The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-04
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Ar HOME NEWS.


A wrestling match between Lewis
Hoffman Of Topeka and George Smith
of st. Joseph will be staged Friday
night over the Shawnee State bank in
North Topeka.
A. E. Campbell Of Tacoma, Wash.
formerly of Topeka, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road with headquarters at Maiden.
Wash.
Jackson's Twenty-third regiment
band will hold a concert at the Audi
torium, June 9. An admission fee
will be charged and the receipts will
go for the purchase of two French
horns.
Work has begun on the addition to
Topeka high school. The west end
of the building is being torn out and
the extension will go to the alley be-
tween Harrison street and Topeka
avenue.
Art Hargis, the druggist. was the
first candidate for county Office who
has filed his nomination papers. Har-
gis is running for county treasurer %
the Republican ticket and hled his
petition with the county clerk Tues
! day.
Veterans of the Spanish-American
war, the Boxer uprising and the Phil
ippine insurrection will meet at the
court house tonight to form an organ
| ization. There are about $50 eligible
candidates in Topeka and several
more in the county.
|, The store building at 419-421 Kan
sas avenue is being remodeled and re-
painted preparatory to occupancy BY
the U1amperl Department store. The
entire interior Of the store will be nm
ished in white enamel New fixtures
and special store equipment will be
| Yyov IN
| in the new location about the middle
of June.
II see trouble ahead" declared
County Treasurer Matt Weightman
yesterday. TAX payers are holding
back with their last half Of the 1913
taxes. but they will come rushing In
at the last minute to avoid the PEN
atty which is effective after June 20.
They will have to stand in line for
hours to get our attention when they
do get here"
| Governor Hodges has advised in
quirers that he will select the success
or to Cullen A. Cain on the state
the educators of the state If this
is done the commission will have a
majority Of members engaged in ed
ucational work. The new member
will probably be a city or q county
superintendent.
| sas have an assessed valuation OF $780,
!. 57O,759, according to the findings OF
the state tax commission for the pres
ent year. This il an increase OF about
/ half a million dollars over last year
! despite the fact that heavy cuts have
been made in the valuation of the
Kansas Natural Gas and the Kansas
City Pipe Line companies.
Three couples were united in mar
| rage by jude Hugh Mcfarland at
| the probate court Wednesday. They
were Earl e. George and Helen Chip
man of Topeka: George Oldham and
Medora Green of Topeka. and Walter
Bodies and Edna valleau of Perry.
Other licenses were granted to lease
| r. Moore and Martha AcPhillamey of
Topeka; Ernest Wahlberg and Hulda
Bayard OF Kansas City. Mo-. and to
| Clifford A. Campbell Of Sweet City,
Ia, and Luella Baird OF Topeka
Prof Frank Earnest. musical dtrec-
tor Of North Park college, Chicago.
| III, will come to Topeka next Sunday.
and he will give q musical program
] In the Swedish Bethel church. Polk
and Sixth In 4r. EArnestss company
~ Also Prof g. J. Wilson. who will
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