The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29

meals. There will be a big display of
farm products, followed by the award
Ing of premiums.
William Gregg. a Union Pacific en-
ploye charged with forging a check for
SIS on Frank Goodno. waived his pre-
Urinary hearing in the court of To-
peka this morning and was bound over
for trial in the district court.
A great deal of time and expense is
being saved the county by the fixing
of the city cases taken up there. Not
one of the score of cases has yet been
tried. The defendants have all pleaded
guilty, taking minimum sentences.
The municipal legislation committee
of the Commercial club will hold its
next meeting on Friday noon. Plans
by that time will be we'll underway for
the campaign in the interests of COM
mission form of municipal rule.
Milk will soon be raised to 87z cents
a quart. After a few more bone head
laws are passed it will easily reach the
ten cent stage The new motto iS-tf
we can't raise the city taxes proper we
will raise some more ordinances.
1t is about time that the old, old
story about The state house burning
down be transferred to the federal
building. This moss eaten tale Is re-
vived at least once every year-the
practice commenced back in the early
SOS.
The membership committee of the
Commercial club will meet for dinner
at o'clock on Thursday evening in
order to arouse enthusiasm and dis
cuss plans for a membership campaign.
The attendance will be augmented by
40 hustlers of the club.
Hunting licenses are now being sold
downtown-and there are three times as
many sales here at the court house.
The gun dealers have aroused the hunt
ing spirit in Topeka by filling their dis
play windows with all the appealing
hunting eQuipment.
Washburn college has decided against
the bank guaranty law. In debate
out at the college the other night 1t
was decided that the new law was a
farce and an imposition upon the great
commonwealth Of Kansas. Washburn
does not seem to be the only ones.
There is a city ordinance which says
that all street car conductors shall call
out the names OF the streets. None OF
them do it in the daytime and very
few at night. 1t is a misery to ride on
a car and strain your neck every block
for a familiar landmark with which
to judge YOUR street.
Contractor GiI1llan is rushing his
paving work in the western part of the
city The Kaw Paving company will
be through with their work in short
time. And the people over the city who
have been enjoying brick pile scenery
for the last few months feel relieved.
Word has been received in Topeka
of the death of Mrs. George H. Law
renee at st. Anthony's hospital in Den
yer. Mrs. Lawrence was the wife of
George Lawrence. who will be remem-
bered Us the manager of the Copeland
hotel at the time it was burned last
January.
At this psychological moment when
the street car company and the city
council are touchy about each other,
a sensitive accident occurred last even
ing. A street car struck Councilman
Tandy's buggy on West Tenth and al
most ruined the buggy. Now who can
the street railway depend upon for
support?
To save time on schedules and posi-
BILE accidents the city council would
have the street cars stop on the near
side of the street. The people of To-
peka would welcome such an ordin-
ance. There are hundreds of strangers
every day passed up by the motormen
on the streets because they stand on
the near side waiting for the cars.
Although the Western League season
ended only yesterday, most of the To-
peka players are already out of town. |
Kabl, Landreth, Reilly, Ashley, Kunke1, |
Thomson and Geier left last night, |
Kerns and Wooley will leave today. |
Boles and Wright had left before the
season closed, while Kaufman, Abbott, |
Henry and Cooley will stay in Topeka.
The Topeka Wooden mills put in it's
display of goods at the Commercial
club today. 1t is expected that from |
1ow on there will be a different dis
play each week These exhibits will |
serve as an eyeopener to the public, as
he people hardly realize the magni- |
ude of the local output of products.
The public is invited to inspect the dis
plays.