The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

to believe him. But a travelling pas
senger agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande was in Topeka today and said
that in some parts of Kansas, after
two weeks of digging, railway enI-
ployees were able to find the tops of
the telegraph poles.
The improvements, aggregating in
cost more than $4,000, have been COM
pleted at the Westminster Presbyter-
ian church. Sunday the building in
S. S. Estey will preach at IL o'clock
in the morning and DR.. Charles NJ.
Sheldon will preach at 1880 in the
evening. The building has been re-
finished throughout, and the seating
capacity materially enlarged.
The county assessors office is one of
the busiest places in the court house
just al this season of the year. A
small army of deputy assessors are
hunting definite and substantial valu-
alton for Shawnee county property and
have been delayed by the cold, wet
weather this month. In the country
precincts, little or no work has been
done and it is probable that all returns
from the assessors will be late.
In the Kansas state courts and legis-
lature, the warning legislators and at
torneys apply the fighting word without
qu billing or loss of breath. In fed
eral procedure it is different. The APP
proved method was demonstrated be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion this week by j. r. Koontz. I beg
your pardon, SIR Koontz told Attorney
Carr Taylor. but you don't speak the
truth" And there were no riot calls.
The Topeka friends and relatives of
Mr.. Chas. Clary, who appears as King
Claudius in the mammoth Selig pro-
duction of cinderella at the Audi
forum Tuesday night, will possibly be
surprised to see him in such aristo-
cratic company as Mabel Taliaferro,
Mr.. Clary is polished and capable
actor, and has made good in leads
with such actresses as Blanche Walsh,
Mrs Leslie Carter, in THE Road to
Yesterday" and others.
In a recent fire alarm from the Wolff
Packing company the fire department
found that the city water department
mad allowed d big hydrant in the pack
ing house territory to become partially
out of immediate service on account
of the dirt piled around the plugs. 1t
was necessary for fire companies t.
scrape away the dirt before the hyd-
rant could be used. Rather dangerous
condition for such an important fire
territory.
Judge Dana lost no time in the ap-
pointment of Clerk Thomas successor,
or in the naming of a new court re-
porter. After answering several hun
dred telephone calls and receiving a
half thousand suggestions, Judge Dana
had a headache. Some important legal
matters were awaiting disposition and
the clerkship matter was occupying the
courts undivided attention. The mat
ter was settled by the announcement of
a new clerk four hours after Thomas
resignation was filed.
The work of finishing the basement
of the First Congregational church for
the use of Sunday school classes has
begun. The place is now in torn up
condition. In connection with red
hot" social given by the Christian En-
deavor society of the church Friday
night it was transformed into a cham
Der of horrors. 1t was filled with fit
ting ghosts. One stationary nocturnal
disturber of the peace was fitted out
with electric connections which pro-
duced a weird effect.
The San Diego Union reproduced a
postcard photo taken by Topeka
photographer which shows a distorted
view of Kansas avenue during the re-
cent heavy snow. The camera man
placed his instrument on the ground
and a grotesque effect was produced.
The Union says: Doesn't this make
you homesick?' is the question writ
ten on a postcard picture of Kansas
avenue, Topeka, Kan, of which the
above is reproduction. The photo
graph was taken during a recent
storm which piled snow almost to the
height of the second floor of the
buildings"