The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-01-03
KANSAS IrEms OF INTEREST.

Stevens county man has shipped
$500 pounds of watermelon seed to an
eastern seed house.
The two girls who tried to burn the
Beloit reform school have been dis
missed and sent home.
Superintendent of Machinery of the
Santa Fe Player denies the statement
that he intends to resign.
John Ryan, of Florence, lost so tons
of hay by fire, started by a locomotive
on the Ell Dorado branch.
Newspaper clippings in reg. rd to
prominent Kansans are preserved by
the state Historical society
Eugene johnson, of Osawato1nie. an
engineer in the Missouri Pacific Yards
at Coffeyviile, had his head and hand
cut off by the wheels of his engine.
The Kansas Agricultural college
bought in Lincoln county that
yielded s73- rs worth of milk, at crearn-
cry prices, during the last 10 months.
The highest percentages of school en-
rollment to population is in Kansas,
where it IS 2T.e7. In New York the
percentage is 1921, while in PennsyI-
vania it is Is 70.
Miss Sara Thrasher. a graduate OF
Kansas university in the class of 1898,
Won the first prize from 1900 contest
ants in the amateur Photographic con
test in St. Louis.
One of the western counties was or
gained in 1872, but has no trace of its
county officers since 1891. a search in
the state historical society records
shows full roster of officers back to
1876.
The attorney general tells Warden
of
that he has the right to offer a reward
for the capture of convict who has
been conditionally pardoned and has
broken his parole.
The state oil inspector has turned
into the treasury during the past year
$40, 199- 30. Mr.. Spencer recommends
that in testing oil the gravity as we'll
as the flash test be used to determine
the grade of the oil.
c. w. Goodlander has written a his
tory of Fort Scott, which is on sale at
the Goodlander hotel, the Goodlander
mill. the Goodlander bank, the Good
lander lumber yard and at Mayor
Goodlander's Office.
There is movement to repeal the
law providing for the organization of
private banks. There are now 55 of
them, and under the proposed legisla-
ton they viii be compelled to incor-
Porare as state or national banks.
The Penitentiary board will ask for
telephone and fire alarm protection.
They also favor giving discharged pris-
Oners better clothing. The binding
Irvine plant, they say, should be made
a separate institution with a superin-
ten6ent.
Bank Commissioner BreidenthaI saws
that from present indications state
banks viii continue to be the favorites
with Kansas people and if changes
which experience suggests are neces-
sary, made in our state law from
time to time, there is no reason why
Kansas should not build up system
of state banks superior to any yet es-
tabIished
One Cloud county creamery patron
whose milk check for last month
amounted to $40 says that it was prac-
tically clear profit, the cows were
pastured on neighbours wheat field
which was making growth too rapid
for its good
Doc" johnson. who has had a large
toy and notion store in Cavvlxer CITY
for many years. went to visit his farm
in Florida, expecting to return before
the holidays He has not been heard
IRON ana there are fears cOEcernino
his fate He is an old man.
VIII Weaver. who went to the Phil
ippines from Nemaha county. married
a Japanese girl and is now keeping
hotel IL Manila
The big artificial lake, in Barton
county. between Great Bend and Hois-
ington- is reality at last. The water
was turned on Thursday, and the big
basin Is now fiIliur m The b,~;r =
eight miles long aud three miles wide
and when filled will be the largest
body o. water in Kansas. 1t will be
used to feed three big irrigation bitches
and also for summer resort.
The Lutheran church of Abilene now
has a $1,000 pipe organ.
Frank Rockefeller. the Standard Oil
Tnagnate, told friends in Wichita that
he expected to spend his declining
years on near his ranch in Kioyva
and Clark counties He is in love with
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