The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03

est honors will be awarded a cake do
mated by L. L. Gertz of North Topeka.
sack race and three legged race for
Nail driving contest for women.
Potato race and 100 foot dash for
boys and girls.
The women may play match game
OF pail, the winner to receive one
gallon of ice cream.
Many Other Entertainments.
Special arrangements are being made
Tor fitting observance of the occasion
at CARRIED Park No special entertain
ment has been prepared but there will
be plenty of amusement for all who care
TO spend the day at the old time popular
park Boating in Soldier. creek at the
present time is better than it has been
for years. ball game has been ar
ranged for the forenoon and another
Will be played in the afternoon in which
the Taylor Projections will play other
teams.
The Farmers Educational and Co.
operative Bureau will hold exercises and
an all day picnic in a large grove near
k1ro, small station on the Union Pa
cif1c, about six miles west of North To-
peka. w. ]. era wford of Temple o. T.,
who is one of the highest officers of the
order will be present and make an adj
dress. The usual games of the Fourth
of July will also take place.
The Country club will give a display
night which promises to attract great
deal of attention and to which the pub
lie in general is invited.
The Sunday school of the North To-
peka congregational church will have a
picnic at West Indianola which is locat-
ed about a mile west of the reform
school. Those who wish to go will be
furnished conveyance if they meet at
the church at nine o'clock in the morn
ing. REGULATIONS, speaking and athletic
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The Topeka White Sox will play two
games with the Leavenworth team of
the Western association. The first game
will be played in the morning and will
game will take place at $3.50 in the af-
ternoon.
The Topeka club will hold an outdoor
rifle shoot at Skene's new athletic park
at Thirteenth and Jefferson. For the
high scores in this event several prizes
have been offered.
The Boys Must Be Careful.
The big boy and the little boy who
likes to fool with firecrackers will
have to look out tomorrow. For if
they don't the goblin may catch them.
The goblin this time is the limb of the
law-or rather the limbs-for there
is going to be whole tree full. Spec
ial policemen are going to travel all
of the streets of Topeka enforcing the
Fourth of July ordinance which Coun-
T.
had passed by the council.
Street car employees, members of the
city street department., janitors at the
city hall and state house in addition
to numerous others will be empow
cred with the privileges and duties of
a special policeman. LAS it doesn't
cost the city anything to swear in
these special policemen except where
we have them on regular patrol duty,
am not going to stop at just a few"
said the acting mayor today
You bet, it's going to be enforced
he turned around to answer an en-
Quiring councilman.
The acting mayor has always been
a great exponent of the sane Fourth |
idea and he thinks that the present |
opportunity of seeing that it is en- |
forced has come to him in the way of |
a special dispenSation. Dealers in fire |
works, who are selling a number of |
the prohibited articles, are warning
purchasers that the large firecrack-
ers, the dynamite canes and revolvers
must be shot off outside the city linn |
it's. Probably a great many will for |
get these injunctiens, however, and |
will lend themselves liable to arrest |
and fine. Leniency will not be shown |
and those arrested will have to pay a |
fine or stand imprisonment, states the |
acting mayor He believes that suffi- |
cient notice has been given of the |
new ordinance which will be enforced |
for the first time this year.
The section of the ordinance which |
should be carefully read to avoid get /
ing into trouble follows:
ut shall be unlawful for any person
% discharge any gun, revolver or pistol /
With or without blank cartridges, toy |
blank cartridges pistols, fire off |
lannon's, anvils. cartridges of any de-
;cription, cartridge canes or any fire
crackers more than six inches in length
md one inch in diameter, or to throw
IT place any caps, cartridges, cannon