The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-28

nual carnival hereafter Some suggest
the use Of a whole day for the pro-
gramme, including indoor track ath-
Ietics among the boys.
E S. Brigham. who manages the
theater in Atchison which gets many Of
the best plays which do not come to
Topeka. will open q new 500 coo Iheater
at Hot Springs, Ark. Thursday. The
theater was built fer him under long
term lease Brigham is a brother of r
g Brigham Of Topeka
Fred c. Stier. who has been Advertis-
ing solicitor for the LeaEeuworth
Times. has gone to Kansas City to join
with F. O. POpenoe of Topeka in the
financial brokerage business Stier
was at one time advertising solicitor
for the Topeka Capital, when PopenOe
owned the paper.
The Lawrence Gazette says. Topeka
BARRIERS got gay and put the price up
TO Is cents As result, Topeka men
have been growing full boards, and the
whole town looks like a settlement Of
PETERS. The BARRIERS have been forced
to drop their prices in order to get the
men to clean Up.
Correction from the SaIiua Journal;
According 10 the State Journal the
saloons in Topeka are run under the
noses of the police" This is taken as
been made that the police turn their
faces the other way when they ap-
proach a saloon
DR.. c. F. Menninger. chairman of the
board Of health has admitted that the
sickness in the Blair family at 1913
chickenpOx- City Physician Storrs has
been trying to conceal the true nature
of the disease, in accordance with his
usual secretive policy.
This evening the city council viii
meet and decide what to do about the
the coming year 1t is said that COun-
eilmen Weber, Howe, Nellis and Neil
will stand together to protect the may
or if he vetoes the pavement of any
new streets except East Eighth
Rev. Ned Adams. who has been
spending his vacation in Topeka. will
leave for Korea next Friday to resume
his missionary work Mrs. Adams viii
not accompany him ct the present time,
because of the Russo-Japanese war
which is now raging over that terri
tory. On Wednesday night the congre-
cation of the First Presbyterian church
will tender Rev. Adams a farewell re-
T ception in the church parlors-
George A Clark. state printer. says
the report that Councilman George
Tincher has left Topeka IS not true.
Mr. Tfncher is the foreman Of the book
bindery in Mr. Clark's plant Mr.
Tincher has gone away on three or
four months vacation said Mr..
Clark. and he expects to return to
Topeka His goods are all stored here,
and If I should want him before his va
cation is over. all I have to do is to
telegraph him"
The city council seems to have jump
ed into another deal with its eyes
| shut It persuaded the Santa FTe COM
pany to vacate a strip of land 10 feet
wide next to the land for the shop ex-
/ tension. and now it finds that it VIII
cost a lot of money to grade down this
+ strip so that IL can be made of any use
for drainage purposes Why didn't The
councilmeu find out about this before
/ they made their shrewd bargain with
I the Santa Fe2 Has the lay of the land
/ changed since them
| Neodesha sun: H. H. Winter Of To-
| peka has cause to bless the Neodesha
real estate men who induced him to
purchase the Ben Frost farm of 24C
acres, east and north of Neodesha. a
/ little over year ago Then Mr.. Frost
/ got what he thought was a good price
/ for his farm, about 10000. and the raal
( estate men got a handsome commits
/ sion. but now the land is worth nearly
| ten times what it sold for then The
reason is the old one IN this vicinity
! he struck oil in. large quantities. The
t first well was spoiled In shooting. the
! second was good for about Is barrels
and the third. which was shot yester-
+ day evening. viii make at least so bar
+ rels and perhaps more It has flowed
/ in large quantities since the shot