The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-19

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City Attorney Ralston will leave Sat
urday for a. two weeks vacation.
Assistant City Attorney Clark has
returned from his vacation trip to Iowa
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Desch,
523 Harrison street, on August 49, a
girl
Assistant City Engineer Porter has
returned from a business trip to Ar
kansas City.
Four automobiles We're registered yes
ter0ay. That is 'gOing some" for one
day in little old Topeka.
The Ladies Of The Bethel Swedish
church will give their lawn social this
evening at 622 Clay street.
On Sunday afternoon next. P. S. L.
johnson converted Hebrew will lee
ture at the Lincoln Post hall on The
He'll of the Bible
The Methodist ministers and their
families, who were camped near Ma
pie Hill, have returned to Topeka They
report having had a most enjoyable
outing.
A neat handbook of the Topeka Mo-
tor league containing 4 registry of all
the automobiles IN the city and all the
registered drivers up to August 1, has
been published.
The contract for furnishing meals to
the judges and clerks who Will ofhclate
al the bond election on August "a, was
awarded to the ladies of the First
Christian church.
The following automobiles have been
registered at the office of the city clerk:
Fred A. Snow. No. 1886; A. B. Mullen,
No. 1877; John Anderson. No. 1888; d.
3. Johnson, No. 339.
They say that Kansas is being over
run with "bag worms If this has
any connection with the poor fellows
who are holding the sack" it means
that more agony is coming.
Through d typographical error in
last evenings State Journal advertise
ment, the wrong address was given the
Capital Hardware company. The cor
rect address is 706 Kansas avenue.
A young Topeka man claims that
he saw little girl playing with a
huge snake in one of the Topeka
parks last night. Many men have
seen snakes but this takes the prize.
The motor car service on the Santa
F'e is proving popular notwithstanding
the fact that the big motor car was
on the hospital list last night and
unable to make the trip this morning.
Engineer Rogers has condemned
several car loads of paving brick
which were to be used on the Morris
the Fort Scott firm which supplied
the material, not with the contractors.
Through the kindness of Secretary
Crumbine of the state board of health
and Deputy County Attorney Atchison
the hotel keepers will have another
chance to fix up their fire escapes. But
that guillotine is still poised in mid
air.
The river is so low that little boys
and girls are wading out to the sand
bars that stretch down the middle of
the stream. There is only one chan
mel in which the motor boat en-
thusiasts are able to direct their
crafts.
Topeka is we'll provided for circuses
in September. Barnum & Baileys
circus will be here September 7th and
Buffalo Bills Wild West show is
booked for September 18th. The lat
ter attraction will be here during
fair week.
Interest in the coming election for
the extension of the Melan bridge is
falling every day. The only thing
that will awaken the people is flood
scare. And a rain this kind of
age person.
This summer has broken all rec
ords for Opponents and they are still
the rage. The ones who know claim
that the couple who elope in the
summer time are very wise-they
miss the hot sweltering wedding-but
they also miss the presents.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire depart
ment left today for his vacation The
chief has had a hard winter of fire
on more work" in the Office with the
late fire laws. If man ever deserved
a vacation it was Chief Wilmarth.
Malcolm Copeland won the tennis
cup of the Country club in the four
weeks contest which ended Satur-
day Another tournament will be
played next month at the end of
which Mr.. Copeland will have to de-
fend his trophy with the next months
winner.
The police officers are still hunting
for the little co1ored boy who was
drowned in the Kaw river week ago
today In two more days the proven
bal saying that a body will rise to
the surface in nine days. will have
chance to prove itself and the off1cers
are keeping on the watch.
DIR. D. M Fisk. professor of
sociology at Washburn college has re-
turned to Topeka after having spent
the summer taking special work in
Professor A. NJ. Hyde who also spec
ialized in economics and Miss Willard
of the English department
The midsummer edition of the Wash
turn Review will b ready for distribu-
ton Friday evening. This number will
Whereabouts this summer OF the stud
ents of the college. THE Old Student:
by DR.. F. K. Sanders. and an article
giving football dope ere among the
special features.
Washburn is going to open early
this fall in order that the students
may find time to choose their rooms,
their studies, and their work. This is
a new plan that is bound to be pop
ular with the students. An extra
week in which to '1i.e off from
father will prove the real thing with
any college student.
Officer Pinkston. a colored member
| of the police force was thrown from
a street car when attempting to boaro
| If the other night and is suffering
| from a bruised knee. Pinkston is the
man who claimed that the only thing
| he didn't like about an open beat