The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-10-10
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Tumner county banks are full of
money; the farmers own the most of
Del Valentine has been reelected
clerk of the supreme court, his second
term commencing October IS.
Joseph r. Mari, of Burton,
member of Company c, and was among
the killed on the island of Samar-
County authorities raided five joints
in Arkansas City, and took the jointists
and their stocks on hand to Winfield.
Wichita is awake to the probability
of the extension of the Choctaw road to
that city from Alva about 100 miles
away.
The Rev J. f. Everett, Congrega-
tiona1 pastor at Onaga, is the new sec
rotary of the Kansas State Temperance
Union.
Two negro convicts in the U. s. peni-
tertiary at Fort Leavenworth, attacked
John Kennary, a guard, severely in
juring him
The state firenen's convention meets
this year at Junction City October
IS. This is the 18th annual meeting of
the association
On Sunday, September %, Dodge City
had the highest recorded temperature
in the United States. The thermometer
registered o.
The section house at Dodge City, a
two story building, is burned down
W. Glaze, who occupied it, lost a valu-
able library
The barb worm which infested wheat
fields in Saline county, proved a bene-
fit to the crop by cleaning the boards
from the wheat
A. B. HuIitt, late of Topeka, has a
Hereford ranch near Chihuahua He
raises them and ships in many for the
Mexican marEet.
Orville Myers, Topeka boy, while
out duck hunting with other boys,
dropped his gun which was discharged
and the load struck him in the back of
the head and tore the skull off.
The industrial department of the
State reform school is now making
clothing for the inmates of other state
institutions. They also make shoes,
and are taught all sorts of trades
In some counties there will be no
elections held, there being mutual
agreements that township officers shall
hold over, or in some cases, that the
county boards shall make appointments.
Many school districts in the state are
by the last legislature and estab-
fishing school libraries The law pro-
vides that school districts of $40, 900
more valuation may levy library taxes
not exceeding mill.
The state universities of Wisconsin,
Ohio and Minnesota, Cornell university
of New York and the agricultural col
1eges of Michigan, Massachusetts,, Ne
braslxa, Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Oregon,
Kansas, North Dakota, and South Da-
lxota are using the reports of the Kan
sas state board of agriculture in their
classes in agriculture, dairying and
imal husbandry. writer in the
Twentieth Century Farmer says that
when requests are made for them it is
generally explained that these works
are the best obtainable upon the sub
jects treated And all on account of
the careful and efficient work done by
Secretary Coburn.
Bank Commissioner A1baugh is OPP
posed to banks with less than SIC, 900
capital, but the law recognizes the right
to organize with only half that much.
The Kansas agricultural college has
Just received four full blood Ayrshire
cattle, bull and three heifers- This
breed is famous for milk and butter
production.
Charles w Stout, II years old, was
driving a hay rake near Edna and was
dragged to death by runaway team
He was thrown from his seat in front
of the rake.
Attorney General GODDARD says that
the governor has authority to appoint
sheriffs to fill vacancies caused by the
biennial election law, and Governor
Stanley announces that he will name
xsheriffS on October Is.
Mrs. Cox, of Courtland, Kansas. with
her four children, We're on a train at
Alliance, Nebraska, and attempted to
go into another car while the train was
going around a curve and with her
3-year-oId child was thrown from the
moving train. Both We're seriously
hurt
John Dawson, bond clerk in the state
treasury, is gobbling up all the gold
land in the Trego district that he can
get hold Of