Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-10

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The Kansas Gas. .Relt.


prepared an interesting article On the
Development of the Kansas Gas
Belt 2. The foil and gas fields of the
state cover bout. SPo square mil miles: and
comprise the counties Of Allen, Linn iEl
Bourbon, Neosho, Wilson, Elk, Mont
lgohneFy 3ans1 Chautauquac n More: than
8 109l fweHs hayef been drilled in this, dis
trict, the: Average depth of which :iis
900 feet. The average output of a
ven ranges from. 2sOed, GEO to A., 100000
,cubicifeet-efig gas eyeryl2a h6arsGIThe
great irslVe 7ofs natural gas IS. q fuel
in manufacturing has become mat
ter of much concern to our coal-pro-
-dacingf Counties. n a, comparison OF the
heat units IN the two articles ofFfuel
SHOWS that. 20, Oe0i cubic feet Of gas
equal in heat one ton of .bituIainous
coal. It is estimated that 100 or more
manufacturing CONCERNS j III ALLEN
count yaare; using gas: for 9ueIj / Chem
,jcal. analysis ofithe; Kansas gas shows
it to be,far. superior to the gas found
in eastern states.
il, : WAY Mr.. vCObHeR rs .>ARgFx.;: III
.: F. D.: Cobprn, secretary of the Kan
sas board of agriculture, has issued a
statement in which he takes exception
tol thessHords ofithe United States Sec
retgrycof agriculture James Wilson;
who spoke of visiting. the s.:eorn belt
of the limited! Statesr:5 He: said he
would go to Iowa, Illinois and Mis-;
souri,, and perhaps to Kansas and Ne
braska: Mr.: Wilaomusp ASST Kan
sRs and Nebraska were not, in; the corn
belt; He. referred. to. their crops as
uncertain" and unreliable liable! &, sri:
His Perststency Rewarded! -:;st:;
IA Jackson: county map. boarded q
freight train for Ell Reno for the pur7
pose Of registering, He was Kicked off
nine times by tie brakeman, the en-
gineer pumped hot steam on him; che
fireman threw coal at him, but still
he. mounted and rode. And. when the
lottery wheel turned his name came
out among the first hundred and his
!p5ersistenccyy' had its reward. But think
how many efias would have quit after
being kicked off about the. seEenth
City Journal. a.,
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! ;!BagISei Is One: of..tIte. "A ccuEed. -;
! &C. .F.cGoodlanders proprietor of the
Goodlander: hotel, president. Of the
Citizens national bank and the head
of several other institutions of Fort
Scott. is. one of the defendants: in
several prosecutions begun; in; that
city by members of the Civic. Purity
league in an effort to, close the joints:
Mr. Goodlander is, held responsible
for the barroom in his hotel. Rather
a. bitter feeling has been, aroused. by
the complaint against him. ;;.:;r :.......
;;Funstb4a:. C;oaIanianands 9, 600 Men. !}ff
Gen. Fred Funston writes to a friend
in Kansas that he is NOW. in command
of 5000 men in the Fourth district
of nor shern Luzon. = Just; think of the
fun man can, have bossingfa gang of
that size. = When .Tinrmy''1 tells::a
regiment to go. opt and kill hiTa;. q
few; they. just have. to. go out and do
it, and none of them dasn't say they
dasn't.-Kansas City Journal.
Emergency Rates for Stockmt.ni
The railroads operating in Kansas
viii. make an emergency rate on cat:
tie. shipped out of the state to feed,
and on. feed shipped into the state
One rate for round-trip shipments OF
stock will probably be fixed: This &C
ton was Brought about through: THE
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