The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-10
LOCAL MENTION.

NJ. c. King. a former Topekan, who
/ has been for some time with the Santa
Fe in California, has been transferred
to Topeka. He is staying at the Cen
trail Y. M. c. A. dormitory.
Glass and glazing. call 949. ]. K .
Jones Paint Co.-Adv.
The floor of the Central V NJ. C. a.
| is torn up and preparations are being
made for the laying of new tile floor
The work will take several days but it
will not be necessary at any time to
| close the lobby.
| Suits and overcoats dry cleaned 75c.
( Topeka Laundry Co. Phone $685.
Adv.
The Sunday school of the First Ger
man Methodist church has elected Of
ficers for the year as follows: G.. Ur-
ban, first superintendent; William
Vesper, second superintendent; Miss
| Lydia Geisser, +. Siegel, Miss Elsie
johnson and Miss Martha Geiser,
treasurers; Miss Esther Ross, oreanist:
other officials, Walter Urban. H.
Meyer, Oscar Kranes and Theodore
| Sitter
The Central Y. NJ. c. A. basketball
team will play the Washburn college
second team this evening at the Wash
burn gymnasium at o'clock. The
game will be a curtain raiser to the one
| between the Washburn varsity and
| Bethany college.
Painless dental work at moderate
prices at the White Dental Parlors. 500
Kansas Ave. Phone 714.-Adv-
Central Y. NJ. C. a. "cup league" will
arrange a schedule and rules and make
a drawing of the teams Tuesday even
| ing.
Considerable interest has been taken
by some of the women friends of the
| Central Y. M c. A. lately in the
bowling alleys. Women and girls are
welcome to bowl any night in the
week.
Glass. Glazing and Paint. Miller &
| Gillespie. S33 X. A. Phone 955.-Ady.
Forty members of the Topeka Co
Operative club will be entertained to-
morrow by the Kansas City branch of
! the organization. A special car will
leave the Santa Fe in the morning at
7:4o o'clock returning at 4:1o.
At a late hour this afternoon the
board of county commissioners was
| still enGa ged in a vain effort to get
together on a set of county officials
who hold their places by the grace of
| the commissioners. The appointment
| should have been announced last Mon
| day. Three meeting days have elapsed
since then. And still the commission
erS are wondering who will get the
places. The officers to be appointed
are a physician, an engineer and
superintendent for the poor farm. The
| officers serving at present are DR.. c.
| C. Lull, Walter Arnold and Paddy
! Belts.
Special prizes TO audience. Modoc
! AIinstreIs high school auditorium.
Friday, January IA. Prizes on exhibit
drug store of Waggoner and Good
rich. Tickets can be procured Modocs,
Capital Council drill team and band;
also from Waggoner & Goodrich. Big
parade Friday noon. Curtain, SID
Adv.
The city commission today author
lied Commissioner w. L. Porter to
insure the auditorium for 20 per cent
of its value, or $4,000. The building
originally cost $4,000 and figuring de-
probation at one and one-half per
| cents it's present value is 100000 1t
is insured for $4,000 and the pre-
MUM for three years is $40 thou
sand. BY increasing the insurance the
| rate per thousand is reduced to $13.92.
The city would get $4,000 additional
insurance on the building for an addi-
tional premium payment of only
sS0.S4.
In Saturdays issue OF the State
Journal is was stated that Willie Por-
ter and Charles Anderson were taken
to Lansing TO begin terms in the peni-
tertiary. The two men were taken
to Hutchinson. where they will begin
terms in thc reformatory.
The largest policy paid in the city in
several years was today paid to the
four cons and daughter of Edwin Sny-
der of Topeka who died late last
and was divided among the five bene-
ficiaries. They are Stanley of Topeka,
Ralph of Oskaloosa, Carl of West
moreland and Dean and Miss Anna
SNYDER of Horton. The policy was
originally taken out in the Covenant
Mutual Life Insurace company of st.
Louis. Several years ago the company
was obsarbed by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company mad the latter
company today paid the policy.
The city commission today approved
the bond furnished by Charles H.
/ Trap in connection with the con-
tract for publishing the revised city
ordinances. The bond is for $3.50. The
commission also passed the ordinance
providing for the publication of the
revised ordinances.
Mayor J. z. House was authorized
by the city commission today to sign
a lease for a strip of land along the
Kaw river to be used as a location for
~. Il To
o. w Knight. The land lies between
Topeka avenue and Harrison street
The lease calls for the payment of
$3.50 to the city each year.
Card of Thanks.