The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-29
GOOD FALL TRADE
Season for Farm Deals Has
Begun.
Realty Men Pleased With Gener-
al Outlook.
MANY MEN EMPLOYED
More Than in Some Months,
Says Charles Harris.
Topeka Gets a New Engraving
Company.
IANY MEN EMPLOYED

Business is picking up say the
realty men. Farm business is good"
said T. U. Reynolds, of the Shawnee
Agency, land I believe that a good
| deal of farm land will change hands
advertising value of the state fair
has already been felt by u.s.
There are now a great many work.
men employed in Topeka. Builders
are rushing their work in order to
complete their contracts before the
winter weather sets in. Notwith-
standing this fact there are some
men in the city out of work.
This condition of affairs is due
partially to the fact that Topeka has
been advertised as experiencing what
is almost boom in building activity
and the consequent influx of work.
men from other places. For the
most part the men who are now out
of work are not experts in their re-
spectiVe spheres of labor.
There are probably more men en-
ployed in Topeka than there have
been in long time" said Mr.. Harris
of the State Free Employment bureau.
but it is a mistaken idea that there
is now big demand for more work
ers.''
The reason that there is great
army of workmen now employed in
the city will be set forth in this col
urnn at later date.
Within a week or ten days the Kan
sas Farmer company will have new
Goss special halftone magazine press
in place. which they claim will be the
biggest press in the state.
1T will be the biggest press in Kan
saS,'' said Albert T. Reid, president of
the company. ut was not purchased
because we are able to have Iuxuries,
but because we needed it in our bust
ness.
I'VE have been having to run night
and day in the past, on account of
lack of facilities for handling our
work. This is practically the same as
a press built at the same time for the
Saturday Evening Post"
It is a rotary magazine press and
will print "a page periodical. 1t is
% feet long, 10 II feet high, and 12h
feet wide.
Topeka is to have a new business
firm known as the Topeka Engraving
company. 1t will be controlled by
men connected with the Concordia
Dispatch Publishing company, who
are also the proprietors of the Con-
cordia Engraving company. It is said
that the Topeka engraving plant is
to be larger than that in Clay Center.
Messrs. Southwick, Belts, Hopes and
Hemphill of Clay Center are interest
ed in the new plant.
The Ohio house at the corner of Fifth
and Kansas avenue, belonging to Hook
Brothers of Indiana, has been sold
through George NJ. Noble & Company
to William May for the consideration
of $4,25O.
other sales reported by George M.
Noble & Company are: The five roolr
cottage at 900 Jefferson street, the
property of L. NJ. Frazier, to c. E.
Jewell for $3.50; the c. A. O'Meara
house at $50 Buchanan street to George
Broyles for 1900; thirty acre farm
south of Highland Park, owned by G.
Lukert to G.. W. Elliott Of Missouri for
Sc, 500; an eighty acre farm in Usage
county, the property of John Vile, to
William Un5erdown for $4,000.
The Shawnee agency has found bust
ness to be brisk in the past week or
two. Following are sales reported by
this firm: The Croco eighty acre farm
three miles from Topeka to J. Merh-
vein of Brown county for $4,000; 160
acre farm eight miles southeast of the
city for $12 900; a six room house at 806
Lane street to John Kull of the North
side for 81, 500; a dwelling at ITO Null
vane street to J. NJ. F'urniss for SO, 300;
a dwelling at 467 Reno avenue in the
shops district. to E. E Wendell for
recent sales which are not included in
this list.
The Skene's park property has passed
into the hands of Charles s. Elliott, a
trade having been effected through the
Sheldon Realty company.
Wilson & Neiswanger have sold two
lots near Sixteenth street on Boswell
avenue belonging to J. G. Mohler, to
A K Wilson for 5000.
Mrs. J. T Bell is building a dwelling
Mt 735 Fillmore street to cost in the
neighborhood Of $4,000. 1t will contain
seven rooms.
The old BIakesley property at the
corner of Eighth and Polk streets
which was at one time considered one
of the finest residences in Topeka is
rapidly being transformed by c. W.
Noel the contractor. into a modern
flat building. containing two seven
room apartments. H. B. Howard has
been awarded the contract for wiring
the building.
See ]. THOMAS LUMBER co. for
lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE-
METNJT pYpod fha hest man