The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-19

game were turned in to the boys de-
partment of the Y. M. c: A to be
given to the younger members of the
association.
| The grocery store at Eighth avenue
and Clay street has been purchased
from G.. o. Anderson by Fred c. Mol
| Ter, who was formerly IN the grocery
| business at Alma.
The Shawnee Investment Co. has
moved to 116 w. 6th ST., first door
west of Columbian Bldg. Building
1 formerly occupied by Topeka Mtg. &
Investment Co.-Adv.
| The forum committee of the Cham
1 Der of Commerce will hold a meeting
Friday noon to arrange plans for the
Chamber of Commerce picnic at the
Boys Industrial school on August 20.
Trinity Methodist church baseball
| team defeated the Oakland Methodist
| church team at Ripley park Tuesday
evening by a score of IL to 1. This
was a regular Sunday school league
game.
The first issue of the bulletin of the
| Topeka Merchants association will be
out about August 10. 1t will contain
| eight pages of news and advertising
and will be distributed in Topeka and
vicinity.
r. w Elliott, superintendent of city
school buildings, returned this morn
| ing from Denver, Col, where he has
/ Deen VlSlI1nB IOI Lfl6 ldSL &c Ody
Mrs. Elliott. who had been in Denver
for several days. returned home with
him.
H. Lee Jones. forrne~ Topeka news
paper man and now seer etary of the
| Chamber of Commerce at Hays, KAN
was a Topeka visitor Tuesday. He
| was en- route to The Sf1Jo hospital az
Rochester, MINI, for medical treat
ment.
Swimming classes will be held at
the Y. w. C. A every morning, after
noon and evening until Z o'clock dur
ing the summer months. A class in
advanced swimming and diving will
be held every Tuesday and Thursday
evening.
At an adjourned session of the city
commission this morning an ordinance
appropriating $5S,916.17 was passed
to meet the payroll for city employees
for the first half of July. The bond
of the Independent Taxicab company
was approved.
Topeka merchants will decide their
own opening and closing hours, &C.
cording to Milton Tabor, secretary OF
the Merchants association. On &C
count of the many varieties of bust
ness it was impossible to find a clos
ing hour satisfactory to all.
The Kansas State Grange will not
be represented at the Labor day cele-
brations to be held in Topeka, Sep
TENDER 4, according to statement
made this afternoon by w. T. Dickson.
of Carbonate, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the grange.
Ben Blow, manager of the Victory
Highway association, Will leave to-
night for a trip over the western sec
ton of the highway. He will speak
at several western Kansas towns and
then will go on to Utah and Califor-
MIA He expects to be gone for some
six weeks.
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Kansas City, Mo-, Chamber of Com
merce will arrive in Topeka at 4:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon to make
preliminary plans for a trade extern
sion tour of Kansas to be held on Sep
TENDER Z, and 9. One hundred and
fifty Kansas City business men will
make the tour.
The Sunday school of the Central
Park Christian church will hold a pic
mic Thursday afternoon and evening
at Edgewood park in Potwin. Dinner
will be served at $50 o'clock. All are
to take their own baskets, but the
Sunday school will serve the drinks
both hot and cold.
All Topeka labor unions and the
farmers of Shawnee county were in
celebration on September 4 at Fri
Hanford's Lakeside park south of
Riro. The park is completely
equipped with lunch rooms for the
preparation OI IOO0- 4hSIS 45 dlSO a
lake near the park large enough for
boating.
The officers and directors of the
Business and Professional Women 81
club were guests of Ben Blow, man
ager of the Victory Highway associa-
planned to the women the plan of
erecting county boundary markers
along the line of the highway, task
which has been undertaken by the
women of the county.
The fire department was called to
1406 North Quincy street this after
noon when a short circuit resulted in
the destruction of some insulation. AT
1901 o'clock this afternoon No. l
company was called to the 900 block
cult had set fire to an automobile be-
longing to c. L. Cardwell. There was
no damage in either case.
The election clerk in the office of
Secretary of State L. L. Pettijohn is
busy checking UP and tabulating the
saS from which returns will be re-
ceived during the primary election,
August l. Many changes have been
made since the last election, it was
quired for determining the exact num-
Der of precincts in the state
The membership committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
first meeting of the year at 1880
o'clock, Thursday afternoon. Plans
will be made to add fifty members to
the Chamber of Commerce. The
members of the committee are: A. |
NJ. Patten, chairman; Ralph N. Nc !
Entire, w. w. Webb. Harry w. Col |
merry, w, c. Kercher, l. c. Rain, w.
L. Gardner and G. L. Jordan
The Women's Red Cross life saving |
corps, recently organized here, is Civ |
ing lessons in life saving at Y. w. c. |
A. every Tuesday and Thursday even |
ing for candidates who wish to pre- |
pare for the Red Cross test. A junior |
life saving class for girls from 10 to !
Is years old, under the supervision of |
Miss Grace Elmore, meets every |
Wednesday evening at the J. w. c. A. |
Four girls in the class are now ready !