The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-04


home and Is a candidate for d good
home, according to Mrs. George An
thonys president Of the Institution A
good home with q good family are
conditions under which the baby may
be adopted.
Officers Of the Lowman Methodist
church Mems Dinner club, elected
Tuesday night are P ". Bruce.
president: H. T. Stephens. vice presi-l
dent c. H JaspeFson. secretary, and
~ :. Husband. treasurer The speaker
at the meeting was c. B. Griffith, as
sisrant attorney general
Much progress has been made in the
construction OF the new electric high
line at the water plant. according to
W. A. StanfieId, commissioner of wa
ter and lights. The wire used in the
line viii cost nearly $1,000 and the
entire work Of building the line will
cost SO 900, StaufieId said
The Boy Scout bird house contest
viii be continued until Saturday Of
this week at noon The contest was to
have closed today, but not all con-
testauts had completed their bird
houses Glenn SeeIey OF the Hall Litf1-
ographing company has offered SIS in
prizes for the best bird houses.
The publication Of The World. y
nigh school paper. is meeting with diff
ncutties on account Of the strike OF
the Job printers. The current issue
vas nearly all in type before the strike
was called. but until the trouble IS
settled It may be necessary for the
hlgn school press to be called into ac-
ton and a substitute paper issued
There viii be Il summer school for
pupils OF the public schools who have
tailed in their work it is announced
oy Supt- A. J. Stout of the city
schools Hours Of summer school
classes will be from 8 O'Clock in the
morning until 1870 o'clock in the
afternoon Teachers will be those OF
the regular teaching staff who desire
employment thru the summer.
The Topeka BuiIders' club will hold
steak dinner at the Elks' club at $40
o clock tonight. and will discuss plans
for summer camp Of the club on the
grounds which they have Ieased-tte
Dalesford farm, twelve miles south
west OF Topeka The lease became ef-
rect1ve May l. The ground IS the same
as that on which the Boy Scouts hold
their annual summer eucampment
Police are searching for the burglar
who Tuesday entered the home of a
l. EtherIy. S35 College avenue, and
ate a large dish of beans. He also
devoured piece of roast pork some
cake and jam The house was thoroIy
rausacked. but three strings es-beads
were the only articles missed beside
the eatables. Entrance was gained
thru the kitchen door
Shipment of perishabIe food prod
ucts from Topeka over the Missouri
Pacific has shown an increase in the
past few weeks according TO Fred L
Nipps. general agent for the road at
Topeka The general freight ship
menrs for April showed an increase in
revenue over the shipments in April
OF 1920, according to Nipps. The COM
modify which has shown the greatest
recent increase is eggs.
The AntIers Barber Shop. 724 kan
sas avenue, has been purchased by E.
@ Rankin, who has been a resident
of Topeka fer the past SIX years, corsa =
ing here from the western part Of the
state. Charles f Flick. from whom
he purchased the shop. founded il L
q Decker will remain manager OF
tie shop, with Miss Katherine Wits
enand in charge Of the manicuring and
| hair dressing department
The second membership campaign
staged by the local Moose order. with
in Il year, has opened most auspicious-
" The initiation fee has been re-
duced TO SO for Il sixty-day drive
which started Monday, and on the
first night OF tfe-drive a class Of
twenty candidates were initiated It
is planned TO hold initiation every
/ Monday night The membership
campaign is being staged by local
workers entirely.
4 second U4F0FGG from the same
I wife was asked in a petition filed IN
/ the district court Tuesday afternoon
/ by Jesse ?. E'ritts against Susan z.
1 Fritts. Fritts obtained his first de-
| cree in January. 1917. giving his wife
| $500 as a property settlement They
1 were remarked IN October, 1918. Fritts
now claims that his wife spent the
money and married him again to get
| Another slice Of his savings. She il
| not entitled TO more money, he al
! Ieges-
| With the addition Of several hun
/ bred members to the Chamber OF
I Commerce the lumber who take
I their Iuncheons AT the chamber dining
room is increasing An average Of
! zoe guests has been fed there at noon
/ daily, in the past and it is expected
! that nearly 900 viii acquire the habit
/ Of eating there at noon The kitchen
/ of the plant Is 70 be enlarged shortly,
/ the space between the kitchen and the
: adjoining warehouse TO be enclosed
7 and used as an addition
The Christian Endeavur society OF
/ the West Side Christian church. with
/ Miss Helen Travis. president has in
vitad the public to hear Miss Ceora 3.
1 Lanham- entertainer at Il recital TO
/ be given in the church Thursday eve
ming of this week Miss LanI1am viii
/ bring interesting descriptions Of her
work and life in France, readings
rnouoiOg1Ies. and short oue-act plays
/ TO entertain the audience. a silver
| offering will be taken AZ the door and
/ the proceeds given to the Endeavor
society
W esteru Union officials at Topeka
are anticipating an unusually heavy
, run Of Mothers Day messages. TT 8
safe bet that everybody whose
mother IL living and isn't in Topeka
viii send flowers, a card or a teIe-
gram. ". g Fox local manager for
/ the Western Union said today.
Mothers Day business has gradually
/ increased TIL II Is as heavy as Easter
/ business Special telegram blanks. as
1 vel as suggested messages. are being
used by the Western Union for Moth
| ers' Day messages.
The management OF THAT Different
| Carnival to be given ar Washburn
college Saturday night May Il has
offered prizes CT baby dolls 70 the SIX