The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-17
SNAP SHOTS
Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria.-Adv.
AT HOME NEWS

Dance tonight-Stelnberg 's.-Adv.
DIR. Earle G. Brown city health of
ficer. today issued a warning to people I
not to throw their ashes in the alley. /;
There is a city ordinance against this (
practice and one may only dump !
ashes in the alley when granted per-
mission by the commissioners.
Jess Wizards big 110-horse-power
Fiat motor car has been purchased by
w. l. Porter, a local dealer All the
small boys in Topeka and lot of the
big boys have been over at Porter's
shop today to inspect the big imported
motor car 1t was built in Italy.
Charles 1. Martini adjutant general,
,, is in Washington where he will appear
as witness before a joint committee
of the house and senate relative TO
national guard affairs. General Mar
tin will attend a meeting of officers
! of the American Legion in Indianapo-
lis before returning to Kansas
The county fair price committee has
established a maximum price for
wood in the tree, W. H. Kemper,
| chairman of the committee, an
| nounced today. When the entire tree
| is made into wood the maximum price
! is 81 a cord; when part of the body
E, of the tree is reserved for saw tim
| ber or posts and the balance is used
for wood the maximum price is :
cents a cord.
Two new cases of diphtheria were
!
ment today. according to DR.. Earle G.
/ Brown city health officer. The vie
Tins were Orval Baldwin. 400 Liberty
! street, and Lois Musick. 70T Smith
street. The total of diphtheria cases
remained a [ four, as two cases were
| released by Doctor Brown today. One
case of measles was reported at 200
| Waite avenue Tuesday.
Mrs katherine Welch Bollard, for
merly of Topeka, died December IA at
IC1-.
ter of the late r. b. Welch. She mar
ried r. H. Bollard. formerly of this
city. She is survived by her husband,
two daughters, Margaret and Rather
inc; d sister. Mrs. b II. Pugh; her
mother, Mrs. R. B. Welch; and two
and Capt. VIM. s. Welch, Hammond,
Ind.
Report of shipment of receivership
coal on December / 5 received by the
! local committee indicated that coal
was sent to twelve Kansas cities. The
shipments were made to the mayors.
The coal was all mine run. An aver
age of two carloads was shipped to-
each of the following cities: Baldwin.
Garuett. Emporia, EnGlewood. Ash
| land, Topeka, Chanute, Atchison, Ar
| kansas City, Wichita, Newton, Bur
linGame.
Who said women have no foresight? {?
If the species as a whole haven't, the
women in the city clerks office GER
tainly are an exception. Would you
believe il, these women have checked
the entire calendar for 1920 to find
how many pay days are on Saturday.
They found only three and are rejoic-
| ing. When pay day comes on(the last
| working day in the week, the clerks
in Miss Covelfs department have to
wait, around until evening for their
} stipend, whereas they would otherwise
be off at noon for the day.
| A permanent organization will be
planned for the Episcopal diocese OF
Kansas by a special committee at the
annual meeting in Topeka next May
2 The committee composed of; Rev
| Carl Nau. Emporia; Rev E. a. Ed
wards, Lawrence, and ReS o. E
Gray, Topeka. The decision was
5 reached Tuesday According to Bish-
I op Wise, the orga nization will han
die extension work such as religion.
1 education, social service and publicity
The meeting Tuesday was called b!
= John NICE. Ames, chairman.
It's a good thing the Washburn foot
ball season is over. for it is to b'
| feared Coach Elmer Bearg would for
| get about it, if the Blue were sched
uled to play c. of E. tomorrow. Th
| IWashburn mentor is the proud ia he
| of a two day old son. Richard Willi
| Bearg who arrived Monday evening
Richard is hardly heavy enough Il
seven and one-half pounds, but h
came into the world calling signals
iaccording TO the coach. Mrs. Beari
and baby are at Stormont hospital
both doing well.
An extension of water mains il
and $4,000 is planned. according t
Sept. Fred Painter Petitions for thi
project are being prepared. TIL
mains will be extended on Monro
from Kious to Garfield and a ney
main will be laid on Kious from Mon
roe to Madison. north on Madison t
Garfield and west to Kansas avenue
Six-inch pipe will be installed rathe
than four-inch pipe to insure adequat
fire protection, according to Painter
This pipe costs twice as much as be
fore the war making laying waite
system an expensive undertaken
| these days.
call for assistance in raising 81.
600. 900 for Alfred university Ne'
| York, has been sounded by G. NJ. Cot
tren of Topeka state chairman O
& AIfred's alumni for Kansas and Col
4 | orado. A half dozen Wisconsin col
4 leges have pooled their interests t
Il raise S5.O00,000 The smaller college
| of the country are falling in line be
4 hind the larger universities. such a
4 | Yale. Harvard and Princeton, whlc
1 are in the field for endowments c
$4,000 900 each Men of means.
4 the call of these smaller schools tina
Z are doing such patriotic service o
I such inadequate compensation.
| Rights of a common law telephon
4 | company to do business in Kansas uT
4 er a permit from the state public utiA
! ties commission ARE being argued &c
| day in a hearing before the commits
j sion. The case was brought to Tope
ka by the Wakeeney Telephone CON
pany which desires to operate as
1 partnership or common law corpora
tion without formal incorporation. III
| case is the first of its character pre-
4 | sented before the state commission
4 | Recently the present ma ma cement
1 the Wakeeney plant bought the equii
u 1 mani h1Isir1nSs q nd s-nnd will of he 0l