The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-20
SNIP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

City Detective Charles Lyle is back
on duty after an illness of several
weeks.
The police station received a letter
this morning addressed to the "cheef
of polisse, topeakie, Kansas
The Thimble club of the Fraternal
Old lodge 7S4, will meet with Mrs. L.
Candy. 1918 East Sixth street, Thurs
day afternoon.
The Philathea class of the Swedish
Lutheran church will give a social
this evening at the church, corner
OF Fourth and Fillmore streets.
Topeka commission men are now
receiving consignments of California
grapes, which are selling at Topeka
stores at the rate of fifteen cents a
pound.
y thermometer hung in the sun
against a store in the eight hundred
block on Kansas avenue registered
lis degrees at eleven o'clock this
morning.
The state board of administra ton left
this morning for Manhattan where
they will investigate the construction
OF new buildings on the agricultural
college grounds.
The Pomona grange will meet with
Highland Park school house Thurs
day. Commission Form of Govern
ment' will DE the general subject for
discussion.
George Griffith, who has been work.
in in the office of the Central Y. NJ.
position with the Santa Fe at Rat
toOn. New Mexico. He will leave To-
peka the last of this week.
An emergency hospital will be main
tanned on the State Fair grounds while
the fair and exposition is in progress
September S-12 by Miss Kate Maxwell
King who will DE assisted by the doc
tors and nurses of Christs hospital.
St. Louis was one of the favored
cities in the distribution of rain for
the twenty-four hours ending at
seven O'Clock this morning. The city
received 1.20 inches of water. At
Williston, South Dakota 2.72 inches
fell.
w e. F'rantz. assistant physical
director of the Central Y. NJ. g. A. !
who IS now taking his vacation will !
sever his connection with the assoc
citation the first of September. He will {
attend the association training school |
in Chicago.
Professor Dyche. head of the state !
fish hatchery, says that he has enough !
fish ready for distribution in Kansas !
to fill 90 cars. 1t takes state car |
this would keep the wheels moving for !
more than year.
The governors office at the state
house has received word that Hodges
is hard at work on Missouri roads with /
pick and shovel this afternoon. He will |
return to Topeka saturday and be in /
his office for a few hours only to hike !
away on another errand
c. H. Within gton. supervisor of
VIII iS ST at 10
Kansas State Agricultural college, was
n Topeka today. He will be in To-
oeka September l to make arrange
nents for the agricultural exhibits at
he various school buildings in the
ity.
James C Hughes will have charge
Il the first division and Robert Hol-
ombe of the second division of the
BOY Scouts who Will hike to Gage
ark from the state house grounds
arly this evening. The boys will
pend the night under the stars, and
7ill -eturn to Topeka early Thursday
1ornirg.
Some unknown man out in western
Kansas wrote to the governors office
oday and complained of an appoint
nent made recently at one of the
tate Institutions under the board of
ton. In the communication
lie referred to Ed Hackney. president
f the board. as ''Heartless Hackney
he name is due to stick.
The quality of home grown water
leloas is unusually good this season II
Though the melons are small on ac-
punt of the dry weather. The local
1mato crop is short due to the
rougEt. The price charged al local
.ores is five cents a pound. This is i
higher price than is usually paid at
lis time of the year.
Teams representing the alumni as
)ciationS of the State university and 4
lie State Agricultural college will 4
ash in baseball at three o'clock
aturday afternoon at the Western
eague park. There will be no adj
ission fee. Walker. who pitched for
=. L. in 1912 will do the twirling for
he former university men.
Tom Thompson. an assistant at the
tate treasurer's Office, was led to be-
eve by fellow employees this morning