The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-10-17

Kansas apple shippers cannot get
enough barrels
Rush county has nearly 1000 acres of
wheat this year
Newton Knights of Pythfas have
dedicated their new hall
The Kansas wheat is receiving warm
rains in ample quantities
The registration at Kansas university
has reached 1,O61, which is 1O7 more
than last year
It is said that five per cent OF the pop
u1ation of Cottonwood Falls are mem
be--s of whist clubs
jay Smith, son of A w Smith, of
Mcpherson. has gone to Europe to study
music for two years
Contract has been let for building a
freight depot at Wichita. to cost SO, 800,
by the Missouri Pacific
a Salina firm has already shipped
six carloads of alfalfa seed this season,
each valued at about $4,000
The annual state convention of the
Kansas Equal Suffrage association is to
meet at Mcpherson on Nov and :.
Farmers institutes are to be held at
Benton Oct II. Augusta Oct IS, and
Douglas Oct 10, all in Butler county
R. Myer- of Dickinson county has
cut 80 large loads of hay from 20 acres
of alfalfa this season and has sold S12o
worth of seed
The bank of Narl1a has been robbed
of 81, 600 The safe was blown open
The state bank commissioner says that
the loss is fully covered by insurance
The state grain inspectors report for
September shows collections of 81, 4S9. 20
and expenses of So, 100, leaving bal
ance of 1880 20, for the months bust
ness
Mrs Sarah c. Morrison, died ~at
Hutchinson on the 9th She was prom
inent in the work of the Relief Corps of
the state and a member of various
other lodges
Business men of Emporia propos-
ing to increase the capacity of the city
electric power plant SO as to be sufficient
to furnish street railroad system to be
owned by the city
The ladies of the literary clubs of
Abilene who have in the past year
raised 1915 for public library, have
assurances of assistance that will bring
their fund up to 81 ,Ooo.
The best element of the citizens of
Clyde demanded that the drink dispen-
saries of the town be closed and the
four saloons that have been wide open
for years obeyed the demand
The new $4,000 Masonic temple at
Sterling was dedicated on the 10th. A
banquet and a ball followed the dedica-
tory exercises There a large
number of visiting NIasons present.
Leases have been taken of lands on
Spring Creek east of Jewell City A
fourteen inch vein OF coal has been
found at depth of 15s feet. This vein
is overlaid by a ya1nabl vein of fire
clay
Anthony has granted right of way
to the Choctaw road through the town.
The road is building toward Anthony
rapidly Meantime the Orient is put
ting in a switch to the Anthony salt
mine
The refunding of all kinds of Kansas
bonds, under the new law, keeps the
auditors office busy registering the
new bonds The fees of the Office for
registering during September amounted
to over 5000
Anna Harnet, of Horton, sued Daniel
W. Weigman, a jointist, for s., oOC
damages She bases her suit on the
ground that the jointist sold her hus-
band liquor after warnings not to do
so, causing him to lose profitable place
and reducing her to want
La Crosse, the county seat of Rush
county, has a court house which cost
SEA. 900; a 1000 school building, and a
SIS. 900 bank building, all of brick.
George Eddington is dead of disease
of the heart. He had been prominent
among the promoters of the interests
of the city of Chetopa for thirty
years
An extra train was ditched near Ok
ford, caused by the washing of the road
bed by heavy rains. Trains from the
east, during the day. had torun around
by way of Mulvane-
Discharged men from the Standard
Oil refinery at Neodesha We're among
the first to prevent a heavy loss from
fire
Steel is beiug laid on the Fort Scott,
lola 81 Western railroad and trains are
expected to be running over it as far as
lola by January l.
There are two telephone systems in
operation at Fort Scott. The franchise