The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-18

towards building FUND The U. c. T.
organization hopes to have home in
the not distant future.
This evening the annual banquet and
business meeting of the Y. w. G. A.
will be held The election of officers
will occur tomorrow noon when the new
board which will be chosen tonight will
meet for the first time.
The people living along the WASH
burn car line are complaining because
the city railway company has been
giving them nothing but small cars
lately. However. the Douthitt line has
relieved congestion somewhat.
C. c. Booher, the Topeka man who
ran for city commissioner last year in
order to advertise his business. says
that he is going to run again this
supposed. Last spring Mr.. Booher got
about 200 votes.
The park commissioner at Gage park
says that the buffalo are enjoying
themselves and haven't lost their tenn
per since placed on Kansas soil. They
get fat shortly. Hundreds of spec
tators go out there every day to see
them.
According to the furnace men in the
city. Topeka is growing every day. One
dealer said today that he kept five men
busy installing furnaces in new houses
and he had a number of orders
ahead. Winter weather doesn't seem
to have any effect on the building &C
, tivities.
Miss Gall, living at 1856 Taylor street,
has given her pet coyote to the city
zoo. Commissioner Holman says that
it should be placed with the deer.
would look better with the buffalo.
Let's settle it-without another city
hall war.
Work has begun on the interior re-
modelling of the Rock Island offices to
accommodate the new general officers
and their clerks who will occupy the
building after the first of February. A.
E. Sweet, general manager elect, is in
the city directing the plans for the
big change.
Bill Cortright, the Rock Island sta
ton master. owns a pet dog named
''Toots." Bin says that Toots spends
all of his time smelling around the
| depot-and if he finds a man who
| hasn't ticket in his pocket he barks
and snarls. It is said that Toots doesn' t
| recognize man with a pass.
Charles Ryder. son of DR. and Mrs.
L. A. Ryder, has returned from st.
Louis, where he took the examination
| along with about a hundred others
from all parts of the United States.
for entrance into West Point. It will
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boys know whether or not they passed.
Chief wilmarth of the fire depart
ment is confined to his home by a Sc
we're attack of pneumonia. The chief
was exposed suddenly to the cold of
the last week and he caught a hard
cold, which was followed up with
pneumonia. Considerable anxiety is
expressed over the condition of the
veteran fire fighter.
An extra edition of Current Topics
has been published entirely in the in
terests of equal suffrage in Kansas.
| The prominent feature of the first page
is a cut of Mrs. W. r. Stubs who
says. ct believe that Kansas ought to
! be the sixth state to enfranchise the
| women"
Women. children, boys and girls
spend the day and evenings coasting
down the Van Buren, street hill between
| Twenty-second street and the bridge.
| When person on top of the hill
wishes to catch a car near the bottom.
| the bob sleds are placed in use-and
away they 60 No one has been hurt
but there have been a number of close
| escapes.
The additional appointments at the
ROCK Island general Offices have not
been announced. The next important
lchange of local interest will be the APP
pointment of the chief clerk to Gen
eral Superintendent S-nalley. Moth
ing ofclaI is stamped on the rumor
but it is expected that Elmo Whit
more, transportation clerk, will be
given this place.
The John j. Grier company has
completed its news stand in the Rock
Island station and Captain J. c. Smith
will take charge at once Captain
Smith will be remembered as the good
natured "old scout" who for many
years was station master here He i.
veteran railroader and in the early
days built large part of the Rocl
Island in this territory Captain
Smith knows more Kansas railroad
history than all other railroad men.
, The Baraca class of the First Chris.
tian church was defeated in debate BIZ
the Baraca class of the Second United
Presbyterian church before large
representation of young people at the
First Christian church. Government
ownership of railways was the subjecl
discussed. the affirmative being taker
by the representatives of the team d
the Christian church Organization
composed of F. r. Brewer, Floyd Will
: lette and j. H. Fairman The winning
three consisted of r. E. Wilson, T. w
Williamson and T. Myers. W. r. Whit
tenburg presided over the meeting.