The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-14
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Dancing tonight at vinewood.
Tomorrow is the day for the country
merchants to arrive in Topeka and the
town will again have an opportunity
OF caring for large crowd.
The Topeka baseball team will open
In Enid this afternoon for three
games. The local team is expected to
take majority of the series.
s. II. Haynes. county assessor has
sold his residence property at S22
the consideration being $4,000
A mistake was made in announcing
the Marshalrs band concert for Mer-
chants week. There will be but one
evening concert on Wednesday.
A w. Benson, associate justice OF
the state supreme court, will be the
| principal speaker at theTopeka Chau-
tauqua assembly on Kansas day.
The Topeka postoffice force COM
carriers In Kansas Tuesday evening,
distributing 1924. 444.50 to 1858 car
riers.
force of men under the direction
| of M. Council is at work in the fed
eral building making alterations which
| were recently authorized by the gov
eminent.
| LII. "A DOdIil, WHO has Dccn
Stormont hospital for several weeks
following surgical operation expects
to return to his home the latter part Of
| next week.
"An American Prince is the bill
which will be presented tonight at the
Air Dome by the Emerson Stock COM
pany which is now playing an engage
ment at that place.
| ]. B. Porter of Garden City, former
ly court reporter for Judge w. H.
Thompson Of the SOD judicial district
1 is visiting at the home of s. H. Allen,
1910 West Sixth street.
The children at the Topeka Orphans
home, eighteen in number, were given
a picnic at Vinewood park this after
noon by the ladies of the Potwin Pres
byterian church Sunday school.
| The postponed quarterly meeting of
the Woman'S Foreign Missionary
society will be held at the Lowman
Hill Methodist church Wednesday,
July 18th, commencing at 10 o'clock in
the morning.
DR.. E. w. White, physical director at
| the Railroad Y. M. c. A. for the past
two years, has accepted a similar posi-
ton at the Hull House in Chicago and
will complete his studies at the
Northwestern university.
Roy Crawford left yesterday for De-
| troit to attend the annual convention
| of the bill posters of the country to
/ which he is a delegate. After this
| convention he will make trip to New
| York city and other points in the east.
The co1ored Y. NJ. c. A. will give an
entertainment at Metropolitan hall
this evening for the purpose of raising
funds to pay for the piano which is in
use at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms. j. Ward
Allen, the negro poet, will be the prin-
| cipal entertainer.
With a view of making dog hunting
as remunerative as possible during the
j next sixty days, the city council last
night authorized Mayor Green to en-
ploy twenty-five extra dog catchers
| considered necessary.
The concert given by Marshall's
band and the Modocs at the Auditor
ium Thursday morning in honor of the
visiting merchants will be open to the
public and many Topekans are plan
ming to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity of this concert.
There is a possibility that the pay
as you enter" street car system will be
adopted by the Topeka street railway
company. The system is being In
stalled in Kansas City and is said to
have proved a wonderful success in
the east where it is in general use.
Rev julius Nordling of Buffalo
New York, who was recently elected
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
lchurch. which is situated at the corner
of Fourth and Tyler streets, will ar
rive in Topeka this week and address
his new congregation for the first time
next Sunday.
The annual golf tournament fol
the presidents cup starts this week al
the Country club. Players who de-
sire to enter this competition must
play their qualifying rounds on OF
before next Monday. This is handi-
cap tournament and the sixteen who
turn in the lowest net scores Will be
paired and play off at match play
The cup which is being contested fol
| was presented to the club by its first
president, Mr.. Armin Fassler.
A. w. Ward of Oakland appeared or
the streets yesterday carrying a small
limb he had broken off one Of his plum
trees that contained sixty plums. al
large, nice specimens of the Colder
Yellow variety. The limb was only
three feet long and no larger in cir
conference than a lead pencil Mr.
Ward declared that when he first cut
the limb from the tree it had ITO plumi
attached to it, but that nearly half Of
them had fallen off. Judging from
this branch on exhibition the tree must
have as many plums as there are
| sands on the sea shore.