The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-17

building at 204 West Sixth avenue. The
cost will be approximately $4,000.
Within the last two months numer-
GUS persons from out of town have
bought Topeka properties as an in
VeStment. This shows what outsiders
think of the business future of this
city.
There has not been even a trace OF
rain in Kansas for several days Tenn
peratureS have been above normal in
the last "a hours with the exception
of the extreme western portion of the
state.
Topeka boys are beginning to talk
summer camp. This warm weather has
given them the camping fever. 1t is
probable that the Y. NJ. c. A or some
church organization will maintain a
camp this summer.
Some cotton and cotton seed raised
last season by the children of the Shell
don kindergarten in Tennesseetown
was taken to the office of C. c. Starr,
superintendent of city schools today.
1t is of excellent quality.
J. r. Cunningham of the Cunningham
Investment Co., of Kansas, who owns
property in Topeka has written to J.
Will Kelley, secretary of the Topeka
Commercial club requesting admittance
as a member of the organization.
The following births have been re-
ported at the office of the city clerk:
To Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Hill, r. F. D.
No. Z, a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Sawyer, Golden avenue, a boy; to Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight L. Benton, King and
Buchanan, girl.
Shadows and Thirty Pieces of
Silver are the selections Prof. B. P.
Stout will sing tonight at the auditor
ium. About so boys and girls will re-
cite the twenty-third Psalm while
pictures are being thrown on the
screen illustrating the selection.
The annual dinner of the ex-Ver-
monters which will be held at the Y.
w. C. A. Tuesday. April %, will be
well attended to judge from the amount
of interest that is being shown in the
affair. The guest of honor will be
Joseph A. De Boer of Montpelier, VT.
The comic opera, "A Lovers Quar-
rel,'' which was presented at the r. r.
Y. M. C. A. Wednesday night by the
Nebraska Concert and Opera company
of Lincoln, Neb., under the direction
of E. B. Conant, formerly connected
with Washburn college, was Wei re-
ceived by a good sized audience.
The class in agriculture at the high
school under c. H. Wilmington today
started the work of putting out a num-
Der of shrubs on the high school lawn
which have been donated by E. F. A.
Reinisch. park superintendent. A few
varieties of shrubs that were not
available at Gage park were purchased
by Mr.. Wilmington.
c. C. Starr, superintendent of city
schools, received a letter today from
E. T. Fairchild, president of the New
Hampshire College of Agriculture and
Mechanic arts, and head of the Ma
tional Education association, inquiring
as to how many Kansans will attend
the annual meeting of the N. E. A.
en- Salt Lake CitV next ,JlIlV.
charter has been granted to
wholesale and retail auto supply con-
Germ which will have it's headquarters
in Topeka and branch establishments
in Wichita, Hutchinson and possibly
other towns in the state The incor-
Wells, ]. H. Waters, T. R. Paxton and
j. r. Mulvane. The capitalization is
$25, 900.
E. r. Davis and c. H. Turner, two
pop-pop enthusiasts of Topeka, will
start on an endurance run from Chi
cago to San Francisco next Monday.
They will leave to Topeka late today
the trip will be met by the companies
whose machines the motorcyclists ride.
rhe route will be by way of Topeka,
Denver, Wyoming and Utah.
There is a destitute family in To-
oeka, who if they had the furniture
% make II possible TO rent d TOOIn "
In outsider could bring in enough
in this way to provide the nee
essary food. An appeal for furniture
for this room has not been readily re-
;ponded to- Two chairs have been
given, and the Provident association
will furnish bed. A dresser, bed lin
n and other articles are required.
DR. Raymond a. Schwegler of the
department. of education at the State |
will speak before the city |
trade school teachers Friday afternoon
It 4:3O O'Clock. His subject will be: |
Mental Tests and Their Present Sta |
u.s. DR.. Schwegler is giving a series /
# addresses before the teachers He |
S a strong speaker. The general pub |
ic is invited to attend the address Fri |
lay in the assembly room of the high |
school.
The Emma Bunting Stock company |
8 rellearsing Mark Swans Princess in /
Patches" which is to be next weeks |
dill at the Majestic. 1t is possible that /
he company will remain two weeks |
onger, and present Anita, the Sing |
ng Girl They are billed either May |
II May II at the Lyric theater in |
Memphis, Tenn. Negotiations are
pending for a return of the company |
% Topeka next fall. They may be |
,ooked for 40 weeks, engagement,