The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-28

west. The action will be taken jointly
by the city commission and the coun-
! ty commission. 1t is understood that
! the expense will be borne by the city,
the county, the street railway and the
I Country club.
| James A Kimban, business man
ager for the state board of admins
tration, addressed the members of the
Square Circle club of Topeka, at the
regular meeting of the club Monday
night. Kimball spoke of the effect
| of modern social practices in increas-
| ing the number of inmates of the
various state institutions which are
under the control of the board of ad-
IniTI-Irittion-
Earl Shaw and Norvin SCHNEIDER,
two boys wno ran away from the Kan
sas Children's Home society. Tenth
and Harrison. Sunday morning. were
| caught near Wakarusa Monday after
| noon by Robert Pendleton, deputy
sheriff. The boys had been staying
at the home about a week, and said
they had made UP their minds to re-
turn to their former homes near Cof-
| feyyille. Kan.
/ The city commission this morning
/ received a protest against the resur-
Kansas avenue to Fillmore street.
which carried the names of nearly
! 100 of the owners of property abut-
ting on the street whose resurfacing
!
was referred to the commissioner of
streets and public improvements, w.
S. Hancock.
| A protect against the paving of
Shawnee avenue from Willow avenue
! to Chickasaw avenue. filed with the
city commission was this morning re-
turned to the commission by w. s.
| Hancock. commissioner of streets
and public improvements, with the
recommendation that it be not
Il nfed GiVca there
| signers on the petition to outweigh
the names on the original paving pc
tition.
! Provided the present cold snap
! doesn't make a difference Arkansas
/ strawberries should be on the market
within a few days, according to a To-
peka wholesale dealer. who says pick
ing in that state is due to commence
about April 5. Only a few days later
/ the Missouri crop will be ready for
| market and then the price should be
\ quite reasonable. the dealer said, as
the yield promises to be heavy in both
| states.
Drivers licenses must now be OBJ
tanned by motorists at the city Jail.
The license clerks, formerly stationed
at the auditorium, will no longer be
on duty there. but anyone wishing
to obtain a license may do so at po-
4 lice headquarters. Tt is estimated
! there are still about s, 600 persons who
should obtain driving permits. Dur
| ing the three weeks the license board
has functioned, 5000 permits have
| been issued
w. Y. Morgan. of Hutchinson. was
at the National hotel Monday when
Emmett Rogers. manager of Hutch
inson baseball club, and other South
western League magnates were flock
ing in for the schedule meeting. This
is going to be pretty fierce having to
run for governor and attend all of the
baseball games at the same time -
said Morgan, but if Hutchinson can
win the Pennant guess it won't make
much difference"
Spring has come for sure. This is
the verdict of J. c. Mohler, secretary
of the state board of agriculture. AS
evidence of this fact Secretary Mohler
states that he has just received the
first inquiry for information about
harvest employment and wages in
Kansas. The inquiry came from Ala
bama and altho spring is probably
farther along in that state than in
Kansas. Secretary Mohler says that
such inquiries are harbingers OF
spring.
Miss Liberty Nedeau, 17-year-old
Rossville girl who was recently con-
victed on charges of carrying con-
cealed weapons and 'resorting to i'm
moral places" was pronounced sane
by a commission in the probate court
Monday afternoon. The insanity
charges against her had been filed
by her father. D. w Nedeau. Miss
Nedeau probably will now be SEN
fenced to Beloit. where her chum.
Miss Opal Iambotte. is already serv-
ing a term, it was said.
Members of the Lakeview hunting
and fishing club have elected F. E.
jenkins of Kansas City as president
of the club for this year. Other Of
f-cers are o. y. Smith, Lawrence, vice
president: W. G. Dickie, Topeka. sec
ond vice president; Frank L. Sturges.
Topeka secretary. and H. F. Guthrie,
Topeka, treasurer. Robert Pierce of
Topeka was appointed chairman of
the house committee. Members of
the board of directors are F. B. Jen-
kins and Charles y. Smith. Kansas
City; o. n. Smith and H Il. Milton,
Lawrence, and w. G. Dickie and w.
Q. Rigby. Topeka.