The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-20
HARD TO RUN CHURCH ORGAN
Consumers Must Turn OF
"Juice" SO Movie Can Run.
Telephones Have Same Disease
as Those in Topeka.

Pottawatomie county may profitably
pay expenses and per diem of Miss
Ruth E. Haterius, register of deeds,
who Is attending the convention of
county Officials This afternoon Miss
Haterius has half of the state depart
ments working to adjust and regulate
the troubles and difficulties of her
people. From transportation to fidg-
ETY. electric lights and wheezy pipe
organ in the Westmoreland meeting
house. Miss Haterius came to Topeka
loaded with trouble.
The Pottawatomie official called in
state offices during the day and
dropped more extra work for depart
ment heads than all the other officials
attending the convention. In fact. If
there is anything wrong in Potta-
watomie county, it is quite probable
the register of deeds has taken the
trouble right to headquarters With
the one lone imitation of railroad
into WestmoreIand sold for junk, Pot
tawatomie county delegations come to
Topeka but seldom. So when Miss
Haterius came to the convention she
brought all the job lot and loose end
complaints in the community
Lights Sputtcr and Die.
ct want that public utilities commits
sion to get right after the electric
light company" Miss Haterius recited.
Those pesky lights are awful You
can't read by them and they flicker
and jump and then go out entirely.
The only time they are of any service
is after 0 o'clock at night and there
isn't anything in Westmoreland that
ought to keep anyone up after that
hour Saturday nights when they run
the picture show everyone must shut
off their lights or there isn't enough
juice to run the show
FTNrr
power that was left over from Sat
urday night. I play the pipe organ at
our church Last Sunday l was near
" embarrassed to death. There wasn't
enough power to run the bellows and
the organ sounded like some poor dy-
ing animal. We had company at
church that day. too. And every one
sang lust as loud as they could so the
visitors wouldn't hear those awful
groans from the organ.
"And | want the telephones fixed,
too. The other day I called up mother
and the wires got twisted and have
had a sore throat ever since. l on
lust as we'll go out in the street ana
try to yell over to the people you want
to talk with. That way you don nave
to pay rent"
She Didn't Discriminate.
lust so there wouldn't be a spirit
of discrimination, Miss Haterius called
on the governors office, the attorney.
general the state board OF adm1nlstra-
ton and the auditor and treasurer and
secretary of state. Everywhere she
left some tale of the woes and sorrows
of Potta watomie county. And II state
departments function properly there
should be a shower or blessing ana
relief 10 Miss Haterius's constituents:
Since they junked our railroad
sighed Miss Haterius, I'VE have to
bring our troubles down here IN
punches. have been saving up a lot
of these things since 1 was here last
winter. Honestly, I wouldn't miss
these conventions for anything. This
is the one real JOY I find in politics
And oh. won't it be grand If we really
get good electric lights and telephone
service and some sort of transporta-
tfon ?"