The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-23
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Dancing tonight. Glass 6 p. mo-,
social GO p. m.), Kellam hall-Adv.
Twenty-one of the cattle breeders
who attended the Tomson sale at Wax
arusa yesterday, lett last night in a
special car over the Rock Island for
Watonga, Okla. where they will at
tend another sale.
A meeting as held Wednesday
evening at the rooms of the Topeka
industrial council to take the first
steps in forming a Civic club, which
will cooperate with other clubs in
public work. 1t is planned to form
the club from delegates of other or
CARNATIONS in the city. Another
meeting will be held next Wednesday
to continue work of organization.
Dedication of the new Wanamaker
school has been Indefinitely post
poned on account of a diphtheria
scare in the district Emily Boutwell,
a pupil in the school, was attacked
by the disease while in the school
room and the board ordered the
school closed. This is the only case
that has developed so far. The dedi-
cation was scheduled for Friday even
ing.
Carrying two heavy grips down the
slippery aisle of an eastbound State
Hospital car near Sixth and Buchan-
an streets Wednesday, the Rev w.
G. Campbell of Ottawa, a Baptist
minister. fell to the floor, badly
spraining his left knee. He was as
sisted from the car at Ninth street
and Kansas avenue and given medical
treatment. He was able to return to
his home later Mr.. Campbell had
been visiting friends in Topeka.
A party of Missouri Pacific officials,
including o. C. Ellis, travelling freight
agent; L. D. Knowles, general agent,
and A. 7. Stewart, general freight
agent, all of Kansas City, Mo-, visited
Topeka Wednesday. They called on
the city officials and various business
men of the city, returning to Kansas
City in the evening. Their trip was
in the nature of an informal fnspec-
ton tour and business getting excur-
sion into the roads territory.
Due to the discovery of a new gravel
bed, in the foothills, directly north of
the brick yard bridge across the Kaw,
the county commissioners will be able
to do some unexpected road crawling
The supply north of the river was run
ming short. The Golden Belt road will
be graveled west of Rossville to the
county line, stretch of road between
the upper and lower Silver Lake roads
will be graveled and considerable
patching will be done. South of the
river the crawling will have to wait
until a convenient supply of gravel
can be located.
The first copy of the December Rail-
road Guide has been received by the
local Rock Island station. The guides
are expensive, as they give the sched-
ules of every road in the country, cor
rected to date. For that reason they
are circulated among the stations. The
November guide which has been in
use at the Topeka station will be sent
somewhere else, and still somewhere
else when another has been issued.
The guides usually see about six
months duty in as many stations, be-
fore they are discarded.
The Santa Fe calendar for 1917, just
issued, bears an artistic painting of
Indians hunting wild turkeys in north
ern New Mexico, a territory reached
by the road. The painting represents
two aborigines from the Taos pueblo,
stalking a flock of wild turkeys with
the primitive bows and arrows which
were the sole weapons of the Indians
before firearms were introduced and
which are still used by some of the
poorer members of the tribe. The cal
endars are copied from a piece of
thoroly artistic work done in oil by
E. L Couse, N. A. Conventionalized In
dian decorative designs are used on
the border of the calendar, with ex-
cellent effect.
Big dance with extra music tonight
at Kellam hall.-AdV