The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-27
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Cornelius 81 Houit has sold his residence
on the corner of Twelfth and Tyler to
Il. NJ. Duff for $1,000
NJ. Henrie of Lake City, Colo, son of
Charlie Henrie, Wichita newspaper man,
is in Topeka on business.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Candidates for state and county offices
will speak at the political meeting at Red
Men hall, 500 North Kansas avenue, tonight
at o'clock.
A bandstand will be constructed by the
city at Edgewood park The contract for
the bandstand was granted to W. o. Pat
terson on 4 bid of $1.994.T5.
The request of the Piersen Manufacturing
company for vacation of Holiday street
between Seventh and Eighth streets. was re-
fused by the city commission today.
Harold Day, who has served three years
and three months in the army, has been
honorably discharged and is now in To
peka with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
E. Day, 1884 Guthrie. Day spent sixteen
months as an electrician in the war zone.
The Social Service club will serve cold
drinks. ice cream fixes, nmeades, etc,
this evening at the novel moonlight foun-
tain" which mas been erected this after
noon at the west point of Willow Park.
The Modoc club will sing during the eve
ming
The Inter Ocean Mills have installed II
concrete foundation for these tanks is
already in. and the structural steel sup
ports have been contracted for. 1t is
the time the wheat crop begins moving in
large quantities.
s. 2. Kramer. president of the Topeka
Flour Mills, has announced the purchase
of 81 lots. comprising the north half of
the block on which the plant is now locat-
ed With half of the block already cover
ed with buildings owned by the mills.
Kramer. president, claims that in a few
years, the whole block will be covered
with buildings owned by the Topeka Flour
Mills.
Bids for sewer No. So to be laid from
Munson to HuntOon and Washburn 10 High
street. and for sewer 81 to be laid from
Twentieth street to Hampton. west to Bodies
avenue, will be advertised Immediately. ac-
eording to action of the city commission
| today. The sewer extensOn will cover five
blocks in all. Appraisers for sewers 30 and
II. White.
Ralph Taylor. who represents the boy
scents of Topeka at the internatio
track and field meeting of boy scouts in
London. has had an attack of measles,
according to a cablegram received by J..
tack is slight. however. and in several days
Taylor will be able to begin training for
the field events. Many of the scouts have
been sightseeing in France
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix lines
have merged with the Coast lines of the
Santa Fe system, according to announce
Monday, from Vice President Allen, in
charge Of operatives in Chicago. The new
merge will be known as the Phoenix dl-
vision. W. A. Drake. who has been gen
eral manager of the lines, will be assistant
TO the vice president, with Headquarters In
Prescott, Ariz. The new Phoenix division
will fall under the direction of l. L. Hib-
bard, general manager of the Coast lines
r. Il. Cunningham. division freight agent
OF the Santa Fe, has received notice of the
unloading of several cars of spuds by Raw
valley farmers, who are thoroly aroused at
the sudden drop of spud prices to = cents
pound. Potato growers at De Soto, Lake
View, Eudora and other places recalled
their cars. some Of which were already
loaded and ready to ship to market and
dumped the potatoes on the ground, wait
ing for higher price before selling Other
farmers who have not yet finished digging
their tubers, reported that they would stay
In the ground q while, at least until a
higher price than or 3 cents is offered