The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

five Of them took their departure
release.
The streets and walks committee of
| the city council Will meet Friday even
| ing with the Santa Fe officials at the
/ nittee meets Saturday afternoon. The
! council itself will hold an adjourned
/ meeting Tuesday evening in the coun-
/ ell chamber
The 9Iidwinter people left the Audi
forum in frightfuI shape and the re-
served seats in the gallery were sha-
ken in numbers until the thirties and
the ones were next TO each other. The
day trying to clean up for the high school
commencement
Tomorrow is the forty fourth anniver-
sary of the founding of WaShburn col
lege- This event viii be observed in a
fitting manner There will be a speech
morning, while in the evening the an
nuaI Washburn Day reception will take
place in Carnegie library.
The Washburu Dramatic club is
preparing for its annual play to be
given in the Grand sometime in the
near future At the present time the
club IS quarreling over the question
whether the leading girl should be
Washburn has any number OF any
variety.
Out OF the three thousand dogs in
the city only % have been registered
The city clerk and treasurer are
pleading for a hasty registration and
ask that the dog owners get busy at
once With the registration, election
and dog registration coming near the
same time there is a dismal outlook
for the city officials
The city milk inspector, DR. Camp
bell, Is increasing his ring Of inf1u-
ses t. ~r--7, %zFT
ing the Kansas Cityans how to be a
city milk inspector in the up to date
modern way This should be a due
warning to Kansas City restaurant
keepers who have personal ideas on
the increase in milk supply
Mrs Edward Grafstrora Of Column
bus o., widow OF Edward Grafstrom,
Of the Santa Fe mechanical depart
meut, who persisted in the food Of
1903, passed through Topeka Wednes-
day afternoon on her way to CaIifor-
MIA She was met at the depot by a
party Of friends who knew her when
she was resident OF this city.
A sensation at the Topeka Milling
| company plant this morning A steam
I pipe underground between the mill
I and the Office burst and tore up the
ground for about ten yards The
steam blew out in volcanic hercenesS
men who could not imagine what was
going to happen next One man was
severely burned around the feet
z. W. Wilson, who has been in To-
peka since the legislature, is in Kan
sas City today Mr.. Wilson owns the
only newspaper in Morton county, but
that fact is not worrying him great
deal. as he also owns something like
one hundred quarter sections Of land
in that part OF the state and is pro-
tesian water which underIies this
section Of Knsas
The registration books at the city
hall viii close on Friday, February t.
There are very few people who have
registered and the election commission
ers are asking that a little action take
place. Women are especially invited
TO register before the rush A woman
Is the hardest thing in the world to
handle when she is excited and If she
comes to the office when she has plenty
Of time to tell her age she will have
little trouble
Several OF the police TRUSTEES
working for William Corr, the dog
catcher at the auditorium last even
ing aped from the officer and
made their get away down Quincy
street Corr caught them and sue
eeeded in getting them hocked togeth-
er for the patrol wagon The question
raised at the city hall is: Was the dog
catcher performing his duty when he
chased the prisoners2 One years sub
scription and meat chopper for the
correct answer.
''Of all sad words of tongue or pen.
the Saddest are thess'Ive ffunked
again This is the song at Wash
burn today. The grades for the mid
term finals have been given out This
morning d straw vote was taken on
the outgoing street car to the first
classes and out of Is boys on the car
20 Of them had fuuked in some one
study Needless to say those who did
not funk were the ones who were sit
ting on the front seat far away from
the horrible" pipe smoke from the
rear platform