The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-11

of business.
The Nudge dinner this evening is
the big event of the month for the
Commercial club.
Miss Hazel Barnwen will give an
evening of readings at the First Chris
tian church Friday.
A meeting of the brotherhood of
the First United Presbyterian church
will be held this evening.
The Topeka contingent at Michigan
University at Ann Arbor are home for
the spring vacation of ten days.
The High Flyers" is the name of
one of the membership campaign
teams of the Y. NJ. c. A, and that's
| 'going some."
An attempt will be made in the flu
ture to procure for Topeka a meet
ing of the general officials of the
Union Pacific.
A number of Rock Island officials
from over the country are in the city
today for the Nudge dinner. Kansas
division heads are here.
Permits have been issued at rapid
rate the last few DAYS for the erection
of inexpensive dwellings. Eight in one
day is not q, bad record.
This is Holy week when taiIors,
milliners, and clothing dealers in gem
eral are driven to desperation, acute
exhaustion and brain fag.
w. A. PETER, former United States
senator, was on the streets today. He
has changed very little in appearance,
despite his advanced years.
The railroads already are working
hard on a special train proposition to
the opening game of the Western
league at Wichita, April 81.
The new general office skyscraper of
the Santa Fe will be ready for occu-
pancy about May 1. All but the tenth
floor will be occupied at first.
City Clerk Burge said some time ago
that Topeka would have 700 motor
cars before the end of summer. Up
to date 631 have been registered.
Every other person you meet today
claims that the lightning struck IN
their vicinity last night. That thunder
storm was the first real sign of spring.
DR.. w. S. Norton of Muscatine, Ia.
is here for a visit with his brother,
Sheriff J. D. Norton. Dr. Norton is
ter.
The shower last night was the first
reminder that April is here. The
weather for the past ten days has for
the most part been of the usual March
brand.
1t was a happy citizen who got up
this morning and saw his radishes
peeping above the ground. Last
nights rain was a boon to the city
gardeners.
W1ll1am core, city dOR caIcner, says
there are $500 dogs in Topeka. Last
month $3.50 was collected in Ii
censes. only 1900 dogs have been
registered.
The recent issue of the High School
World was the most attractive num-
Der which has been published in some
time. It contains a cut of last sea
sons basketball team.
The last city election cost nearly
$4,000. 1t was one of the most ex-
pensive elections in. the history of the
city. A "bulI'' in the last election
ballot was one of the causes.
The city hall is still crowded with
Office seekers who lie in wait for com
nissfoners who have. vacant places in
their power. AS many as rs men
were there at one time today.
Wallace C. Payne of the Christian
church Bible chair, at the State Uni
versity will speak this evening at the
First Christian church on ''The His
tory of the Worlds Religion
The closing for the season of the
Y. w. c. A. Bible class under Mrs.
w. H. Holmes will be held this even
ing at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. The
members of the class will enjoy ban
quet.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Y. w. c. A.
will be held Thursday. The members
will take dinner at the association
quarters dI noon, anu afterwards VIII
conduct business.
The Jobbers and Manufacturers as
sociation will hold a meeting Thurs
day noon at the Commercial club to
discuss plans for the merchants
week. entertainment next June. This
event is growing larger each year.
The quarterly meeting of the Ep-
worth League union will be held this
evening at the Euclid Avenue NJ. E.
church. ]. S. Magaw, of .Pittsburg,
Pa, national field secretary of the
National Reform association will be
the speaker.
A team of the brotherhood organiza-
ton of the First Congregational
church will give a concert at the
church Friday evening, in connection
with which a novel uniformed band
will be seen in Topeka for the first
time.
Have you guessed on the attend
ance at the opening of the Western
League season in Topeka? If not bet
ter do so at once All you will need
do is to fill in the coupon printed on
the second page of this issue Some
one will get a season ticket which is
worth more than $40.
The members of the Modern Wood
men of the World will celebrate their
fifteenth anniversary Thursday night
at the Knights of Pythias hall ]. c..
Root, the founder of the order of
Modern Woodmen will be the main
speaker. Other speakers of promi-
nence will be present and Miss Hazel
Kaiser will sing.
J. A. Kesterman and wife of Super
ior, Neb., Mrs. G. w, Stubs and H.
Lester of Kansas City. are members of
an automobile party who are spending
the day in Topeka. They will go from
here to Manhattan and Salina and la
ter return to Superior. The party ex-
meets tn SOend about three weeks IN
the trip.
Dave Leahy is still guessing as to
the number of trees in Kansas. He
started out by guessing that there
were q billion and now he guesses
there are ten billion trees in the state.
He counted a bunch of trees along a
creek the other day and he says there
were a thousand in a space about as