The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
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| loosa; E. T. Metcalf, Colony. Post
master Gibbs succeeds Frank H. Rob-
erts, who resigned. The Colony office
became presidential on the first Of
| the year.
| Harry Bailey. postmaster at Larkin.
Jackson county. Kan. was recently
removed for cause. John w. Bowser
has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Other fourth-class postmaster ap-
pointments in the Sunfiower state are
| as follows: Mrs. Mary. Kelley at Ball,
| Cove county, to succeed David A. Ball,
resigned; Joseph W.-Vaughn at Can
yon, Ffnney county; vice j. F. White
man, resigned; William A. Richardson
at Aetna, Barber county, vice Sarah
Richardson declined reappointment;
Lyman E. Williams at Glenloch, An
derson county. vice Frank ]. Melvin,
resigned; Charles C. Case at Burdett;
John 7. FISHERMAN at Wilmore.
The following new rural mail routes
will be established in Kansas on June
Route No. out of Alma. wabaun-
see county; length, 81 miles; will
serve 30 families.
Route No. 3 out of Clayton. Norton
county; length, 25 miles; will serve
SO families.
Route No. 1 out of Damar. Rocks
| county; length, % miles; will serve 80
families.
Rural letter carriers appointed for
service in Kansas: Thomas B. Para
more at Liberal; Aubrey F. Hoffman
and Minnie E. Hoffman at Longford;
Robert l.. Cross and William ]. Deh-
Ter at Sylvan Grove: Lawrence I.
Goodland; Eli NJ. Ward and Clarence
| E. Ward at Hartford; August G. Flick
en- and Gilbert NJ. Ficken at Bison;
Luther Saufn and George NJ. Winters
at Lenora; William M Parham and
Roy Parham at Logan; Palmer W.
| Coe and Dave Beck at Seward.
Chanute and Winfield have each
been allowed an additiondal city letter
carrier.
Bill introduced by Congressman D.
r. Anthony: For the relief of Charles
A. Bess; for the relief of De Mott
Bishop; for the relief OF James w
Morgan; bill to increase the pension of
George F. Heustis.
report issued on April 1 by the
fourth, assistant postmaster general,
shows that rural delivery service is now
in operation on 40.027 routes, 800 routes
having been established on April 1. This
is significant. in view of the statement
in the annual report of the department
dated November 20, 1902 that the ter
ritory available for rural delivery en-
braces about one million square miles,
and that reasonable estimate places
the entire force of carriers at 10000
when the extension of service will have
been completed. 1t is estimated that
the area now covered by rural delivery
| service is about one million square
miles, but as evidenced from the appli-
| cations pending, there still remains I'M
served territory. The territory avail
able for rural delivery was greatly in
creased by the admission of the state
of Oklahoma into the Union and by the
extensive settlement of western Texas.
Five hundred routes will be establish
| ed May l. and 100 routes June l. which
Will leave 1886 applications Enacted on,
Miss Dolly Curtis. sister of the Kan
sas senator, has returned from a visit
to Topeka, and is accompanied by Miss
Permelia Curtis daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis. Miss Permelia will visit
Annapolis, and will be the guest of
Captain and Mrs. Dodge for several
weeks She will remain in Washington
until June, when she will go to Welles-
ley college to attend the commencement
exercises. Miss Curtis is a graduate
of Wellesley, 1908.
Victor Murdoch, of Kansas. one of
the leaders OF the house Republican in
surgents, used to be a newspaper re-
porter'in Chicago when he was about
twenty years of age and even more en-
| thusiastic than he is now. He has a
1und OIL "reminiscences of those dayS
that would fill volume.
One of them relates to a time when a
reporter for the Inter-Ocean he was
sent to do a caucus" held by Republi-
can city politicians for the purpose of
| fixing up a slate for the forthcoming
elections. When Vic got on the
| scene he found the politicians closeted
together and newspaper men barred,
| with the exception of Jim" Sullivan.
| then the veteran political man of the
| Chicago Tribune. After expostulating
| in vain that he wasn't being treated
| fair. Vic picked up convenient piece
of scantling and battered the door in
That broke up the caucus and saved
| the 1nter-Ocean from getting badly
| scooped.
Arthur p Davis of Junction City,
| Kan, chief engineer of the reclamation
| service and a member of the advisory
| board that accompanied President Taft
| to Panama, made an address on the
| isthmian canal before the Washington
Engineers society at George Washing
| ton university last night. Mr. Davis is
| an advocate Of the lock-level canal. and
by various maps and stereopticon slides
illustrated the feasibility and wisdom
| of constructing a waterway Of this
! style.
Special stress was laid upon the cree
| ton of the Gatum dam, and in the
opinion of Mr.. Davis this project will
prove satisfactory and beneficial. He
stated the first yard of concrete had
been laid in the canal construction or
March II.
Ii is the hardest work in the world
for the Tame duck to detach himself
from Washington. Pulling teeth isn't
in it. 1t is now five weeks since March
and yet the statesmen of the lame
duck order are still numerous abou,
@0I
I of the house and senate and can be
seen frequently about the office build.
ings.
Senator Teller of Colorado is OTTER
seen about the senate office building
Yin" Watson of Indiana has averaged
about one trip day to the White House
since March T. and has let his friends
know confidentially that he has turned