The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
IT'S UP TO The CITY
If Commissioners viii Raise
Salary, Washburn Wins.
Milk Inspector Promises 500
If City "COmes Through"

Will DR.. Leslie Rowles. city milk
inspector, contribute 500 to the
Washburn college endowment fund i?
Miss Annetta Nicoll, his assistant.
thinks he will. Dr. Rowles is willing.
but the matter rests with the city
commissioners.
Sic EN-. Go after those city COM
missionefs, you Washburn campaign
erS.
1t happened this way: Miss Nicoll
is one of the small army of those who
are going after the money for Wash
burn-raised $205 Thursday, $50 of
which she contributed herself She
had promised to have 5000 raised by
noon. At five minutes of the hour
she was still $45 short but in that five
minutes she talked $50 out of a man
who had dropped into the city labora-
tory unSuSpectingly.
DR.. Rowles was twitting the vic
tim
well, if L can get that increase
in my salary to date back to the time
spector, Il will give 500 to Wash
burn.
DR.. Rowles was promised an in
crease of $25 a month, the increase to
begin January 1, of this year. But
like others in the city hall who were
promised increases, they were told to
wait until after election. 1t seems
that the city commissioners were
cent city elections, for the promises
were made prior to last July and al
!oWanceS were made in the budget
which was approved last July to carry
ordinance was ever presented or
acted up by The city commission.
DR.. Rowles had found an automo-
bile indispensable in performing his
on the strength of the promise and
has been using it for the city, but pay
ing for its upkeep out of his own pock-
ct. The increase in his salary would
now total 800. But he had no expec-
tation of ever receiving it, when he
offered to make it gift to Washburn
college.
But Miss Nicol1 had different idea
about 1t: She lost no time and wasted
no words, but fitted Immediately up
stairs to the city attorneys office and
explained the situation to George F.
Hayden, the new city attorney, and
the new city attorney was generously
finding a way for that salary increase
to be dated back to January 1, when
W. c. Raiston, ex-city attorney who
was present, interposed legal objec-
tons
But where there is a will there is a
way. Miss NicoIl wanted to know
whether DR.. Rowles could not present
a bill for expenses and wear and tear
on that automobil which the increase
IN salary was made for and intended
paid.
1.-The money was set aside for that
purpose and it is there and it has new
er been spent. Why can not Dr.
Rowles present a bill to the city for
$50 per month for the four months
he has been giving the city it's use, and
If the city commissioners see fit to all
low the bill, what is the objection?"
Mr.. Hayden could see no objection
to this.
DR.. Rowles was Informed of the
plan. -..s
Yes. but L will get the dickens
from the boss he objected. IF
present that bill, 1 am perfectly willing
to stand by my agreement, and if the
bill is allowed Washburn gets the
money"
w. L. Porter is 1.-The boss referred
to.
So sic 'em on Porter And while
the campaigners are about it, they
might make some efforts to make the
other commissioners see things the
right way. That bill will need to be
o. K.'ed by the other commissioners.
Monday morning at o'clock in the
city council chamber is the time and
the place to do the pursuading.