The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
NORTH Side NEWS
Contracts for Crawling Grant
vile Road Awarded Sept. is.
Plan to Build a New Highway
Is Defeated.

That Granville road is going to be
graveled, according to an announce
ment made today at a meeting of the
county commissioners Everything is
settled and the contracts are to be
awarded Sept. 10. For some time the
commissioners were considering the
building of an entire new route, but
this was defeated because the people
along the proposed route were reluc-
tant in the sale of their land. and be-
cause the residents along the Grant
vile route wanted their road improved
and not new route.
The only objection raised to the i'm
nrovement to the old route was it's
proximity to the river in some places.
Tt has been necessary in the past to
construct a number of jetties and it
will be necessary to do so in the future.
Police Looking for Insane Man.
The North Topeka police are looking
for an insane man who has been an
noying residents living near the corner
of Harrison and Railroad street. The
man has been seen a number of times
in this vicinity.
Most of the complaints are coming
from boys and frightened women. He
has also tried to gain entrance to a
number of houses on Railroad street.
The man has been described by a num-
Der of people as being negro of me-
dunn height and weight, wearing
dark striped suit of clothes, a black
hat and blue shirt.
Tomatoes Are Precious.
According to a number of gardeners
and grocerymen of North Topeka. to-
matoes are very scarce this year and
are selling at a high price. William
Bowman, a gardener living on the
Rochester road, reports selling toma-
toes as high as $3.50 a bushel this sea-
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cerymen and hucksters at that price
and they, of course, sold them to the
consumers at a still higher price.
Soldier Creek to Be Cleaned Out.
At a meeting of the Soldier township
drainage board few days ago 1T was
announced that Soldier creek will be
cleaned out while the water is at low
stage. In certain places in the creek
the bottom is full of stumps, snags and
driftwood. 1t is estimated that this
will cost about six or seven hundred
dollars but it will be money well in
vested, especially in time of high wa
ter. 1t is thought that ]. M. Riley Will
be the man who will have charge OF
the work.
Onion Crop Poor.
The onion crop in northern Shawnee
county and vicinity will be very poor
this year. A number of gardeners who
have always grown a large quantity OF
this garden product previous to this
year report very poor yield. There
are a few places along the creek and
river lowlands where the crop is fairly
good. About the best onion yield that
has been reported this season is a field
belonging to w. NJ. Bowman, which
will average about 400 bushels to the
acre.
Church Notices.
Church of the Good Shepherd, cor |
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els E. Anthony in charge-Sixteenth (
Sunday after Trinity. Sunday school |
at 10 a. m. Morning prayer at |
IL o'clock.
The North Topeka Baptist church,
Sunday school at $3.50. Preaching at
IL o'clock; subject, Gods Life Les |
sons-Noah. Preaching at o'clock !
in the evening.
Christian church. George E. Lyon,
who has just returned from trip to |
the Palestine will preach at IL o'clock |
in the morning. In the evening the I
pastor. Rev. John d. Zimmerman,
will preach on the subject, where |
Are Your Bible school at 9:45 |
o clock. The new individual COM
munion service will be presented to
the church and used for the first time |
Sunday morning.
The North Topeka Methodist church
All service will be held at the church |
which has been completely remodeled.
An attractive program has been pro-
vided for all the services closing with
a musical program in the evening.
Second Presbyterian church-The
Rev. John H. Fazel, Boy Scout COM
will preach in the morning
at IL o'clock. Sunday school at 9:45
in the morning. Christian Endeavor
at o'clock. There will be no evening
services held at the church.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. George Dossmann, who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.
Bridge of North Topeka, left last eve
ming for La JUnta, Colo.
William Summers, North Topeka
agent for the American Express Co.,
will begin his duties as cashier at the
South side office Monday morning.
Mrs. Carl Robinson has returned to
her home in North Topeka after
spending two weeks in the country on
her vacation. .s
Since Kansas has kicked the spots
or nearly every other state in the
Union when it comes to the weather
and other elements of nature it is
topping the thing off right by a sand
typhoon which was reported on the
Silver Lake road near the reform
school this morning. These prevail
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