The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
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IN Iopeka you need an Independent
lhone.
The board of directors of the Com
mercial club will meet tomorrow noon.
The swimming event to be held
Thursday evening at the Central Y.
M G. A. is open to the public.
The swimming pool in the children's
playground at Sixth and Washburn
avenues has been much visited by
youngsters this week
Governor w. R. Stubs has appoint
ed ]. NJ. Meade. DELEGATE to the Ma
tional Irrigation congress. in session
September $3.50. In Pueblo. Colo.
Police Chief E. c. F'rizzell of Larned,
Kan, this morning telegraphed Chief
of Police Morris Jenkins that 500 har-
vest hands must be had by tomorrow
Plans for the folk dance entertain
ment which will be given Friday I'M
der the auspices of the Topeka Play
ground association are well under
way.
General Manager Hurley of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe departed for
Chicago last night. Mr.. Hurley ex-
lects not to return until the end of
the week.
Prof. F. ]. Miller. high school exam
liner for the University of Chicago, will
lecture on Facts and Fancies in Mod
ern Education tonight at WaskbErn
college.
"A a.
ring department of the Atchison, To-
Peka q Santa Fe, has departed for
Denver where he will remain for some
time in the interests of the company.
An organization known as the South
Topeka Improvement association was
formed at meeting attended by Is
of the South Siders. Officers will be
elected one week from tomorrow night.
Although the fight is less than a
week off, no reports have been made
of excursion trains running from KAN
sas to Reno, New. And nobody ques-
tions but that Kansas has the price if
her citizens wanted to go.
Frank H. Miller and Nellie Smith of
Topeka secured a license to wed in
Kansas City Monday and Ward L.
Garfield Of Bridgeport, Cor secured
the necessary authority to make Irene
McCarty of Topeka his wife.
Marshall's bard gave one of the best
last night. The band was led by Mr.
Marshall and the boys made the vet
Gran leader proud of his pupils. AT
least 5000 people were present.
It costs $4,000 a mile to oil the roads
out Of Topeka; The street railway
could build a line to Gage park as
cheap as this. But there is no danger
of the car line being extended this
! year-according to the officials.
| Tie Topeka Automobile club has OBJ
| taired permission from the county
| commissioners o place Best Road TO
Topeka signs all over the country.
| These signs will be used for the best
! interests of the outside motorists.
The oilers now are busy on stretch
of the West Tenth street road from
the city limits to the Catholic ceme-
! terry. This is an experiment, material
and machinery having been loaned for
the work, which includes grading, OIL
| ing and rolling the road.
Work has been commenced on "a
| $500 memorial window for the late X
B. Gemmer in Gemmell hall of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. The money was
friends of Mr.. Gemmen. When COM
pleted dedicatCry services will be held.
| With the help of c. Z. Jordan, ex-
councilman from the First ward, the
South Side Improvement association
| was formed last night. This assocla-
ton has improvement as its sole pur-
pose and is not designed to increase
| personal property values or further
| proposed parks
Those attending the "Y. MY. w"
Fourth of July picnic at the girls
camp at Wakarusa will leave at 1929
over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
instead of by wagon. The girls and
bows will probably play a game of
baseball There will be boating. fish
ing basket ball. cross country runs and
/ other forms Oh amusement.
| The state house steps are inhabited
with the usual crowd of "pclly-foxers"
who have no other place to go this
kind of weather. If a few more moth
ers would allow their daughters to re-
ceive callers at home instead of MAX
| ing it necessary for them to make a
date at the transfer station and full
fill it on the state house steps, there
would be less grief.
Less than 800 automobiles were re-
ported to the Shawnee county assess
ors on March 1 when the annual ap-
praisement of personal property was re-
ported Many of the $50 autos owned
! in Topeka are listed in other counties
or in the rural districts of the county
About 100 failed to be listed and the
assessors are hunting these out by
means of the city's auto license list.
More than fifty autos were sold in To-
peka before March / and therefore are
mot listed