The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-03

ey's worth you will be aiding a good
cause. .-
On account OF delay in iron bars
for reinforcement, the frame beds LOT
the concrete work have warped on the
rev Thompson-Hall building and it has
been necessary for The workmen to re-
new them.
The concition of DR.. T. w. Peers is
showing decided improvement; Late Iase
night he showed a great rally and IN
uuired about the result CT yesterday s
game The chances are now bright for
his recovery.
The new motorcycle ordinance
which is being prepared by Council
man Simpson is very similar to the
automobile ordinance. The con-
spicious difference is that there is no
age limited stipulated.
A miniature fight occurs every day in
front of local drug store .wnere ar :
Bleakley kdnapers. The scrap Is over
the respective rights of Mrs. Barclay
and Mrs. Bleakley for the child X
Tie Lincoln and Topeka baseball
team will play a game here Sunday
afternoon, which with one exception Will
be the last Sunday game OF the sea
son AMI which will be the last ap-
s.earance of the Lincoln team here.
A Topeka man who has returned
from a trip to Lawrence reports thaC
on account of the unusually large num-
Der of advance inquiries the registrar
Of the state university predicts that the
attendance will reach the $500 mark Tor
the year.
On. account of a fight among the
cement plants the price of this COM
modify was lowered few weeks ago
from $135 barrel to less than W
cents for the same amount. me
price will take a jump skyWard IN
the near future
License Collector Mattingly is getting
after the people who are peddl1ng goods
without a license. He is developing
more aud more detective aD1hty, seldom
appearing Oh the streets garoeo IN
the same combination or garments
twice in succession.
Work has been accommodating at the
city hall until it row appears that dur
ing the next month or SO the counc1I
will have to meet at least once Weeh
and the various committees get decd
eddy busy handing the propositions
which have come up.
Incidentally the squirrels in ana
ground Topeka have been multiplyli1s
in numbers and they were gradually
te king possession of the yards and trees
much to the JOY of the inhabitants
but the small boy has come out OF his
trance and is shooting them down;
Small boys are sometimes pests ana
should receive the treatment accoroeo
the average pest
At the Office of Sanitary Clerk Van
derpool 81 deaths were reported dur
ing the month of August, including the
bodies shipped in from elsewhere,
while during the same time only 81
births were recorded. This is appar-
emily poor showing, but if the num-
Der of bodies shipped in to the city
are deducted from the total number
of deaths the births have a little the
best of it.
Contractor W. W. Gilmore has al
most completed the bridge over
Wards creek on Cove avenue. He
has rushed the work on account of
the fact that the price of cement is
booked to go up within the next
month. The peculiar thing in con-
nection with the work is that no con-
tract could be definitely entered into
without Mayor Green's signature
The bridge will be practically com
pleted before the contract Will be-
come valid.
J. B. Larimer, attorney for the East
Side Improvement association, is
drawing up the petitions which will be
circulated in connection with the effort
of the association to esta blish a Shun-
ganunga drainage district. Various
meetings will be held in the proposed
district when the tax payers will be
asked to sign the documents The
signatures will not be confined merely
to those residing within the prospec-
tive district but will include any per-