The Topeka state journal. [volume], June 23, 1913, LAST EDITION, Page 10, Image 10

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TEE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTJRTTAIS--MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1913-
RAINS DELAY HARVEST
use in the building of better roads. He
suggests keil, a, species of soapstone.
He says every hill and bluff along the
Kaw river in this part of the state is
loaded with the stone, and he recom
mends it highly for road use, first be
cause it is cheap, and second, because
it will serve the purpose well.
NTTRO GOES THROUGH BRIDGE.
Moisture Benefits AH Crops Cut
Wheat in Ten Days.
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Colby, Kan., June 23. Another rain
of about three-quarters of an inch has
visited Colby and vicinity again, this
bringing- up the rainfall to about seven
inches since the first day of May. Con
tinued wet weather has kept the
wheat crop green and harvest is some
weeks off yet. Corn and cane is mak
ing good progress. The hay crop
promises t- Le good this season and
all stockmen sre gratified at the pros
pect of having an abundance of fod
der of various kinds.
OLJ SETTLERS AT KIXSLET.
Bis
i
Program of Events Ijarnetl
Jockey Is Injured.
Kinsley. Kan., June 23. A crowd
of 2,500 people attended the last day
of the annual Old Settlers' picnic here.
Ball games, auto and motorcycle races
and horse xaces featured the pro
grams. George Christian a Lamed jockey
was knocked unconscious in a heavy
fall when his horse, Serpenta, stum
bled on the first lap of the mile race.
The horse recovered its feet and won
the race. Christian was unconscious
for hours and reported dead both here
and Lamed several times. He will recover.
Truck Carrying Three Tons Flails In
River Driver Escapes.
Chanute, Kan., June 23. C. L. Cal
vert was given the scare of his life
when a motor truck he was driving
for a well shootintr company went
through a bridge south of Chanute I
this week. The truck earned three
tons of nitro-glycerin. The accident
happened near Thayer. A 12-foot
span of a bridge six feet high fell un
der the hind wheels of the truck.
"I went to sleep when I felt myself
sinking," said Mr. Calvert, "and all
the rest of the day and that night I
was sick."
He came to Chanute for men and
teams to unload the truck and haul
the explosive away.
BURGLAR IS B CRGLARIZED.
ACCUSED BOYS RELEASED.
Wallace County Young Men Allowed
to Go Free After Marriage.
Sharon Springs, Kan., June 23.
The two young men, Lowe and Rouse,
who were arrested several weeks ago
on the charge of committing a crim
inal assault on a young girl, were re-
Rouse and the girl involved in the I Uain
case were married two or three weeks
ago, and Judge J. C. Ruppenthaal dis
missed the case when it was called on
the docket. County Attorney Beck
strom was ready to try the case but
realized that prosecution was impos
sible.
Caught In Pratt House and Deposited
Watch for Return.
Pratt, Kan., June 23. An unknown
burglar was burglarized here one
niirht recently when he attempted to
rob the home of O. x. Christopher.
Mrs. Christopher was awakened when
the burglar made a noise in an aa
joining room. She woke her husband
who raced with the burglar In a mid
night chase downstairs. At the front
door Christopher collared the culprit,
but released him when burglar's watch
was put up as security that he would
return at 8 a. m. The burglar did not
return.
GOOD PROSPECTS AT WTVOJJA,
Alfalfa
and
SWAT THE MULBERRY.
Manhattan Commissioners Order All
Trees Destroyed.
Manhattan, Kan., June 23. Be-
solved once plaints about ripe mulberries on the
for all by Calumet. I sidewalks discoloring and soiling their
For daily use in millions of kitchens has skirts and petticoats, the city corn
proved that Calumet is highest not only ia !Stne SfTl "?d J?
T . , . , J which provides that all mulberry
Vitality but mUavemnfftoTveravtell un- trees in lhe city snall be grubbed out
failing in results pure to the extreme and and burned. Complaint was also made
wonderfully economical in use. Ask your that the berries served as picnicking
rrocer. And tr Calumet next hake dav. grounus lor lues
o
And try Calumet next bake day,
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
'SHORT CROPS" A HUGE JOKE.
World's Pmf f I I " 1
rood Exposition. F- lf -, KrT-
Chksxo. III. VN?!TWr sSSS.
Parte Expo. I- ?V?5d, j? '"rWrjSiW.
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Alfalfa Yield at Fowler Beyond Esti
mate Mill Starts.
Fowler, Kan., June 23. The pre
diction of a short crop of alfalfa is
turning out to be a joke. The alfalfa
mill here has started again and has
been forced to increase its capacity to
handle the crop. A larger force of
workmen and a longer grinding cam
paign than in past years are planned.
The crop in this section is of excellent
quality and seems to have yielded
nearly a ton and a half an acre for
the first cutting.
Benefits Corn,
Forage Crops.
Winona. Kan., June 23. The best
rain of the year fell here Saturday.
Nearly two inches of water fell, there
being neither wind nor hail to injure
crops. The small acreage of wheat
not blown out during the winter or
dried out in May bids fair to return
six to eight bushels per acre. Some
few favored fields may yield more.
The corn and forage crops are in ex
cellent shape.
DELPHOS WTLIi CELEBRATE.
Townspeople Invite Neighbors to Par
take of Their Hospitality.
Delphos, Kan., June 23. The peo
ple of Delphos will celebrate Inde
pendence day in the old way and have
invited people in the nearby cities and
farmers to partake of their hos
pitality on this occasion.
The business men are boosting the
propositions, and as a system of ad
vertlsing, they toured the county and
nearby sections In automobiles. They
were accompanied by the Delphos
band and distributed advertising
literature.
NO CROPS NO BOND ELECTION.
BULLET GLANCED OFF WATER.
Hit Hunter in Head May Be Serious
ly Injured.
Alma, Kan., June 23. Hit by a bul
let which glanced from the water,
Frank Thierer, a young farmer living
near Volland, was probably fatally
wounded here. The bullet entered his
brain. Thierer was hunting with a
party of friends when one of the men
shot at a crow which was flying over
the water. The bullet glanced from
the water and hit Thierer, who was in
a boat.
RIVER EATS ENTIRE FARM.
Askme5r
jmstas
A "booklet describing the
Grand Canyon of Ari
zona, tvilh articles by
Poivell.Lu mmis and Hig
gins. Cover in colors from
oil painting by Leigh.
John Burroughs calls the
Grand Canyon "the di
vine abyss" Others say
it is earth's most sublime
scenic spectacle.
EX Tovar Hotel. Harvey man
agement, Jvill comfortably care
for you.
All summer long there mil be
Low Fare
Excursions
to theFarlVest the Colorado
Rockies, old Santa Fi, cool
California and the Grand Can
Son of Arizona.
Cet on board a Santa Fe train
and "See America." Fred
Harvey meals on the way.
Santa Fe train service is in a
class by itself. You are safe
guarded by block signals and
your journey is expedited by
hundreds of miles of double
track. You ride through a
land o scenic charm.
T. L.KING
City Passen
ger Agent
Topeka,
Kusai
Phone 3682
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Missouri Valley Man Has Four Acres
Had 40O Several Years Ago.
Atchison, Kan., June 23. For the
second time since early spring, Wil
liam McQueen, who lives east of Atch
ison, has been compelled to move his
house further from the Missouri river.
Altogether he has moved the structure
about 200 yards.
Several years ago Mr. McQueen
owned a 400-acre farm in the bottoms,
but the river has taken it all save four
four or five acres.
Ness County Delays New Courthouse
on Account of Drouth.
Ness City. Kan.. June 23. The spe
cial election called here for June 24
to vote bonds for the erection of a
new courthouse has been called off by
the county commissioners because of
the poor crops this year. A tax for
the past ten years has already raised
$30,000 for the new building. The
election was called to raise the re
maining $30,000 by bonds or a heavier
tax.
WHEAT ALMOST AIXi CUT.
Cowley County Men Report Only One
Half Crop.
Arkansas City, June 23. Corn in
this section of the country is doing
fairly well at present, although it is j
needing rain badly. In Kay county,
Oklahoma, south of here, it Is doing
much better and in many fields it is
waist high.
wheat has nearly all been cut and It
will average half a crop in this imme
diate locality.
SEEK HELP IN AUTOS.
Pratt County Farmers Need Many
More Men.
Pratt. Kan.. June 23. Twenty-one
autos and twelve teams were waiting
at the Rock Island depot in Pratt last
night for harvest hands coming in on
No. 33. It is estimated ' that Pratt
county yet needs 200 harvest hands,
and but few are coming.
FARMERS NEED 200 MEN.
Not
MackSTille Wheat Is Good But
Enough Men to Cut It.
Macksville. Km., June 23. The
farmers, who live in the vicinity of
Macksville, need 200 harvest hands at
once. The wheat is good and ripening
fast but the farmers have not got
enough help to cut the grain. They
are offering $2.50 per day and can't
get them at that.
AGENT DRANK ALL THE BEER?
Santa Fe Station Man Alleged to Have
Entertained Friends.
Wichita, Kan., June 23. Because a
barrel of beer was taken from the
Santa Fe depot at Viola, southwest of
here, the station agent, J. K. Cleary, is
tinder arrest. Cleary is charged with
having called in a party of friends
and they drank the beer.
Republic Has Enough Hands.
Norway, Kan., June 23. While the
Republic county wheat harvest w-ill
not begin for a few days and farmers
in most instances have enough help to
care for the same, the country is be
ing overrun with hoboes posing as
harvest hands. An illustration of this
was seen at Belleville yesterday, when
the officers rounded up a score or
more of the wanderers and advised i
them to go father south and west, if '
they desired to secure employment.
Rebekah's District Meeting.
Belpre, Kan., June 23. The Re-
bekah district convention held here
was well attended, representatives be
ne present from all lodges in the dis
trict. The officers elected for the com
ing year are: Mrs. Susan C. Foreman,
Belpre, president; Mrs. Ed Lyman,
Garfield, vice president; Miss Lizzie
Davis. Rozel, secretary and treasurer.
Several Rebekahs of state wide prom
inence were present.
Gored by Bull Will Recover,
learned, Kan., June 23. Last re
ports received here from Norwich,
Kan., indicate that M. Shaffer, who
was gored by an infuriated bull at his
f irm near there, will recover. He has
made a brilliant fight for life since the
tragedy about ten days ago. Mr. Shaf
fer formerly lived near here.
Drowns In Solomon RJver.
Smith Center. Kan., June 23. Fred
Veeh. 2 9 years old, of Speed, Kan., was
drowned in the Solomon river near
Harlan. He was wading In the water
when he stepped off into a hole ten
feet deep.
Topeka ns Graduate at Cornell.
Ithaca. N. Y., June 23. Among the
graduates from Cornell university this
week were the following from Kan
sas: Miss A. J. Nicoll, Topeka; P.
Work, Olathe; E. E. Wertel, Law
rence; H. J. Carney. Hutchinson, and
R. D. Clapp, Wichita.
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R. C. Starr Stone Co.
Successor to W. A. Johnston
Crushed Stone
a specialty
High grade 8-inch range, also
Ashley, Footing, Pillar and
Ruble.
Quarry Phone 148W.
Residence phone 1468R.
Favorable Conditions at Jetmore.
Jetmore, Kan.. June 23. During
the last two weeks the weather, with
i its frequent showers and moist days,
has been beneficial to crops. Wheat
is short but other crops doing nicely.
J Successor to Peckenpaugh.
I Seneca, Kan., June 23. W. E.
j Young has been appointed deputy
i postmaster to succeed the late E. A.
j Peckenpaugh, who committed suicide !
i last Wednesday morning. '
i
Soapstone on Roads. i
Manhattan, Kan.. June 23. V. E. j
Schermerhorn of this place believes 1
he has found an ideal material for
Going to
Build or Buy
a Home?
If bo, and you
noed funds, see
us. We loan on
real estata.
Long or Short Time. Repayable
Monthly.
THE CAPITOL BUTLDINQ AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION.
534 Kansas Avenue.
Every Section of tke Store Bears
Evid
ence
of s
ummer
T
ime
ON EVERY HAND and at every turn warm weather merchandise is plen
tifully displayed. The staple article is here in countless numbers and
exclusive ideas are liberally represented. Whatever may be desired in reli
able merchandise is sure to be found in these unparalleled stocks and at a
price in keeping" with the economy spirit of buying.
Attention is Especially Directed to the Complete
ness of the Following Summer Assortments:
Women's New Outer Apparel
Women s New UnJermuslms and Corsets
Women s New Gloves and Neckwear
Women New Dress and Outing Hats
w
omen s
N
ew
w
omen s
Shoes and Hosiery
New Veiling and
Belti
Although the items listed above refer directly to apparel and dress accessories, the store as a whole
presents its full quota of seasonable articles for summertime. Its stock comprise thousands of things in
Fancy Goods and Furnishings for the home such as : Trunks and Traveling Bags, China and Glass
ware, Silverware, Fireless Cookers, Gas Ranges, Refrigerators, Oriental and Domestic Rugs, Mattings,
Linoleums, Vacuum Cleaners, etc.
A Week of Instruction
n Our Corset Section
Beginning today Madam Bell, an expert corsetiere,
will be in our corset section advising with well dress
ed women, explaining just what corset model is best
adapted to the individual figure and fitting any
women who wish a practical demonstration.
During the coming week we shall specialize on
La Camille Corsets
The Front Lace Corset with the "Ventilo" Back
Undoubtedly, this makes it the most stylish and
most comfortable of any corset on the market. It
has so many special features no fads or freaks
it moulds the figure to the lines desired but we
want you to come and see them YOU can do the
deciding yourself.
$2.25
FLOUNCING
$1.69
Nothing nicer or
more serviceable
than a fine quali
ty Swiss Em
broidered Dress.
These 45-inch
Flouncings, will
make up hand
somely. Baby
Irish effects,
worth $2.25 per
yard $1.69
1 WO
Good
Silk
Specials
$2.00 46-inck
SLower Proof
Foulards
Four pieces of 46
inch Showerproof
Foulards three
patterns in navy
blue and one in
taupe gray that
would ordinarily
sell at $2.00 a yd.
we are pricing
at $1.25
$1.25 36-inch
Chiffon Taffeta
at $1.00
Plain and two
tone effects in 36
inch striped Chif
fon Taffetas;
good assortment
of staple colors,
such as regularly
sell at $1.25 per
yd. here at $1.00
Are Offering Exceptional
Savings m Furniture
You get sterling values here in furniture all the year around satis
faction assured in every transaction. But the concentrated effort, the
special planning and buying which we do, bring within your reach val
ues at certain periods such as are not obtainable at any other time. This
is one of those events. Let us give just a partial list of some of the
pieces included:
Fumed Oak Dining Set, was $361.50, now $295.00
Mahogany Dining Set, was $213.50, now $150.00
Was Now
Golden Oak Crif $9.00 $ 6.69
Mahog. Chiffonier . 13.50 8.50
Mahog. Chiffonier . 34.50 17.25
Mahog. Chiffonier . 39.50 25.00
Golden Oak Dresser 10.00 7.85
Golden Oak Dresser 13.50 9.95
G. O. Prin. Dresser. 27.50 20.00
G. 0. Prin. Dresser. 27.50 22.50
Mhg. Dressing Table 15.00 10.00
Brass Bed, full size 17.50 12.50
Brass Bed, full size 21.50 15.00
Vernis Martin Bed. . 11.50 7.50
Vernis Martin Bed. . 21.50 15.00
White Enamel Bed. 18.50 11.50
Was Now
Fumed Oak Rocker. .$6.50 $4.00
Fumed Oak Chair . . . 6.00 4.00
Fumed Oak Settee. . 12.00 7.50
Tapestry Cov. Chair 35.00 25.00
Tapestry Cov. Chair 45.00 35.00
Early Eng. Davenp't 72.50 50.00
F. O. Writing Desk 27.50 20.00
Early Eng. Hall Seat 22.50 15.00
Early E. Hall Glass 11.00 5.50
F. O. Library Table. . 8.00 6.00
F. O. China Cabinet. 29.50 13.50
F. O. China Cabinet 28.50 15.00
Golden Oak Buffet. 35.00 27.50
Golden Oak Buffet. 50.00 37.50
An Oriental Rug
Wai Solve the Wedding Gift Problem
Getting right down to business, you know as well as we can tell you
that an Oriental Rug makes an ideal wedding gift. It is one thing that
never wears out, and is always in good style and taste. If you have a
wedding gift to purchase or rugs to buy for your own home, the follow
ing paragraph will surely be of interest.
For the balance of June we have arranged to offer our entire stock of
fine Oriental Rugs in all sizes and beautiful patterns at a uniform Dis
count of 20 Per Cent. Come and look them over.
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