The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-12


DR.. Harding has left the hospital
and is now at her office.
Children's day was observed Sun
day at many of the churches.
Marshau's band will give an open air
free concert at Chesney park tonight.
The merchants week attendance
broke the last year record. There
were 1855 registered.
The Gage park lake has been full
of bathers during the hot weather. It
is the most popular place around
The people who are frequenters of
VineWood park miss the boating which
has been SO popular In recent years.
Superintendent Reinisch at Gage
park has a night blooming cereus
which has over SO buds. 1t will be-
gin to blossom this week.
The city has notified the Santa Fe
to repair their sidewalk over the tracks
on Branner street. 1t is claimed that
the walk is in dangerous condition.
Betty. the tame deer at Gage park,
has presented the city with a pair of
beautiful twin fawns. They arrived
Friday night. There are now four this
years fawns at the park.
The city license collector, G. L. Mat
tingly, reports that he has collected
more than $1,100 in the month of May
This is the largest collection for May
in the history of the city.
Inc congregation OF the First Con-
gregational church will hold a special
meeting Thursday evening-prayer
meeting night-to consider a man for
the pastorate of the church.
The Rev. Robert Gordon. pastor of
the First Baptist church, has left for
the Northern Baptist convention and
the Worlds Baptist Alliance, June
1925.
A Kansas avenue druggist has a big
sign on his window painted Beer" In
small letters hardly readable is the
word Root" In a street car or on the
other side of the street the root" can
not be seen.
There is a quarrel among the colored
people near West Twenty-first street
over sidewalks. One man claims he will
have to pay for nearly two blocks Of
sidewalks on account of the way his
neighbors have slipped it over on
him
Secretary Guy T. Justis of the Provi-
dent association is planning number
of hikes for boys for the summer
months. The girls will hold a number
of social evenings at the association
building, corner of Fourth and Quincy
streets.
About the silliest thing ever invented
to fill up space is the scheme to print
alleged hmericks. A list of the names
of those who contribute some of these
hCioCS hOQiQ SOOQ
list for the buildings on the banks OF
the Kaw."
The intersection of Harrison street
and Sixteenth will be paved this sum-
mer. This is a little corner that has
needed paving for some time and the
city commissioners believe they can
pave it without calling for bond issue
of any kind.
The city has ordered the street rail-
way company to tear up their tracks
on West Seventh street. After this is
done the city will repair the pavement
on this street so that driver can
drive over it without suffering a jar
ring of the spine.
At the meeting of the city commits
sioners Wednesday morning the Great
White Way proposition will be given
its last spray of red tape. At that time
the objection limit will have run out
and the commissioners will appoint APP
praisers for the curb and guttering.
What has become of the pop and
lemonade boys? Last year at this
time there We're two or three stands
on almost every corner, but this season
there is only an occasional stand to
be seen. 1t certainly isn't because
the weather is not sufficiently warm
to make business brisk.
The revision of the city license Or
dinance which was scheduled to take
place this week has been laid on the
table until further investigations can
be made. This is the new ordinance
that will require the street railway
company to pay $25 a year for cars and
will tax the poles in the city 25 cents
each.
The trolley ride season is now at
hand. Tuesday evening the Christian
Endeavor society of the First Congre-
gational church will give a ride, start
ing at the corner of Eighth and Har-
rison street, and on Friday evening
the "Hustlers'' class of the Third
Christian Sunday school will hold a
similar affair.
A Topeka newspaper man put two
''pints' of ginger ale on the ice the
other hot evening and started out for
a walk around the block while the
"pints'' cooled. When he returned all
he found was two empty bottles with
a note attached which read: Thanks.
After this when you leave home lock
the house." The unfortunate one is
ready to shoot on sight
INDIAN ADOPTION STANDS.