The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-23


with his big stick ever ready.
Would have said, Come on and lick us
But you'll find you've made blunder,
For well lick YOU sure as thunder"
But they wouldn't come because they
An'" 'ne man. NELs YINGLE.
Wall paper at lower prices. J. K.
Jones Paint Co.-Adv-
DR.. H. L. Clark, city health officer,
has quarantined himself away from
home Mrs Clark has diphtheria-
Topeka lodge. No. 2, Fraternal Aid
Union, will give an entertainment to-
night in Security hall, followed by re-
freshments and dancing.
Sanitary Inspector Earl Harm is to-
day making an inspection OF the
grocery stores. insrructing the mer-
chants to properly screen their stores
in compliance with the law
The music for the graduating exer-
cises of the Carbonate high school
Monday evening was furnished by the
Strickler's Business college orchestra
under the direction of c. E. Cochran.
Mrs. Grace M. Brown of Denver,
spoke on New Thought at the UNITY
church last night. She left today for
St. Louis, where she is to be one of the
principal speakers for the Interna-
tional New Thought Alliance to meet
this week.
DIR. ]. e. Ford, who is in attendance
upon the commencement exercises at
Topeka Industrial Educational lnsu-
tute. will speak at the Second Baptist
church, Third and Quincy streets, this
evening at O'Clock. The general
public is invited.
Herbert Taylor, the first automobile
electric repair man in the city, has
bought the new Three-A garage. Tay-
lor plans to install special depart
ment for the repair of electric cars,
the electric equipment of gasoline cars
and storage batteries. s-
The board of education had over
drawn its bank account 100000 up to
last night, and the city is paying in
terest on this amount at the rate OF b
per cent. According to the city treas
urer there will be more such checks
come in before the June tax is col
lected.
The spraying solution used to COM
bat the canker worm evil in Topeka is
killing the birds, according to state
ment from E. F. A. Reinisch, super
intendent of parks. Birds. eating
worms who have been killed by the
arsenic poisoning. soon die after de-
vouring the poisoned worms, he
states.
to receive q letter from the city at
torney for Sunday opening is the re-
port of the clerks union, which held
a meeting last night. For some weeks
past the clerks have been watching
store owners who violated the Sunday
closing ordinance and their names
have been reported to the city attor-
ney.
H. B. Wright, sales manager for the
Overland agency. and ]. c. March.
student, were arrested for speeding
last night by Earl Porter, motorcycle
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rate cars out West Sixth avenue when
Porter sighted them. He followed
them to Lane street where the arrests
were made. Both men were released
on their own recognizance.
The four-year-oId son of Frank
Zickafoose found a box of jewelry un-
der the porch, at 311 East Fifth street,
and turned it over to the police Off
GERS. Since then the officers have
been looking for the owner and today
it was claimed by Mrs. Cap Peterson
Mrs. Peterson says the jewelry be-
longs to her daughter She does not
suspect any person of robbing the
house.
Mrs. D. B. McDavis. who conducts a
rooming house at 400 Kansas avenue,
secured a warrant in the court of To-
peka today for Mick Davidson, charg-
ing him with the theft of gold ring
from Mildred McLain. She stated that
restaurant while he was in Topeka.
The police officers are looking for
Davidson today but they do not believe
he is in Topeka.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Low
man Methodist church will be enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. r. w. Estep, 1913 College
avenue. Assisting hostesses will be
Mrs. r. D. Johnson, Mrs. George
Sutherin and Mrs. A. D. Chamberlain.
The fire department was called to
the Santa Fe car sheds shortly before
$3.50 last night where a tool box was
on fire. No loss.
The final contest for who will repre-
sent Washburn in the State Wide Old
Line oratorical contest next fall will
be settled next Friday morning in
Washburn college chapel. Five boys
are eligible for the final contest Fri
day. In the elimination contest Lowell
Berry of the freshman class, was given
first place with his grafton on The
Race Question" The other boys who
came through" are: Roscoe Graves.
HARDWOOD Benton, Duane Van Horn
and John D. Mahaffy