The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-14
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terra, 1875 Kansas (upstairs) ADV.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
lCo., 534 Kansas avenne.-Adv.
Miss Lura May Short, office secre-
tary of the Public Health Nursing as
ISOLATION, is enjoying two weeks
vacation.
]. C. Emahizer of the Emahizer-
Spielman Furniture company, is
spending his vacation in California.
He expects to be gone until Sep
TENDER l.
Frank L. Wright, former Topeka
newspaper man. now publicity man
ager for the Hagenbeck- Wallace cir
Gus, is in the city. He is registered at
the National.
Fred L. Crabbe, superintendent of
the Kansas Anti-saloon league, is
spending a few days in western Kan
sas. He will return to Topeka the
latter part of this week.
George w. Wiley, bond clerk in the
office of the state auditor, will leave
Friday for a ten-day vacation. He
will spend several days at Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, where he will take
treatments for rheumatism.
Governor Allen today issued a GER
tificate of appointment to B. w
Heaty as justice of peace for Wyan-
dotte township, Kansas City, Kan.
Beatty fills vacancy caused by the
resignation of L. B. Schump.
On the ground that the peculiar
spelling of his name causes too much
confusion and inconvenience, Jacob c.
Ratzlaff Wednesday filed a petition in
the district court asking that his name
be changed to Jacob G. Ratcliff.
Lyle Boyd, IL years old, 1905 West
ern avenue, who will join the Boy
Scouts on Saturday. will be the young
est Boy Scout in Topeka He will be-
come a member of Troop No. 2, OF
which K. C. Richmond is scoutmaster
&c. McGin, of Topeka, has assumed
his duties as special assistant account
ant to aid with the work of checking
the accounts of the state institutions.
A complete invoice of all state instl-
tutions is to be made by the account
ing force.
All members of the Roundtable chap
ter of De Molay wishing to take part
in the De Molay degree are asked to
meet in the Egyptian hall of the Ma
sonic Temple at 1880 o'clock Friday
evening for the try outs. The team
is to be selected after this meeting.
The city commission today author
lied Commissioner w. S. Hancock or
the street department to purchase a
$4,000 asphalt plant. The street de-
partment has two asphalt plants but
the heavy amount of paving now I'M
der way makes the third plant desir-
able.
Two bicycles were stolen wednes-
day afternoon, according to reports to
the police. One was a Speed wheel
belonging to F. L. Freeman. The
Kiene, Sol Lincoln street, and was
stolen from in front of Stansfield's
drug store.
J. w. Rick and family former resi-
dents Of Topeka, who have been re-
siding in st. Louis during the, last
year. have returned to Topeka to live
and have taken a furnished bungalow
at Eighth and Clay streets. Rick is
sales manager for the Majestic Range
company of st. Louis.
The Y. w. c. A. will have a booth
at the entrance to the fairgrounds IN
the afternoon and evening while the
circus is in the city Friday. Ice
witches are to be served. The pro-
ceeds from the stand will be used for
the Y. w. C. A. Estes Park conference
fund.
Hearing of the Leavenworth, cleo
trio rate case. set for July 10, was con-
tinued by the public utilities commits
sion today until a date to be fixed
by the commission or by agreement,
on or after September TO-. Postpone
ment was asked in a stipulation signed
by the company, the city and the
Chamber of Commerce.
Electric rates of the Kinsley Elec-
trio Light & Power company, which
furnishes current to kinsley, Lewis,
Belpre and Offele, all in Edwards
county, are reduced in an order issued
by the public utilities commission to-
day. The company's application to in
crease the discount rate from 10 per
cent to 20 per cent was approved.
The Prudential Trust company an
nounces the purchase of $4,000
Potwin, in Butler county. S. E., Cobb,
president of the trust company, for
merly lived at Potwin, and took a
special interest in the purchase. The
bonds are being offered to yield per
cent and run serially from one to ten
years.
The public utilities commission to-
day ruled it has jurisdiction to settle
a contract dispute between the kan
sas City, Kaw Valley & Western Rail-
way and the Kansas Electric Utilities
company of Lawrence, involving
trackage rights. The utilities COM
pany's motion to dismiss was over
ruled and August % set for further
hearing.
The state capitol lawn is going to
be reconstructed with an idea to
beauty and in a scientific manner.
This was the decision OF the executive
council when it turned over the re-
making of the lawn to Prof. Albert
Dickens. of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college. Professor Dickens is
looking after the grading and the un-
foreground sprinkler system. that will
supply the grass with water, will be
laid and grading of the lawn COM
pleted before work begins on the badly
needed new walks.
Railroad men report that many Of
the men who journeyed to the central
and western part of the state three or
four weeks ago are now returning.
This is probably due to the fact that
the wheat harvest is over, and besides
those who went just to see the coun-
try are tired of it, and being broke
besides, are coming back. Large num-
bers of men continue to pass thru To-