The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-29

years dog tax Dwight Thacher has
recently become editor of the Yellow
Dog.
A Thanksgiving dinner will be given
Thursday evening at o'clock at the
Swedish Lutheran church, Fourth and
Fillmore streets, followed at o'clock
by a special program
S. H. Trent and NJ. F. Hughes,
charged with criminally careless driv-
ing were bound over on that charge
in the court of Topeka Tuesday after
noon. preliminary hearing was held
for Trent, but Hughes waived his pre-
liminary. The bonds were fixed at
$1,000 and were furnished.
Frank A Harrison, of Lincoln, will
speak Friday noon at the Chamber OF
Commerce. Mr. Harrison has been a
student of conditions in Central Amer
lea and Mexico for the last eight
years. He has spent considerable
time in Topeka recently investigating
the effect of prohibition in this city.
Because of the death of c. o.
Knowles, for many years guardian for
the estate Of Kate E. Anterior, an in
mate of the Topeka state hospital, the
Central Trust company was today
named guardian The estate
amounts only to 500 and is to be used
for burial purposes when the woman
dies
Mayor House placed another time
honored custom in the discard when
he did not haid to newspaper reporters
a Thanksgiving proclamation. Whats
the use ?" he asked. Every man
woman and child in Topeka knows
tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Why
should the mayor issue a proclamation
when the president and governor have
issued them ?'
: Wholesalers from. the eastern Sec
ton of Kansas are meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce today to dis
cuss questions of Importance. They
are deciding whether representatives
from this part of the state shall APP
pear before the Interstate Commerce
commission to protest against the pro-
posed increase in freight rates on
fruits and other commodities shipped
here from California. Also an effort
is being made to bring more whole
salers into the jobbers' association eX-
listing in the state.
Altho those who drilled for oil on
the F'lickinger farm near Dover are
confident that oil exists in that vicin-
ity, the casing used in drilling the well
1900 feet deep is being removed. The
casing is worth $500 and the expense
of drilling was $4,000. Salt water has
been seeping out of the well for weeks
and at depth of 1900 feet a seven
foot vein of coal was found. After the
drill had passed thru this vein it
struck another coal vein, ten feet in
thickness. The depth at which the
coal was found made it impossible to
mine it with any profit. J. F. w.
Renker has been in charge of the
drilling.
A yellow, white and blue flag wav-
ing from above the State Journal An
next building recently attracted Unusual
attention from passersby. No, Ange-
line, it was not the ensign of China
nor of Mexico. 1t was the banner of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. Such flag can be seen waving
every night from the top of the mag
nificent tower of the Metropolitan
building in New York city, ten miles
out at sea. A powerful searchlight
I plays upon it and it is known as the
/ light that never fails" The same
I light that never fails" may now be
seen in Topeka at the corner of Eighth
and Kansas avenue, due to the energy
of Manager Jack Carlin.