The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-28

the Kansas university team will view
the Washburn-Drake game from the
side lines perhaps, but more proDaDly
from the grand stands.
Councilman Jordan would add. anoth-
er member to the working force of the
city at salary OF $40 month ana
title of inspector of excavations. The
question is would the new official in
sure the repair of the pavements.
The fact that there will be but few
pumpkins for pies this winter is not
causing the concern among the small
bays as is the fact that there will be
scarcity of the fruit of the vine for
use as jack-o'-lanterns on Halloween
Halloween falls on Saturday, the
experienced residents of Topeka are
31st of October this year, and the
already making fast outdoor furnish
ings which may prove tempting to the
mischievously inclined youth of the
city.
Unable to longer resist the call of the
wild water fowl, George Stansfield
gathered his weapons of warfare and
left for the western portion of the state
Tuesday with the avowed intent Of
bringing home a bag we'll filled with
ducks.
Washburn's football eleven will
meet the University of Kansas team
on the Lawrence gridiron one week
from Saturday and the rivalry which
eX1SLS between the TWO Teams PROMISES
| to make the game one of the most in
| teresting of the season.
The farmer boys living in the
vicinity of Topeka are braving the
possibilities of punishment for violat-
! ing the game laws of the state and
are offering quail and squirrels for
| sale, although the sale Is forbidden by
law at any time of the year.
| With the coming of the sunshiny
weather, the Washburn squad which
has been practicing all week on the
sod near Rice hall, will again resume
signal and scrimmage work on the
| gridiron, in preparation for the hard
Drake game next Saturday.
A reception will be held tonight at
| the Central Y. NJ. c. A. by the Broth
erhood of the First Baptist church. A
| feature of the evening will be a
bowling match between two teams of
| women captained by Mrs. Charles
| Curtis and Mrs. George West
| The poll taken of one of the Santa
Fe offices where 40 men are employed
| indicates that SO of them will support
| Bryan and the entire Democratic state
! ticket. three viii support Taft, Botkin
| and Farrelly and the remaining one will
| support the straight Prohibition ticket.
| A meeting of all of the Democratic
| county candidates will be held this
evening at the Democratic Flambeau
| club rooms, 232 Kansas avenue. An
| interesting programme has been pre-
pared which aside from the speaking
| will consist of music and phono-
graphic talks.
All the way from Rawlins,
! Wyoming, to Topeka for the purpose
| of securing a marriage license is the
bate judges Office. The contracting
| bate judges office. The contracting
| parties were Emil Larson, aged 26 and
! Anna Erickson, aged 26, both OF
| Rawlins, Wyoming.
The Brotherhood of the First Baptist
church will hold reception at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A. building this evening
for the membership of that church
bowling match between two teams
composed of women. captained by Mrs
Senator Curtis and Mrs. Judge West.
One of the beauties of the fruit
trust which exists in Topeka is the
| fact that apples are selling in the
| stores for $125 a bushel while fruit
| of the same quality can be purchased
| of the farmers for little more than
half the price asked by the mer-
| chants who are compelled to patronize
| the fruit trust.
| The street car service of the city was
badly crippled during the early morn
| ing hours by the heavy fog which hung
| over the city like a pail. The cars were
\ run slowly as it was impossible to see
/ one hundred feet in advance of the cars
and as lar as TepOrteu no dcciueHts
| occurred owing to the precautions
| which were taken
At last the plans and specifications
| for the proposed police patrol wagon
have been agreed to in committee and
| the council may expect to be called
| upon to pass on this matter at the
next regular meeting. Engineer
Rodgers cut down the plans to one
fifth their former size. The new
wagon will cost about $500.
| Councilman Jordan of the city
board of elections wants to have
printed Instructions placed on the
walls of all the voting precincts in the
city that will explain in detail the
markings that go to make an 1llegai
| ballot There will be hundreds OF
scratched tickets in the city at next
weeks election and particular pains
should be taken to give the voters all