The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-20
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Officials of the Kansas State Fair
association will attend = meeting OF
the Watson grange this evening"
The Assumption branch of the La
dies Catholic Benevolent association
will hold its regular meeting Thurs
day evening in U. G. T. hall.
A buffalo heifer calf was born ut
Gage park late Tuesday. The mother
is a buffalo COW which w. L. Porter.
commissioner of parks. purchased at
the Frank Rockefeller ranch at Bel
videre, last December.
The quarterly meeting of the KAN
sas Children's Home society was held
Tuesday evening at the Central Y. M.
c. A. building. 1t In expected that the
new business building planned by the
organization will be erected soon at
918-92O Kansas avenue.
An ordinance was passed by the city
board today authorizing the issuance
sum of $11O,793.7S. The bonds will
help pay for the 1914 paving. AN
blocks, to cost the city $119.285.55.
Property owners have appropriated
$s.4s1.7e.
Louis A. Graves has taken out q
permit to remodel the dwelling at 722
Tyler street. The following permits
dwellings,: William Bartel at ell Van
Buren, street: Charles e. Suit at 1897
North jackson street: and Mrs. A. w.
johnson at 1907 N. Quincy street.
The annual dinner and business
meeting of the Topeka Traffic ASSOC
citation which will be held Thursday
evening at $50 o'clock at the Com
mercial club rooms promised to be at
tended by practically the entire men,
bership and q number Of persons in
terested in the work of the association
but who are not now members.
John Marriage Of Mullenville.
Kan, and a director of the Kansas
quarters in Topeka, has taken five
boys from eleven to fourteen years of
age to his ranch. He will take three
additional boys at a later date. These
boys will be given a home on the
ranch and will be taught the ranch
ing business.
The city market place Is ready for
occupancy and will be opened as soon
as home products are matured and
Shawnee county farmers purchase the
stalls renting from SO cents to 81 per
month. The market will be open on
from a. m. until noon. The city
commissioner of finance. whose phone
is 3475. has charge Of the renting of
the stalls.
Four youngsters nine days, nine
months. four years and five years of
age respectively. were received in To-
peka Monday by the Kansas Chill
dren's Home society. Three Of the
children were placed and sent to their
respective homes late Tuesday. The
small baby will be kept until it is
more mature before placing In q
home.
Duncan Campbell. former Topeka
boy, died about four weeks ago in Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil, according to word
HAo To- I'd =.
nephew of Mrs. Noble Prentis OF this
city. Campbell was a graduate of To-
peka high school and he later took
course of engineering at Leland STAN
ford university. Two years ago he
went to Brazil for a New York firm.
ident of Los Angeles. Calf. was at
one time a Topeka man.
An important mass meeting Of all
the Boy Scouts of the city, together
with their officers, will be held on the
state house grounds Friday evening
at eight o'clock. Arrangements will
be made relative to the summer
camp and the big memorial parade.
A speech will be given by the presi-
dent, Judge E. r. Simon. Instruc-
lions pertaining to the scout con-
tests will be given by John H. FAIL,
scout commissioner.
Don A. MounDay today dismissed
the suit for $4,000 damages which
he brought in the Shawnee county
district court against United States
District Attorney Fred Robertson and
Rudolph S. Brauer, q postal depart
ment agent, at the time he was in
dicted for the misuse OF the mails.
MounDay has since been tried and
convicted and Is under sentence to
the federal penitentiary in the fraud
case. His case was docketed for trial
next week in the district court.