The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-13

It flows across the walk on Seventh.
west of Jackson street,
So II you chance to stroll that way,
be careful of your feet.
The women try to jump 1t and
some men go wading thru.
The little tots just stop and cry
they don't know what to do.
We hope the city fathers
complaint in this note,
Correct the nuisance, build a bridge
or buy ferry boat.
Holcraft-Flowers.-A
Art Lamp Shop, s2S Kansas Ave,
over Jones & Birch.-Adv.
The Inter-Service club will meet to
night at 6:15 o'clock at the Chamber
Of Commerce.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue Adv.
The Topeka district Epworth league
cabinet win meet at the home of DIR.
c. 3. Zook, 1921 Polk street. this
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Building permits for two new
garages were issued by the city this
morning TO s. T. Willard, 1855 Harrison
and to Percy Walker. 51S Tyler.
The Topeka Poultry Breeders as
ISOLATION will meet at o'clock to-
night at the Chamber of Commerce to
annual state poultry show.
The Dornwood stock sale will be
held at the sales pavilion. fair
grounds at l p. m, Wednesday, De-
cernber is. AT this sale the famous
Dornwood herd will be offered at pub
lie auction.-Adv.
The Chamber of Commerce conven-
ton publicity committee met today at
the Chamber, and drew up prelimin-
w,1a Eos he eta "a ir1nf TTaf IN
ceremonies. Further plans will be
made at the next meeting.
Dairymen and fancy stock breeders
should not overlook the offering of
the popular Dornwood herd at public
auction The sale will be held at 1
o'clock Wednesday, December 10, at
sales pavilion. fair grounds.-Adv.
The regular meeting of the Coop
erative club is to be held in the Elks'
club at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday night.
The program will be in charge of
Frank Griggs and Ed kistler. L. T.
Taft has been elected a member of the
club.
The Topeka Life Underwriters held
their annual dinner and dance at Pei
letters Saturday night. A quartet
from the Modoc club furnished music,
and there was dancing after the mu-
steal entertainment. Several out of
town insurance men were among the
guests.
Smoke from defective flue at 1925
Harrison, a pile of straw ablaze at
State and Ash streets and a false alarm
from the Branner viaduct were the
only breaks in the monotony for the
city fire department on Sunday. No
serious damage was reported from any
of the alarms.
There will be an all-school party at
the high school December IS. A pro-
gram will be presented by members
of the faculty and of the student body,
including various organizations with
in the school. Faculty and student
committees are cooperating in ar
engagements for the party.
Neil s. Anderson, formerly a To-
peka reporter. is making a very good
living and considerable of a hit at San
Diego, Cal, where he is conducting a
column of paragraphs on the San
Diego Evening Tribune. His column
Is headed The Poor Fish Reporter"
and contains little bit of everything.
A window in the rear of Charles
McClintock's tea and coffee store at
$50 Kansas avenue was broken Sunday
night by someone who struck it with
a rock wrapped in gunny sack, &C
cording to the police. The culprit then
ran away. Officers were placed in
hiding to watch the place, but no one
returned. Nothing was stolen.
Topeka may have a religious school
u
institute held at the First Baptist
church last week. Nearly 500 persons
attended the institute. many of whom
were in favor of establishing a relig-
ious school in the city. The institute
was one of several planned by the
American Baptist Publication society.
A miniature goat. awarded every ten
days to the long distance telephone
operators of Hutchinson, Topeka or
Wichita for efficiency, has just been
lost by a bit of hard luck to the Hutch
inson bureau. after having made his
home in Topeka for the past ten days
The Topeka hello girls are out now
TO get their goat back from Hutchin-
son.
There has been a complete reorgan-
ization of the automobile school Oper-
ated by the knights of Columbus for
ex-service men, according to J. J
Holloway, director of the school. Five
phases of auto-repair instruction and
three of auto-electric instruction are
now included in the course, which is
under the direction Of c. A. Sand
meyer.
The stork won by a large score oveI
the grim reaper in November. accord
ing to a report of DR.. Earle G. Brown
Of deaths and births for November
The total number OF births was 10.
while there were forty-six deaths il
November. Two Of the persons who
died were non-residents. Eighty-twt
white children were born, ten coloret
and ten Mexican.
There viii be a meeting tonight al
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. of members OF
the state committee for the commits
sion for the relief OF starving children
in Europe. The meeting tonight is fol-
the purpose of laying plans for th'
organization meeting of the entire
committee which is to be held Tues
day at 3 o'clock in the supreme cour
room at the state house.
Owen Knox, an eX-service man and
soldier Of the Salvation Army, Il
speaking at a series of special meet
ings at the Salvation Army. which be
gan Sunday night and will continu,
until Thursday. At the Sunday nigh
meeting there was good attendance
with five conversions. The meeting
open at Q o'clock at the Salvation
Army building, Fifth and Quinc,