The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-10

SUNDAY LOT q 1lOILAA vacation GdlJ-
fornia and other western points.
Justice Silas Porter lost his watch
on the Country club golf links Satur-
day. He found it on the course unharm-
ed the next day before he left for Eur
ope.
Possibly it was because a circus was
scheduled to spread its tents-and pro-
planned to go to Kansas City-but it
rained, anyway.
George Badders, secretary of the
Commercial club, and Arthur ]. Car
ruth, jr., of the State Journal, went TO
Kansas City this afternoon to witness
the balloon races.
Harry North, who next season viii
manage the Topeka show of the North
Brothers Stock company, writes that
he is organizing strong company to
open at the Majestic theater Labor
day.
Carl Dienstbach of Berlin, Germany,
spent Sunday with H. W. Jacobs and
went to Kansas City to witness the
start of the balloon race. He will re-
turn to Topeka as the guest of the Aero
club.
The water pressure has returned to
normal and Commissioner Stotts has
ordered all of the park fountains turn
ed on again. All day Sunday the foun-
tains spurted out sparkling water and
gave the thirsty birds the time of their
lives.
St. Louis and Kansas City .newspa-
pers say that Topeka wasn't to be out
done by other cities in attending the
balloon races and people went to KAN
sas City on railroads, freight and pas
senger trains, in motor cars and n
foot.
The sleeping porch craze has been so
popular in Topeka this summer that
several contractors have done nothing
else but build sleeping pOrches on old
houses One man said he had built "A
this summer and had orders ahead for
five more.
Motor car thieves are worrying the
owners Of automobiles. Saturday ev-
ening unknown parties opened the tool
box of the car belonging to DR. G. 3.
Van Horn, at the corner of Eighth and
Kansas avenue, and took a jack, chains
and several accessories.
Cheer up. all We people who have
been complaining because your water
bill for June was so high. One man
in town found it necessary to slide S23
over the WaterWOrkS counters In order
TO settle his bill for that month. NO
wonder the city wants meters Install
ed.
President Sanders of Washburn col
lege is attempting to reconcile the TWO
college classes that have been Waging
war over the old college bell for the
last two years. The president is in
hODGS that TIE D0t1 Will NC oANS0 -
the campus permanently, as it should
be.
A barn belonging to J. c. Sinner, at
1915 Van Buren, street, was damaged
bv fire late Saturday afternoon. Fire
starting in the manager burned It's way
into the loft before discovered. Fire
companies extinguished the blaze be-
foe it had done much damage to the
barn.
A man who has been furnishing milk
to the creamerieS for some time mas
deserted them and has taken on a list
Of customers for milk at cents
quart. He claims the creameries are
ssholding up the people and not paying
the dairymen the increase in price ac-
cordingly.
Did YOU notice the sweet odor that
arose from the ground Sunday morn
ing after the showers that visited To
peka? It seemed that all Nature was
waiting to open up and welcome the
rain. flowers that have been witty ana
dormant, opened their petals and gave
forth their fragrancy-
There is no getting around the fast
that the motor car dealers in Topeka
are the liveliest bunch of men in the
business Whenever they hear or
man who is contemplating the pur-
chase of a car they camp on his tran
with every machine made until ne puNs
or flies from the country.
The CITY license collector, G. T. Mat
tinelv. has discovered q new plan
adopted by some of the transfer and
huckster men to swindle the city out
years license fee He discovered one
man. H. A. Howard, who took ms last
wears license tag which was red and
nainted it white to conform with the
tag this year.
All over the city during the recent
dry spell the thoughtful people have
heen filling pans with water and plac-
ing them in the back yard that the
birds might have a place to quench
their thirst This kind OF weather mas
been hard on the fowls of the air
MANY Of them have died from the heat
and lack Of moisture.
In order to solve the window trouble
on sleeping porches one West side man
has planned windows on his sleeping
porch that will slide down out of sight
like the windows in street cars. This
plan is said will do away with the ef
forts to keep the windows out of the
Way IN the cool evenings when there
are no signs of storms.
Marshan's band will play at Chesnay
park tonight. The program shows am
excellent selection of music. And now
if Marshalls will only play La Pa
loma' again the park will be so crowd
ed that the streets on all sides will nc
blocked. If there is one thing that no
one tires of in Topeka-it is to hear
La Paloma' the way Marshalrs han
dies it.
Following a federal investigation of
the high cost of living and how it has
increased in the last few years it seems
that one dollar today was worth ABOUT
two dollars a few years ago-when it
was stood up against food products.
And how many wages have been in
creased this amount ?-nOt even the
wages of the grocery boy who delivers
the groceries to the door.