The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

son was born to y. Turner and
wife, 615 Morris avenue, June %.
Mrs. W. H. WATSON, wife of the city
commissioner of finance, has returned
from a visit to Fort Scott.
You have a chance to get in a NOV
ing picture a the Avalon Bakery Fri
day noon, July adv.
Fritz Brey of Oskaloosa and Effie
Shaw of Ozawkie were married by
Probate Judge Hugh MacFarland to-
day.
Gotthard Dahlstrom and Agnes
Steward of Topeka were granted a
marriage license in the probate court
today.
The West Side W. c. T. U. will hold
its regular meeting Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Theodore Courtney, PIP The Drive,
Auburndale.
Three hundred employees of the
Bell Telephone company will picnic
Monday, July 8, at Gage park. A pro-
gram of sports is being arranged anu
a box picnic supper will be served in
the evening.
Two couples We're married in the
probate court Wednesday afternoon.
They were Carl E. Schwandt and Beu-
lah F. Edmonds of Wamego and Jas
per L. Wright and Alta f. Erickson
of Saffordville.
The lawyers annual picnic probably
will be held in the McFadden grove
just opposite the WakaruSa railroad
station. across the Santa Fe tracks.
The date of the event has not been
definitely agreed upon but will prob
ably be in the second week of July.
George S. EIine, state dairy commits
Sioner, is today conducting an eXami-
nation for applicants for license to
take positions as buyers of butter fat.
State law requires that those so en-
ployed shall hold a certificate from
the dairy commissioner 1estifying to
their qualifications.
Oscar Swayze has figured it out
that the charity work engaged in by
Shawnee county in the fiscal year just
ended cost $4,000. Most of the
amount was expended within the city
for the support of aged and infirn
persons. Coal in winter and rent of
80 cottages and rooms make impor-
tant items of expense in the big bud
get.
oner who had been convicted on n
peace disturbance charge, has been re-
turned to finish serving a sentence Of
80 days by order of Judge Hugh T.
Fisher of the court of Topeka. Bev-
erly was caught attempting to enter
house on West Fifth street where he
had no business and had been arrest
ed by the police.
The Washburn college catalogue,
containing the register for 1914-15 anG
the press. 1t contains 160 pages of
condensed information of the colleges
several departments, school of fine
arts, school of law, Bible school, acad-
envy and summer school. The book
let, which is for free distribution, as
bigger than ever before, and indicates
Washburn's steady growth
Friday, J. A. Ramsey. city sanitary
sergeant, hopes to be able to announce
the approximate number of flies in
Topeka. fly census of the city is
being taken today and Ramsey says he
believes there will not be a half mil
lion flies found in the city. Two hun
dred and twenty-five places in the city
are being inspected. They include
bakeries, grocery stores drug stores,
restaurants and confectioneries One
hundred and twenty housewives will
be asked how many flies were found
in their houses.
The last meeting for the season of
the Tsuneo Taxa Hashi En- broidery
club was held at the home of Mrs. F.
j. Ross 1871 Harrison street. An eX-
hibit of the work done by the club,
and other clubs of which Mrs. Mozart
ney is teacher, will be in the window
of the HARLAN Furniture company.
Miss Covell. city clerk, walked out
of her office today with $136.700.S4 in
her possession. She came back and
the city is none the loser. The money
was in the form of municipal bonds
and were taken by Miss Covell to the
state auditor to be registered. The
bonds are to be sold to pay for the
street paving now being done by the
city. Practically all of them have al
ready been spoken for by Topeka citi-
zens and very few of these bonds,
which are in $500 denominations, will
go out of the city.
Total fee collections of the clerk of
the district court on litigation of the
past fiscal year amounted to SS,T24-77,
against an expense for the conduct of
the office of $5,019.96. This means
saving to the county of S3,704-81, not
to mention the fees for criminal work
which under the old fee law were col
Iected and kept by the clock of the
court. These are estimated at $4,000
a month.