The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-16

Clear. clean. conscientious service.
Independent Telephone.
Shows will deliver ice cream and
ices quickly Phone 748.
Eight girls are now sleeping each
night on the roof of the Y. w. c. A.
building.
The Santa Fe shops were closed to-
day to permit the employees to attend
the annual picnic.
The cars were crowded all day with
people bound for VinewoOd to attend
the Santa Fe picnic.
J. l. Montgomery, physical director
of the Y. NJ. c. A. is visiting his
parents in Hersman, Ill.
The board of directors of the Y. w.
C. A. will spend tomorrow at the as
sociation camp at Wakarusa.
z. L. Overton, who has the contract,
says the White Way will be ready for
the fair. Overton is an optimist.
A meeting of the carnival committee
of the Semi Centennial celebration was
held this noon at the Commercial club
The judgment of a man who doesn't
know ''silver top from real beer may
not be invulnerable about what is i'm
portant news
P. J. Sullivan, has a car of Ark
ansas Semi-Anthracite coal, which he
is selling at actual cost, delivered
Cali 105
There are no more school board
controversies staged for the present at
least. The next regular meeting of
the board will be held the first Mon
day in September.
Lester Murray, advance agent for
| Buffalo Bill is in Topeka today look
ing as cheerful as Major Burke him
self. Ira H. Simmons, who has the
program advertising, has also arrived
The machinery section of the Kan
sas State fair will be so arranged this
year that there will be no back lots.
Every space will face a street or
thoroughfare between prominent
| buildings on the grounds.
The broken window which has Civ
en- passersby a glimpse of the antics
of the pretty girls of the Y. W. c. A.
while indulging in cold plunges in
the swimming pool has been repaired
said passersby.
/ It will be a pleasure for the pa
triotic citizen to walk up to the fair
| ground entrance and plank down his
money for a ticket for himself and
family at the state fair. The impress
sive grand arch at the main entrance
will increase this spirit if genuine
| town booster.
The first issue of the Commercial
Bulletin, the official publication of the
l Commercial club, to be printed in
some time will be sent out to the
members of the club next week. This
1 is a breezy paper which tends to stir
up enthusiasm among the business
men of Topeka.
| Ed Moroney whose shoulder was
splintered and collar bone fractured
! by a falling tree at the fair grounds
recently, is still on the job as super
| intendent of the grounds, and except
! for the Inconvenience occasiOned by
wearing a plaster cast over the upper
portion of his body, he is getting
along nicely.
The removal of some of the old
speed stables to the south of the
race track, and the addition of two
new barns in the same locality adds
| considerably to the looks of the fair
grounds The horsemen have no rea-
son to kick on their quarters this
year, and even these will be improved
upon next year.
A strong and substantial steel
bridge spans the Shunganunga inside
the state fair grounds now, and this
! will be a further inGecement to
those who come to the fair by wagon
to use the camping privileges offered
by the management. The big shady
! grove across the creek is in sight OF
the big show all the time. and almost
adjoins the race track.
It is rather confusing to have two
| lSemi-Centennial celebrations in one
city within a few days of each other
confusing especially for out-of-town
people The management of the Old
Soldiers and Sailors reunion is ad-
vertising a Semi-Centenn1al celebra-
ton and urging all the people of the
state to attend, and the Commercial
c1ub is advertising a similar celebra-
ton for fair week. Newspapers in
Kansas are getting the events con-
fused.