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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
Notes and Personals.


As Wednesday will be Washington's
birthday anniversary the meeting of the
Ladies' union of the Central Avenue Chris
tian church will be held Thursday after
noon at the church instead of Wednesday.
Eva and Theron French of 1134 Jackson
street spent the weekend in Kansas City,
Kan, the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Geb-
hardt. They attended the Mount Pleasant
NJ. E. church, where the Rev. Mr.. Scheer.
formerly of the Kansas Avenue NJ. Z.
The Loyal Daughters class OF the Bible
class of the Central Avenue Christian
church will meet this evening with Miss
Bessie and Miss Florence McCorkilI, 1903
Quincy street
The Rev. Newton A. Peck, with Mrs
Tuesday from Howard. Kan, to North To-
peka, where Mr.. Peck has taken the pas
torate of the Second Presbyterian church
The family will live at the northwest cor
the present.
Owing to sickness the Washington birth
Tuesday evening at the Christian Endeavor
society of the Central Avenue Christian
church. has been postponed to Thursday
evening, when it will be held in the social
rooms Of the church.
C. w. Thompson, 3Os West Gordon street
has returned from a visit to relatives in
Onaga, Kan.
R. B. Giyens has bought lots in the 400
olock IN Kansas avenue and will start the
building OF home this spring.
M f; Perkins, who has been seriously
sick with pneumonia at his home, 1888
quincy street. is able to be out.
Mrs. Harry Salyer, who was operated
upon for goiter at Christ hospital, is doing
nicely.
MI and Mrs. Raymond Henderson and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Henderson of Meriden
were IN North Topeka on business today.
The North Topeka W. c. 7. L. will meet
with Mrs. G Bollotte, 1903 Quincy street,
| Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid of the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church are making plans to
serve a chicken dinner at the Community
house Saturday.
The Booster class Of the Central Avenue
Christian church will give a social at the
/ home Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E Hyrd, 1915
| Jackson street, Tuesday evening.
Miss Annie Taylor of Kansas City is the
| guest OF her brother Dave Taylor, 122 Hol-
man street.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wynn, 1925 Quincy
street, have gone to Lexington Junction,
/ Mo-, called there by the sickness and death
| of Mr.. Wynn-s mother
The Fred Allen family has moved from
Monroe street to the property at 929 Har-
1 r1son street, which Mr.. Allen recently
! bought from J. o. Spurgeon. Mr.. Allen is
employed at the Union Pacific charging
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
PROBE BANK AT OUENEMO
Investigation Follows Reported Sui
eide of ". NJ EasIe

The state banking. department is
today investigating condition of the
Farmers State bank at Quenemo. The
bank probe followed reported suicide
last week of w. NJ. Eagle, head of the
institution. i
So far as records in the state bank
commissioners office show. the bank
was in good condition. A special ex-
aminer has been sent to Quenemo,
however, with instructions to make a
thoro check of the banks paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

land avenue in honor of the seventy
nth birthday anniversary of Mr.. Brad
ley. The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs Carr
1.4derso.i. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Anderson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis, Mr. and Mrs Z.
A. Bradley, and Mr.. and Mrs Ed Downie.
The Win One class of the Oakland Meth
odist church will meet Wednesday after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

noon at 80 o'clock at the home of Mrs
J. B. Spicklemire, 121 Winfield avenue.
Mr.. John Dunn is i'll at his home in
Oakland avenue.
Mrs. Phillip Potter has returned to her
home in San Bernardino, Cal. after spend
ing a few days here the guest of Mrs. Eva
Potter in winfield avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snufflingi A dose of "Pape's
Cold Compound" taken every two
hours until three doses are taken usu-
ally breaks up a cold and ends all
grippe misery.
The first dose opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages of head; stops
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

nose running; relieves headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sneezing.
"Pape's Cold Compound" lie the
quickest. surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. It
acts without assistance. Tastes nice.
Contains no quinine. Insist upon
Pape's.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

A burning coal house belonging tc
w J. F'razee, 1870 Van Buren, street
caused run by the fire company last
evening about o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

The fire department was called to
1888 Central avenue this morning
when the house occupied by T. H. SUIT
ton was found to be on fire. The
blaze was confined to a small portion
of the roof and the damage was slight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
NORTH TOPEKA

Itcans for this column may be left
at PctrO's drug store, or telephone
Eleanor KImbaII. 1881 after o'clock.
Other hours, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

The board of trustees of the Kan
sas Avenue Methodist church will be
elected Wednesday evening at the
midweek meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

The exchange of traffic between
the Santa Fe and Union Pacific rail-
roads has become so heavy that addi-
tional side tracks will be built in the
near future to accommodate the in
creased traffic. Rumor has it that
other improvements may follow. The
Union Pacific owns twentyfour acres
of ground east of North Topeka,
bounded on the west by the Santa Fe
main line to st. Joseph, on the south
by the Kansas river, on the east by
the Jones tract, where the old stone
house is located, and on the north by
Little Russia.
Work on an addition to the Ema-
hizerSpielman store at 833 Kansas
avenue, was begun this morning.
When completed the structure will be
three stories high with. an increased
depth of IS feet, giving a total depth
of 175 feet, with an SO-foot basement.
Last month the basement of the build
ing to the south of the store was rent
ed by the company, increasing the
capacity of $500 square feet. Con-
struction of the new building will be
completed within seventy days, &C
cordiug to the contract.
George F. ROehrig Dies.
George F. Roehrig, aged 20, died
Sunday morning at the home of his
father-in-law, D. T. Gabriel, 1893 Kan
saS avenue. Mr.. Roehrig had been in
poor health for some months, but his
death came without warning. When
Mrs. Roehrig went to awaken him
yesterday morning she found he had
passed quietly away in his sleep.
George Roehrig had lived all his
life in Topeka, attending the public
schools here, later being employed by
the Santa Fee offices for several years
He was an unusually likab1e young
man, and had a wide circle of friends.
He is survived by his widow, formerly
Miss Edith Gabriel. one child, George
Roehrig, Jr., three brothers, Lewis
Roehrig, Portland, Ore; William H
Roehrig, Topeka; Fred Roehrig, Oak
land, CAL; three sisters, Mrs. George
Brosamer, Topeka; Mrs. John Patel,
Topeka, and Mrs. r. G. Robinson, To-
peka.
The funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at the Kansas
Avenue Methodist church. The serv-
ices will be in charge of the Rev. R.
E. Gordon, pastor, and the Rev. o. L.
Weir, pastor of the North Topeka Bap-
fist church. The burial will be in To-
peka cemetery.
Helena chapter No 210 O. F &
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
NEW ULM BROWN COUNTY MARCH 1922

lveloped that Saturday night there
had been wire trouble on the line be-
hind the Hoffmann residence on Ger
man Street, and it looks as if some
thing had happened at that time to
cause wires which were run through
steel ceilings to burn out. The cleo
tricians found in one instance that in
putting on the steel ceilings, wire
had been pierced by nail and had
burned out at that point. 1t looked
then as though some outside force had
caused a disturbance that burned out
not only that one wire but several in
the different places.
Watch Your Wiring.
1t is not safe to draw conclusions
about so unknown an agent as cleo
tricity, but knowing the condition of
the wires that lead to the south part
of town, it seems probable that freaky
things may occur that can not be
clearly explained, but that are perhaps
due to the wornout condition of the
wires. It would be we'll for every one
to keep a close watch on his own
wiring and have any weak spots re-
paired SO that if trouble occurs outside
of the house or business place it will
not be communicated to the inside
and cause fires,
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
TEACHERS WAGES
MAY BE REDUCED
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO
TAKE UP THIS SUBJECT AT
SPECIAL SESSION.
sUPT. GLooR REELECTED AT.
SAME SALARY. OTHER
ELECTIONS LATER.

Monday evening the Board of Edu-
cation held their regular monthly
meeting and at that time the matter
of making reductions in teachers
salaries for the coming year was dis
cussed. No definite action was taken
except that it was decided to hold a
special meeting of the board some
time next week at which time the
matter will be fully discussed and the
salary basis settled for 1922 23. Local
salaries range from $1l25 in some of
the grades to $4,000, the salary paid
the high school principal.
Supt. Gloor Reelected.
The only other matter Of Importance
taken up at the Monday evening meet
ing was the reelection of Supt. Gloor
who has been asked to remain at the
same salary he has been receiving the
past year.
State Assn. Urges Cut.
The reason for the movement to
lower teachers wages in New Ulm at
this time is to be found in the action
taken by the meeting of the Minnesota
School Board Association at it's closing
session in St. Paul, March 8. The
Association went on record in reso-
luton to recommend that teachers
salaries over all the state be reduced.
The resolution as adopted reads:
BE it resolved, That this associa-
tion recommends to all school boards
of the state that in making teachers
contracts for the year 1922 and 1923,
they have in mind the general deple-
tion that has taken place in agricul-
ture and business throughout the coun-
try, the ever mounting tax rate, and
that this association believes the
teaching profession should materially
assist in the general re-adjustment
and that all boards insist on substan-
tial reduction in salaries from the
minimum salary established by the
department. of education in 1920.'.,,
Mcconnell Objects.
I A warning against the reduction Of
salaries of experienced teachers was
given by j. M. Mcconnell, state COM
missioner Of education. He made a
plea to the board members to eco
.nomize in other ways than by cutting
salaries. He urged reduction Of some
school activities as preferable to re-
ducing the pay Of efficient teachers.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
Mcconnell Objects
COURT NEWS.

Court convened Monday morning
for the purpose of disposing Of the
court cases which had been noticed for
trial at the December term, but had
not been reached. Before proceeding
with the cases the Court heard the
final engineers report on Judicial
Ditch No. Z which was constructed
some time ago and lies partly in Brown
and partly in Watonwan county.
There was no contest From the evil
dence introduced it. appeared that the
ditch had been completed according
to contract and specifications and the
Court ordered that the balance still
due the contractors be paid.
Ten o'clock Monday morning the
trial of the suit brought by interested
parties to enjoin the County Commits
sioners from constructing County Ditch
No. 49 which had been ordered laid
out and constructed in, the fall of 1920
was commenced.
This drainage project is quite COM
prehensive and includes the draining
Of Mud Lake, or Rose Lake, as it is
sometimes called, in the Town of
Home. The claim is made that this
lake is part Of a game refuge and for
that reason should not be included in
the drainage project. Less than 200
acres would be made tillable thru the
construction Of the ditch and the con-
tsequent. draining Of the lake.
81 No work has as yet been done on
this ditch. Bids were advertised but
but none were received. According
to the County Auditor, the ditch can
now be constructed for at least $4,000
less than it would have cost if it had.
been constructed at the. time the ditch
was ordered laid out. The trial was
expected to last all day yesterday also.
Undisposed Of on the calendar and
which are very apt to be tried this
week are the following cases:
Lorenz Flor vs.. Ed. r. Charnok.
Martha Neidl VS.. Frank Meidl.
Lampert Lumber Co. VS.. s. Haugen.
Lampert Lumber Co. vs.. Edward G..
lSperstad. .5
s. Hage Lumber Co. vs.. I. I.
lBjorneberg.
| Farmers State Bank Of Springfield
VS. Henry schsnk,
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
new INVENTION
PUT ON MARKET !
FAIRFAX-NEW ULM PARTIES
INTERESTED IN FORMING
CORPORATION.
IF PLANS MATURE WILL PUT
UP PLANT HERE FOR
MANUFACTURING.

Something new under the sun, is
planned by company composed of
well known Fairfax business men and
connected with them in the endeavor
to produce the new device is DR..
A. V. Seifert of this city. The device
is a perpetual calendar, whereby any
day, any date, of any month or any
year since the beginning of calendae
time can be ascertained by the simple
turn of wheel. .r..
Inventors Fairfax Men.
The inventors of the device are Wm.
P. Skinner of Fairfax and w. C. Man
gel, cashier of the Citizens bank of
that place. The inventors have al
ready been granted II claims on their
patent and more claims are pending
in the patent Office. It is said that
there is no other similar device on the
market anywhere and no patents have
ever been applied for on anything like
it. Patents in Canada and Europe
have also been applied for.
, The device is made of brass and con-
sists of wheel and sort of plate
about 8 by 6 by inches in size. The
turn of the wheel brings into juxta-
position any day of any year that it
may be desired to have information
about. Turning the wheel forward
will give future dates, and backward
will give dates in the past.
Company Formed.
A company has been formed for the
promotion of the manufacture Of the
calendars. They have incorporated
with capital stock of $1OO, 900. The
officers are C. H. Heimann, President;
W. G. Mangel, Vice President; H. E..
Grasmon, Treasurer, and DR.. A. v.
Seifert, Secretary. Mr.. Heimann is
we'll known in New Ulm. The others,
except DR.. Seifert, are also Fairfax
people. ~~.
Factory Here.
At the present time, the company
is having it's calendars manufactured
by Chicago concern but they plan
| if things 60 right to locate a factory
in New Ulm and do all the work here.
DR.. Seifert says this will mean the en-
ployment of some twenty to thirty
men. AS theirs is the only perpetual
calendar on the market they expect
to have the whole country for mar
ket. Here's hoping their plans work
out even beyond their highest expecta-
tions. 81.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08

d ~ (
Andrew Baehm Of Sleepy Eye, who
had been operated upon for appended
tis January 1st this year, died Monday
morning at three o'clock at the local
Loretto Hospital. The deceased was
forty-four years of age, and was not
married. The remains were taken to
the home OF Andrew Weisner at Sleepy
Eye where Mr.. Baehm had been making
his home for the past twelve years.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the St. Mary's Catholic church at
Sleepy Eye tomorrow morning, and
interment will be made in the Catholic
cemetery there. Mr.. Baehm was
nephew Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Weis-
ner of Sleepy Eye.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08

Fred Engelbert VS.. Meta S. Nelson
ct al.
Edward F. Berkner VS.. Roman P.
Decker.
J Olaf Bentson ct al vs.. safert-G Gug-
gisberg Constr. Co.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08

i Il Is i y T. Z
Henry Ahrens once more found him
self in the tolls Friday evening when
he was arrested and taken to the police
station charged with drunkenness.
He was convicted and sentenced to
ninety days in the county Jail by
Justice George Hogen with the under
standing, however, that sentence
should be suspended if members Of his
family or the authorities should de-
eide to have Mr.. Ahrens sent to the
State Sanitarium or some other In
stitution to cure him Of the drink habit.
It is only a very short time ago since
Mr.. Ahrens was released from the
County Jail on a similar occasion;
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
CHAUTAUQUA MAN TO. III.
LEAD SLEEPY EYE BAND

Arrangements have been perfected
whereby Charles E. Keller has accepted
the leadership Of the Sleepy Eye Band
and an effort will be made to make it
equal if not superior to any band in the
northwest. Already twenty-five pieces
have been enrolled and it is expected
that few more names will be added
very soon. Active work in instructions
is already under way. Mr.. Keller is
reputed to be a director Of unusual
ability and has thorough musical
education. He has been on the Chau-
tauqua Circuit for years and has the
highest recommendations Of bands and
troupes that he has directed. During
the summer concerts will be given
every Saturday night on Main street.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08

The local Fair Store is announcing
this week q sale Of their stock to be
held Saturday. They are going out Of
business and the building they are in
will be occupied by another firm
after the first Of May. For particu-
lars Of their sale see their ad alse-
where in this issue.
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
BROWN COUNTY
VITAL STATISTICS
CLERK OF COURT VANDERBILT
REPORTS CAIN OF se7
IN POPULATION.
HOME TOWNSHIP TAKES LEAD
IN INCREASE OF BIRTHS
OVER DEATHS.

During the past year $50 births and
202 deaths were recorded in Brown.
County by the various health officers.
and reported to the State department
Of health, according to the statement
filed the other day with Clerk Of Court
Carl P. Manderfeld. During the year
1920, 557 births and 203 deaths had
been reported, from which it appears
that there has been practically no
change at all in the ratio between
births and deaths in these two years.
Healthy Home.
From this report it appears that
both Golden and Evan split even hav-
ing one birth and one death each to
their credit. The healthiest place from
this report would seem to be the Town
of Home, which reported twenty lone
births and only one death. The citi-
zens of Home have always claimed SUI
periority over their neighbors when it
came to the matter of health and they
are evidently about to make good
their claim from this statistical re-
port. The next healthiest place in
the County seems to be the Township
of Lake Hanska which reported six
teen births and one death.
Comparisons.
In the larger municipalities in the
County there has been no very great
difference in the matter of births and
deaths between the year 1921 and
1920. Sleepy Eye, for instance, re-
ported last year ffty-one births and
sixteen deaths and during the year
1920, ffty-six births and twenty-three
deaths. Springfield has thirty-seven
births to it's credit for the year 1921
and fourteen deaths, and the year pre-
vious thirty-nine births and eleven
deaths. The difference is greater as
far as the city of New Ulm is con-
cerned which reported one hundred
and eighty-one births and one hundred
and two deaths to one hundred and
sixty births in 1920 and ninety deaths
in the same year. From this it appears
that one-third Of the births in the
entire County would have to be credit
Led to the City Of New Ulm and
a tride more than one-half the
deaths Of the entire County On the
face Of these figures New Ulm would
be stamped as the unhealthiest muni-
cipality in the County but it should
not be forgotten that every death
that occurs in either Of the hospitals
lis reported to the Health officer Of
the City of New Ulm and helps to
swell the aggregated number Of deaths.
It should also be noted that every
! child born in either Of the hospitals is
reported to the local Health officer
and that as matter of fact not
all the one hundred eightyone births
reported for New Ulm should be credit
ed to the City. 4
| A full and complete statement OF
the births and deaths Of the various
cities and towns follows herewith:
New Ulm review., 1922-03-08
MANY BIDDERS
FOR CITY WORK
COMPETITION KEEN IN SEWER
CONSTRUCTION. PRICES ARE,
REMARKABLY LOW.
WILL EMPLOY ABOUT FORTY
MEN ON SEWER JOBS
WHEN FROST GOES.

Fourteen firms were bidders on the
new city construction work when the
bids were opened by the city council at
last week Tuesdays meeting at the
council chambers, The large number of
bidders and the bids offered would indi-
cate that contractors are anxious to get
back to work after a season Of mac
tiVty. The bids were in many cases
much lower than the council expected
and the lowest bid on the work was
$4,000 under the estimate prepared
by City Engineer Minium
Sixteen Blocks Of Sewers.
The work to be done consists Of
sixteen blocks Of sewers and also the
laying of watermains between Eighth
and Twelfth South on Minnesota.
There are several different sewers to be
constructed, three Of them on the
North side, and fourth on the
South side, as follows: Washington,
from Fourth to Eighth north; State,
from Center to Eighth north; Broad
way, sixth to Eighth North and along
Eighth north to Washington; North
Minnesota, between Sixth and Ninth;
South Minnesota, between Fifth and
Eighth. The State street sewer will
extend 215 feet south Of Center street
also.
Bids Much under Estimate.
A st. Paul Company, The Feyen
| Construction Co., were the successful
bidders on the Waterman job on South
Minnesota street. Their offer was
s5,81S.2O, about s400 under the city
engineers estimate of $6,490. The
engineers estimate for the sewer work
was $4,000. but the successful bid
ders, Rahr & Pratt Of Pipestone, offered
to do it for $28, 1863, and have entered
into contract with the city for that
amount. Work will be started as soon
as the frost is out Of the ground. Ac-
cording to the contractors, they will
put a force of about forty men on the
job and will make use Of New Ulm
labor as far as possible. The separate
sewers will cost the city the following
amounts: North Minnesota, $5,516.71;
Broadway and Eighth North, So, ,499. 40;
State and Washing ton, So, 1880; South
Minnesota, $5,370.55.
Will Oil Streets Again.
Altho there has been considerable dis
satisfaction with the oiing of the
streets and the cost has been very
/ high, it was considered best to adver-
tise for bids for oil for this season and
City Clerk Backer was instructed to
do SO in quantity Of 100000 gallons
4 more or less. These bids will be read
at a meeting Of the council to be held
March 20, at which time the project
Of paving on State street will be taken
4 up by the council and arguments fol
and against it heard. .s
Opinions Differ.
North Washington street property
1 owners are divided in their opinions
!, as to the advisability 81 laying water.
mains along that street at. the present
/ time: A delegation represented by A
]. N. Faas said that many Of the Wash.
ington street. property owners alread,
I, have good wells and do not desir,
i the expense of the Improvement a,
this time unless the. street is graded a
the same time. Peter Mtzberger a
J, the. head Of another delegation de
III sss - no,,t;,,n1 ~, ~ - q ST
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-05
BY ALEX c. ROSE

VICTORIA. u. c.. June 5.--The
V curtain was pulled up on the
Pacific Northwest golf champion.
ships this morning when lis OF the
best mashie wicldcrs on the coast
teed off for the amateur title ut the
colwood course. Not only Is this n
large field, but II is also IA classy one.
and from the outlook the winner In
the finals next Saturday will have
had hard road to traverse before
he reaches his goal
George Won Elm, the title holder.
is favorite TO repeat. but with
Jack Neville, Rudy wilhelm and the
strong contigent OF Seattle stars on
the top OF their game 1t appears TO
be toss-up for honors. While the
cracks are battling at Colwood. the
high handicap playefe are out at
Oak Bay. Like the amateur event
the mems handicap championship
VIII be close, as everybody has a
chance TO win this contest
Thirty-aix holes are down for to.
days play and the 80 low scorers