The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-21
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Last ''Children's Day" at Gar
field Park Today.
Amusement Place Closes To-
morrow Until Spring.
FIRST SEASON SUCCESSFUL
Arrange Premiums for Indian
Greek Grange Fair.
May Organize Bible Glass on
North Side.
FIRST SEASON SUCCESSFUL

for Chautauquas. etc, but this is tbs
first season that a regular modern
amusement resort has been made out
of the place Early this spring the
carousel and figure eight were trans
ferred to the park from Ninewood.
The park. under the management OF
the Mathews people, has been a sue
cess.
According to C. c. Mathews, the
figure eight has brought in more
money this one season at Gar1lelo
than this amusement and the carouSei
together at Ninewood last season
And five cents. half the fare per per
son. has been charged He estimates
that nearly 100000 persons nave rld-
den on the swing this season Ine
biggest day is said to have been july
4 when the receipts for all the con-
cessions amounted to about 1900
on that day hundreds of people en-
loved dancing in the big $4,000 dane
ing pavilion. Next year 1t IS likely
that the casino will be made into
skating rink The city will proba bly,
construct a wading pool in the north
west corner of the park
Following is the list of premiums for
the seventh annual fair which will
be given October "a at the Indian
Creek grange hall, four miles north
of Topeka on the Central avenue
road:
There will be several special prizes
in horses. Glchrist Bros have Of
fered three prizes, SIS, So and 81. for
the best coach colts and the same
amounts for the best draft colts on
exhibition. l. P Stout oIferS STU
cash prize for the best spring colt
from his PercherOn horse. A first
prize of 81 and a second prize of 81
are offered for each of the following;
Best draft colt, best roadster, best all
purpose and best mule colt Best
farm team will draw 81, also spe-
Of hi nix at
hest saddIer will draw a riding whip.
the best single driver whip, as Will
also the best double driver. g W.
Belts is superintendent of the horse
department, with A T. Prltcher Tor
assistant
The sheep department, in charge of
Albert Bartram, offers two prizes:
first prize of SO for the best pen, and
s2sfor the second
Mrs. Nelse OIeson ana Q. II. Moore
u4Il have charge of the poultry de-
roartment, with a long list of prizes
for the best in eight varieties OF
chickens and in ducks, geese ana tur-
keys
the agricultural exhibits, in which
there are about twenty prizes offered
including cash prizes for the best ten
ears of white corn, by the shawnee
state bank, and the best ten ears OF
yellow corn, by the Citizens state
bank
The fair management is counting on
a heavy display of fruit this fall w
ant. will superintend the entries The
garden products will be taken care OF
VI L Monroe and 0. F. whitney
Mrs J. NJ. PoIlom and Mrs Kate
Snodgrass will attend to the pantry
stores entrfes-breads, pies and
Besides the prizes offered by the
grange, many of the merchants of
North Topeka and others interested
in improving farm products have Of
tered speciaI prizes Among these are
Forbes Bros, ]. H FOUGHT, the Dib-
Bile Grocery company, Mrs. O. T.
Whitney. A. r. Rude, j l. Monroe,
Austin-Snediker Mercantile company,
W. H. Rutter. H. NJ. Cline Son
VoiIand Clothing company, A NJ Pc
tro, A w. Lacey, H Fl. BAR, the
Topeka Creamery, Frank ConWell, |
Campbell Drug company, the New
Era store. Pratt Bros, Paxton & FAX /
ton, o. c. Mcclure and Buechner
Brothers
Mrs. G. F. Menninger. well known 4
in Topeka and Kansas as Blole
school teacher. contemplates organizing
a Bible class of North side people she |
will take uD the matter with the min
listers of the North side churches ana /
with the North side residents at the /
union meeting tomorrow evening.
She has been conducting Bible study /
classes in Topeka for the past fifteen
years, and offers a regular four year
course in Bible history and literature, /
with printed guides and text to supple
ment reading She has acquired state
wide if not national reputation IN |
this work. Her classes meet once
every week
''I have often wished that North To-
peka people would attend the Bible /
classes" said Mrs. Mennineer this
afternoon. However, as it may be
incOnvenient for them TO come to the
South side, I will be willing to organ
ize a class north of the river. if the
North side people wish. of course. I
do not wish to thrust myself upon
them, but I would appreciate their CO.
operation with me. and the ministers
with whom the arrangements will be
made"
Notes and Personals
7 w. Cochran is building a fine
eleven room house on his farm near
MenCken. The house will be finished
in oak and it is said it will be one of
the finest farm houses in Shawnee
county.
More measurements viii be made of
fire station No. / to see what is needed
in the way of remodeling. The build
ing had been reported in need of over
hauling Fire Chief Wilmarth said
this afternoon that the city engireer
would continue to make measurements
until it was known exactly what was