The Labor Champion from Topeka, Kansas • 3

Baxyaod Successors to Shawnee Rochdale Cooperative Store Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Country Vegetables AND MEAT PRICES. Best Coffee in City, 20c per lb; 2 lbs. for 35c Best Ham (whole) per lb 12C Best Ham (sliced) per lb 15c Best Lard, 5 lbs 55c Chuck Steak, 3 lbs 25c Plate Meat, per lb 4c and 5c Rib Roast, per lb 10C Sausage, 3 lbs. for 25c We carry a full line of choice country Butter. soon as he gets a few more of Tromps tobacco tags.

Speaking of obliging saloon men, which, by the way, has not been mentioned, one who ran a printers refreshment parlor in Sioux Falls, S. was the most obliging. He did not run an all-night place, but would accommodate the night workers in this way: When through work in the morning, about 3:30, the convivial portion of the gang would repair to the pavement in front of the saloon, and one of them would throw a paving block or any other handy missile against the front of the building, whereupon the barkeep, who had orders from his employer, would throw the key out the upstairs window to the waiting thirsty ones and return to the hay. The boys would then run the place until the proprietor showed up, at 6 oclock. Those good old days.

Herald Chapel Notes. Louis Plank and Otto Hasten have quit tobacco. They are now both chewing gum fiends. Ground has been broken and excavating is now in progress on Cyrus Mitchells spring suit. The question now is: Will Cyrus adhere to the time-honored custom of wetting his new suit Harry Watt, our machinist-operator, is on the sick list.

During his absence Night-Operator Kasten is taking care of the machines and Cyrus Mitchell, from the day force, is running the night machine. Will Mans is taking the place of Mr. Mitchell on brevier machine No. 2 on the day force. Ross De Armond is the wonder of the entire force.

He can go a longer distance for his noon lunch and get back in the half-hour better better than any man of the chapel. Ross takes a ear and goes home. He says he can hardly eat a course dinner in that time but still manages to eat enough to sustain him till supper time. Arthur Brown: 1 see that a couple of our fellows have quit chewing. Well, never mind.

I bet they break over and chew just as hard as ever in a short time. Ive seen a whole lot of that quit-this-bad-habit business and know they wont make it stick. You mark what I tell you. Why did they quit just before the big raffle? That certainly knocks a hole in my tag receipts. If worst comes to worst Ill start to collect postage stamps.

A FEW GROCERY Choice Prunes, 8 lbs. for 25c California Apricots, fine quality 2 Rs 25c Evaporated Apples, 3 lbs. for. -25c Takoma Biscuit (Loose-Wiles) per package 4c Good Laundry Soap, 9 bars for.25c Best Navy Beans, 6 lbs. White Candy Drip Syrup, a Yt lb.

can for 10c Gallon can Canned Apples 25c 3 cans Good Corn 25 Taylors Bill. We wish you every success in the undertaking. Charlie Enderwies left Thursday morning for Kansas City to help in the erection of the Santa Fe elevators now under way at that place. Charlie is a good mechanic, and those who know him, dont forget to call him when needing anything in his line. Wm.

Kerles family has been quarantined for the past three weeks, caused by scarlet fever. I am told that the quarantine was raiseed on Wednesday evening. This has bjen quite trying on the family. Most of the boys are at work now, and it is to be hoped that we may have no more bad weather to stop them again this spring. Work on the Baptist church, corner Ninth and Jackson streets, is to start immediately, and I am in hopes the union carpenters will get the finishing to do there, as it seems to me that if they' were to get their part, it should come at about this time.

Good residence work is freely talked of everywhere, and the chances are that before this goes into print, all will be busy. Our meeting Tuesday evening was an interesting one. Our legislative committeeman, Mr. Churchill, was with us, and made us an interesting and lengthy report of the work being done by them in our interest in both branches of the legislature. He tells me that it is very trying at times, and instead of it being a snap, it is work, by the side of doing common carpentry.

Boys, let me tell you something that is news to me: the Moser Company concerns are strictly against union labor. Jim Jacks is now doing quite an extensive lot of work at their different cold storage buildings here in the city, and on being informed that he needed some men, I got a man and proceeded to the Seymour cold storage to see Mr. Jacks, and on inquiry of this gentleman concerning a job, the question came like this: Are you fellows union men? Our answer was, yes. Then Jacks said: I dont want you. I cant hire you.

Mr. Moser told me he wouldnt hire a union man any more, since they had struck, back in 1003 on the creamery building. So you now have the attitude of these gentlemen. Never before did I know that the Mosers were so extensively interested as they are in Topeka, and no doubt Air. Moser will be equally surprised at the extensive interest of unionism, not only in this city, but all over this country of his and ours, and I feel pretty sure that in the future, the union people, consumers of his products, as well as the union carpenters of Topeka, will write it in their little books like this: We will cease using any pf the products of this company from this time on.

Well I guess I will let up for this time, as I think you will be as tired as I am when vou come to this part of the muss. JIM. PERFECTION AND BUCKWHEAT Always Carried In Stock. 623 Quincy Street. IND.

PHONE 697. We receive weekly the latest Victor and Edison records. We have a full line of Jewelry, Watches and Clocks, which are sold under a guarantee and at the lowest price that honest goods can be HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Sold. R. H.

Morehouse, Watch Inspector. 510 East Fourth St. Open Evenings. Bell Phone 2801-Red. flees in town expect to put a team in the field, we would advise them to begin practice early if they want to make it interesting for us.

The following is our proposed line up: Whitted, pitcher; Stevens, catcher; Ernicli, 1st base; Kalin, 2d base; Sutherland, 3d base; Hovatter, shortstop; Strawn, right field; Crawford, center field; Corbin, left field. Charlie Cooper, foreman of. the Mail and Breeze job department, tells a good story on Joe Booth of the Journal ad department. Booth learned his trade at the Douglass job printing office at the time Cooper was working there. He was a very apt apprentice and nothing escaped his eagle eye in his effort to become a good printer.

He noticed Cooper one day after taking a stone proof of a small job apply a match to the gasoline and burn it off, so he did not forget it. Shortly after Cooper was imposing a 10-page form of a brief for the press. They wanted a stone proof of it, so Cooper took it before the or furniture had been arranged. After pulling the proof he told Booth to wash it with gasoline. Now Joe had not forgotten the little trick he had seen Cooper do a few days before, so after scrubbing it with gasoline he applied the match.

Instantly a blaze shot up causing quite a commotion in the office. The building did not catch fire, however, and it was unnecessary to call out the fire depart-mentment, but after it had burned out it was found that the strings around the pages had burned off and the matter was pied. Was there any profanity used? No, Douglass was a Christian and is now in charge of the Presbyterian Mission printing plant at Hong Kong, China, and Booth still keeps his card up in the home church, and both have probably forgotten the occurence. Cooper was the only sinner. His thoughts at the time would probably condemn his soul for eternity.

Still, there are those who think a foremans lot an easy one. Capital Chapel. Spring is here. For evidence, see Brown. Matthews is again showing up in the ad room.

Conrey moved this week to 1014 Kansas avenue. The 17th inst. is Murphys birthday anniversary! Dounica of Guthrie is the latest sub for machine work. Leslie Gillman laid off Tuesday night on account of sickness. C.

W. McIntyre caught some of the extra day work last week. J. F. Kirkpatrick, jovial and smiling as ever, was a visitor Saturday night.

J. E. Urban, who has been working at Halls, is now showing up in the ad room. Frank Hart and Dodd Gaston are investigating the merits of a new hair restorer. Frank Hart attended the show Tuesday night.

Casey and Martin took in Zaza Monday night. Proofreader Kent and the day force are sweating blood over the printing of the legislative bills these days. F. J. ONeill was on the sick list several days this week.

During his absence Sam Stauffer acted as day O. M. Much hoarseness in this chapel Monday, caused by excessive applauding of the rooster fight at the show Sunday. Considerable property, mostly the kind that you can buy groceries with, changed hands Tuesday night as the result of the Corhett-Nelson melee. E.

Clyde Fable was seen strolling round in the south pasture lot the other day looking for first signs of datura stramonium. The Box: Bob Smith, the copy read er, was renewing acquaintances in Leavenworth Sunday. A query: Who is Will Mans? D. M. leffer left for parts unknown Tuesday.

The boys claim to have a clue to his whereabouts in the fact that he purchased a roundtrip ticket to Washington, D. C. He will probably lope into town long about St. Patricks day. The water wagon was overhauled this week, the tires set, a tongue nnd a team of hays substituted for shafts and the old white horse, and started out on its weekly trip with a complete crew, except the driver who fell off lx fore the team was hooked up.

By a paper circulated by the chairman this week this chapel demonstrated its ability to take care of the sick. But that method is sometimes an inadequate solution of the question. There has been lots of talk during the past week or so in regard to instituting a benefit system eimilur to that of Denver and other unions. Now somebody please get up and speak right out in meeting next Sunday, and let us DO something. Society Item: Mr.

Adolph Van Lend er, assisted by Mr. James Bidwell Goset, entertained at pitch Sunday afternoon. The following guests were present: Mr. James Fitzboodle Tenhike, Mr. C.

Bent Winoutte, Mr. Tom Louder and Mr. Highlo Muker. Favors were won by Mr. C.

Bent Winoutte nnd Mr. James Fitzboodle Tenhike. The booby prize was won by Mr. James Bidwell Goset, who did it every tiinp. The game broke up in a row, after which refreshments, consisting of cough drops minced with cigarettes, nnd escnlloped walnuts, were served.

It was one of the most enjoyable events of the season, nnd the decorations, especially the trimmings, were exquisite. RAILROADING IN THE WEST. Contributed. There are times in the lives of each of us tlmt are remembered with regret or pleasure, said an ex-tramp printer not long since. I remember a little circumstance in my roadster days that will cling to me as long as I live.

Some fourteen years ago I made a flying trip over the Union Pacific to the west coast. Some of the route was hard to travel and it kept me pretty busy to eat and sleep and at the same time keep making geography. One night I met up with an unfriendly crew between Laramie and Rawlins, Wyoming, and at their urgent request descended from the top of a freight train at a water tank to await the arrival of a freight and crew that bad a little more humanity in their make-up. The night was clear and the moon shone as only the moon can in that broad expanse of sage brush and sheep ranches. The velvety side of a hard oak tie made a fairly good bed and I was soon sleeping the sleep that knows no care.

I must have been asleep a couple of hours when I was rudely awakened by what' I took to be a million wolves. I soon learned that what I took for a big bunclr of brutes was only one lone coyote but he was certainly working overtime on his job of howling. 1 upended myself in less than no time and threw a piece of slate at him and at the same time saw the headlight of a locomotive in the distance. The train pulled in and took water. It was a string of coal cars going to Rock Springs.

I found a nice, clean place in one of the cars and settled down for the ride. The train pulled out and gathered speed. After running for some little time I felt the engineer take the slack out of them and when the train should have made the second jerk incident to such a performance there was no jerk coming. Strange, I thought. Must be going to take siding.

But about that time I saw the furnace door open and the fireman heave in a lot of coal. I got up and went forward over the train for three cars. The mystery was explained. The train had parted. I was a little forward of the middle of the train and to get back to the caboose was not an easy task as I had to climb in and out of the empty cars, but making the best speed possible I finally reached the caboose and found the door locked.

I kicked jand howled ami the conductor threw the door open and wanted to know what in 1 I was kicking up such a row about. Nothing much, Mister, only the train has pulled in two. Then if there had been hustle before there was mad haste now. Lamps began to swing as signals to the engineer and I was gruffly told to get inside and sit down and hold to something solid as there might be a happening. Soon the front end of the train was stopped, the rear end butting into it, a chain dragged from the possom belly to the break and the train tied together and a run of a half mile to a siding, a switch thrown and the train got into the clear.

As the switch closed the headlight of the Eli Flyer showed up. The conductor mopped his face and turning to me said: Where you goin kid? I told him I was headed west. I was taken to the caboose. Clean stockings, a pair of shoes, a clean shirt and a pair of gloves were given me. The conductor then told me I might ride on his train to hell if he went that far but I got off at Rawlins.

State Chapel Notes. Root was off Tuesday night. Crow heard the 1 oclock a. m. gong Tuesday morning.

Grove and Moore are getting in full time on the calendar force. Aid was solicited for Liscomb. Have not learned the sum realized. Knock nnd the world knocks with you; boost and you boost nlone. How many Journals were sent to country printers? We only know of one.

Dode returned to work Monday morning. nnd says it seems good to be a working man once more. Gates has received a shipment of fine tobacco from Kentucky, and Covell is unhappy because the former refuses to divide. We have many nationalities among the men in this office, but Dode is the only one claiming to have Indian blood in his veins. For a time Tuesday afternoon there was prospect of war between two of our members, but good judgment got the upper hand nnd peace prevailed.

Walker has left us, after a two weeks engagement. He was conspicuous for the rensou that he did not care for night work or overtime of any kind. As between A1 Bauer and Stahl, the latter is our choice. Is Davis really running for mayor, or are the scab-lovers working him? If such men ns Bauer are allowed to run city campaigns, God help the honest portion of the population. Jerseys recital of the Arkansaw girl who ran the period over into the quad line is almost equalled by the one who, in making even, substituted L.

J. Christ for Lord Jesus Christ. The Box: Lowe hus become a member of the Society of Journal Correspondents Now thnt the legislative work is over, we can settle down to the steady accumulation of wenltli at $10 per Clare Gaudy is undecided which way to go this spring, nnd us a compromise it is suggested that he stay in Topeka. But he says there are other towns on the map. Moore carries a lunch box that folds into pocket size, the idea being to disguise the fact that he works for a living.

The box unfolded itself nt the corner of Eighth nnd the avenue the other evening, disclosing the truth that he not only works for a living, but that it is not a very luxurious one, judging from the small luneh deposited in the gutter. Nevertheless, he is said to carry a bankbook, nnd will get a new watch chain Flour BELL PHONE 242 RED. The Samel real ment for All. Davis Christy UP-TO-DATE BARBERS Located at 534 Kansas Avenue TROMPS CISTORE Headquarters fur Union Made 804 1-3 Kansas Ave. Indmp.ndmnt Phono 1380 PATTERSON COAL Seventh and Washington Sts Margarita Cigar, Union Made.

I0HN GREIF, TOBACCONIST. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars, dealer In Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes and smokers articles generally. 604 Kansas Avenue. Ur. F.

A. Koester, DENTIST. Ind. Phone 1380. Evening Hour 7:00 to 8:00 730 Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS.

I CAN SELL YOUR BUSINESS nr REAL ESTATE, bo mailer wh.r located. Properties and business of all kinds sold quickly for cash in git parts of the United States. Dont wait. Write today, describing what you have to sell and give cash price on same. A.

P. TOME WILSON, Rta Estate Specialist, 413-K-E Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KAN. Union Cigar Factories. The cigarmakers union has furnished the following list of Topeka cigar factories that employ union help only and put the label on all products. Patronize some one of them when spending your money: H.

A. Klauer, 526 Kansas avenue; Ind. phone 115. John Grelf, 504 Kansas avenue; and. phone 757.

H. L. Tromp, 804 Kansas avenue; Inch phone 1017. Henry Helse, 219 Kansas avenue. Solon N.

McGee, 120 East Fourth street. Curry Cigar 109 East Fifth street J. R. Spetter, 816 North Kansas avenue. C.

A. Hoeland, 409 Kansas avenue. Louis Holtwlck, 117 Kansas avenue. Bricklayers and Masons International Union No. 3.

Well, No. 3 is still in the ring. Although some of the boys have drawn their traveling cards there is a goodly number of the workers left to attend to whatever difficulties that may come up that may need consideration. We are now drawing near to the beginning of another quarter and some of the boys havent got out their quarters card yet. The financial secretary will be glad to fill out any and all cards that are requested, providing the request is accompanied with the quarter dues.

Brother Flynn had a little visitor call on him just the other day. We understand that the mother and child are doing well. Brother Ed Sills is still holding his own with the boys in the way of fun making. We understand that Brother Fitzgib-bon lias gone to railroading. We dont blame him in the least, for a hard winter like this would make a bricklayer or stone mason do most any old thing.

Brother Larson informed us the other evening that he was working out at the stone crusher, making little ones out of big ones. We had a visit from our delegate that we sent to Frisco nnd we wish to say that he made us a very nice and interesting talk in regards to the B. M. I. U.

in general. We understand that there is some work coming out soon, but there doesnt seem to be anything very heavy in the way of brick or stone work nt present. But we all look forward to a good, prosperous season this year. When we get our little paper we all read it over and we find requests from the different unions to always be sure and look out for the union label on every article that we may wish to purchase. While this is a good thing to do and each and every union man should comply with such requests, there are too many of us that are a good deal like baker who lives here in Topeka that I wish to tell you about.

One morning not long ago he brought 50 cents worth of bread into a place and put it in the bread can. The proprietor of the place asked him how much he owed him. The baker said 50 cents, but lie said just give me 45 cents nnd a cigar. The grocer said, wlmt kind of a cigar do you smoke. The baker says, Oh, just give me any old thing, just so long us it is a good 5 cent cigar.

Still, his bread had the union Inbel on it. It seems thnt so long ns he himself was selling union made bread it was nil right, but he didnt care whether he smoked union made cigar or not. Now thnt kind of unionism is no good at all, nnd we should be more careful about just such little things ns thnt, nnd not make such mistakes. Carpenters 1445. Well, boys, good weather still prevails, and it should cause the building industry to pick up, though it seems like the figuring hasnt been completed yet.

Mr. D. C. Green is better nt tills writing, nnd will be out soon. Win.

Kerle is expecting to build a good residence in the nenr future. I understand thnt it is to be modern throughout nnd, best of all, it is to be built by union mechanics, Good for you, Union Barber Shops. Following is a list of Topeka barber shops that employ only union workmen and there is no reason why you should not patronizze one of them: Christy Davis, 534 Kansas avenue. Callihan Brown, Kansas ave. Whitmore 735 Kansas avenue.

Antiseptic Barber Shop, 700 Kansas avenue. T. E. Sheard, 635 Kansas avenue. L.

D. Mize, 601 Kansas avenue, 'inos. Davis, 112 West Sixth street. Brown Bishop, 102 East Sixth sL Capital Barber Shop, 508 Kansas ave. J.

W. Griffin, Futh Avenue Hotel. W. H. Lowe, 425 Kansas avenue.

Frank Gutch, Throop Hotel. P. J. McKiernan, 506 East Fourth st. Jeff.

CalciVell, 106 East Seventh st M. C. Wright, 1203 East Sixth st. Starling 121 Kansas avenue. John J.

Knowles, 841 N. Kansas Ave. Albert Alten, 518 East Fourth street. T. S.

Shelton, 611 North Kansas ave. Alex Lux, 910 North Kansas avenue. W. S. Willits, North Topeka.

Union men should always patronize union shops. List of Union Printing Offices. The following named offices employ only Union printers and are entitled to use the Union label. Members of Union are cautioned not to accept work in any other office unless they have assurance that they will receive the scale of wages provided: Adams Brothers, 633-5 Jackson street. Blinn Co.

(Clarkson), Office block. Crane 110 East Eighth street. Advocate Publishing 411 Jack-son street. Gavitt Publishing C01-3 East Fourth street. Hall Lithographing 624 Jackson street 623 Kansas avenue.

Kansas Farmer, 116 West Sixth street. Mail Printing House, 505 Jackson street. State Printing Office, 106 East Eighth street Daily Capital, 107 East Eighth Btreet. Daily Herald, 816 Kansas avenue. Daily Journal, 800 Kansas avenue.

Union Bakeries. Following is a list of Topeka bakeries employing only members of bakers union and all of them put the label on their bread. Always see that the label is on the bread before buying: The Old Home, 810 North Kansas ave. The Model, 840 North Kansas ave. Rosts, 220 Kansas ave.

Petris, Fourth and Lelund sts. The Ideal, 121 West Sixth st. The French, 823 Kansas ave. The Royal, 833 Kansas ave. Fair Carpenter Contractors.

Edd F. A. Clark, 107 Tyler street, phone 13582 rings. LeVls S. Cornell, shop nnd residence 1114 Morris avenue.

Ind. phone 2(102. A good name nnd reputation is worth more than riches, nnd brings more genuine hiippiness nnd contentment in the long run. ARTHUR J. MCABE.

Something About the Candidate for Judge of the Court of Topeka. There is no contest in the present city campaign that is attracting more attention than that for the nomination for judge of the court of Topeka on the Republican ticket. Arthur J. McCabe, who lias filled the office so acceptably to citizens of all classes of society during the past two years, is a candidate for re-election, with every prospect of being successful. During his term on the bench Judge McCabe has made an excellent record for expediting the business of his court while nt the same time giving to both sides involved in a case a full nnd impartial hearing.

Mr. McCabe solicits the support of the working people of Topeka on his record for fairness and impartiality in the past as a guarantee of the future conduct of the office to which be asks a re-election. He hus been a resident of Topeka many years and from the time he was a reporter 011 a local daily paper until the present his record is clean nnd above reproach. LAYS OFF BOILERMAKERS. Santa Fe Company Is Having Trouble With Boilermakers Union.

About thirty-five men employed in the boiler department of the Santa Fe sliops have been let out this week. It is stated thnt most of these are members of the Boilermnkers union nnd the list includes nil the local officers of the organization. Vice President Donahue of the National Boilermakers union arrived in the city the first of the week and it is intimated that his presence here has some connection with the discharge of the men. Of course Santa Fe officials deny the statement thnt the men were discharged because of their connection with the union. They say that the working time has been reduced from ten to nine hours per day nnd there wns not sufficient work for a full force of men.

Wonder when working people will learn that one unions trouble should be the concern of nil branches of organized labor? Of Course He Would. Bishop Alexander Mnekay-Smith of the diocese of Pennsylvania Baid nt the last convention of the Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Lnlmr, known as C. A. I. If I were a laboring man I would be union man.

It would be natural; It would lie to my interest to be a union man. How Is Your Conscience? It is rather difficult to be always right, but we can always be loyal to thnt which our conscience tells us Is right. Does your conscience tell you thnt it is right to attend the meetings of your local union or does it not? And nre you loyal to your conscience?.