The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-01


materials which he claims Bechtel-
heimer purchased from him. Bechtel-
heimer was arrested a few days ago
on charges of disposing of a mort
gagged automobile.
A. c. Lagerwan, county engineer,
has asked the city commissioner of
streets and public improvements, w. S.
Hancock, for permission to use the
| city's asphalt plant in repairing the
asphalt paving on West Tenth avenue
between the city limits and Gage park.
Hancock will try to arrange the sched-
ule of his department so that the
plant may be released for that pur-
pose.
An unusual advertising novelty in
the form of a hanger for the tele-
phone, is being distributed by the
kansas Reserve State bank. The
| hanger is so arranged that instead
of turning back the leaf with the let
| ter desired indexed on it, all the user
needs to do it to find the leaf and
| then pull down. The booklet pops
open and the number sought is be
fore the user.
The members of the Colored Y. NJ.
c. A. will hold Fourth of July pic
mic at Lakewood park. The program
will consists of ball games, track
events and horseshoe pitching. The
men enrolled in the horseshoe pitch
ing contest are: Homer Perry, Clar-
ence jackson. William Steen, A.
Hardy, George Hardy. Fred Sawyer,
Topeka Jack johnson, Joe Walker
and James Mothel.
At a joint meeting of the city and
county commissioners held Friday aft
ernoon the report of the appraisers on
the property to be assessed for the
construction of the joint paving
projects on West Euclid avenue and
Washington street, was accepted and
approved, and the estimates of the
engineers on the cost of the projects
were also approved. The contracts
have already been let.
All money received in postoffices
for postage stamps and money orders
will be kept in third and fourth class
poStoffices over the United States, ac-
cording to a general order effective
today. All small postoffices will send
the money received from postage
stamp sales and money orders to the
nearest third or fourth class post
office. This step was taken in order
to simplify the clerical work in the
postoffices.
Members of the Jordon-Patterson
American legion post have started a
campaign for 100 new members.
There are about 200 coIored ex-service
men in Topeka and an effort will be
made to obtain a 100 per cont men,
bership. Hazelton Yoder is in charge
of division one, and Walter H. White
is in charge of division two. The leader
of the division which receives the
most memberships will be given a free
trip to the American legion conven-
ton in New Orleans.
The Rev. Clifton Merritt Gray, min
lister of the First Unitarian church of
Topeka, has spent the month of June
with his wife in their home in the
| Maryland hills, near Baltimore. He
leaves there today for Andover, Mass,
where he will attend the ten-day
ministers institute, under the aus
pieces of the Unitarian Laymen's
league. Mr.. Gray will spend the rest
| of July and the month of August in
Boston, where he will be in charge of
| the headquarters of the American
Unitarian association, at rs Beacon
street, during the absence in Europe
| of the president and secretary of the
| association.
The First Unitarian church, at GA
Topeka boulevard, will be closed dur
| ing July and August, for the usual
| summer vacation, but all departments
| of the church work will reopen in
| September. Some changes in the in
terror of the church are already in
progress. and other repairs and i'm
provements will be made during the
summer. to have the church in readi-
ness for the next years work. 1t is
stated today that the congregation
hopes and expects that the minister
Of the church, the Rev. Clifton Mer-
rift Gray, will be able to arrange dur
| ing the summer so that he may re-
turn to carry on the work of the
church for at least another year, and
his unusual success during the past
year makes this most desirable for the
continued growth of the church Defi-
mite announceme nt regarding this can
not be made until later.
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