The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29

| Twelfth street lines the street railway
service to that part of the city is split
| up in such manner that it takes Il
railroader of years experience to solve
| the problems
| Work of remOdeling the Rosser Bros
| drug store, 803 Kansas avenue, was be-
| gun today by Contractor Council. The
! improvements will include a modern
! front and a new steel ceiling. They Will
| cost about 81, 200.
! A meeting Of the building commit
! tee of the Y. w. c. A. will be held at
8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to make
arrangements fer laying the corner
stone Of tie building sometime in the
| latter part of July or first of August.
The hot weather makes the asphalt
on Kansas avenue soft and penetrabla
1t is noticeable that Topeka people
and not ruraHsts-leave their teams
and horses tied to the curbing, thus
damaging the pavement to a great eX-
tent.
A contract has just been let to the
Pribble Plumbing company for plumb
| ing and heating the seventh floor of
the National hotel. The hotel manage
ment wish to do away with the roof
garden and increase their hotel accom-
1nodatlons.
A fly trap 80 inches high and IS
inches i'll diameter, manufactured by
the Elmer Fly Trap company, has been
placed in front of a restaurant in the
500 block on Kansas avenue. Flies
we're three inches deep in the trap a.
noon today.
Six Epworth League societies were
represented at a meeting held last night
for the purpose of establishing a To-
cal Bpworth League union. A commit
tee was appointed to draft a constitu-
ton and submit it for the consideration
of the individual church societies.
The county candidates are planning
numerous freak advertising schemes
for the last lap of the county cam
paign. One man will send tent and
a show out in the rural districts. An
other says he will hire a band. Cam
paigns are money making schemes nov
days.
Earl Mcdonald, 10 years old. was
hurt when he tried to cross the street
in front of a slowly moving auto. own
ed by Henry Bredell. at Eighth and
Kansas avenue Tuesday afternoon.
He was Knocked down and received a
cut across the forehead. The injuries
were not serious.
When the work of remodeling, and
the building of new structures on Kan
sas avenue begins in earnest, the citi-
ZenS will find it necessary to walk in
the middle of the street most of the
time. Topeka contractors never have
been able to solve the problem of build
ing a brick wall without taking up
half the street.
M. c. Holman, city park COMMISSION
err is planning tree trimming crusade
that will fall heavily upon several Of
the delinquent citizens unless they
trim the overhanging limbs at once.
The wild growth of untrimmed trees
costs the city several hundred dollars
each week on account of damages to
thu electric light system.
The state fair officials. who were ex-
cited because they thought Ringing
Brothers had a circus date in Topeka
fair week. are calm today. 1t has been
discovered that the circus is here Sep
TENDER and not September IL, as 1T
first feared However, the city COM
rnissioners will pass an ordinance keep
ing out all circuses fair week
Paul Phelps, son of Rev. A. D. Phelps
1925 Clay street, who was run over by
a Peoples Ice company auto truck on
the Country club hill today is suffer-
ing decorations of the flesh of both
legs below the knees. The lad, who
is II years old. had tried to climb
uron the moving truck when he fell
beneath it, He cared for at st.
francis hospital.
The Knights and Ladies of Security
who own the National hotel building
will spend $1S5o0 on improvements to
The structure. The contractors are
Nordlund & Tuline for the stone work
and E johnson for woodwork. The
inner walls viii be torn out and
new lobby made at a cost of $4,000.
The roof garden will be remodeled TO
the extent of $14.0GO.