The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-03

There is still some talk Of making an
effort to change the date of the open
ing Of the city schools until after fair
week.
The Topeka Baraca union is arrarg-
ing for a lecture course which will
commence next fall. 1t will include five
numbers.
M. E. Raschka. aged 81, of Denver,
and I-ottie e. Lynch, aged 80 OF To-
pekas were licensed to wed in Kansas
City, Kan, Wednesday.
Jasper F1enniken, Wallace Pettyjohn,
a Washburn student, and L. L SarS-
cant are the artists who are hard at
work on the Semi Centennial floats.
Topeka w. r. c. No. "a will not give
the pension day dinner Friday How
ever, a notary will be at the hall. PIG
West Sixth avenue, to prepare vouchers
for all.
Appraisers for the paving on the
East side have been named by the
! board of city commissioners. The ap-
praisers are R. NJ. McGaw, L. R. Lane
and B. M. Dreisbach.
1t is expected that the soldiers re-
union the last of September will bring
more Spanish-American war heroes
| than have been assembled in Topeka
since the soldiers were mustered out.
Last month City Commissioner
Bones water bill was only $1.45 and he
| stepped into the city WaterWorkS office
1 to thank them for being so considerate-
This month his bill amounted to $4.S5.
The Topeka Baraca union viii hold
| picnic and campfire in the early fan to
which the Philathea girls of the city
| will be invited. 1t is expected at this
| time the girls will form union of their
own.
The board of city commissioners meet
| tomorrow morning to settle the license
ordinance. The new license ordinance
| has caused more attention and more
complaint than any ordinance up for
| months.
Commissioners Miller and Bone have
| been appointed by the city board to
| confer with the members of the city
lcommercial club in connection with the
entertainment of the Kansas Mun1c1pa1
league when it meets here in October
oscar Humbert stepped on q nail in
a city sidewalk over the Chandler
street bridge the middle of July His
attorney, Arthur J. Bolinger. has nott-
| fled the city commissioners that suit
will be filed aginst the city unless
settlement for the injuries is made at
| once
| N P. Nelson. enc Of Topekas archi-
tects, has been compelled to abandon a
/ trip overland from Arkansas City IN
his auto by the excessive rains Whlcn
have closed the roads of south central
| Kansas. Mr.. Nelson is supervising the
erection of a $40 600 school house in
Arkansas City.
Is. E Cookinham, membership secre-
tarv of the Central Y M. G. A, has re-
turned from the national Gideon con-
vention in Milwaukee, and from an as
sociation conference at Lake Geneva,
Wis Kansas had the biggest conven-
ton of any state in the Union at the
Gideon convention, according to Mr.
/ Cookinham.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made in Topeka for the holding OF the
meeting of the State Teachers assocl-
alton November and 10. The Auditor
iunn has been engaged for the occa-
sion and numerous churches are being
asked to aid in accommodating the
thousands of teachers-that is in fur
nishirg places for repartment meetings
The. Kansas conference branch of the
Young Peoples Alliance of Evangelical
associations has written to Commits
sioner Stotts, thanking him for the
courtesies he extended them in the
name of the city during their conven-
tion here. Commissioner Stotts kept
the park in good shape and worked
hard in the interests Of the association.