The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-14

the city and will assume charge of the
Thursda- noon Bible class in Gemmell
hail. This class is attended by business
men.
Arrounce:ner is are being distributed n
tie city cf the twentieth annual ecnI n
ton of the Eighth District Christian
Endeavor union at Holton April 1921 A
/ large delegation of Topeka young people
will attend he meeting
The speaker at the mems meeting IN
the Novelty theater Sunday afternoon
will be DR.. H. B. Hubert, who for p
years was advisor TO the emperor of
Korea. His subject will be The Passing
of Korea"
THE Kansas Association of Life UIidel-
writer's will hold a special meeting at
tsAe Commercial club next Tuesday s;.'n-
ing y supper will be served, and there
VIII be special speaker for the OScd~5lnrS
The Topeka Railway company has pur-
chased four new steel undeFframe cars
truck with front exits. They are on
the same order as the double truck
p A. Y E. cars except they have the
single trucks. Now will old ''1O1' on the
Potwin-W. Eighth line go?
The last weeks issue of the Washburn
Review vas dated February n-Sunday.
Now the staff is putting forth every eff
fore trying to assure the faculty that 1t
is not a Sunday paper
1t has been discovered that the fourth
largest college prohibition association in
peka at Washburn college. Why the
need for such an association in a prohibit
ton state?
Despite reports to the contrary in
Topeka paper, President Nudge was Opt
mistic in his reports OF what the Rock
Island would spend in Kansas for better
ments this year.
It has been found through experience
that per cent of the average men in
Washburn college marry other mems
girls. Seventy-fiVe per cent of the men
go with the same girl three years in col
lege. Only four per cent go with differ
ent girl each year.
A woman called up the State Journal
office this afternoon and demanded that
the color page every day be abandoned
why, honestly" she exclaimed, my
husband and 1 have to stay up late at
night in order to read the paper. We
spend all evening reading the funny pa
per to the children.
Said a Potwin man to-day: mo matter
what time of the day I figure on catching
my car home, never fail to find old
'107,' the rattle trap West Eighth bOuncer,
waiting for me-"
The board of directors of the KarnivaI
Knights will meet Monday night at the
Elks club to discuss number of import
ant matters in connection with their or
ganization.
The animals at Gage park are in ex-
cellent condition, according to Superlii-
tendent Z. F. A. Reinisch. o. E. Walker
expects to have enough money raised
through subscription by spring to pur-
chase % monkeys for the park The
monks will be a feature that will draw
a great many people to the park mex:
summer
An ad calling for carriers for the To-
peka american. the morning publication
mat is expected to be put in operation
soon, was placed on the bulletin board
of certain Christian organization of th9
city. When it was suggested that posi-
bly, this is a paper which will favor the
resubmission question, the notice was i'm
mediately pulled down.
Next week things will begin to hum a
the Commercial club. Secretary ]. VIII
ILL 1acf of aP
from his extended trip among factory
towns and he will be brim full of brand
new ideas that he will want to put INTO
practice. Notwithstanding this, Secretary
X eiley says that the local club can give
some pointers along certain lines to the
other clubs he has visited
within a very short time, Said L. w.
thompson the county expert oiled |
roads. ''active work will be started by |
the county in putting the Topeka avenue
road from Topeka to Wakarusa up to !
grade A portion of the road Will De |
oiied- The county will buy a gasoline |
roller February 10 and this will be OF I
material assistance in the making OIL /
good roads in the county"
There will be a valentine entertainment I
at the Provident association Friday night. I
This is St. Valentines day The school |
children can be seen on the streets carry |
ing home 1nissives of love-or otherwise. |
I'VE have some good material for de-
veloping winning track team, said W; |
w Woodland, manager of high school /
athletics today. Track practice will be- /
gin the last of this month
A Topeka paper said City Clerk Burge |
had prepared his paving assessments ant-
was ready to send them out to the prop
erty owners. Before a paving assessment /
is prepared the assessors must go out /
over the city. they must report to tina /
the paving contracts must /
be let etc, etc. None of these things /
have been done. It will be late in the |
spring before the paving assessments are
mailed.
The Ad club is making an effort to get
at least 70 men interested in going to
l4eavenworth February 20 to attend the
governors banquet in connection with
the meeting of the Southwestern Division
of the Associated Advertising Clubs II
America. The Santa Fe win run a spe-
ciaI car out of Topeka at o'clock Tue =
day afternoon provided that 70 men will
agree to take the trip The return trip
would be made early the next morning
The basketball team that will represent
the high school Friday evening in the
clash with the strong team from Law
renee. has as yet not been chosen. The
team will be practically a new one.
There is strong competition for the re-
spective positions on the team and the /
fellows who are in the best physical con- |.
dition on Friday will be the ones to be
chosen to attempt to get even with the
Lawrence five for the beating that the
locals got at Lawrence several weeks ago.
Tt is the sentiment of a good many
business men and club men that after al.
the best and quickest way to pay off the
pipe organ debt would be to start out a |
committee or committees to raise the
money through subscription. w w
Webb and n. 3. Burge each said that
they would give SO each provided that |
are given in the Auditorium
free to the public at least three times a
week. Now Sam Radges says that he
will give 500 if fund is started towards
paying off the Indebtedness
7 am heartily in favor of the plan of
saving a cafe at the high school and
engthen the session" said George ri.
smith, former members of the board. 1T
would be possible for the students to get
l very nice lunch for 10 cents. provided !,