The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-04

! Tax Exempt Kansas bonds. Shaw
nee Investment Co., 534 Kansas Ave
| Phone@605O.-Adv.
/ There will be a meeting Of the in
dustrial committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce at the chamber at noon
Wednesday, July ..
Fifty-two fires were reported to the
| city department during 5une. the
losses were much lighter than in pre-
vious months this year.
The total amount OF building per-
mits issued in June was slO6'l4 40.
| This was considerably lower than the
amount for June, 1921.
Sewer bonds TO the amount of s3s,-
| 900 will be distributed by Frank L.
Stevens, commissioner OF finance.
wednesday or Thursday. They yield
AZ per cent interest.
The Theo. Morse Music Co. which
has been in business at 70S Kansas
avenue for about ten months. has sold
it's stock and moved out Ihe COM
pany will not reopen in Topeka.
mo nation can be great unless it's
sons can rise to the level of its most
heroic days" This is the Fourth OF
July message of the Unitarian Way
side Pulpit" at GA Topeka boulevard.
The Y. NJ. c. a. swimming pool was
open until noon today, but only three
boys took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to have a Fourth of July swim.
The Y. W. c. A pool will be closed
all day.
A stand in front of the woolworth
5 and 10 cent store did a land office
business this morning selling Ameri-
can flags and fireworks to persons
who had not completed their fourth
of July shopping.
The members of the Topeka Build
ers' club will hold a picnic Saturday
afternoon at the John Leeper farm,
on the South Topeka avenue road,
near Dragon creek The sports will
include fishing, swimming, horseshoeS
and shooting matches.
A picnic will be held at Gage park
next Monday morning by the city
playground supervisors. The super
visors will meet at the park at 9
o'clock in the morning and remain
There will be no regular. Monday
meeting Of the supervisors.
The a Mission Study class of the
Westminster Presbyterian church viii
meet at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. w. NJ.
speed; 1899 Washburn avenue. Mrs
Z. F. Thomas will have charge of the
devotional exercises and Mrs. F. NJ.
Brewster of the study classes.
A collection is being taken at the
Edgewood playground for repairing
the tennis courts. William Dietz,
playground director, and r. H. Hard
ing are raising the money. Fifty dol
lars are needed to repair the courts
So far, only $50 has been raised. The
money will be used to tape and level
the courts.
The second session of Camp KeI
Wau Kee. Central Y. NJ. c. A boys
camp near Berryton, closed Monday
with a camp fire meeting. The boys
were divided into tribes and each
tribe put on stunt. The last session
of the camp will open Thursday morn
ing and continue for eight days
Twenty-Five boys are now enrolled for
the last camp.
81 per cent Of the 2,50S seniors who
took the normal training high school
tests were successful. Miss Lorraine
E. Wooster, state superintendent OF
1850 persons received certificates
The highest grade was made by Miss
Beula Swank of woodston. She re-
ceived a grade of 80 Al per cent.
Harry Buff, we'll known Topeka avn
ator. has been appointed as regional
has been made by Charles /. Martin,
adjutant general. Buff is both an
aviator and builder of planes. Under
his new appointment he, will inspect
all planes and direct collection of all
licenses A license of SIS a year is re-
quired from each plane owner and a
fee of SO year is required from each
user or operator of a flying machine.
A motion picture of the special train
of twenty Santa Fe type locomotives,
which were recently sent across the
continent to the Southern Pacific
railway, will be shown Saturday at the
high school auditorium by Samuel NJ
Vauclain, president OF the Baldwin
locomotive works. Mr.. Vauclain, his
wife: G. Greenough. vice president of
the company, and w. A. Garrett, gem
eral manager, will be the guests of
Santa Fe officials while in Topeka,
All railroad men and their families are
invited to see the picture. Business
men of Topeka and their families are
also invited.
Some misunderstanding has arisen
as result of the announcement that |
the Leader Shoe & Clothing company,
$40 Kansas avenue, had secured a long
time lease on the building at 524
Kansas avenue and planned to open a |
store there. 1t is not the intention |
of Louis and Sam Gleicenhaus, the |
owners of the Leader, to move their |
stock from the present building. on
which they also hold a long lease |
They will open a second store at the |
new location and will operate both /
stores. They do not take possession |
of the new location, however. for sew
eral months.