The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-28


his office.
The showers are assisting the white
wings materially in keeping the
streets clean.
The Wichita baseball team wasn't
| anxious to play Thursday. They had
ridden all night coming from Denver.
Spring Hats at one-half price, Sat
urday only to make room for Mid
| summer stock. Pickens, 500 Kansas
avenue.
C. w. Kouns, general manager of
| the eastern lines of the Santa Fe in
Topeka, left last evening for a business
trip to Chicago.
Car 1O5 on the Potwin line has
such large holes in the floor that some
of these days the conductor may lose
some of his passengers enroute.
Miss Pearl Reedy, who was acct
dentally shot while rehearsing for a
school play at Flush, Kan, has been
! brought to st. Francis hospital She
will recover.
the statement that this. spring breaks
all records for births. This physician
claims he attended five births in As
hours this week.
Commissioner Stotts, the new city
commissioner, will buy small motor
car in order to make a visit to his
parks every day. Stotts believes in
the commissioner being on the job.
The back porch thieves in the
southwestern part of the city are
growing so bold that when they steal
oranges and bananas they stop and
away.
The experimenting of this district
OF the Rock Island Lines will meet in
Topeka tomorrow to discuss the new
spring time card which is announced
in the railroad columns of the State
Journal this evening.
j. A. Stewart. general passenger
agent of the Rock Island Lines in
Topeka moved his family to this CITY
today from Chicago Mr.. Stewart
will live between Ninth and Tenth
avenues on Lane street.
If you wish to know how many
more weeks. days and hours are left
In the present school year, Just stop
the small boy on the street who is
walking with a bunch of marbles in
one hand and top in the other-he'II
tell you.
F. c. Squires, the architect. is draw
ing plans for an eight-room, $4,000
frame residence, which will be erected
at the corner of Fifteenth and Clay
streets by w. F. Roehr. Work on
the dwelling will commence within
about week
A score of Topekans left today for
Wamego to attend the Eighth district
Christian Endeavor union convention,
which opened today and will continue
throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Floyd Evans of Topeka is the presi-
dent of the union.
Frank Rankin, Ralph Smith and H
B. Atwel have been awarded medals
by the management of the Central Y.
M. c. A. as being the three fellows
who have done the best work on the
parallel bars and the horseI the past
season in the gym"
Tho ;1i,,-od
the livery fire the first of the week
have practically recovered from their
injuries and are back to their posts at
the headquarters fire station. Bick-
nell with his broken rib is not able to
do active duty in the service yet.
The city officials are attempting to
make arrangements with the owners
to get possession of the 80 acres of
land adjoining Gage park. 1t is
hoped that this land can be obtained
and public golf links can be set out
this summer.
the part of high school students that a
few of the teachers can not be found
IN their class rooms immediately be-
fore o'clock. There is ruling
which requires the instructors to be
on hand for work at least ten min
utes before the last bell rings.
A storm of protests have come TO
the State Journal office because it is
claimed the argum ents' of DR.. Crum-
bfne that flies will not enter rooms
tinted or papered in blue are wrong
One housekeeper said this morning
tnat her bedroom, papered in blue
was inhabited by ten big spring flies.
Some of the county teachers have
asked to be allowed to take post grad
uate work in the new normal course
IN the high school next fall in order
to get the teachers certificate which is
given upon completion of the course
and which is good for two years and
carries with it the privilege of re-
lneWal
A number of the students of the
high school have been making in
quiries as to whether or not the board
of education will establish the last two
years of the business course in the
high school. This year the new bust
ness course has proven a great sue
cess and has been extremely popular
among the students. The last two
years in the course would include
these studies: Advance bookkeeping,
Istenography and typewriting, CONNER
cial geography and commercial law.
An invitation is extended by those
in charge of the big Sunday school
convention chorus to all church peo-
pie who are singers to join the chorus,
which is expected by the time the con-
vention is in progress next Tuesday,
to be swelled to 500 members. Grant
from New York, the man with the
keep sweet" motto, will lead the
chorus in rehearsal this evening at the
First Presbyterian church. Rehearsals
will be held in the Auditorium Sunday
afternoon and Monday evening.
LOVELAND AT SALINA JUNE 1.