The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-23
i'm NORTH Topeka
North SiderS Are Much Inter-
ested in Flood Meeting.
Many Kaw Valley Farmers Are
Expected to Attend.

All citizens of the North side inter-
ested in the flood problem. which
looms so big in this part of the city,
are urged to be on hand at the COM
mercial club next wednesday night to
hear the Kaw river overflow questions
discussed by the Kansas Flood and
Water congress. Many farmers living
up and down the river, who are past
victims of the high waters, are ex-
pected to be present. Upon the in
terest> shown, the amount of govern
ment appropriations is supposed to
rest, in a large degree.
Among those attendance will be
Col. c. d. Townsend of the corps of
engineers, United States army; T. ].
Stricken, engineer for the public
utilities commission; w. A. S. Bird,
chairman of the legislative committee;
H. B. Walker drainage engineer, Kan
sas State Agricultural college; H. A.
Rice, civil engineer, University of Kan
sas. and Charles Wanzer, special en-
gineer. Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany.
Two baskets of exceptionally large
sweet potatoes grown by w. B. Tice
and son, northeast of North Topeka,
make up part of an agricultural dis
play in a window of the Shawnee
| State bank. Graydon Bankers corn,
which took first prize in the boys con-
.
are also being shown. The grower
! is 3 years old and lives in Shorey
| Some dry weather" corn grown by
j. W. Petit of the Clayton Hummer
| place is on exhibition.
| A surprise party planned by Ger
| trude Breitenstein was given Sunday
night on the occasion of Annie Brett
enstein's 18th birthday anniversary.
THOSE present We're: Misses Lena
Desch, Marguerite Hafner, Barbara
Artzer, Frona Alendorf, Marie Ludwig,
Gertrude Breitenstein, Anna Breiten-
stein, Frances Breitenstein Leona
I93reitenstein, George Alendorf, George
Ludwig, Peter Ludwig, John Schoen-
feldt, Matt Hafner. John Miltenberger
George Schoenfeldt, Harry Neff, Jake
| Desch, Alexander Kaberlein and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Breitenstein The even
ing was spent in playing games
The three weeks successful revival
meeting held in the Kansas Avenue
| Methodist church, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Rose Potter Crist closed
Sunday night
Il can't give out the final results vel
because we haven't figured them up.
declared ]. E. Scheer, pastor of the
church. THE last meeting was tn.
finest of the series The house wa.
full The attendance thruout was very
satisfactory
Notes and Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Max APPEL, of Meriden
drove down Sunday to visit friends
c. j. Ford has returned from a tw,
weeks visit to friends in Indianapolis
Ind, where he practiced medicine fo
ten years. He doctored people of In
diana for 81 years. The last five year
he has been in the Owl grocery store
He reports an enjoyable time ION m!
old stamping ground"
c. A Marker made a business tril
to Manhattan Saturday He spen
/ Sunday in Eudora.
Mrs. Richard Mize, 1888 Contra
avenue, returned Sunday from
weeks visit to friends and relatives o
! Rossville.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Deppe mo
tored up from Ozawkie Sunday to visi
their father, Fred Deppe, 1884 Taylo
street.
Mrs. c. ]. Ford is recovering from ,
neuralgia ailment which has bothere,
her for six weeks, combining her to he
. home
N B. shannon brought in ten bush
els of walnuts, the loot of a visit q
friends in the country Sunday.
Gladys Pratt, $50 Jackson street, i
expected back tonight from Empori
where she has been attending the Y
w. c. A convention.
Albert Mohler of Kiro is in on bus
mess today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mallory ar
moving back to North Topeka after
year in Simla, Colo. Mr.. Mallory j
employed by the Union Pacific Rail
road company.
Elmer Hohnbaum of Mayetta is d
on business today.
C. w. Lukens leaves today on a bus
: mess trip to Willard.
f. H. GRADER is confined to his hom
by an attack of la grippe.
M. F. Troxel, chaplain and parol
5 agent for the Boys Industrial schoo
[ returned from Hawarten, Ia, Satur
day, where he was called to the bed
( side of his son, who was very sick. H
reports his boy much better. Nj
S Troxell conducted the Sunday service
2 at the school
. NAK AMD