The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-15

The baseball fans in Topeka are
tame and civilized In an average
town team that is now representing
Topeka would be barred from enter
Ing the city limits.
Harry and Sam Lyman of Topeka
champion rogue players of Kansas, are
playing q match game in Kansas City,
Mo-, this afternoon with teams from
the Phoenix Park club.
This rainy weather probably has
saved the grass crop. 1t also is cutting
down the revenue of the water serves
department for nobody has been run
ming any lawn sprinklers in Topeka
for a week.
1t is expected that 1000 delegates
will be here to attend the natlonai
convention of the Christian Union.
And still Topeka is waiting for tna aI
new 100000 hotel. Legislature meets
this winter-and still no hotel.
The circus is in town today. The
small boy would better hurry to the
circus grounds before the city COM
missioners get out an ordinance pro
hibiting the presence of circus rub
berneck
1t has developed through a recent
aero club meeting that there are sew
eral wouldbe aviators in Topeka. There
is no reason in the world why 10
peka man couldn't fall to the ground
just as last DIS d II ItiCllllldh VI q 49,
man.
Commissioner Holman has discover
erd that the law only permits him TO
spend $4,000 on city parks this COM
ing year. Mr.. Holman had planned TO
spend at least 100000. This means
on paper only.
Today is examination day in the
Washburn college summer school. This
afternoon and tomorrow the out OF
town students will go to their respec-
tive homes where they VIII await
anxiously the arrival of september
when they may return.
The city depends upon the city Jail
birds to help out the regular force at
the asphalt plant. The police are not
arresting anyone now days-the town
is too good-and the city is short OF
men. There is no excuse for man TO
be without labor in Topeka
The city officials in charge of the
park budget stated plainly to the State
Journal a few days ago that the money
to be spent in Topeka for parks next
year would amount to $4,000. Com
missioner Holman now claims that
their intentions were to spend $4,000
only.
1t was so hot last night that the
pavements in the city didn't cool off.
This morning they were as warm as
they were last evening-and 1t ra1ned a
little, too. You will wake up some
morning-if you can get to sleep-and
find the Kansas avenue asphalt flowing
down to the river.
Old Typographical Error is sneaking
around a newspaper office ready for
mischief all the time. In Topeka pa
per it switched some headlines so that
over a story about state funds in a de-
funct bank, appeared a heading re-
ferring to a woman who once had vio-
lated the prohibitory law.
Aviator Mars has taken heed. He
has written to Topeka friends that he
will be in Topeka with huge eight
cylinder Curtiss aeroplane to make the
Topeka-Kansas City fight. 1t is
thought that he will be here some
time during the latter part of July.
Topeka has faith in Mars.
The city commissioners have heard
the first reading Of the famous fire.
cracker ordinance. This ordinance.
signed by Commissioner Bone, pro-
hibits the sale or the explosion of fire
works What the small boy wants to
know-"will we be arrested, Mr.. Com-
missioner, if our flrecracker just
f1zzes?"
No fireworks the next Fourth of July
according to the edict issued by the
city commissioners. 1t has been moved,
Mr. Chairman, that James Whitcomb
Riley be invited to come to Topeka and
deliver an address in favor of the small
boy. The small boy has few privileges
in this day and age-ii he has blue
eyes and Buster Brown hair his par
ents are satisfied.
Two hundred and fifty dollars was
air camp of the Anti-Tuberculosis So