The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-20
RAILROAD news.
Preparations for Shopmen's
Picnic Are Completed.
Programme Contains Many In
terestfng Events.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Many Men and Their Families
Will Go to ST. Joe.
Excursion Will Probably Be
Run in Five Sections.

| The members Of the different COM
mittees appointed to look after the par
ticulars of the annual shipments pic
mic which is to be held next Saturday at
Lake Contrary, St. Joe, are making ex-
ira efforts this week in order that this
years picnic shall be the best and most
successful of any that has vet been
held. Everything promises to go off
without a break in the programme. All
of the shopmen are enthusiastic over
the coming event and it is thought that
the attends nee will be a great deal
larger than that at any of the picnics
that have been held heretofore One of
the members of the arrangement COM
mittee said yesterday that about $500
tickets had been asked for in advance
and that if the weather continued to
be fine five sections of the excursion
would be run. Tickets will be on sale
at the Santa Fe depot Friday evening
from until 10 p m.
Preparations are being made to make
the excursion just as enjoyable as the
picnic. Excursions are usually a trying
ordeal to pass through but not so with
this one. 1t is assured that no matter
how many people take advantage of the
excursion there will be room enough in
the five trains for ALL On arriving at
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cars waiting to take the excursionists
out to the lake where the real sports of
the day are to be held. Lake Contrary
has been turned over to the shopmen for
their exclusive use on that day.
According to the programme which
has been completed many interesting
contests are to be held at the Lake. A
long list of attractive prizes has been
arranged and there promises to be
many contestants in each of the ten
events.
The following is the completed pro-
gramme:
Leaving Time of Trains.-Leave To-
peka, 6, $50, a. m; leave st. Joe, 8,
9, IL p. m. All trains will stop at
South St Joe. Street car fare to Lake.
5 cents; from City to Lake or Lake to
City 10 cents.
Packing houses at Stock Yards will
be open for inspection during the day.
None but shop employees allowed to
Ban game called at 1920 a. m. All
players must be on the ground at that
time.
Stand in race track, where all contests
will be held.
Dancing to begin at p m. over bath
ing pavilion on the Lake
Prise waltz contest at $3.50 p. m
PKfZES. e
$500 in cash, winning ball team
To player making first three-base hit,
fielder's glove.
Winner of lloyd foot race-First
prize. l dozen photos; second prize, box
of cigars.
Winner of apprentices foot race
First prize. $500 in hardware; second
prize, novelty knife, your name and adj
dress.
Winner of carpenters race-F'irst
prize. block plane; second prize, spiral
screw driver
large picture.
Winner of married ladies' 50-yd. foot
race-Gasoline stove.
Winner of old mems 50-yd. foot race
Life of Roosevelt
Best lady waltzer-F'irst prize, Cut
glass fruit stand; second prize, jardl-
Mere and stand.
Best gent waltzer-First prize, pair of
fine shoes; second prize. box OF cigars
Winner of standing broad jump
Special hat.
Winner of standing high jump-Um-
brella.
baseball games between shop teams.
one hundred yard foot race, open to all
One hundred yard foot race, carpenters
Fifty yard foot race. ladies of shop en-
FIFTY ward foot race married ladies only.
Fifty yard foot race men over % years
Standing broad jump without weights
Standing high. jump.
Best lady walters
Best gent walters.
ON the grounds at Lake Contrary will
be found the following kinds of amuse-
ments: Electric merry-go-round' ba1y
miniature railroadWey, steam Launches At
Is cents a round trip. row boats at %
cents Gypsy fortune tellers. electric pho
tograph gallery. And last. but not least,
the German village