The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Illinois left for Nemaha county today
to deliver a lecture for the I. o. o. 3.
next Sunday.
The new time card recently arranged
will go into effect on the Santa Fa Sun
day which viii necessitate the reiearu-
Ing OF the time departure Of a number
of their trains.
Frank F. Bradley OF 1898 Western
avenue VIII remodel his residence at
cost of $1,000 Alterations to the porch
and the building Of a new addition are
the principal features.
The little green bugs which always
precede a rain were out in full force last
night, and now the question is. How
far do they precede the rain of which
they are the 4orerunner.
The regular freight train schedule Of
the street railway company calls for the
hauling OF a carload of crushed rock
at $3.50 every mroning up through the
business section Of the town.
An exceptionally excellent pro-
gramme has been prepared for the
regular mOtnhly meeting OF the Indian
Creek grange which viii be held the
nineteenth OF the present month.
A. M. Harvey has requested the dis
tTict court to issue an edict demanding
that the Observation-Disclosures Paving
company pay him $575 for services
rendered the company as their attor-
ney.
Carr Taylor. attorney for the board
Of railroad commissioners, Is the only
Hutchinson man at the state house.
he attends all the Hutchinson
baseball games, and hasn't given up
hope.
Pauline and the country around in
that vicinity has had a good heavy
soaking rain this week. Topeka seems
to be the center Of the dry spots even
if few raindrops did fall last night
at $50.
Three contracts aggregating- $s5.oOO
We're awarded to J. B. Belts yesterday
by the government, the contracts call
ing for the erection Of two sets Of offi-
GERS quarters and a barracks for the
enlisted men.
G. NJ GottreH of the ". III. Forbes
Real Estate company returned yester-
day from a two weeks trip where he at
tended the seventeen commencement
anniversary of his alma mater, Alfred
university Of New York.
Following Children's day, Old Folks
day is to be observed Sunday morning
at the First Congregational church. At
the evening service women of the con-
gregation viii occupy the pulpit and
men only will constitute the choir.
Department Commander P. H. Coney
is sending out letters to a number of the
more prominent ladies of the state ask
ing lnen TO meet In topeka on the zOtn
Of June to assist in organizing a kan
sas branch Of the National Red Cross
society.
It has been a neck and neck race for
first place between Joplin and the
Cooleycrows for the past ten days and
at no time has there been more than
three games between them and most of
the time the local team has had the
lead by but one game.
Good rains have recently fallen over
nearly all of Shawnee county except
ing that portion adjacent to the city
Of Topeka which causes some wonder
ment as to the inference to be drawn
from the forty-hfth verse Of the fifth
chapter of st. Matthew.
The report Of the city assessors show
that there were but forty-six automo-
biles in Topeka the first of March.
which would indicate that some of
them do not know an automobile when
they meet it for the. city license clerk
has Issued seventy-fve licenses.
J. ". F. Hughes is sending out or
ders for transportation to the repre-
sentatives of the various companies of
the state who are by their rife scores
entitled to compete In the brigade
competition at Fort Riley, which be-
gins Monday. The Is best shots
chosen at the Fort Riley competition
will represent Kansas at Sea Grit. n. J.