The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-02
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Exhibits of machinery are now ar
irving at the State fair grounds daily.
Topeka banks were closed today.
The city and county offices were also
locked.
There will be over fifteen acres of
machinery on the State fair grounds
next week. -
The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Sheriffs' association Will be held
in Topeka September IL.
Park benches to seat 1900 persons
were provided for the Labor day cele-
bration in Garfield park today.
Assistant County Attorney James a.
Mcclure has returned from his vaca-
ton of two weeks, spent at Chicago
William. A Kopseker of 800 Clay
street has constructed a biplane and
expects to make trial flights this
week. -
The Topeka Ad club and the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association VIII
resume activities this week-probaolS
after the fair.
School will begin a week from Tues
day. Many of the children are not
thinking of the fact with any great
degree of joy.
The second luncheon of the newly
organized Kansas University Alumni
association viii be held at the Com
mercial club "Wednesday noon -
A new piano has been installed in
the rest room of the local telephone
building Everything possible is being
done for the comfort of the girls.
Water connections are beng install
ed in all the live stock bu .ldings on
the State fair grounds to facilitate the
work of watering the animals on DIS
play. -
Miss Helen Phipps will be back to
act as violin instructor at WashbuIn
college. There was rumor afloat that
10 IN off else
where.
The gates of the state fair will be
swung open week from today The
fair has been well advertised, ana is
expected to draw the biggest crowds
on record.
The Ohio club is enjoying its an
nual picnic in Chesney park today. A
l o'clock dinner was served, and this
being carried out.
Sunday evening was the eighth an
niVersary of the pastorate of DR.. S. S.
Estey of the First Presbyterian
anniversary sermon.
Work of installing permanent
lighting system on the State FAIR
grounds will be started Tuesday The
grounds will be more brilliantly light
ed than ever before. -
G. d. Wellman, stenographer in the
second division of the district court,
is expected to return in a few days
spending his vacation.
The board of directors of the Topeka
Provident Association will meet Tues
day evening. This will be an import
ant meeting the work for the COM
ing season will be outlined.
Over six hundred loads Of DIRT have
been used this season in filling mp lie
low places on the STATE lair grounGs.
Four hundred loads oe ciB1ers have
been used in the construction Of
walks and roadWays.
Some of the fruit rowerS in Shaw
nee county are planning an apple"
day for the school children. On that
day the best apples that the county
produces will be. distributed among
the schols, if the plan works out.
The picnic of the Norden s1Iit as-
soeiation in the Children's +. on the
West Sixth street road is Wei tended
today. A program of speeches and
sports is being carried out this after
noon. The Santa Fe Apprentice band
is furnishing the music
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the haWnee Morton League will
be held in the rooms of the CONNER
cial club Tuesday noon to make ar
engagements for entertaining several
hundred state motorists who will be
in convention in Topeka, eptember Il
and 49,
A representative of the Kansas State
Fair association has gone to Lincoln,
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of the Nebraska State fair which is be-
ing held this week, brought to Topeka |
for the Kansas State fair. 1t is expect |
ed that a train Dad of displays will
be brought here from the Nebraska |
city.
Notwithstanding the fact that this is |
Labor day the office of the board of |
education was open, and was a de- |
cidedly busy place. The clerk of the
board spent a good part of the da9 |
dealing out cleaning material to jani- |
tors who will put the school buildings
in condition for the opening day-a |
week from Tuesday.
Supplementary reading booklets |
purchased with the money netted by |
the Kermess entertainment last sea-
son are being distributed among the |
city school buildings for the use of the
pupils this fall. 1t is an Information"
series that has been purchased. Such /
subjects as THE Story of Wool and |
The Story of Glass are treated.
The regular September meeting of
the board of education will be held to-
night. The board among other things
will decide just when the school chill
1ren will be allowed time to attend
the State Fair. 1t is likely that the
of the grade schools Will |
get off two afternoons, while a full |
lay off will be allowed the high school |
students.
1t is probable that a special meeting
# the board of education will be called |
or a week from this evining to let the
contract for the coal supply for the en-
,uing year-that is there is some talk of
iuch a meeting. Now that the board
consists of but six members, and it
axes but four to form quorum spec
al meetings will undoubtedly be held
frequently.
The board of county commissioners
will take up at once the proposed pur-
base of 7-ton road roller for use rn
shawnee county roads. The roller,
propelled by gasoline, also will be used
o haul drags over various roads. The
BOARD believes by the use of the small
oller the roads may be kept in ex
client shape by rolling and dragging
hem Immediately after a rain. The
oller will be able to travel about two