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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
DISPLAY MUCH HUMOR

Many Amusing Answers Received
i'm Recent Examinations in Shaw
nee County Grade Schools
Some of the Pupils Have Rather
Distorted Ideas About Many
Things. t.
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BURGLARS WERE HUNGRY
Quantity OF Pies and Cakes Stolen
From Ingalls, Bakery.

Burglars who entered the ingalls,
bakery. sos West Eighteenth street.
Friday night. got away with about 81
in change and a considerable amount
of pies. cakes and other pastry. &C
cording TO a report to the police. They
gained entrance by breaking a window
with a stonecutter's tool stolen from
the Sargent stone yard
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR SALE-Restaurant in good town,
serve all kinds of soft drinks; ice cream !;
soda water; fine fountain; lunches; fully
equipped and doing large business. Price,
s., 200; terms on part. Address A. L. Fur
man, LOG West sth. Topeka, Kan.
RESPONSIBLE dealers wanted. Big
profits. Keeton Heavy Dity Battery.
Plates won't buckle Withstands every
test; long-nved. Two year unconditional
guarantee. Write telegraph Keeton Battery
Company. Kansas City, Mo.
HOW TO SECURE an interest in one hun
bred wells drilling for oil Risk elm
mated. Seventy-five per cent Of invest
ment guaranteed. Write Tom NJ. Dees,
Oil Man and Banker. Dallas. Tex.
RAISE CAPITAL quickly for any legiti-
mate enterprise at least cost. Full par
dculars on request Sales Service Cor
poratiOn, 120215 Main Street, Fort Worth,
Texas.
FOR SALE-Second hand 1880 Rumbley
tractor and separator; will sell cheap
Geo. Boyd. sos Mission St, st. Marys, Kan.
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Mann UnfIlIed steel Order.

New York, June 1O.-The- United
States Steel corporation, in its monthly
statement issued today. reported I'M
filled orders on its books as of May
81, last. of 5,254,22S tons. This com
pares with 5,O96.s17 tons on April 80,
an increase of 157, 331 tons
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FOR sALE-PET STOCK.

ENGLISH SETTER pups for sale. nomi-
mated and enrolled in 10Th futurity; sore
Clean Ben ex .AiI Fire Alive" Ready
for delivery. L. s. Payton. No %, Wagner
st. Topeka. Kansas
SILVER PERSIAN KITTENS. good home
at once Tor pet cat; fine mousers; moving
away. 421 Clay.
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LOST AND FOUND.

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LOST-CoraI Cameo ring on Mulvane be
tween 18th St and Washburn college.
Return to 1511 Mulvane phone Red 1904.
Reward.
LOST or STOLEN-A small buckskin
horse. Please call at 613 East Euclid
LOST-Diamond set out of ring. Ella n.
Barber, Holton, Kan. Reward
LOST-Purse Friday in or near Green's
Grocery Phone S57-
LOST-Fox Terrier dog, license number
674. Phone 3291-
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wANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-Man and wife cooks; second
cooks: night cooks; fry cooks; expert
enced meat cutter; kitchen help; hospital
hands; married farm couPles' laborers;
transfers: man and wife. telephone office:
kitchen help. Furman's Labor Agency, JOG
BE A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unneces-
sary; get particulars; exceptional OPP
portunities; travel, salaries; expenses
Hartley Detective Agency Kansas City.
Mo.
MAN WANTED-Must own or have access
to automobile to demonstrate locally.
$500 an hour ,ooI Pay az DAILY; BS Shi Eli
MEN-Age II to IS. Experience unneces-
sary Travel; make secret investiga tons,
reports Salaries: expenses American
WANTFD-Afan for starter. generator and
ignition work Must be first class work
man Steady work and good wages for
right man. Address z Z, care Journal.
to $3.50. Experience not required Cor
respondence course unnecessary. write l.
S Bishop, Box 391, Joplin, Mo.
WANTED-Man with Ford, liberal PROPOSE
tiou to a hustler, as district representa-
tive No investment. Master, ITO Z. Wash
ington St, Los Angeles.
RE A DETECTIVE, $50 800 weekly; travel
over world; experience unnecessary.
American Detective Agency, 6l2 Lucas, ST
Louis.
FREEZING preparation, formula 25c, soap
&c lb, formula 10c Address Narga Sup
ply, 155 Attorney Street, New York city
MEN-A positive money maker for you
good for 81 a day, my plan. 20 cents.
r. Robinson, Marysville. Kan.
WANTED-Handy man, carpenter, active
and capable, some pep. See Mr.. Pendry,
Sixth and Jackson.
FIREMEN. BRAKEMEN. beginners $50,
later $3.50 monthly. Write Railway. care
Journal.
BOYS WANTED for wedding. Rude &
Yost-
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MAIZE AND FEMALE.


MAN or woman wanted, $40 weekly full
time 500 an hour spare time, selling
guaranteed hosiery to wearer. Experience
unnecessary. International Mills, Norris
town, Pa.
WANTED-Forty berry pickers, 18th and
Kansas avenue. Monday morning. June
r. Bring baskets. Take South Topeka
MAKE so weekly mailing circulars; con-
plete instructions zoe. Varga Supply
Co, 1856 Attorney St, New York city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10

Get a residence burglary and theft
policy from George L. Tuer today.
Phone 1se7.-Adv.
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wANTED-sALESAIEN


WANTED-Salesmen with car to call on
dealers. with u low priced 5000 mile fab
ric and 10000 mile cord tire. $4,000
week with extra commissions. Universal
Tire & Rubber Company, Michigan City,
Indiana.
SALESMEN-Sen mems made-to- order
clothing, attractive materials, lowest
prices, good profits, samples ready. give
experience. EMERSON TAILORING CO.,
18th & Arch. Philadelphia.
WANTED-Salesman $4,000 and commits
sion to sell guaranteed cord and fabric
tires direct from factory at lowest prices
GOODSTOCK TIRE CO. HOG ). Michigan
Ave. Chicago, Illinois.
SALESMAN WANTED-TO sell radio sup
plies and sets to dealers. Permanent
Salary and commission. Want sideline
men also. Write. Southwest Radio Co.
Bartlesville. Oklahoma.
Observation-Disclosures unnecessary. all
or part time. rural. city good sideline
standard brands, tires and tubes. Box
$50. Akron, o.
SALESMAN for local and Joining territory;
give experience and reference Write {.
n. s.. care Journal
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP.


Observation-Disclosures dining room and
lunch counter girls, steady positions;
women cooks; family help: housekeepers
kitchen help; restaurant help ers, wait
resses to ship west; women for country
homes: maids. Furman's Employment or
flee. Jog West Sth.
WANTED-Iirls-w over II. S95 to
S192 month. U. S. government positions
Steady work Short hours. Vacation. Com
mon education sufficient. List positions
free. Write today. Franklin Institute
Dept GIG J, Rochester, N. y.
ANTED-Experienced counter mattresses
to ship to Wyoming, $45 month, board
and room; must be neat and good health.
Furman's Employment Office, LOG West
Sth.
AT ONCE-Five ladies to travel, demon
strate and sell dealers; $40 to SIS per
week; railway fare paid. Goodrich Drug
Co, Dept. 302-C, Omaha, Neb.
WHITE WOMAN for general homework,
in family; reference required; state
wages wanted. Write A 321. care Journal.
WANTED-Colored girl for general house
work: good wages: no washing or IRON
ing Phone 1914. 303 West 10th.
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FOR sALE-HoUsEHoLD GOODS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.


WANTED-Piano for Sunday school boys
and girls; anyone wishing TO make
much appreciated gift of a piano you are
not using. call White 1894.
PHONOGRAPH, new, S2I5 mahogany. rec
ords: must sell at once, $50 cash No
bell.
PIANO, bungalow type, mahogany finish.
superb in tone and quality. for sale rea-
sonabIe- Call White 4S94 from TO p. N.
or 1864 from to II a
GOOD Washburn mandolin for sale Price
reasonable. Phone Black 5T55.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

GIRL, refined, to take care of children
and to assist with Homework. Call Red
WANTED-Situation by capable boy, Is.
Phone Black 2611.
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WANTED-AGENTs

WANTED-AGENTS
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AGENTS-S6 to So daily easy; $50 light
sitieh food 1I fIavors. perfumes, soaps toilet
preparations. etc: Agents outfit free
Write today. quick, now American Prod-
ucts Co., 6216 American Bldg. Cincinnati,
PORTRAIT AGENTS-Why deal with slow
firms? Write for new polyehr4m1e cata a,
"a hours. f. H. Roberts Portrait Co, Kan
City, Mo,
AGENTS-$50-$ SO weekly. Big demand.
Attractive proposition. Write for particu-
lars. Dress Better Co.. POS Arthur Bldg,
Omaha, Neb--
WANTED-To RENT.
WANTED TO RENT or room house
WANTED-TO BUY.
Junk, Rags, Iron, Metals
Higher prices paid.s Will call
for your, junk. Phone 266
OVAL BROS. co.
Topeka's Oldest Junk Dealers.
We BUY, trade and exchange. Frank
Lafferty Furnitu. Co.. 313 Kansas ave.
WANTED 10 BUY-Ford cheap for cash.
GA Van Euren-
BACK Z4Ss-
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED-Harvard classics, World Book.
Britannica, 18th edition only. All salable
schoolbooks. Pendry's Bookstore, Sixth
and Jackson eve sell all books, new and
used.l
WE PAY the highest price for cast on
clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats. Drop
as a card or call Gordon Brothers Loan
Office. 400 Kansas ave Phone 1079.
WANTED-HOrses to pasture. Address W.
Flood, Wakarusa, Kan
MISCELLANEOUS
MITE EXTERMINATOR-O application
year guaranteed to rid your place
of mites. 127 Knox Ave. Phone $3.50 w.
REGULAR meals SOC Sunday special
chicken dinner T5c. 713 Topeka Ave
FOR RENT-FURNISHED HOUSES
FOR RENT-Furnished house, sleeping
porch. large shady yard. Reasonable in
price for summer or longer II desired West
side. centrally located Phone SOL
FOR RENT-APARTMEN
~-~~--~-~-----~-------~----
UNFINISHED, modern apartment in the
seso.
TWO ROOMS with bath, unfurnished
apartment. Phone Blue 2O3s.
BOARDERS
~-------------------~------
BOARDERS WANTED at 1015 Qoincy, So
for days
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FOR HENT-HousEs

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ONE large room house, strictly mod
ern, 1924 Kansas avenue. newly papered.
vanished and painted. All in good shape
and ready to move in. $50 per month See
owner, Ito East 18th.
ern house at 234 jefferson: also a new
Groom house with bath at 22S Jefferson
Inquire at 223 Jefferson
FOR RENT-S-room house, all modern
very desirable; double garage. S27 JET
ferson.
1917 CLAY rooms, nice sleeping porch.
$50. Phone 2155.
FURNISHED APARTMENTS.
Apartment on Quincy, large
rooms and 81. P. Heat and water
furnished. $50. Adults only. See
Ed F. Grote, s24 Kansas Ave.
FURNISHED or unfurnished pleasant g.
room apartment. Apartment No. 8, Ma
Jestic Bldg, los East Sth st. Phone Black
6312. Very desirable location for employed
people.
APARTMENT, furnished, cool, well venti-
lated, thoroly modern; no children; rea-
SON.
FURNISHED APARTMENT-One block of
state house, $50. Phone White 6294
FIVE modern furnished rooms; very de-
sirable. Call Black 4371 or 1898.
MODERN, well furnished apartment. Call
after p. m. S31 Topeka ave.
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FOR RENT-OFFTCE ROOMS
OFFICE ROOM for rent. Orpheum Bldg
Call Gordon Bros, 1919
MODERN office rooms for rent. Inquire
Room 3. Majestic Bldg.
FOR RENT-TWO well lighted office
rooms. Phone 76O
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FOR sALEzPoUIrRY.
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-MISCELIA NEOUS.
Lumber, Coal,
Sewer Pipe,
Drain Tile,
Flue Lining,
Plaster, Cement,
Roc-Bond Stucco,
Shingle Stain,
Paints, Oils,
White Lead,
Wall Board,
Composition Roofing,
Brushes, Stains,
Nails,
Septic Tanks
Gillette & Nicholson
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FOR RENT-STORE ROOMS
FOR RENT-Store or office room. Sixth
and Jackson (The busiest corner. See
Mr.. Pendry.
FOR RENT-GARAGES
NEW GARAGE, 1866 Topeka Blvd 81 per
month.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-26
CHAPTER v

Arizona Follows its lawless Impulse
The Sea Siren was already begin
ming to fll up when Clay descended
three steps to cellar and was warily
admitted. A near-Hawniian orchestra
was stunning out dance tune and a
few couples were on the floor. Wait
resses. got up as Loreleis, were NOV
ing about among the guests delivering
orders for refreshments
The westerner sat down in a corner
and looked about him. The walls were
decorated with crude purple crayons
of underfed sirens. statue Of nude
woman distressed Clay. He diu not
mind the missing clothes, bue she was
so dreadfully emaciated that he
thought II wise for her to cling to the
yellow-and-red draped barber pole
that rose from the pedestal On the
base was the legend. THE Weeping
Lady" After he had tasted the Sea
Siren fare the man from Arizona sus-
pected that both her grief and her
anaemia arose from the fact that she
had been fed on 1t.
A man in artists velveteens, minus
a haircut, with large, fat. pasty face,
sat at an adjoining table and dis
coursed to his friends. Presently. dur
ing an intermission Of the mwsic. he
rose and took the rest of those present
into his confidence.
Bourgeois to the core" he an
speaking of the Unit ed
States. "What are the idols we wo.
ship? Law. the chain which binds an
enslaved people. thrift, born of childish |
fear; love of country, which Is another |
name for Grass proyincialism. III am
a Cosmopolite. not an American. Bo-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-26

me-and runnln' a steam roller-ovsr
] the dear departed"
Whose fault Will that bel Don't
yuh know better than TO start a tight
with a rlgiment?" demanded the ser
geant OF police severely.
That wasn't fight. IL was Il
waltz" The faint, unconquered smile
OF brown Arizona broke through the
blood and bruises OF the face. THE
fight began when Jerry Durand and
his friend rushed me-and II ended
when Jerry landed on me with brass
knucks. After that / was football"
me words came in gasps. Every breath
was drawn In pain.
WED ought to pinch yuh," the SER
geant said by way of reprimand.
Think yuh can come to New York
and pun your small-town stun on us :?
Wen show youse. II yuh wasn't al
falfa green I'd give yuh a ride" The
officer dropped his grumbling COM
plant to whisper. "Whisht, bye.
Take straight tip from man that
knows. Beat II out of town. Get
where the long arm of---of a friend of
ours--can't reach yuh. He's re-
vingeful inemy II ever there was wan"
"You mean that Durand-"
'I'm not namin' Names" the officer
interrupted doggedly. I'm tellin' yuh
somethin' for your good. Take It or
leave H."
Thanks, I'll leave II. This is a free
country, and no man Twin can drive
me away" answered Clay promptly
couch. I'm sore. Give me lift, ser
geant."
They helped the COW puncher to his
feet He took limping step or two.
Every move was torture to his out
ragged flesh.
Can you get me a taxi? That is,
II you're sure you don't want me In
yore calaboose," the range-rider said,
leaning against the wall.
"WeIl let yuh go this time"
much obliged-to Mr.. Jerry Du-
rand. Tell him for me that maybe I'll
meet up with him again some time
and hand him my thanks personal for
this first-class wallopin'" From the
bruised. bleeding face there beamed |
again the smile indomitable, the grin |
still gay and winning. Physically he
had been badly beaten, but In spirit |
he was still the man on horseback.
Presently he eased himself Into a
.aN as comfortably as he could.
Home. James," he said jauntIly.
"Where?" asked the driver.
"The nearest hospital" explained
LAY. I'm goin' to let the doctors
worry over me for a while. Much
obliged to both of you gentlemen. |
always did like the Irish. Friend Jerry
$ an exception"
The officers watched the cab disap-
'ear. The sergeant spoke the com
nent that was In the mind of them
10Th.
He's the best single-barreled sport
hat iver / met In this mans town.
Jot whimper out of the guy and
i'm mauled to pulp. Game as they
ONE. Did youse see that spark O. the
ivvle in his eye, and him not fit to
rawl into the cab? S1ong, Tim. No
eport on this rough-house, mind yuh."
"Sure, Mike"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-26
CHAPTER vi
Beatrice Up STAGE.

If you vision Clay as a man of bat
ties and violent death, you don't see
him as he saw himself. He was q
peaceful citizen from the law-abIdlne
West. 1t was not until he had been
flung into the whirlpool Of New York
that violent and melodramatic mishaps
befell this innocent.
This was the version of himself that
he conceived to be true and the one he
tried to interpret to Bee Whitford
when he emerged from the hospital ar
ter two days Of seclusion ana pre-
sented himself before her.
1t was characteristic of Beatrice that
when she looked at his battered face
she asked no questions and made no
EXPLANATIONS. After the first startled
glance one might have thought from
her expression that he habitually wore
one black eye, one swollen lip, one
caulifower ear, and q strip Of gauze
across his cheek.
The dark-lashed eyes lifted from him
to take on a business-like dIrectness.
She rang for the man.
Have the runabout brought round
at once, Stevens. I'll drive myself"
she gave orders.
With the light ease that looked silk
en- strong she swept the car into the
park. Neither she nor Clay talked.
Both OF them knew that an explana-
ton Of his appearance was due her
and In the meantime neither cared to
fence with small talk. She drew up
to look at some pond lilies, and they
talked about them for a moment, after
which her direct eyes questioned him
frankly.
He painted with a light brush the
picture Of his adventure into Bohemia.
The details he filed In whimsically, |
in the picturesque phraseology of the |
West. Up stage on his canvas was the
figure of the poet In velveteens. That |
Son of the Stars he did full justice.
Jerry Durand and Kitty Mason were
accessories sketched casually.
II gather that Mr.. Lindsay of Ari-
IONA was among those present" Be
ltrice said. smiling
81 was givin' the dance" he agreed,
md his gay eyes met hers.
Since she was woman. one phase
# his story needed expansion for Miss
milford. She made her comment
arelessly while she adjusted the mile
ge on the speedometer,
"Queer you happened to meet some
ne you knew down there. You said
ou knew the girl, didn't your
I'VE were on the same train out of
Denver ] got acquainted with her."
Miss Whitford asked no more ques-
ions. But Clay could not quite let
he matter stand so. He wanted her
0 justify him in her mind for what
e had done. Before he knew 1t he
nd told her the story of Kitty Mason
nd Durand.
It couldn't Yet him bypuotize that
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-26
~H-L POPS"

SYNOPSiS.--A foreword tells this:
Motoring through Arizona, a party
Of fasteners. father and daughter
and male companion. stop TO wit
ness cattle round up. The girl
leaves the car and Is attacked by
4 wild steer. A masterpiece OF
riding on the part OF one OF the
cowboys saves her life. Then the
story begins; Clay Lindsay. range
rider on an Arizona ranch, an
nounces his intention to visit the
big town." New York. On the
train Lindsay becomes interested in
q young woman, Kitty Mason, on
her way to New York to become
q motion-picture actress. She is
marked as fair prey by a fellow
traveller, Jerry Durand. gang pollti-
clan and ex-prize fighter. Perceiving
his Intentions, Lindsay provokes a
quarrel and throws Durand from
the train. On his first day In New
York Lindsay Is splashed with wa
ter by a janitor. That individual
the range-rider Furnishes summarily
and leaves tied to a fire hydrant-
A young woman who sees the oc-
currence invites Clay into her
house and hides him from the po-
lice. Clay's 'rescuer" introduces
herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind
say meets her father. Colin Whit
ford. and is invited to visit them
again.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-05-26

The Big Town Round Up
BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
crsMH wm AhdedRme


AS she looked at her recovered
friend. Kitty gradually realized an out.
ward transformation In his appear.
ance. He was dressed quietly In
clothes of perfect TT made for him by
Colin Whitford's tailor. From shoes
to hat he was a New Yorker got up
regardless of expense But the warm
smile, the strong. tanned face. the grip
OF the big brown hand that buried her
small one-al these were from her
own West. So too had been the non
chalance with which he had stepped
from the rail Of one moving bus to
that of the other. Just as though
this were his usual method of trans
fer
I've got Job mt last" she explained
to him. "Pm working downtown In
Greenwich Village, selling cigarettes.
I'm Sylvia the Cigarette Girl. At
least that's what they call me. ! carry
a tray Of them evenings into the cafe"
Greenwich Yillage?" asked Clay.
Kitty was not able to explain that
the Village Is a state of mind which Is
the habitat of long-haIred men and
short-haired women, the brains of
whom functioned In a way totally allen
to all her methods of thought. Cant
you come down tonight to The Purple
Pup or The Sea Siren and see for
yourself?" she proposed, and gave him
directions for finding the classic re-
sorts.
I'm dressed sllly--In bare feet and
sandals and what they call a smock.
You won't mind that, will your
You'll look good to me. no matter
what you wear, little Miss Colorado"
he told her with his warm, big broth
er's smile.
You're good" the girl said simply.
81 knew that on the train even when
when l was mean to you" There