The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-16

ing dangerous weapons.
According to talk in trade pagers
the price of meats will take drop
this fall. The president of the Cudahy
Packing company is reported to have
stated that the prices of beef which
have never been so high since war
times will take a slump.
The market is flooded with water
melons, but the buyers are few and far
between. The cool weather makes q
nell who lives near Menoken, stated to-
day that he has so loads of melons that
he fears he will not be able to place
Sunday was the last day to wear
straw hats. According to the popular
DEGREES, you are given the freedom OF
smashing mans straw hat if he
wears it on the street now Mayor
Billiard has issued no proclamation
but everyone knows the national rule.
The Topeka Ministerial union met
at 10 O'Clock this morning at the
First Presbyterian church. This was
the first meeting since the vacation
period. Vacation Experiences was
the topic for general discussion by the
members.
An executive committee meeting of
the Topeka Local union will be held
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hendron, 1915 West Tenth
avenue. Plans for the fall and win
ter work Of the young people will be
discussed.
1t is safe bet that a good many
heating stoves that have been stored
away all summer, have been resur-
rected and put into commission. The
weather is damp and chilly enough
that the average house needs some
thing to warm it.
Sam Bowman and David Lawlor,
boy burglars who robbed a store at
Kiro a few days ago. will be tried be-
fore Probate Judge w. F. Schoch to-
morrow morning in the Juvenile court.
The boys have admitted the robbery.
The boys claim to be 5 years old.
Through a notice IL the State Jour
nal describing a horse lost from the
fair grounds last week by c. e. Hub
bard CT near Seabrook, the horse has
been recovered. The animal was left
at a North Topeka livery barn Dy a
it,
Officers for the Shawnee County
Teachers association have been chosen
for the coming year. County Superin-
Jessie Rice, prir cipal of the Wakarusa
school, is secretary, and w. C. Barker,
of the Seabrook school, is
treasurer.
The state fair is over but more DRINKS
we're arrested by the police Saturday
light and Sunday than during the week
previous. A number appeared in court
his morning and pleaded guilty and
'aid their fines A majority put up |
ash bond and failed to return, thereby |
orfeiting it.
Attorneys hope to finish the Wom- |
EMS Home Missionary society case by |
he time for adjournment of court |
his afternoon. However, as there is
till considerable testimony to be |
heard, the trial may last all day to-
morrow. It already has occupied the
,ourt for a week.
Hundreds of carloads of old books
ire being collected from the school
children of the state under the Tex
.hange" plan provided by law every
i've years, when a new series of text
books is purchased by the state. The
books are sent to the paper mills and
ground into pulp.
Marriage licenses have been issued /
O the foIlowing:N Charles H Day, SO
ears DID, Junction City, and Winnie
u. Hooks, 6 years old, Topeka; VIII
lam E. Tucker,126 years old, Topeka,
nd Ethel May Wyant, "a years old,
'opeka; Ray A. Fuller, "a years old,
'opeka, and Carrie M. Lesser, 10
ears old. Topeka.
The special officers employed by the
ity during the fair have been releas-
d and the police force is now being
perated at it's normal size. The regu-
tr patrolmen have returned to thei1
eats The police searched a number
ut failed to find any liquor.
G. H. Kinkel of Colby, Kan, writes
nat the farmers of his district are
cry hopeful that the recent rains
ill put a stop to the horse sickness.
he report states that very little
lreshing has been done. The ground ]
as never in better shape. A recent
linfall netted 1.79 inches of water.
81 found the sanitary conditions
etter than [ have ever found them 5
n any fair grounds" said John
-leinhans, state food inspector, in +
Is State Fair. Il have found the
and owners ready to comply with !
ny suggestion that L have made i
Topeka bankers should be asham-
of themselves for not clearing in
lie Topeka clearing house" said .
usiness man today. THE bank clear =
Ig reports are taken as an index of a S
tvs prosperity by business interests q
yer the country and the showing b
ade by this city is not representative S
all the banks are not clearing here c
A delegation of Topeka butchers will o
tend the annual meeting of the e
cond annual convention of the
ansas Retail Butchers association in
'ichita, September 24-25. There is y
ore than one way to skin cat, q
ogans, will be revised. The butchers W
i'll be shown that there is more than O
lie way to skin a beef. il
What to do with John Ewing, re- II
ntly found to be insane, is worry a
g Sheriff Norton. The state hos s.
tai refused to accept him, the man Il
wing been a paroled convict. Then
arden Codding of the state prison s
formed the sheriff he would not t;
accepted at the prison. Sheriff \
orton now is awaiting instructions t
ON the board of control a
Two alleged joints on Kansas ave- q
lie were raided Saturday night by !.
leriff Norton. The first was the -
oms of George Baker, who has been -
trouble for violating the prohibit =,
ry law before. No Liquor was found =
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