The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-19
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria.-Adv.
A new case of typhoid was reported
Pat the office of the public health de-
partment this morning.
Carl Rodgers. of Meriden. pleaded
not guilty to a forgery charge at his
preliminary hearing in the court of
Topeka and was bound over to the dis
trict court for trial.
Commissioner Robert D. McGiffert
sold a pair of deer from the Gage park
zoo to the park department of Nc
Pherson. Kan. Twenty-Five dollars a
head is not very dear" for deer, he
said.
Charles I. Martin. adjutant general.
has returned from Washington. where
he was called to appear before the
joint committee of congress regarding
army legislation. Postponement of the
hearings terminated General Martins
trip.
Practically all the offices in the city
hall have been filled with huge chrys-
anthemum plants for the last few
days. Supt. E H. A. Reinisch potted
the plants and brought them in from
the Gage park gardens the cold
weather was beginning to kill them
off.
An attempt to revise downward the
farm fire insurance rates of Kansas
Will be undertaken by Frank L. Travis.
state superintendent of insurance.
Travis will take action on the matter
I at an early date. He is now in Chi
caGo gathering figures on which to
base his order.
The city commissioners held a spe-
cial meeting this afternoon to pass tn"
pay roll. Tomorrow is pay day for
city employees. In the discussion about
the new sidewalk at Ninth and Kansas
avenue, the commissioners forgot 20
pass the salary ordinance at the mee;-
ing last Tuesday.
When Mrs. William Eberly, 523
West Sixth street. set an electric iron
! on a gas stove Tuesday afternoon.
short circuit occurred. The lead of
| gas pipe was melted and escaping gas
was set on fire. Firemen turned off
! the gas and put out flames before
much damage resulted.
L. w. Rowles and P. ]. Mcbride
| have taken over the management of
| the Overland -Weirenga company, ac-
| cording 20 an announcement today
! Weirenga sold out his interests to the
! two men and will retire from the COM
pany. No other change will be made
! in the organization, it was said.
NJ. NJ. Brick" Anderson has COM
pIeted q deal with J. NJ. Page and
| J. w. Everett to handle Oneida
| trucks here. Anderson Is a well
known Topeka man. Beside Shawnee
county he also has control of Jeffer-
son and Usage count as. The local
| company is known as the Independent
Auto company.
! A popcorn wagon belonging to w.
F. Harley. 1929 Monroe street, caught
| on fire today noon when Harley was
! endeavoring to repair it. The machine
was housed in a barn at the back end
of the lot. Firemen extinguished the
| blaze before any damage was done.
Harley sells popcorn in front of the
Novelty theater. Firemen were called
| to 1915 Quincy street at $50 o'clock
| this morning where fire had again
| broken out al the scene of a blaze DUR
| ing the night.
The domestic science class of the
Auburn rural high school VIII serve a
cafeteria luncheon Saturday at the
second annual meeting of the Auburn
farmers institute. Among the speak
crs will be Mrs. Irene Brobst. who will
speak on meat carving; o. w. McCray,
who will talk on tractor repairs: Miss
Irene Taylor, who will tell of the
Stacker hen. and Mrs. Harriet Allard.
| who will speak on home conveniences.
Prof c. d. Call of the State AEricul-
/ tural college will speak on the soils OF
Shawnee county.
A barn on fire at 1915 Quincy street
at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening for a
f, time threatened surrounding property.
! Flames, sparks and burning debris
were scattered about the vicinity. The
barn was destroyed. A horse and de-
| livery wagon belonging to the Mullirl
market were consumed in the flames.
The roof of the Trefry Motor company
warehouse was iSnited but the blaze
was extinguished with only slight
damage to the roof. Firemen could
give no cause for the fire. The pro-
perty belonged to George Hayden and
was rented by j. Fl. Taylor.