The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Silver Lake Organizes Live
Commercial Club.
Will Rush Summer ResortPrOp-
Osition This Spring.
GOOD FOR BOATING.
Lake Two Miles Long May Be
Made Attractive.
L. L. Lockwood, Retired Cabinet
Maker, Dies at Home.

A Commercial club has been organ
lied at Silver Lake. eleven miles west
of Topeka on the Union Pacific rail-
road. The club is to boom the. town
in general and promote the. making of
a summer resort of the lake. This body
of water is a short distance south of the
depot. 1t is bout two miles long and
nearly 300 yards wide at the widest
place. The depth varies the deepest
places being over ten feet. Perch, bass
and other fish are caught there.
Charles Williams, Carl French and
J. H. Hodgins. of Silver Lake, have
bought most of it from Ed and Charles
O'Neil, Topeka. men, A. N. Thomas of
Silver Lake and G. w. Smith of Ross
vile. The balance has been leased from
]. e. Meadow. The buyers intend to I'M
prove the property and covert it into
a summer resort, through the newly Or
sanized club. The lines along which
they will work are not settled. Those
interested have reason to suppose that
the Topeka Street railway which late
ly built an extension of its line to the
north limits of Topeka on Tyler street,
will extend it to Silver Lake. Thus an
interurban will be formed and people
can easily and cheaply spend the sum-
mer evening boating on the lake.
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. French are
most interested in the project and own
the larger portion of the wet real es-
tate.
They are also prospective members
of the Commercial club. This will meet
the first Wednesday of every month.
Silver Lake has about 300 population.
The country around the town is rich
and the farms are valuable. The farm
ers are thrifty and prosperous new
$4,000 school house is to be built in the
near future.
The town was named after the lake,
which was originally an old riverbed.
I l.
o fthe Kansas river 1t is fed by springs.
| of the Kansas river. 1t is fed by bodies
of water are connected.
The officers of the Commercial club
follow: Clarence Henry, postmaster
president; J. S Kelly, vice president
George Harper, secretary and treasur-
er. The last two are also prominent
citizens.
Through their efforts and those OF
the members of the club it is not inn
probable that pavillions, etc, may be
built along the lake. boats and launches
| pleasure seekers, according to reports,
| The lake side now has considerable
| shade in the way of trees.
/ The members of the club include the
following: H. F. Killmer' Albert Rich
| erter, Charles Ward. Joseph Warner
| Herbert Hunley, Van Gion, Ernest
| Strawn, Joseph Cuthbirt and Carl
| Mattmiller.
Eben T. Lockwood, of 1109 North
Monroe street employed for nineteen
years in the cabinet department of the
Santa Fe shops, died early this morn
| ing at his home. Old age and complica-
| tions was the cause. He was so years
! old He had been sick for some time.
He was born in Rome, n. Y, July Is,
| 1881: and came to Kansas u years ago
| in April. He lived in Manhattan for p
| few months before coming to Topeka.
! Here he was employed in the cabinet
| department of the Santa Fe shops until
! a year ago in July. Then he was re-
| tired on a pension. He was one of the
| best and most popular workmen in the
shops. He raised two sons, Frank
Lockwood, employed in a leading dry
goods store at Detroit, Mich, and
| Stephen Lockwood, also in the dry
goods business in Pierre. Mich. Ar
adopted daughter, Mrs. Herbert E. An
! derson, lives in Calgary. Canada. His
wife Mrs. Margaret B. Lockwood. also
survives him. The late Mr.. Lockwood
belonged to the Manhattan I. o. o. f,
| lodge No. II.
| Intimate friends of the family and
| the shopmen may view the remains al
the home from to 5 p. m. tomorrow
| A short service will be held at 2 p. M
Monday at the house. DR.. Francis L
Hayes, pastor OF the First Baptist