The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Topeka Temple No. 10 will holds it's
regular meeting Monday evening, June
21, in K. p. Hail.
Permits aggregating $4,000 were
issued by the fire marshal in the first
half of June for the erection of dwell
lingS.
Licenses to marry have been
gra nted to Linfcrd p. Kistler and
Alice NJ Owen of this CITY and to
Fred J. Prcut and Grace NJ Eldridge,
also Topekans
Two of the most beautiful rose
bushes in Topeka are those at the east
entrance of the court house. Just now
they are splendid in the abundance of
their blossoms.
Travel from Kansas to Colorado has
been light thus far this season because
of the cool weather. Many Topekans
will go to the mountains of Colorado
and Wyoming as soon as the weather
becomes hot.
Roland NJ. Seibert boys secretary
and assistant physical director at the
Central Y. NJ. c. A, will leave next
week for Lake Geneva Wis, where
he will attend a conference of associa-
ton workers, and later a training
school for physical directors.
Richard Whitcomb, who has been at
Liberty, Mo-. for the last three weeks
as athletic director at the Interchurch
Training school for Kansas City, Mo-,
boys, has returned to Topeka. He will
leave for Honolulu the latter part of
July where he will be in Y. M. c. A.
work.
Attendance for the second week of
the Shawnee county teachers institute
has climbed to 100, breaking previous
records and highly pleasing John
F. Eby, county superintendent, who
takes a justifia BILE pride in the reputa-
ton for excellent work of this summer
school.
The high water in Shawnee county
streams this month has done damage
that probably will cost $4,000 for re-
pairs. Walter J. Arnold, county en-
gineer, is busy taking stock Of losses
and helping restore order. Several
roads were temporarily closed by the
washing away of approaches
Even if Kansas is getting more
water than she knows what to do with.
there will be no flood as extensive as
that Noah experienced. There was a
beautiful rainbow displayed for the
benefit of Topekans about o'clock
last night, and according to the Bible
the Lord invented rainbows to remind
people he had discontinued the flood
business.
Fallen trees and branches have
made many of the hurry calls for the
four hours, and have tied up service
on the street railway lines by break
ing trolley wires. The city is at an
expense of several dollars for replac-
from white way poles during Thurs
days high wind.
The members of Troop No g. To-
peka Boy Scouts, a model Kansas
troop, are excavating under the West
minister Presbyterian church They
began work last Saturday and have
been working hard ever since that
time. The church agreed to spend
three or four hundred dollars on a
basement room for the boys provided
rn,i16 do I,o
J. H. Fazel, who has been Boy
Scout commissioner for Topeka for
several years, has resigned and Roland
w. Seibert, boys secretary of the Cen
trail Y. NJ. c. A took his place today.
Seibert has the distinction of being
the youngest Scout commissioner in
Kansas. The Topeka court of honor
will now consist of Seibert, J. F. Refs
ner. physical director of the Central
'Y'', DR.. c. H. Lerrigo, and H. A.
Jungk, membership secretary of the
Central association.
About twenty minor rate cases are
being disposed of today by the pub
lie utilities commission in a field day
session on small complaints. Most of
the complaints deal with telephone
and freight rates and are strictly local
in their application Recently the
commission decided to set aside the
third Friday Of each month as field
day for minor cases. In that manner
they will be able to dispose of a num-
Der of small cases at one session and
will prevent the interference of minor
cases with the more important work
of the commission.
Women of the street, cruising the
highways of the lower part of town.
have been dismayed by the frequency
Of arrests which have followed the
recent appearance of a couple of
straw-hatted dudes" The police de-
partment has succeeded in making
, rc hxTt Gil
pie ruse of putting two strange plain
clothes officers on the job. By affect
ing Sporty style of dress and loiter-
ing along the streets of the downtown
section, they have managed to pick
up an unusual number of regular Of
tenders who have been too shrewd to
be ma bbed by the regular patrolmen.