The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-22

4 building an eleven story building. His
skyscraper is growing and SO is Coop
er's imagination.
While the old soldiers reunion is in
progress next week Lincoln Post hall
Will be open and all visitors will be
given glad hand.
Secretary H L. Cook, of the Kansas
State Fair association, is in Hutchin-
son today to see what kind of fair
they have in that place.
An educational rally will be held
this evening at the Y w c. A. Mem
bers of classes will meet the teachers
in social way at that time.
While there is plenty of money in
the banks at the present time there
has been some complaint locally be-
cause more of it is not in circulation.
If advertising will count in this case
there will certainly be big crowd out
when he lectures next Monday even
ing.
The G. A. r. reunion medals are
selling rapidly. The people are glad
to have medals and they are glad to
help out the old soldiers in any way
possible
MY ambition in this life is to make
enough money to move to Topeka and
live in easiness all the rest of my
days." said a country merchant who
was in the city today.
The preliminaries in connection with
the work of the school children is now
a thing of the past and the children
are now delving deep into their studies
that is the studious youngsters.
Members Of Lincoln post No. 1 q.
A. R, while the reunion is in pro-
/ gress next week will wear white badges
bearing a picture of Lincoln. Each
man will be a bureau of information"
The Great White Way will be COM
/ pleted next week. Saturday night the
lights as far as Fourth street will be
in operation. By next week Saturday
night the entire stretch will be COM
pleted
| Petitions for the paving of Huntoon
! street from Clay to Mulvane streets
1 have been started for next year. The
| people in this part of the city are de-
termined to have all modern improve
/ ments.
The management of the provident
association is making plans for a
more useful season than ever. 1t is
hoped that more of the church people
will take an active part in the work
this year
The best bunch of clowns ever seen
/ in Topeka entertained the crowds at
the circus last night and Thursday
! afternoon To a big part of the people
the clowns in circus are the main
attraction.
Members OF the Medal of Honor as
socfation of the United States, admis-
sion to which is conferred by congress
| for bravery in action will have first
place in the military review DSAO15
! President Taft.
UPWARDS of 100 sons and grandsons
of old soldiers and sailors who reside
in Topeka organized Thursday night
at the Commercial club. A second
meeting will be held at the clup next
Monday evening.
The Topeka Railway. company has |
piled new ties all along the route of the
Washburn car line on Huntoon street. |
This line will be rebuilt entirely and !
- fv,4o of I7a standard ni0CeS /
of track in the city.
A series of six lectures will be given |
before the teachers of the city schools |
this fall and winter on the art of i'm |
parting knowledge by Dr.; g; Il. Jonns
ston, head of the school OF education OF
the University of Kansas.
A man has recently been preaching |
on the streets the doctrine that the
nearer the pulpit the nearer the devil |
He has been referring to preachers as
pulpit devils''-that is the preachers |
who receive pay for their services.
"Au 1 hear in my lobbies is talk of |
the next election when Kansas and the |
United States will be under the sway
of the Democrats said a Topeka hotel |
man today. 1.-THE travelling statesmen
say all Kansas is talking Democracy"
Minnie Kraushaar, cashier of the
dining room at the National hotel,
claims to be the first girl to drive
motor cycle in Topeka. She takes
iaunts out to Gage park and other
points and enjoys the sport immense
A. K. Wilson was before the city Of
ficials today in an attempt to improve
the crossings at Huntoon and West
streets 1t is planned to do away with
the street crossings here and make
two good landing places from the street
cars.
The contractors are working strenu-
ouslv on the additions to the Monroe
and state Street school buildings in or
der to complete them as soon as pos
sible This will eradicate the crowd
ed condition in the old portions OF
these buildings.
More than 200 retail butchers of the
state viii be in Topeka next Tuesday
for their first annual meeting. All OF
them will remain in the city until the
next day when they will see Presldent
Taft and the laying OF the memorial
building cornerstone.
Many Topeka society women who
aided in entertaining the so visiting
girls Serni-Centennial week, nave Deen
receiving letters from young ladles
who were guests Of the city who ex-
press themselves as having nad a great
time while in Topeka.
Ralph SPOTS. of the department OF
education, at the state university, IS
arranging a series Of debates between
high school teams in Kansas IN tLe
Topeka high school a number or pre-
1iminary contests win be held among
the students for the development OF
talent.
The Topeka butchers will have to
work up a little ginger for their en-
tertainnent of the state convention
here next week. Officers of the Retail
Butchers association say that every
meat man in the state is worked up
over the meeting-except the Topeka
butchers
w. j.. Rigby. one of the real organ
izers of the Karnival Knight move