The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Railroads Refuse Cars for Ship
ment of Hay.
Weighmaster on the North Side
Has Little to Do.
LOOKING FOR THE INTERURBAN
Surveyors Laying Out a Route
North of the River.
Work Has Been Completed as
Far as Perry.

weighmaster IN North Topeka
today is not the busy man that he was
five years ago. Five years ago hay
was bought in and weighed. then TAX
en- to the market; today farmer WIN
hold his hay until he has sale TOT
il, then weigh 1t and deliver it. IN
account of the in, ease in the mum.
Der of automobiles the amount II nay
sold now has decreased at least %
per &C t The hay market in Kansas
is flooded and the railroads VIZ
not accept orders for cars TO snip nay
Most Of the weighing, which ) pc
ing done at the North sac oli iboie7
sale men and distributed TO the retail
gr0ceIs in the city.
Entertains Girl Friends.
Miss Irene Graft entertained tne Iol-
lowing girl friends Friday with a party
celebrating her thirteenth Dirt hday ;
Miss Mamie Lindamood' MISS Lac g.
MarDIe. Miss Dorothy Browning, MISS
Nvrtle Browning, Miss Violet BroWn-
ing Miss Lucille Sherburn, MISS Al
herta Davis, Miss Helen Sherburn, MISS
Fav Bachelor. Miss Lillian SherpuF!l
IA ISIS 'Thelma Palmer, Miss Name
Petree, Miss Lorcne Zimmerman.
Surveying Uorth Side Route.
There Is n rumo1 circulated in rerry
70 the efTect that the proposed inter-
.trhan which is to run between Lew
renee and Topeka will soon be a re-
ality. A surveying squad or the corr
pany finished the route between Inv
renee and Perry and now the country
between Perry and Topeka VIII De
surveyed by the men who are under
the direction Of Roy F1lklns' WI
Filllins refused to make any -tdlS-
nent n regard to the proposed route
tbrcnqh North Topeka but did say that
he pians of the company are not corn
pleted.
Miss Davidson Entertains.
Miss Anna Davidson entertained
number of friends at her home on Mon
roc street. Thursday evening me
Guests were: Miss Daisy Rogers, Miss
Hazel Rugger Miss Alta Grooms' MISS
NIvI.tle Goats Miss Flora Shore, MISS
Tunics Rugger, Mr., Herbert TorteI,
Ckde Lowrey, Jean Mcclure, frank
Maze, Ralph Kitterell' Clarence Neu
man. ..
At the evening service of the North
Topeka Congregational church, the
second Presbyterian church VIII JON
i'm union services. The morning serN-
ice is as follows: sunday scnoo5 S'SS
al II the pastor, the Rev. c. H. An
drewS, will talk on The Discouraged
Servant" young peoples service al
$50 followed by the evening service
at 7:15. ,-
munion at the Church of the Good
shepherd at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. in the absence of the pastor. Mr..
Petrie. who will take the morning
service in the church of st. James the
Less. at Herington, then going 10
Wichita where he will assist in the
evening services at the church in that
city. Mr.. Petrie will conduct the Ash
Wednesday services at Independence,
Kansas.
Notes and Personal.
Miss Esther Pratt, who is a student
in the university at Lawrence, is
spending the weekend with the ]. d.
Pratt family, $50 North jackson street.
J. r Mcfarland leaves today for
Chicago. where he will spend a week
with relatives.
Blue post No. ESQ 6. A. r. will as
sist in escorting the national COM
lupnder and his staff to Memorial hall
where he will give an address this
evening.
A. NJ. Petro. Druggist-Adv.
Tracey Doane left Friday afternoon
for a short visit to his mother, Mrs.
Claude Doane, who lives in Kansas
City.
Ike benjamin leaves this evening for
Chicago to buy his spring stock of
goods
!. W. Priddy has gone to ST. Joseph.
Mo, to visit his daughter, Mrs. Arthur
mall