The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-03

part of the state June 25-27. Thirty
persons have already agreed to go on
the trip, and at least one hundred are
expected to go along.
Rev. NJ. F. TroxelI, D. D., pastor of
the First Lutheran church of this city,
has been made the speaker for the ded-
ication of a new building at the Ma
chusa Lutheran orphanage, Nachusa,
Ill, an institution which he was in
strumental in founding when a pastor
at Springfield, Ill The dedication ex-
erciSes will be held next Tuesday.
The Boy Scouts of Topeka will open
camp at the Carter farm, ten miles
south of Topeka on the Burlingame
road, next Monday. Scores of boys
are eager to attend the camp but
large number of them are not able to
pay the coSt-S3.50 a week. This is
an opportunity for generously inclined
persons to furnish outings for poor
boys OF the city.
John P. F'ritts, formerly of Topeka,
who has print shop in New York,
Fritts has lined up all the business
that the Kansas colony in New York
is able to control. One of his big Jobs
is the printing for the New York
which is a Kansas man. Mr.. Fritts
has lately moved into larger headquar-
tiers, near the Pennsylvania railway
station. ZIP = -..se-z
Richard Harrison and Jack Page We're
fined $50 each this morning in the police
court for melting a riot in Garfield
park last night against the negroes.
Both men claimed that there were
nearly 200 others implicated and the
police verified their statement. The mob
was just ready to rush the negroes
when the leaders were put under ar
rest. Both were fined $50. The city of
Topeka would have been liable to any
damage done if there had been a serious
riot and the heavy fine was the result.
George Myers, CT troop nine, of the
Boy Scouts, and a number of other
scouts wene out today to the point
ten miles south on the Burlingome
road that will be used as the camp
for the scouts. They will put the camp
in readiness for it's opening next week
The Woman's Missionary society of
the English Lutheran church, will hold
the June meeting with Mrs. Henry
Eshe, 1928 Polk street, Wednesday af-
ternoon at 2:30 O'clock. Mrs. Henry
McAfee and Mrs. J. G. Kerr will con-
duct the order of exercises.
No one appeared before either of
two special meetings of the city COM
mission to protest against valuations
of property for special improvement
purposes. The first meeting was to ap-
prove the report of appraisers who
made valuations of property abutting
on West Sixth avenue from Kansas
avenue to Harrison street, proposed to
be repaved. The report also covered
valuations of property abutting on the
alley between Kansas Avenue and
Jackson street and between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, also proposed to be
repaved.
The shadow of a hoodoo seems to
be HANGING over the much talked off
and greatly to be desired Topeka
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Topeka. Twice the city commission
has endeavored to secure bids for
placing the signs, and twice, after the
time for the presenting of bids had
hands of the city clerk for the work. |
Nobody knows why the hoodoo is
working, or what reason to assign for
the failure of anybody to offer a bid.
AT least, however, there will be no
large electric signs at the depot until
somebody makes a bid.
Relief from the bad condition of the |
street railway crossings over the steam
tracks at First and Kansas avenue was
suggested in a letter received by the |
city commission from Superintendent |
A. NJ Patton of the Topeka Railway |
company. Patton proposes to do his |
share in replacing the present tracks
with new ones if the steam lines will
do the same Patton suggests, how
ever, that brick pavement probably |
would not prove so valuable as good |
plank in paving the crossing, the rails
being too flexible to hold the brick in
place. He suggested that the paving be
done with heavy planks- The COM I
was ordered on file.
Provision for the payment of MEM
bers of the Topeka civil service COM
mission was made in ordinance that !
was passed by the city commission.
The ordinance provides that the mem
bers of the board shall receive So a
meeting for not more than four meet I
ings a year. provided however, that
when the board meets at the request
of the city commission or meets to hear
charges against city employees, that
they shall be entitled to payments of
S. for each meeting. Heretofore, it has
been explained, no arrangements has
been made for the payment to the
members OF the commission of any
money, and the new ordinance while it
takes care of the future meetings, will
not take care of the meetings that have
been held before it becomes effective.
Mr.. and Mrs George Jonees, of 1925
Madison street, are the parents of a
son, born Sunday.