The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-13

to visit Mr.. schenck's mother and the
family Of his brother Mr.. Wesley
Schenck.
George Hundredpfund was in from
Silver Lake this morning to see his
little 8-year-old son who is at Christ
hospital suffering from a fractured
skull the result of a kick from horse.
The boy is improving slowly.
Mrs. J. D. Morse and children ar
rived Saturday from Chicago. where
they have been for the past month
visiting Mrs. Morse's father, Mr.. Blair,
and are again with Mr.. Morse's par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morse of PA
West Gordon street.
Rev. Herbert Cross Of Silver Lake
was a North side visitor today. Rev.
Mr.. Cross is making arrangements for
the basket picnic to be held Sunday
August 10. at Prairie Home. The
churches of Silver Lake, Bethel and
Prairie Home viii join together for
this event.
Captain W. D. Woodford and sons
returned Saturday evening from their
river trip to Kansas City. They made
no attempt to row back against the
current but shipped their boat home
and came up on the train themselves
Mr.. Woodford says his next river trip
will start from Junction City.
The present time would be a very
BCOQ one IOI 01ESEIS- Olli4lu6 anu Jul
don, our North side cOuncilmen to work
up the project of an annex for foot
passengers to the Santa Fe bridge. It
will cost from 81, 200 to $1,000 and many
shopmen would be glad to contribute
their mite towards building it.
George Groshong made a visit to his
farm near Kilmer Saturday and
brought home with him a small
branch from one of his peach trees.
This little branch had on it twenty
large peaches. Mr.. Groshong says
that his trees are so loaded with fruit
that there is danger Of the limbs
breaking.
At the concert this evening to be Civ
en- by Marshall's band at Garfield park,
carriages and automobiles are request
ed to enter by the south gate. This
gate is at the south end of the park
expected at this concert as the park is
an excellent place for anything of this
kind. being removed from the noise of
the city.
their route to Oakland and discontinue
using the route under the Santa Fe
bridge which is dangerous and go via
Branner street where a viaduct Will be
built over the tracks. Our council
members should induce them to take
out the loop and come across the Sar-
dou avenue bridge and have a merry
go-round.
superintendent Charles. of the Re
form school, has statistics to show that
the switching alone, that the school has
to pay the Rock Island railway for
switching the coal and other commOdi-
ties to the school would pay for the
iron used by the railway IN building the
line out there in less than three years,
to say nothing of the other traffic such
as employees and visitors riding back
and forth on the line.
A Baptist church was organized in
Oakland yesterday starting out with 81
members. Some of these are from the
First church and some from the North
Topeka church, while others are recent
converts, the result of the tabernacle
meetings which have been held in
Oakland for the past few weeks
Twelve persons yesterday received the
rite of baptism Although the bap-
side church was offered for this SER
vice it was decided to have it out of
doors so all who desired to come could
be accommodated. The rite took place
in the Shunganunga creek and was
witnessed by about l 600 persons. Rev.
Mr.. Young of the First church and
Rev. Mr.. Whitehead administered this
sacramen
The fifteenth annual assembly of the
Young Peoples Alliance and Woman s
Missionary society Of the Kansas Con-
terence Evangelical association VIII
meet tomorrow in Garfield park. The
park IS being put in readiness today
for the meetings. Tents are being erect
ed and other necessary work done. The
following are the officers Of the local
alliance: President, Miss Deany Pruess-
ner; vice president. Gus GRADER: secre-
tary, Emil GRADER; corresponding sec
rotary, Louis Wardelick: mission sec
rotary. Peter GRADER; treasurer, Lizzie
Johnson; chorister and organist, Gus
GRADER.
A newspaper Saturday evening makes
mention Of the fact that in the early
seventies the fare on the Union Pacific
was IS to Kansas City. Those were
palmy days. The people when neces-
sary did just as much travelling as they
90 now at 81. The Indians after every
pay day would come down from the
reservation to spend their money and
General Custer and his army frequently
passed through and stopped in North
topeka. General Custer would put ur
! at the Curtis House which was situa-