The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-22

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c. F. Olander has taken out a permit
for the erection of a $500 residence at
1133 Western avenue.
Secretary of State Denton is at home
but his automobile reposes in livery
stable at Reading. He is thinking of
offering reward for its return.
Tomorrow is the last day in the year
| that voters will have in which to avail
themselves of the opportunity to reg
lister for the election in November.
w. r. Botkin, of Winfield, son of ].
D. Botkin, the Democratic candidate
for governor of the state, is in Topeka
today on business of a political nature.
Nearly eighty thousand ballots will
be required to register the political de-
sires of residents of Shawnee county
alone and they are now being printed
by Adams Bros.
Tennis prospects for the coming
spring at Washburn are considered
bright by the collegians. Men are out
| to practice every day At the present
time faculty tournament is going on.
Fred w. Busey. manager for Madam
Calve, is in Topeka today. He says the
Great Diva will be in Topeka tomorrow
! without fail. Her Omaha concert was
| cancelled because of a slight indisposi-
| ton.
The plans have been prepared, the
| cost estimated and a mass meeting
called to decide upon the route, yet
! the proposition to protect North To-
peka by dykes is still as dim and
doubtful ever.
After getting figures from the city
/ engineer for a new brfdge over Ward
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| it will cost $500, the city has de-
| cided to repair the old bridge which is
now unsafe for travel.
| It is hoped by the newspaper report
ers and the public in general that the
commissioner of elections has been sue
cessful in eliminating some of the
cranks who have held places on the
| election boards every election day for
years.
Wednesday morning the male regis
tration reached the 10,415 mark, ex-
act1y 1000 more male names than have
ever been registered before in this city.
1t is expected that the registration will
pass the 1900 mark tomorrow night
before the books close.
The freshmen and sophomores of
Washburn college have decided to
hold the annual cane rush Friday
night, October 30 1t was thought for
awhile that this leg breaking and eye
blacking contest would be abolished
but the classes have decided to take
it up again for "old times sake
Topeka had thirty-one fires during
the first twenty days in October, while
Kansas City, Mo-, had thirty-one fires
in one day this week Omaha had sew
dry windy weather that has prevailed
the past week has not been confined
to this city.
Senator H. G. Jumper who was twice
a member of the senate during the Pop
ulist days and a member of the state
board of charities, was in Topeka We'd
nesday for the first time in years.
While a member of the upper house
Senator Jumper was reckoned one of
the best rough and ready speakers in
the state.
The juniors of washburn have
elected their staff for the annual
which appears during the last week
of school in the spring. Philip Whit
comb was elected editor and John
Foster and David Ferguson managers
The board was elected in order to
have plenty of time for the prepare
ton of the book.
Chief Wilmarth reports that the fire
companies of the city have responded
to thirty-one fire alarms this month up
to and including October 20. The av-
erage number of alarms is fifteen to
twenty each month. The alert responses
of the firemen in the case of several
grass fires undoubtedly saved some bad
confia grations.
There are no thirst parlors in To-
peka. for Kansas is a prohibition
state, so the people here have to de-
mend on the water from the Sheldon
fountain on Kansas avenue to quench
their thirst Yet for three days past
there have been no cups at the foun-
tain. yandals having removed them.
What are the Prohibitionfsts thinking
of, not to have replaced these cups at
once?
While nearly all the country cows
have been registered in accordance
with the provisions of the new milk
inspection ordinance there are several
hundred cows in the city belonging to
people who sell milk that have not
vet been registered. Better sign up
and pay your little quarter of a dol
lar on that COW before the milk in
spector gets you.
Bob Kepler's proposition to the
council to repair all excavations in
city streets and get the city engineers
o. K on his work before collecting
his money was referred to the city at
torney. 1t has come to point here
in Topeka where the proper repair
of paved streets has become a ques-
ton of legality. Is it against the law
to keep the pavements in good shape?
There is a strong sentiment, espec-
iallv among the heavy taxpayers, for
the commission plan of government in
Topeka. If any thing is to be done in
this matter in the next year or so. now
is the time to start a petition, in plenty
of time before the next spring election
About $50 names will have to be Sc
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