The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-28
North Side Neuus
IRRICATE HERE?
North Side Truck Gardeners
Think 1t Would Pay.
Dry Weather Causes a Big Loss
Every Year.

Dry Weather Causes a Big Loss
Every Year.
Much interest is being aroused in
the proposal to install irrigation sys-
TENS in the North Topeka truck gar
den district, to save the crops from
the effects of the succeeding annual
! drouths. AItho more severe than
usual the dry weather during this
July is but a repetition of the brand OF
weather usually experienced in Kan
sas at this time of year.
If truck gardens are to bear IN pro-
portion to their productive capacity, 1t
is pointed out, irrigation is essential
The bean crop this season was COM
pletely burned up. The tomato yleld,
which looked extremely good a snort
time ago, is rapidly fading in the race
of the glaring heat and lack of mois-
ture Both of these products could
be assured a regular, maximum yield
if they could get enough water II July
and August.
That a scheme of irrigation is prac-
teal in the Kaw valley has been dem
onstrated by J. H. Skinner, the we'll
known nurseryman. Skinner has
traction engine and pump with
which he taps the ineXhaustible water
supply to be found from twenty to
the engine and pump he irrigates
twenty acres of fruit stocks and orna-
mental shrubbery.
Ordinary irrigating bitches are
used, and as the ground is practically
level practically no preparatory grad
ing is necessary. Mr.. Skinner asserts
that his irrigation plant is successful
in every way and assures constant
supply of moisture at a minimum of
expense.
The water that underlies this re-
gion is thoroly filtered by the gravel
in which it is found, it is very clear
and agreeable to the taste, being adj
mirably' suited for drinking. One who
sinks a well is assured of a constant
flow
A forty dollar gasoline engine and
a pump, it is asserted by farmers ac-
quainted with irrigating methods,
would give to the truck gardener, at
a low initial cost a supply of moisture
which would insure his crops from
loss by drouth, the bane of Kansas
produce. Men in touch with the truck
garden situation say that it is only
question of time until irrigating will
become a general practice here. Con-
ditions are admirably suited to it, they
believe, and the profit which it insures
far outweighs the initial cost of in
stalling it. The flat or only slightly
sloping land holds the water well, and
in most cases but a slight amount of
leveling would be necessary before
digging the bitches, it is said.
Myrtle Esther Carlson. age Is, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Carlson,
1919 Central avenue, died Friday
morning at Kansas City of a cerebral
hem orrhage. She had been in failing
health for several months. The
funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
at 2:3O from the Second Presbyterian
church. Burial in Rochester ceme-
tary.
The Carlson family is prominent in
North Topeka; two daughters, Myrtle
and Ruth, had been in Kansas City
with their mother for several months
undergoing treatment for eye trouble.
Myrtle Carlson lived in North Topeka
all her life and had a wide circle of
friends here.
Church Notices.
East Indianola Community. Frank
D. Jackson, pastor. Morning sermon,
Some of the Facts We Have to
Recognize" Senior and Junior En-
deavor societies at 1915. Doctor
Henderson, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church, will preach at
o'clock.
The evening union services of the
North Topeka churches will be held
at the Second Presbyterian church,
| and will be conducted by the Rev.
]. c. Scheer of the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church.
held Sunday at the Church of the
Good Shepherd, Laurent and Quincy
streets.
Social and Personal.
The members of Amity lodge No.
231, K. P, will attend the K. P. pic
mic given this evening at Cages park
by the three lodges in the city. Mem
bers and their friends will have an
open air supper and several patriotic
addresses are on the program.
D. L. Button and T. M Forbes re-
turned today from Colorado. Mr..
Forbes several weeks ago started for
| the coast, intending to motor to
Pasadena. But the severity of the
trip induced him to turn back
Thomas and Ferdinand Voiland
started Friday for a vacation trip in
Michigan.
A. NJ. Petro, the Druggist-Adv
Mrs. J. A. Lindsay of Granville was
in North Topeka today on business.
Frank Llenberger, of the Rutter
Furniture company, will leave Mon
day for a two weeks vacation visit
with friends and relatives in Iowa.
Tuesday Shawnee council No. 3,
K. and L. of S., will move from their
present quarters in Barrett hall, 1000
North Kansas avenue, to the A. o.
U. w. hall at S31 North Kansas ave-
nue..
C. A Clark. chief special agent of
the Kansas City Terminal railroad,
was in North Topeka Friday evening
on business. He left this morning.
SANTA FEE NOTES