The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

The Sells-Floto shows will be in To-
peka September 21
Automobile drivers say they have
never seen so many rabbits along the
country roads.
The man who gets to work at a. m.
feels rather lonesome when he reaches
Kansas avenue.
A meeting of the educational com
mittee of the Central Y. M c. A. will
| be held within a few days to plan for
the work of the department next fall.
There are some ugly ruts in the
West Sixth avenue pavement between
Topeka avenue and Taylor street. Some
l one is neglecting his business as usual.
There is considerable demand for
work at the Provident association at
the present time on the part of tran
sients. 1t is impossible 10 supply the
demand.
The local organization of the Men
and Religion movement will send a
deputation to Willard Sunday after
noon and one to speak in Rossville
Sunday evening
Harry Cassidy. right fielder of the
Denver ball team, is a favorite in To-
lpeka- He is always good natured and
enjoys exchanging opinions with the
| fans in the stands.
The Kansas State Fair association
has distributed 10000 Individual paper
elsewhere, and another 10000 cups
have been ordered
The city waterworks reports a great
relief in the consumption of water in
| Topeka in the last two weeks. The
done the work of lawn sprinklers.
People who find it necessary in To
peka to use sandy water twice a year
| should live in other cities in the coun-
try where muddy water is always in
the mains and must be used for all
| purposes.
The kindergarten at the Providenr
association will not be disbanded in
! August as is usually the case if pres
ent plans work out. The idea is TO
continue the school on account of the
| smallpox scare.
Small boys report a disappointing
shortage in vacant lots this year.
| Heretofore the boys have played their
ball games in unoccupied lots but since
the city has grown so swiftly no lots
are to be found.
The steel arch for the new entrance
to the fair grounds is now on hand
ready to be used in the sEperstructure
of this massive feature which will do
much towards giving the grounds a
park appearance.
The dispensary of the Topeka Anti
tuberculosis association on West
Eighth street which is conducted Tues
day and Saturday afternoons from l 80
to ) O'Clock has been a busy place re-
Gently in office hours
A dynamo burning out in the Edi-
son plant put out all the dome este
lights In the city at o'clock last night
But the trouble lasted only for a few
minutes. Nobody should be burning
lights at o'clock anyway.
/ George Badders, secretary of the
Commercial club, left in his motor cal
this afternoon for the Indian reserva-
!, | fi0n a ~ 10 L II
make arrangements to bring the tribe
to the city for the Semi-Centennial.
The high mark has been reached at
: the fresh air camp on the North side as
r regards the number of tubercular pa
= tients. There are now more than a
dozen victims of the great whit.
) plague enjoying the restful environ
ment of the camp.
Secretary E. c. Browl,eH of the Y
M c. A, who has been spending sew
: eral weeks in the east. will return tc
| Topeka tomorrow. B. E. Cookinham
: membership secretary. who has beer
attending the national convention OF
Gideons in Milwaukee, will return the
first of the week
The attempt of the morning paper
to diseredit the efforts of the WesterI
Aero association of Topeka to christeI
the balloon Topeka II" was the usua
= case of "sour grapes" The mornin.
paper spends most of its time huntins
uenlals OF the real news that appear
IN Topeka every evening.
+ The plan of the city to erect a cit,
detention hospital has been taken u
by the county commissioners AS IN
nounced some time ago the city ans
: the county will attempt to get togeth
er on a combination pest house TO
: cases from the entire county. The cit,
l will not be able to pay for such
building until after the new bulge
receives returns.
? The fresh air. class for children
: which was started about five week.
; ago in the old Parkdale school building
}. | has been discontinued temporarily D:
8 account of the smallpox scare. There
r are about dozen children who have
n been attending the class which are in
i clined in a tubercular way to take carr
s Of themselves. The exercises in breath
e ing have proved exceedingly beneficial
t. in the direction Of chest expansion.