The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-22

best of the year a this time in all the
streams surrounding the city
Today is the day one can ride clear
to Ninewood for a nickel. AS there Is
no ball game today it is expected
large number of pleasure seekers viii
find their way in that direction.
Those who witnessed the game at the
ball park yesterday afternoon were not
disappointed when the balloon failed to
go up last night. One ascension day
is enough for most people to see
Today is the longest day of the year
and though you may not notice the diff
ference it is a second or such matter
longer than yesterday and from now on
the length Of the days will decrease.
Arthur Griggs. the old Washburn base
ball and football player is reported to
have signed with Denver in the West
playing with Little Rock and New Or
leans in the Southern league.
Ed Holmes. a fireman in the planning
mill department of the Santa Fe shops,
was slightly burned about the face yes
terday by a burst of flames from the
fire box which he was feeding with saw
dust at the time of the accident
The White sox left at 1926 last night
for Hutchinson, where they are
scheduled to play four games. From
there they go to LeavenWOrth and Jop-
lin for four games each. The next game
dL HOilG viii De WIFI JODlll july z.
The Kansas City Passenger agents
club, an organization of railroad men,
have sent invitations out to the local
railroad men to be their guests for the
day at Kansas City. F. E. Nipps, OF
the Missouri Pacific, viii go down.
The train for the Turnfest and pic
mic at Leavenworth, Sunday, June "a,
viii leave the Santa Fe depot at 7 a.
m. The fare will be S1.25 round trip
One of the attractions will be ball
game between Leavenworth and Joplin.
JsR. McKeever, SOB Kansas avenue, is
now having a special sale on china clos
cts and buffets. He also still has a
large stock Of book cases, combination
desks and sideboards on hand all OF
which he is closing out at what they
cost him.
A wag who may be a second Mark
Twain furnishes the following: THE
fire department was called to the cor
ner Of Tenth and Kansas avenue this
morning and the report was circulated
that the roof Of the Air Dome theater
was on fire.
Nearly all west bound trains are car
rying from one to three car loads of
/ harvesters to the wheat fields of west
/ ern Kansas and at that the cry comes
/ from that section of the state that the
! crop is being badly damaged on ac-
count of help to handle it.
The balloon ascension which was to
{
/ come off according to schedule, as the
1 wind was blowing from the wrong di-
| rechon. and the man who does the
stunt did not care to take chances of
being dropped in the river or into a
mess of live wires-at least that is the
excuse given.
A milking machine is one of the
newest inventions ana one is to be put
/ on exhibition at the next state fair.
/ Before these modern machines of every
sort became so common it was often
found profitable to charge admission to
! see the wonders they perform. Sam
Radges is fond of telling how he once
paid a sixpence in London just to see
some one run sewing machine.
/ w. r. Kuykendau. who lately lost
two horses in q fire at 109 West Tenth
avenue, this morning had a small fire
! IN close proximity to another barn
which contained some of his horses.
This time the fire was across the alley
at the rear Of 1913 Kansas avenue.
| Some rubbish caught fire at 8:15 this
morning near the barn but was put out
: before it had done any damage. An
alarm Of FIRE was turned in and the
equipment from stations No 2 and 8
responded. The fire started, it is be-
/ lieved from a bonfire