The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
SaAsSsi0Ts

The polls will open for the city cleo
ton at 8 o'clock Monday morning.
Peach trees are in bloom and the in
dicaticns are that there will be a large
crop.
Il am not running for commits
sioner,'' said a candidate. Il am gal
loping-"
Each person may vote for four can
6idates for city commissioner and one
for MAJOR.
The first real ball game of the sea-
son was played today on the Topeka
League ground.
The Topeka stores were never more
beautiful in their Easter dress than
they are this year.
A meeting of the promotion COM
mittee of the Commercial club will be
held on Wednesday noon.
Do you remember last Easter sun
day? There was a frigid gale which
played havoc with all Easter finery-
All voters in whatever ward are en-
t-tled II vote for six candidates for the
school board-one from each ward.
o. W. Bronson has mounted a mag
ntfcent buffalo head which is on ex-
hibition in FullertOn's store window.
\ meeting of the immigration COM
mittee of the Commercial club has
been called for next Friday noon
Fish are biting-this is only a hint
to the small boy and is not supposed
TO be an excuse for playing hooky-
4 street force is at work making
repairs on the asphalt pavement on
Jackson street between Eighth and
Ninth streets.
There has been a delay in getting
out the Commercial club list. They
will probably be ready for distribu-
ton next week.
The high school fraternity question is
- IL I,x~
Every candidate for the school board
is opposed to fraternities.
A picture salesman came to Topeka
this week and sold $1,000 worth of
ter colors to wealthy Topeka people.
The prices paid ranged from S175 to
$3.50.
The United States senate fought for
a long time over whether there should
be A "masseur'' in a bath room or
not. The city council isn't so bad
after all.
Now Mt Etna is belching forth
flame and lava and destroying towns
and cities. Topeka will wake up some
morning with Burnett's Mound raising
thunder.
Out of the 25 days of the month of
March this year there has only been
one cloudy day. If April will hold
the same record the fruit will be ripe
by May
Work is practically completed in
connection with the eXcavating for
the GuiIford Dudley three story build
ing which is to be erected at S27 Kan
sas avenue.
The street railway company has
taken off q number of the P. a. Y. E.
cars temporarily. They claim that it
costs them 81 day more to run each
one of those cars than the old rockers.
The Shawnee Agency has completed
the work of grading on Quincy street
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. This firm intends to erect ten
new homes in this block during the
season.
The city railway has eight carloads
of new steel for their extensions. The
company must have prognosticated the
action of the city council in securing
the steel from Pittsburg in such a
hurry.
The polls for the primary election
Monday will be open from o'clock
Monday morning until O'Clock in the
evening. The polling places are an
nounced in the legal columns of the
State Journal.
In the home stretch of the race for
election at the primaries one candi-
date has distributed 10000 cards and
he has purchased 5000 more He
claims to have given out 1000 of them
one at a time to as many people.
r. F. Hodgins of Topeka enjoys the
distinction of having sold the heaviest
hog ever taken to the Kansas City
market. Albert Sage. who conducts
Mr.. Hodgins' Silver Lake farm. shipped
this particular hog. 1t weighed 500
pounds and brought $7S.-
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION of Topeka, held March z,
Il resolution was passed, authoriz-
ing Mr.. ]. NJ. Meade to solicit funds
for a memorial window. etc, in Gem
nell hall of the Y. NJ. c. A. building,
Topeka, to the late r. B. GemmelI the
founder of the Y. NJ. c. A in Topeka
Kansas City Times: Steve Raglan,
the little infielder who has played i'll
the Western association and many 9TH
err minor leagues, will be given a try
out with Mike" Kelly's st. Paul
American association club this year
Steve is attending school at the Uni
versity Medical college and will not be
able to join the Saints before a couple
Of weeks. Last year Ragan was a men,