The Globe-republican., 1900-10-18
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


prospect hole down into the earth
County treasurers in Kansas took up
their responsib Utilities on October Q.
The Wichita Carnival association re-
ceived 81. 491. 65 from its midway booth
leases.
John A Bright retires from the Office
OF grand master of the Kansas Odd
Fellows this year.
Farms in Republic county, near
Scandal, are changing hands lively at
$50 to $50 an acre
The corner stone for Carl Brownies
flying machine factory in Fort Scott.
is to be laid October II.
The ladies of the Wichita Episcopal
church realized 81, 600 from the sale of
confetti at the carnival.
Topelxa's paved streets will measure
20 miles when work now going is
completed; sometime this fall.
The people of Whiting feel the need
of a place to hold public meetings and
talk about having city hall
All Ha1Iovs academy in Wichita is to
have an expensive addition for which
the contract will be let October 22.
The grand lodge of the Rebekah
state assembly hold a public reception
in the Topeka auditorium Oct. 10.
Twelve picl<poclxets We're arrested at
Cottonwood Falls. Their work was
done during the Old Soldiers reunion.
The Salina Roll Corrugating and
Machine company, new combination,
which has purchased the machinery
plant at Enterprise to move it to Sail
ma, has been chartered.
J. n. Frautz, a merchant of Canton,
was arrested on suspicion of completely
in counterfeiting scheme. He was
taken to Wichita and readily proved
his innocence before United States
commissioners
The Anti Horse Thief association
at their meeting in Wichita elected
the following named officers: Presi-
dent, G. D. Horn. WEIGH, l. T., vice
president, ID. McCully, Miami county,
Kansas; treasurer, John Wall, Parsons
A1va Ta1madge, a soldier in the Phil
ippines, Y, rote home to his Odd Fellows
lodge in Harrington for u statement of
his account with the lodge. The mem
bers made no the amount of his dues
and clean receipt was sent to the
soldier.
On September the deposits in the
state and private banks of Kansas
were S31 GAS, gro; on September the
deposits in the national banks OF the
state were $50, 1915. os1; total, $50, $40, 751;
IN average of about $3.50 per capita
OF the entire population of the state.
Evelyn i. Baldwin, who is to be in
charge of the Ziegler expedition to the
north pole, is Kansas man. He
taught school at Oswego in the early
COS, later went into the government
weather service, and then joined the
Peary relief expedition. He has writ
ten book on polar expeditions.
party from Wichita attended the
funeral of Edward Goldberg at Seneca,
Mo. They died there from mushroom
poisoning Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg
were long time citizens of Wichita,
leaving there when he was made
Indian agent Their son, Ned Gold
berg, aged 10. was dangerously sick
from the same cause at the time of the
funeral
The Scottish Rite Masons held their
s 71ni-annuaI reunion in Topeka, closing
with a banquet on the night of October
10
y I.abette county farmer bought
sucking pigs for SI2 and in about
months sold them for STO. He esti-
mates that their entire cost to him was
less than S25.
There are entries for the big coursine
meet 1T Manlzato from England, Ire
land, Scotland and Australia. The
prizes aggregate 81 600 The meet
opens October 16-
State Architect stanton is now at
work the plans of the Kansas build
ing at Buffalo. It Will be quite diff
ferent from buildings erected in past
years by the state at expositions.
Tho Anti-Horse Thief association
met in Wichita October 10. The or
ganization is 81 years old It's officers
for the past term are: j. b. GILBERT
son OF ter1ing, president; c. G. Horn,
OF Eagle, L T.. vice president; j. w.
Wall. of Parsons secretary, who We're
selected at the meeting in Vinita, l. T.,
last year
In the past four years the Santa Fe
has replaced nearly $500 bridges on its
lines, of an aggregate length of almost
20 miles
Brakeman Walker who rms ar, the