The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-02

Central park is the scene of numer-
Gus evening picnics nowadays.
The N. q. N. S. of the high school
are occupying the Y. W. c. A. camp
at Wakarusa this week.
Some exceptional real estate bargains
will be found in the classified columns
of today's State journal.
Daisy June Trout, secretary of the
Y. W. c. A, is spending the big part
of the summer at the camp at Waka-
rusa-
The suggestion has been made that
Topeka send a float to Hutchinson for
the semi-centennial celebration in that
city.
getting onto the ropes of his new
position as engineer to the board of
education.
Many of the old faces have been
missing at the Commercial club lately.
but of course this is always the case
in vacation time.
| The meetings for the purpose of
planning for the reunion of old sol
diers and sailors will from now on be
held at the Commercial club.
Former superintendent of City
Schools L. D. WhittemLle is now in
the position of assistant state superin-
tendent of public instruction.
The artists at work making floats
for the semi-centennial celebration are
busily engaged making river banks,
trees, and putting whiskers on Kansas
wheat.
The Topeka man who bought a guam
| tity of goods at Tia Juana, Mexico, for
| one dollar, and was stung at the Gus
tom house for $40 in duty, is still being
| joshed.
The auxiliary town committee of the
| local "Men and Religion organization
will hole meetings next Sunday at Will
lard, Rossville, Scranton, Sunnyside,
and Silver Lake
The small boys have already be-
gun to count the number of days which
| elapse before school cOmmences-an
they won't be glad either when that
day comes around
| M c. Holman assumed his duties as
engineer of the board OF education at
| a busy time Repair work which re-
quires close attention is being done at
the majority of the school buildings.
Topeka will see plenty of circuses in
| September. Rlngllngs, Buffalo Bill and
SeIls-Floto nave made contracts with
the city license collector. The dates are
| September 16, , and 81 respectively
| A city commissioner remarked today
that one of the next moves of the
board of commissioners will probably
| be to have removed the show cases
along Kansas avenue-cual hods, ETC.
Work on the new city waterworks
we'll has been renewed and the officials
| expect to have the well completed in
! a few days. v ork was abandoned on
| the well during the shortage and the
water in it at that time was used
| superintendent S. E. Maroney of the
| fair grounds. whose collar bone was
broken and shoulder fractured by
! falling pole the other day is rapidly
recovering from the effects of the ac-
| cident
Travel on the railroad lines running
through Topeka is now about bal
anced as far as east and west traffic
is concerned There are still some
persons going west for their vacations,
but on the other hand others have be-
gun to return from theirs.
This is the time of the year that the
newspapers tell q bout how much city
property is advertised for sale on ac-
count of delinquent taxes. The asses
sors turn in their reports on city pro
| perty and no one certifies them until
after the advertisement. Central park
Willow park and the city crematory
have been advertised this year But
they will not be sold
The people in the vicinity of Topeka
and Eighth avenues are complaining
that booze parties are almost nightly
held on the parkings, with the result
THAT sleeping is almost impossible The
other day a young lacy noticed
workman take package out of
manhole in the neighborhood. After
investigating its contents he carefully
elinned If into a pocket The next
evenine a number of men were heard
in the proximity of the manhole. Lat
er they began to strike matches, and
say naughty words. The supposltion
was that their liquid refreshments
were missing.