The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
NORTH SIDE news
Fire Station WIN Be Completed
by June 1.
Firemen Can Occupy the Build.
ing Month Ahead Schedule.

EHemem IAN occupy the Bu1Id.
i ing Month Ahead Schedule.
| According to the contractors who
are erecting the North side fire sta
ton the building will be completed by
| delay.
/ The walls and roof of the building
have been completed and plastering
began this morning. One Of tho con-
tractors said this morning that the
plastering OF the building would have
been finished had not there been q de-
lay on account of the roof not being
completed.
1 II the building is completed by June
l 1t Will be occupied by the firemen
I q month sooner than was expected.
well and North Topeka will soon have
| one OF the finest fire stations in the
city-thanks to the North Side Civic
club.
At the Outing Camp.
l number of the members Of the
North Topeka Onting club made q trip
to the camp at Maple Hill Saturday
and finished the new cabin and boat
landing at that place. There has been
a number Of repairs and improve
and it is now one Of the most COM
Portable outing camps in the vicinity
Of Topeka.
The members have offered a prize
to the man who catches the largest
| fish and it is expected that this will
| be the cause Of q heated rivalry be-
tween the members.
Sent Out S. O. S.
| Marooned in the middle of the
creek in a leaky boat while trying to
rescue a girl who had fallen over
board from boat which contained a
LII <ps~1 fxva
boring camp. was the experience of
Ralph Baer, a prominent North side
business man, Sunday. Baer was
spending the day at the outing camp
at Maple Hill with a number of his
| friends. Raer's friends say that he
was strolling along the bank when the
girl fell overheard and hearing her cry
for help, he jumped into boat which
was lying on the bank and started to
rescue her. By the time Baer had
rowed half dozen strokes from the
| shore the boat was half full of water.
He signaled his friends for help but
they refused, meanwhile more water
seeped into the boat. The girl finally
wading to the bank and Baer's friends
claim he spent a half hour trying to
| bail enough water out of the boat so
that he could reach the shore.
some Ball Team.
Baseball fans Of the North Side and
the clerks in Fred Voiland's clothing
| store held an unofficial meeting in
the rear end of Voiland's clothing
store Saturday night and. without an
exception, voted that the Voiland
baseball nine was "some" team.
| The Voilands, which is the only
North Side team in the City league.
defeated the College Hill team by
score of 10 to 8 Saturday afternoon.
The game was won by good teamwork
land smuggling. At the parade which
twas held before the opening game of
1.-THE season the North Siders were well
represented. Is
I Out at Garfield.
/ There were about five hundred peo-
I:ple Sunday who ,uld not wait for
the official opening day OF Garfield
park. Practically all day Sunday
there were a number of people at the
day at the park, and although the
| amusements were not running there
" ere a number of people on the
grounds late in the evening.
/ The shutters were taken off the
most of the amusements this morning.
everything will be in first class con-
dition for the opening night
| Personal Mention.
Mrs. Mildred Williams, who has
been the guest of Mrs. ]. r. Madison
Of Rochester for the past few days.
has returned to her nome IN Merriam,
Kan.
Mrs. L. A. Harris has returned to
her home in Merriam after spending
a few days with Mrs. J. r. Madison
of Rochester.
Miss Martha Lindas, a student of
Washburn college, spent the week END
with her cousin, Miss Helen Lewis of
Rochester.
Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Massey of
Granville are spending short time
in North Topeka on business.
| Miss Maude Willis of North Van
Buren, street has returned from Law
renee, where she spent a short time.
M L. Christman Of Silver Lake has
returned to his home after a business
trip to the North Side.
Grover Neiswender Of Silver Lake
has returned home after business
trip to the North Side.
NJ NJ Shirley has returned to. his
home in Granville after a business
trip to the North Side.
Mrs. NJ H. Crosby of Spokane,
Wash, IS the guest of Mrs ]. r. Mad
ison of Rochester.
The Boys Industrial school base
ball team was defeated by the Third
Presbyterian church team Saturday
was the first game played this year
by the Industrial school team.
If you want pump work or spoutfng
done see FOUGHT Hardware.-Adv.
At the Princess: We present today
1.-The Judgment of the Jungle a nat
ural three-part animal drama; also
gripping two-part drama. Five
cents.-Adv.