The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-01
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Your grocer has Guaranteed Ban
Quet Flour."-Adv.
A meeting of the advisory board Of
the industrial bureau OF the Com
mercial club was held at noon today.
Wedding license was issued today to
Victor Corkon. aged 20. Of Topeka and
Aileen Skidmare, aged 20, Of Pitts
burg.
.The Worlds Greatest BattIeneld''
il the subject upon which the Rev.
Robert Gordon win speak Sunday night
at the First Baptist church
DR.. 8. g. Estey win speak on Keep
ing Up with. Lizzie" or THE Con-
tagion Of Character Sunday night at
the First Presbyterian church
Fourteen Of the electric light globes
of the Kansas avenue white way were
broken last night. presumably by
misguided Halloween celebFators.
George w. Hackney has resigned ~
q member Of the board of directors
Of the Topeka Traffic association and
J. G. Bauer has been chosen to FIJI the
vacancy.
Sheriff L. L. Kiene went to Cotton
wood Falls today to arrest Frank
Maxey, who. it Is alleged. sold mort
gagged goods, and was arrested for OBJ
tanning money under false prefenses.
While 1t is difi1cult to state at this
time Of the year what may be expect
ed in the building line next spring, 1t
is true that prospects are encouraging
for another good year in Kansa4.-The
Construction News.
There was a large attendance at the
free moving picture show given Fri
day night at the Y. w. c. A. The
entertainment was the second of the
series arranged by the Y. w. and Y.
M. c. A. Lew Williamson put on the
show.
Ed Rooney, juvenile officer Of Shaw
nee county. declares the reports that
the children at the Orphans home at
Atchison are underfed Is untrue. II
was at the home recently. he asserted.
the youngsters receive wholesome
food and the tcst OF care"
Commissioner of Parks Porter, who
last summer had three ball grounds
laid out in Garfield and the City
parks, is planning to have tennis courts
constructed in several Of the parks next
season and If there is found to be room
a golf link will be established in Gage
park.
Complaints have been filed with the
Interstate commerce commission
which challenge the reasonableness of
certain rates on hogs. carloads from
Omaha, Neb.. to Topeka; rates on
molasses, carloads, from Houma, La,
to Topeka, and rates on road drags,
less carloads, from Topeka to Jeffer-
son. Okla.
The monthly report of Police Judge
George A. Huron was made this morn
ing. The total number of arrests for
the month amounted to 1853; total
amount of fines was $664.75, This month
the work was lighter than September.
200 arrests being made then and 1888
| In fines collected.
| The Mems Bible class OF the First
| Methodist church will be addressed
Sunday morning at 9:45 O'Clock by
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of South Amer
lea, and DR.. A. W. Butler of Mexico.
/; The mems classes of the First Congre-
| gatfonal. First Christian. First Baptist.
and First Presbyterian churches are in
vited to attend.
The meeting of the Kansas State
Teachers association that will be held
in Topeka next Thursday and Friday
has been perhaps more widely adver-
tised than any other previous meeting
Of the association. Dope" has been
furnished to 800 newspapers and the
papers have devoted a large amount
/ OF space to the meeting.
| DIR. George F. Babb, city milk inspec-
tor, yesterday discovered a milk dealer
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tied, as required by a city ordinance,
but was dipping it out to customers
under extremely unsanftary conditions.
The dealer. who is a new conner to the
city, claimed to be ignorant of the city's
regulations and was given an oppor-
tunity to comply with the law
Complaint has been filed by the To-
peka Traffic association, the cities of
Hutchinson, Wichita and Salina and
the state utilities commission, chal-
| longing the reasonableness of the
rates on classes and commodities be-
tween New Orleans. Louisiana, Mem
phis, Tennessee and Kansas points,
The principal commodities involved
are coffee. rice, sugar. mOlasses
oranges, lemons, lines, grape fruit,
ptneapples and cocoanuts.
! The city of Topeka is not in need
Of any coyotes. Commissioner of Parks
Porter, replying to a letter from q
man wanting to sell the city a coyote
wrote that the city had coyotes to
burn" I'VE need some jack-rabbits
however," said Mr.. Porter. I'VE need
them to exercise the coyotes with. The
city also has more prairie dogs than
is good for the park" The buffalo
pen has become a prairie dog town
and action is being considered toward
, reducing its population.