The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Just another little rain would help
some right now.
w. W. Webb got some beautiful
photographs of the city from the bal
loon Topeka II
The swimming pool at the Y W. C..
A Is proving a great success, 100 hav-
ing enrolled already.
trude Lynch, aged %, of Topeka, were
licensed to wed in Kansas City Thus
day.
E. c. Fable, Associated Press oper-
ator for the State Journal, has returned
from visit to Leavenworth and KAN
sas City.
Ma5of A NJ Harvey is in Russell on
legal business and not to look after
his boom for governor as has been
rumored.
So many people are applying for pas
sage in the balloons of the Western
Aero club that 1t indicates that the
sport Will soon be popular here.
The Topeka fans were peeved Thurs
Gay and they showed their displeasurs
| by roasting Catcher Crisp. But the
player only made matters worse by
talking back.
The Topeka people who have been
camping on the Hamilton farm near
| Maple Hill report that fishing there is
excellent. Large carp are caught by
batting the hooks with soaked corn.
The Y. W. c. A. has received an IN
usual picture as a gift from Mr. Frank
G. Willard and Mr.. J. D. Sullivan 1t
is an enlarged hashlight Of a Navajo
Indian camp fire, and was tinted by
Miss Edith Gambel.
c. w. Kouns. J. M. ConneII, J. C.
Burnett, J. r. Koontz and J. 3. farrell
| of the Santa F'e returned this morn
| ing from Joplin, Mo, where they at
tended the opening of the new union
depot in that city.
The Topeka suburb groceries should
provide better stocks or they will lose
their trade. Watermelons have been
on the market for a month. but most
of the outside grOcerS are still main
tanning that they can't be procured.
At 11:1O last night fire companies
were called to the Topeka foundry,
where a blaze was discovered in the
platform under the cupola. This is
the fourth time the companies have
been called to extinguish fire in this
place.
A moving van of the Merchants
Transfer company was broken in two
when it was struck by an eastbouud
West Sixth avenue car this morning at
Sixth avenue and Taylor street The
vestibule of the car was smashed but
no one was hurt.
The big stone steps leading into the
Rock Island depot have been removed
because they were worn nearly in two
by the traffic of the last twenty-four
years. It is estimated that at least
100000 people have walked over
these steps in that time.
To show what an ad in the State
Journal will do. A man inserted a
small ad the other day asking for a
girl to preside over a cigar stand. In
one hour after the paper was out he
had 25 applications. And he says the
girls are still coming.
"Yes, the agricultural show will be a
little short on large pumpkins this fall
at the fair, but the entries in the live
stock department are immense and the
entertainment features so large that
will make up for one short depart
ment,' said Secretary Cook of the state
fair today.
Several towns are kicking because
they were not invited by the State Fair
Association to enter the float parade.
AS a result these towns have entered
the Hutchinson parade-the event that
was patterned after Topeka And the
weaker neWspape in these towns are
knocking the Topeka fair-a little ad
money from Hutchinson did the work.
While turning from East Eighth on
to Kansas avenue this morning T. T.
Armstrong broke the front axle of his
automobile The break was caused
from 81 flaw in the axle and the wheel
catching in the car track. The car slid
on the pavement fer about twenty feet
before the machine could be stopped
after the axle was broken. No one
was hurt.
The fueI-oil franchise is still in the
hands of the attorneys and has not
been accepted by the Kansas City
companies. The city officials are feel
ing that which ever company at
tempts to procure the franchise-this
company will have to show that they
will begin work on the plant and fl