The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

III
May LIST.
When the gas man brought my bill.
l certainly was mad.
| had to pay that gas man
For what l never had.
He said he'd read the meter
But it's plain as all creation,
He's taught that meter how to run,
NELS YINGLE.
The street repair gang is busy MAX
| ing repairs on Quincy street in front
of the city hail.
Suggestion to morning newspaper
| published at Eighth and Jackson
streets-Why not print picture of
Jay E. House?
N H. Wolf, the veteran tailor, of
Topeka has moved from 519 Kansas
avenue, to his old location at APT
Kansas avenue.
The city weighmaster, o. A. Peck,
| filed his monthly report with the city
commissioners this morning, showing
he had collected 1920 during the
past month.
The report of Robert Yates, police
judge, for the month of April shows
| 222 arrests, $214 collected in current
| fines S57.1O collected in back fines,
or a total of, $271.1O collected for the
month.
| The monthly report of DR.. L. w.
Rowles for weights and measures, was
received by the city commissioners
| this morning, showing he had collect
ed $3S.75 during the past month and
| had inspected l04 sets of scales.
A petition for a five-foot cement
sidewalk on the north side of Four
| teenth street from Monroe to Quincy
| this morning carrying "A names OF
property owners in that locality The
petition was referred to the commits
\ sioner of streets and alleys.
! A petition for a water main on
| Brooks avenue between Sixth avenue
and Seventh streets received favorable
action at the hands of the city COM
/ miSsionerS this morning when the
mayor was instructed to sign con-
| tract and approve the bond for the
work which is to be started at once.
Alterations costing at least $4,000
will be made on the Kansas City
freight house, according to an an
nouncement this morning from the
chief engineer of the AtchiSon, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway. Plans include
complete rearrangernent of present ia
cilities and an extension to the build
| ing.
The city commissioners at their
| meeting this morning received Il petl-
| ton from residents and taxpayers or
Topeka asking that a sewer be con-
| structed in the alley south of Crane
street from German avenue to the al
| ley west of Woodruff street The pc
| tition was referred to the commission
| er of streets and alleys.
Contract for the erection of the
structural frame for the extension to
the local Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
! blacksmith shop. now in course OF
construction, has been let to the Mis-
souri, Valley Bridge and Iron Co., of
| Leavenworth, Kan. Erection of the
frame will be started soon as
| foundations now being put in will per-
nit.
The brotherhood of the First Pres
| byterian church will give a May day
dinner Tuesday evening in the church
dining room. All boys of the CHURCH
and Sunday school between the ages
of ~ and so years are invited. JUS
tice J. S. West will give ar address on
the subject brotherhood" The sex
tet from the Boys Industrial school
will sing series of old plantation
| songs.
Commissioner Porter asked the
city commissioners this morning for
permission to appoint an architect to
draft plans for comfort station to be
built in Ripley park. The comfort sta
ton when complete, it is understood,
will cost about $1,000. c. D. Cuth-
bert. 435 Kansas avenue, will be asked
to draw the plans. 1t will be built on
new features.
The Shawnee County Democratic
club will hold its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday, May 2. at O'Clock
in the evening at the club rooms at
l119 West Sixth avenue. The club
will be ready to take in new mem
bers and all Democrats who care to
| ioin are invited to be present with
their application. Frank whitney
says there is important business to be
transa cted and urges all members TO
attend the meeting.
| Prompt discovery of a small blaze
starting under the grandstand at the
fair grounds Saturday afternoon and
the quick work of George ]. Clark
| North Topeka fireman, in tearing
away boards above the fire averted it.
A bucket of water from nearby con-
cession and the use of fire eXt1n-
fuisher from Governor Capper's car
quickly disposed of the fire and the
meet was resumed before the audi
ence realized the danger
T D. Humphrey today announced
himself as a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for member of the
house of representatives from the
Thirty-fifth district. Humphrey is
we'll known in Shawnee county both as
a Democrat and as a LAWYER He has
Dracticed in the courts of this county
for many years. During the several
Billiard campaigns he was active in the
support OF j. b. bllldTu, LIZ eas d Ceiii
didate for mayor of Topeka and after
wards as a candidate for governor
Otto L. G. Rain of the State Jour
nal vice president of the Topeka Mu-
sicians' union, leaves Friday to attend
the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians at Gin
cinnati Ohio. Mr.. Rain will be the
delegate from the Topeka local. Rain
was a delegate to the Des Moines con-
vention of musicians two years ago.
He is also a member of the Topeka
Typographical union, having served
as president for nearly two years He
will be absent about two weeks, visit
ing St Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee
before his return.