The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

| Breaks That Cost" is the subject
upon which W. p. LAmbertson, sens
Sunday afternoon in Gemmell hail 1T
4:30 o'clock.
/ Archie Powell and Jock and A. Nc
Bride, Topeka soccer football stars,
will help the Schmelzers Of KAnsas
City out = week from Monday In a
| game against the fast K c. T1gerA
| Thirty-six blocks, the amount OF
paving to be done in Topeka this year.
il considerably les than was done in
1914. Paving specifications will be
! ready for contractors In q few days
Topeka coal dealers complain that
/ business has been extremely slack this
month There are many Topeka fam
lilies that are hoping to make their
coal piles last until the end of the
season.
| The West Side w. c. T. U. will hold
a Frances Willard memorial meeting
Friday afternoon at 1850. at the home
OF Mrs F. H. Pitcher, sos WOODLAND
avenue The meeting will be In charge
Of Mrs. John Marshall.
! A large number of Topekans have
already caught the garden fever. The
warm weather turned the trick Busi-
ness has picked up with local seeds
men. There has been q good sale for
| grass and sweet pea seeds
| If every man who is reported to
have been urged by his friends
should become a candidate for office.
the plan to assess l per cent OF the
first years salary as a nomination fee
might be q revenue producer.
! The Shawnee county Pomona
grange will meet Saturday morning.
February 20, at 1880 O'Clock at the
Y. w. c. A. building for the purpose of
installing officers. The fifth degree
will be conferred in the afternoon.
At the washinston's birthday social
to be given at the German Methodist
| parsonage a program OF patriotic
songs and addresses will be given
| Addresses will be given by Repre-
| sentAtives Zutavern and Thinker and
Senator Arthur Kinkel-
| There are . good many Topeka
business men who insist upon having
the walk swept in front OF their re-
spective establishments after O'Clock
| in the morning. much to the annoy
ance Of pedestrians There Is an Or
dinance against this practice.
Since the article appeared in the
State Journal last Saturday telling
about kite day" that has been
planned by w. p. Mclean. director
of education for the public schools,
boys have been making kites Of all
kinds.
The Kansas City Tigers are sched-
uled to clash with Tom PowelPs SOC
Ger football aggregation at the base
ball park at ESQ o'clock Sunday after
noon, March IA. The Tigers won the
Spalding cup in the Kansas City SOC
Ger league and the game should be
unusually fast.
The labor situation in Topeka has
leased up a bit" The Provident as
ISOLATION has not 80 many demands for
work as was the case 4 few weeks ago
However, there are still those who are
in, ~ and the
citation would be glad to know OF any
one who has work to be done.
Topeka's civil service board which
examined ten applicants for city posi-
lions Monday, forgot to certify the re-
suit Of the examinations to the city
whose idea il to promote efficiency
"forgetting." Only half Of the appli-
cants successfully passed the exam
nations.
Clinics were the order Of things this
morning at the meeting OF the First
District Kansas State Dental associa-
ton at the Commercial club quarters
Many of these were given by TopekAns
according to the schedule announced
in Wednesdays issue Of the state
Journal. There was discussion OF
clinics this afternoon The feature
Wednesday evening was banquet
A number of the persons who were
caught in the dormitory rooms OF the
Proyident association when small
pox case was discovered and the
building Guaranteed. have been re-
leased. There are still Is persons In
the rooms. The omces Of the Provt-
dent building were fumigated some
time AFRO and are open for business
The dormitory rooms are In anotnsf
portion Of the building
w p. Mclean, director of physical
education for the public schools. ex-
pressed himself ~ being OF the opin-
ion that the Topeka high school should
have one of the strongest basketball
teams in this neck of the w0Ods'
next season The new team this year
is q good one and practically all OF
the material will be available next
season. And next year the team VIII
practice I'm the fine new gym" at the
high school building
The Reds" the defeated member
ship team of the class Of business men
OF the First Methodist church, served
an oyster supper for the winners, the
Blues wednesday night. There
were several members of the legisla-
ture at the supper Is special guests
ing. O. E. Hunt rendered q vocal solo
and Mrs. E. 8. Pettyj0hn sang an old
song composed by her father. Dr.. E.
8. Pettyjohn 10 leader OF the class. L
A. Gillett il president and 8. H. Pitch
ef il secretary.
The publicity committee of the To-
peIka Commercial club has decided to
eend out q thousand letters to A. many
Topeka Housewives In the interest Of
the campaign which the Commercial
Club Bulletin has been Wagtng for
many months with the idea OF pro-
noting tho purchase Of Topeka
be asked to serve ~ ''miasiouAries" in
The inferest OF the caune Letterheada