The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-27

Last night the fireworks display at
Vinewood attracted a large crowd.
The city light plant which was shut
down yesterday will not be in operation
again until Tuesday next.
The river is so low that the fish are
getting bunch backed in STOPPING to
keep their heads under water.
Gustafson & Pribble secured the
contract for the lighting of the Central
congregational church building.
"A number of real estate men are
complaining because they can not sup
ply the demand for modern houses.
The day nursery of the Provident
Association which has been closed for
a month, will open again next week.
The great developments of the I'm
dependent telephones makes that ser
vice the most valuable to be mad and
the cheapest.
Councilman H. B. Howard is camping
at the Hamilton farm near Maple Hill
with the c. E. crowd of the First Con-
gregational church.
One man was so sure that we will
not get another rain within the next
so days that he was willing to back
his contention with s. bill.
Mr.. Geo. Badders is expected back
from Colorado in a day or two During
his absence the Commercial clubs
monday gathering has been a quiet af-
fair.
| The first annual picnic of the local
| chapter of the Kansas Anti-Horse
| Thief association was held yesterday AT
| Buttons grove on Seward avenue in
| Oakland.
| Yesterdays ball game was one of
| those exhibitions where it is useless to
purchase a cushion. The eye opener
games are the ones that give the spirit
! to the team.
The Y. M c. A., the Y. w c. A. and
| the Commercial club are all reporting
good attendance at monday meals, but
the Topeka restaurants report business
never better.
The contractors are still having much
and progress in building in a number
| of instances has been seriously re-
tarded on this account.
AS a last inducement to the rain
rain checks at the ball game yester-
day This made the fans think of rain
but they failed to feel it.
! The Santa Fe has made arrangements
| for holding all the late afternoon local
| trains Sunday so as to accommodate
| the crowd which will be in Topeka for
| the Topeka-Omaha double header Sun
| day afternoon.
This reporter does not mean to be
| inquisitive but when a man takes
| little trip to Kansas City on business
| and finds it necessary to take with
him at least two big suit cases-what
| does 1T all mean?
| real estate dealer in Topeka can
look back upon the time when the site
of the Mulvane building was a frog
pond and the residents of the district
were lulled to sleep by the bass notes
of these husky nocturnal warblers.
The authorities at Washburn college
are cutting the grass and trimming
the grounds in preparation for the big
opening which is scheduled to take
place in about three weeks. Wash
burn will have a big attendance this
year.
George Brethour, washburn's foot
ball captain has returned to Topeka
for the next school year. Brethour re-
ports himself in fine condition and pre-
diets a fine year for the varsity. Prac-
tice will be started a week or two
earlier this season.
A man in Topeka is aroused be-
cause he thinks that-his son who is 1
years of age is lost. son Al years
old should have been lost a long time
time .ago-these old sons who, stay
around home so long are the direct
cause of race suicide.
1t is hoped that the many improve
ments on Kansas avenue will be finish
ed before the state wide fair. The
citizens of the city are glad to detour
around construction and repair gangs
when they have their materials out in
the street but a host-never.
A large number of the graduates of
Washburn, 'OS, are arriving in the
city for class reunion which will be
held during the wedding of Reuben
Markham and Mary Gall, both mem.
DerS OIL CnaC CLASS. Inc. WoQQlnS anu
reunion will be held August 81.
One real estate dealer says that he
has done a bigger business during the
present months than in several months
past in spite of the fact that July
and August have the reputation of be-
ing about the slackest months of the
year among the land dispensers.
Work on the extension of the city
street railway barns at Eleventh and
Jackson streets. Will be commenced
tnd foe
sible. The buildings which were on
the property have been removed.
The street railway company expect |
to have the pay as-you-enter cars on |
the local lines in about four weeks. |
There will be twelve of these big
metropolitan cars on the city service /
and they will be used on all of the
most important lines except Wash
burn
While the newspapers are publish
ing the attendance at the Y M. c. A.
and Y. w. C. A. lunch rooms they
might also publish the number of peo-
pie who eat at the down town res
taurants. There is no difference ex-
cept in the name-and what's in a
name =?
c. H. Matthews says he did not in
tend to start a new style in mems
headwear when he walked down town
this. morning with colored postal
However, the next time he wants to
remember to mail a card he will not
put it in his hat band.
Clerin Zumwalt returned this morn
on prohibition business for the attorney
generals office and the State Temper
ance union. One jointist was caught
in the act, Barney Sheridan. and Grim
inal action was instituted against him
on five different counts. Injunction
proceedings were also started.
About the cheapest. nerviest thing