The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
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| Numerous cinder walks are being pu
| in on the fair grounds connecting thu
various buildings.
The July issue Of the Commercial
! Club Bulletin is off the press today
| Across the front and back pages is
| printed a cut showing Kansas avenue
to advantage.
A Journal reader, who is interested
| in relics, is on the lookout for the old
est piano and organ. with short his
tory. If you have one write Piano
Editor care Journal office.
H. B. Wilson of Decatur, Ill, who
was elected to the SUPPLEMENTARY of
city schools, will arrive in Topeka
week from next Friday. The superin-
tendent's Office is now being redecora-
ted.
Topeka is destined to become the hub
of electric interurban lines in Kansas
and plenty of support is found in the
proposed construction of the lines in
all sections in the vicinity of the capital
city.-Commercial Club Bulletin.
The youngsters who will attend the
free camp for boys are asked to meet
at the Central Y. M. c. A Thursday
morning at $50 o'clock. 1t is not GER
tain Just when the camp will open
possibly not until the first of next
week.
This is the last day of the regular
boys camp of the Central Y: M. Z. A.
at the old Stone Bridge farm near
Rerryton, Several of the boys are SO
enthusiastic over camp life on the bank
of the Wakarusa that they have asked
to he allowed to participate in the free
camp which will start within a few
days.
A number of Topekans will attend
the annual convention or the Kansas
retailers association at Fort Scott on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
one of the speakers will be Paul A
Toveweu. editor of the Merchants
Journal, published in Topeka There
will be an address on Retail FIRE
fire marshal.
Several railroad companies have writ
ten to H. L Cook, secretary of the KAN
sas State Fair association, expressing
their desire to exhibit produce brought
from points along their respective lines
Secretary Cook although glad to have
the fair recognized in this maner by
the railroads is not enthusiastic over
the idea Of advertising the products
of other states.
The Topeka Commercial club has
thrown out a feeler among the COM
merciaI organizations of Kansas to-
ward the further development of the
industrial work The secretary has re-
ceived letters from clubs all over the
state and it is evident that it will be a
question of only a short time until the
Topeka plan of statewide organization
will be accepted generally.-Commerc
Club Bulletin.
This year promises to be the biggest
season of interurban promotions III the
history of Topeka, says the CONNER
ciaI Club Bulletin. Four electric lines
from all sections of the state are be-
ing planned with a terminal in the
capital city. One from the east-Ka2-
sas City and Lawrence. Another from
the south-Independenc Neodesha,
Fredonia, Yates Center, Burlington.
Lyndon and Scranton One from the
southwest-Council Grove and Dover.
one from the north-Manhattan.
Mrs. Joseph Reisner. wife of the ply
steal director of the Central Y. NJ. c.
A, was the entertainer at the camp fire
Sunday night at the association camp
for boys on the old Stone Bridge farm.
Mrs. Reisner gave two interesting read