The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-25
snap SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

| Social dance tonight at Steinbere' 8
i Music hall. Dancing school Friday
Adv.
Charles Bennett has taken out a per-
nit to remodel dwelling at 1884 Lin
coin street.
The Fraternal Union of America,
Home 7S4 lodge. will have social en-
| tertainment in Lincoln Post hall Fri
day night.
A building permit was issued today
to S. A. Maxwell for the erection OF a
residence at 1921 Mulvane avenue at
cost of 5000.
Every grocer in town has caught
on" to Banquet Flour. Every up-to-
the-minute grocer will fill your order
without delay.-Adv-
A rally of the boys of troop No. )
of the Topeka Boy Scouts will be heio
at the Westminster Presbyterian
church on Friday night.
Repair work is in progress in the
gymnasium of the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
in preparation for the opening of the
gymnasium classes next week.
A club of the First Methodist church
called THE Boosters which is COM
posed of young married couples. Will
hold camp fire picnic some time in
the next few days.
An invitation to the Topeka city Of
ficers to participate in the fifth annua'
convention of the League of Kansas
municipalities to be held at Kansas
City, Mo-, on October s, and 10, was
read to the city commission this morn
ing. Several of the city officers ex-
pect to be present at the meeting. A
program of the meeting accompanied
the invitation.
The ladies of Lincoln Circle No.
will present three large flags to the
city schools. Parkdale, Lincoln and
Univ J4sr hn fa ed
schools. The presentation Of the
Parkdale flag will be made at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon, and at the
Lincoln school an hour later. The
Quinton Heights school will receive
it's flag at 2:30 o'clock Monday after
noon.
Permission was granted to e. Il.
Kellam, at the recommendation of z.
J. Stewart, city electrical inspector, to
install temporary wiring in his build
ing at 200 West Sixth avenue, for the
convenience of the Topeka postoffice
during the year the building has been
leased to the government. Wiring
that will not be needed after the post
office moves out will be needed dur
ing the time it occupies the building.
Mr.. Kellam said.
Permission was granted the gas
company to open the pavement oppO-
site GA Polk street for the purpose of
connecting the house at that number
with the company's mains. The per-
mission was granted at the request of
Frank S. Davis, who recently pur-
chased the property and who said he
was told gas connections could not be
made because the gas company had
no right to open the pavement to
make the connections.
The offer of w. Bolinger to take
three offices and combine them in one
at saving to the city of 5000 a year,
tacitly was declined this morning
when the offer together with CORE
spondence relating to it was ordered
filed The offer was to abolish the
office of superintendent, bookkeeper
and collector of the crematory depart
ment, paying 5000, $3.50 and 1920 d
year respectively, and combine them
all in one office which Mr.. Bo1inger
offered to fill at salary of $1,000 a
year. The offer was referred to Com
w. L. Porter, who invited
Mr.. Bolinger to call and give an idea
of his system. Mr.. Bolinger answered,
however, declining to give any infor
nation regarding his proposed sys-
tenn, and Porter reported the COM
with the recommendation
that it be filed, which action was