Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-19
STATE NEWS pARAGRAPHED.


II there is sufficient demand any place
in Kansas to Justify the establish
ment of bank capital of $4,000
should be required.
X. C. Davis. of Junction City, son
Of ex-Congressman John Davis, has
been elected professor of horticul-
ture and botany in the University of
West Virginia. Prof. DAVIS is a grad
uate of the Kansas agricultural, col
lege Mt Manhattan, class of 81.
The wheat growers of central Kan
sas nre interested in an experiment
being carried OH near Burlington to
increase the yield of wheat. W. II.
Wycoff, miller, is experimenting on
the farm of William Monroe by set
ting apart 80 acres and drilling fer
tilizer with the seed wheat.
In q recent issue the Omaha (Neb.)
Bee gave n two-column compliment
airy writeup tn Secretary Coburn, Of
the Kansas board of agriculture, re-
viewing the work he had done. the
publications he had circulated and the
complete and reliable crop statistics
that came from his Office.
The tornado which passed west Of
Clifton destroyed completely the
house and barn of Leonard Hohr. The
family, consisting of Mr.. Hohr, his
wife and daughter, were in the cell
lar. A great deal of hay, fodder, etc.,
was blown away. In 1896 tornado
passed over almost the same terri.
tory.
Mrs. J. W. Beecham, of Blue Rap
ids, has fallen heir to $4,000 from
an uncle in Chicago. Mrs. Beecham's
husband left her and their children
destitute some time ago. He now re-
turns quite penitent and eager to
renew his domestic duties, but Mrs.
Beecham has denied him that privi-
lege.
Work has been resumed on the
statehouse heating plant. When Au-
ditor Cole gave notice that the stip-
ulated penalty of $40 u day would
he exacted after October Is the con-
tractor soon found brick. The work
will not be done on time. but the PEN
atty clause will cause the contractor
to push the work.
George W. Findlay, of Topeka. has
decided to accept the contract to feed
the federal prisoners in the Indian
territory. and his assistant will be
George Wallen, brother of r. L. Wall
len. formerly United States marshal
of Kansas. Findlay was candidate for
the internal revenue relationship for
the Kansas district.
The Kansas City-Olathe Railway
company has been granted a charter
by the state charter board. Its capi-
tai is S1,0O0.000. The company pro-
poses to build an electric line from
Kansas City, Mo-, to 0lathe, touch
ing Kansas City, Kan, Argentine,
Rosedale, Merriam, Shawnee, LeneXa
and Pleasant View.
Prof. d. Lantz, of the state agricul-
tural college, who was made official
state prairie dog exterminator, has
made arrangements to try machine
patented for killing prairie dogs. He
says from so to 95 per cent. of killing
can be- made with strychnine and that
the job can then be made complete
with the gasoline bisulphide treat
ment.
A letter was received at Leaven,
worth from John West, Leavenworth
boy in the Philippines, who had some
hard campaign experience on Samar,
where the Ninth infantry soldiers
were killed. Sergeant West says he
crossed Samar with q party of sol
diers. 1t was mountainous and very
dry in places. The men nearly fam
ished for water. He tells of meet
ing soldiers of the Ninth infantry,
who mistook them for natives, and
came near firing upon them. The let
ter was written in July.
The total acreage of prairie dog
town in this state, according to the
returns to the state agricultural coli
lege, is about 100000. The college
assumes that there is population
of so dogs to the acre and that the
prairie dog population is at least 10o,'
100000. The United States govern
ment is beginning experiments along
the same lines and will cooperate
with Kansas in the efforts to rid the
state of the animals. Chemical liquids
that can be poured down the holes
is probably the way out of the diff
Guilty.
The ballots to be voted this fall will
have pictures on them. They will be
in the nature of an illustrated edi-
ton. The pictures will be the official
emblems of the parties. The repub
lican emblem is an eagle with wings
outspread. The populists have a cot
fnpa two efnries and basement liGht.