The Globe-republican., 1897-11-04

Salina and Newton will soon have Z
hello line.
The banks at Columbus Close IN
hour at noon each day.
A Marysyille woman has collection
of all the birds of Kansas
An attempt to break Jail was frus-
trated 1t Erie . few nights ago.
Coolidge cows averaged s. . head
from the creamery during the month
of September.
The banks of Lawrence show On de-
post over 500, 900 more than they had
this time last year.
A Fort Scott boy found pearl worth
S in . clam shell under the Missouri
Pacific bridge the other day.
A bed of fossils has been discovered
on the Colv,n ranch. near Oberlin. The
petrified bones of mammoth turtles
predominant.
Salina is considering the advisabllity
of buying the paper mill and convert
ing it into an electric light pla Mt to be
owned and operated by the city.
The eastern Kansas girl who put on
mems clothes and tramped to Chicago
is Is good an advertisement for Kan.
sas as the man who started patent
egg foundry.
Some time ago Meade county man
shipped a car load of horses to Indiana.
These horses endured the hot weather
while many Indiana bred horses died
Of overheating. The horses raised on
the plains are of stronger fiber and
lung power than the eastern bred
horses and they can endure greater
For the first time since the Kansas
fruits were first shipped to foreign
the demand for them is salts
factory this year, at prices profitable
to the exporters. The reason is that
the fruits sent abroad last month were
Of the best quality, that they were
more carefully packed than formerly.
and that the provisions made for their
across the continent
and across the Atlantic was of more
scientific character than it had been in
other years.
At Independence, Taylor Riddle,
chairman of the state live stock sani-
tary commission, has been consulting
with the county attorney of Montgom-
cry county preparatory to bringing
suits against cattle men who have been
bringing cattle into the state from the
areas of the south in violation
If the state quarantine regulations
The prosecution will be of a criminal
character. Two men at Coffeyville
we're indicted for this offense at the
'ecent sitting of the grand jury at Cot.
'eyvile.
Alfalfa is the coming foliage crop Of
he valley. Most tame grasses will
lot do we'll in this country, but alfalfa
,nce started will stand the dry weather,
s very productive, three crops of hay
,eing harvested on an average every
eason, not counting the seed, which
When threshed out brings good price.
Alfalfa is much more nourishing than
,rairie hay, and an alfalfa field is a
perfect gold mine for hog raiser.
rhe one draw back of this country has
'een the lack of tame grasses and
Italia supplies the long felt want.
Last week the six banks in Clay
county concluded the publication of
heir statements. The total figures aa
with year ago are interest
ng. The county deposits year ago
a September and October including
he old Farmers and Merchants which |
vas then doing business, were $227,. |
1921. The deposits this year are $780,
go. go. The difference in favor of the |
ear 1897, sss,9l2.7e. However, it
would seem that there is something
'ver $50 in the banks for every man,
woman and child in the county. Last
ear the banks had loaned out $685..
1857; this year their loans and dis.
cunts amount to $780,, O55 IL.
The men in charge of the state agri.
ultural college havoc been making
ONE experiments with cattle feeding
hat will interest stockmen. They got
hree lots of cattle as near alike in
very particular as possible. To one
Of they feed corn, to the second red
;affir corn, to the third white kafir
orn. The feed was ground for each
OF, and to each the same weight OF
eed was given each day. On the av.
rage in lot it took 9.97 pounds OF
orn and $50 pounds Of roughness tc
make a pound of beef In lot 1t took
O. Sc pounds of red kaffir corn and 6. &c