The Shawnee Chief from North Topeka, Kansas • 1

North THE INTERESTS OF NORTH LOG BOOK COMPLETED. Shows Route of Golden Belt All Through Kansas. The official log book of the Golden Belt Road has this been 1 issued The and a copy received at office. book carries out the color of the road's signs and is golden from cover to cover. Sixty pages with map give a complete log of the road from Kansas City to the Colorado line, 490.5 miles, in both directions with every turn and description of many points of interest.

Advertisements tell of the hotels and garages en route and several of the towns have at tractive advertisements. The associa tion is working to have every mile of the road made a perfect highway; nearly every county has designated it as a county road. This route is becoming known the country over as one of the finest motor roads and the best marked for its length in America. The book will be distributed free by commercial clubs to their members; garages and hotels will also distribute them. A copy will be sent postpaid for 25 cents by the president, C.

M. Harger, Abilene, the proceeds going to the road association funds. BACK FROM COLORADO. Three Kiro Boys Made Trip On Motorcycles. The three Kiro boys, Ursal Phillips, Arthur Dillon and Ed Whiteman, who left for Colorado on their motorcycles a week ago Tuesday, returned Wednesday.

They were in Denver, Colorado Springs, and other Colorado points, and had a great trip. The mountain end of it they enjoyed, but the western Kansas and eastern Colorado experience was not so pleasant. Ursal Phillips declared Wednesday evening that through western Kansas and Eastern Colorado not one farm house in ten was occupied; that the grasshoppers had eaten off most of the corn blades and that the ones they missed had been cooked and blown off ythe hot winds. Severa. times on the trip there was a serious question as to where drinking water could be secured.

Phillips lost his suitcase somewhere in western Kansas, but when he noticed its absence from the machine the sand and dust was rolling so and the wind was so high he hesitated about going back to look for it. He didn't go back and doesn't know where he lost it. He came to North Topeka and secured an entirely new outfit. The boys enjoyed their experience and made good time. CAN'T CARRY BUNDLES.

Union Pacific Has Made New Ruling for Passengers. No longer will you see the woman traveler with a bird cage, mandolin case, paper shoe box and telescope grip, or if you do see her, it will be on other railroads than the Union Pacific. The old man with carpet bag, saddle in a gunny sack, two grips and a roll of bedding done up in a sheet will also be missing. The Union Pacific has issued an order that conductors shall allow no passenger to carry any packages of such size that cannot be stored in the seat with the passenger. In the case of a go-cart, it must be concealed beneath the seat.

The order does not mean that a single passenger shall be allowed one whole seat. Those who have been accustomed to carrying large cumbersome packages along with them when riding on railroad trains and piling their packages high in the aisles and over several seats in the near vicinity of one occupied by the owner will have to make other arrangements. WORKING ON ROAD. Improvement Has Been Pushed Towards Elmont. Work is progressing rapidly on the Elmont road and four and one-half miles have been completed--four and onehalf miles north of the Rochester school house.

The road is not being graveled as was done with the Rochester road, but it is being graded up and widened. Eventually there will be a first class road all the way to Elmont from Topeka. Heretofore there has barely been a trail to Elmont in certain seasons of the year. After the work on the Elmont road is completed the county commissioners will turn their attention to the Meriden road and a start will be made towards that Jefferson county town. It has not yet been determined fully, but the probabilities are that the Hollow' route will be selected.

"I don't know whether we will get anything done on the Grantville road this fall or said Commissioner Frank Simms, I am of the opinion that we will. I rather expect the commissioners to agree to improvement on this highway. It certainly is in need of it and I intend to do what I can to get some work done upon it." Don't write, send the Chief. Shawnee TOPEKA AND NORTH SHAWNEE COUNTY ARE NORTH TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1913.

Soldier Leads County in Cream, Butter and Eggs In Shawnee County, where corn is king, Rossville Township leads in the number of acres planted, or at least did last year, as is shown by the returns of the deputy assessors, which have just been compiled in the office of County Clerk O. K. Swayze. There was a total of 10,815 acres devoted to raising corn in Rossville Township last year. Soldier Township was a close second, with 9,150 acres.

The total acreage in North Shawnee was 35,048. Soldier Township leads in the numSoldier. Winter wheat. 1,368 Corn. 9,150 Oats.

599 Irish potatoes. 420 Sweet potatoes. 196 Blue grass. 3,341 Alfalfa. 1,269 Uncultivated land.

10,192 Poultry and $20,825 Milk and cream $44,750 THEY ARE PLEASED. Mail Order Houses Like Parcel Post Ruling. The mail order houses of Kansas City are chuckling over the new order increasing the weight of parcel post packages and decreasing the rates in the first and second zones. The great mail order houses of Chicago have SO many branch houses that they can reach practically every town through a second zone ruling. One is building a ten-story branch office in Kansas City now.

The postmaster general seems to have issued just the kind of an order they want--but it is tough on the local merchant. TRYING FOR MEN. Are Having Experiences While Wives Are Gone. It is a sorrowful time for the housekeeping man. His abilities in that direction are at the testing time.

Many wives of the city have gone to the country to visit mommer or to the mountains of Colorado, where hubby has expended a few iron men for a cottage. A housewife on Central avenue has returned, and she said: Everything he had was on the floor, except the clothes he wore and his can of smoking tobacco." One wifeless man yesterday declared he had broken several pieces of his wife's choice china. Many say they become frightened at their own footprints in the dust every time they go home. One man tried this week, he says, to wash some pots and pans which had been standing some time. His tale of his efforts would break the heart of the average person.

His wife is due home next week. The present situation in North Topeka is a very trying one, especially for the reporter. And it is true everybody in this city who can get away is out in the mountains. It is mostly mother and the children, however, who spend the long vacations, while father runs out to the cottage for a week and then comes back and settles down to the grind for another year. In some cases, however, this is reversed, and while mother and children stay at home, the tired fathering takes a vacation.

A decidedly different sight greets the father on his 1 return home in cases of this kind, than that which meets the eyes of mama, after papa has been "batching." ber of acres of potatoes planted last spring, and during the year ending March 1, last, sold more milk and cream to the creameries and factories than any of the other townships. First rank in the value of poultry and eggs sold during the fiscal year also goes to Soldier. This township has 3,341 acres of blue grass, which is more than any other township in the county is growing. The returns of the deputy assessors for North Shawnee follow: Menoken. Silver Lake.

Rossville. Totals. 2,286 3,259 4,076 10,989 6,768 8,315 10,815 35,048 231 533 1,257 2,620 285 243 62 1,010 39 222 45 502 87 365 193 3,986 855 1,125 1,440 4,689 4,476 10,088 6,292 31.048 12,258 11,195 10,930 $55,208 1,365 1,365 $51,822 LOST THEIR HOME. Easterday House and Contents Burned to Ground. The house belonging to Mrs.

M. C. Easterday, who lives one mile west of Elmont, burned to the ground last Saturday morning while the family was at the barnyard doing the morning chores. One of the girls 15 a cripple and was in bed at the time the house caught fire, and in the work of getting her out the household furnishings were neglected. The Easterdays were planning to build a new house this fall and the insurance had run out on the old one and on the household goods several weeks before the fire.

There were no men at home. The son, Wade Easterday, had but recently gone to Wyoming and Mrs. Easterday and her daughters were running the farm alone. They are at the John Curry residence now, and the neighbors are helping them to get another start. Lin't write, send the Chief.

WOULD REMOVE PILING. Drainage Board Preparing for Flood in Dry Weather. The principal business transacted by the North Topeka Drainage Board at their meeting last Monday afternoon was the drafting of a resolution that was presented to Street Commissioner Tandy, asking that the piling under the Melan bridge be removed while the water is low. A similar request was sent to Albert Patten asking that the piling from the old street railway bridge be taken out. They also asked that the dirt which has accumulated under the south end of the bridge be removed.

When Billard was mayor some of the rubbish was cleared from under the bridge by blasting and the drainage board recommends that this be used now since the blasting would loosen the dirt as well as the piling. They say that if these old posts were sawed off at the water level now it would help a great deal and would prevent much drift from lodging when the water is higher. The board also discharged the workmen who have been employed on the dike saying that it was too hot for men to work there. They will resume their work of buildand repairing it as soon as it is cooler weather. The Drainage Board believes in the old saying, "In time of peace, prepare for war, and in time of a drouth they are preparing for higher water.

WIFE'S GONE TO THE COUNTRY ODOR oF BEEF STEAK AND ONIONS FROM NEXT NEI6H DOOR Copyright.) Chief. OFF THE TECUMSEM SHAWNEES VOLUME 1. Wedding Bells Ring For Six TWO WEDDINGS SURPRISES Indian Creek Girl Went to Law- rence and Man to Kansas City But They Met MATSON-WORSLEY. Miss Mildred Matson of 216 Polk street, who has been employed for the past two months by the J. J.

King trip Junction Saturday. real estate agency, a short cheyelas" Thursday her friends found out that while there she was quietly married to Fred Worsley of the Howard garage of Rossville. The wedding came as a complete surprise to all their friends. Mr. and Mrs.

Worsley will spend two weeks camping at Maple Hill, after which they will be at home to friends at Rossville. BRAYMAN-REEDY. A very pretty wedding took place last Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents when Miss Edith Brayman became the bride of E. B. Reedy.

The bride was dressed in white satin draped in white net and carried a bouquet of white roses. They were attended by Miss Vera Reedy as bridemaid, and Roy Brayman as best man. The Rev. J. W.

Scheer performed the ceremony. Both young people are well known i in North Topeka having lived here most of their lives. After the wedding a luncheon was served to the guests. The young couple will be at home to their many friends after September the first at 111 Filmore. street with Mr.

and Mrs. F. E. Spetter. NEWLUN-BOWMAN.

A wedding which came as something of a surprise and which is of unusual interest took place last Wednesday at Lawrence when Miss Winnifred Newlun was married to Mr. Harry Bowman. Both the young people live in the Indian Creek neighborhood and are well known. Mrs. Bowman is the eldest (laughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Newun and Mr. Bowman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I.

N. Bowman, who live on the Rochester Road. They packed their grips last Tuesday and one told the friends of the young people that he was going to Lawrence while the other told that Kansas City was the destination. The secret leaked, however, and the friends are planning something for their reception in the near future. They will be at home to their friends at the Nawlun home, five miles north of town.

Mr. Bowman is helping John Drake in the dairy business. SPLIT SKIRTS HERE. Two Girls Kept a North Topeka Crowd on Move. When two girls who formerly lived on the North side appeared here last Saturday afternoon in skirts that were split to the knees and without pettycoats under them, the gang that was visiting in front of the pool hall moved to the side of the girls nearest the splits, the farmers ceased talking crops and stared, the merchants rushed to the front of the stores and looked and the dogs shied to the middle of the streets.

These skirts are exactly like those that are appearing regularly in all the big cities but North Topeka is not a big city and the girls who came here to imNorth Topekans as being ultra press fashionable and who used North Kansas Avenue for a place to display their clothes made a mistake. FOR MISS BARBER. Miss Helen Wellman entertained at a thimble party at her home on North Kansas Avenue last Friday afternoon for Miss Esther Barber who has been visiting old friends in North Topeka. Miss Barber will return soon to her home in Los Angeles, Calif. Those present were: Miss Marjori Cole, Miss Hazel Boast, Miss Lucile Lukens, Miss Grace Lukens, Miss Sylvia Spetter, Miss Vera Myres, Miss Lois Seger, Miss Ruth McKinley, Miss Florence Rowe, Miss Hazel Kincaid, Miss Sophia Roehrig, Miss Edith Gabriel, Miss Helen Wellman and Miss Esther Barber.

Mrs. J. R. Spetter assisted Mrs. Wellman in entertaining.

DUST HELPS SOME. A group of summer widowers whose wives are spending the summer in cooler climates were discussing modes and comparing ways of bachelor life when one remarked that one good thing about the dust that had accumulated on his walks and in the hall was that he could tell by the tracks in the dust the next morning just what his condition was the night before when he came home. THE CHIEF'S INTERESTS FRED McMASTERS DEAD. Well-Known North Topekan Victim of Heart Trouble. Frederick Dale McMasters, son of Mr.

and Mrs. R. B. McMasters was found dead in his bed at home. 916 North Jackson street, last Saturday morning.

His mother heard him go down stairs about midnight for a drink but when she went to call him for breakfast she found him dead. For the past year and a half he has had heart difficulty and since January has been failing rapidly: He was born and raised in North Topeka and attended both Grant and Quincy schools. Before the flood he was engaged with his father in the shoe business, since that time he has traveled for the R. N. Polk Directory business out of St.

Paul. Fred McMasters was twenty-nine years old. He is survived by his father and mother all his brothers and sisters having died within the last few years. The funeral was held at the McMasters home and interment was made in the Topeka cemetery Monday afternoon. MAY BE TO BLAME.

North Topekan Has Ground Hog That Is Watched. When Lawrence McFarland bought a ground hog from a man who was travelling through the country, North Topekans began to look at it in a questioning attitude. They remembered that the ground hog was mentioned away last spring in connection with the weather. For many days the weather has had North Topekans' goat. It gets anybody's goat when the thermometer goes up to 100 every day, when the hot winds scorch the women's faces till they are blistered and the men's backs till they cuss; but to get back to ground hog--they are wondering if the ground hog could be blamed for this brand of weather.

Lawrence put the ground hog in a cage and there it stays, a quiet; innocent-looking little animal, unconscious of the threats of the baked people who every day glare at it through the bars. WILL GIVE PLAY. Ladies of Pleasant Hill Church Make Debut Tuesday. The Ladies Aid society of the Pleasant Hill church will appear in their annual play at the Indian Creek Grange hall next Tuesday evening August 12. The play is entitled the Old Maids' Association.

Last year the play the ladies brought down the house and did some really credible acting. They expect to do even better this year. A small admission will be charged and after the program refreshments will be served. The cast of characters follows: Jerusha Eliza Bangs, president, Mrs. Luella Foltz.

Rebecca Retrace, secretary, Mrs. Lillie Pollom. Minty Clovertop, Mrs. Daisy Pollom. Mariana Melliss a Plack, Mrs.

Frank Wilson. Desire A. Mann, Mrs. Kate Snodgrass. Hepsibah Odelia Olds, Mrs.

Sadie Moore. Ann Ellen Patterby, Mrs. Lucy Drake. May Haverman, Mrs. Lucinda Evans.

Petunia Pickles, Miss Ella Welton. Serena Hasben, Mrs. Carria Barker. Charity Hopegood, Mrs. Fannia Foltz.

Rachel Ketchum, Mrs. Flora Kimbal. Belinda Bliss, Mrs. Celia Davis. Prof.

Makerneux, Glenden Pollom. A corresponding number of duplicates for the made over old maids. Costumes- old fashioned and fantastic. MONEY IN SEED. Alfalfa Seed Is of Good Quality This Year.

Alfalfa growers are expecting good returns from their fields this year in the way of alfalfa seed. It has been twelve years since conditions were as favorable for the production of prime alfalfa seed as they are this year. If these conditions continue till the seed is ripe, it is believed that many fields WiLl yield ten bushels or more of seed to the acre. Many of the farmers in this is county have saved part or all of their second alfalfa crop for seed. In most of the fields, according to the statement made today by a farmer who has made some investigations, the plants are loaded with seed pods, some of which are already ripe.

will not get as much hay off the ground this year as we generally said this farmer, "but the profits will be as large or larger because of the fine crop of seed that is now practically Woman continues th be afraid of mice, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for a man to bluff her. Much as we enjoy theatricals, which is quite a few, an actor's profanity never interests us greatly. TECUMSEH Old Couple Will Drive to Alabama LEFT N. TOPEKA WEDNESDAY Jacob Brown, Wife and Wife's Mother to Travel Behind Two Mules Mr. and Mrs.

Jacob Brown and Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. Roxanna Ricketts, started overland Thursday morning for Alabama. They will go by way of Lawrence, Kansas City, St. Louis and then down the Mississippi.

Mrs. Ricketts will accompany them as far as Kansas City. She is seventythree years old. Mr. Brown has for the past ten years been a carrier on the rural routes out of Topeka and is 75 years old.

He expects to be on the road about two months as the distance is nearly 1,200 miles. Their outfit consists of a lumber wagon and mule team, which Mr. Brown declares he will drive, and a horse and buggy which Mrs. Brown will drive. They expect to have many and varied experiences.

When asked how long he expected to stay in Alabama, Uncle Jacob declared that he might never come back to Kansas. If they make a success of this way of travelling they expect to go on to Florida. They have a graphophone and Mr. Brown says that it will not be lonesome for when there is no one with whom to get acquainted they will let the canned-man talk and they expect to go to sleep by orchestra music every night. They will make a four-days stop in Kansas City where they will visit Mr.

Brown's sons but aside from that they expect to go straight through to Burbank, Alabama. One of the records that Mr. brown has for his talking machine is "When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for They will play this piece every morning just before starting. Mr. Brown is the father of former Mayor Brown of Kansas City.

COL. BRASSFIELD SEVENTY. Veteran Was Recipient of Many Presents Wednesday. Col. G.

M. Brassfield was seventy years old last Wednesday. Early in the morning he commenced getting presents and post cards from his friends and at ten oclock Wednesday morning he had received all told sixty-three. We know of one other present that he received and that was a years subscription to the Chief. He probably received far more than seventy during the day.

Col. Brassfield is a well known figure around the post office where he is employed. He joined the Union army in July '61 and was captain of the 13th Missouri calvary. He was mustered out on May the 18th '66. Col.

Brassfield is a battle scarred veteran having a sabre cut over his right temple, a bullet hole through his right lung, and a minne ball is lodged in his right ankle. He is commander of the Blue Post lodge Number 250. ENTERTAIN FOR FRIEND. Mrs. J.

E. Warnock and Mrs. Wm. Vanness were hostesses at the Van Ness home on North Kansas Avenue last Friday afternoon at a farewell for Mrs. Russell Barber who will return to her home in California in the near future.

The following guests were present: Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Winans of California, Mrs. John Tracey of Indiana, Mrs. George Camp, Mrs.

Charles Heartbur, Mrs. D. G. Kline, Mrs. N.

T. Davis, Mrs. F. P. Elmore, Mrs.

L. S. Courtney, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Frank Berry, Mrs.

M. C. Holman, Mrs. J. D.

Pratt, Mrs. Oran Layton, Mrs. Arthur Small, Mrs. C. C.

Nicholson, Mrs. J. P. Bell, and daughter Miss Josephine of New York City, Mrs. McLain, Miss Geneveive Holman, Miss Nell Wetherholt, and Miss Evelyn Holman.

PARTY FOR CHILDREN. Mrs. Court Dennison of North Central Avenue gave a party for her little Emily Dennison last Thursday afternoon Those present were: Lois Robinson, Doris Robinson, Alice Robinson, Louise Schwartz, Violet Schwartz, Marie Schwartz, Lucile Alden, Helen Alden, Helen Alden, Mrs. C. Dennison, Mrs.

Dennis Alden. After playing games all afternoon dainty refreshments were served. MASHED A FINGER. R. G.

Shyrock of Elmont damaged a perfectly good finger Tuesday while helping Joseph Teckmire dig a well north of town. He was working above ground and caught his finger in some of the hoisting machinery. The flesh was split open and the wound bled freely. He came to North Topeka at once and the wound was treated..