The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-13

full in the Los Angeles Sunday Her
aid of last Sunday, along with a two
column cut.
The fire department was called this
morning 20 the residence of DR.. w. L.
Lindsey, an alarm having been turned
IN by someone who saw rubbish heap
burning, I'D suspected it was something
N ore serious.
In spite of the fact that there is no
booze in town the police court records
amounted to almost thousand dol
| lars during the month of July. The
automobile enthusiasts must be COM
| ing to the front.
Those who seek the cool climate of
the parks in the evening, complain
| the abundance Of MOSQUITOES this year.
They are reported to be bigger than
ever and to leave a more lasting effect
| on the human body.
Il fail to see wry the legislatures
| put the lid on alcoholic drinks. and
allow pop and other worse drinks to
| be sold, said one fan at yesterday S
game, as he nursed a headache from
drinking the carbonated beverage.
| The state is going to publish some
| data showing why, when and what
| trains are late in Kansas. This should
make the railroads pick up and rush
| their traffic The data will be for the
| information of the travelling public.
Don't complain too much about the
present warm weather. Things might
be worse. In July. 1901, for fifteen
consecutive days the mercury went
over the hundred mark and the nights
were not below eighty for all this
! time.
There hasn't been an automobile
| advertisement endurance run passing
| through Topeka for two days. This
free advertising scheme must be
| dying off. 1t is wonderful how the
motor car companies have made it a
go, however.
There are now S32 automobiles in
the city of Topeka. The last man to
There have been over 100 autos pur-
chased in Topeka this spring and
| summer. The horses are gradually
| losing ground.
The federal authorities are after a
Kansas university professor just be-
cause he tried to conduct matrimon-
| ial bureau. He can hardly be blamed
when the looks of the K. U. "femmes''
are compared to the Washburn las
sizes, for instance.
A large number of the churches and
young peoples societies in the city
are giving ice cream socials and wa
termelon parties these hot evenings.
AS result they are realizing a neat
sum for their trouble and risk. But
| they fail to bring rain.
The railroad officials do not mind the
hot weather, as it helps business. One
local official this morning said: There
| are more topeka people out OF town
| trying to keep cool than I have ever
| known before And this official has
been in Topeka for twenty years.
The next meeting of the city coun-
Gil will be held on the 23rd of this
month. During the last two months
there have been five meetings of the
city council-and they are having
more. The councilmen seem to be
a BILE to stand it-and the people aren't
kicking
The moving picture are becoming
quite popular Most of them have
equipped their places with fans SO
that it is not warm there. The Air
Dome is also receiving capacity pat
ronage every night. These are the
only forms of amusement which To-
peka has.
Last night a. Ackerstrom, who has
been in the employ of the city for
many years, asked the council to raise
his salary from $2.25 to $3.50 day, as
contractors are now receiving from