The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-26

rides, Vinewood and other things, Roy
l.. Bone, city commissioner, collected
about $40 in the city hall this morning.
Everyone contributed.
Only about per cent of the bust
ness men of Topeka take their mail out
on Sunday according to Postmaster
Rodgers who added that those US
usually throw it on their desks as no
orders are filled on the Sabbath.
Carpenters are putting in the frame
work of the memorial window which is
to be installed in GemmelI hall by the
railroad friends of the late G. NJ. Gem
nell. Arrangements are being made
for unwilling ceremonies next month.
Leslie Stamey has been ordered to the
reform school by the Juvenile court,
following his trial for theft and vag-
rancy. The lad has been homeless for
months, has been sleeping in vacant
houses and robbing ice chests for food.
Secretary Guy t. Justis, of the Prov
ldent association, has left to join Mrs.
JustiS in Washington county. Mr.. and
Mrs Justis will return to Topeka Mon
day. In the meantime Mr. and Mrs.
j. r. Meredith have charge of the
office.
a party has applied at the office of
the state fair for permission to run
free moving picture show on the fair
grounds in fair week. The object of
the scheme is to make a little money
on the side running in some advertise
ments.
The repairing of the court house eIe-
vator has been commenced The new
motive power will be electric and the
contractor promises to have the NIifto
In working order by the opening of the
september term of the district court on
September 6.
Last night was green bug night.
These little bugs made their visits to
the city in sWarms and paralyzed soda
FOUNTAIN business
great purpose-they give Sarah's best
Teller" an excuse to put out the light
in the parlor.
MY, golly. what do all these people
DO Tor a living" was the expression of
| a stranger in the city after he had
taken ten mile motor car drive
through the resident districts Topeka
has a number of thousand of people
who do nothing.
Ed Chapman, formerly with the
state journal and recently editor and
publisher of the Everest News of Ever
est, kansas. has sold his newspaper
and has returned to his home in
Maple Hill, Kansas. Chapman will get
into the daily newspaper work again.
The real estate men say that this is
| the time of the year for the Kansas
! farmers to pack up their things and
| journey to Topeka to make their per-
| manent homes and live here the rest
of their lives. Scores of families of re-
! tired farmers move to the city every
| fall.
\ MaIon Burget claims that Sioux City
will win the Dennant in the Western
| league 1t takes a brave man to talk
baseball in Topeka this year. Topeka
has always been a good baseball town
| but the late performances have filed
the brave hearts with disgust and
| shame.
| T.B. Jennings, the weather man, who
turned loose this imported sample di-
rect from Alaska, says that the smoke
| from the northwestern forest fires
| lowered over Topeka about midnight
| last night. Naughty, Mr.. Weatherman
Just as if anyone was up at IL
| O'Clock to see forest fire smoke.
| Following an agitation over the coun-
| try for the closing of postoff1ces on
/ Sunday, Postmaster Rogers has ii
1 figured out that no one in Topeka
| would be Inconvenience if the city
1 main Office was closed during the day.
Mr.. Rogers figures that only 5 per
| cent of the business men call for their
mail on that day-and they pay little
attention to it.
| Senator Bristow announced in To-
| reka Thursday that competitive exam
| nations for appointments to West
Point and Annapolis would be held here
| October and 8. He will make the
| appointments from those VINO make the
best grades in the examinations. There
| are a large number OF applicants fol
the appointments. The examinations
| will be given under the supervision OF
e. T. Fairchild, state superintendent OF
/ schools.
Il A wealthy farmer living few miles
l north of Topeka, who was feeling sur
: plusly happy, staggered into the office
of Dr. Babb city milk inspector thi:
morning. ''Doctort' he said, 81 an
worth $4,000 don't owe a cent Il
nobody, and-hic-I love all my enc
mics and hate all my friends. Honest
| doctor, 1 never owed cent in m!
J life" DR.. Babb said nothing but look
ing through his books he slowly made
/ out bill for $1.56 and handed 1t th'
? millionaire