The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-01

PROVED Dy the CITY council on Decem-
Der 5.
L. A. Stebbins, national counsel for
the National Life Insurance company,
is in Topeka trying an Insurance case,
which his concern inherited from the
Kansas Mutual Mr.. Stebbins has a
$4,000 per year job.
On account of paving being laid in
West Twelfth street the Quinton and
Washburn street cars use the Tenth
street tracks to Clay and the Clay
street track south to their regular lines
part of the time.
The Commercial club entertainment
committee. which also looks after the
advertising done by that organization,
viii get out some kind Of a booklet in
the near future containing exploita-
lions of Topeka's features.
The high school seniors will give "Mr.
Bobb," two act comedy, at the high
school Friday night. The money raised
by giving the play will be used to pur-
leave at the high school when the mem
bers graduate.
country correspondent writing to a
weekly paper said: James Dixon, To-
a barber shop in Auburn during his va
cation" Chief OF Police Stahl came
from Auburn. Did he send the barber
out there?
Henry Jones. chief clerk to Division
superintendent r. J. EaSley of the San
ia F'e Of Las Vegas, is in Topeka. After
the first of the year he will take a po-
sition as maintenance clerk in General
Superintendent ]. E. Hurley's Office. w.
Y. Black of Topeka will succeed Mr..
Jones at Las Vegas.
c. w. Kouns, superintendent of trans
pOrtation of the Santa Fe of Chicago,
passed through Topeka this week in the
private car formerly used by Paul Nor
ton. Mr.. kouns was en- route to Dali
las, Texas, where he will spend several
days and afterward visit several other
Texas cities.
Postmaster Guthrie received a letter
on Wednesday from James Farmhouse
who lives in Huntington, w. Va, ask
ing If there are any people in Kansas
by the name of Farmhouse. Nothing
is said about any money coming to the
Farmhouse family, but that is the con-
clusion which may be drawn from the
tone of the letter.
Country correspondents writing to the
weekly papers often say something like
the following: 1.-The long drouth is still
unbroken in these parts, and we begin
to fear that Jupiter Pluvius has stored
his water bottle for the winter. We are
now afraid that one of our old fashion
ed dry winters is upon us, when stock
water will be at a. premium"
In the debate with Baker university
Washburn college will take the mega
tive side on the question: Resolved,
That bank notes based on assets OF
banks are preferable to notes based on
slider who doesn't belong to a college
debating team any old kind of bank
notes will do.
Here are a few of the plays which
agement for the entertainment of To-
peka theater goerS during the next
month: "An Orphans Prayer, Side
Tracked why Girls Leave Home,
Dora Thorne,'' Railroad Jack" After
Midnight There are few novels by
The Duchess, Charlotte NJ. Braeme,
Laura Jean Libby and Mrs. Holmes
that have not We been dramattzed but
the promise can be made that as soon
as they are staged Manager Crawford
will lose no time in securing them for
Topeka
]. c. Garvey, freight agent of the
Santa Fe at Topeka, was in Wichita
this week to attend an initiation of the
Masonic lodge. The Eagle says: This
was the first time Mr.. Garvey had been
in Wichita since the first house was
built here. Mr.. GarVey enjoys the dis
tinction of having been one of the first
white men to pass over the ground COW
cred by Wichita, but not having peer
here since it became a town he could
hardly recognize the place. He crossed
the Arkansas river and camped here
about so years ago. At that time there
was no settlement nearer than W1n1eld:
He remembers the circumstances well
as at that time people were just COM
ing this way and taking up government
claims here"
Leavenworth Times: No town can
thrive on quarrels. There hasn't been
a town quarrel in Leavenworth for the
last few years. The sensible people
choked them off. They are not willing
that they should be revived. A peace
and decency platform such as Leaven-
worth has had for the last few years
is by far the better of the two courses
Leavenworth has improved more, there
has been a greater spirit of public
pride ard municipal energy, taxes have
been less, business has been better the
last few years than ever before for the
reason that people left off their person
al differences and helped the town
along. Why reverse this state of aft
fairs for the sake of giving a few poll
cicians an opportunity to vent their
spleen?