The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-07

For the best there is in the telephone
service get the Independent.
Do not use your neighbours telephone.
The Independent has one for you.
The county commissioners are PLAN
ming to purchase a steam roller at a
cost of $4,000.
| The Topeka Local union will hold
social event in the First Baptist church
| Friday evening.
A game of basketball will be played
| by the Central and Railroad Y. M. c.
| A. teams of the city league this even
| ing in the Central association gym
nasium.
Harry J. Bone, United States district
attorney, left Tuesday for Denver,
where he will spend several days on
| business matters connected with the
| district attorneys office
Charles S. Briggs, assistant United
States district attorney, left Tuesday
afternoon for his home in Usage coun-
| ty, where he will spend several days
| looking after business affairs.
1t is a good sign that it is cold
weather when you wake up in the
morning and watch the wagon drivers
walking along on the pavements beside
their teams That is a sign of spin
ming gas meters, cold feet and frozen
ears.
w H Mackey, United States mar
shall came to Topeka. this morning
| from Ieavenworth, where he has been
spending several days. He will prob
ably remain here until Deputy Marshal
Frank F1enniken returns from his
eastern trip.
| Gas shortages that come in the ev-
ening are money savers to the people
| of Topeka. A thousand families In this
! city crawled into bed at 9 o'clock last
| highland they slept with the feeling
| that the gas meter in the basement was
| as silent as a graveyard.
| In order to fight the cold weather pro-
position in the construction Of the con-
| crete piers at the extension OF the
Melan bridge the contractors have
ter with their cement-it works in good
shape this kind of weather.
The only line of conversation that
| kept two people talking from one end
| of the car line to the transfer station
/ this morning was the gas situation"
investigation Of all that was said 1t is
assumed that there was gas short
age last night.
This question of hunting for the man
who declares he is wearing long whisk-
ers to protect his throat from the cold
weather is getting bothersme when
it is known that there is no truth IN
it, The average man who wears long
whiskers does it to protect his nom
handsomeness-
NJ c. Holman, city commissioner,
states that the herd of Topeka buffalo
will be placed in Garfield park for the
winter-but when a place Is fixed In
Gage park for the animals they will be
sent to this place. BY next spring To-
peka should be able to obtain quite a
zoo, collection.
/ The winter weather doesn't seem to
make any difference with residence
building in Topeka. In Elmhurst, for
| instance, there are four houses being
built at this time-and the carpenters
| brushed aside the snow and kept work
| ing. This is the kind of prosperity that
makes faces at unfavora'ble weather
Commissioner Tandy says that it
will cost the city of Topeka $40, 900 to
rebuild all the weak bridges in town.
| If the bridges are built of concrete in
stead of tin and il the city engineer
/ has time to look over the specifications
before the contractors start to build Il
according to their own ideas, the tax
payers will not kick.
/ Following tie story in Monda VS.
State Journal regarding the East side
| woman whose husband is in Topeka
hospital and who is compelled to pro-
vide fol herself and five children, the
Provident association has received sew
eral checks for the woman's benefit.
/ Tuesday one woman sent SO and this
/ morning two more checks were re-
Aceived. About twenty calls were re-