The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-13
NORTH SIDE NEWS
They Want White Way Exten-
sions on North Kansas Ave.
Revival Soon to Begin at Sec
ond Presbyterian Church.

Il
Members of the white way commit
tee of the North Topeka Civic clup,
who were in charge OF the petltloh III nun
the white way in North Topeka, VIII
insist that the city commissioners ar
range for. white way extensions on
kansas avenue before considering the
extensions on the SIDE stree.s ,.,ea
on the south side of the river, but II
is admitted that the extension 10 GoI
don street is more important than the
other propositions. The Nortn 10
neIxa extension was considered by the
members of the Commercial cup AT
the meeting Friday night ana the
North Topeka petition was turned over
to the committee with instr uc.ions -t ~
secure the signatures OF the properly
owners from First street to the river.
The North Topeka business men
want the white way just as soon as
they can get it. Ihey say t hal 10y
need If in their business and inasmuch
as their petition was started pe1ore
any of the others, they believe that IL
should be considered first.
J. r. spet5sr is simms and d. Fred red
Voiland, the other members of the
committee, have scored the offlcers OF
the Commercial club for allowing the
petition to be delayed. Tne peuuon
contains the signatures of about go per
cent of the property owners of North
Topeka.
Fred voiland, representative OF the
Thirty-third legislative district Wnlcn
includes the north part of shawnee
county. will be on duty at the capltoi
building beginning Tuesday morning.
He will be there until the Legislature
adjourns in Marcn: HepI ss;i,,a+,,.e
with an aim to secure large amount
of hesitation. He was elected on the
Republican ticket and practlcalIy
without any platform excepting ina T..
ali that he has to work on. MT Vol
land said this morning: Il don't know
that 1 will have a single bill to oI,e5
during the session. l am not ioaueu
nm with new tangled ideas. I believe
that Kansas needs the repeal OF leg
islation instead of enactment OF adoI-
tional laws I believe that an eIIore
win be made to wipe NUMBER OF
considered freak and useless ana
should be repealed. I will support any
effort along this line. In addltlon 70
that I will do all / can TO assist tne
other members of the shawnee county
DELEGATION and of the entire state.
A series of special meetings at the
Second Presbyterian church Will pesln
Tuesday, January Il. THESE meellH ne
will continue for two weeks. Rev: w.
G. Meeker has arranged for these
meetings and has provided a number
of attractive features which Will pe
s1re RI attract the the attention OF
neople in this part of the city. Pastors
of the churches on the south sloe OF
the river will assist in these services
and will officiate during the 1lrst
week. These ministers Will oIIleaLe
four nights of the first ~week and. Rev.
Mr.. Meeker will occupy the pulpit the
remainder. Rev. W. r. Dodd, an
evangelist, will have charge OF the
Nd a
will he assisted by Rev. William NC
Gov as a soloist. Mr.. Mccoy is known
as the Irish baritone and will prove
to be popular during his stay at these
services.
The members of the North Topeka
Horseshoe club will hold their annual
meeting in their club rooms at 90
North Kansas avenue Iuesoay nlsnt.
Officers will be elected for the coming
wear. Among the important business
to be considered will be the high score
pitching. Rules governing TINS nave
not been received but it is likely that
the members of the cluD VIII orA1I
rules for their own use.
The second Tuesday in January,
1881. was colder than today. J. II.
FOUGHT is the only person in North
Toneka who can remember this date
distinctly and he says that the tenn
perature was 10 degrees below zero
on this occasion.
On this same date. he rode in
wheelbarrow from the fire station to
the capital building. Buck Miller, an
old Topeka character, pushed him. me
wheelbarrow ride was pulled off to set
tie an election bet which had been
made by Messrs. Miller and Foucht.
Mr.. FOUGHT bet on the result of the
election in Indiana. Miller lost.
Mr. FOUGHT was wearing two suits
of underclothes, pair of oyershoes
and all the other clothes he could get
on and sat in the wheelbarrow. Mr..
Miller pulled off his overcoat at the
j bridge across the river and his coat
and vest at the Shawnee mills.
Mr.. FOUGHT was member of the
legislature that year. The parade was
led by a band of musicians who had
came here to lead the inaugural parade
and attracted the attention of more
than 5000 people. The affair had been
given considerable publicity.
Buck Miller was a political charac-
fer at that time. He lived on a farm
southeast of Tecumseh and was one
of the Democratic warehouses;.
4 New officers were installed at the
meeting of Blue post No. ESQ g. A. r.,
at the meeting Friday night as fol-