Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News Of State
Interest

State Board OF Agriculture.
| The twenty third annual meeting of the
state board of agriculture was opened in
representative hall, being welcomed in
an address by President W. S. Hanna,
of the state Alliance. President A. w.
Smith of the board responded.
wheat Growing il Kansas was pre-
sented by Hon. Joshua Wheeler, whose
farm is near Nortonville.
| Mr.. Wheeler has kept an account
with his wheat crop since he has been in
Kansas. From this account he has dis
covered that the average cost OF grow
ing wheat on his Jefferson county farm
has been 81 cents. The lowest cost for
any year was 48 cents and the highest
81 cents. The average price of wheat
during the period under consideration
! was 79 cents. Mr.. Wheelers bookkeep-
ing has led him to the conclusion that
wheat growing in eastern Kansas is
profitable if pursued through series
of years.
Fruit growing was introduced by
Samuel Reynolds, of Douglas county,
and discussed by score of Kansas fruit
growers, William Wellhouse being one
of them, of course.
Secretary Martin Mohler discussed
problems to be Solved" He thought
''up and down, down and up expert
ence in Kansas farming was about ended.
This he BASED upon ''the fact which
has been thoroughly demonstrated, that
any man in Kansas who has good we'll
can irrigate from five to ten or more
acres with wind power at reasonable
cost; and the further fact that 100 acres
of land with ten acres irrigated has in
it not only an absolutely sure living for
a family each year, but to- an industrious
and enterprising man there is also
wealth in it."
At the meeting of the state military
board the claims of the Santa Fe, Rock
Island and Missouri Pacific roads were
allowed, which pays these roads full fare
for the transportation of the state militia
to the various encampments held during
the fall. In former years railroads made
one-haf rate to the military board for
the transportation of the troops, but
this year such a rate was not given and
the board thought that the only way
out of the difficulty was TO pay the full
rate and "look out for next year." Gen
eraI Sears was delegated to 90 to the
next meeting of the general passenger
agents at Chicago and present the claims
of the board for one-half rate this
year. The claims of the different roads
amounted to nearly $4,000.
The Kansas Improved Stock Breeders
association met in Topeka last week. A
gratifying number of members was on
hand when President W. B. Sutton
called the meeting to order and others
dropped in later. President Sutton's adj
dress, outlining the present condition of
live stock husbandry in the state and its
} prospect for the future, was first on the
programme and was we'll received; the
judges addresses always are. After a
vote of thanks had been rendered for the
address, Ex-Governor Click spoke for ten
minutes on the "Beef Breeds of Cattle"
He was followed by J. M. Winters, of
Marshall county, who spoke on the
same subject. The principal paper of
the first evening was that read by Hon.
F. D. Coburn, of Kansas City, Kan, ex-
secretary of the state board of agricul-
ture and one of the Columbian swine
Judges Mr.. Coburn's theme was ''Hog"
and he covered the subject pretty
thoroughly.
The supreme court decided the case
Of M. A. Pounds VS.. County Treasurer
A. K. Rodgers, of Shawnee county. This
was mandamus proceeding to compel
the treasurer to accept certain sums for
taxes and interest. On September, 1898,
the owner of some land rendered the
county treasurer the amount for which
the land was sold, with interest at the
rate of "a per cent. from the date of sale
to the 18th day of May, 1898, the day
on which the mortgage redemption law
went into effect reducing the interest
payable on redemption to Is per cent.
He also offered Is per cent from this
date until September 1, 1893. Judge
Horton held that the tender was INSULT
Gent, and that all matters relating to
the sale and conveyance of land for taxes
under any prior statute shall be fully
completed according to the laws under
which they originated, the same as if
such laws remained in force.
o. G. Boyd, of Barber county, has in
stituted quo warranto proceedings in
the supreme court to GUST o. Mills from
the position of sheriff, to which the
| plaintiff claims to have been legally
elected last November. BOYD is a repub-
lican and Mills populist. The returns
as canvassed by the county board gave
Mills SIC votes, Boyd sos, and F. L.
Gordon (democrat), Al, and on this
showing Mills was declared elected and
took possession of the office January 8.
| The plaintiff claims that Mills received
the votes of forty or more persons who
had not resided in the state of Kansas
| six months prior to the election as re-