The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-23

The birth of son is reported to Mr..
and Mrs. Harry c. Priddy at Eimont.
Mr.. McRae will open mis- new dance
hall tonight. Class Monday night. E. 7th.
Kansas avenue. from Seventeenth to
the Shunganunga, has been opened for
traffic.
Senator Thomas P. Gore will speak
at the Auditorium November 2, on so
cial Study"
the benefits Of an Independent tele-
phone. Order it now.
Three automobiles have been register
ed by c. E. Hanck. T. A. Bowman and
E. w. Guild as Nos. 81. 372 and SfS
respectively.
The Lawrence team arrived in To-
peka this morning for the game this
afternoon, which will settle the high
school championship of the state.
The work on the asphaltic pave
ment on Mulvane street from Hun
| toon to Fifteenth street has been
| completed and today that portion of
| the thoroughfare was opened for traf-
/ fic.
! The city street repairing force during
spare times is working on the aSphaa
pavement between Eighth and Ninth on
Quincy street. 1t is a slow job, the
work having been commenced on Oe-
teber 4.
| According to information received
| in Topeka by the passenger depart
ment of the Santa. Fee the stopover
privileges which were put into effect
| last August will be discontinued jan
| uary LIST.
| On Tuesday evening at the Fiambeau
club hall, 232 Kansas avenue, the dixie
question which Is deeply interesting the
people who have interests along the
south side of the Kaw, will be freely
discussed.
| At the Sunday afternoon discussion
hour o'clock-at the Central Y. NJ
| c. A, John Dawson will give the
third of series of addresses on the
educational value of the Old Testament
| OF the Bible.
| A large crowd left Topeka this af-
| ternoon for St. Marys where the
Washburn team will meet the Catho-
| fics this afternoon. The crowd would
| have been much larger had the
weather been more favorable.
Twenty applicants today took the
rural carrier and census examinations
under the civil service commission,
which examinations are held locally
under Leroy T. Powell, secretary of
| the local board. Twelve took the ru-
raj carrier examinations and eight the
| census examinations.
/ The Union Pacific and Santa Fe
| have announced their intention of
| running special trains into Topeka for
| the benefit of the State Teachers as
| sociation which will meet in Topeka
/ in November, but will not grant the
/ reduced rates given Hutchinson,
| Wichita and Kansas City on fair and
| festive occasions recently.
| At the F1ambeau club nall, 232 Kan
sas avenue, on Monday evening there
will be a meeting to discuss both sides
iof the question as to whether or not
/, Topeka shall adopt the commission
form of city government. Those who
do not favor the plan will have q
lchance to give their views. The speak
ers will be D. C. Tiuotson, Rev. Mr.
Barrett Of the North side, and Pat
Coney.
| Council No. 1, knights and Ladies
of Security, will hold public installa-
ton of officers next Tuesday evening.
| All of the national officers will be in
session at this time and they will
| have charge of the installation. No.
and they have arranged for both OF
I the lodge rooms for this occasion. All
members and their friends are cor
daily invited.
Conspicuous because of their absence
tduring the winter months will be the
trumber OF bootleggers plying theil
lily to the efforts of the police who are
keeping a strict vigil to stamp out tbs
lpractice of the Illicit dispensing of IL
uuor, also partly to the fact that tn
crude imitation of real liquor sold by
| the bootleggers is of a character which
the cold Of the winter months will