The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31
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Gus is Saturday, September 16.
The Provident association manage
ment is beginning to plan for the fall
work.
It is expected that there will be
scores OF campers on the grounds next
fall while the state fair is in progress.
The August issue of the Christian
Enthusiast, the official organ or the
Topeka Local union, VIII be issued TINS
week.
There will probably be no further
meetings Of the Topeka Advertising
club until September. This is always
vacation time for the adnen.
James w. Clark, assistant city at
torney, leaves this week for the lakes
in Minnesota. where he will spend two
weeks in fishing and camping
The lookout committee of the C. r.
of the First Congregational church will
hold an all afternoon and evening PIC
mic at Garfield park Friday, August Il.
The current number of the Pro
gressive Autoist." edited by ). T..
Hazen. is out today. 1t is run OF maps
and logs of interest to motor car own
ers and travellers.
A dispatch from st. Paul conveys
the information that H. L. Miller, for
merly principal of the Topeka nlgn
school, may become principal or the
st. Paul high school,
I. r. McCarter, for thirty -four years
Topeka fireman, has been pensioned
nv the fire department. McCarter is
the third Topeka fire fighter to be
placed on the pension list
Several test trips have been made
with the new motor car construcre "a
in the Santa Fe shops in Topeka ana
# has been found that the car IS
adapted to all passenger use
The recent city budget plans nave
swelled nearly every fund to the limit.
The commission form places limit on
81, for
and the Topeka officials nave reacheu
| this limit.
The back yard garden system of the
Provident Association was not the sue
cess this year that it would nave oeen
had not the June heat withered up tue
growing crops. The experiment will be
tried again next year.
topeka people who have been away
on their vacations the last lew weeks
are discouraged. When they read Of
their home weather reaching an 80 De
gree limit every day, they wish they
were back in the good old town
Kansas City, Kansas. is bothered
about the commission form of govern
ment because the increase in salaries
has been $4,000. Topeka has known
this for some time-but Topeka feels
that the salaries are in the right
hands
It is planned by the city to buy an
| auto for the chief of police. Also LOT
| the fire chleI. me 81 -
the city waterworks has been gwen
one. The commissioners buy their
own machines.
G. c. Starr will assume his duties as
SUPERINTENDENT Of city schools to1nor-
row morning, as will M: Z. Hollllstn as
engineer for the board of education.
The new board members viii not meet
until next Monday evening.
The Baraca class of the First NJ q;
church has ADOPTED u novel method OF
holding the attendance through the
| summer months. The social cOrnnlttee
| Coz, Sunday serves those present with
lemonade and pop
7. Gilberg delivered socialist lectures
at Lawrence Saturday evening anu
Sunday. He received an invitation to
| deliver an address next Sunday at tn
Unitarian church there and mas &C
! cepted the invitation
The Topeka Edison company is build
ing a third large oil tank on its prop
ertv on Jackson street Tn1s is IN
preparation for next winter when more
oil will be burned than ever before I'D
the history of the plant
In Denver one potato will buy three
glasses of beer. In Topeka as valuable
as the potato is, it will not buy even
one glass of beer. However, in Topeka
9. person would rather have a potato
than three glasses of beer-tnat IS
most people.
privilege of attending the Y. W. G. A
camp at Wakarusa than the camp mas
been able to accommodate The added
attractions this year are two boats, a
tennis court and croquet grounds.
G. r Mattingly, city license collec-
tor. broke all city license records for
the month of July when he collected
S2,053.40. This is the greatest amount
collected any month in the history OF
the city. Collector Mattingly has made
a good record for the city.
your birth reports make me tired,
said a lady to a state Journal reporter
this afternoon. "They are always from
three days to a week old 1t VIII be
admitted that every woman In town
knows of the births long oeIore the
newspapers get hold of them
H. E. Chenowith of Kansas City is
here to ask the city commissioners for
the fuel oil franchise. Mr.. Chenowitn
SAYS his company is sincere in thell
requests of the city and promise TO de
their best to give Topeka a good cheaI
fuel for the coming winter.
The Rev. Arthur Henderson, of Iowa
who occupied the pulpit of the Ffrs
Congregational church Sunday and wht
will preach again in this place OF Wor
shin next Sunday, is the sort OF
man who can draw large audiences. Ii
has done much work as popula
lecturer and his manner of speaking Il
forceful. -.
September "a, the Men and Relig
ion" enthusiasts in Topeka will star
their first year Of real work VIVA
has been done thus far has simply beer
preliminary to what Will tClloW-
0,+oher. most of the leading magazines
Of the cour,try will contain articles Oh
the movement.
The operations preparatory to tn
holding Of the pageant in connection
with the Kansas emi-Centennlal eel
} ebration are being carried on quletl!
} and with a considerable degree OF Sc
crecy. Much progress has been made
however, in feat building.
The city of Denver owns numbe
of contrfvanees built for the purpose
washing and sweeping the streets Z