The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-11

It ban too hot for Nels to iingie,
He yust stickin' by der ship;
1t ban kapin' ham SO beezy,
Catchin' drops before dey drip.
Sincerely, NELS-
The latest sport on the Fairgrounds
is wall-scaling.
Out of town visitors were numerous
Thursday. The state house dome was
crowded during the greater part of the
day.
The indignation mass meeting over
the gas price hike which was to have
been held Saturday evening has been
called off
About $1,000 in repairs will be made
in the Knights and Ladies of Security
building, Seventh street and Kansas
avenue, in a short time.
What did you like best about the
circus?" asked a Topeka father of
his four-year-old The hipponocer-
ous," was the instant reply.
Officers of the Kansas Free State
fair left this morning for Kansas City.
where they will negotiate with several
large machinery manufacturers for ex-
hibits at the fair.
Ed Woodruff, desk sergeant at the
police station. denies the charge that
he is the most contrary man in town.
Every man I argue with" he said, Is
more contrary than 1 am.
There is one metropolitan air To-
peka can't acquire In the wicked
cities Of other states. tobacco firms
are sending experts in cigarette rolling
who give window demonstrations OF
the proper way to roll cigarettes.
A Topeka woman who wears a dia-
mond ring has requested the society
editors of both papers to cut the stock
expression of 1.-The bride is a beautiful
young woman She says she has
sense enough to know it isn't true.
The aftermath of the circus was still
evident Thursday on lower Kansas
| avenue where the red men," who de-
serted the reservations several days
ago. were making their headquarters.
| A set of traffic regulations will not
be thrust on the city without prelim-
| mary steps. An officer who for sew
eral days has been stationed on Eighth
and Kansas avenues on traffic duty
apparently is on the pioneering squad.
Thousands attended the first mu-
nicipal band concert held Thursday
evening at Ripley park. The concert.
provided by MarshalPs Military hand,
was excellent. Many complimentary
remarks were heard on the improve
ment made in the park by the city. A
band stand is sadly needed.
George Campbell. who formerly re-
sided with relatives at 100 Van Buren,
street, was seriously injured in a rail-
way accident several days ago, friends
in Topeka were advised this morning.
Campbell, who is living at McPher-
| son, was struck by train. Both legs
were severed below the knees.
| The infantile paralysis scare has
caused more mental suffering among
Topeka mothers and fathers than any
thing else this summer. Hardly a par
ent in Topeka who hasn't called doc-
tor to see the baby and called him off
to the side and asked If there were
symptoms of infantile paralysis.
| Tennis players on the city courts are
complaining over the way the courts
are not kept up. Dust is an inch deep
| on many of the courts and player
| leaping after a difficult "get" raises a
/ cloud of dust lik a Sahara sandstorn1.
| Tennis experts say that the courts
should be watered and rolled once a
day in this weather.
There Is a rumor to the effect that a
deputy United States marshal will be
stationed at Kansas City, Kansas, to
relieve the Topeka office of much OF
the work that originates with the
district attorney now located at Kan
sas City. So far there has been no
talk about moving the Topeka federal
| building to Kansas City.
Mayor Jay E. House refuses to corl-
NIT himself on prohibition since his
| incumbency To the hundreds of let
| tiers from temperance societies, cranks
and brewers asking for his opinions on
the subject, he writes: my rate is
cents a word" He says he hasn't
evidently none of his correspondents
value his opinion at cents a word.
Thursday the city street cleaning
force took the big sweepers out on
west side streets and moved a month s
accumulation of refuse from the
pAvements to beds. rugs. tables and
| cooking utensils in houses along the
way. A little water judiciously sprin-
killed. would have made it possible to
gather up most of the refuse in wag-
ons after the sweepers finished with it.
AS temperatures continue to climb
local movie fans who planned to i'm
personate Fatty" Arbuckle in the big
parade that will feature the moving
picture exhibitors convention the lat
ter part of the month are becoming
considerably worried. Another week
of hot weather will reduce materially
the camp of fans who expected to i'm
personate the famous fat comedian, il
is believed.
The tennis courts secured for the
use of the young people of the First
NJ. E. church are well patronized every
day and tournament is being ar.
ranged to be played some time in the
next two weeks by o. J. Bowman
recreational director. The club has
named Tuesday afternoon as begin.
ners' afternoon and instruction in the
rudiments of the game will be given b,
Mr.. Bowman at that time.
! There is a bulletin board in the
lobby of the county clerks office and
upon that board Oscar Swayze has
posted all of his correspondence with
his clerk, Kenneth Raub, the sue
cessful candidate for the nomination
for county clerk, who was opposed
by Swayze. The correspondence is
illuminated and illustrated. There are
Few hours in n day when from one &c
half dozen people are not wadins
through it.
"A topeka man from the border de.
scribes the method pursued in making