The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-06

showing signs OF legislative activity.
Principal A. J. Stout of the High
school is arranging the program for
the second term of school
The F. M. P organization of the
High school will hold social event
at the home of Charles Scott this eve
ming.
The installation of the officers of the
Christian Endeavor of the First Con-
gregational church will be held Sun
day evening.
Colonel ]. C. Copeland looks lonely
| these days. The legislative session
will convene in a day or two and he
hasn't a hotel.
The membership committee of the
Brotherhood class of the First Presby-
terrain church met this afternoon at
the Central Y. M. c. A.
The fourth issue of the Christian
Enthusiast, the official organ of the
Christian Endeavor societies of the
city, will be published next week.
Lee S. Estelle, the famous juvenile
evening at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church under the auspices of the
Social Service club of the church.
Malon Burgett, the prognosticator.
| says that President Taft will be re-
nominated for president in 1912. Malon
| is SO sure oH it that he says-or writes
| that he will bet his last penny on 1t.
The Kansas Association of Local
Fire Insurance Agents will hold a BAN
quet Monday evening at the E1ks club.
c. G. Blakely is president of the assoc
| citation.
The basketball team of the High
school will play the five at Florence
this evening. Tomorrow evening the
team clashes with the contingent of
Washburn academy.
| The campaign for city offices has
died down until only few sparks are
left. G. p. Jordan and E; B: stotts for
| commissioner and Sam Lux and Col
onel Hughes for mayor are working
| hard every day.
| The weather has moderated to such
an extent that the cement work on the
Santa Fe general office building has
been resumed. The workmen are now
on the eighth story. Counting the sub
basement this building will be eleven
stories in height.
| The High school debating organiza-
ton met this afternoon. Resolved,
That the immigration Into the United
States Be Limited to the People OF
! Northern Europe or Their Descend
ants was the subject of a contest OF
words which was held.
A meeting of number of the me-
chanical motive power an operating
| officials of the Atchison, Topeka &
managers Office today The winter
motive power will be arranged and
distributed at this meeting.
| There is no more ice in the river,
says the North side reporter. Each day
as he returns from his run" in that
| port as to the condition of the Kaw
and also whether or not there are any
rain clouds in the northwest.
| Loyalty to ones city oftimes does not
| extend outside of the city limits. At
| a recent vote as to where the new
1 CHI
be located, a Topeka man made the mo
| ton to send it to Kansas City when
/ there was a proposition before the
body to bring it to Topeka.
The Shawnee county teachers will
hold their meeting in Superintendent
| John F. Eby's Office at the court house
tomorrow morning. Miss Margaret
| Wall will read a paper on Compost
ton Work in Teaching Language"
| Prof. R. A. Schwegler of the Univer-
sity of Kansas will deliver an address.
Beginning day after tomorrow 'fel-
lIowship" 5 O'Clock lunches will be
served each Sunday afternoon at the
Central Y. M. G. A. for the benefit of
young men who are away from home.
THESE will be latter theater" affairs
that is, they will be held at the close
lof the religious meetings at the
Novelty.
Commissioner Holman tried to pass
an ordinance prohibiting the growing
of roosters inside the city limits and
then the first thing he does is to have
| a chicken show in the Auditorium with
at least a thousand ROSTERS Growing at
the same time. That is what I call in
consistency" James Clark, assistant
city attorney quoted the above.
There are few lucky people in the
city who live on the main lines of the
gas company's pipes through the city
and they report that at no time this
year have they found it necessary 10
use coal or cook breakfast on the re-
| frigerator. If the streets along which
these mains are laid were named, thu
price of lots would rise so per cent at
once
One of the fire steamers from engine
house No. 2 has been detailed to
North Topeka today by Chief VIII
marth of the fire department. The
transfer of the water mains across the
MeIan bridge extension makes it neces-
sary to give the North side steamer
protection and the fire chief realizes
the value of the mill and other prop
erty on that side of the river.
Il Word has been received from "Buf-
/, faIo' Bone at last. ell has corralled
all of the buffalo at last and is waiting
for the railroad to deliver the right
kind of a car to him for shipment OF
the herd of seven buffalo to the To-
peka zoo. Mr.. Bone says he expects tic
get out of Pontiac, Mich, for Topeka
about the first of next week. Hooray
| the buffalo have been capturedi
; Another member of the Topeka fra
. department is married. This time it
was Charles Lynn. Lynn is one of thu
popular men of the department who
has been among the foremost in main
tanning his bachelorhood until just
lately when he sprung a surprise on
the 'sboys" There are now but half
score members of the department who
are not married. The rest of them
! might as we'll be.
Lee" the big lead horse on Chemi-
cal Wagon No. of the fire depart
ment is the finest looking, the besi
built and still the meanest horse ir
the fire service. There is only one
way to make up with him when you
enter the engine house-and that is to
: hold out a piece of candy or sugar
This will win him every time and he