The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
North Side to Have Branch of
Public Library.
North Topekans Have Raised
500 for It's Maintenance.
IN QUINCY SCHOOL BUILDING
Branch Will Contain Several
Hundred Volumes.
Fred voiland and Clay Morrow
Backed the Movement.

A public library for North Topeka!
A movement for branch of the To-
peka public library which has been UNI
der way in North Topeka for the last
year. was materialized Saturday eve
ming when 1t was voted by the board OF
directors of the library association to
install and maintain a branch library
IN North Topeka.
The board of directors required that
citizens of the North side raise the
amount of 500 to help defray expenses
Of insta ling the library. Fifty-two
dollars was raised Saturday evening by
Clay Morrow. principal of Grant school,
among North Topeka business men.
scribed by different churches Sunday.
At the North Topeka Baptist church
fourteen dollars was raised in less
than five minutes.
It is probable that the new library.
which is the first branch to be installed
in Topeka. will be located at the Quincy
school building. This location has met
with the approval Of the directors OF
the Topeka library association and the
matter will be submitted to the board
of education late this afternoon.
The branch library will contain sew
eral hundred volumes, including juve-
nile and reference books.
The branch library will be main
tained under the same rules as the To-
peka library. and will be installed as
soon as possible.
A list of several hundred books has
been submitted to the directors of the
Topeka Library association for their
approval and if approved, the books
will be obtained and the library opened
to the public within a few weeks
Fred Voiland, owner of the Voiland
Clothing store and ex-representative
from the North district, and Clay Nor
row, principal of Grant school, were the
leaders in the movement.
Sanitation the Secret.
If hogs are kept away from creeks
and running water and the hog pans
are kept in a sanitary condition. fully
so per cent of the danger from hog
cholera Is eliminated, according to c.
O. Byerley. veterinarian.
Although few traces of the cholera
have been found near North Topeka
this fall, heavy losses have been ex-
perienced by farmers living near Grant
vile and Perry.
LAS a preventive from the cholera,
keep the hogs away from streams, feed
them plenty of salt and keep the pans
sanitary" said Mr.. Byerley.
Mems Entertainment.
An entertainment by the mems Bible
nue. Christian church next Friday eve
ming. musical program will be Civ
en- by the Jessie Miller archestra and
addresses will be made by H. N.
Gaines, ex-superintendent of public
Instruction. and Prof A. j. McAliister,
principal of Grant school.
At the close of the evening. refresh
nents will be served by the ladies'
class of the church.
Mrs. Shaw to Speak.
Mrs. Eta Shaw, national lecturer of
the w. G. T. U. will lecture tomor-
row at the Central avenue Christian
| church at 2:3O o'clock.
| THE American Boy and Girl will
be the subject taken by Mrs. Shaw in
| her lecture.
| Ora Myers and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. e. Heughton motored to
Meriden Sunday.
A. L. Darby and wife returned this
| morning from a trip to Kansas City.
! Mr.. Darby is chief clerk in the Union
! Pacific freight offices.
| J. C. Hastings has returned home to
Granville after a business trip to the
1 North side.
returned to his home after business
! trip to the North side.
| The Degree of Honor lodge. No. %,
| held weinie roast at Holmes grove in
East Indianola Saturday evening.
! A meeting of the Tashi HASH En-
| broidery club will be held tomorrow
| afternoon at the home of Mrs Arthur
Miller. 1915 West Fourth street.
! Guy Banta, of Klemme, Ia, is spend
/ ing a short time visiting friends in
! North Topeka
| H. W. Charles. superintendent of the
Boys Industrial school, has returned
| from a business trip to Lawrence.
| r. Nichols has returned to North To-
peka. after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Marsh, of Kilmer.
A special Thanksgiving program will
be given at the Kaw Valley Grange
meeting to be held at the Kaw Valley
hall Friday evening.