The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
NORTH TOPEKA.

Dali printing Co., w ~. kansas ave.
Petro and Woodford, the druggists.
T. T. Shirley was in town today from
Granville.
Mrs. A. c. Wallace has moved from
Van Buren, street to S2S Monroe street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Nauman, of Roch-
ester. are the parents of a 81 pound
boy born yesterday.
Mrs. J. E. Warnock and Miss Pearl
Nash went to- Valencia today where
they will attend a party this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Olinger have re-
turned from their trip to the Pacific
coast and the Portland exposition.
FOUGHT will sell at cost buggies,
road wagons, lumber wagons. gasoline
stoves, sewing machines and harnesses.
Mr.. George Lerrigo. secretary of the
z M c. A, Will preach at the North
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing.
The livery barn at GIG Kansas ave-
nue. has changed hands. Messrs.
Ward and Spencer have bought out j.
w. Belts.
North Topeka Baptist church. Sun
day school at $3.50 a. M; preaching at
IL a. m, subject, 1.-THE Greatest Force
in the World
Mrs. Joseph Davies, Miss Ruby Dav-
les and John Davies of 800 Monroe
street, leave the first of the week for a
weeks visit to friends in Michigan.
Second Presbyterian church, corner of
Jackson and Gordon streets. ]. S.
Glendenning, pastor. Sunday school at
$3.50 a. M, and preaching at II a. m.
The Women's Bible class with Mrs.
Laura Thorp as teacher will hold the
first meeting for the winter next Mon
day afternoon at o'clock at the home
of Mrs. James Campbell, 224 West Lau-
rent street.
B. F. Enochs and family, who have
moved here from wellington, have gone
fn hn4 oh a+t (N(r Iav,
street. Mr.. Enochs is connected with
the new box factory.
AT the Church OF the Good Shepherd
tomorrow there will be celebra ton
of the Holy Eucharist at IL o'clock with
Bishop f. r. Millspaugh as celebrant.
Evening prayer with sermon by Bishop
Millspaugh at 7:30.
Mrs. M. D. Freeman, who has been
spending the summer in Portland. Ore,
points in Washington and British Col
unbia and stopped en- route home to
visit her old home and friends in and
around North Topeka, left yesterday
for her home in Chicago.
Mr. Harry Fraser, formerly of North
Topeka, but now of La Junta, Col. was
married September 8 at Pueblo. Col. to
Miss Lillian SDane of La Junta. Mr..
and Mrs. Fraser will make their home
in La Junta where Mr.. Fraser is in the
employ of the Santa Fe. Mr.. Fraser
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Fraser
OIL 1914 manson street.
The tent ON the corner of Gordon
and Quincy streets in which the North
side branch meeting of the Chapman
revival meeting are held was used for
the first time last evening. The attend
ance was good and much interest taken
in the meetings. Rev. Frank Grand
staff, the evangelist in charge of these
meetings spoke last evening on THE
Judgment" Rev. Mr.. Grandstaff gave
last evening clear. able and forcefuI
sermon on this subject. The music was
furnished by a large chorus choir under
expected that this chorus will be great
ly increased for the meetings next week
and an orchestra added. A piano and
organ, are already use. There will
be no meeting this evening in the tent
nor tomorrow morning as the churches
at that time WITHHOLD their regular
services. Tomorrow evening, however,
at GAS o'clock there will be union
young peoples meeting conducted by
Rev. J. w. Reed of the Kansas Avenue
M. E.. church and union services of the
churches at 1880. Next week Rev. Mr.
.Schaeffer will conduct meetings every
afternoon for the benefit of the chill
dren.
At a mass meeting held in Lukens'
opera house last evening the protec-
ton of North Topeka and the farm
lands west of the city from the antics
of Soldier creek was considered. A
SOOQ zeal OF irrelevant QiSCuSSlOil- OF
rather of talk was had. The tin cans
thrown into the river near the Melan
bridge were rehaShed and the stories
concerning the dams made by the
bridges during the big flood were re-
haShed at length but what it all had
to do with the mischief done by Sol
der creek no one could tell The
meeting of about one hundred was
with just two exceptions enthusiastic
and a unit in favor of a canal from
n q q m a n
act as spillway for the excess of
water when the creek gets on a ram
page. This is in fact the only possible
remedy for the trouble. 1t is clear
that dykes sufficient to keep the water
within bounds are no longer consid
cred practicable. While they answer
at some points they cause overfiows in
other places. Only one other remedy
was suggested and 1t had only the two
supporters. This remedy was the
clearing out of Soldier creek of all OBJ
struction which of course should be
done, and the widening of the channel
by condemning land and dredging it
many miles of length. This would
certainly be a remedy but like that re-
sorted to by some surgeons liable to
end in death. The floods of Soldier
creek have been growing worse for
several years. For some reason the
local rainfalls along its course have
increased beyond all precedent Our
little North topeka dyke protected US
this year, but they did not cause the
overflow west of us. On the contrary
that overflow saved North Topeka but
larger dykes are still necessary. The
object now is to provide a channel for
the legitimate escape of this overflow
ing mass of water to the river instead
of allowing it to spread over and ruin
the valuable farm lands west of the
city as it now does. This will save
these lands and at the same time pro-
tect7 North Topeka in time OF danger.
1t is not proposed to change the course
of Soldier creek or to Interfere in any
way with it's course, but simply to con-
meet the creek to the river by a canal
that in time high water shall act like
a spillway to a dam and so provide for
this surplus. There is ample fall from
the creek to the river and the distance