The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-07
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People are covering their plants these
nights in anticipation of frost
"Oh. yesl We. have the Independent.
Phone US any time Ho,5 convenient.
George Badders. secretary of the
Commercial club, went out to the Au-
burn fair today.
Steam heat was turned on today in
a number of the Topeka business
houses and many persons were seen to
hug the radiators
Next year Commissioner Miller says
the great white way poles will be paint
ed white. This. he thinks, will improve
the looks of the white way.
The river is up above the sand bars
and it is running fresh for this time of
the year. The stream has been fed
gradualiy-very little driftwood is
floating on the water.
I'm not FOOL said Dr. Eva Hard
ing in explaining the statement that
she vaccinated a certain person in 1905
IN take arybody's money who will
insist on my vaccinating them
Farmers in the vicinity of Topeka
have been making practice of haul
ing their apples to the city commits
sion men. This means cold storage and
high prices next winter-as well as this
fall.
The new song books, entitled Eel
Iowship Hymns" which have been
published by the national Men and
Religion committee, will be used at the
rally in the Iris theater at $3.50 sun
day afternoon.
Natty watch fobs will be given to
delegates to the municipal convention
in Topeka next week. Commissioner
Bone has selected a design that will
remain as a permanent reminder OF the
visit to the capital city
Work on the new city detention hos
pital will begin Monday. The contract
has been signed and all is in shape for
a rushing of the construction of the
building. The city expects to trans
fer the patients the first of the year.
Work has begun on the Fillmore
street bridge. False work preliminary
to the strengthenin of the steel work
is under way and Monday a pile driver
will be used to start the building of an
approach to the south side Of the
bridge.
The bank clearings for the last week
in Topeka made an increase OF more
than 20 per cent over last year at this
same period. A 90 per cent gain when
business is considered so dull is sign
that Topeka is in the tide of pros
perity.
Before / make any more statemen
on the street car situation IN the
southwestern part of the city I am go
ing to go out there and spend half
dav investigating the service thorough
Nv" said w G. Tandy. city commits
sioner, this afternoon.
The last stretch of the great white
way is dark ON account OF De
Law in the shipment of the cable which
is needed to complete the Improvement
The lights are lighted nearly to FIRST
street and the effect from the ROCK
Island tracks is the same
a resident IN the southwest loop OF
the street car system telephones 10 Ins
state Journal that it would be good
scheme for the street railway to have
4 big bell every few blocks and have
4 Waterman ring this bell at the APP
proach of the cars on the loop.
Secretary P. H. Coney. of the Re
ing his best to settle all of the CLAIMS
against the association, for expenses
in conducting the reunion and memorial
exercises, and is doing so as eXpeol-
tiously as the bills are brought IN.
Persons living near the storm sew
ers enptving into the Shunganunga
are anxious for a permit from the city
to drain their bath tubs into TINS
sewer But the city fears the residents
will make other uses OF the storm
drain and they will refuse TINS per
mission
Commissioner Miller has it figured
out that the additional cost of main
tanning the great white way Will De
much less than figured by the city at
the outset of the plans for this I'M
provement. The fuel bllls alone WI,
be cut nearly in half from the original
estimates
G. G. Blakely, Irwin Keller, Guy T.
Justis and F. c. Ecker will speak IN
the interests of the Men and Religion
moveme at the East Side M E
church tomorrow morning; D. o. Coe
George H Hughes and Jesse Shaw IN
the evening. Tom Blodgett of Wich-
tia will be the principal speaker
As sequel to the common chicken