The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-12
LOCAL MENTION.

Wall paper. it's all going at half price.
J. K Jones Paint Co.
Our present stock OF wall paper-an 20
ing half price J. h Jones Paint Co.
After nearly two years of delay. the
county commissioners today ordered the
opening of the Jennie s. Gordon road east
Nearly score of property owners in the
district went before the commissioners
this morning to tell their side of the con
roversy-
The unfortunate property owners who
suffered frozen water service pipes in the
cold spell the first Of January are send
ing in their plumbing bills to the city. j.
K Sargent, living at 1872 College avenLe
sent in bill for 1866 to the board Of
city commissioners today. He blames the
city for neglect in allowing the water
pipes to be above frost line. The city is
not paying the claims.
J. A. Jewell filed a plat with the board
or city commissioners this morning call
ing for what will be known as "JeweIls
Addition east of the city on East Tenth
avenue.
The police have finally located the
music box that was stolen out of the
Railroad Y NJ. c. A. on New Years day
1t was shipped to the mother of the Ruclz
brothers at Cheyenne Wells. Col. who
were arrested in their den in an empty
house on Branner street. The police have
learned that Higgins and some other boy,
whose name is not known at present.
stole the instrument and took it down the
fire escape
The banks seem to be fully patriotic"
said a member of the Commercial club
this noon -One of them had sign on
the door which read, Closed on account
of Lincoin's birthday while another had
a sign that read. Closed on account OF
Fourth of July "
George Godfrey Moore who recently
got into print on account OF being the
captain of the Fighting Twenty team OF
the Commercial club in the membership
campaign. has been appointed as state
manager OF the Germania Life Insurance
Co. of New York. The first achievement
OF Mr.. Moore in his new capacity was to
win a Baldwin Methodist minister from
the pulpit to the district managership OF
the company at Baldwin. The minister in
question. the Rev o. o. Lockwood. will
likely do little preaching on the side
It has been stated that the electric sign
that will be built by a local firm for a
certain clothing store, will be the largest
electric sign in the city 1t will be an
upright sign 90 feet in length.
Nearly dozen members of the Topeka
Ad club are expected to attend the fourth
annual meeting of the Southwestern Di-
vision of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America in Leavenworth Feb
-uary 20 and 81 Governor W. r. Stubhs
and n. B. Burse are the Topekans on the
program
George Godfrey Moore. chief roofer OF
the topeka Rooters' club. announced t.
Day that he expects to call a meeting or
the roofing fans in the near future Ia
listen to a talk by Dale Gear. manager
of the kaws.
A contribution of s96 in money and
pledges for SIS were given to the State
Equal Suffrage headquarters by friends
of the cause in Lawrence. The largest
sum, S25, was given by Mr.. T. II. Oakley
The State university reports that it is
receiving calls for more suffrage liter
AZURE than for any other reading matter
and the National Equal Suffrage headquar
tiers III New York has numerous calls
from Kansas for their pamphlets. Tho
anti-suffragists of New York are send
ing their literature TO Kansas men, many
of whom are turning it over, unread t.
the suffrage headquarters.
straw vote. taken by the Hutchinson
News the Acknowledgement of women.
resulted as as follow: The mems vote in
favor was 1S4 and against It 123 The
womens vote stood los favoring equal
suffrage to 35 opposed 10 it.
II. II. VIII GO to Ohio.
Columbus O.. Feb 12.-Theodore Roose-
welt Will address the delegates to Ohio's
fourth constitutional convention on
Wednesday, February ~