The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-16

that it curved about the corridor like
a snake in order that all the waiting
taxpayers could get inside. The num-
her of persons who have paid their
taxes is about up to standard for this
time of the year, according to L. b
Boyd, county treasurer.
Miss Virginia Younkin, a student at
Strickler's Business college and the
daughter of S D. Younkin, 1928 Kan
sas avenue. sustained a broken collar
bone during a basket ball game at the
y W. c. A. Thursday evening During
the game. it was said, Miss Younkin
and another player ran against each
other so violently as to result in the
injury A physician was called and
she was taken to her home. An X
raw examination of the injury was
made today.
The Postal Telegraph company is to
move on January 1 from its quarters
at 525 Kansas avenue to new home
on the first floor of the Columbian
cording TO c. n. Jones. manager The
Postal company will be in Room 1, on
the west side of the Columbian build
ing. When the Postal company
moves. the Topeka Typewriter ex-
change. now occupying the north half
of the room at 525 Kansas avenue,
will expand and occupy the entire
floor. w. t. Stinson is manager of
the typewriter exchange.
A case in which Lavina Williams is
seeking to collect compensation from
the Cudahy Packing company for the
death of her son, originally filed in
the Wyandotte district court, was to-
day transferred to the United States
district court. The plaintiff states that
on December .. 1919 while her son
was pushing a meat rack at the COM
pany's plant, where he was employed,
oil hi inf in
juries which, Mrs. Williams alleges.
caused his death last April. Sac
seeks to recover from the company
the sum of $4,000 under the Kansas
compensation law.
The Provident association is collect
ing articles to make Christmas bright
er in the homes of the destitute and
poor. Some of the articles needed
tor Christmas are: Orders for shoes,
stockings, underwear, blankets, kitch-
en- chairs, dishes, tablecloths, cooking
utensils, kitchen utensils. sheets. pill
lows, comforts, canned fruit, sweat
ers; wash tubs wash boards, curtains,
gloves, stocking caps, chiIdren's
boomers, boys waists. rompers,
dresses, grafonola records. combs,
Christmas trees. Christmas decora-
tions, oranges, apples. candy, nuts.
towels. teaspoons, tea kettles and
dishpans.
William c. Cartilage was elected
master of Sloan lodge No 225, at
the annual election of officers Thurs
day night at the Masonic temple. The
other officers elected were: Homer A.
Claussen, senior warden; Homer B.
| Fink, junior warden; James Nelson.
/ treasurer; b. J. Snow, secretary; Blake
o. Baird, senior deacon; Ernest r
Ambrose, junior deacon; Sydney s.
James, senior steward 3. Harold Troff,
junior steward; George F. Rees, direc-
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/ lain; James f. Thomas master of
properties; George F. Hammel, stage
director; Samuel Alexander, tyler;
! James Kline, captain of team.
| w H. Rudrauff, of the local office
( of the United States Veterans bureau
will serve as sub-district manager of
/ the bureau until January I. at which
| time Frank Darling of Wichita, will
take up the duties. John r. Smiley
! former sub district manager, has been
J transferred to the Kansas City office
/ and will serve in the same capacity
/ John E. Ryland, of Kansas City. Kan,
! has been assigned as assistant to Ed
] ]. LittIetoH. co-ordinator Of the bureau
at the Kansas State Agricultural COL
/ lege, Manhattan. According to a tele-
/ gram received this morning at the
! local office of the bureau. the pay
/ checks for employees and trainees OF
! the bureau, which have been held IN
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/ issued and will arrive in Topeka Sat
! urday or Monday.
/ The members of the Shawnee
/ County Dental association met with
the the city board of education at a
I special meeting Thursday night and
/ discussed plans for holding a dental
! examination in the schools. The as
/ sociation agreed to furnish twenty or
more dentists to conduct the examf-
nation at small compensation FOR
each days work. The examination
{ viii begin following the Christmas va
/ cation Plans for the new Junior hign
school to be erected at Thirteenth
| street and Boswell avenue were also
/ discussed. The plans win be CONFLICT
/ ed about February / and contractors
will furnish bids at that time Con-
/ struction work is expected to begin
/ March /. As there will be only a linn
/ tied amount of excavation work. the
! building viii be completed in time for
! school next fall
A suit in which w. E Bartlett IS
plaintiff and the Mitchell Oil and Gas
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