The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
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c. a. Foster of the city's engineering
department left yesterday for Arkan-
sas City on business.
Fire Chief Wilmarth plans to leave
on Thursday for Sacramento and Los
Angeles for his vacation.
Rev. Thos. S. Young, pastor of the
First Baptist church, returned the first
of the week from a trip to Creston,
Iowa.
Buffalo Jones spent last night with
his daughter. He left this morning for
New York. where he will fill his lecture
dates.
C. Il. Hickok has registered his &c
horse power automobile at the office OF
the city clerk. This makes the 335th
machine for Topeka.
The "homeseekers' - excursions are
now going through the city. All the
trains are crowded to the doors. Many
of the travellers are stopping off in the
city.
The r N. A. No. 14s will join the
Nj W. A. No. 536 in their picnic at
Ninewood en- the oath and arrangements
will be made at the meeting Friday eV-
ching.
er meeting of the First Baptist church
will be held on the lawn of the church
tomorrow evening. The musical part
of the programme will be led by the
orchestra
The work of relaying the Rock Island
with heavier steel between Topeka and
Horton has been completed for a dis
lance of eight miles. The work is now
nicely under way and will be rushed to
completion.
The corn in Shawnee county with
stood the hot weather in good shape,
and if the idea which the weather
man possesses that rain will come soon
comes true an excellent crop would
seem assured
H. S. Miller, ex-high school principal.
is in Kansas City, Kan, making pre-
parations for the fall work. He will
be in Topeka in a few days to arrange
for the shipping of his household goods
to his new home.
According to one of them at the DO
lice station-the last few hot nights in
Topeka have been mighty poor picking
Tor burglars They have little chance
with the whole family blocking the
doorways and windows.
ST used to think that the newspapers
only dared to print the names of the
poor common people whose names We're
placed on the police records said a
prominent Topekan today. but now I
know that everyone is treated the
same"
These building permits were issued
yesterday; Clearinghouse Realty COM
pany for a dwelling to be erected at
1855 Buchanan street. at a cost of So
900. and J. L. Cottrell. for a 1880 two
story dwelling which will be built at
1112 Garfield.
Inc season work IN football Is being
rushed by Coach Weede of Washburn.
The big coach says that the football
team out at the college this year will be
new material and not very strong It
IS now time for a bear story from the
other colleges.
Attorney John c. Waters, who has
returned from the East, reports that
he has completed arrangements for
the removal of the sterilized air power
compan- from Newark, N. J., to To-
peka. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $4,000.
1t is not likely that there will be
much excitement iE regard to munich
Ea! affairs at least until August "a.
when the bond election takes place, and
10 Judge from the lack Of interest shown
In respect to registration that Will
r1ove q tame affair.
Sam F'reidberg. the jeweler, has
posted a notice on the fence surround
ine the Thompson-Hall block which