The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26

over they will be so designated that
their movements will at all times be
known to the authorities.
l. All of the city authorities who were
approached on the subject were in IA
vor of the idea and promised theirsup-
port If the matter came to a vote.
There was time when the white
wings" were really white wings, but
the custom was allowed to drop.
The building permits have not been
going above the thousand dollar
mark for a number of days. This fine
weather is conducive to quick and
small building and many additions,
store fronts. barns and the like are
being constructed at the present time.
]. w. Edwards will build a cottage for
two at 1880 Lane street. 1t will cost
the neat sum of $3.50. I. j. Sturten-
ant Will build an addition to his resi-
dence at 1870 Van Buren, to cost $500.
J. c.. Cooney will also build cooling
palace in the form of little frame
cottage with blinds to cost $3.50 at
1913 Lawrence street.
1t looks as though Governor-elect
Stubs was going to have trouble in
declaring that Mrs. Stubbs is a cham
pion bread maker. This morning City
Treasurer Hale bet City Clerk Burge
New Years turkey that his wife
could bake better bread than Mrs,
Burge. The bet was accepted and
placed in the hands of Mayor Green
who will deliver the turkey to the
winner and charge up the costs to the
loser. All this in the city hall
Sanitary Sergeant Pattison is re-
sponsible for the statement that To-
peka is the cleanest city in the world
as far as candy is concerned He says
sell are the cleanest and least, in
furious of any candy sold. The city
health department keeps a close
watch on the candies IN the city es-
fnT "
Pattison also says that more people
make their candies at home than in
former days They have learned that
manufactured candy only tastes about
one-tenth as goodl as it looks To-
peka is especially fortunate in having
a number of confectionery houses
that make all of their own candy
The Topeka councilmen who have
been worrying about the changing of
the names of some of the streets in
the city should cheer up. In Pittsburg,
Pa, the city council has a project on
hand to change 562 streets in that city.
The work of obtaining titles for the
streets has required a study of botany,
history, politics and the sciences. What
would the Topeka council do if they
were each given classical book of some
KIND TO study and at the next meeting
of the council report 562 different names
on the one subject. The tightly between
General ]. w. F. Hughes and City
Engineer Rogers as to who was the
tWenty-frst president, Chester A. Arth-
ur or Western avenue. would be mild
compared with this. But that is what |
the Pittsburg aldermen are doing-and
from the reports they are having other
The best part of this Pitts
burg job is that the people of the city
and those who live on the streets in
are staying at home nights
and attending to their own affairs. They i
are not laying siege to the council |
chamber using their Influence
keep the old names of the streets just |
because away back in the SOS someone
laid out the land upon which the streets |
are now plated. The people in Pitts |
burg have enough confidence in their |
councilmen to allow them to make the |
best out of the street naming PROPOSE |
tion-and from the actions of the Pitts |
burg council they are only about one
tenth as reliable as the Topeka dads
at this time. 1t is hoped that at that
brand new meeting of the new year in |
January the city council of the city of |
Topeka will assert their rights and |
southwest part of the city as they
should be changed. There are many
moro people in favor of the plan than
there are against it-but as is charac-
kickers of a project are al |
ways the one to make the fight, The |
boosters toast their feet in front of |
the fireplace never dreaming that SEN /
sible ideas are liable to be defeated by
the unsensible.
The bill which has been recommended |
by the three national organizations, the |
American Medical association, the
American Public Health association
and the bureau of census and records /
comes as surprise to the mayor and
city health department because it was
but week ago that these officials gave
out an interview to the State Journal
concerning the carelessness of the To-
peka physicians in reporting the births
Of the city and the need of a state law
Of some kind requiring prompt action
on the part of the doctors. The matter |
was taken up quite extensively at this
time and now the state board of health
has planned to demand such statistics.
When this law goes into effect it will
make a great change in the birth rec
ords of Topeka. At the present time
the death rate is higher than the birth
rate and it looks as though the city
was going to the bow-bows. 1t seems
to take the law to make doctor do his
duty.
There has been a rumor to the effect
hat some of the plumbers in the city
are going to lose their licenses. Their
permits will be taken away from them
unless they do better work in fixing up
The pavements after their work is COM
oIeted. Inspector Reyes has been keep
NO q close watch ON all the work done Z,