The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

stand the shock
OF progress in his village. SO he'll
Knock, knock knock.
Hes 50 queerly constituted that he doesn't
His neighboThood progressing as it surely
ought to be.
He. bates to see extension Of his city block
by block,
For his favorite occupation is to
Knock. knock. knock.
Fred Badger, Neodesha Register
Some farmers are bringing loads of
yellow corn to town.
The government thermometer ranged
between a and 81 Friday.
Tonight Pennsylvania" VIII be at ths
Crawford opera house
VIII White asks: "Wil Cy put the
president on his fall applejack list2f
The County Teachers Reading circle
will meet tonight at the court house
There has been d large sale of seats
for The ChaDerons" at the Crawford
Monday night.
The county commissioners did nor
meet Friday on account of the sickness
Of Chairman Rain.
What is the path to your heart paved
with2-Ed Howe. Corn bread and fresh
buttermilk.-Bent Murdoch.
r. L. Thomas, c. d. Welch and ". B.
company as directors for two days. Dun
times,
One of the most hopeful things for Mr.
Bergundthal is that nearly all the DEM
ocrats admit that if he is elected he VIII
make good mayor
The First Baptist Sunday school will
holds its session as usual al $3.50 at the
church tomorrow morning, closing in
time for the tabernacle service.
The Topeka high school girls basket
ball team viii meet the long-haired
players from the Kansas city, KaS.,
nigh school at the 7. W. G. A. tonight
Bent Murdoch runs in his Ell Dorado
Republican a column called Love
Linked" another called The Stork,
and the last, for the death notices. Arc
Not Here
The EIDorado Republican says: TT is
said that S. H. Brandon, of Douglas,
was the only member of the late legisla-
ture who did not name single one OF
the 800 employees of that body.
Miss Jessie Morton, a member Of the
Kansas university basket ball team is
visiting her sisters. Miss Helen Morton
and Miss Charlotte Morton, at Wash
burn college.
Three old settlers. all living within a
| block of Washburn college, have died
within the past few weeks. The first
was c. w. Cannon. then E. H. Blake.
ana yesterday Martin MohIer.
The Masons and members of Sloan
lodge viii meet at 1870 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Masonic building to
prepare for the funeral service over the
remains of o. W. Blood. which viii be
held at . o'clock.
The high school orchestra gave d con
cert last night. assisted by Carl William
Wood Bert Sutton. Bayard Whitney,
Miss Julia Whitney and Mrs Klein
mans. The audience was one of the sort
called small but apDreciative."
William Allen White. in the Emporia
Gazette. says Here is the funn sest
thing that ever happened in the world
The people of Arkansas City sent the
local silver cornet band down to tie
depot TO greet the Banda Rossa.'
Bent Murdoch says: The late legis-
lature appropriated $500 to buy pic
lures for the governor mansion. 1t
also abolished slot machines made it
unlawful to eat snakes in public and
raised the tax levy from SIC to Z mills"
This IS the last day the registration
books viii be out at the suburban reg
lstration stations. Beginning Monday
! all registering viii have to be done al
the commissioner of elections Office al
/ the Auditorium The books close at 10
p. m. March p.
The West Tenth street car tracks are
] being repaired and in some places the
stone pavement between the rails is be-
ing replaced with wooden blocks. This
viii give some asphalt, some stone
some brick and some cedar block paving
all on Tenth street
The Elite bowling team will go to
+ St Joseph tonight to bowl with the ST
Joseph team. Those who will go are
G. H Wentworth. Earl EWart A f.
Kirkpatrick. l. Barnum and David
i Gossett Ernest Henshel viii manage
the Topeka team
The Saturday Night club. which gen
| orally meets on any day in the week
but Saturday for banquets and re-
unions. Will meet tonight and John F.
Switzer, a bloated bondhoIder, will read
q paper on Trusts and Labor Unions.
The room under the Bank of Topeka.
4 which has been a barber shop is a shop
I no longer and workmen are transform
ing it into bank room for bookkeep-
ers the same as the Bank of Commerce
has III Kansas City in the basement
floor.
The Salina Union says: 1.-The Topeka
joints, which have been running wide
i open for year or more, are preparing
to go into seclusion again The joint
lists are canceling leases to buildings
in prominent parts Ct the town and are
looking for places in the lower district
or in the alleys, where they can work
under cover.
w. S. BergundthaI Republican candi-
rumors concerning his SLATE" of APP
pointments. He says. 4 am not elect
ed mayor yet. And if I were ] would
not know who would be appointed to
the various offices. 1 have not made d
single promise"
There are a lot Of people in Topeka
who are waiting to see how big the reg
istration is before they line up with
either Heery or Bergundthal If the
registration is large they viii pick Der
gundthal for the winner and climb into
his band wagon. If it is small, they will
join the Heery forces. The moral to this
tale is to get out and register
This is from Frank Montgomery
column in the Kansas City Journal.
Are women more optimistic than men ?
A young lady. writing to young man
in Topeka, gave this sentiment. I'm
glad the sky is painted blue, and the
earth is painted green, with such a lot
of nice fresh air all sandwiched in be-
tween