The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-08
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


Governor Allen spent the weekend
at his home in Wichita. He will re-
turn to Topeka tonight
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
| Co.. 534 Kansas avenna---Adv
| J. E. Crockett of the Crockett Mer-
camille company. returned to Topeka
this morning from weeks buying
trip to Chicago.
| Two suits of clothes totaIing $50 in
value were stolen Saturday night from
the home OF L. ]. Simon. 624 Locust
street, according to a report to the
police.
! : "A meeting of the American Asso-
citation for the Recognition of ireland
will be held tonight at Klinganan's
hall, 116 East Sixth avenue. D. ].
Garden is president of the local chap
| ter.
About twenty-five members of the
Kansas Gideon society met at the Y.
NJ. c. A. Saturday night. W. F. Kit
tel state president of the organiza-
ton, made a short talk to the Gid
cons.
A Buick car driven by ]. F. Gard
ner, 200 Clay street, and Ford driven
by c. z. Harvey. of Berryton, were
early Sunday morning at Sixth and
Underwood avenues. No one was in
jured.
Burglars who entered the rooning
house conducted by Mrs. Margaret
/ Dennis, 632 Madison street, Saturday
night, got away with a lady's ElgiD
watch, a gold bracelet and $3.50 in
money, according to a report to the
police.
The statement of the Kansas Life
Insurance company, published Satur-
day, shows that the company has made
a neat gain in assets during the past
few months. total now being $1.250,-
900. The company invests all of its
money in Kansas and is doing a good
| business this year.
Jess Walker, Russell, Kan, youth,
was brought to Topeka Saturday by
federal authorities on a charge of
using the mails to defraud. 1t is al
| legged that Walker ordered goods in
mail order catalog and sent worthless
checks to pay for them. The checks
were all for small amounts, it was
stated.
Members of the Kiwanis club will
hold a picnic at Lakewood park this
evening. starting at 6:15 o'clock. The
program calls for various athletic
stunts, including horseshoe games and
a boxing match. The members will
sion at which plans for the district
meeting to be held at Joplin, Mo, the
latter part of this month, will be dis
cussed.
Lyman King assumed the duties to-
day as acting Boy Scout executive of
Topeka. King is a Washburn gradu-
ate and has been a scout in Topeka
for many years. He is scoutmaSter
in addition to the new position. He
succeeds r. w. Shaw. who has re-
signed to make a trip to Colorado
with some of the Topeka scouts, after
| which he will resume studies at Wash
burn college.
the Y. M. c. A, returned Sunday after
noon from Wichita, Kan, where he
attended the funeral services Of Mrs.
L, A. Black, who was the wife of L.
A. Black. general secretary of the
Wichita Y. NJ. c. A. Mrs Black died
i'll for several weeks. The funeral
services were held Saturday The body
was buried at Wichita.
A get-together meeting Of the re-
cently-appointed membership commit
tee of the Chamber of commerce, was
held at the lunch hour today. A pros
pect list with the names Of fifty men
who are not members of the Chamber.
was issued to the members of the
committee, who will start vigorous
campaign to get the people listed. into
the organization. B. ]. Lempeneau is
is chairman of the committee.
j. H. Lee, vice president of the
Kansas Reserve State bank, and his
brother, E. W. Lee. of Harveyville
are now the owners of a farm of 25S15
acres, located five miles west of To-
peka, formerly owned by R. I. Lee,
trading for it farm of 200 acres
near Harveyville. The Lee brothers
will convert their newly acquired farm
into a stock ranch, but will continue
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baunsee and Lyon counties, and also
one in western Kansas.
Jeff Robinson, an oil driller, today
filed petition in the district court to
collect $2,065 from the Elmhurst
Investment company. Robinson says
he was employed as a dril1er by
the company in putting down a
well at Carbonate. Operations were
suspended from February 6 to
June 4, 1921. but he was requested
to remain in Carbonate during
the 11S days and look after the
weli' he says He declares the com
pany refuses to pay him for his time
at the full rate of $3.50 a day.
The Kansas members of the Ameri-
can Legion delegation who left Topeka
about ten days ago for a tour of
france have evidently been having so
much fun that they have given no
| thought of their 'buddies" at home,
dHJ way IL was reported at state mead
quarters today that no word had been
| received from any of them since they
left. The delegation, comprising $50
members of the legion, is now some
where on the Atlantic and is due to
land at Cherbourg, France, August 10.
The delegation sailed from New York
August 3. Eight Kansas men and four
women are making the trip.
/ Six Topeka boy scouts leave August
D for two weeks camping trip in
the Rocky mountains. They expect
to climb Pixies Peak. Each bow will
carry his Blankets, a change of clothes,
and cooking utensils in pack on his
back, scout fashion. Three tents will
be taken along. Two are Washburn
| students and the other four are in high
school They expect to return for the
| opening of school. r. Wendell Shaw,
acting scout executive, will be the
leader. The other bows are Charles