The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-09
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held in Garfield park from 10 to 1s
of August.
Albert K Wilson, grand secretary of
the "A. F. & A M, leaves tomorrow for
long vacation trip in Colorado. The
office at the corner of Eighth and Har-
rison win be left in charge of deputy
clerks.
The steel Fixture Manufacturing
company Of Topeka secured the con-
tract for furnishing the steel filing
equipment for the court house at Ell
Dorado. The order has just been
shipped.
The grading on College avenue is
about finished and the laying of the
curb Will commence at once. 1t will
be but a short time before the new
paving in this part of the city will be
completed.
Several new fling cases and card
system boxes have been installed at
the pension Office in the federal build
ing. 1t will soon be possible to oper-
ate Uncle Sans pension bureau with
machinery.
The city clerk is advertising for
the 100000 four per cent bonds to
cover the paving this year. These
bonds will be open for bids up to
o'clock the evening of the 26th of
this month.
Skin Clark at the fire department
headquarters has purchased a new dog
and "Gertie,'' the official cat of the
station has deserted the building with
an affinity. Scandals are not confined
to the human race.
W. P Hemphiu. manager of the To-
cal Independent Telephone company,
has returned from Hutchinson where
he attended a meeting of the In
dependent telephone companies of
the southwest district.
The board of directors of Washburn
college are planning to accommo date
!, students at the-college this year.
They claim that the new administra-
ton and the equipment is receiving
grand support over the state.
1t is time for the membership fees
to be paid by the members of the
Commercial club and the acting sec
rotary is busily engaged in sending
members of the Topeka Commercial
club.
If some people are contemplating a
kick on the fact that the city will
have to spend $4,000 to maintain the
fire department next year, they should
remember that at one dollar per capita
this city is lower than any other city
in the United States.
Samuel E. Lux says the city motor
lists are getting tired Of the way the
city council is dallying with the auto
ordinance. If the Topeka motorists
had left the ordinance alone originally
there would have been no trouble
whatever at the city hall.
Miss Mabel Crotty. executive of the
national board of the 2. W. G. A, is
spending the day in Topeka. The as
sociations of Kansas are not at pres
ent connected with the national board
and Miss Crotty hope an afhliation win
take place in the near future.
regular monthly meeting of the
board Of directors Of the Y. W. c. A.
was held yesterday afternoon when
plans were discussed for the building
campaign. These plans are being kept
Al
in all probability in the early fall
Chief Eaton wants to be county
sheriff. Judge Simon would like to be
county attorney and thus the
political machinery In Shawnee
grindS slowly. These two men are
conducting quite an active campaign
despite the fact that the election is
over a year away.
The graders graded Mulvane street
for the CURRIERS'. The curb men came
washed some of the embankment
into their way. Both refuse to han
die the work 1t looks as though it
was up to nature to come back and
fix up the damage.
Warren Dunaway, formerly cap
tain of the baseball team at wash
burn, a graduate of 1908 and a mem
Der of the Delta Phi fraternity. is
combining his banking work in
Arkansas with a position as second
Arkansas state league.
The quarterly and semi-annual state
ments sent out yesterday to the mem
bers of the Commercial club are re-
ceiving prompt attention The first
man on the scene this morning to pay
his dues was W. II. Cowles. He was
on the spot before s o'clock to take his
place in line had there been one.
In speaking Of the influence of
Washhurn college and Kansas univer-
sity-where is the secret when the
Lawrence high school beckons to a
Washburn boy for principal and ath-
ietic director when hundreds of x u
graduates applied for the position and
when Washburn has never had a gym
nasium until this year?
without the aid Of storm sewers the
city sewer system carried of the sur
plus water in fine style Much OF this
is due to the tireless efforts of Street
Commissioner Snyder in keeping the
sewers clean and from Choke Of
course there were some places in the
city where a river would not have been
able to take care Of the water
Notices have been received of the
Glidden tour which will pass through
Topeka on July so. Seventy-five
automobiles will pass through this
city at that time. The American Auto
mobile association advises that people
keep their chickens and children of
from the streets. Topeka does not
have chickens on her streets.
All of the holes IN the paVements over