The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17

/ ignorant of money and the simplest
| rules of business.
| Old beds, dishes, knives, forks,
spoons, and bedding are wanted by the
Provident association and a hunt is
| being made over Topeka for disca rGied
articles that are still useful Many
poor families are living in furnished
rooms and the association is trying to
get old furniture together that they
can live in unfinished rooms at
| cheaper prices.
The football financial report for the
Topeka high school team has been
presented by Paul H. Young. the ath-
letic association treasurer and C. H.
HepWorth the manag ger. There was
$SS5.14 taken in at the games, the
Wamego game being the most pro-
fitable bringing in sS7- EXPENSES to-
tailed $S64.1S leaving $2O.96 to help
carry the basketball team through the
season
The garage belonging to H. s Knox
at 1920 Harrison street was DESTROYED
by fire last night and an automobile
belonging to ID. H. Huntington was
damaged to the extent of about $500.
The garage was worth about $200
and was insured for SIS The cause OF
the fire is unknown but the owner of
the car suggested that it might have
been caused by defective electrical
wiring.
a story is told on a Washburn pro-
fessor who was in Arizona not long
ago Inc ndQ
around the evening camp fire when
the professor happened to pick up a
handful of alkali dust, The alkaline
constituent which comprises this soil
is very deleterious to a fabric" he
observed after examination. yep"
agreed an Arizoran, this dirt sure is
h. on clothes"
Tho junior class of the Topeka high
schol will give a Christmas class party
in the gymnasium tonight at 8 O'Clock.
he loo erin he arir IT1al {
office at the Topeka high school.
which was ruined by water Thursday
will be replaced Saturday. The cause
of the flood has been Traced to a
fire in the neighborhood which
brought the pressure up to a point
that the connections would not stand
To pay SIS interest on a S11 loan
was the experience of a Topeka man
who applied at tie Provident associa-
| ton for legal relief this morning he
had completed his payments on his
first loan and floundered deeper into
! the clutches by again borrowing So
! and paying back $50 interest The
! loan shark insisted that he still owed
| SIS but has hid out since hearing of
| the legal action which has been taken.
/ 1.-The Little Swedish Church Upon
| the Hill by the Rev. Adolph Liljen-
gren, pastor of the Swedish Bethel
/ church, is the title of a new book just
! off the press. The story deals with
/ the pioneer adventures of the early
Swedish ministers and the book is the
first Mr.. Liljengren has ever attempted
in English. He has been a frequent
contributor to Swedish-American pub
locations but has always written in
Swedish.
An increasingly large number of the
students who enter high school grad
uate, according to figures compiled by
the Topeka high school OF the class
that entered in 1909, SO per cent fin
ished; SO per cent of the next class.
and As per cent of those that entered
in 1911. OF those who came to high
school later, 45 per cent have sradu-
ated, and 36.1 per cent of the last
class started in Topeka high school
four years ago.
An organization which will try to
make mathematics interesting to stu
dents has been added to the number of
student activities at the Topeka high
school. The mathematics club at a re-
cent election made William Kellogg
president, Ethel Mayberry, vice presi-
dent, and Lillian GIeissner. secretary
and treasurer. The program commit
tee is composed of Dorothy Jones,
Chesley Mccormick, Walter Johnson
and Miss Minnie Stewart.
John Maiden. owner of a meat mar
ket at 1922 East First street, claims
that if his horse wandered off of its
own accord while he was carrying
meat from the wagon to someone's
a bee line for the stables" AS the
horse disappeared while he was de-
Gvering meat on King street late
afternoon and has not APP
someone stole it. With the horse and
wagon $40 worth of meat disappeared.
Four masters retired this week from
the four Topeka Masonic bodies. R. |
W. Squires of Topeka lodge No. II, |