The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-09

King Common People is the big fell
low on Kansas avenue today. Sure,
the circus.
Trains coming to this city this
morning were crowded with visitors
with the circus as their objective.
Watch your Fords, the elephants
are coming" a crier remarked on
Kansas avenue during the circus pa
rade today.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A Congdon of 1912
Huntoon street Announce the arrival
of seven and one-haM pound girl,
born Tuesday morning.
Reports concerning the unlandered
condition of the water in the Gage
park pool has greatly boosted the at
tendance in the Y. M. c. A. swimming
pool.
Soda clerks can testify by today's
record that the passion for pink LEM
onade on circus day is passing. Now
adays the circus goers save their thirst
until they can reach a soda fountain.
There are those who wonder why
the safety gates on the Union Pacific
crossing on North Kansas avenue are
never used. The crossing is especially
dangerous when approached from the
south
Several clerks in the Santa Fee of
fices are intending to volunteer their
services if the train service brother
hoods strike. These men would dis
card linen collars and don corduroys
as trainmen.
The Santa Fe will hold the 5 O'Clock
train from Topeka to st. Joseph,
Atchison and intermediate points
until o'clock to accommodate those
wishing to return home after the cir
Gus performances.
Nearly all night the thunder rum
bled southwest of Topeka but, not a
In he Ia sf raj ms
have threatened the apital city a half
dozen times-then came the brassy
skies and the heat.
Kansas City has inaugurated a
scheme of erecting sprinklers for use
in giving horses shower baths in the
heat of the day From a humanitarian
point of view. Missouri seems to have
put one over on Kansas.
James Kerr. Sr. 1927 Arch street,
has written the following communica-
ton to the State Journal: II am
greatly in favor of each city ward
like to hear from others along this
line"
For short time Tuesday night,
about 10 or 1890 o'clock, several dis
tricts in North Topeka were without
water supply. Only a spasmodic
when they were opened. 1t was a dry
gurgle at that.
About half of the candidates for
county offices have filed their cam
paign statements with the county
clerk. The law requires that the
statement, showing all the expenses
incident to the campaign be filed
within ten days after the election.
The Potwin playground will be
open evenings until September 1. Paul
Anderson, of the playground force,
will be on hand evenings for the pro-
motion of yoliey ball games, tennis
matches. croquet and other sports for
families of the chiIdIen who play
there in the day time.
The third retreat held at st. Mary's
this summer closed Tuesday after
noon. More than fifty persons were
in attendance at the retreat. Among
the members of Assumption parish
who attended were John Maloney.
william Morrissey and Thomas J.
Brennan. The last retreat of the
summer will be held August 10. 20 and
81.
High school children ate 44,755
meals in the high school lunch room,
the past year, at an average of 11.6
cents per meal. In addition 900
homemade lunches" were eaten in
the lunch room. Next year a probable
charge of cent will be made to those
who bring their lunch from home for
the use of the table, ice water and eat
ing utensils.
Valuable time in the school board
meeting this week was wasted in
facetious discussion between L. NJ
PenweH, chairman of the finance
committee and L. NJ Jones, of the
teachers committee, concerning the
disposal of the profits should oil he
struck in the excavation for the cell
lar of the new Lincoln school house.
Penwell took the position that the
strike should be the joint property
of members of the school board.