The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-06

the council grant special dispense
ton to his sevente en-year-old son CIV
ing him the privilege of driving the
Lux car. It seems that there is no
one at home TO handle the machine
while Mr.. LUX himself is at work and
he does not feel as though he should
hire a chauffeur. City Attorney Rails
ton is Ct the opinion that the council
could grant the diSpenSation II they
so desired but he had his doubts
about it being legal. Several attorneys
have been consulted on the question
but a decision is up in the air" so
to speak. The council will threSh II
out tonight with the rest of the ma
teriaI which is due to go through the
usual machine and receive Its due re-
ward.
The board Of automobile examin-
ers has taken on new feature TO
their tent show and they will cause
another CONSERVATION among the
drivers of the city. Saturday night
Mr.. Kemper of the board witnessed an
air splitting whiZzing sight which
represented an automobile going down
near Central park and with a search
light and a quick blink of the eyes he
was able to detect the number of a
machine which belonged to w. 5.
McClintOck. 1t seems that whenever
a chauffeur of speed note gets by
himself in his masters ear he loves
10 crowd the engine The chauffeur
has been bound over to the board and
he will appear before them for an IL
Illustrated lecture minus the pretty
pictures today.
This scene has given the board an
idea and they will make the following
rule-if a driver is caught speeding
the first time he will be given lee
ture. The second time his license viii
be suspended for a month. The third
time and his license will be taken
away from him permanently. This
added on to the regular police rec
ords will cause a new star in the au-
tomobile consultations OF troubles
It is safe to say that Quincy street
in front of the city hall entrance viii
be a regular automobile show tonight
when the city papas sit in regular
monthly session.
To the general reader glaneing
through the stuff written from gems
cleaned at the city hall il would ap-
pear that everything is sorrow ana
woe and nothing but cruelty IS inquired
in the government of municipal al
fairs. This is true to some extent
and the Sea of Trouble is stormy to-
day.
The automobile trouble promises to
be tame compared with the stick OF
dynamite that C. B. Hamilton, city
Inspector of weights and measures, is
now preparing to place under the
dealers in milk who insist on del1y-
ering their milk without the labels
city ordinance says that a man must
place a label on his bottle stating
whether it is a half pint, pint or
quart. This is not being done and the
inspector has lost his temper and pa
thence. It seems that the dealers
even allow themselves to deliver milk
to the city milk inspector himself
without pasttng the required labels
on the bottle.
When Mr. Hamilton first noticed
this apparent oversight on the part
of the dealers he took up the trouble
with the city attorney who is also
charitably inclined and he advised
that the milk men be allowed short
space of time in which to accustom
themselves to the new laws This time
has heightened out until il is too late
for any more postponements and the
city inspector of weights and meas
ures will issue a number Of complaints
at once.
with the city milk inspector. the
state food inspector, the license col
Iector and the city inspector OF
weights and measures all after them
at once the lives OF the milk dealers
around Topeka will be one long con-
tinuous round of lodging and side
stepping sprinkled here and there
with an occasional visit to the police
station and a set of fines and lawyers
fees-and still some people dare say
that a man can't make money han
ding milk,