Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-01-21
Governors Message Continually

Governors Message Continued)
them an average of over ton of coal to each
car"
weekiy.or less frequently. should be made In
cash. and the "store order" system of Day
nnent should be abolished.
Bureau of Agriculture.
Agriculture is the paramount industry Of
Kansas and it is reasonable that its interests
should be especially considered and assidu-
uously promoted by the state. To this end
would recommend that bureau or depart
Be referred al agricultural and kindred inter
ests. This bureau or department should be
placed under tho supervision of " Secretary
ogcntSnrSe e or oSner bgp ar Oe
elected by the people as other state officers are
elected, and with the necessary assistants he
should have supervision OF al matters pertain
fsh cultETe, silk culture, forestry, stock rails
ing, cattlB inspection, and possibly grain in
spection; The duties of state veterinarian
this depGrtmenE and all theec various offices
as at present constituted should be abolished.
Grain Inspection.
At the twenty fourth session az the legisla-
ture bill was passed to regulate ware
houses, and to provide for inspe dng, grading,
weighing and handling grain. Sons features
of that law are coEnKnendabe and others objec-
tionable. Under it's provisions the governor
spector appoints, on The nomination of the sew
erAl boards Of trade, the necessary deputy
inspectors as therein provided. These boards
Of trade also appoint state weighmaster and
assistants.
The salaries and fees of all the officers are
paid by these several boards Of trade, and for
these organizations are allowed to collect fee
of g cents on each carload of grain weighed,
and q like fee for each car inspected. 1t is be-
Heyed that these fees collected for weighing
inGOnafinO Fa0aiV6d
where grain Is weighed and inspected, are
much more than necessary for the payment Of
the officers named, and that some of the organ
izations referred to are accommodating a fund of
several thousand dollars annually. If this be-
lief shall be found warranted by the facts, then
the law should be 80 amended that the fees
collected be turned into the state treasury and
the officers be paid therefrom; or that the fees
be reduced to the minimum charge that will
one class of people for the benefit of another
class, however light the burden, is wrong in
principle aud should be promptly corrected.
In my opinion 1t is not wise to delegate to cor
por2tions the appointment of important state
officials and If the inspection of grain shall not
be placed under the control of department of
agriculture, then the chief inspector appointed
by the governor should have authority to ap-
point deputies at all points where they are re-
quired, or where the fees will Justify such
appointment These are matters of great i'm
portance to the agricultural interests of the
state. and should command your careful atten-
ton. L. ID. LEWELLlNG,
Governor.
he Bought the Wood.
There is a familiar story of a Pa
ducah editor, whose journalistic ca
reer was rudely broken off in the mid
die of an exciting editorial controver-
Sy, and who, upon reviving his paper
in the same city twenty years after,
began his leader with: GAS we were
saying In our last" Up to the pres
ent time this has passed current as
the best Of all we'll authenticated
instances Of continuity of purpose,
but it must now divide honors with
another case, occurring in that same
land of mysteries, the Purchase
The Boston Tribune says:
Forty years ago Trip Kennady,
then an old man living near Aurora,
in this county, got up before break
fast and went out into the woods
near by to get load Of wood to aid
his wife in getting their early morn
ing meal. He went away barehead-
ed, and he never returned for seven
long years. but when he did return
he returned before breakfast, bare
headed and with the load Of wood he
went fafter seven years before, and
threw it down near his beloved wife,
and said: wife, there is your fire.
wood There are parties now living
in this county that are familiar with |
the facts and are acquainted with the
man. "-LouiSvIlle Courier Journal.
Electricity In a shrewd swindIe.
It was but plain mineral spring,
but the cups that the patients drank
from were fastened by brass chain
to an iron bar which inclosed the |
mouth Of the bubbling spring. You
were prevented from coming too close |
by another circular iron railing about |
eight feet across. The ground about |
the spring was naturally moist, and it |
was either this ground or the iron |
which was one Of the ends Of an open |
electric circuit The cup held by the
chain was the other end. The per-
son drinking simply completed the
circuit through the body, and when
he had finished the attendant kindly
and Immediately removed the cup
from his hand. The drinkers always
felt that delightful tingling sensa-
tion," and reioiced that they had
found the fountain Of youth. Some
imagined they even felt the new
blood coursing through their veins. A
small induction coil ingeniously con-
cealed and connected with the cup
and railing was cheap method for
producing that '.invigorating feel
ing. Review.
Curious stones,
One Of the most curious stones in