The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
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At HOME NEWS.

Free motion pictures and dancint
tonight at Garfield Park.-Adv.
\ permit was issued today to H. G
Beede to erect an addition to his dwell
ling at 1902 Kansas avenue.
y. f. Tomson took out a building
permit today for the erection of {
dwelling at 1920 Jewell street.
The boys at fire station No. > are
raising several hundred gold fish thai
are now almost Of microscopic size.
The members of the K. S. A. c
Alumni association will met Friday
evening at the home of A G. KittelI
1919 Garfield avenue.
An extension of a water main on
Underwood avenue 500 feet north
from Tenth street was granted by .he
city fathers this morning.
The management of the Kansas
State Fair association has turned down
an offer of $500 made by persons de-
string to sell near-beer on the grounds
while the fair is in progress, Septem-
Der SIP
Several of the leading stores of Kan
sas City are now closing at o'clock
Saturday nights this summer and at 5
o'clock on other business days. Those
who are agitating earlier closing at
Topeka are using this as a talking
point
A number of the Knights Templars
have returned to Topeka They say
that the decorations in the mile high
town were the most wonderful they
have witnessed in a lifetime of COM
mandery meetings.
The X S. A. c. alumni and ex-stu-
dents will meet at the home of A. G.
KittelI. 1919 Garfield avenue, Friday
evening. Aug. Is. The meeting has
been called to discuss the challenge of
the K Z. alumni to a game of base
ball in the near future.
The management of the Kansas
State Fair association let a concession
today to a firm that will display a
sewing machine with a fan attach
ment This should appeal to the wom
en-. While the housewife sews she is
famed by the continuance.
Eggs have taken a jump in price of
three cents and are selling at 25
cents a dozen at downtown stores. 1t
is not because the hens are not lay
ing but because the eggs do not keep
this hot weather. One store in testing
$50 dozen eggs found nearly eighty
SIX dozen that were rotten and ninety
dozen that were classed as seconds
Topekans who are spending their
vacations out of the city complain
because the Topeka temperature is
not printed in the weather bulletins
in out of town dailies. Uncle Sam
does not see his way clear to tell the
world that Topeka is one of the hot
test places on the map. 'Bliged.
uncle
other concerns aside from the famous
London Lloyds that take all kinds of
chances in insurance. A firm wants
to insure the management of the state
fair against rain during fair week. The
rates asked are based on the pre-
cipitatiOn and attendance the last five
years, and are high-too high for the
purse of the association.
Commissioner Porter is working on
plan to compel contractors employing
grading crews to provide suitable toilet
facilities for their men. He declared
this morning that the present system
IL a menace to the PUBLIC health. He
probably will prepare an ordinance
covering the matter to the commission
Freight bills of the city of Topeka
probably will be turned over to local
week or so. Commissioner Bone sug-
gested that the bills might be turned
to good advantage, the auditors re-
ceiving half of what they found in
errors in the bills The commission
the matter to Bone with power
to act.
The city commission this morning
granted a vacation of two weeks to
Superintendent E F. A. Reinisch of the
city parks. but denied paying the ex-
penses of a trip to Denver. Colo. be-
ginning next Saturday to attend a ma
tional gathering of superintendent of
city parks. The trip would have cost
the city $50. Mr. Reinisch will be per
mitted to go at his own expense if
he cares to do
City Commissioner w. l.. Porter
was at his desk this morning after an
a bsence of two days at Kansas City. |
Kan. where he has represented the
Topeka union of plumbers and filters
at the state convention. While in
Kansas City he went over the parks
and Fairgrounds in both Kansas City, !
Kan, and the larger city on the Mis- |
souri, side, and is full of new ideas |
which he will work out for use in /
Topeka.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire depart !
ment is working steadily toward less
ening the number of fires by enforc- /
ing rigidly the ordinance prohibiting |
the burning of waste and trash eX-
cept under certain conditions. He did !,
not begin his campaign until he found |
Ii q absolutely necessary to prevent fires.