The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-28

/ monthly meeting of the Kansas Egg
| Shippers association in Kansas City.
Mo, Thursday. He is commerce
counsel for the association. Routine
were discussed. Hogueland said today.
Mrs. C. T. IlsIey of Mcpherson.
president of the Kansas Baptist Wo-
mems organization, was the guest of
the Rev. and Mrs. j. T. Crawford
Thursday. She left Thursday evening
! for Horton, where she viii speak to-
| day on Christian Americanization-"
The first round of the horseshoe
pitching tournament for the Y. NJ. c.
| A. dormitory man will be played Mon
/ day evening on the vacant. lot at Ninth
and Quincy streets. All players who
wish to enter the tournament must en-
roll with Walter Christman, assistant
to the general secretary, today.
Bids for the construction of the new
division office building at Newton.
| Kan, are being received by the Santa
! Fe today at the office of H. w. Wag-
ner, chief engineer. None will be
opened, however. until Saturday.
when the contract will be let. The
building is to cost approximately
100000.
The Buechner meat market, eStab-
| lished fourteen years ago at 925 North
Kansas avenue, has been purchased
| by the Sage Grocery company. 800
| Kansas avenue, and will hereafter be
known as the Sage Grocery store No.
| 2, under the management of Francis
Sage. Fred Bueehner. former owner,
will probably take years vacation.
The Grand theater has been leased
| by the Shop Craft federation for the
| last half of next week, and a benefit
show will be given there for the bene-
\ fit of the shop craft members who
are strike. Members of the shop
crafts will act as ushers, and large
orchestra has been recruited to fur
nish the music for the show. There
will be extra films as attractions at
the benefit.
A. J. Stout, superintendent Of city
schools. and c. A. Hays, printing in
structor at Topeka high school, will
go to Kansas City Monday to purchase
! printing equipment to be used next
term by the high school printing de-
partment. They will also inspect sew
| eral printing presses. altho a new
press will probably not be installed in
| the high school printing department
! this terms.
Gas rates for the towns of Strong
City and Cottonwood Falls are to be
reduced from so cents to IS cents
under an order of the public utilities
commission. A new gas field near the
Chase county towns was responsible
for the lower rates. A year ago the
company supplying gas to the two
towns asked permission to Junk its
plant on the claim that it could not
earn a return on rates received.
Frank D. Wilson was elected chair
man of the compensation committee
| of Capitol Post No. 1 American Lee
gion, at a meeting held Thursday
night at the post hall. Donald D.
Longnecker was elected secretary of
the committee. The purpose of the
committee will be to distribute in
| formation relative to the state ad-
| justed compensation measure, which
| will be voted on at the general cleo
ton.
An Emancipation Day celebration
| will be held Friday, August 4, at Gar
gram will be a barbecue at 1880
| o'clock in the afternoon. Many racing
| events will be held at O'Clock. At
| o'clock the pupils of Buchanan and
ball game. Dancing will be the diver
| sion of the evening. Ray Halls or
| chestra will furnish the music. The
-. members OF the committee in charge
| are: E. Nelson. H. I. Monroe, DR.. L.
| ]. Ransom of Topeka, and DIR. J. R.
Smith of Leavenworth.
] Several applications for member
| ship in the Brotherhood of Railroad
| Clerks and Station Employees were re-
| ceived after the open meeting of the
! clerks held at Labor hail THURSDAY
| night. The meeting was one of a
! series to be held in connection with
| the campaign for the reorganization
! of the clerks and station workers. A.
| H. Norris general chairman of the
nlachinists' union of the system; John
| White. formerly president of the local
| union of clerks, and j. q. Stevic,
! president OF the Topeka Industrial
council, were the speakers at the
! meeting Thursday night.
/ Four new members were enrolled
in the Red Cross life saving class at
/ the 7. w. c. A, Thursday evening.
The total number of enrollments is
now nineteen. Those who were en-
rolled Thursday evening are: Miss
| Gertrude Zehrung, Miss Nadine Buck,
Mrs. NJ. Kennedy. and Miss I. D. Bill
ings. All pupils will be given the
American Red Cross Hfe-saving test at
1 the regular class period next Tuesday
evening. Those who pass the test will
i become members of the Topeka
. Women's Red Cross life saving corps
A spread for all those who pass the
test Will be held after the examination