The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

H Work has begun on the Van Buren,
/ street paving north of Third street
/ The store rooms at SIC and SIS
/ Kansas avenue are being remodeled-
a two-story dwelling will be erected
I by John Spohn at 23O Topeka avenue
4 The cost will be $4,000.
/ The appearance of Van Buren, street
between Fifth and Sixth streets is be-
/ ing improved by trimming the trees
! Trolley rides are now becoming pop
/ ular. Train loads of Joy riders" may
| be seen-and heard-almost nightly
/ Twins. a boy and a girl. were born
/ to Mr.. and Mrs Howard Johnston,
/ 236 Greenwood avenue, Monday morn
ing.
There is large number of attrac
tive dwellings being erected in Topeka
at the present time, especially on the
/ West side.
The moon attra cted unusual atten-
| ton Monday night because of the fact
that it was of reddish color when it
/ first arose.
! The street railway company is put
! ting in a passing track on the Low
/ man line Immediately west of College
avenue.
Approximately twenty applicants
Will take the county teachers exam
nation Saturday in the room of the
court of Topeka
Gage park is more popular than
ever as a picnic ground Some days
one time.
Dean D. L. McEachron of Wash
! burn college is teaching a class in
English at the summer school of the
[ University of Kansas
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs James
Kiukey, Ala Liberty street, have de-
lveloped smallpox, and have been taken
to the detention hospital
Recent wind storms have torn the
/ big ivy from the wall the north
-, 81 .ne-I,
burn. The ivy is now half dead
Cosmos is blooming unusually early
J in Topeka gardens It often does not
bloom until the last of August, but
the plants are now IN full bloom
This IS an ideal year for perfect
! development of cannas. The display
of these flowers in Samuel E Lux's
back yard Is particularly brilliant
A special report on Fourth of July
| fires will be made in the August re-
port by l. T. Hussey: state fire mar
shall The report will be issued late
this week.
| The contra tors working on the big
| West Side storm sewer, who have had
/ almost daily obstacles in the way of
| storms and flood waters, are now
! pushing work
1t is now possible for the sand COM
| panies to take out sand from the
| Kaw. There was sand famine IN
| Topeka for some weeks on account of
/ the high water
| George Patten has bought a house
and lot at 1854 Lane street for $500
The sale was conducted by Sheriff l.
L. Kiene. who sold the property for
the Patten heirs.
4 New arrivals in Topeka are having
/ difficulty IN finding small modern
| cottages that are for rent There are
many homes of this type for sale but
it is difficult to rent them.
This has been an unusually good
season for the production of cabbage
in the kaw valley, near Topeka The
commission merchants are now ship
piEg cabbage in large quantities
The grounds adjacent to the city
library building are more attra ctive
than ever before. The janitor takes
pride in caring for the flower beds
and keeping the grass well trimmed
Every day more sand bars are max
ing their appearance in the KaW river.
There are now numerous bars that did
not exist before the recent high water
and some of the old ones have been
washed out
DR. Harold b Wood, city physician.
urges persons who are contemplating
camping trips to Wakarusa to be on
their guard against typhoid He does
not know of any typhoid there, but
there night be-
To avoid the hill on Kansas avenue
between Third and Fourth streets
much traffic goes on Jackson street
ed difference in the amount of traffic
on that thoroughfare-
There are a few merchants along
Kansas avenue who still insist upon
sweeping off their walks in front of
their respective places of business in
the middle of the morning much to
the annoyance of pedestrians
It is estimated that approximately
5000 children are now enrolled at the
Topeka Fairgrounds With so many
T.x- iG q
there have not been more accidents
this summer. The list is small
George B. Ross. state grain inspec-
tor, was in Topeka Monday night and
today checking up the work of his
department with the state auditor
Recently the grain inspection depart
ment was moved from Topeka to Kan
Sas City, Kan
More than $4,000 automobile license
tags have been mailed from the sec
retarv of states office since July l.
Only one tag was lost by car owner
The tag belonged to an Elk county
doctor. who was compelled to pay i
for an extra tin plate
Since it was announced that Kansas
had 1900 acres of school lands for
sale hundreds of letters have been re-
ceived by w E. Davis. state auditor
REQUESTS for information concerning
the land have been received from ev-
cry section of the United States.
Earl Akers. state treasurer. has dis
tanced sam Seaton, for three years the
model of fashion in state house cir
cIes Akers now owns lavender, pur-
pie, green, blue, brown and white
shirt. a palm beach suit and a pair of
brown. pink and baby blue socks.
Harvest hands are now blowing in
at Topeka and calling upon the Provi
dent association for aid Many of
them are young office fellows who
imagined that a change to the har-
vest fields would improve their health,