The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-23

Singin' all together
Springtime sweet. an frosty fall.
Happy be the weather!
Earth has gardens for US all,
Coin on together.
Sweet the labor in the light
To the harvest's gold an white
Till the toilers say Goodnight,
Singin' all together!
Frank L Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Irving WeIlman was in Kansas City
yesterday.
E. D. McKeever returned this morning
from a business trip to New Orleans
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Scott are at the
Magnolia house, Excelsior Springs, for
a month.
Jas. Nation, assistant state auditor,
will spend the latter part of this week at
his home at Neosho.
There are eighteen automobiles in To-
peka three electric power, three steam
and the others gasoline.
Councilman w. F. Weber will go to
Colorado in August in time to avoid the
Kansas hay fever season.
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. j.
H. b. Taylor this morning at their
home, 1918 Buchanan street.
Harris Whiting and w. w. Gillespie
are planning a fishing trip up the Kaw
for the latter part of the week.
The government has sent a supply of
belts for the Kansas National Guard.
They are very good belts, of fine Russian
leather.
There are 5s4 pages in the s3d annual
report of the state insurance commits
sioner 1t is now printed, and ready for
the bindery.
the corner of Ninth and Jefferson streets
instead of at Eighth and Madison
streets next week.
The Methodist Sunday school camp
ing party left on the 1:50 o'clock Santa
Fe train this afternoon for Lecompton
to camp for a week.
John Weseloh has a 5O-acre field of
corn on the Kassebaum place near
Rossville. He cannot reach to the top
of the stalks. and it's still growing.
1t is possible that the rate of state
taxation will be raised this year from
So mills to SIS mills. owing to the large
appropriation by the last legislature.
When extremes do meet Councilman
Luther M. Nellis and Councilman w.
F. Weber of the Fourth ward have got
ten together upon the proposition of
licensing the drug stores.
Although the call for harvest hands
has ceased at the free employment
agency there is n great demand for
common laborers and men to do general
farm work.
Geo. II. Hughes, Jr., has been given
position as stenographer with L. ID. Co
DuIu dl 0l. LOUIS III the livestock uS-
partment. He VIII take his new posi-
ton July 80.
Marshall's band will give the third Of
its free open air concerts at the corner
of Eighth and Harrison streets Friday
night The band will continue the free
concerts all summer.
Arrangements have been made for the
sale of $4,000 worth of the issue of $122--
900 of city paving bonds by the State
Savings bank. a capitalist at Elmira,
n. Y, will take $4,000 of them.
N. L. Flinton. of e34 Western avenue,
has a night blooming cereus upon which
seven blossoms appeared Wednesday
night. The plant is four years old and
stands about three feet in height.
Chas. H Luling, superintendent of in
surance, has refused permission to the
Palmetto Mutual Benefit association 10
do business in the state of Kansas The
association has headquarters at Shelby
n. c.
The fire stations are kept as dark as
possible during the day time at this
season as the most effective means of
keeping out the f1ies. Carbolic acid is
sprinkled plentifully about the stables
two or three times a week.
The executive council of the Wood
men of the World has issued a call 10
the various camps in the United States
for additional relief for the flood suf-
ferers in the Kansas and Missouri river
valleys. There are about 5000 camps
in the United States.
The first shipment of ties for the To-
peka Railway company arrived We'd
nesday. Work has been commenced on
the completion of the East Eighth street
track. The Vinewood line will begin
carrying passengers regularly Sunday.
Secretary of State ]. F. Burrow left
Wednesday afternoon for a lengthy
visit in New Hampshire. H will be
n
will make their headquarters at Mrs.
Burrows fathers summer home near
Lake Champlain.
The clerical work necessary for the
establishment of the assessment rate
for the state is now being done in the
several days before the results of the
work done by the board of equalization
can be announced.
D. H. Martin and Mrs. Martin, Fred
Cole and his son Wilbur. J. c. Elliott
and Harry Seery spent Tuesday at Lake
View Wilbur Cole caught % pound
mud turtle, the biggest catch of the day.
The others caught. between them, %
bass beside several channel cat and
smaller fshS
The following officers have been elect
ed for the ensuing year by the Second
Ward Republican club: President, Fred
Stonestreet; first vice president, G. w.
Grandson; second vice president G. G.
Solomon; secretary, Weyman Williams;
treasurer, Albert Kuykendall; chaplain,
w J. Wilder.
Members of the Topeka Tennis club
are talking of attending the open tour
nament of the Omaha Field club Au-
gust IT and entering for some of the
trophies hung up The events will con
sist of mems singles and doubles. The
winner of the singles will be challenged
by F. R Sanderson, champion of the
middle west.
The Rossville Shawnee County News
says: Local fishermen better look to
their laurels. We noticed Lee Jones.
the Topeka druggist, sorting out his
fishing tackle last Monday preparatory
to an extended trip up this way. Lee
is an expert, and can tell the color of
fsh's gills by the motion of the
bobbe-.
CITY Clerk ] H Suuires will adYer-