Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-16
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Cultivate the orchard.

Cultivate the Orchard.
These are the months when the
farmer is most likely to lose control of
his orchard. The corn field and the
garden make heavy demands at this
time and it is too common custom to
give all the labor to these and let the
orchard go. The weeds come and take
control. They appropriate the water
and food elements of the soil. They
cause the ground to become hard and
packed. BY July the worst possible
evaporation conditions prevail, dry,
hot atmosphere, a heavy, drawing crop
of weeds, hard, baked soil. The hor-
ticultural department of the Kansas
experiment station SAYS:
Do not allow the orchard to suffer under these
conditions Give it thorough cultivation. Keep
mulch OF loose soil on the surface to retard
evaporation and do not let the weeds grow. If
the soil lacks vegetable mould supply it by
blowing under an occasional crop OF rye COW
peas or soy beans. The latter two are nitrogen
fxers and will increase the available nitrogen
as well as supply humus.
Gambling Inside the Prison Walls.
Milton Rowe and Joseph Munroe
were in the hospital at the Kansas pen
itentiary, suffering from serious in
juries inflicted in murderous assaults
by brother convicts. Rowe was hit in
the head by Walter Mitchell. who left
him lying unconscious in a dark room
in the penitentiary coal mine. Rowe's
skull was fractured, and he was not
expected to recover. Munroe was hit
by Frank Clark. who had sharp
pointed caseknife concealed, and he
jumped from the line at noon and hit
Monroe twice before the guards could
stop him. The trouble between the
convicts started over the shooting of
craps, when one lost his shoes, put up
as stakes.
Tornado at Lincoln Center.
A tornado struck Lincoln Center early
the other morning, doing great dam
age to property. The barn, grapary
and windmill of w. r. West was a total
wreck. August Lundstrum' IS dwelling,
barn and machinery were demolished.
The home of Butler Hurlock was I'M
rooted and the barns and windmillS of
B. T. Parker and B. T. Weaver were
demolished like flash. Growing crops
and trees in the path of the cyclone
were b1otted out of existence. There
was also great loss in young stock.
Jury Believed a Strange Story.
Charles Marsh was acquitted in the
district court at Yates Center of bur-
glarizing a store at Neosho Falls.
Last winter Marsh and another man,
who escaped, were caught robbing the
store. On the witness stand Marsh de-
clared that he supposed his companion
was the proprietor of the store, that
he was there for the purpose of buying
a bill of goods and that he took off his
shoes to warm his feet. This remark
able story he stuck to and the jury
found him not guilty.
VIII Have to Wait Awhile.
At the last election Sumner county
voted to build a Jail and jailer's resi-
dence at Wellington, to be paid for out
of the general fund with money that
had been accommodating several years.
Several citizens objected to the build
ing of the Jail and appealed to Attor-
ney General GODDARD, who held that the
county could not build the Jail with
money from the general fund. The
county will now have to vote bonds or
levy special tax.
Would Have No Duplicate.
The discussion over the unmarked
condition of Senator Plumb's grave
leads the Arkansas City Traveller to re-
vive it's suggestion that every newspa-
per publisher in Kansas contribute
certain amount of type, out of which
shall be nodded an appropriate monu-
ment. Such monument would have
no duplicate in the world.-Kansas City
Journal.
Mr.. GODDARD and the Trusts.
Attorney General GODDARD was inves-
tigating the condition of affairs in the
vicinity of Galena and in the mining
district with the intention of commenc-
ing criminal action against some of
the trusts which are said to be attempt
f. II
Gift for Leavenworth.
Custer post, G. A. R., of Leaven-
worth, was notified that a Spanish can
non captured in the Philippines wa at
San Francisco subject to the posts or
der. 1t will be placed in the court
house yard at Leavenworth with cere-
monies on July f.
Where Is MI. Rice?
T. B. Rice, of Topeka, two weeks ago
left his wife and young daughter and
departed for unknown fields, taking
with him his four-year-old son and all
the money he could get together. He
was member of the Knights of Pythias
and A. o. y. w.
Serious Wreck Near Gofrs.
A Central Branch missouri Pacific)
mixed train left the track near Goff's
Nemaha county, Wh1Ie gong at 1ull
speed and four coaches turned COM
plete somersault, demolishing the
coaches and injuring 23 passengers.
Ex-Gov. Leedy Getting Rich.
Soon after his retirement from Office
in January eX-Gov. Leedy invested in
mining stock. He spends most of his
time at Galena. where he has interests
in valuable lead and zinc mines. He is
reported to be worth $50, 900.