Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-04-22
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News Of State
Interest.
Reform School Bows.

Reform School Bows.
There are 900 bows in school now,
and they ara divided into four families,
each presided over by an officer.
The boys are busy getting ready
for the spring crops, and the superin-
tendent SAYS there are enough boys
for twice as much ground as they
have.
The boys are busy making their
spring suits. They do every bit OF the
work on their entire outfits, from the
cutting to the finishing. Each boy has
two suits.
The conservatory is the finest in
this part of the country. They have
| orchids in bloom, alamanda vines that
are filed with blooms, and huge
banana tree that has tiny punches OF
green fruit upon it.
One hundred and twenty loaves OF
bread can be baked at time in the big
oven out there. They bake about 800
a day and cut them into slices after
each meal for the next with machine.
1t is kept from drying out in closed
bins. Eighty loaves are consumed at
| a meal.
The average length of time boy
spends in the school is two and one
hat years. When he enters, $50 merits
are put to his credit, and he has $50
more to make before he gets out. In
some departments fifteen extras are
given each month, and if he has no de-
merits against him be gets out that
much quicker. Without any dement's
or the help of extras it would take 450
days.
AS the legislature did not make the
extra appropr. atoms this year, the state
board of agriculture can have only
5000 of it's reports printed instead OF
10000 as usual.
A. NJ. F. Randolph, reporter for the
supreme court, states that the forty
ninth report will be issued during the
latter part of the month. This will b
the twenty ninth report issued by the
present reporter and will bring the de-
cisions down to the beginning of the
current year. The reports are issued
at the rate of two year now.
Commissioner Breidenthal says tho
reports already received from the banks
make a very good showing compared
with the January statement. There is
a noticeable increase in deposits, and he
estimates that the returns show 20 per
cent more gold in the banks. Mr..
Briedenthal has issued call for state
ment from the banks on April 5.
Judge Frank Doster drew $3.50 from
the state treasury for services in cases
in supreme court pertaining to the
election of certain members of the house
OF represen tatives and the organization
of the Dunsmore house." The amount
was paid out upon contract with the
governor, who certified to the claim as
correct, and it was charged to ''the con-
tingent fund of the governors Office"
Secretary Mohler is sending out
blanks to the county clerks all over the
state asking for names of the largest
broom corn growers in each section,
and also the names of growers of sor-
ghum for stock feed. When these
names are received the parties will be
communicated with, and statistics in
this line will be feature of the special
report to be issued in conjunction by
the worlds fair and agricultural
boards.
Tuesdays barometer, according to
the weather bureau, was lower than it
has bee& since March q, 1890, the day
of the Louisville cyclone On that day,
at noon, it was 1884, and Tuesday, at
half past two it was 1920, and at half
past five it was 1912. Lieutenant Jen-
nings was on the lookout for a big
storm somewhere around US. Topeka
was too near the center to be in much
danger from storm, but he thought
there surely would be one on the out
skirts.
81. B. Kelley, member of the state
board of charities. says there is a
disposition manifested by the new
board to make changes only where
the public service in the charit-
able institutions will not be affected. |
Kelley and w. I. Yoe, of Independence,
are the only republicans remaining on
the board. Mrs. Lease, who is prssi-
dent of the board of charities, wants to |
put a woman physician of Labette
county in as superintendent of the To-
peka insane asylum, to succeed Dr..
Eastman; but Senator Kelley thinks q
compromise can be effected by making
her assistant nhvsinian Char nas will |