The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-30
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People who went out Sunday for a
quiet day in the country found it.
Nearly all the railroad sections in
this vicinity are now manned by Mexi
cans.
Mr.. McRae's dancing school opens to-
night for beginners only. Masonic
building.
The striking telegraph operators are
being given a benefit at the Olympic
| this week.
An arbor will be constructed at Cen
| trail park leading from the main en-
trance to the fountain.
The Eagle baseball team went to
Alma Sunday and defeated the team
at that place by score of 1 to o.
Quite large crowd of Topekans have
planned to attend the Priests of Pallas
festivities in Kansas City this week.
The Barnum shows which will be
in Topeka Wednesday travel in three
trains. A total of rs cars are carried.
The holes in the pavement caused
by careless plumbers and the gas COM
pany are not being patched up very
fast.
The Smith Automobile company of
Topeka will send several of their 1908
| cars to the New York automobile
| show.
There was good attendance at the
meeting of the Shawnee County AL
falfa club in the Commercial club
| rooms Saturday.
Barnum & Bailey's big circus will
be in Topeka Wednesday afternoon
and night. This is the biggest show
on the road this year.
.! can't make out whether it is the
equinox or Barnum's show that is re-
sponsible for the miserable weather."
observed Topeka man.
A subscription is being taken up by
residents in the vicinity of Central park
with which to purchase a couple of
lalx
Silas Porter. justice of the supreme
court; Henry F. Scandrett and Elon S
Clark, have been elected to membership
in the Saturday Night club
A T. Lucas went to Willard Sun
day to look over the W. NJ. James
ranch, which he expects to sell. 1t
consists of over 1900 acres.
Roy Millice, a formerly of Topeka
boy, has been appointed general fore
man of the Mexican Central railroad
shops at Guadalajara, Mexico.
Among the new industries promised
to this city during the month of Oc-
tober is an alfalfa meal mill which is
being installed by local capital.
A good many persons, who were kick
ing about the excessive heat of not SO
long ago, would probably welcome its
return just now with open arms.
The city council will meet this even
ing and award the contract for the
construction of a drainage sewer in the
Second ward to drain Biddle creek.
The first football game of the season
will be played on Washburn field next
Saturday afternoon. The high schooI
and Washburn teams will oppose each
other.
Julius Snattinger has started a shoe
store to be called the Lion shoe store
in the building on West Sixth avenue
formerly occupied by the Fred Hodgins
drug store.
C. A. Fellows, who was awarded the
contract for the $4,000 depot at
Syracuse, is in that city and the con- |
struction work Will be commenced |
this week.
A Topeka man who has a pocket |
full of annual passes will have them |
framed on January 1. He figures that
they will be a great curiosity in a hum |
dred years.
Now that it is all over it may be of
no particular interest, but the big |
candle in the window of the Guild |
Music company burned 104 hours and |
So minutes.
The asphalt repair gang of the street |
department will probably be set 10 /
asphalt paved streets with the new |
repair plant.
c. S. Gleed has not sold his home in
PotWin as many people supposed. He
of q home he owned on Wood
lawn avenue but still has his home
place on Greenwood.
Arrangements are being made to
open the city asphalt repair plant
some time this week and it will be
given a tryout on the pavement re-
Gently laid on Kansas avenue.
A tower has taken the place of the
watchman's flag station at the Union
Pacific crossing in North Topeka. This
deprives the policemen on the North
Topeka beat of a loaf1ng place.
There will be a meeting of the
teachers and prospective students of
the Y M. c. A. night school at Gem
nell Hall this evening for the purpose |
of organizing for the work of the sea-
son.
The street railway company has re-
ceived word that six new cars which
were ordered for delivery last August |
will be delivered December 1. 1t Is
planned to use these cars on the North
Topeka lines.
President Norman Plass of Wash
burn college expects to leave for the
east within the next two weeks for the
purpose of raising the $4,000 neces-
sary to secure a like sum from An
drew Carnegie.
One of the prominent merchants of
the city has registered an objection
quarterly sales of unclaimed freight
held in Topeka, claiming that it is an
injury to the merchants.
The Eighteenth infantry, en- route
from Fort Leavenworth to the Philip |
pines, passed through Topeka last night
On the Santa Fee. The regiment occupied
-hree special trains and for the first
time the soldiers are served with hot
meals on board the train.
The waterworks department en-
ployes will move from the second f1oor
IF the city hall to the first floor. where
an addition has been constructed
IS pecially for that department. The
offices now occupied will probably be
given to the street commissioner.
After looking the ground over
John H. McSpadden, who
drew one of the choice claims at Bill