The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-02

furnished music for the graduation
exercises free of charge. This or
chestra is we'll organized and hard
working bunch of high school fellows
and when they donate their services
saving the school about $40 all of the
free advertising and praise they re-
ceive is worthy.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas Grain Dealers association will
be held in Kansas City. Mo-, February
22-24. Two hundred of the members
subsequent to the adjournment will
and return for the Mardi Gras festival
Nearly a dozen Topeka people will be
in the party. A $25 return rate has
been granted for the trip.
Secretary E. J. Smiley, of the KAN
sas Grain Dealers association states
that the condition of the wheat in
Kansas has not changed within the last
60 days I'm the eastern two-thirds of
the state,'' said he this afternoon. the
condition is fair to good, while in the
western third so per cent of the wheat
sown has not terminated due to con-
tinued dry weather There has been
no rain there since November"
1.-THE Clean Life" will be the subject
of an address which will be given next
Wednesday noon at the Central Y. M.
C. A. by B. F. Mcmillan, representative
| from Mitchell county. This is one OF
the talks IN the series Known dS fTdO-
| teal Talks by Practical Men" The fol-
| lowing week Secretary F. D. Coburn
will speak on "A Few Hints on Letter
Writing Another talk in the series
| will be by DR.. R. S. Magee on 1.-The
Eye, Use and Abuse"
The executive committee of the lay
mems missionary organization will hold
a meeting Monday evening at the Gen.
| trail Y. NJ. c. A. at which time plans
will be made for more systematic or
| ganization on the part of the churches
of the city. The committee will urge
| that missionary committee be ap-
| pointed in every church, and that the
weekly offering system be universally
| adopted. Then a plan will be formula
| ted for systematic. missionary educa-
! ton.
! The gas bills for the last month
| have been the largest in the history
of the city according to the COM
plants coming in from every section
| of the city. Every other person Is
giving his tale of woe. Even though
many people used coal in the fiercest
part of the cold snap the first of the
year and what gas was used was low
the bills are larger than ever The
| technical explanation of the fact that
there is no air in the pipes is high
sounding, but it doesn't stop the gas
meters.
| Dr. W. w. Yates has just had ar
| experience which demonstrates IndI Tie
saying that there is honor among
| thieves is at least sometimes correct
| The doctor was relieved of his pocket
| book which contained several dollars
| ir, cash, two notes, one of which was
| for SS5 a business card, and some post
/ age stamps. Later DR.. Yates received
| through the mail the pocketbook. The
card had been glued on the outside Of
| it and also the postage stamps ha6
been attached to the wallet. The note:
| were intact.
| The friendly visitors class of the
Provident association is proving g
great success, although it is hoped
that more of the churches of the city
will later take up the work. There
are now nine in the class, and they
are studying social conditions aside
from being assigned poor families tt
call upon occasionally to see tina
their wants are provided for. The
Second United Brethren, the Westmin
ster Presbyterian church and the Yves
/ leyan M. E. church now have repre-
sentatives in the class.