The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-16

police court. Following the issuance
| of state warrants Monday afternoon
| they again absented themselves from
the city.
The Topeka Commercial club in
| tends to begin a membership cam
| paign as soon as the new quarters are
| finished. 1t might be a good idea to
| get flying start on the campaign by
| beginning now.
The supply of tinsel shamrocks,
green neckties and other indications
| of the proximity of st. Patrick's day
seems to be sufficiently large to
| accommodate all who desire to cele-
| brate the day.
DOC Newman, late county clerk
and politician, passed through the city
last night with a carload of hogs,
| bound for the Kansas City market. but
| he didn't stop long enough to make
forecast politically for 1910.
All the cases placed on the June
I docket of the supreme court have
| been advanced one week so that more
time may be had for the consid deration
of the cases. The hearings will COM
mence Tuesday, June 1st.
Father F. NJ. Hayden of the Church
of the Assumption has received a
sample of genuine shamrock, directly
from the Emerald Island, a remem-
brance from his friend, John E. Red
mond, member of parliament.
Lovers Lane" has been officially
changed from Central Park and the
Washburn campus to the North To-
peka dikes. This notice was served
by the thirty-second degree president
of the Handholders union this morn
ing.
One of the best newspapers in the
United States has the dingiest shack of
building and the structure is a dis
grace to the block in the city where II
is located-all of which goes to show
that it is the newspaper and not the
building.
An effort has been made to boost"
Mayor Green for his kindness in trying
to show the Democrats how to get their
names on the city ticket, but virtue is
it's own reward, d,''-particularly so when
there are plenty of kind friends to re-
verse an embarrassing decision.
The gamblers who were caught keep
ing a den in the National hotel are now
facing a penitentiary charge From
the National hotel to the penitentiary
is quite a jump-but there are a num-
Der of gaps between the two that could
be cleared with very little effort
Some of the residents of Euclid park
want to be brought into Topeka and
some of them do not. Those who do,
want sidewalks, water, sewer, paving
and gas. Those who don't, are satisfied
with life as it is without all of these
frills. 1t will be up to the county COM
missioners to decide
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation of Topeka is all wrought up
over the story going the ROUNDS dDOuS
six of their members who lined up and
marching to a Biederwolf sign in the
southwest part of the city they all spat
upon it. The general official opinion of
the association is that the girls were
justified.
a Topeka fruit expert announces that
the peach crop is killed beyond repair,
but that the apricots are still safe,-I
which, considering the fact that there
are about three dozen apricot trees in
the county, and that apricots are
mighty poor excuse for fruit anyway.
is not much consolation.
The automobile owners of the city
have protested against the many fines
imposed by Police Judge S. S. Urmy,
saying that they are too strong in
quantity as we'll as quality. 1t isn't
any fun to own an automobile after all
unless it is possible to endanger human
lives All pedestrians who are not
killed outright by the "scorching'' are
scared to death.
The Atchison Globe, one of the most
conservative papers in the country so
far as the practice of boosting shows
is concerned, was moved out of itself
the other day by the exhibition given
in that town by the AL G. Field
minstrels and gave that aggregation
of talent a great boost as follows:
1.-The Al G. Field minStrelS was the
largest and best minstrel show ever
seen in Atchison. There were twelve
men in the orchestra and voeally the
company was very strong. The
scenery was as elaborate as seen with |
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