The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-06
ON CITY MANAGER
J. B, Billiard Gives His Views on
New Government Plan.
He Thinks 1t Would Give one
Man Too Much Power.
Topeka HAS MONKEY MAKER
North Side Man Carves Them
Out of Peach Seeds.
Corn Pads Sell Much Faster
Than BuniOn PlaSterS.

c. Kaser is the champion of a new
carving art. It's new to most per-
sons but, as for him, he's been prac-
ticing it for forty years. Its wonder
lies in the transformation of peach
seeds into monkeys-long tailed mon
KEYS, performing monkeys, well-Just
monkeys. For that matter, plum seeds
do almost equally as well and con
tribute especial amazement When theS
are small enough so that their result
ant monkeys can be placed WlInlh the
peach seed monkeys.
ITS really no trick at ali" says the
artisan. 1.-The only thing is not to at
tempt to be too careful. TWO years
ago when 1 was working in the once
of the Topeka Coal company, L made
500 of them A boy brought a Wno5e
bushel basket full of large peach seeds
to me- He was tickled to death when
l made him three or four. With good
luck one can have one of the long
tailed little scamps in fifteen minutes
from the time he starts whiting" The
ornaments most practical use is as
a watch charm.
Billiard on City Manager.
J. B. Billiard was talking in the Of
flee of his mill this morning concern
ing forms of municipal government.
'I am inclined to think that the city
manager plan places too much con-
centrated power in the hands of one
person. Inc present lOpchd SySlClI
has about as much concentrated power
as there ought to be. I believe, how
ever. that the commission plan is
much more efficient than was the
council
A crate of guinea hens were making
an awful racket this morning outside
the office of the American Express
company Some white turkeys and
some plain chickens were also making
themselves conspicuous. The agent
says the company handled 200 coops
of poultry a day just preceding
Thanksgiving and that the amount is
nearly as large now.
Eastern Star Memorial
Helena chapter, Eastern Star. held
took, Mrs Hewitt and Mrs. Courtney,
and elected officers at their meeting
Tuesday. Mrs. F. r. Conwell was
elected matron; F. r. Conwell, pa
iron; Mrs. o. P. Davis, associate ma
iron; Mrs Mary Campbell, conduct
ductress- The meeting next Tuesday
will be devoted to initiation and that
two weeks distant to installation.
Notes and Personals
Eugene lodge No. 70. I. o. o. F.,
has work in the initiatory degree
planned for tonight at the meet
ing in their hall, S37 North Kansas
avenue.
No. 1 fire station boys were called
out yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock to put cut a small roof blaze
at 316 West Gordon street. No ma
terial damage was incurred.
G. F. Kimball, Albert Eomlinson
and Frank Root attended the Old Set
tiers meeting in the First Presbyter-
ian church Tuesday.
TITS an awfully slow season for
lemons" complains Fred Buechner of
the Buechner grocery. 1.-The only
thing they're used for now is hot tod
dies. The number sold depends alto
gether upon the number of squeezers
there are We sell perhaps six dozen
a week now
The enlargement of the new ticket
office and the creation of a new room
at the Union Pacific passenger station
is well under way. The new room is a
conductors room designed so that the
train crew may step in for their or
ders directly from the outside of the
station, without having to pass thru
the waiting room. The floor is being
torn up and a new one laid. The lat
ter is of hard pine below and maple
on top.
A great deal of interest is being