The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-10
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Srormont hospital.
w. H. Kemper has gone to Benning-
ton to deliver a memorial address for
Odd Fellows tomorrow.
Seven Topeka high school boys left
today and like number yesterday for
the state Y. M. c. A. camp for high
school boys at Emporia.
E. B. Stotts, city commissioner,
leaves Sunday for Garden City, Kan,
where he will meet Mrs. Stotts and re-
turn to Topeka some time next week.
Vacation schools have been in oper-
alton the last week in the Clay, Gar
field, Grant and Lafayette buildings,
with total enrolment of more than
zoo students who are either reviewing
work or making up back work.
Monday night a free band concert
will be given by Marshans band at
Chesney park. This is the first or
series of band concerts to be given in
the city parks by the city this summer
An excellent program has been arrang-
ed.
At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation which will be held on Monday
contracts will be let for the erec-
ton of additions to the State street
and Monroe school buildings Mat
discussed.
The last few ball games have
knocked all the ambition out of the
Topeka fans. For awhile they thought
third place from the bottom of the
league would be given the kaWs-
but now the team is losing all the hon
or it won.
The police have grown so careless in
allowing people to ride bicycles on
sidewalks that now many young motor
cyclists are using the sidewalks as a
speedway. After a pedestrian is
killed or mangled the police will be-
gin to carry out the law.
A number of women in the city who
borrow their neighbor's paper are
''peeved" because the girls Shirt tail
parade" at Washburn college was writ
ten up. Modesty is a great asset until
it begins to rise up and flow over the
sides-and then it loses all OF It's force
and effect.
The city commissioners will raise
the Topeka taxes next year in order
to give to the city the needed improve
'1nents. After these improvements
are made and everything is in good
running order it is figured that it will
be possible to lower the taxes for all
time to come.
At the city dog pound some of the
finest breed of dogs can be purchased
for the taxes on them plus an addi-
tional fee of so cents. Bargain days
have been declared by the city officials
at which time a fine assortment can
be found. Sunday morning is the first
bargain counter.
]. L. Montgomery, physical director
L. vi.
to Emporia, where he will have charge
Of the ten day state high school as
ISOLATION camps athletics. About 20
boys from Topeka will attend the
camp, which started yesterday and
will continue until June 10.
Mayor Billiard and the dictionary do
not agree. In speaking of the cabaret
smoker at the Auditorium the mayor
said that in France a cabaret was the
lowest kind of saloon. The diction-
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liquor is sold. But was there liquor
at the Auditorium Thursday evening?
Surely not
The parks committee of the Com
mercial club will meet soon and en-
dorsc the action of Commissioner Stotts
in standing behind the purchase of
the 9O-acre addition to Gage park.
With all the registered ktckers against
the Gage park purpose 1t is doubtful
if the commissioners VIII be aple TO
make much Roadway.
Here is a good one on Mayor Bill
ard. Tag day he gave speech to the
tag day workers and told them to en-
ter every business house and public
mission to go any place. An hour
later two girls attempted to enter the
office of his ice company and his son
wouldn't let them in.
The board of education has as yet
taken no action in the direction of
establishing the second two years in
the business course at the high school.
Especially the penmanship classes in
the first two years of the course have
proved exceedingly popular in the
last year. The final two years work
of the course includes typewriting
and stenography.
Hino and Kurt Bredel, who are
showing their monoplane in the old
Mills building, have decided to
make some more experimental flights
next Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings The flights will be made on the
Taylor tract on the North side, and
the flying will be confined to the
early morning and evening hours
when the wind is not blowing at too
brisk pace.
Since the appearance of the sec
ond issue of the Commercial Club
Bulletin the members of the club have
again expressed themselves as being
of the opinion that the paper is an ex-
cellent means of arousing enthusiasm
among the members of the organiza-
zation. The two summer editions
will serve a valuable purpose as there
will be no regular monthly meetings
of the club until next fall.
The operators of the general office
telegraph department of the Santa Fe
under command of Admiral Hudson and
the members Of the general superin-
tendents staff, captained by r. r
Dish played a fierce game of baseball
last night. This morning the auditing
department of the Santa Fe after care
fully checking up the score sheet found
that the score was ID to Is favor!n5
the general superintendent.
superintendent L. d. Whittemore
has received a copy of a 4S-page re-
port on vocational schools submit
ted to the Kansas City board of edu-
cation by a committee composed of J..
NJ. Greenwood, G. 3. Logan and F. ID.
Thorpe. Superintendent Greenwood