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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
Ex-Service Men Can Reinstate
Their Lapsed Insurance.
Now Payable in Lump Sum In
stead of Installments.
REIASTATEMENTS COMING IN
Average 100000 a Week in
Kansas, Official Says.
Veteran Needs Only to Make a
Nominal Payment.

Former service men may reinstate
their lapsed insurance II payments are
made before July !, according to John
c. Newman. who Is in charge OF the
war risk department for this state.
Under new regulations of the govern
ment converted insurance is now paya-
BILE in a lump sum instead of in month";
~ installments.
Newman spends one day each week
in Topeka looking after the insurance
OF former service men. He estimates
that reinstatements in Kansas average
100000 a week.
U. S. to Stay I'm Business.
ut is the purpose of the government
to continue the insurance under the
war time plan." Newman stated. The
insurance is not to be taken over by
any of the old line companies"
Under the plan announced by the
government a service man who has
lapsed his policy for a period OF NOT
more than Is months may secure re-
instatement by paying two monthss
premium. He must come under the
wire with his payment before July 1.
tho, particularly il he is IS months or
more in arrears with installments
All that is now necessary is to pay
the two months installment," Newman
said. The service man lost his pro-
lection when he failed to keep his in
surance in effect. Now he may re-
ceive benefits of his policy by nomi-
nal payment. 1t is the desire of the
government that every service man
should keep his policy in force. Every
agency of the government, the Red
Cross and war organizations has been
brought to bear to persuade men to
hold their insurance and convert 1t as
soon as feasible. In spite of these ef-
forts, tho. thousands of men have
dropped their insurance"
Make 1t Worth While.
! Service men who are more than IS
months in arrears with their insur-
ance will not be granted reinstatement
after July 1, Newman stated. altho
men may be restored to good standing
il their policies have not lapsed beyond
the year and a half limit Newman
has arranged for cooperation of the
adjutant generals office, the home
service and the American Legion. Thru
these departments. blanks are being
provided for men who wish to secure
reinstatements and protect depend
ents. Newman is confident the new
feature providing for lump sum pay
ments on policies will attract many
linen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
TAKE NEEDED REST SAYS LOOK BUSY
George Tom Wheker Paints Picture
CobbIer Sells Out. of Real, Rushing City.
Had Only Vacation Says Topeka Ordinances Make
in Thrty-Seven Years. 1t Impossible Here.
PIONEERED MACHINE SHOPS KEEP BUSINESS OFF STREETS
Considerable Property History Of Whieker Brothers
Monument Thrift. Story of Achievement
Came Germany Started in Cellar
Twenty Avenue in 1885.
Says Topeka Ordinances Make
1t Impossible Here.
KEEP BUSINESS OFF STREETS
History of Whiteker Brothers a
Story of Achievement.
Started in a Cellar on Kansas
Avenue in 1885.

Big piles of merchandise and goods
for sale on display out in front of the
stores; streets filled with motor trucks,
pedestrians; truckmen hurrying to
and from with boxes and bales and
barrels-thats the picture of a real
city, depicted by Tom Whiteker, of
the Whiteker Brothers Produce COM
pany.
An ordinance prohibiting trucks
driving on the avenue; another ordi-
nance clearing the sidewalks of all
impediments; a proposal to prohibit
cars from parking on the main street
longer than a specified time-that's
what makes the picture impossible,
Whiteker declares.
Not that the produce man is oppos-
ing the city administration and not
that the ordinances are unessential in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
MEX like BATHS
Saturday Night Big Night at
Provident Association.
Free "ShOWers" Taken During
1919 TOta1led 1895.

Handing out towels and soap is
among the multitudinous duties of
those in charge of the Topeka Provi-
dent association. These familiar ac-
compartments of the bath were re-
quested for not less than 1895 baths
in the past year. according to a. re-
cent report of the association.
The large number is not so sur
prising, however, as the kind of per-
sons who were the bath takers"
Nearly every one of the 1885 was a
Mexican. A contradiction to the al
legged dislike of Mexicans for abluting
is this Provident association record.
Nearly all of the baths, averaging
about nineteen each week, were taken
on SATURDAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05

their way-but they do not look to
the actual business interests of the
city. Whiteker declares. Business is
the life of any town, and Kansas ave
nue. already looks like the main street
of a country village on Sunday, he
says. In other words, the scene is
hardly such to impress the out-of-
town visitor with awe and wonder and
the spectacle of business and hustle
that is nowhere in evidence. New
York, Kansas City, Chicago and other
large cities are scenes of hurry and
hustle. denoting rushing business and
prosperous standing, Whiteker points
out. and it would be well for Topeka
to copy her larger sisters.
There is a story of achievement IN
the history of the Whiteker Brothers
company. 1t grew from a dark cellar
the largest produce companies in the
| state.
Started in a Cellar.
1t was in 1885 that George White
ker. furnishing the capital, rented a
cellar at 927 Kansas avenue and
bought few boxes of fruit and vege-
tables. Tom, his brother, comprised
the sales force of the institution. With
Al horse and wagon he drove thru the
streets. selling bananas and potatoes
and Organges. never losing sight of
the fact that it takes a good fight to
win.
The business prospered. A year
later they rented the store room at
S11 Kansas avenue. became partners
in the business and started out in a
wholesale and retail way. They
bought all their stock thru Kansas
City, hauling it up from the depot to
the store every morning and display
ing tempting fruits and vegetables on
the sidewalk in front of their store.
They also supplied the merchants
with such produce as they needed.
Eliminated Rctail End.
For sixteen years they remained at
the old stand, and when the business
store could no longer accommodate
it. they erected the large brick struc-
ture on the northeast corner of First
street and Kansas avenue. Finding
that the combination retail and whole
sale game was not profitable, they
ness altogether Now they not only
| enjoy a large wholesale business To-
cally, but ship produce to all parts OF
the state. They have a branch house
at Norton.
Last summer the brothers erected a
brick structure, with a 70-foot front,
| adjoining their building on the north.
This was built for and is now occu-
pied by the Watson Tractor company
George Whiteker is also building the
big garage for the lines Auto company
at Eleventh street and Kansas avenue.
Last January Tom took over the ac-
tive mana gement of the produce bust
ness, altho George, having spent the
greater part of his life in connection
with it, cannot stay away long. He
spends much OF his time about the
building.
Yes. we have made a little mon
ey," Tom admitted, but we didn't
make it on the basis of an eight hour
day"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
MADE IN Topeka
That Mark on Red Cross Goods
Spelled o. X.
Permanent Record of Shawnee
County Chapter Written.

In order that there might be rec
ord of the wonderfully effectua1 work
performed by the Shawnee county
chapter of the American Red Cross.
its activities have been recorded in the
form of a typewriter history up to
June 80, 1919.
The Topeka chapter. later the
Shawnee County chapter, was one of
the earliest chapters formed in Kan
sas, and was one of the most active in
the state. AS the list of membership
of active. voluntary workers included
practically every man, woman and
child in Shawnee county, it was i'm
possible to include the names of all in
the history.
At the beginning. the chapter was
purely a Topeka affair. Interest de-
veloping at the outbreak of the war,
however. made it necessary to form
auxiliaries. Before the war ended
every community in Shawnee county
was organized.
Gained Wide Reputation.
Because there was no necessity, all
the branches of the chapter were not
organized. In the early part of the
war, all efforts were directed to fur
nishing hospital supplies and garment
work. Not a single shipment of surgi-
cal dressings was ever returned for re-
making. A reputation was esta blished
that made it unnecessary for shipments
from Topeka to be unpacked and in
spected at st. Louis. The same was
true of hospital garments and knitted
articles.
The next work added was the estab-
ishment of the home service section
which gave assistance by hunting up
families of men who had gone to war
and seeing that they did not lack food
in
hold economies were furnished.
Several hundred women were given
training in elementary hygiene and
home nursing. They were of untold
service in the several epidemics that
occurred in Shawnee county in the war
period.
The canteen service saw to it that
soldiers who stopped in Topeka were
furnished with fruit, candies. reading
matter and meals when it was so or
dered by the war department. An
even greater work was the greeting of
Topeka in constant trainloads to be
deiuL biliZed at Camp Funston. The
old, old cry of the soldier, when do
we eat" was answered at once.
There was a complete motor corps
of women workers ready to go any
place at any time to serve the organ
ization. There was always plenty for
them to do.
Junior Red Cross.
The Junior Red Cross did not get
started until late. They were active
and useful in many branches. Boy
Scouts acted as messengers and han
died freight. They raised consider
able sums of money in many ways.
other activities of the Red Cross
| included: First aid instruction, the
establishment of an influenza hospital.
the enlistment of nurses and nurses
aids, the organization for active local
disaster relief work and other services.
The Red Cross was not well known
| in Kansas until shortly before the war
began. There was state orga nization
| in 1910 that dwindIed in interest but
was reorganized in 1915. The real or
ganization took place in 1917.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
MUTT AND JEFF CANNOT GO.
Funny Pair Unable to Attend Shriner
Conciaye at Portland.

Portland, Ore, June 5.-Mutt and
Jeff will not be able to attend the
Shrine convention in Portland. Ore,
June % to "a. Too bad. 1t may be
that Nuts wife and little boy won't
let him go SO far from home, even
accompanied by JEFF, for fear the two
will get in some kind of trouble and
may be unable to find their way
home.
Be tha1 as it may, Bud Fisher, car
toonist and creator of Mutt and Jeff,
has written under New York date, to
Fred W. Ludwig of Portland as fol-
lows:
THANK you for your suggestion
that Mutt and jeff join the Mystic
Shrine at Portland, Ore, and I would
be pleased TO accept it except that
Mutt and Jeff run in newspapers from
Shanghai, China. to Europe and from
South America to Alaska. and because
of the wide scope of their activities IT
would be impossible for me to con-
centrate even on the large and well
known order of Shriners."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05

peka in 1888 and has been here ever
since.
His first work was in a store owned
Ny Henry Schlaudet, which was To-
Gated on the site now occupied by the
oxford hotel. That job spelled ro-
nance for Reuter- and probably did
much to influence his staying in To-
pcka. one day he became acquainted
with Miss Frederick Burner, a Ger
man woman. He stayed in Topeka
and later married Miss Burner.
Many Changes in Location.
After opening his first shop on the
corner now occupied by the New Tog-
gerry, Reuter- went thru a series of
''mOvings," changing the location of
his shop from one place to another
until he was financially able to buy
the site at 90 Kansas avenue thirteen
years ago and erect the building now
occupied by tho shop. Reuter- learned
the shoemakers' trade in Speicher, in
the Rhine province. Germany.
&c was the pioneer in machine shoe
shops in Topeka. Reuter- does not
know Of any other shoe repair shop
equipped with machines in the state
Of Kansas before his was opened in
Topeka.
In addition to several other prop
critics, Reuter- owns a home at 1928
Harrison street, where he and Mrs.
Reuter- live. He believes taking care
OF these properties will afford him all
that he Games to do. He has three
children, George Reuter-, a Topeka
mail carrier; VIII Reuter-, of Philadel-
phia; and Mrs. Richard Peterson, who
lives in Washington, d. c.
The accumulation of property and
money invested. acquired during his
thirty-seven years OF active business
in Topeka will permit Reuter- to retire
assured Of an income earned during
the long period of no vacations and
no loafing.
Knew All Angles of Trade.
Up until the time he installed the
electric machine equipment, Reuter-
did as much work at the benches as
any Of the men who worked for him.
After the machinery was installed
business increased so rapidly and in
so large a volume that much of his
time was devoted to supervising and
attending to the trade. However, he
was able at any time to take his place
at any one of the machines or do any
piece of work that came up in the
days routine.
Thousands OF pairs of shoes have
passed thru his hands. He has no
way OF knowing how many. or even of
approximating the large number. 1t
is safe to say, at any rate. that Reuter-
did the first shoe repair work for
many Topeka citizens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
Not Interested in PoIitics.

Not Interested in Politics.
For many a year William Allen
White, Governor Aliens lifelong friend,
has been proclaiming in loud, clear
tones that the world would hear from
Henry Allen some day, and that he
would not be one bit surprised if they
would make Henry president. The
honors that have come to Governor
Allen hitherto have been unsolicited
and unsought. Attic elected to the
governorship of his state by an over
whelming majority, he himself made
no speeches and contributed not a
cent to his campaign. being himself IN
Paris when the news of his election
reached him.
His attitude toward politics is shared
by Mrs Allen. She refuses to discuss
her husbands presidential possibilities.
and says that that is a bridge she will
not cross until she comes to it
And anyhow" she added with a lit :
tie smile. sometimes l think that a
wife only binders a man instead of
helping him when she goes campaign
ing in his behalf
Altho not an active suffrage worker,
Mrs. Allen is a firm believer in suf-
frage. Kansas has permitted her
women to vote for years, and Mrs.
Allen says that perhaps that is the rea-
son that she has never been more
active in her efforts toward the ratifi-
cation of the federal suffrage amend
ment.
Just a Home Person.
I'm just a home person, you know"
she said. 81 really am not at all
clever. You should see Mrs. White.
William Allen Whites wife. Why, she
can go down town and get out the
newspaper if her husband is away l
admire her very much. Our families
have been friends for years.
During the last two years, the Aliens
have had much of their home life
broken up, much to the regret of Mrs.
Allen. Governor Allen was IN France
on the battle front with the Y. NJ. c.
A, and since his return his many
activities have kept him much from
home. The family hopes to go to
Estes Park. Colo, however, for the
summer. Their summers are usually
spent there, Mrs. Allen said
On Mrs. Aliens desk stood a bowl OF
lilies of the valley. She walked across
the room and buried her face in them.
1t made decidedly attractive picture
The wife OF Kansas governor may
not be clever" as she herself ex-
presses it, but she is a beautiful and a
gracious lady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
George Reuter-, Veteran Topeka
CObbler, Sells Out.
Had Only Two Weeks Vacation
in Thirty-Seven Years.
PIONEERED MACHINE SHOPS
Considerable Property Here
Monument to His Thrift.
Came From Germany at Age of
Twenty Years.

After thirty-seven years of running
shoe repair shops in Topeka, in which
time he took only two weeks as a
vacation, George Reuter- has sold his
business at $40 Kansas avenue to Joe
Dekreli, and will retire from active
business on a permanent vacation.
Two weeks vacation out of 1924
weeks is not a great deal of wasted
time. and Reuter- rightly feels that he
has earned the privilege of retiring.
George Reuter- came to the United
States from Rhine province, Germany,
when he was 20 years old. He landed
first at Philadelphia. After several
years spent in travelling around the
United states and working in a num-
Der of different cities he came to To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
w. S. S. ARE POPULAR
Sales MT Local Postoffice Running
Around 5000 a Month.

Decentralization of the liberty bond
market is leading Topekans to invest
in war savings stamps, according to
w. o. Rigby, local postmaster. The
sales of stamps are now running
around $4,000 a month, he stated.
One can always get face value for
the stamps by redeeming them at the
postoffice, as well as any interest that
has accrued. They can be redeemed
on ten days notice. This fact, coupled
with the sacrifice one must make in
case 1t is necessary to dispose of
liberty bonds. make the war savings
stamps an attractive investment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
Joy is partnership
Grief weeps alone:
Many guests had Cana,
Gethsenane had none.

Do today's duty. fight today's tempta-
ton, and do not weaken and distract your
self by looking forward TO things which
IL you saw them.-Charles Kingsley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05

The new Guaranty State Bank of
Aulne for which . charter was grant
ed Friday will replace the old Aulne
State bank. which failed recently as
the result Of defalcations of V. D.
Johnson, the cashier. The incorpora-
tors OF the new bank arc: Ellis G..
Mendenall. Albert Kline Jesse c.
Lewis, George Kline of Aulne; Guy o.
Seaton and c. A. Hasson of Kansas
City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
SCRIPTURE
Job 81 1914.


God thundereth marvellously with his
voice; great things doeth he, which we
cannot comprehend.
For he saith to the snow. Be thou on
the earth; likewise to the smull rain, and
to the great rain Of his strength.
He sealeth I'm the hand of every man;
that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens, and re-
main in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind;
and cold out of the north.
By the breath Of God frost is given:
and the breadth Of the waters Is strait
ened.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick
It + tser Py Rs
he commanded them upon the face Of the
world In the earth.
reetion; or for his land. or for mercy.
Hearken unto this. o job: stand still,
and consider the wondrous works Of God.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
The only way to reach n man is to get
near to him with your lOve-Cortiand
Myers.
A man has only as much religion as he
can command in the time OF trouble
Andrew Fuller.
Never set your tired feet
Sam Walter Foss.
The scientific spirit means the habitual
det1 ..nlaat.On 10 see straight, to report
exactly and to give an absolutely honest
reaction upon the situation in which one
finds himself.-H. c. King.
And whatsoever ye do, in word. or in
deed, do all in the name Of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father
thru Him.-CoL iM17.
Joy Is partnership
Grief weeps alone:
Many guests had Cana,
Gethsemane had none.
Frederick Lawrence Knowles.
Do today's duty. fight today's tempta-
ton, and do not weaken and distract your
self by looking forward TO things which
you cannot see, and could not understand
IL you saw them--Charies Kingsley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05

Poison booze party resulted in
death of two men and illness of two
more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
Fort Riley Loses to Abilene.

Abilene. Kan. June 5-AbiIene,
with six Mcdonnell pitching. shut
out Ford Riley here Friday. to o.
Mcdonnell allowed but two hits Abb
Iene's fielding featured
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
SEED CORN SHOULD BE SELEC-
TED EARLY AND DRIED
THOROUGHLY.

How viii we take care of our
seed corn?" is question so fire.
quently asked that the editor refer
red the question to the Agricultur-
al College. Professor Alvin Rezer of
the Agronomy Department says
One of the biggest essentials in
getting good seed corn is to get a
corn which will of certainty ger.
inmate and grow. OF course. there
are other considerations. such as
getting well bred or registered seed
getting the right variety in order
to get the highest yield and va
riety which will mature. But those
are different questions.
mo matter what the variety. IL
the variety is to be grown, the seed
must be cared for. The seed prefer
ably should be selected in the field
before heavy freezes come. 1t should
then be dried out thoroughly This
may be done by hanging up on
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
LUMBERMEN STATE FACTS.

In commenting on the lumber sit
uation two prominent western mill
men make the following statements:
A. c. Dixon. manager OF the Booth
Kelly Lumber company, Eugene,
Oregon, and yice-president of the
West Coast Lumbermen's association
says: The result of the election, in
my opinion. Will not have any immed
late effect on business. Manufac-
turers should defote their energy to
getting the industry on stable bas-
is, and to do SO should at once limit
production to demand and then re-
duce costs. increase efficiency in all
departments, improved selling meth
DDS and center on details of business
which we have all neglected for the
last two years Careful manage
ment viii be required for the next
year or two"
t. A. McCann of the Shevlin-Hix-
on company, Bend, Oregon. expresses
his view as follows: 1T is our be-
lief that the causes for the present
low market with practically no de-
mand are deeper seated than the
election. That was discounted long
ago. We canot continue to do bust
ness on top-heavy credit structure
with commodity prices so high that
imagination never dreamed of them
When our stock reaches normal
we Will shut down till the demand
warrants resumption of production
which will probably be about March
/. The revival OF building depends
more on the confidence of the buyers
than ON lumber prices. and that viii
mean material lowering of other
items that enter into the cost OF
building besides lumber. and alsc
better days work from labor al
reasonable wages. All predictions
are guesses rather than based on
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
People of Elizabeth Elbert Ebert County and the Divide Country
OUR MOTTO: JUSTICE WHERE YER IT MAY LEAD

strings or other hangers or. putting
up on shelves in a room with heat or
IN dry well-ventilated, fairly warn.
plece Corn containing c. nsiderab,s
moisture Will have its perm;nation
and vitality or vigor very material
ly injured by freezing when the
moisture is in the corn Dry corn
viii stand almost any amount OF
freezing without injuring the seed.
g Experiments have shown that
seed which was gathered early and
thoroly dried out viii stand very
unfavorable field conditions when
planted in the spring, such as cold
wet periods after planting. The
strong, vigorous seed made by early
gathering and drying out will stand
bad weather conditions and come
thru without rotting. where seed
which has been partially damaged
by freezing when it contains too
much moisture will rot in the
ground. Now is the time to give this
extra care to the seed corn. 1t may
make the difference next spring
botween a good stand ard the neces-
sity of replanting."