The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-09

S. A c. experiment station will speak.
Prof. Roberts of the same institution
will deliver an address on Corn
| Breeding"
| The young people of the First Pres
| byterian church will have charge of
the regular fortnightly entertainment
| given at the Provident association
headquarters and which will be held
| tomorrow night.
A certain Individual still insists on
| tearing along West Sixth avenue at d
| break-neck speed in the small hours of
e., the night, disturbing the slumbering
people along the way by the honk, honk
of the machine.
Everything in town on runners was
brought into use by sleighing and bob
sled parties last night. College, high
school classes and private parties of
all kinds slid over the slick surface.
Sleighing in Kansas is a treat.
The city street force on Kansas
avenue found it necessary to break the
hugh chunks of snow and ice with
axes. Street Commissioner Snyder is
| doing his best to put the streets in con-
| dition for the coming thaw.
| When the Commercial clubs commit
tee lists are revised for the ensuing
year the new members will be given
/ chance to show their loyalty to the or
| gan1zation by doing some good hard
work in the interests of the club.
| DR.. Frank Bailey of Denver and j. E.
Coulton, state association secretary of
| Texas, will be speakers at the State Y.
M. c. A. convention to be held in To-
| peka Feb. 1913. Geo. s. Badders is
chairman of the executive committee.
! A basket ball game will be played
| Friday evening at 8:15 at Music hall,
5lS Quincy street. the contestants being
the first team of the Central z. M. c.
A. and the high school team. This
game has nothing to do with the city
| series.
D. H. Branaman will take the place
! Of Dr. Frank Knight Sanders at the Y.
| NJ. c. A. Sunday Popular Discussion
club meeting. His subject is 1.-THE Trial
and Crucif1xion of Jesus Christ From a
Legal Standpoint" DR.. Sanders will be
out of the city.
| The Women's Missionary circle of
the First Baptist church will carry out
a program at the regular mid-week
services this evening. The ladies on
account of the gas shortage were
yesterday compelled to call off their
| regular meeting.
Bishop Frank Millspaugh will leave
Saturday for Independence, where he
| will conduct services the following day.
Before his return to Topeka he will
visit Engfn, Sedan, Cerryvale and Ce-
darvale. He has been asked to fill a
pulpit in New Orleans during Lent.
There are now 1900 members in
the Central Y M. C. A. A year ago
the membership was 1900. Fifty-ive
persons belonging to the membership
club and good representation of
| new recruits sat down to the banquet
table in Gemmell hall last night. Tom
McNeal was the chief speaker.
J. r. Koontz. general freight agent
of the Santa Fe with headquarters at
Topeka, has gone to Chicago. Mr..
Koontz has been doped out as the sue
cessor to ]. e. German, freight traffic
manager, VINO has resigned from the
Santa Fe to take the place of traffic
manager of the Rock Island.
Several persons have inquired in
regard to why Jose r. Capablanca.
the Cuban chess prodigy, is touring
! the country. In the first place he en-
joys travel and then there is some
money in it. He received $25 for
playing in Topeka aside his railroad
expenses from Kansas City. He ex-
/ poets to go into business later.
| ct see you still have a little for ex-
hibition purposes" said user who
was paying his bill at the gas Office
today. He had reference to a weak
flicker of blue flame in the Office wall
CRATE. "And We don't really need
position back of the wicket. 1.-THE
telephone Keeps the Office force warm"
| On account of the fact that former
~ persons have collected baskets
and clothing in the name of the
salvation Army who were not
food and articles for Xmas are carry
/. ing credentials signed by Captain C.
w. Perrett and endorsed by J. W.
Robinson, president of the Merchants
association.
At the quarters of the Commercial
club on Saturday afternoon the COM
mitteemen will meet who have charge
of arrangements in connection with
the boys corn contest. It is planned
to hold the contest December Is in
the court house. Boys are asked to
place tags on baskets bearing their
name and address. age. and statement
as to whether the contestant has ever
attended the state institute at Man
haitian and bring them to the court
house by o'clock the preceding day.