The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-13
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| some things but you will find an In
dependent telephone necessity.
The Red Cross booth in the federal
| building is attracting unusual atten-
ton today and the sales are heavy.
| For the benefit of the clerks in the
stores supper will be served every
evening next week at the Y. W. C. A
| The recent cold weather has put a
| stop to all concrete work in connection
with the buildings being erected in To-
peka.
| The management of the Kansas Mid
winter exposition expects to give the
coming show newspaper publicity over
| the state.
| The trophy won by the K. n. G. rifle
men at Camp Perry has arrived and Is
on exhibition in the office of the adj
| jutant general
Tomorrow evening DR.. William Dun
can Macmillan of the University cf
| Chicago gives his last illustrated lee
| ture on astronomy.
| The entertainment committee of the
Central Y. M. C. A. has arranged for
a dozen social evenings which will
commence Saturday.
J. B. Reed, member of the Spring
| dale, Wash, Y. M. c. A. board of di-
| rectors, was looking over the local as
ISOLATION building today.
U. S. Griffin, of Nortonville, ex-state
senator from Douglas county, is in To-
peka today, looking after business mat
ters and visiting with friends.
Miss Irene Welchens is the coach for
The Toastmaster, the college play the
seniors of the high school are present.
ing Thursday evening at the Grand.
whats the matter with the Ad
club?" asked a business man today.
''There doesn't seem to be the interest
taken in it that there was a year ago.
Commencing Friday morning the an
"a H., -,
of Washburn college is due. This va
cation lasts two weeks and College Hill
is deserted.
Christ and the Miracles Of the Old
Testament" is the subject which will be
discussed this evening at the First
Baptist church by DIR. W. Irving Car
roll, of TeXarkana, Tex.
The girls of the Second United Pres
byterian church will have charge of
the 4:30 o'clock vesper services at the
Y. w. C. A. Sunday afternoon. The
Rev D. Everett Smith will give a talk.
7. W. Simon, an attorney of Norton,
Kan, is in Topeka today, visiting with
J. S. West, assistant United States dis
trict attorney. Mr. Simon had just re-
turned from Salina, where he has been
looking after legal interests
Roy T.. Bone, city commissioner. says
that the fence at Garfield park is not
strong enough to hold the buffalo. "A
STOCK ydrQ fence OF the pest Quality OF
wood,'' is his advice. 1t might be pos
sible that the wild buffalo will turn
out to be white elephants
The nominating committee of the 7.
w. C. A. composed of Mrs. W. A. john
ston, Mrs. Percy Walker. and Miss
Anna Heartburg is preparing its rec
concentrations for the annual associa-
tion meeting which will be held the
third Wednesday in January.
Frank Flenniken, deputy United
States marshal, is preparing the quar-
terly Office report. which will be mailed
to Washington about. January l. The
marshal's office has handled a heavy
business this quarter, although the ex-
penses have been lower than usual.
On the evening of December %
pool, billiard, chess, and checker tourna-
ment will be held at the Central Y M.
c. A. An exhibition game of checkers
will be played on the floor of the gym
nasium and the men will be eithar
small boys and girls in costume or pie
plates.
! Postmaster A X Rodgers today re-
ceived word from the department in
Washington stating that in November
| the government maintained Its rural
| routes at cost for the month of $780,
| 53378. This said Mr.. Rodgers, lis a
| fair average of the cost of maintenance
| throughout the year."
| Plans are well underway for the pro-
duction of DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldons "In
His Steps, at the Central Congrega-
| tional church. One hundred persons
will take part, but DIR. Sheldon warns
! the people that it will not be in the
| nature of a theatrical performance OR
designed to please critics.
| Thursday morning will be a. big day
at the commission chamber in the city
| nall At this time a decision as to
what park to locate the herd of buffalo
will be made by the city commissioners
From the expressions given at this
| time it looks as though Commissioners
| Billiard and Holman will vote for Gar
field park and Commissioners Tandy,
Bone and Miller for Gage park.
The regular Salvation Army is plan
| of the city at their headquarters on
| New Years eve. They will have a
large Christmas tree and there will be
present for every child. A number
of the merchants have offered to do
| nate toys to present to the children on
that occasion. Aside from this the
army is planning to distribute 200 bas-
kets of food at Christmas time.
| Three suits were filed in the United
| States district court late Monday after
noon against the Rock Island railway,
alleging violations of the IS hours ship
ping law. All of the three complaints
come from Colorado and involve the
shipment of IL cars of sheep. which the
petitions state We're A hours on the
road to Kansas City without being UNI
loaded. The cases were filed by Harry
j. Bone, United States district attor-
ney.
| The Baptists expect to continue their
Chapel car method of evangelizafion
| in Kansas this winter. TT is not a
| new idea said,'' said Robert Stone, "but
has been carried on successfully many
times before in Kansas and other
| states. The cars carry a minister and
| his wife and are provided with a hun
| bred seats. They are generally side
| tracked in some railroad or mining
town, where religious services are con-
ducted.''
H. B. Fleming, of the pension de-
partment, insists that the next legisla-
/ ture should pass a law making it a