The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

Scotchmen have come % Topeka
There are perhaps a dozen of these
fellows in the city who are for the
most part followers of some trade. In
number of instances they are skilled
masons.
Two of them are living at the Rail
road Y. NJ. c. A.-CharIes Begg and
Jack Renfrew. The former is an as
sistant to the secretary. Among the
others belonging to this group of
young men are A. McLaren and
Keneth Steer. There are a number Of
men working at the Santa Fe shops
who came from Scotland
In spite of the fact that this is not
moving time" the transfer companies
continue to move the household goods
of families moving into Topeka at the
rate of so a month.
Recent Arrivals.
The transfer companies have fur
nished the following lists Of new
corners:
Merchants Transfer company; H. c.
Nybro, from Atchison, moved to 731
Topeka avenue; L. H. Bracey, from
Omaha, Neb-, to 1855 Garfield avenue;
J. w. Griffith, from Lawrence to COR
ner OF Nineteenth and Buchanan
streets; K. B. Duncan, from Galveston,
Texas, to 1904 Western avenue; Lois
Rude from lola, Kan, to 2002 Boles
avenue; W. E. AIcCandless, from Oma-
ha, Neb., to 1928 Tyler street; K. w.
Martin to S21 Huntoon street; P. P.
Mitchell from St. Louis. Mo. to 1414
Harrison street: C. F. Gardner: r. d.
Payne from Eureka; n. J. Oils from
Manhattan to oil Huntoon street.
c. c. Booher: c. A Baird, from
Larned, moved to $50 North Jackson
street; Mr.. GammOge, from Kansas
City, Mo, to 400 Fillmore street; Mr..
Hippensteel from Southern Kansas, to
1714 Harrison street; Mrs. Stewart
from Sedalia, No, to S28 Madison
street; c. F. Canon, from Usage City,
to 1015 Garfield avenue; E. A Cornell
from Osawatomie to 1851 Central
Quenemo, to PIT Klein street; Jesse
Gates, from Kansas City, No, to GIG
West Seventeenth street.
Topeka Transfer and Storage com
pany: Mrs. r. Williams. from Law
renee; T. w. Peck. from Bedding,
Mich, moved to 1923 Boswell avenue.
Recent Sales.
Wilson and Neiswanger announce
recent sales made in city property,
which aggregate $43,7Z5-
These transactions include the sale
of the Phil Lux property at 1889 Bos-
well avenue, which was sold to J. jay
Henderson for the consideration Of
$4,000; also the L. w. Wilson eight
room home together with two and a
0eliI lois at 1874 IaI46lQ avenue 10
sam H. Hoover for $4,000.
Another sale made this week by this
firm was the property owned by J. J.
Corbett at 1872 College avenue for
$4,000. The dwelling contains six
rooms which are finished in oak The
pretty bungalow at 1905 Huntoon
street near the Westminster Presby-
terrain church was sold TO J. w. Butts
for $4,250.
Other sales made by Wilson and
Neiswanger are as follows: The VIII
liam Stewart dwelling at 1929 Boswell
avenue to Mrs. Pierce Price for SO, 200;
the property of J. A. Davidson at 1888
for $4,000; the property of c. NJ. Lowe
at 1923 Boswell to G. B. Peck for
$500; the T. NJ. Mcintosh dwelling at
1853 West street to Harry Houseman
for $4,000; two lots IN Broadmoor
from the Prudential Trust company to
Roy Hesseltine, $500; the G. w
Swartz dwelling at All German avenlss
to D. A. Sayley for the consideration of
1890; from the Prudential Trust
company to E. T. Lucus two lots IN
Broadmoor, $500; two lots at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and Mulvane
streets from Ruth McClintock Mohler
to S. w. Mcknight for the consider
alton of $500.
Sales of the Shawnee Agency: A five
room house at 432 Scotland avenue to
Arthur Wilson for the consideration Of
$1,725; a dwelling at 422 Ash street
from B. " Fritton to Charles Bowser.
$500; dwelling at 1885 Clay street to
Mr.. RAIDER of Chanute; a dwelling at
166 Woodruff avenue to J. Linden for
$1,000; property corner of Huntoon
street and College avenue to e. F.
Stanley for $1,000; five room cottage
at 273 Chestnut street to W. B. LEW
hun for $1,000.
A. D. Jones Realty company report
the following transfers made last
week: Eighty acres in Jefferson coun-
ty near Williamstown, from E. Adkins
to L. Bowman. for $4,000; 40 acres
near Lawrence, from z. Adkins to L.
Bowman, for $4,000; 1853 acres of land
near Cove, Cove county from L. Bow
man to E. Adkins, the consideration
being $4,000.
w. S. Langston sold % lots facing
Washburn avenue between Ninth and
Tenth streets to c. 3. Maxv ell for the
consideration of $500. Other sales
reported by Mr.. Langston are a zoo
acre farm in Osborne county a $50
acre farm in Scott county, and a 100
acre farm in Sherman county.
The H C. Carl farm near Carbon
dale, comprising 400 acres Of land, has
been purchased by T. K Thompson,
| breeder Of ShorthOrn cattle for the
consideration Of S29, 900. Eleven years
ago this property was bought by Mr.
Carl for $29 per acre. This makes the
increase In value of the land in eleven
years $3.50 an acre.
/ Charles Sturtevant an ambitious
member of the high school class of
June IL has purchased one and one
half lots at 1626-27 Clay street from
Rodgers Davis and company as an in
Vestment-
/ Real estate and building news for
publication in this column will be re-
ceived not later than Thursday evening
of each week.