Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-12-13
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
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A Topeka dispatch tost the Kansas
City Journal says OF the effort that
will be made by the old district judges
to resist the seating of the newjudges
appointed by Gov. Stanley: 'sThe old
judges now claim that the governor
! had no right to appoint judges under
the provisions Of the biennial election
| law. Some of them have lit figured
out that the newly-appointed judges
will have to file quo-warranto opro-
ceedings to GUST the present judges
In such a proceeding the present
judges would be placed on the defen-
/. sive, position they very much desire.
Aside from the fact that it is easier
TO defend than prosecute in such
! cases, othey would continue to draw
their salaries. 1t all depends upon
the action of the local county officials
--of the district clerk and the sheriff
especially. If two judges set othem-
selves up in business in the same room
! the court officials, includingothe sher-
| if and clerk, can take their choice.
Cole Praises Taxation Bill.
Auditor of State Cole declares the
bill prepared by the state tax revision
| committee is almost faultlessso He
says: 'As it now stands the bill is
! favorable to othe property owner. 1t
| it directed against the tax-dodger;
| the man who has considerable
amount of personal property but. CON
| ceals it from assessment. Its pro-
| visions are also stringent regarding
| the assessment of corporations and
some of these may attempt to oppose
| the passage of the bill. The tax as
| sessment at present is notorfously un-
just and believe the people Of the
state will demand the enactment OF
| this bill into law"
| Luck OF "a Kansas Convict.
/ Philip Killion, who won SLIPS in
the Kansas City Convention hall
| guessing contest, is a convict. in the
Kansas prison at Lansing. He spent
| $15 for tickets. oKillion is serving a
25-year sentence for murder In the
! second degree He was sent up from
Cowley county April 10. 1890 He has
a good prison record and if it con-
| tinues good, with allowances fol-
! April 10, 1913.
Now They Are in Jail.
Seven young boys at Mont Ida cap
tured half-witted youth and made
him believe they would lynch him
Each carried a gun and emphasized
the threats by shots. Their victim
was rescued by an, officer, and the
SOIL o.
| Garrett.
The Council Remains sswet."
The city council of Wellington
turned down the request of a com
mittee of 100 citizens that joints be
! no longer licensed :, in the city. A
great religious revival have just swept
!, Wellington, but the present city coun
I Gil was elected on "wet" ticket.
Warden Jewett Goes to Yucatan.
Warden Jewett, of the Kansas pen
itentiary, has gone to Yucatan te
purchase sisa1 for the prison binding
Irvine plant, which is now in full oper
alton. Sisal is selling high on ths
eastern market and Warden Jewett
| wants to get it cheaper.
1 Metcalf at the White House.
i w. S. :Metcalf,0 of Lawrence, whs
succeeded Frederick Funston as. col
onel of the Twentieth Kansas, while
in Washington recently had the honor
of dining with President Roosevelt a
the white house.
Had Heard ALI About 1t.
II A Kansas man just returned from
Washington says that he was wonder
fully surprised at the close knowledge
possessed by PRECEDENT Roosevelt O.
The ms and outs of Kansas politics
To Build Through Lyndon.
; Missouri Pacific surveyors have
laid out a. new route for that line IL
| Usage county which win take i
| through Lyndon. The road at pres
!. sent misses the town two miles.
: Five Miles to Water.
The water supply at Garrett is 81
near exhausted that the city council
, | will lay pipes to Cedar creek, fv'
miles away. and pump the water fron
. there.
To Meet at Manhattan.
The executive committee of tn,
; Kansas Editorial association has de
ci6led to holds the annual meeting a
Manhattan on February 3 and 4.
Abilene Wants Sewerage.
} Business men of Abilene are seek
} ing to get right-of-way to the rive
near town for. a sewerage outlet.
:. plant can be erected for $1,000.