The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-10
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F. G. Drenning will speak at the
Central Y. M c. A tomorrow night.
DR.. d. NJ. Fisk will give an address
in GemmilI hall a week from tomor-
row.
The state oratoricaI contest will
take place this evening at the high
school.
issued to DR.. c. B. Van Horn, who now
carries No. 611 on his new Overland
car.
The Northumberland Y NJ. c. A.
basketball game which was scheduled
for tomorrow evening has been post
poned until next Tuesday night.
E. c. Brownell, George S. Stoddard
and others are in Kansas City attend
ing a meeting of these interested in
the "Men and Religion Movement
Work of excavating for the new
Leeper business and fiat building at
the corner of Sixth avenue and Bu-
chanan streets is progressing with
rapidity.
There has been no quarterly finan-
cial statement published by the board
of education since last July, although
the law requires the publication of
such a statement.
Now that Uncle Sam has declared
that he will put a stop to the Mexican
trouble, the soldiers who have been
coming through Topeka will have
different look on their faces.
M. Hawkins, the city food inspec-
tor, has made a good showing in city
collections for the month of February.
He shows in his report to the city
commissioners that $171.S8 was col
lected for food inspection purposes.
The people who petftioned for as
phaltic concrete pavement in front of
their homes in this city are now petit
tioning the city commissioners that the
Topeka paving firm be given the con-
tract for the work. Their bid was
next to the lowest bid coming to the
board.
People living in the vicinity have
petitioned the city commissioners for
concrete bridges over the Shunga-
nunga at Euclid avenue and Monroe
street; also at Lawrence and Fifth
streets. Topeka is getting tired of
''tin' bridges. Concrete structures will
be hereafter the popular bridge.
Justice Silas Porter, in response to
an invitation. will deliver an address
on March 18th before the Warren
County Bar association at Monmouth,
Ill. Judge Porter was admitted to
practice by this association and fol-
lowed his calling in Monmouth for five
years. His father was a Judge in the
same district.
Maurice Greenb1att, travelling repre-
sentative for the Scotch woolen mills
stores, is in Topeka loking after in
tersts of the company here. Mr..
Greenblatt was formerly local mana
ger for this company in Topeka, but
has not been here for several years.
He says he is astonished at the prog
ress of the town.
The Stubbs veto to the voting ma
chine bill is especially discouraging to
Topeka on account of the location of
the factory of a good machine in this
oil ha mi
growth of this concern. The friends
of the bill have been unable to see
just why the governor vetoed the bill
and there is much criticism.
Captain Titus. the city election
commissioner, has 14,50O people on
his registration books and he Is han
kering to show that there are at least
1900 people of voting age in the city,
thus showing population of more
than $4,000. 1t is up to the people to
register and make this showing. 1t
doesn't cost anything and will be of
value to the city.
Considerable interest is displayed in
local railroad circles over the pro-
posed acceptance of ]. w. Kendrick as
president of the Missouri Pacific. Mr..
Kendrick has been vice president of
the Santa Fe at the head of the oper-
ating department for some time and a
few weeks ago it was rumored that
he had resigned his position with this
road. He is now on a leave of alb
sence and is travelling abroad.
BILLY Williams the drummer
evangelist of San Jose, Cal, is having
his theater meeting address Sunday
afternon at the Novelty announced by
the distribution of hand bills depicting
a large tiger, the body of which is
divided into eight sections labeled as
follows in the order that they come:
Ale and Cider, Wine and Beer Bill
uards, Racing, Dance House, Fighting,
Police, Jail. Evidently the speaker is
sensational in his methods.
A Highland Park grocer is not as
enthusiastic over hunting as he once
was. He hired man to take charge
of his store the other day. Then he