The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-24

syIvania and Green streets in Oakland,
with the exception of the pastor who
will be selected at a meeting held next
Wednesday evening.
A partial half holiday Is to be given
the employees of the Continental Cream
cry company tomorrow afternoon so
that the young men in the factory and
the young men in the office can cross
bats in a game Of ball.
George T. Ferris, who is training
Charles Samson's horses, has just re-
turned from attending races In Ne
braslka and Iowa and took money in
ten out Of the eleven races in which
the horses were entered.
In order to show his power over some
Of the lesser but none the less lively
men of the town has tanned a dragon
fly which he carries about him. much
to the horror of his women friends.
So far this season none of the boys
who steal rides on the street cars from
the ball park to the city have lost any
of their arms or legs, but it is only a
question of time until an accident hap
pens If the practice is not stopped.
A peculiar thing about this town IS
that persons who own turnouts seem
to confne their driving evenings to the
city streets. It IS a wonder they would
not take a turn for three or four miles
in the country and get a little fresh
air.
Today is ladies' day at the ball game
and the lady who has been calling up
the State Journal every day since the
team has been home inquiring about
ladies' day can go to the game and get
everything free but the peanuts and
pop.
All of the employees in a Topeka Of
flee were either humming or Whistling
at the same time the other morning
when the boss came in and admon-
ished them gently by saying, Il wish
you people would cut out your diet Of
bird seed for breakfast"
Harold Copeland will endeavor to
/ defeat members of the Country club
/ of Wichita when they come to To-
! peka about the first of September, at
tennis. The courts have been COM
| pleted and many members of the local
club have been using them.
"There are just four reasons why 1
am not going to Vinewood with you this
| evening" said the smart young thing to
a friend who had asked her. THE first
is won't and f'Oh don't waste
your BREATH broke in the friend. the
/ other three are immaterial.'
The trouble now in the freight yards
Of the local railroads is to keep the
I empty cars moving and the loaded cars
unloaded promptly. There is such a
heavy demand for freight cars at this
/ time of the year that urgent instruc-
tons are sent to get every freight car
out and moving.
/ A new well is being drilled at the
Country club and Is now IS feet deep
and through white limestone and viii
be ten feet deeper when completed
Some of the members who are also
members of clubs in the city have
formed the white rock water habit
and the we'll is being drilled for their
especial benefit.
The West Side Champions Juvenile
baseball fans. defeated the East
Fourth's" Thursday afternoon with Il
score of u to 8. The West Siders have
won Z straight from the Tigers" I
from the South Topeka Amateurs "
and from the Summers. ,, The
Champs expect to take several more
s,slIps before they are broken UP by
tFa advent of school days.
There was a lot of picnic parties
fooled on the fare to Vinewood today.
Fer some weeks past the fare has been
five cents on Friday, but for today it
was ten cents because of the added at
traction, the boys band at the park.
A good many people came to the cars
this morning with the idea that a five
cent fare would prevail. Before letting
htem on the cars the conductors an
nounced a ten cent fare and there were
a good many who turned back and
went home at the announcement