The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-26
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

July Fourth, one week from tOmor-
row.
Mrs Thorpe wants a home and work
for a fine boy of IA.
The Topeka Gun club will hold a
shoot Tuesday afternoon.
Insurance Superintendent Chas. Lul-
ing returned today from Wichita
A steam launch will be put into the
lagoon at Vinewood Park this week.
The White Sox play at Leavenworth
today. They come back Friday to meet
Sedalia-
The next big Masonic event will be
the annual watermelon feast of Zabud
Council.
Free Employment Agent Anderson
sent % men to the harvest fields on
Saturday.
The Washburn campus seems to be
the favorite picnic ground in Topeka
this summer.
The next meeting of the Commercial
club will take place the second Friday
in September.
Topeka and Wichita will play dou
bleheader at Association Park on the
Fourth of July.
Congressman Charles Curtis and fam
lily left today for California. Mr.. Curtis
will go on to the Philippines.
The Collier lunch room at West
Eighth avenue has closed up, and the
equipment is under attachment
This is the kind of weather which
causes people to get their tents and fish
poles together and hit the northern
trail
The rush to pay taxes is over, but
several clerks are still kept busy in
the county treasurer's office receipting
for payments.
Weatherman Jennings may and may
not give warning of the next hot dry
spell. He has not decided yet which
course he will pursue.
Copies of the new session laws are
being boxed up for shipment to the
various counties in the basement of the
secretary of states office.
State Game Warden Del Travis has
gone home to Pratt to arrange for the
construction of the extensive improve
ments to the state fish hatchery
There used to be an old parody
about white Sex they never grow
weary but they seemed to get weary
right after the first game Saturday
The EmpOria Gazette says: J. G.
Waters, of Topeka, one of the ablest
lawyers and decentest men in Kansas.
is in town today taking dispositions.
This is the week of terrible suspense
for the state house Janitors. Six out
of the Is are scheduled to lose their jobs
at the end of this week. The legisla-
ture cut down the number.
Charles Samson sent Lady Direction
to Texas to be trained. He kept Lord
the Topeka track. The owner now
has an idea that the Lord might beat
the Lady.
D. w. Mulvane and Col. w H. Ros-
sington, both Sons of Eli, will attend
the Yale commencement this year at
New Haven. Mr.. Mulvane left yester-
day, while Col Rossington will go in a
day or two.
County Attorney Hungate simply
said he wouldn't play unless he got
Shawnee county hunting license No. I
and rather than have any trouble in
the court house family, County Clerk
Newman gave little Otis No. /, and the
Only Lee Zones No. ,.
The following interesting little item
was dug out of a lot of old papers in a
State Journal reporters desk: Topeka
March so, '05 To the State Journal:
Mr.. Blair will be the next mayor by
from 800 to 100 majority. / will give
my name and address on the 5th of
April. and picture also. J. t.
The local Woodmen returned from
Milwaukee Sunday. The head camp
directed the payment of the claim of
the children of Vim. Underestimate for
81, 000 This claim had been rejected by
the board of directors because there
was no legal liability, but the head camp
paid the claim because OF the sad con-
ditiOn of these orphans.
The Clyde Republican says: "BiIl''
Fisher, of Topeka, was in the city this
morning on his way to Ames where
he was going on a business deal. Bill
is branching out, and besides being a
carnival man, an auctiOneer, q ''hOss''
trader and a bully good fellow gen
west and now threatens to become a
blOated bondholder and rich land
owner.