The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-25

The preliminary baseball season will
open this week
The fishing season opened this year
at least month earlier than usual.
H. U. Nudge, second vice president of
the Rock Island railway was in Topeka
today.
The annual election of officers will
be held by the Elks Wednesday even
ing. March 81.
Judge A. w. Dana read a paper Sat
urday evening before the Saturday
Night club on Divorce
If Burghart's Favorite straight five
cent cigar you get all that is perfection
In tobacco and workmanship.
Tom Doran has enlarged "Dornwood"
by the purchase of 40 acres, giving him
over 100 acres near Vinewood
S. w. Everett who secured No. 80 and
DIR. Q. P. Davis who has No. 100 are
the latest to secure automobile licenses.
Paul Gilmore. who appeared here last
week in AT Yale" is playing this week
at the Willis Wood theater in Kansas
City.
The leaves have begun to come out
on the trees, and the first barefoot boy
has been seen, two sure signs of the
nearness of spring.
Fishing is reported to be fine at
Lake View and most of the members
of the club are finding time to try it
for day or SO out of each week.
Major I. ]. Anderson has received
a photograph 20 by % inches in size
OF the battleShip Kansas, which will
hang in the Commercial club rooms.
A cat which was killed by an electric
car on Sixth and Topeka avenues Is
still lying in the middle of the street
though it was run over last Saturday.
Several fishing parties went to Wa
karusa yesterday and all came back
and reported the usual number of fish
stories as to the amount of their hauls
The lawns of the city are dotted
with crocuses. the little yellow and
pink flowers, forerunnerS of the flower
kingdom in this section of the world.
The Right Rev. Frank r. Mills
paugh preached at st. Paul's church
in Kansas City Sunday evening. and
afterwards confirmed a class of seven
teen.
One week from tomorrow is the city
election. This, however, is causing lit
candidates for mayor are law and order
men.
The hardware firm of Griggs &
Moneypenny has been dissolved J. C.
Smith purcha sing the interest former
~ owned by Mr.. P. w. .Griggs who will
retire.
Saturday was an exceedingly busy
day for the fire marshal who issued
building permits for the erection of
something over $4,000 worth of
Most of the trees in the city are be-
ginning to show signs of leaves and it
is safe to say that if the present wealth
er continues all week the trees will be
we'll leaved out.
Cupid ran a poor race with the d.
vorce court Saturday when three mar
riages were annulled by Judge Dana
and not a marriage license issued by
the probate court.
We guarantees to cure all diseases of
the hoof, interferers and cross firers in
the shoeing. Forty-seven years ex-
Hayes, 511 Jackson
The spring flight of water fowls
northward is about over and the best
that the most persistent sportsman can
do is to occasionally bring down a duck
from belated flocks.
The only place in. the city where the
thirst of the booze consuming man
could be satisfied, has been closed and
men with long sorrowing faces are to
be seen on all thoroughfares.
The federal court officers have re-
turned from Wichita where they have
been holding court and are preparing
for the session of court which will
open in Topeka on the Sth of April.
The Eagle-Mercer Manufacturing
has been dissolved, c. S.
Eagle, the principal owner in the firm.
the interests of his part
ners and will continue the business
The final practice of the tryouts to
see who will make good on the Topeka
ball team commenced this afternoon