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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
LOUD SPEAKER At FAIR
Human Voice Can BE Heard
Quarter of n Mile Away on Bell
Telephone Apparatus.

Installation of the Bel Loud
Speaker" at the Kansas Free Fair is
well under way. In providing this ap-
paratus. the Free Fair association is
giving the people OF Kansas their first
opportunity at hearing one of the re-
markable Accomplishments OF the Bell
engineering staff. The Loud Speaker"
WILL no doubt. rank as one Of the
fairs most unique exhibits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
OLD TOPEKA RESIDENT DEAD.

Mrs. Gustaf Ekstrom Lived Here
Fifty One Years.
Mrs Gustaf Ekstrom, II years of
age, who had been a resident of To-
peka for fifty-one years, died SatN-
day at her home. 306 Western avenue.
She Is survived by six children, Mrs.
A MIDLAND. of Topeka; Mrs. E Gus
tafson, San Bernardino, Cal; Miss Eva
Ekstrom, OF Topeka: S. D. Ekstrom,
st. Louis. Mo; Dr. J. E. Ekstrom, Chi
cago and c. z. Ekstrom, Kansas
City, Mo.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR REST-Six- room furnished modern
house. Call Blue 2g6T.
MODERN room for rent To / or employed
ladies. board II desired Cali White 2s76.
LOsT-one pale blue sash Phone ST51
FOR REST-Furnished sleeping room, g2I
Tyler Phone Black z4G0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
MRS. 3fALINDA HURLEY DEAD.
wife OF Court Of Topeka Marshal,
Aged 81 Years.

Mrs. AaIinda Hurley. fifty-seven
years OF age. wife Of T. ]. Hurley,
marshal OF the court OF Topeka, died
Sunday night in a local hospital Mira
Hurley had been a resident OF Topeka
for thirty-five years.
She is survived by her husband,
three daughters. Mrs. Edgar Robinson.
Alexandria. Va: Mrs. W. c. Hentzler
and Miss Rachel Hurley. of Topeka.
and sister, Mrs. ]. B. Larimer, of
Topeka.
The funeral will be held at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. at the Trinity
Methodist church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04

KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Kansas City, Sept. 4.-CATTLE-Reeeipts
dO,OO0 Very little doing on beef steers.
locke stead to 25c lower: best held above
SO. %; early sales, $5.606I9.75; bulls, strong
bologna, S3.J0@3-75; stockers and feeders.
steady TO higher; strictly good light feed
ers, S7.doGs7s0; many other kinds. ST. SOFA
40; early sales common to good stockers.
$3.50 I-2os other classes. generally steady
vsalers, $1o.2JQ10.50; bulk desirable kinds.
HoGs-Receipts 600. Market opened
steady to 1Oc higher, later sales 15@20c
higher. closing weak; top to packers and
shippers, 81. 90: bulk $50 and 2l0 Founders
$, 65@ s. 80; bulk 240 and 800 Founders IS 40
$1-25Sus
sHEEP-Receipts SEQ Lambs. CSC lower:
natives, generally s12 e0N12.50: cuiIs
around $50; sheep, steady fat ewes s. IS
I6.T5; NeSw Mexican feeding lambs. $500.
ST JOE LIVESTOCK MARKET
st. Joe, No, Sept 4.-HOGS-Receipts
5000 Shippers took about 400 butchers.
averaging 200 TO 80 pounds at $9.O0; most
" 25c lower than Saturdays shipper mar
mostly steady with Saturdays paker mar
ket- Packer top, $500: packing sows. most
ly steady: bulk OF sales. sii.75d I.00: ave
pounds; average cost last Week. $50
weight 80 pounds bulk OF sales today.
S1.JON 900
N AAA-E--AteceipES 4-pVu. Earty safes
natives. fed and grass steers and yeariings.
she stock. bulls and calves. slow about
steady. top weighty steers. S9-S5- top
yearlings. 81. 15; four loads hoidoTer Texas
grass steers S5.25: veal calves. top. so 80
bulk Of receipts western and southern
-rassers not vet graded
SHEEP-Receipts 700 Killing classes
steady. six double decks Idaho lambs So a
straight: bulk fat natives. So 30: double
deck 80 pound fed shoru lambs. SET:
medium TO strong weight fat ewes. $5-5o4
$50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04

car systems which have succeeded the
old horse cars. Seymour has made
no plans for the future. but says that
he is thru working on street cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
Special Notice.

The members of the PsychicaI Re
search society will hold a busin ess
meeting at Ala Madison St, Septem-
Der 7th. J. E. GALLOWAY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
Local Mention

Cash for Liberty BondG Kleinhans
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04

The fapper lost out In Washing
tons annual bathins.: beach beauty
contest this year. Miss Eva Fridell,
seventeen-year-old nigh school stu
dent. won the prize. silver loving
cup, when she appeared without
makeup OF any Kind and without
bobbed hair She IS the athletic
type and 3 regular bather at the
beaches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Remington Portable Typewriter
Agency. Jos. c. Wilson & Co., SIS
Kansas Ave.-Adv.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
LOCAL NEWS-----ST. PAUL
for c Snos % s @ I G a BY @ the ] T sT ss world '

Children of the Sheltering Home, July
18th, in honor of their son, Jerome
Harry Silverman, born on July 3,
1922.
The Misses Josephine Wolfe, Mil
dred Simon and Edith Klein enter
tanned at luncheon at the Golden Rule
Tea Rooms on Thursday, in honor of
the Misses Dorothy Blyer of East
Orange, N. j., Miss Fridell Salbery
of Cincinnati, Miss Sylvia Dellafeld
and Miss Henrietta Degan of Chi
cago, and Miss Dorothy Stern of
Champaign, Ill.
The Northwood Country Club enter
tanned it's members at an informal
dinner-dance on the porch of the club
on Thursday, July goth.
Miss Florence Hoffman Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, who is visiting Miss
Bertha Steinberg, Carroll avenue, has
been the guest of honor at numerous
social functions. Miss Steinberg en-
tertained eighteen friends at dinner
for her guest; Miss Rose Lieberman
entertained twelve at ''bunco" party,
and supper and canoeing party for
six couples was enjoyed with Miss
Sally Cohler, Goodrich avenue, as
hostess. Miss Ruth Hoffman was
hostess at a theater party and
luncheon at the Ambassador, and
Miss Ruth Blender, Ashland avenue,
entertained at dinner. Miss Jennie
Cohler, Indiana avenue, also enter
tanned twelve couples at "bunco'
party Tuesday evening. Several other
affairs are being planned for Miss
Hoffman before she leaves. Miss
Hoffman at one time resided in st.
Paul.
Miss Dorothy Hart entertained at
picnic supper at Pine Tree Lake on
Sunday evening, in honor of the
numerous visitors in the city. There
were twenty guests.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
With the Travellers

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Schwab, Lincoln
avenue, who have been visiting in
Ellsworth, Wis, have returned to their
home.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Adler have
returned from wedding trip to yell
lowstone Park, and are at home at 101
South Victoria street. Mrs. Adler
was formerly Miss Alice Wetzler of
Duluth.
Mrs. L. Degan and daughter, Hen
rietta, of Chicago are the guests of
Mrs. Degan's brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Reuler, of
Bald Eagle.
Mrs. George J. Kassnir and son,
Zelid, Of Duluth, are in St. Paul, and
are visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Hirsch, 226 East Con-
gress.
Mr.. Charles Harris and little
daughter, Shirley Bailey, Of 1855 Sell
by avenue, and Mrs. Harris sister,
Miss Ruth Marker, of Minneapolis, re-
turned Saturday after a few days
visit with friends at Cologne and
Waconia, MINI.
Mrs. B. Appel of st. Louis, who
was the guest of her son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Appel, East
Shore, White Bear, left for home
Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Brody of Minneapolis
spent the weekend as the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Appel, East
Shore, White Bear.
Miss Esther Schumacher of Chi
cago, ILL.,, who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. J. Resnikoff since May 18th,
left for her home July 18th.
The Misses Doris Frisch, Marion
Levitan, Sylvia Singher, Sara Stolu-
row, members Of the C. G. Club, and
Evelyn Frisch, a guest from CHS
holm, Mimi, returned Sunday from
a weeks vacation at Prior Lake.
They were chaperoned by Misses Eta
and Dorothy Cohen.
Mr.. Henry Slovetsky, 236 West
Fourth street, accompanied by his
daughter, Grace, left July 18th for
an extended trip through the east.
Enroute they will stop at Chicago,
Washington, Philadelphia and New
York. They expect to return about
September 1st.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
Entertaining

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wolff, 1862
Aurora avenue, entertained Monday,
July 3rd, in honor of their daughter
Shirley's first birthday. Among the
guests were Mrs. J. Mogelson of Du-
luth, formerly of St. Paul, and Mrs.
N. Weisman of Rock Island, Ill.
Mrs. F. Gordon, 657 Broadway, en-
tertained in honor of her sister-in-
law, Mrs. J. Mogelson, of Duluth.
Covers were laid for twenty, and
bridge provided entertainment for the
afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Appel entertained in
compliment to Mrs. A. D. Saper of
Kansas City on Saturday, July 10th,
at her home at East Shore, White
Bear.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Silverman, AZ
Prior avenue, gave dinner for the
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
Wedding Date Chosen

Miss Esther Tatkin, daughter Of
Mrs. A. Tatkin, 696 Holly avenue, has
chosen Sunday, August 9Th. as the
date of her marriage to Mr.. Alex
Levinson of Minneapolis. The cere-
mony will be performed at the Royal
Arcanum Hall in the presence of the
immediate relatives.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Golden, 1113
Selby avenue, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Ilene, to
Jules Frank, son of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Frank, 229 Western avenue.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
Birth

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Hogan, 696 Holly
avenue, announce the birth of
daughter, named Charlotte, on July
9th.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
Change of Address

ly of 1905 Charles street, are now re-
siding at 919 Dayton avenue.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-21
TEMPLE MT. ZION

Services will be held at Temple Mt.
Zion on Friday evenings during the
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14

twins were dropped one lamb WAS
usually killed to give the other
chance to live. under the present
method more care can bs given to
the eve with twins. The average
percentage OF lambs dropped from
ewes bred 10 steadily mounting from
sixty-five percent in 1912 to nearly
eiEhty-five percent in 1871.
The sheep next move TO the shear
Ing sheds and then to the summer
grazing on the Forest Reserves
Machine shearinE has become almost
valley-wide. A flock is no longer
held on short feed and possibly
scant water awaiting shearing. In
stead all the ewes in a band are
sheared and turned back with their
lambs the same day. This avoids
the many buns" resulting from
the old xhcaring methods.
Practically all the sheep In the
valley 20 to the Rio Grands. the
Cochstopa. or the San Isabsll Forest
Reserves for the summer grasing.
The grasins 10 dons at a. altitude
Of from SSee to 1890 test. Some
sheep raass ~ 70 1890 bat most
of thsss have their camps At tinb-
q ltae. The diversified fssd. grsss-
- ssd weeds, make sueculent teeA
for the svss aad - fall approaches
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14

These figures give the Monte
Vista. Center and Del Norte dis
trict 1880 cars marketed this sea-
son to December LIST and the bal
anee OF the San Luis valley 165
cars or a total of &0s5 cars from
the valley. II is estimated by con-
seryative authorities that there still
are 1000 TO $500 cars still to be
marketed In the valley.
Farmers are making a close study
OF potato culture in the San Luis
valley. and In this connection there
Is held In Center each year u potato
show where all the different var
ieties grown here are entered in
competition.
Automobile tourists are made
happy by what they say IL the most
attractive and convenient tourist
camping ground in the southwestsrn
part Of the state. This camping
ground was completed BY the city
last summer. 10 located within .
park where there 10 lots OF grass and
shade trees and 10 equipped with
ovens. free fuel. toilets. artesaan
water. swings. seats and electric
lights.
Farmers here are arranging to
plant = large acreage Of head let
tuce this coming season. this 10 .
new commercial crop In the San
Luis valley. but Il can he raised In
abundance and Of . very fine quail.
ity. Other districts In the valley are
also going 10 raise some OF this
crop. the variety that will bs planted
most generally will be tho Won
derful and the Mountain Iceberg
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14

and the grasses head out the lambs
begin to put ON good weight.
The drift back 70 the valley b.
gins In September. Most Of the
sheep stay until the equinox snow
storm is over and then drift out to
the valley where the lambs and old
ewes are sorted out and delivered
to the feeder and the ewe band
made up for the winter.
We have followed the sheep
around the circle and find that they
never leave the valley and sur
rounding mountains. The Industry
is self-contained. That Is. the val
ley produces nearly everything used
In the sheep industry. All expenses.
rent. wages, taxes. etc. are paid by
valley wool growers to valley peo-
pie. and this sum becomes . revolv.
Ing fund. The exports or wool and
mutton far exceed, the Imports Of
manufactured products used In the
industry. together with what little
fssd b shipped In.
with the freedom from disease.
With tie wonderful year around
climate. With the abundaaes Of fssd
aad vstsf. the Saa Luis valley 10
bosstifuliy endowed By nature for
the sAssp raisiag iadsstry.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14
(By d. C. VAILED

Monte Vista. located in about the
center OF the agricultural district OF
the sunny San Luis Valley, is very
progressive city OF about three thou
sand inhabitants and is surrounded
by territory that produces potatoes.
peas, wheat. oats, alfalfa and other
crops in abundance: is largely de-
pendent upon the country surround
ing 1t. Monte Vista is the principal
city OF Rio Grande county, one OF
the smaller counties in the state but
There is at this time 6OS.9l9 acres
OF irrigated land in the five coun-
ties comprising the San Luis valley
proper and many more that may be
profitably put under irrigation, Of
this total Rio Grande county has
10e,25S or a little better than 33 l-3
Per cent. The population per
square mile In this county Is only
e.s2. SO II is easy to believe that
there is room in this territory
for many more good farmer.
and there will be many more
a. soon as Rio Grande county
u brought to their attention
and they learn that there is no
other place In the United States
where the farmer gets as large re-
turns for the effort put forth as he
does in the San Luis valley.
The chief money crop OF the
Monte Vista district is potatoes and
during the year 1920 there were
35O2 cars OF potatoes shipped from
the district comprising Monte Vista,
Center and Del Norte. Some data
be OF interest to the reader. 22.
Sl4 acres We're planted In the above
mentioned district this season, which
10 an acreage increase over 1920 OF
about 23 per cent, and ! might add
that the acreage OF potatoes has
been steadily on the Increase for the
past ten years. Probably rs per cent
q the acreage is of the Brown
Beauty variety, for which the San
Luis valley is famous. the Russetts.
Red McCiures or Peach Blows. Early
Ohio. Triumph. Rural and cobbier
In the order named. The territory In
the San Luis valley outside OF the
above mentioned district raised from
5000 TO $500 acres OF potatoes this
year. there 10 at this time only .
small percentage OF the land that
could be made available for potato
culture that is not now used for that
purpose. l am giving herewith car
load shipments OF potatoes as shipp-
ed from the different loading sta
lions In the San Luis valley from
August LIST to December lst. 1921.
Places listed down to AiAmosa are
stations on the San Luis Central
r. r.. between Monte Vista and
Center Uweive miles) and the Dem
yer 4 Rio Ornnde Western Il. r.
from east OF Monte Vista TO South
Fork west OF Del Norte. Other sta.
lions mentioned are located north
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14

the altitude of the valley assures
quality of lettuce that cannot be
surpassed.
Troop d 11th Cavalry C. N. @.
was organized In Monte Vista July
7th 1920. 1t now has So members
we'll equipped and with excellent
mounts. this Troop rendered great
aid to the stricken district OF
Pueblo following the flood of June
last. In October this year ground
was. broken for $4,000 Armory
for the use OF Troop D.. This
Armory is now nearing completion.
The Monte Vista schools altho be-
longing to the double consolidated
type of elementary and county high
schools, are under one executive
management. Under the 1urisdic-
ton OF the Board Of Consolidated
District No. 8 the grades and jun
ior high school are operated. while
q separate board governs the senior
high school. The area Of Consoli-
dated District No. s 10 about So
square miles. The senior high
school Is . member OF the North
Central Association OF Colleges and
Secondary Schools and its graduates
are accepted by all colleges and uni
versities without examihations-s All
children living outside Of Monte
Vista are transported to and from
school in auto buses. Average
round trip distance is l5.5 miles.
For the past three years the buses
have not failed in making their
regular daily trips.
About eight miles north OF the
City OF Monte Vista In the heart Of
the richest agricultural district in
the San Luis valley Is located the
Sargent Schools. consolidated
school that has attracted nation
wide attention In educational CEN
ters. II has seven buildings. high
school with fifteen rooms. laborator-
les. library. study halls and audi
torium - made Of brick. Grade
school with fourteen rooms-made
Of brick. Gymnasium with garage
below-made OF concrete. Teach
eraEe with eleven rooms. supsrin.
tendants residence with nine rooms.
Mechanics residence with sig rooms
and . Parsonage with six rooms.
Buildings are equipped with water.
electric lights and furnace heat. The
district owns and operates twelve
auto buses TO .erry the chiidrsn to
and from school. The campus con.
tains fourteen acres In which 10 in.
cluded . playground. athletic field
etc. Fourteen teachers are employ
ed to teach the $50 pupils. the dis
trict contains 100 square miles and
has an assessed valuation OF $500.
10000. The total Investment for
the school 10 $500 10000. all Of
these things 20 to make up an IDEAL
community chooi. community
church and community social cen.
tar
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-01-14
Sheep Industry of San Luis Valley
(By L. L. GLYNN)

The history OF civilization shows
that sheep raising was the earliest
profitable use to which domisticat-
ed animals were put by man. Sheep
raising today is one Of the basic in
dustries Of Colorado.
In the San Luis valley there are
over three hundred and fifty thou
sand range sheep. This represents
an investment. at present valu-
alton. in live stock and equipment.
Of over three millions Of dollars.
nor does this sum include money in
vested In ranches. shearing plants.
dipping watts and such. Statistics
make dry reading. but the few fig
ures quoted above may bring to
ones attention the magnitude Of
the industry.
The problems Of the woolgrower,
A. he 10 called, extends from the
care and feeding Of his flock to the
preparation and marketing OF his
products in the marts OF the world.
The product Of the sheep are ex-
tremely sensitive Of the fluctuations
Of world trade. Conditions in Ar
gentine or Australia have . direct
and immediate influence on the
sheepman here.
This wonderful San Luis valley il
very well adapted to the raising OF
sheep. True the day Of free open
grazing here Is past and the wool
grower must buy his feed the year
around. However with the passing
Of the open range. vanished many
extreme hazards OF the flock
master: loss from blizzard or from
drought: the constant leakage from
strays and by predatory animals.
In the late fall and winter months
the ewes are fed on the farms. Peas
alfalfa and native grass make ~
the winter fssd. Very little fssd d
shipped In from outside. The farm
sr not oaly sells bis products "a
the shsspman but obtains excellent
fsrtiiissr for his farm.
The ewes. de 10 the abundance
Of feed. are in sxeslisnt condition
At breeding time. and the months Of
December and January are % . rule
good for the buekins season. Tn.
I'll late March the flock u kept o.
this feed and then the movement to
wards the lambins gsoands bsgins.
The shoep drift from the pea fields
TO the river and the foothili ranch.
e.. and BY the middle Of May the
lambing is In full swing. Very little
lambing 10 done on the Forest Res
erves due 70 their lack OF room.
Lambing grounds are rented from
the small rsnchmsn living along the
creek bottoms. and preference Il
given whore there Il . little outside
range. While this Il nscsssa rily
more sxpsnsivs thaa the old time
open ranss ismbins. yet the WOOL.
grower Il we'll repaid IL the extra
percentage Of lambs saved and the
small amount Of ewes lost. For In.
stance under the old method where
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-12
HUNGER |SPLEA.
IN HOUSEKEEPING
Man Feeds ParoIed Prisoner
Who Robbed Him.

II was out of work and hungry" "
said Carl Morris. 26, "and I broke
into your home"
He stood in an upstairs hall at the
home of W. b McCabe. 1860 n.
Pennsylvania St, last night. Nc
Cabe had returned home suddenly and
had found Morris. McCabe placed his
hand on his hip pocket and Morris,
thinking he was about to draw re-
volver. raised his hands above his
head
There is a restaurant at the
corner, and I will take you there and
fill you up" said McCabe, when Nor
ris told his story.
Morris walked with him to drug
store, where Morris was detained
until the police arrived. When
searched, Morris was found to have
jewelry and other articles valued at
$40. stolen from the McCabe home.
Morris has been living at the Craig
Hotel, police We're told. He said he
had been in Indianapolis since Nov. 2,
and that he was paroled from the
Ohio State Prison at Columbus, where
he had served a sentence for house
breaking. according to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-12
WEATHER HELPS
SPEED CAMPAIGN
Police Slate Only Two for
Stepping On 'Er.

The cold winds aided the local
police drive in the suppression of the
speeder today and as a result only
two names appeared on the police
slate with charges of speeding.
Mayor Shank's chauffeur, Robert
Newby, spied a speeding automobile
right in the downtown section. When
the driver was stopped at New York
and Pennsylvania SITS. He gave his
name as Frank Heaver, %, 1874 E.
Twenty Second St. He was charged
with doing twenty-nine miles an hour.
Ralph Davis, 27. 427 Arnold St, also
vas arrested on a charge Of speeding.
Those who paid speeding fines in
city court We're Roy Jackson, $50 and
costs; Otto Kicker, $40 and costs;
Clarence Wyckof. $50 and costs; Clks.
ford Holy, SIS and costs; Jack Rose,
SIS and costs; Virgil Reeves, $40 and
costs; Frank Woods. SO and costs:
Mildred Hamilton, $25 and costs;
Walter Marks, SO and costs; Ralph
Davis, $40 and costs.