Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-16

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people will have had a chance to adopt
a constitutional amendment to permit
the state to take hold of and push the
project. All the preliminaries would be
arranged, Mr.. Close said, and the charter
taken out early in the coming year.
State Dairy Association.
/ About a hundred stock-growers and
dairy men and women of Kansas dis
cussed their work in Representative hall
last week.
The treasurer's report showed the as
ISOLATION to have balance to its credit
of S109.39. The report having been
adopted the president appointed the fol-
lowing committees: Resolutions, j. S.
Hoffman, Ira F. Stradling and A. d.
Campbell On nominations F. Da-
Wis, A. d. Campbell and E. Suedendorf.
Superintendent of exhibits, J. S. Hof-
man. Also committee to arrange, if
possible, for the printing of the next re-
port by the state. consisting of A. E.
Jones, r. L. Wright and Fl. M. Brandt.
A paper on churning was read by
A. d. Campbell, of Hanover, Kan. This
paper evoked very lively discussion. A.
G. Jones, dairy editor of the Kansas
Farmer, read very able paper on ''Pri-
vate Dairying," also DIR. A. E. Eyth on
"Skim Milk for Feeding Purposes" both
of which were thoroughly discussed.
The auditor has registered $4,000 of
bridge bonds OF Pleasant Grove town
ship, Coffey county.
Secretary Henderson, of the railroad
board, is perfecting the map which is to
be issued with the forthcoming report
of the commissioners.
W. H. DIN, of Osborne, wrote Super
intendent Gaines that the Fifth district
would send 500 teachers to the meeting
of the state association during the holt
days. Rice county teachers are making
arrangements for special car.
The council of administration fixed
the date of the next encampment of the
G. A. R., for February 20 to %, at New
ton. This date is subject to change,
however, to accommodate Commander
in-Chief Adams, who has promised to
attend the Kansas encampment.
The state gold medal and other pre-
miums we're awarded to the successful
exhibitors at the Worlds fair. Out of
a total of 106 exhibits from Kansas
twenty three are entitled to diplomas
and medals. In competition with the
world Kansas dairymen have demon
strated their ability to produce butter
worthy of the highest honors. Many
of the leading Dairy Supply houses
were represented at the meeting.
Governor Lewelling received letter
from Thomas Norris police judge of St.
Louis, commencing his tramp circular.
Judge Morris says that sin almost all
our large cities and throughout the sew
eral states poverty is punished with
greater vigor than embezzlement. Pri-
vate Secretary Close states that letters
are coming to the governor from all over
the west from persons who approve OF
the circular. He has had demands for
many copies of it, but none have been
printed except In the newspapers.
L S. Elder, who has been acting as guard
at the state treasury since last January,
has been discharged by Treasurer Bid
die for drunkenness Elder has been
drinking for some time. The other
night, when the hour came for him to go
on duty, he did not show up. Nor did he
appear during the entire night, and his
register was blank in the morning. He
came wandering into the Office about 10
o'clock and State Treasurer Biddle i'm
mediately discharged him. Elder is a
distant relative of P P. Elder, ex-speak-
er OF the House of Representatives.
An officer of the state insane asylum
is authority for the statement that Super
intendent B. d. Eastman, Steward John
Brun and Clerk ]. Il. Gravely, will be
released from their position on the first
of next month, and further that the gen.
tleman named are expecting it. They
are all republicans, and their positions are
the most lucrative about the institution.
The official says that the asylum car
penter, WI. Bond, has been at work
several days on half dozen large boxes
into which Dr. Eastman's household and
personal effects are even now being
packed. He says the doctor intends to
remove to California Dr. Eastman, Mr..
Brun and Mr.. Gravely receive salaries
of $500, s72O and 500 respectively,
and their expenses.
State Veterinarian Pritchard is receiv-
ing many notices of cattle dying, as re-
suit of being turned into cornfelds and
eating the cornstalks before they have
been cut up and prepared for food. A
farmer living near Silver Lake, reported
that he had lost twenty-one head. Sim
liar reports have been received from
large number of the counties of the
state. DR.. Pritchard says the only way
to prevent the sickness is to keep the
cattle out OF the fields, unless the corn
stalks have at first been prepared for
fodder by being cut up.