The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-06
IN NORTH Topeka
Business Is Booming in All
Lines of Trade.
Not Enough Desirable Houses
to Supply the Demand.

The summer season has been so un-
favorable this year, that the universal
increase in prosperity among North
Topeka merchants is highly signir-
cant This prosperity appears to af-
feet all branches of business j. X.
Spetter asserts that he has been sur
prised at the briskness of trade. The
Rutter furniture company reports
very marked increase in the volume of
this years trade over last year. Rec
ords since 1904 show a steady ana
consistent increase. ]. c. Snediker
says that the growth in trade at his
establishment while consistent has
been particularly marked this summer
as compared to past years. He can
assign no special cause for it. Ike
Benjamin says that the summer sea-
son has been the best he has had since
entering business on the North side.
He believes that the dry weather has
almost been a blessing in disguise as it
has allowed the laboring class which
works out of doors to work steadily
rather than internationally as in wet
weather. This uninterrupted employ
nent has increased the incomes or
many families and in consequence
their expenditures. The Pratt broth
ers, whose hardware store does its
heaviest business among the farmers
In machinery and implements, have
had the best season for the past four
years in spite of the drouth. T. P.
Gilmore of the Shawnee State bank
and A. V. Lindell, assistant cashier,
agree that the seasons business is far
and away above the average summer
activity.
w. L. Bridges. freight agent of the
United Pacific, reports that altho he
cannot furnish absolute figures. there
is no doubt that the volume of freight
going into and out of North Topeka
during the past two months is dis
tinctly above the average.
These conditions can only point in
one direction, in the face of the I'M
favorable crop year The business of
expansion. Real estate dealers say
that many families are moving here.
One agent states that the demand for
modern up-to-date cottages is excess
sive. Il could rent ten such cottages
before night if 1 knew where to find
Them he asserted.
Public confidence, so long withheld
after the flood, is being restored and
every indication points toward great
increase in prosperity on the North
side. The hope has been expressed
that this growth will be accompanied
by appropriate civic improvements.
He Needed a Tire.
Some one entered the garage be-
longing to Charles Stewart, at 1O45
Central avenue, Tuesday night and re-
moved an extra tire and rim from the
rear of his automobile. The garage is
a new frame structure with common
lock on the door. This lock was pick |
ed, the tire removed, and a monkey |
wrench without a handle left in it's
place by the thoughtful yegg. Officer |
Jones who was notified this morning i
followed the tracks OF the thief in the |
dust of the alley from the garage to |
Norris street, where they were lost. |
The tire was new, having been run
but 400 miles. No arrests have yet |
been made.
Injured in Automobile.
Mrs. Harry Schultz suffered a pain
riding in an automobile. East of Law |
renee, while travelling at a moderate |
speed the car hit an unfinished Gull
vert which formed a sharp ridge /
across the road. Mrs. Schultz, who .
was sitting in the back seat vas
brace which holds the top in shape. |
The brace struck her between the eyes
and on the bridge of the nose. Mrs. |
Schultz was unconscious for several |
minutes. She sustained a deep wound |
on the nose and between the eyes, and |
her forehead was badly bruised.
Notes and Personal.
The r. D. Josephs motored to Pot |
win, Kan, Sunday. They returned |
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Inghanl of Ponca |
City arrived today and are the guests |
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Pratt.
Miss Elizabeth Willets who has been |
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Charles Nealley |
of Salt Lake City, has returned home |
Victor Council No. A, will meet |
Thursday evening for election of Off
GERS for the coming year. All MEM
bers are asked to be present. a novel