The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11

! office in the course of a fortnight. If il
has come to the pass that a mayor
wears out two desks a week, is 1t not
| time to enforce the eight hour law?
| George Findlay will have as his as
/ sistant in feeding the federal prison
| ers on the contract at MuskOgee which
Marshal Bennett will give him, George
/ Walker, brother of ex-United States
| Marshal r. L. Walker.
Albert T. Reid's football poster. 1.-THE
| Washburn Kid is proving popular and
| signed copies are very much in de-
mand- 1.-The Washburn Kid is the first
cal player from each college and uni
versity in the section.
There was a scare at the Santa F'e
offices one day this week 1t was re-
ported that Galveston had been again
devastated by a tidal wave The report
came from Kansas City. It proved there
was nothing wrong with Galveston ex-
cept a 14-inch rain storm
Cal Simmons, a Santa Fe enploye at
Wellington, has returned home after
having been detained in the hospital
here for some time. He is not much
improved in health and will probably
have to come back here for an opera
ton.
The man who has property ought to
keep the sidewalk belonging to it in
shape for use Some of the walks are
covered by N I'D and water by every lit
tie dash of rain, and still the people
living on adjoining places pay no at
tention to it.
Postmaster John Guthrie yesterday
received information from the depart
ment at Washington that the letter
boxes and posts here were to be re-
painted. The mail boxes will receive
coat of aluminium bronze and the posts
after being scraped will be treated to
coat of bronze green.
A Kansas City, Kansas, man who was
in Topeka for the first time yesterday
said: This city looks like park com
pared with ours. We have hardly
decent block of pavement in Kansas
City, Kansas, am shamed to admit,
and we have few trees and very poor
sidewalks. Topeka ought to be proud of
it's streets"
W. 3. johnson. former resident Of
Topeka passed through Topeka last
night en- route to Washington. Mr.
Johnson is a missionary and is at pres
ent working for the Navajo Indians
He was accompanied by his wife and
his three children and two Navajo In
dams. The Indians are endeavOring to
secure an allotment by the government.
The following yell does not appear in
Washburn's official compilation, just
published, but the small boys howl it
with telling effect at the football game.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
All good children go to heaven;
One, two, three, four-yell, yell. yell.
Washburn, Washburni Play 1ike-One,
two, three. four, five. six, seveni
I'VE consider sagely remarks County
Commissioner Killmer of Kansas City,
Kan, in an interview published by the
Kansas City Star, that there is grow
ing demand for trolley lines which will
give the urban population quick transit,
and some of the advantages enjoyed by
the people in the citieS.' That's right,
Mr.. Killmer- There's nothing like city
advantages for the urban population.
Tonight is the night at Washburn for
the freshmen to carry canes, and the
SophomoreS to endeavor to forcibly sep
arate the canes from the Freshmen.
There promises to be a hot fight. In
cfdentally it might be mentioned that
Washburn College Literary society gives
it's annual open meeting this evening,
and this being the first public meeting
of the college year it becomes its lot to