The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-19
North Side Neuus
THEY Want water
West Siders Will Hold a Mass
Meeting Tonight.
KOpseker Is Building AerOplane
on the Latest Model.

Tonight at Grant school a mass
meeting of the people living on the
west side of North Topeka will be
held for the purpose of organizing a
system of community cooperation to
carry out certain needed improve
ments. Leading business men on the
North side are behind the movement.
Every man and woman is invited and
urged to attend.
The immediate object of the meet
ing is to arouse interest in the project
/ of creating better fire protection for
the west part of town. Beyond Topeka
avenue there are no water mains. and
the residents are wholly without fire
protection. There are several schools
in this district that are unprotected.
Not only, it is said, does this condi-
ton create danger to property but It
prevents the natural rise in property
values which accompanies community
improvements.
The members of the Civic club will
attend the meeting A permanent or
ganization will be formed, which will
be somewhat of the nature of a Com
mercial club in the purpose of its for
nation. Yet the members will be citi-
zens of the community, men and wo-
men, with no restriction on member
ship. 1t is the idea of the leaders
| of the movement that there is at pres
ent in North Topeka no sufficient
team work among the people. In many
cases they are not sufficiently alive
! to the possibilities of Improvement,
upbuilding and promoting many ac-
tivities which boost the town.
! Tonight the meeting will be held
| in Grant school, and a week from to-
night, according to present ideas, a
second meeting will be held at Quincy
school This say the boosters, is go
ing to be a big, concerted effort to
organize the town in such way as
to put North Topeka on the map
Builds New Plane.
| VIM Kopseker, at his shop, 1909
| North Kansas avenue, is just complet-
ing new aeroplane of the latest mod
ell. The machine is tractor biplane,
and will be equipped with 70 h. p.
motor. Kopseker will sell the BIZ
plane to the Honest Bill Show com
pany He values it at $4,000. 1t has
the standard French Dep" control.
The planes and tail are covered with
"sea island cotton fabric, painted
with a preparation which makes it
Waterproof and will not crack
When Kopseker completes this ma
Chine, which is almost finished ex-
| cept for installing the motor and put
ting the aluminium on the body, he
will build a triplane for his own use.
1t will be driven by so h. p. Gnome
motor. kopseker has worked for the
last six months on his biplane. 1t is
neat and light, weighing complete
only 700 pounds.
Social and Personal.
The very latest in window washing
was observed this morning on Kansas
avenue when an inventive genius was
observed cleaning a window with a
| sprinkling can
! The members of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Kansas Avenue Methodist
church held their monthly social this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. j. {.
! Snediker, 824 Jackson street.
/ A. NJ. Petro, druggist,-Adv.
| Dr. w. G. Handley is in the hospital
| this week where he underwent a minor
/ operation on his foot. He is progress
ing very well.
The Womans Foreign Missionary
society of the Kansas Avenue Metho-
dist church will meet Friday after
noon with Miss Holman, 1903 Kansas
avenue The Epworth League will
meet Friday evening at $50 for a
| luncheon, to be followed by a bust
ness meeting.
81 styles of work. shoes for less
money. Try me once. Ike Benjamin
! Adv
James Irons, son of Mrs. Al Gurtler.
is one of the high school boys who
have joined the engineering corps. He
| is the grandson of A. J. Proudfit, 1922
/ Monroe street.
! Don't forget "Patria'' Serial No. 3
at the Princess tomorrow night.-Adv.