During the first seven weeks of the
race Manager Barry depended almost
entirely on these two pitchers to keep
his club in the running, and they
came through nobly. Ernie Shore
and Carl Mays, although both are
good pitchers, cannot be classed with
the first two mentioned, and the fact
that Barry has not used them in a
greater number of games indicates
that he is not confident of their ability
to ''come through" Bader, the new
member of the Red Sox regular staff,
is an experiment. Although he pitched
several good games for the Sox, he
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
BASEBALL
STORIES
A double-header in the capital city
is a warning, not an attraction.

A double-header in the capital city
is warning, not an attraction.
Johnny Evers is in the game, but he
is not playing like the Trojan of old.
There Is many a pitching corps that
should be spelled with an "e" on the
end.
The Yankees are not out of the run
ming for the American league pennant
by any means.
Haven't had much rain in Washing
ton this season, and they haven't had
much baseball.
Pittsburgh critics are hailing Jake
Pitler as the best double-play starter
in the big show.
RUDE Schauer and Ping Bodie are
showing up well under the manage
ment of Connie Mack.
Red Sox made nine runs in one in
ming the other day. Still they call the
Sox weak-hitting team.
Cincinnati won a ball game from
New York, which shows that the day
of miracles has not passed.
Pat Moran still says that Niehoff of
the Phillies, is the best second base
man in the National league.
Conscription can do a lot Of the
teams some good if any of the regulars
come within the drafting age.
And some Of the American league
tail enders seem to think it is pinochle
they are playing, not baseball.
Watching the ticker from Shibe park
is getting almost as exciting as unfold
ing the contents of cream puff.
Even good right-handed pitcher
can't undo all the harm perpetrated
by team of left-handed thinkers.
Crane, the Washington shortstop, Is
kept on the team because the fans at
home have soured on George Mcbride.
There Is some talk about giving the
Washington franchise to some other
city. Question IS, "Who would wart
it?
The Pirates have gone to the Poles
for recruits. Joseph Kowalski, a right
handed pitcher, who has been physical
director with st. Mary's college, is the
new man.
Happy Felsch has not been hitting
he ball as well this year as he did
asst summer, but 1t is a little early
'or the Milwaukee German to get In
lis best wallopa
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20

was used against the weaker teams,
From indications it will be up to
Leonard and Ruth to hold the fort
against the White Sox, Yankees and
Indians, or at least do rs per cent of
the pitching against these clubs.
The heavy strain of hard pitching
will soon begin to make itself felt in
Red Sox ranks, and unless Mays and
Shore round into the pink of form and
are capable of holding up their end
along with Leonard and Ruth from
now till the wire is reached, look out
for pitching slump, which is very lia-
BILE to come. All Hlings considered,
pitching slump is the one big danger
in the path of the Boston club, yet
Barry may solve the problem, big as
it appears to be,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
Local Color In Monkey Game.

Marfan's mother frequently played
games with her while doing the morn
ing's tasks, thus amusing the little one,
without interrupting her own work.
One morning after a visit to the zoo,
Marian asked to play monkey" and
her mother laughingly answered, "All
right, I'll be the monkey while 1 dust.
Now what shall do?"
"Oh, no, I'll be the monkey" said
Marian, land You has to SO buy pea
nuts to feed me first"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
An Early Instance.

"We'd have got on all right II
that snake hadn't come along and
taken charge of the apple crop" said
Eve.
Eyes," replied Adam, "this is the
original case of the ultimate consumer
getting the worst Of it at the hands Of
the middleman."
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20
FOR ITCHING, BURNING SKINS
Battle With Cuticura Soap and Apply
the Ontment-TriaI Free.

For eczemas, rashes, feelings, irrita-
lions, pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremacy effective. Be
sides they tend to prevent these dis
tressing conditions, if used for every
day toilet and nursery preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-07-20

Bush to fall back on. "Bullet" Joe
worked hard, so hard, in fact, that he
has put himself out of commission and
the case of the Athletics now seems
hopeless. Bush is not only one of the
greatest Of pitchers, he is one of the
outstanding figures of baseball be-
cause of his loyalty to Mack. He is
more than Mack's pitching staff and
right-hand man.
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Matter of Sex.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox said at lit
erary luncheon in New York:
1.-The poet must be accurate. The
loftiest flights of poetry become ridic-
ulous If they contain mistakes. It's
like the town girl in the country.
"a town girl in the country said to
a farmer friend:
"'Oh, look at the adorable little
cowlets in the poppy fields"
""Them amt cowlets,' he said.
Them's bullets"
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Gets His Boyhood Wish.

When a boy in New York John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., used to drive his pony
to a knoll near Dyckman street and
enjoy the view. Often he spoke Of
desire to own a large stretch Of the
scenery. Not so long ago ne became
owner of so acres Of it, and he has
donated it to the city as park. The
land is valued at about $5,O00,000.