The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-23

George ". Davidson and family
have moved from 521 West Tenth
street to TIC Lane street.
Plenty of daisies. fine peonies and
first jasmines of the season at Mrs.
Hollcraft's for Decoration day.
The West Side Forestry club will
meet with Mrs. T. L. Wise, 4S4 Shaw
nee avenue, Thursday afternoon.
The moving pictures of the San
Francisco disaster are packing the
Novelty theater three times day.
Gentry Bros dog and pony show
will be given, parade and all, next
Saturday, rain or shine, council or no
council.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Lerrigo are
the parents Of a boy. born at their
home. Fifteenth and College avenue,
last night.
The last days of May are fast ap-
claimed its usual tribute of youthful
swimmers.
Mrs. Hollcraft will have plenty of
carnations, roses, peonies, jasmines
and daisies for Decoration day at rea-
sonable prices.
The Topeka high school will hold
memorial services in the auditorium of
their building Monday morning, May
%, at 1890.
With Decoration day and a circus
playing opposition dates on the 30th
of May, deluge may be expected, as
either Of them are supposed to bring
rain.
The first triple play Of the season
and not unlikely the last one was
pulled off at the game yesterday be-
tween Springfield and the Cooley
crows.
The CooIeycrows leave for Spring
field tomorrow evening. where they
from there to Webb City and then to
Joplin.
The Boston ball team has lost
eighteen straight games and to a Kan
san it appears as though they need a
few Dick Cooleys in that section Of
the country.
Topeka has met all of the ball teams
who have claim on second place with
the exception of Leavenworth and that
team has Just secured a berth in that
section of claimants.
A number of Topeka druggists are
in Emporia today attending the twen-
ty-seventh annual meeting of the Kan
sas Pharmaceutical association which
convened in that city yesterday.
Sheriff Lucas viii leave today for
San Francisco after Edward F. Will
kerson, who is under arrest in that
city and is wanted in Topeka for
stealing $500 from John ". Barber.
Contractors Haskins & Ramsey have
secured the contract for two miles of
street paving in Lawrence and expect
to commence work as soon as their
supplies arrive.
Following the custom set by his pre-
decessors, Governor Hoch has issued
a proclamation naming May 80 as
Decoration day and calling upon the
people #. Of Kansas to properly observe
It seems like a long time but there
viii be no association ball played at
the park for 13 days. The next sched-
ule of twelve games opens on the fifth
OF June when Topeka plays Oklahoma
City.
The fact that outdoor flowers
bloomed unusually early this season,
and have faced a drouth since that
time, indicates that most of the
flowers used for Decoration day will
come from the greenhouses.
Webb City, Leavenworth and
Springfield, who were each within one
game of the Cooleycrows, lost their
games yesterday, and are now tied for
second place but two games behind
the Topeka team, as is the Joplin
team.
The game between the Cooleycrows
and Springfield team today will close
the series in this city, unless rain
should cause the game to be postponed
and If this should occur the game will
be played tom as it is an open
date for all of the teams on ne circuit.
The building committee of the
school board made a tour of the cftv
school buildings yesterday to outline
repairs which seem urgent and must
be made at once. Their report indi-
Gates that most of the schools visited
are in good condition and that the
repair bill will not be as large as an
ticipated.
per colony" asked a voice over the
telephone of q man who is employed
in store on Kansas avenue and con-
ducts an apiary as a side line. well, -
replied the man questioned. they are
cheap at the price I ask, Sc per
stand" well" replied the question
er, ct am the assessor, and 1 was just
trying to get an idea of their value for
assessment purposes" Maybe the bee
owner tainted.