The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-18
LOCAL MENTION.

Every rain here makes Brooks ave-
nue. between Seventh and Eighth
streets look like small lake. The
mud and water makes the streets al
most impas sa BILE. This morning an
auto delivery belonging to the Warren
NJ Crosby company got stalled there
and it was necessary to get horses to
pull it out. Both front wheels of the
machine were almost covered by wa
ter The condition of this street is a
disgrace to the city, says a lady who
lives on Brooks avenue.
DR.. Atwood Eye. Ear, Nose,
Throat. 623 Kansas Ave. Phone 4353
white.-Adv.
The S w Brundage Shows, which
are exhibiting in Topeka this week on
Kansas avenue opposite Garfield park,
are pleasing large crowds each might.
The engagements clos. saturday
night. Leon w. Marshall's famous
Happy Days in DiXieland, a minstrel
performance of above the ordinary, is,
perhaps. the best patronized show
The miracle, "the show beautiful, is
also entertaining large crowds The
rlotordrOme, claimed to be the larS-
est carried on the road, is furnishing
many thrills as the riders are daring
and race at mile a minute clip.
An inspection tour over the new
day by Frederick Hesser, acting en-
gineer for the state board of health
w. G.. Tandy, city commissioner of
streets A. r. Young, city engineer;
and V. r. Parkhurst, engineer for the
East side drainage. board, and the
three members of the board, NJ. j.
Brentnall, George E. Burnam and l..
J. Darr were other members of the
party. The plans of the city to carry
the sewer over Shunganunga creek on
I, -. IF
the drainage board and of the acting
engineer of the state board.
A second slaughter of COWS of the
dairy herd at the State Hospital for
the Insane took place Thursday.
Twenty of the herd of approximately
two hundred fine Holstein cattle were
found to be infected with tuberculo-
sis A year ago the result of a tu
berculin test fifteen animals were con-
demned and slaughtered and five
which were then believed TO have the
disease were held until last Septem-
Der and then killed.
Big money saved by the Santa Fee
Tour Co. on first class trips to the San
Francisco fair. See H. p. Richards. STA
New England Bldg p 1524.-Adv.
combination of quicksand and
wet weather caused a section of sewer
King streets and Lincoln and Lane
streets to settle to such depth that
a gang of city employees was not able
to even recover the lost points of pipe.
Fifty feet of the sewer had simply dis
appeared in the quicksand. Ten men
have been working more than a week
laying new sewer pipe. On account
of cave-ins the alley had been eXca-
waited to its full width to a depth of
twenty feet and sheet-piling is being
used. The job was only half done to-
day.
sunny Flora. the weather man,
received word at 2:30 O'Clock this af-
ternOon from the manager of the tele
phone exchange at Silver Lake, who
stated that the Kaw river had risen
As feet since this morning. THAT
means that the river here should reach
a stage of between 16 and II feet
before dark commented Flora.
Several subcommittee of the ways
and means committee of the CONNER
cial club under E. l.. Overton were
out after renewals and new member
ships this afternoon. The commit
tees working Thursday afternoon