The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-29
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Have you tried the Arbor's 35c
merchants lunch? Fried chicken
Adv.
Do not fail to get our estimate Oh
that lumber bill. ]. Il. Whelan & Co..
4th and S. F. tracks Phone 865-W.-
Adv.
A. E. Sutton was appointed by the
city commission today 70 succeed Paul
Montgomery on the board Of electric
examiners.
The temperature of every month
since last October has been above nor
| NAL, according to the local weather
| man, with the one exception OF Feb
ruary.
Thomas Kye and wife and daughter
Lillian, of Washin. -on, d. c., who are
| touring in an automobile from their
home to Colorado, passed through To-
J peka, stopping over night " ,th friends.
This is the last week of the summer
school in the Harrison school building
| The pupils attending Harrison have
1 been doing q half semester of school
work in eight weeks. They are adj
vance pupils.
| Arthur Shakeshaft, a graduate of
Topeka high school. is now with the
Santa Fe engineering corps at Wei
| lington, Kan. Ralph Kingsley, an
other graduate. is foreman of q paving
gang at Abilene.
| Work on the addition to the high
school has been progressing slowly re-
Gently. # the work OF remodeling the
! present building is completed by the
opening Of school the contractor will
have to put on speed.
| A request from the Florence Crit
| tenton Mission that the city commits
sion appropriat $25 a month towards
its support has been put on file" The
commission at the meeting today did
I n IN he
IF every summer day were like to-
day Kansas would soon become a
great summer resort" was the way
William E. Stickel, chief clerk Of the
United States district ttorney showed
his enthusiasm for the mild weather.
Hundreds of persons went to Gage
park Tuesday night with the hope of
avenue and the West Tenth avenue
roads were a blaze Of light due to the
large number of autos that went to the
park.
! According to Sunny Flora. the To-
cal weather man, there has not been q
good rain at Concordia since the first
of June, and some of the corn near
that city is in bad shap.. The corn
in the neighborhood of Clay Center is
also reported to be suffering.
large crowd will probably be at
the Rock Island depot early Thursday
morning to see the Barnum & Bailey
circus unload and prepare for the per-
formances IN the afternoon and even
ling. From here the Rock Island will
transport the circus to Wichita.
The assertion that Topeka people
are sleeping out of doors is entirely
correct. Last night hundreds slept in
the back yards. many preferred their
| front or rear porches, a good per cent
porches, others go on the roof, a few
I remain insidS
! A test was made at the city water
works this week to ascertain the
pumping capacity of the plant. For
two hours water was pumped at the
rate of 100000 salle ms a day. The
present average daily consumption is
5000 gallons. The new pump is said
to be working in fine shaIe.
In order to take advantage Of the
city's special lawn spfinkling rates II
Is necessary TO call at the office of the
water department at the Auditorium
and sign an application blank A
large number OF persons have done Sc
in the last two days, but some person!
have the impression they can apply b,
phone.
A feature Of ''Children's Day" Mon
/ day. September IA. at the state fair
Topeka, will be folk dances by severa
hundred children trained under thu
supervision of Miss Mildred Hazelrigg
Mrs Arthur Mills. who has taken al
interest in the folk dances win have
charge of the folk dance festival q
the fair.
III A school for teachers and others in
terested will be conducted by Mis-,
Mary Bunker, supervision Of drawing
for the city schools. in the manua
training building. August 4-26. Dill
ferent phases Of drawing win b
taught. Miss Bunker has returned
from the Chicago summer school Of
. | applied arts-
/ Robert Holcomb. assistant phyuica