The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-12


w. H. Wasson, city auditor, is con-
fined to his home with hay fever.
Mayor Billiard swore in 2s members
OF the state militia at the State fair
grounds today.
Dinner every evening. Mills tea
room, fifth floor. Ninth street office
entrance after D. m.
The city commissioners passed an
ordinance today to keep beggars and
street fakirs off Kansas avenue this
week.
In your prayers tonight don't forget
the state fair association. Remember
that no one is in need of rain-and
thousands do not want it.
| Albert Patten. general manager of a
number of street railway lines in Kan
sas cities. is personally superintend-
| ing the work of keeping up the service
in Topeka for fair week.
The street railway company has
made special orders for all cars this
week. Every precaution will be TAX
en- to make it safe for the crowds to
travel on foot and on the cars.
The Great White Way will be dedi-
Gated by the people of Kansas tonight.
1t is the greatest electrical street light
ing effect in the west and the people
of the state are proud of Kansas ave-
nue..
Upper story windows will be at
premium tonight for the Semicentennial
parade. Every man in town who has
an office in an upper floor on Kansas
avenue has promised the windows to
his friends and family.
The board of city commissioners
passed an ordinance this morning pro-
hibiting lettering, loaf1ng and standing
on the streets. Everyone must keep
moving. The crowded condition of
Kansas avenue is the cause.
People seem to be getting the Karni-
val Knights and the Semicentennial
mixed. The KarnivaI Knights stunt is
pulled off on the streets next Friday
evening. The Semicentennial is to-
night.
The best place in the city to see the
Semicentennia1 parade is from the
grandstad at the fair grounds. The big
searchlights will be trained on the
spectacle as it reviews in front of the
stands.
The city commissioners have ruled
that all beggars, peddlers and religious
folk shall stay off from Kansas ave-
nue. this week. The order was disre-
garded this morning when the usual
crowd gathered at Sixth avenue.
The official city "joy wagon''-that
belonging to the water department.
and the motor car owned by w. G.
Tandy, city commissioner, will be in
the Centennial parade tonight.
The city officers will ride in these ma
chimes.
out of town cars in Topeka this week.
Many people are coming from all parts
of the state, bringing with them an
entire camping outfit. They camp at
the fair grounds and other pretty
places around Topeka.
The losing candidates for Karnival
Kween are not fretting. Miss Bates
said this afternoon that the gown was
too large for her anyway. Miss Ryan |
said the pictures the newspapers have
been running of her looked as If she |
was connected with a murder case.
All of the railroads in Topeka re-
port a big passenger traffic to the city |
this week Every train this morning \
was hacked and a number of extra |
coaches had to be added to some of
the trains. A Rock Island special |
from Horton carried 500 visitors to the
state fair.
This fair is a record breaker" said |
Capt William Peterson this morning |
between the stamps of the horses at |
the pavilion. II have been attending !
fairs for twenty years. but have never
seen any the equal of this. The horse |
races, for the first day of the fair, have
never been excelled.'
A bunch of western Kansas girls |
with the flush of the prairies on their /
cheeks and the health of the country |
in their faces walked down Kansas |
avenue laughing and jollying this |
morning. Everybody that met them /
turned and watched their fun. It did |
busy. pedestrians good to see the inno-
cent spirit of these girls.