The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

viii be the washburn-Topeka high
game next Friday evening.
Laura D. Root was granted a permit
Saturday for the. erection of q 81, 500 res
idenee at 4SS East Sixth avenue.
The High School Athletic associa-
ton will give a benefft entertainment
at the high school Tuesday evening.
Christmas is two weeks from tomor-
row-the hattening process to your
pocket book reaches its climax at that
time
Miss Alma Manley. who has been
visiting in Topeka for several days, re-
turned today to her home in Junction
City.
Willard union W. G. T. IL. will meet
with Mrs. Martha Allen at her home,
600 West Sixth avenue, Tuesday, De-
cember l..
Councilman Horne of the Fourth ward
will make the race for councilman
again next spring and does not eontem-
plate retiring.
Ralph Brigham left for Chicago to-
day where he viii look after some
business in connection with the Mid
winter exposition.
The Bell Telephone company has a
force of men at work on their line near
RossvilEe replacing the old poles with
heavier and taller ones
Work has been commenced on the
Rossville- Willard bridge and the con-
tractors hope to have it completed be-
fore the early spring freshets.
Prof. VIM K. Prentice Of Princeton
university. who is to lecturegin Topeka
this evening, is the guest of Prof f.
L. Clark of Washburn college. sr
The proposed new franchise for the
Topeka Edison company VIII be dis
cussed at a special meeting OF the city
council called for this evening.
The North Topeka Rough Neeks' IS
the suggestive name selected by a loot
ball team in North Topeka as. the one
by which they choose to be known.
Definite and final action will be taken
by the Topeka lodge OF Elks at thelr
meeting on the evening of the lzth on
securing a site for their new building
M. G. Gilmore. sewer contractor, has
commenced on the preliminary Work
connected with constructing the extern
sion to the sewer in the fourth precinct
of the Fourth ward
The athletic board of Washburn
college will meet tomorrow afternoon
to decide who is eligible to vote for
football captain. Another election
will likely be held Saturday
r. S. Brigham left for Chicago today
to complete arrangements Tor attIac-
lions for the Midwinter exposition
which viii be given IN the Auditorium
about the middle Of January
An express wagon and a street car
cCllided on Kansas avenue Saturday ar
ternoon with the result that the car was
escaped with a few scratches, s
The car. load of pipe for the extension
water mains on Lane street between
Tenth and Eleventh and on Mulvane
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets was received Saturday. *
The session of the federal court held
in Topeka closed Saturday evening and
the jury dismissed. The next session
Of that court will convene in Kansas
City on the second Monday in Janu-
airy.
One Topeka man who should have
joined the ranks of the benedicts some
time ago was heard to remark TINS
morning that it would only be one
year and three weeks until another
leap year would be at hand.
An interesting programme was given
Topeka Baptist church Sunday when
dramatic recital from Ben Hur was in
Guided in the programme rendered by
Mrs. Edith Hill Booker
The cold weather which was ex-
pected to arrive yesterday failed to put
in appearance. The weather so far
this winter has been very accommo-
several storms have been sidetracked
before reaching Topeka
A bear hunter who left Topeka for
Texas week ago took along the full
equipment for a polar expedition of fur
caps, heavy underclothlng. blankets
overcoats. His friends think that the
least he can bring back now is a polar
bear from the cane brakes.
James Calhoun, who was injured on
the Page farm. died at Christ hospital
last night after having lived for over
month with a broken neck. At the time
OF the accident he was leading a calf
and the mother taking offense at his
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