The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-14

home that he takes two treatm ents a
! day and that he is improving rapidly. He
will be away two weeks longer proba-
| bly,.
! Mrs. Enos Keplinger is here from
| Usage county to be with her parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Hart OF West
| Shorey who are both suffering from
| the grip.
Ed G. GRADER, of 615 Van Buren, street,
has resigned his. position in the men
| furnishing department of the Topeka
Cash store and taken a similar position
with the Palace Clothing company.
Mrs. Amos Newcomer, formerly of
North Topeka but now of 817 Jefferson
street south, received a telegram Sun
day announcing the death of her moth
er at the age of II years at her home in
Geneseo, Kansas.
North Topeka will be represented in
the midwinter graduating class of the
Topeka high school by Miss GeneviGve
Holman, Miss Blanche Jones, Miss Ma
bel Fink and Miss Grace Lukens of
Rochester.
the c. w. Thompson grocery stock at
1000 Kansas avenue, moved his family
to the North side Saturday and has
rented a room from Rev. Mr.. Barrett of
1909 Quincy street.
NJ. A. Blanchard says that the all
nouncement made by a morning paper
that he will be a candidate for council
man from the First ward, is mis-
many that he has no time for politics.
Mrs. Anna Yost. of Usage county, has
bought the Lukens' brothers farm near
Elmont. Mrs. Yost will commence the
ately and as soon as these buildings
are completed will move to her new
home.
On Saturday night car No. 95 was run
into by runaway team near Gordon
the front vestibule of the car and scat
tering the glass and wood over the
pavement. One of the horses plunged
willing to continue the course. When
the horses, wagon and car were finally
separated traffic on this line had been
delayed about half an hour. In the col
lision the brake rod was so badly bent
and the brakes so tightly set that the
wheels of the car would not turn, con-
sequently when the damaged car reach
ed the car barns four flat wheels were
team that caused the trouble belonged
to a farmer living north of town and
he had left them hitched in North To-
peka. This is the second street car ac-
cident at this same corner within a
week. The other day cars 1872 AMI 81
were mixed up in a collision, when both
cars were more or less injured.
A North Topeka business man makes
the complaint that number of fine
cottonwood trees on Jackson street,
Park street and other parts of town are
being cut down. The cutting down of
these trees which are magnificent spec
linens of their kind is regarded by him
and others as vandalism, and the -ques-
ton is raised can not the owners of
trees be made to realize what a benefit
they are to a town and not allow the
work of destruction to continue. North
Topeka has some fine cottonwood trees
and to cut them down to be used in
saw mills seems almost criminal. If
the new Civic club is to improve and
beautify the town it can commence i'm
mediately and save the trees. Nothing
adds more to a town than handsome
shade trees. hiding as they frequently
do some ugly view. As these friends
are not grown in day it might be well
to preserve what we have. Too much |
of this reckless chopping has already |
been done and enough trees have to be |
sacrificed for the telephone and electric |
fight wires so 1t behooves US to save
the old friends we have left.