The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-06


Not a serious accident in Topeka in
| celebrating the Glorious Fourth. Isn't
| that a record?
This morning at four O'Clock 20
boys of the Y. NJ. c. A. left for their
| camping grounds at Maple Hill.
You can talk to Wichita and sur
rounding territory and get perfect
service over the independents new
copper lines.
Superintendent L. D. Whittemore
left last night for Denver where he
will attend the sessions of the N. E.
A. convention.
DR.. and Mrs. Stephen S. Estey will
leave in the near future for Colorado
where they will spend the remainder
of the summer.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Y. w. c. A.
will be held on Thursday afternoon
at three O'Clock.
The parlors of the Commercial club
were closed yesterday. Secretary
George Badders was enjoying the
fishing at Maple Hill.
The street naming proposition
which used to occupy newspaper
space is due to appear again. The
court is taking dope" on the case
and it will be decided soon.
Jack JOhnson's Giants the cham
pion negro base ball team of the West
will play in Topeka Wednesday and
Orleans Eagles in Kansas City yester-
day by score of 2 to l.
Topeka enjoyed real sane Fourth
of July. No one was killed and as far
as can be learned no one was hurt.
This is the kind of real American cit
izenship spirit that makes the day
one for which it was intended.
Myra McHenry is here again and
she is still collecting evidence on the
Topeka club. She says that it is the
~, ~
Henry has very capable way of
drawing conclusions from curb stone
talk.
People all over the city complain of
the stuffy hot atmosphere last night.
Everyone has a story to tell of the
poor sleeping qualities of the wealth
er. The man who slept well last
night will never be troubled with
insomnia.
The noon lunch hour at the Y w
G. A. is becoming extremely popular,
the record for attendance having been
took advantage of the excellent menu.
Those present included business girls
and shoppers.
The members of the board of auto
mobile examiners say that there are
still 100 cars in the city who virtually
have no drivers. Only 200 registered
drivers are running on the streets and
there are over 500 cars. The police
are on the watch.
Kansas Elks and others attending
the. National convention at Los An
geles,s Calf, July % to Is will find
copies of the State journal on file at
the Kansas State Society of South
ern California with offices in the
Frost building, corner Second and
Broadway.
The farmers are wiser: most of
them celebrated the Fourth on the
Fourth and were in their fields yes
terday When the calendar obligingly
gives us a chance to get both Sunday
and the Fourth of July over on the
same day, why prolong the misery by
celebrating the Firth.
It is stated that there were 10000
paid admissions at Vinewood park
yesterday. With this number of peo-
pie crowding all day into a park and
no accidents of any kind reported it
looks as though the capital city of
Kansas was setting a good example
for her undergraduates to follow.
It is awfully hard to refrain from
joining the anvil chorus when a base
ball team loses to another team which
has been the meat of victory to other
teams the whole season. When To-
peka goes down the cellar stairs to
spend an afternoon with the Lincoln
the real hoOdOo appears in every
nook and corner
The monthly meeting OF the city
council will be held in the council
chamber at the city hall tonight. Au-
tomobiles troubles seem to be the
main attraction in the big tent. A few
bids on the Melan bridge and the
North Topeka pumping station will
occupy prominent places and will re-
ceiYe honorable mention.