The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-13

The body Will lie in state at the family
home. 1101 West Eighth avenue from
until II o'clock Saturday morning.
There have been a comparatively
small number of out of town shoppers
in Topeka this week on account of the
adverse weather conditions. The office
of the Topeka Rebate association has
not been as busy as Is usually the case.
Miss Edith Metcalf, an employee OF
the postoffice. states today that her
father, Charles Metcalf.. was the first
head of a volunteer fire company in
Topeka. Topeka was a little village
nesting on the banks OF the Kaw at
that time.
This is payday at the Santa Fe shops.
the 18th occurs Sunday this month
and the shops are closed Saturday.
Therefore the men will be paid OF two
days earlier: Despite the fact that this
Is Friday the 13th, no employee has
refused his check, ON account of super
stition.
A derailment Of freight train No. 80
last night at Reading, Kan. delayed
| this mornings Santa Fe passenger
trains several hours, but the trouble
has all been cleared up and the line
track. No. 80 operates between En-
poria and st. Joseph.
Kansas State Agricultural college
alumni will be entertained Saturday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard N. Rhodes, 1924 Harrison
K. s. A. c. COLONY in Topeka will be
welcomed. Plans for the annual ban
quet in March will be discussed.
Farmers living around Topeka and
all others interested are invited to
attend the meeting Of the agricultural
committee Of the Commercial club next
! Monday evening. Two prominent Kan
sas State Agricultural college profess
i sors will speak on irrigation and truck
| farming in the Kaw valley.
The members Of the Topeka Com
mercial club will tender a farewell
! at 6 o'clock next Thursday night. Res
ervations for this dinner should be in
| by Wednesday noon. DR.. Loveland has
been an enthusiastic worker In the
Commercial club and. a good mixer
! He Is popular among the members. >
!, The statement made this morning
that the Rock Island broke all records
j between Topeka and Kansas City by
| operating a train over the 81 miles In
20 minutes is not accepted at the gen.
eral offices of the Santa Fe. Santa Fe
officials declare they have made the
distance in an even 1our many times
and that on one occasion train cover
ed the 81 miles in 81 minutes.
The county commissioners today
parOled Charles H. Hurlburt, who ha,
been serving time in the county jai
for his first liquor offense against th'
state. Hurlburt has served his sen
tence OF 80 days, and received permis
sion to pay his $500 fine in MONTH.
installments of SIS. Hurlburt was ar
rested on evidence filed by the Stat
Temperance union, and was released
on the written recommendation o
Frank Stahl.-
| In order to make 1t possible to give
work to more men the Topeka Provi
dent association has lowered the pric'
of cut, wood. There is a quantity o.
wood on sale at the present time. Judg'
T. F. Carver has taken a personal in
terest in managing the affairs Of tn,
wood yard. Only married men are Civ
en- work at the yard, and strictly To
peka men at that. Every day a larg'
number of transients apply for worl
at the Provident association. Whil'
they are given lodging temporarily ant
aided in many ways, local persons II
distress are given more attention. Th
association does not want to encourag'
transients of the roaming class to com
to Topeka
Yesterday was a legal holiday an
most Of the employees at the city hal
took advantage of 1t. But there wa
no holiday in the water department
worked just as usual. 1t is the sam
on Saturday afternoons. In other de
partments only part OF the force
at work on Saturday afternoon, bu
everybody works in the water depart
ment Because of these difference
in working days there are rumbline
of complaint. The water departmen
| would do just as much business, Civ
just as good service, and the patron
| be just as we'll satisfied, were the EN-
ployees permitted to take advantag
Of holidays and Saturday afternoon
as Is done by other city hall employees
Is the argument made by those i
II favor Of less work and more play.
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