The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.


stitute will be held at Baldwin August
1922. George E. Dougherty of To-
peka is secretary of the institute
| board.
Nick. Klug and Margaret Hefner,
young folks of North Topeka, have
| been granted a marriage license by
| Judge Hugh Mcfarland in the pro-
| bate court.
A comfort station will be built at
Gage park this summer \: P. Nell
sen is drawing the plans for the build
ing, which will be similar to the one
at Garfield park.
United States District Attorney Fred
| Robertson and L. S. Harvey are in St
ment in the appeal case of Don A.
and L. D. w. Noun Day.
A second number of the Abdallan
Hot Sands will be issued Thursday to
advertise the Shriners carnival
There were 5000 of the number that
appeared on the streets Monday.
| Robert Stone, speaker in the last
house of representatives, will speak
| next week at the Abstracters' associa-
ton convention in Salina. His subject
will be, "Homesteads and Blanket
| Judgment Liens"
Fifteen students from the Agricul-
tural college at Manhattan inspected
| the Doran farm here. They are all
from the department of dairying and
are in charge of Professor Fitch OF
| Mayor J. z. House has signed con-
| tracts and bonds for the extension OF
water mains on Duane street from
| Roosevelt to Orchard street and an
other on Underwood avenue from
Eighth to Ninth street
| w. d. Mckinstry, a Topeka Chris
titan Scientist, and his son Emmons
left Monday for Boston where he will
| attend a meeting of committees on
publication of the First Church of
| Christ, Scientist, in Boston
! The city commission is in favor of
new city hall. man is always more
particular about his private office
than that of his subordinates. Hence
and for some time hence-the ques-
ton of a new city Jail will exist only
| in a state of coma.
Mr.. Ralph Emerson, who came to
Topeka few months ago to become
organis at the Hip and who has been
| at the Novelty until last week, resign
ed his position Friday and will go
back to Fort Madison, where he will
play until September l when he will
return to his position at the Novelty.
w. G. Tandy, city commissioner of
| streets, said today that plans and
| specifications for steel and concrete
| bridges over Shunganunga creek on
Kansas avenue and also on Lincoln
| street are nearing completion and that
| bids for the construction OF the two
| bridges probably will be called Tor
within three weeks.
| Tomorrow night the school child
who holds the lucky number in the
| drawing at the carnival at the fair
| grounds. will receive a camera Offered
| by George Stansfield. Thursday night
a s25 bicycle offered by the Shawnee
| Cycle company will be given. The
only requirement is that the holder
of the number be on the grounds.
! Less than per cent of the Topeka
| school children who have been ex-
| amined by Topeka teachers, under the
direction of Prof. Raymond Schwegler
of the University of Kansas, have been
found to be deficient The Binet-
Simon test is used for examining the
pupils Professor Schwegler holds an
| examination every Saturday morning
at the Harrison school building u
| One hundred and forty-two dollars
| toward completing the fund necessary
| to give Topeka supervised Fairgrounds
| was reported by two committees to
w. P. MacLean, secretary of the play
grounds association, Monday night
| One of the committees, the Quincy
school children, raised $50, and the
Childrens Conservation league, raised
$50. An effort is being made to raise
$1,000.
The present municipal cooler is a
joke Had the ark landed near To-
| peka the dove sent out by Moan might
! have returned with one of the gilt
| letters over the front entrance instead
| of an olive branch, and the building
would have become as famous as the
tower of Babel. In medieval times
feudalist would have used the build
ing for a summer cottage. But today
| the street railway company wouldn't
use it for transfer station.
| H s. Sorrels, scout master with the
Boy Scout patrol of five boys who are
| walking from St. Paul, Mimi, to San
Francisco, will not arrive in Topeka
| today Heavy rains have caused the
party to drop behind it's schedule.
| Mud bound at Zarah; will not be in
| Topeka before Thursday" reads
postcard from Sorrels to John Henry
Fazel scout master of the Topeka Boy
| Scouts Zarah is on the Santa Fe
Trail just few miles west of Kansas
City.
| Many new features in the Washburn
Annual have caused surprise this year
among students and people interested
in the college. The name has been
changed from the 'Kaw'' to the
.Icra bodian." The book distrib-
uted Monday and every one of the AS
copies was sold in advance. A special
de luxe edition of IS copies was gotten
out These are bound in leather and
have the name in large gold letters on
the front cover. Frank Peers is editor
in-chief
The board of county commissioners
| is now closing up the tedious work OF
adjusting complaints against personal
property assessm ents. A few of them
to which objection has been pointed
out by the assessors are being raised.
few such cases have followed where
thrifty owners have reported their
eight-cylinder touring cars at the price
of Ford roadsters. The commissioners
will sit as board of equalization until
May %. Objections to assessme nts
should be registered by taxpayers be-
fore that time
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today
Frank w. Griggs and wife, 935 Fill
more street, May "a, boy; Herbert Carl