The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-14
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The State Fair association has start
ed to send. out the premium lists.
A. K. I4ongren will fly in, the aero
plane on the fair grounds Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons.
In order to cut down expense the
board of education has decided no:
to have a vacation school this sum-
mer.
The local gun club will hold their
regular weekly shoot today on the
grounds of the club on California
avenue.
Laird Dean, son of J. S. Dean of
Topeka, has been elected president of
the senior class at Oberlin, O., univer-
sity.
The price of wheat at Junction City
jumped to $1.071A. Several wagon
loads brought into the city Monday
sold for that price.
The advance guard of the Eastern
Star arrived in Topeka this morning
Nearly 600 women from over the state
are expected to attend the meetings.
The Rev William jackson of Beaver,
ate of the Second United Presbyterian
church at a meeting of the congrega-
ton tonight.
There is a move on foot on the part
of the members of the knights OF
Columbus organization to attend the
Friday or Saturday. night.
The Ideal History club of 25 MEM
bers will attend the picture show at
the Auditorium Friday night. The
picture, 1.-THE Coming of Columbus is
what especially interests the ladies.
Kansas university is excited over the
prospect of that school entering the
intercollegiate balloon race. WashburI-
has been offered a balloon and an en-
trance but the city does not furnish
site.
The board of education was in "ex-
ecutive session" for more than hall
the evening, Monday. This is. a good
way to start criticism. There is nc
reason why the discussions of the board
should not be open.
Judging from the enthusiasm exhibit
ed by many of the children of the city
schools, the field event Friday after
noon Will be an unusually hotly con-
tested one. There will be a half holi-
day for the annual athletic events.
Frank. NJ. StahI is having his trou-
bles in arranging for his annual pic
have motion pictures and has tried
for a week TO locate Frank King to
handle them but is unable to find
him. He would like to have Mr.. King
come out of the woods.
Interest in experimental work re-
seems to be growing at the Kansas
university. Governor Stubs has
granted a fund for experiments to be
conducted under the supervision of W.
T. Emory of Kansas university. Ami
mails of different kinds will be used
in the work.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Shawpee Medical society was held in
the rooms of the Commercial club
Monday night. The evenings program
consisted of the reading of a paper by
DIR. Sara Greenfield on Typhoid Few
er and Mode of Infection.'
No one as yet has been appointed
to supervise the home gardens that
the school children have started. Or
account of the cost and the fact that
the school board is short of funds, IL
is proba BILE that no action in that d.
rection will be taken this season. The
children will have to get along as
best they can:
Washburn will not be allowed to en-
ter the national intercollegiate balloon
race unless the aide takes a trip be-
fore the event. And unless Topeka
furnishes a site for the trip it cannot
be made. Apparently the Commercial
club does not appreciate the efforts o: