The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-03

giueer and the councilmen who were
| appointed by the council never intend.
ed to go to Seattle to look at the
| 100000 garbage plant in that city
Nevertheless, 1t is true.
Clear water yesterday morning
muddy water last night and black wa
ter this morning. The physical Gull
turlStS who drink three gallons of wa
ter every morning will have to install
strainers in their throats.
L. L. Adams, chairman of the mem
bersh1p committee of the Commercial
club, is stirring up interest in a gen
eral campaign for increasing the mem
bership of the organization, to take
place about the middle of the month
Rabbi David L. Liknitz of Leaven-
worth will preach in the Unitarian
church of this city next Sunday morn
ing at IL O'Clock. Rev. J. H. Jones of
this city will preach in the synagogue
s O'Clock.
Attorneys for S. Harrison, a Kansas
City, Kan, druggist, whose case is be-
ing used to test the new liquor law, say
the state is delaying the case and that
as soon as the states attorneys are
ready Judge J. c. Pollock is ready to
hear the evidence.
Mrs. Laura Thorpe. police matron,
has been feeding sparrows all winter
long from the window of her office
which overlookS the Jail yard. The
sparrows have grown to know her so
well that, seeing her in front of other
windows, they try to fly through them
to get to her.
Postmaster Rodgers wants persons
who send large numbers of letters to
face them, properly stamp and tie
the letters into bundles before mailing.
This will permit the letters to be
handled with less trouble and thus add
to the rapidity with which the mail can
be sent out.
Monthly report of the Provident
association shows the past month a
busy one The number of persons cali
ing at the Office for aid was 769. En-
ployment was found for IL men and
1S women Seventy-two grocery or
ders, six loads of wood and 262 meals
were given out.
There is a move on foot among some
of the young men of the Y M C. A.
of the Central building for the man
for whom the hall was named, the
late r. B. Gemmen. Mr.. Gemmell is
given the credit for launching the asso-
citation in this city.
The Elks have elected the following
officers: Exalted ruler, w. r. Falk-
ner; esteemed leading knight, G. L.
Mitchell; esteemed loyal knight, r.
D. Montgomery; esteemed Iecturing
knight, L. l. Collins; secretary. J. E.
Morgan; treasurer. c. L. Bowman;
trustee, DR.. l. A. Ryder.
L. E. Myers, vice president of the
Topeka Street railway, will arrive in
Topeka this week to transact some bust
ness in connection with the street rail-
way. The streets and walks commit
tee of the city council meets Friday
night and it is thought that Mr.. Myers
will be there in the interests of the
street car franchise.
1t seems that some of the people
circulating petitions for the object of
putting men in the city commissioner
race are using hold-up methods An
elderly man Haunted such a petition
before a newspaper reporter yesterday
and in a commanding sort of a voice.
demanded that he sign it. The re-
porter in question had never heard of
the man it was proposed to shove into
city politics and politely refused the
demand. When a second refusal was
made necessary the solicitor. who was
rather an elderly man. walked away,
saying: 81 don't like you You're no
good 1 wouldn't have your signature.
anyway"