The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-03

r. II. Hobbs, president OF the association.
the committee to arrange the union sery-
ices. The suggestion that membership
cards be printed for the member OF the
away from home, met with approval, and
the matter was referred to the membership
committee.
A movement is on foot among Topeka
merchants to inaugurate a system of pho
tographing forged checks in order to de-
creases losses in this manner. merchant
who gets ..stung" under this system would
Immediately take the check to the police
station. Where it will be photographed and
a copy circulated among the proprietors of
various stores in order that everyone might
be on the lookout for similar attempts by
number of worthless checks reported. mer-
account of this evil average less than one
thirtieth of one per cent.
A meeting of the Mother Daughter can
ming clubs of Elmont, Pauline and Sea-
brook wiit0 be held Friday in the office of
the county farm agent at the court house
Miss Irene Taylor. emergency home dem
| onstration agent. announced this morning.
from the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege, will be present and deliver valuable
talk to the women; He Viii describe Iloe. and
results with them. All members Of the
three clubs as well as all women interested
| in gardening will be welcomed at the meet
| ing, 1t was said.
+. NJ. Lehman. secretary of the Y. NJ.
luncheon at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Sun
day evening. He predicted that the sol,
the elimination of the pork barrel after
| their return. 1T isn't what or who we
are he declared. after saying that new
| value has been placed on manhood by the
war, but what we can do and will do for
our fellow mer." In touching upon the
subject of unity in the churches, Leaman
spoke of some OF the failures of the ante
/ war religion; and ended by PREDICTING that
| there will be workable religion from
I on nd a
| across.
i The Kansas Good Roads association has
extended its contest for the best picture OF
the worst road in Kansas to April l; Three
prizes will be given. $a5, SIS and $40, for
the three best pictures showing the dis
advantages of dirt roads which can be
used as an argument for 365 day roads
/ The recent snow storm Will make many
| those persons who have not yet sent in
! photographs, to do so. J. Frank Smith,
manager of the association, has received
to give everybody in the state further
| chance to win one of the prizes. and for
that reason n has h. exsea a e. t 5ae d e ROADS
| association. The prizes will be announced
| soon after April 1.
The Marmon touring car belonging to
| Lee Monroe of 900 Harrison street. which
| was stolen Sunday evening at about I 80
o'clock from in front of the residence, has
informed today noon that a Marmon car
| was abandoned in the mud on Swygart
street near the cemetery; A broken mud
fully blocking further progress of the
| machine seemed to be the reason for leav-
ing the car. Besides broken fender and
l mud practically covering the entire car. the
motor was apparently unfnjured. This is
the third time the Monroe Marmon has
been adopted by some one not belonging
to it. 1t is not known whether it was
the intention of the people who took the
car to steal it outright or whether 1t was
just little evenings joy ride that was de-
sired.
! A suit 10 collect $4,sT0s5 from the Fox
Construction company was filed this morn
ing in the office Of the district court by
W. NJ. Burton, a negro contractor of Hutch
inson. Burton alleges that the construc-
ton company has contract with the ROCK
| Island Railroad company to construct Ger
tain improvements and extensions on their
lines jest west of Topeka, where the ter
minal is being built. He says he has n
sub contract with the construction COM
pany, by which he was to dig ditch 300
feet long Mt an agreed price. Burton says
he made the excavation to the entire salts
faction of the Rock Island engineers, but
that the Fox company has neglected and
refused to pay him, altho his work was
completed in December, 1918. Burton is
said to do a large contracting business and
is interested in the construction of the
West Tenth street road.
Beginning next Sunday, the following
churches will hold union services at the
United Presby terrain. Westminster Presby;
;erian, Central Park Christian Gtn Central mt,
and Quinton Heights Baptist. There will
be home services on Tuesday evening this
. week in connection with the union services
at the following homes: f. Baughman
Twenty third and Lincoln Grant Gillespie
West Twenty first street; A.. j. White
Seventeenth and .1IobebooIn Mrs. r. H
Pennington. 1720 Bolles; Mrs; Warrington
, lege; DR.. MaBelle True 1900 Mulvane: NJ
f.. Hand, 1115 Garfield, Mrs. Langstaff
, 1910 byron: /. N. Brandon, 1916 Fillmore
H. Chalmers, 1867 West; F. w Epps. 11os
West Thirteenth; +. F. Stanley, 1881 Gar
, field: and Mrs. Albert Dawson, 1919 Wes
Tenth street.