The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
BUSINESS NEWS
Consolidation of Topeka Banks
VIII Be Effective Monday.
The Prudential State Bank
VIII Lose Its Identity.
TWn Important MEETINGS
TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS
Real Estate and AID Club Meet
ings Next Week.
News of General Interest in
Realty Circles.

The safety deposit boxes of the
Prudential Trust Co. and the Pruden-
tia1 bank will be removed to the Null
vane building late today The actual
consolidation of the Bank of Topeka
and the Prudential bank will become
effective, and everything will be in
readiness for business at the CONSOLE
dated bank by Monday morning The
Prudential Trust Co. will retain it's
identity.
A joint meeting of the boards of
directors of the two banks-the Bank
of Topeka, and the Prudential State
bank-will be held Monday afternoon
at o'clock to elect a new board,
1t is understood that s. E. Cobb, CASH
Ter of the Prudential bank will be
elected active vice president of the
combined bank.
Real Estate Meeting.
The Topeka Real Estate Dealers as
ISOLATION which is now live organ
ization and should become a promi-
nent factor in the development of the
city, will hold a meeting next We'd
nesday noon at the Commercial club.
Pending legislation in the legisla-
ture will be discussed; also among
other things the advisability of push
ing the school home garden plan this
year by appropriating money for
prizes. The president of the associa-
ton, c. B. Wingett, is of the opinion
that just such contests have much to
do with the enhancing of real estate
values. They prove what can be pro-
duced from the soil and stimulate in
terest in farming on a small scale.
1t is a fact that in the last two
years scores of persons have bought
small tracts of land in the vicinity of
ing The prices on property adjacent
to Topeka have advanced conse-
quently.
An Illustrated Lecture.
After having met at the National
and Throop hotels for a period of sew
eral months the Topeka Ad club will
again hold meeting at the CONNER
cial club next Tuesday noon. The Ad
club room will be darkened and a
lecture on preparing Advertising"
will be read. This lecture is one of
a series of valuable lectures put out
by the National Association of Adver~
Using clubs. J. c. Wolcott Will han
die the stereopticon. The lecture Will
be illustrated by 80 lantern sides
The business men of Topeka have not
been taking the interest in the Ad
club that they did two or three years
ago. In fact at times this season 1t
has looked as though the club were
on it's last legs. However, the lecture
course that has been adopted is prov
ing exceeding interesting and it is
expected that there will be large at
tendance of the members Tuesday
noon.
these lectures" said Otto Barth,
president of the club, ARE really the
finest thing that have come to town.
They are the only thing in the edu-
cational line that we have had
Activity in Real Estate.
This has been an active week in
realty circles The Kresge company
of Detroit, Mich, has completed the
deal in respect to the Osborne build
ing now occupied d., by ~ the I'VE Western tern
was $4,000. The same
firm had already taken over the Moses
Snattinger building at 619 Kansas ave
nue. at the same price. The Detroit
firm is negotiating for the purchase
of the leases on both buildings. When
these deals are completed, it is under
stood that the firm will erect mod
ern two-story ffreproof building which
will have a frontage of fifty-one feet
and a depth of $50 feet They will
open a five and ten cent store. The
Kresge transactions were closed by W.
The w NJ Forbes Company has
sold the Child farm, three and one
half miles west of Wakarusa to Roy
Moore for $4,000. This is a 160-acre
farm.
The Clearinghouse Realty company
has sold six room residence (to be
erected at sol Garfield avenue) to F.
G. Clemmons, consideration $4,000.
The same firm has sold the attrac-
tive modern bungalow at 1921 Arch
street, now occupied by L. F. CARING
house and family, to Leon F. Lane,
the consideration being $4,000. Mr..
Lane will not take possession of the
house until the first of May.
Other sales by the Clearinghouse
company: A five room modern dwell
ing at 31S Elmwood avenue, consider
alton $4,000; a five room modern
dwelling at 316 Elmwood avenue to
Frank Bassett, $4,000: a five room
modern dwelling at 800 Elmwood ave-
nue. to w. E. Main, $4,000: a five
room modern dwelling at 324 Elm
wood avenue TO a. r Cochran, $500;
two lots in the 500 block on Linden