The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-28

pie are giving a free band concert at
Seventh and Harrison streets.
The city will decorate the Audi
forum and city hall for the fair week
and the Semi-Centennial- A contract
Will be let to an expert decorator for
the work. 1t is planned to make the
| building look its best.
1t Will seem like living once more
to see the crowd hurrying to the
vaudeville and matinees in the after
moons. The fail is welcomed by every
one except the small boy who realizes
that school viii soon begin.
The city commissioners have taken
back their ideas on the carnival night
celebration. They feared at first that
the streets would be dirtied With con
fetti-but now they have sacrificed
their fears in favor of the K. KS.
About the middle of the week the
contest for the selection of a karnl-
val Queen should wax exciting, as
several of the lodges OF the city ma e
picked out their candidates and the
members will produce the coin to buy
the votes
The meeting of Karnival knights
this evening at the Commercial club
will not be confined to the members
Of the organization only, but anyone
who is interested in the coming car
nival event will be admitted to the
meeting
Every precaution is being taken to
prevent fire at the fair grounds NO
concessions recurring q fire Will be
! permitted under the grandstand, and
all such concessions Will be located as
| far away from all buildings as pos
| sible.
4 man from Ponca. Okla. has writ
| ten letter to Mayor Billiard asking
/ that he be allowed to exhibit a calf
with six legs and four noses at the
state fair. The mayor is perfectly Will
| ing and has turned the matter over to
] the city license collector.
/ The average man spends all Sunday
/ afternoon Watering his lawn and his
shrubbery. This is the only time he
/ has for the work. Yesterday was no
1 diversion from the rule. And a few
! hours later it rained. The city water
works should deduct for this
Mayor Billiard was supposed to take
TWO weeks NacatiOn-but he stayed
only a week and returned sunday. He
/ said he wanted to get back in TOLeka
in time to meet the band of Italians
who are coming here to annihilate him
and his friends and supporters
The street railway squabble with the
city commissioners in an attempt to
build a freight track on Seventh street
was postponed until Monday. Super
/ intendent Patten and his attorneys
talked it over with the city commits
| sioners again today but they came to
no agreement
The week has started out well for
the realty men. The weather is IA
Vorable to doing business. and people
are now beginning to think about
moving to Topeka for the purpose
OF educating their children. Rental
properties are scarce-that is desir-
able houses.
The coming events in September
have started people to thinking about
making Topeka Just as attractive in
appearance as possible Many of the
owners Of homes viii decorate as well
as the merchants. There has been
much talk recently about the poor
condition of some of the paved streets
IN the central portion of the city
A general meeting Of the public
school teachers in Topeka has been
called by superintendent c. G. Starr
for Monday afternoon, September is.
and a meeting of the principals of the
school for 10 o'clock in the morning
OF the same day The notice of the
former meeting had to be sent to al
parts of the country, so widely scat
tered are the teachers
Secretary H. L. Cook of the state
ia If is tormented every day by those
who believe that they are especially en-
titled to passes. why is it that the
average citizen should be asked to pay
his way into the gates While those who
can best afford to pay are insistent
upon being taken care of is mystery
that viii never be solved, said the
secretary today. 1.-THE management is
of the opinion that these people should
help build up the fair. NO passes Will
be issued with the exception OF a few
TO the newspapers and those who have
actual business on the grounds ana are
aiding in making the fair.