The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-12
Local Mention,

The Topeka Industrial and Educa-
tionai institute basketball team won
its second game of the Colored Inter
state Basketball league season by de-
featins Lincoln high school team at
Kansas City, Mo-, % to 1. Owens, To-
peka forward, was Individual star of
the game. making five field goals and
four successful free throws. Payne
performed well at guard for the
T. 1. E 1. team. The Topeka quintet
Sumner high school team of Kansas
City, Kan, there Wednesday night,
IS to. L..
petition has been filed with the
city clerk for paving Of Chestnut street
from Seventeenth to Eighth avenue
The time limit for filing paving petit
tons ends January Is.
case of Fdiphtheria at the home
Of Harry E. Wolgamott. 1906 West
Eighth street, was reported to the city
health department today. A case of
scarlet fever was reported at sos
Branner street
The Public Health Nursing associa-
ton will hold both its January and its
annual meetings Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the city commission
chamber. Officers for 1920 will be
elected.
Call 1858 for job carpenter work.
Door check and lock repairing. Han
with Frick. the sign man.-Adv.
An Independent taxi driver named
Mayo. reported to the police that he
was slugged and robbed by an un-
known man about $50 o'clock this
morning. Mayo said the man asked
him to haul him to S27 Monroe street,
according to police. When the stranger
stepped from the car he struck MAYO
over the head. it was stated, cutting
his cheek. He got about SIS from the
driver and got away. Detectives in
no clew to Mayo's assailant, it was
declared.
From answers which he already has
received to his letters. Commissioner
w. A. Stanfield believes that he can
secure an investigation of Topeka's
water situation by five well known en-
cheering companies for around
$1,000. Stanfield has received letters
from Charles A. Haskins. chief engi-
neer OF the state board of health. who
puts his price at $50 a day not to ex-
coed six days. Blacb & Veach COM
pany of Kansas City also set 5000 as
their figure. Stanfield believes this
to be an average price. A johnson &
Benham representative will visit To-
Held. The city commission authorized
! the water and light commissioner at
its last meeting to secure bids on such
an investigation from five reputable
engineering firms. The engineers
would look over the situation see if a
filtration plant is necessary and, if So
how much 1t would cost the city to in
stall one.
Cash paid for liberty bonds. John
Kleinhans S27 Quincy. Phone 2761 ].
| ADV.
A meeting of farmers living along
the route of the proposed Central ave
nue. hard surfaced highway will be
held in the county commissioners Of
flee this week to hear an explanation
of the tariva method of road build
ing by representative of the Barrett
company o. Kansas City. 1t is claimed
that by this method roads can be
built for about $4,000 a mile. The
cement road out East Sixth street will
cost about $4,000 a mile. The petit
tons for the Central avenue road were
approved some time ago.
insufficient horsepower caused c.
NJ. Seely, a Silver Lake farmer. to file
suit for $3,40G damages against the
West Motor company and Avery COM
pany of Topeka in the district court
today. Seely says he traded his old
avery lTaclOr, worth S1Y00O, on a new
one costing $2,400 and paid $3.50 adj
ditional in cash. The new machine,
he says, was guaranteed to develop
Is horsepower but actually developed
only 1872. The motor companies re-
fused to make good the deficiency,
Seely claims. The worthlessness of
the tractor during the planting season
last year, he says, caused him a loss
of 81 900. which he asks to recover in
addition to the value of the tractor.
DR.. Lyngar, Dentist. 500 Kansas Ave.
ADV.
The next meeting of the Co-Opera-
tive club will be held at the Elks club.
Tuesday evening, January Is.
f. w. Epps bridge engineer for the
Kansas Highway commission, left Sun
day for Washington as the delegate of
the Kansas Engineering society to the
convention of the Department of Pub
lie Works Association to be held in
that city this week.
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