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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

About half the members of the
Rock Islands local station force were
victims of a cruel joke manufactured
and thrust upon them one day this
week by one of the telegraph opera
tors.
Train No. 4, Golden State Limited,
was reported eight hours late and ev-
erybody was demanding to know the
reason for the delay. AS a matter of
fact high water in the extreme south
west was holding the train back. but
thinking 10 have some fun the oper-
ator save out the report that, If be-
ing forced upon a "Y" at a certain
station, the train was turned around
and travelled four hours in the wrong
dir ect:on before the engineer di5cov-
cred the mistake.
Altho each person strongly denies
it, there is a confidential report which
says that the operators explanation
of the delay took" to the extent that
about half of the employees believed it
until they made an investigation and
found there was no 'Y'' at the station
named, which spilled the beans. C. E.
Bascom. city passenger agent, declares
d. Burleigh, station master and a vet
Gran of the railroad game swallowed
the bait whole, even giving the expla-
nation to a number of prospective
passengers, but Burleigh says it is i'm
possible to fool an old timer like HIM
self, and insists that it was Bascom
who accepted the report and con-
firmed it to anxious inquirers and
other members of the force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

While many persons are more or
less inclined to show their displeasure
over the high passenger rates, one
railroad official is responsible for the
statement that. as class, it takes the
lawyers to kick up a real fuss about
parting with the extra change.
A well known Topeka attorney strods
UP to a ticket window one evening
recently and demanded to know the
fare to a town about 200 miles dis
tant and which the train he intended
taking would reach about 3 o'clock the
next morning.
When told the fare was something
over eight dollars. including the tax
he gruffly informed the ticket agent
that he used to travel to the same
town for half that much. but dug up
the required amount and departed.
In a minute however he was back
inquiring the price Of a Pullman
ticket.
They can take it and go to hell
with it." yelled the attorney upon
hearing the figures. When the train
pulled out he was aboard but unless
his heart softened against the COM
pany. causing him to buy a berth
later, ne spent the night in the chair
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
BUREAUS AN AID TO TRAVELLERS.
Several Cities Are Preparing to Pat
tern the Denver Plan.

Travellers who have made no reser-
walton for accommo dations before
reaching Denver find their fears swept
aside by the unusual service right i'll
the station, furnished free by the Den
yer Tourist bureau. with the co-opera-
ton of the Denver Union Terminal
company.
Imagine a line of humanity nearly
five miles in length. 1t pictures the
activities of the bureau, thru its up
town and Union station offices, if the
IL, 3S5 persons assisted during the
year 1921, up to october 1, had ar
rived at once instead of coming IN
at different times during the nine
months considered. There were 5000
other persons who made inquiries a.
the bureau about side trips. train con
nections and other information, but
who did not desire sleeping accommo-
dations in Denver.
The Denver tourist bureau is at
tracing much attention among the
railroad companies as a clearing house
for the traveller. Kansas City has
just installed a similar bureau and
other cities are patterning after the
bureau launched in Denver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
BUILD MORE DOUBLE TRACK
L. p. Has Only so Mics to Complete
Between Omaha and Ogden.

All cuts and fills on the Union Pa
cific between Leroy, Wyoming, and
Wahsatch. Utah. have lately been
widened for a distance of forty miles,
and this entire stretch of road has
been double-tracked. This brings the
total distance of double tracked road
between Omaha and Ogden on the
Union Pacific up to 90 miles. The
entire stretch is $50 miles making the
double-tracked portion 90 per cent of
the total distance.
1t is noteworthy that, owing to the
curves in the road as originally laid,
the distance between these two points
was formerly 1,O35 miles, and that the
reduced figure in mileage is due to
continuous Strengthening and rebuild
ing over long period of years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
FINISHED MOVIE ON TRAIN.
Union Pacific Aided Film Company
in billing Contract.

The aid of the Union Pacific rail-
road was enlisted by the Universal
Film company in the movie concerns
efforts to present its new feature pic
ture, Foolish Wives" in New York
on the date contracted. The film COM
pany had contracted to have the pic
ture in New York the middle of this
month, but unexpected delays were
encountered and the laboratory work
had not been completed when the time
to ship the first print arrived.
AS a result arrangements were made
with the Union Pacific to have a bag
gage car on the Los Angeles Limited
equipped as cutting and titlins
laboratory. And while the train was
speeding eastward the picture was
edited, cut titled and finished so that
when it reached New York it was
ready for the screen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
new DEPOT HERE?
Union Pacific Plans Many I'm
prOvements at Topeka.
Preliminary Budget Calls for
Big Expenditures During 1922.

The Union Pacific is in a position
to make Topeka mighty happy. It
can't be done in time to add to the
city's cheer this Christmas but the OPP
portunity is such that the company
can make ropeka's 1922 Christmas
and many more after that real joyful
events.
All the Union Pacific has to do to
make this possible is for the man
agement to lay away its blue pencils,
shears and other trimming ma chinery
and leave the proposed budget for the
year 1922 just as it is. The presen-
form is very satisfactory to Topeka
and so far as this city is concerned
all that is required of the powers that
be is a, generous o. X. to the figures
before them.
For this budget. which has been
prepared by district and division Off
Gals and passed on to the manage
ment for consideration and final deci-
sion, includes appropriations for eX-
tensive improvements at Topeka. in
Guiding a new passenger station. new
freight house and considerable new
trackage facilities. Such a program.
if carried out. would give Topeka its
biggest railroad Improvement since
the Santa Fe general office building
was constructed"
Supt. BrOphy Favors Improvement.
q new depot at this place-on paper
for several years but announcement
that the structure and other improve
ments all of which are needed badly,
are included in the preliminary budget
for the coming year was made in To-
peka this week by G. o. Brophy. divi-
sion superintendent. AS to whether
or not his division would be allowed
the appropriation, Brophy refused to
venture as much as guess but stated
he would like very much to see the
improvements carried out
While it is known that railroad
mana gements generally are not dis
posed to look upon extensive building
programs for the coming year with
much favor, due to the many hard
ships the roads encountered during
and since the war, yet the Union Pa
cific probably is in better shape finan-
cially at the present time than any
other road in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
ABIG SAVING ON EXPRESS
Monthly Burden of 81 500, 900 Will Be
Lifted From Public January I.

A saving to the public of nearly
$1,000 600 a month will result from
the discontinuance on January l of
the war tax on express shipments, ac-
cording to a statement issued this
week by G. c. Taylor, president Of the
American Railway Express company.
During the first ten months of the
current year" says the statement.
1.-The total war tax on express ship
ments amounted to approximately
S13, 100000. In 1920 the public paid
$17,5O2.91S to the government in war
taxes on express transportation. The
average express charge so far this
year was approximately $3.50, and the
average tax eight cents. Elimination
of the tax, therefore, will virtually
amount to a decrease in rates of a lit
tie over per cent, which should tend
to stimulate business and accelerate
the rapidly improving conditions thru
out the entire country"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
SNOW AN AID TO WHEAT
Crop Much Improved Along Union
Pacific, Supt. BrOphy Says.

Crop Much Improved Along Union
Pacific, Supt. Brophy Says.
The two SHOWS this month have
worked wonders with. the growing
wheat crop in the Union Pacific ter
ritory in central and western Kansas,
according to G. O. Brophy. division
superintendent. who says the farmers
are feeling much more optimistic over
the outlook for next year than they
were during the fall when the weather
was exceedingly dry. Altho both
SHOWS were light at Topeka, the first
one was quite heavy along the Union
Pacific west of Manhattan.
Wheat that apparently was dead Is
coming out in pretty good shape since,
it received moisture" said Brophy.
and the farmers. especially those out
west of Salina where wheat is the
main stronghold. are feeling consider
ably better"
Brophy is a strong advocate of more
diversified farming for Kansas, not so
much for eastern Kansas. but he says
the farmers west of Junction City
should grow more feed crops and raise
more livestock and poultry.
Most any kind of feed is a sure
crop out there and the farmers should
quit placing so much dependency upon
wheat" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
BOTH FORMERLY FROM KANSAS
C. L. Nichols and Edwin c. Blanchard
Are Now General Managers.

c. L. Nichols, whose appointment
as general manager of the Northern
Pacific Lines, east of Paradise, Mont,
with headquarters at st. Paul, was
recently announced, gained much of
his early railroading experience with
the Santa Fe. He was at one time
chief dispatcher for the Santa Fe at
Emporia, later was trainmaster with
headquarters at Topeka. He was also
division superintendent for the Santa
Fe with headquarters at Fort Madi-
son, Ia Later he held several posi-
tons with the Rock Island, going to
the Northern Pacific in 1908.
Edwin c. Blanchard, who was pro-
NOTED with Nichols to the position of
general manager of the Northern Pa
cific Lines, west of Paradise, Mont,
will also be remembered by old time
railroad men at this place. Blanchard
left the Burlington in 1875 to become
telegraph operator on the old Kan
sas Pacific, and in the early SOS was
train dispatcher at. Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
PLAN SPECIAL WINTER TOUR.

The Union Pacific announces that
a winter tour of California has been
planned by the Bureau of Service.
National Parks and Resorts. It Is
personally conducted turnout. and has
been so prepared that tourists will see
as many of CaIifornia's attra ctious as
possible in a period of about two
weeks. The entire tour occupies Z
little over three weeks, from January
10 to February .. and includes a sight
seeing trip over Salt Lake. A printed
Ieaflet. describing the tour in detail.
will soon be in the hands Of passen-
ser agents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
PROMOTION FOR B. A. ROGERS
Former Santa Fc Man Now Assistant
General Freight AGENT for K. C. S.

B. A. Rogers, who has been ap-
pointed assistant general freight agent
of the Kansas City Southern. with
headquarters at Kansas City. entered
railroad service on July 4, 900 in the
general freight office of the Santa Fe
a Topeka, and thru various promo
tons became rate clerk in the same
office In May, 1904, he was trans
ferred to Chicago as rate clerk, which
position he held until May. 1905, when
he left the Santa Fe to become rate
clerk for the Chicago & Eastern I'LL
nois. He was later with the Frisco
but went with the Kansas City South
ern as tariff clerk in 1910.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
NEW RESORT ON SANTA FE.
InSlcsidc. Arizona. Is Now Reckoning
the Winter Tourist.

Ingleside Arizona. is the newest re-
sort on the Santa Fe for winter tour
lists. 1t is located ten miles from
Phoenix the nearest railroad point.
in the heart of the Salt river valley
which is noted for its fine winter
climate 1t is described as an ideal
winter and pleasure seekers resort
with plenty of facilities for golf, rid
ing. tennis. shooting and motoring
With the Grand Canyon, Roosevelt
Dam and Lake. the Apache Trail and
other wonders nearby some of the
foremost scenic trips in the world are
afforded the tourist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
HOTEL RATES COMING DOWN.
Railroads Extend Cheer to the South
ern California Tourist.

9TH OtIIIIOTIIId IOuIISl-
One Of the present attractions of a
southern California trip is a prosaic
one; but to all except a few it will
make material difference to the
pleasure of the trip. 1t is a downward
movement in the cost of hotel ac-
commodations
There are cases in and near Los
Angeles where the decrease amounts
to 20 per cent reduction of the prices
for the season of 192O-21. In several
other cases the rates are approx
mately 10 to IL per cent less than
those of a year ago. In certain in
stances the former rates are main
tanned. or lowered very slightly; but
the general tendency is distinctly
downward, according to information
coming from railroad sources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
OFFICES WILL CLOSE MONDAY.
Santa Fe Employees VIII Have Pro-
lOnged Xmas Celebration.

Altho Christmas comes on Sunday
employees of the Santa Fe will not
forego the pleasures of a holiday. Mon
day has been officially designated as
the date for the usual celebration and
other events and the general offices
and shops will be closed all of that
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
]. R. KOONTz TO ROTARY CLUB
Santa Fe Official VIII Talk on General
Railroad Conditions

]. r. Koontz, assistant freight traf-
fic manager of the Santa Fe, will adj
dress the meeting of the Rotary club
Of Topeka to be held at the Chamber
of Commerce next Thursday. Koontz
is expected to deal in facts regarding
the general status of the railroads of
the country as relating to valuation,
rate of return on investment, present
business conditions and freight rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
WHY NO. d WAS LATE

Operators Story That Train Was
Turned by Accident on 'Y' Re
suits in Fun Among Local EN-
ployes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
RODE THE CHAIR CAR

Top ka Attorney Would Lei Rail-
road Company Use Pullman, But
He Chooses to Name the Destina-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

The Union Pacific Family Leagues
pension rolls for the month of October
carried 507 names with payments ag-
gregating s2,S75.32.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

The Burlington has closed a con-
tract whereby it will get IS per cent
of the telegraph receipts of the West
ern Union Telegraph company fo.-
messages passing over the lines OF
that road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
Railroad NeuUs of Week
CHAS. W. LANE
IIlIsH|||EE|IA1!;I'IIDIIII GHEIIz
CHAS. ". LANE

The Santa Fe will construct several
extensions to its machine shops "a
San Bernardino, Cal. at an estimated
cost of 1925, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

Payment of 100000 has been
made to the Pullman company by the
United States Railroad administration
in settlement of all its claims against
the government growing out of fed
eral control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

Ninety per cent of the 1921 grain
crop of southern Alberta has been
marketed, according to officials of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company.
1t is stated that there is now very lit
tie grain moving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24

The directors Of the Burlington
have authorized a pension plan for
the employees of that road. Prior t.
official announcement of the plant. a
study is being made of the pension
systems of other roads.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
SPAMIARDs' DEBT TO MO0Rs
Art Of TiIe-Making Is a Legacy Which
invaders Left When They
Were Driven Out.

The Spaniards have been fighting
the MoOrs for the last 1000 years,
but the M0ors, during the centuries
Of their occupancy of the Iberian
peninsula as conquerors, developed
much in the way of art and architec-
ture that is most highly valued today.
TO them we owe, for one small item,
the tiles which so beautifully adorn
our bathrooms and which, utilized in
various ways, contribute so much to
the artistic finish of dwellings and,
other buildings. The MOOrs estab-
lished at Seville great tile factories,
and ut the present time that city is
very important tile-making center.
In Its neighborhoOd are deposits Of a
clayey earth highly suitable for the
purpose, which is ground fine, sifted,
dampened and stamped with designs,
then burned with slow fire. COlors
are applied and the tiles are finally
baked with high heat for twenty-four
hours.
Many of the designs are artistic, rep
resenting scenes from Don Quixote,
bull fights, etc. Sacred paintings are
reproduced in tiles for churches. In
fact, thanks to their ancient enemies,
the Moors, the Spaniards have de.
veloped art in tiles far beyond any.
thing with which we are familiar.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
What She Must Know.

In woman's magazine has been
set down list Of twenty-five accom-
plishments necessary before a young
woman can be said to be educated.
And this in these days! If this test
is accepted as whole 1t Is as hard
as ever to be a woman. According to
this standard woman must know
how: to sew, to cook, to mend, to be
gentle, to value time, to dress neatly,
to Keep secret, to avoid idleness, to
be self-reliant, to respect old age, to
darn stockings, to make good bread,
to keep home tidy, to control her
temper, to make home happy, to be
above gossiping, to take care of the
sick. to take care Of the baby, to
sweep down the cobwebs, to marry a
man for his worth. to read me very
best Of books, to be helpmate to
her husband, to take plenty Of active
exercise, to keep clear Of trashy litera-
ture, to be womanly woman under
all circumstances.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
r,.,sures for University.

Four important manuscript letters
from the sixteenth century have been
nloced in the manuscript room OF
the University of Chicago. Two are
letters of King Henry III of France,
notorious in connection with the mas
socre of st. Bartholomew, and are
dated In 1874. One is a letter OF his
successor. King Henry Nv OF Navarro
SIGNED by him in 1880. Two OF these
letters are on parchment and one
bears the royal seal. A fourth letter
in the collection is that OF Cardinal
de Rambouillet addressed 10 hing
Charles IN Of France and dated In
Rome December 2, 1870. These orig
inal letters are important documents
bearing upon the religious wars m
France in the Sixteenth century, ana
were discovered in Paris by Pror.
James Westfall Thompson of the uni
versity in the course of his investiga-
lions on the Huguenots. Professor
Thompson has presented them to the
university.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
FINDS REST WITH DEAF HOST
Former Premier Clemenceau Of France
Enjoys Silence in Medieval Cas-
tie in Corsica.

Paris.-FOrmer Premier Clemenceau
took his recent "silence cure" In a
medieval castle 1,5O0 feet above the
blue waters of the Mediterranean at
Olivese, on the Island of Corsica
Nicholas Pietri, the owner Of the cas-
tie, lifelong friend and newspaper
associate Of Clemenceau, Is as deaf
as the prOverbial post
II have travelled q lot $ the
armistice," the former premier is re-
ported to have said, "but i'm India,
Egypt, the SOudan, everywhere ! have
been, l have had to talk too much
Now what | want is silence. / am
certain to get that with Pietri. He is
so deaf won't be tempted to volun-
teer any small talk to him, and he is
tactful in not asking questions, realiz-
ing the effort required for me to an
swer him is too much for my old
lungs"
Despite Clemenceau's plea of weak
ness and his age-eighty-one years
he looks as sturdy as the oaks sur
rounding the castle. There are those
who insist the Tiger intends to re-
enter the political arena, and that I'm
the peace and quietness of the little
island which gave birth to Napoleon
he has been preparing for re-entry
into public life that may be almost as
startling as that OF the little corporal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
PRIMITIVE LAND OF ALBANIA
Conditions There Today Much as They
Were at the Beginning Of
Civilization.

Albania belongs to n time as far
back as the annals of the world can
reach and is as primitive as If II were
In central China, almost as difficult
10 penetrate as Tibet itself. 1t is
land unfamiliar to the traveller and
summed by the tourist OF today.
II the three or four centers of nopu-
latioL in southern Albania are a lit
tie disappointing as cities. this ia
not true of the country or of the mic
turesque villages which gather like
gray splashes upon the grayer hills.
where they appear to have nestled
since the beginning Of time. Rough
stone huts they are for the most mart
with nat stone roofs. For purposea
or defense, they are usually situated
haif way up the lower hills. and tha
houses and outbuIldings are often SIR.
rounded by strong stone walls.
The valleys are rich and wen o,,,,,
Vated, chiefly by the women. but nre.
sent desolate, deserted appearance
except In the daylight working bonrs
NOT farmhouse nor a stable "a to no
seen amidst all the fertile acres Tho
crops cannot be stolen: no band,t
wou,d think Of destroying them ana
~ S lney are left unguarded.-Nationai
geographic Society Bulletin.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-12-23
.lOwosso Basketball League
/. Plays Games Tues. Night

ball league Of Owosso played Tues
{, day night.
81 Rundells played the Bank Clerks
Sin a hard fought battle. RueIe
iand Cameron OF Rundells made
!, several brilliant plays. This team
: is unequaled and is leading the
league by winning six and losing
none. The score between Run
dells and Bank Clerks was 1872.
The Evangelicals played the
Baptists. The Evangelicals, Con-
nors and Business College are tied
having each won and lost three.
The Baptists are last but have a
promising team.
The Argus-Press and Connors
clashed with the victory in favor
of Connors 25-11. The game was
very exciting and scored many
brilliant plays. Hammond stared
for Connors making most baskets,
while Purvis the fast guard for
Argus-Press stared for them. Ian
aon Wrigley refereed the first three
games.
The Methodists and Business Col
lege fought a hard battle. AL
though Methodists won by score of
29-9 they were remarkably well
guarded by the Business College.
The Methodists are fighting for
first place having won five and lost
one. They will play Rundells next
week Business College has re-
markablc strong team and show
brilliant playing, Whitley and Haas