The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-19
IN NORTH topeka
Farmers Welcome Change From
Tin Bridges to Concrete.
MementO of Great Bend Storm
Passes Through Town.

Farmers in northern Shawnee coun
ty are welcoming with satisfaction the
announcement that all bridges to be
built by the county this year are to be
of concrete. Structures made of the
cement-sand-p pebble combination will
mark the passing of the day when re-
pairs will have to be made on bridges
every season to keep them intact, and
farmers who depend on the bridges
for a route to the city will feel rea-
sonably certain that the new struc-
lures will withstand falling trees or
windstorms.
Iron bridges depended on mainly in
the past for highways over streams
and bitches have proved entirely I'M
satisfactory. The expense necessary
to keep them up has been consider
ably more than the original cost, and
the service they have given has been
far below that expected.
Fuel Going to Waste.
Sufficient fuel to generate heat for
several families during the winter has
accumulated at the front door of
North Topeka but no one appears to
recognize the opportunity to take a
crack at the high cost of living. Drift
wood that has been washed down the
kaw for months has been piling up
against the piers underneath the Me-
Ian bridge. Included in the drift are
numerous huge logs any one of which
would in itself provide fuel for sew
eral weeks.
AT present the wood is doing no
good and may be slowly injuring the
bridge 1t could be obtained with
little difficulty, the river now being
at an unusually low stage. Several of
the piers with the piled up wood are
resting beyond the water line.
Will Offer Original PLAY
'Samantha's Paradise Lost" an
original playlet, will be presented by
members of the Dramatic club of
knights and Ladies of Security lodge
No. at the hall, S37 North Kansas
avenue, November 80. The cast in
cludes 80 persons and is being direct
ed by Mrs Ella Wyatt.
Car Defies Storm.
memento of the Great Bend
storm passed through North Topeka
Thursday morning en- route to ST.
Louis The survivor of the tornado
an automobiles being recalled to
the factory from which it originally
issued and will be sent over the coun-
try by the manufa cturers as an adver-
tisement for the machine.
The machine had evidently been hit
hard and was badly mutilated A
widely varied assortment of scrap ma
terial had been used to repair the car
but despite the condition it was in
the persons taking II overland TO the
Missouri metropolis declared that
they are having little trouble.
Notes and Personals.
Following the prayer meeting at the
Central Avenue Christian church
Thursday, decision was made to
change the regular prayer meeting
night from Thursday to "Wednesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cunningham have
gone to Excelsior Springs. Mr. Cum
ningham has been in poor health for
some time and the trip to Excelsior
was made in hopes of benefiting him.
Ruth Mcclure, eight-year- old,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Nc
Clure, of 823 North Quincy street was
injured Thursday morning when she
was struck on the head by a swing.
The accident occurred on the Quincy
school grounds.
The meeting of the Shorey-
ter Literary society which was to have
been held tonight at Rochester has
been postponed until Monday night.
Miss Grace Wood, of Emmett, is
visiting friends in North Topeka. She
expects to be here for the remainder
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Linde11 and
family will go to Usage City Saturday
Mrs. Lindelrs parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gust Johnson, who will celebrate
their fortieth wedding anniversary.
Use Monarch Auto and Furniture
Dresser on your auto.-AdV.
Wayne Hardy, of 825 North Kan
sas avenue has been unable to report
to the Santa Fe offices, where he is
employed, owing to an injury to one
of his fingers
H G. Barratt, of Granville, was in
North Topeka Thursday afternoon On |
business.
Members of Wampanoa lodge No. |
SO, of the Red Men, will hold their |
regular meeting tonight in Barratt |
hall, 1902 North Kansas avenue
Miss Ira Hopkins, of RoSSVille, was |
in North Topeka Thursday and spent |
the day visiting friends on the North |
Side
Dick Gilmore and William Cclvin, |
of the Shawnee State bank, went on |
a hunting trip to Kiro. Thursday aft
ernoon. Neither of them was de-
tected bringing back any ducks.
Samuel Roller, of Silver Lake, was !
in North Topeka Thursday afternoon |
on business.