The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-15
Runaway Team Tears Up Trees
by the Roots.
Citizens Complain of Condition
of MeIan Bridge.
PERRY PLANS WATERWORKS
ShOrey Votes for Installation OF
Junior High School.
school District Elections and
Some of the Results.

A team of horses owned Dy r. ~
Copeland. a nurseryman OF Oaklahu'
became frightened while stanulng III
front of the office of the Page Mining
con,panv. and started running north
on quincy street They ran INTO Il
parking on the property owned Dy ";
NJ, G. Lane, striking two slX-yet ~ ~,
manic trees. pulling them compleIely
out of the ground roots and all, ana
continuing further down the park un-
til they hit a large elm tree. me
wagon tongue was broken ana tne
end was thrown off. The horses were
only SLIGHTLY scratched, and the driver
was unhurt.
Citizens Make Complaint
Several complaints have been regis
tered by residents OF North iopehd'
with the city. in regard to the holes III
the asphalt pavement on the brldSe.
These holes were made before Christ
mas when it was torn up to make re-
pairs on pipes running over the
bridge. Another complaint was mace
i'm regar I'd to the explosions when
have occurred recently in the sewer
manhole. located in front of the Bill
lard mill Last night near midnight
the police on duty reported that II
blew the cap several feet in the ar
and fire burned inside after the eA-
plosion.
This is the third time that it has
happened in the last month and each
time when no one was near
Mrs. Logan Entertains.
Mrs d. r. Logan informally enter
tanned a number of her friends at her
home on the Rochester road, Friday
evening.
Those friends present were: Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Lukens, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Yont, Mr. and Mrs. w A Crooks
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs William Drake of
1914 North Polk street, announce the
engagement OF their daughter, Pearl,
TO Mr.. lie Roy Jurreus of Topeka. Miss
Drake is well known in union labor
circles and at present is a member of
both the United Garment Workers CT
America, and Upholsters International
Union. Mr.. Jurrens is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Jurrens of III Duane
street.
Fire Protection for Perry.
Preparations are being made by the
city Of Perry for adequate fire pro-
tection. action being brought about by
the disastrous fire a few weeks ago.
A petition is to be presented to the
city asking for $4,000 fund to in
stall city waterworks- If the al
loWance is made by the council a 75-
foot well will be sunk, and 10000
gallon nix on a hundred foot tower
VIII be placed. Two miles of water
mains and fourteen fire hydrants will
be Installed.
Junior High for Shorey.
At a meeting of the residents and
patrons of the Shorey district it was
voted to add junior high school work
tosthe existing eight grades Another
teacher is to be added TO the present
force and Il nine month term CORE
spending to that of the city schools
will be given instead of the usual
eight months.
The fund necessary for all purposes
OF the school for the coming year was
favored by a large majority of the
taxpayers ard the people are rejoicing
over the victory won for an increasing
demand for larger and better school
in this district Educational Day
was celebrated by the whole neighbor-
hood with a musical entertainment
furnished by Strickler's Business col
lego and refresh-lents were served to
about SEQ people.
School District Election.
A change was made in the school
boards over the county Friday, one
member being either reelected or an
other one replacing him. The follow
ing arc the officers of the districts ad-
jacent to North Topeka: West In
dianola, a. r. Tiffany. director, n. b.
Emerson, treasurer, J. G. Bleier, clerk
Indianola District No. AZ, director. c.
T. Leep. treasurer F. p. Rude, clerk,
Isaac Robinson; Rochester, director,
w @. Mcdonald. treasurer George
Fletcher. clerk. Joe Stock.
Letter From the Front
letter has been received by Mrs.
Joseph Crazy OF 1883 Kansas avenue,
from her husband who is a color SER
seant in the Ninth cavalry, in the in
terror of Mexico, on the bandit Villas
trail The letter was written on 4
pasteboa box which contained hard
tack and was carried by aeroplane to
Columbus. where a stamp was place
on il and it was sent to Mrs. Grady.
Sergeant Brady had no envelope. 50
broke the ends of the box and sewed
the letter together.
The contents were in part as fol-
lows
las that it was impossible to take any
thing with US. We have been on the
go ever since until we got into fight
with the Mexicans. We killed sixty
and wounded a lot of them, with but
five men wounded on troop G. We
are at present staying close by expect
ing another fight with them. We
have been marching fifty miles a day
without anything to eat for four days
for either men or horses. The horses
We're so poor that we could not ride
them. SO we had to stop for five davs
to feed up. They were all in. Ne
get lots of fresh beef now. We car
kill cattle as we go along and buy
corn for the horses.
I'VE are in advance of everybody
and nobody knows where we are
The aeroplane found us and delivered
the message to keep on going south
and we may be in Mexico City soon
We are at the odil Aulholly IdlCH rest
ing. We have just put in for some
new clothing as evcrybody's clothing
is in pieces"
The letter is the first news Mrs
Grady has received from her husband
since he left for the interior more
than a month ago Mr.. Grady "a
stationed in the Philippine Islands un
til his company was ordered to Doug
las Ariz. Mrs. Grady and family ac
companied him to that city in ordei
to be near him, but were unable Z
secure a home and 50 came to Topeka
where her moEher. Mrs. Alice Hall
lives.