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Taiban Valley news., 1921-12-16


all Edgeworth devotees. Pipe smokers
who come to my house go "daffy"
over my Edgeworth. Hence ! cannot
understand why you have to give any
OF it away.
Very truly yours,
(signed) H. ]. Kline.
Secretary Forest City Live Stock and
Fair CO.,
General Manager The Forest City
Fair, Secretary The Grand Circuit.
Mr.. Kline has expressed surprise
that we give Edgeworth away. Yet
until a friend gave him some, he knew
nothing about its quality.
There are still thousands Of pipe
smokers to whom Edgeworth is an
unknown quantity. That's why we i.
offer samples to anyone willing to buy
q postcard to send for them.
It's good business for us to let men
unfamiliar with Edgeworth smoke it.
If these samples didn't make regular.
happy, and often enthusiastic smok-
ers OF Edgeworth, we would stop offer
ing them.
The above letter came to US from
Mr.. Kline seven years ago. We wrote
to learn If he still held the same high
opinion OF Edgeworth.. He replied:
Trojan Laundry Company,
Flint, Mich.
Gentlemen:
My opinion of Edgeworth has not
changed, for the very good reason that
Edgeworth is still the same. would
make my endorsement stronger than
ever il knew how to do it.
Very truly yours,
(signed)H III. j.. Kline,
Asst. Sec'y & Treas. Trojan Laundry
Co.
Our offer to send samples Of both
Edgeworth Plug Slice and Ready
Rubbed to any man sending for them
is still open.
Both kinds pack so nicely that they
burn freely and evenly to the bottom
Of the pipe.
For free samples, address Larus &
Brother Company, Al South 21st
Street, Richmond, Va.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants - II
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany viii gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post one or two-dozen carton
OF any size Of Edgeworth Plug Slice or
Ready Rubbed for the same price YOU
would pay the jobber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

typhoid fever in these cities means
saving of so million dollars each
year.
The drop was gradual until between
1918 and 1919 it well from 6.23 to S.S7
ascribed in large part to typhoid i'm
munization in the army. Another in
teresting item tending to prove this
is that whereas typhoid is ordinarily
most prevalent among young male
adults, after the army experience it is
more than doubly prevalent among
females.
The place of honor for 1920 belongs
to Yonkers, n. Y, with no deaths.
Paterson. n. J., has highest rate on
the list, 14.7 kansas Tity. Mo-, has
a high rate. 7.6; Kansas City, Kan.
has a rate 30. In Topeka there were
Z deaths, a rate of IA.
Contrary to general belief, typhoid
| is more 4 rural than urban disease.
No rural community can show as low
rate as the larger cities with their
active health departments and well
guarded water and food supplies.
Kansas. for instance, stands well
among the agricultural states. In
1912, the first year for which figures
are available. and for several years
after. the normal typhoid death rate
was 20 per 100000 population. Then
theNstfte board of health started the
Swat the Fly campaign-original
with Kansas-the anti-typhoid vac
cination campaign and closer control
over sewage disposal and water sup
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
BY LOIS RoB1NETTE.

Topeka is the posSeSsor OF rather
over-developed sweet tooth. One
thousand to 1900 pounds OF cand|
are purchased every week from the
little store at Eighth and Kansas ave
nue. alone. The fat, the lean, the old,
and the young, pour into the store at
all hours of the day and carry forth
a little sack. or big sack depending
on the development of their sweet
tooth) of their favorite candy.
High school students, as a rule. ask
for caramels; Washburn students, for
chocolates. and Topeka business men
and club women all have their special
kinds. Albert Patten, of the Topeka
Railway company. invariably APP
proaches the counter with, "a pound
OF Cfeveland's Choice, please"
MINIS the Nationwide Candy.
MINIS are the nationwide candy of
elderly ladies-perhaps their chew
ability makes them so desirable.
Skinny individuals. with cherished
hopes of some day tipping the scales
at 100, generally purchase rich cara
mels. Why green candy is always
passed up" by confectionery store
patronage Is a-rnystery that has never
been unraveHed. but SO true is it, that
the candy propounders find it un-
profitable to make it, excepting on St
Patrick's day and for special orders
For some unknown reason. pink is
much easier on the optic nerve and
is a great favorite with the customers.
T. ]. Reklites and his brother,
George, are proprietors of the store
the former making sweets and the
latter selling them. Their boyhood
home was at Corinth. Greece, where
they first learned the trick of the
candy-making trade
He Likes Candy.
said T. j. Reklites. why, always
liked candy, just like any other kid,
and one day when 1 was about four
teen while I was eating some Turk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Much Candy Purchased
By Topekans Each Week
Total of 1900 Pounds Sold Every Week by One Firm
Supply Over-Deveoped Sweet Tooth Here
Each One Has Favorite Kind.

ish paste. I thought-'wouldn't it be
fine to learn how to make it and
then could have all I wanted?' So
commenced mixing candy and I've
been doing it ever since.
81 landed on Ellis Island nineteen
years ago with $22 in my pocket and
no English in my head. But I did
have this little knack of putting sugar
and water together and producing
candy.
He Likes America.
.'Why did 1 come here? Well,
when you go down the street and see
big crowd looking at something.
don't you go up and see what's at
tracing the attention? Well, that's
why 1 came to America. Glad? I
should say 1 am glad I came. It's a
fine place"
Reklites, in his white apron, stand
ing in the midst of the immaculate
kitchen, with candy to right of him.
candy to left of him, candy all around
him, declared that he's never got
tired of it and is every bit as fond of
1t as he ever was-and now he can
have all ne wants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL WINS
Scored % Points in Music Contest at
Kansas State Normal Friday.


Kansas State Normal Friday.
Emporia, Kan, April 16.-Topeka
high school carried off first honors
in the state music contest at the Kan
sas State Normal Friday by scoring %
points. Topeka won first in the piano,
bass solos and boys glee club and sec
ond in the girls glee~ club. Results
were announced last night by Frank
A. Beach, director of the contest.
More than 1900 pupils from seventy
high schools were entered>in the con-
test. In the orchestra contest, Par
sons won first place with Salina sec
ond.
The results are as follows:
Piano solo: Topeka, first; LaHarpe,
second: Columbus. third. Tenor solo:
Baldwin, first; Enterprise. second; Co
lumbus, third. Bass solo: Topeka.
first; Belleplaine, second; Leroy, third;
Contralto solo: Frankfort, first; Bald
| win, second; Newton, third. Baritone
solo: Colony. first; Solomon, second;
Miltonvale, third. Violin solo: Kansas
| City. first: Rosedale, second: Ottawa,
third. Soprano solo: Salina, first;
Mound Valley, second; Council Grove,
third. Mixed quartet: Belleplaine,
first; Marion, second; Norwich, third.
! Girls glee club, class two: Frankfort,
first; Humboldt. second: Belleplaine,
third. Boys quartet: Wichita, first;
| Salina, second; Colony, third. Mixed
chorus, class one: Marion, first: Kan
sas City. second. Girls quartet: OF
| tawa, first; Marion. second; Eureka
and Leavenworth, tied for third. Boys
glee club, class one: Topeka, first;
Wichita, second; Kansas City, third.
Girls Nglee club, class one: Leaven-
worth, first; Topeka. second; McPher-
son, third. Mixed chorus. class two:
BelIeplaine, first; Frankfort, second;
Miltonvale and Norwich, tied for third.
| Sight reading: Ottawa. first: Meriden,
second: Bucklin, third. Orchestra
Parsons, first; Salina, second; Topeka,
third: Emporia, fourth Neodesha,
| fifth: Wichita, sixth; Kansas City,
seventh.
The Judges were: Miss Minnie
Starr, Muskogee, Okla; Miss Clara
Stanford. ST. Joseph, Mo-; Hollis Damn,
| Cornell university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
ON ONE DISEASE d MILLION.
Kansas Saved on Typhoid Cam
paign-And Yet Legislature Re-
duced Board of Health Appro-
priation.

The Journal of the American Medi-
cal association has published its ninth
annual survey of typhoid fever NOR
tality in cities over 1000 population.
The rates mentioned below are all
per hundred thousand population"
In 1910 in 81 cities having aggre-
gate populations of &c million there
were Ala deaths from typhoid fever.
a rate of 1859.
In 1920 in 81 cities having total
population of 26 million there were
921 deaths, a rate of 1852.
Typhoid has an average death rate
of per cent SO that in 1910 there were
in these cities about 81 900 cases and
in 1920 there were about 1900 cases,
a saving of $500 lives and 10000 cases
annually.
Figuring a life worth $4,000 and a
non-fatal case costing in expenses and
loss of time $500, this reduction in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

exhibited by the legislature is further
emphasized by the following compare
son: The amount voted to the live
stock sanitary commission for work
against hog cholera is s25,000 while
the state board of health is allowed
only $50. 600 to combat typhoid and all
other infectious diseases. The labora-
tory is maintained out of this sum
also.
purchasable commodity. But until we
insist on the politicians paying at
last as much attention to men and
women and children as to hogs. RAJ
chel will still weep for her children
which are not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

dents answered the questionnaires.
The questions were what vocation
do you expect to pursue?" do you
intend to remain permanently in To-
peka (If not why not?)" LAS a fu-
ture citizen, what would you suggest
the Chamber of Commerce should
undertake for the improvement of
Topeka %
The projects most favored were: A
new hotel, a union station, larger and
better theaters, and)a new high
school.
Journalism students enjoyed a talk
on journalism by f. M. Sherwood,
formerly of the New York Tribune.
Monday at 2:15 p. m Mr.. Sherwood
emphasized the newspaper as the
voice of the people. and some OF the
qualities necessary to make success
full reporter. In conclusion Mr.. Sher-
wood suggested the Bible and Shakes
peare as valuable books for reading
in connection with journalism.
Several classes from the art de-
partment are taking a course in out
door sketching. Altho the work has
been introduced only this term, it has
proved highly successful.
The first step towards studying the
technique of outdoor sketching is
from the class room window. This
teaches students how to~express sun
| light and shadow The work is done
in pastel using brilliant. yellow in
light with cool blues and lavenders
| in shadow
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and 1920 are respectively 7.6 and, TO.
Figuring again that the typhoid
death rate ISIS per cent, the number
of cases in Kansas per year has been
reduced by 1000 and the number of
deaths by 240. In dollars and cents
this is a saving to Kansas of four mill
lion dollars in one year.
n In the face of this showing on one
disease, the legislature reduced the
funds for the state board of health for
1921 to $4,000. ~The 1920 appropria-
ton was $4,000 with an emergency
vote of $4,000 for the influenza cpl
demic.
The conception OF relative values
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

cone of darkness, and at 2:05 a. m. the
total eclipse will end. The period
from that moment until 4:32 a. m. will
be spent in passing~out of the shadow
and partial shadow of old Mother
Earth.
The actual shadow of the earth at
the moons distance, is approximately
$500 miles across, while the width of
the partial shadow is in the neighbor-
hood of $500 miles. The accompany
ing diagram shows the positions of the
three bodies during the eclipse, and
explains the actual and partial
shadows of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Ely z. W. SCOTT.

Weather conditions permitting, To-
pekans will be favored with a total
eclipse of the moon during the even
ing of April 81 and the morning of
April %. AS the moon reaches it's full
phase on the 22nd, the phenomenon
should be an interesting spectacle.
Our satellite will enter the earth's
penumbra, or partial shadow, at
1857 p. m. The actual shadow will be
encountered at 1908 a. m. and one
hour and twenty minutes later the
total eclipse will begin. At 1:44 a. m.
the moon will be at the center of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

Zimmerman declares that the Jews
in this country do not accept Chris
tianity because Of the treatment they
have received in Russia. where he
says it is regarded as a Christian act
to kill and torture the Jews. The
viewpoint of the Semitic race &C
quired under those conditions, stays
with them when they come to this
country.
Zimmerman will speak at II o'clock
Sunday morning and o'clock Sunday
evening at the First Swedish Baptist
church. and at o'clock Sunday after
noon at the First Presbyterian church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
JAYHAwKERs MEET sooNERs.
TRACK Relations Between X. L. and
Oklahoma, Start Today

Lawrence. Kan. April 16-Jay-
hawkers and Sooners start track re-
lations for the first time in a dual
tract; and field meet on Boyd field at
Norman today.
Kansas will 20 against Oklahoma
with an exceptionally strong team.
Chief interest will be centered around
Captain Bradley. American pentathlon
champion; Massey. star two-miler, and
Sandefur, shotputter Coach Schlade-
man of the Jayhawkers expects a de-
cisive victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
HnskeIl INDIAN Meet Aggles.

Manhattan, Kan, April 16.-HaskeH
Indians invade Aggieville this after
noon for baseball purposes. At the
same time the Aggie track meet be-
tween inter classes will be staged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

Tennis will start in Topeka high
next week. Those signed up are:
Henry Benning. Howard Yeager. AL
bert Davis. Harold Carr, Howard Nc
Cord. James Kearney, Gene Slower.
Walter Wilson, Fred Watson, Alan
McFaddep- Loren Disney, Robert COL
vile. Ed Wood, Clarence Gossard, Joe
Read, Lawrence Bartlett, Lee Bruce,
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ZIMMERMAN TO SPEAK HERE

Russian jew VIII Make Two Ad-
dresses in Topeka Sunday.
Why the Jews Do Not Accept
Christ" will be the subject of ad-
dresses at the First Swedish Baptist
church and the First Presbyterian
church, Sunday by Elias Zimmerman,
Russian Jew who has accepted
Christianitv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

The questionnaires which were
handed to each student int. H. s.,
April IL, were sent out by the senior
Chamber of Commerce. The ques-
tionnaireS were answered during the
advisory period.
About eighty per cent of the stu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly The State Journal by the Journalism
Students of T. H S.

Willis Anton, Andrew Goodwin. Doug
las McEachron, Ralph Taylor, Jack
Brewster, John K Dillon, Taylor Her
rington, Richard Matthews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

or the benefit of those seniors who
neglected ordering their class pins last
semester, another order is being taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

All of the art work for the Annual
will be completed and turned in by
Monday, April IS. The drawing will
all be representative of special sec
tons and will be carried out in a sin
gle period design.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-16

wagon. While he was not seriously
hurt, he is nursing lame wrist.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bergman and
children arrived last week from Mis-
souri, and at present are visiting Mrs.
Berryman's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Whitener The Berrymans
plan to locate here
Sunday. December II, sweet baby
girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Pridy. Mother and baby are doing
splendidly. The young mother before
her marriage was Miss Mary Cotter.
The happy parents are receiving con-
gratulations from all their friends.
The members. of the farm bureau
gave a program and pie supper at
the Stone schoolhouse Friday evening.
They had prepared good program
and the music was furnished by mem
bers Of the Pea Green band. The
amount received from the sale of pies
was S25.70.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-16
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School closes today for two weeks
vacation Miss Bennett will spend the
two weeks at her home in Denver;
Miss Burch in Colorado Springs; and
Mr. Rogers will visit in Gunnison.
Today each class in the high school
is contesting for the championship in
basket ball Both girls and boys
teams are playing in the tournament.
Many plans are being formulated
and carried out effectively through the
Y W. c. A in Delta high school. The
cooperation of the girls and the com
munity is making the Christmas seal
sale a success One hundred and fifty
dollars was turned in to the local
treasurer of the National Tuberculosis
Association last week. The sale has
continued this week and will close
with the sale on the streets tomorrow.
The Y. W. c. a. girls are sending
candy to the Recuperation hospital
for disabled soldiers in Denver as an
expression of their Christmas spirit
and as an appreciation of the sacrifice
which the boys made for humanity in
the late World war
The regular meeting of the Y. w.
G. A. this morning was very impress
sive. Officers We're installed. Mrs.
Mack sang. January is the date for
the next meeting.
During the girls meeting this morn'
ing the boys had a special assembly.
An outside speaker gave the boys
talk
The debating club met Thursday
afternoon in Miss McClanahan's room.
The topic under discussion was: Re
solved, that the English parliament is
more effective in government than the
United States congress" Mr.. Stone
gave the. club an instructive talk on
How to Debate"
The Delta independent., 1921-12-16

Grated with mistletoe and evergreens
this week and many plans are under
way for Merry Xmas.
John Jennings of Montrose came up
Friday and spent the week end with
his daughter, Miss Litha, who is teach
ing the Missouri Flats school
August Sofhmam. brother of Mrs.
Carlson, came in Friday evening from
Greeley to attend his little nephew S
funeral He win stay two or three
weeks.
Miss Bertha Klatt was taken i'll
Saturday and Or Haley vas called
in to prescribe for her. She is much
better at this writing. but unable to
resume her duties at the bank
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett McQuarry of
Paonia are helping with the work at
the Trobaugh home. Mr. Mc6uarry
on the ranch and Mrs. McQuarry as
sisting her mother, Mrs. Buckley. with
the housework.
Mrs. Bessie Dodge. who has been
nursing in the Trobaugh home, re-
turned to her home in Hotchkiss Sat
urday and Mrs. Charlie Lemon is car
ing for them We are glad to report
both Mrs. T. II. Trobaugh and Mrs
Vern are now able to sit up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Gibson came
in Tuesday from Denver, whore the
former has been taking treatment for
the past two months. We are sorry
to report he is but little better. Mr.
Pitts and Mr.. Mcleod met them in
Delta. bringing them on home by
auto.
After an lines of two weeks with
The Delta independent., 1921-12-16

what proved to be tuberculosis of the
brain, which took the form. of tuber
cular meningitis, little Alfred, the
12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
Carlson, passed quietly away Thurs
day of last week. Alfred Tim Carl
son was born January I, 1910, at Gree
ley, Colorado. and died December s,
1921, at Crawford, age IL years, IL
months and one day. He was laid to
rest in the Crawford cemetery Satur-
day at 2 O'Clock. the Rev. Mr.. Gregg
preaching the funeral service. He
leaves to mourn his untimely death
his parents and little sister Emma,
besides several other relatives. His
teachers. schoolinates and many other
friends will sadly miss him, and ali
extend their heartfelt sympathy to the
bereayed family in their time of bitter
sorrow.
The Delta independent., 1921-12-16
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Grover Tabor was cutting poles in
the hills last week.
Mrs. l. W. Dir is caring for Mrs. Ed
Richards and baby.
Violet Cox spent the week end with
friends at Uncompahgre.
Mrs. Guy Border is visiting rela-
tiyes in Delta for q few days.
The Archie Ferris family moved to
ranch near Hotchkiss Monday.
VIII Walker and Camel Poe are
cutting posts in the hills this week
| Robert Emmett is the name OF the
new boy at the Fred McDevitt home
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Liley Wis
tied Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Newt
\ Beal
Mrs. Chaplin OF Charles City, Iowa,
is visiting Mrs James Duncan and
family.
Miss octie Whitener visited Satur-
day and Sunday with Miss yallie
| Rhodes.
John Anders and f. c. Blowers
made a business trip TO aontross
/ Tuesday.
Mrs. T c. Anderson visited her
cousin. Mrs. Roy Newfarmer, at Mont
! rose Tuesday.
Little Clarence Workman of High
Mesa spent the week end with Mrs.
f c. Blowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Workman Of
/ olathe visited at f. c, Blowers Sun
day afternoon.
MIR and Mrs. Henry Bowers and
children visited Mrs. Bowers parents
at Delta Sunday.
The teachers and pupils of the Stone
school are preparing program to he
given Christmas eve.
Mrs. Lampkin visited her sister
J Mrs. H O. Taylor, on Garnet Mesa
several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Tabor and Mr
and Mrs. ]. a. Tabor spent the day
Saturday in Montrose
Mack Boyer. Kelly Vaughan and
Dave Homewood are rounding up cat.
tie in the hills this week.
/ The NJ. w Pridy family moved to
| Olathe Monday. They will live in
| the Grandpa Picker house
Mrs. D. + Woodruff spent TUESDAY
and Wednesday with Mrs. Zeiner and
Mrs. Roy Wonder at Montrose,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Phillips and chill
dren of Riverside We're dinner guests
Sunday at the L, T. Deges home.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Whitener spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr
and Mrs. John Thompson at Delta.
A dear little baby girl was born to
I Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richards "Wednesday
OF last week. All parties doing nicely,
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Berry of Delta
took dinner Tuesday with their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Willis Brooks. and husband
II Mr. and Mrs Verlin Beal spent the
4 day Sunday with Mrs. Beals parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Blackburn, on High
Mesa.
4 George Thomas. who has been vis-
iting his parents. left Tuesday for
Wassen, New Mexico. where he has
a position.
Mr., and Mrs. Bert Lathrop and
Thursday evening at the Henry
4 Thomas home.
MIR, and Mrs, Clarence Shelter have
moved from their summer camp in
the hills to the valley They will live
in the Hartman house this winter.
4 Sunday dinner guests at Robert
Burch's We're Mr.. and Mrs, Roe Mon
lox and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ike Burch and children. All spent a
very enjoyable day together.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Bowers Mrs.
Joe Bishop, Mrs Guy Border, Mrs. Il.
j g. anderson, Mrs. Elmer Griffith and
Miss Lucille Deges were doing Christ!
mas shopping In Delta Friday
While in the hills for wood last
week A. c. Beach's team ran away
and Mr.. Beach was thrown out of the