The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-10

them; and it is several days before corn
husking time.
If there are any men in Topeka who
used to work in the rivers OF Name
breaking up the log jams, they can get
work at their trade at the city railway
bridge.
Tomorrow is the big day at the OF
tawa Chautauqua. Ellen M stone, VINO
cost the people of this country $4,000,
will make a speech and tell how it all
came about.
There is one thing about the con-
solidation of Washburn and the Kan
sas Medical college; The two schools
ought to get together an invincible
football team.
Neomi Rebecca lodge No. 95 will elect
and install new officers next Monday
night. The newly elected officers will
treat the lodge members to ice cream
and cake.
Triple Tie lodge No A has moved from
the Stormont building to the G. A. R.
hall on East Seventh street. The first
meeting was held in the new quarters
Tuesday night.
Tom King has been appointed official
pig tail for the baseball nine of the
Topeka Elks. The pig tail is really the
most important position in nine COM
posed of SO many celebrities.
The Ottawa Chautauqua is under wa
ter. The Marias des Cygne is on ram
page. Ottawa is a quiet town and ev-
erything and everybody, but the river,
are under perfect control
Dick Cooley, the Topeka Boston out
fielder, got two hits in yesterdays game
at st. Louis, one of which was a two
Dagger. He is one of the three Boston
players who is hitting 300 per cent.
Charles Ramsey is in Fort Scott hir
| ing men to work on the big paving con-
! tract which was secured there by the
! firm of Ramsey & Ramsey. The work
| on the paving will begin at once.
Topeka people have begun to leave
| for Ludington, Mich, and other places
where cool weather is reported to be ill
existence. A delegation of Topekans
| started for Ludington yesterday.
| According to a Kansas City paper.
Eugene Ware has written as follows to
J. Willis Gleed: II fought all through
| the war and thought I was through
| with battles but I am not. I have them
| all the time here"
| The Sedalia Democrat continues to
| advocate the reorganization of the
| Missouri Valley League by taking in
| Leavenworth, Topeka, Kansas City,
| Kan, and AtchiSon instead of lea,
| Chanute, Nevada and Fort Scott.
| Sol Harmon, a Santa Fe man who
formerly lived in Topeka, is back here
i from his home in Las Vegas on visit
| He says that at Las Vegas there has
| not been a drop of rain since last No
| vember and that sheep and cattle are
| dying by hundreds because the steams
| and ponds are drying up.
| w ueI the county commissioners nave
| nothing else to do they reappoint A. c.
| Hale commissioner of the poor He was
| reappointed about three months ago
| and Wednesday the report was sent out
that he had been appointed again. He
is one of the few charities officers that
| is equal to the job.
George H. Smith, jr., a formerly of
| Topeka man who now runs a big store
at Santa Rosa, N. NJ, sends to the State
| Journal the cottonwood tree editorial
clipped from a recent number of this
paper, and says: Noting editorial en-
closed. 1t is commonly known that
the cottonwood tree, like other OF
| natures products, is represented by
both sexes, that Of the male and female
cottonwood. Only one bears the cotton
which is the only valid objection to the
tree" The anti-cottonwood ordinance is
aimed at only the female trees, so Mr.
Smiths fears are allayed.
At the meeting of the Swedish society
Tuesday evening, the following officers
were installed: President, August
Berg; vice president, John Peterson
secretary, August Erickson: treasurer
Swan Thuleen; manager, D. Danielson
assistant manager, Knute Hanson; Ii.
brarian, Axel Malmstrom. The organic
alton will give a picnic Sunday, and il
is probable that some time later in the
summer the male chorus will run al
excursion to Kansas City where they
= will give a concert along with the Swed
| iSh singers of that city,