The Topeka state journal., 1911-04-07
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Pleasant Ridge Grange Buys
Presbyterian Church.
Use for Both Religious and
Grange Meetings.
OVER 300 MEMBERS.
twentieth Kansas" Boys Meet
After IL Years.
Comrades Were Separated When
Mustered Out.

The Presbyterian church at Pleasant
Ridge, two miles northwest of Topeka,
will be used for both the religion of the
spirit and the religion of work. The
people of the Pleasant Ridge grange
have bought the building and will hold
meetings of the society in it. Religious
service will also be held in the church
on Sundays. A meeting will be held at
the church Saturday to complete ar
rargements.
The grange people had been planning
on erecting building of their own.
However, the church was one of the
most accessible buildings in the neigh
borhood and it was understood that 1T
could be bought reasonably. The cost
would amount to much less than a new
building. so the purchase has been
practically made. The building VIII be
remodeled to some extent.
The Pleasant Hill grange was organ
lied last February. 1t now has over
800 members. Its meetings are devoted
to subjects on the farm and farm home
The principal officers of the grange are,
J. A. Ostrand, master; Mrs. Tom Van
Orsdal, secretary; Mrs Tom Van Ors-
dal, treasurer; j. w. Cochran, Walter
Coleman and William Harper, trustees.
Prospects that the extension of the
Melan bridge will be ready for traffic
by the middle of May, as predicted,
are still good. The concrete will be
run on the south arch next week.
About 900 yards will be required for
each arch. Three days and three
nights will be required for filling the
mold of each arch. The concreting
will be a continuous performance, day
and night, after it is started until
finished. This must be done SO that
it will set in a solid mold.
Two shifts of twenty-five men will
be employed.
At present concrete is being poured
for the ''skewback." Now, some un-
enlightened, ignorant ignoramus of
a layman may not know what skew
back is. For the benefit of the same
it must be said that it is the starting
point of the arch which rests upon
the foundation.
BY chance E. S. Barrett of 1045
Central avenue, who runs a shoe shop
at 921 North Kansas avenue. a former
Twentieth Kansas man, met COM
rade this morning whom he had not
seen since the regiment was mustered
out in San Francisco about eleven
years ago. Barrett happened to walk
down the avenue about o'clock when
he saw "Bill'' Fox, also an eX-Twen-
tieth man. The two had been great
friends in the Philippines. Fox stay
ed in the west after the regiment was
mustered out and Barrett eventually
came to Topeka. This morning he
hailed his friend and a talk over old
times followed. Fox lives in Oakland.
He came in on the Union Pacific east
bound at 6:10 a. m. and is on his way
for q visit with relatives near Topeka
Notes and Personals.
c. f. Adams of 935 North Kansas
avenue will station an automatic An
derson automobile gasoline filler at the
northwest corner of Gordon street and
Kansas avenue. The tank will have
capacity of 120 gallons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Bradley, who
have been living at Valley Falls are
visiting at the home of Mrs. Bradley's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Myers. Mr..
Bradley expects to move here in the
near future.
Miss Jerome Ward of Elmont is
North side visitor today.
Stewart Henry left last night for Kit
Carson, Colo, to look after his claim
near there.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Jensen of Hoyt
are North side visitors today.
Repairs and improvements are be-
ing made on the William Johnson
house just north If Topeka on the
Central avenue road.
James Beam of Holton is visiting at
the home of J. S. Orr, 1101 North
Jackson street.
A sentiment is growing among the
business men of the First ward that
some steps should be taken toward
getting a new postoffice building on the