Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-22

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Rico, Colo. Thursday. Mr.. Watson
was for several years treasurer of
Douglass county, and later agent of
the Santa Fe at Atchison aud Pueblo.
Jesse George, a young attorney of
Leavenworth, has been missing for
several days. Letters found by some
boys in cave near that city indicate
tina. Mr.. George has committed suicide
on account of disappointment in love
affair.
Sam Canterberry, former cashier of
| the defunct bank of Hutchinson,
charged with receiving deposits when
he knew the bank was in a failing
condition, was Convicted Thursday
and sentenced to pay fine of $500 on
two counts. Hon. John W. Breiden-
thai, State Bank Commissioner, was
present and assisted in the prosecu-
ton.
The Beloit papers, both Call and
Gazette, printed extra editions last
week. The Call, one of its owners be-
ing ]. S. Parks, state printer, issued
fourteen pages, all home print, seven
columns to the page, filled with adver-
tisements. The Gazette, S. H. Dodge
editor aud proprietor, who is being
doomed for governor by his host of
admiring friends, contained eight
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Attorney General Boyle has rem
dered a decision holding that fees
turned into the Office of Probate Judge
by druggists properly belong as part
of the fees of the court, and need not
be turned over to the county. Under
the law of last winter the fees of Pro-
bate Judges, in some cases, were made
inadequate for the expense of main
tanning the office, and the decision
was callcd for by the action of the Pro
bate judge of Phillips county in re-
tanning such fees.
The koen ditch and 1atera1s, COM
plete to the Walnut river, were given
a thorough test Monday and yesterday.
The rise in the river filled the entire
system bankful and demonstrated the
entire success of the system. Fully
1000 acres, 1000 of which were sown
to wheat, received thorough soaking,
the water being led from the 1aterals
by Means of small subway ditcnes.
The test was viewed by hundreds of
citizens, all expressing great satisfac.
ton at the very successful results. At
only two places in the entire twelve
miles of laterals did the water break
through the ditch. AT these points
lakes covering several acres were
formed.
Governor Leedy has signed the
papers restoring to citizenship the fol-
lowing convicts, whose terms of i'm
prisonment at the penitentiary are
about to expire. Grand larceny
George Ball, Crawford county, fou1
and a half years; Nelson Marcus, Don
iphan county, one and a half years;
w 4NOOSlO, tWO years,
David Myers, Montgomery county,
| fifteen months; Dorsey Miller, Chero-
kee, two years; Geo. Brown, Smith,
four years. Burglary and grand lar
ceny-Henry Martin, Montgomery,
six years; A. s. Lasley and A. A.
Naples, Jewell, three years. Assault
to kill-James Neal, Sedgwick three
years. Assault to rob-John Rafferty,,
Wyaudotte, five years. Burglary
VIM. Allen, Shawnee, five years.
1t has now been decided to tap the
Smoky river to get water with which
to help fill the Cheyenne lake in Bar.
ton county. The great size of the
basin makes this necessary, the lake
covering about 10000 acres. A part
of this is to be covered by 30 to 40 feet
of water while other portions may not
have over five feet. The enormity oi
this ents rprise may be realized wher
the number of gallons of water re
quired to fill this basin is shown, an(
then millions of gallons will go out a
the east end to irrigate thousands o.
acres in east Barton and Rice counties
The ditch from the Arkansas rive
when completed to its full width-1O
feet-wi1 carry a large volume o
water, but there are times when tn
river is low and only the overflow cal
be utilized, so it has been deemed ex
pedient to tap Smoky river. Thi
ditch will be of vast benefit to tn
northern part of the county, as tn
J elevation will be such as to water tn
whole county north of here. The dis
; patches are in error in stating tina
the ditch will come down by way O
Blood creek. 1t is intended to com
down over the divide in the vicinity @
Galatia and empty into the Deceptio
and thence to the lake. The survey
being made. When the ditch come
through the farmers in the north par
whose land will be passed through b
the ditch will give free right of wa
through their holdings. The boa
t houses and hotels will be along th
f beach from Hoisington to the poir
= where the Deception empties into th
lake.
''It wasn't the fall 1 minded sal