The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-20


ders, Sam Zimmerman. Frank Stevens,
Evan Davis, w. G. Tandy, Matthew
Carl, Judge Mason, Roy l.. Bone, Leo
Lane, I. c. Kirkpatrick, and T. c. Kirk
patrick, Jr.
The appointment of DR.. c. M. Hens
ley county physician shifts a load from
the county commissioners minds as
an average of twenty recommends
tions for the dozen candidates poured
into the office or to private desks every
day.
The Salvation army is getting I'D an
entertainment for the poor children
of the city to be given New Years eve.
There Will be Christmas tree and
each child will be given present,
number of the merchants having do
mated toys.
DR.. Vanderpool. city sanitary head,
has been appointed by the city commits
s1onerS to take all applications for
garbage cans for the citizens of the
city. II anyone wishes a garbage can
for his residence he makes his appli-
cation through DR.. Vanderpool at the
city hall.
People are just buying all kinds of
fool things said Topeka merchant
today in speaking of the preparation
will never do themselves or anyone else
good. They are mighty slow right now,
by the way. in paying their debts-it's
hard to collect
The city hall and the people of the
city who are interested in the park
swans are up in arms because NJ. G.
Holman, park commissioner, has sold
the swans to ]. w. Going. Not that
they don't want Mr.. Going to have them
but they want them to remain in the
possession of the city.
The new telephone system being in
stalled in the general offices of the
Santa Fe will require an increased num-
Der of central girls and the road has
positions for them to be filed. The
Santa F'e general Office telephone ex-
change is as large as hundreds of those
| in the smaller towns in Kansas.
| The annual winter time card meeting
of the Santa F'e is being held in the
| office of c. w. Kouns, general manager
| of the road in Topeka Superintend-
| ents from all of the divisions on the
| No radical changes are contemplated
and the announcements will not be
made for a few days.
DIR. George Babb, city milk inspec-
tor, has arranged for the annual meet
| ing of the Kansas State Veterinary as
sociation to be held in Topeka January
| Ill., The meetings of this association
will be held in the city commission
chamber. Many manufacturing firms
will handle exhibits in the lobby of the
city hall during the meeting.
The furniture men in Topeka ar,
| complaining that Tie CnIlSLI1aS LTdQ
is not coming their way, and are al
leging that the people are buying
, things of a less substantial nature
such as candy which will create only
momentary sense of satisfaction. "W
: have sold but one Morris chair so ia
this season. remarked one of tn
dealers.
Now for a snow STORM There ar
scores of sleds hidden in dark corner
{ which parents will give to their chill
= dren on Christmas day. There ar
many people wo do not conside
Christmas ideal unless there is a coat
: ing of fresh snow on the ground, an
$ they especially are hoping that tn
e youngsters will have chance to us
: their sleds.
a Harry o. Fill. the representative c
the Central Y. NJ. C. A. in San Pault
: Brazil. has written as follows of tn
2 work of the past year: Il find man
2 things that should encourage US
t our work in San Paulo. The visit c
E the Hon. William Jennings Bryan i
] March won us many new friends Hi
: only public address was given unde