Show A REMARKABLE BEQUEST A modern Santa Claus truly was George W Teasdale one df the early settlers o Oakland Cal and when he died twentythree years ago there w found a provision in his will which will ever keep his memory green among the school children of Los Gatos according to the New York Journal The sum of 5900 was ordered to be deposited in the bank of Sam Jose the annual interest from which was to be aDla drawn on Memorial day and invested in candy which should b equally distributed dis-tributed among the boys and girls attending at-tending the public schools at Los Gates Ga-tes The only request made in connection mae conneon with the bequest was that his little friends would see that his grave was freds wod grve never neglected o destroyed On every Memorial day the children cover the Teasdale grave with the choicest I flowers I For the first few years after Mr Teasdales death the exact terms of the will were carried out and the anal a-nal Interest amounitins t over SCO I furnished a sufficient supply Cor the youngsters But the juvenile population of Los Oaths under the bereficent influences in-fluences of the glorious climate of California Cali-fornia grew 8 rapidly that the annual amount was found insufficient to sweeten the pa atc of the host I |