The Globe-republican., 1900-03-01
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Au election is to be held in Hutchin-
son upon the question of establishing
a free city library
A Leavenworth county man drew $50
for wolf scalps. from the county treas
ury the other day.
The Topeka council has passed an
ordinance providing for an annual levy
of a half mill park tax
The Santa Fe shops in Topeka flung
Old Glory to the breeze from every de-
partment on February ~.
Zinc ore has been found in quantities
promising profit at Baxter Springs It
is 125 feet from the surface.
The towns of Dickinson county are
organizing town improvement societies
to commence work in the spring
The Kansas State Holiness camp
meeting is to be held in Wichita again
this year, from August g to 20 inclus-
i've
The Masonic grand lodge convened
in Topeka, February 20. The officers
of the grand lodge of Missouri were
present guests
Secretary Coburn OF the state board
of agriculture has bound his quarterly
reports into volume and is now
distributing them
The Royal and Select Master Masons
held their thirty-second convocation in
Topeka, February 1921 Masons from
all parts of Kansas were in attendance.
A dog which was a neighborhood
pet at Industry recently buried in
a nice casl1et decorated with flowers
About 100 people attended the funeral
Rev. Joseph Denison, Kansas pio-
neer who was the first president of
IL 1=afe
of Baker University, is dead, aged So
The Santa Fe has $50 stations to sup
ply with the new simplex tickets 1t
made the ticket clerks at the general
offices hustle to distribute the tickets
on time.
Judge Hook of the federal district
court is attempting to get old cases off
the docket. There are many cases
which have been continued for years
for lack of prosecution
Chancellor Snow of the state univer-
sity has been invited by the London
Times to revise the article Kansas
in the forthcoming supplement to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica
A special train of nine cars will leave
Topeka on the evening of March :, via
the Santa Fe, for Texas, to take the
Kansas Grain Dealers association on a
ten days trip to Galveston and Hous-
ton
Mrs Ross Burns. who died recently
in Topeka, was quite wealthy. Besides
the real estate she owned She had $1o,-
900 in government bonds No will has
been found. Her only relative is u
sister in Boston
James Nesbit, has just completed
the work of erecting buildings on the
4
at n cost of ST., 900 The new buildings
are modern, and include bath rooms
and other conveniences. A gas plant
is soon to be put in Over forty In
dian children live at the school, and
are taught cleanliness as well as book
knowledge. The children go, home
only once month.
The Most Eminent Grand chapter Oh
Royal Arch Masons opened its thirty
fifth annual convocation in the Masonic
temple in Topeka on February 10
Mr. and Mrs E. Il. Bishop, of Lin
coin, celebrated their golden wedding
Il few days ago The friends of the
aged couple made them a present of !
fine Jersey COW
James Dun, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe proper, has been promoted II
the service He Will go to Chicago anc
act as consulting engineer of the entire
Santa f'e system
The Severy rancho in Lyon county
once comprised 5000 acres, supposed
to be worth 100000 There is nov
left $50 acres which has been sold fol-
sic, 900, to ID. Beihler, of Dickinson
county.
Kansas produced Merino sheer
(.sBaby Isord') whose fleece of - pounds
produced in one year and few days
exceeded the worlds record by -.
pounds. Another Kansas-bred Merins
6Meadoyv Lass 2ndl is a great wilmer
of sweepstakes and has never been de
feated-
Frank Sax. of Lyon county, raised
field of cane which Noted him SIS
per acre for the seed and he had til
fodder besides.
h V Farris, of Ellsworth county
has raised corn on the same piece o
land every year, commencing in 1861
and his last crop good crop a
any of them