The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

3 The OFFICERS IN the county court
house are closed this afternoon and
Thursday afternoon. so that the Off
Gals may attend the fair.
| The regular serni-weekly meeting
of the commissioners of Shawnee
county was held this morning. Rou-
tine business was transacted.
The stockholders of the Topeka
Hotel company will hold a meeting at
4 o'clock this afternoon at the Cham
Der of Commerce to select a board of
| directors.
| About 200 persons are attending the
| fourth annual convention of the kan
| sas Commandery of the American
| Legion which is in session at Edo
RADIO. today. The convention will close
| Tuesday.
A building permit was issued today
at 1877 Twiss avenue to cost $500. E..
| H. Paterson, 613 Monroe street also
was granted a permit to build a pri-
vate garage.
| c. Guibor won the shoot of the To-
peka Gun club. Sunday, making a
Quinlan, 43; A. Springer, 43; w. Quin-
Ian, Al; c. Itch, 40; S. Hamill. So;
E. Vaughn, 81. and w. Huff. 26.
! William E. Connelley, secretary of
| the Kansas State Historical society.
issued invitations Saturday to 1000
| members of the society at the regular
| meeting in the Memorial building.
October II. Gov. Henry ]. Allen will
speak.
The state Y. NJ. C. A will publish a
monthly magazine beginning next
week. according to A. A. Remington,
secretary. 1t will be distributed
among the members and the local as
sociations It will tell of the work of
| the staff.
| Frank Dodge, q World war veteran
residing in New Mexico. who suffered
a recurrence of shell shook Saturday
morning in the Memorial building, is
| reported to have recovered. Dodge
was taken to a private hospital at
1901 Monroe street following the
attack.
| A meeting will be held at the resi-
| dence of c. c. Nicholson, $50 Lane
| street, Tuesday night in honor of T.
| w. Tiffany, age SO, who has been a
| nearly eighty years. All members of
| the church more than 60 years of age
| are invited to attend.
| Resurfacing on Kansas avenue will
| be completed by tonight, w. S. Han
cock commissioner of streets said to-
| day. The avenue has been resurfaced
from Fourth street to Ninth street on
| the east side and from Fourth to
Eighth on the west. Later, both will
| be resurfaced up to Tenth street, Mr..
| Two Kansas farmers today filed vol
untary bankruptcy petitions in the
| United States district court. They are
! j. E. Everett of Minneapolis and
James e. Crosswhite of Frankfort. Mr..
Everett lists lbs liabilities at $1,3O535
and his assets at s733.50. Mr.. Gross
/ white says he owes $3,510.10 and his
assets are only $1,056.
| Railroad tickets for the national
| convention of the American Legion
and the American Legion auxiliary at
New Orleans, October 16 to 20, will be
placed on sale between October 10 and
| Is. The rates will be one fare for the
round trip for members of the Ameri-
/ can Legion, widows of deceased mem
bers of the American Legion and
/ Members eof the American Legion
auxiliary.
/ Kansas banks and bankers have
| donated $500 to fund being raised
for the widow of Leroy Cameron.
The fund is being raised by Miss
Emma D. Partridge, secretary of the
Kansas State Bankers association.
Cameron was marshal of Bonner
Springs. He was killed recently by
bandits when he sought to intercept
robbers engaged in looting a bank
in the Wyandotte county town.
No more enrollments can be re-
| ceived in several classes in Topeka
high school on account of the large
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principal. The enrolment is 1,400.
The crowded classes for which no
more enrollments will be received
until February 1 are: Sewing, book
keeping, typewriting, physics, botany.
biology, general science, public speak
ing, penmanship, chemistry, history 8
| and 5, civics and French 1.
The enrolment at the Kansas In
dustrial and Educational institute will
go to 400 this year, according to G.
R.. Brfdgeforth. principal. Speakers
at the, opening exercises Sunday were:
The Rev. I. r. Richardson, the Rev.
NV. H. Young, the Rev. j. T. Elias, the
Rev. J. H. Van Leu, the Rev. P. D.
| Skinner, the REV. c. P. Branch, the
| Rev. ]. R. Richie, the Rev. Richard
January, the Rev E. N. Gaines, the
| Rev. NJ. o. Burton and the Rev. C. j.
! Williams.
The first annual booth festival of
the chapters of the Epworth league in
Isthe Topeka district was held Saturday
/ the Methodist home for the aged.
Donations for Bethany hospital, Kan
sas City. Kan. to be presented by the
chapters were arranged in booths and
judged The Oakland chapter won
first prize with a score of IS, Other
scores were: Scranton, so; Highland
Park. As; Lowman, "A; Euclid Avenue.
43; East Side, Al; Hoyt, 40; Wamego,
80; Trinity. So: Kansas Avenue. 81.
It is reported that the members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers will voluntarily
pay 81 per day, toward the financial
assistance of the striking railroad
shopmen, as a result of the meeting
, of the members of the four brother
hoods held Sunday plight. Similar
action may be taken by the other
brotherhoods, it is said. F. w.
Rausch, in charge of publicity for
the striking shopmen, says that the
carpenters union OF Topeka is pay
! ing $50 per week toward the as
sistance of the strikers.
1t is likely that P. F. Walker, dean
: of the school of engineering at the
state university, may resign as a re-
; suit of disa greements regarding let
ting of contracts for new engines at
the state prison power plant. Dean
? Walker and state officials disagreed
kraoa riding the letting of q cont "a CT