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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10
SOLDIERS GET JOBS.

Sixteen returned soldiers and sailors
were given positions by tho federal era,
ployment agency, according to- ]. Nv.
Holmes. SUPERINTENDENT. The pey Of
each man was not less than 300 Il
month. Some were employed at - So
to 81 u day. and a few were placed In
jobs paying SO cents - sc cents I'LL
hour.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

w WC @AtSo -
could hardly get
around TO do my
work, and as I had
four In my family
and three boarders
1t made IL very hard
for me. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
was recommended
10 me. I took &c
md Il hasrestGred
my health. It il
~C0rtainlv thu heat
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10
FIX QUALIFICATIONS
OF GERMAN PRESIDENT
National Assembly a. Weimar
Agrees on Portions Of New
Teuton Constitution.
BY Associated Press.

Welmar. July S.-TEc German ma
tional assembly is still debating the new
constitution and has iadorsed the arti-
Gle qualifying any male citizen. native
or naturalized. who haa attained the
age Of IS, for the office OF president.
The constitution provides that the
president shall be chosen by popular
vote. =
Government leaders af Weimar ex-
Dect the peace treaty to be ratified
this week. it raj learned Today.
The constitutional COMMITTEES has
proposed that delegates to- the national
assembly be elected for fiveeyear
terms. --. ....
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Eleetlna Ills.

Leary-Stiil waiting for your ship
to come in, eh? .3 .
Weary-0h. they've come in. Whole
fleet of 'em. All hardships.-Philadel-
phia North American. AZ.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

OHIO MOVIE cENsoRs
DlSAPPROvE FILMS or
DEMPSEY. WILLARD GO
By linked Press.

Columbus. Ohio. July S.--The
Ohio board Of mov;l censors to-
day put their dlsapproval on the
pictuers OF the Willard Dempsey
fight at Toledo. or July 4. This
means that pictures cannot be
shown Legally in Ohio because
they will not bear the mark
passed by the Ohio board Of
censors."
The pictures were shown in
Cleveland yesterday and today.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

Already possessed OF the greatest single
s,cck OF gold In history. the United State"
ccnld lay claim today 10 most OF 10, "
naming free gold OF tio "oria Ia VA:
ment OF its, trarratie merchandise hal-
ance. the fed Teserye bulletin viii sAy
IN It's July 1--we
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

There always m a time wher
the fnur-fiusher is called.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

At the present price It's no trick t
carry all your eggs in n basket.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

Higher wages to It's city employees hal
prushed the budget OF Chicago 81, 0Oo. 0o
higher n Il was last
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10
"BEST MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia <. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio.-"I suff ered from
irregularities, pains in my side and was
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

0 letter
[ch it APP
thought
the labor
Fould ike
row some
suceesS
withalg
recently
|rallyap
Fadopnd
vide mi
bst bitter
cost the
different
byesinto
Int.
bft shar-
and eff
beral boz
(d wages
consider
lctioppf
As this
workers
he incen--
will not
Fgfexra
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

rnal.
Il wish =
and SoT'
lives
act with
1t is the
ms possess
8 In those
} the prin-
ease, in
,pier and
o benefits
it,,feenng
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| praise or
lings.. He
has given
|nt to see
from the
le surface
ference or
! the doer
q or fails.
omething,
|ther who
day or all
life with
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

ave been
st of the
tlantic In
We. Near
been sent
urniDg to
his coun-
supplies
proverb
ere Is an
backward
b forests;
methods
I forests.
n, not q
s of this
of forest
.ly. This
|ur forest
new tree
to solve
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

are now
h match
Fion, five
% more
her are
ent cuts
flowers,
Is coun-
|iical.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

ionitor.
'taken in
rica has
nagnifies
Id would
aking to
without
ne. The
already
,wspaper
hvention,i
Germ adj
st foods.
ICES this
across a
~ of the
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

lied has
rrectioh
| as the
o unlike
service.
'egarded
approx
sinewy,
ed by
II lining
X. food.
] atten-
ling upi
Ink In n
silly off
hat the
J taken
shes to
lso, one
'oadside
ere is q
civilian
game
p, sleep
IN your
ig more
N a. m
INT can
you are
get out
,ur nwn
al that
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SENATOR SILENT.
BY United Press.

Washington. D. c., July s~.-Senator
Harry s. New. Of Indiana, refused to
comment today on the dispatch from
Los Angeles that Harry S. New, ar
rested there. for murder, expected the
senator to come to his defense.
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Censor Movie Films.

OeUSUT WUVte IIWbs
Orders that all motion picture films
showing the 3-34 be censored by naval
officers before they are allowed to be
exhibited anywhere wer received here
this afternoon from Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. 1t is understood that
censorship vas decided upon in re-
Spouse to a request from British Off
Gals. It was assumed that British Of
ficers asked censorship on military
grounds. ~'r.... e rs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23

Mrs. Oscar Gohlke and her daughter
Myrtle will join her there little
later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller and
daughter Cornelia Anne of ST. Louis
are here visiting Mr.. MIXERS parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Miller, and Mrs.
MiIler's parents, Mr. and Mrs John
F. Mitchell.
Mr.. John Raster, who Is i'll at the
home of his parents, DR.. and Mrs. j.
P. Raster, is improving.
Mr.. Larry Chapman, who has been
attending the University of Wisconsin.
visited in Topeka yesterday He was
on his way to his homNin Great Bend.
Miss Ruth Rooster spent the week
end in Kansas City.
Miss Helen Reinbach has returned
to Chicago after a visit to her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mendel Reinbach, 1405
West Sixth avenue. Miss Reinbach is
takin the nurses training in st.
Luke's hospital, Chicago, and has
completed more than a year of her
required work.
Mrs. Alvin Keitel and her children
of Kansas City are here visiting her
parents. Mr.. and>Mrs. John Richie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
|. w. W. NOT STRONG?
State Labor Commissioner Doubts
Robcrtson's Harvest Scare

Claims by Fred Robertson, United
States district attorney. to the effect
that a large percentage of harvest
hands coming to Kansas are 1. w.
VS., meet a vigorous denial at the
hands of John H. Crawford. state la
Dor commissioner. Crawford believes
the number of the 1. W. w. members
in the fields of this state is compare
lively small
Crawford asserted that men who
paid so cents to organizers believing
they would receive abnormal wages in
this state are not l. w. w. and do
not belong to any organization which
plans disturbances in Kansas. From
all information 1 can gather. the
harvest hands coming to Kansas are
of a higher type than in any previous
year" Crawford stated. Last week
District Attorney Robertson declared
his office had received information
that the 1. w. w. had planned a big
drive on Kansas, and that hundreds
of members of the organization were
to report in Kansas towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23

Tex; Mrs. Hattie Fossey, of Nicker-
son. Kan; Miss Edythe Brown, of Ok
lahoma City.
The Grace Queen Esther circle of
the First Methodist church will have
it's monthly meeting and spread Tues
day at o'clock at the home of Mrs.
r. 7. Herrick, 1904 Topeka avenue.
Miss Genevieve Herrick. Miss Sarella
Herrick. Miss Ernestine Biby and Mrs.
Paul Guthrie will y ? Is
Mr.. ]. P. Davis will entertain the
members of the NIispah Sunday school
class of the First Methodist church
at his home in Topeka Tvenue this
evening at 8 o'clock.
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The girls of the Kappa Alpha Theta
fraternity will meet Thursday evening
at o'clock with Miss Jessie Burnett.
1917 Clay street.
The Girls Reserve club of the Y.
w C. A. will have a meeting Tues
day afternoon in Central park, They
are to meet at the Y. w, C. n. build
ing at 2:SO o'clock and go together
from there.
The Amaranth club will have a
meeting tomorrow afternoon with
Mrs. E. Jay, 1901 Clay. street.
y
The girls of the sub-senior class of
the Topeka high school, known as
the Misshaps, will have a meeting
Thursday afternoon at Gage park at
5 o'clock.
Miss Wilhelmina Spohr, professor in
the department of household eco
nomics in Columbia university, is
here visiting her sisters. Mrs. w. R.
Smith and Mrs. w. l.. Higgins. Miss
Spohr. who is a graduate of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college, is
prominent in her line of work and has
recently collaborated with another
teacher in the writing of a text on the
teaching of home economics.
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Mrs. Snyder will present several of
her pupils in a piano recital at the
Y. W. c. A. at 1880 this evening. At
$3.50 Miss Lucille Jones and Miss Amy
Wismer will play.
X %,*
The national biennial convention OF
the Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity
will be held in st. Louis. July to
July 8. AS this year marks the end
of the first half century of the Oldest
womans fraternity, it will be a time
to look back and see the changes and
growth the years have brought. an6
a historical pageant will be one fea-
ture of the convention. This fra
ternity was organized at DePauv
university, then known as Asbury col
lege, Greencastle, Ind, January 20
1870. The sister of the late Doctor
Locke, at one time minister in To-
pelka, was one of the charter mem
bers. Since 1870 the venture of thos'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
SUSPECT IT'S MURDER
Body of Man Found in Kaw Was Sc
verely Bruised.

Olathe, Kan. June 23-The body
of an unidentified man, which appar-
emily had been submerged several
days, was found in the Kaw river
near. Holiday. Kan, Saturday by A.
Landin, deputy sheriff of johnson
county. Because of a severe bruise on
the forehead it is believed the man
met with foul play. Rude bandages,
in which the body had been sewed
from neck to hip, were not removed
by DR.. r. L. Moberly. coroner. who
conducted an investigation, because
the body was badly decomposed.
When found, the body was clothed in
a gray cap and trousers, but was
without a coat The man apparently
was about so years old. He was five
feet, ten inches tall.
The body will be kept at the Frye
undertaking establishment here for
Identification until tomorrow.
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$3.50 AT FAIRGROUNDS
Baseball and Fairgrounds Schedules
Are Now Arranged.

After two weeks. the indications are
that the Topeka Fairgrounds will be
more popular this summer than ever.
The enrolment the first week was
1.195, and the second, sos, making a
total enrolment of LOO, with total
age attendance the first week was
797, and the second, SS6.
Ripley park had the largest atten-
dance, altho the largest percentage for
the enrolment was Quincy school.
The parks, in order of attendance.
Potwin. Polk, Westlawn and Wash
ington school.
Director Barnes has announced the
following baseball schedule for the
next ten days:
Boys 1915 Years Old.
June 24-Chesney VS.. Washington; Polk
VS.. Vestlawn; Potwin VS.. city Park
June 2T-Westlawn VS.. Washington
,Chesney VS.. Polk; Potwin VS.. Quincy City
July 2-Chesney VS.. Westlawn: Polk vs..
Washington: Potwin' vs. Ripley Park; City
Boys IS and Under.
June 25-Chesney VS.. Washington; Polk
vs.. Westlawn; Ripley Park VS.. Quincy
City Park vs.. Potwin.
June 30-Polk VS.. Chesney: Washington
VS.. westlawn: City Park VS.. Ripley Park {;
July T--washinEton VS.. Polk: Chssney
vs.. Westlawn; Potwin VS.. Ripley Park;
Quincy VS.. City Park. I'D
Girls Playground Ball.
June 26-Washington VS.. Chesney
westlawn VS.. Polk; Potwin VS.. City Park
July 1~chesney VS.. Polk: Washington
Us. Westlawn Quincy VS.. Potwin; Ripley
Park VS.. City Park.
vs. w Ghesney; city PARK vs.. Quincy; Rip
ley Park vs. Potwin.
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TRAIN EVERY YOUTH
DIR. LcrriGo for Military Training
Against Militarism.

DR.. c. H. Lerrigo. in an address at
the Westminster Presbyterian church
Sunday night, predicted that the war
time training of American youth will
eventually result in a new and super
ior race of men in this country
In advocating military training.
Captain Lerrigo declared that he was
not militarist.
''There is a difference" he said.
between military training and mill
tarism. I believe, however. that every
man should go thru period of train
ing against evil habits, as we'll as a
thoro course in training such as the
army affords. This would be of I'M
told value to the nation at large, and
particularly to the physical welfare of
the United States"
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He Will Direct Speaking Campaign for
L. of n. Ratification.

New York. June 23.-J. Will KEEL
ley of Topeka, Kan. has been ap-
pointed director of the Kansas state
speakers bureau of the League to En-
force Peace. He will have charge of
the state speaking campaign now in
progress for ratification of the League
of Nations covenant
In announcing this appointment,
Tom Jones Meek. national director of
the leagues speaking bureau. said that
all the speakers are volunteers who
give their services absolutely without
pay. For the last five or six months
these speakers have been enrolling at
the national headquarters of the
league here at the rate of fifty a day.
Because the organization is too un-
wieldy to handle from the national
center. state speaking bureaus have
been established in twenty states. each
in charge of a volunteer director.
The various state directors Will
work in cooperation with the summer
chautauqua circuits. There arfe
sixty-two of these circuits in the coun-
try and every one of them will have
speakers favoring the ratification of
the covenant
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liam Tomlinson. The wedding will
take place sometime in July.
Miss We.ghtman, who is graduate
of Washburn college is a member of
the Alpha Phi fraternity. She has
been teaching for the past two years.
Mr.. TOmlinson. the son of Mr.. and
Mrs c. E. Tomlinson has recently been
discharged from the army. At the
time of his enlistment he was a stu
dent in the Washburn Law school He
is now cashier of the Capitol Build
ing & Loan association.
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The Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Nelson will
celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary
of their marriage Friday evening. June
81. at the Potwin Presbyterian manse,
AIS Elmwood avenue.
Mr.. H. L. Nelson and Mary Frank
were married in Mason, o., where
they had both been teachers. They
came TO Topeka in 1899 and since that
time have lived here or near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson will be very
glad to have their friends call Friday
evening between the hours of and
10. No presents.
out of town guests here for the cele-
bration are Mrs. NJ. " Frank. of Ma
son, O.; Miss Cynthia Frank, of Dallas,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stopburning, itching
eczema quickly by applying Zemo fur
nished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, S10o. Healing begins the
moment Zemo is applied. In short
time usually every trace of eczema,
letter, pinples, rash, blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use Zemo,
the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t
is not greasy and does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable
treatment for skintroubles of all kinds.
The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland. o.
Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23

: 5000 new customers BY July / -'-Adv.
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first timid girls who ware laughed at
and denounced as all innovators must
be, has grown until today this fra
ternity has seventy-five chapters;
forty-three active chapters in the coll
lleges and universities of the United
States and Canada, and thirty-two
alumnae chapters, and an established
reputation and prestige. The seven
chapters of district 5, of which the
Washburn chapter is one, are host
esses for this convention. and Wash
burn is entirely responsible for the
stunt night" always popular event
of any convention.
The official delegate from the coll
lege chapter is Miss Mary Paxton
The alumnae are sending as their
delegate Miss Ruth Raster. Other
Washburn girls who will attend are
Miss Dorothy Crane, Miss Elisabeth
Edison. Miss Jessie Brunette. Miss
Cynthia Monroe, Miss Beatrice Shake
shaft, Miss Sarah Robson, Miss
Marie Vancil, Miss Genevieve McMil-
Ian, all of Topeka; Miss Helen Hunter
of Attica: Miss Katherine Knowells
ling of Lyons; Miss Katherine Har-
rison of Downs, Miss Winifred Wig
gam of Emporia. lf
Announcements have been received
here of the engagement of Miss Helen
DduShloI Oh LIZ anu MI D
Frank K Sanders of New York City
to Mr.. James F. Allen of Boston.
Doctor Sanders was formerly presi-
dent of Washburn college and Miss
Sanders has many friends in Topeka.
For the past year she has been girls
work secretary of the New England
field of the Y. W. C. A.
Mr.. Allen, who is a graduate of
Brown university and Harvard law
school, is -practicing law in Boston.
After the marriage of Miss Sanders
and Mr.. Brown in November they will
make thier home in Winchester, a
suburb of Boston.
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HOW MAILS ARE GATHERED.
Queer things come in the mail each
day, so I'll let this weird bird have
his say. He wrote me this and re-
quested me to publish, it so all could
see.
THE DICKENS OF 1T"
IT hate to admit I'm still single,
and in this deliberate jingle, I'll try
my dilemma to show. It's not I bear
the sex any. antipathy, 1 should say
not. 1 admire it 80 much and so
many, that's the cause of my bachelor
lot. 1 no more go crazy. Ger Lizzie,
than Annie trips into my view. If
Sally my noodle gets dizzie, then Dol
| lie comes dallying thru. Each dame
| as we meet seems the sweetest. but
can't make my mind up to fall; for
| the next / am sure will be neatest
and smilest and trimmest and dearest
sincerest, and fairest and squarest, and
| finest and divinest, of all. of all and SC
| on and so forth. of ALL"
There's his explanation-his name
on application. N. S. A.
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! Notes and Personals.
Do,
turned after few days visit in Her
| ington.
Lieut.. Harry A. Smith motored w
from Horton and spent the weekend
visiting friends in Topeka.
Miss Marguerite Gohlke left yester
day for State Center, Ia, where sh'
will spend several weeks visiting he
grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Shilling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
AIRPLANE TO RESCUE!
Pratt Merchant Flies to Bedside of
Sick Brother.

Pratt, June sc A. Hopper. pio
neer hardware merchant and post
master, had the experience of his life
Friday. He received a message that
his brother, Killam Hopper, was seri-
ously ill in a Wichita hospital and the
trains had all left. He pf1oned Gabe
Arnold who is driving the Swinson air.
plane and in less than an hour Mr..
Hopper was by the bedside of his
brother. The trip was an eventful one
for Mr. Hopper The distance is
eighty-one miles and it was the first
time a plane ever made the trip from
Pratt to Wichita with a passenger.
e. 5000 new customers by July1. ADV
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: 5000 new customers by JulyI. ADV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
SOCIETY .Iz r
CJBY eRAclAPoPE wooD.4

NOO4A =
OBY eRAclAPoFE WooD.A
The Kansas Woman Lawyers asso-
citation will hold a meeting in Topeka
on June rs for the purpose OF wei
coming into the association the Two
women who are taking the bar this
month, Miss Susanne Henry OF Gay
Center and Miss Consuelo Virginia
ECrueg of Lawrence. This organiza-
fion has been in existence since the
first OF the year and has a member
ship Of 25. Lila Day Monroe OF To-
peka is the president and sadie Girls
ham Of Cottonwood Falls holds the
positions Of secretary and treasurer
They will hold a business meeting
nexf wednesday afternoon followed by
dinner at Pelletier's. Among the
out OF town women who will be pres
ent at this meeting are Mrs. Gresham
and Miss Harriet Parks kirby oil
KANSAS City. Mo.
topeka is becoming a real commun-
Itv center with community circuses,
community sings and the Ike. And
now comes the announcement OF
community concert series 10 be gwen
next winter Four of the greatest ar
lists OF the country viii give concerts
in the auditorium and at popular
prices
Galli-Curci who has been in Kan
sas but twice before. is the best known
OF these artists. tho the others Will be
OF as high a standing. Josef LheV-
inne. pianist. has been engaged. and
In a few days Mr.. Henry +. Dotter-
WEIGH. now head of the piano depart
ment at Washburn. who is manager
Of the series. will announce the others
C vtolinist and a contralto'
HoIlyhock day at the Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday. June %, Will
also be Ladies' day. All who have
stalks Of holiyhock to spare are asked
to cut them and bring them to the
Chamber of Commerce before IL
o'clock Wednt sday 1t will add TO the
interest in the flowers if the name of
the donor is tied on the stalk Reser-
vatlons for tables and auto rides TO
visit the hollyhock gardens should be
made. tomorrow with Mrs. Theodore
Saxon, whose telephone number is
B-4O29. The tables VIII be ready. rain
or shine.
Mrs. Silas Porter VIII entertain the
TT Beta Phi alumnae Wednesday af-
ternoon at the Country club in honor
Of the girls who have been in school
this year. The guests W II be Mrs. E.
A. Campbell. Mrs. w. L. Gardner Mrs.
Afford Frost. Mrs. Paul Guthrie. Mrs.
Arthur Mills. Mrs. Glen Pratt, Mrs.
chester Woodward. Mrs. T. +. Doran,
Mrs Fred Penfield. MISS Genevieve
Herrsck. Miss Sarella Herrick. Miss
Ernestine Billy. Mss Gladys Guild.
4 x n
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Weightman.
ir. have announced the engagement
OF their daughter, Mary to Mr.. VIII
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Mrs. Snyder will present several of
her pupils in piano recital at the
Y. w. c. A. at 1880 this evening. At
$50 Miss Lucille Jones and Miss Amy
WisD1er will n1au
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
ASKS HIGHER RATE
Wakarusa Telephone Co. Charges
Same as Is Years Ago.

Same as IS Years Ago.
Because the present rate is the rate
of eighteen years ago. the Wakarusa
telephone exchange wants relief. 1t
has been compelled to meet war prices
for materials and union wages for
labor. Its rates have never changed.
An application for an increase in
existing rates will soon be filed with
the public utilities commission by F.
A. Pratt, owner and manager of the
Wakarusa exchange. Pratt wants a
rate of $1.25 a month for rural, 81. so
for town residences and 81 for bust
ness phones.