The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
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This scarcity of food will be
A blessing. without doubt,
For it will quite eliminate,
All suffering from govt.
AT HOME NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bonebrake have
returned from an outing in Boulder,
Colo
A slight blaze Thursday night i'll the
basement of the Bissell bakery, $50
Monrote street, did little damage.
The Intermediate league of the
Kansas Avenue Methodist church will
give street car joy ride to Gage
park this evening. Cars will leave
Garfield park at 7:15 O'Clock.
The Loyal women's class of the
First Christian church will meet with
the president of the organization, Mrs
j. L. Campbell 735 Topeka avenue
at 2:3O o'clock-Saturday afternoon.
Jack Wilson. former theatrical man
with the CrawfordS ~ Topeka and
recently connected with the advertis-
ing department OF t4-e Slale Journal
has gone to Kansas City, where he
will engage in the candy business.
Plans and specifications for the
Soldier Creek bridge on Kansas ave
nue. have been approved by the state
highway commission and the county
commissioners. Bids for building the
structure will be opened at the court
house, October 10.
One wing of the state house is be-
ing cleaned. In a few years the leg
islature will appropriate to clean an
other Then the first wing will be
dirty again Later the legislature will
donate funds to clean another, then
the second will be-oh, we'll
William Fortune, the youth who
confessed to stealing a horse and
buggy from the free fair grounds,
driving the horse to Lawrence and
endeavoring to sell the animal to the
deputy sheriff of Douglas county, was
sent to the reform school today
j. w. Howe, editor and publisher of
the Dickinson County News of Abb
lene and former state senator, is a
Topeka visitor today. Il am clear out
of politics." he said. Il am in the
newspaper business for good. No
more worries about constituents or
party policies"
Nearly $50 Y. NJ C. A. secretaries
and laymen of Kansas are expected to
attend the conference of the Central
Y. M. c. A. department organization
of the Worlds Student Christian asso-
citation, which will be held October 2,
according to Clifford Pierce. secre-
tary of the state association
Vouchers for $4,000 worth of paw
ing, laid this month, were in the hands
OF the city auditor this afternoon.
The payment, according to Commits
s1oner w. H. WATSON, is the largest
ever made by the city for paving dur
ing single month. Included in the
~ - pay iAleLt LOT the contracts let
last spring. Three paving contractors
are represented in the payment, and
approximately twenty eight blocks of
paving are to be paid for
A junior class plan of the bows de-
partment of the Y NJ. c. A. is now
under discussion at the Central Y.
M T. A. Plans have been suggested
Tor class consisting of boys between
the ages of z and 10 years. Light
gymnasium work will be given the
youngsters under the physical direc-
tor OF the association. The minimum
age Tor membership to the Y M CA
mas been IL years, but the plan is
looked upon with a great deal of favor
among the board of directors.
Richard Fighter, reporter on the
state journal, bears the distinction of
oeing the first man called before. the
local draft examination board from
the city of Topeka. He further en-
joys the honor of having asked to be
examined Fighter appeared before
Dr. H L. Clark for examination and
was discharged on account of defec-
tlVe~ eyes1ght. His exemption was
necessary before he could qualify for
position in the Y NJ. c. A. war
work in France or England. as the
government has refused passports to
men within the draft age unless thew
nave appeared before a local examin-
ing BOARD and can show exemption
papers RICHTER, it is believed, will
oe one OF the secretaries for over
seas work in the Y. M. foreign service.