The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-09
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

| Various bonds of plumbers and cleo
/ tricians were approved by the city
| commission at the regular meeting
| this morning.
| Mrs. George w Barnes the meeting
of the Choral society to have been held
at Grace cathedral tonight has been
postponed.
There will be a meeting of the good
\ roads committee of the Chamber of
! Commerce some time this week, H. S.
/ Putney, chairman of the committee,
announced today
DR.. F. L. Loveland delivered an ad-
! dress before the students of Washburn
| college at MacVicar chapel, Monday.
He told of conditions in Australia and
New Zealand as he found them on
recent trip
Sam Rice. owner of a grocery store
at 334 Taylor street, has taken out a
permit for the erection of a new
building, to cost $4,000, there by July
1. The new building is to be of brick
and tile. Edward johnson is the con-
tractor
The Forum committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce will meet at noon
Wednesday. a meeting was scheduled
for today but not enough of the MEM
bers were able to be present to make
it possible to hold the meeting. B. b.
Eitelman is chairman of the commit
tee.
Max Wyman, a graduate from the
Washburn law school in 1921, has
opened a law office in Hutchinson.
Since graduation he has been with
Goddard K Myers ErSkine Wyman.
his brother, will join him in Hutchin-
son after graduating from the Wash
burn law school with this years class
There are 6,O59 school children in
Topeka, who are saving money regu-
larry thru the thrift plan in operation
in the Topeka schools Washington
school leads in the percentage of de-
positors- Eighty-three per cent of the
students of the school made deposits
last week
Trainmasters J. J. Breheny and B.
johnson are in conference here today
re garding the new time card which
the Rock Island will place in effect
the morning of May %. All of the
changes to be made have not yet been
announced. Johnson's headquarters
are at Harrington.
Mrs. Trilba Rutherford today filed
a petition in the district court asking
a divorce from Louie Rutherford. She
charges that he has beat her and failed
to support her Because of his treat
ment, she says. she has been living
apart from him for the last three
years They were married in January,
1913.
The directors of the Topeka Mer-
chants association today determined
that the stores of members of the as
ISOLATION would only remain open dur
ing the regular hours on Monday, May
Is, the first of the semi-annual Dol |
lar Days of the association. 1t had
been suggested that the stores remain
open for extra time in the evening.
Two protests against the .construc-
ton of a. sidewalk on the west side of
Knox avenue, running north from
Grove avenue, were presented at the |
meeting of the city commissioners this
morning A protest was also received
against the construction of a sidewalk |
on the north side of Hampton street |
from Buchanan street to Bolles ave-
nue..
In a second hand pair of army
breeches, purchased at the Army and
Navy Salvage store on Kansas avenue,
c. E. Barber found diamond Which
is vailed at $780, The diamond needed
resurfacing, and Barber plans to have
it cut, and to sell it, Barber picked
out the trousers from a large number
on sale, paid IS cents for them, and
when he tried them on, found the dia-
mond in the pocket
The report of the board of ap-
praisers.. E. NJ. Cockrell. George W.
Adamson and E. H. White, on the
valuation OF the property which is to
be assessed for the 1922 paving in To-
peka, was received this morning by
the city commission. May % was set
as the date for a speciaf meeting of
the commission to hear any COM
plants against the valuation as levied
by the appraisers.
T. E. Blackwell. local agent for the
National Cash Register company, has |
resigned his position, and will go to
ST. Louis to become a Christian Sci |
ence practitioner. His resignation is |
effective, May Is. Blackwell will be /
succeeded by P. p Poole, who is trans |
ferred from another department. /
Blackwell first represented the Ma
tional Cash Register company in To-
peka, twelve years ago.
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concrete paving, the brick paving, and |
the alley paving for 1922, with Ritchie |
& Ramsey and the kaw Paving COM |
pany. were approved. together with |
their bonds, at this mornings meet |
ing of the city commissioners, and |
the mayor was authorized to sign |
them. The contract for the repaving |
of Quincy street was held up. pending
the adjustment of details therein.
The Sumner county board has re- |
versed its former decision to suspend |
hard surface road work for this year.
1t has asked the state highway COM |
mission to consider applications for |
federal aid for road work in the |
county. The board expects to let sew
er1 contracts this year. The Meriden |
highway across Sumner county may be |
paved this year under the plan. The
board had expected to delay work
until next year.
The Kansas Electric Utilities COM
pany has applied to the public utilities
commission for authority to change it's
name to the Kansas Electric Power
company. The corporation operates
in number of Kansas towns and sup
plies electric and power service over
a wide territory. The company is now
preparing to take over the power
plants at Bonner Springs and Leaven
worth and plans for a transmission
line from Leavenworth to Lawrence
are now being worked out
DIR. F. NJ. Godfrey. S31 Kansas ave-
nue.. secretary of the state board of
osteopathic examination and registra-
ton. will attend the meeting of the
Central States Osteopathic association