The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-27


Beginning tomorrow night, cafeteria
suppers will be served at the Y. W.
c. A. as a regular thing.
J. E. Mercer, state live stock sani-
tary commissioner, has been busy in
Kansas City. Kan. this week.
The work on the steel fences around
the fair grounds and the race track
will be completed about the middle of
next week
n. B. Burge. who is in the race for
senator has received f1attering encour-
agement from people over the county
on his candidacy.
If the loyal citizens of the city are
able to hold back the threatened in
functions against the great white way,
| they will be dCirg noble deed.
The State Fair association is adver-
| Using the exposition next fall on sign
boards in close proximity to the Santa
Fe. Reck Island and Uni n Pacific de-
pots.
The Shawnee troupe Of Beg scouts.
numbering about SO. vii go GA
camping trip today. about eight miles
east of Topeka. They will return Sat
urday.
The croakers who said Topeka
would never have Great White
Way will have to get move on them
selves or the band wagon will run
over them.
! Among peculiar happenings in To-
peka should be mentioned the fact that
| the general superintendent of the street
| railway rides to and from his home in
| his motor car.
City Commissioner stotts has been
distributing fly sWatters among the
| people IN the East side smallpox dis
| trict. Stotts is a. believer in the Crum-
bine anti-f1y theory.
! Despite the fact that some of the
automobile owners of the city have
/ 90 OF + 10fr roar
lights burning after dark, some persist
in going without any lights at all.
Appraisers have been appointed by
the city commissioners for the open
| ing of Lincoln street from Bryon to
| Euclid. Tie appraisers are J. H.
| Squires, George Hanley and George Ad-
amson.
The management of the Kansas
State Fair association has received
number of sample tickets from which
the tickets which will be used in con-
nection with the fair next fall will be
selected.
| The n. Z. n. S of the high school
will occupy the Y. w. e. A. camp at
Wakarusa the week beginning Mon
day. July 81. This week the n. I. x.
Iorganizat ton of the high school is en-
joying camp life.
Only one more month will the travel
ers in Kansas be able to use the roller
will be declared illegal by the state
board of health. Then each person
has his own towel
There are no two papers represent
| ing a town in the Western league that
have the standing of the teams the
same If President O'Neil would send
out the official standing great thanks
would be due him.
Eugene Harshbarger. son of Profess
! sor HarshEarger OF Washburn college,
| is surveying for the government in the
| Rocky Mo-. ntains. When the people
of Topeka were sWeltering young Harsh
barger was wading through snow drifts
Is feet deep.
Every day people call up the city
clerk asking the name of the owners
of motor cars. They have been hit or
barely missed by reckless drivers and
after catching tie number of the ma
chine they find the owner by calling
the city clerk
The city commissioners have order
ed the street commissioner to cut down
all the dead trees in the city parkIngs.
Other trees that are not trimmed, or
that hinder the lighting of the streets
will be cut also. Now listen for kicks
from the property owners.
This is annual house cleaning time
at the high school building. Exten-
sive repairs are being made and the
offices in the basement are being put
a
readiness for the reception of Superin-
tendent- Elect c. c. Starr.
A fire which was believed to be in
| cendiary was discovered in the Ohio
House, corner Of Fifth and Jefferson,
at an early hour this morning. Fire
men smelled coal oil in the room where
the fire was discovered. This is the
second fire in a short time in this ho-
| tel The loss this morning was small.
Business must be getting slack with
| Commissioner Miller. He has asked the
city commissioners to open Smith street
on the East side. OF all the rows that
have been stirred up in Topeka for the
last s.steen'' years the opering of Smith
street is the king of them all. This
matter has worried the city officials
for many administrations
Several Topekans will attend the an
nual meeting of the Associated Adver-
Using Clubs of America in Boston.
Charles I.agerstrom, accompanied by
Mrs. Lagerstrom, left this afternoon
for Chicago, where they will join the
IChicago delegation. E. w. Thompson
has already left for Boston and Con
Van Malta will start Saturday.
Superintendent S. E. Maroney of
the fair grounds, as the result of a
falling tree and the subsequent snap
ping of a telegraph poie, sustained a
broken collar bone and fractured
IsncuIder late wednesday afternoon.
Through the aid of a plaster cast Mr..
Maroney is able to get about, but he
will not attempt to superintend the
work on the grounds for week.
There are now eight girls living per-
lmanentIy at the Y. w. 9 A. Scores
of transients from all over the coun-
try have been provided accommoda-
lions in the building in the last few
weeks A number of working girls
who are taking vacations have en-
gagged rooms for next fall. and by that
time it is expected that the boarding