The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-20
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

New attraction in Owl Grocers ad.,
page 6.-Adv.
1t will be Penwell day at the regular
weekly dinner of the Cooperative club
at the Elks club tomorrow noon.
Colonel Penwell will furnish the en-
tertalnment. dinner and dance will
be given to the st. Joseph co-ops Tues
day evening, December 5.
The recent typhoid fever epidemic
cannot be placed at the door of the
city water. Today, Commissioned
FRANK Newland received a report
from the university laboratory where
the water had been examined The
report showed the water to be in ex-
cellent condition
3 ID. Flora, observer in charge of
me Kansas stations of the weather bu-
reau' le1t this afternoon on a trip of
inspection thru southern Kansas He
will visit Pratt, Liberal. Greensburg
and several other towns while away,
returning Thursday. In his absence
the local office is in charge of Carl
BUSH, assistant observer.
George Strange of Perry, son of w.
M Strange of Topeka, walked into the
livery barn at Perry Saturday evening,
recognized his fathers fine driving
morse in one of the stalls, located the
man who left it there, arrested him
and brought him to Topeka. The man
he arrested is Tom Christian. Chris
tian is now in the county Jail charged
with horse stealing.
Under an order from the postoffice
department, motor service will be es-
tablished at once upon another rural
route out of North Topeka-No. s.
Motor service was established on
routes 4 and last month. Motor
service cuts three and One-half hours
off the time required for covering each
route and gives Topeka merchants a
chance to fill mail orders the same day
they are received.
E. L. Platt, president of the ST.
Joseph Commerce club, will speak
Tuesday noon at a dinner at the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Platt was
/ Washburn student. He is one of the
most enthusiastic Commerce club
workers in st. Joseph. lie began his
official connection with the club as
president of the publicity committee,
was promoted to the vice presidency
in charge of the industrial division.
and was then elected director and
finally was chosen, without opposition,
as the president of the club.
Children looking for their Sunday
clothes in a closet with the aid Of
matches missed Sunday school Sun
day morning at the home of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Charles Sandmeyer. SIC Jeffer-
son street In fact, the children didn't
have any Sunday clothes when the
search ended. The lighted matches
| ignited clothes hanging in the closet.
"A
flames eXtinguished before reaching
any other room but the closet. Com
siderable damage was done to the
clothes, however.
People living north of Topeka are
to get a new bridge. The county COM
miSsionerS are today looking over
three sets Of plans for a new concrete
bridge across Soldier creek, on Kan
sas avenue. The old steel bridge over
Soldier creek. justs west of Garfield
several years. The repair bills have
been growing Walter Arnold. coun-
ty engineer, has presented the COM
missioners with ar estimate upon the
bridge is favored and three different
contractors have furnished plans for
such a bridge
Plans are being made for the reor-
ganiZation of the Ball Manufacturing
| company, which was placed in the
hands of federal receiver about sixty
days ago. The company has branch
! in Topeka. At meeting of three
hundred stockholders in Kansas City
| Saturday it was agreed that a new
company should be formed to buy the
assets of the old company and Oper-
ate it. The new company is to have
| a capital stock of 100000, all sub
scribed by present stockholders. An
other meeting of the stockholders will
be held at Hutchinson Wednesday,
Because William Abel wasn't a Dle
he wants $500 from the city of To-
peka for disability caused by his lack
of ability to lift culvert while in the
city's employ in August. And the city
| of Topeka finds it is not able to pay
| Abers claim. While working for the
city Abel attempted to lift a part of
a stone culvert near seventh and Mad =
| ison streets. 1t disabled him, he de-
| clares, and he demands $500, claimin g
his disability was due to the lack of
proper equipment for lifting such
loads. The city attorney recommended
today that the claim ''be not allowed
and the city commissioners adopted
the report.
The Kemper-Fair Milling company
of Kansas City Tiled suit against the
| Cardwell Grain company of Topeka,
/ in the district court today, to collect
damages because of the alleged failure
of the Topeka company to deliver
grain purchased. The action is against
M. w. and Lettie Cardwell. 1t is
! charged in the petition that the Kan
sas City company purchased 5000
bushels of No. 2 wheat from the Card
wells, over the telephone, July IA,
! 1915 at Slip per bushe1; that th,.
| Cardwells delivered 1,034 bushels in
August and failed to deliver the re-
, The plaintiff company states that be-
/ to deliver it was forced to go into the
| bushels of wheat at a price of $1.59 a
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