The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
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The issue of paving bonds will amount
this year to $50, 689-76, though the en-
tire cost of paving will amount to $780,
634.16.
Two of e. Fl. Samson's horses started
in the races at Creston, Iowa, this week
but failed to get inside of better than
| third money.
Another record has been broken. a
number of days and as many nights
have passed without rain and thun-
| der storm.
The members Of the street commits
sioner's force are grading for side
! walks. five miles Of new walk being
| constructed by the city.
A new cement walk has been COM
pleted in front Of the old Crawford
| building on Kansas avenue between
Sixth and Seventh streets.
| The baseball team must be popular
again. Yesterday afternoon the grand
stands were all comfortably filed and
I the crowd was enthusiastic.
E. R. Barnes, of the Barnes Real
Estate company, is in Denver this
| week in the interest of deals now
pending for Topeka real estate.
PIE" Jordan, the notorious colored
man who has broken the laws of the
city persistentIy for years has reformed
again and promised to go to work.
The last motion day of the April
term of the district court was held to-
day by Judge Dana and a large
amount of business was disposed of.
The members of the Knights and
Ladies of Security held a picnic at
Vinewood park yesterday concluding
with a number of drills in the even
ing.
Work of laying wooden flooring
in the district court room in the coun-
ty court house. preparatory to laying
real carpet in this room, has been
completed.
Clyde Allen, a former member of the
Washburn college quartette, is now
singing the principal tenor roles of
stock company at Manhattan Beach at
Denver, Col
Some exercise was taken by the
county court house 5anitors yesterday.
They gave the grass on the lawns
around the building a good and much
needed cutting.
A souvenir postal card received
from John Marshall, jr., indicates that
he is spending his time on the shady
side of a mountain with a tent outfit,
near Seattle, Washington.
Considering the heavy patronage on
the Oakland car line, a little better
grade of cars would be appreciated by
those who use it, and they think that
they are entitled to them.
One of the prettiest sights in To-
peka is the aster- bed just south of
Bethesda hospital. belonging to J. E.
Rodman. 1t contains 400 plants OF
almost every known variety.
Officials at the city hall have a sneak
ing idea that the asphalt paving trust
is responsible for the delay in the city
securing it's asphealt repair plant which
it is claimed was shipped to Topeka
three weeks ago.
The crab grass is driving the blue
grass out of most of the lawns in the
city. The frequent rains interspersed
with the spells of hot weather is fine
for crab grass but hard on the thor
oughbred bluegrass.
II have done a good many things that
L have afterwards been ashamed of"
have never yet 'fhothered one of those
yellow. fuzzie Teddy bears
Alfalfa for Pasture is the subject
which will be discussed at the next
meeting of the Alfalfa club which will
be held, in the Commercial club rooms
on the 31st of the present month.
A letter received from Charles Hol-
Hday, written on waldorf Astoria sta
tionery. by a friend in this city, in
dictates that the low altitude or some
thing else is not agreeing with him.
The headline Graft" is becoming
about as prominent in the Topeka pa
pers as it was in the San Francisco pub
lica tons before ex-Mayor Schmidt and
a number of his helpers were locked up.
A west side housewife is in dire straits
because a visiting friend told her that
she had a choice bit of new gossip and
then was unable to relate the story on
account of the presence of her young
daughter.
Yesterday afternoon the temperature
indicated a return of the warm wealth
er of a couple of weeks ago, but last
night and this morning show the tenn
perature about the same as for the last
three or four days.
]. E. Junkin, jr.. of Sterling, who
has been in the local division of the
Santa Fe's engineering department in
this city, has returned to his home to
make preparations to enter the State
university engineering school.
A CRATER with a new game has
struck Topeka and the grocerymen
who so far have been his victims have
donated literally, but in sums less
than ten dollars, as he has not asked
more than this sum to teach the game. |
II want to register a knock on Red
Davis said a fan after the game with |
Hutchinson yesterday. HE was at bat |
four times and got but two hits which |,
indicates that he is falling down in his |,
batting as in the past he has been |
drawing three hits out of four times at |
bat"
A 'stein night has been arranged |
by the members of the Topeka club |
for October Bird, when the members |
will be expected to arrive on the scene |
with a stein which will be used for |
decoration purposes in the stein |
room.
The crowd at NlneWood Park last |
night was the largest that has visited |
the popular little resort since the Fourth |
Of July. Besides the regular free at
fractions the members of the Knights |
and Ladies of Security gave a drill in |
the dancing pavilion.
Mr.. F. M. Drake, who has for some
time been a Topeka real estate deal
err, is now connected with the Strauss
Agency with Mr.. Fred S. Brown. who |
assumed the management of the firm
upon the removal of L. E. Strauss to
San Antonio, Texas.
There is something of the irony of fate
In the fact that "Speck'' Hurlburt |
should be succeeded in center field by CIV