The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

| the leader of the high school orches-
ira next fall. The organization was
first formed by ores Samuel and Lee
Samuel has been the leader who has
developed it into an orchestra that
delivers the goods
The various committees in charge of
the Merchants week" entertainment
June T. 8, and 9, are doing some strenu-
Gus work looking after the thousand
and one details in connection with pre-
pairing for the crowds.
Fred Wilson, formerly pass clerk
for the Santa Fe, in Topeka, is in the
city on business for a few days. Will
! son is now in the industrial depart
ment of the Santa Fee with headquar-
ters in Chicago
In the report of the bank clearings
of the country this week Topeka gain
cd more than % per cent Only three
other cities in the country gained
moro than this amount. The clear
ings this week were $1,476,000.
The Topeka Motorcycle club has
morrow and will leave the Central
Cycle company's shop at O'Clock to
follow the leader" w. L. Davis
Will set the pace and the route
C. G. Blakely & Company have sold
six room house at 1900 Polk street
S. Reeder, the consideration being
$4,000; also the ]. S. Gilbert five room
cottage at 1923 Polk street to Oscar
Larson for $2,425.
Ten to one that it will rain all day
tomorrow. Every other person in To-
peka, who is not planning to go to
church has a fishing trip arranged.
If this won't bring rain, hail and all
the other elementsit will take
big circus to do it.
As long as it has been guessed that
the Missouri Pacific will build new
station in Topeka it might be the
proper time to guess that the road
will build new freight platform here
also put in a few hundred shops and
possibly q general office.
Commissioner Stotts has tried every
well digger in the city in an attempt
to have the well cleaned at the city
detention hospital Commonly called the
"pest house'O. All the diggers fear
smallpox despite the fact that the well
is $50 feet from the building.
meet me in Topeka June Z, s, and g.
is now the slogan among the Kansas
merchants. The attendance at the an
nual Merchants week. event last year
was more than 1300-actual registra-
tion-and it is expected that the 1.50O
mark will be reached this year.
If a man waters his lawn every
evening in order to keep it green and
bright the water bill will be as high
as his gas bill in the dead of winter.
On the other hand if he is economical
with his water his lawn dies and the
neighbors say he is stingy.
The second Wednesday in June a
meeting Of all committees of the To-
peka local union will be called to pre-
pare for the. real work of the year.
The next general meeting of the union
will be held the third Monday in July
at the Seabrook Congregational church.
People living around Willow park are
petitioning for the tenth time in the
last ten years for paving. In previous
administrations the city has turned
down the petitions because it would
cost the city half the work. This year
the commissioners promise to push it
through.
In about one week the traffic way
across the new south extension to
the Melan bridge will be open. When
the paving is laid the two new spans
on the south Will be complete. The
city officials would like to have money
enough to repair the old structure
that it would conform with the new
spans.
A meeting of the board of education
will be held Monday evening to pass
on the plans for the state street and
| Monroe school additions which have
been drawn up by L. M. Wood and
John F. Stanton, respectively. The
contracts for the erection of the build
| ings will be let at the first regular
| meeting in June.
W. ]. Rickenbacher is erecting a
modern cottage in the Lakewood Park
addition. The dwelling will be COM
pleted within thirty days He will
| have work started on another similar
| dwelling in a couple of weeks. Mr..
| Rickenbacher will have a half mile
| of cement sidewalks constructed in
! this addition this season.
John Richie. q Topeka contractor,
has a big paving contract in Wichita.
| Before he left for Wichita he at
tempted to hire men and teams in To-
peka, but couldn't find man out OF
work. He went to Wichita and found
lcompetition among the men to work
/ for him. 1t is impossible to get men
for any kind of work in Topeka.
The workers who will be in the field
"-lg day are expecting that the peo-
as the money goes towards a good