Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-06
Executive council.

At the regular meeting of the execu-
tive council of the state, the Kansas
Breeze, published by Tom McNeal and
Frank Montgomery, was made the Off
cial state paper.
The members of the council decided
upon the quantity, quality and charac-
ter of the stationery, and will advertise
for bids for the ensuing year in few
days, as soon as the notice to bidders
can be officially published.
The claim of the gas company for
lighting the state house during the
months of January and February was
called up but no action was taken, and
the meeting appointed Attorney Gener-
al Dawes and State Auditor Cole as a
committee to investigate the bill and
confer with the representatives of the
company as to the terms they would o.
fer for the lighting of the building and
adjustment of the bills now pending.
1t is expected that the quarter mill
! tax levy for the completion of the state
house will yield about $4,000.
The offices Of the state board of rail-
road commissioners are strewn with
on endless variety of seeds, potatoes
! and other farm products which have
been exhibited as samples for the COM
missioners to pass upon in their selec-
/ tions for the farmers of western Kansas.
| The seeds, except corn, have been pur-
chased in sufficient quantities to supply
| the demand, and the commissioners
went to Everest, Brown county, to
examine large amount of seed corn
| that is offered for sale. It will require
between $4,000 and $4,000 bushels of
corn to supply the demand for seed, al
through the commissioners have already
purchased 10000 bushels.
The supreme court will soon be called
upon to determine the meaning of the
provisions of the law governing publ
cation of laws and other legal docu-
ments by the official state paper. It
has been the custom to allow 81 per
square for such publication. T. s.
Slower, assistant secretary of state, has
audited the bill of the Topeka Advocate
for the publication of laws and allowed
the company at the rate of SO cents per
| square. The managers of the Advocate
are not satisfied with the remuneration,
but Mr.. Slower says such publications
come under the head of seventh class
matter" for the publication of which the
statute clearly provides but so cents
per square. The kindliest of feelings
prevails in the matter and the Advo-
cate company and secretary of state
will go into the supreme court on an
agreed statement of fact and ask for
a decision of the question raised by Mr..
| Slower.
DR.. Devoe, inspector of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, upon his return to
Topeka from his examination Of cattle
thought to be affected with pleuro-
pneumonia, said there was absolutely
no truth in the report that the sickness
among the cattle there is pleuro- pneu-
monia and that an examination, ante
and post norton, made by himself and
the members of the board had not re-
vealed any indication of contagious
pleuro- pneumonia He attributes the
sickness of the cattle to poor feed and
improper care, and the cough to the
dust and dirt in the feed and colds
contracted by the animals. He returned
to Alta Vista to examine the cattle on
other farms where cases of sickness are
reported. DIR. Devoe told the members
of the commission that they NAV as we'll
raise the quarantine, but they have not
announced that they will do so, at least
until the further investigation of the
matter confirms the statements and
opinions already in the minds of the
members and the expert. All are conf
dent that there is no plenro-pneumonia
as reported, but are satisfied to COM
plete the investigation.
The semi annual reunion of the Scot
fish Rite Masons OF Kansas occurred in
Topeka last week. There we're 800 dele
gates from all over the state present
Nothing of importance was transacted
beyond degree work.
The appropriation made by the leg
islature of 5000 year for two years was
entirely unsolicited and unexpected by
the managers of Christ hospital, and
was obtained through the efforts Oh
friends and former patients Of the insti-
tuition