The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-08

A number of camping parties are en-
joying the balmy bIeezes around Silver
Lake.
A building permit for a dwelling at
722 Horne street has been granted to
Hinkle M. Guy for $1,675.
Summer weather was a long time
coming and there is no doubt but that
the real thing is here now.
One of the big vinewood cars came
into the city from the ball park Sunday
afternoon pulling five trailers.
The Shawnee County Horticultural
society will meet this month at the
Pollom farm on Indian Creek Thursday,
July IL.
w. w. Whitney of the Warren M.
by company is in New York City
representing the interests of the firm in
that market
Fireworks have disappeared from
the display windows and hammocks
in all the varied colors of the rainbow
occupy the space.
A remonstrance has been filed with
the city clerk against the vacation of
Lincoln street between Twenty-hfth and
Twenty-sixth streets.
1t was rather dusty on the country
roads yesterday. but a good breeze was
blowing all day and many took advan-
tage of it and enjoyed long drives.
The insurance office of Falkiner &
West Seventh street to Gil Kansas
avenue, over Warden's jewelry store.
There is nothing in the temperature
of the past week to justify the COM
plant that has been made as it has not
as yet passed the maximum reached in
May.
The Topeka Chautauqua will open
up at Garfield Park next week and
Topekans will have a week of some
thing which is decidedly out of the
ordinary.
Large crowds attend the amateur base
ball games which are held at Garfield
Park on every sunday afternoon and
some of them are fine exhibitions of the
national sport
DR.. Norman Plass will leave for
British Columbia in a few days, where
he will look after numbering interests
for the company which has just been
organized with himself at the head
Eighty thousand dollars worth of
business handled at the postoff1ce at
night for one year is a remarkable
record but it is true nevertheless as
is shown by the annual report ending
June 30th.
There was no sleeping in the resi-
dence portion of the city Sunday
afternoon as a dozen or more motor
cyclists with their chug chug ma
chimes came up from Kansas City and
"saw Topeka"
The Topeka CeIored Mems League
will hold a meeting this evening at their
hall 429 Kansas avenue to make arrange
ments for the entertainment of the dele
gates to the national meeting which will
be held in this city in August.
when 1 was a girl" remarked an
old lady as she stood in front OF
window filled with summer dresses,
Eve referred to wearing apparel of
that kind as wash dresses, but 1 see
that these are advertised as tub
frocks." ~ AAtr-
Acting Mayor j.. w. f. Hughes will
have an opportunity to exercise MS
present duties foreanother week. Mayor
Green has wired Ito, Topeka that he
won't be home Sunday as expected but
will probably leave for Topeka the 18th,
this week, Friday.
The Raymond Teal stock company
opened UP at Vinewood last night ana
DIayed to a good house. There is
plenty of demand among the pleasure
seekers of Topeka for this kind or
show and TeaPs performances ought
to be we'll patronized-
For the benefit of those who have
been lodging the Washburn college So
licfting committee for the past f%w
weeks the announcement is made that
DR.. Norman Plass has left the United
states and that for a few days they
need not fear meeting him.
The attention of the humane officers
is called to the action of Chlef or Ponce
Eaton and his force who broke up
picnic Sunday and carried off the sup
ply of ice cold beer. The suffering OF
the dogs which have been asphyxlated
has been nothing compared with that or
those who were in the party when the
raid was made.
Colonel James Chappelle of the
Copeland hotel complains that some
time during Saturday afternoon olue
laws stripped his cherry orchard of
its.entire yield of fruit. The crop this
year was light on account of the late
freezes and consisted of one lone
cherry which had escaped and 1t was
the intention of the proprietor OF tne
Coneland to preserve it as a reminder
of the uncertainty of fruit raising.