The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-22
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AT HOMIE NEWS

The annual picnic of the sunday
school of the First United Brethren
church will be held in Chesney park
| on Friday.
The Kansas state Fair association
| is sending out attractive remnants over
the state which are designed to be USED
on automobiles.
The Rev. c. G. Mann of Morning ming
preach at the First United Presby-
teriaE church next Sunday.
The seeing Topeka first film has
been shipped to Coffeyville. FROM
that town it will continue on its Jour-
ney around the state.
An arc light in Garfield park was
struck by lightning Saturday night dur
ing the thunder storm. The light was
shattered but no one was injured
1t is probable that the K. U. Alumni
association, recently formed, will holo
banquet in the rooms of the Com
mercial club within the next few days
Harry D. Wolff. a young Topeka
banker, took out a building permit TOT
a bungalow to cost $4,000, today Inc
home will be built on College avenue
in Elmhurst.
The county clerk has sent com
munication TO the board of city com
missioners informing them of1claiV
that the valuation of the city OF rope
ka for the year is $52 160, 655.
The proceeds of the entertainment
which will be given in the Auditorium
by the William Jubilee singers Wlli
go towards the flower and Hospital
fund Of the Topeka local union.
A meeting of the good roads com
mittee of the Commercial club was
held today. The state auto convention
which will be held in Topeka the week
of September will be discussed.
The spring in Gage park has been
named Crescent spring by Superln-
tendent E. F. A. Reinisch. Norris l..
Gage planted out trees around the
spring in the form of a crescent
Phil Billiard has stated that he does
not expect to make exhibition flights
in his new racing aeroplane. lie got
the machine purely for his own amuse-
ment. This afternoon he is taking MS
first lessons in flying.
The board of city commissioners this
morning approved the appointment Oh
John L. Pugh as sanitary sergeant tC
succeed ]. D. Pattison, deceased. Pugn
was appointed by E. B. Stotts, COM
missioner of park and sanitation.
Property owners in the vicinity of the
State Journal building nave petitioned
the city commissioners to revoke the
permit of the contractor on the new
newspa per structure. They say the
contractor has blocked the Sidewalks
and part of the street for six months.
President Edward ]. Yetter of the
Denver commercial cluD, WHO
passed through Topeka at the heao
of the Denver motorists en- route from
Chicago to Denver, has written the
State Journal expressing appreciation
of courtesies extended in Topeka TO
the Denver party.
L. A. Maddux, structural engineer on
the big Edison company concrete
stack, says he is going to invite any
one who would care to avail himself
of the opportunity, to eat luncheon on
~ Of "a O0mnl6Il0n,
There will be room for table that
would accommodate dozen guests.
Inside the city limits by many blocks
stands a hedge Is feet high and the
city has made no apparent effort tc
have it cut down to ordinance height
of s1h feet. The hedge is on Huntoon
street, between Mulvane and Garfield
streets, and is a public nuisance. II
wouldn't be allowed in the wllds OF
New Mexico.
There will be no meeting of the
board of education tonight for the
purpose of letting the contracts for the
erection of the Quinton Heights build
ing and the rebuilding of the old wing
of the Potwin school. Seven OF the
board members are out of the city, and
consequently it will be impossible to
get a quorum together.
The Santa Fe freight Office won their
third consecutive game from the ticket
office by a score of to at Skene's
Menninger and Grey (freight offfce);
Swenson and Johnson (ticket ofhce).
Feature of the game: Battery Men
ninger of the freight office striking out
sixteen batsmen, and the catching of
Grey on the same team.
The city hackmen are complaining of
the existing limits placed on the fares
they may charge by the city ordinances
and they have petitioned the commits
sioners to adopt the old ordinance in
use several years ago. No action
was taken by the board this morning
but there seems to be little senti-
ment favoring higher rates for the
"cabbies."
Commissioner z. B. Stotts spoke at
the Third Christian church Sunday ev-
ening upon the invitation of the pastor,
Rev. H. ]. Corwine, on the East side
park proposition. Stotts expressed
himself as believing that this is the
proper time to purchase a park. The
Rev. Mr.. Corwine devoted a large por-
ton of his sermon to the park queS-
ton. He was for a park.
w. L. Driver is planning a "hike"
for playground boys who are under 6
years of age. The trip will be made
Friday and Saturday, and
the destination is Maple Hill. Any boy
in the city the proper age will be al
lowed to take the trip, provided he
sends his name in to w. L. Driver at
the Central Y. M. c. A. The boys will
meet at Willow park at Z O'Clock and
from there will march in divisions to |
Gage park where they will spend the
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